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Hey girl, thought I would ask you.

But do you happen to have a recipe for like a gray flesh color like you would see on a horse?

Who wants to stay on track anyway? This derailed train is waaaay too much fun to ride

Happy that day we all love each other a bit more because chocolates but also cards.

I hope everyone is going to have a lovely day, which can totally include sitting in front of a PC all day and eating cake while spamming Tumblr and Dakka or watching cartoons, because thats cool too!

Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

You guys. Oh wow. Keep going, this is marvelous. House hunt has ended early so I may ACTUALLY get shots up today. The suspense is crazy.


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Cutthroatcure wrote:
Hey girl, thought I would ask you.

But do you happen to have a recipe for like a gray flesh color like you would see on a horse?

HEY GURL.

Do you want the exact kind I used on disgruntled horse, or more of a flesh shade like on demons etc?

Hmm, did someone mention chocolate?

(closest we've got to a heart I think)

Haha Iffy you speak exactly like one of my mates. Quite disconcerting really!

monkeytroll wrote:Hmm, did someone mention chocolate?

(closest we've got to a heart I think)

I think I will stick with the old <3 instead, Slaanesh symbols are a bit more worrying. He/shes a naughty boy/girl.

Vitruvian XVII wrote:Haha Iffy you speak exactly like one of my mates. Quite disconcerting really!

Maybe I AM one of your mates and my profile is a ruse? A mystery wrapped in an enigma, deep fried and served with coleslaw.

Vitruvian XVII wrote:I think if anyone is lonely this v-day they should turn their love to Mat, he is willing to accept all with open arms.
Blood Angels are Red,
Force Weapons are Blue,
They both love Mat Ward,
And we all do too!
My heart failed it's 3++ and fell to Mat

Real poetry right here. I am awed with your mad rhyme skills. To rock a rhyme thats right on time is tricky, yo. Its tricky tricky tricky tricky.

I've been thinking of trying my hand at making some basic painty tutorial articles for Dakka, untill I eventually get a decent camera and can start recording as I paint. What are the kind of things people really appreciate when it comes to articles? I can't help but think that the real basics like " How to highlightl cleanly in 4 layers" and " Basic colour theory" would be the kind of things people would find most useful.

As a new painter (actually trying to look decent when painting) anything works for me ... but i have trouble with highlighting ... eyes ... gems ... etc...

I think a basic highlighting article will be the way to go then, there are some super easy ways to get really nice finishes with only 4 layers from base colour to finish Hopefully some peeps find it useful.

Also, noticed a lot of Dakka girls have been sexying up their avatars recently, so I figured I should go ahead and make mine infinitely hotter. yeah gurl.

OH GOd the hOrroR??!!11!!!!1!

So hot right now.

Also, I had no idea this was even.. I just.. Oh Dakka, I love you so much.

Oh yeah... the military issue specs and the 'stash really do it. Given the tiara and heart... maybe you should glam up the glasses a bit more?

Oops never mind

Hmmm.... "older user". True... but somewhat offensive. Makes me feel like there's a cane with a dakkadakka logo on it waiting for me when my thread reaches half-a-million views or something.

I would love a dakka cane, and im only 20!

Gitsplitta wrote:Oh yeah... the military issue specs and the 'stash really do it. Given the tiara and heart... maybe you should glam up the glasses a bit more?

The stache is mine naturaly, but I went with the hipster glasses because hipsters are in right now. Glittery glasses are last year. You may notice the giant eyelashes positioned poorly over just one eye, I'm not sure what those represent.

Vitruvian XVII wrote:Oops never mind

Gitsplitta wrote:Hmmm.... "older user". True... but somewhat offensive. Makes me feel like there's a cane with a dakkadakka logo on it waiting for me when my thread reaches half-a-million views or something.

I've missed something here and it was most likely funny :(

Vitruvian XVII wrote:I would love a dakka cane, and im only 20!

I think you get one in the mail once you have a thread that is so large it has actually altered the earths gravitational pull, like the esteemed Mr.Splitta. I'm actually going to go paint a bit now so I can add some mini's to this blog to break up the lulz.

I derped but gits was referring to the script that came up and how it mentioned older users

Ifalna wrote:

Gitsplitta wrote:Hmmm.... "older user". True... but somewhat offensive. Makes me feel like there's a cane with a dakkadakka logo on it waiting for me when my thread reaches half-a-million views or something.

I've missed something here and it was most likely funny :(

Read the entire paragraph you posted... and I quote:
"Many of our other users are older users who would prefer to converse in proper English so please be respectful and take a bit more time to type out your posts using proper spelling and uppercase letters."

Interpret as: "Talk s-l-o-w-l-y and LOUDLY. Use hand gestures ( ) and facial expressions ( ) as needed."

Gitsplitta wrote:
Read the entire paragraph you posted... and I quote:
"Many of our other users are older users who would prefer to converse in proper English so please be respectful and take a bit more time to type out your posts using proper spelling and uppercase letters."

Interpret as: "Talk s-l-o-w-l-y and LOUDLY."

Ah. Ah yes, I see. Haha, that is pretty offensive. I don't think wanting to read legible English is something limited to only older users, I don't know anyone who would prefer txt speak over remotely correct typing.

Horseflesh tutorial was mentioned by someone in mosh pit, I think: for me, a "black" tut. Your work remains outstanding; I only tend to lurk as I find it hard to make C&C!

Double the "black" tut request... I have immediate need of same (though we have chatted about it).

I would appreciate a color theory tutorial. I think I have a book or two on the subject, gathering dust somewhere. I just can't be bothered to read them unless they talk about tiny war mens.

Colour theory is great fun because there are so many amazing free programs out there that really help out getting to grips with it.

Trying to understand it by just reading is very hard, but being able to manually check triads and complimentary/clashing colours for the shade you want to work with by only choosing the colour on the page is awesome. I'm doing up a very simple beginners guide to painting at the moment, debunking a lot of the stuff I think beginners get caught up on and showing how you can get really nice results with very few paints just by knowing some tips and tricks.

So many images to edit.. ogod.

Ifalna wrote:

Gitsplitta wrote:
Read the entire paragraph you posted... and I quote:
"Many of our other users are older users who would prefer to converse in proper English so please be respectful and take a bit more time to type out your posts using proper spelling and uppercase letters."

Interpret as: "Talk s-l-o-w-l-y and LOUDLY."

Ah. Ah yes, I see. Haha, that is pretty offensive. I don't think wanting to read legible English is something limited to only older users, I don't know anyone who would prefer txt speak over remotely correct typing.

Its hard not using txt speak when you can't speak English all that good. I blame the public school system for not breaking cell phones in front of the whole class. But English is a hard thing to speak, and me still don't do it right some times.

You should do a tut. on shading with out an air brush. Every tut. i see is using an air brush, and i don't know about you guys but i can't find the money to play the game and buy an air brush. Maybe add a section about colors that you should use to end up with a certain color, basing colors and layers to end up with a certain color and high lights.

Sounds good Papa, I will add it to the list

I agree that there doesn't seem to be many tutorials on how to highlight and shade with basic brushwork, but that could just be me being an eejit and not finding very many general ones that arent aimed towards specific minis ><

I am trying to type yp this article now but wow.. this is confusing. I am afraid to save anything incase it auto creates a post and auuugh my poor little brain.

Suggestion, Ifalna?

Type it up in Notepad first...

Aye I think that is the best idea. I think I may have just been overwhelmed with all the new info and it is not actually as complicated as it seems.. hmm.

Starting to actually look like a functional article now, but then again I still have to upload all the pics and fit them in hah.


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http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Beginners_guide_to_painting

There we go.

I covered basic Highlighting, shading, drybrushing, and use of small pallets with nice results for tabletop. Tried to keep it super simple but as informational as possible. That was fun. I am now crazy tired.

Drafting away from the final medium is never a bad idea - we make a lot of use of Google Docs as a storage/collaboration medium on the ezine I edit.

Dysartes wrote:Drafting away from the final medium is never a bad idea - we make a lot of use of Google Docs as a storage/collaboration medium on the ezine I edit.

I was saving it into a text document every 5 minutes. It reached the point where if I lost it all I would have exploded in rage.

wow iff your avatar picture is quite.. busy.. with a 'stache like that you should enter some old timey barenuckle boxing matches

Rogue Wolves wrote:wow iff your avatar picture is quite.. busy..

Yeah its cause I'm a super cool gurlgamer. -^.^- etc etc

Rogue Wolves wrote:with a 'stache like that you should enter some old timey barenuckle boxing matches

... wanna fight about it?