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bhsman: Feb 10, 2008; by exmarx

Anphrax posted:

White Scars

Step 1-Prime White

Step 2-Paint details

Step 3-DEVLAN MUD. EVERYWHERE. AHAHAHHAHAHAHA-

Step 4-Clean up areas with white

Step 5-Finished! :buddy:

# ? Mar 2, 2010 05:14

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# ? Apr 26, 2024 06:16

Red Robin Hood: Jun 24, 2008; Buglord

Someone wanna post PV's Storm Lords for inspirational purposes? :smug:

# ? Mar 2, 2010 05:40

PaintVagrant: Apr 13, 2007; ~ the ultimate driving machine ~

# ? Mar 2, 2010 05:42

Fearless: Sep 3, 2003; DRINK MORE MOXIE

Those models never cease to amaze me, it's like an act of hobby masochism.

# ? Mar 2, 2010 05:46

Sole.Sushi: Feb 19, 2008; Seaweed!? Get the fuck out!

PaintVagrant posted:

Saw this loving coming a mile away. Good show. :cheers:

# ? Mar 2, 2010 05:49

Red Robin Hood: Jun 24, 2008; Buglord

PaintVagrant posted:

Did you post a short "how-to" back when we were still allowed in GBS?

# ? Mar 2, 2010 06:00

PaintVagrant: Apr 13, 2007; ~ the ultimate driving machine ~

(stalks threads, waiting for my name to be mentioined, posts pics, basks in glory*

Sigh.

Yeah, the how to is in the EOW plog forum somewhere, check there

# ? Mar 2, 2010 06:03

Red Robin Hood: Jun 24, 2008; Buglord

PaintVagrant posted:

(stalks threads, waiting for my name to be mentioined, posts pics, basks in glory*

Sigh.

Yeah, the how to is in the EOW plog forum somewhere, check there

if I didn't love you, I'd hate you!

Seriously though, that poo poo needs to be in the OP.

edit: for anyone who cares:

PaintVagrant posted:

1: basecoat blood red
2: make a watery mix of half brown ink (old style) and blood red, plus water, paint it in the recesses ONLY, let it fill the cracks and stuff
3: cleanup the flat areas with blood red again, covering any of the brown ink mix that got out of the recesses
4: highlight with a mix, 20% 40% 40% blood red, sunburst yellow, and white. make sure the highlights are as thin as possible, otherwise your red will start to look orangey or pinkish
5: stop whining about red and start painting sexy red things like cult of speed or blood angels or saim hann

I tried something a little different:

Click here for the full 827x1000 image.

Click here for the full 729x1000 image.

Click here for the full 675x1000 image.

Still just screwing around with test models I still need to- oh god the mistakes :cry:

Red Robin Hood fucked around with this message at 08:03 on Mar 2, 2010

# ? Mar 2, 2010 06:07

that ostrich: Jul 18, 2005; Don't worry, I'm a Media Technician Lead. This shit is on LOCKDOWN.

Okay I am not the best painter or modeler, but I'm pretty happy with how these two heads turned out and I just thought I'd share:

I thought Thomas and Guy-Manuel would make good noise marines. I'm just one lash prince away from 2000 points of painted Emperor's Children now!

# ? Mar 2, 2010 09:56

Fix: Jul 26, 2005; NEWT THE MOON

You have Daft Punk noise marines.

You... have Daft Punk noise marines.

You.

I like you.

# ? Mar 2, 2010 10:05

that ostrich: Jul 18, 2005; Don't worry, I'm a Media Technician Lead. This shit is on LOCKDOWN.

Fix posted:

You have Daft Punk noise marines.

You... have Daft Punk noise marines.

You.

I like you.

Thanks, you're quite the looker yourself.

I realized when I would never be able to afford a set of Daft Punk Kubricks that this would be the next best thing.

# ? Mar 2, 2010 10:09

Gravitas Shortfall: Jul 17, 2007; Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.

Fix posted:

Check a cooking store. I got cork trivets/hotpads for cheap.

This is a BRILLIANT idea.

that ostrich posted:

HARDER FASTER BETTER STRONGER

# ? Mar 2, 2010 11:32

No Pun Intended: Jul 23, 2007; DWARVEN SEX OFFENDER

ASK ME ABOUT TONING MY FINE ASS DWARVEN BOOTY BY RUNNING FROM THE COPS OUTSIDE THAT ELF KINDERGARTEN

BEHOLD THE DONG OF THE DWARVES! THE DWARVEN DONG IS COMING!

Gravitas Shortfall posted:

HARDER FASTER BETTER STRONGER

This is an unnervingly apt phrase for Slaanesh :psyduck:

# ? Mar 2, 2010 11:35

Fix: Jul 26, 2005; NEWT THE MOON

Gravitas Shortfall posted:

This is a BRILLIANT idea.

The secret to saving hobby money is to realize that you are being charged out the rear end for materials that are readily available in some other part of your life. That anyone would spend money on sheet plasticard is pretty much laughable given how many things we buy are packaged in it.

# ? Mar 2, 2010 11:43

Captain Invictus: Apr 5, 2005; Try reading some manga!; Clever Betty

that ostrich posted:

Okay I am not the best painter or modeler, but I'm pretty happy with how these two heads turned out and I just thought I'd share:

I thought Thomas and Guy-Manuel would make good noise marines. I'm just one lash prince away from 2000 points of painted Emperor's Children now!

You. gently caress you. Those figures are fantastic, the paintjobs simple and glorious, and the conversions hilarious. gently caress you for saying "I am not the best painter or modeler", that's reserved for stuff like my skavenslave or that white scar a few posts back. < :mad:

>

edit: I've been painting a ratling gun for like 3 days, I've been doing that "90% water 10% scaly green" super thin mix to add the oxidation to the metal bits, how do I get it to apply better without overwhelming the brass itself? I must have applied like 300 layers of it and it's only barely shown up in the more noticeable areas.

# ? Mar 2, 2010 13:02

MasterSlowPoke: Oct 9, 2005; Our courage will pull us through

Try a lighter dilution.

# ? Mar 2, 2010 13:05

Arlaharen: Aug 2, 2003; KISSIGA TESTIKLAR

Captain Invictus posted:

edit: I've been painting a ratling gun for like 3 days, I've been doing that "90% water 10% scaly green" super thin mix to add the oxidation to the metal bits, how do I get it to apply better without overwhelming the brass itself? I must have applied like 300 layers of it and it's only barely shown up in the more noticeable areas.

I've used Vallejo mixing medium + water instead of just water to make a verdigris wash and got a result I liked in three-five layers or so. I also used a little more paint in the mix as well.

# ? Mar 2, 2010 14:07

richyp: Dec 2, 2004; Grumpy old man

Arlaharen posted:

I've used Vallejo mixing medium + water instead of just water to make a verdigris wash and got a result I liked in three-five layers or so. I also used a little more paint in the mix as well.

A cheaper alternative is to get a big rear end bottle of acrylic medium from an art shop. It's the same thing, only instead of 17ml you get 500ml, I use it for everything: 20% acrylic, 30% water and the rest paint.

Added bonus is you can pour it neat onto an old ruined platic palette, let it dry then peel the lot off for a shiny clean palette.

# ? Mar 2, 2010 14:19

Miles O'Brian: May 22, 2006; All we have to lose is our chains

I'm piecing together a Witch Hunters army with an Arbite theme and I need something short but super oppressive to write on the dozer blade of my Repressor. You know like when you walk past a church and they have some sort of slogan implying that you are a lesser being for not believing in God? That x 1000.

# ? Mar 2, 2010 14:37

Arlaharen: Aug 2, 2003; KISSIGA TESTIKLAR

richyp posted:

A cheaper alternative is to get a big rear end bottle of acrylic medium from an art shop. It's the same thing, only instead of 17ml you get 500ml, I use it for everything: 20% acrylic, 30% water and the rest paint.

Added bonus is you can pour it neat onto an old ruined platic palette, let it dry then peel the lot off for a shiny clean palette.

That's awesome news, I use medium for almost everything except basecoating and burn through a bottle pretty quickly. Thanks for the tip!

# ? Mar 2, 2010 14:38

richyp: Dec 2, 2004; Grumpy old man

Arlaharen posted:

That's awesome news, I use medium for almost everything except basecoating and burn through a bottle pretty quickly. Thanks for the tip!

This is the stuff I bought, but I'm guessing there are cheaper brands out there than W&N: http://www.winsornewton.com/product...ia-matt-medium/

# ? Mar 2, 2010 14:44

Arlaharen: Aug 2, 2003; KISSIGA TESTIKLAR

Only one I found close to me was Liquitex Matte Medium which is ~15 bux for 237 ml which is still hell of a lot cheaper than Vallejo or Game Color. I could wash my entire apartment in verdigris if I wanted to.

Any recommendations on other useful artist supplies I should pick up while I'm there?

# ? Mar 2, 2010 15:07

PierreTheMime: Dec 9, 2004; Hero of hormagaunts everywhere!; Buglord

I have realized I enjoy making terrain.

Time to get to work making 4-5 more so I'll finally have a gaming table that doesn't use torn cardboard and coke bottles for terrain.

# ? Mar 2, 2010 15:23

NecronSchmecron: Apr 29, 2009; Ah, phooey!

So I'm having a problem with my lava bases. They look ok, and I like the cracks I make but I can't seem to get the lava pools just right.

An example is this jerk.

I personally think I'm using too much yellow and not enough reds and oranges. Any tips?

# ? Mar 2, 2010 15:46

Gravitas Shortfall: Jul 17, 2007; Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.

PierreTheMime posted:

I have realized I enjoy making terrain.

Time to get to work making 4-5 more so I'll finally have a gaming table that doesn't use torn cardboard and coke bottles for terrain.

These are cool but that tin can still looks like a tin can - might have been better to make a plasticard framework around it so you can still see the corrugations but it disguises the shape a little.

# ? Mar 2, 2010 15:48

Ashcans: Jan 2, 2006; Let's do the space-time warp again!

Miles O'Brian posted:

I'm piecing together a Witch Hunters army with an Arbite theme and I need something short but super oppressive to write on the dozer blade of my Repressor. You know like when you walk past a church and they have some sort of slogan implying that you are a lesser being for not believing in God? That x 1000.

'PREPARE TO BE JUDGED'
or
'THIS END TOWARD SINNERS'

or just 'REPENT'

# ? Mar 2, 2010 15:51

Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

REPENTIUM AD ABSURDUM

# ? Mar 2, 2010 15:53

dpack_1: Mar 23, 2009; Let another's wounds be your warning

NecronSchmecron posted:

So I'm having a problem with my lava bases. They look ok, and I like the cracks I make but I can't seem to get the lava pools just right.

An example is this jerk.

I personally think I'm using too much yellow and not enough reds and oranges. Any tips?

Doesn't lava have chunks of stuff cooling on the surface? perhaps some larger sand pebbles or rock salt or something painted a darker charcoal / black floating in it?

also thin the paints a bit more to get a more even blend between the colours and definitely tone down the white and yellows and bring it back to reds and orange. Try a Baal Red wash over what you have there and see what that does for the brighter colours?

Finally perhaps dry brush or wash a very thin coat of red / orange / yellow on the legs of the marine to give it a glow effect?

# ? Mar 2, 2010 16:01

NecronSchmecron: Apr 29, 2009; Ah, phooey!

Thanks a lot, that was very helpful. I don't really want to paint the Ambient light on his legs. That's a little beyond my talents and is a little intimidating, for now. I would like to get the colors right for now. I might experiment with the dried lava in the middle of the pool though.

# ? Mar 2, 2010 16:09

PaintVagrant: Apr 13, 2007; ~ the ultimate driving machine ~

Anphrax posted:

if I didn't love you, I'd hate you!

Seriously though, that poo poo needs to be in the OP.

edit: for anyone who cares:

I tried something a little different:

Click here for the full 827x1000 image.

Click here for the full 729x1000 image.

Click here for the full 675x1000 image.

Still just screwing around with test models I still need to- oh god the mistakes

Wow man that is a big improvement from your last couple models!

# ? Mar 2, 2010 16:18

crime fighting hog: Jun 29, 2006; I only pray, Heaven knows when to lift you out

that ostrich posted:

Okay I am not the best painter or modeler, but I'm pretty happy with how these two heads turned out and I just thought I'd share:

I thought Thomas and Guy-Manuel would make good noise marines. I'm just one lash prince away from 2000 points of painted Emperor's Children now!

oonts oonts oonts oonts oonts

# ? Mar 2, 2010 17:19

crime fighting hog: Jun 29, 2006; I only pray, Heaven knows when to lift you out

PaintVagrant posted:

Wow man that is a big improvement from your last couple models!

pv sends good painting karma via posting

# ? Mar 2, 2010 17:19

Red Robin Hood: Jun 24, 2008; Buglord

PaintVagrant posted:

Wow man that is a big improvement from your last couple models!

I think it's because of the "weathering techniques". I'm usually a pretty clean painter but I was trying to go for a messy and ended up with a lovely. Any tips or suggestions? I really like how the red turned out, and the yellow doesn't look nearly so green in person. The white could probably use another light coat I just don't want it to look thick.

Anyway, thanks!

# ? Mar 2, 2010 18:11

richyp: Dec 2, 2004; Grumpy old man

crime fighting hog posted:

pv sends good painting karma via posting

Not empty quoting

# ? Mar 2, 2010 18:15

!amicable: Jan 20, 2007

Anphrax posted:

I think it's because of the "weathering techniques". I'm usually a pretty clean painter but I was trying to go for a messy and ended up with a lovely. Any tips or suggestions? I really like how the red turned out, and the yellow doesn't look nearly so green in person. The white could probably use another light coat I just don't want it to look thick.

Anyway, thanks!

You could probably get away with cleaning up the white a little bit.

If you want to paint grime and dirt it needs to be subtle. You could try using some chalk dust. Grab a stick of brown/gray/whatever from an art store and grind off a little bit of dust. You can apply with a brush (like makeup :sissies:

).

You can also work with layering washes. Just wash the areas where you want there to appear to be dirt build up.

You could also combine those methods. Wash an area a few times, making the layers uneven. Once that's try hit it with the chalk dust.

# ? Mar 2, 2010 19:04

enri: Dec 16, 2003; Hope you're having an amazing day

Gravitas Shortfall posted:

These are cool but that tin can still looks like a tin can - might have been better to make a plasticard framework around it so you can still see the corrugations but it disguises the shape a little.

This. Take a goosey ganders in the apocalypse rulebook for a pretty neat way of turning a tin can into something that doesn't look like a tin can. I did my own variation on it and built it into a 'hill' of sorts but I can't take a pic because I'm not at home until tomorrow

# ? Mar 2, 2010 19:20

PaintVagrant: Apr 13, 2007; ~ the ultimate driving machine ~

Anphrax posted:

I think it's because of the "weathering techniques". I'm usually a pretty clean painter but I was trying to go for a messy and ended up with a lovely. Any tips or suggestions? I really like how the red turned out, and the yellow doesn't look nearly so green in person. The white could probably use another light coat I just don't want it to look thick.

Anyway, thanks!

There are really two ways to do weathering/grime. One way is to shade with a dirt color, like a rusty orange/brown etc. The other way is to do paint damage/chipping on the edges. This is done sort of in the reverse of the first way, by applying (with a sponge) a dark color to the edges. Sort of like this:

# ? Mar 2, 2010 19:38

Indolent Bastard: Oct 26, 2007; I WON THIS AMAZING AVATAR! I'M A WINNER! WOOOOO!

crime fighting hog posted:

oonts oonts oonts oonts oonts

Destroy the world.
Destroy the world.
Destroy the world.
Destroy the world.
be-doop-doop-doop-doop-dop-doop-doop-de-doop
be-doop-doop-doop-doop-dop-doop-doop-de-doop

[Repeat until Chaos is victorious]

# ? Mar 2, 2010 19:54

Fyrbrand: Dec 30, 2002; Grimey Drawer

Fyrbrand posted:

Snow Bases:

http://www.dysartes.com/model/modelling/snowbase.php
http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2008/12/tutorial-snow-basing.html
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?categoryId=cat1290202&pIndex=0&aId=4400036a&start=1
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/c...mes+Workshop%29

Yo PV can you add this to the op somewhere? Lot of questions about snow bases lately.

# ? Mar 2, 2010 20:01

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# ? Apr 26, 2024 06:16

PaintVagrant: Apr 13, 2007; ~ the ultimate driving machine ~

Fyrbrand posted:

Yo PV can you add this to the op somewhere? Lot of questions about snow bases lately.

added

# ? Mar 2, 2010 20:03

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