Work in Progress, "Just Another Manic Monday" Edition>Full-on /WIP/ OP Links Pastebinhttps://pastebin.com/BE42AEcD>WIP Tutorial Images Megahttps://mega.nz/#F!TvQFCaLb!w8WZKCcOsTRasxrI0JWezw>Saint Duncan's "Six Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Painting"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufP8ka3KGno>Saint Duncan also explains thinning your paintshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxWgsqSf74s>Paint thinning 102https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBDVPoNXyVI>4 EASY Chipping Tricks For Beginnershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku4comhKHJM>Decal Like a Prohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYKLiEW7p9c>How to Edge Highlighthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoRbYuAfbEk>How to use contrast style paintshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhholrozptI>How to Paint with Tremorshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqp76vAJu9g>Airbrush Priming and Thinninghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkntrSBvXxEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGjBQzoukFghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00JVUxABe44https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEqT_R41JX8>Who's Johnny, she'd say, and smile in her special wayhttps://1d6chan.miraheze.org/wiki/Johnny>I wish it were Sunday>'Cause that's my "Fun Day"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnPX-uI7ivM>Previous Threads:>>98025015>>98015749>>98003339
>>98033337I meant the bristle "slimness" not the actual handle, should have specified that.I have fucking giants hands so the stuff you posted is not actually badAlso made the collage, feelsgood
Any of you guys have made your own battlemats?I'm kinda torn right now between buying a noch grassmat, making my own with either canvas or rubber and caulking them / flocking with woodland scenics stuff or just making do with my cheap $10 fake (soft) grass one and maybe painting it a bit.What I probably really want is one of those slightly sturdier old citadel mats (too pricy) or a woodland scenics one but they don't ship where I am.It's for a 6' x 4' board and I love the old white dwarf 90s aesthetic with neon green-ish aesthetic. (not that i'm averse to the modern aim for realism in some stuff like brown spots muds yellow highlights etc, but I want that 'fantasy' with bright greens as a finisher)
An idea occurred to me today, how to convert the backpack on the Les grognards sprue into a grav chute or a jump pack?
>>98033295I did not thin my blues well last night … or my reds
>>98033496Glue some pieces of sprue left and right to the backpack, similar to pic related?
>>98033376>I have fucking giants hands
>>98033571That's a good idea, thanks!
Some converted Damned. They take 3rd party bits so well.
>>98033545jesus christ anon
>>98031166>progress>still not doneThis too is progress and still not done
>>98033711
>>98033711It's a very cool demon. Where did you get it?
Remember, just ignore it. Let it do its own dumbass routine, but ignore it.
>>98033738noted
Vallejo TMM are the best metallic paints in the market right now, yeah?
>>98033854If you want metallics that are in goofy colours, yeah.
>>98033854If they're anything like their other metallics, yeah
>>98033859>goofy colourspurple metal > any other metalBet you feel pretty dumb right now
>>98033726Thingiverse IIRC
>>98033738Like you? Thanks mom, will do.
>>98033854I wonder why Stahly didn't include them in his "all in one" catalogue. Apparently they are located in different one.
>>98033968No idea either, probably because he wanted to earn more money. t. swatch leaker
>>98033957Okay but just because there is a based purple metal doesn't mean there aren't other, goofy colors.
>>98033854From what I understand it's the best option for colored metallics. No idea about copper, silver, gold, and other metals, but it's a far less desaturated gold than their VMet equivalence at the very least.
>>98033854They are nice but not anything revolutionary in my opinion; I have 3 of them (2 base colours, 1 highlight colours), they do have good coverage and are easy to use which makes them good for a beginner that isn't looking for a certain metallic paint with specific properties and hue in particular. Pic rel showcases aged metal from that lineI'm still using vallejo metal colours duraluminium as my workhorse and gsw gold pigments as my shiniest gold, but it's a matter of preferences
>>98034020Oh yea for my silver/grey metals I have duraluminium and burnt ironIm simply looking to get a couple more colors, specifically a good rich gold (up until now I simply used duraluminium and applied nazdreg yellow on top of it) and maybe a very very bright silver for that final highlight.
>>98033854I really liked the two thin coats metallics but sadly they are kinda hard to get a hold of in scandinavia
>>98033854no, citadel metallics are the best and it's not close.
>>98033545Nor did you remove your mold lines
>>98034130just shut the fuck up
>>98034113Seconding TTC metallics, they're really nice.
>>98034156Me too, but not every single one of them. The most shiny silver one is quite odd but Dragon's Gold is easily THE best gold I worked with.That reminds me, there was some anon who wanted to try out method of mixing GSW pigment with existing paint and stroing in bottles, with addition of thinning solution to prevent it from drying prematurely (like someone else had). I wonder how that experiment went out.
>>98034194I really dig the bronze too, Spartan Bronze they call it.
>>98034213looks like copper
>>98034113>>98034156I'm probably the only one that finds them quite mid I guess, at least the ones Ive tried (plate armour and mithril silver)
>>98033854If you can find Scale 75's metallics they're better.
>>98033854I'd be inclined to say yes if they're the same as the Vallejo Metal Color line, just with more color options
>>98034213how do you do that green armor fren
Any time you think to post a question like >>98034391 just look at the photo and put the colors where they are in that picture.
>>98034250Fair, the silvers aren't anything to write home about.>>98034391It's just GWs "jade" paints, incubi darkness layered into kabalite green with sybarite green edge highlights. Oh and sprayed with satin varnish
>>98034296spoilers, they aren't
If I want to paint qt warhammer girls where should I go?Dark Elves? SoB?inb4 cities of sigmar fat niggresses or femvotann chunks
>>98034611You would go to a different line of models.
>>98033854The pro acryl metallics aren't bad, all but the light ones can cover over black in one coat and have good richness in two coats. They aren't terribly groundbreaking, comparable to ak and citadel so an option if you can't find the others or can get a deal.
>>98034615This. I want to say anon has never seen GW female minis (at least not ones currently sold) but his spoiler text demonstrates otherwise.>>98034611Ghamak or 55mm Necromunda Escher girls, search those creators on MyMiniFactory.
>>98034611you should go the fuck back to one of the warhammer generals, I'm sure they'd be eager to engage your shitposting
Im working on some alvage harlequins diorama. Got some badly glued harlies that I want to make it look like they're jumping out of the frame, which will be vertically placed.Here are some of them and kinda how they will be on the frame.Besides cleaning up on the harlequins and adding more shades and highlights, what other things should I add/change?
>tmm custodes and stormcastStop trying to do TMM in your entire dude. It's going to look like shit. You can do some trim or a weapon or something in TMM, but big flat focal points just aren't going to look good.
>>98034780who are you quoting?
>>98034799you
>>98034823me?
working on some Necromunda terrain
>>98035167extremely cool stuff, anon
>>98035167
>>98028518Glad I missed out on last thread's argument but, I have to say it's a longstanding tradition for a manly workspace to have babes pinned up on the wall.
>>98035167>I should call herlooks sick m80, very inspiring. I'm sat here looking at this m60a2 hull and thinking it gives me Hammer's Slammers vibes somehow. Maybe with a more modern sinister-looking turret and weapons/ducted fans bashed out of 40k stuff. Worth a shot?
>>98033545Or your flesh tone... or your gold... or your silver... nor did you clean up the mold lines...My deepest condolences, anon. But I'm also mystified about the fact that you kept doing this for every model, instead of noticing the thick rough finish after doing the first blue basecoat, and then immediately stopping. Why didn't you stop, anon? Why did you keep going?>>98033711>>98033719These look pretty dope, the colors are very striking. The bigger winged demon looks especially cool. Good stuff, anon. But clean up your work space, Jesus Christ.
>>98035373crafty...
How many of the same character model have (you) bought and painted? Did you do anything different with it or did you just paint it the same to see how you improved?
>>98035373>why did you keep going my wife was asleep on the couch in my office so I was working in low light
>>98035382>>98033738
>>98033545Why do people do this? Surely if you're here you know well enough to thin your paints and to actually clean up your fucking models. Hell, even if you're brand new I'd expect you to at least put in the effort of trying to remove mold lines and file down those god awful sprue gates. Shit is expensive and people just waste their time and money to end up like this.Strip them, actually clean them this time, and paint them again.
>>98035167So... A phallic object comes up, right?
Slow progress, but progress nonetheless
Finished the shield, just basing left now. Short on time so there's no historical evidence supporting a monk using a shield with these motifs, but there is art of the crucifixion. Did my best to paint the Latin text on the sign above Jesus' head.
>>98035423Y'know what, that's fair enough. I'd prioritize letting her sleep too.Though really, if you couldn't paint in decent lighting, then it's better to just skip painting for that day entirely. I guess this is how we learn.>>98035456That is a hella cute lil mini, anon. Nice work on the blue highlights on the front side, though clearly the backside still needs work.>>98035469I really like your skin work, anon. Did you give him a 5 o'clock shadow, or is that just the lighting? If you did it intentionally, then it's a really nice touch.>>98035382>>98035429You niggers might genuinely be retarded.
>>98035444I appreciate you’re the type of mini painter who would do all that but I’m not as that does not sound fun to me and the 20$ a pop I spent on these 5 man squads isn’t worth 4 hours of meticulous work towards perfection I won’t achieve anyway
>>98035499>though clearly the backside still needs work.well its still a wip not a finished mini
>>98035513Yeah, I getcha. Still, really nice work so far!
What're some good alternative gold paints to retributer? Not necessarily a straight replacement, but something for painting a different tone gold like cold or really old? Retributor is a really warm gold color.
Went back to this dude and painted the back of his cape
>>98035524Personally, I've been using AP's 'Golden Armour' speedpaint, and it's been treating me pretty well. It's a noticeably cooler tone than Retributor. I use it, with Agrax and Necron Compound, to do the armor for my Sigmarines.
Took a swing at the plasma coil and my first time at OSL. The soft detail in the scan/print made it tricky with the coil. Couldn't get the white wash to run between or drybrush/brushedge to pick out the darks. The top specifically annoys me but whatever. Happier with how the OSL came out at least, tried to keep it subtle
>>98035593Looking back at Vince's gold video, he should really redo it with different paints. Surely he'd like something like a pro acryl, TTC, or AK gold paint. It might not measure up to his special recipe, but surely one of them might be good enough.
Finished my kill team. How did I do?
Bit overdue for a desk cleaning, the pigments r fully taking over....but i just wampt to paint
>>98035686Pretty good, I like the cloak on the sniper, I think you went way overboard on the OSL on that green rifle though, and maybe not overboard enough on the green pistol.
>>98035686Looking good anon. That plasma rifle looks like it's about to go critical. Does Pharoah Atem also fuck at TT wargames?
>>98034704Might change depending on final placement but I think cutting off some arms/legs in order to make a flush point where they "exit" the flat plan could work to make the poses work better on a few
>>98035524Something like pic related?
>>98035709clear the pit, there is plenty of room at the back of the gig. also get a wet palette
>>98035709Why are you fags such a slobs? Have some fucking self-respect.
>>98035766>selfI am not a table.
>>98035766Post yours, faggot.
>>98035766in his defense, it is a hobby mat.. kinda meant to get messed up.
>>98035741Ya that looks a lot colder than the typical retributor+reikland. What paint is that?
>>98035469That skin is so smooth what paints are you using?
>>98035861thats a base of scale75 necrogold with an oil wash and gsw gold pigments based highlightsIt sounds like you're after golds like these then >>98034020. I personally don't like orangey, saturated golds either.
>>98035749I have a wet palette. I prefer dry actually.>>98035766Slob is a bit much. Its not filthy, its just cluttered cuz I get in the zone and pull lots of paint cuz I use it
I'm working a squad of chaos terminators. Also using pieces from the chaos lord/sorcerer in terminator armor and the newest chaos lord kit. I think they look much better. Compare that chain fist to or the lightning claws to the standard one they come with. Huge difference.
>>98035923Forgot pic.
>>98035900Do you know of any other golds that are like that? I can most easily get proacryl, AK, and Two Thin Coats.
>>98036006In the picture attached to the post Ive linked you can see AK Rusty Gold which is a nice, desaturated gold and somewhat similar. I haven't tried any any proacryl paints sadly, and I dont know if TTC has expanded its line and introduced non gw equivalents golds-wise. But that AK one is a solid and cheaper choice.
>>98036028Oh thanks I didn't even notice that. It looks like TTC Ancient gold is also a good match for that kind of color. Rusty gold is such a weird name. The AK one isn't one of the paints that falls apart like in Stahly's review of the AK line, is it? I could go for either that or the TTC one.
>>98033968I didn't know he had more than one. How many are there?
>>98036134Great many. I have the main one, washes and contrast charts.
Okay I ordered the red grass palette to see just how much better a fucking sponge can apparently be than another. And got the light while I was at is, which I'm sure will be good and I needed another movable light source.
>>98035920That looks cool anon, is this for historical gaming or just a cool trench
>>98036197The lamp is awesome. It unironically does wonders with color perception. Expensive as fuck, but it looks pretty sturdy to last a long time, and the light itself should last at least 10 years of normal, regular use.
>>98033461yes. It is painters tarp made of fleece, painted and flocked. One can also leave the flock and go with paint only. Reduces the mess and because less to no PVA is involved, makes it roll up more easy.
>>98033461>>98036240alternatively faux teddy bear fur. It is more involved making those because it requires trimming. I believe I have seen it done using short synthetic fibre blankets.
>>98036235My lighting setup is already extremely good with color accurate light, but it's just stationary and sometimes there are angles where models shadow themselves in an annoying way that would make the arm convenient, if even a secondary light.But I was putting in an order from them anyway so I figured why not.
>>98036222I built it for trench crusade, but mainly just cuz I like hobbying
>>98036141The metal one seems useful if only because it gives the true color of the Vallejo Metal color
Should I make my own paint swatches?
>>98036094Of fucking course ancient gold isn't available. Guess I'll get Rusty gold.
>>98036318Yes
>>98036324>rusty goldTell me there isn't really a paint named 'rusty gold'.
>>98036318Yes, they are quite useful. Especially for brainstorming color schemes. Doubly so for paints that are not on Stahly's. Like AK AFV.
Struggling a lot with a grainy texture from pro acryl bright yellow ochre. What's to be done about it? I have had issues with grainy textures from yellows in the past, which I found working up from pink, and keeping the paint relatively thick helped with. This time it's for gold nmm so the pink undercoat isn't really practical. Would a slightly more satin medium help? The paint is incredibly matte.
>>98036380I think people's obsession with color matching via stahly's grid is incredibly ill informed, but having your own swatches in reality does help in that you can properly color-pick more easily on the dry paint rather than the wet paint, and they often look very different.
>wanted to get some painting in so I could do my oil wash tonight to have it dry by tomorrow evening>needed a color I didn't have so had to go to the store>got sidetracked with other shit>already 9pmI guess I'll just prime tonight and paint tomorrow...
>>98036356
>>98036402I've taken to just painting a bit on top of the bottle the first time I open it
>>98036477How embarrassing
>>98034020>>98036477name aside looks like a good color but the hue on the stormcast looks better and less grainy, I imagine it being painted over what seems to be a black base/primer makes it less saturated as well?
>>98033854if you're looking for the best metallic paints you need to look beyond acrylics. the best acrylic metallics can't even compete with shitty lacquer ones.
>>98036624Why would this be? It's not like they're actual metal, so what makes the mica or aluminum powder in lacquer better than the mica or aluminum powder in an acrylic medium?
Little update on the halflimperator here. I decided to go all out on this little fellow considering the effort levied so far, and how pleased I am with the progress and general aesthetic. Still in the rough stages but I thought I would show off what you can do with a scriber tool here on this guy. If you'll note his big floofy landsknecht pants, you can see I carved out rough undercuts to create more dimension in the slashed out layer of the pants, by carving into the crevices and then underneath the upper panels with the hook of the scriber. This is effectively a dry sculpting method. It's not all that difficult to do. It is just particular work, and time consuming so it's probably not something you'd want to do at this level of detail on every single mini in an army. But for a commander or other centerpiece model, or a display or competition piece it's a good way to make them stand out from other plastic models because it gives immediate and actual physical depth to the sculpt that would otherwise be lacking. If you do a lot of pinwashes or washes otherwise you've no doubt prepared a figure that has parts on it you know are going to be a pain in the ass and won't take well. That's where the scriber is your friend. What's also nice about this, is that you can practice it without concern by using spare bits on sprues you are very likely to ever use.
Also, someone was asking about paint schemes for a skaven in the last thread and I was at a loss. They didn't like the one they picked I tried doing this today because I'm trying to settle on a scheme for this guy too. You can just take a picture of the figure and use an image generator to try different schemes on demand.Here is an example with the figure I just posted. I was trying to decide between these two schemes so I had a mock up generated.Easy way to save time and paint imo
>>98036624honestly unless you're painting large surfaces of metal like on a titan or something, it's not worth it to put up with the prep and smell of lacquers
Got the devilfish primed tonight
>>98036649I'd asked last thread but it probably got lost, can the scriber handle soft curves or is it more a straight line deal? Might he a cool way to add some colchisian runes onto wordbearer greaves and pauldron, could be cool to try out.
>>98036646no idea. it could be related to the solvent since I think there are actually some decent alcohol based acrylic metallics.
Major Demon finished.
>>98036819peel your labels before you accidentally doxx yourself friend
>>98036879Thx
>>98036905Looking good. Is there a BT scene downstate? Not much of one upstate here.
>>98035456>Slow progress, but progress nonethelessAmen. Managed to get some Retributor Armour and Iron Warriors down on this lad tonight.
>>98036920No fakin clue this is my second battletech duder, but I met a guy at the shop today swapped discords and were gonna try out a game...trying to convince my gaming friends to join me
>>98036936Best of luck, bro! I would offer to meet and game if you were not hours away.
>>98036948Thx! Mittim libinLmfao this one has hands....but why all the others just have guns
>>98036969He's got the proportions of a thug from old looney tunes with the big shoulders lol.
>>98036969having hands can help in scenarios where you need to pick stuff up. Battletech really benefits from scenarios where there's varied objectives. Stuff like scouting and raiding show off a lot of mechs that struggle in a "kill everything" match. playing the game like a long war makes it a ton more fun. Have a board I made
>>98036969Hands are a great thing to have. Always have at least one mech per lance that can grab stuff.
>>98036905>>98036969I’ve never played battletech but it looks like front mission 3 and that’s neat
got some kitbashed Hive Scum painted up. >>98037161kinda the same vibes as the front mission games desu
Made an officer guy to lead my devastators
I forgot to paint the end of his belt >.>tomorrow I'll do the gold too.>>98036240I've used canvas drobcloths for work before, are the fleece ones noticeably different?
WIPThis is a really nice kit. GW know their mechs. Only thing I'm disappointed by is the lack of leg poseability. There are only 2 positions you can place the legs in without serious modification. They don't even have knee joints!
I like how this is coming along, but I'm not sure what head to go with
>>98037365>but I'm not sure what head to go withyou can't go wrong with a MKIII
>>98037365>guts is an iron warrior I can see it.
>>98037177I hate contrast paints so much. That blue must be one of the ugliest blues in teh history of fine arts and thanks to contrast paint you now see it on every other Mini.
>>98037393ok
>>98037378sadly, I don't have any that aren't "nurgleified" beyond repair, and I'd like to stay away from that look.>>98037391I didn't notice the similarities until you mentioned it, but now I want to look into black metal recipes to see if anything fits. If I ever play the game I figure it'll be a good proxy for a Master of Executions. never liked the regular one anyway.
>>98037346Yeah the new sentinel has the same problem. The old plastic sentinel was a fairly bare bones kit but the legs were almost fully poseable.
>>98037415The legs were one piece parts with a ball joint at the "hip" and the "ankle". There was no option to pose them besides that. Not the worst model in terms of posability, but there was no option to change the angle of the knee or any of the hydraulics or the cable.
>>98037346at some point I noticed how many gw sculpts have negative neck length and now I can't take them seriously any more. knights are especially bad because they remind me of these crab shell ornaments my grandma used to make.
>>98037475I forgot about the old-old plastic sentinel, where the Cadian and Armageddon patterns were separate kits with a blister of metal bits. I meant the ~2010 kit that came with the extra cockpit armor and all of the weapon options (except maybe the plasma cannon iirc)
>>98035499Ye, the stubble is intentional.>>98035862Two Vallejo paints and an AK speedpaint/contrast/instant color or whatever they call theirs.
>>98037626Legs were still single pieces
>>98037332fleece gives you some texture from the start.
WIPTest piece for my bb bretonnian team, thoughts on the colour scheme? >>98037475The best GW kit (in terms of poseability) is the Riptide, nothing even comes close. All you need to do is cut a couple pegs and then you have full range of motion in every possible joint.
>>98037729forgot pic
>>98033545>Maddencringe ameritard>Dynasty Warriorsbased
>>98037733and the backplanning on repainting the white freehand, please ignore
reposting for more ideazGive me ideas for vehicles/characters/units for my daemon to be smashing with his foot please.Also any good pics of dioramas / bases with units killing each other violently.
>>98037779Have him smashing the torso and/or head of a Space Wolf.
>>98037177Love these guys anon. Strongly reminds me of 90s 40k paint jobs on some minis my teacher brang in to show us at primary school. I was 7 or 8 years old. Was my first exposure to miniatures and naturally I soon started collecting myself. So thanks for the nostalgia!
>>98037187What's the source for the chunky parts? Did you modify them yourself or is someone selling them?
>>98037785Why a space wolf?Thematically wouldn't it be more suitable to be killing a thousand sons marine or a grey knight?
>>98037795/40kg/ just did the April collage that was Space Wolves being defeated/Custom characters and it is a noble and worthy cause even in May and beyond.
>>98037733why pink trim?
>>98035714>>98035729It was my first attempt at an OSL, it looks decent but doesn't really follow OSL rules (such as the bottom of the gun being iluminated, it shouldn't). Plasma coils are still evading me, just gotta practise more.The idea with the cloak was to make it a cream/white color... but I messed up with the ochres and ended up doing a very bright (I think it's called) suede fabric.
>>98037819had it on my palette, didn't turn out as nice as I thought it would, planning on changing it
I love nazdreg yellow like you wouldnt believe.
>>98037800>/40kg/well then keep it contained in that shithole
>>98037904beautiful!
>>98036624Not on my experience Vallejo air alum looked better than anything including law, wax, ect, it looks like real metal to the eye
>>98036646It's actually because it's AIRBRUSHED metallics that look better than BRUSH PAINTED metallics.Acrylics are typically brush painted, lacquers are typically airbrushed. Airbrushing lets you layer up multiple thin, even coats, whereas you never get proper coverage with brush painting.
>>98038063following your logic, it wouldnt matter if theyre acrylic or not, as long as theyre applied by airbrush
>>98038072That's exactly what I'm implying. If you airbrush any decent water-based metallic paint, it will look just as good as an equivalent-quality lacquer paint, assuming you are using all the same steps.
>>98038086then why recommend lacquers at all?
>>98038089I'm not the anon that was insisting acrylics were shit. Though my favourite metallic is a lacquer (jumpwind mythril), you are talking to a different person.
>>98038098NTA, but I mean... Out of oils, enamels, lacquers, and acrylics, acrylics are definitely the shittiest ones. The only good thing about them is that they dry fast and are non-toxic. They get mogged hard in every other characteristic.
>>98038120their biggest advantage is not requiring dedicated thinners
>>98038120there are shitty acrylics, but they're not shitty BECAUSE they're acrylics, they just have shitty pigments
>keep trying to make jungle dioramas>wasting tones of flock grass and little plants in these projects>why do my jungle dioramas keep coming out shitty>realize it's because I tend to put trees, rocks, landmarks like ruins towards the middle of the diorama when everything needs to hem in the edges to give a feeling that you're in the jungle hemmed in by rees and planets, and the jungle path needs to be lower than the surroundings to make the feeling stickThe webway portal also should have been centered and on the edge of the diorama.
>>98038138what are those cum golems
>>98038138>junglethe key is PLANTS, lots of them, leafy ones, not those grass tufts you havealso some vines dropping from the trees, and more saturated greens everywhere
This look fun
>>98038292What are thoooose
>>98038195dare you enter my magical realm?
>>98033037Considering how much time they've spent hyping them up, I'm genuinely curious how they will perform. They look nice enough, but that price...Well, if anyone does buy them, please share your thoughts. I am heavily skeptical, but if they really do have something different here, maybe it will bump other manufacturers to take notes and the general quality of synthetics will improve. I use a size 4 synthetic that cost me 0.25Eur and a raph8404 1 that cost me 20Eur, but to be honest, I do want a better synthetic since I'm too often tempted to grab the raph.
>>98038422they will be some absurdly overpriced dogslop brushes that may be start out good but will hook and become shit like every synthetic brush out there in existence
>>98038292Source?
unironically considering getting a redgrass lampthe technical specifications are absolutely killer
>>98037393I'm sorry you don't like my teal anon.
>>98038537They kinda oversell the specs. Still, it's easily the best lamp on the market.
>>98038292You can make those yourself by rolling a wad of putty over any desired texture and letting it harden.
>>98038492Ever tried steaming your hooked synth brush tips, like they recommend? I don't doubt that they will essentially be synths, but I am interested in whether or not there is any kind of iterative improvement. They're just da vinci whitelabels, but da vinci supposedly did throw some R&D at it, so I'm curious if that amounts to anything at all. Afaik no one else has even attemoted to iterate on the formula in recent memory (except maybe godhand), so I'm curious
>>98038545Good idea
>>98038543Contrast paints really whip anons into blind sperg rages, even when there's not any actual contrast paints. They live rent free in the mind of schizos.
>>98038576I like to use them. Easy to use, and unmatched results considering the time investment. Everything else is another fun bonus effect.
>>98038576To be fair many people just got caught in the initial stages when people did absolute garbage paintjobs with them and never bothered to learn about them after than.Juanhidalgo is proof you can make some legit stuff with them.
Finished my Black Templar test model. Really happy with how this turned out. Nice change of pace from painting dozens of Orks.
>>98038621From the back. Posting this i realized i forgot to weather the weapons.
>>98038621>>98038627I like it, anon. Well-worn, the weathering makes it look alive. Good stuff. Though you could take pics under colder, more neutral lighting.
>>98038599If you have the skill to make them look good, you have the skill to get the same results in the same time with normal hobby paints.
>>98038537The price is kinda absurd but its really fucking nice, works great for pictures too. I dont regret buying it one bit
>>98038655realistically speaking is there even a budget alternative?I mean i already have a couple ikea tertial, but im looking for something a bit on the higher end
>>98038661Have you tried Neatfi’s lamps? They’re very good and affortable at the same time.
>>98038735>neatfinot even close in color reproduction>affordable>159,63€kek>>98038661unironically there's a reddit post comparing several lamps with actual color metering, should popup if you google redgrass lamp reddit or somethingbut if you don't care about professional grade color the neatfis are ok, as is any similar chinesium one, google '117 led lamp' for the unbranded neatfi at about 100€
>>98038805>but if you don't care about professional grade colorits literally the only reason im considering upgrading my lighting in the first place lol>reddit post comparing several lampswill check it out, thanks
Another quick and braindead bit of scenery. I like these colour shift paints but the coverage is so inconsistent it drives me mad; this one was one coat while the purple one I have I've shelved for the night after three coats and I'm still not satisfied with how it looks.
>>98036556Yep those are one, somewhat rough drybrush coat over vallejo black spray primer>>98038621>>98038627Looks about 1000 times better than my first initiate. And I'm obviously partial to the weathering. My only nitpick is drill that barrel
>>98038661Xiaomi MI LED desk lampThank me later>inb4 >70€>affordablekek
>>98038960>Mi LED Desk Lamp 1S>Ra90>R9 50kek indeed>Xiaomi Led Desk Lamp 2>Ra95>R9 90that's actually good
I HAET basecoating
>>98039083airbrushNOW
>>98037839Everyone has "that" color, old VMC prussian blue my beloved.
>>98039083basecoating is the most fun part of painting though. Layering / highlighting / shading is where the tedium sets in and I want to move on.
>>98039147you are an NPC
>>98039147agreed its like playing mmorpg, first levels are really easy and you having so much fun but then the grind slowly sets in and you have to actyally think what you are doing
>>98039155So, easy is fun and grind sucks because you have to think?That's both a bad opinion and factually incorrect.
People like what they like and there is nothing wrong with that
>>98039204wrong, i HATE skubanyone who likes skub should KILL THEMSELVES
Elf
>>98039262berry pretty, source for the model?
>>98039235only dirty hippies hate skub.you a hippie, son?
>>98039265Twin goddess minis. Just not a goblin for once.
Does this thread do scale modelling? If so, which kit so better?
>>98038195trees
>>98039339Is this an analog horror thing?
>>98039321>Does this thread do scale modelling?Yes. >which kit so better?I would recommend ditching the sets and buying the model kit and tools separately. For a cement, get Tamiya Thin. Only buy it once for the handy bottle with a brush, and then buy Tamiya Airbrush Cleaner - it's a larger, much cheaper bottle of exactly the same stuff, so you can use it to refill your cement. As for paints, check some scale modelling forums for actual paints needed for the Corsair, not this three paints meme that will be maybe good for a partial basecoat. As for the model itself, I don't really do planes that much anymore, but I vaguely remember people liking Tamiya Corsair in this scale.
>>98039297call me a hippie, I don't give a shitit's far worse to like skub anywaysif you like skub, you are less than human
>>98039319>not a goblin for onceyou mean to tell me they make goblins? and they make a lot of them? sign me up yesterday
Afternoon, /wip/. I have some stuff that needs stripping that I obtained from ebay sales as well as some LA's Totally Awesome. Do I just toss the LA into a container with the minis and let it set? Or should I wash/scrub the minis before soaking them? Much appreciated!
>>98039362Oh im an old warhammer head, I got boatloads of tools, I was more concerned about specifically the model. I was chasing a corsair in this scale to start out and those two are what my local shop sells. Thanks for the heads up about the tamiya though, maybe the big shop a bit further away has some.
>>98039097never, I also use brush on primer>>98039147good for you, although your opinion is so illogical to me that I think you are just trolling
>>98039376They make SO MANY goblins. Almost all the goblins you see in this thread are twin goddess goblins.
>>98039351it's space australia
>>98039391I've done some reading in a meanwhile, and yeah, Tamiya 1/72 Corsair seems to be the best choice. Tho keep in mind, 1/72 is tiny as fuck (irl Corsair is what, 10m? So the model will be like 13cm total), you have to be a very dedicated kind of autist for that. I have nothing but respect for 1/72 chads, but it might be better to start with 1/48.
>>98039321I personally like Revell kits but for the other parts but like >>98039362 said, buy the brushes, glue, etc... separately
WIP of some BLKOUT minis I'm doing up to look like they're being seen through night vision.>>98039388You can just drop em in there without scrubbing beforehand.
>>98025561It was just an opinion please don't worry about it! I do like it a lot more now that it's finished.>>98039262She's very cute and well painted, I really like the subtle OSL.>>98038621>>98038627Nice job! The weathering is tasteful and I think the cream color you used is a nice change from the usual white.>>98038138Check out some reference pictures of jungle floors but one of the anons is correct - you need a lot more plants/foliage to sell it as jungle instead of a forest.>>98037904Looks fantastic, I love the colors you used!>>98037733>>98037741I think the scheme is nice, the more vibrant yellow and teal go nicely with the more muted colors you used for other parts of the mini.>>98035686I think you did a good job! My only complaint would be the OSL, it's way overdone on that green gun.
>>98039262Nice
>>98039449>You can just drop em in there without scrubbing beforehand.Thanks Anon!
>>98039147And that is why Speedpaint and Contrast stuff is so nice.
>>98039321Check Scalemates for kit reviews and detailed pics for sprues etc. Planes in 1/72 are usually very basic, and while i like Hobby Boss, the "easy assembly" on the cover is a red flag for me.
>>98039420>>98039539Thanks for the heads up, turns out the shop stocks tamiya 1:48 at the same price as the hobbyboss 1:72
>>98039077>>Xiaomi Led Desk Lamp 2>>Ra95>>R9 90>that's actually good>check it out>tactile controlsnothx
>>98039627yeah and the stand is shit, but the light is actually good
>>98039321Generally speaking if you google something along the liens of "best 1/72 f4u" there's probably a thread or two on some forum where it's been discussed.Second,a s another anon mentioned: Scalemates. Checking these kits there we see that the Revell one is based on tooling from 2014. Revell overall ain't exactly the top of the board (though always check out specific kits instead of just going by the brand, many brands have good kits in their lineup, almost all of them have at least some shoddy kits for sale), but at that age it should be entirely ok. The Hobby Boss one is from 2006, and IIRC 1/72 aircraft from HB back then were very simplified affairs. So in this case I would guess Revell, though as I said, do google things.And third, as another anon said, these ktis are, eh... In the Revell one the glue is good (you'll want tome "extra thin" type stuff as well, or rather as your main glue, but regular thickness stuff is also good to keep handy and Revell's is perfectly fine), but those paints are very eh and the brush should probably be donated/exiled to your local kindergarten ASAP. The HB kit appears to have good glue (looks to be regular thickness as well, brush-in-the-cap bottle instead of needle nose, personal preference what you prefer) and paints (well, dunno how they are to hand paint, they seem a bit airbrush-focused to me), but I suspect the brush there's shite as well. All in all better to get the kit and tools/paint separate so you get the tools/paint you actually want and need. The paints included are also pretty far form all the paints the kit really calls for as well.
>>98037915>>98039463thank you >>98038537>>98038805>>98039077im also looking something to replace my 10 year old welleman vtlamp6you know how old plastic turns into that nasty piss stain yellow, mine has that and 8 big cracks so soon i have to tape it together so it wont break one day and start a firegood suggestions thank you
>>98039388Just drop them into the concentrate right from the bottle, don't dilute it. Best to use a glass container, I've used food grade plastic containers in the past and while they didn't exactly break down right away they got really soft over time and eventually leaked. Be sure to wear rubber dish washing gloves, not latex or nitrile and wash your hands afterwards. The concentrate will give you a mild chemical burn if it gets on your hands to long and will make your skin peel and itch for a day or two, besides that basic safety like ventilation and eye protection. As a test I tossed some of my varnished practice models into a jar and left them for 11 months, the varnish paint and primer had all sloughed off, super glue bonds broke, and the plastic had no issues/softness or anything.
>>98039917>you know how old plastic turns into that nasty piss stain yellowUV light discoloration. It's reversible but then it'd still be cracked.
>>98040025Sounds perfect for what I need it for, thank you Anon!
>>98040039nta, usually it's not just discoloration it's also structural degradacion, hence, the cracks, so you can turn it white again but not fix the brittleness
Should I go with desert coats or blue coats for my Krieg?>Desert camo rocks the hardest to me especially with their coats and dark steel helmets + it means I make desert storm themed vehicles>Blue greatcoat look very heroic and would create an awesome visual when they're together but I wouldn't know how to paint vehicles None of these are mine, they're just examples.
>>98040198Black coats, little red armbands too.
>>98038422There is 0% chance that squidmar actually makes his own paint brushes, he just contracts them out. That means they are just like every other synthetic brush being made in whatever factory they are cranked out in.>>98038492To the best of my knowledge all synthetic bristles are made through extrusion. So they have the inherent weakness that then they are damaged they curl because of strain and tensions. Hair on the other hand is much more complex, each hair in itself is like a bundle of smaller hairs that are all tied together with a sheath. So when hair gets damaged it tends to just sluff off and get shorter. Sometimes it can form slit ends however but energy that is still less annoying than the synthetic curling. Look up some SEM photos and you will see what I mean.
>>98040206>>98040198And Germanic runes
>>98037966is it shiny enough to see your reflection clearly in like alclad airframe aluminum or molotow chrome?
>>98040198>>Blue greatcoat look very heroic and would create an awesome visual when they're together but I wouldn't know how to paint vehiclesLooking at the mini on the left there you could go with the black grey of his helmet as the main colour for vehicles, with blue insignia/company/markings. If you need an accent colour or want two-tone camo then grab the grey from his gun.
>>98040198Desert, definitely. Weathering desert stuff is such an absolute joy to do.
>>98040198Desert storm is cool, but Krieg is all about Trench Warfare. It does not match at all, themewise.
>>98040230>>98040232Thanks for the arguments, I've been stuck on these for the past couple days>>98040236I was going to make a more tank focused army with less artillery. It's not comp or meta I just like my making my dudes
>>98040252have you ever painted tanks before
>>98040257nope :)
>>98040252If you wanna go mechanized warfare with gasmasks and desert-ish scheme, why not go with Steel Legion instead? Cadian bodies + Tiny Legend heads make for simple and easy kitbashes. And they look awesome. >>98040262Armor is the most fun to paint, imo.
does this lamp people keep shilling actually make light comparable to actual sunlight? when I am doing woodworking projects I have to keep going out into the driveway to see what it will look like for real. supposedly incandescent lights are closer to real daylight, but the retarded clowns in the government made it illegal to sell them.
>>98040262painting tanks kicks ass im sure you will like it
>>98037822If you want to lean into that intensity of brightness on the plasma rifle, you could had some heat indications around the Cawl doohickeys. Darktide has taught me that the metal cylinders on the bottom are coolant areas.
>>98040265I guess you're right in that I'm kinda already making a steel legion, I just wanted to use krieg minis. >why not go with Steel Legion insteadThere's *officially* no kits for them, and the rules at this point only reflect Cadians - Catechans - Krieg. I could do a kitbash but the kriegs look so good right out the box. Same with the tanks.I'll just leave it ambiguous. Not like the rules prevent me from taking Krieg battle line and tanks right?>>98040284I bought a couple other boxes of different armies but It's the imperial guard that makes me want to go all out because an army of tanks and infantry and artillery gets me so hyped.
>>98040296dont know what edition you play but in 2 months 11th edition and steel legion will be the hot shit and they are all about them tanks
>model looks bad>strip it and start over>8 hours later>looks the same as the first timeit's over
Bloodthirster / Daemon prince update. My pal is gonna fite me with thousand hijos so I'm gonna have him crushing a tzaangor shaman smashing the disc. Pic related base is on the 3d printer atm. Also never skip neck day
>>98040278yeah that's the whole point, it makes closest to that compared to other lampssome incandescent lights yes, usually you need a blue filter for them, halogens where closer iirc
>>98040278Any light with a high CRI will look colour accurate, most modern LED lights are like 70-90, anything over 90 is good for painting and the likes but the sun and any proper good incandecent is 100
>>98040400cool i quess but i for one was looking forward on how you were planning on doing the thing with pinning and greenstuff or something of the sort
>>98040265>steel legion is forgotten>official lore states "their numbers are depleted to Cadians and Kriegers make up the difference">even GW is telling people to just repaint Krieg as Steel LegionI got it!>for propaganda purposes Armageddon is cloning and using Krieg troops in classic Steel Legion heraldry and pretending Steel Legion didn't bite the dustIt's so grimdark I love it. This is my headcanon now, and will be my army going forward.The Mustard Yellow coat goes so hard too
>>98039388Scrub a bit as you go. 7 days of soaking followed by a scrub for 7 minutes will be less effective as 7 days of soaking where you scrubbed 1 minute each day. The goal of the scrubbing should be to lift off loose paint and expose deeper layers for the degreaser to get to work on. Also if stripping plastic models primed with rattle can you will never get all the primer off as it will have etched into the plastic and become one. So don’t work yourself to death thinking you need to.
>>98040595Good to know, thank you. I just popped the ebay rescues and two painted minis in. I am uncertain how the ebay stuff was primed but I know I used rattlecan Chaos Black way, way back in the day on my personal minis. Thankfully the entire army will be primed in black so not a big deal.
Not very confident in my choice of skin colour for this guy. Thoughts?
>>98040626What color metallics for the trim and such? I think with that added context to the armor it may look better.
>>98040626I'm assming you're going for something similar to Valkia, no? I think it could work if you added some warmth to the shadows
>>98040626Looks fucking good brother, nailed the flesh color on the fingers, the face is actually scary. You crushed it
>>98040626I like it.I feel like it could do with some slight purple hues tho.
>>98040632Gonna be based on this picture, at least the general idea is. Black and gold trim.>>98040645Thanks!>>98040637>>98040646I'll take that into consideration when I sit down to work on it next time, thanks.
>>98040626i like those transitionsthey have that look that makes you feel little sick like clive barkers tortured souls
>>98040516Don't worry anon I will be using drilling/pinning , Milliput, Greenstuff and 3D printing. I'm not so rich that I'm gonna buy a tzaangor shaman just to do a base lol.
>>98040595>Also if stripping plastic models primed with rattle can you will never get all the primer off as it will have etched into the plastic and become one.I thought you guys said there was no difference between different primers and paints
>>98040720Well whoever said this was a liar or just doesn’t know better (probably that). But it’s true for airbrush primer, that shits just paint. Now mind you it’s still paint specifically formulated to work nice for priming with, that is it will often shrink and self level, so it’s still nice to use. If your primer can’t chemically bond with the surface, then it’s just paint. The accelerant in rattle can acts as an etchant on plastic minis, if this were in your airbrush primer it would likely ruin your airbrush.
>>98040752>chemically bondwe're NOT doing this again
>>98040293Not a bad idea, I'll try to do it with the next plasma I paint.
>>98040626Looks great as is. I wouldn’t change it.
Use medium for glazing
>>98040759Found the liar
>>98040759it is something you say to yourself when that last bit of paint from that plastic model just wont come off anons were right i should have used the thing they told me to
>>98040752>The accelerant in rattle can acts as an etchant on plastic minis, if this were in your airbrush primer it would likely ruin your airbrush.what about automotive primer? that's applied with a spray gun and it has all kinds of chemical shit in it.
>>98039321Buy both, make a youtube vid comparing them. Profit?
>>98040885Automotive primer etches (literally dissolves) the surface of the metal to impart a very very fine microtexture allow for surpurb adhesion. I don’t think they can hope to achieve the same kind of bond that you can get with plastics because the chemistries are so different, but I’m also not a material scientist. I’ll show you a photo of a mini I stripped (in LA totally awesome) showing off what I mean when I get home. The same primer was used on the model which is a Forgeworld hybrid kit, and on the resin parts the primer came right off in sheets. That you could pick off with your finger nail (like how you can with all airbrush primers, scraping it to expose the bare plastic beneath. For the plastic parts of the kit they are all black still, but I’m spots where I scrubbed a lot you can see almost a translucency where I nearly wore off the top layer of atoms, but it’s clearly not a distinct layer of paint that can be picked off.
Mr. red hands rogue hunter, bounty
>>98040752>if this were in your airbrush primer it would likely ruin your airbrush.what nonsense is this? decanting spraycans to use the paint with airbrushes has been a thing for decades
>>98041091yeah but if you couldn't spray rattlecan type primer then it would be impossible to spray primer on cars but it obviously isn't.
>>98041118>>98041147Hmm you raise a good point, I’m not sure why that is then. Maybe just the precision nature of an airbrush means it’s more vulnerable? I can’t imagine an industrial spray gun having the same need for tolerance.
>>98041189it's nonsense, you would need to spray hundrers of litters of paint for a (shitty) aribrush seal to go bad, good ones won'tand there's nothing else solvent can damage besides the seals
>>98040198
Well it took forever after stripping and restarting, but the torso and arms are mostly done. I’m not sure if my eyesight is shitty or if my camera is bad, because it looks a lot better in perso, especially from 12”+.Should I do an oil wash to get some recess shading? I don’t know if that would ruin it or not.
>>98041355Recess shading is almost always a good idea, it makes details pop and adds depth
>>98041327The eyes look fantastic, and you really sell the imagined environment they're in, like it's in a damp muddy environment and it's making their coats slick wet and glossy. huh what's throwing me off is how your watchmaster has medals! and the melta gunner with the shotgun shells! idk what you used to kitbash them but that's amazing. although I'm more interested in having a dry arid desert theme for my army, yours have inspired me. Thanks for posting m8
It took a fucked up amount of time, but the first of my Ulfenwatch is done. I'll take any and all criticism. This was my first time really trying out any weathering. I'm also trying to nail down eye glow.
>>98041413As this thread's resident weathering fetishist, I REALLY like that skelly, anon. Excellent stuff. The only thing that comes to mind, maybe give the cloak/tabard a coat of ultra matte varnish to take away that silky sheen?
>>98041426Thanks anon. I just ordered a bunch of shit because I needed like 1 paint and wanted to the free shipping threshold, and matte varnish is one of the things I got. So I should have it in a few days. But hopefully now that I've actually nailed down pretty much what I want to do with these guys I'll be able to knock out the next in significantly less time.Any suggestions on the weathering? I did the rust with Mournfang and Skrag and the verdigris with PA Dark emerald and Nihilakh. Fuck I just noticed I forgot to highlight the spear shaft. God dammit.
>>98041104Sick
pre-metallics stagetoned down the palette to use more grey to try and make it actually read as greyI ditched glazing and went with just layering and it's much less stressful I think
Working on a couple of projects, stalled on this half-giant guard captain because I can’t decide on a good armor color for him that fits a “lives in a land of fire” theme. Would bronze be too close to the red and yellow? Also trying to do some dragonborn, need to figure out how to do fire on transparent plastic.
>>98041549I like it, think once the metallics are done it will look pretty sharp.
Is there anywhere I can find some models or STLs of eldar children? I'm starting my Salamanders army and I need some basing materials.
>>98035186Nah that's a boomer thing, and boomers are narcissistic children who sold their kids and grandkids to Jewish banking cartels for a gilded 40 year retirement. Not very masculine desu
>>98041660Buddy, nudes of women as decor are a hallmark of class in all points of ethnic european cultural history, going back even to ancient rome and greece, further still with carved stone naked female idols whose full meaning are beyond knowledge.Appreciation of the female form is core to artists.
>>98041816There's a difference between art and pornography, buckaroo. No matter how much you want to justify your degeneracy
>>98041549breh it's fucking blue. ignore that "reads as" shit. it's pure gaslighting. if you want your guy to look gray paint him fucking gray.
>>98041911
>>98041856Yeah pornography involves sex, art is a lone woman, figure it out kid.
>>98041983Right, your nudie calendar of a porn actress is "totally" art bro
>>98042043Art is possibly the most subjective experience in life.>takes long drag of cigarette in baguette
>>98041362I tried doing the oil wash on just the chest and legs bit. The wash itself was fine, but the mineral oil ended up dissolving some of the blue tack and it got all over the model. I was able to clean it up with a q tip, but I would definitely recommend removing any blue tac before an oil wash if you are painting in subassembly.Also, now that I think of it, superglue is oil soluble so be careful there as well.
>>98042058How very Jewish of you
>>98042043so if he had a print of Cave of the Storm Nymphs on the wall it is A-OK?
Building up a shape , , first base print i realised i didn't give the shaman lclaws,, reprinting -_--
>>98042083NTA but I dunno eh.. On the one hand I don't think Cave of the Storm Nymphs would be an easy wank, but on the other hand, not an impossible wank with I bit of intention and imagination
>>98042109funny thing is, I picked that image because it was painted essentially as a warning against overt sexuality by bringing up the dangers of the Sirens of ancient myth. at least in its historical context anyway.
>>98042102Imagine getting stomped to death by a huge muscular demon in a chain G-string with chaos stars on his nipples, what a way to go
>>98041549Love the color choice.
>>98042102where is that backpack khorne jump pack servoarm thing from
>>98042083It really is amazing how certain tropes just keep getting proven over and over, e.g. pretending to not understand the question, making discourse impossible
>>98042194Bladecrow Jump Packs on Cults. The khorne symbol is from the massive Citadel bloodthirster
How is my base?
>>98042276nice strawberry jelly
>>98042321Yeah it’s UV resin mix with strawberry jelly, does it look like blood?
>>98042347no it looks like strawberry jelly
>>98042347no not reallycontaminated rusty water maybe or some alien world thingy
>>98042354>>98042356What can i do to fix it then?
>>98042372problem is even if you make it look like blood it most likely aint the first thing that comes to mind when looking at that lush green river bankunless the model is slitting its wrist into it or something
>>98042372flick blood splats on the green area. Will sell the idea it's blood.
>>98042414>flick blood splats on the green area. Will sell the idea it's blood.But it's a lake of blood, not crime scene
>>98041413can't see much on that photo, but the other anon is right, it needs matting on the clothes and bones at leastwhile you are wheatering you should o it on the bones too, add some scratches here and therei would also deepen the shadows on the bones, and imo eye glow almost never looks good on skellies, so something subtle like you did is better than a full osl
>>98042418It's a lake of red jelly right now. Splashes happen hat lakes. It's a body of water.
>>98041413idk but the cloth looks flat as fuckdarken the shadows
Got some painting done today. Three more pieces of scatter terrain, will be giving them another look over in the morning to touch up stuff. Getting the dirty down effects to properly bloom is so inconsistent lately it's driving me mental.
>>98042560This one I'm sufficiently vexed that I'm calling it more or less done. I'm not really happy with it but I'm like seven coats of this colour shift paint and while it is visible in person, the phone photos just aren't catching the light in the right way to make it obvious so it just looks like a glossy black lump. In person it's got a pearlescent purple hue to it though. I might go back over the higher exposed points with a few more coats to make them catch the eye more than the other surfaces.
>>98042563Last one of the night. At least I managed to get something done considering I'm 95% sure I broke my foot earlier. Small victories. Sad that the mirror paint on this one lost it's sheen. Maybe I'll give it another coat and then try to glosscoat over the top to try and preserve it but I'm unsure at this point.
>>98042480is that really the right move here? if you darken the shadows you're basically increasing the contrast, which for a single color object is effectively trying to show it as being more reflective. the cloth gives the impression of being wool or something which should have a matte appearance. I think the other idea to make it look more flat is the better choice.
Finished the "base" for my harlequins diorama. They will be glued to look like they spring out of the frame (and yes, some of their arms are cut to make it look like some are on their way out)Anything I should add/remove?
I bought a painboy, but I can't decide how I want to paint him. Zenithal and contrast paints, or just regular acrylics?
>>98040211>There is 0% chance that squidmar actually makes his own paint brushes, he just contracts them out. That means they are just like every other synthetic brush being made in whatever factory they are cranked out in.Yep, they're whitelabeled da vincis. But word is that da vinci put actual r&d into it rather than just whitelabeling them, which is where the price comes in. No idea what constitutes that r&d. Like I said in a different post, I'm skeptical but curious, mainly because no one seems to have tried iterating on them in a while. You seem to know something about brush manufacturing so maybe that is interesting to you.
>>98043037Try things you’ve never done before. For example, go with a combination of contrast and acrylics or acrylics and enamel paints. Orks are the best place to try new things because it doesnt matter if the end result is a bit messy.
>>98043037Regular acrylics is my vote. It's much more enjoyable and the result looks much better.
>>98043037slapchop is a meme and looks bad most of the time, only do it when you're looking to paint shit fast
>>98042626Could add some colour variation into the shadows. Push shadows darker and bluer, push highlights lighter and yellower. It's an option, and if the highlights aren't pinpoints it shouldn't look too shiny. Curious to see what anon does.
>>98040211>0% chance that squidmar actually makes his own paint brushes, he just contracts them outYeah, obviously.He's not out here catching weasels in the siberian wilderness, plucking out their tail hairs, and binding them into brushes for you.He was always going to go through an established manufacturer, what matters is whether or not the brushes are special in some way, or are just relabelled version of what the manufacturer already make.
>>98043167>what matters is whether or not the brushes are special in some wayI sincerely don't think this ever happened. Look at AP and their "Blanche" set. Blanche sold his name so that AP could sell more paints that should have been part of the original range, ie. dark saturated colors.
>>98043184Yes but AP didn't claim there was R&D. That was a direct whitelabel.
>>98042043That calendar is older than I am, so not only is it art, it's an antique.
>>98042746maybe some waves on the points where they are emergingare you the same anon who did few of those frame dioramas maybe 5 years ago
work on the longbeards continues.
>>98043339>no rosy cheeks or noseI miss alcoholic dwarfs like you wouldnt believe
>>98043343Don't worry, anon. I've got you. It's a WIP
