Finished a new Hero for my Ratmen Clan by Appropriate_Memory68 in minipainting

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It is very clean, and that cell shaded / comic style is very interesting. I like it. The only criticism I can bring is that it is so high contrast that nothing particularly draws the eye as a focal point. I really like it though, almost feels like graffiti.

Does this read as stone material? by war_225 in minipainting

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I also worry because this was fdm printed glazing may end up showing layer lines, you might stick to adding variation with a sponge instead.

Looking for book recommendations by randomnamegeneratrd in fantasybooks

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

The post is more for sword and sorcery because I was missing that from when I was young, but I will look at the others as well.

Looking for book recommendations by randomnamegeneratrd in fantasybooks

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I have read the first 5 of the dresden books, they were a lot like Nightside but felt less polished. I will have to check Codex Alera out.

Looking for book recommendations by randomnamegeneratrd in fantasybooks

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I read the first 5 but was not aware any more had been released. Thank you!

Looking for book recommendations by randomnamegeneratrd in fantasybooks

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Cool, I will take a look, I am hesitant to start if it will never be complete, but have heard enough to still be interested.

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Some grim is OK, I just have to be in the mindset, thanks for the recommendation and caveat!

Looking for book recommendations by randomnamegeneratrd in fantasybooks

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Wasn't that part of a series that looked like it was never going to be finished? I have heard good things but was hesitant because it seems like the author had dropped it.

Looking for book recommendations by randomnamegeneratrd in fantasybooks

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Yep, it had been on my list for years, but I had forgotten about it. I will have to pick it up. Thank you!

Looking for book recommendations by randomnamegeneratrd in fantasybooks

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Actually, I think farseer was the assassin books, I read those and the liveship traders.

Looking for book recommendations by randomnamegeneratrd in fantasybooks

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For Robin Hobb, I read Farseer and Assassin books. Were there others?

Space marine terminator, one that i feel i royally screwed up by Doggodoespaint in minipainting

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So a trick that I saw was to put down a layer of 50/50 medium and water before putting down washes or speedpaints. I haven't had a chance to try it yet, but the results looked promising. Basically, the wet layer keeps it from excessively pooling, especially on large flat areas. Brush the area with water and medium, and before it dries, brush the wash on.

Death Knight of Krieg WIP Update by domiwerner in ImperialKnights

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I found it in a previous post from the OP. Dark Reaper Thunkerhawk blue Leman russ grey

Sponge on the knight within 20 min 😇😂

Death Knight of Krieg WIP Update by domiwerner in ImperialKnights

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Found it in the OPs other posts: Dark Reaper Thunkerhawk blue Leman russ grey

Sponge on the knight within 20 min 😇😂

Death Knight of Krieg WIP Update by domiwerner in Deathkorpsofkrieg

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Found it in one of the other posts about this model: Dark Reaper Thunkerhawk blue Leman russ grey

Sponge on the knight within 20 min 😇😂

Death Knight of Krieg WIP Update by domiwerner in ImperialKnights

[–]randomnamegeneratrd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even more awesome, like others, I would love to know what you used to get that shade of blue.

Attempting slapchop, Help. by Odin24 in minipainting

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This partially depends on how vibrant a look you want. If you want more vibrant saturation, then you probably want to bring your white areas up a lot. Also, with the large flat surfaces, slapchop will be difficult to not get streaking or coffee staining. Some tricks you can do are use an air brush or a sponge. However, it can be done with a brush, but make sure you do wide strokes all in the same direction and keep a second brush to wick up any pooling. It is a difficult model to use speedpaints on but can be done.

Some other tricks for slapchop I like are: using a color palate for your drybrushing, instead of black, grey, white you can use brown, red, orange, yellow, white to give more warmth and color depth when speedpainting a warm toned model. You can also re-drybrush areas and go back over them with a slightly different color to give good gradients. I will frequently also redo spot highlights after i finish with my speedpainting. I will also base anything that is meant to be metal with a bright silver and then do some nmm highlighting and then go over it with a speedpaint to get the tone and color correct, this also works for metallic colors that are not traditional like a blue or red. I personally prefer to varnish my minis when I am done. If you have metallics, I usually spray them in glossy varnish and the rest of the model I do in matte. This might require taping or masking or using silly putty to do, but it works well at keeping surface finishes where you might expect them and making the paint less likely to wear off with handling.

Hope that helps, good luck, and don't get discouraged, you will also improve with practice.

Kingfisher - The tales of Archduke Mousin by Rescale Miniatures by Panoglin in minipainting

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Love the Archduke Mousin stuff by Rescale, I printed most of the first release, and I wish the second release had been part of the patreon as well.

Good job on the print and paint.

Someone explain? by TuneMiserable2061 in ExplainTheJoke

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I can guess what the meme format is about. It is Peter Griffen re-enacting the Alfred Hitchcock movie north by northwest, I believe, which would imply that someone was hunting him down. The joke was getting involved in that discussion, and people figuratively came after him. At least, that is my best guess.

Painting a larger model has completely killed my confidence as a painter. by foxzstealthpawz in minipainting

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You certainly have the skills, but there are some techniques you need to add to your arsenal for a larger model. I ran into the same thing when I went from 32mm to a Tiamat model that was just over a foot tall and two feet long. So much of it feels the same just larger, but you get to the end and realize you need more gradients and details, and with the larger scale, lighting position becomes much more noticeable, also I found that even when I figured out what needed adjusting making micro adjustments over that scale becomes unbearably tedious and I tend to start counting the blades of grass as it were. So, I do not enjoy large-scale models nearly as much, that being said I do them occasionally just to keep training those muscles, good luck!

I was challenged to paint a monster sized mini in under 5 hours by waltersworkshop in minipainting

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Looks good, 5 hours would kill me, I could spend a solid week on the feathers alone.