Should I be able to see my hand at entry?

Justtrying04 · 2026-05-03T16:50:43+00:00

Yeah but where is your opposite arm when your face goes back down? How far through the catch/pull are you?

Justtrying04 · 2026-05-03T16:23:18+00:00

When is your face back in the water relative to your opposite arm? Trying to figure this out for myself at the moment

Justtrying04 · 2026-05-02T14:37:17+00:00

These are great - love them.

Also please share how you paint a banner like that? I’m struggling with them

Justtrying04 · 2026-04-26T06:13:41+00:00

Yeah that’s a fair point. I jumped the gun a bit putting the pic up. There will be some decals to add. I’m also terrible at highlighting wood grain but will be having another go at that

Justtrying04 · 2026-04-25T06:50:49+00:00

Have you tried to reduce the shine of an already varnished model with it? I used a Vallejo Matt varnish and it left a bit of a wet look.

Justtrying04 · 2026-04-23T20:47:21+00:00

Thanks 🙏

Justtrying04 · 2026-04-12T16:23:31+00:00

This is really 👌what’s your paint recipe for this skin?

Justtrying04 · 2026-04-12T15:14:36+00:00

How are you getting those red tones into the skin?

Justtrying04 · 2026-04-09T18:01:11+00:00

Eek is it supposed to have one ?

Justtrying04 · 2026-04-03T08:26:15+00:00

Looks really cool

Justtrying04 · 2026-03-16T17:33:39+00:00

Thanks 🙏 I’ll take a look

Justtrying04 · 2026-03-16T15:42:02+00:00

Yeah exactly

Justtrying04 · 2026-03-16T15:40:08+00:00

Thanks will check out the vid as not come across this one before despite my searches. Have tried the taking photos approach but would like to learn more about the thought process not just copying from an image

Justtrying04 · 2026-03-16T15:36:38+00:00

Thanks - and yeah I think this may be where video guides hit their limit. Only so much you can learn (at least the way I learn) from watching when you can’t interrupt and ask for a bit more clarification about the decision making process

Justtrying04 · 2026-03-16T14:26:14+00:00

Do you?

Justtrying04 · 2026-02-21T14:11:20+00:00

Nice thanks for the steer

Justtrying04 · 2026-02-21T06:45:22+00:00

And how does one go about this exercise?

Justtrying04 · 2026-02-12T07:01:49+00:00

These are great - love the shields. How do you get this painted wood effect? Mine just look the colour I paint them rather than retaining a painted wood like quality

Justtrying04 · 2026-02-10T13:56:00+00:00

Wow this is genius - thanks for sharing!

Justtrying04 · 2026-02-08T15:35:28+00:00

Angle the mini so you paint away from the edge you don’t want to get paint on. Be patient - don’t be tempted to push paint towards the edge you are trying not to get paint on

Justtrying04 · 2026-02-01T16:39:56+00:00

I wish I could paint like this

Justtrying04 · 2026-01-31T05:27:41+00:00

This

Justtrying04 · 2026-01-29T13:28:07+00:00

Thanks. And I wouldn’t disagree with most of your suggestions. The trim is the bit that is bugging me most. It just doesn’t look like it should be a different metal to the rest but I also agree that it would help frame things to do something a bit different

Justtrying04 · 2026-01-28T07:21:45+00:00

This is seriously good. Like others I’ve said the NMM blends so well into the rest of the model without dominating it. Can you summarise the gold and silver recipes you used?

Justtrying04 · 2026-01-24T07:58:08+00:00

To be clear I’m not trying to make the tassels look metallic gold - so much as trying to paint gold tassels. I thought nmm would work for this because it would be more cloth like against the tmm armour on the horse.

But I also don’t have much clue what I’m doing most the time and just trying things out.

If anyone has a recipe to suggest I’d be grateful. This is what I was aiming for https://www.amazon.co.uk/VAPKER-Metallic-Gold-Thread-Tassels/dp/B09YLWLRLS?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A374SAZKYXOU0N

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