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Imperial Guard Message Board :: General :: Painting and Conversions :: painting a table, please help Author Topic: painting a table, please help (Read 339 times) loempiaketzer Captain member is offline 40K noob Joined: Feb 2010 Gender: Male Posts: 156 painting a table, please help « Thread Started on Mar 21, 2012, 7:05am » Hi, as the title says it. Im painting a table tonight. Just 2 large pieces of wood painting grey. are there any problem you reckon i could encounter besides painted clothes? i saw something sometime about adding sand to the paint but i guess this will F things up. so probably, im going to get a smooth grey table... i know its a kind of useless post. but if you have any tips/tricks/other stuff i can watch out for, please share! « Last Edit: Mar 22, 2012, 6:23am by loempiaketzer » Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged My Plog record 2013: W-1 / D-0 / L-1 BG. Foster WARLORD King of Parcels member is online Joined: Apr 2011 Gender: Male Posts: 1,415 Location: Huddersfield, England Re: painting a table tonight, please help « Reply #1 on Mar 21, 2012, 7:10am » glue sand to the table first then paint it. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged I will get this guard army painted! http://commissar.proboards.com/index.cgi....ad=15063&page=1 Imperial Guard Army Database Cosmic WARLORD No Washes, No Mercy! member is offline IGMB's Pet Joined: May 2010 Gender: Male Posts: 2,047 Location: West Sussex, England Re: painting a table tonight, please help « Reply #2 on Mar 21, 2012, 7:16am » It depends on what you want it for. Personally, I think it should be something you should be proud of, so I would do it properly. As Foster said, you need sand. Get lots of it, PVA glue the whole area and chuck the sand over it. Make sure it's evenly covered and then once it's fully dry, paint it. Will this be a permanent thing? Because it will take time to do well. If you just want it for tonight however, then just paint it grey if you want. Will it be for a city scene? Or something else? Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged ACCEPTING COMMISSIONS- PM me for details Take a look at my blog Mar 4, 2013, 12:08pm, soap wrote: I'm being out panted by a two year old. *sigh* ACETONE FREE NAIL VARNISH REMOVER!!!! From Superdrug! vulpine Colonel member is offline Joined: Nov 2011 Gender: Male Posts: 283 Re: painting a table tonight, please help « Reply #3 on Mar 21, 2012, 7:20am » Hi, I'm a painter and decorator. If you add some sand to emulsion it gives a fantastic gritty look. Just remix it evry 5mins or so to stop all the grit going to the bottom. Also, add a little sand first as you can always add more later if you need to, once it's in you can't get it out. I did desert table like that using a creamy, gray, yellow Emulsion and it works well. Also I think grey will look fine for a city type board. « Last Edit: Mar 21, 2012, 7:23am by vulpine » Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged BG. Foster WARLORD King of Parcels member is online Joined: Apr 2011 Gender: Male Posts: 1,415 Location: Huddersfield, England Re: painting a table tonight, please help « Reply #4 on Mar 21, 2012, 7:23am » There are a few how to videos on youtube you should check out. I will post photos of my half finished table if you like later. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged I will get this guard army painted! http://commissar.proboards.com/index.cgi....ad=15063&page=1 Imperial Guard Army Database loempiaketzer Captain member is offline 40K noob Joined: Feb 2010 Gender: Male Posts: 156 Re: painting a table tonight, please help « Reply #5 on Mar 21, 2012, 11:42am » well,... i know how to make tables http://commissar.proboards.com/index.cgi....ay&thread=13456 however. using the sand all over the place makes it like well... sandpaper-table which i prettttty bad for your models when the roll down a hill! especially when they are not varnished yet... i was just wondering if the use of 'some' sand would work. i guess i will probably dont do it. it gives a slick-tight table where dice can roll freely, models can be pushed around without falling and modular roads dont 'stick out' because of different sizes of sand/little rocks... i guess this is all a brainfart or something :/ im sorry... thanks for sharing though. i will check out ye old thou-tube. when im don,... and have some guys on them with some scenery which would fit with the table, i shall post some pics... Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged My Plog record 2013: W-1 / D-0 / L-1 3ff3ct WARLORD 40k Drunken Master member is offline Why iz da rum all gon? Joined: Aug 2008 Gender: Male Posts: 3,776 Location: Cheshire, England Re: painting a table tonight, please help « Reply #6 on Mar 21, 2012, 4:48pm » Mar 21, 2012, 11:42am, loempiaketzer wrote: ...using the sand all over the place makes it like well... sandpaper-table which i prettttty bad for your models when the roll down a hill! especially when they are not varnished yet... Paint it on, stick a layer 'o' PVA over the top, paint it, varnish it. You'll still have texture without sandpapering your models Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Pre-Painted Bases Now Available May 4, 2012, 3:46pm, Cosmic wrote: *Starts shaking, his pupils widen and he starts hallucinating* Resin.....need......more....ressssiiinnnnn!!! loempiaketzer Captain member is offline 40K noob Joined: Feb 2010 Gender: Male Posts: 156 Re: painting a table, please help « Reply #7 on Mar 22, 2012, 6:25am » thanks all. i actually think im going with 3ff3ct's approach this time since i didnt come to painting the table yesterday. all in all it was one of the most useless evenings i ever had. *insert a 50minute venting session here* so tonight, i will look for some sand 'thickness' i like so i can start to prep it for this table. many thanks Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged My Plog record 2013: W-1 / D-0 / L-1 KRIEGEIRK WARLORD Der FuturFuhrer member is offline Is it weird that when I put a suit on I feel the urge to take over something? Joined: Jun 2011 Gender: Male Posts: 1,069 Location: Pennsylvania, U.S. Re: painting a table, please help « Reply #8 on Mar 22, 2012, 7:41am » I saw on trooper's painting thread that he uses gardening sand for his bases. It comes with different grain sizes and even pebbles in each bag of it. It should give a really good texture for your table. Just an idea for you to ponder over Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Jan 27, 2012, 8:43pm, rook wrote: Tonight I am going to run around my street naked. I bet I can do it without the police being called. Jan 17, 2012, 2:30am, ymmot wrote: D'aw, I haven't dreamed of murdering people since I was an angsty teenager. DadCRO Warmaster member is offline Why so serious? Joined: Sept 2011 Gender: Male Posts: 735 Location: In your worst nightmare... Re: painting a table, please help « Reply #9 on Mar 22, 2012, 10:19am » How would the table possibly damage your models? As long as you don't scrape the tanks across the board when moving them, you should be fine. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged 3ff3ct WARLORD 40k Drunken Master member is offline Why iz da rum all gon? Joined: Aug 2008 Gender: Male Posts: 3,776 Location: Cheshire, England Re: painting a table, please help « Reply #10 on Mar 22, 2012, 11:56am » You'd be surprised. Models falling over is only the beginning.... Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Pre-Painted Bases Now Available May 4, 2012, 3:46pm, Cosmic wrote: *Starts shaking, his pupils widen and he starts hallucinating* Resin.....need......more....ressssiiinnnnn!!! treadiculous WARLORD member is offline Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will - Gandhi Joined: Apr 2009 Gender: Male Posts: 1,145 Location: South UK Re: painting a table, please help « Reply #11 on Mar 23, 2012, 3:18am » I haven't used sand on my boards.. I simply painted over the wood. This has lead to a number of comments on my photos which describe the wood grain that is across the table surface. (my excuse is that the whole area of that world used to be a riiver bed, so the grain was created through millenia of stones and pebbles being washed and dragged through the riverbed). another advantage of no sand is that other scenery will sit completly flat on the table top, and models suffer less from balance issues. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err - Gandhi Par Bellum - Prepare for War Victoria aut Mors - Victory or Death Morior Invictus - Death Before Defeat Mors Vincit Omnia - Death Always Wins Morituri Nolumus Mori - Those who are about to Die, don't want to! Quidquid Latine Dictum sit altum videtur! badgersplatter Colonel member is offline Joined: Jan 2012 Gender: Male Posts: 387 Location: Buckinghamshire Re: painting a table, please help « Reply #12 on Mar 23, 2012, 7:23am » Anyone tried bear fur? It looks great, modular boards and other terrain pieces should blur together nicely etc. My concern is that I've only seen it used by historic types with all-metal miniatures and units on movement trays - our individual plastics may not bed down and stand on it. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Picture threads: http://commissar.proboards.com/index.cgi....ad=15078&page=1 http://commissar.proboards.com/index.cgi....2&page=1#348539 Cosmic WARLORD No Washes, No Mercy! member is offline IGMB's Pet Joined: May 2010 Gender: Male Posts: 2,047 Location: West Sussex, England Re: painting a table, please help « Reply #13 on Mar 23, 2012, 7:25am » Bear fur?! Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged ACCEPTING COMMISSIONS- PM me for details Take a look at my blog Mar 4, 2013, 12:08pm, soap wrote: I'm being out panted by a two year old. *sigh* ACETONE FREE NAIL VARNISH REMOVER!!!! From Superdrug! Dave the Putrescent WARLORD Dave, The Yorkshireman member is offline The WiP of Kharn the Betrayer since 1994! Joined: Apr 2011 Gender: Male Posts: 1,197 Location: South Yorkshire, England Re: painting a table, please help « Reply #14 on Mar 23, 2012, 7:28am » I'm sure that using animal fur is slightly Illegal? Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Quote: IGMB Awards 2013 First member to loose a lose a finger with a craft knife: DRAW: Cosmic & Dave badgersplatter Colonel member is offline Joined: Jan 2012 Gender: Male Posts: 387 Location: Buckinghamshire Re: painting a table, please help « Reply #15 on Mar 23, 2012, 7:32am » TEDDY bear fur. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Picture threads: http://commissar.proboards.com/index.cgi....ad=15078&page=1 http://commissar.proboards.com/index.cgi....2&page=1#348539 Dave the Putrescent WARLORD Dave, The Yorkshireman member is offline The WiP of Kharn the Betrayer since 1994! Joined: Apr 2011 Gender: Male Posts: 1,197 Location: South Yorkshire, England Re: painting a table, please help « Reply #16 on Mar 23, 2012, 7:54am » GOODNESS GRACIOUS!!!!! That is amazing! I would never have though of that Good work digging that up Badger *Applauds Badger and gives him a medal* Now back to the frontline soldier! Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Quote: IGMB Awards 2013 First member to loose a lose a finger with a craft knife: DRAW: Cosmic & Dave Trooper One-Nine-Seven-Four WARLORD Captain No-Show member is offline D.o.N.T Clone Surgeon, Head of Respiratory Illness Causes and Spreading, Chef of the Underhive Joined: Aug 2010 Gender: Male Posts: 2,989 Location: Falls Church, Virginia Re: painting a table, please help « Reply #17 on Mar 23, 2012, 9:49am » Holy crap! That is freaking awesome... The most realistic tables I've ever seen. Great find, badgersplatter! Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged My picture thread. Dec 16, 2011, 3:42pm, ymmot wrote: A pee stained victory is victory none the less. 2012 IGMB Award: "Most Likely to End Up Wrapped in Bacon." 2013 IGMB Award: "Most Likely to be Killed by Bacon." KRIEGEIRK WARLORD Der FuturFuhrer member is offline Is it weird that when I put a suit on I feel the urge to take over something? Joined: Jun 2011 Gender: Male Posts: 1,069 Location: Pennsylvania, U.S. Re: painting a table, please help « Reply #18 on Mar 23, 2012, 10:04am » Somewhere a childs dream was just shattered for the purpose of tabletop warfare..... EGGGGCELLLENT!!! Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Jan 27, 2012, 8:43pm, rook wrote: Tonight I am going to run around my street naked. I bet I can do it without the police being called. Jan 17, 2012, 2:30am, ymmot wrote: D'aw, I haven't dreamed of murdering people since I was an angsty teenager. 3ff3ct WARLORD 40k Drunken Master member is offline Why iz da rum all gon? Joined: Aug 2008 Gender: Male Posts: 3,776 Location: Cheshire, England Re: painting a table, please help « Reply #19 on Mar 30, 2012, 3:00am » I propose a mass IGMB assault on The Bear Factory, to make excellent tables and put an end to bear torture! On a serious note though, that is one of the most amazing tables I've ever seen. And I bet its nice to stroke during your opponent's turn too Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Pre-Painted Bases Now Available May 4, 2012, 3:46pm, Cosmic wrote: *Starts shaking, his pupils widen and he starts hallucinating* Resin.....need......more....ressssiiinnnnn!!! Cosmic WARLORD No Washes, No Mercy! member is offline IGMB's Pet Joined: May 2010 Gender: Male Posts: 2,047 Location: West Sussex, England Re: painting a table, please help « Reply #20 on Mar 30, 2012, 3:29am » EVERYONE HAS A DUTY TO SLAUGHTER A TEDDY BEAR! Go Go Go!! That is amazing! Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged ACCEPTING COMMISSIONS- PM me for details Take a look at my blog Mar 4, 2013, 12:08pm, soap wrote: I'm being out panted by a two year old. *sigh* ACETONE FREE NAIL VARNISH REMOVER!!!! From Superdrug! 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