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Other Gaming => Arts & Crafts & 3D Printing => Topic started by: Silent Disapproval Robot on April 10, 2022, 12:57:43 PM
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This is about 1/4 of the unpainted or partially painted tanks in my 'to do' queue and about 1/50th of the total number of unpainted stuff i need to tackle. I was slowly plugging away at these until I got distracted by the Speedpaints.
I buy crappy little bags of plastic toys like dinosaurs, cowboys, etc from the dollar store and prime them in order to test out new techniques and ideas. All I've been doing for the last few weeks is painting gorillas and Triceratopses
How shameful is your pile of shame?
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51994016557_d306f92870_b.jpg)
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I am not judging the pile. Mine is too big and only going to get bigger. I have several base sets to paint but want to finish the middle earth and then focus on some smaller scale stuff either ACW epic scale or perhaps Flames of War.
However, why are you painting a tank teal?
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I can neither confirm or deny that a pile of shame exists .... :censored:
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However, why are you painting a tank teal?
I'm going to dirty it up with some scratches, dust, and rust and darken it with some oil washes but it's based on a short lived Brit camo scheme.
I guess they hired a bunch of flouncey public school artistes to design camo and they got a little carried away with desert skylines and sunsets and whatnot.
(https://arcaneafvs.com/a12/a12matilda_001.jpg)
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I have 10 mechs to paint from Battletech starter kit and the armored combat box. I am actually looking forward to painting them but I need to prime them first. This is my biggest challenge right now. Getting the pile of models through the airbrush booth and primed…and not starting multiple projects at the same time.
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However, why are you painting a tank teal?
I'm going to dirty it up with some scratches, dust, and rust and darken it with some oil washes but it's based on a short lived Brit camo scheme.
I guess they hired a bunch of flounce public school artistes to design camo and they got a little carried away with desert skylines and sunsets and whatnot.
(https://arcaneafvs.com/a12/a12matilda_001.jpg)
Good night! That’s hideous and clearly intended to get whoever was in it conveniently disposed of…😳
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You should see the ones that were painted in Mountbatten pink to look like the skyline at sunrise/sunset.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Supermarine_365_Spitfire_PR11_AN0704753.jpg)
(https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3021/2759950779_dc9d0e511e.jpg)
(https://www.imodellini.it/image/cache/cache/1001-2000/1845/main/17d6-ak-interactive-rc043-vernice-acrilica-ak-real-colors-bristish-desert-pink-zi-10ml-3-2-600x600.jpg)
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The SAS Land Rovers were know as the 'Pink Panthers'
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Interesting. I wonder with the destroyed vehicle ratio is compared to tan/green color schemes.
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I have a box of WH40K epic stuff from the early 90s that's still sitting around unpainted
Most of my piles of minis are about 10 to 12 years old and are all the pre-painted mage knight, d&d minis, or A&A collectible minis most of which I picked up either free or cheap at conventions
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I always wondered why some bolt action guys had pink desert land rovers
My own pile of shame is now 1 model that I have 4 buyers waiting for on eBay
I have 20 to do for a customer
And maybe a 90% complete 40k dreadnought that just needs weathering and decals - decals I threw away in the move 😫
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Decals? Pah! hand paint 'em, boy...............let the artistry flow.........
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I buy crappy little bags of plastic toys like dinosaurs, cowboys, etc from the dollar store and prime them in order to test out new techniques and ideas. All I've been doing for the last few weeks is painting gorillas and Triceratopses
Did you expect this to go by without a demand for pictures of your gorillas and triceratopses?
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You should see the ones that were painted in Mountbatten pink to look like the skyline at sunrise/sunset.
Well, that's certainly how to not get your vehicles borrowed from the maintenance yard.
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I buy crappy little bags of plastic toys like dinosaurs, cowboys, etc from the dollar store and prime them in order to test out new techniques and ideas. All I've been doing for the last few weeks is painting gorillas and Triceratopses
Did you expect this to go by without a demand for pictures of your gorillas and triceratopses?
There's not much to see. I have been testing different Speedpaints on them as well as trying out different primers and highlights. Right now, I tested to see if the Sppedpaints would reactivate if you re-primed the mini and then push a varnish coat over it to protect it. Sadly, they do still react. I re-primed the giraffe and the tiger, applied a white ink zenethal highlight to them with an airbrush, and then varnished them. They did fine with the re-priming and the zenethal highlight but the colour started leaking through with the varnish. I then tried applying a wash over the varnish and that pulled out even more colour.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51998461715_bc2db77a8a_b.jpg)
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Actually, that is a great idea because you have a good variety of surface textures to test out on.
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That's the theory. Everything I paint ends up looking like a dark blob when I'm done though.
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I will be interested in reading more about your experience with the speed paints. If I had to guess and they are really more of an ink, they will have to be given a good amount of time to dry and set before trying to paint over. Ink dries very slow and is super saturated with pigment which may explain your results if it is not fully dry.
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People in various videos have noted that it will bleed through even a week after it was applied. I think it will have to be the final layer placed on any work.
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I honestly think the intent is block painting and living with the shadows/highlights you get on the first pass. Good enough at arms length quality. It really makes zenithal priming the most important step of the process.
However I am sure they will like washes become a great tool on the paint table.
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That's the theory. Everything I paint ends up looking like a dark blob when I'm done though.
Hey! Me, too! ;D
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The thread actually motivated me to work on my pile for a bit.
10 desert tanks down so far. I'm happy with 9 of them but the Valentine I painted in SCC5 camo didn't come out very well at all. Wish I'd gone with a 3 tone caunter camo pattern instead. Oh well.
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Nice. Always feels good to get models done. Hopefully, they see a gaming table soon.