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2012/09/10 19:15:56
Subject: Painting Question
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Boosting Space Marine Biker
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How does one "thin their paints?" Do I use water and water them down or use thinner? Thanks in advance for any help
Also, I have some models I already painted, how do I go about safely stripping them?
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2012/09/10 19:24:55
 2250pts Darthex Legions
 3500pts The United
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2012/09/10 19:38:38
Subject: Painting Question
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Colonel
This Is Where the Fish Lives
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Clean water works just fine to thin paint. Premade thinners work too, but water is free. Lots of people also make a dropper bottle with something like a 10:1 water/flow aid mix to thin with. If you go that route, you can mix up some Liquitex Flow-Aid from A.C. Moore or Micheals.
As far as stripping, go and buy some Super Clean or Simple Green cleaner. Take a plastic container (the ones you get from prepackaged lunch meat work great), pour some cleaner in, insert minis, soak overnight (at least), hold them under clean running water and go to town with and old toothbrush. I personally have better luck with Super Clean than Simple Green, however, if you use Super Clean you have to wear rubber gloves because the concentrated cleaner will wreck havoc on your skin (chemical burns are painful, trust me).
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 d-usa wrote:"When the Internet sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending posters that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing strawmen. They're bringing spam. They're trolls. And some, I assume, are good people."
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2012/09/10 19:41:00
Subject: Painting Question
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Boosting Space Marine Biker
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Thanks for the advice I have another question. I have a tactical squad painted in the Ultramarines 5th Co colors. I want to repaint them in my own chapter colors. Should I strip? Or paint over in black?
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2250pts Darthex Legions
3500pts The United
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2012/09/10 19:52:26
Subject: Painting Question
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Colonel
This Is Where the Fish Lives
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Judging on the one picture in your gallery, strip. The paint was applied way too thick and adding more one top of it will only erase more detail.
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d-usa wrote:"When the Internet sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending posters that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing strawmen. They're bringing spam. They're trolls. And some, I assume, are good people."
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2012/09/10 19:56:23
Subject: Painting Question
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Boosting Space Marine Biker
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Okay. Luckily I only have 2 tac squads thus far. So at least my amount of repaint and stripping will be small.
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2250pts Darthex Legions
3500pts The United
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2012/09/10 20:07:21
Subject: Painting Question
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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just add a little water until your paint goes on nice and smooth. usually just a dab or two added to the paint on brush or you can mix it all in the pallate. It's as easy as that!
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2012/09/11 01:12:59
Subject: Painting Question
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Sybarite Swinging an Agonizer
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Watch some of the basics tutorials on you tube as well, these things are awesomely helpful.
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2012/09/11 01:49:02
Subject: Painting Question
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Colonel
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 chaplaincliff wrote:Watch some of the basics tutorials on you tube as well, these things are awesomely helpful.
QFT
Dakka has great posters offer stellar advice, but if you need immediate help with "nuts & bolts" of the hobby, YouTube and Google are your friends. There are TONS of great tutorials. Les from AwesomePaintJob has some fantastic tutorials on his YouTube channel, although his more recent one focus on airbrushing, his older ones are mainly all paint brush work. Another good series is done by GirlPainting and she is almost exclusively a brush painter (she does have some airbrushing content but it is usually priming and basecoating).
Those are just two of the many channels on YouTube that off tutorial content. Of course there is alway Dakka (which has a tutorial forum too!) and countless blogs out there that can offer help to aspiring painters. I have no artistic background and only been painting for 6 months, yet I get constant compliments on my work and have already won a local painting contest... I learned exclusively from watching videos around the web.
Just keep practicing and more importantly don't be afraid to expirement and try new things, it is one of the best ways to learn!
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d-usa wrote:"When the Internet sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending posters that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing strawmen. They're bringing spam. They're trolls. And some, I assume, are good people."
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2012/09/11 12:46:04
Subject: Painting Question
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Brigadier General
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For thinning out paints a bit I often use a bit of Liquitex Acrylic "Matte Medium", though flow enhancer works well also. Both are avaialable at your local craft or art store quite cheaply.
Matte Medium is basically acrylic paint without pigment. It's really great for paints that are just too thick.
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2012/09/22 01:01:13
Subject: Painting Question
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Boosting Space Marine Biker
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I have tried everything and can't seem to thin my paints to make them look as good as the models here. I just tried a new mix and will post pics soon or tomarrow.
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3500pts The United
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2012/09/22 01:19:49
Subject: Painting Question
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Colonel
This Is Where the Fish Lives
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 Rysgame wrote:I have tried everything and can't seem to thin my paints to make them look as good as the models here. I just tried a new mix and will post pics soon or tomarrow.
How exactly are you going about thinning your paint? Explain what you are doing and be as specific as you can. What is it about how you are doing the thinning that you feel that is not working you?
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d-usa wrote:"When the Internet sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending posters that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing strawmen. They're bringing spam. They're trolls. And some, I assume, are good people."
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2012/09/22 01:23:55
Subject: Painting Question
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Boosting Space Marine Biker
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I am using Folk Art paints. I have tried dipping my brush then adding paint, I have tried dipping then drying a little bit of water off the brush then adding paint. I have dried adding water in 25/50/75% mixes and it always seems to have brush marks. Even when I use citadel paints it always has brush marks on the model or it clumps or just, well, doesn't seem to have the same detail that other models I have seen have.
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2250pts Darthex Legions
3500pts The United
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2012/09/22 01:30:25
Subject: Painting Question
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Veteran Wolf Guard Squad Leader
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Rysgame wrote:I am using Folk Art paints. I have tried dipping my brush then adding paint, I have tried dipping then drying a little bit of water off the brush then adding paint. I have dried adding water in 25/50/75% mixes and it always seems to have brush marks. Even when I use citadel paints it always has brush marks on the model or it clumps or just, well, doesn't seem to have the same detail that other models I have seen have.
Are you painting using a palette or are you painting directly out of the pot?
You need to be using a palette, an old bathroom/kitchen/flooring tile works well enough. When you are thinning that way, you put some of the paint from the pot onto the palette, and then wet you brush with a bit of water, then do a quick mix of the paint and water. It should come out a milky consistency, if it has, you have nailed it.
Be warned though, using properly thinned paints will take more than a single coat to develop a solid colour.
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2012/09/22 01:32:45
Subject: Painting Question
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Guarding Guardian
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I use a bit of paint thinner since I always have it around to wash my hands of primer and paint before work and school. It's just convenient and I trust it much more than water.
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2012/09/22 01:54:10
Subject: Painting Question
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Rough Rider with Boomstick
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 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:Clean water works just fine to thin paint. Premade thinners work too, but water is free. Lots of people also make a dropper bottle with something like a 10:1 water/flow aid mix to thin with. If you go that route, you can mix up some Liquitex Flow-Aid from A.C. Moore or Micheals.
10:1? That's where I went wrong then. I mixed up something like 1:5. Makes loadsa bubbles which have to be worked out when painting.
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2012/09/22 14:13:03
Subject: Painting Question
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Brigadier General
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If you're using craft paints, you really need to use some "matte Medium" instead of (or in proportion with) water or some "flow enhancer" as others mention above. Plain water added to craft paints doesn't usually work well if you're trying to smooth out the surface.
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