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Thanks, tipios. Yeah. I started by trying to scrape off the torii that was on the banner originally, then sanding it, which is why there are so many scratches. I thought I could just take a bit of GS and shape it, but I suck at GS (and sculpting in general), so that didn't work. Then it occurred to me to try to "paint" it on with Liquid GS. As each layer dires, I hope, it should build up into a relief, like the rest of the banner. I also realized that I could build up specific parts as I want, so I hope I can make it look more like a cloud....

No worries about the mini, mate. I ordered a couple of bits for yours; should get most of them today.

Graven and leadlegion are sponsoring a Paint-a-Deathwatch Marine Competition!

Deathwatch Competition

Very cool stuff. Check it out!

Thanks mate for the link!

No problem, Graven. It's the least i could do in return.

So, Forge World resin. What do you use to glue bits together? Plastic glue doesn't work ( which I guess I should have expected, seeing how it's "resin."). And, super glue doesn't seem to hold either.... Any suggestions?

I use super glue on all my FW stuff, but its not GW super glue that stuff is awful (well it was before the new stuff came out which I haven't tried).

I use brush on Loctite.


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edit: make sure you give the resin a good wash in soapy water first to clean off the mold residue or whatever its called.

GiraffeX wrote:
edit: make sure you give the resin a good wash in soapy water first to clean off the mold residue or whatever its called.

Oh, hey, that might explain it!

I've just got some regular super glue (not GW), but I'll try some Loctite if washing doesn't work.

Washing the parts should work for ya!
Failing all that, I've seen people use 2 part epoxy (the tube stuff they sell at home improvement stores) as glue.

Yeah, thorough wash in soapy water. Another good trick is score the surfaces you're joining together first.

Washing seems to have worked, gentlemen. Thanks!

Haven't had much time the last couple of days, but I got some work done on SL's Lamenter:



What do you think?

Should I put the severed hand and sword in front or between legs or leave it off?




Also with jump pack!



Did some work on CtC's Space Wolf, too, but the glue seems to be drying slowly, so not quite done.

Played around with the airbrush a little today and got some paint on some Fire Hawks:



Need som practice, obviously. I'm holding the brush too close to the mini, which is putting too much paint on, as can be seen on the sergeant and the devastator marine. The marine on the left came out ok, I think. The sergeant was done with GW Tau Light Ochre. I used about 1:1 paint and acryllic thinner. It flowed pretty well, but the brush was a pain to clean after....

Also, got CtC's Space Wolf together and primed:




Not sure there's much to C&C, but it's welcome, as always.

WHOO! FB is painting! Finally!


For what it is, it looks good. The GW foundation paints are a bit wonky with airbrushes. I tried doing a couplea marines in Macharius and it kept clogging the brush! I think its the formulation of the paint- needs additional thinning and steps.

Yep, I would not recommend foundation paints in air brushes. It's just asking for trouble. Nice to see you progressing though. Lot's of work to do before next April!

Good Job. Looks like you got a even spray on the figures. Thats a good start on technique. The rest will come with time and practice.

Second the foundation paint unless you can get them thin enough 1:1 sounds a bit heavy still.

Thanks, gentlemen.

The Tau Light Ochre sprayed fine at 1:1. It was just cleaning up after. But a little more thinner probably wouldn't hurt. I also found out that using a little thinner to clean the brush works well. (Go figure, it's thinner... )

I did do some more painting yesterday: boots, pads, helmets, skulls... on a couple of the marines above. I was too tired to mess with photos, though. I'll try to get a little more done today... and take a couple photos.

Nice to see you getting use to the airbrush

Oh and SL's Lamenter looks best with sword infront

Thanks, tipios!

Got a little painting done tonight: painted a few details and added a sepia wash to a couple of minis:



Photos aren't so good. Sorry.




Pretty happy with how this yellow is coming out, though.

And one fo the squad so far:



I need to figure out a routine for pianting. Do I paint one mini at a time (like Knightley; that guy's a machine) or a squad? Do I paint all the base colors first and then wash? Or one color at a time? Not sure....

Also, a little more work on the banner:



C&C welcome!

I would really paint by squad. Especially when you get into the detailing stage you'll find a detail doesn't take up that much more time doing 10 times than 1 time as you've got the colour on your brush, you know where to paint etc.
Another major thing I found especially when you're starting up a new paint scheme like you is painting by squad keeps your scheme much more consistent. All guys will have the same scheme rather than the "this guy I painted first, didn't really have the colours down yet. This guy was second, I got a bit better. This guy was third, found I had to use another wash so he looks a bit browner" you'll get painting on a mini by mini basis.

^ +1

Ive always found an assembly line method by squad works well. Paint 5-10 guys one color, then move on to the next, and the next, etc. this helps to keep all your guys looking similar, like TiB said.
This is especially critical when you mix a batch of a color on your palette. Even if you make a ratio for the mix, there may be small differences in the color were you to mix each individually.

As far as if you should paint one color at a time, say, brown, then highlight it to is final stage before moving to the next color- thats really an open choice. I switch between both tactics, though on character models or big models, I will take a color up to its final highlight before moving to the next.
For the normal squad (in my case, of Ork boyz), I will tend to go through and jump between colors. Ill paint the base for the skin on all of them, then Ill paint the metals, then Ill base the leather, etc.
Doing this helps save you some measure of frustration when you base every color first- nothing is worse than painting a black stripe over your perfectly highlighted whites! ><

Erm... that stream of consciousness might have been confusing so...

tl:dr

Paint in squads, basecoat each area before highlighting.
For all ICs and big fancy models, paint em separate from the rest of the crew. This can be done color by color, or the previous method. Up to you!

New thread for Graven and leadlegion's Deathwatch Competition:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/464389.page#4561132

An update on my end: Though there were a couple of delays thanks to my apartment complex not letting us know of packages coming in, I got the prize from Solar_lion today!



The 25th anniversary model!
Soooooo excited for this guy!

And the mimi is???????

Godddddd Im excited to have this model

That's neat!

Congrats Ramos ands again to all who entered.

I wish GW would make this model beakie helm. Though not practical ( but were talking GW here ) it would give us " beakie dominate " guys more variety.

Dropped by the other day at YB house and he's got the base colors down. They look better in person than the web.

Now on to more detail work and we'll be seeing some nice stuff.

Looking forward to it!

Yeah, sorry, everyone. I really want to do some painting, but I've been busy with Real Life (tm).

SL says I need to be more aggressive with my highlighting.

Also, I've kind of been struggling with how to highlight. Here's what I've done: After a wash, take the original color, water it down, get a little on the brush, wipe off the brush so that it is essentially a dry brush, and then drybrush on the upper edges. Is that on the right track? Or should I be trying to do line highlights instead? I've read a lot on the theroy of doing highlights, I'm just not sure I'm actually doing it right.

I'll try to get a couple pictures up later.

My advise is find what works for you. I tend to drybrush highlight edges cos it's quick and edge highlight large blocks of colour. But that's just me, I'm basically lazy. Anyway good to have you back buddy!

I take it you aren't airbrushing?

Thanks, Graven. It is easier (I think), but I hadn't thought about how much line highlighting might cover up the base coat.

Gits, I'm airbrushing base coats, then applying details and highlights with a brush. I've thought about trying to airbrush a darker base coat and then applying a lighter coat from above to create some "natural" shadows. I think I would still need to add a highlight, though, right? I know you can highlight using an airbrush, but I'm not sure I'm ready for that yet.