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I use it on areas of high detail that would take too long to highlight - fur, textures, cloth etc. I only use it if I'm putting a wash or dip over it afterwards - that helps to reduce the powdery chalky effect.

If anyone's interested I'm selling my Spacewolves here: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Spacewolves-Army-With-Codex-Assembled-Fully-Painted-Perfect-Starter-Booster-A-/111119320998?pt=UK_Toys_Wargames_RL&hash=item19df3a47a6
See pic below for example:



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Rite now here's my current project wich I'm hoping is going to be my first model to reach above a 7 on CMON. It's not finished yet but I'd like to know what you guys think. Thanks.

It's a great start. Post a new picture when it's finished.

Looking good. Keep it up dude

Muuuuch better. The basecoats are looking very clean and smooth. Keep it up!

~Tim?

For the close up shots are you using the macro feature (symbol is usually a flower)? Using that should give you better results close in

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:
For the close up shots are you using the macro feature (symbol is usually a flower)? Using that should give you better results close in

Yes I was believe it or not. I'm planning on getting a camera of my own so I'll be on the lookout for better ones.

You might want to make sure that the pictures are in focus then, especially if you are taking pictures for eBay/your portfolio/your customers.

On your ebay photos, the camera is automatically adjusting to the background color (white) to avoid over exposure. This means the models, which are significantly darker, end up too dark.

You either need to turn off that automatic exposure and manually adjust it to see the models better, or use a background that isn't as bright and is closer in tone to the actual models.

Also, judging by the shadows, you don't have enough light in front of them (making the exposure issue look even worse).

Also watch out when taking a photo like the one of the models in front of the Space Wolf codex. The light has reflected off the glossy codex cover straight in to the camera. This is another one of those things that will mess up the exposure. When photographing things that want to reflect light back at you, position your lights off at an angle, so the direct reflection isn't straight back in to the camera, and rather you only get the diffused light shining back in to the camera.

You need to work on getting slightly better lighting going. I would suggest a very simply setup using the following:

Pick up a pair of these:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/19677231?wmlspartner=wlpa&adid=22222222227000000000&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=21486607510&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=19880599990&veh=sem

and put these in them:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/EcoSmart-14-Watt-60W-Daylight-CFL-Light-Bulbs-4-Pack-E-ES5M814450K/100687001#.UeP5N23IbGg

Put your minis on some sort of backdrop (a curved sheet of white printer paper), and get the light close. If you want to dilute it a bit, putting a little parchment paper or wax paper over the lamps can give you some more control... But using 2 lamps with 2 bulbs and some paper I got what you see below:


Which was taken with my Pentax camera (a decent quality DSLR), and is it perfect? No, but it's cheap and effective.

 Alfndrate wrote:
You need to work on getting slightly better lighting going. I would suggest a very simply setup using the following:

Pick up a pair of these:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/19677231?wmlspartner=wlpa&adid=22222222227000000000&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=21486607510&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=19880599990&veh=sem

and put these in them:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/EcoSmart-14-Watt-60W-Daylight-CFL-Light-Bulbs-4-Pack-E-ES5M814450K/100687001#.UeP5N23IbGg

Put your minis on some sort of backdrop (a curved sheet of white printer paper), and get the light close. If you want to dilute it a bit, putting a little parchment paper or wax paper over the lamps can give you some more control... But using 2 lamps with 2 bulbs and some paper I got what you see below:


Which was taken with my Pentax camera (a decent quality DSLR), and is it perfect? No, but it's cheap and effective.

Those models are exellent, where on earth did you get them from? I mean the painting and the photo quality are brill but I was more interested in the fact that you've got canine samuri. How amazing!
Also thanks for your advice but I can't see those sites on my phone so I'll check them out later. But thanks in advance lol.

I think these are brushfire, a game produced from one of our very own dakkanauts.

 TyranidPainter wrote:
Those models are exellent, where on earth did you get them from? I mean the painting and the photo quality are brill but I was more interested in the fact that you've got canine samuri. How amazing!
Also thanks for your advice but I can't see those sites on my phone so I'll check them out later. But thanks in advance lol.

They are Red Pandas from Brushfire's Chugoku faction, written, produced, and sold by Cyporiean, miskatonicalum, and I helped here and there (I mostly helped on their second game Endless: Fantasy Tactics).

Basing costs very little for me. I use the same schedule for all of my armies ... a bit boring, but everything looks consistant on the tabletop.

I take sand from the local playground and sift it through a colandar to get rid of excess debris and large chunks. This gets glued to base with standard white glue. Then, it gets a Burnt Umber wash (made out of Liquetex Soft Acryclics) which helps lock down the sand, drybrushed, and then I apply patches of static grass.

Looking good i would clean up around the neck area. Have you picked up any wash yet? Would really come in handy on this big bug.

SheSpits wrote:
Looking good i would clean up around the neck area. Have you picked up any wash yet? Would really come in handy on this big bug.

Err yes, and applied before taking this picture. Can you not see the blue in the ribs and the reccesses. That the wash. Are you thinking of another colour to put over it as it is? This isn't a commisson so I'm open to surgestions .

 TyranidPainter wrote:

SheSpits wrote:
Looking good i would clean up around the neck area. Have you picked up any wash yet? Would really come in handy on this big bug.

Err yes, and applied before taking this picture. Can you not see the blue in the ribs and the reccesses. That the wash. Are you thinking of another colour to put over it as it is? This isn't a commisson so I'm open to surgestions .

I only asked because the skin looks so bland, The blue hints look great but the over all skin looks like it is lacking. Not sure what color to go with for the skin (not the blue parts) to give it depth. Im still learning how to work with white,bone and light greys. I know there is a greyish wash you could use on the skin then follow up with some highlights. You might have done this already but it is a little hard for me to see.

I finaly have a spray gun. Yay ! I certainly feel professional but it doesn't half use up paint. Washes at least :(.

 TyranidPainter wrote:
I finaly have a spray gun. Yay ! I certainly feel professional but it doesn't half use up paint. Washes at least :(.

Did you get the GW spray gun? If so, you poor soul .

 Alfndrate wrote:
Did you get the GW spray gun? If so, you poor soul .

No no. I believe it was called a Badger Spray gun.

Haha, that's not too bad, better than GW. Though GW does get props for making it look like a flamer...

So I found this thread because I saw the following two images:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/513196-Dark%20Elves%2C%20Snow.html
http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/513195-.html

Both of which link back to this thread, however, those images were taken from:
http://handcannononline.com/blog/2011/08/19/ghools-gallery-a-montage-of-gaming-models/

Just saying.

You sure about that? the link you provided that you say these were taken from show miniatures painted in a far better quality than the Word Bearer model...

Just saying.

When I click on those links, I get taken to these images:
First Image:


Second Image:


Which are nothing in quality when compared to these images from the third link you posted (Spoilered for bigness):


Well you get the point.

what made you look at airbrushes and spray guns? you're trying for a little too much all at once.

I have to agree with poda_t, I'm a fully qualified automotive sprayer, but wouldn't dream of airbrushing my minis until I improve my basic skills. Good luck to you though.

 Alfndrate wrote:
You sure about that? the link you provided that you say these were taken from show miniatures painted in a far better quality than the Word Bearer model...

Just saying.

When I click on those links, I get taken to these images:
First Image:


Second Image:


Which are nothing in quality when compared to these images from the third link you posted (Spoilered for bigness):

Spoiler:

Well you get the point.

Yeah, what I am saying is the photos on Dakka link back to here, this thread, this guy obviously did not paint those professional quality models and I found the original site (via a google image search) to show where they were borked from.

Okay, I'm thinking there is a disconnect here...

Neither of the two images you linked were painted or uploaded to Dakka by the OP of this thread. The third link, the list of images that were painted by "Ghool" don't show either of the first two images that you linked. The OP of this thread (unless I'm missing something due to workblock) has never claimed to paint those miniatures...


Edit: I think you're talking about the post that neal1975 made and The post Thokt made, quoting the "mini freek"?

I havn't even seen those photos before. And like I've already stated I don't paint chaos. I have no idea why they would link you here but hey, welcome to my thread.
To answer other peoples questisons on the spray gun, I collect a horde army so having Army Painter Primers and a spray gun to do the washes realy saves me alot of time . Just not so much paint :( lol XD.

 Alfndrate wrote:
Okay, I'm thinking there is a disconnect here...

Neither of the two images you linked were painted or uploaded to Dakka by the OP of this thread. The third link, the list of images that were painted by "Ghool" don't show either of the first two images that you linked. The OP of this thread (unless I'm missing something due to workblock) has never claimed to paint those miniatures...


Edit: I think you're talking about the post that neal1975 made and The post Thokt made, quoting the "mini freek"?

Right off the page:
http://handcannononline.com/wp-content/gallery/ghools-pp-minis/skarre_new.jpg
http://handcannononline.com/wp-content/gallery/ghools-non-pp-minis/ice_queen_comp.jpg

Corrected Dakka Links:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/513196-Dark%20Elves%2C%20Snow.html
http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/513195-.html

While the OP may not have done this, someone did. I was only pointing out how I came to this thread, expecting to preview more of this awesome work only to find the links were false. *Shrug* Info is out there, whether the OP is friends with the dude who submitted those or not the linking to the thread is misleading.

He's not friends with the dude who posted those images, please actually READ the thread first.

The OP is asking who wants cheap, professionally painted miniatures. People have said, "You need to work on x, y, z" and have been going from there since. If you see images that don't belong to the post, then you can report the images...

Edit: You could also state how you saw the original images. Were you skimming this thread? If so, you should have noticed that the guy who posted them, Thokt was not the OP of this thread, a user named TyranidPainter.