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Finished up some poxwalkers the other day: Hazmat dude is my favorite - I want a box of poxwalkers all in ripped up hazmat suits. They're mostly contrast, with some traditional steps just to make my life difficult. (Like the skin is a glaze of VMC pink & matte medium, then a drybrush of VMC light yellow, *then* contrast Guilliman Flesh. It seems to do the trick, though.)
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Does anyone know where I can get a figure that looks like Avatar from Wizards? Google isn't helping me.
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This is the best I can think of. If you like converting you could cut of the brim off his hat and replace the staff with a gun. https://www.stonehavenmini.com/collections/gnomes/products/sh0119 This one kinda sorta works. https://www.darkswordminiatures.com/shop/index.php/barty-the-magnificent-halfling-wizard.html The main problem is that they inevitably have staffs which iirc Avatar doesn't.
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So I painted up some "Iron Skeeters" from Malifaux. As an aside, if anyone ever recommends you build these models you have my permission to punch them straight in their face, as that person is not your friend. These were a massive pain in the arse to build. Tiny thin spindly pieces all over the place, miniscule contact points, build instructions that include lines disappearing behind the model to some undefined place on their back, and that do not give a clue as to order of operations. It would have been handy to know for example that on two of these guys its sensible to put the rider on first so you arent trying to glue him on with the fragile skeeter legs in place leaving you no good place to hold the model, but on the third if you put the rider on before the legs then the legs dont fit on properly. One of them has ended up with a bodged together replacement grapple as the grappling hook fell off the end of its pole at some point between being glued together and making it to the painting table. Annoying but not surprising as the contact point was the end of a literally 1mm thick pole. Then when it came to basing they were supplied with flight stands which look quite nice, but there isnt a flat place anywhere on the underside of any of the models that the flight stand can make a flush fit with. I honestly cannot imagine anyone safely transporting these things to a game without something snapping. I'm barely confident moving them from one side of a room to the other. tldr: They are nice models now they are done, but I never ever want to deal with them again, ever. Probably the fussiest models I've put together since I got back into painting. Anyway.    And the group shot: 
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Lord Ludikrous posted:Apologies for the large amount of photos, but I’ve been busy over the last few months and haven’t posted in this thread before. This all looks great. What did you highlight the metal with? I've been sticking with gold and using liberator gold, but I like the silver and how it pops. Might use it on my scrab occult and everything else going forward.
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Yeah I am loving those TSons. What's the blue? Seems like contrast maybe...is it Talasar?
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hero quest bookcase (i didn't paint the books, that's a cardboard cutout)  i love the hero quest rats for some reason
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Hey y'all. What are the mini painting goons doing for airbrush cleaning / maintenance? I've watched quite a few youtube videos and read lots of discussion but there doesn't seem to be a clear cut answer. I've seen some people disconnect all pieces apart from the bucket/main body and leave it soaking in a 3/4 distilled water 1/4 iwata airbrush cleaner solution whenever it's not in use. Then I've seen people just shooting airbrush cleaner through inbetween colours / at the end of sessions. There are other methods which don't come to mind right now, but any advice would be appreciated.
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Giant Ethicist posted:Finished up some poxwalkers the other day: Am loving any and all death guard you put out, great job. And yeah hazmat poxwalker is also my fave from the range, I have him huffing on a fire extinguisher just because I thought it'd look funny. Plus the irony of being infected with one of the most deadly plagues in the universe whilst simultaneously wearing a hazmat suit is delicious.
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DrDraxium posted:Then I've seen people just shooting airbrush cleaner through inbetween colours / at the end of sessions. This is exactly what I do unless i get a clog. Every once in a while I'll take it all apart and give it a soak and a deep clean too.
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Hixson posted:This is exactly what I do unless i get a clog. Every once in a while I'll take it all apart and give it a soak and a deep clean too. Yeah, just spray it clean and wipe out the bowl with a paper towel. Disassemble it and clean thoroughly when you feel like it or there’s a performance issue. Get yourself some oil or lubricant. I use a badger brand airbrush oil, but 3 in one oil or mineral oil is probably fine. Generally I do a breakdown clean and oil the needle/moving parts when the action starts to stick.
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Jul 8, 2020 04:56
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DrDraxium posted:Hey y'all. What are the mini painting goons doing for airbrush cleaning / maintenance? This video is the gold standard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEIJs1c4bsQ
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Nebalebadingdong posted:hero quest bookcase I absolutely love your style, it's very painterly, for lack of a better word. I assume you also paint on canvas?
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Werix posted:This all looks great. What did you highlight the metal with? I've been sticking with gold and using liberator gold, but I like the silver and how it pops. Might use it on my scrab occult and everything else going forward. Thanks. The highlight is done with Stormhost Silver. So it’s Retributor Armour Gold for the base, Reikland Fleshshade for shading and Stormhost Silver for the highlights. Mikey Purp posted:Yeah I am loving those TSons. What's the blue? Seems like contrast maybe...is it Talasar? It is yeah. Contrast Talassar Blue with Nuln Oil shading and highlights with Lothern Blue. I know technically you shouldn’t need highlights using contrast but I find the blue doesn’t pop enough with it. I should mention it took 2 coats of Talassar to get the right colour, a single coat is just too light.
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KozmoNaut posted:I absolutely love your style, it's very painterly, for lack of a better word. I'm probably not using it this term right but the painting style seems very impressionist and I love it. Adds a very whimsical feel
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Lord Ludikrous posted:Thanks. The highlight is done with Stormhost Silver. So it’s Retributor Armour Gold for the base, Reikland Fleshshade for shading and Stormhost Silver for the highlights. Okay cool. On my rubrics I was doing retributor for the base, red shade from AP, then highlight in liberator gold. For my scrab occult I've been trying base in balthazar gold, wash red, dry brush on retributor armor, and highlight in liberator, so I might go with a silver highlight. All I have is necron compound and AP plate mail, though I hope to stop by my FLGS this weekend since the first time since COVID came along to stock up and grab storm host if they have it. I used aethermatic blue on my Tzaangors and liked it so much I plan to use that for the flesh on my daemon prince and hellbrute once I get there. I was afraid of it being too much blue, but your prince has convinced me it won't be.
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Werix posted:Okay cool. On my rubrics I was doing retributor for the base, red shade from AP, then highlight in liberator gold. For my scrab occult I've been trying base in balthazar gold, wash red, dry brush on retributor armor, and highlight in liberator, so I might go with a silver highlight. All I have is necron compound and AP plate mail, though I hope to stop by my FLGS this weekend since the first time since COVID came along to stock up and grab storm host if they have it. I actually tried Aethermatic Blue out first and I don’t know if I was doing anything wrong but it came out horrendous. I ended up using Contrast Terradon Turquoise instead for the Tzaangors. My Daemon Prince is a bit different. The armour is the same as the Rubrics/vehicles. His flesh is Contrast Apothecary White, covered with a couple of very watered down layers of Lothern Blue and shaded with Nuln Oil. The wing membrane is Contrast Apothecary White layered with Sotek Green and shaded with Nuln Oil.
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Jul 8, 2020 17:45
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Been painting the Combat Arena minis, 2 done, 1 about 50% there and 2 to go. Can't seem to find a good hashtag on IG to search, anyone have suggestions for basing schemes (beyond just googling  )?   Album Link
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DrDraxium posted:Hey y'all. What are the mini painting goons doing for airbrush cleaning / maintenance? In addition to the excellent VV from upthread, here's the monomaniacal hobby grandpa version for more details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulWFoG5Inmw Disassembling the whole thing for a deep clean is kind of nuts if you don't have a clog. You can potentially over-scrub your parts if you're using a really abrasive cleaning brush, plus every time you take things apart you run the risk of losing parts.
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Lord Ludikrous posted:I actually tried Aethermatic Blue out first and I don’t know if I was doing anything wrong but it came out horrendous. I ended up using Contrast Terradon Turquoise instead for the Tzaangors.  Yeah I like how the aethermatic turned out. One coat over krylon grey primer. I was thinking of doing magos purple contrast on my wing membranes, but I know I'll need at least two layers as that one is super thin. I did the same thing on a wing for a mini I painted for a contest.
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long-rear end nips Diane posted:This video is the gold standard. Just to emphasise this, I had more or less shelved the airbrush I bought out of frustration for it clogging and seeming too labour intensive to change colours etc before I watched this video. Think it was linked from this thread. It's excellent not just for cleaning advice but also how much to thin your paints
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The Moon Monster posted:This is the best I can think of. If you like converting you could cut of the brim off his hat and replace the staff with a gun.
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tangy yet delightful posted:Been painting the Combat Arena minis, 2 done, 1 about 50% there and 2 to go. Can't seem to find a good hashtag on IG to search, anyone have suggestions for basing schemes (beyond just googling Seeing as how these are repurposed mini's from Blackstone Fortress, I'd recommend Blackstone Fortress style, which is both striking and easy to paint: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzVhZLQ8Z8w Those look great by the way
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Chewbacca posted:Seeing as how these are repurposed mini's from Blackstone Fortress, I'd recommend Blackstone Fortress style, which is both striking and easy to paint: Oh I really like that and now I have a better search term for the others I'm gonna paint (although really I'm just aiming for how the cards have them painted up without buying any new paint). I'll need to pick up a file (set) to do the base smoothing. And thanks!
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Nebalebadingdong posted:hero quest bookcase I think the Heroquest rats are based on the ones Jes Goodwin designed for the old WHFB Skaven line, he always did the faces in that style.
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Finished up another 5 albino weirdos for my gang, so now the gang is complete   
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https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1...bKzMxw/viewform Cross-posting from the Infinity thread. We had an informal painting contest in our local Infinity group to commemorate the quarantine and it's time to judge. Click the link and rate some paintjobs! When we're back together in person we're all going out to dinner. Winner gets their bill paid and loser covers gratuity for the group.
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long-rear end nips Diane posted:This video is the gold standard. I thought for some reason I'd seen this Vince vid, but I hadn't, and it really was incredibly helpful. Vince is no nonsense but is also capable of having a personality and bringing some flavour to each of his videos, which is a tough line to toe, especially considering the quality differential of youtube instructional videos. Thanks y'all for the advice!
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Under 15 posted:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1...bKzMxw/viewform Says the file doesn't exist? edit: Yeast posted:Finished up another 5 albino weirdos for my gang, so now the gang is complete the gradient/transitioning on the colors is so loving good gently caress tangy yet delightful fucked around with this message at 05:20 on Jul 9, 2020 |
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Yeast posted:Finished up another 5 albino weirdos for my gang, so now the gang is complete This is amazing. What's the black reflective glass thing you're using as the base in your lightbox?
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I;m Thinking About Thos nebalebadingdong rats and goblins. Do you have a link to resources on how to achieve such darling aesthetics? I saw the one video about weapons.
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Yeah, I would love to be able to paint like that, too.
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Thanqol posted:This is amazing. Thanks mate. I'll preface by saying I'm Australian, so the terminology might be different in the States, but I use this stuff: https://www.bunnings.com.au/suntuf-900-x-600-x-3mm-black-flat-acrylic-sheet_p1010492 I'm a food photographer by trade, so I normally have a sheet or two of the stuff for the rare occasion I need it.
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TURGID TOMFOOLERY posted:I;m Thinking About Thos nebalebadingdong rats and goblins. look up kevin dallimore it's just old school model painting with layers - don't use washes - don't wet blend - mix the colors on your palette to produce subtler (but still visible) steps between each layer. - you get diminishing returns on the number of layers, but you need at least 3 everyone's focus these days seems to be on having ultra smooth blends. it's impressive but not how i want to paint here's some pirates painted by kevin dallimore:  this is what i aspire to. you can really see the layers and the black lines from the base coat poking through between color areas Nebalebadingdong fucked around with this message at 14:27 on Jul 9, 2020 |
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Yeast posted:Finished up another 5 albino weirdos for my gang, so now the gang is complete drat those are pretty, are those robes brush-blended / glazed or is that yet another reason to tempt me into buying an airbrush? edit: also as someone who is basically trying to emulate this setup for my mini photography, what is the secret to not making every single slightly misplaced brushstroke look like I was painting minis with my fingers? Shooting at a shallow DoF just doesn't look right and focal length doesn't seem to make much difference. Are you shooting with a macro lens? Grizzled Patriarch fucked around with this message at 18:25 on Jul 9, 2020 |
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Jul 9, 2020 18:18
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tangy yet delightful posted:Says the file doesn't exist? Whoa there, didn't notice the url got shortened. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScd6r5JzaJ_rzWVeaBsaJSQxfOOH-u4eranwMjkvJYhbKzMxw/viewform Try that one out. Thanks!
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Nebalebadingdong posted:done with goblins for a little while These are so good
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Yeast posted:Thanks mate. Perfect - I'm Australian too so that makes it really easy.
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I painted up a broadside, went a lot faster than the riptide so it felt really good 
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