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Those are some great figures! Well done!

"dave you are the definition of old school..." -Viktor Von Domm My P&M Blog :
It's great how just adding a little iconography, and rivets of course, can make something look distinctly 40K-adamsouza
"Ah yes, the sound of riveting.....Swear word after swear word and the clinking of thrown tools" "Nope. It sucks do it again..."- mxwllmdr
"It puts together more terrain, or else it gets the hose again...-dangledorf2.0
"This is the Imperium, there is no peace, there are only rivets" -Vitruvian XVII
"I think rivets are the perfect solution to almost every problem"- Rawson
More buildings for the Building God! -Shasolenzabi
 
   
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Good work on the fig's, Theo.

For the airbrush, it requires patience to start out.
It's very easy to assume an airbrush is a magic painting wand with what the internet with show you and the people of the internet will shout about it being "cheating".
It is neither.

The first thing to aim for is a smooth even coat. One colour, no shading.
Get used to handling the brush and learning how the way you hold it and the way you use it, affect the outcome.
The distance to the surface,
How far back you pull the trigger,
The pressure of the air,
The consistency of the paint,
The movement of your hand,
Etc.

Many things are similar to spraycans (distance to surface for example) so you already know more than you think.

Learn about how the variables affect the final result and how they interact with each other (close to surface = don't pull the trigger fully back...) before you try and paint a model with it.

Have a play with a flat surface where there's no pressure of messing up a model.

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dsteingass wrote:Those are some great figures! Well done!

Thanks Dave , it's a good change from space marines and modern armor. But of course you'd think any change from painting space marines would be good .

Dr H wrote:Good work on the fig's, Theo.

For the airbrush, it requires patience to start out.
It's very easy to assume an airbrush is a magic painting wand with what the internet with show you and the people of the internet will shout about it being "cheating".
It is neither.

The first thing to aim for is a smooth even coat. One colour, no shading.
Get used to handling the brush and learning how the way you hold it and the way you use it, affect the outcome.
The distance to the surface,
How far back you pull the trigger,
The pressure of the air,
The consistency of the paint,
The movement of your hand,
Etc.

Many things are similar to spraycans (distance to surface for example) so you already know more than you think.

Learn about how the variables affect the final result and how they interact with each other (close to surface = don't pull the trigger fully back...) before you try and paint a model with it.

Have a play with a flat surface where there's no pressure of messing up a model.

I've played with it a few times, but just found myself not having the time to seriously learn anything from it. There's a few videos out there that have good tips on it, and I'll give them a go when I have time, but right now my painting sessions are in 30-40 minute chunks. Mostly when I get home from work about midnight until I take my shower and hit the sack I need wind down time. If our new cat isn't meowing for food or attention then it's painting time.

Just looking at videos on making my own agrax earth shade and agrellan earth have me pondering larger hobby chores. Also I need to decide what route I'm going to be going on for the bases of these figs. Any suggestions? I was thinking more green grasslands for the samurai.

Stopped by harbor freight on the way into work. Had a basket full of stuff to replenish the supplies, but then the cashier was slow as and the guy in front of me was stuck for over 10 minutes because their card readers were RRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLYYYYY slow . So I put back my basket and left. Two managers watched me put it all back and asked me why, I pointed out the guy was still waiting and all their lines were now 7 deep, when I got in line that I was the only second person in any line out of the three cashiers. They still looked perplexed. Maybe it was because I actually put the stuff back instead of dropping it and making a scene.

LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13

I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14 
   
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Possibly although I find it a bit odd but queuing is practically our national pastime.

"But me no buts! Our comrades get hurt. Our friends die. Falkenburg is a knight who swore an oath to serve the church and to defend the weak. He'd be the first to tell you to stop puling and start planning. Because what we are doing-at risk to ourselves-is what we have sworn to do. The West relies on us. It is a risk we take with pride. It is an oath we honour. Even when some soft southern burgher mutters about us, we know the reason he sleeps soft and comfortable, why his wife is able to complain about the price of cabbages as her most serious problem and why his children dare to throw dung and yell "Knot" when we pass. It's because we are what we are. For all our faults we stand for law and light.
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Cymru

the oni samurai guys are coming along nice

love the BB works

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your mind

 Theophony wrote:

Dr H wrote:Good work on the fig's, Theo.

For the airbrush, it requires patience to start out.
It's very easy to assume an airbrush is a magic painting wand with what the internet with show you and the people of the internet will shout about it being "cheating".
It is neither.

The first thing to aim for is a smooth even coat. One colour, no shading.
Get used to handling the brush and learning how the way you hold it and the way you use it, affect the outcome.
The distance to the surface,
How far back you pull the trigger,
The pressure of the air,
The consistency of the paint,
The movement of your hand,
Etc.

Many things are similar to spraycans (distance to surface for example) so you already know more than you think.

Learn about how the variables affect the final result and how they interact with each other (close to surface = don't pull the trigger fully back...) before you try and paint a model with it.

Have a play with a flat surface where there's no pressure of messing up a model.

I've played with it a few times, but just found myself not having the time to seriously learn anything from it. There's a few videos out there that have good tips on it, and I'll give them a go when I have time, but right now my painting sessions are in 30-40 minute chunks. Mostly when I get home from work about midnight until I take my shower and hit the sack I need wind down time. If our new cat isn't meowing for food or attention then it's painting time.

Just looking at videos on making my own agrax earth shade and agrellan earth have me pondering larger hobby chores. Also I need to decide what route I'm going to be going on for the bases of these figs. Any suggestions? I was thinking more green grasslands for the samurai.

Stopped by harbor freight on the way into work. Had a basket full of stuff to replenish the supplies, but then the cashier was slow as and the guy in front of me was stuck for over 10 minutes because their card readers were RRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLYYYYY slow . So I put back my basket and left. Two managers watched me put it all back and asked me why, I pointed out the guy was still waiting and all their lines were now 7 deep, when I got in line that I was the only second person in any line out of the three cashiers. They still looked perplexed. Maybe it was because I actually put the stuff back instead of dropping it and making a scene.


Good advice on the airbrush - I have been learning exactly these lessons lately.
About 30-40 minute sessions, one good thing which is really a bad thing about this super-cheap airbrush (40bux, shipped, complete with compressor and cleaning kit, air dryer inline, the works!) is that directions say to use it not more than 30 minutes. I have gone to 45 or so, but am careful not to overdo it as it will purportedly overheat and die. 40bux ain't much, but no reason to kill the thing being an idiot, plus this gets me thinking - hey, you know, I can spend 30 minutes on that!
Otherwise, I will want to dedicate a day or an afternoon, and balk due to other obligations.

About the Harbor Freight thing, well, I figure that someone who is in a hurry would leave the basket sitting, at the register, maybe on the floor, and maybe give some indication of frustration cuz hey, we NEED that stuff so badly!
Maybe the managers felt confused that you didn't fit this stereotype?
I guess it is also assumed that people just wait, forever - Have you ever seen the movie Brazil?
Yeah, the world is a wacky place.
The less you go along, or in this case go nowhere waiting for tech when good old cash or better yet silver coins would be better, the more you stand out.

   
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Affton, MO. USA

Llamahead wrote:Possibly although I find it a bit odd but queuing is practically our national pastime.

Well no one ever said you Brits had interesting hobbies .

JoeRugby wrote:the oni samurai guys are coming along nice

love the BB works

Thanks Joe, great to see you back at it again too.

jeff white wrote:
Spoiler:
 Theophony wrote:

Dr H wrote:Good work on the fig's, Theo.

For the airbrush, it requires patience to start out.
It's very easy to assume an airbrush is a magic painting wand with what the internet with show you and the people of the internet will shout about it being "cheating".
It is neither.

The first thing to aim for is a smooth even coat. One colour, no shading.
Get used to handling the brush and learning how the way you hold it and the way you use it, affect the outcome.
The distance to the surface,
How far back you pull the trigger,
The pressure of the air,
The consistency of the paint,
The movement of your hand,
Etc.

Many things are similar to spraycans (distance to surface for example) so you already know more than you think.

Learn about how the variables affect the final result and how they interact with each other (close to surface = don't pull the trigger fully back...) before you try and paint a model with it.

Have a play with a flat surface where there's no pressure of messing up a model.

I've played with it a few times, but just found myself not having the time to seriously learn anything from it. There's a few videos out there that have good tips on it, and I'll give them a go when I have time, but right now my painting sessions are in 30-40 minute chunks. Mostly when I get home from work about midnight until I take my shower and hit the sack I need wind down time. If our new cat isn't meowing for food or attention then it's painting time.

Just looking at videos on making my own agrax earth shade and agrellan earth have me pondering larger hobby chores. Also I need to decide what route I'm going to be going on for the bases of these figs. Any suggestions? I was thinking more green grasslands for the samurai.

Stopped by harbor freight on the way into work. Had a basket full of stuff to replenish the supplies, but then the cashier was slow as and the guy in front of me was stuck for over 10 minutes because their card readers were RRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLYYYYY slow . So I put back my basket and left. Two managers watched me put it all back and asked me why, I pointed out the guy was still waiting and all their lines were now 7 deep, when I got in line that I was the only second person in any line out of the three cashiers. They still looked perplexed. Maybe it was because I actually put the stuff back instead of dropping it and making a scene.


Good advice on the airbrush - I have been learning exactly these lessons lately.
About 30-40 minute sessions, one good thing which is really a bad thing about this super-cheap airbrush (40bux, shipped, complete with compressor and cleaning kit, air dryer inline, the works!) is that directions say to use it not more than 30 minutes. I have gone to 45 or so, but am careful not to overdo it as it will purportedly overheat and die. 40bux ain't much, but no reason to kill the thing being an idiot, plus this gets me thinking - hey, you know, I can spend 30 minutes on that!
Otherwise, I will want to dedicate a day or an afternoon, and balk due to other obligations.

About the Harbor Freight thing, well, I figure that someone who is in a hurry would leave the basket sitting, at the register, maybe on the floor, and maybe give some indication of frustration cuz hey, we NEED that stuff so badly!
Maybe the managers felt confused that you didn't fit this stereotype?
I guess it is also assumed that people just wait, forever - Have you ever seen the movie Brazil?
Yeah, the world is a wacky place.
The less you go along, or in this case go nowhere waiting for tech when good old cash or better yet silver coins would be better, the more you stand out.

That cheap of a set up sounds like the one I should have bought, but no I went with the nicer version , glorified paperweight.

Another fast one tonight, just painted up Masahiro the monk.

LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13

I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14 
   
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I use the fancy brush setup and my kit runs for 9 hours before getting concerningly warm...

If you must know why 9 hours, I painted an entire army in 2 days. Two day sessions of brushing, 1 night session of air brushing.

Fantastic monks. I like the speed you do things. Plans for the basing?
   
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Affton, MO. USA

 cormadepanda wrote:
I use the fancy brush setup and my kit runs for 9 hours before getting concerningly warm...

If you must know why 9 hours, I painted an entire army in 2 days. Two day sessions of brushing, 1 night session of air brushing.

Fantastic monks. I like the speed you do things. Plans for the basing?


Well no 9 hour or two day sessions, but 2 hours uninterrupted means I knocked out 8 more masked men.

Still figuring out basing, but I guess I need to decide quickly since I finished my September pledge .


Once I got into it I just went nuts, now I can treat myself to doing the Shadow Emissary. I just need to decide how I want to paint him. I want him to stand out against the Lion Clan Samurai. I'm thinking Air Dragon, Dragon of the Void or water Dragon.


LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13

I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14 
   
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Airbrushing requires patience, and a religious, methodical, and repeated approach to cleaning.

"dave you are the definition of old school..." -Viktor Von Domm My P&M Blog :
It's great how just adding a little iconography, and rivets of course, can make something look distinctly 40K-adamsouza
"Ah yes, the sound of riveting.....Swear word after swear word and the clinking of thrown tools" "Nope. It sucks do it again..."- mxwllmdr
"It puts together more terrain, or else it gets the hose again...-dangledorf2.0
"This is the Imperium, there is no peace, there are only rivets" -Vitruvian XVII
"I think rivets are the perfect solution to almost every problem"- Rawson
More buildings for the Building God! -Shasolenzabi
 
   
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Affton, MO. USA

 dsteingass wrote:
Airbrushing requires patience, and a religious, methodical, and repeated approach to cleaning.


Patience isn't one thing that I don't have time for...

So I just jumped into painting again and decided blue/air dragon was the way to go. So I'm going the same course I did with my BB orcs, just going much heavier on the highlights and might go one or two levels brighter, but right now this is where the dragon is at.


The purplish belly will be brought up to a grey p/white. I think it contrasts well with the rest of the figs so far.

Edit: just picked up the mounted samurai pack from the FLGS. (6) mounted samurai (1 metal character and 5 metal heads) for $16.06 with tax. Hopefully get time to assemble and prime them this week.

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LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13

I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14 
   
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Yeah, setup and clean-up for airbrushing can take up more time than the painting does. It gets quicker with practice.
I find I have to build up a collection of models to paint with the AB and then work myself up to it before I start ABing. But I do have to swap my modeling / hairybrush board with my AB extraction hood each time.

Nice colour scheme for the dragon. I had the same for one of the dragons I drew on my lab coat at Uni'.

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Mostly, on my phone.

Really digging the dragon. Love it.

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Dragon is looking good.
   
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Very cool looking bunch, the dragons colors are looking great.
   
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your mind

Yep, blue and grey is perfect for that dragon model.
Very much looks water dragon-esque from the sculpt.
Way to capture that, really looks natural.

About cleaning the airbrush, well, I haven't found that a problem.
I seem to be able to just use a paper towel to remove the excess paint from the cup, run some soapy water through the cup, dump it, run some more until is sprays clear, cap the front of the brush nozzle with my finger and then pulling the trigger ends up pushing the water backwards through the cup, and shove the towel into the nozzle and twist to clean that out well and then blow one more short dose of soapy water through the thing, then hang it up.
Cleaning is down to less than five minutes, now - maybe 3.
I let it hang from my little diy hanger with soapy water in the cup, and then when I start up next time I blow some of that through first before dumping it out and loading up with paint.
I have broken the thing down once or twice, cleaned it well the first time, and just wiped down the long needle and the other pieces with a wet towel the other time.
No problem at all, but then again I am not exactly painting for 9 hours straight, using different colors a billion times likely from different companies and so on.
I just load up one color, refill as needed, try not to let the cup run dry, and leave the thing wet until I use it again.
If it had to sit and dry, I would break it down and pack it away, but as I have been using it every couple or few days, I just let it hang full of soapy water. Seems to stay in good shape this way.

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Affton, MO. USA

Dr H wrote:Yeah, setup and clean-up for airbrushing can take up more time than the painting does. It gets quicker with practice.
I find I have to build up a collection of models to paint with the AB and then work myself up to it before I start ABing. But I do have to swap my modeling / hairybrush board with my AB extraction hood each time.

Nice colour scheme for the dragon. I had the same for one of the dragons I drew on my lab coat at Uni'.


Lab coat with Dragon on it? Very intriguing. Also I think I'll stick to brushwork at least for the immediate future.

inmygravenimage wrote:Really digging the dragon. Love it.


Thanks Graven, I love the look of the model as well.

youwashock wrote:Dragon is looking good.


Thanks Youwashock

Yorkright wrote: Very cool looking bunch, the dragons colors are looking great.


Thanks, I hope I can bring the belly color down to what I'm hoping to achieve.

jeff white wrote:Yep, blue and grey is perfect for that dragon model.
Very much looks water dragon-esque from the sculpt.
Way to capture that, really looks natural.

About cleaning the airbrush, well, I haven't found that a problem.
I seem to be able to just use a paper towel to remove the excess paint from the cup, run some soapy water through the cup, dump it, run some more until is sprays clear, cap the front of the brush nozzle with my finger and then pulling the trigger ends up pushing the water backwards through the cup, and shove the towel into the nozzle and twist to clean that out well and then blow one more short dose of soapy water through the thing, then hang it up.
Cleaning is down to less than five minutes, now - maybe 3.
I let it hang from my little diy hanger with soapy water in the cup, and then when I start up next time I blow some of that through first before dumping it out and loading up with paint.
I have broken the thing down once or twice, cleaned it well the first time, and just wiped down the long needle and the other pieces with a wet towel the other time.
No problem at all, but then again I am not exactly painting for 9 hours straight, using different colors a billion times likely from different companies and so on.
I just load up one color, refill as needed, try not to let the cup run dry, and leave the thing wet until I use it again.
If it had to sit and dry, I would break it down and pack it away, but as I have been using it every couple or few days, I just let it hang full of soapy water. Seems to stay in good shape this way.


Dave warned me a lot about the cleaning, and I think I took it to heart, but I think I wasn't getting the paint thin enough, or had the pressure all wrong. I really just need a class as I'm a better visual learner.

Well Massive update.

My massive Darkness pledge just arrived.
I got the basic pledge and the cards for the Black Plague crossover, still, the box was over 16lbs (about 7.5Kilos) and is 38mm x38mm x 38.5mm
Close to 150 figs not counting terrain bits for $128 plus shipping. I'll post some pics of individuals later.

Must find the Oni in the box.

Found him , I think he fits in just fine.

Speaking of Asian things....

Samurai cavalry all assembled and primed.

Now to the unpackaging
Edit: more work on the dragon.




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No rest for the sick, couldn't sleep so I painted and I think have the dragon painted.
I decided to go with a darker grey on the scutes on his chest, talons and his antlers. I did kind of a reverse highlight on the talons starting light and then getting darker at the tips, thought I'd try it and it looks decent enough. I kept his mustache white as I see it more as smoke than actual body. I might touch up his back spines and fins later, but I'm pleased with them now.


I'm particularly pleased with his eyes.


Also some comparison shots with the massive darkness figs.

Spider and snakelady

That cliffbreaker cyclops is freaking huge.

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LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13

I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14 
   
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your mind

You have the coolest workstation ever.
SO many models.
I would feel overborne.

   
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LOOKIN GOOD!

@theo and anyone who will listen:
Thin your paints and use

This will change your airbrush game. Use this, it's magical paint-better juice- it takes the tip-dry frustration out of the equation
Just a drop or two in the color cup before adding paint, water, thinner, whatever your mix is.
It's my best discovery of 2017- you can learn a lot from watching paint streamers on Twitch



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it REALLY REALLY does get easier with practice, it can be very, very frustrating at first, I know. paint more often, use less paint

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"dave you are the definition of old school..." -Viktor Von Domm My P&M Blog :
It's great how just adding a little iconography, and rivets of course, can make something look distinctly 40K-adamsouza
"Ah yes, the sound of riveting.....Swear word after swear word and the clinking of thrown tools" "Nope. It sucks do it again..."- mxwllmdr
"It puts together more terrain, or else it gets the hose again...-dangledorf2.0
"This is the Imperium, there is no peace, there are only rivets" -Vitruvian XVII
"I think rivets are the perfect solution to almost every problem"- Rawson
More buildings for the Building God! -Shasolenzabi
 
   
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your mind

 dsteingass wrote:
LOOKIN GOOD!

@theo and anyone who will listen:
Thin your paints and use

This will change your airbrush game. Use this, it's magical paint-better juice- it takes the tip-dry frustration out of the equation
Just a drop or two in the color cup before adding paint, water, thinner, whatever your mix is.
It's my best discovery of 2017- you can learn a lot from watching paint streamers on Twitch



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it REALLY REALLY does get easier with practice, it can be very, very frustrating at first, I know. paint more often, use less paint


Vallejo, hmmm... I will search it up, but am relatively certain right off that this does not exist in South Korea.
At least, not in any way that may be accessible to me.
But, I will give it a shot.

Back in the day, I had some Liquitex flow medium, and I actually worked at a place called the Flood company for a short while, which makes industrial sized flow medium juices for different applications, but that sort of thing is pretty rare around here. Meaning, I have never seen it.

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Golden also has an equivalent product, but it's never around here. Hopefully you can find an online source there somewhere.

"dave you are the definition of old school..." -Viktor Von Domm My P&M Blog :
It's great how just adding a little iconography, and rivets of course, can make something look distinctly 40K-adamsouza
"Ah yes, the sound of riveting.....Swear word after swear word and the clinking of thrown tools" "Nope. It sucks do it again..."- mxwllmdr
"It puts together more terrain, or else it gets the hose again...-dangledorf2.0
"This is the Imperium, there is no peace, there are only rivets" -Vitruvian XVII
"I think rivets are the perfect solution to almost every problem"- Rawson
More buildings for the Building God! -Shasolenzabi
 
   
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Affton, MO. USA

jeff white wrote:You have the coolest workstation ever.
SO many models.
I would feel overborne.

Thanks , I'm looking at doing some more workstation improvements in the future.

dsteingass wrote:LOOKIN GOOD!

@theo and anyone who will listen:
Thin your paints and use

This will change your airbrush game. Use this, it's magical paint-better juice- it takes the tip-dry frustration out of the equation
Just a drop or two in the color cup before adding paint, water, thinner, whatever your mix is.
It's my best discovery of 2017- you can learn a lot from watching paint streamers on Twitch



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it REALLY REALLY does get easier with practice, it can be very, very frustrating at first, I know. paint more often, use less paint


I'll look for some at hobby lobby next time I'm there, they have a small airbrush section and the 40% coupon is my hero

Well papa nurgle has given me a cold that has knocked me for a loop. I've been worn out with just enough energy to sit at the paint desk and fiddle around. After watching some vids online about quick easy terrain , I remembered I had bought some cheap brushes to try a rust effect, but the brushes were terrible 6 for $1-2, I wasn't expecting much), but the bristles have found a new use with a bit of hot glue.

All of these clumps were made from only half of 1 brush. I've made some more too since this pic, even tried it on a spare Warlord games base which is super thin.

Masked men hiding behind the scrubs

Dragon with scrub decoration

I just imagine this guy hiding but signaling his masked friends by shouting "Ka-Kaw!!! Ka-Kaw!!!" I'm sure there are inept Asian thieves after all.

Also tried painting the horses, but they are such poor design in my opinion and my mind wasn't in it that the base colors looked terrible, I'm going to have to try and rescue them later.

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LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13

I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14 
   
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Nice bushes. Happy little bushes.

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"dave you are the definition of old school..." -Viktor Von Domm My P&M Blog :
It's great how just adding a little iconography, and rivets of course, can make something look distinctly 40K-adamsouza
"Ah yes, the sound of riveting.....Swear word after swear word and the clinking of thrown tools" "Nope. It sucks do it again..."- mxwllmdr
"It puts together more terrain, or else it gets the hose again...-dangledorf2.0
"This is the Imperium, there is no peace, there are only rivets" -Vitruvian XVII
"I think rivets are the perfect solution to almost every problem"- Rawson
More buildings for the Building God! -Shasolenzabi
 
   
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 dsteingass wrote:
Nice bushes. Happy little bushes.

They are happier being bushes than they were being brushes , unused and unwanted .
I need to swing by Home Depot and buy one of the bundles of chip brushes that if I recall correctly were like 24 brushes for under $5. I see these as being used for fields of wheat. Also thinking of making a few hay bales.

LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13

I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14 
   
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While you are there, look for the brushy doormats, you can cut them up for fields if you want to add vegetation



"dave you are the definition of old school..." -Viktor Von Domm My P&M Blog :
It's great how just adding a little iconography, and rivets of course, can make something look distinctly 40K-adamsouza
"Ah yes, the sound of riveting.....Swear word after swear word and the clinking of thrown tools" "Nope. It sucks do it again..."- mxwllmdr
"It puts together more terrain, or else it gets the hose again...-dangledorf2.0
"This is the Imperium, there is no peace, there are only rivets" -Vitruvian XVII
"I think rivets are the perfect solution to almost every problem"- Rawson
More buildings for the Building God! -Shasolenzabi
 
   
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Japan

That's a brilliant idea. I have some crappy brushes that could be used for this. Thanks for the inspiration.

Now showing more Samurai Marines, Bad Squiddo Amazons, and an Oldhammer Chaos Thug!

Painting total as of 3/28/2024: 21 plus a set of modular spaceship terrain

Painting total for 2023: 79 plus 28 Battlemechs and a Dragon-Balrog

 
   
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Affton, MO. USA

dsteingass wrote:While you are there, look for the brushy doormats, you can cut them up for fields if you want to add vegetation



I even remember you posting similar pics to those before, thanks for reminding me.

JoshInJapan wrote:That's a brilliant idea. I have some crappy brushes that could be used for this. Thanks for the inspiration.

I'm sharing the stuff I learn, someone else posted Luke's video and I've watched hours of his vids now and seen more from other pod casters which have inspired me. It's back to what Dakkadakka is all about .

LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13

I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14 
   
Made in jp
[DCM]
Incorporating Wet-Blending





Japan

That is, indeed, one of the reasons I spend so much time on Dakka-- new ideas never run out.

Now showing more Samurai Marines, Bad Squiddo Amazons, and an Oldhammer Chaos Thug!

Painting total as of 3/28/2024: 21 plus a set of modular spaceship terrain

Painting total for 2023: 79 plus 28 Battlemechs and a Dragon-Balrog

 
   
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Great stuff here, Theo. The Dragon in particular looks amazing. Where is that model from?

   
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Theo, that supply drop made panda happy.

The dragon is excellent, definitely a good job. The color choice is great, blue dragon is awesome.

You get a lot of things done when I dont pay much attention...
   
 
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