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 Freya wrote:


I'm all McDonalds over this! I think maybe you've been staring at it too long? always makes me second guess myself...

It took me a while to figure out what "all McDonalds" means

You're probably right. Either way, I'll finish it and then use the lessons learned on whatever I try next.

 JoshInJapan wrote:


It took me a while to figure out what "all McDonalds" means

You're probably right. Either way, I'll finish it and then use the lessons learned on whatever I try next.

Haha! Yeah I was a bit stoned so I use weird phrases like that. But yeah that's pretty much my whole goal. Make mistakes, learn from them and repeat. Mostly during this competition xD

Had good fun with this. Really challenging going back to having to mix all my colors from scratch; I was never particularly good at canvas painting in college, and it's been all digital since then, or using pre-mixed colors from paint manufacturers for hobby.

I'm definitely looking forward to experimenting more with the Kimera colors though, for sure.

This thing is also ridiculously tiny. I know the photos don't really properly convey the scale, but this thing is only 1" wide and 3" tall. Super adorable; I want to make more!

Stunning, I love the tiny eyes in the pipes!

Lovely work! Have you considered adding some muck or grime to the bricks? They look very clean for a sewer. I feel like you might be shooting for keeping the contrast between the red brick and the green robes though?

 JoshInJapan wrote:
A few more WIP shots of the gloem:

I think I've got the shiny down, but it doesn't look really metallic to me. Next up, I'll paint and attach the arms, and then do a little decoration on the base.

Looks metallic to me! Great job.

@DV8 - Very cool work. I'm glad inmygravenimage pointed out the eyes in the pipes - I hadn't noticed them, and now they're my favorite bit.

inmygravenimage wrote:Stunning, I love the tiny eyes in the pipes!

feltmonkey wrote:@DV8 - Very cool work. I'm glad inmygravenimage pointed out the eyes in the pipes - I hadn't noticed them, and now they're my favorite bit.

It's the little details! And honestly I wanted to add in elements that made you question the actual scale of the piece!

queen_annes_revenge wrote:Lovely work! Have you considered adding some muck or grime to the bricks? They look very clean for a sewer. I feel like you might be shooting for keeping the contrast between the red brick and the green robes though?

Thank you! I've added a little bit, mostly some green leakage around the sewer pipes, but otherwise yes I'm trying to keep that super clean contrast between the red brick and green robes. Truthfully I'd hit a point with the Kimera paints where I was happy with the piece, and felt that any further exploration might muddy it up. One of those "it's done as far as I'm concerned, lets move on!" kind of things.

My entry is done. Here are my Dark Angels Assault Intercessors:



Overall, as far as my "New Trick" went, I'm calling it a success. I think I got a somewhat richer green color compared to my previous ultra-simplistic method. I think I could perhaps refine it further, but this is a good first step. As a bonus new trick, I actually used some software to manually adjust the white balance of my photos, so now you're seeing these models in their true form. It wasn't even hard!

I'm liking what I'm seeing from everyone else so far too. Plenty of time to get more done, so I look forward to what you all can do, pushing the boundaries of your hobbying abilities!

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Stunning, I love the tiny eyes in the pipes!

Yep, that’s my favourite part too.

@DV8 - Looks splendid, I think the diorama (if that's the correct word) looks amazing and really sets the model up nicely. I certainly empathize with the minuscule model agony! Out of curiosity, how did you achieve the water effect? Diluted paints into PVA (edit; on second look, to me, it seems like transparent plasticard painted)?

Looking good DV8! Big fan and glad you enjoyed the Kimera Kolors, still need to properly sink my teeth into my own set even though I'd used them in this month's challenge.

Glad to see you're getting the photos sorted Zergsmasher! I normally go for darker backgrounds so I can avoid the white balance issues. Your greenwing are looking good!

Wow, so many great looking minis this month! Finished up my entry for the monthly challenge. Here is a Mantis Warrior Lieutenant my new trick was a new chapter color scheme, I also used no metallic paints.
Thanks for setting up these monthly challenges Nev and good luck to all who’ve entered.

Squidworth wrote:
@DV8 - Looks splendid, I think the diorama (if that's the correct word) looks amazing and really sets the model up nicely. I certainly empathize with the minuscule model agony! Out of curiosity, how did you achieve the water effect? Diluted paints into PVA (edit; on second look, to me, it seems like transparent plasticard painted)?

Thanks! So the colors for the water were actually painted onto the flat plasticard base. Just primed black, and then I painted a variety of green tones to simulate the water color. I brightened up the spots near the wall, pipes, and where I wanted the water to be pouring out of the pipes.



Then I used cat hair, trimmed and glued into place for the water pour (my cats are orange tabby's, so I can get white fur strands for better visibility; they shed a lot so I always have tones of cat hair lying around, no plucking was necessary!). I had initially wanted to use the UV clear resin to create a more solid gushing stream, but that didn't quite work out; the resin failed to adhere to the hair (not sure if it was an issue with the hair, or the resin itself). Whatevs. It's a trickle instead of an outpour.

Then it was just using GreenStuffWorld's UV clear resin to create a bit of depth to the water. The UV resin was pretty easy to work with; I used a sharp dental tool to help poke and pull out any air bubbles, UV lamp to cure, and then a sharp blade to trim any uneven bits near the edges. Polish by wet-sanding with super fine grit sandpaper (you go from 400 to like, 1200, just using progressively finer sheets of sand paper until it's clear and smooth).

I liked using the UV resin for something like this where it's tiny, and I could instantly cure it quickly with the UV lamp so I was able to start-to-finish this piece in 6-ish hours? But for larger water effects, definitely I'd go with a 2-part resin pour instead.

 DV8 wrote:

Squidworth wrote:
@DV8 - Looks splendid, I think the diorama (if that's the correct word) looks amazing and really sets the model up nicely. I certainly empathize with the minuscule model agony! Out of curiosity, how did you achieve the water effect? Diluted paints into PVA (edit; on second look, to me, it seems like transparent plasticard painted)?

Then I used cat hair, trimmed and glued into place for the water pour (my cats are orange tabby's, so I can get white fur strands for better visibility; they shed a lot so I always have tones of cat hair lying around, no plucking was necessary!). I had initially wanted to use the UV clear resin to create a more solid gushing stream, but that didn't quite work out; the resin failed to adhere to the hair (not sure if it was an issue with the hair, or the resin itself). Whatevs. It's a trickle instead of an outpour.

This sentence has won my vote. I cannot compete with that kind of abstract art!

Yeah uv resin is not suitable for water depths of much more than that really... I only really use mine for small puddles or for minor fixes on my larger resin pours. I've been put off by the last few times having it leave a very slight tackiness on the surface which is impossible to remove with the UV light or hours in sunlight, which can be solved of you're using a ripple effect, but makes it impossible to sand or polish the resin.

 queen_annes_revenge wrote:
Yeah uv resin is not suitable for water depths of much more than that really... I only really use mine for small puddles or for minor fixes on my larger resin pours. I've been put off by the last few times having it leave a very slight tackiness on the surface which is impossible to remove with the UV light or hours in sunlight, which can be solved of you're using a ripple effect, but makes it impossible to sand or polish the resin.

Yea I discovered that too with trying to correct the edges; it was definitely a challenge, and larger pours even on this piece had that tackiness. I definitely think for smaller sections on basework it'll still work, or for doing like...buckets of water or some nonsense (ideas for my Junkforce), but otherwise limited usage and not as versatile compared to 2-part resin.

So my bridge between two towers is not working out as I envisioned it.

The bridge puts too much space between the towers for a good photo, so I think I will push the tower platforms together add a third model to create a The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly them.



Cheers,

CB

PS: Photos of the two towers in progress.

Looking great, DV8 - awesome work as always!
I also love your stag, Freya. Great colours...also as always, now that I think back...
I love your towers, Captain - they will play great on the table.
Also, I agree with you Zerg - I think your green is deeper and more saturated than others I've seen you do. Looks great!

My projects are coming along slowly...oil paint doesn't really suit my painting method. I usually sit and bang a piece out quickly and oils aren't letting me do that. I find I get a headache from the smell, so I have to stop after a little bit.

Still - it is actually really exciting to be learning new ways to paint stuff. I don't think I have learned this much new painting stuff in so short a time, ever.

More stuff I have learned from the oils...:
1. Oil washes are awesome. I have painted almost an entire 'grimdark' Tau force using acrylic basecoats and oil washes and aside from drying time, the whole force took me about 3-4 hours. They will definitely be part of my toolset for future projects;
2. The decades-old oil paints that I found in my shed are not as good as the three Abteilung colours I bought a while back...hmmm....unfortunately, the three good ones are black, brown and turquoise. Every other colour has to be the terrible ones...
3. I have newfound respect for anyone using oils in England. I'm in Australia, in summer and the paints still take at least a day or two to dry. The internet tells me that they dry even slower without sun...
4. Turpentine is better than linseed oil for me. The linseed oil takes longer to dry and sometimes leaves a glossy residue (probably 'cos I have no idea what I'm doing).

Anyhow, exciting!

Abteilung are formulated specifically for modelling. They dry faster than your standard oil paints, which is probably why your old ones aren't as good, although they will probably also have suffered from some degradation over time.

Jumping a little late to the party.
My miniature hobby year has started very slowly, I've only touched my brushes once or twice this year.
Other hobbies (cars mostly) called to me and after painting the Stompa in three weeks (which was quite intense), I needed a small break.

For this challenge I decided to try out a couple of things:
First of all, many have talked about using enamel paints for weathering. Decided to give them a shot.
It is not in fact the first time I have used them though: my actually hobby started when I was 8 or 9 and built some scale models with my father.
Shortly after that I painted a few of them using Revell enamel paints... if you can call brushing one color around the model in very thick layers painting.

I'd still think it's my first time using the enamel paints, at least for the miniature hobby.
In addition to that, I decided to try out using a make up brush for some dry brushing and stippling effects.

What comes to the model I'm going to paint, I'm not 100% sure.

I will most likely create some sort of conversion for a Death Korps of Krieg Sentinel, with the dieselpunk setting in mind.
This is my proof picture for now:


The sentinels are half painted, but I will strip the parts I'm going to use and prime them again.
I will take another "proper" proof picture when the model is built. Hopefully during the weekend, so it gives me around a week to paint it.

Some progress on two of the Necromunda Scum.



Cheers,

CB

 Ezki wrote:
It is not in fact the first time I have used them though: my actually hobby started when I was 8 or 9 and built some scale models with my father.
Shortly after that I painted a few of them using Revell enamel paints... if you can call brushing one color around the model in very thick layers painting.

Aaah I completely forgot that enamel paints were part of my life at I guess a very similar age until I saw the little pot on your photo, and now I quite vividly recall how these looked and smelled, up to the little dents in the lids where I had to pry them open with something after they had dried shut ^^ Never used them on Citadel minis though (just scale models and I think some kind of DIY Napoleonics casting kit?!), looking forward to what you'll do with them!

Finally finished all the uni work that replaced the cancelled january exams. I have never painted a horse before.

 MobileSuitRandom wrote:

Aaah I completely forgot that enamel paints were part of my life at I guess a very similar age until I saw the little pot on your photo, and now I quite vividly recall how these looked and smelled, up to the little dents in the lids where I had to pry them open with something after they had dried shut ^^

Yeah the smell certainly sends me to a trip down the memory lane

 Ezki wrote:

 MobileSuitRandom wrote:

Aaah I completely forgot that enamel paints were part of my life at I guess a very similar age until I saw the little pot on your photo, and now I quite vividly recall how these looked and smelled, up to the little dents in the lids where I had to pry them open with something after they had dried shut ^^

Yeah the smell certainly sends me to a trip down the memory lane

A trip is right!

I've got a fair few enamels back at my parents, glad I left them there!

 Chris56 wrote:
Looking great, DV8 - awesome work as always!
I also love your stag, Freya. Great colours...also as always, now that I think back...
I love your towers, Captain - they will play great on the table.
Also, I agree with you Zerg - I think your green is deeper and more saturated than others I've seen you do. Looks great!

My projects are coming along slowly...oil paint doesn't really suit my painting method. I usually sit and bang a piece out quickly and oils aren't letting me do that. I find I get a headache from the smell, so I have to stop after a little bit.

Still - it is actually really exciting to be learning new ways to paint stuff. I don't think I have learned this much new painting stuff in so short a time, ever.

More stuff I have learned from the oils...:
1. Oil washes are awesome. I have painted almost an entire 'grimdark' Tau force using acrylic basecoats and oil washes and aside from drying time, the whole force took me about 3-4 hours. They will definitely be part of my toolset for future projects;
2. The decades-old oil paints that I found in my shed are not as good as the three Abteilung colours I bought a while back...hmmm....unfortunately, the three good ones are black, brown and turquoise. Every other colour has to be the terrible ones...
3. I have newfound respect for anyone using oils in England. I'm in Australia, in summer and the paints still take at least a day or two to dry. The internet tells me that they dry even slower without sun...
4. Turpentine is better than linseed oil for me. The linseed oil takes longer to dry and sometimes leaves a glossy residue (probably 'cos I have no idea what I'm doing).

Anyhow, exciting!

Thank you Chris! That's high praise coming from you in particular.

I usually use white spirits to thin oils. I find that a little Windsor Newton matte varnish is perfect for killing any gloss when airbrushed. It's amazing. Can also be brushed on.

Just a reminder that we are running out of month. Time to light the hobby motivation fires and get cracking!

Some progress:


Got the blue cleanup pass done, next is glazing.

New brushes helped a bit here. Better point control made for less work. With cleanup passes I often get stuck in loops where I fix one problem, but slop a little bit somewhere else and need to go back and fix that color next. Had a lot less of that on these guys than in the past. Not zero, but less; I’m still me.

Late entry!
Wasn't sure I was going to have time this month but I think I'll get 2 of the 5 I was aiming for.
My new trick this month is wet blending, not done it before but must say after one model I'm pretty sure I'll not go back to layering on dry paint.
Pretty much finished Abaddon and will crack on with Roboute next, its the 3rd time I painted both of these guys so it's nice to try a different technique.
Proof

Abaddon so far ...

He is looking awesome Maxwin.

Think im finished with the nmm steel. What do you guys and girls think?

The high points on the steel blade edge are good, but I would say that they should form entire sections where the flat of the blade also has the light area if this makes sense.