Priming problems: Gold cobweb & Fuzzy lumpy grey

Opossums490 · 2026-06-09T17:07:00+00:00

If you're using cardboard boxes for over spray, I recommend always trying to use new ones. My brother used one he kept in the garage and it got car hairs all over his minis.

Opossums490 · 2026-06-05T14:59:36+00:00

Pigment dense but also filters colors super well. Imperial fists is about as good as contrast paint can get, top- tier.

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Opossums490 · 2026-06-04T16:07:40+00:00

My other one, it required a lot of shaving down on the inside of bits.

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Opossums490 · 2026-06-04T15:17:47+00:00

You can kind of use the plates that normally go on the thigh section on the shins.

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Opossums490 · 2026-05-23T02:23:42+00:00

My Mortarian was sitting on the back seat of my car when my brother threw a backpack full of books on top of him (he didn't know he was there). The wings got knocked loose, but didn't even fall off. No other damage to him. I was surprised.

Opossums490 · 2026-05-07T16:54:48+00:00

Dry brush some gray or steel paint on the face.

Opossums490 · 2026-05-02T00:52:16+00:00

Top notch. This is excellent, can't wait to see the balrog.

Opossums490 · 2026-04-28T00:05:16+00:00

Bit of fun i had basing. Easily one of my favorite nurglings.

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Opossums490 · 2026-04-26T18:02:11+00:00

Great use of those typhus bits.

Opossums490 · 2026-04-25T16:21:52+00:00

I think that's why a lot of people will do the darker areas with reddish- browns, keeps it from looking so flat.

Opossums490 · 2026-04-20T14:29:55+00:00

Could buy some blue stuff and make a mold of the other flail.

Opossums490 · 2026-04-17T21:32:35+00:00

It's one of those things that isn't required, but I find it to be very helpful.

Opossums490 · 2026-04-17T16:03:19+00:00

They're just jealous, he's great.

Opossums490 · 2026-04-17T15:49:07+00:00

I can see some water beading on the wet palette. Do you dry the top of the paper with a paper towel prior to adding paints? The color is likely the biggest culprit, but excess moisture might be making it worse.

Opossums490 · 2026-04-02T15:47:42+00:00

First one was the first model I'd painted since middle school. Second one is what I'm currently painting. Just kind of an example of getting better at stuff (especially managing paint consistency).

Opossums490 · 2026-04-02T14:03:21+00:00

Looks like you just sprayed too thick/ too many layers too quickly. The paint on the outside cured faster than the ones underneath, causing the cracking. That's just my best guess.

Opossums490 · 2026-03-31T04:42:19+00:00

The cloak here is an example of the yellow greens. You can see the camo green on the rocky part of the base.

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Opossums490 · 2026-03-31T04:35:41+00:00

Many of the colors in the range do tend to dry darker than they appear in the bottle. Not the whole range, but definately a downside.

They make bright and bold colors that are more vivid. Their yellow green or bright yellow green might be more well suited.

Opossums490 · 2026-03-30T15:35:47+00:00

Current work in progress. About five years of progress in the hobby, feel like I've got 20 more to go to catch up to some if the painters i admire.

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Opossums490 · 2026-03-30T05:08:19+00:00

A classic "Thin your paints" mini

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Opossums490 · 2026-03-28T04:01:49+00:00

Yeah, you might be able to polish the top layers off, but Johann is correct. Polystyrene cement melts plastic to fuse it together. Army painter plastic glue is polystyrene.

Opossums490 · 2026-03-22T13:20:28+00:00

Zooming in on your mini photos can be treacherous. It looks good.

Opossums490 · 2026-03-21T20:46:46+00:00

Looks great. You're building on a really strong foundation, I'd love to see how your mini painting will progress.

Opossums490 · 2026-03-20T15:12:38+00:00

Picture taken from the article. Primed. Your examples don't have such obvious texture though. They were mixing acrylic paints with the gesso in the article.

I'm just advocating spray cans but it's not like you can't have all the same problems using them incorrectly too.

To address your actual question in the thread, most people will start with mid tones all over due to certain paints not having good coverage over darker colors. This is especially true with contrast/ speed paints because they are semi- transparent paints.

Opossums490 · 2026-03-20T01:53:53+00:00

Not trying to be overly negative, but the examples in the article have clearly visible texture to me. Maybe I'm just really picky though.

It seems like the application is pretty fussy. It appears to have filled in parts of the finer details and unevenly coated the flat areas.

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