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Post by Luigino on Jan 14, 2024 20:47:51 GMT
Thank you everyone. New weekend, new update. New update. I had about warriors left from my last group of miniatures and while painting them I also decided to throw in a Thane and a cannon from the same batch of used miniatures. I’m glad I did because it didn’t add too much time and it’s nice to get more dwarfs ready. I went for a very quick job on these guys, and decided to opt for all coloured helmets.. I think they came out well enough. The thane was a particularly speedy paintjob with lots of washes and quick highliths. He doesn’t have any flesh, which sped up painting quite a lot. the cape is not my best work, but for something that will probably never be seen I couldn’t be bothered too much. And here’s the cannon. this is my first attempt at a coloured cannon. I really like how the blue chassis contrasts the metal barrel and the green detailing works nicely as well. I did make a couple of mistake though; mainly I did the colour before doing the metal drybrushing meaning that I had to be very conservative in its application to avoid having to redo the blue and green sections. The primer was also black and smooth while I usually use beige, green, or brown and always something with a satin finish. I still don’t know if an actually coloured barrel would work but this one looks miles better than the first one I did. I also dived right in on the next few miniatures, I found that having some sort of continuity between jobs makes me more productive rather than treating them as separate events. whoever I bought these guys from had already primed and cemented them, which results in a lot of weird poses and questionable choices for equipment, as well as a more tedious painting process for artillery models. It also means that some parts snapped and broke which will force me to do some impromptu kitbashing, which might actually be a good thing. But rather than complain and leave them at the back of my que I decided to tackle them right away. We’re exactly 2 weeks into the new year and we’re seeing some decent progress already. I’m hoping to be able to keep it up
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Post by thorpyuk on Jan 15, 2024 11:42:31 GMT
Mi piace molto il tuo, erm, painting style (I make it a point not to Google translate!) The highlighting is quite bold, but looks really effective when completed. The cannon looks great- the blue chassis is a good idea.
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Post by Luigino on Jan 16, 2024 14:40:55 GMT
Thank you Thorpy, it's a style I developed mostly because I lack true artistic talent and it lets my miniature look good while avoiding me going absolutely insane trying to color them.
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Post by Luigino on Jan 31, 2024 17:39:09 GMT
Very late update. we're closing the month with an organ gun, its crew and a slayer who looks like he's had a stroke. The guy whose hand snapped just got a random shield I already had painted, and as you can tell I really didn't spend too much time or put too much effort into them. The slayer has been doing his squats The plastic organ gun/cannon kit was never my favourite but it's serviceable enough. Noting fancy here, just a series of green and blue washes and drybrushing. Not my finest job; partially because I really don't like these models, but I think they look more than decent on the battlefield. Most importantly, models look much better finished and in the glass case among its comrades than lingering collecting dust unpainted on my desk.
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Post by mcnuggs on Jan 31, 2024 18:32:42 GMT
That Slayer is both double-caked-up and HILARIOUS! I love his face! It's like he's been trying to fulfill his Slayer oath for so long that he's kind of... over it now. I like him a lot. The crew is very flavorful, and I especially like the lad who has brought a stout Pint to the battlefield. Nothing better to quell the senses, and ensure that the Dawi can obliterate Greenskins with impunity. Finally, I disagree on the Organ Gun - I think the paintjob is striking and colorful, matches your army, and the kit is serviceable and effective. (BANG!) This would be a joy to see on the tabletop.
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Post by hivefleetmanticore on Feb 1, 2024 4:13:02 GMT
Looking great! That's a nice gun...
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Post by Luigino on Feb 1, 2024 23:21:49 GMT
That Slayer is both double-caked-up and HILARIOUS! I love his face! It's like he's been trying to fulfill his Slayer oath for so long that he's kind of... over it now. I like him a lot. The crew is very flavorful, and I especially like the lad who has brought a stout Pint to the battlefield. Nothing better to quell the senses, and ensure that the Dawi can obliterate Greenskins with impunity. Finally, I disagree on the Organ Gun - I think the paintjob is striking and colorful, matches your army, and the kit is serviceable and effective. (BANG!) This would be a joy to see on the tabletop. Ahahahah I actually laughed out loud. yeah he looks exactly like that and am glad to be making progress. Thank you McNuggs; and thank you HFM! New month, new update. I finished stripping the first batch of old miniatures and ended up spilling them all over my desk Out of the stripping bucket, I noticed that the plastic miniatures came out 1 of 4 ways. Some were primed and the primer stuck (like the first guy on the left). These were bought already painted from a friend of mine in 2006/7, you can tell that the paint came off perfectly but the primer stuck. Others, like the next 2, were painted by me and my brother. These were painted without a primer and also with a mixed of acrylic and enamel paints. most of it came off, but some of it seems to have stained the plastic. These were actually painted multiple times over the year with me simply painting over a different colour. I will be priming these guys as well: despite being soaked for days and having been scrubbed multiple times, they're not getting any cleaner. Other miniatures (painted around 2010/2011), like that armless miner were primed by brushing black acrylic paint directly onto the miniature. these came out the cleanest. The last ones where bought a year or two ago already primed and painted. The paint came off and the primer mostly stuck, but it lost all of its glossy finish. during the scrubbing process, some of the miniatures got damaged and their hands or weapons snapped. this happened to both plastic and metal miniatures. Nothing that couldn't be fixed with a quick kitbash. here you can also see that the metal miniatures came out extremely clean, regardless of the type of primer it all sloughed off cleanly. I then started sticking the miniatures to be re-primed on a piece of cardboard with hot glue Hopefully we'll be getting at least an hour of decent weather soon so I can get started. Once all of them are primed I'm probably going to be very systematic in my approach; divvying them up into units and focusing on them in batches of 10-15. I'm feeling fairly confident and rather optimistic, and hoping to have all of them finished by the end of march. After that I have 4 more jars of miniatures bathing (mostly the rest of the metal crew members, a few warmachines, and a bunch of 7th edition warriors). . And that's all for this first day of February
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Post by thorpyuk on Feb 2, 2024 8:22:20 GMT
Hi Luigiano, what do you use to strip the minis? I've been using Isopropryl Alcohol, but even after multiple baths & multiple scrubbing, some miniatures are still tough to get decently clean
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Post by bastardfromhell on Feb 2, 2024 14:50:29 GMT
Try mixing Iso with Window Cleaner using a 50/50 ratio. That works well for me.
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Post by markdienekes on Feb 2, 2024 18:37:24 GMT
Really love the organ gun mate, def looks better than just metal colour.
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Post by masterofnone on Feb 12, 2024 21:18:14 GMT
Hi Luigiano, what do you use to strip the minis? I've been using Isopropryl Alcohol, but even after multiple baths & multiple scrubbing, some miniatures are still tough to get decently clean In my experience IPA does not work well to dissolve acrylic paint, whereas Dettol works like a charm if you can stomach the smell. Having said that the safety data sheet says Dettol contains up to 20% IPA (plus other things) so maybe a mixture of IPA and other products containing surfactants might work. I've also tried drain cleaner (concentrated caustic solution) and it did absolutely nothing. PS: For anyone - don't go about and randomly mix household cleaning products and/or chemicals because it could be hazardous.
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Post by thorpyuk on Feb 12, 2024 22:02:00 GMT
Hi Luigiano, what do you use to strip the minis? I've been using Isopropryl Alcohol, but even after multiple baths & multiple scrubbing, some miniatures are still tough to get decently clean In my experience IPA does not work well to dissolve acrylic paint, whereas Dettol works like a charm if you can stomach the smell. Having said that the safety data sheet says Dettol contains up to 20% IPA (plus other things) so maybe a mixture of IPA and other products containing surfactants might work. I've also tried drain cleaner (concentrated caustic solution) and it did absolutely nothing. PS: For anyone - don't go about and randomly mix household cleaning products and/or chemicals because it could be hazardous. Just neat Dettol? Or do you mix with water?
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Post by masterofnone on Feb 12, 2024 22:16:56 GMT
Neat
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Post by Luigino on Feb 16, 2024 16:51:39 GMT
Hi Luigiano, what do you use to strip the minis? I've been using Isopropryl Alcohol, but even after multiple baths & multiple scrubbing, some miniatures are still tough to get decently clean Sorry Thorpy, I've been missing from the forum for a bit. When it comes to strippers, aside from acetone (for metal models), it really comes down to where you live. In the past I've even used gas/fuel straight from my motorcycle tank but here I digress. for the past 10 years I've been using this thing. I have a large jug I bought years ago and it's still going great. This stuff is REALLY good as it is safe for plastic and resin and works really well in general for non miniature cleaning. The only thing it won't remove is primer from plastic miniatures (while removing the same primer from metal models). But since the price has gone up so much I've been trying this for when my super clean jug runs out. So far the results are positive and very comparative. as masterofnone said, ISPA doesn't work too well in my experience. Really love the organ gun mate, def looks better than just metal colour. Thank you Mark, looking at it now, based and in the cabinet, I like it more than when I had just painted it. as for an update.. I have actually been really busy with painting this month. I have 17 fully painted miniatures and about 30 more in various state of completion, I just keep forgetting to take pictures. I'll try ang get something up over the weekend.
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Post by sedge on Feb 17, 2024 23:05:55 GMT
In my experience IPA does not work well to dissolve acrylic paint, whereas Dettol works like a charm if you can stomach the smell. Having said that the safety data sheet says Dettol contains up to 20% IPA (plus other things) so maybe a mixture of IPA and other products containing surfactants might work. I've also tried drain cleaner (concentrated caustic solution) and it did absolutely nothing. PS: For anyone - don't go about and randomly mix household cleaning products and/or chemicals because it could be hazardous. Just neat Dettol? Or do you mix with water? Dettol works well but don't involve water with it at all, or any paint you try to remove turns into a slimy gloop that is near-impossible to remove. I made that mistake before.
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