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Irdiumstern wrote:
 FrozenDwarf wrote:
yup, snaxy.

Bloody coldwave rolled in taking the outside temp a fair amount below 0, so cant prime my models. sucks to be living to the north in that regards.


Never had an issue priming in the cold, it's just a matter of the humidity not being too high and keeping the Spraycans warm inside before and between sprays.
Granted, I'm usually in the 0 to -10 Celsius range here, idk how bad it gets where you're at.


now it is -6 to -10 , so that means it feels like -10 to -16. I had a varnish coat go bad on me in februar when we had -10 to -16 so after that i dont spray when the outside temp is below 0.
   
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 FrozenDwarf wrote:
Irdiumstern wrote:
 FrozenDwarf wrote:
yup, snaxy.

Bloody coldwave rolled in taking the outside temp a fair amount below 0, so cant prime my models. sucks to be living to the north in that regards.


Never had an issue priming in the cold, it's just a matter of the humidity not being too high and keeping the Spraycans warm inside before and between sprays.
Granted, I'm usually in the 0 to -10 Celsius range here, idk how bad it gets where you're at.


now it is -6 to -10 , so that means it feels like -10 to -16. I had a varnish coat go bad on me in februar when we had -10 to -16 so after that i dont spray when the outside temp is below 0.


Varnish is always more sensitive than anything else, I only varnish when the weather is perfect, but I'll prime/basecoat in almost any weather.

However noting that here I usually have the problem of too much heat where drying in the air becomes a problem, I've definitely heard of folks in colder climates priming below freezing, no idea how much below freezing it's still viable, but I wouldn't be hesitant in priming just because a varnish failed, varnishes are soooo picky.

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Maybe so, but i just dont want to experience more fuzz when i do outdoor spraying, one time is one time too mutch.
weather forcast said we have to endure 5 more days of siberian coldwave, before the temps will go back over 0 next weekend, so it aint bad, just gotta wait a week.

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You could give it a try on some sprue just to see how it goes so you know for future reference how well it works.
   
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Thanks for the replies about the Eldar folks!

AllSeeingSkink, that grey suits the era really well, very nicely executed and can't wait to see a squadron of them! I'm probably going to drybrush my marines as I don't think I have the tolerance for edge highlighting a bunch of Xiphons and Storm Eagles.

   
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The decals from FW arrived, putting decals on drybrushed models is a pain in the arse, so hard to stop air getting under them, and unfortunately either the decal setting solution or the lahmian medium caused discolouration of the underlying paint, doh!

For anyone who's curious, the regular SM shoulder pad decals are a good size for Xiphon wings, these wolf head decals come in 2 sizes and I used the larger of them.



They're also maybe a bit hard to see, with my eyesight I can't even tell that the ring around the wolves head is made from runes unless I'm 6" away. I was thinking perhaps I could paint the area Morghast Bone beforehand and then apply the decal to create more contrast, though it might hurt the "grim dark" vibe a little bit. Here's a photoshopped version of what I mean...



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I like the splash of color the Morghast Bone would add.

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A fighter designed I've done for Vanguard Miniatures has finally been released!

Renegade – Hecate II Interceptor


Renegade Hecate Mk2 Interceptor

Manoeuvrable and well armed, Hecate Interceptors are powered by nuclear cells, such that even in death their pilots may bring woe.

Sets contains:

1 x Hecate Interceptor hull

2 x Hecate components sprues

Notes:

1) Model length: 71mms (note that this model is larger than the old metal Hecate)
2) Fully resin cast model kit
3) Model can be assembled in flight mode or landed
4) Several weapon options included

https://vanguardminiatures.co.uk/shop/renegade-hecate-ii-interceptor/

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Did an Alpha Legion Xiphon, testing a scheme I might use on a reduced scale HH project.

It came out way patchier than I was hoping. It's Akhelian Green contrast over some Vallejo metallics. Was trying to sweep the contrast around but I think it just came out too splotchy and messy looking. Also applied a touch of Warp Lightning green on the leading edges of some panels to look like there's a colour shift effect, but again I think it just makes it look messy.



Was trying to do it without airbrushing since I don't have a permanent airbrush setup any more and setting up the exhaust vent is a pain in the arse, but maybe that's needed to avoid the splotchy finish.

It might also need a coat of varnish, no idea which varnish to use though, would need to be satin or maybe gloss to avoid killing the effect.

Might be better off using Army Painter Speedpaints, since they tend to come out smoother, but they don't make anything like Akhelian Green.

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GW contrasts do NOT like flat surfaces of any size, they pool no matter what. They are ment for curved surfaces.

Varnish seems to be a subject of great disagreement as many claims colours must be matt to appear lifelike. Thing is, recreating metallic effect at 1/56 scale aint easy and even harder for 1/200 scale that AI is.. Matt or satin kills the sparkly effect that all metallic paints has completely, gloss protects the sparkly effect but creates a blitz on the entire model as it becomes too reflective.
.

On my metallic models, i do a gloss, then a super light dusting of either satin or matt to remove the blitz effect of the gloss.

For the cockpit glass on AI models, if i want a reflective surface i use `ardcoat from GW. (not shure if they still sell that one)

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Yeah I think applying a matte varnish would make it look terrible. I think that's part of the problem now, contrast paints have matting agents and contrast medium that I'm using to thin it also has matting agents, so there's a patchiness in not just the colour but also the shininess (which doesn't really come across in the photo).

So maybe I'll give it a squirt with a gloss varnish and see how it looks, hopefully doesn't completely ruin it, lol.

Instead of contrasts I could use Tamiya clears or AP speedpaints, they just don't have colours that work out of the pot. And yeah, I could use an airbrush, it's just a pain in the arse to set up so I don't want to use it, lol.

Many years ago I did some tests with Tamiya clears over true metallic bases, but I don't know if it'll look good on such small scale models that are 99% made of flat surfaces...





Would probably mix a 1 drop of clear green with a few drops of the clear blue.

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As you have seen, tamiya clears over metallic creates a candypaint effect, not shure if that is what you look for.

One thing i had to face fairly late in this hobby is that minis are small. Put them on the table and mutch of that hard work you put onto it wont actualy be seen. Elaborate painting is for clouse up display models. Remember the golden rule: if it looks good on one arm lenghts distance from your face, it looks good on the tabletop.

I would attempt to hide the green patches and the darker patches with wear and tear, aka grime or chipping, and leave it with that. If you are going to get a thunderhawk, put the effort into that instead as it is a big model.

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The contrasts are a bit like candies which just have less volume and less glossy finish.

The main thing I was going for was a fast to paint scheme that looked okay as a whole army, if I go through with it I'll be painting a whole 10mm scale HH sized army with this scheme.

As you say, maybe with some weathering it'd look better. It's going to need to look good on small infantry and tanks also.
   
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Hmm, i have not tried it myself, but a brand called Mr Hobby has a metallic blue green 10 ml acryllic glass bottle, colour tone is lighter then what you have done, but not completely outside the realm of alpha legion colour. Paint range name is Aqueous and the paint number is H-063.
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I actually have that paint already, I believe it's made to simulate "aotake", a corrosion resistant coating used on Japanese WW2 planes. I used it many years ago on a Zero for the internal bits. I actually didn't like it for that purpose because the metallic flakes were too noticeable for that purpose, so for the bits of aotake that are more visible on the Zero I used a different technique.

Perhaps that paint with a dark blue wash over the top might look the part?

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Shade wash will dull down the effect of the metallic sparcle sadly.
I attempted to do that on my met blu warlord for AT on the main leg armor plates, had to repaint the blue again after the shadewash had dried. Could work as a 1 layer highlight maybe?? H63->blue shadewash->H63 highlight.

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I am going to play AI with a friend next week and wanted to come prepared by reading the rules. Unfortunately there's no pdf on the game's BGG page which is kind of a shock (board game companies normally share their rules on BGG nowadays to promote the game). Where can I find these rules online?
   
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Cyel wrote:
I am going to play AI with a friend next week and wanted to come prepared by reading the rules. Unfortunately there's no pdf on the game's BGG page which is kind of a shock (board game companies normally share their rules on BGG nowadays to promote the game). Where can I find these rules online?


From an online shop, by buying a book. This is a modern GW game after all, free rules ain't a thing and the likes of Wahapedia don't do it as it ain't directly 40k derived.

Youtube tutorials can give you an overview, but otherwise it's either 4chan piracy or the shop to get them.

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 Sherrypie wrote:
free rules ain't a thing.


Free rules are very much a thing for almost every board game company nowadays. It's a ubiquitous part of the launch and promotion of any title, KS or not. But I guess GW is GW and they want to hide them from you until it's too late and you have already bought the game

I asked the same question on a board game forum and was met with astonishment "wait, it turns out you can only read the rules by buying the game... what madness is that?" :]

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Cyel wrote:
 Sherrypie wrote:
free rules ain't a thing.


Free rules are very much a thing for almost every board game company nowadays. It's a ubiquitous part of the launch and promotion of any title, KS or not. But I guess GW is GW and they want to hide them from you until it's too late and you have already bought the game

I asked the same question on a board game forum and was met with astonishment "wait, it turns out you can only read the rules by buying the game... what madness is that?" :]



As was implied in the full context by stating that this is a modern GW game, yes. Doesn't matter much for them what the board game industry at large does. After taking down their previous Specialist Games rules hub from their website ten years ago, they haven't been in the habit of giving proper core rules out for free beyond cursory introduction texts to AoS and 40k.

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yup, sadly how it is, no free peeks, pay before reading.

The core rules are the same in both campain e-pub, only the forces in them that differ.

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On my path to returning to painting i did one of my AI backlogs, a sm thunderhawk. Rush job just to get it out of the system, if i spend too long time on something i loose the drive.

Went super cheasy, aka grey, so Revilers, successor chapter of Raven guard. (mono grey with red stripe on helmet)






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Looks good. Anything that gets models on the table is a positive in my book. I assembled my Thunderhawk but still haven't settled on a Chapter/Legion for my Marine squadron. Space Wolves is historically my favourite Chapter, but grey can be a bit boring when many of my Imperial Navy are also grey camo patterns.

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AllSeeingSkink wrote:
Looks good. Anything that gets models on the table is a positive in my book. I assembled my Thunderhawk but still haven't settled on a Chapter/Legion for my Marine squadron. Space Wolves is historically my favourite Chapter, but grey can be a bit boring when many of my Imperial Navy are also grey camo patterns.


ty. yes, grey is a horribly boring colour, but it is not going to be too big collection so i can live with it. More sm coming during the summer, so right now i am working on my last unpainted tau plane (shark ax 1-0) before i order the last missing tau planes in my collection, remora drones.

BTW, what kind of a d*** move was it to put the companion book on direct order only.......GW is putting in alot of effort into making shure AI remains anonymous..........

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Yeah I think grey is fine, just in my case I already have one grey squadron so another grey one would be boring, lol.

And yeah, I still haven't bought the companion because they made it direct. I normally buy from local stores or discounters. Here in Oz the companion is also slightly below the "free shipping" threshold, so you're either paying the shipping or having to decide to buy something else to get it up to a free shipping level.
   
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Tau drones are done, took me 8 days, but i did oil shading and griming as i was effing lazy, so had to let them dry for a week. First time i placed an order after brexit and it was my last, import tax has nearly doubled (so in the end, i payed for allmoust 3 and got 2, bought a volkite wep for a AT warhound too) and it takes 16 days to ship from uk to norway, when the site says it will take 6 days.......

That allso means the book over at direct and any ground assets is completely out of question. (the legal way)

Anyways, a pic and then all i have left to do is to finish the big plane with the big railguns. (sometime)



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The forthcoming (hopefully arriving in a day or two!) Horus Heresy update for Aeronautica suitably inspired me to return to Prospero and get some Space Wolves assault forces painted up:







Just got to do the defenders of Tizca now. If you have any interest, I put some painting notes together at: https://ttgamingdiary.wordpress.com/2022/08/30/space-wolves-airfleet/

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MongooseMatt wrote:
The forthcoming (hopefully arriving in a day or two!) Horus Heresy update for Aeronautica suitably inspired me to return to Prospero and get some Space Wolves assault forces painted up:

Spoiler:


Spoiler:


Spoiler:


Just got to do the defenders of Tizca now. If you have any interest, I put some painting notes together at: https://ttgamingdiary.wordpress.com/2022/08/30/space-wolves-airfleet/


Nice work as always. Looking at your color scheme reminded me of the US Navy's VF-1 "Wolfpack" fighter squadron.

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MongooseMatt wrote:
The forthcoming (hopefully arriving in a day or two!) Horus Heresy update for Aeronautica suitably inspired me to return to Prospero and get some Space Wolves assault forces painted up:

Spoiler:






Just got to do the defenders of Tizca now. If you have any interest, I put some painting notes together at: https://ttgamingdiary.wordpress.com/2022/08/30/space-wolves-airfleet/


Those look great, I prefer them to my efforts, lol, you have a much lighter grey than mine that contrasts better with the reds.

May I ask what recipe you used? I might steal it for my future Space Wolves, lol.

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AllSeeingSkink wrote:

Those look great, I prefer them to my efforts, lol, you have a much lighter grey than mine that contrasts better with the reds.

May I ask what recipe you used? I might steal it for my future Space Wolves, lol.


Actually, it is the same I use for my Space Woof infantry (which is same colours as large vehicles, but with a slightly different approach).

1. Spray undercoat Mech Std Grey
2. Basecoat Dawnstone
3. Wash all over with Agrax
4. Heavy drybrush Dawnstone
5. Light drybrush Admin Grey

And that is about 80% of the models done!

The red is just Khorne Red, Agrax wash, Mephiston drybrush.

Simples!

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