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Black Templar power fist
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 05:36 |
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# ? Mar 29, 2024 01:34 |
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Heh you guys should've seen the original wax piece:
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 05:37 |
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Angryboot posted:Heh you guys should've seen the original wax piece: For some reason, I'm having a Borat flashback while looking at that.
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 05:43 |
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Angryboot posted:Heh you guys should've seen the original wax piece: I like to think the templar on the right saw it and is looking around going "uhhh...okay...."
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 05:50 |
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drat, I just realized that little armymen gray officer in the background next to the speaker should've had a caption of "what's going on over there?"
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 05:55 |
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Angryboot posted:Heh you guys should've seen the original wax piece: So, that monkey paw you got there... What'd you wish for, and who'd you end up killing to get it?
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 06:34 |
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crime fighting hog posted:Now THAT'S a powerfist! Giga Powerfist Breaker. The only answer to making a fist like that is to add a rocket booster to the back and turn it into a Landspeeder for the Imperial/Crimson Fists. Or Angry Marines, either or.
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 11:22 |
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Captain Invictus posted:Giga Powerfist Breaker. Mount it on a spring out the front of a landraider. Roll that fucker right up & smash your opponents Forgeworld toys. edit: I do not endorse this kind of chicanery. cakesmith handyman fucked around with this message at 11:32 on Mar 25, 2010 |
# ? Mar 25, 2010 11:30 |
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You HAVE to start an ork army now, and make that a reinforced ram.
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 13:02 |
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That fist is clearly meant to be the counts as Canis-wolfbutt mount for your new crimson fist army.
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 13:10 |
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Just gotta dry brush the bases and clean up the rims and they are done.
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 14:32 |
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I R SMART LIKE ROCK posted:
Very nice colour scheme.
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 15:09 |
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Indolent Bastard posted:That fist is clearly meant to be the counts as Canis-wolfbutt mount for your new crimson fist army. Oh god that's just wrong. I may have to do it after it gets graded.
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 16:02 |
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Indolent Bastard posted:That fist is clearly meant to be the counts as Canis-wolfbutt mount for your new crimson fist army. Pugnis Fistborn
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 16:26 |
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Hey PaintVagrant, just wanted to say that I got back to my flat after several weeks away and discovered a bling kit with the caretaker. Cheers, it's absolutely packed with stuff. The tips are also A grade, looking forward to basing soon. Not sure if I'll have time to do it for this months oath though. Attempt at something approaching on topic content: I bloody hate priming, especially in a flat. It is my single worst thing about the hobby.
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 18:34 |
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Could try switching to gesso, especially if your weather is lovely. The downside is that brushing it on takes forever, you occasionally have problems with tiny bubbles messing up the texture of your model if you're not careful (I still haven't completely conquered this issue, can probably be solved with a bit of thinning), sometimes you have to do a second coat for full coverage, and it takes about a day for it to dry fully. On the upside, you'll get overall better coverage than primer (well, non-airbrush primer), less detail loss, and none of the general aggravation that comes with having to deal with cans of spray paint.
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 18:41 |
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Barry the Sprout posted:Hey PaintVagrant, just wanted to say that I got back to my flat after several weeks away and discovered a bling kit with the caretaker. Cheers, it's absolutely packed with stuff. The tips are also A grade, looking forward to basing soon. Not sure if I'll have time to do it for this months oath though. If anyone else is interested in sweet basing stuff http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3271910
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 18:47 |
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Real men use gesso through an air brush. That's how I did these, well this is after the base coat spray but you get the idea: Personally I use black gesso, but I've been debating on using grey. I also may try white then spray white as the base coat. So I get the white base without the oh no I don't get awesome coverage or I sprayed too much trying to get awesome coverage. And all the ladies will love me .
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 18:48 |
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Okay, that's it. Definitely using the proceeds from selling my video games to get a decent airbrush and compressor setup. Point me in the right direction goons. I have money to spend, and I need inspiration fast before I use it something stupid like nice clothes or my wedding.
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 18:53 |
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Awesome undercoating: black base, full overage. white, less coverage, heavier on top. It will give you some "natural" shading and leave raised areas white for highlights. You can thank me later.
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 19:02 |
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As I understand it, it is ill advised to use white gesso? I wouldn't mind priming so much if I had somewhere well ventilated to do it. It's the whole having the flat of a glue sniffer that I object to.
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 19:02 |
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I haven't heard anything, positive or negative, about white gesso. I've had good results with grey (liquitex), and I've seen many other people do well with black. e: also seconding airbrush info, holy poo poo. (and if we can get a definitive airbrush info post for PV to link in the OP, that would kick rear end, because that comes up all the freaking time)
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 19:04 |
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I R SMART LIKE ROCK posted:Real men use gesso through an air brush. That's how I did these, well this is after the base coat spray but you get the idea: Huh, I hadn't even considered that. I thought that gesso would be too thick for an airbrush. Do you thin it down? Water, airbrush cleaner, what? I've heard people not liking white gesso, I've used it for touch up when the spray primer has worn off and haven't had any problems with it. I haven't tried priming a whole model with it.
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 19:13 |
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Gesso is water soluable, so I just use water. http://www.liquitex.com/Products/surfprepcolorgesso.cfm is what I use, I use half gesso half water personally. Let it dry for about 30 minutes then do a 2nd pass real quick so when it shrinks it won't leave bare metal spots. From the 40k thread: Where do I find a good airbrush? Here are some words of goon wisdom on the subject: Pagan posted:As far as airbrushes go, Harbor Freight is where it's at, 100%. The quality may not be the best, but at the price, who cares? In a year, I've gone through two of their airbrushes (one was my fault, the other just stopped working right); I'm on the third one now. Not counting the cost of the compressor, I've spent a grand total of $45. That's certainly a fair price to pay for the ease of use of a real airbrush. Btw I have http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=95630 , and it works just fine. I plan on upgrading to a gravity fed airbrush but I haven't had any real problems with the siphon fed. In terms of air brushing knowledge I watched youtube videos of WW2 minis dudes and Les from AwesomePaintJobs. Actually read this article it'll get you into basic knowledge, and what you should and should not be looking for, http://blog.brushthralls.com/?page_id=3024. Also practice practice practice, you want to go smooth and clean strokes and get the right consistency in your paint. There's explaining and doing in terms of that, I kinda hosed up at first but after a few tries I got it down pat, and now can base coat and entire army in an hour tops. I R SMART LIKE ROCK fucked around with this message at 19:34 on Mar 25, 2010 |
# ? Mar 25, 2010 19:27 |
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stabbington posted:I haven't heard anything, positive or negative, about white gesso. I've had good results with grey (liquitex), and I've seen many other people do well with black. One goon did an awesome airbrush rundown, I think it was Pagan or Cakefool but not too sure. I'm sure it got linked or saved somewhere too. Fast_Food_Knight fucked around with this message at 19:33 on Mar 25, 2010 |
# ? Mar 25, 2010 19:30 |
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Barry the Sprout posted:As I understand it, it is ill advised to use white gesso? I don't know if I would call it 'ill-advised'. There isn't really anything wrong with white gesso except that it doesn't have as good coverage as black - you can usually get a good prime with a single coat of black (or gray) gesso, but white can often need two coats. On the other hand, it is probably easier to give something two coats of white gesso as a primer than the use black gesso and then have to use something like dheneb stone or a several coats of regular paint for a lighter end shade. I would love to try some airbrush gesso, but it has a similar problem to regular spray - I only seem to get time to work on stuff at 10-11pm, when I'm not really able to work outside, and spraying in the house isn't really feasible.
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 19:36 |
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On the plus side gesso doesn't give off noxious fumes like spraying does. I personally do it in the bathroom with some cardboard. It wipes off pretty easily ( just a moist rag will do ) and with the air brush I have a pretty decent control of where the over spray is going anyway.
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 19:39 |
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Fast_Food_Knight posted:One goon did an awesome airbrush rundown, I think it was Pagan or Cakefool but not too sure. I'm sure it got linked or saved somewhere too. I'm pretty sure it was in the Tale of Goon Wargamers thread, but I don't have archives so can't go find it.
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 20:07 |
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lighttigersoul posted:I'm pretty sure it was in the Tale of Goon Wargamers thread, but I don't have archives so can't go find it. It was HKR. Here are the relevant posts: HKR posted:Instead of using Gesso (gently caress the poo poo) or canned spray primer, I decided to mix some of my own primer and shoot it through my airbrush. Why in the world would I want to make my own primer when I could just buy some krylon for $3? There are a few reasons:
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 20:31 |
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Post number two...HKR posted:Wow this took way too long to write up. I'm going to post this in multiple places so a bunch more people see it.
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 20:39 |
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that was maybe the most informative post of all time
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 20:45 |
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HKR doesn't gently caress around.
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 20:53 |
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I'm tempted to try the compressed gas route. It's cheap, you don't have to worry about humidity, and the cylinders will last for a long time.
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 21:01 |
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PaintVagrant posted:that was maybe the most informative post of all time Add it to the OP.
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 21:02 |
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Bobx66 posted:Add it to the OP. I cant really add that entire thing to the OP, its huge. I can add a link to the post though, I guess e: added
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 21:20 |
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:I'm tempted to try the compressed gas route. It's cheap, you don't have to worry about humidity, and the cylinders will last for a long time. It'll give you the taste but sooner or late (sooner) you'll pine for air on tap.
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 21:34 |
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Cakefool posted:It'll give you the taste but sooner or late (sooner) you'll pine for air on tap. What makes you say that?
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 21:38 |
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If only because you eventually have to pay to refill the tank. While a compressor costs you nothing but electricity which is just pittance for what you get.
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 21:40 |
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I R SMART LIKE ROCK posted:If only because you eventually have to pay to refill the tank. While a compressor costs you nothing but electricity which is just pittance for what you get. True. How loud is the Harbor Freight compressor? The benefits of silent operation may offset the additional cost (about $20 per refill).
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 21:51 |
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# ? Mar 29, 2024 01:34 |
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:True. $20 per refill? gently caress. Not only will a hobby compressor be fairly quiet (I can run mine next to me whilst painting without disturbing wife watching telly in the next room) but the pressure of a tank will change gradually, loving with your flow & control. Get a compressor with a tank, the pump only runs about 25% of the time on mine with a 3L tank
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# ? Mar 25, 2010 21:54 |