Aazrael
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What brand of paints are you mainly using seeing as you do this at a really high quality?
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Khalan
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ProAcryl is my goto, Citadel for Washes. A few AK for odd colors, and Scale75/Vallejo for Metallics. In general but I have army painter, citadel colors but mostly phase those out.etc.
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Aazrael
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Thanks. I went all in on Armypainter when I started. And while its an okay paint it is a bit thick in the bottle and hard to mix. I think they have since remade their formula so it might be better now.
Hateyou
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I had a small army painter pack and didn’t like it. I think that’s the brand I opened the bottles and added some water to them and that helped, the tip pops out.
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Oblio
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Guys, I am struggling to get back into painting. I built a desk for a designated paint space, bought an airbrush and booth months ago and I haven't touched it. I really want to get back into painting I am just struggling with starting and what to paint. My grey shame is enormous (enough to keep me busy for a year) and for Father's Day my kids bought me Shatterpoint. I need to up my skills before I tackle Shatterpoint, even though Disney has fucked it up Star Wars is still sacred to me and I don't want to slap a shitty paint job on my favorite thing from my childhood.
Help me with some words of advice, kind or otherwise
Help me with some words of advice, kind or otherwise
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Palum
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Guys, I am struggling to get back into painting. I built a desk for a designated paint space, bought an airbrush and booth months ago and I haven't touched it. I really want to get back into painting I am just struggling with starting and what to paint. My grey shame is enormous (enough to keep me busy for a year) and for Father's Day my kids bought me Shatterpoint. I need to up my skills before I tackle Shatterpoint, even though Disney has fucked it up Star Wars is still sacred to me and I don't want to slap a shitty paint job on my favorite thing from my childhood.
Help me with some words of advice, kind or otherwise
Find some models you don't care about for an army but are interesting just paint one at a time. Once you get one that looks pretty good you'll get the confidence to make test minis for your larger forces. If you suck, you just throw it out and pretend it didn't happen and try again.
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Hateyou
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Motivation doesn’t happen until you start. Just force yourself to start and the ideas and drive starts.Guys, I am struggling to get back into painting. I built a desk for a designated paint space, bought an airbrush and booth months ago and I haven't touched it. I really want to get back into painting I am just struggling with starting and what to paint. My grey shame is enormous (enough to keep me busy for a year) and for Father's Day my kids bought me Shatterpoint. I need to up my skills before I tackle Shatterpoint, even though Disney has fucked it up Star Wars is still sacred to me and I don't want to slap a shitty paint job on my favorite thing from my childhood.
Help me with some words of advice, kind or otherwise
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Aazrael
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Yea I'm in the same place. I really want to sit down and paint and my setup is great in my hobby room upstairs.
However I find myself distracted with playing games instead. Also been a lot of home improvement, both indoors and outdoors. I know I feel great once I start doing it but I always find something else to do.
I have tons of Warhammer and 3d printed stuff to paint. Also stopped the model airplane build after a few weeks so that halfway done.
Not enough time for all the hobbys sadly.
However I find myself distracted with playing games instead. Also been a lot of home improvement, both indoors and outdoors. I know I feel great once I start doing it but I always find something else to do.
I have tons of Warhammer and 3d printed stuff to paint. Also stopped the model airplane build after a few weeks so that halfway done.
Not enough time for all the hobbys sadly.
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Koushirou
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Same boat here. Ordered a airbrush holder to try and motivate me to get some backlog taken care of (since it was a pain trying not to spill paint constantly when using it), but I have so few hours and while I want to paint I also really just want to vibe in EQ.Yea I'm in the same place. I really want to sit down and paint and my setup is great in my hobby room upstairs.
However I find myself distracted with playing games instead. Also been a lot of home improvement, both indoors and outdoors. I know I feel great once I start doing it but I always find something else to do.
I have tons of Warhammer and 3d printed stuff to paint. Also stopped the model airplane build after a few weeks so that halfway done.
Not enough time for all the hobbys sadly.
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Koushirou
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No, sir! This small developer might have *gasp* used AI art! How dare you suggest giving them money!
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What's worked for me this year is a local hobby store started doing Wednesday evening hobby hangouts where you just show up hangout and paint. There's a pretty cool group there including the owner's wife. I make it a commitment to go every week and bring relatively simple projects. I often tell myself that I will do more outside of hobby hangout time, but that's usually a lie. But I still get a minimum 2-3 hours a week that way and don't lose all intertia. A lot of nights at home, I just like to build things more than getting all the paint out and that's progress too.Guys, I am struggling to get back into painting. I built a desk for a designated paint space, bought an airbrush and booth months ago and I haven't touched it. I really want to get back into painting I am just struggling with starting and what to paint. My grey shame is enormous (enough to keep me busy for a year) and for Father's Day my kids bought me Shatterpoint. I need to up my skills before I tackle Shatterpoint, even though Disney has fucked it up Star Wars is still sacred to me and I don't want to slap a shitty paint job on my favorite thing from my childhood.
Help me with some words of advice, kind or otherwise
I forgot to post the last batch of dudes I did. Again, almost all done during those 2-3 hour/week sessions at the game store.
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Koushirou
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My old game store did this, and it's what got me into painting. Wish our new location did. Get me out of the house and try to get me a little bit social.
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That's pretty cool, and makes total sense to get people interested.
I don't play any of the table top stuff or paint miniatures anymore, but in the fly fishing world, you see something similar at outfitters where they'll do a weekly tying night. Just show up with your vice, tools, and a box of materials, and everybody just hangs around tying flies, BSing over a beer and sharing patterns, etc.
Good way to meet fellow anglers and learn how to get better at your hobby. Always a great time, and folks are always super helpful and friendly.
Definitely more fun when you're hanging around with other enthusiastic people then enjoy the same hobby.
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Really excited to unveil this latest project. A band new warband completely painted with display board. About 5 weeks from start until completion. The display board something I decided at the last minute to put it over the top and it was done in just 3 days.
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