hm, how do people tend to react when they get a bit too much primer mist in the face?
i primed outside yesterday, but it wasn't very windy and my balcony is in a corner, and last night and today i've been extremely congested (though i think there's an infection at work too)
do people find it can aggravate existing congestion issues?
IanatorGaze upon my works, ye mightyand facepalm.Registered Userregular
I'm planning a paint scheme for a new Space Marines army and I'd like some advice.
Examples made with an online painter:
1. Standard Marine. Royal purple base, burnished gold accents.
2. Sergeant. Additional gold brings out his status as a squad leader.
3. Captain. Heavy on the gold as well as his red cloak.
4. Veteran. The Vets will wear more red over their purple with the Sergeants also getting an extra dose of gold.
Any opinions on the scheme as shown? I'm not sure I want white squad markings on the basic Marines but I'm not sure how to make them more interesting. I could add some red to them, perhaps replacing the purple on the left pauldron, but that might be infringing on the Veterans' thing.
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I'm planning a paint scheme for a new Space Marines army and I'd like some advice.
Examples made with an online painter:
1. Standard Marine. Royal purple base, burnished gold accents.
2. Sergeant. Additional gold brings out his status as a squad leader.
3. Captain. Heavy on the gold as well as his red cloak.
4. Veteran. The Vets will wear more red over their purple with the Sergeants also getting an extra dose of gold.
Any opinions on the scheme as shown? I'm not sure I want white squad markings on the basic Marines but I'm not sure how to make them more interesting. I could add some red to them, perhaps replacing the purple on the left pauldron, but that might be infringing on the Veterans' thing.
This scheme works pretty well.
I should know because it's super similar to mine.
And I actually pulled out all my painted marines ready for 8th so I know what I need to get done.
Some minor differences I found work well that might be worth considering.
I used a bone colour rather than gold for chest eagles and similar, it makes the gold trim pop a little more.
I also used blue on the most cloth, the red get used on holsters, bolter straps and the like. This also let me tie in the power weapons nicely. Important cloth is still red, see the captains banner.
I also went with white squad markings. It actually stands against the purple really well.
I'm kicking around a paint scheme for some Necrons and I was hoping I could get some ideas on what to do with the Gauss Flayer? I'm very much going for day-glo skeleton.
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Good idea. What looks good at the start might not look good at the end.
In other news, I "finished" my first 30K Thousand Sons Veteran squad and their big bro the Contemptor. I'll try to get some photos tonight, but I'll have to set up the light tent.
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Mr_Rose83 Blue Ridge Protects the HolyRegistered Userregular
I'm planning a paint scheme for a new Space Marines army and I'd like some advice.
Examples made with an online painter:
1. Standard Marine. Royal purple base, burnished gold accents.
2. Sergeant. Additional gold brings out his status as a squad leader.
3. Captain. Heavy on the gold as well as his red cloak.
4. Veteran. The Vets will wear more red over their purple with the Sergeants also getting an extra dose of gold.
Any opinions on the scheme as shown? I'm not sure I want white squad markings on the basic Marines but I'm not sure how to make them more interesting. I could add some red to them, perhaps replacing the purple on the left pauldron, but that might be infringing on the Veterans' thing.
My first thought RE: squad markings is: company colours. If your Chapter is Codex-based, they should have company colours on there somewhere and the squad icon seems like a good place. You can also do company-coloured squad numbers on the knees or something too.
I'm planning a paint scheme for a new Space Marines army and I'd like some advice.
Examples made with an online painter:
1. Standard Marine. Royal purple base, burnished gold accents.
2. Sergeant. Additional gold brings out his status as a squad leader.
3. Captain. Heavy on the gold as well as his red cloak.
4. Veteran. The Vets will wear more red over their purple with the Sergeants also getting an extra dose of gold.
Any opinions on the scheme as shown? I'm not sure I want white squad markings on the basic Marines but I'm not sure how to make them more interesting. I could add some red to them, perhaps replacing the purple on the left pauldron, but that might be infringing on the Veterans' thing.
This scheme works pretty well.
I should know because it's super similar to mine.
And I actually pulled out all my painted marines ready for 8th so I know what I need to get done.
Some minor differences I found work well that might be worth considering.
I used a bone colour rather than gold for chest eagles and similar, it makes the gold trim pop a little more.
I also used blue on the most cloth, the red get used on holsters, bolter straps and the like. This also let me tie in the power weapons nicely. Important cloth is still red, see the captains banner.
I also went with white squad markings. It actually stands against the purple really well.
Fake Edit: secret bonus hidden kitty pic.
Cool stuff! Now I just need to, y'know, get a job to afford all the stuff.
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New question!
My palette is a ceramic bath/kitchen tile. It's great for mixing and easy to clean but the paints tend to dry up before I'm done with them. Would I have to mix an extender into the paints? Add some kind of wet palette surface on the tile?
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I'm planning a paint scheme for a new Space Marines army and I'd like some advice.
Examples made with an online painter:
1. Standard Marine. Royal purple base, burnished gold accents.
2. Sergeant. Additional gold brings out his status as a squad leader.
3. Captain. Heavy on the gold as well as his red cloak.
4. Veteran. The Vets will wear more red over their purple with the Sergeants also getting an extra dose of gold.
Any opinions on the scheme as shown? I'm not sure I want white squad markings on the basic Marines but I'm not sure how to make them more interesting. I could add some red to them, perhaps replacing the purple on the left pauldron, but that might be infringing on the Veterans' thing.
This scheme works pretty well.
I should know because it's super similar to mine.
And I actually pulled out all my painted marines ready for 8th so I know what I need to get done.
Some minor differences I found work well that might be worth considering.
I used a bone colour rather than gold for chest eagles and similar, it makes the gold trim pop a little more.
I also used blue on the most cloth, the red get used on holsters, bolter straps and the like. This also let me tie in the power weapons nicely. Important cloth is still red, see the captains banner.
I also went with white squad markings. It actually stands against the purple really well.
Fake Edit: secret bonus hidden kitty pic.
Cool stuff! Now I just need to, y'know, get a job to afford all the stuff.
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New question!
My palette is a ceramic bath/kitchen tile. It's great for mixing and easy to clean but the paints tend to dry up before I'm done with them. Would I have to mix an extender into the paints? Add some kind of wet palette surface on the tile?
A dedicated wet palette is easy to DIY but also dirt cheap just to buy on e-bay or a craft store. They are life changers.
It's basically a flat container with a lid, blotter paper and tracing paper.
I think I might try to base my next test model after the color scheme on this armor:
In the Master Series Paint, what paints would I be looking at for that vermilion and whatever color that blue is? Is it Volcanic Orange and Glacier Blue?
I like Explosion Orange and Ashen Blue, or Heather Blue for the colors.
They do have a tool called a "Power Palette" under the "Paints" heading that lets you upload a pic, and give you closest match to colors.
Unsure if it would be okay to link it here, so, I did not.
Thanks, I used that tool (I never would have noticed it otherwise) and found that I had the paints already. It chose Carnage Red for the color fyi. Anyway I gave it a shot and this is my first attempt with that color scheme (and my third model painted overall):
So overall I think I like the vermilion armor color but I don't like how the reddish brown leather turned out. I think what I'll do for the next model is keep the armor the same and change the flayed skin to that blue that I only used for the cloth on the shoulder. I'll change the leather armor parts to black and maybe highlight with some really dark red. I also didn't like how the two-toned barrel turned out, so I think I'll just change the barrel and all the flash to that brass color. Any inputs? Obviously I need to work on brush control, and I sure learned a lot about working with inks this time around.
edit: Oh, follow up, once I decide on a scheme I like, what should I do with these test models? Strip the paint with simple green?
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Stupid-ass, completely irrelevant question:
How do you store your supplies? Are there advantages/disadvantages to certain setups? What about brush storage, or primer? Artbins? How much should I look to spend?
Move your GW paints over to dropper bottles. They're cheap, make getting out the right quantity of paint a breeze, and keep your literally worth their weight in gold paints from becoming useless in a month.
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Mr_Rose83 Blue Ridge Protects the HolyRegistered Userregular
Also, "nearly gone" paints can be revived completely with airbrush thinner if you have it. Once it's totally dry, though, you're out of luck.
How do you store your supplies? Are there advantages/disadvantages to certain setups? What about brush storage, or primer? Artbins? How much should I look to spend?
I've never really looked into Reaper paints before but I like the look of their midnight blue, looks like exactly the kind of dark blue I've been looking for. It seems like they're pretty hard to get hold of in the UK though?
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ArcticLancerBest served chilled.Registered Userregular
I'm actually absurdly practical about this. At least, I feel I am; by all means, judge for yourself.
I just have a very simple Mastercraft toolbox that I store my paint in. Fits almost perfectly snug (if I had exclusively dropper bottles they wouldn't have space to shift around at all)~
The rest of my painting supplies, when not just chilling on my desk as many currently are, live in a little plastic toolbox I picked up at Michael's years ago. It's a very convenient setup because the bottom has space for my wet palate, brush cleaner, water container, brushes, toothpicks and book I track colour schemes. The bonus is that the little top tray is very handy to hold a few models I'm working on. I lined it with tissue paper so there aren't really contact surfaces to knock around and chip on.
Overall it's incredibly mobile since I can take one in each hand and have everything ready to move with no overhead whatsoever. ^_^
They have a "pick your own palette" option at 54 and 108 paints, so maybe go in with a friend. Also, I think their Bones 4 kickstarter is coming up soon, so you might be able to nab some paints there at a nice discount. There were a bunch of bundled paint sets with previous bones that I've seen available on Amazon Prime US.
I've got P3, GW, and Reaper, and I like the P3 the best I think. Those have lasted years without drying out, but the range is pretty small. I like the droppers with the Reapers, but sometimes it's too much paint per drop. They're very liquidy compared to P3 and GW. I actually think I like the new GW shades and I'll probably pick up a few: the Reaper black Ink didn't pool like I wanted it to. But I've sworn off GW paints themselves as they dry out like you read about.
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IanatorGaze upon my works, ye mightyand facepalm.Registered Userregular
My newest local store carries P3 instead of Citadel so Imma start grabbing that instead. Already got a pot of Khador Red Base and while it's just as hard to apply as any GW Blood Red I've ever used I do like their pots more.
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So, now that landraiders got gud, I dusted off an old chassis I had sitting in my closet and hacked it apart for converting. I always thought raiders were all backwards, what them basically just being WW1 trapazoid tanks. I spun this fella around and swapped the engine and assault ramp (actually, replaced the door with a Valkyrie ramp door). Now that vehicles don't have firing arcs, I mounted the much cooler looking covered (hurricane bolter) sponsons, and smattered the other weapon systems around (havok launcher in the back, combimelta in the hull) and a cute baneblade turret for the heavy bolters.
I keep my paint in a tacklebox but it's not held up over the years the paint is chunky
But then it's nearly 20 years old
I would bother posting pics but f photobucket and it ad happy ass
I keep my paint in a tacklebox but it's not held up over the years the paint is chunky
But then it's nearly 20 years old
I would bother posting pics but f photobucket and it ad happy ass
You can directly upload to the forums now. It makes life much easier.
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i primed outside yesterday, but it wasn't very windy and my balcony is in a corner, and last night and today i've been extremely congested (though i think there's an infection at work too)
do people find it can aggravate existing congestion issues?
I get a mild cough and can eject bits of paint from my nostrils for a day or two
Mrs Kneel ended up with a terrible chest problem that lasted months, but has a history of asthma.
So I'd say 'yes' to the aggravation of existing conditions.
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Examples made with an online painter:
1. Standard Marine. Royal purple base, burnished gold accents.
2. Sergeant. Additional gold brings out his status as a squad leader.
3. Captain. Heavy on the gold as well as his red cloak.
4. Veteran. The Vets will wear more red over their purple with the Sergeants also getting an extra dose of gold.
A more comprehensive lineup is here.
Any opinions on the scheme as shown? I'm not sure I want white squad markings on the basic Marines but I'm not sure how to make them more interesting. I could add some red to them, perhaps replacing the purple on the left pauldron, but that might be infringing on the Veterans' thing.
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This scheme works pretty well.
I should know because it's super similar to mine.
And I actually pulled out all my painted marines ready for 8th so I know what I need to get done.
Some minor differences I found work well that might be worth considering.
I used a bone colour rather than gold for chest eagles and similar, it makes the gold trim pop a little more.
I also used blue on the most cloth, the red get used on holsters, bolter straps and the like. This also let me tie in the power weapons nicely. Important cloth is still red, see the captains banner.
I also went with white squad markings. It actually stands against the purple really well.
Fake Edit: secret bonus hidden kitty pic.
A bit more work on these guys. I decided to finish them both before i settle on which purple i like best.
In other news, I "finished" my first 30K Thousand Sons Veteran squad and their big bro the Contemptor. I'll try to get some photos tonight, but I'll have to set up the light tent.
My first thought RE: squad markings is: company colours. If your Chapter is Codex-based, they should have company colours on there somewhere and the squad icon seems like a good place. You can also do company-coloured squad numbers on the knees or something too.
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Cool stuff! Now I just need to, y'know, get a job to afford all the stuff.
---
New question!
My palette is a ceramic bath/kitchen tile. It's great for mixing and easy to clean but the paints tend to dry up before I'm done with them. Would I have to mix an extender into the paints? Add some kind of wet palette surface on the tile?
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A dedicated wet palette is easy to DIY but also dirt cheap just to buy on e-bay or a craft store. They are life changers.
It's basically a flat container with a lid, blotter paper and tracing paper.
In the Master Series Paint, what paints would I be looking at for that vermilion and whatever color that blue is? Is it Volcanic Orange and Glacier Blue?
They do have a tool called a "Power Palette" under the "Paints" heading that lets you upload a pic, and give you closest match to colors.
Unsure if it would be okay to link it here, so, I did not.
So overall I think I like the vermilion armor color but I don't like how the reddish brown leather turned out. I think what I'll do for the next model is keep the armor the same and change the flayed skin to that blue that I only used for the cloth on the shoulder. I'll change the leather armor parts to black and maybe highlight with some really dark red. I also didn't like how the two-toned barrel turned out, so I think I'll just change the barrel and all the flash to that brass color. Any inputs? Obviously I need to work on brush control, and I sure learned a lot about working with inks this time around.
edit: Oh, follow up, once I decide on a scheme I like, what should I do with these test models? Strip the paint with simple green?
How do you store your supplies? Are there advantages/disadvantages to certain setups? What about brush storage, or primer? Artbins? How much should I look to spend?
...My paints are still drying out though. My Mechrite Red is almost shot and my Macragge Blue won't be long either.
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I really like these sorts of things.
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I just have a very simple Mastercraft toolbox that I store my paint in. Fits almost perfectly snug (if I had exclusively dropper bottles they wouldn't have space to shift around at all)~
The rest of my painting supplies, when not just chilling on my desk as many currently are, live in a little plastic toolbox I picked up at Michael's years ago. It's a very convenient setup because the bottom has space for my wet palate, brush cleaner, water container, brushes, toothpicks and book I track colour schemes. The bonus is that the little top tray is very handy to hold a few models I'm working on. I lined it with tissue paper so there aren't really contact surfaces to knock around and chip on.
Overall it's incredibly mobile since I can take one in each hand and have everything ready to move with no overhead whatsoever. ^_^
Perhaps I can interest you in my meager selection of pins?
I've got P3, GW, and Reaper, and I like the P3 the best I think. Those have lasted years without drying out, but the range is pretty small. I like the droppers with the Reapers, but sometimes it's too much paint per drop. They're very liquidy compared to P3 and GW. I actually think I like the new GW shades and I'll probably pick up a few: the Reaper black Ink didn't pool like I wanted it to. But I've sworn off GW paints themselves as they dry out like you read about.
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They are equal parts impressive/informative and relaxing
Though there is a certain Bob Ross level of "bullshit, that's not how painting works."
Finished these 2. Leaning towards the blue purple over the pink purple now that they're finished
That is a cartoon ass face that man has, positively Flintstonian.
But then it's nearly 20 years old
I would bother posting pics but f photobucket and it ad happy ass
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