Miniature painting 🎨

[manic raven]

I find I pop tag pilots out pretty often to press buttons and such.

[wide dawn]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJKnbW8WQAEsEkV?format=jpg&name=large Thought: what if I did the first half of a "slap chop" paintjob on these guys (specifically the advanced version where you do multiple layers of black to grey to white) but then just did a black wash over some parts for like, a Sin City look. Maybe pick out some details in red.

I'm specifically thinking how these guys are intended as frontier ranger types but I think they turn into trenchcoated goons really quick if you put them in an urban environment.

[lunar axle]

Hmm, fair. Can the Zeta REM do that too?

[ornate tendon]

Yeah, the rems that come with remote presence TAGs are for doing stuff like that without endangering a human pilot

[lunar axle]

Ah sweet.

[glad shale]

Worse at it than human pilots tho

But if they get shot ur tag doesnt tuen into an expensive brick

[cobalt summit]

Monolith color test, the core’s actually fantastic for practice since 90% of it gets covered up

Comparing to my army’s usual turquoise

[last axle]

Finished up that suit I was working on, with bonus kitchen background
(Cuz it's the only place in my dang house with decent lighting lol)

[twin willow]

First space marine i've painted for my custom army

[wide dawn]

ooo! looks pretty unique

[twin willow]

Lore wise they're a legion from 30k that got lost in the warp for 10 thousand years. This led to warp mutations.

Soon they emerged once more in the 41st millennia, now with newer tech and equipment they kill from afar and leave no witnesses.

At least until the Emperor can forgive them for their mutated forms

So they count as a Traitor Legion, but they wear the insignia as proof of their undying loyalty, even though they are shunned

this guy has a proto-esque face quite literally because there is nothing resembling a face under the helmet

he would DIE if he took it off

[wide dawn]

niiice

[twin willow]

It feels finished already

[lunar axle]

I love what some clear coat does to a transparent piece.

[twin willow]

Get in the fucking shower (As in i'm showering them in Leadbelcher)

[twin willow]

I'm warming up to the purple shoulder/kneepad on my marines

[twin willow]

It felt empty without color so i made one pauldron black and one purple. Same for the kneepads

[lime haven]

Damn that looks nice
I have some black models that I need to find a decent color splash for

[glass gulch]

Waaaa

How do yo guys get ur minis to not look hideous

[lilac marsh]

practice and thinned paints

[lunar axle]

Yeah, that's the basis.

Along with that, getting a feel for colours can also help.

I think that's the three pilars of mini painting. Brush control, paint control, and colour. From there you can pull off any effect or scheme that you want.

[twin willow]

I have only three of many for my army, but its aight

[twin willow]

Honestly I just sprayed em with Leadbelcher because thats what their armor color is

It helps that the machine bits are also gunmetal

[covert drum]

these are so good oh my goooosh

goals

[twin willow]

Thank you! Theyre pretty mediocre compared to other minid, but these ones are mine and thats all that matters!

[covert drum]

They're like something I wish I owned for the same reason. It's being added to the "motivation" pile.

[twin willow]

Oh?

[lime haven]

Drybrushing and washes are magic

Exhibit 1

[olive raven]

Nice direwolf

[cobalt summit]

90% of mini painting Skills is like. drybrushing, washes, and then patience. Wet palette helps automate the thinning paints part, highly recommend

[lime haven]

Lil fella wishes he was a direwolf lol

[lunar axle]

I beg to differ on that. They're absolutely great techniques, but there's plenty more you can do.

As of late, I haven't found myself using any drybrushing at all, and minimal washing.

[idle girder]

could anybody lend me a suggestion on what to do with the claws? bit stumped

[limpid root]

I want to say like silver/grey/white or such to contrast with the black

[olive raven]

Maybe some day I’ll find a use for her in game

[olive raven]

Was really happy using an airbrush

Undersprays are really cool for lighting and transitions

[compact pier]

dope!!

[last axle]

Aight same mini as before (Sorry for spam)
But with actually decent lighting this time cuz my friend got a light box

[lilac marsh]

Ready for varnish, then I can do the metallics

[lunar axle]

I wish I had time to paint all 31 of em neatly, but I've only finished half of em, and left the others with some base colours and a marking or two.

Time to demo my own game tonight.

[languid jay]

https://vxtwitter.com/JhMiniatures/status/1793759799567687862

[lilac marsh]

They already had a darker blue metallic

But those do look good

[idle girder]

And that blue looks fucking mint on nightlords

[twin oyster]

metallic blue night lords, that's something I haven't seen since high school

my buddy had a night lords army painted in automotive metallics, back in the days before good paint

[wide dawn]

Oooo

[idle girder]

Extremely based

[twin oyster]

the 90s were a time

[idle girder]

An age of darkness, an age of wonders

[languid jay]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkGtmSNR_Jk

[lime haven]

Pros of living in the desert: it's not humid so I can spray paint primer all year round
Cons of living in the desert: it's hitting 100 so I have to spray in the morning

[manic raven]

Your paint also dries super fast! You don't get much working time but you don't get the kind of chalky tearing that happens when you work on only mostly dry paint.

I was really surprised at how different painting felt when I visited my friend in Colorado. I live in the Southeast so im used to painting in mega humidity.

[lime haven]

Yeah, getting a wet pallet has been a real benefit.

[lunar axle]

Friend has a new 3D printer, so he printed one of my vehicle designs.

[cinder shore]

Could be better but I like to think I did okay

[full hinge]

Oh that’s a nice green glow effect

[lilac marsh]

Made some spooky armigers

Used some tau and eldar bits to make one of them into a xenarite admech armiger

[cinder shore]

i liked how my blade champ turned out

[lime haven]

I too like how your blade champ turned out.

[idle girder]

These goliaths ain't gonna be pretty but they are gonna be done

[olive raven]

Lol thought the I-Beam was a roller blade

[idle girder]

a horrifying technology the goliaths can never aquire for the sake of us all

[thorny crystal]

There is no ends I would not go to for a +2" to Movement

[idle girder]

+2 movement, automatically take initiative test when within 2" of a ledge

[olive raven]

Chaos cult focused on slannesh gives you +2" on your leader

There is a reason Juice is his own faction on Yaktribe

[lilac marsh]

Metallic mostly done for these dogs

Their machine spirits are fine don't worry about it

[humble stirrup]

Asking here because I was told this would be a good place: I’m getting back into mini painting, gonna by painting up my CIA advisors/PMC guys and my insurgent models once I go out and grab the stuff to make a wet palette tomorrow. Anyone know of any tutorials around painting models in more civilian-ish clothes? Most of the minis are basically in street clothes + combat pants and load bearing equipment, so I’m not exactly looking for how to do camo right now.
Basically I’m not very confident at all about being able to make my own paint scheme for stuff, so having someone(s) examples of how to paint various bits of gear and clothing can be really helpful for me

[lunar axle]

The Marvel Crisis Protocol scene has some tutorials for things like shirts and jeans and such. Mostly thanks to Luke Cage, Lizard, etc.

[humble stirrup]

I’ll take a look, Tactical Blue Jeans is a long-standing tradition

Man, saying that and looking through some reference photos I have reminded me of one of the odder historical (1991) military photos:

Hmmm, looks like Citadel’s contrast paint Levidon Blue might work well for jeans at least

[humble stirrup]

I come back again with another question: anyone know of any paint schemes to replicate MARPAT? I’m obviously not gonna be duplicating the pattern, but more just getting the colors making it up correct and then suggesting the pattern via painting

[full hinge]

Never tried this but this seems nice

https://wfarcadia.blogspot.com/2009/07/painting-marpat-tutorial.html

[humble stirrup]

I ended up finding a slightly different one that I’m gonna give a shot, I may post a picture and the formula if I think it turns out okay

But that’ll be for another day

[ornate tendon]

I think the most important part is getting a good match for coyote brown

As MARPAT starts to fade, you quickly lose contrast between the green and tan elements and the coyote brown base

[humble stirrup]

Yeah, that’s something I’ve noticed with some reference images

[lime haven]

I decided to time how long it takes to paint a single Battletech mech.
Hour 3 and all the details aren't on...

[limpid root]

Ooh nice. I gotta get around to finishing the details on my first one eventually 😄

[lunar axle]

Might as well hop on the Battletech train with some terrain.

[lunar axle]

And they're finished.

[lime haven]

Oh that's nice.

[idle girder]

consummate professionals didnt dress up for book covers way back when, Delta had just been formed when that man Mike Vining joined and the particually stupid culture that SF gained post 9/11 hadnt started yet

Removing the Draft did very strange things to the mind set of americans

[humble stirrup]

Yeah, Vining is one of the examples of how a good chunk of SF guys used to look like Barbecue Dads while also probably being some of the scariest guys in a given room beneath that

And I will say that the biggest mouths seem to be in the SEALs, you don’t tend to see as many Delta guys shooting their mouth off

Though, back on topic, I’m painting some web gear on the minis I referenced earlier, and since the ones I’m working on now seem to be surplus ALICE gear I’m trying to figure out what color would look best for that. Currently testing Vallejo Russian Uniform WWII and considering Valejo Cam. Olive Green, if anyone has any thoughts let me know (also, any ideas for highlight colors would be appreciated)

Also I thiiiiiink I may have a candidate for the Coyote color in MARPAT, I think after a wash Valejo German Orange Ochre might work?

[glad shale]

this is probably a good place to ask

anyone got good suggestions for cheap/easy/cool 3d printable minis?

[humble stirrup]

Probably start looking on Thingiverse and such, and there’s a lot of smaller companies that are selling STL files of their minis or terrain these days

[glad shale]

i got some in mind

but curious if theres any good ones that i should get my eye on

[humble stirrup]

Honestly seeing how many companies sell STLs these days I’m seriously considering getting a printer when I have a For Real Job that pays For Real Money

[glad shale]

i lucked into one for free

(i then proceeded to spend several hundred dollars on the shit i needed to actually be able to print and not poison myself while doing it)

[humble stirrup]

I may try and see if my university has one that I can get print time on, if so I might try printing some Humvees and such

I think they might since there’s a reasonably sized engineering department

And yeah, not dying from resin fumes is good

[ornate tendon]

Even with age, ALICE webbing stays so dark, I think Russian Uniform with a highlight that tends yellow (like VMC Golden Olive) would capture it

[cobalt summit]

Back in da blending mines

[last axle]

Painted a friend's model in a lil art trade thingy last week, was going for a like, spooky haunted tree look
Definitely far from my normal painting style but I think it turned out alright

[cinder shore]

https://x.com/Helldivers2HQ/status/1798380508851642451

HELLDIVERS 2 Updates (@Helldivers2HQ) on X

Helldivers miniatures painted up | #Helldivers2

🎨 Cadaver202

Twitter · Jun 5, 2024, 3:45 PM

Just appreciating this

[thorny crystal]

Helldiver tapletop wargame :D

[obtuse maple]

that looks sickas hell, nice work!

[glass trellis]

3 breachers done and all it took was spilling Nuln Oil at the last second...

[humble stirrup]

Nuln oil and agrax earthshade are magic potions of “finish model” I swear

[glad shale]

sacrificed to the machine god

[lime haven]

4 hours and 20 minutes. I'd feel OK taking him for a spin on the table now, but there's easily another hour 30+ of work to do.

Made a horrible mistake where I got the tourqouise steel on his back and head, but some extremely delicate dry brushing returned him to normal.

The place on his right shoulder and head where there are no spots - pretty proud of the patch job, to be honest.

[cobalt summit]

Finished up my first ctan shard, the Void Dragon

Been working off & on since January, very pleased with myself

[humble stirrup]

Looks neat, nice blending on the lightning/cube skin/hole bit

[cobalt summit]

Tesseract Glow is powerful, the wing crystal inlay & tailblades are only spot I actually consciously blended

[humble stirrup]

Unsure how this came out, on the one hand I know that I probably can’t replicate the MARPAT pattern but also not sure how this pattern I used came out.
I guess I could try maybe stippling it with a stipple brush or foam?

And it’s not been washed yet

The middle and right ones I feel turned out better of the three, but still unsure overall

[ornate tendon]

I agree with you about the center one and I think it’s because out of the three it comes closest to capturing how marpat is a very horizontally-oriented pattern

[humble stirrup]

I’m probably gonna be popping in for further stuff on this project, mostly because I suck at making paint schemes.

Also, mostly because it would be frustrating to do on top of another camo, even though my references mostly show the load bear equipment seeming to be US woodland or British DPM pattern, I think I probably wanna just do them as plain green or tan. For the green I think I’m gonna do Vallejo Russian Uniform WWII, but unsure for that cordura tan look and unsure of what a good highlight for the Russian Uniform WWII would be after it gets washed

[humble stirrup]

Also, I’ve got several minis in what I’d term “battlefield casual” that I’m not sure how to paint up that I may be soliciting advice/opinions on

Several of these guys and gals are real neat, I’ll get pictures when it’s not about time to go to sleep, one of my favorites is the absolute chillest marksman in the world just sitting on a pile of cinder blocks

[ornate tendon]

Mixing and matching camo patterns at scale is a tough sell; ideally, you want a lot of contrast between the two

Like the classic desert storm look where the woodland mopp suit is offset by the chocolate chip helmet cover

[lilac marsh]

Spilled my nuln oil

I'm a real painter now

[humble stirrup]

The ritual is complete

https://tenor.com/view/fire-gif-10341555270454130792

[obtuse maple]

even I, notorious for tidiness and not spilling fuckin anything amongst friends and family, have spilled nuln oil. It is indeed part of being a real painter

those fuckin GW pots

[last axle]

not quite nuln oil but i've spilled agrax earthshade, which feels close enough

Also finally finished the other two crisis suits of my new team, working on my coldstar and shadowsun next

[lunar axle]

Do NOT fuck the GW pots.

[obtuse maple]

Love these. Nice work on the metallic wear n tear!

[glass gulch]

Primed my SOTs, to lazy to base them tho :]

[glass gulch]

Wait what’s the color scheme of Prodigal Sons? Cuz how I get it is:

• Armor: Royal Blue
• Trim: Gold
• Robes: Magenta

[idle girder]

sot?

[glass gulch]

Scarab Occult Terminators

[idle girder]

and silver would compliment the blue

also that is basically the ultramarines colors

[glass gulch]

What’s a good brush for small details

My smallest brushes are C iirc

[slender crest]

counterintuitively you don't want to get the tiniest brush you can find, just something quality that'll hold a really nice tip

[manic raven]

Definitely pays to get a nice sable in a 1 or 0. I'm partial to the classic Windsor and Newton but there's plenty of good options.

[obtuse maple]

Yeah, I was weirded out when my partner told me that anything past a 0 isn't actually a finer tip.

[slender crest]

and the fewer bristles you have the less paint it'll hold

and ofc once you buy that nice brush for details you have to take care of it, if paint gets up in the ferrule and dries that point is gooooone

[obtuse maple]

I have ruined so many brushes :)

[lunar axle]

I've picked up a little block of brush soap, and it has allowed me to reshape the tips of my brushes really easily, as well as clean them out more than with just water. That's been a massive help for me.

[ornate tendon]

Brush soap 4 life

Swear by this stuff

[obtuse maple]

I have an awful habit of pushing paint which tends to dull or curl tips

Trying to get better about it

[glass gulch]

How does one not absolutely ruin their brushes?

[ornate tendon]

Don’t let paint get up into the ferrule, brush soap, wash lukewarm water, dry hanging with bristles pointing down

[lilac marsh]

Also synethic brushes will just self destruct after like 4-5 minis max

[idle girder]

As with all things buy quality and care for it

[ornate tendon]

“Buy once, cry once”

[magic night]

don't leave it in the water pot tip-down

[lunar axle]

I threaten those that are still intact by making examples out of bad brushes for dirty work such as resin, glue, enamel paint, etc.

Fear keeps them in shape, though a little stiff and shaky sometimes.

[magic night]

"you're becoming THE STIPPLE BRUSH"

[lunar axle]

Exactly. Nobody wants to become the brush for resin spot repairs.

[magic night]

or the blood brush

[lunar axle]

You get it.

[gleaming shore]

does using a lukewarm water pot as opposed to cold help with brush life?

[ornate tendon]

I don’t think so; when washing, lukewarm is in lieu of truly hot water which can damage the glue in the ferrule

[gleaming shore]

i see

[olive raven]

Painted my first ever killteam, had these models poorly painted for a while but came back to repaint them for killteam.

If only my sorcerer could actually take this plasma pistol

[cinder shore]

poorly painted ain't anything bad. the important thing is you did it

[humble stirrup]

Poorly painted is almost always better than not painted

[lunar axle]

Exactly. Painting's the only way to improve painting.

Besides, I've started repainting some minis that I painted extremely poorly and never even finished properly, and it's highly rewarding.

This was a mini from when I was basically just starting out. Figured the sculpt deserved more, so I picked it back up.

Could not be happier I did.

[lime haven]

Hell yeah, that looks sick

I personally think the only sacred mini is the first one you ever do
All others can be retouched

[olive raven]

Same although my ultramarines probably will go untouched, it’s nice to see my progression as a painter

[olive raven]

Same although my ultramarines probably will go untouched, it’s nice to see my progression as a painter

[olive raven]

No idea why that double sent

[sand carbon]

Discord and/or telecom bug, don't worry about it

[idle girder]

I don't play tau anymore but I keep my first pathfinders on my shelf

They rough as hell lmao

[lunar axle]

Yeah, fair.

[compact pier]

tree!

[glass trellis]

Hey how does everyone care for their brushes here?

It seems like every brush I have kinda gets ruined way too fast

[sick jolt]

B&J Brush cleaner all the way

Contrast paints fuck up brushes more then other paints, so i tend to apply those with a crappy brush.

Then keep another brush nice for regular acrylics

Wash your brushes out after every session, make sure to rub in the brush cleaner into the base of the bristles, you want to slowly massage out the paint stuck in that area.

[sick jolt]

What type of brushes are you using?

[glass trellis]

Idk, I had a citadel paint brush because I wanted to support my lgs and now I'm just using brushes from Michaels the sign says they were for acrylics. I think it's hair not synthetic

[sick jolt]

Ok! Regardless of their type making sure to clean out the base of the brush like I said and massage out the paint will help. I think B&J is technically for natural hair brushes but it’ll still work for your synthetics

You can get the brush wet with some of the B&J then push it around your palm in circles, then wash it off and repeat until clean. You can also use your fingernail and push from the base forward to push material out. Both ways you should see the detergent discolor and pigment come out of the brush.

[humble stirrup]

I should get some brush cleaner, but I’ve had a perfectly fine experience just having a water cup to clean it off with every now and then, and gently pulling and rolling the brush across a paper towel to clean off any excess paint and reform the tip

[languid jay]

Brush cleaner is very handy when you're using certain paints, like oil washes, which can destroy brushes if not cleaned thoroughly.

Texture paint too.

[idle girder]

lasts forever to, been a thing of masters brush cleaner in our workshop for like a decade

[languid jay]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1243462299818131486/1252246251244879973/cachedImage.png?ex=6674d073&is=66737ef3&hm=41f47f85349b7dd892c0bad8203bf5dbeaa49410da26631f8be1a9c297a4e94c&

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1243462299818131486/1252245927910051840/IMG_0937.png?ex=6674d026&is=66737ea6&hm=76e1a91ec372254eae627fbab352f0a612fc1658b20f7755f839e69fdbd88004&

Musou Black paint apparently. I think I need to get my hands on this for...reasons.

[compact pier]

funnn

[misty horizon]

What minis are these?

[languid jay]

A couple of them are GW, but the others I don't recognize.

[cobalt spire]

I kinda wanna see a comparison between Musou, Vanta and Black 4.0

[cinder shore]

Good luck getting vanta unless you're anish Kapoor, and if you are.... who the fuck is giving you black 4.0? You know the rules

[full hinge]

Don't use vantablack on models lol

It's a real nasty substance to touch

[cobalt spire]

Vanta is mostly there for comparison. The comparison could also be extended with Black 2.0 and 3.0 (don't remember if he made a 1.0)

Mostly just interested in Musou vs 4.0

[full hinge]

fair

[obtuse maple]

Ive thought about getting musuo for when I finally start doing my kingdom death minis...

[languid jay]

Painted a tree.

[compact pier]

hey man, how's it hanging

I love the vultures

[languid jay]

https://www.reapermini.com/search/tree/latest/44131 Reaper's Tree of Despair. The hanging guy is a bit from the Mantic Giant kit.

I found that Xpress Mummy White over a zenithal, followed by a raw umber oil wash, does a lot of work for trees. Pleasantly surprised by the results.

[obtuse maple]

looks fantastic!

[languid jay]

A combination of Deth Wizards and Elden Ring (and the ever-present brain rot of Bloodborne) has me wanting to finish up the graveyard terrain idea I half-started years ago so this is kinda kickstarting that.

[glass gulch]

Will standard spray paints work as primers?

[full hinge]

no

[glass gulch]

What about non-specific primers?

[full hinge]

I'd use primer for miniatures other stuff can be too thick

[glass gulch]

Gotcha

[frosty moon]

depends on the mini size, I've used auto primer before but as cyan says it can be too thick

not on anything with a ton of detail

[glass gulch]

So that’s a no go for TSons

[idle girder]

Good old krylon has been priming for me for a decade and change

[ornate tendon]

grey Krylon Ultra Flat my beloved

[glass gulch]

Damn TAP fanatic is really good

[wide dawn]

Oooh, have you got some?

[glass gulch]

Ye

[misty horizon]

Mr hobby primer is what I use and it works great

[austere swift]

WIP, looking for some input on whether I should paint in the eyes like in the official paint scheme or leave them dark/make them flat black.

[ornate tendon]

They just gotta Pop imho, the more contrast the better. Flat black could work

[lunar axle]

I think there's a bunch of options. Going for a red or pink would work, and it'd give you some saturation and contrast. A yellowy gold colour would work really wel IMO, like true metallic gold. Give you that little shine. Even a venom green. Either way, I do think painting them in, along with a few other glowy bits, will help push your mini to another level by both adding a little visual clutter to make it feel more real and less like an action figure, and by helping to draw the viewing eye to certain spots, which creates interest and depth.

[austere swift]

Final choice, put some metallics behind a glaze for a shine effect, which doesn't translate super great to photo.

[humble stirrup]

So, here’s what I’m working on currently. Anyone have any ideas what FAL guy’s sweater and hat color should be? Also, anyone know what a good color for the wood on the various guns should be, or what might be a good color for the RPG warhead? Or the scarves/hats on several of them? I’m never great at figuring out colors for various things.

Also featuring various background minis I’m not working on at this moment

[austere swift]

For wood I do either satchel brown speedpaint, or a flat brown and then drybrush a tan on top.

RPG-7 warheads are usually something like olive green, you can use the one you used for the camo.

[cursive linden]

Oh gosh we have this

Hiiii

Workin on orkin

[humble stirrup]

Thems some big Teef

[cursive linden]

Black Orc BSB, im very happy with his symbol if not the flag

[glass gulch]

Damn you freehanded that?

[cursive linden]

Yah

[glass gulch]

Damn

[cursive linden]

The end product is about he same

But im proud of his shoulder pad

[full hinge]

Ooh Termination Spotted

[cursive linden]

Yah!! My gf is excited about building the stealers

[cursive linden]

the trick to the freehand was laying the brush down in the shapes I wanted, new brush really helped with drawing the outline

I did a few tests with just water to get the shape right

[lime haven]

trying to paint tan on black primer was a bad idea
doable, but a bad idea nonetheless

I'm probably going to finish up this project as is since I have a few tanks and 2 or so mechs to finish
but if I do a light color in the future I'm going to start by priming the minis in the base when I can

2 10,000 thin coats

[austere swift]

Your dedication to not just trowing on massive layers is noted and appreciated.

[ornate tendon]

Medium grey primer really is the way to go across the board imho

Changed the game for me when I stopped having to build light values all the way up from black

[olive raven]

Terrible photo but I got ahold of an OG marine from rogue trader

He is an adorable lead guy

Also his right leg has an imprint of the sculptor’s fingerprint

[cursive linden]

Heelllll yes

[lunar axle]

It'll make a nice addition to my BMG table, hopefully.

[humble stirrup]

Anyone have any tips on painting black cloth? I’m painting up some Generic Insurgent Bad Guys and wanna do it well

Like, have it look like cloth and not something else

[obtuse maple]

https://youtu.be/IwI80Bv9BGk?si=cFbsDzObO2v4M1Y1 flips a table this motherfucker out here doing the best tank I've ever seen (I've followed him for his other stuff/weathering advice and info on model tanks)

Makes my iron fist tank look like trash 🫠

(it was my first attempt at any sort of larger scale project and I specifically was inspired by NightShift so I just find it very funny that he went and now literally did the same thing except perfect lmao)

My mostly finished project from like a year ago at this point

Anyways, highly recommend the nightshift channel, incredible painter/modeller

[cursive linden]

I like to do hatching strokes with brushes to help fake cloth-texture

[crude pumice]

Scratchy highlights are a good way to indicate texture yeah

[lunar axle]

Working away at some more terrain.

[lime haven]

First contrast paint attempts. Useful stuff. Still need a darker red I think and to xenithal a little more to get rid of the black entirely.

They're less vibrant than my acrylic jobs, and I can't tell how much of that is the paint or that I didn't put enough grey and white underneath. Regardless, they're still so, so much faster than regular painting that I'm going to switch to them for a bit.

(There's some edge highlighting on the red and orange blackjack too)

[lilac marsh]

Grey undercoats on contrast paints will make them darker and less vribrant. Undercoating with a light color (like pink for oranges) can keep up sautration.

[lime haven]

Ok, that's a good idea. I'll pick up some regular paints of pink and others when I grab my deep red contrast paint.

[slender crest]

yeah basecoating pink for yellows and oranges is a classic tip

https://www.reddit.com/r/ageofsigmar/comments/wkvsnc/contrast_charts_with_added_white_scar/

this is a good look at what different basecoats do to contrast paints

[lime haven]

Ok yeah so I think my plan will be to drybrush heavy with some non-grey colors and try again
I still only have black primer, but that helps with shadows

Also I have a billion blackjacks so i can get more to paint lol

[lilac marsh]

My normal contrast routine is prime whatever, airbrush my "dark" tone like pink, then airbrush or drybrush white to pick up highlights

[misty horizon]

Basecoatibg yellows with contrasts or Avery and sunset helps immensely

[lunar axle]

How'd you end up with that many blackjacks?

[lime haven]

There's 1 in the striker box, the wolf's dragoon box, and the AS box.
I have no real need for another dragoon box but another set of strikers or 2 would be great and the AS mech selection is good too

[lunar axle]

Fair enough. Just don't get more than 21, I suppose.

[lime haven]

Ahahaha

[idle girder]

Science says a black jack with 2x large lasers and x2 medium lasers should cook the pilot

The blackjack pilot cannot read and simply ignores the lights

[lilac marsh]

Finally can enjoy the mvp of the aledari codex

[lime haven]

If your gun barrels haven't melted by the time they put you down, you weren't fighting hard enough.

[lunar axle]

I have severely underestimated how much work this was gonna be.

And after this, it's on to the second tile.

[lunar axle]

That's four out of the five tiles ready for some graffiti/posters on the edge and then done.

Just another 450-500 little white squares to go.

[languid jay]

Hell yeah. How big of a table will this make?

[lunar axle]

It can vary a lot depending on how wide things are spaced, but the goal is 90x90 cm for the Batman Miniature Game.

I'm constantly messing around with setups.

[gleaming shore]

how do you do, fellow painters

progress has begun on the hierotek circle, and i'm still kind of freewheeling with regards to palette and process

i seek the advice of the old masters: am i cooking here?

do forgive the camera quality

[lunar axle]

It's very hard to go wrong with black and gold, and a hint of green never hurt anybody. So as far as your palette goes, you're not cooking anything extreme, but rather a golden oldie.

[gleaming shore]

i'm cooking a humble and hearty stew, is what you're saying

[lunar axle]

Yes. Tried and true.

[languid jay]

Couple of crew members for a Space Station Zero crew.

Whole crew. Gotta varnish them and take better photos.

[wide dawn]

That looks fantastic! How'd you make the models?

[languid jay]

Primarily bits from Anvil Industries. Head, body, arms, and guns are from Anvil, and I've filled in with whatever I had in my bitz box.

The various bottles and jars are 3D prints a friend gave me, and the mechanical arms on the backpacks are from some old Warmachine model (I forget which).

[wide dawn]

I thought I recognized the Anvil!

[languid jay]

I'd gotten one of their bitz bags and it had a toooooon of stuff and, well. Gimme a box of bitz and I'll make some stuff.

[lime haven]

This mini tested my faith but after a wash and dry brushing my patience has been rewarded

Now to do metallic bits and the cockpit glass and shes ready

[austere swift]

Every cyberpunk game needs cyber-ninjas.

[misty horizon]

infinity?

[austere swift]

Yeah

[wide tartan]

Anyone know a good medium-paint-water ratio for replicating stuff like GW shades?
...or should I just got for flow improver

[lunar axle]

So water can work, but will end up with a less even finish, because the pigment will be somewhat disrupted. Using a paint medium can help keep things more even. A little bit of both might help approximate a shade. Otherwise, it's really more of a matter of eyeballing things.

[cobalt spire]

I usually do like 1:1:1 as a base and then increase medium and water as desired but I haven't gone past 2:1:2 yet

[wide tartan]

Thanks for the advice!

[viral arch]

First batch of darkoath painted

[wide dawn]

Looks GREAT! Did you just use the TTC paints?

[viral arch]

A good chunk of it yeah, with some odd Vallejo and AP paints I'm trying to finish off

[wide tartan]

That's enough work for today, tomorrow is washes and hopefully some details!

(I'm pretty sure the head sculpt also got messed up)

(but it looks fine)

[lunar axle]

At this rate I am going to finish an entire board build before my miniatures arrive to play on it.

[wide dawn]

Trying AP's brush on primer for the first time, this could be a gamechanger. Maybe too slow for Warhammer but it might be my go-to for Battletech.

[cobalt summit]

Tourney on the 20th. Battle ready to-do:

• Getting 2nd half of the monolith
• 6 canoptek wraiths
• 5 immortals
• 5 lychguard
• 20 warriors

Here we go lmao

[wide dawn]

Happy birthday to me!

[lunar axle]

Awesome.

And, y'know, Thunderbolt, Wolverine, Commando and... Griffin?

[lunar axle]

Two of these done. At last, I am free.

[wide dawn]

Yep!

[wide dawn]

I suddenly realized I'm somehow missing the dark green... unless it rolled off without me noticing the cashier must have forgotten it. They didn't have black or mid flesh tone in stock (which makes sense) but I'll just pick them up later. Guess I might have to grab that green too.

No biggie, I actually got a serious discount for buying in bulk, the folks at my LGS are pretty cool.

[full hinge]

What brand of paint is that?

[slender crest]

looks like duncan rhodes two thin coats

[thorny crystal]

It is

[full hinge]

ahh

[wide dawn]

VERY pleased with it thus far.

Especially the silver, went on like a dream. I'm feeling jazzed to paint anything rn

[slender crest]

love a good metallic

I backed the wave 3 kickstarter and I'm dying for it to get here to try out

gonna have to pick up other stuff to fill gaps in just that range but I'm excited about it

very eldar-friendly range tbh

[wide dawn]

I'm definitely gonna jump on Wave 2, especially for the greens and the skin tones

[slender crest]

I love the eyesear neon paints in wave 2

those are irresponsibly bright

[full hinge]

wow

[misty horizon]

ooh, I kinda like it tbh

[slender crest]

yeah idk where I'd use it yet but I love that they exist

[misty horizon]

make for some good highlights for glowy bits or for high contrast

[slender crest]

paint some good 80s ultramarines with that blue and yellow

[full hinge]

True Ultramarines haha

[slender crest]

paint my striking scorpions up with that green and the acid green in wave 3

[humble stirrup]

That orange is searing

[lunar axle]

With a platform for the crane and a few things painted, my BMG board should be finished.

[viral arch]

Slowly but surely the horde is painted

[wide dawn]

niiice

[wide dawn]

Still need touching up in some spots but I think they're as done as they're gonna be until after I take care of the bases.

[cinder shore]

should I keep the light gold?

[lunar axle]

Turned a dollar store toy crane into a platform to put minis on. This'll add some fun depth to my table.

[olive raven]

That is awesome you should paint it too though

[lunar axle]

I have just primed it.

Wanted to finish the platform before I primed the whole shebang in one go.

It also took some surgery to get the wire out of the original.

So yeah, painting's on after lunch.

[lunar axle]

@frozen salmon is this turning out better?

[compact pier]

oooh

i love that

[frozen salmon]

you might have the wrong person “-_-

[lunar axle]

Darn. Apologies.

[misty horizon]

What’s the terrain for?

Super hero game?

[languid jay]

I'd love to know where people get these cheap toy cranes cuz I can never find them.

[compact pier]

they've mentioned it's for batman miniatures game, I believe!

[languid jay]

https://www.amazon.com/iPlay-iLearn-Construction-Engineering-Steamroller/dp/B06XBT37C9/ Although hey I did find the above crane, with vehicles.

Reasonable amount of terrain for a construction yard!

[lunar axle]

Yes, it is!

There's little references to Batman all throughout the table.

[misty horizon]

Neat, what team do you play?

I’ve seen those at my lgs but they seem quite pricy and I’m not a huge dc guy

[lunar axle]

It's... complicated.

I just got my load of models in, and I sort of managed to make two crews out of them, Joker and Penguin.

My collection exists of most of Batman's rogue's gallery, some of the big guys from Arkham Asylum, and some Joker bikers.

This, and a Mad Hatter that I ordered years ago. The game's fun, pretty unique with the night mechanic and the way you score, and the models look amazing, but Knight Models has a horrible rep for their customer service and quality control. Several of my models had miscasts or even visible print lines from the 3D printed master that they then used for the siocast moulds.

[ornate tendon]

“FDM layer lines transferred into Siocast” worst of both worlds, got damn

[misty horizon]

What’s siocast?

[ornate tendon]

It’s a thermoplastic, real hot in the toy soldiers business right now

The overheads are relatively low so it’s being pitched as a replacement for white metal for pretty much everybody except garage casters

But folks are still working out the kinks, to say the least

[sick jolt]

It’s essentially a more accessibly priced version of injection molding (how most plastic miniatures are made).

Injection molding normally comes with the cost of machining the metal molds. Siocast uses a different system that works with silicone, a much cheaper material.

So you send Siocast 3D printed masters and they create silicone molds and keep them on deck for you.

They have their own resin I believe you have to print in too for the masters.

[ornate tendon]

I’ve tried some of CB’s new siocast stuff for Infinity, and I’ll say that when it works it’s pretty good.

Sharp detail, nice surface, neither too flexible nor too brittle (like nice 3d printed resin imho)

But the material itself is a little tricky; can’t scrape it, can’t sand it except with super fine grit

Gotta cut flash away clean with a blade

[languid jay]

It is, yes, though iirc it's also oddly reusable in the same way pewter is--that is to say you can throw it back in the pot to melt.

[sick jolt]

Neat

[ornate tendon]

And I’ve seen pictures of some hideous mold misalignment issues that would be hard to fix in a more forgiving medium

[sick jolt]

They’ll figure it out eventually

[ornate tendon]

Growing pains like any new system

[languid jay]

Siocast is closer to how Reaper does their Bones models I think, though Bones is more a PVC blend.

[ornate tendon]

I’m just a salty old grognard who really really likes white metal

[languid jay]

https://formlabs.com/blog/how-siocast-is-revolutionizing-miniature-making/

I also like white metal but not for rank and file troops, and that's where stuff like this and plastic shines.

Also, having assembled and painted a lot of large pewter models I'm...pretty okay with all of those being transferred to literally anything else

[sick jolt]

Same lol. I appreciate as a miniature sculptor the competition and variety of options though! Not everything works well as a metal model.

[ornate tendon]

I score and pin every contact surface by force of habit; what I miss about this stuff is that fuckin Heft that a big model should have imho

[languid jay]

I pin them too, and I've become something of an expert in it, but uuuuuuuuugh

It's such a pain in the ass

[ornate tendon]

Insanely subjective and very much just “this is How It Was when I was a dumbass teenage nerd so I get maximum dopamine from it” but

The heart wants what it wants

[sick jolt]

Dude lmao… I got this drew day Williams dread… I just glued it together and I think I NEED to take it apart and pin it

This thing is massive

[ornate tendon]

Fuck Yes

Like my platonic ideal toy soldier is the 1:87 scale Heavy Gear stuff by RAFM

Fuckin love those; huge, heavy, high lead content

[sick jolt]

I’m thinking about just drilling through the leg into the body so it lines up, I’ll need a fucking metal bit tho LOL

[ornate tendon]

Shoot it straight in and then greenstuff over the hole, totally valid

Any normal set of bits for your pin vise can handle white metal no problem

[sick jolt]

Good to know!

[sick jolt]

That’s what I’m thinking, it’s just so massive and the mold wasn’t the best so it’s hard to line things up

Listen to how heavy he is

CLOMP CLOMP CLOMP

[ornate tendon]

Ol boy got those disco platforms

[lunar axle]

Yup, silicon oxide is what the SiO in SiOCast stands for, if I'm not mistaken. They use vulcanised rubber moulds. The resin's probably heat resistant, that would make sense for the vulcanisation process.

[lunar axle]

It is. A nylon based plastic that can be reused entirely.

[lunar axle]

Some of my stuff has... a few issues.

[misty horizon]

that's pretty bad, especially given how expensive those minis are

[lunar axle]

Yeah. Had to drill out plenty of flash and stuff too, but that wasn't too bad.

But yeah, you can see the support marks on the underside of the base toppers, and the top has very visible layer lines.

[sick jolt]

Oh gross, support nubs on the base too

They didn’t even bother to sand those off of the master?

[lunar axle]

It appears they did not.

[languid jay]

Hell yeah

[distant holly]

I love that the cities of Sigmar are just so

Multicultural

It’s delightful

[languid jay]

CoS is visually great but I do miss the frills of empire greatswords.

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammerfb/images/5/56/Empire_Greatswords_(8th_Ed)_(1).jpg/revision/latest?cb=20180219133441

Peak performance

[distant holly]

Old picture but this is my army scheme

I may change it to not look so America

Any suggestions

[compact pier]

maybe quartering the fabric? ie one red sleeve n blue coat half

idk if it would help much but feels medievaly

[distant holly]

How is it atm? Still medieval?

[compact pier]

Oh for sure!

[distant holly]

I just don’t want it to be seen as American flag vibes

[austere swift]

Trying to decide how to paint up my Battletech mechs. I was thinking Eridani Light Horse but then it feels difficult to justify my crippling Elemental addiction.

[distant holly]

It’s why I added the bronze

[lunar axle]

That's more like Luxemborg, or France, or the Netherlands. The colours are rather bright and primary.

The USA's livery in Buhurt is quite dark, too.

There aren't really any other teams from what I remember that use similar colours on their liveries. France is blue and yellow, with fleures de lis, Russia is white with yellow... there's a lot, but nothing that really matches your scheme. Seems unique enough.

[compact pier]

henlo. I have some wips I would like feedback on

first up some stormcast test schemes

it's for living city stormast (even if gw hates me now) so technically ghyran guard but their official scheme sucks lol

inspired by the description of the living city being built from bedrock and ironoak

so a kinda stone and wood theme

I think the darker stone scheme might work really well for the ruination chamber dudes

the full scheme guy is just a simple drybrush which was really quick even though I also like it a lot, but I also like the smooth stone of the lady

the other thing

these van saar I've been struggling through for a while

the grav cutters most recent

I think the problem I'm having with the arachni-rig is too little black/gunmetal to break it up

[languid jay]

Agreed, darker stone makes the green and gold contrast more.

[compact pier]

but I also think I'm feeling better abt them as my mental health is improving lol

I wanna try out a darker wood for the dark stone

as well

like. old wood

[languid jay]

As for the Van Saar, I think a secondary color would do a lot to break up the white. Maybe orange on panels.

[compact pier]

technically I do want to add markings to them

like on the barricade

so maybe i just need to try that even though it's scary haha

with a red team and blue team. orange might be fun though!

thanks for the feedback <3

[glass trellis]

I got a new detail brush and it is sooooooooo good

Like I feel like I can paint freckles on an ant

And I can even do small surfaces like I'm a dentist painting on fluoride

[languid jay]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7pl9WSNkNU

[idle girder]

That man needs some coconuts

[distant holly]

They’re the squire

The coconuts are the gun balls

[wide dawn]

Testing a paint scheme and trying the triad system for the first time, not bad but I might try dry brushing instead

[wide dawn]

Updated

[lunar axle]

Arkham Asylum villains for the Batman Miniature Game. These are fun, but had me kind of terrified to paint.

[olive raven]

I’d darken that blue so it fits with the red more

[wide dawn]

Hm, mind elaborating?

I'm going to be using multiple reserve units so they won't all have the same markings

[lunar axle]

The blue is almost a primary blue, which contrasts pretty starkly the dark, not so vibrant reddish brown. Darkening it down will make them feel like they belong together more.

[sick jolt]

Getting the base layers on this space marine bike

[wide dawn]

Normal

[wide tartan]

Cross posting from CCC but we just (almost) finished our first mini!

...which looks much better from afar, which is what matters to us!

[lunar axle]

Don't worry, that's the case with any miniature. Besides, they're meant to be viewed from tabletop distance, so that's a solid start.

Your brush control looks pretty good for a first time, your purple's nice and smooth, so I reckon you've thinned it well, and white and grey are tricky colours. I still can't seem to get my white smooth after a few years. Chalk as pigment isn't helpful for that. All in all, well done! I hope you enjoy the hobby. Infinity's a fun game to play, too.

[wide tartan]

My white and one my my greys were all dried up when I went to use them, so I definitely had a bit of a hard time thinning it :/
I'm not letting myself play the game again till I get all my minis painted though so hopefully that'll mean I improve quickly.
...gotta get away from such thick edge highlights

[misty horizon]

Careful not to burn yourself out or start rushing to get things done e which is a problem I have

[wide tartan]

[idle girder]

hes a good guy

trust him

definetly trust him

purely medical chainsaw

[thorny crystal]

All surgeons are butchers

All orthopedic surgeons are carpenters

[humble stirrup]

What’s a field medic

[wide dawn]

Field butcher

[humble stirrup]

No no that’s a frontline surgical unit

[wide dawn]

Connected question: I stumbled into the idea that maybe squads that are seconded to another company might use that company's colors on the left pauldron trim, so since this one is backing up a cohort of veterans, he'd have white on the one I haven't attached rn. Does that sound cool or would it risk jumbling things by adding another prominent detail color not incorporated elsewhere?

[olive raven]

I think it would be neat, although I know some space marines use the aquilla to denote company

[lunar axle]

That could work. Both pauldrons would pull attention to the face, I reckon. Which is a natural focal point.

[wide dawn]

Yesss kinda jealous, they look fun to paint

[distant holly]

Just one mini for today

[humble stirrup]

What a fella

[austere swift]

Came up with a camo pattern I liked. Next two questions:

1. Is there enough highlighting/shading from the grisaille undercoat, or should I throw some black ink and highlights on there?
2. Do I paint the guns red, which messes up the camo somewhat but would be a nice homage to my favorite dysfunctional mercenary group?

[lime haven]

Oh, those are nice.

I dont think an ink would hurt. Highlights would be at the least, a challenge.

[austere swift]

A friend pointed out that I could put some edge wearing on them, I think I'll do that instead of highlights, and throw a super dilute black ink on them with the airbrush.

Now I just gotta decide on the red guns.

[pale bay]

Oh yeah those are nice

I really wanna get some bt minis and paint them. Seems fun.

[ornate tendon]

I am pro red guns on the grounds that a strong color note would offset “all over camouflage” nicely

[pale bay]

They're clan mechs, you can totally bullshit an honor reason for why the mechs are camo and the guns are red.

[lunar axle]

BT minis are pretty different to paint from most other minis, but in a way very cathartic. The panels give me a sort of 'painting by number' kind of feel, but there's so many options with them. Patterns, fading effects, colour combinations, wear and tear... you can take it to any level you want.

Sadly most videos of people painting Battletech seems to be "So I took three steps back and tossed a pot of contrast paint at it."

[wide dawn]

I can attest that it's very fun

[lime haven]

BT minis also take very well to drybrushing in my experience.

Helps make fun gradients or highlights easy to do.

Some examples from a pic I have on hand.

[lunar axle]

Hell yeah, my AGOAC crew got the same treatment.

[pale bay]

I figured, lots of hard edges.

[lunar axle]

Haven't even gotten to painting most of em, but they're slowly getting some colour. I got distracted by some old Harlequins and my Batman minis that got delivered.

[pale bay]

I got a clan color scheme picked, maroon with grey accents and green glass, but I need an IS one.

[lunar axle]

That sounds like a fun scheme.

This is the IS scheme I settled on. You probably saw it in the BT channel, or the Infinity server, heh. Went with the FWL purple as a guideline, threw in some Destiny 2 inspiration, and then tweaked it to my liking.

Though once I build up another company, it might turn into something else entirely. I like skirmish games because every model is unique, so I've never been one for painting armies in a single scheme.

[pale bay]

What paints do you use btw?

[lunar axle]

It's a mixed bag. Mostly Vallejo and Citadel. This is Citadel's Stegadon Scale Green, then Xereus Purple. I'm slowly converting to more and more Vallejo, I like their paints quite a bit, and finally found a local store that sells them.

[granite fox]

wip

[austere swift]

Making some good progress. Also I love the Elementals.

[wide dawn]

Niiice, glad even the Clans respect the power of an Awesome

[lunar axle]

This new printer is great, but now I'm scared to paint this.

[cobalt summit]

Gold capstones too strong on this? Lil crystals will match the big interior ones when I’m done.

[wide dawn]

I think the gold is a good idea but they look a little flat compared to the rest, could use some highlights/shadows before it's done

[gleaming shore]

i continue to cook

lighting of this photo blends together the leadbelcher and black templar for some reason, oh well

about how long does everyone else typically spend on a single model of this kind of scale?

[viral arch]

Depends on if I'm doing a single model at a time or batch painting but I'd say on average 30-45 min on an infantry model and anywhere from 1-5 hours if it's a hero/character mini

The arcanite took maybe 45 min and the curseling took about 2 hours for example

Or for a more recent example each of these took about 30min while Gunnar was more like 1 hour because of the axes

[lunar axle]

I get a bit carried away at times, so usually it'll take a couple of hours in total.

That's why I do skirmish games. Allows me to go nuts on detail and personality, and not have to worry about the rest of the army.

[humble stirrup]

Way too long, and over way to spread out of time. I’ve got some modern military minis I’ve spent probably an hour or two on each and I still am not done, though also that’s because I paint slow

[austere swift]

Not quite done, but I tried a new thing for the cockpit glass and I really like how it turned out.

[lunar axle]

Oh hell yeah.

[wide dawn]

:O

[lilac marsh]

Teleports behind you

[gleaming shore]

i want some advice from my elders

the way that I'm painting up the black on this hierotek circle is putting black templar directly onto the leadbelcher primer, but then i dont have any highlight colours for that i'm happy wit

leadbelcher or necron compound on top of that comes off as too bright and contrasting, more like weathering than highlight

I don't have a very wide selection of paints to work with, either

in my next session I might try putting the necron compound below the contrast paint and see how that shakes out, but failing that, does anyone have any advice for how I could apply highlights on top?

maybe with some very watered down white? I'm at a bit of a loss tbh

[cobalt summit]

You’re just trying to highlight black?

I’d pick up the more standard paints for that, lemme dig around and see if I have progress pics for it

I’d do two stage, get a dark dark grey like Eshin and then a light one like Celestra

Then if you need to tint it, you wash the hell out of it in whatever tone you want to tint and then a black wash or black templar over that

[cobalt summit]

All of this is on the above method, tyranids being greyscale that I then washed with purple and then 50/50 purple + black wash, the monolith bein greyscale with then the coelia blue-green-ish wash and then 50/50 coelia green/black wash

You can go back and edge highlight with the greys after to get it a lil crisper

[lilac marsh]

Baby's first oil-based pin wash

Not too bad but I don't think I'm gonna use this method much outside of panel lining

[gleaming shore]

okay, i see, i see, this could work

i just have this dubiously justified idea in my head that metallic paints belong in their own dimension in terms of how their shades and highlights are constructed

[lilac marsh]

Yeah you can dry brush or edge highlight with non-metallic paints, you just lose a bit of shine right at the highlights

[languid jay]

I use oil washes a fair bit and it's really good for a number of things, but not all the things if that makes sense.

Great for getting a grimy grimdark look, or using it as a color filter to shift the base color a couple notches. Especially good for doing dirt/oil/rust streaks.

[gleaming shore]

suppose that a piece of a miniature is hanging by a thread because right now you're storing them all loose in a plastic bag

what would be the best way to remedy this? I was thinking that a dap of super glue on the side might leave too much visible glue crust on this already painted model, so perhaps I could instead snap it off entirely and reattach it with plastic cement

[languid jay]

If you can snap it off safely, probably the best way to do it.

[lilac marsh]

Maybe some white glue, then like sand it down and paint over it once dry

[austere swift]

More battlemechs, this time including friend-shaped Zaku and Bitey, Destroyer of Kneecaps

[lunar axle]

A very fun star.

[viral arch]

Darkoath Cav are finally done

[austere swift]

I like the blue effect on the shields, is that a wash with some very bright blue?

My attempt at freehanding an emblem for my mercs.

[viral arch]

I watered down a Verdigris blue to well... Do Verdigris on my bronze

[wide dawn]

Looks great!

[cinder shore]

Good enough well except the front bits

[lime haven]

Always funky that the little guy™️ star is the spookiest one they sell

[tawny glen]

Stealthy little dudes

[lunar axle]

The Vixen/Incubus is a popular 'mech, I'm a big fan of the Wolverine IIC Conjurer personally, for the same reasons as why I love the Wolverine, and the Vapor Eagle/Goshawk is just... damn.

And yeah, the Perigrine/Horned Owl is so cute. Fuck the Piranha though. Chihuahua in 'mech form. Barking and growling and running up to some bigger 'mech only to get crit in an ammo bin and turn into a cloud.

[lime haven]

I'm finishing up my own version of the star right now. Its a fun box to paint - though a lot of small details.

[lunar axle]

What's that top 'mech? It looks like some kind of Thug IIC.

[lime haven]

That's a kingfisher. Standard engine-d omnimech. Rather undergunned for a clan assault but cheaper for it and very durable.

Especially because many of its variants have a LPL or ERPPC in the CT, so it'll dish out the pain until its cored out.

[lunar axle]

Ahh, from the box with the Turkina.

[wide dawn]

https://www.amazon.com/Organizer-Diamond-Polished-Space-Saving-Must-Have-Organizer/dp/B08WKQML52/ref=sr_1_5?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.NH3baMDkS2nO4VEy9izrtwiTMFPfpjZgboo5HUAOlbzBezYBo8LYwzpOf6vEbIubg3LUNI9QMmAMAPCQRpcLVN0R9VLpxTRRgnWEHqFIA1aHxB69e0VerQL2CtnSA_n9bwcGfOPktTXUa5YkHAm-zils4J_VsD4LXGB_A1m_lboX3QapEi-o0jINOAGMSioVmkF_4Vq6slE3jRx9fFOfqcXH8S8DWsr9ILkGwvqsF9w-0tl5Tzy28qGLcXV8IwVYI8y30Wtg5lAztFpMcLZnZcyBBCQ4vFF7tQ8XQJk8Qos.c9gGpnniDohszQawgLyfnMtxOMMG_7hcCxPq5ca1y0Q So this may be a silly question but, I recently got this organizer and quite like it, but I may need to expand my paint storage soon and I'm looking for something that matches this but doesn't cost as much. If I could buy another without the bonus brush holder I definitely would.

[languid jay]

https://www.amazon.com/Yieach-Organizers-Organizer-Essential-Sunglasses/dp/B0BHV9MLLS/ I have two of these, they work great.

[wide dawn]

Oh sweet, thanks!

[ornate tendon]

Damn that nmm looks good as hell

[languid jay]

https://vxtwitter.com/geekayles/status/1823771249224384637 https://vxtwitter.com/neilhelks/status/1823774718970765684

[granite fox]

...

[languid jay]

Yeah.

[granite fox]

https://tenor.com/view/are-you-freaking-serious-diane-lockhart-the-good-fight-seriously-really-gif-21896477

[languid jay]

Yeah.

I'm also upset about this lmao

[wide dawn]

Well I'm glad to have learned this now lol

[cinder shore]

I should get some of that

[languid jay]

Tamiya thin glue is great stuff but pro tip: their airbrush thinner is the exact same stuff and comes in a big ol' bottle so when your little jar empties, just get the big thing and refill it.

The chemist-minded should also note: said glue is a 50/50 mix of acetone and butyl acetate (well 49/51 but who's counting).

[last axle]

I really need to get a better picture setup but here's my re-posed "oops I accidentally made a farsight proxy" commander lol

[languid jay]

There's some simple stuff you can do to make your photos better, and almost 85% of that is "put the light at a 45-degree angle above the model."

I forget where I got these but I've had them saved as a perfect example of good lighting. It can really be that simple.

[last axle]

I'd need a light that isn't "find the sunniest room in the house and sit by the window" first lol

[languid jay]

Yeah, hah

https://www.amazon.com/Vansuny-Eye-Caring-Brightness-Flexible-Gooseneck/dp/B097JK91V9/ ones like these are pretty affordable.

[full hinge]

whaaaat

[languid jay]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKm9rwHFwLs It's true.

Though I said thinner when it's cleaner, so a bit of a mistake on my part.

Still, you can get a big ol' bottle of this for at most twice the price of the smaller bottle at like...what, 10x the content? And if you can somehow source acetone and butyl acetate for cheap you can just make like, a liter of the stuff.

[full hinge]

I like the little brush tho

[languid jay]

Oh the little brush is nice, but this lets you refill it for way cheaper in the long run.

[granite fox]

Angron is finished!

[lime haven]

gayat dayum
Is that like a loyalist Angron or just Gods angriest boy participating in some team scrimmage

[compact pier]

agitator balls have changed my life

[compact pier]

this is kickass, great to see it finished!!!

[lunar axle]

I read that as 'aligator balls' and my eyebrows immediately went north trying to picture how they would influence miniature painting.

[slender crest]

I can't imagine going through so much of this stuff that buying it in bulk is at all a concern

like yeah buy the airbrush thinner if your brush is still in good condition after building $50k worth of minis with it but making it yourself is wild

[compact pier]

oh my gosh

I'm so happy with this face

eyes took two tries but came out perfect

also really vibing with the hair

(open in browser for best quality)

[languid jay]

In Juan's case he's a pro painter and this is kind of his job, so in this instance it makes sense.

As would probably any painter on youtube that puts out vids on a regular basis, I'd think.

(but also having that much plastic glue would be really handy for plastic terrain)

[humble stirrup]

Hey! Gonna be painting up some minis for LUNAR at some point, and would like to do the Soviet ones in this interesting color scheme some of their space suits had. Any ideas for how to archive it?

Also, hot damn does he have a great set of muttonchops

[slender crest]

honestly prime white, do the orange details, hit the whole thing with your warm brown wash of choice, go back over the bits you want to be white again

[languid jay]

Bone-color paint with a warm off-white, then a brown oil wash would filter the color to about the right shade.

[slender crest]

if you want to include the blue too, also do that pre-wash

[humble stirrup]

So, probably the GW Wraithbone rattle can would be a good primer?

[compact pier]

wraithbone has a kinda different finish

like satiny

just so you are aware

[humble stirrup]

Explain further

[compact pier]

uhhh

hmmm

so like chaos black by comparison is matte

[humble stirrup]

Right, I guess I’ve not super noticed when I used Wraithbone that it was very shiny

[compact pier]

wraithbone is kinda? smooth? rubbery?

not gloss

[humble stirrup]

Though, maybe they changed the formula since I bought my can years ago

[compact pier]

but yeah it's like that to be a better surface for constrast

slightly lowers surface tension

cause that's what it was developed for

but yeah I think is a pretty good colour match

and might take some nice weathering from washes really well

[humble stirrup]

That’s what I was thinking

[compact pier]

varnish is an option if it ends up being too shiny

at the end

[humble stirrup]

Now that you bring that up, how much does a varnish help keep a finished paint job on metal models? Or models generally?

Like, what’s the pros and cons

[compact pier]

don't have a lot of experience with that unfortunately

[humble stirrup]

That’s okay

[compact pier]

but theoretically it should help with paint rubbing off metal yeah

[humble stirrup]

Also, any ideas for what would be a good color for the orange in that picture?

[compact pier]

uh citadel Wild Rider Red looks close to me

despite the name it's very much an orange haha

[lilac marsh]

Gryph hound orange is pretty close for a contrast

[humble stirrup]

For doing a detail like that, I’ll stick to normal paints

Thanks though

[granite fox]

loyalist angron from an alt heresy

[lunar axle]

Vallejo's Parasite Brown is lovely for that.

I use it for my orange, highlighted with Citadel's Fire Dragon Bright.

[austere swift]

Painting battlemechs is fun.

[ornate tendon]

That super high contrast cockpit glazing looks sick as hell

[lunar axle]

It is! You're making me want to pick up the Clan Invasion starter some time, they look sweet this way.

[lunar axle]

My company of Gouderak Guardians just needs a bit of powder and a front indicator on the base, then they're finished too.

[lime haven]

Those are all clean as hell lads

I finished 1 (one) mini today but I'm very proud of him

[austere swift]

Geez, I really like that red. Mind sharing how you did it?

[lime haven]

Lemme check when I go home but the gist is a really bright orange contrast (i wanna say vallejo nuclear sunrise) over grey and white drybrush on matt primer. Then a quick highlight pass on the highest edges with another very bright orange acrylic.

It came out a little dark on large panels like the legs but you could probably improve that via either priming grey and drybrushing beige and white over that or otherwise making sure the areas with only black primer on them are the deep shadows.

[warm prawn]

I've only been painting minis for, like, six months. How'm I doin'?don't?
(This is a WIP)

[lilac marsh]

Colors are good, definitely some spots to fix paint chips and edges. All tau models greatly benefit from a pin wash/panel liner

[lunar axle]

Brush control seems good, that's a pretty solid basecoat indeed, but there's a bunch of steps you can take to really bring it to life. Pin washing is indeed a great idea, loading your brush with a wash or heavily thinned paint and touching it into the lines between panels. This will give them separation and a little depth. A general black wash on the silver and sepia on the gold would work wonders, too.

Then, if you want to take it another level further, you can try edge highlighting. Taking a lighter shade of your basecoats, and using the side of your brush along the edges of the miniature to give them a little pop.

This comic book style is a little exagerated, but it shows the depth that shading and highlighting create. This was built up in multiple layers, and the lining is a little extrame for more conventional styles, but you can start simple.

[austere swift]

I see an Army Painter "Nuclear Sunrise", is that what you meant, or was it a similar color by Vallejo?

[lime haven]

Oh yeah it was army painter
I'm terrible at paint organization

[austere swift]

Nice, thanks for the clarification.

Also, ran into some creative block with my battlemechs so I threw this together as a palette cleanser. Hope all the Scion faction models from Warcrow look this good with just grisaille, washes, and dry brushing.

[viral arch]

I'm eager to get mine but the shipping has been delayed

[gleaming shore]

https://tenor.com/view/agony-gif-23084585

I SPILLED MY TESSERACT GLOW

ALL MY GREEN, GONE

i dunno if the little dribble at the bottom of the pot will be enough to finish my hierotek circle

[humble stirrup]

It is a sad but eternal fact of war painting to lose soldiers spill paint

[slender crest]

there's still a purple stain on my carpet where I spilled a pot 🫡

[warm prawn]

I lost half a pot of Agrax Earthsgade this way. 🫡

[languid jay]

Had like a third of my plastic glue spill onto my desk yesterday.

That was. fun.

Especially when practically invisible cuts in the surface of the desk started bubbling up.

[austere swift]

Kind of on the fence about this camo scheme. It's fun to paint but I'm not quite sure it clicks.

[lime haven]

I mean, it looks cool as hell to me

Its a challenge, but try adding laser lens and a jeweled cockpit. Those have really made my mechs pop.

[austere swift]

Oh yeah those will go on for sure, I just wanted to get the overall scheme set before I went back in for details. Love doing the glowy parts.

[lime haven]

Vapor eagles give me fucking nightmares lol
Those are really good effects

[warm prawn]

Here's a shot from the WIP desk. Some some reason, I'm having trouble getting that commander's panels clean.

[lilac marsh]

Not a mini, but I just reorganized the painting desk with some new paint racks and a custom shelf

[lime haven]

I forgot how key a gloss varnish is to making jeweled cockpits look good.

Gets that black nice and crisp, mmm mmm

[austere swift]

Do you varnish the whole model as well (probably with matte), or just the glass for the effect?

[lunar axle]

For a second I got confused as to how that 'Wolverine' had its vfin intact in your mini, mine didn't come with it. Then I realised it's a Conjurer.

[lime haven]

Just the glass. Should start matte varnishing stuff too but i never get around to it

[austere swift]

Victor needed more camo.

[lime haven]

Oh yeah that looks good

[austere swift]

Also this weird dog followed me home...

[languid jay]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_jLQE-yO3k

[misty horizon]

kingdom death?

[viral arch]

Good enough until I get to the bases

Also finished the wilderfiends

[wide dawn]

All looking great!

[wide dawn]

Are you putting all these in the same army?

[viral arch]

nah, just bouncing between projects to fight burnout

[austere swift]

Bloodborne

[misty horizon]

oh, from the board game?

[austere swift]

Yeah, the Chalice Dungeon expansion

[humble stirrup]

He’s just a funny lil guy

[warm prawn]

Here's the guide model for the current Breacher squad I'm working on

[wide dawn]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/162709648313417729/1277105270060880025/IMG_20240824_231937282.jpg?ex=66cbf477&is=66caa2f7&hm=8bcba29059e553828577bd3f9d2874279b35c5d3d3e9b6b005a203f17599cb00& Painting an Apothecary, despite the abundant warnings I was a little unprepared for how chunky the white paint could be, but I'm liking where it's at now

[cobalt summit]

Hey I may be late to this but after spilling my own full bottle of tesseract glow on carpet I was struggling to get it out till I tried this stuff

Even after it’d set in for weeks it was like. 5 minutes with a rag I rubbed into the canister and good as new

[idle girder]

Abc ALWAYS BE overCHARGIN

[full hinge]

hold the trigger down the dark gods will know their own

[warm prawn]

BIG GUTS AND BIGGER GUNS!

Sorry. Couldn't resist.

[languid jay]

https://vxtwitter.com/EdPaintsKrieg/status/1828737786364481759

[distant holly]

NO

[granite fox]

https://tenor.com/view/team-fortress2-tf2-soldier-my-dear-god-dear-god-gif-16659739

[lilac marsh]

The camera is doing it a lot of favors, but this tank is coming out way more shiny than I had expected it to

It's like "We have NMM at home"

[austere swift]

Please come within 3 hexes, we promise we do not have 3 UAC/20s.

[lilac marsh]

Aaaand done

[glass trellis]

Fire prism my beloved

[lime haven]

"4 mechs and only only one can go above 6/4?"
"Well uh -
"The economy is in shambles"

[lunar axle]

Slow and steady wins the race.

[warm prawn]

But PPCs win that battle.

[idle girder]

Dreaming of a white sanguinalia

Gonna wish for less trench foot

[idle girder]

Lord Be'jee discolord

[wide dawn]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/162709648313417729/1279635188065898528/IMG_20240831_225224722_HDR.jpg?ex=66d528a3&is=66d3d723&hm=4a7e5ebd8d8abca2c6e297df21f13fcc79aefb87161486821f23e2f45f2cdf16& Done for now! Will likely touch it up a little when I do the base but that's on the backburner now.

[languid jay]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JITsXL8YVVw

[viral arch]

Not so mini painting project

[warm prawn]

So, looking at all these Sybalites I may be talking myself into painting... any pointers on how to do skin tones that aren't "roughly caucasian"?

[misty horizon]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H9zAwMVcx90

[twin willow]

Working on my Iron Talons Brutalis

(Custom Chapter)

I will make the stripe look better once its properly painted

[twin willow]

thoughts?

[lunar axle]

With just some highlights and basing, these three members of my flying circus style mercenary company will be done.

It took a while to decide on colour schemes, but the extra content from Mechwarrior 5 and the Battletech game provided some nice inspiration.

[austere swift]

GJ on the Battlemaster cockpit. I still have trouble with cockpits where the light wouldn't conveniently hit a corner.

[lunar axle]

Cheers. The BM has the advantage of being a huge surface compared to most cockpits, so there's a lot you can get away with.

[austere swift]

Attempting a more traditional camo pattern using the same colors as the last batch. I maybe would have liked a bit more blue but I'm not going to go back and ruin it by fiddling with it to death.

[warm prawn]

Work on Sailor Moon Pathfinders has begun

[austere swift]

Man I have been out of 40k for a while, what's the deal with the Tau, his Cyclops cosplay, and his tacticool, "use every inch of Picatinny" pulse carbine?

[crude pumice]

Pathfinder kill team stuff

Not familiar with specifics but pathfinders got an upgrade sprue basically

[lunar axle]

He looks like he is seeing some shit through that visor.

[warm prawn]

Yeah. That's from the Kill Team sprue. It's evidentally a bunch of communications jammer stuff, because it was Marked as a comms jammer carbine for the comms jammer operative.

I would not have used it if it wasn't so marked.

The reason she is wearing the visor is because it covers up the nasal vent and I couldn't, in good faith, use an obviously-male or helemeted operative with the Sailor Moon theme

Sorry "Transpecteal Interference Pathfinder" not "Comms Jammer" that would be too straightforward.

[idle girder]

its okay he just wandered in from the Saint Seiya pathfinders a block over

i should rewatch a bit of Seiya, the opening whipped ass

quality early shonen opening

[lime haven]

I like the purple, it fits the urban camo and is rare to see

[glass gulch]

Okay question

Do these look “properly thinned” or am I an idiot

[compact pier]

is discord eating your images?

[languid jay]

They got so thin they disappeared!

[glass gulch]

Sorry I forgor to upload imag

[compact pier]

haha no worries

it's hard to tell due to the focus, but it looks pretty smooth to me! especially the blue

actually on the front leg I think I can see some brushmarks, so I think if that was one coat another coat that thin should do great

[glass gulch]

Gotcha

I’ve also been trying to hold the brush closer and it’s working miracles

[lime haven]

The gold looks a little chunky but metallics are a motherfucker to thin, I wouldn't be too hard on yourself on that front

It's all quite good

[humble stirrup]

Are you using a wet pallet? They can be really easy to put together, or you can buy them pre-built

[slender crest]

metallics usually look a lot better over a darker base coat, going over with like a dark brown or black first can do a lot for you

that blue really pops tho

[wide dawn]

I can attest

[glass gulch]

Hey chat is there any way I could covert standard acrylics to airbrush?

[languid jay]

Like craft paint acrylics or miniature paint ones? Because the latter just needs some airbrush thinner and maybe a drop of flow aid.

The former on the other hand...

[glass gulch]

Mini

I might try to bulk paint my remaining TSons

[compact pier]

yeah they just need to be thinned, very common to use tbh

[slender crest]

yeah with miniature paints you can just thin them with water or airbrush medium, they're super densely pigmented compared to a lot of other paints so they typically hold up well to it

[glass gulch]

Neato

[viral arch]

It's finally done

[compact pier]

yooo!!!

that's so cool

[misty horizon]

white glint

[olive raven]

I think I will sadly have to stop this painting project since I’ve started to forget steps in the style

[karmic plume]

Ooo finally found this forum

Enjoy some Deathshoruds I painted up a while ago

[lunar axle]

I like the colour scheme. Very different from the usual death guard green, but still with that pestilent feel.

[olive raven]

Very nice and nurgly

[karmic plume]

ty! It's black primer, heavy drybrush of leadbelcher, and a nice thick coat of liquid talent I mean Agrax Earthshade

and a spattering of Typhus Corrosion all over

[placid dawn]

The board game club I go to apparently does a minatures night where they let you use thier paints! So I've finally painted one of my beginner box minis

[ornate tendon]

hell yeah it’s John Dougram

[wide dawn]

Looks good! Burnished

[slender crest]

anyone have experience using iridescent mica powders on minis? either in a medium or applied dry

[glass gulch]

Do I need a painting grip?

[lilac marsh]

No

But you probably want one eventually

[glass gulch]

I don’t really know what it provides tho

[slender crest]

easier to hold the grip than a tiny base and adjust angles so you can reach things with your brush more easily

you can also just like, blutac the mini to a cork or something

[lunar axle]

You can paint just fine without one, but I've found that I very much appreciate the extra stability it gives. It allows you to brace your hands against one another and have much more control. In addition to that, holding minis by the base can sometimes lead to rubbing off paint from some areas that stick out a lot, like feet sticking just over the edge. That'll leave little primer spots showing.

[glass gulch]

Ah neat

I’ve heard a cork with some tack could work as a makeshift one

[lunar axle]

Yeah, absolutely. Though you can also print something more ergonomic if you have access to a printer.

People even use paint pots. Anything that'll hold the mini steady and provide something solid for your hand to grip onto.

[compact pier]

definitely use a paint handle, but you dont need to buy a fancy one

though I am genuinely a fan of the gw system

thoughts on ash waste base?

gonna try some other things but the pigment powder I wanted didn't arrive :(

[lilac marsh]

The dynamic duo

[languid jay]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vR-6fZLVyw The standout is the water toilet he shows off, which seems actually quite useful.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CW65P1V2?th=1 10 bux isn't bad, really.

[twin willow]

Still working on the early stages

[compact pier]

goin for a pat

[wide dawn]

Lookin good!

[twin willow]

Working on another unit for my next upcoming game

[lunar axle]

With these two, my skirmish list of Harlequins is finally finished.

After buying them not too long after I got into the hobby and completely neglecting them for years, I figured they deserved an actual attempt at painting.

[full hinge]

That's a sick pattern

[lunar axle]

Cheers. I pushed the highlights on everything a few steps brighter than I'd normally dare, to create that almost dazzling effect of their holosuits and stuff.

[wide dawn]

Good call!

[lunar axle]

I'll have to try and get some pictures of them on the table tomorrow.

[twin oyster]

those look great

[lunar axle]

Sadly, the lighting wasn't great.

We played a four-man skirmish with Battle Sisters and Guards counting as one team by two players, trying to hold two fronts at once against Orks from one edge, and my clowns from the other.

In the end, the humans were unable to hold fast as their line got beat back by a green wave on one end, blowing their big pieces to bits, and the blur of blades on the other, dropping guards at an alarming rate.

By the time the Orks broke through on their side, only their leader remained and I ended up cleaning up easily with only a single model lost. A decisive victory.

[idle girder]

Kitbashed chosen done for now

[warm prawn]

A current WIP for Wednesday

[wide dawn]

oooo!

[last axle]

Man Riptides look so damn cool, but iunno if I have the fortitude to paint a mini that huge

[cobalt summit]

Take as much time as you need and break it up with small stuff—I’ve been painting a monolith since March lol

[wide tartan]

ominous music plays as the camera slowly pans to a half-painted imperial knight

[languid jay]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rlu5zswGo1w

[wide dawn]

I haven't been doing triad layers for long so batch painting is a pretty slow process even when I'm not trying to get it perfect, but I like the results!

[compact pier]

nice!!!

[wide dawn]

I'm just doing one coat despite it not being 100% even, I think it being just a little bit mottled fits the earthy vibe I want for the Solar Bears

[compact pier]

yeah it can be very effective

been experimenting with that a lot for my stone-y stormcast

[gleaming shore]

how worth it is lahmian medium (or analagous brands) for things beyond washes and contrasts?

[lime haven]

Its very good for glass-glazing, like for mech canopies

Using water to thin down the paints for this sort of thing tends to make the paint have high surface tension

Whereas medium lets you more precisely place your paint in small places.

[distant holly]

Hmm

Warplock seems hard to use for darker greens

[distant holly]

How can I do metallic whites?

[gleaming shore]

with what you have lying around already, or with newly-purchased stuff?

[distant holly]

I have celestra grey and runefang

Could that work?

[gleaming shore]

just as a mixture?

runefang steel is already pretty bright, but if you want a very pure, bright white beyond that, you could put over it some white contrast (like apothecary white or a similar analogue from another brand) watered down with contrast medium

try out some recipes on a primed bit of sprue or scrap plastic if you want to experiment

[distant holly]

I got some white primer

I’ll test!

[lunar axle]

Finally got around to taking some proper pics of my harlequins. Haven't touched WH in years, but these were too cool not to give a better shot than my poor attempt when I just started out.

[full hinge]

Oh those are very cool

[humble stirrup]

Yeah, nice job!

I wish I had a space that I could close off from my cat to do painting

Like, I got a little done this summer but now that’s stalled

[lunar axle]

I'm afraid there's no holding back the cat. Mine also explored my desk and almost my palette on several occasions.

[lunar axle]

Cheers. The challenge of painting the checkers and giving them the proper contrast was too fun to turn down.

Especially the checkers on the inside of all the coats were fun to do. Not that anyone will see those from the tabletop, but oh well.

[lunar axle]

Eventually I will work through my backlog like I promised myself, I swear.

[wide dawn]

I love painting clones! Big ups for naming them too.

[lunar axle]

Oh yeah, most of them came organically while working on them, so I figured I might as well put 'em on.

For example, Score has five kill marks on his shoulder pad. Ace has an ace of diamonds. Sarge's markings follow those of an old clone officer, when colours denoted rank instead of unit.

[idle girder]

his name is Daud and hes here to steal your seed

gene seed

[alpine grotto]

In case any of y’all are feeling down about your models

https://x.com/jewelknightjess/status/1844804184333504942?s=46&t=oWW_NnXMz5xZU9SUUTq01g

Jack-o-lanternJess 🕷️ 🕸️ 🎃 🎲 🖌 🎮 🕹️ (@JewelKnightJess) on X

If you've made the effort to paint, you've succeeded.

Twitter · Oct 11, 2024, 6:16 PM

[lunar axle]

Painting's the only way they're ever gonna get better. Besides, when I look in my display case, there's plenty of old paintjobs that hurt my eyes when I look at them, but then I see them next to a recent one and I can't help but smile about my improvement.

[slender crest]

the worst paint job is better than unpainted, finished is beautiful

[lunar axle]

Exactly.

And if you ever need a reminder, find someone that doesn't paint minis, or even better, has never even heard of the hobby. They will usually happily remind you of just how impressive it is that you even had the courage to try and paint something so tiny, with such a tiny brush, no matter what the outcome.

[languid jay]

The worst paint job is the one you never get around to doing.

[distant holly]

Yeah

[distant holly]

Yall please help

The paint for these guys looks like it’s being applied super thickly despite thinning it down many times

I’m going nuts

[glad shale]

How thick is your prime

[distant holly]

Uhh unsure

It’s rustoleum white if that helps

It did apply a little thick to the finer detail bits like the aquillas

I had a very limited area to be able to prime (shoebox lid) and couldn’t do a back-and-forth as well as I’d like

I realized that now that I know I only want to change the armor color, pants, skin tone and metallics I might not have needed to prime at all

[glad shale]

I mean priming makes it easier to paint

Unless u primed over old paint layee