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Post by dustand on Mar 8, 2007 6:49:46 GMT 12
Dunno where I read it though, it was quite a funny page about how people gonutz over it with 32 layers of shading and stuff... if I remember correctly he had a spacemarine army with some kinda tiger theme and a web page to match *EDIT* Turns out I do know the article... I think... and it it isnt this one is good =] www.thewarp.net/war/tigersofveda/roarspaint.html |
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Post by musick on Mar 8, 2007 11:46:45 GMT 12
Hahah loved the page, didnt think his painting was anything outstanding tho.
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Post by PitYak Studios on Mar 8, 2007 18:36:46 GMT 12
You know, for what you’re paying for Citadel paints, you would think
they could make it the right consistency. “Thin the paint?” I have
a better idea—stop selling thick paint!
I like that, never thought of it from that angle before!
As for that photo of the real life space marines, look at the blokes in it - they've all got bigger boobs than most women know. Certainly bigger than the ones on the photo of pink.
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Post by dustand on Mar 8, 2007 19:22:57 GMT 12
to think of it from another angle, tip the paint into another pot thats bigger and thin it all in one go.
GW are selling paint concentrate, or high pigment in a thick medium. end of the day it equates to more paint for your buck.
Personally I don't thin my paints much as I paint over black and the thickness helps the coverage
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Post by PitYak Studios on Mar 8, 2007 20:25:12 GMT 12
I do both; thin when I'm doing a top shelf job, thick for painting gaming figs over black. This is also useful on the hard to clean-up soft plastic figs, as you can use thick paint as a sort of filler to hide the mold lines
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Post by PitYak Studios on Mar 8, 2007 20:28:35 GMT 12
One bad habit I have is when I'm stirring, I'll lift the really thick stuff out the bottom onto my pallet to use. This is fine, but do it enough and you get left with a thin watery paint with hardly any pigment left.
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Post by c0d3monk33 on Mar 8, 2007 21:03:34 GMT 12
I've used GW paints for about 20 years now and have never really had a problem with them (well, apart from the odd pot drying up on me).
I usually give em a good shake before using them though, which of course is bad as it tends to gum up the works. I do usually paint out of the lids on the new pots though. That works quite well.
An of course everything gets thinned with my 50/50 floor wax mix.
I bought some FoW rebranded Vallejo last year but have yet to actually open them yet...
Those Space Marines look kinda dorky imho, rather than menacing. I think it's the red 'metallic flake' auto paint they seem to have been painted with?
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Post by c0d3monk33 on Mar 8, 2007 21:07:08 GMT 12
Oh and that guy's wrong about Sable brushes btw. They don't KILL the Sables to make the brushes. They just shave their bellies...
Which I guess is better...?
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Post by PitYak Studios on Mar 8, 2007 21:54:50 GMT 12
I didn't think they killed them. I doubt they are kept in humane conditions though. Ah well.
Do you use 50/50 floor wax then? That sounds pretty strong, I tend use around 20 - 30%
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Post by c0d3monk33 on Mar 9, 2007 9:46:23 GMT 12
Yeah it is a touch strong (does funny things to inks occasionally).
I've just used the last of my 50/50 last night and have gone to 30/70.
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Post by musick on Mar 9, 2007 15:19:28 GMT 12
I always thin unless its a black undercoat. I use distilled water and a touch of detergent, normally make up 100mls at a time, seems to work well for me.
I have found vallejo paints good but they are much different to use to citadel stuff. P3 paints are the way of the future, hopefully they will be available in nz soon.
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