I've never painted a thing. I fucked up a car for Gaslands today. It was a lot of fun! I've got a ton more cars, presumably the next one will be less orange
Not sure if anyone else was aware of this, but Kairos Fateweaver is covered in literally a million gold doodads
I was planning on finishing this thing today and basing tomorrow, but I think he's got me beat for today. Hopefully done tomorrow and I can figure out a nice Tzeentchy base.
Looks great i think.
Just some more shading in the recesses and some edge highlights and that is going to be some fantastic moody scenery.
Never judge a piece before adding some highlights, even if it is just a drybrush. I'm never happy with my projects until the final detailing pulls it all together.
I have no idea what color I'd use to highlight. Would I use one color over the whole thing or change it between the transitions?
Also, looking at it the flowers look a little clogged but I guess it doesn't really matter that much.
Edit: I looked at it in person, it isn't nearly as bad as I think it looks in the pictures.
The problem being, as always, that pictures show it about 10x bigger than you see it on the tabletop or just about any other real life circumstance. If I put the pic on my phone and look at it from arms length, it looks amazing. I'd say start with using a wash to darken the gaps between blocks, and see how that looks.
For the highlight, just do a light drybrush of a much lighter shade of that color. Just pick on brick edge and try it out. If you don't like it, just paint over it, or cover it with your next highlight test. That's the thing about painting - it's so easy to modify and correct as you go along.
So I should highlight in sections? Starting from the bottom I'd going purple, red, pink.
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Gabriel_Pitt(effective against Russian warships)Registered Userregular
That's how I'd do it, since those are quite different colors at the different levels. The highlight you would use on the dark purple would presumably be too dark and subdued on the brightest brick edges, with the inverse true as well. Whatever you want to try first, test it out on a few blocks and see how it looks. Then proceed if it's good, or try some other variation if it's not.
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VanguardBut now the dream is over. And the insect is awake.Registered User, __BANNED USERSregular
Figured out the banners but my stupid brush is now fucked and split
I take good care of mine (never let paint dry, use brush cleaner) and this died really fast - I have some old Windsor Newtons that are like 8 years old and still holding on. Frustrating because this new one is a Windsor Newton too
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Dr_KeenbeanDumb as a buttPlanet Express ShipRegistered Userregular
Did you order it from Amazon or another online retailer? Every W&N brush I've bought through Amazon has been terrible - never holding a point, splitting almost immediately. Every one I've bought from a brick & mortar art supply store has been perfect.
There's a lot of claims that Amazon has counterfeits but I think it has more to do with environmental conditions when storing/transporting.
If you're not in a place where you can easily get to an art supply store, might I recommend Raphael 8404 brushes. I bought a few off Amazon a while back and they've been incredible.
Did you order it from Amazon or another online retailer? Every W&N brush I've bought through Amazon has been terrible - never holding a point, splitting almost immediately. Every one I've bought from a brick & mortar art supply store has been perfect.
There's a lot of claims that Amazon has counterfeits but I think it has more to do with environmental conditions when storing/transporting.
If you're not in a place where you can easily get to an art supply store, might I recommend Raphael 8404 brushes. I bought a few off Amazon a while back and they've been incredible.
Funny you say that... I grabbed some Raphael 8404's last year from a vendor on eBay that were complete trash. I wonder if you're right about shipping or storage.
I was super disappointed, cuz they looked like solid brushes
So if anyone else was curious, you can tint vallejo white pumice.
The results are lackluster at best.... this gob of white on the left had a thumbnail sized bit of a really nice purple pigment added and just kinda came out mauve.
Well.... I started back into 40k about two years and I didn't really paint when I played in college. Since getting back into it I've thought of myself very much as a novice painter, but I think I might have bumped to journeyman with this model
I used literally every technique I know and type of paint I own, acrylic to contrast to glazes. Then I took a big leap and tried a resin base for the first time.... I'm pretty proud of this thing. (more pics and a crappy gif in the spoiler... I need a turntable, a bigger photobooth thing, and a tripod :P )
I even 3d printed some poisonous plants for the base.
Well it's a new year (Shut up I know I've been over seas and then sickkkkkkk) so I figured I'd do a dump of Things Wot I have Done Painted in 2019.
Big Ol Photos Below:
Starting wiiiith:
House Targaryen Starter for A Song of Ice and Fire Miniatures game. This lot were the hardest I worked on something as I got a prerelease copy and wanted to get it finished before official release date (Which I did). Finished in 3 weeks and I got married in the middle of it which took out a whole weekend (but was really nice ;p)
House Lannister Army for the ASoIaF Minis game again. Lannisters are my main army, but I've been really tardy about actually getting them painted. This is a Standard sized Army led by the High Sparrow.
I've painted I lot of the Characters! I've just been really slack about finishing units ...
10 Plaguebearers and a Lord of Blights. I was getting back into AoS, but then got distracted by ASoIaF reallllly bad.
Half a Blood Bowl Team! I was really into the idea of running a league with some friends, but then realised I was going to be away on Honeymoon in the only time we'd have to play.
I also painted a single Orc before losing steam.
The other game I've played hard this year was Warhammer Underworlds and I got 9? Warbands Painted up this year
Steelhearts Champions. The first and one of my Faves.
Garreks Reavers. My favourite warband and the one I won Shadeglass with.
Saek! The Man, the Myth, the Legend.
The Farstriders. Loved painting them. Had a lot of fun with the fur. Don't love playing them
The Cursebreakers. Pretty Cheesy, but dang nice models. I couldn't resist converting them a bit.
Rastus is not having a good trip.
The Eyes of the Nine. Wanted to love them but they were a bit terrible. As a result their paint job suffered.
The Thorns of the Briar Queen. Who doesn't love Spoopy Ghosts? Not me, they're great fun. Also super fun to paint!
Yltharis Guardians. Had fun painting Tree Elves, had fun playing Tree Elves. Had fun remembering how to paint Crystal Blades then doing that the night before a tournament rather than practicing.
The Grymwatch, because Ghouls are much more disturbing when painted flesh coloured.
And finally Skaeths Wild Hunt. kinda half arsed cos I wan't feeling them and was also falling out of love with the game a bit at this point.
Also right at the begining of the year I painted up a small force for Lord of the Rings! Aragorn and the Dead of Dunharrow. I've got more than this painted I just forgot to photograph them ..
I also HALF painted a lot of shit, which I'll save for a future post. This puts me at 169 models painted in the year and what I'm going to call 12 Separate Projects/forces, one for each month!
Most importantly I'm going to credit Underworlds with really re-igniting my passion for painting again. I'd been really 'meh' on painting for a long time, just picking at things here or there since my last 40k army, not finishing anything except some warlord stuff. Having a bunch of small model count forces which are completely different in terms of aesthetics was a great way to play around with different techniques and really rediscover my love of painting. Underworlds is a great game, but I'd highly recommend the warbands for anyone interested in doing little painting projects that provide some spice and challenge.
I've bought so many underworlds bands for those exact reasons. At the price they come in at a good few "character" style minis of high quality in interesting poses never feels like I got ripped off.
I pretty much have to talk my self out of buying those warbands for the simple reason I am a buy and paint but never get around to playing type person. Lovely work as always man.
Morskitter wrote "Spikes, choppas, tentacles, magic? Can't hold a candle to Sergeant Pimp here."
I think that beats my accumulated total for the decade...
I painted far more over last year than I did over the last 10
I buy the warbands that I want to play and the cards from the ones I don't to make custom decks {I really had to buy 4 other warbands to make a glass cannon eyes of nine deck}
I remember having free time; I did one sister about a week ago. I've made progress with the rest of the squad, but it's finding the time to do things. Take today; woke up at 4:45am because my 3 year old had a bad dream, took about a hour to get her back to sleep. Spent about an hour trying to get in to work due to traffic, meaning I had to work a bit later, then did some extra hours to make a bit more money, had dinner at the in-laws, picked up my other daughter from brownies, read her a bed time story, hugged my wife until she fell asleep, came down and did the washing up.
It's 9:10pm and it's my first time sitting down to do nothing! Uff what a day.
Still I pre-ordered the Greater Good and Commander Farsight, because I hope to get a game in where I play some silly T'au army where I rush forward to unload loads of plasma shotgun death because playing a silly version of T'au greatly appeals!
I remember having free time; I did one sister about a week ago. I've made progress with the rest of the squad, but it's finding the time to do things. Take today; woke up at 4:45am because my 3 year old had a bad dream, took about a hour to get her back to sleep. Spent about an hour trying to get in to work due to traffic, meaning I had to work a bit later, then did some extra hours to make a bit more money, had dinner at the in-laws, picked up my other daughter from brownies, read her a bed time story, hugged my wife until she fell asleep, came down and did the washing up.
It's 9:10pm and it's my first time sitting down to do nothing! Uff what a day.
Still I pre-ordered the Greater Good and Commander Farsight, because I hope to get a game in where I play some silly T'au army where I rush forward to unload loads of plasma shotgun death because playing a silly version of T'au greatly appeals!
It gets better... I have teenagers at home and the best part is sharing your hobbies with them when they're old enough to appreciate that kind of stuff.
ArcticLancerBest served chilled.Registered Userregular
@Asher I love seeing the recap of your stuff, and it's frankly incredibly the volume of models you've painted to the standard you have when it's still predominantly just your hobby, but that post is becoming a real pain for loading the page. Spoiler tags would go a long way next time anyone wants to drop 20+ images in a post.
I've bought so many underworlds bands for those exact reasons. At the price they come in at a good few "character" style minis of high quality in interesting poses never feels like I got ripped off.
Your ghouls are amazing!
Thanks J! Means a lot. I had a lot of fun making the Ghouls extra gross.
I pretty much have to talk my self out of buying those warbands for the simple reason I am a buy and paint but never get around to playing type person. Lovely work as always man.
But they're such good valuuuuue. They're even push fit!
@Asher I love seeing the recap of your stuff, and it's frankly incredibly the volume of models you've painted to the standard you have when it's still predominantly just your hobby, but that post is becoming a real pain for loading the page. Spoiler tags would go a long way next time anyone wants to drop 20+ images in a post.
Thanks mate! And oops! Forgot about Spoiler tags. I've thrown some up to have mercy on everyones mobile data/loading experience.
I put models on Instagram now: asher_paints
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StragintDo Not GiftAlways DeclinesRegistered Userregular
Can I put my wash through the airbrush and have it work? Doing a wash on this terrain with the brush feels like it is taking forever.
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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.
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PiptheFairFrequently not in boats.Registered Userregular
it's likely too thin and will spiderweb
you can try turning it down to like 15-10 psi and experiment?
Can I put my wash through the airbrush and have it work? Doing a wash on this terrain with the brush feels like it is taking forever.
you can, but it behaves differently.
at best it works like a tint. you do not get the pooling effect that is the main reason for using a wash in the first place.
Can I put my wash through the airbrush and have it work? Doing a wash on this terrain with the brush feels like it is taking forever.
Yes, you can put a wash through an airbrush, however instead of being a wash, you're applying an even, transparent color over the model. I like to use that for when I want to tint a paint job a specific color evenly.
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StragintDo Not GiftAlways DeclinesRegistered Userregular
edited February 2020
I ended up just doing a wash like normal.
Does warm water cause acrylic paint to thicken up faster? The water I was using to thin with in the airbrush was warm but I didn't really think about whether it would impact it or not. Usually I just use cold water but I was cleaning out a paint pot so the water was hot.
The airbrush clogged basically right away.
Just ran it with cold water like usual. No issues at all.
Also, the previous airbrush is basically wrecked. The trigger wont pop back up so it just continuously blows air.
Stragint on
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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.
StragintDo Not GiftAlways DeclinesRegistered Userregular
I'm starting to get impatient with the terrain. I thin the paint out quite a lot for the airbrush and I'm pretty certain I'm not clogging detail but I feel like I'm going too heavy now. I really need to relax with this.
I think I'm gonna need to do a whole bunch of touch ups as well with the base color. I skipped the first color I've been using because it is so close in shade to the base but I also went lower with the next color than I did before so I feel like it might throw off these pieces with the test piece though I guess I could just modify the test piece instead.
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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.
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webguy20I spend too much time on the InternetRegistered Userregular
For bases I feel like snow and a winter theme would go well.
I've been using various home life things as an excuse to not paint lately, so to try and get back in the groove I went for some speed painting of some Dungeon Saga heroes (and a monster) this evening as I know I'll be playing that next week.
Ignore the details, slop on some Contrast paint and go, go, go.
No closeups as that's very much against the point!
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Masterfully painted purple and yellow grey knights for days.
I like those colors because they remind me of The Maxx
I'm curious if I could paint up the board to match the terrain.
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.
Perhaps I can interest you in my meager selection of pins?
I was planning on finishing this thing today and basing tomorrow, but I think he's got me beat for today. Hopefully done tomorrow and I can figure out a nice Tzeentchy base.
Gamertag - Khraul
PSN - Razide6
So I should highlight in sections? Starting from the bottom I'd going purple, red, pink.
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 take good care of mine (never let paint dry, use brush cleaner) and this died really fast - I have some old Windsor Newtons that are like 8 years old and still holding on. Frustrating because this new one is a Windsor Newton too
There's a lot of claims that Amazon has counterfeits but I think it has more to do with environmental conditions when storing/transporting.
If you're not in a place where you can easily get to an art supply store, might I recommend Raphael 8404 brushes. I bought a few off Amazon a while back and they've been incredible.
3DS: 1650-8480-6786
Switch: SW-0653-8208-4705
Funny you say that... I grabbed some Raphael 8404's last year from a vendor on eBay that were complete trash. I wonder if you're right about shipping or storage.
I was super disappointed, cuz they looked like solid brushes
Gamertag - Khraul
PSN - Razide6
The results are lackluster at best.... this gob of white on the left had a thumbnail sized bit of a really nice purple pigment added and just kinda came out mauve.
Gamertag - Khraul
PSN - Razide6
In other work, I finished a quick and dirty (6mm scale) Xenomorph force for my upcoming convention game:
I used literally every technique I know and type of paint I own, acrylic to contrast to glazes. Then I took a big leap and tried a resin base for the first time.... I'm pretty proud of this thing. (more pics and a crappy gif in the spoiler... I need a turntable, a bigger photobooth thing, and a tripod :P )
I even 3d printed some poisonous plants for the base.
Gamertag - Khraul
PSN - Razide6
Big Ol Photos Below:
Starting wiiiith:
House Targaryen Starter for A Song of Ice and Fire Miniatures game. This lot were the hardest I worked on something as I got a prerelease copy and wanted to get it finished before official release date (Which I did). Finished in 3 weeks and I got married in the middle of it which took out a whole weekend (but was really nice ;p)
House Lannister Army for the ASoIaF Minis game again. Lannisters are my main army, but I've been really tardy about actually getting them painted. This is a Standard sized Army led by the High Sparrow.
I've painted I lot of the Characters! I've just been really slack about finishing units ...
10 Plaguebearers and a Lord of Blights. I was getting back into AoS, but then got distracted by ASoIaF reallllly bad.
Half a Blood Bowl Team! I was really into the idea of running a league with some friends, but then realised I was going to be away on Honeymoon in the only time we'd have to play.
I also painted a single Orc before losing steam.
The other game I've played hard this year was Warhammer Underworlds and I got 9? Warbands Painted up this year
Steelhearts Champions. The first and one of my Faves.
Garreks Reavers. My favourite warband and the one I won Shadeglass with.
Saek! The Man, the Myth, the Legend.
The Farstriders. Loved painting them. Had a lot of fun with the fur. Don't love playing them
The Cursebreakers. Pretty Cheesy, but dang nice models. I couldn't resist converting them a bit.
Rastus is not having a good trip.
The Eyes of the Nine. Wanted to love them but they were a bit terrible. As a result their paint job suffered.
The Thorns of the Briar Queen. Who doesn't love Spoopy Ghosts? Not me, they're great fun. Also super fun to paint!
Yltharis Guardians. Had fun painting Tree Elves, had fun playing Tree Elves. Had fun remembering how to paint Crystal Blades then doing that the night before a tournament rather than practicing.
The Grymwatch, because Ghouls are much more disturbing when painted flesh coloured.
And finally Skaeths Wild Hunt. kinda half arsed cos I wan't feeling them and was also falling out of love with the game a bit at this point.
Also right at the begining of the year I painted up a small force for Lord of the Rings! Aragorn and the Dead of Dunharrow. I've got more than this painted I just forgot to photograph them ..
I also HALF painted a lot of shit, which I'll save for a future post. This puts me at 169 models painted in the year and what I'm going to call 12 Separate Projects/forces, one for each month!
Most importantly I'm going to credit Underworlds with really re-igniting my passion for painting again. I'd been really 'meh' on painting for a long time, just picking at things here or there since my last 40k army, not finishing anything except some warlord stuff. Having a bunch of small model count forces which are completely different in terms of aesthetics was a great way to play around with different techniques and really rediscover my love of painting. Underworlds is a great game, but I'd highly recommend the warbands for anyone interested in doing little painting projects that provide some spice and challenge.
Your ghouls are amazing!
I don't think I painted a fifth of that last year. Well done Asher. And they all look great!
Gamertag - Khraul
PSN - Razide6
I painted far more over last year than I did over the last 10
I buy the warbands that I want to play and the cards from the ones I don't to make custom decks {I really had to buy 4 other warbands to make a glass cannon eyes of nine deck}
It's 9:10pm and it's my first time sitting down to do nothing! Uff what a day.
Still I pre-ordered the Greater Good and Commander Farsight, because I hope to get a game in where I play some silly T'au army where I rush forward to unload loads of plasma shotgun death because playing a silly version of T'au greatly appeals!
It gets better... I have teenagers at home and the best part is sharing your hobbies with them when they're old enough to appreciate that kind of stuff.
Gamertag - Khraul
PSN - Razide6
Perhaps I can interest you in my meager selection of pins?
But they're such good valuuuuue. They're even push fit!
Thanks Khraul! I was pretty suprised myself. I figured I'd done ... half or 1/3rd as many TBH.
Thanks mate! And oops! Forgot about Spoiler tags. I've thrown some up to have mercy on everyones mobile data/loading experience.
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.
you can try turning it down to like 15-10 psi and experiment?
at best it works like a tint. you do not get the pooling effect that is the main reason for using a wash in the first place.
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Yes, you can put a wash through an airbrush, however instead of being a wash, you're applying an even, transparent color over the model. I like to use that for when I want to tint a paint job a specific color evenly.
Does warm water cause acrylic paint to thicken up faster? The water I was using to thin with in the airbrush was warm but I didn't really think about whether it would impact it or not. Usually I just use cold water but I was cleaning out a paint pot so the water was hot.
The airbrush clogged basically right away.
Just ran it with cold water like usual. No issues at all.
Also, the previous airbrush is basically wrecked. The trigger wont pop back up so it just continuously blows air.
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.
here's an absurdly big close up that makes it look awful too if anyone wants-
PSN- AHermano
I think I'm gonna need to do a whole bunch of touch ups as well with the base color. I skipped the first color I've been using because it is so close in shade to the base but I also went lower with the next color than I did before so I feel like it might throw off these pieces with the test piece though I guess I could just modify the test piece instead.
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.
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If by "awful" you really mean "full of awe".
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Huh, I've not really done snow bases before, that could be fun
PSN- AHermano
Ignore the details, slop on some Contrast paint and go, go, go.
No closeups as that's very much against the point!