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R.S. Gumby posted:Well, I really liked your use of the land raider engine bit in the back, and am stealing that idea, if I can just find one. I'm also seriously considering rebuilding the feet on mine, seeing how good yours look. Mine are much simpler and without hydraulics. It'll probably be a week or two before I do any more work on it. drat you, real life for interfering with my hobbies. I finished painting that, as well as the camo on the carapace. Time to get some photos done, I guess.
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Ashcans posted:What was your mix ratio like? That sounds like you had more yellow in there than needed, which makes it much softer and stickier. If you're just plugging gaps in the base, you can go heavier on the blue in the mix, which makes it stiffer and less gooey. Cool. Looking at my strip, there's actually more yellow overall than blue, so that's probably what keeps loving me up.
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Fast_Food_Knight posted:Your blend is smooth as silk well done. Out of curiosity, did you use any extra agents in your paint? Or just water? Just water, this is all dry layering, extremely diluted paint applied in very thin coats, I lost count how many, thin enough that you can apply the paint then dry it near instantly by blowing on it and then add another layer, building up the opacity slowly for a smooth blend
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Feb 25, 2010 23:25
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Oh cool, can't imagine myself doing that on a whole unit let alone army. I found flow retarder and using a second brush to feather the highlights gives a similar result but faster, and I never had the patience to do it with just water. Kudos.
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Feb 26, 2010 03:05
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*CROSSPOSTIN' IT UP!* (Painting prototype for my sisters army)
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Fyrbrand posted:image spam ITT, I reshot a bunch of stuff How'd you do this snow? I'm gonna be making Ice Orks as soon as I finish moving into my new place.
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Amykinz posted:*CROSSPOSTIN' IT UP!* Did...did a bird expertly void it's bowels onto her gloves? 
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ohshititsric posted:How'd you do this snow? I'm gonna be making Ice Orks as soon as I finish moving into my new place. I mix my snow flock with white glue and a little water. I can't really give exact ratios, but you want roughly toothpaste consistency. More water would probably give you a slushier or wet snow look, though. After it's mixed, I dab it on wherever. Then I sprinkle some additional snow flock over the top. You can play with ratios of snow/water/glue to get different effects. You can also do things like build up layers, drying them in between, and all kinds of different stuff. Some people paint skull white before the put the snow down, for example- makes it brighter. Others mix in water effects. GW actually has some really cool examples on the 2nd page of this article: http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?categoryId=cat1290202&pIndex=0&aId=4400036a&start=1
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Thanks dude, all of that owns and helps a lot except for the fact PV dosen't believe in free trade agreements and won't ship any of his fake space snow to the frostbitten grim northness that is Ontario, Canada. But regardless that GW article and your tips will help me a lot. I ordered AoBR and am selling the Marines to my future-roomate. Gonna go all nutty and do Hawk Turquoise skinned Orks from Hoth.
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Feb 26, 2010 05:31
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Im not officially part of the g8 yet
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Feb 26, 2010 05:47
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White glue can go yellow over time, put a bit of white paint into the mix.
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Feb 26, 2010 08:46
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:White glue can go yellow over time, put a bit of white paint into the mix. I've only really seen this happen to wood glue. Is this true with elmers and GW's?
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Feb 26, 2010 08:51
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Far as I know it's any white glue depending on its quality.
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Here's a mostly finished demo table a friend and i will be presenting on a local con this weekend, as usual everything was done at the last possible moment so no real wip shots. As of that pic i's mostly finished with just a few details and touch-ups to do. Bigger shot here:  Click here for the full 2048x1216 image. It has light effects and the smokestack smokes, we hope to get some good pics or maybe even a vid during the weekend.
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Feb 26, 2010 14:06
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Thats awesome, is it for pulp city?
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Feb 26, 2010 15:07
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Bistromatic posted:Here's a mostly finished demo table a friend and i will be presenting on a local con this weekend, as usual everything was done at the last possible moment so no real wip shots. As of that pic i's mostly finished with just a few details and touch-ups to do.
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Feb 26, 2010 15:09
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Yes, should have mentioned that, it's for Pulp City.
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Feb 26, 2010 15:22
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PaintVagrant posted:this is kinda cool, if youre into birdmen or whatever
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 SHILLING I just added some stuff to my basing kits SAmart: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3271910 I just added this to the OP Fine Turf autumn red/mix (good for fall/woodsy type bases)  added it as an option to most kits, and added it to bling, bringing the bling kits cost up to $33 shipped And PICSSSS (the quarter is just for scale, you dont get it its MY QUARTER) BLING KIT (not including the new autumn, just use your imagination)  DELUXE KIT (with 2 options picked) 
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Feb 26, 2010 20:48
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PaintVagrant posted:DELUXE KIT (with 2 options picked) How much for example would the bag with the black and grey basing material cost? I'll probably order some for my birthday. 
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bhsman posted:How much for example would the bag with the black and grey basing material cost? I'll probably order some for my birthday. just the ballast? its grey and brown, but I mix new batches that have random colors in them, its more about the size. Check out the basic kit itt. You def have to paint this ballast, btw
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Here are some progress shots on my Warhound: This is the carapace now dressed in its snappy dazzle camo. Here's the engineering section I added, all painted up. I love seeing photos of my work, because I get to see all the things I have hosed up.  Here's the turbolaser, with carbon buildup and a shiny glowing barrel. I did something similar with the plasma blastgun, and really like how the warm colours contrast with the colder colours of the titan.  This is a still very much WIP vulcan megabolter. I had originally planned on more or less discarding this weapon as I wasn't happy with it. However, after seeing some of the beautiful work elsewhere in this thread I took it back in hand for further work, mostly detailing. That said, I also pulled off older barrels and replaced them with something far larger. The old ones looked like a large assault cannon, and I may save them for that very purpose. That's not all, though...  I started working on an Imperial Knight. For those unfamiliar, they are large war walkers that fall somewhere between a dreadnought and a scout titan in size. Here are the legs, tonight I hope to have the hips and lower hull at least started.  The model is an unfinished Marneus Calgar included for scale. The knight will be either a Paladin or Lancer, not sure which.
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Fearless posted:Here are some progress shots on my Warhound: loving sweet. At first I was going to be sarcastic about you painting camo on a titan but then I realised that a] they used dazzle camo on battleships b] titans are shorter than buildings so camo makes sense and b] it looks cool. The turbolaser is awesome. What are you going to do after the Warhound is complete? Edit: PaintVagrant posted:GS is kind of a bitch. Some people use light oils, try that instead of water I guess If you've got a goony greasy face (or even just the usual amount of natural oil on your skin without being a horrifying goon) then rubbing the clean sculpting tool across your skin is often enough to stop the greenstuff sticking to the tool. GROSS BUT PRO Danger - Octopus! fucked around with this message at 22:50 on Feb 26, 2010 |
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Danger - Octopus! posted:loving sweet. At first I was going to be sarcastic about you painting camo on a titan but then I realised that a] they used dazzle camo on battleships b] titans are shorter than buildings so camo makes sense and b] it looks cool. I've already started that Imperial Knight, so depending on how that goes I may make another couple so as to have a small order of them. Eventually I want to scratchbuild a Reaver, which is really pushing it in terms of a tabletop 28mm scale mini, but that is a long way off. My current plans are to finish the backlog of Ultramarines that I have waiting: a terminator librarian, the crew of a Land Speeder Storm, a tactical squad and four devastators are currently waiting to be painted. WRT the titan camo, it makes sense for the Warhound more than any other, given that it's the only titan suitable for urban ops and seems to be deployed very, very differently from the larger titans.
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[pictures are massive] Click here for the full 1536x2048 image. Next, (serious!) my prototype dreadclaw: (lovely low-light for the win!)  Click here for the full 1536x2048 image.  Click here for the full 1536x2048 image. And this sexy little fucker:  Click here for the full 2048x1536 image.
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For you dudes who use the FW artist's inks: How is the white ink? What does it work well for? Any tips/tricks?
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Anphrax, is that Leman Russ?
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!amicable posted:For you dudes who use the FW artist's inks: Only used it a little so far so I've not learnt any particular quirks. It seems good at covering over lighter colours so I'm assuming it will work well to get white over black if you put down a transitional layer of astronomican grey. It's a lot like pre-thinned white paint really. Lovely Joe Stalin fucked around with this message at 01:49 on Feb 27, 2010 |
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Does anyone have a method of doing white/grey lenses or gems? The eyes on my firedragon look a bit flat compared to the rest and i'd really like to give them some depth but getting a white gem look with the standard dark-light-white spot method doesn't seem like it would work for white?
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Fearless posted:Anphrax, is that Leman Russ? That is the Leman Russ 
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Anphrax posted:That is the Leman Russ Glorious! Where did you get him? Also, does anyone know anything about the non-GW primarch models that were being produced, and if there was one for Roboute Guilliman?
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Fearless posted:Glorious! Where did you get him? He was among many more rare models that redshit at my local store (Gig Harbor!) bought at an estate sale. Good times! The fella passed away and his family had no idea what they were worth. Sold the whole lot for $150.00. There were thousands of old models. Some really incredible stuff.
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!amicable posted:For you dudes who use the FW artist's inks: So far, I like the white the best. It's really just like a thinned white paint, but it covers so well it's unreal. I've been going black->white without any intervening steps in two coats, sometimes just one. It's supposed to work with airbrushes as well, though I don't have one of those. I have noticed that if you let it pool on a flat surface it will dry with cracks in it, but only if it's in a sort of bead. I got a bit in a nook on one of my Rhinos that I didn't notice, so there's a little crackled spot in one of the crannies.
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Fearless posted:Here are some progress shots on my Warhound: Awesome. I really like that paint job. And it's magnetized? Niiice. Can't wait to see how the knight turns out. Legs look like a good start.
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R.S. Gumby posted:Awesome. I really like that paint job. And it's magnetized? Niiice. Thank you for the kind feedback. I tend to magnetize everything, mostly because I really like tinerking. The entire thing is magnetized so I can disassemble it for transport and to suit whatever mission it's participating in. I love the flexibility that magnets gives me, it's remarkable how far the hobby has come in the past dozen years since I started.
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Leman russ wasnt a primarch when that model was made, he was just some space marine guy in the 1st edition "pre-genetic enhancement" space marines of rogue trader hence him being tinier than a scout
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I used a bit of the white ink tonight between paintings of tau and it works pretty well. I'll definitely use it from now on. Also tried doing a different scheme for Templars by doing a 1:1 mix of chaos black and fortress grey as a basecoat, the washing with badab. The armor is very dark but you can see the texture from the wash so it looks highlighted already. I tried to go over the sharper edges with fortress and hosed it up, so I may just try not to bother with the highlight after the wash. I'll post pics tomorrow if I have the time (which I should)
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crime fighting hog posted:I used a bit of the white ink tonight between paintings of tau and it works pretty well. I'll definitely use it from now on. Also tried doing a different scheme for Templars by doing a 1:1 mix of chaos black and fortress grey as a basecoat, the washing with badab. The armor is very dark but you can see the texture from the wash so it looks highlighted already. I tried to go over the sharper edges with fortress and hosed it up, so I may just try not to bother with the highlight after the wash. try a darker grey for the highlight, fortress is wayyyy too light
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PaintVagrant posted:try a darker grey for the highlight, fortress is wayyyy too light I get fortress and codex confused. I used the darker of the two but you're right it's too bright anyways. Probably have to darken to a 2:1 with black:gray. I just get impatient and wish I could pull off the super fine lines.
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crime fighting hog posted:I get fortress and codex confused. I used the darker of the two but you're right it's too bright anyways. Probably have to darken to a 2:1 with black:gray. I just get impatient and wish I could pull off the super fine lines. If you have adeptus battlegrey, try that
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