Just ordered the Reaper "Learn to Paint" kit, plus a Citadel painting handle and a wet palette. Bit of an upfront investment for something I'm not sure about, but at the same time I feel like the handle + palette will make me more likely to enjoy it in the first place.
Got my eyes set on eventually painting this champ if things turn out well.
There will come a time when you look back on this post and chuckle.
My first foray into painting minis was this kit:
It was a low cost experiment to see if I enjoyed painting minis, if I didn't like it I figured I was only going to be out ~$30 so it wouldn't be a big deal. That was early winter of 2016, and I now sit in a room with god knows how many paints/tools/brushes and more plastic than they used to build Legoland. I'm kinda tempted to see if I can track down one of these old kits and paint them again just to see how much I have improved.
Also, all of the people who can't think of something to paint with a specific color that they have been neglecting - if you play 40K of AOS both have a standard Inquisitor model for $18.
What is guild ball I see it pop up now and again on ebay. it looks like blood bowl but when you could play it in dungeons
Post industrial fantasy soccer played with teams of 6 , always have a captain, and mascot. Doesn’t have the injury hold overs etc. each team has its strengths and weakness. Multiple ways to score points. Influence mechanic, and momentum. All rules are free on steam forged web site with cards for everybfaction and paper dolls . So you can play before you sink any money. Even a paper pitch.
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StragintDo Not GiftAlways DeclinesRegistered Userregular
I'm having such a hard time justifying buying green stuff world's fur press for green stuff. I wanna buy it but I could just do the fur myself but it also never looks good enough to me.
I wanna finish this damn castellan.
PSN: Reaper_Stragint, Steam: DoublePitstoChesty
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
I'm having such a hard time justifying buying green stuff world's fur press for green stuff. I wanna buy it but I could just do the fur myself but it also never looks good enough to me.
I wanna finish this damn castellan.
How to finish a castellan in one easy step:
Say, "I am finished with the castellan." Done.
Sic transit gloria mundi.
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StragintDo Not GiftAlways DeclinesRegistered Userregular
It can't be done until it is perfect.
I could honestly finish it on a day off. A lot of the remaining stuff is small detail painting. Just the position if the skull is still bothering me. Neither over the head or on the shoulder really look natural to me.
PSN: Reaper_Stragint, Steam: DoublePitstoChesty
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
I could honestly finish it on a day off. A lot of the remaining stuff is small detail painting. Just the position if the skull is still bothering me. Neither over the head or on the shoulder really look natural to me.
It's never done trust me
you can say it's done come back years later or see another mini that gave you ideas. You are never finished
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Anyone have experience with clear resin or water effect bases?
If I had a great unclean one and wanted to give him a base that made it look like he was wading through a swamp full of skulls and rotten vegetable matter, what's the product to use? I'd like to have the lower 1/2 inch or so of the model actually encased so it's like a cutout of him wading through the swamp.
Anyone have experience with clear resin or water effect bases?
If I had a great unclean one and wanted to give him a base that made it look like he was wading through a swamp full of skulls and rotten vegetable matter, what's the product to use? I'd like to have the lower 1/2 inch or so of the model actually encased so it's like a cutout of him wading through the swamp.
You can do some of the colored resin to do this
Like the acrylic water you can mix in paint or dye to get ugly sceptic water
Anyone have experience with clear resin or water effect bases?
If I had a great unclean one and wanted to give him a base that made it look like he was wading through a swamp full of skulls and rotten vegetable matter, what's the product to use? I'd like to have the lower 1/2 inch or so of the model actually encased so it's like a cutout of him wading through the swamp.
If you are extremely patient you could build it up in multiple layers with green stuff world’s UV resin.
The “quick” solution would be a two-part epoxy but there’s are many things that can go wrong with that, starting from the choice of resin; you really don’t want one that heats up a bunch while curing.
Anyone have experience with clear resin or water effect bases?
If I had a great unclean one and wanted to give him a base that made it look like he was wading through a swamp full of skulls and rotten vegetable matter, what's the product to use? I'd like to have the lower 1/2 inch or so of the model actually encased so it's like a cutout of him wading through the swamp.
If you are extremely patient you could build it up in multiple layers with green stuff world’s UV resin.
The “quick” solution would be a two-part epoxy but there’s are many things that can go wrong with that, starting from the choice of resin; you really don’t want one that heats up a bunch while curing.
I didn't even know that was a thing, and I will have to be careful as I am the exact opposite of extremely patient.
H3KnucklesBut we decide which is rightand which is an illusion.Registered Userregular
edited December 2019
Stragint's worked with stuff like that before, IIRC. I wanna say there's someone else on here that also posted some cool bases using water effect within the last few months, but I'm drawing a blank who. Paging back through this and/or the WH40K threads a bit might find it.
Edit: Oh, and Extreaminatus gave Stragint some advice on it too. He had to do the layering method on the bases he showed pictures from.
Turquoise Marines, loyalist or heretic, or T'au, Stormcast, deepkin, any Bloodbowl team are all going to look great! Oh, van Saar and Escher, too.
Hells to the yeah! I've just finished my tenth model of the turqouise marines kind. Sometime in the middle I started making them too green, but I've managed to get back to the perfect hue again. I'm also planning to convert those three Evilcraft models to make them more in line with the new CSM.
If you're wondering about the weird loadout, I'm making them usable in Space Hulk, because it looks like it will be years before I have 12 appropriate terminators painted.
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Turquoise Marines, loyalist or heretic, or T'au, Stormcast, deepkin, any Bloodbowl team are all going to look great! Oh, van Saar and Escher, too.
Hells to the yeah! I've just finished my tenth model of the turqouise marines kind. Sometime in the middle I started making them too green, but I've managed to get back to the perfect hue again. I'm also planning to convert those three Evilcraft models to make them more in line with the new CSM.
If you're wondering about the weird loadout, I'm making them usable in Space Hulk, because it looks like it will be years before I have 12 appropriate terminators painted.
Exactly what I had in mind when I posted.
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StragintDo Not GiftAlways DeclinesRegistered Userregular
Stragint's worked with stuff like that before, IIRC. I wanna say there's someone else on here that also posted some cool bases using water effect within the last few months, but I'm drawing a blank who. Paging back through this and/or the WH40K threads a bit might find it.
Edit: Oh, and Extreaminatus gave Stragint some advice on it too. He had to do the layering method on the bases he showed pictures from.
Yea, it took like 3 or 4 layers to feel like it was good enough but I could have kept going. The material kept shrinking. I used vallejo realistic water. I'd recommend a clear resin over the realistic water stuff though. Fills better and way better about shrinkage.
Anyone know if colorshift paint blends well? I finally got the last dice creature and I want to do a two color blend and I was thinking colorshift would be cool.
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PSN: Reaper_Stragint, Steam: DoublePitstoChesty
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
Stragint's worked with stuff like that before, IIRC. I wanna say there's someone else on here that also posted some cool bases using water effect within the last few months, but I'm drawing a blank who. Paging back through this and/or the WH40K threads a bit might find it.
Edit: Oh, and Extreaminatus gave Stragint some advice on it too. He had to do the layering method on the bases he showed pictures from.
Yea, it took like 3 or 4 layers to feel like it was good enough but I could have kept going. The material kept shrinking. I used vallejo realistic water. I'd recommend a clear resin over the realistic water stuff though. Fills better and way better about shrinkage.
Anyone know if colorshift paint blends well? I finally got the last dice creature and I want to do a two color blend and I was thinking colorshift would be cool.
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My limited experience of GSW’s UV resin is that the shrinkage is minimal or non-existent, and now I look, they have examples of fairly thick layers going down in one pass•
H3KnucklesBut we decide which is rightand which is an illusion.Registered Userregular
edited December 2019
Does anyone remember which forum-member did the awesome swamp boards full of removable terrain pieces like the WH40K cargo container with something living in it? One of the pieces even used LEDs for a lighting effect? I think there was also a little sacrificial pit with resin colored to look like it was full of blood?
Does anyone remember which forum-member did the awesome swamp boards full of removable terrain pieces like the WH40K cargo container with something living in it? One of the pieces even used LEDs for a lighting effect? I think there was also a little sacrificial pit with resin colored to look like it was full of blood?
Went searching, it was @Badablack I seem to recall more photos (like some in progress close-ups or something?) than thesethreeposts, but can't find any others.
Yeah that was me, it was a kill team board I made for a tournament on MDF. Mostly successive layers of varnish with slime layers between to add depth.
Blood altar:
Closeup:
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H3KnucklesBut we decide which is rightand which is an illusion.Registered Userregular
edited December 2019
Hey, thanks! The talk about clear resin vs water effects reminded me of the blood pool and eye-in-the-box, and then I was disappointed I hadn't saved any of the photos, so I went hunting.
The blood pool and the eyeball effects were actually Vallejo water effects, which I guess is normally used to make ripples in water. But it works pretty well with assorted inks and glazes to make blood and slime too.
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Unlike Asher I extremely do not know how to paint horses, so I just drybrushed them purple in the hopes that no one will notice.
I'm really enjoying painting horses. Nice got 20 models in this Targaryen starter and at the rate I'm going all 18 horses will be unique.
got one squad done so far
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Gamertag - Khraul
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You can grab one here if you want:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4055436
You've got some great designs!
I'm totally printing some of these for daemon proxies.
Gamertag - Khraul
PSN - Razide6
There will come a time when you look back on this post and chuckle.
My first foray into painting minis was this kit:
It was a low cost experiment to see if I enjoyed painting minis, if I didn't like it I figured I was only going to be out ~$30 so it wouldn't be a big deal. That was early winter of 2016, and I now sit in a room with god knows how many paints/tools/brushes and more plastic than they used to build Legoland. I'm kinda tempted to see if I can track down one of these old kits and paint them again just to see how much I have improved.
Also, all of the people who can't think of something to paint with a specific color that they have been neglecting - if you play 40K of AOS both have a standard Inquisitor model for $18.
I painted those back when they first came out. So glad they are getting new life!
Post industrial fantasy soccer played with teams of 6 , always have a captain, and mascot. Doesn’t have the injury hold overs etc. each team has its strengths and weakness. Multiple ways to score points. Influence mechanic, and momentum. All rules are free on steam forged web site with cards for everybfaction and paper dolls . So you can play before you sink any money. Even a paper pitch.
I wanna finish this damn castellan.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
How to finish a castellan in one easy step:
Say, "I am finished with the castellan." Done.
I could honestly finish it on a day off. A lot of the remaining stuff is small detail painting. Just the position if the skull is still bothering me. Neither over the head or on the shoulder really look natural to me.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
It's never done trust me
you can say it's done come back years later or see another mini that gave you ideas. You are never finished
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If I had a great unclean one and wanted to give him a base that made it look like he was wading through a swamp full of skulls and rotten vegetable matter, what's the product to use? I'd like to have the lower 1/2 inch or so of the model actually encased so it's like a cutout of him wading through the swamp.
Gamertag - Khraul
PSN - Razide6
You can do some of the colored resin to do this
Like the acrylic water you can mix in paint or dye to get ugly sceptic water
Learning when to stop instead of driving yourself mad fussing forever is an important step.
If you are extremely patient you could build it up in multiple layers with green stuff world’s UV resin.
The “quick” solution would be a two-part epoxy but there’s are many things that can go wrong with that, starting from the choice of resin; you really don’t want one that heats up a bunch while curing.
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DropBox invite link - get 500MB extra free.
I didn't even know that was a thing, and I will have to be careful as I am the exact opposite of extremely patient.
Gamertag - Khraul
PSN - Razide6
I have no experience with these products.
Gamertag - Khraul
PSN - Razide6
Edit: Oh, and Extreaminatus gave Stragint some advice on it too. He had to do the layering method on the bases he showed pictures from.
Hells to the yeah! I've just finished my tenth model of the turqouise marines kind. Sometime in the middle I started making them too green, but I've managed to get back to the perfect hue again. I'm also planning to convert those three Evilcraft models to make them more in line with the new CSM.
If you're wondering about the weird loadout, I'm making them usable in Space Hulk, because it looks like it will be years before I have 12 appropriate terminators painted.
Exactly what I had in mind when I posted.
Yea, it took like 3 or 4 layers to feel like it was good enough but I could have kept going. The material kept shrinking. I used vallejo realistic water. I'd recommend a clear resin over the realistic water stuff though. Fills better and way better about shrinkage.
Anyone know if colorshift paint blends well? I finally got the last dice creature and I want to do a two color blend and I was thinking colorshift would be cool.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywYsgHG8S_I
Nintendo Network ID: AzraelRose
DropBox invite link - get 500MB extra free.
Please don't mind the fuzz it had been sitting awhile when I took the photo and now I'm on my way home for the holidays.
Still working on the gargoyles and fix the marble effect I don't like quite how it came out. But the blood looks great.
Went searching, it was @Badablack I seem to recall more photos (like some in progress close-ups or something?) than these three posts, but can't find any others.
Blood altar: Closeup: