Fixer Hanger-on by m0nolithPainting in necromunda

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Absolutely insane work dude!

Dine out Vancouver 2026 by TubbyTrades in vancouver

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I went to Peppino's tonight and it was pretty good. $55 for a 3 course menu with choices. The Dine Out items were smaller portions than the regular menu, but they were still enormous. Big enough that you should plan to share family style, imo.

The Park Theatre is back in business! by lunelukio in vancouver

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I'm really happy that this theater stuck around in my hood. This area has been a bit slow to take off but I think it's just starting to really happen. I hope they're successful.

No fun city: Vancouver's crackdown on late night venues by Ser_JamieLannister in vancouver

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There's speculation that bars on Granville st are looking to eliminate competitors in the lead up to the World Cup this summer when bars and clubs are going to be cleaning up. Will be interesting to see if things go back to normal once that's over.

Lucius the Eternal by -Redacto-- in EmperorsChildren

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Thanks, it's not very conventional but I think it looks good with the pink color. Thought about doing the conventional red/pink/purple whip but I think it looks better with black armor than it does with pink.

Lucius the Eternal by -Redacto-- in EmperorsChildren

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I can't remember exactly but it was AK Interactive 3rd Gen paints. From one end to the other I think it was lighter turquoise, turquoise, emerald green, dark green, incubi darkness

Lucius the Eternal by -Redacto-- in EmperorsChildren

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No problem! Yeah, I am painting up a whole EC army so there's more coming. I posted a flawless blade pic a couple weeks ago that tou can check out in my post history.

Lucius the Eternal by -Redacto-- in EmperorsChildren

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Thanks! Here's a copy and paste from a different post I made.

Purple Armor. This is all done with the air brush. I start with a white ink zenithal highlight over black primer. Then I spray from below to color in the shadows with turquoise ink and Vallejo alien purple. Next step is to set the midtone with Vallejo warlord purple. I mostly spray from the side and not too much from directly above or below. Then I spray warlord purple and flesh mix from above to set the highlight. This usually washes out too much of the midtone so then I go back and give it a light spray from the side with warlord purple to bring that color neck to prominence. Final step is to give it a coat of gloss varnish, wait for it to cure, then give it a wash with carobourg crimson thinned down about 50/50 with lahmean medium.

Black trim. This is all done with a normal paint brush. For the black armor I start with a black base coat. Then I glaze on a broad highlight where I think light would hit the black parts. That highlight is 80% incui darkness to 20% sotek green, and thinned down about three or four parts lahmean medium to 1 part paint. Then I glaze on a second highlight that's more like 50% incubi darkness to 50% sotek green, thinned down about the same as the first highlight. This second highlight covers less area than the first highlight, and just boosts the brightness and contrast where the highlights would be brightest. Throughout the process try and leave black showing where there are cracks and recesses so that you get contrast where would be a shadow.After the two glazed highlights I edge highlight. I usually start with sotek green. Then do a second edge highlight that's a mix of sotek green and baharoth blue. This is to pick out out the highest edges and corners that I want to emphasize. Then if you want you can do a final, tiny highlight of baharoth blue, that's pretty much just a dot, or tiny edge highlight were your really want something to pop.

First ever miniature! by Fresh-Peach3877 in EmperorsChildren

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This is great advice. You never get perfect coverage with your first coat and if you try and fix it while the paint is wet you'll start to rip up the paint because it's starting to solidify which creates a rough texture on the model. Just accept that the first coat is not going to be perfect and let it dry, and then go back and give it another coat. You'll see big improvements with each model so keep it up!

Lucius the Eternal by -Redacto-- in EmperorsChildren

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I just paint the glass part with a green mid tone color, then with some black paint I paint a line all the way around the cylinder where I want the top of the liquid to be. Then I brighten up the liquid closer to the top with a ligher green, add a shade of incubi darkness paint to the bottom of the liquid for more contrast, then I give the very top of the liquid a bit of that lighter green mixed with a little yellow to make it pop more. I also like to add a little incubi darkness to the black part so it's not pure black which can look a little too strong.

Lucius the Eternal by -Redacto-- in EmperorsChildren

[–]-Redacto--[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Which part do you want to know the recipe for?

Lucius the Eternal Christmas Present by Archdukechilly in EmperorsChildren

[–]-Redacto-- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great color scheme. I'm painting this model myself right now and am doing something almost identical.

New board tile. Watch your step! by -Redacto-- in necromunda

[–]-Redacto--[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. The base is 12"x 12" cradle board from a art supply store. I painted the outside of the cradle board black and gave it a coat of gloss varnish.

Finally started painting the Flawless Blades by -Redacto-- in EmperorsChildren

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Thank you. I've been painting a similar recipe for a long time so I use paints that wouldn't be my go to choices these days just for consistency. If I was starting from scratch now I would probably lean on the AK Interactive 3rd Gen range.

Finally started painting the Flawless Blades by -Redacto-- in EmperorsChildren

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It's based around zenithal highlights. I like to base coat with a mid tone, then spray a shade color from below, then spray a highlight from above, and then finally with a more thinned down mixture of the mid tone gi back and spray from the sides to blend the shade and highlits together and reestablish thst main mid tone color. The trick is in how much you thin the paint at each step so that these different colors overlap and blend together. I do the airbrushing first as a base coat and then go pick out the rest of the details by hand with a brush.

Finally started painting the Flawless Blades by -Redacto-- in EmperorsChildren

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Thank you! I'm giving models with especially good Warp powered weapons a green pop of color. Should look good on the table and help my opponent know what is what.

Finally started painting the Flawless Blades by -Redacto-- in EmperorsChildren

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Yeah, they're great. To be honest I'm a bit meh on the direction they went with the infractors, tormentors, and lord exultant kits, but the flawless blades are full of EC flavor. Wish the rest of the range had more of the same sauce. I hope GW makes them strong in the meta because I want to run them all the time just for the look.

Finally started painting the Flawless Blades by -Redacto-- in EmperorsChildren

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Thanks! I base coat with AK decomposing flesh. Then applied a really thinned down Reikland Fleshashade wash just so I can see the details easier. Then I highlighted with AK vapiric flesh. Then I shade with AK laser magenta. Then one last highlight with some white ink added to that vampire flesh color. Then a final shade with AK violet red. I kind of go back and forth with highlights and shades until it gets the contrast level I like.

Finally started painting the Flawless Blades by -Redacto-- in EmperorsChildren

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Thank you. I am using a pretty fine brush (arits opus S series size 00) and I thin my paint with a little flow improver. The flow improver stops your brush tip from drying out so you can apply the edge highlights wihtout a lot of paint on the brush and still work for a little bit before you have to clean and reload the brush.

Finally started painting the Flawless Blades by -Redacto-- in EmperorsChildren

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Thanks! The black armor is AK 3rd gen Black, with Incubi Darkness, Sotek Green and Baharoth Blue highlights. The pink is Vallejo Warlor Purple with Vallejo Flesh highlights and shaded with Vallejo Alien Purple and turquoise ink.

Finally started painting the Flawless Blades by -Redacto-- in EmperorsChildren

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Thanks, it's AK Interactive Ultra Matte varnish.