Tabletop Warhammer?

vincent1989 · 3 Jun 2015 at 21:36

Tummy said:
They are absolutely wonderfully painted.

I'm six foot eight and have huge hands, so I've always found the Lord of the Rings models exceptionally small and difficult to paint, so I'm in even more awe of that.

and at 6'1 i suddenly feel short...

Thanks, I love the LotR models, it'll be a shame when they go

Tummy · 6 Jun 2015 at 17:26

Go? What do you mean?

vincent1989 · 6 Jun 2015 at 19:59

Tummy said:
Go? What do you mean?

With no more films to come it's unlikely Gw will renew the license next year, no license means they can't sell or produce models. They've already let around 50-75 different models go out of production as existing moulds have deteriorated.

I've been snapping up as many different models on eBay as I can but the prices keep going up and up as things get rarer!

Tummy · 7 Jun 2015 at 14:26

That's a real shame! I'll pick up some models when I can then.

Nodiggidy123 · 8 Jun 2015 at 17:41

Really starting to get happy with my work now.

gradyhawks · 8 Jun 2015 at 21:15

Coming along nicely Nodiggidy123! Get youself a pot of Nuln Oil if you can, water it down just slightly and put it on anything that isn't a smooth surface, will help break down the red slightly and give some depth.

(if you cba to get some Nuln Oil, just water the hell out of some Abandon Black).

Nodiggidy123 · 8 Jun 2015 at 22:51

I was using agrax earthshade. So you think it needs more?

Shamikebab · 9 Jun 2015 at 01:16

I wouldn't use black wash on red, it just makes it look dirty.

To shade red I use green usually. It's a complementary colour so it works really nicely.

ShadowMan · 9 Jun 2015 at 14:04

Uploaded some slightly better pics of my painted stuff. Will be building the album up and creating a facebook page in the next few days.

http://s64.photobucket.com/user/Heretian/slideshow/Squishy Painting

Example of a couple:

lordhughes · 9 Jun 2015 at 14:31

that knight is awesome!

Nodiggidy123 · 10 Jun 2015 at 21:18

Quick question recwatering down paint.

How thin should it be?

I fear my base coat on Dante went on a bit thick but it just didn't seem to cover otherwise

ant2k50 · 11 Jun 2015 at 00:33

ShadowMan said:
Uploaded some slightly better pics of my painted stuff. Will be building the album up and creating a facebook page in the next few days.

http://s64.photobucket.com/user/Heretian/slideshow/Squishy Painting

Example of a couple:

Did you enter the Tau into Army of the Month at Warhammer World quite recently? It looks familiar.

Werewolf · 11 Jun 2015 at 01:36

Nodiggidy123 said:
Quick question recwatering down paint.

How thin should it be?

I fear my base coat on Dante went on a bit thick but it just didn't seem to cover otherwise

It varies a lot depending on the actual paint and it's existing thickness.
Basically it's often a case of experimenting until you find a thickness you like and works.

I used 1 part Vallejo thinner to 3 parts mephiston red which gave me a nice thin paint for airbrushing as an example (these days I tend to use airbrush thinner instead of water as I've got it around and it means the thinned paint doesn't lose it's "stick" as much)..

ShadowMan · 11 Jun 2015 at 10:05

ant2k50 said:
Did you enter the Tau into Army of the Month at Warhammer World quite recently? It looks familiar.

I did yes. Won it earlier this year. (March I think).

I was there for the day playing a few games and put in some of the ones I wasn't using.

Shamikebab · 11 Jun 2015 at 18:48

Nodiggidy123 said:
Quick question recwatering down paint.

How thin should it be?

I fear my base coat on Dante went on a bit thick but it just didn't seem to cover otherwise

several thin layers is always better than one thick layer. Basically unless you're doing something like yellow over a black base I'd try and thin enough that you need 2/3 layers to get good coverage.

ShadowMan · 12 Jun 2015 at 09:30

As Shami said really. Another option I have started doing is using Vallejo Airbrush paints with my brushes and basically using airbrush thinner to thin everything else to airbrush paint thickness. Thick Milk is the target for me usually.

Mockingbird · 12 Jun 2015 at 11:24

Nodiggidy123 said:
Quick question recwatering down paint.

How thin should it be?

I fear my base coat on Dante went on a bit thick but it just didn't seem to cover otherwise

Depends on your paint, but my basic rule was always 'like milk'. Semi-skimmed, for preference.

Nodiggidy123 · 12 Jun 2015 at 22:33

Is that for a airbrush?

Seems awfully thin

ShadowMan · 12 Jun 2015 at 22:36

Airbrush or by brush. I use about the same thickness and build up the layers.

Nodiggidy123 · 13 Jun 2015 at 10:08

I've been using red sumz scarlet on my tac marines and it seems I'm putting layer after layer. Finish is still streaky