01-04-2020, 07:46 AM | #21 |
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Frederick, MD
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Re: Painting minis
+1, everything but the large windows should be managable with my amateur talents. Clues for glass would be much appreciated!
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01-04-2020, 10:04 AM | #22 |
Join Date: Dec 2019
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Re: Painting minis
Don't forget everyone, airbrushing is probably a perfect technique for cars. You can get some great mini-airbrushes quite cheap these days (about £40 UK prices off Ebay). Then do the fine detail with normal brushes.
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01-04-2020, 11:38 AM | #23 |
Join Date: Feb 2013
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01-04-2020, 04:03 PM | #24 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky Way, Infinity.
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Re: Painting minis
I'm pretty sure my FLGS has airbrush classes along with their painting classes.
Might be time for me to look into airbrushing. |
01-04-2020, 08:54 PM | #25 |
Join Date: Jul 2014
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Re: Painting minis
Airbrushing looks to give very even coverage lightly enough that very little detail is lost. I've never tried it but I play 40k with someone who does and the results look fantastic.
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01-05-2020, 08:43 AM | #26 | |
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Frederick, MD
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I have not tried it, but my understanding is that main advantage of air brushing is the same as with spray paint: it is fast. But spray paints (1) are relatively expensive; and (2) not suitable for fine detail. Air brushing (not factoring the initial equipment cost) takes care are of (1) and makes (2) much less of an issue. If one does not have to paint faces, one might not need to pick up a brush at all! If I had an army to paint, I would invest in airbrushing. In particular, there is a technique called Zenithal Priming which would work well for a low-skill lazy painter like myself. I might try it with the CW minis, but maybe stick with spray paints. With only ~30 figures, and with each being unique, I plan to spend time on each one. OTOH, I think air brushing effects will be especially good look for metal vehicles. My miniature painting this past year has all been on biological humanoids and creatures, so I didn’t feel like I was missing anything. Last edited by beetle496; 01-05-2020 at 08:48 AM. |
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01-06-2020, 12:51 PM | #27 | |
Join Date: Jul 2014
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The guy I know who has an airbrush has well over a 1000 points of every Space Marine chapter, plus sundry Eldar, Orks and Chaos Marines. He'd have gone blind painting all that by hand. |
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01-06-2020, 06:27 PM | #28 |
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Frederick, MD
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Re: Painting minis
Yes, that is what I am saying: If you have lots of minis — and they are all very similar — then air brushing is the way to go.
I don’t think 30 car miniatures on its own is enough to justify investing in an airbrush. On the other hand, as I said, painting vehicles might be quite different than humanoids. OTOH, I got a can of Army Painter Quickshade for xmas. Looks amazing! |
01-08-2020, 11:55 AM | #29 | |
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01-09-2020, 02:47 AM | #30 | |
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The main reason I did so was for the incredible blending effects you can get with airbrushing while still being a complete newbie at painting. (Don't forget to mask your car when necessary.) For example, if you get two colours on opposite sides of the colour wheel and maybe blend the front of the bonnet (?hood? in USA speak), you can get some amazing effects. It can look like a professional spray job, similar to the ones you see on real motorbikes, but just in miniature. I will try and find some of Lukes APS's videos on airbrushing. There is another great guy who is amazing (he seems like he just ate a bag of sugar before making his videos). However, look at the highlighting you can do with this simple cloak: Here is a basic example, possibly overworked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNPI2PLOFFs Here is Lukes APS Channel (This guy is amazing - really good at explaining stuff too): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsm...Xqu3Jdw/videos Here is Miniac's Channel (The person I think eats raw sugar): https://www.youtube.com/user/SDubist/videos Last edited by JAA; 01-09-2020 at 10:26 AM. |
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