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Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 3:38 pm
by Isgrimnur
:shock: :clap:

Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 4:22 pm
by hentzau
Amazing work. Great job! Now you can play the game.

Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 4:33 pm
by Malificent
hentzau wrote: Fri Mar 12, 2021 4:22 pm Amazing work. Great job! Now you can play the game.
Yeah, I think that's tonight game, in fact. And of course, someone on BGG suggested white washing the transparent ghosts and orange washing the flames. That (should I think it's a good idea) wouldn't take long.

Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 4:44 pm
by Smoove_B
Yeah, that's an amazing accomplishment. Awesome job.

Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 4:53 pm
by Malificent
I also pushed through as I got my notice that Marvel United is on its way. I have a bunch of chibi superheroes in my near future....

Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 5:35 pm
by wonderpug
Oh neat, Greenbrier games just announced a Kickstarter for Folklore 2, which apparently is better than the original in every way with all new miniatures that you use instead of the ones in the original game.

Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 7:26 pm
by Malificent
wonderpug wrote: Fri Mar 12, 2021 5:35 pm Oh neat, Greenbrier games just announced a Kickstarter for Folklore 2, which apparently is better than the original in every way with all new miniatures that you use instead of the ones in the original game.
Ha!

Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 10:49 pm
by hepcat
I just backed it. Greenbrier Games is on a roll!

Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 1:34 am
by hentzau
Tonight’s work…

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Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 7:54 am
by Malificent
I love that first one. What are these from?

Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 9:58 am
by hentzau
Malificent wrote:I love that first one. What are these from?
Pulp Alley minis.

Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 12:34 pm
by Zarathud
They also do great Bond villains.

Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2021 12:13 am
by hentzau
Tonight’s work…

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Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2021 1:19 am
by hentzau
Tonight’s work…

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Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 12:10 am
by hentzau
Tonight’s work…

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Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 5:19 pm
by Malificent
First of the Marvel United heroes. Hulk came out...fine? First time trying to paint in a comic book exaggerated style (ala Epic Duck). It looks fine on the tabletop and was good for a first shot but I have a lot of room to improve. Going to try doing Adam Warlock in a more traditional way (zenithal priming, for example, as versus the pure white for Hulk) and see how I feel afterwards. I'm feeling uncomfortable, so it probably means I'm pushing myself the correct amount.

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Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2021 10:52 pm
by Malificent
More Marvel United. I'm going to back their X-Men kickstarter simply because I'm having so much fan painting these minis.

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Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:24 am
by hentzau
Tonight’s work…

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Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:36 pm
by Malificent
Black Widow...

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Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 12:49 am
by hentzau
Tonight’s work…

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Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 8:08 am
by AWS260
Looks like Captain Nemo!

Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 9:35 am
by hentzau
AWS260 wrote:Looks like Captain Nemo!
His name is Ramjeet, and he’s sidekick and right-hand man to Minerva (of Minerva’s Mercenaries fame.)

Maybe I’ll try and get to Minerva tonight.

Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2021 10:54 am
by Fardaza
hentzau wrote: Sun Apr 11, 2021 9:35 am
AWS260 wrote:Looks like Captain Nemo!
His name is Ramjeet, and he’s sidekick and right-hand man to Minerva (of Minerva’s Mercenaries fame.)

Maybe I’ll try and get to Minerva tonight.
Is the gal with the scimitar flipping someone off?

Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2021 11:02 am
by hentzau
Fardaza wrote:
hentzau wrote: Sun Apr 11, 2021 9:35 am
AWS260 wrote:Looks like Captain Nemo!
His name is Ramjeet, and he’s sidekick and right-hand man to Minerva (of Minerva’s Mercenaries fame.)

Maybe I’ll try and get to Minerva tonight.
Is the gal with the scimitar flipping someone off?
No, she’s doing a Neo gesture with only 2 fingers.

Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2021 11:04 am
by Malificent
Just wanted to say I love the color schemes that you've chosen for these minis.

Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2021 1:07 pm
by hentzau
Malificent wrote:Just wanted to say I love the color schemes that you've chosen for these minis.
Thanks. I always struggle with color choice/theory.

Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2021 2:24 pm
by Malificent
This looks better on the table than it does in pictures, but I think it looks pretty decent even in pictures. Continuing to love painting these. I painted this with an underlayer of metallics on all pieces, then colored over with some thin colors, then black ink for the separation. Feels weird not using washes, but good practice.

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Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2021 2:33 pm
by AWS260
He looks great!

Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2021 4:55 pm
by hentzau
I’ve gotten some great results with contrast paints over metallics. Like peanut butter and chocolate.

Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 10:42 am
by $iljanus
So I did some speed priming of my core Zombicide figs yesterday, taking advantage of the weather (today is colder and rain is expected). For kicks and fun I decided to try zenithal spray priming on the survivor figs since there were only 13 or so of them vs a ridiculous number of zombies. I'd like to get your opinions on dipping vs brushing the quickshade on the zombies. I bought a can of Army Painter strong tone quickshade since I have expansions to eventually wash along with the huge Zombicide reboot box. Dipping would obviously be quick but I don't mind spending a little more time brushing the quickshade varnish on since that's pretty mindless. I'll probably do a comparison myself but I do enjoy reading the opinion of folks on the forum. I liked my first foray into zenithal priming even though I got some inconsistent results the first time around. I chalk that up to just starting out and I could always touch up some of the figs, or not since they're good enough to play with. Also I could start to talk myself into looking at airbrushes but that way lies madness...(for now). I think for the expansion sets, I'm going to try doing zenithal priming on the Abominations since I think that can really make them pop and it's fun to experiment. Here's a pic of the primed figs. The good thing about having primer on the Survivors and Zombies is that I can paint them in the future. Instead of going all in and doing a complete paint job on the Survivors I may just paint the weapons to have that extra detail standing out and catching your eye.

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(Army Painter necrotic flesh for the dead, Army Painter matte black then Citadel seer gray for the living)

Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 10:51 am
by Isgrimnur
Forbidden hors d'oeuvres

Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 11:01 am
by $iljanus
Isgrimnur wrote: Thu Apr 15, 2021 10:51 am Forbidden hors d'oeuvres
In this case, the hors d’oeuvres eat...you.

Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2021 1:04 am
by hentzau
Tonight’s work…

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Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2021 5:36 pm
by hentzau
Damn…

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Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2021 5:51 pm
by AWS260
The cleric rolled a natural 20, eh?

Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:58 pm
by baelthazar
Lord help me, I am investing in an airbrush. I chose an Iwata HP-CS and a No-Name Brand fairly standard compressor.

If I am only planning to use acrylic paint, what are people's views on getting a paint booth? Since this is my office, I am leaning toward yes, purely to avoid getting paint on electronics. Any thoughts on a good one?

Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 3:42 pm
by hentzau
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Some carnival booths I threw together out of chipboard last night.

Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 6:58 pm
by Blackhawk
baelthazar wrote: Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:58 pm Lord help me, I am investing in an airbrush. I chose an Iwata HP-CS and a No-Name Brand fairly standard compressor.

If I am only planning to use acrylic paint, what are people's views on getting a paint booth? Since this is my office, I am leaning toward yes, purely to avoid getting paint on electronics. Any thoughts on a good one?
Make sure you get a respirator if you're doing it inside. Acrylic isn't toxic, but breathing in atomized particles of it isn't safe, either. Also get yourself a set of cleaning tools, some thinner, and a bottle of 91% isopropyl alcohol (even Walmart carries this.) I can't speak to the paint booth, unfortunately, as I don't have one myself. Mine is just a fold-up plastic and cardboard deal (the construction is similar to a binder that folds up to three sides and a bottom, held together with velcro.)

Also, you'll be able to use the best primer out there: Badger Stynlrez. This pack will keep you going for a long time.

Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 2:56 pm
by Blackhawk
I am getting the urge to paint again! I really want rejigger my painting area first, though. As it is now, I end up with about one square foot of actual painting space on my desk, mostly due to all of my paint being stored on top of it.

I need to change that.

First, a paint culling. Similar colors that are redundant and never used, old paint, and duplicates need go away.

Second, I need to learn how to actually drill into brick to mount some rails on the wall so that I can attach my paint racks up there rather than having them on the desk itself.

Third, I need to reconsider what tools and supplies I really need on the desk rather than in storage.

Re: [Miniatures] Painting tips and progress reports (with pics!)

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 3:41 pm
by Isgrimnur