Miniature Painting

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Rengak

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Last one.

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Nice stuff man. I need to attempt some white metal sometime soon. Would like to do one of The Edge factions that way.
 
Sludig

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Nah I’ve seen a lot of these kids at conventions. When you have a mentor for a parent that knows what they’re doing they can do some impressive stuff. That mini the kid did doesn’t look too difficult, thinned paints, shades, highlights are all basic techniques. He’s probably got dad over his shoulder saying “paints too thick, that layer is enough highlight, etc. kids learn so fast and have a lot of free time too.

Most of the mini painting stuff is just doing the right techniques that you learn from better people. When people put time into following videos or going to a class I see drastic improvements right after the class cause they picked up a new technique or two they didn’t know before. I’ve seen people so good they can give classes and charge high $ for commissions within just 1-2 years. I don’t have that amount of time to put into it to get that good that quickly, but I’ve seen it happen a lot over the past few years I’ve been following other people.
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Too many hobbies, costs too much, no one plays around here, etc etc was my departure from 40k. I've thought about trying to paint a few select awesome models as desk ornaments. But I think I've really settled on when I have money that isn't going to something more pressing just finding good painted examples on ebay and doing that. At least a decade ago, I would be suprised sometimes the good paint jobs you could find for not that horrendously much more than the base model cost.
 
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Sludig said:
Too many hobbies, costs too much, no one plays around here, etc etc was my departure from 40k. I've thought about trying to paint a few select awesome models as desk ornaments. But I think I've really settled on when I have money that isn't going to something more pressing just finding good painted examples on ebay and doing that. At least a decade ago, I would be suprised sometimes the good paint jobs you could find for not that horrendously much more than the base model cost.
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Yeah I couldn’t move to 40k. I think there is a good amount of people around me that play but the cost and time commitment would be too much for me. I just buy $100-$200 games once in a while that have 100 figures. I’ll never paint everything I have.
 
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Little more progress. Guess I should just add the pics together so it’s easier to compare.

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Been busy the past week, finally got in some paint time tonight, got a big chunk of the metal bits started.

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Got a little time today. 95% of base coats done.

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Noble Savage

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Anyone use an airbrush for applying primer and base coats? I have never painted miniatures before but have been studying up on the different techniques involved. Airbrushing seems like a great way to basecoat.
 
Kovaks

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Anyone use an airbrush for applying primer and base coats? I have never painted miniatures before but have been studying up on the different techniques involved. Airbrushing seems like a great way to basecoat.
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I use my airbrush for as much as I can, primer, base coats highlights, varnish, still have to do alot of brush but saves time and gives great transitions
 
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Noble Savage said:
Anyone use an airbrush for applying primer and base coats? I have never painted miniatures before but have been studying up on the different techniques involved. Airbrushing seems like a great way to basecoat.
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I went airbrush and love it. I 100% prime now with airbrush, started with rattle can. I also use it for color a bit but not as much as I’d like to. I bought some drop bottles so I am able to slowly start making ‘airbrush’ specific paints as i need them. It speeds things up so much and color transitions are so much easier.
 
Rengak

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I use an airbrush for as much as I can.

Time for some boring ass Tractor Muls!
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So a few months ago I decided to get into painting, and I thought I did an okay job with some tutorials and some decent paint and brushes. My wife saw me doing it and wanted in.

On her first try she's blowing me the fuck out and everything she painted is amazing, and everything I painted is absolute shit. It legitimately made me embarrassed for my minis and now I only ask her if she can paint something I'm interested in.

I'll get some pictures up later, I just packed away a ton of minis and games and I'd have to dig them out.
 
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