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Discussion in 'Painting and Converting' started by Aginor, Feb 25, 2017.

  1. Chicken Lips
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    Chicken Lips Well-Known Member

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    That sounds really cool! I like that both sides have the chance to control it! Makes sense. Powerful spells should have a lot of danger associated with casting them!
     
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    Aginor Fifth Spawning Staff Member

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    Messed up the damn palisade during the last steps. Managed to almost save it using another thin coat of yellow glaze, but...meh.
    Not happy with it but I'll keep it that way. It doesn't look too dire if you don't look too closely
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    When life gives you lemmons.... you make a pallisade!

    Ahah just kidding! Nice work there, i like it and i don't really see the messed up anywhere xD
     
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    Slann

    Aginor Fifth Spawning Staff Member

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    Spell Portal and Cogs, WIP but mostly done.
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  5. apollyonpt
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    Really good job on those love the choice of colors for both of them!
     
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  6. Aginor
    Slann

    Aginor Fifth Spawning Staff Member

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    Thanks!
    The Cogs look a bit more corroded than I intended them to be, but still OK.
    I didn't want to shade them black so I tried a flesh shade. It made them look a bit rusty but IMO it isn't a bad option for iron.
     
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    The palisade is just shining so brightly as it should. And makes you want drinking some lemonade:p. Really like the cogs and the portals, nice work
     
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  8. Crowsfoot
    Slann

    Crowsfoot Guardian of Paints Staff Member

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    I'm on with mine but I really can't be bothered, I've done all the bases first as a lot of the models have wisps that need to be white for a glaze.

    Yours look really good so far.
     
  9. Aginor
    Slann

    Aginor Fifth Spawning Staff Member

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    Thanks!
    I know I have to be quick with them, before the really good painters here paint them and mine look really bad in comparison. :D

    Edit: can't wait to see yours, or @Xlanax_lot or @neveroddoreven trying them. I expect them to be mind blowing.
     
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    Slann

    Crowsfoot Guardian of Paints Staff Member

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    Nah mine are really basic
     
  11. Aginor
    Slann

    Aginor Fifth Spawning Staff Member

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    While building my second Carnosaur I was thinking about the paint scheme.
    I want to do the standard box paint scheme, like with my other Carno, but this time I want to paint the base coat using my airbrush, and I want to give him the black stripes on the back and the small red ones, too.
    I assume I will paint the smaller ones with a brush, but the big ones I'd like to do using the airbrush.
    Any hints on how to do that? I want to make them look relatively natural.

    I have done Tiger stripes before, but those were different (and much smaller, on a Gryph-Hound).
     
  12. Crowsfoot
    Slann

    Crowsfoot Guardian of Paints Staff Member

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    you can do both with the airbrush, go close and slowly pull back the trigger until paint shows then draw back the air brush until you get the desired thickness.
     
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    Slann

    Aginor Fifth Spawning Staff Member

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    Thanks. Btw, talking about airbrushing: Is there a way to tell where the point is just _before_ the airbrush starts splattering paint around?
    I occasionally paint something that looks pretty and smooth and all of a sudden *SPLAT* and I have tiny dots everywhere.
     
  14. Crowsfoot
    Slann

    Crowsfoot Guardian of Paints Staff Member

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    The splat is usually down too 2 things

    Air pressure or thick paint/dry tip

    I know you have a decent DA airbrush so what pressure do you spray at?

    Which paint?

    Tip clean?

    Airbrush clean not clogged?

    From your description I would say dried paint on the tip.
     
  15. Aginor
    Slann

    Aginor Fifth Spawning Staff Member

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    I use my Army Painter paints, thinned down with Vallejo thinner, always trying for a milk-like consistency.

    Usual pressure is... 20-25 psi I think, except for primer which I spray with the bigger nozzle and a bit more pressure.

    Tip clean and clogging.... yeah, that might in fact be the problem. But how can I notice that before it gets bad? I cannot see the tip of the needle with that cap over the nozzle.
    ...or should I maybe dip the airbrush in cleaner now and then? I think I have seen people suggesting that.
     
  16. Crowsfoot
    Slann

    Crowsfoot Guardian of Paints Staff Member

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    20psi is about right depending on your compressor.

    The tip drys as the paint comes out, best thing to do is after a minute or two just take the cap off and clean it with your fingers.

    Keeping the airbrush clean won't stop the tip getting clogged up when in use.

    Do you strip it down and clean it after use?

    Leaving the airbrush in cleaner won't have a detrimental effect on it.
     
  17. Aginor
    Slann

    Aginor Fifth Spawning Staff Member

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    OK.

    You mean by sticking the needle into my finger? I've done that a few times already. It hurts. :D

    Yes. I am very thankful that it is very easy to clean.
     
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    Very nice, should start on mine but I can’t bring myself to do them :D
     
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    Slann

    Aginor Fifth Spawning Staff Member

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    Here is my Necromancer again, finally finished his base.
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    Slann

    Aginor Fifth Spawning Staff Member

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    And here is my second set of kitbashed Skellies.
    Like the first five those were built out of spare parts from the Black Knights kit. Basically Hexwraiths on foot.
    Their hilarious running pose is due to the fact that they are rider bodies with one leg rotated 90 degrees.
    Their weapons are also converted from the Hexwraiths, the shields are spare Skeleton Warrior shields I think.
    The banner and Horn are from a Grave Guard kit.

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    And then my buddy built some Hexwraiths so I said: Gimme those spare bits!
    The Black Knights parts are more difficult to convert to infantry, but it worked.
    These are even more goofy, I had a lot of fun making them.

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    Here they are together as one big, very crazy group of insane running skellies:

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    My total number of converted (read: free) Skeleton Warriors is 15 now.
    That means I have 50 GW Skeletons now, which was my goal as I want to play my Deathrattle army in the GW store and all my other Skellies are non-GW models, which of course makes them persona non grata there.
     

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