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[Painting Miniatures] vs the unending tide of grey plastic

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  • valhalla130valhalla130 13 Dark Shield Perceives the GodsRegistered User regular
    fray wrote: »
    So I've been experimenting with different ways of highlighting black because I don't really like the standard greys, and I've found a couple of options that I think work and that I could actually execute. Apologies for the crap pictures as usual.

    Yellow armour with the darker blue highlights would also be an option. Any opinions/criticism/abuse appreciated.

    @fray Red armor and light blue highlights. I think yellow looks goofy on minis (no offence to bad moon or imperial fists players), and I think the darker blue might be difficult to discern in poor lighting and/or from a distance.

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  • DayspringDayspring the Phoenician Registered User regular
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  • -Loki--Loki- Don't pee in my mouth and tell me it's raining. Registered User regular
    Gremlin update. I figured I'd finish a few before perstering people again.

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    Current finished Gremlins.

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    WIP of the Master, So'mer Teeth Jones.

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  • Sharp101Sharp101 TorontoRegistered User regular
    Sharp101 wrote: »
    Getting things ready for tomorrow and took a few pictures of them all together:

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    Edit: Some rough individual pictures. I'll try to set up the light box and take some proper photos in a couple days.
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    The games didn't go so well at the tournament yesterday, but I won the Best Painted award. So that's nice :smile:


  • KneelKneel Ten thick coats Registered User regular
    One completed model (a second Genestealer Aberrant)...

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    ...and some new group shots of old stuff.
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  • valhalla130valhalla130 13 Dark Shield Perceives the GodsRegistered User regular
    Is there anything like a bird head for a demon prince? The demon prince body looks large for a Tzeentch demon to me.

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  • WoozlWoozl Registered User regular
    I've been lurking for a bit. Here's what I've been working on:

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  • DayspringDayspring the Phoenician Registered User regular
    Colour test for Definitely Not The Alpha Legion
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    I followed this method from the painting Burning of Prospero guide, but i dont know, i think mine looks too dark. Just bad lighting?
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  • InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    My favorite new painting trick now that I am actually thinning my paints correctly and putting retarder in them to give them more drying time:

    Accidentally got paint on a part I didn't want? Grab a crappy old brush and just use it to absorb the stray paint really quickly.

    Has worked surprisingly well at fixing the occasional goof.

  • Custom SpecialCustom Special I know I am, I'm sure I am, I'm Sounders 'til I die!Registered User regular
    @Woozl I really like the color on those Dark Eldar!

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  • MaydayMayday Cutting edge goblin tech Registered User regular
    Wow, lots of cool shit in this thread right now :+1:

    My work continues:
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  • KneelKneel Ten thick coats Registered User regular
    Mayday wrote: »
    Wow, lots of cool shit in this thread right now :+1:

    My work continues:
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    Jeezy creezy, that's fecking beautiful. The gold contrast with the turqoise, the depth on the yellow.

    Horus wishes his Sons looked that good.

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  • KoregKoreg Registered User regular
    Oh god the blue. What is that???

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  • MaydayMayday Cutting edge goblin tech Registered User regular
    edited November 2016
    Thanks! Like I said before, the turquoise-gold contrast was a bit accidental, but I really like it too.
    As for the main colour, it's VMC turquoise with a little bit of green, highlighted with a bit of GW Moot Green added to the previous mix and shaded with dark blue.
    I imagine GW's Sotek Green would work very well too.

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  • frayfray Registered User regular
    The rough edges around their neck armour bothers me for some reason, but yeah that's an incredible paint job

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  • ArcticLancerArcticLancer Best served chilled. Registered User regular
    I've randomly spent the evening putting together Infinity miniatures, since I had them laying around and was tired of moving the boxes around my desk since we moved into this apartment. :P
    ... I had forgotten how comically beautiful these miniatures are. I wish any of the other major players would attempt a standard of quality approaching this.

  • JJ Rabbit GangmemberRegistered User regular
    Tohaa?

  • Custom SpecialCustom Special I know I am, I'm sure I am, I'm Sounders 'til I die!Registered User regular
    Question for washing GW plastic kits: do I clip and assemble (partially, fully, not at all?) and wash, or can I just wash whole sprues before doing any assembly (which seems way easier)?

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  • DiannaoChongDiannaoChong Registered User regular
    Question for washing GW plastic kits: do I clip and assemble (partially, fully, not at all?) and wash, or can I just wash whole sprues before doing any assembly (which seems way easier)?

    So I would think either way is "good enough" but it would be better to do it once cut, as you are getting the final surface you are covering in paint after fixing/touching up/removing flash, etc. But I'm not an expert. Youill also probably touch and handle the sprues alot, leaving finger oils behind on parts after washing? If you are that anal about it?

    I don't paint on the sprue or partial models so I would assume you could do it at any point before you paint, really?

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  • ArcticLancerArcticLancer Best served chilled. Registered User regular
    J wrote: »
    Tohaa?

    Yup. Thankfully, they're all I have. Assembled each of the Igao models I was sent last Christmas, as well as the spitfire Kotail I'd gotten with them. I topped it off my putting myself through hell and assembling the Gao-Taros you'd sent along. Even had a decent day today so I primed a bunch of models. Now I have 6 Infinity models staring me in the face and I still don't know how I want to colour them. <_<

  • Lord_AsmodeusLord_Asmodeus goeticSobriquet: Here is your magical cryptic riddle-tumour: I AM A TIME MACHINERegistered User regular
    edited November 2016
    So it's been awhile since I've done any painting but I have a job now which means I can afford models again and my Dropfleet Commander kickstarter will hopefully ship before too, too long. So, what kinds of spraypaint brands do you recommend for base stuff? I've mostly been using whatever I can find at like hardware stores and the like, but I have a job now, which means I can be a bit more discerning (and am no longer too cheap to pay for shipping on Amazon) so I'm going to be more considerate in what I get. I'm thinking of maybe getting something from Reaper Miniatures? I think my Reaper Bones Learn To Paint stuff should still be alright, but I was planning on expanding my paint base anyway (as there are a number of colors I don't have right now).

    I'm probably going to get some new brushes too. Mine were already getting a little bit frayed, so I think they could probably do with a replacement (or at least, a backup set)

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    First world problems

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  • DayspringDayspring the Phoenician Registered User regular
    J wrote: »
    Tohaa?

    Yup. Thankfully, they're all I have. Assembled each of the Igao models I was sent last Christmas, as well as the spitfire Kotail I'd gotten with them. I topped it off my putting myself through hell and assembling the Gao-Taros you'd sent along. Even had a decent day today so I primed a bunch of models. Now I have 6 Infinity models staring me in the face and I still don't know how I want to colour them. <_<

    I think some of those were from me.

    Paint them purple :P

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  • ArcticLancerArcticLancer Best served chilled. Registered User regular
    Dayspring wrote: »
    J wrote: »
    Tohaa?

    Yup. Thankfully, they're all I have. Assembled each of the Igao models I was sent last Christmas, as well as the spitfire Kotail I'd gotten with them. I topped it off my putting myself through hell and assembling the Gao-Taros you'd sent along. Even had a decent day today so I primed a bunch of models. Now I have 6 Infinity models staring me in the face and I still don't know how I want to colour them. <_<

    I think some of those were from me.

    Paint them purple :P

    They were. ;)
    I'll take that under advisement. I'd been wanting to do teal and yellow, and then realized that was exactly what J had started painting them before sending them to me. So I definitely need to do something different, you know? :P

  • DayspringDayspring the Phoenician Registered User regular
    GW updated their gallery (and FW's gallery too) and a couple of my instagram pics ended up on there! Yay!
    Except theyre the pics i took of my friend's minis...
    Oh well, maybe next time :p

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  • JJ Rabbit GangmemberRegistered User regular
    edited November 2016
    I liked the yellow and teal!

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  • MaydayMayday Cutting edge goblin tech Registered User regular
    edited November 2016
    Wait, teal and yellow? Surely, you can't say no to that!
    @Kneel your Heldrake is currently on the main GW page, congrats!

    Mayday on
  • AsherAsher Registered User regular
    Man I am really looking forward to Dropfleet. I bought some retail stuff and started painting space ships. Now I want MORE spaceships.

    I put models on Instagram now: asher_paints
  • MagoMago SwedenRegistered User regular
    @Asher Pics! I was really tempted by the kickstarter but then I took a look at the mountain of unpainted stuff I have, and the time I have for painting and playing...

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  • AsherAsher Registered User regular
    I will totally post pictures as soon as I have something beyond 'Well that sure is kinda red'! I'm at the tail end of a research project so I'm a little busy, but hopefully I'll get some time to finish a couple of PHR ships off tomorrow. They're going to be Iron Man red and gold with blue glowy bits. Because why not. Pretty sold on a black/white/orange scheme for the UCM.

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  • MagoMago SwedenRegistered User regular
    Sounds neat!

    I'm actually painting some Warmachine mercenary stuff for an upcoming tournament on Saturday.

    I will take a picture once I have everything good enough for the tournament, most likely on Friday.

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  • KneelKneel Ten thick coats Registered User regular
    edited November 2016
    Mayday wrote: »
    @Kneel your Heldrake is currently on the main GW page, congrats!

    My painting group buddies on FB informed me yesterday. I am absolutely beaming :D

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  • BizaroPrimeBizaroPrime Registered User regular
    edited November 2016
    Been a while since I posted anything, but here is the latest Wild West Exodus model I completed

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  • -Loki--Loki- Don't pee in my mouth and tell me it's raining. Registered User regular
    Always liked the WWX stuff but never got into it due to having too many games already,

    Looks great,

  • InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    I remember reading about a painting technique where you basically do your standard highlighting progression, and then do a glaze of the middle color over the whole thing to smooth out the brush stroke transitions.

    But now I can't seem to find where I read that.

    Is this a real technique or something I'm misremembering?

  • MagoMago SwedenRegistered User regular
    edited November 2016
    So in the beginning of October I signed up for a Warmachine tournament. I was inspired by getting my hands on a Galleon for cheap and this Chain-Attack episode. I figured I had most of the miniatures in the Magnus1 list and just needed to paint 5 solos, the Galleon and a Nomad. How hard could it be?! I had like 6 weeks...

    So of course I have been pushing it the last two weeks to get it done, and here is what I have produced:
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    The lighting is off, sorry about that. At least I'm posting pictures... The Nomad and the Galleon will get more highlights, but they are good enough for the tournament tomorrow.

    I debated not washing all of the galleon as it's not optimal for such large areas, but in the end I decided to stick with a tried and tested method, and besides it was already painted with a few layers and kinda poorly prepared as well so I couldn't really be bothered to fix it properly. I would basically have had to tear it apart, strip it and fix all of the mould-issues, and I would definitely not have time for that.

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  • DayspringDayspring the Phoenician Registered User regular
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    My first piece of 3d printed terrain! I designed it and my friend printed it out.
    I started with a small tomb thing, but now i know it works i'll try my hand at something bigger.

    Has anyone painted 3d prints before? Do i need to do anything special to clean it up, or can i just prime it and go?

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  • ChrysisChrysis Registered User regular
    I think generally you want to give it a sanding to smooth it out. Otherwise I don't think it needs special prep.

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  • Mr_RoseMr_Rose 83 Blue Ridge Protects the Holy Registered User regular
    Chrysis wrote: »
    I think generally you want to give it a sanding to smooth it out. Otherwise I don't think it needs special prep.

    Or dip it in acetone, depending on the plastic used. The printer and/or filament reel should have some advice/documentation with them.

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