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Post by teku18 on Apr 30, 2012 21:11:13 GMT -5
Thanks Krieg. I don't think i am going to do the gas mask thing, however I think I am going to try and make the necron faces more maks like by actually making them masks using green stuff. I saw a tutorial on youtube about making molds with GS and I think I am going to try that.
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Post by Adam Selene on May 1, 2012 2:04:39 GMT -5
As someone who can do eyes to save my life: I feel your pain. |
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Post by kobracommander on May 1, 2012 5:18:39 GMT -5
I've found that when it comes to washing vehicles do the major portions like the crevices and concave corners. But don't bother with the rivets. Then once you highlight it, it will look lovely. For some reason inks around the rivets doesn't look good to me. That might be why you're not happy with it.
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Post by badgersplatter on May 1, 2012 7:13:58 GMT -5
As someone who can do eyes to save my life: I feel your pain. The common error is drawing a white eye with a black dot in the middle - try a thin black line, with a tiny white dot at either end. Stops the "googly" effect :-) (Says the guy with the gasmask army, hah. Actually, it's mouths I hate painting.) |
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Post by badgersplatter on May 1, 2012 7:19:04 GMT -5
Speaking of Tanks I started working on a chimera, and I am having trouble with it. I started with the base color and all that however I am not liking how the wash came out. I don't want an incredibly beat up vehicle, but I would like to have some nice detail like a lot of the other vehicles I have seen done on here. Could be because I haven't started highlighting the tank yet idk. If anyone could give me some pointers to try I am all ears. It could be because you've done some of the details but not others, so it looks quite unnatural to the eye. It could be that you've only washed the details and not the whole body - that's to taste. It could also be the choice of wash itself - maybe try a lighter wash (water it down or a different shade altogether, I'm not sure what you're using) and cover the whole thing so it can pick out the details itself without looking too scruffy. |
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Post by AshotNINJA on May 1, 2012 8:38:49 GMT -5
try again on the chimera.
paint the chimeras whole body back to the original colour, wash whole tanks with a brown wash (add a little water, no more than 20%) leave to dry, drybrush with a bright highlight (i use iyaden darksun) paint over un-natural flat areas with a colour that matches the colour after wash ( watery is best for flatness) , then drybrush in bleached bone ... this is the method i use for painting tanks, the idea of the wash is it picks out detail for you and adds darkened areas in recesses...hence why you must cover it 100% ... trust me, while your doing it you will be like 'oh hell thats too much' but once its dry it will look ace... if there are any areas pooling, just dab the area gently with a large dry brush (not drybrush) to soak it into the brush and remove it from the model.
as for eyes, badgersplatter has it spot on, paint a black eye surface then place a dot of white either side... works for me most of the time.
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Post by badgersplatter on May 1, 2012 11:29:55 GMT -5
^ Do what he says - my recent vehicle experience is all sentinel sized!
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Post by The Hawk! on May 8, 2012 7:54:42 GMT -5
For the armoured hose thing.... I would recomend using some Guitar string..... Not too expensive and you can find one that fits your preference!  Its really usefull stuff to have... A plus side to being a musicsian  Dave |
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Post by 3ff3ct on May 8, 2012 14:56:06 GMT -5
A plus side to being a musicsian A down side is awful spelling ;D Guitar wire can be quite stuff and spikey, so wear gloves or use pliers! If not, see if you can get some that's been cast in pewter; it sounds stupid, and it's much more bendy than normal steel guitar wire and still has all the details you want! |
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Post by Cosmic on May 8, 2012 15:33:44 GMT -5
A plus side to being a musicsian A down side is awful spelling ;D Guitar wire can be quite stuffOwned ;D |
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Post by 3ff3ct on May 12, 2012 13:58:16 GMT -5
Difference is though, I was slightly drunk so it's aaaalllll fine  |
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Post by Cosmic on May 12, 2012 14:44:38 GMT -5
Never!  |
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Post by 3ff3ct on May 16, 2012 2:44:49 GMT -5
Never! ;D Can we get an army shot when your new wheels arrive, Teku? I'm pretty keen to see how they'd all look together! |
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Post by teku18 on May 16, 2012 19:47:37 GMT -5
Yeah I can do that. I have to find the time to get some of my tanks done all I have now is my troops. Can't wait to get these in.
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Post by 3ff3ct on May 17, 2012 3:44:09 GMT -5
Awesome  |
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Post by teku18 on May 24, 2012 19:11:58 GMT -5
Okay I want peoples opinions on something I want to change with my army. I really like the Tauros vehicles a lot and am going to eventually field up to the maximum I can ( at this time 9) Looking at these I was thinking of trying to modify a few in a way to make them troop transports. However I actually found a better idea and think it will tie into my army a little bit better. I want to know what you all think of using 1/35 USMC Stryker kits as stand in chimeras?  I feel these fit the look of the Tauros vehicles well and for some reason I never really liked the chimeras to begin with. I am still looking around for cheap kits so it is only on the table as of now. But as a result my chimeras will not be getting painted for a bit until I can decide. Guess it will be the LR's this 3 day weekend then haha. |
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Post by AshotNINJA on May 24, 2012 19:28:00 GMT -5
well i like it... try to keep the wheeled vehicles a theme, it would look really cool...
done a few calculations... should be
19 cm long
7.5 cm wide
7.5 cm tall
to me, thats a decent size for a transport... i always thought 40k tanks were a little small anyway
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Post by teku18 on May 24, 2012 19:38:02 GMT -5
Here is a scale comparison.  |
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Post by AshotNINJA on May 24, 2012 19:44:00 GMT -5
yeah, thats ash's admech ig transort... really good model... sadly though... thats an LAV, not a stryker... but they are of similar size
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Post by teku18 on May 24, 2012 20:00:04 GMT -5
It's a 1/35 scale resemblance haha. Saw that today in his thread and it made me want to use these as transports.
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Post by AshotNINJA on May 25, 2012 10:52:20 GMT -5
i kinda wish i thought of using LAV's / Strykers before i started on my army... but i brought like 5 chimeras now and its way too late now.
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Post by teku18 on May 25, 2012 11:46:37 GMT -5
Yeah I have 5 chimeras at the moment as well. Good thing for me I have only put two some what together. So if I like the stryker idea I can sell them.
Also btw I just got work that a package has arrived from Cosmic. And seeing as how I am such a nice guy I will let you all join in on waiting until I get home to see the awesomeness that awaits. Since I have to wait why not have everyone else wait as we'll hahahahahaha.
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Post by Cosmic on May 26, 2012 2:05:12 GMT -5
I'm glad they finally arrived. Although not in one piece!
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2012 9:22:36 GMT -5
Where can you buy those strykers from ? I spray painted my chimera with "sand" colour spray paint and it's just ruined it so now I have no Chimeras, if their not too privey they could easily be modified for my Chimera role
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Post by teku18 on May 27, 2012 17:15:47 GMT -5
@ivory I was looking on ebay. The price ranges from 20-60 dollars depending on what you find at the time. 3ff3ct I know you wanted a full army shot so here it is at the time being.  I still have my heavy weapons teams to build and 4 tanks. Right now I have my 5 chimeras on Ebay to get the extra money to buy the strykers. I have ordered a big order of Vallejo paints so I should be able to try my hand at some weathering on the tanks once they are built. |
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Its really usefull stuff to have... A plus side to being a musicsian 
