Work in Progress, TGIF Edition>Full-size version of today's collagehttps://mega.nz/file/fExi3DwL#AfLhqEiAnG6ORKuvlmCa5V-_a7Dg6Nuxd4p0GjZ6-gs>Full-on /WIP/ OP Links Pastebin:https://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>Everybody wants a new romance!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsgBpsNPQ50>Who's Johnny, she'd say, and smile in her special wayhttps://1d6chan.miraheze.org/wiki/JohnnyPrevious threads:>>98493914>>98482298>>98465121
>>98503020These guys would actually be perfect for a diorama, I might need to get an RSV for myself to get my grubby mitts on a couple of them.
Are speedpaints worth it? I’d probably just use it for imperial guard cadian shock troopers.How fast does it make the process and what makes it speedpaint? Is it just a coat of paint+shader?
>>98507138I use a few, but not as my main way of painting. The crusader flesh one is a pretty good skin wash if you thin it a bit. Personally I think the slapchop way of painting mostly with contrast/speedpaints looks ugly.Speedpaints are just like contrast paints, where theyre thin but not a wash.
If I wash my minis after working on them how long should I wait before priming them? Is touch dry ok or should I wait 24h?
>>98507138they are good as a quick basecoat + wash combo to estabilish some color to layer on top ofpurely speedpainted minis look kinda dull tbqh
>>98507217I’d think touch dry would be long enough; but if you wanted to be safe I’d just let them sit overnight then prime them the next day
>>98507217It's just water mate, don't overthink it. Pat them dry with a paper towel and leave alone for an hour or two so that the remaining tiny droplets can evaporate from tight spots. That's it.
>>98507138Depends what you want your minis to look likeZenithal + speed paint can give you a really nice coat in 2 steps, but it can look kind of 1 dimensional unless you play with the colours you prime/zenithal withIf you wanna do a shitload of infantry quickly by brush it's great but if you want to use an airbrush anyway it's kind of pointless.
>>98507206>>98507232>>98507252Ok, thank you! I’ll probably just keep how I’m going; I’m only doing standard cadian colors anyway so it’s not super intensive.Sorry if this comes off as attention whoring but am I doing okay for a newbie? I know I need to touch up some places on this model but does the shading look decent enough?
>>98506759What's the best way to base coat dozens of miniatures at a time?They're already primed black but I'm not sure if it's best to dry brush the base coat, airbrush it (though my airbrush clogs quickly seemingly because I live in a dry area). Or just paint it on normally which seems to take forever and I'm sure I'll somehow put on the paint to thick
>>98507302Airbrush, duh. Use retarder and more thinner if it clogs and obsessively clean the needle tip.
>>98507311>Use retardern-no u
>>98507336lel. I nearly wrote "use retarded"
are the magnet baron posable flight stands worth it?
>>98507276Looks fine enough.
>>98507368that's kind of subjective, they don't seem too pricey so do you like them?
>>98507400Not sure, I've never used em. I bought a box of shining spears and I was wondering if they were worth it? I do want to magnetize my flight stands but I don't know if this is the best solution. I'm planning on getting a lot more jetbikes in the future too.
>>98507276I think this is great for a newbie, it's fairly neatly applied, and looks similar to what you might achieve if you switched to a speedpaint/contrast method. The downside of speedpaint etc for a newbie is it is less forgiving of mistakes, with basic paint layers being more opaque and thus easier to correct when you inevitably put a color where you dont want it accidentally.
Im having a skeleton of fun
Monument sisters, how do I stop wasting paint? The dropper brings out such a large amount in one drop, I barely need any of it
>>98507573rebottling
>>98507573eat the rest of it
>>98507573Buy dropper caps from amazon, they're cheap.
They are Word Bearers and Crimson Fists.Just a first pass of the base coat here.
>>98507246>Pat them dry with a paper toweldefinitely get fibers on your freshly cleaned models before priming. pro move.
Are grey paints typically low coverage? I feel like mechanicus standard doesn't cover as well as it should. Regardless of consistency it feels weak.
>>98507683Mechanicus Standard is very, very meh paint. AK greys are generally pretty good. Though I do love Stormvermin Fur when it comes to Citadel.
>>98507683Anything beyond a "dark grey" will be finicky, yes. I blame the amount of white it has to use. If you let it soak on a wet palette you can literally see the black and white mix separating.
>>98507683>>98507702Seconding AK greys.t. Grey Schizo
>>98507714What are your best neutral greys
>>98507725From darkest to lightest:AK Dark Grey, Neutral Grey, and Medium Grey. You can color modulate with these with just a tiny touch of mixing. If you don't mind going colder, then AK German Grey is fantastic, and so is AK AFV Field Grey Base #2 (it's grey feldgrau, but slightly warmer without the blue-ish tint of the German Grey).From warmer, but still neutral ones, AK Basalt and Ash Grey I like a lot.
Ffs hiroshimoot please just fucking ONCE let me phonepost a picture that's not sideways, I am at my limit. Anyway, some more progress on infinity. I like taking close up pictures of my models because they are good at showing one's sins for correction.
>>98507756Fuck's sake
I have a cheap little well palette that I'd like to make double as a texture palette with the big empty circle in the middle. I have a bunch of stuff I could glue to it but what would be the best things to include?>leftover sprue cut up>little cork rocks>texture paste>actual basing dirt/sandI know it's not very big, but I figure having something besides a paper towel to wipe dry brushes on is better than nothing.
>>98507756>>98507764lol noobI always just take a screenshot of my picture before mobilefag uploading, it seems to fix it.
>>98507672Those are some good looking models. Are the chaos dude made by Skeaze? Also are you planning a game for them? I've been thinking of getting into 15mm.
>>98507775>the idea here is to have a simple but tactical mirror match, everyones got bolter andgrenades and that's it, at this size a 2'x3' board is equivalent to 4'x6' and I've got a dense load of very configurable terrain for them.I'm not even going to use GW rules, I think the best option so far is OPR but I'm open to suggestions for something else.I've gone with capture the flag because that encourages tactical play, although it could just as easily be a one flag game with a defend team and assault team or no flags and a deathmatch.From my post in /3dpg/
>>98507806I think with that setup of everyone just being bolter dudes you should look for something where even a simple guy with a gun would have more of options for actions and not just walk/shoot.Me personally I'd include 1-1 dudes with special gear just to make it more interesting..But for a game I recommend to check out Xenotactics, I think that would fit the tactical small scale much better than OPR, which is rather bland.
>>98507770Oh and should I prime the sprue or whatever else I stick to it?
Work continues on the demonic interpretative dancers.
>>98507877The rules themselves don't need depth, the size of the board and the density of the terrain with the nature of the objective are going to force a lot of tactical decision-making, so rules where move, shoot and grenade are the options is what I am looking for.no special equipment, no experience progression, no skills/perks.
>>98507969The skin is a little sloppy looking. What are these supposed to be anyway?
>>98508116How to improve the skin? They're my take on trench crusade war wolves from plastic parts in my bits box.
I don't know why GW shilled contrast as "noob friendly easy lazy 1 step solution" paints when they're probably the most complicated things to use in their paint line, the more I use them the more little tricks and improvements I find every single time.
>>98508126I see. The skin looks muddy now, because of the heavy wash or speedpaint you used. I would go over the flat parts with the original color. You could drybrush if you're not confident. Then maybe add some sparse highlights to the most raised bits.
>>98508143Because it's the quickest way to go from nothing to something. That something ain't much, but it is something.
>>98507138If you’re spending a week per mini like the majority of the contrast haters here then you’ll get better results over time with traditional methods. If you’re trying to knock out an army at an acceptable quality before 2027, then contrast slop is a good idea. Zenithal isn’t required but it’s worth learning if you go that route, just don’t fall for the black shading meme.>>98508143Because if all you do is load up the brush and stay between the lines (particularly on a heavily greebled fig…now you know why the industry is headed that way) you’ll get a decent result. That’s extremely beginner friendly. What GW didn’t tell us is that the skill ceiling is actually pretty high. In their defense, they didn’t know that people were going to start doing other shit with it.
>layer paintsame energy as "chapter books"
Currently doing a 30k warp tainted apothecary harvesting a basic half dead word bearers
>>98508177>>98508206I guess but even when starting or going the lazy way they still have caveats.I remember I started painting when a wave came out like 4? 5? years ago and fell for the shilling, after 2 minis I wasn't happy with the results and bought some regular pots, tried them and it looked way better for less effort, technique and time.Sure it was missing shading but that was quick and intuitive enough and contrasts barely saved me some time compared to the pain of trying to learn and deal with the different properties of each pot and how they interact with different primers, shades, underlying colors, etc.Shamelessly taking a pic from a josedavinci youtube video but it's a good representation of how easy it is to fuck up with these paints just with the most basic brush usage and end up with a really bad result.Doesn't help that citadel contrasts are still not properly labeled as some are glorified washes and some are incredible paints for many reasons and not even comparable to regular base pots, yet many of those glorified washes are actually great for unique use cases BECAUSE of their shitty coverage/pigment/etc.
>>98508248Is the red on his wrist supposed to be blood?Not trying to talk shit, just looks a bit too runny, almost like he spilled some juice on it, which paint are you using?
I hate waiting for putty to dry aaaahhhhh
>>98508143>>98508363the best thing to come out of contrast is people starting to prime white
>>98507677the pro move is to spray it with alcohol out of your airbrush and then blowing it dry just before painting
>>98508363You want something that actually looks good, the average shitter just wants to play. That image is just some photoshopped bullshot.>>98508433You personal preference is not better.
>>98508497>That image is just some photoshopped bullshot.It's not, it's the difference between primer/undercoat colors and brush usage, I know because this is similar to what happened to me hence why I used it as an example.One is on black primer with lots of pooling, smallish brush and many other issues that you wouldn't know about unless you had the previous experience and info beforehand.
>>98508497>the average shitter just wants to playit'd be way easier to just slap in base paint and then a wash which is the true lazy shitter approach
>>98508143even if you don't use it right, it still paints a lot quicker than regular hobby paint.
>>98508534Why? Prime -> basecoat within the lines -> wash.Prime ->slop within the lines.The first has an extra step.
>>98508522Speedpaint on black primer?
>>98508497>You personal preference is not better.You can paint over white with the shittiest possible paints and "hard to paint" colors become trivially easy. Armies painted over white read better on the table compared to dark mudcore you used to see. If you have to pick one primer then white is by far the most flexible
>>98508577Yes, it's easier to use.
>>98507756Iphone use here. I ran an experiment, you should too.> photo in portrait mode, it will exif data 90ccw. >a photo in landscale mode it will post correctly.>a photo in landscape lefty-mode, it will australia post. So if you want to phonepost a portrait mode picture, you must edit the phot using the crop feature first. I find the best way to do this is to edit>crop>zoom in>zoom back out>save.Alternately, if you open any photo you sent to your computer in preview or windows photo viewer, and just save it with no changes it will overwrite the rotation exif data and make it safe to post.
It’s fun to make things, soon I’ll have a little army of weird floating things
Oh and never rotate a picture using your phone if you accidentally took it wrong (happens a lot trying to take shots from above), that wont fix it.
>>98508566A 2 step process can be shorter and faster than a 1 step process if the 1 step process takes longer, the steps and the careful hand you need to make contrast worthwhile even at a base level so it actually covers correctly without making more problems than what it's worth like not knowing which paints actually provide good coverage, which ones require extra shaking/mixing because their formula fucks up the pigments very quickly and they sit on the base, avoid pooling so all details don't go to shit, etc, often takes as long if not more than just a quick brushed base for an army and then a quick shade.If you start doing highlights and several thin coats then yeah contrast will obviously be easier and faster but if you want speed you're not doing that anyway.>>98508597Not for contrast paints, darker primer colors actually make them harder to work with in most cases as their coverage will be complete ass and you'll get weird patches in many of the paints so you'll often need another coat which will change the color and lower the shading effect.
>>98508615That is wicked anon. Really nice detailings, you really nailed the ballsack look on those sculpted parts.
>>98508627Cheers, I might have enough bits to make one more monster, just need to figure out proper base sizing
>>98508611idk about iphones but my android phone is set up so if you are holding the phone the right way the side button works as a shutter button and the picture is always right side up. don't know how you retards have so much trouble with such a simple process.
>>98508626You're saying "normal" paints just go on automatically,don't have coverage problems, and don't need a careful hand? You can get away with a more sloppy painting with speedpaints, as mistakes stand out less.
>>98508626>Not for contrast paints, darker primer colors actually make them harder to workYou just agreed with me.
>>98508377I wanted to do an effect like if fresh blood had been whip off 30 second earlier with a rag or something
>>98506759Working on a base for Typhus, I came up with this. I have some skulls buried in the dirt, with Typhus standing on a split rock. I plan to add a bunch of Nurgle's rot (technical paint) to the base once it's primed, but the issue I'm running into is that He's partially standing on a rubble pile of Imperial ruins that doesn't really fit with the nature-rock base. I'm trying to convince myself that the base is just a snapshot of ruins in aa rocky environment, and the ruins that Typhus' right foot is standing on is just part of that.Comments and recommendations are greatly appreciated.
>>98508864The ruins could easily just be a bit of blown up building, looks fine.
I've been trying to cookup a color scheme for Eldar for a bit. I settled on purple for the main body armor/robes, but wasnt super sure on helms/wraithbone. I was originally gonna do a bone color like ulthwe, but then I saw this post, and thought it looked great. I'm a bit worried that the gold will look tacky on guardians/wraithguards though.
guitar string looks amazing for some of the detailed tubing I'm trying to add to some minis, but when I try to curve it into shapes I want, it usually just kinkshow do you guys bend and curve your guitar string?
>>98509102
>>98509242Too much tension for detailed tubing. Even if you managed to have it not kink, it would probably pop loose eventually. I roll a tube of putty over a ribbed surface, similar result, easy to work with.
>>98509102>>98509245Those are warlocks and a farseer, could keep the guardians and wraithguard with the bone colored helmets to not outshine the seer council. Just paint some of the rounded sphere shapes on the shoulders of the guardians and wraiths with the gold.On my end I'm looking at incorporating white into my scheme, I just know citadel colors for whites are all shit. Does anyone have any recommendations from other brands?
>>98509313All white paint is shit, that's the nature of titanium pigment. Lead white is better, but the kids kept eating paint chips, so they don't sell it anymore.
>>98509313This might be what I do. I'll see about finding a cheapo assortment of Eldar on Ebay to test things.>>98509245It took me way to long to tell what was different here. I think I like the pale gold in the original image, but the brighter warmer gold might look better with purple robes.
>>98509398The idea was to make it a little less tacky looking.
>>98509242idk did you try annealing it so it's less springy?
Finished base coats, started highlights and got through the trim.
Going for a corroded theme for this PM rather than a mutated/green one. How does it look so far?
>>98509723Looks good to me
>>98509723Pretty nice, would probably need some more contrast IMO but its nice so far.How are you creating that texture?
>>98509778The texture is Typhus Corrosion, a technical paint. How would you suggest I add more contrast? A wash? I used agrax earthshade here and there but not a full coat.
>>98509795How do you get typhus to work like that?Thick coats?Mine just kinda splotches it a bit when I tried it.>How would you suggest I add more contrast?Contrast was probably the wrong word, but aesthetic contrast so to say, the teeth create a nice juxtaposition and makes it so the mini does not get lost in a sea of rust and just looks samey, for example if the tongue ends up bright and pinkyish or some other color, as long as it's saturated, to create that color and texture contrast with the brown rust your eyes won't get lost in the sea of rust.I assume you're already doing this since I see the green parts and the teeth and so, but figured I might as well mention it.
Got the Bladeguard and Aggressors primed.
>>98509827I use multiple coats of TC, thick coats yeah. I also use Ryza Rust for the orange component.
Working on the metals now
>>98509657One more round of highlights and i'm done for the night.
only heads to customize and they should be rdy for priming with other 30 chickens.I hope they will look unique
>>98507138Some of them are also decent if you want a less common colored metallic, using a silver or gold basecoat underneath, but then Vallejo made an entire lineup of paints for those anyway, and Tamiya's clear stuff can do the same shit. But neither account for all colors and there's more variety in speedpaints.
>>98509944Cool. What you doing with the heads?
>>98509944these look fantastic dude
>>98509944These look incredible anon. Can you explain the different colored puttys and why you used two?
>>98509848I really like the recess shading.
Does anyone else feel bad doing batch painting? It just feels like work to me, it's not fun. It also doesn't really feel faster than doing one at a time. I don't know if it's just a lack of experience on my end or what.
medium yeller
More progress on my archon. Glued the body together and did the putty work on the back of the torso. I always forget to take photos of the important steps, but what I did was saw into the lower back in a few spots so I could bend the torso to straighten the spine–normally he has a very leaning-backwards pose. After I opened it up I filled it with some wedges and then putty.Got the husk blade transferred over but I still need to finish the arms. I intend to swap right arm for the more DE styled plating.
Blues done, I forgot the parchment so I'll figure that out tomorrowI feel better about the guy after doing most of the details, the coming together feeling really helps
Got me one of them Rampart Wolverine tanks after seeing them here multiple times.It's pretty cheap considering how good it looks on the images. I paid 26€. I also appreciate the fact that it has moving parts like the turret and the back door. But some of the parts came with rather visible scuff marks, I hope those disappear once it's primed.
>>98510382Lovely glow on those eyes anon.
>>98510283cheesed to meet you
>>98510283bro I'm literally begging you, at least drybrush the base so it looks less like diarrhea PLEASE
>>98510283What happened to his left shoulder pad? Did you put it on paint remover for too long?
>>98510668it is drybrushed >>98510703went too ham with gloss varnish when i was doing the enamels
>>98510797>it is drybrusheddid you drybrush it with the same color or what, there's 0 contrast
Getting a new batch of Custodes painted up and thought about changing my basing. Which one looks better?>Left looks a lot more matte and flat, is what I currently use otherwise>Right is some basing material for wastes, lighter and has some reflective bits of rock in there
>>98510382looks great, the nmm on that big purity seal thingy caught my eye in partiuclar
>>98510826maybe there was no paint involvedit is still drybrushing
>>98509981>>98510022>>98510055Thanks bros>I use those color markings to separate every 10man squad.>every 10 man squad i lead by 3 "fem" kroots 1 is longquill and they all reciving some kind of plume headgears of masks. >Color of marker is the same as the color of tribal markings they gonna recive on skin and faces.>I tried to give every squad a gimmic for eqample guys with purple markers are all melee oriented with some kind of blades or custom axes made from weapon stocks.>Every model that dont carry riffle in hand gonna heve it glued on back.For example team"yellow" looks like snipers with hoods and some kind of gullie suits (still workin on them)I will post some pic when they are doon if u want
>>98510283ymmmmm cheeeese
>>98510897Use the right for some more variation in size, and then paint it (base+2 tones of drybrush). And skip the bright red rims.
I have it in my head to build a Kill Krusha from sprues/plasticardIs this a retarded endeavour that will take years or should I go for it.
>>98511152scrachtbuilding and kitbashing is life, do it
>>98511152better get to it when you still have the inspirationwho knows you might be done by wendesday
>>98509313A couple of us here like Golden. Then again, a couple of us here say that Golden dries so glossy that nothing sticks to it, even though I somehow prime with it. At the end of the day you’re soliciting opinions on 4chan, so you’re going to have to decide which of us are well-meaning but midwitted redditors parroting bad advice, which of us are bots, which of us are downright psychopaths trying to make trouble for total strangers, and which of us are simply providing experience-based advice to try to help frens that like the same hobbies that we do. Good luck in your quest.
>>98511152Testing out new techniques and pushing your own boundaries is the way to avoid losing joy in the hobby. My favourite projects were the ones where I did exactly that.
>>98511436>A couple of us here like Golden. Then again, a couple of us here say that Golden dries so glossyBefore you start complaining about bad advice, you should check yourself, anon. A fair bit of Golden paints dry glossy, especially colors with lower pigment load. For minipainting and scale models, you should be using SoFlat anyway.
>>98511062coloured rims are kino though
>>98511454SoFlat dries matte, right? Does it have any issues with paint adhesion?
>>98511462Yeah, universally so compared to their main range, hence the name. No issues with paint adhesion, but again, I don't have that many of these paints.
>>98510055one is pure green stuff the other is 50/50 green stuff with miliputty. Its easie to sculpt and it goest harded almost like pure plastic i like it for for that cuz greenstuff is more elastic and work well on parts that i dont want to fall off/break off easly
Trying my hand at converting my old AP palette into a texture palette. I definitely fucked up throwing dirt in there and it's all probably going to have to come out. Too much glue, far too fine sand with basically no texture to it. Any suggestions? I'll prime it black after I get everything in there.
Morning progress on my small marines
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some matt varnish once everything is dry and settled and I am calling these done. I believe, applying all the decals took more time than the paint job.
I finished the armor, time to move onto the corset and robes. I'm attempting to get better at directional lighting. Before I would just highlight everything exactly the same without caring about if the lighting made sense or not.>>98511754Hello fellow violet enjoyer>>98511603Small pill bottles work the best for me but can be cumbersome>>98511724The nmm reads very well. I love the swords and the armor.
>>98511832How does a small pill bottle work as a texture palette?
>>98511850Sorry, I misunderstood. I don't think you really need to start over with that pallet. If the glue is making the rocks too smooth you could try dissolving some of it with rubbing alcohol to make it grittier. Be sure to do it outside and with a mask.
>>98511194>>98511205>>98511441Ok sprue scaffolding is doneGot the size of it online and it's smaller than I imaginedGonna go buy shitload of plasticard tomorrow
>>98511965Also very tempted to cannibalize these spartan tracks cos I'm not confident I can do the tracks justice but then I won't have a spartan anymorewill build the hull tomorrow and see whats up(wine cork for balance)
Thoughts on this base? It's for Typhus (eventually).
>>98512138Pretty cool, looks suitably nastyNo obligatory Death Guard green goo?
>>98512195Yeah, I have Nurgle's rot on the way.
>try not to bury lines on white-grey head>bury them anywayWell, fug.
>>98512558Have you ever heard about our lord and savior oil pinwash? Or his son, enamel pinwash? Or perhaps their apostles, panel liners?
>>98512573Forgive me Padre, for I have sinned and used normal acrylic wash here instead of superior oil wash. I wished to avoid having to wait 2-3 days before returning to painting but that was foolish.
>>98512584If you don't want to commit, you can get enamels which are dry in couple of hours. Tamiya Panel Liner is pretty much #1 game changer for painting Tau.
>>98511679Are these Varus marines? Would you mind sharing the files, please? I can see they've been scrubbed from cults.
why can people in the /m/ plamo thread paint gundams that are like 80% white and it always ends up looking nice and smooth, but whether it's tau or space marines or whatever no one here can paint even a tiny spot of white without it looking like dried cum? why don't people here just copy whatever they are doing?
>>98512676>what's an airbrush
>>98512676Most /m/ paints their gundams with airbrush and lacquers. Brush painting white, which is the most popular way due to size of details and elements on miniatures for wargaming, is pretty hard and often ends with rough surface. That's just how white pigment works.
>>98512700>>98512704what's stopping you from doing this with your miniatures? a head is literally the easiest example since you can spray it white by itself before attaching it to the body. even if it's the main part that has white you can base coat it in white and then brush paint all of the non-white parts like how you do watercolors.
>>98512756stylish choicenot everyone want s their models to look like toys but more like wargaming models
>>98512774I don't think people are painting their gundams to look like toys though
>>98512756why do you assume i don't?why do you assume everyone has or wants to use an airbrush?why do you assume everyone wants a perfect gunpla white on a marine?not sure what's your point here
>>98512787They're as if the schizo who insisted that you don't need to paint highlights or shadows was the population baseline.
>>98512790so are you saying people want crusty cum stain white on their minis?
>>98512790Stop being a dingus.
Anyone ever used these DSPIAE sandpaper sponges?Seems like a good catch all value deal and it's discounted in my country.
>>98512806if you take this as an example of what a "real" gundam is supposed to look like would you say the way people typically paint them does not successfully create the same impression?
>>98512756Sometimes I do that, sometimes I don't. Mostly inconvenience, too since getting airbrush ready to use (desk setup, cleaning afterwards, etc) takes too much time to justify painting single piece. Going around sounds tempting but I often still make mistakes that need to be fixed later. And I don't use lacquers due to fumes.And your earlier comment about dried cum was exaggerated anyway.
>>98512830yesthey are fine
>>98512830Sponge is a sponge, those are also quite small compared to what AK sells for example.
>>98512830Yes, got em for like 8 bucks and they're great. I think I ruined the edges trying to use them like sand paper though but there's multiples and they were 8 bucks
>>98512830Yeah, they are my favorite sanding tools. Easy recommend.
>>98512862>And I don't use lacquers due to fumes.but you have an airbrush?
>>98511679>>98512664nvm, found them
Why is wood glue not very popular with sand basing and instead it is PVA white glue? Does it really matter if a PVA glue is "washable" or not when gluing on sand then sealing it with watered down pva? I shopped at the dollar store and I believe I saw Elmer's PVA glue but maybe it was washable marked. There also was probably dollarama's studio brand pva glue, but I'm not sure if the cheapest reflects it's quality as being bad or if it punches above it's price.I want to do that old school sand basing thing, but I read somewhere that some PVA glues like supposedly Aleene's tacky make it harder to let the sand show texture when drybrushed by the way that glue dries.I know PVA glue might be the same but then I remember how we have paint brand tribalism so I'm curious as to what bargain brand PVA glue MUST be avoided for basing. Including the hobby taxed PVA glues.
>>98512846It does still look pretty toy-like, tbdesu.
>>98512944most wood glue is pva
>>98511454And here’s our first one. Did you miss my comment about priming with it? Which colors of Golden were you using and what paints didn’t work with them? Please be very specific.>>98511462So I’ve heard, but I’ve never used anything from that line. I’m a bit of an odd duck in this thread because I only shill and shit on stuff that I’ve personally used.
>>98512935Yes? Acrylics produce no fumes and only protection you need is P3 mask, some people don't use even that and simply spray into cardboard.
>>98513005>Did you miss my comment about priming with it?you mean base coating?
>>98512944i always use wood glue bacause its almost half as cheap
>>98512866>>98512869>>98512874>>98512916great, thanks
I'm almost finished with these guys, just missing the eyes and a few dot highlights.These miniatures were released exactly 20 years ago, in the summer of 2006.And if it weren't for this starter set i probably could have never afforderd to stick with wargaming as a broke teenager and would have likely stopped being involved with the hobby altogether.They might not be the best dwarfs out there, but definitely my favourite.
6 squads rdy to prime (dont mind shitty paiting of some of them i made it long time ago as a first paiting) gonna repaint tham
>>98513165cool they look celshaded
>>98510382Very cool, I've always been a massive sucker for incredibly limited palette colour schemes.It's like the painting version of a power trio band.
>>98512676Almost all Gundam painters I've seen do reverse highlights too. So they will darken edges on the armour to create separation and depth.It's almost like a black border around cartoons in a way, but way more subtle of course.But as somebody who got his first Warhammer shit 32 years ago, it feels like heresy doing "highlights" like that hehe. It's the complete opposite of what I've been doing for all these years.
>>98510382>blue tape mags/k/?
>>98513256>Almost all Gundam painters I've seen do reverse highlights too.That's just basic color modulation/panel lighting. Pretty much everyone does that, armor scale modellers, plane scale modellers, train autists, gundam painters, etc. Not sure why it is so rare with minipainters.
>>98513266Just didn't want to make them black
>>98512787to my knowledge they dojust this summer some anon was bragging here how they now have this technology where they can injection mold the whole robot with all the moving parts and pristine paintjob straight out of the machine so you dont event have to paint or put them together anymore
>>98512940Good because I have no idea which ones they are, I downloaded all marines from the telegram and picked the ones I liked.
>>98513279Because it looks just odd. Edge highlighting makes sense since light scatters at edges and people expects them to be brighter than main body. I'm supposed to believe that each panel is in fact convex and lighter at the center, darker at the edges?>>98513333Funny enough, he reposted my own image, which I took while building one of Bandai 30MM kits, just because I was not sure what the fuck I am looking at or what was the point of making this multicolored cube with 3mm holes at each side. Turns out it was just Bandai flexing their mold engineering muscles.
I have Gamers Grass thermoplastic basing bits. Do these need to be cleaned? They're not resin so I assume not but they feel a little different, like there's a film on them. But that might just be the quality of plastic they use.
>>98513572i dont claim to know much about gundam but arent they just something for show that you fill your cabinets with like endless anime figurinesnot that anyone has never done the same with tabletop minis because we all play with them rightright
>>98513572>Because it looks just odd.There's a reason why pretty much the entire scale model world does it while no one but (some) minipainters do the Citadel style edge highlighting. >Edge highlighting makes sense since light scatters at edges and people expects them to be brighter than main bodySans the matter of taste, it is a very silly claim to make, anon.
>>98513615give them a good scrub anon it never hurts to be sure
>>98513279>>98513642It still looks weird to me no matter how many people use it. I get it sort of draws your eyes in a different way, but I just think it looks unrealistic.Here's a sharp edge, let me make it dark. It looks really odd to me and always has.
>>98513642>>98513675If you look at the average Black Templar model that the 'eavy metal painting team paints, they put these ridiculous neon blue lines at every possible edge of the model. I've always thought that edge highlighting just isn't necessary and looks unnatural.
>>98513675>>98513689both of these look pretty good to the eye from half a meter away though even if they dont make any sense
>>98511724Love this scheme, and the NMM is pretty good.
>>98513171Holy shit anon. How long did that take you? That is some serious dedication.
>>98513675>but I just think it looks unrealistic.>edge highlighting is realistic
>>98513005nta but i used golden high flow diarylide yellow on >>98510283 and paint just doesn't stick to it. it's easy to fix with a varnish but painting anything by hand directly over it is frustrating because it just slides off
>>98513615you should always clean your parts before painting. even if there's no contaminants on them from the factory there's still going to be oil from your hands taking them out of the box.
when i heard greatswords have furious charge i immediately got this sudden urge to finish 10 at once
>>98513722around 1month of 1-3h session whenever i had some free time. Still working on gulie suits for Yellow "sniper" team
>>98513945Beauty! How did you get the paper banner to wave like that?
>>98513689>they put these ridiculous neon blue lines at every possible edge of the modeltrue, thats basically why I like our btanoni think the eavy metal style would be less offensive if they used neutral greys maybe
>>98514057i like the sniper team>>98514076rolled the banner into shape around a thick marker pen and then spray varnished it into shapeits comically huge i know but i like how they look on a table
>>98514157Doesn't look comedic to me, looks great. Then again, people laughed at my giant chainsword and I was surprised by the reaction lol.
>>98512676You need a proper base coat to do white. I use pink or grey
>>98512944I just used regular white elmers glue for a base, the only problem is regular white glue resoftens woth exposure to water so if you slop on acrylic with a lot of water it'll soften. But usually I don't use a lot of water so it's fine. Pva is stronger because it has more vinyl, but tacky glue is basically pva glue but non archival but its cheaper and works just fine too, i save my archival pva for making books
Here is another example of the plague marine scheme I'm going for. I'm I'm trying to convince myself that it looks cool (and I know this one needs more work) as a more rusty, corroded theme, but I'm just not sure. Thoughts?
>>98512676Most gundums are airbrushed with enamels, requires solvent thinners, acrylic is difficult but they could use a touch of propylene glycol to thin it for brush work at the expense of extra bleeding and use more coats for even coverage
>>98514347The bright turquoise verdigris clashes quite a bit with the rust.
Think it's doneI don't know how to paint purity seals besides one color and wash and usually don't bother with them, doesn't help that this one's really fat and looks like layer cake if I add shadow to the edge
>>98514347The mid is great but like the anon said the turquoise is a bit off, I get why it's there but it's a bit too much, a green would probably go better.
>>98514347I love it, looks grimy maybe a sepia wash over the verdisgris would mute it though
>>98514368>>98514391Yeah I probably went to hard on the nihilakh oxide (the technical color for the verdigris). Do you think I could add some sort of wash to it to tone it down or should I just paint over it and start again?
>>98514175damn that's cool, he looks like he duels dreadnoughts in melee
>>98514384Looks great fren, he glowie, do a blueish green wash over the seal for the shadows and touches of cyan on the raised areas to tint the highlights blue, let the cream show through for nayural color midtones
>>98514400you could lightly drybrush your metallic color over it to make it look like the verdigris has worn from the raised areas that would be getting contact
>>98514391>>98514400Actually wait, maybe you could look into changing the color of the oxide technical and try to make a moss like effect?Can you paint over it?
>>98514412Good idea, will do.
>>98514400Pick rust or verdigris, putting them both on is just overdone.
>>98514418Okay, what do you mean by moss-like? Might ve cool to change the color of the oxide a bit.
>>98514430Using the rust grain effect on the armor painting it with some green and then softly transition that into the oxide areas so it looks more natural, like the rust transitions into moss and that moss softly transitions into the less decayed areas covered previously by said moss.
>>98514440also no idea if this would actually work, just spitballing something that could be neat and might try myself later
>>98514440>>98514447Yeah might be cool.
>>98513053No, I mean priming. Titan buff high flow is my go to for a light primer.>>98513736Given that you provided a pic and I’ve never used any of their yellows (we were discussing whites), I’m inclined to take you at your word. Out of curiosity, did you brush it on or shoot it? And does the yellow settle much?
>>98514406Thanks fren
Getting close to done with these.
>>98514644
>>98514650Flags are double sided.
>>98514654
>>98514487it's not primer though? so it's just base coating.
>>98514650>>98514644>>98514654>>98514658Looks great, i love the flags and chaos warriors and johnnys, classic style!
>>98510283So beautiful
>>98510022That's awesome. Looks like real building material with worn white wash paint>>98509848Give her my number, I'm begging you>>98509245Gems look amazing >>98508864Make a diagonal pipe coming out of the ground like there's a hidden base or mine under the earth that blew up cracking the stone
>>98508522Those are beautiful, good use of contrast paints
>>98514362>Most gundums are airbrushed with enamelsLacquers mainly.>acrylic is difficult but they could use a touch of propylene glycol to thin it for brush work at the expense of extra bleeding and use more coats for even coverageSlowing the drying time just makes the problem worse. Use a hairdryer to dry the paint quickly if you want an even finish with matte paint over a large area.
>>98508248Woah he's cool>>98508126Touches of pale green Grey on the highlights where the bone show through. Old master trick.
>>98507969Everybody get loose, footloose, kick off your sunday shoes
calling these done. quite happy with how they've turned out.
>>98507770Yeah use keep craft paint to prime it, just use sprues and smooth pebbles and sticks from outside, pieces of plastic bottle caps, buttons, pladtic gears, wires, anything you can scrap from old clothes or broken stuff around your house, use air hardening clay to smooth some of the edges and blend it together like art, maybe add some sand or walnut shell or kitten litter, make it strange and cool. It's a really good idea. Maybe you could sell them.
Finished this one
>>98514713Awesome bots! Reminds me of star wars with solid colored panels amd whote bodies like r2d2 and the xwings. Very creative scheme
>>98514734I want to sex her, but she's evil. I hate my life.
>>98514734Wicked sick
>>98514734Butt...
>>98514734
Some final touchups and cleaned up the bases, done with these for now.
>>98514751You can fix her.
Anybody know where to source some cheap generic soldiers in flat top helms with tabards and maille sorta like pic related? I know wargames atlantic has some generic similar models but they're not quite what I'm looking for
>>98515146What about the WGA foot knights is not to your liking? Because they sound like exactly what you're asking for. I know they might be a little on the real-scale side of things, is that it?
>>98512953>>98513092>>98514327Thanks guys. I'm not sure if the gorilla wood glue can be diluted a bit with water to make a "sealing layer" for lack of a better term after the first layer of sand is glued on. It has to be diluted to a "milk" consistency right? I have Aleene's tacky right now. I can put up with it's supposed problem of hiding sand texture. Maybe the grains I got are just too small to the point where I might be using powder. Is the solution just making the layer thinner and then waiting for it to dry and then adding a sealing layer watered to milk?>>98514795Very nice elf booba and boota, anon. How did you do that white hair?You gotta take these elves to a game and record the initial player reactions. And I need to know what you did to paint that skin tone and whether you know some recipes for tones from lightest to darkest, please.>krautcoverThat stuff is being sold at my LGS. Less than 12 Canadian dollars for a small pack of sand that I think looks like my batch. I've pondered buying it as a joke to save the German economy but my country Canada is a joke too.I know we like to make fun of hobby stuff being regular products with a hobby tax, but sometimes I wonder if it is better to pay the hobby tax if it means helping the hobby store stay afloat. I like the LGS I can go to. But I already have the cheap alternatives.>>98515146Victrix medieval foot knights maybe? They're 28mm.
>>98515212what do you need to seal it from? it's not like sand is hygroscopic.
>>98515219The sealing is to prevent the sand from flaking off from miniature gaming. It is why I asked about wood glue being used in the first place as supposedly that is PVA glue but super stronger and water resistant. I think.
>>98514362none of what you said is correct
space man
>>98515234What was done to make those dark metallic talons? I need a dark metal acrylic paint. I know mixing but that isn't consistent and gives me colour autism. Also what's your paint recipe for the lad's face? I have some pinup female miniatures I want to paint in that tone or similarly to that tone.
>>98515226if it's properly glued down it's not going to fall off.
>>98514384>blank purity sealimmersion broken, into the trash it goes. Just paint Tau at this point.
>>98515262It absolutely will come off. Don't talk shit.
>>98515270does the abrasive fall off sandpaper just from being handled?
>>98515244talons>VMC burnt iron>highlight with TTC mythril bladeskin>prime dark grey>basecoat vallejo armour brown>dunk in thin reikland fleshshade>drybrush with a 1:1 mix of GSW dwarven flesh and PA golden brown>after painting the eyes wash them with a thin purple washi kinda winged the skin desu i've never painted anything other than white people but the head has negroidic features so i felt i had to paint him black
>>98515262>if it's properly glued down it's not going to fall off.I prefer to have a sealant layer over the dried glued on sand layer for my miniatures. Just to be sure before I start the sand painting. I'm okay with PVA glue brand recommendations. If they can be easily acquired in this nightmare realm called Canada. >Canadian owned brands bumped up prices for patriotism taxThey better be genuinely good beyond being made in specific country. Due note I do already have PVA glue as I said it was Aleene's. This is more about after replacing having used up what I have.
>>98515244>I need a dark metal acrylic paint.scale 75 black metal
>>98515278>talons>VMC burnt ironNew label or old label? I'm not sure if Vallejo messed with the acrylic formulas of the metal color line. I heard that stuff is super thin because it is meant for airbrush application so is any thinning with water necessary or do you just thin on a dry palette to make sure you don't have too much paint on the brush?>skin>thin reikland fleshshade>thin purple washThinned as in thin amount or thinned with water to what ratio? >i kinda winged the skin desu i've never painted anything other than white peopleI understand. I usually stick with lighter skin tones because those acrylics I've found to be weaker and I need to learn and get the hang of painting weaker acrylics. Painting darker tones becomes a fun breeze I shouldn't get too used to. But it is a nice break from the usual formula.>so i felt i had to paint him blackI felt that too when I worked on some spacenam models. I will admit I always never felt my skin tones were done right.But I do want to paint an albino skinned mini at some point. Like how albinos are portrayed in animes. I don't think I've ever seen an albino of any ethnicity but if I did I'd probably look a second or third time out of curiosity. They'd probably find that very annoying.
>>98515279the only reason you would need to seal it is if you were using something like salt or baking soda that might absorb moisture from the atmosphere. sand isn't going to do that so there's no point. you are like those old people who fall for scammers selling driveway sealant.
>>98515146stl prints without supports, I've painted it myself. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5241577
>>98515289Not op, but we seldom thin according to an exact ratio, just having some moisture on our brush is enough running it over our wet palette to thin it out. Acrylic paint dries too fast to worry about exact ratios unless you are doing airbrush and premixing a large quantity for priming or something. Thin just means enough water to see through it a bit.
>>98515276False equivalence, dunce.
>>98515305I did consider baking soda snow which needs sealant. I should have mentioned that part earlier. Sorry.>sand isn't going to do that so there's no point.Then the only point left is to recommend me a brand of PVA glue that is just a glue and go paint kind of good quality. So what works for you with pics and a timestamp for legitimacy? >you are like those old people who fall for scammers selling driveway sealant.Well I am reaching what the kids call "unc" age and I'm almost 30 so I'm probably like them now if I am not already.
>>98515305No, I've glued sand to a base with PVA many times, it will fleck off when drybrushing it. There's a reason people seal it and noone's getting scammed by using a bit of extra glue you fucking retard. Now fuck off.
>>98515320you have to glue the sand down and then shake off the excess like when you are frying chicken. also idk why people here constantly shit on craft paint but refuse to use anything but craft glue.
>>98515328Feel free to be wrong and go against common knowledge based on experience.
You're supposed to glue the bits down, shake some off, and then add another layer of glue that seeps into the gaps and makes it stronger.
>>98515328>also idk why people here constantly shit on craft paint but refuse to use anything but craft glue.I think the shitting on craft paint is because of the "craftsperg" I've seen mentioned here. It is impressive how one autist can tank the perception of a concept even if the original intentions are good. Maybe "craftsperg" took it too far.I do consider craft paint for terrain painting. If I ever get into it. I know some historical acrylic hobby paints follow the RLM, RAL, and FS colour lists so they can be easily replaced. But their quantities are usually not big enough. >refuse to use anything but craft glueI mentioned wood glue at >>98512944 (me) for a reason.>>98515343>another layer of glue that seeps into the gaps and makes it stronger.This is the water thinned to milk consistency part of sealing I've seen in tutorials sometimes, right?I just remembered I have to bake my sand to disinfect it. Depending on how many pounds I have collected, how long should I bake at what temperature in the oven?
>>98515359bake at 400f for 40-50 minutes until the crust is golden brown and the toothpick is no longer wet after poking
>>98515359>how long should I bake at what temperature in the oven?I'm not sure when it comes to sand, but the rule of thumb for food is that everything should be 65°+ C to be safe.
>>98515362Not sure if sarcasm or joking.>t. I am an autist defect>>98515382Thanks. It has been the unknowing of what temperatures to use that has made me procrastinate on baking my sand. The plastic container is probably it's own ecosystem now.
>>98511965LolKeep us posted
>>98515234Great finish
>>98513165Did you paint in the shading black parts?
>>98515146Check victix foot knights
>>98515288Any metallic with a drop of black ink or black paint
>>98515359Craftsperg proved himself correct tho, and posted models to prove it
>>98515288I thought scale 75 shat the bed or isn't good.If it is true then what about Turbo Dork's black ice paint? >>98515511That's true but what ratio of black paint or black ink to metal paint on average across metal paints to keep things as consistent as possible? I've seen 'eavy archive recipes but I've wondered how the official painters keep things consistent. I think they've got mixes of the stuff. I did see some Vallejo paints and even some acrylic inks mentioned in the recipes though. I thought those were weird and made me question the site's validity because I doubt GW would ever permit their painters to use anything outside the Warhammer paint "ecosystem." But then again they still use painted sand so maybe exceptions are made.
>>98515516>Craftsperg proved himself correct tho, and posted models to prove itI tried to be neutral on the subject of craftsperg. I looked back at my post and I think I fumbled it badly. But what specifics things was he correct about and what were his models? Just curious. Archive links?
>>98513165Great job amd so classic
>>98514734Lovely tiddy anon.
Continuing to try to practice NMM - although I'm not there yet I feel like I am moving on the right track, and it looks nice even if it isn't convincing NMM
"sniper" yellow team in ghillie suit rdy i hope that mix of glue and water that i used to seal the cloak gonna try fast i want to prime them all today
>>98513689I never liked blue toned highlights on Black Templars either. I prefer them in the 3rd edition cover John Blanche style where it's a warm black colour with very sparse neutral highlights. (I also much prefer the shoulder pads being bone coloured and not white. Yeah it blends in with the cloth colours, but I love very limited colour palettes and I think it ties the mini together)The way Cult of Paint does black armour is my favourite because it looks more natural. The edge highlighting is done very naturally to draw your eye in to certain areas and also acts more like weathering than a razor sharp 'eavy metal line.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9-XH5dm_NYThe blue tinted highlight for black armour works for other types of black, like Deathwatch armour and black panels for Eldar stuff. It looks weird to me on Chaos too.But highlighting something black using blue has been done for years and years. Just think of Superman's hair. It's a way to keep the colour deep and not make it grey/white.But with most things, it's just a matter of taste and context.>>98513706Yeah, I don't think it looks bad and I'm definitely not saying it doesn't take skill to paint, I just think it looks very unnatural. I'm just really really not into that style.>>98513724Yes, a sharp point that would naturally catch light looks more realistic if it has a highlight and not the opposite of what would happen.And yes, you need to exaggerate elements of the paintjob to make it read as what you're intending on the tabletop. But even for display and competition stuff you generally exaggerate things because the minis are so fucking tiny. It's different on big model scale stuff where you can make things a lot more natural looking, but then again, darkening edges goes against natural, so it defeats the purpose.I really dislike it, but it's a matter of taste and context, and lots of people do like it, so it's all good.I like seeing a bit of variety either way.
>>98515662Anon, in your mind, is eavy metal more realistic to this >>98513642
My base looks kind of stupid. Any suggestions for better basing?
>>98513194>>98515542Thank you anons.>>98515504I'm not sure i understand what you're asking. But generally speaking, no. Except for the basecoat on the beard, i use no black. I don't even prime with black.I did use some heavier washes to better separate colours and sections, but even those were coloured.
>>98515708That one of the ones from Mads Minis?
>>98515708Change out the red on the base for orange so it looks like lava instead of a blob of jelly
>>98515685Read what I said again and that should be enough answer to you. I didn't say 'eavy metal style edge highlighting was more realistic, but highlighting is. Shading edges is a lot more unrealistic. If you think otherwise then I suggest you look around your room and see how light hits edges of stuff. I don't know what else to tell you.
>>98515750>That one of the ones from Mads Minis?Yeah, the girl. It doesn’t come with a base
>>98515761NTA, but it imo depends more on a personal taste, really. Apart from zenithal, neither of these techniques are "realistic".
>>98514659>apply paint to bare plastc or (usually) resin>apply base colors over thisWhat would you call this? You do know that you don’t need to prime with something that’s literally advertised as a primer, right?>>98515328Because craft paint is absolutely horrible for this application. It manages that magical early GW trick of being both too thick while having shitty opacity, and then goes one further by using coarse lay ground pigments that make smooth finishes difficult. Cheap craft glue by comparison is perfectly adequate for flocking and such, which is not really a demanding task. I’ve told the story here in the past about the bad old enamel days where some guys would just lay down a thick layer of paint on the base, sprinkle it with sand or flock, and skip the glue entirely. You don’t need a high performance adhesive for this.
>>98515328>idk why people here constantly shit on craft paint but refuse to use anything but craft glue.>idk why people here constantly shit on shit thing but refuse to use anything but good thingA true mystery. Your minis are also not helping the craft paints cause, mr. sperg.
>>98515834I thought crafstperg had stopped sharing painted minis several threads ago
>>98515843He's got a bunch ITT, what are you smoking?
first time recasting a model, left is the original metali didn't expect this to be so good
I honestly have no idea how people do those kind of "black on white" details correctly. Mine is rather messy.
>>98516042With enamels and oils. No clue why would anyone torment themselves doing this acrylics.
>>98515638I can see the vision, as long as the colors are placed right it'll read as metal. If it was blended a bit more I think it'd show up way more
>>98516042>I honestly have no idea how people do those kind of "black on white" details correctly. Mine is rather messy.Use long tip brush
rip greatswords you were too hastily painted and died on the first chargebetter luck next time>>98516036awesome anon its so good it even replicated the flash on his bicep
Chicken, beans, and rice is proof that there is a higher power and it loves usFarseer
>>98516075as the old weapon triangle goes, lances beat swords
>>98516004I legit can't tell.Is it the 2 squads of space marines?
ok Flesh Shaper fucked up and we ate too much bubblegum. i like how purple team with "no eyes" turned up
>>98516234That's your surest guess?
>>98511458maybe for oldhammer, looks boardgame-y. maybe that's the idea?
Also, tried my best to paint white markings but as they say - sometimes best is not enough.>>98516074Tried but began to paint over black details instead.>>98516048How that changes the situation?
>>98516357looking good farsight bro
>>98516302Anon idk. Maybe that, maybe the dwarfs? But neither struck me as particularly craftspergy.
>>98516325That's the idea.
>>98516325They do feel more game-y. I've got coloured rims on my blood bowl teams for that exact reason.
I toned down the brightness of the verdigris with nuln oil, does it still clash with the rusty mid-section?
>>98516360Really? Good to hear, I thought it looks mediocre. Tried making markings on cloth parts too. I guess they do look mediocre from the close up but maybe nobody will complain.Model is only for display anyway, I'm not going to play him.
>>98516393Poor dwarf anon keeps getting mistaken for me when he's clearly posted hobby paints before.
>>98516420>avatar or signature usekill yourself, attentionwhore
>>98516432as other anon pointed out last time you cried about this, the site has a built in signature function.
>>98516420Idk man. I like your painting style. And i don't care what you use for painting. It could be mercury infused blood for all i care. I just like old school painting styles like yours (and like the dwarf anon's i guess).
>samefagging alreadykek
>>98516450You kinda asked for it by giving him (you)s.
>>98516460that contradicts anons accusation of samefagging
>>98516042Brush control, you're clearly very shaky and aren't well practiced with your edge highlights.
>>98516460fair enough, my bad
>>98516450Post minis.
>>98516501most pinis
Got my little diorama for the 40k collage finished
>>98516042White first, mini makeup sponge black on with dabbing, touchuo
Painting some good old Steel Legion :)
>>98515359>wood glueare you working with wood? there are hundreds of different glues out there, including ones made specifically to bond plastic with dissimilar materials. why not use an epoxy type glue?>>98515806>What would you call this?I'd call it painting. there are types of paint that don't call for primer. if I was using one of them I wouldn't call putting down my base color "priming" just because it was the first coat.>Cheap craft glue by comparison is perfectly adequate for flocking and suchand yet we have people saying that you need to seal your sand to prevent it from falling off. did you ever consider that if you were using the right tools for the job you wouldn't be needing unnecessary steps?>>98516357>How that changes the situation?assuming those are embossed details you can do a reverse wash using enamels. if you're going to paint stripes like that I would recommend masking them so the edges are straight.
>>98516124Cuteness >>98516266Looks pink! >>98516410Looks way better
>>98514057Wow those look incredible too. What’s your technique for the sculpted cloaks, do you make them flat then transfer them to model half way through drying?
>>98516549Awesome shield>>98516554Looks great >>98515638Good start>>98515523Scale75 is great except their caps, hard as heck to get in America though
>>98516554Based, Steel Legion is something I want to work on too. Already got some kitbash ideas lined up, 1/35 Jagdpanther + Rogal Dorn, fuckload of wheeled Chimera ideas, it's such fantastic regiment.
>>98516549Try your photo with no solid background your photo is washed out. I find that phones always fuck up the photo if it doesn’t have a good balanced color and mixed depth backdrop.
Okay, Da Red Comet with arms and thrusters glued on. Time to work on the base.But whoever designed those arms sockets had really bad day.
>>98516636How poseable is the kit anyway?
>>98516636Looks really good
>>98516641Pretty much monopose. Arm sockets have those tiny "guidance" holes matching "pins" on arms but these broke off at very first attempt to test fit. Any attempt at changing the pose would require some extra parts, green stuff and the like.
I got the robes done. I darkened by blue paint to give some darker recesses but I may have gone overboard. For now I am going to paint in the rest and make a call after if I should add more blue.
>>98516658You're supposed to snip the pins to get it into a custom pose, that's how this kind of kit works. Same as the Riptide. If you snipped the pins, would you be able to pose it? Or does it have parts that really only fit together one way (like how some space marine arms and torsos are connected)
>>98516799My main problem was how arm "balls" refused to fit into those round connections anyway. Also, arms themselves are single part each (except hand on sword arm, shield and shoulder plate) and mentioned shoulder plate is supposed to be connected in one position but that's the easiest thing to fix with green stuff. But I'm not very experienced with customizing miniatures.
Like this.
>>98516678Perfect amount actually
Ok so I'm just wrapping up my first ever squad of models (Dire Avengers), and I have some some questions...How in the FUCK do you guys get such fine edge highlights going? I feel like to be better at it I need a magnifying glass and a stiff but very fine brush. What brushes you using for this? I have some #0 off brand sable brushes but idk if it's just a skill issue.
>>98516678Looks good to me chief.
>>98516862when its all in the wrist you can manage even with an old shitty brushdont worry youre motor skills will get honed to a fine precision weapon in time too it just takes a little practise
>>98516862There are muscles in your hand that you have never developed for these functions.You need to force yourself through repition and after a year or so you should have the muscle memory and fine control for those functions.
>>98516909Thanks, I sure hope so lmao. Ive worked construction for a long time so uh my hands and wrists are used to much less refined motions. Does anyone here unironically do exercises/stretches for their hands?
Finished up testing for my tyranid colors
>>98516862Make them fat, then go back and clean them up with your main colors
>>98516937basecoat is little chalky and the gun could be little darker to give it some contrast but other than those pretty good looking cockroach
>>98516909>>98516922you should actually be using your shoulder as much as possible when you need fine control.
>>98516909>>98516922>>98516978>>98516996Thanks bros for the (yous) and tips. Here's one of my guys.
>>98517012My process has been using AK acrylics for the base colors and then I use abtielung oils for the blends. Still refining the process!
>>98516924>>98516996i ment more like this not the actual wrist wrist but im sure they play a role in this silly business too
>>98516862I've seen someone call it precision drybrushing, which at least gives an idea of how you need to set up the paint
>>98517012Looks great actually>>98517016>abtielung oils for the blendsNo idea what that means but if it works it works
Working on a bigboss between the mass of boyz
>>98517140Brand of oil paints meant for minis. But what I do it put the base color down and then Ill put a very light coat of oil paint that's also the base color. Then I put my white/highlight color roughly where I want it, and use a clean brush to blend the white into the thin layer of base color how I want it. Then repeat for the shade color. Slowly improving the technique. Defintely need to thin the oils down a touch more next time, will hopefully have the process nailed for the metal banshees in the background.
>>98517258You can try oil dot filtering instead. Try putting very tiny dots of paint (with a toothpick or something) couple of next to each other. You can combine colors, too - dark where the shadow is supposed to be and vice versa. Or multiple different colors next to each other for weathering.
It took seven years but finally this rocket ork is done (aside from the base rim)
I think it looks pretty decent for fdm scatter terrain
>>98511724HASHUT
>>98517917The original
>>98510897Thanks for reminding me how they massacred my boys
I'm such a slow painter, any tips or suggestions are welcomed
>>98516937Like a wasp hive fleet. Is that contrast with highlights?
>>98515234He needs another few layers of skin tone (white) to bring him up to codex compliance
>>98518192Move the brush faster, I guess?
Learned about inks and patches at a workshop today. Seeing someone who really knows what they're doing behind the brush was a humbling experience, and makes me excited to practice more.For now, starting on raveners. Good luck for the week ahead, hope it's a nice one and that you all get some paint time in.
>>98516554 slightly more progress>>98516577Thanks>>98516579I'm going to some sets of the various classic imperial guard armies for display. Am slowly collecting all the classic metal figures from the 90's and early 2000s. So i will eventually be doing the Vahallans, Mordian, Original Metal Cadians and Catachans, Tallarn, Pretorians and Vostroyans. I might get a Chimera to add with these Steel Legion since that's quintessential Steel Legion armour.
>>98517356Looks great >>98518335Patches? Like insignia
>>98518192Warhammer figures take a lot of time because of trim and details, using a slapchop nethod is faster but its slop chop really, doesn't look good. Using a bigger brush can help and loading up the brush with more paint watered down just a tad more so you don't have to rinse and reload the brush as often but then you rusk the paint drying and getting stuck on brush so that's more for advanced painters, a little more medium with a drop of propylene glycol can slow the drying letting you extend the paint stroke which can speed things up. Honestly at your skill level just take your time and continue to improve. Your model had a lot of surface area and details so it's no surprise it took a long time but it looks tidy so it's all good
>>98518192Airbrush and enamel or oil washes. That alone accelerates the fuck out of it.
>>98518203primed white, washed with agrax earthshade, drybrushed white everywhere, familiar pink speedpaint on the yellow plates, drybrush the plates white again, then bad moon yellow on the white plates and occultist cloak speedpaint on the black plates.
>>98515212Just water down to thicker than milk after the initial glue and dry and brush it on the top layer sparsely and it'll sink down into it sealing that layer well enough to paint it. Just let it dry for maybe 3 hours to be sure
Sword arm transfer complete, this was very delicate work but it turned out pretty good. The arm is actually the pistol arm from the archon kit, with a guardian sword right hand. The left arm is similar, the original archon arm with a hand taken from the corsair kit.
>>98518192Solar Watch? Nice. I kind of regret putting my bikers on before painting.
>>98519266Looks great
>>98519296Thanks anon.
Which purple looks better to you guys? The left or right?
>>98519545left
>>98508143>they're probably the most complicated things to use>What GW didn’t tell us is that the skill ceiling is actually pretty highHow so? It's just sort of wash or you thinned it, wiped it and use it as glaze. How is this high skill ceiling?
>>98517290Neat! I'll give that a go and see how I can incorporate that technique.
>>98510897
>>98519545Left for those models (sisters right?). Definitely a more "royal" purple. Right purple has a more chaosy vibe.
>>98509848I can't wait to see the whole gozonga squad.
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>>98518902Patches are supposedly the correct term for a glaze consistency application of paint that leaves some of it deposited at the end of the stroke. It's a technique you use to blend two colours into each other smoothely or to layer up lighter colours for volume.
>>98518997Thanks bro>>98519047Looks good>>98519285Im sub assembling, attaching the left arm isn't perfect but I think I can cover up mistakes with putty afterwards
>>98515525The fact that he paints better than the average person here with craft paints proving his point most people here do not get a advantage using hobby paint
>>98515523bro just eyeball it, you don't need a "recipe" add a tiny drop of black and do the same next time, literally no one will ever see a difference
>>98515638Looks like bone
>>98515721Yeah was asking how you did the shading between the fingers and such, did you do that with a wash? it's very clean looking
>>98516036Very nice, you going to share how? there's usually people asking and trying this
>>98516420I've seen you post better onesbut yeah you are correct that craft paints would be fine for the majority of painters
>>98516862Practice, after a few hundred minis it gets easier
>>98517258Nice, oils are so much less stress, Dmitry fesechko has a vid on yt that is the best tutorial for oils
>>98516996Not at all lol...
>>98520809Yeah. I use washes. I use them fairly heavily (green wash on green, brown wash on flesh etc) and then suck up the excess. I try to achieve both some shading and then an almost blacklining effect.I also started doing washes as a middle step rather than an initial or final one. Having some highlights down already helps me see and control the wash, adding some highlights later helps me fix any mistaxe and definie anything I'd like to have definition.I finished the dwarfs the same afternoon, and took some picures with the setting sun, so they're looking more orange than they should.
