Sgt. Rock Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 Gonna start trying to keep myself motivated by showing off my thoroughly average creations! Spent some time a couple nights ago on this: Knocked out a Knight of Santiago for Infinity tonight with Contrast paints, but I already posted that elsewhere, so I'm not gonna clog it up. More later! 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Rock Posted July 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 Latest installment! Some Nomads for OFCC. Still need to base them, obviously, but this Contrast paint is an effing miracle. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Rock Posted July 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 Continuing to use the Contrast paints to good effect, but I've run into an issue: as a crappy painter, I find myself relying on them, to the point of them being a bit of a crutch. Which is fine, on detailed infantry. But when it comes to vehicles or other big models with large, smooth surfaces, well... it's back to my usual half-assed trash. As evidenced by my half-finished attempt on the TAG at the bottom. A useful tool they are, but they can't entirely make up for poor technique. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Rock Posted July 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 After a quick pointer from the inestimable @Exile, the contrast paints can be made to look good on large surfaces. Turns out letting the first coat dry, then laying on a second heavy coat works a champ. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Glacius Posted July 31, 2019 Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 I found that it wipes out the depth and just makes it all mono-tone. At least that is what happened on my CSM test model. Two coats made the whole thing grey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Rock Posted July 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 It certainly seemed to do that with the black. I think it really depends on the color; I love these paints, but they seem to be a little inconsistent sometimes. It worked pretty well with the green and brown, as you can see; I'm not a fan of the Apothecary White in most cases, though. I'm using it as one of the primary colors for my Nomads, but mostly on things like cloth, where it actually works well. I gave it a swing on an actual apothecary and it looked terrible. I'm going to give them a swing on some of my Crimson Fists after my OFCC work is done, to see how well it will work on marines. If I don't like it, well, that's what the airbrush is for. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonVilkee Posted August 1, 2019 Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 Yeah wings and cloth are great places to use apothecary white. Marines not so much, I did a Tau fire warrior and was reasonably happy with the results but their armor has a lot of dividing lines. This let's the contrast do what it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Rock Posted August 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2019 The gang's all here. Ready to rock and roll for OFCC. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Rock Posted November 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 Not a soldier, and obviously not painted, but here's a bit of scatter terrain I printed today for my Infinity table. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Rock Posted December 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2019 Because power swords are for chumps. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Trainer Posted December 9, 2019 Report Share Posted December 9, 2019 On 11/5/2019 at 12:35 AM, Sgt. Rock said: Not a soldier, and obviously not painted, but here's a bit of scatter terrain I printed today for my Infinity table. My favorite piece! My wife's too and she's not into the hobby. Btw, she'll take a non-fat white mocha!🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Rock Posted December 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2019 That's on my old printer, too, which was a bit trash when it comes to fine detail. My new one can make much nicer prints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Rock Posted December 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 WIP of my new Whirlwind turret! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Rock Posted December 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 Got one of the series one Space Marine Heroes as a stocking stuffer. Already had the sculpt, so out comes the jeweler's saw and bits box. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Rock Posted January 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 Latest WIP: this stompy boi. Started life as an "easy to build" version of the Redemptor. Some judicious cutting, a brief raid of the bits box, and a heck of a lot of 3D printing, and here we are. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Rock Posted February 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 New bases out of the 3D printer. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Rock Posted February 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2020 Scouts! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountElmdor Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 On 8/1/2019 at 7:43 AM, VonVilkee said: Yeah wings and cloth are great places to use apothecary white. Marines not so much, I did a Tau fire warrior and was reasonably happy with the results but their armor has a lot of dividing lines. This let's the contrast do what it does. My first dabbling with Apothecary White was... unsatisfactory, doing “one thick coat” over the recommended Grey Seer base. See the Terminator pic below... not what I was going for with my White Scars. After some test models, I settled on a roughly 1:1 mix of Apothecary White with Contrast Medium, applied over the brightest white primer I could find, a Rustoleum 2X, I think it is, from Target. This is much brighter and gets the bits of grey you see in codex illustrations. Here’s the mix being applied and some final results. These are much more like what I wanted. 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 Nice! That came out looking excellent! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonVilkee Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 Well done! Yeah thinning with medium helps keep it bright and the primer matters. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Rock Posted April 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2020 A year or more since I screwed up the assembly on this guy and ragequit, and it's finally ready to prime and paint. Now to get that stupid airbrush working again. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Rock Posted April 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2020 While I wait for the first coat of primer on the Land Raider to dry, I threw Mr. Ironclad together. Now to figure out what's wrong with my airbrush, because to hell with painting a Land Raider by hand. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Rock Posted May 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 Another couple batches of 15/18mm fantasy models for Sellswords and Spellslingers. I really like painting such tiny models. The lack of fine details suits my clumsy painting skills. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Rock Posted May 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 Been a while since my last update. Bought a batch of 15mm goblins and kobolds from Splintered Light Miniatures a couple weeks ago, started slapping some paint on the kobolds tonight. They paint up really quick. Cheap, quick shipping. Nice models, if you need some 15mm fantasy stuff. Little spearman, a guy with a club, a shaman/wizard, and a champion dude. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 I’ve been considering collecting a couple of armies in 10 or 15 mm scale for Oathmark. I really love the game and want to try to teach it to others... and having a pair of armies that I can use for demos would be nice. I’m leaning towards doing it in a smaller scale because (a) lower cost, (b) quicker to paint, and (c) I think it will look cool. Oathmark is written to use 25 x 25 mm bases for infantry models. Do you think four of those models would fit on a single 25 x 25 mm base? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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