Painting Advice/Show-off thread.

[DarkElf27]

This thread is where people should go for advice on painting their armies, or showing off great paint-jobs of their own.  

[Mat]

Fensilar 29th Pattern Troopers won 4th in guild model comp months ago  

[The Shirt Ninja]

ARGHHH ******** MAN. i need advice on how to take pictures of my figures. I can't get the camera to take a decent picture of them. I have a 3 megapix digital camera. BUT NO. it won't work. Aggravation. Any advice on what serface to take it on, or lighting?  

[Mat]

dont ask me about that my wife took those ones you should have seen the ones i took  

[The Shirt Ninja]

Mat

dont ask me about that my wife took those ones you should have seen the ones i took

Oh. Yeah mine turned out all fuzz no character.  

[Raw_fishFood]

Blood_Pearl

ARGHHH ******** MAN. i need advice on how to take pictures of my figures. I can't get the camera to take a decent picture of them. I have a 3 megapix digital camera. BUT NO. it won't work. Aggravation. Any advice on what serface to take it on, or lighting?

Well, first you gotta set it for up close. I hope you have a tripod, cause that'll also help make the picture better. Set up a tripod, put a piece of white paper or cloth behind the mini, and then have atleast three bright light sourses, all pointed at the mini. Then, take away. I recommend zooming up to the mini, instead of getting so close. And also, don't move the camera to take different angles, move the mini. :3;;  

[The Shirt Ninja]

Usagi Ninja

Blood_Pearl

ARGHHH ******** MAN. i need advice on how to take pictures of my figures. I can't get the camera to take a decent picture of them. I have a 3 megapix digital camera. BUT NO. it won't work. Aggravation. Any advice on what serface to take it on, or lighting?

Well, first you gotta set it for up close. I hope you have a tripod, cause that'll also help make the picture better. Set up a tripod, put a piece of white paper or cloth behind the mini, and then have atleast three bright light sourses, all pointed at the mini. Then, take away. I recommend zooming up to the mini, instead of getting so close. And also, don't move the camera to take different angles, move the mini. :3;;

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a301/underworlddragon/Picture005.jpg http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a301/underworlddragon/Picture004.jpg http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a301/underworlddragon/Picture003.jpg http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a301/underworlddragon/Picture002.jpg http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a301/underworlddragon/Picture001.jpg (please note that these are the very first things i have ever painted.  

[The Shirt Ninja]

Oh yeah and just incase you can't tell. The red is blood splatter and they are camo. Constructive comments please and thank you biggrin  

[DarkElf27]

They dont seem to be fully painted.....  

[Mat]

they look like followers of nurgle  

[Cagalli Yura Attha]

Blood_Pearl

Oh yeah and just incase you can't tell. The red is blood splatter and they are camo. Constructive comments please and thank you biggrin

I thought me and ophi were the only ones using grey instead of silver on weapons... smile Nice to see someone else doing it.

My advice:
1 - water down paints to thin them
2 - take your time. I can spend hours painting one marine.
3 - Detail. My marines have a two-tone effect caused by drybrushing now, it adds depth and detail although it pretty much doubles painting time.  

[Mat]

i use an airbrush color on my weapons called gunmetal its not like GWs boltgun metal  

[Cagalli Yura Attha]

Mat

i use an airbrush color on my weapons called gunmetal its not like GWs boltgun metal

for me, it's Foundry. Charcoal Black 34B to do the prime, and 34C to do the highlight  

[Mat]

Yeah i originally bought the stuff to do some WWII minis but then i started to get 40k minis it works best on the metal models but work almost as good on plastics  

[The Shirt Ninja]

How do they not seem fully painted? I know there crap but i did it all with acrylics and a fairly large paintbrush. Each marine took me about 30 minutes. And i like the grey rather then silver. Silver is to shiny.

PS: That was like there 4th coat. That's why you can't see details. And i know i need to fix brother octavians head. I can't get his eyes with the brush i have. It's to fat.