Warhammer (with the models and everything)

@blue_Mike

It is really good but I’m just not that into the idea of branching out into yet another stream of models tbh. I’ve already got more to work through than is reasonable!

I’m gonna have a bit of a lay off in here too for a couple of weeks (we’ll see how that lasts) and I’ll return when I’ve got more than a model at a time done. Think I’ve been hogging the thread a bit tbh. I’ll be watching though 🙂

Works well.

Thanks, I gave it a go over the afternoon with one I painted too thick on the the face (matron), seems to have kept the primer which is really handy!

I'll be honest the fire hazard hadn't really occurred to me to the extent it should have as I've been using 99% iso for years to clean stuff. Just going over how many times I've been close to becoming a crispy testicle head, it's quite scary

Got the Meganobz primed in white and will be giving contrast paints a go when they arrive. Saw a vid using Plague bearer contrast with Biel tan shade over the top and its exactly what I've been looking for in Ork skin and the Blood Angel contrast is looking good for the Armor.

For me, contrast paints fail over a white prime. The shadows end up too saturated and the highlights not saturated enough. Slapchop takes care of the shadows. But my preferred method is shading the recesses then picking out highlights before applying contrast and letting the contrast paint take care of smoothing any harsh transitions.

Your mileage may vary, but contrast can take some experimenting to get the best results.

Jaw dropping skills All entries here 

I always find it odd that Golden Demon doesn’t feature a single representation of “grimdark”. The vast majority of the community painting doesn’t. It’s all shiny armour plates and edge highlights. Best you can hope for is a bit of dust on the boots.

I guess the primaris vs chaos is as close as it gets.

Yeah agreed, it's been a while since something grimy got an award outside Necromunda

HI - I'm no expert but I have read that the mediums work best for their own brands. Also, a bit of water can do similar (although medium is definitely better).

Wayland Games have a £20 free delivery limit, so buying a few paints and what have you gets to £20 quite quickly, and their delivery times are pretty decent.

There’s as many ways to paint Ork flesh as there are Orks I suspect. I favour the bright almost yellow green sort of ‘Warcraft Orc’ look and the recipe I’ve used is Orruk Flesh, washed with Biel Tan Green, then larger realised areas (like muscles or anywhere flat) brought back a bit with the original colour.

I’m then picking out occasional edges and smaller raised areas like knuckles, sinews, facial details with a paler green, which I’ve forgotten the colour of but I nicked from Duncan.

Finally I’m just using a bit of glazed Cadian Fleshtone on lips, brows, noses, and ears. Oh and veins and any really tight looking ‘ropey’ muscle.

It sounds complicated and a lot of steps but it’s really not that bad. I’d also heartily recommend a small hairdryer for this stuff as there’s no waiting for drying then.

There is/was nothing wrong with your original recipe Panda and you’ve also picked up on the flesh bit, but you have to be happy with them.

If I was using contrast I’d probably go for wraithbone spray as it is naturally warm. I’d also experiment with using more than one thinned layer of contrast rather than straight from the pot. I find the main advantage of contrast isn’t actually the sometimes exaggerated shading and highlighting properties, but the speed of coverage.

Go to Costas / Pret and pick up as many drink stirrers as you can fit in your pocket!

Thanks, but they are too much effort for this layered drybrushing thing. That’s two sides of one building BTW, and it took a couple of hours.

Aye.

What's your process drakey for doing those buildings?

I glued mine together two nights ago and I've spent too much time today reading about painting models, but I've no idea for scenery yet.