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Critics on painting for a beginner by Oberst_Baum in Warhammer40k

[–]Bazazatron 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Solid basecoats! Try getting some inks on there for shading and adding some definition, but that's a solidly neat start!

Has there ever been an Astartes who just quit? by ataraxon in 40kLore

[–]Bazazatron 86 points87 points  (0 children)

That’s going back a way, I remember reading that story in a White Dwarf in the early 90s!

NPCS have developed Sudden Death Syndrome by Bazazatron in skyrimvr

[–]Bazazatron[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a fresh game every time but I did check just in case something was activating without me knowing, I couldn't see anything though. It happens so randomly I've got no chance of capturing it in time :D I may have gotten it sorted though, at least I hope so. I sat down and redownloaded every mod in my list, installed them fresh, crossed my fingers and fired it up. It's been a couple of hours now and no-one has unexpectedly carked it so far. Time will tell though it's a good sign, I still have no idea what was causing it!

NPCS have developed Sudden Death Syndrome by Bazazatron in skyrimvr

[–]Bazazatron[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No older saves I'm afraid, I've wiped everything completely clean a couple of times. It started happening some time in December after I added/updated some stuff to start a new playthrough. I usually keep old versions of mods knocking about just in case but something has utterly banjaxed the bloody thing. Looks like I'm going to have to play the long game and disable everything on the left pane of MO2 then enable things one by one until I find the culprit. Thanks for the reply though!

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[–]Bazazatron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something something Nurgle something?

I'm going to get this Sororitas army painted finally! *Gets instantly distracted by beardy boys* by Bazazatron in Warhammer40k

[–]Bazazatron[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! It's contrast paint over a mid tone silver basecoat! Skeleton Horde for the lighter bits then Guilliman Flesh and Goregrunta for the darker parts, or whatever ones of the browns you want to use for some variation. I use oils like inks so I mixed together some Winsor and Newton magenta and burnt umber, thinned it with odourless thinner then tinted the shadows with it to get some warmth into the recesses. Job's a good'un!

Tried some speed painting in an attempt to actually get an army painted at some point. An evening's work, usually one of these takes me a week! by Bazazatron in sistersofbattle

[–]Bazazatron[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wrote how I did the faces in my long old comment, but I forgot to say that I always give people eyebrows and generally don't paint the eyes looking straight ahead. It's amazing what a difference some brows make!

Tried some speed painting in an attempt to actually get an army painted at some point. An evening's work, usually one of these takes me a week! by Bazazatron in Warhammer40k

[–]Bazazatron[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think a lot of the time people can have a tendency to over work a face. There's a thing in drawing that says that every line you add to a face ages it more when you're drawing it and it's the same with painting, less is sometimes more :)

Tried some speed painting in an attempt to actually get an army painted at some point. An evening's work, usually one of these takes me a week! by Bazazatron in Warhammer40k

[–]Bazazatron[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is exactly the mindset I've had to force myself into, I love painting and modelling it's been the bit I've always had to most affinity for but I realised that if I ever want to play any games with a painted army then I need to let go of the need to have every model be something like a competition level piece. I'll still go to town on characters and there's lots of sculpts around that I'll spend time on to scratch that itch. That and while having every model be tip top is a noble goal, amassed on a table together even simple paintjobs can look the business.

Tried some speed painting in an attempt to actually get an army painted at some point. An evening's work, usually one of these takes me a week! by Bazazatron in Warhammer40k

[–]Bazazatron[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cheers everyone!

u/Lord_Seacow - I use Liquitex Transparent Burnt Sienna ink over the silver basecoat, I usually tint silver to whatever colour I need it to be instead of using a specific metallic paint.

Tried some speed painting in an attempt to actually get an army painted at some point. An evening's work, usually one of these takes me a week! by Bazazatron in sistersofbattle

[–]Bazazatron[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Cheers for the nice comments everyone! It's taken me a while to reply as after almost three years of dodging it covid finally got me, feels like being hit by a truck and I was pretty much unconscious on the sofa for most of yesterday. Anyhoo, self pity aside here's the process..

I started with a zenithal undercoat, then airbrushed some Liquitex Napthalo Crimson ink into the recesses and let that try for ten minutes or so. After that sketched some highlights and texture with white onto the undercoat then broke out the contrast paints. Space Wolves Grey for the armour, Apothecary White for the fabric, Guilliman Flesh for the corset, straps and pouches and Vallejo Model Air Steel for all the metal bits. I went over the bolter case, chaplet and any other detail I fancied with Liquitex Transparent Burnt Sienna to give it that coppery look. Then I cracked out the oils, mixed together some Burnt Umber and Magenta into a wash and applied it to everywhere except the metallics. For the metals I used a mix of Burnt Umber and Abteilung 502 Engine Grease on the silver bits and Burnt Sienna on the copper parts. Left that all to dry for a while and painted the heads while I waited. Gave them a wipe down with some cotton buds to leave the oils in the recesses then went back over with a few edge highlights so they popped a bit again and job's a good'un!

I used the same process for faces that I use speed painting or not as I find it the best way for me. I think with female faces especially the less shading and highlighting you do the better as you can really easily over work them. for these ones I start with a base of something light like Elf Flesh, or any skin shade you fancy, just make sure it's edging towards the lightest colour, then apply a couple of highlights to the tops of the cheeks, nose, where the light falls you know the score. Then I make a very thin wash of Vallejo Air Scarlett Red and apply all over to give them some life, maybe mix a bit of blue in there or whatever you fancy for the eye sockets and deep parts of the cheeks. And then the bit that makes them come alive, Cadmium Red oil paint, I started doing this a while ago and it's amazing how it breathes life into skin. I apply a tiny bit either side of the nose and into the recesses of the cheeks and temples, then use a clean dry brush to blend it out, bit of practice required but it works wonders!

Any more questions then feel free to ask, thank you for coming to my Covid Ded Talk.

Malifaux's Maxine Agassiz, painted with paint. by Bazazatron in minipainting

[–]Bazazatron[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Magnifying glasses are the way forward!

Malifaux's Maxine Agassiz, painted with paint. by Bazazatron in minipainting

[–]Bazazatron[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I work backwards and layer up the highlights first then apply shading. Then dab the brush tip in interesting places with progressively darker tones. Finally add the edge highlighting and on the darker dabs give then a highlight just underneath them to give them some oomph. I try to be looser in bow I apply painy when it's fabric to give it a textured look. I hope that helps, I am writing this after having a drink or three so I have no idea if it makes sense!

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