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Cabin Fever Painting Frenzy Challenge week 5!


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This weeks special challenge is one of technique.

 

Try and use a painting technique that you don't feel confident with.  Use that airbrush you aren't skilled with, try some edge highlights or shading or freehand a cool symbol onto a cloak. Maybe do a mud effect on th he base.

 

Post a picture of your attempt and what you were practicing, the model does not have to be done. As long as it shows off your chosen technique. 

 

Also feel encouraged to offer practical advice if you excel at something that a person is struggling with.

Happy lobbying and forget to post a list of everything you h as very completed over the course of this challenge!!

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Hmmmm, what have we here?

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So Far: 1 Redemptor Dreadnought; 5 Primaris Hellblasters, 1 Ork Warboss

This Week: Finish IF Primaris Lieutentant; Get started on the Rukkatrukk Squigbuggy.

Challenge: Practice masking liquid weathering on the Ork Roach Coach.

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The SLHG Pattern Assault Ram is one of the silliest weapons in WH40k (which is saying something) but I’m really happy with how my paint job turned out:77C616D8-0A4B-4E04-89EE-FC7B4746D277.thumb.jpeg.a277c3d722db4f0aaf745cc8e51604ed.jpeg

 

“Suspect appears to be some form of Ork. Lethal force has been authorized.”
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I took a stab at this week's special challenge today: Liquid Mask Weathering. It's a cousin of salt and hairspray weathering. The idea behind the technique is you apply a basecoat that mimics primer, then stipple it with rust colors. Once those are dry, you sponge on liquid mask here and there and let it dry. Then you airbrush your presentation colors on top of all that. When the top coat of paint has dried enough, you rub off the dried liquid mask exposing the "crud" underneath.

I wanted to model the idea that my orks grabbed a blue hood off the scrap pile, cuz blue is lucky. I had hoped that the Hull Red I chose as a base (simulated primer) color would contrast enough with the rest of the red body, but... meh. Can't see the orange I stippled on as rust very well either... also, meh.

If I were to do it again, I'm not sure how I'd handle the "primer" color. If I went with a cool light grey instead of the reddish brown, I worry it wouldn't contrast enough with the light blue I wanted to use for the top coat; any other color wouldn't be convincing as primer... meh. One thing's for sure, I'd keep the weathering more to the edges of the hood, avoiding big blobs in the center (like on the left hand side of the hood in the pic below).

Overall it turned out ok, but I'm a bit disappointed. Hopefully it'll look better when the rest of the buggy is weathered.

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37 minutes ago, andy said:

Great progress, @Ish. I definitely bit off more than I can chew this week 😞 Stoooopid teleconferencing software.

My primary employer seems to have ghosted me. Last Friday, they said they’d call on Monday to let me know if there was still work... as of right now, a full seven days and one hour later, they haven’t called or responded to my e-mails.

It’s really opened up my hobby time.

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Wanted to have a better backdrop for photographing my miniatures. Threw this together in an afternoon:

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Palanite Enforcers versus Poxwalker mob:

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“Return to you Hab-Blocks or we will be forced to social distance you with extreme prejudice!”

And here’s a couple shots using Marvel: Crisis Protocol figs. There’s a definite grimdark aesthetic to the design, but I think it’s generic enough to work for a modern-ish setting too:

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I got the Squigbuggy done. I love this kit, there is so much going on... there are little stories all over it. Also managed to get the weekly challenge done. No progress on the IF Lieutenant though, so he'll get full attention next week.

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