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PaintVagrant posted:Not much of a conversion, just a very mild repose/base Ah, yes, I've seen this one: I didn't know it was a repose though, it's very subtle. Neat!
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ineptmule posted:Aargh gently caress. I'm trying to paint the skin on my Oathed Elves and on my Escher gangers and I'm experimenting with different degrees of thinning (I know, like milk... what the gently caress is the consistency of milk Yeah, I hear you. 'Consistency of milk' doesn't mean poo poo to me either. I wouldn't be able to thin my paints without my dropper bottles. I tried finding some other way to measure them with eye droppers and poo poo but didn't have any luck. Clumping out brush-fulls of paint onto my palette didn't lead to any predictable or repeatable experiences, it was just too hard to compare water to however much paint I had scooped out. Generally what I find works good for me is trying to get a 2:3 water to paint ratio and work from there depending on what color you are painting, what you are painting over and what kind of effect you are trying to achieve. How you get that ratio is the mystery.
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) and basically don't seem to be able to avoid either a really streaky finish or a really clumpy texture... What am I doing wrong?
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If you're in the US, go to Dollar Tree and buy a quart of LA's Totally Awesome, in the cleaning section. Let them soak overnight, and scrub the paint off with an old toothbrush.
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MasterSlowPoke posted:If you're in the US, go to Dollar Tree and buy a quart of LA's Totally Awesome, in the cleaning section. Let them soak overnight, and scrub the paint off with an old toothbrush. Ok cool, thanks. I think I might even have a bottle of this stuff already. Here's to hoping I can actually repaint the models better than my friend who was in the 6th grade when he painted them!
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Fix posted:Wear gloves. Haha yeah I figured that much. I have a few chemical burns from concentrated cleaners, I've learned my lesson. My space marines are soaking now, I hope they don't melt.
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A dude here left his plastic spaceship fleet soaking in LA's for over a year and they were perfectly fine.
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For paint removal, if you have any metals, you can use that gel paint remover stuff. I picked up a can at Home Depot, and the paint was coming off my Steel Legion as I was brushing the gel onto the model. A light brushing took off all traces of paint. In ten minutes, I had models that looked like they came fresh out of the blister. In contrast, I had Steel Legion sitting in a bath of Super Clean for a week that still had paint I couldn't scrub off of them. In other words: Plastics = Super Clean, Simple Green, etc. Metals = Paint removing gel. You will be so much happier.
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Pretty much anything that removes paint can work for metals. You'd need some hardcore poo poo to damage that stuff. I've used the equivalent of Simple Green to great result, I'm just going to need some acetone still because of the glue and the really thickly slabbed-on decades-old paint in the crevices on some of the minis. It's kind of fun stripping minis that you bought on eBay. Some of them will reveal really funky colour choices.
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Fyrbrand posted:Before: Quotin' this for new people. LA's Totally Awesome works pretty well. I would prefer to use Simple Green as it's not harmful to dump down the drain, but I can't beat the price of LA's.
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LSD posted:Haha yeah I figured that much. I have a few chemical burns from concentrated cleaners, I've learned my lesson. the greatest username/post combo I have ever loving seen.
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The 'main' warhammer thread is being too busy having a which chaos god hates who and why 90210/the hills type discussion, so I'll drag this here. How lame is this?  Yes it's mine, I'm going for a Deff Dred. I plan to make it more orky, but should I even bother or is the foundation too crap?
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Indolent Bastard posted:The 'main' warhammer thread is being too busy having a which chaos god hates who and why 90210/the hills type discussion, so I'll drag this here. Sorry, it was just chatter.  I think that the base has potential, but it obviously needs work - especially on those wide, curved panels, which isn't very orky at all. When you first posted it I thought it was going to be some sort of Tau supermech, which might give you some idea of how the current look is 'off'. I think it can work depending on what you do with it, though. Definitely ork up the front, mount some guns or additional arms below the current pair (or maybe one below, one above, and stick some sort of bosspole on it. I'm not a huge fan of the feet, although its hard to see what you're working with from the current angle.
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Cricondentherm posted:Crossposting, since I didn't get an answer in the warhammer thread. I keep managing to post my questions in the middle of ongoing conversations like an idiot. I like the green one but I'm biased since that's the one I picked out if I was ever going to do Nids again. It's what I used when I painted the couple of bugs I got from bhsman a couple of weeks ago. I'll take a picture if your interested. I used the Army Painter Army Green spray primer, which actually matches Knarloc Green. Then dry brushed Camo Green then Rotting Flesh over it. I just did the carapaces and claws black, but if I really cared I would do some highlights, probably in greens and browns there. For the couple I did before, I did the little muscle bits with bubonic brown with one highlight of bubonic brown mixed with bleached bone. And the weapon hoses, tongues and other extra bits were orange. I matte varnished them and painted the carapaces with clear gloss varnish for shininess. It was pretty simple to start with but holy crap did spray base coating the green make it so much faster. ineptmule posted:Aargh gently caress. I'm trying to paint the skin on my Oathed Elves and on my Escher gangers and I'm experimenting with different degrees of thinning (I know, like milk... what the gently caress is the consistency of milk There is a fine line when using just water and paint. If you use a little mixing medium it's a little easier to get it thin enough without streaking.
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GoodBee posted:mixing medium Hmmm... What is mixing medium?
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chelsea clinton posted:Pretty much anything that removes paint can work for metals. You'd need some hardcore poo poo to damage that stuff. I've used the equivalent of Simple Green to great result, I'm just going to need some acetone still because of the glue and the really thickly slabbed-on decades-old paint in the crevices on some of the minis.
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quote:Hmmm... What is mixing medium?
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Indolent Bastard posted:The 'main' warhammer thread is being too busy having a which chaos god hates who and why 90210/the hills type discussion, so I'll drag this here. Is... is that an Atomic Robo body?
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Indolent Bastard posted:The 'main' warhammer thread is being too busy having a which chaos god hates who and why 90210/the hills type discussion, so I'll drag this here. This is just begging to be turned into an Orky Iron Man.
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bhsman posted:This is just begging to be turned into an Orky Iron Man. The arms & legs have potential, the chest looks like a Tau objective marker.
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Cakefool posted:The arms & legs have potential, the chest looks like the glowy power core. 
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Hey, I have a few basic questions about painting and thinning. What is a good ratio of paint to water for foundation paints used as a basecoat? I've heard 2:1 and 3:2 a lot for normal GW citadel paints, but nothing about foundation. Do I need to thin washes at all?
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Indolent Bastard posted:The 'main' warhammer thread is being too busy having a which chaos god hates who and why 90210/the hills type discussion, so I'll drag this here. It looks like Iron Man put on a few pounds and needed a Plus Size suit made up
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The Good Professor posted:Hey, I have a few basic questions about painting and thinning. Thinning is more about feel than ratios...thin the paint, apply it...if it doesnt cover well, add a touch more paint to the mix, etc. The more you paint the better you will get at controlling it. Foundations tend to need more water than other paints, because they are thick as hell and have more pigment than most paints do. Using them out of the pot is a no-no. GW washes dont have to be thinned, but depending on how dark a wash you are using, and how light a basecolor, you might want to. I wouldnt, at least for now, til you get the hang of using em
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Maybe you could play up the Tau-y aspect, make it seem like they built it from the scraps of some Tau stuff. Looted, if you will. Then cover it in butchered slabs of metal with rivets everywhere.
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PaintVagrant posted:Thinning is more about feel than ratios...thin the paint, apply it...if it doesnt cover well, add a touch more paint to the mix, etc. PV your advice is often what keeps me from eating my brushes and models and giving this whole foul jamboree up. Just thought you should know.
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I'm looking at the special units I have in preparation for the march oath, thinking about doing my spirit host but after looking around at some ghost ideas I'm not sold on what to do or more specifically what is a relatively easy way to paint them to give them a nice ethereal look. Any Ideas?
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jubelio posted:I'm looking at the special units I have in preparation for the march oath, thinking about doing my spirit host but after looking around at some ghost ideas I'm not sold on what to do or more specifically what is a relatively easy way to paint them to give them a nice ethereal look. Any Ideas? Paint green-blue, drybrush up lighter. done.
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Devlan Mud posted:Paint green-blue, drybrush up lighter. done.  exactly what I was looking for.
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I painted this Reaper mini tonight. Mine looks like Ronald Reagan.
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thiswayliesmadness posted:Is... is that an Atomic Robo body? bhsman posted:This is just begging to be turned into an Orky Iron Man. dpack_1 posted:It looks like Iron Man put on a few pounds and needed a Plus Size suit made up Well actually....  Minus the head, shoulders and thighs. Plus the calf and feet are turned 180 degrees.
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Hope you have some guitar string
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crime fighting hog posted:Hope you have some guitar string I've got a bunch of the ribbed hose from these guys.  I figure that will do it.
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enjoy your image spam and slow browsing  more angles and poo poo here: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3145404&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1            
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Oh, I almost forgot: buffalochicken did the modelling on these SH terminators, hes a pretty baller sculptor/converter/hell of a nice guy. Plus he can sculpt dicks with termagants coming out of them soooooooo
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those are loving rad holy hell
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PaintVagrant posted:Plus he can sculpt dicks with termagants coming out of them soooooooo Candirugants.
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