For the Emperor!

[kuzanagi_]

I'm hoping this will be of vague interest to at least simonmarshall since it covers something we were talking about a few days back...So I recently decided to fulfill something that I'd wanted to do since I was a kid, which was to get in to Warhammer 40,000. Back when I was young I lived with my mum and we didn't have all that much money, so it was a hobby that

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[greebo]

a pro tip for you that works amazingly well is to black basecoat, then loosely apply a very dark version of the primary colour then use a light version of the main colour to dry brush the entire thing till you get the effect you want and finally add the detail where you want, i did my deathwing company this way and they looked amazing but being white meant each one took HOURS!

[greebo]

the thing i love about this effect is it does all the shading and adds a realistic "worn" feeling to them

[kuzanagi_]

I didn't realise you played 40k.

That must have taken ages to get your Deathwing painted with that technique. I imagine it produced good results though. I've tried a few different techniques so far but I've not found something that I've been happy with yet. I'll try the technique you've mentioned later on this week. I'm thinking that for Blood Angels a thin base of something like Mechrite Red or Red Gore then drybrushing with Blood Red would be suitable?

[greebo]

well i havnt played in a looooooong time, i wasnt a fan of the revised rules they implemented and i recognised the fact they were bringing in more and more plastic over lead in order to make more money and realised i was spending way too much

[simonmarshall]

Howdy. Ok cool makes it a lot easier seeing pics. Very neat which is a great place to start from, messy painting makes life complicated

[kuzanagi_]

Very neat which is a great place to start from, messy painting makes life complicated.

Thanks. I've tried to be patient and careful etc.

From the first guy one thing that springs out is your paint is too thick. You can see the texture especially on the terminator's shoulder pads. Hard to tell from the pic but it looks like you've drybrushed metallics on the pad? No issue with that, but it really shows off the paint texture, and there shouldn't really be one. How much did you dillute your paints? I'm not great at this and it's a bit haphazard, but I tend to do one brush load of paint and one brushload of water, I use a small bit of plasticard to mix them on.Totally agree. When I was painting this guy I was using the technique (if you can call it that!) of taking a little paint from the pot, dropping the excess on to a paper towel then painting the model. Essentially I was using completely undiluted paint :/ For subsequent models I've used water to dilute in the same way you mention above, and I've also tried acrylic flow enhancer

[simonmarshall]

I've never used flow enhancer but I know people who swear by it. I think the real trouble I have is because I paint slowly the paint on the palette is thickening as I go. Unless I remember to change my paint often it can be back to pot consistency before I finish the section I'm working on. I presume flow enhancer helps there

[kuzanagi_]

Have you ever tried using a wet palette? I've used them a few times when doing detail work and they're pretty good.

[kuzanagi_]

Thanks :)