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Thanks for the positive feedback.

Maenas. I'll ask my photographer (my wife) to take a few shots from a higher angel before I send it off today. I think the perspective of the wide shot is making...

Finished another project a few days ago. Sha'un bust painted for a good friend of mine.
...

Thanks guys.

And an older one...

http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p495/ssayer1/Bloodthirster-31_zpswv6kcxyc.jpg
http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p495/ssayer1/Bloodthirster-6_zpsgin0f3yt.jpg...

So I got some decent Photos taken of the Reaver Titan and another older paint job.

http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p495/ssayer1/16836360_1144214389041277_2657689174680418033_o_zpsttuod9ta.jpg...

Thanks SaintToad.,

I've been slowly working my way through the Dread Fleet Box its another commission. The customer told me to take as long as I need and has let me do several other projects since...

No pics today. But I have finished the titan's base (less yet to be chosen occupants and bits for the trench, these will be a while). I'm getting a photographer mate in later in the week to take some...

So the journey continues, but the end is nigh.

My second time using resin for a base has gone pretty well. Last time I used some heat and melt stuff from Woodland Scenics and it sucked. This time...

Cheers Gents,

More pics. lots more.

Well a couple of good sessions down.
Trench wall is all up. Still need to add some dirt in the damaged areas and spill on the floor. Then stain the boards a...

Progress.

Titan (legs anyway) in place.
http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv24/stewsayer/IMG_2661_zpsvvj7qier.jpg
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So much for one more day to get the base done. This was a morning session's work and I've had another 3-4 hours on it since (life bloody gets in the way). And still the same again to go I think...

He's looking really good SaintToad.

Texturing is great fun and challenging. Observing textiles IRL the pattern of the weave will be less apparent in the shadows but becomes more apparent as the...

Hi Meanas,

I'm not sure about protecting the model short of a custom case. But It is quite well designed (in some aspects anyway). On this one I have magnetised the Missile launcher and shoulder...

Cheers SaintToad. Interesting comparison. A mate of min has one of those and you are dead right.

Been a big ten days and I didn't manage much more. I did decide however that I needed to put the toes in place before building the base around the feet. So I finished him off (aside from some...

Ha Ha Zab. Good one.

Oh and I got some etched brass barbed wire too. I'll play with it and sit some in place to see if I like before building up too much more dirt on the currently covered side. That way I can partially...

First layers of ground work going in. 50/50 Agnews Wood Putty/Various sizes of railway modelling ballast and sand mixed up with 3/1 Water/PVA. Need to start building it up around the feet after this...

Yeah it might, along the low side. I'll see when I get that far along.

Cheers Ten.

Not sure about the barbed wire. There is going to be a fair bit going on on the base already. And I want it to be more about things you notice on your 4th 5th or later look down...

Progress, progress.

Unfortunately due to work and some family issues I lost the motivation to push through the last stages of the gun barrels. Just for a little while though. So instead I have...

Love the conversions SaintToad.

The paint work on the begging dud looks like a good start. Keep plugging.

Working on the final details of the Titan before getting into the base. Some freehand text on the Gun Barrels and a little more metal work on the powerclaw cables is all that's left.

So to give...

I agree with most of the above.

Pre-mixed washes are different than home made ones in that they have additives in them to improve paint flow and break surface tension. But nothing you can't do...

Hey BAM,

I have to agree the Metalwork on these is very nice. I also like the tone and the play of light across the flesh in the highlights, it gives some real depth to the volumes of the sculpt...

Cheers BAM. I look in on your WIP pretty regularly. I don't comment often as others generally have covered what I would say. Thanks for the kind words.

Cheers BFK.

No I don't.

Hey BFK,

Glazes. I used this sort of technique to pick out the wrinkles in the stretched sections of the Titan's demon knee plate (pic in my WIP thread). I painted my highlight line in in Titan...

Hi,

Made some more progress on the titan. Finished this knee pad that I posted in WIP earlier. ...

Cheers Ten.

I'm experimenting a lot with directional strokes and dots to simulate textures on materials and skin etc. Its a lot of fun. Time consuming at the moment but I'm getting quicker and...

Getting ever closer. Hoping to finish the main paintwork this month and the base and its paint by end of next month.

Here are some slightly rubbish pics of the carapace on its own and in place...

Hi been a little while again.

Getting close to done with the figure on the Titan, hoping to get it done by the end of this month. Then next month will be the base. Here's current progress on the...

Titan progressing well.
http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv24/stewsayer/13310341_913197482142970_4189155226799019426_n_zpsmoqpuyaj.jpg

And got some water and a few other Dread Fleet bits...

For a mold line proud of the surface. File and/or sand it back carefully making maximum effort to preserve the detail of the sculpt. As said above jewelers files, your xacto knife with a fresh blade...

As always Andy really nice paintjobs lately.

A few comments on Thor.
The gold is a little flat. There is a lot of filigree detail on there that would catch the light even in the areas where you...

Cheers Maenas. Glad you like it. I'll check out Intergalactica as well.

Cheers Maenas,

I think I tracked it down. The airbrush medium I have is slightly glossy. I suspect enough to make the normally matte VMC black gets a little glossy by comparison to the Liquitex...

And stars...

http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv24/stewsayer/20160413_144745a_zpsuuck6zc0.jpg

Thanks gents.

It looks even better now I've tidied up the overs spray and put some distant stars on. Will see if I can upload an updated pic over the next couple of days. Still having finish...

http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv24/stewsayer/20160409_091652a_zpsx79ggpqf.jpg

I've moved on from here and tidied up the black and painted on some stars. Home stretch on this one.

Hi,

I use some Liquitex, Altelier and alot of Golden acrylics paints for my minis.

There are some differences to wrap your head around as compared to hobby specific ranges. But once you do they...

http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv24/stewsayer/IMG_2380a_zpskedixkew.jpg

Today's progress. And the big planet is done. Some over spray cleanup to do and a bit of tidying around the edge. But...

A little progress on a couple of my projects...
http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv24/stewsayer/top_zps0qqitqtn.jpg
http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv24/stewsayer/mask_zpsq1xhyge4.jpg
Managed...

Hey Guys Zab invited me to post here.

I'm normally a righty. Last July I found a pothole with the front end of my bicycle at around 45km/hr. The sudden stop disagreed heavily with my right...

Thanks for the kind words and encouragement.

Krule: I prefer to stay on them myself. I mean its not the fall that breaks you but the sudden stop when you find the road. And I'm glad the freaky...

Very late. But Kath you will be missed. You helped me through some tough times in the hobby and in life. Thankyou Rest in peace.

Some great advice here.

A couple of things to consider.

When You'll want to use the same pins or holes in the mini's feet to mount it to the base. So its best to build you base and measure and...

Check out this tutorial by Painting Buddah.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2G9CEdURNQ

Ben isn't using inks for his glazes here rather he uses a 50/50 mix of the colours he's blending. But it...

So just want to poke my thread and SHow you guys some more of what I'm up to now and some stuff I have finished recently.

I have my same old project ADD going on with 4 commissions rattling...

The scheme has come together really well with the battle damage mate. Top job on the rusted chipped areas. One suggestion. Where you have painted streaks of bright silver on the metallic parts they...

Hi Oistene,

All of your stuff is looking really good. You've made some good strides of improvement since I was last hanging here.

With the Seether. I think you have a really good start and that...

Cheers Krule and Terrafirma.

Krule: I'll have to see what it looks like when the whole thing is done and assembled. I've steered away from going too high a contrast on the pattern as it's going to...

Cheers,

Kingzerno. I agree the jaw came out a little funky. Partly because I was working very close to this reference.
http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv24/stewsayer/Skull_zpswun42zox.jpg
The...

Very nice looking banner.

Thanks guys this is what I'm after.

Oistene and Sicks: Cheers. My wife suggests doing some darker red glazes around the skull to set the background back a little further, kind of a dark/shadow...

Cheers Digga,

Loving your Hellboyesque Orc sculpt mate.

It really is mostly the sculpt on the demon face shining through. I've added some small touches like the separations around the lip top...

Hey Guys and Gals

I'd really appreciate some honest feedback features on the two armor plates in the post a few above.

Being honest myself.
The freehand skull is done and I won't be changing...

Hi,

Search up some images of older people. Find 2 or 3 with photos elements you like for your model. Look at what colours you see in the photo and try and add similar. You can even drag the photo...

Cheers Guys,

Oistene. Its a toe, and the knee plates from one of these.
http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv24/stewsayer/99590102100_ChaosReaverTitanBody05_zpsyhrmneod.jpg

Another big...

Hi,

Its been a long time.

A couple of little teasers of a big job I'm working on at the moment...
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...

Which ones in particular mate. The horizontal ones are physically wider. I think because of this the lining I put in them is not as even as it is in the thinner liens elsewhere on the hull. Could it...

Hi,

Something I finished for a change. A commission to change the Slave 1 prepaint to match (almost) the art for the Andrasta card coming out shortly in the Scum and Villany release. I'd...

Thanks Mate.

Hi,
Been a while. Life and all of that. I have been painting some but not what I was working on before. A couple of commissions came up and I decided to come out of my shell and give them a go. The...

Gandalf,

I find that thinning paints works really well. I use an airbrush medium to add to my paint when doing pretty much anything. It takes a few more passes to build up, but that is never a bad...

Don't skimp on the airbrush mate. I have 2. The first is a cheap Delta that I got for AU$70-90 (can't remember exactly now). Its rubbish and has been since the first use. The trigger mechanism is...

I tried this with a unit of Chaos Warriors. I wanted their unit tray to fit is as part of an army diorama (never did get it finished. typical of me). It worked well with some issues specific to the...

Very nice and creepy job Sionid. Top work.

I see what you mean. You nearly need to fully assemble it on the base and mount the base on something. It also makes sense about the lighting. A lot of the piece is screened by its own body and that...

Hi,

After the prime for the wash. The black/grey then white from above is a great way to get some visualisation of light placement going (suggest grey instead of black to help with lighter colours...

Hi Oistene,

Interesting model. I suggest priming in white or grey if you have them. Its also probably worth using a fairly thin wash of something darker applied thinly all over to pick the details...

Nice work CS. That plate looks nice and crisp.

Ah definitely Nanny Statism then. We have had the same thing here in Aus recently with rare earth magnets. They are extremely difficult to get hold of now because of a single incident where a child...

A bit more description might help mate.

Both the Black and white glaze come out of the bottle quite thick. Almost gel like. I add water and sometimes a bit of medium to thin. This makes them look...

It might not be quite so "Nanny State". Powdered Aluminium, air and a spark can be extremely explosive. Careful in the kitchen mate.

Hey BF,

I used the black glaze as part of the flame effect on the Blood Thirster I painted. Its thinned transparency was just what I was after. Paint a few tounges of flame add a few layers of...

Looking great mate.

I think that the texture of the cork on the battlements is already working in your favour, given the approx. scale of the building. Light coats of paint and a wash should bring...

BA your build skills are awesome and being highlighted wonderfully by the paintwork.

Hi,

I like the hair. And the profile of her face looks great.

The right thigh looks quite a bit bigger than the left. The right knee could use some more bulk.

I'm with Skel on the arm....

Alowan,

With the 25%/2.5% thing do a test with both and see what is closer to what you are after in terms of paint flow etc. You only need a couple of drops for a test.

My 2c here.

Based on my experience too.

Brushes. A good sable is a good investment. I have used W&N and they were good brushes but I found they didn't last long even though I was looking after...

Thanks Mega,

Yes the orange hair is going. It was a late evening low light experiment that didn't come off. I'm going for varied tones of de-saturated yellow and yellow brown instead.

Love the face. So much going on there and the blue is looking great.

LMAO. That's what my daughters said too.

He looks good, especially the face and hands.

The chain mail could benefit from some black and/or coloured washes or glazes to create some shadow and emphasize the shape. I like the way you have...

Some more done. I'm finally happy with the overall color of the purple skin. Still need to boost the lights some and finish off the tail area. Then onto the belly hands etc. and face....

Thanks guys,

Esco: Yep I'm planning some serious messing with glazes once I have the basics of the skin down. I'll definitely work on something like you suggest. Some greys and browns glazed over...

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Some quick initial work on some banners for my mates Black Templars. Got to rub the pencil marks back on...

Congrats Ten.

BF,

The skin is looking really good so far mate. Some nice variation in tone and brightness going on there. Is that a mold line I spy on the upper part of his bare thigh or just a pic artifact?

Digga,

Max is pretty versatile. Mouse driven. And really good for precise changes and sharp edged objects. But it would take some serious skill and patience when it comes to manipulating fine...

Digga,

I'm using 3dsMax for basic shapes like the boots so far and ZBrush for the details.

Drybrush tends to look powdery and especially so with lighter colours. Try taking more paint off the brush and using several passes to build up your colour. Other wise try some glazes of thinned...

More sculpting,

http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv24/stewsayer/Bikeagain_zpscb9ea15b.jpg

BF started working on the boots. Straps and buckles added. Getting to the creases.

Finished up the...

Looking good Demi.

I hope you do well Skell. Good luck with the judges this time around.

A heap of awesome entries there mate. Good Luck for GD.

Good luck at GD Sproket. I hope you got it done (I'm sure you did).

Another grand entry to your gallery mate. The pelt and the face are especially striking. Liking the colours you brought in on the sword also. What's next?

These are all looking good so far.

Love the eyes Sionid and the clothing looks ace also. Freaky!

Keep the grass Max, it makes a very nice and innocent scene.

Looks great Zab.

Cartoon characters. Spy vs. Spy?

Hi,

The print looks good mate. What size is he?

I have a friend with an FDM printer but not sure that the method is the best for our small (in size) hobby. In theory it can do the job but he's...

Thanks for the comments.

@Sionid. I'll hold off the matte medium until the very end. Maybe selective use to flatten the finish on her shoes, pants, hair and towel might be the way to go? Keep the...

Bit more done.

http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv24/stewsayer/IMG_1055_zpscc977332.jpg
http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv24/stewsayer/IMG_1056_zpsa86d58fb.jpg

I've been concentrating on...

I used hot water from the tap at about 40 degrees C (104F). Seemed to work pretty well for them. Not so great for the axe that had a slight bend to it. It would be straight for a day or so but...

Really nice job. Love the greens and the tentacles. The base looks like water to me. Maybe a coat of gloss or satin varnish over the eyes would make them pop that little bit more.

I used this method on some Chaos Warriors very quick and effective.

http://blog.brushthralls.com/?page_id=2652

I didn't have all of the inks so I used what I had and it came out...

Yeah I must have some attention disorder going on. I've been struggling to do any painting this year (may not seem that way) and forcing myself into trying to finish stuff that I've lost interest in....

The S2 survivors (might have been the stretch goal ones and optional ones only) had their cards printed and released with no numbers. There is hope that it will be fixed with the S3 KS stuff I think.

OK so a large update.

Sculpty stuff first...
http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv24/stewsayer/Bikeagain_zps50659ebd.jpg

I've softened the folds in the sleeve cuff on the left just a little as...

Always a learning process.

Not as successful today as hoped. Sorted the slightly too big folds on the left arm and managed about 2/3 of the rest of the trousers. My head was distracted by my...

Thanks BF,

I'm going to soften the folds in the sleeve cuff a little. They are a bit dramatic. And I haven't forgotten the boots. They are a separate piece and I need to add some seams and straps...

Started adding folds on the arm and legs. His left side only so far. More work to do both but symmetry in folds would suck. I think I may need to continue exaggerating some of the ones on the legs.
...

Phil's looking good to mate. I really like the way the trousers are going. Its a bit hard to tell with the rest as the pic is a little out of focus.

With the light colour on Wanda's dress you need...

Hi,

Wanda looks good, a very nice job for a gaming mini. You've made some good choice in colours and have a nice steady hand (can tell from the eyes and lips, nicely done). You could probably thin...

I've only done my normal Zombies at this stage. But I have plans for distinguishing them all.

I have gone for dark grey rubble strewn asphalt with my normal Zombies.
I'm planning on using a much...

The pics and most of the work is Zbrush. I used 3DS Max for box modeling the boot, that's why its much more blocky than the rest (still very low poly). I'll add details like straps and buckles to it...

Your wish is my command,

http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv24/stewsayer/Bikeagain_zps126b54a8.jpg

Tweaked him a little lower on the seat. Had to rotate the arms to get the shoulders to...

Update!
http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv24/stewsayer/Bikeagain_zpsc7acb50f.jpg

I started by cutting a little out of the forearm. As Sionid pointed out he had/has gorilla arms. To my eye the...

I've been using some Golden Artist Acrylics for a while now. They work just fine on minis. Though I have had to make some adjustments in how much I dilute. I also have to go over some colours with...

Do you have a Dremel or something similar? I used mine to clean up some mold lines on a resin bust. It needs a soft touch and a small engraving bit but does give smooth results. Though I din't use...

It has been a bit quiet on this thread.

For the teeth. The gap between the middle two is too wide some filler like Fine milliputt or could be used to close it up and then re-scribe it a bit...

Thanks Guys,

Sionid, I agree if you imagine him standing upright with arms at his side his finger tips would probably be level the top of his kneecaps and are a little too long. I've been...

So mini painting in my household has ground to a halt. But I have been bashing my airbrush on a Slave 1 kit I got a couple of years ago. I plan on getting back into the Zombies and the Lady in the...

Looking good Khonner.

The troll could do with brighter highlights on the arms and maybe bring the face up a bit overall as well. I think to make the Sin City thing work you really want that Black...

My 2c.

Its possible that the gloss comes from working a new layer over the previous before its dry, or that you are over diluting the paint or combination of both. Try a bit less dilution and make...

Keep your paints thin and don't worry about mistakes. Make sure you have the all basic colours for your pattern on the palette at the same time. If you make a mistake fix it with the relevant colour....

Hey BF,

Dredging up an uncooperative model.
http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv24/stewsayer/c085e5c3-5002-4d39-8e9c-60ff764f2033_zps83dffbfc.jpg
Check the edges of the Dark Steel. When I was...

Hey BF

Don't you hate uncooperative minis. They just seem tot want to jump off the table.

The pic isn't from a great angle so makes it a little hard to see your progress. The highlight line on...

Hi,

Really nice neat paintwork. The red looks nice and vibrant. I like the freehand chapter icon. And the other icons and details are really well done too.

Some suggestions.
1. More contrast...

I started back onto the Templar bust yesterday. I reprimed his forehead with brush on after trying to clean up a sloppy fill line.

Oh we cycle too...

I seem to just get away with balancing my painting, cycling, working and family time. I say just because this last week the looks have turned a little closer to daggers than they have for a while.
...

Looking great as usual Lee. This one and the duel are both fantastic ideas and executed fantastically as well.

Its more likely my infrequent updates result in an auto unsubscribe of some kind.

Hey mate,

Nice start on the face. Building some nice contrast there. Maybe just a little darker under the brows and into the tear duct side of the eye socket.

On the sword. Brown stuff is...

Hi Rodagab,

Look at plenty of reference. Easy for human skin, not so much for an orc. But I'm sure you can find some photos on the web that would serve (plants, lizards etc.).
Start to look...

Voted and commented mate. Nice entry for your gallery. Keep up the good work. You've come a long way in a short time.

Welcome to the madhouse.

Keep the background simple mate. You want the focus of the viewer to be wholly on the great NMM work and skin tones you worked into this one. Anything more than a simple gradient in the background is...

The NMM looks really good mate. I'm not really seeing the mold line you mentioned. But the approach to fixing it is what I'd go with. I used some GS and brushed on VMA primer on the Deamon Prince I...

Looks better mate. With the new placement and this camera angle it looks like he's giving fair warning to an adversary before jumping down that little slope and laying in. For your gallery montage, I...

Lovely work Demi. Definitely leave any tweaks to the visor until you have more done.

Gorgeous work Milsoh, just gorgeous.

Hey BF,

The base looks very impressive. But I feel like the mini and all the lovely NMM is a bit lost amongst it all. Giving the white points on the mini a bit of a retouch might help. But I think...

Its already too small.

I can't fit the board tiles in as I expected to. So we will need a separate crate for those already (currently in the S1 box). We'll probably use the case just for figures....

Looking good mate. I totally understand with kids. Mine helped me paint the dogz and have been begging to help with the zombies since. I'll have to let them again I guess. Maybe when I hit the next...

Welcome to the WIP threads Oistene. Looks like the basing has gone alright mate. Looking forward to more pics.

Will be cool to see the viper come together Kath.

My storage solution.

http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv24/stewsayer/Z_store_zps37bdaae3.jpg

Still need to get the magnetized rubber sheets for the shelves. The cupboard was AU$233, I'm...

Impressive as always Andy. Skin tones are very ice (is that a tide ring spot on his right shoulder though just under the vein). The NMM gold looks good to even at the larger scale.

Unfortunately an unwillingness to change, improve and innovate points to an eventual slide into obscurity. It seems many are already deserting CMON for other sites like P&P. I'm over the voting...

Oistene,

I can't remember if I scratched up the surface or not. I suspect not as I had some cracking on a couple also. That's why I followed up with the thin super glue. I will definitely be using...

I've had the advantage of sitting on them for a while and seeing what others have done. And having played a lot of games where you are moving a horde and suddenly realise there's some runners in with...

We have had a little more luck with him with the combined S1, PO and TCM equipment decks. He gets his set about 1/3 games with all 3 decks for us. then about half that time its something less useful...

Hi Oistene,

I didn't consider the quickshade. I have a load of inks and washes and paints already and the minister for finance would have gazumped a new purchase just for the zombies. I find that...

Awesome stuff Cass.

He's looking really good Dan.

Nice job on the base. As an option to improve it. Maybe some dirt coloured pigments spotted lightly around to add some interest and realism to the grey of the asphalt...

Yep Factory line all the way.

Same here, I decided that they are gaming pieces and cleaning would be difficult and very time consuming. So they got a soapy water scrub and some undercoat. I might...

I might have one left that could fill that bill. Either that or I'll wait until I get the Season 3 VIP zombies one of them might just fit.

Another great start there mate. Damn you guys paint fast.

Thanks Demi. I think there are another 80-100 odd to go after these ones (and more due in Feb when the S3 KS gets delivered) and then 30 some survivor figures. Certainly the fastest I've ever painted...

I really like where this one is going Ten and as usual awesome painting.

I'm a slow painter usually. As a family we started these late last month.

Group Shot
http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv24/stewsayer/Z1_zps8ad97289.jpg

The Bigger Ladz...

Been a week or so.

Work gets in the way, as does unseasonably fine weather and my push bike. Amongst all of that I managed a couple of short 1-2hr sessions and one most of the day (yesterday) on...

Fair call that.

I believe the cast stuff BFoK mentioned is by Hirst Arts. Cool stuff if a little expensive but then you are buying molds.

BTW the banner looks great.

Hey oistene,

Freehand isn't really that scary. Practice, practice practice. And keep the base colour of the area handy for little(or big) corrections.

These forums have some pretty good discussions of the rules. There are some links to FAQ docs that I hadn't seen before in the rules section too.
...

Might need to see it from a different angle mate. It looks good but maybe a little too bright. A couple of thin glazes of the shadow tone maybe just to tone it down.

I think it depends on the baking paper that you're using. The big thing is you don't want any air bubbles under it. Mine works best when the top of the paper is dry but cool to touch. I make sure my...

It does sound odd. Especially as it sounds like your palette is too wet. The effect I would expect with too much water is for your globs of paint to eventually become too runny to use.

How much...

On most of the streets around where I live you can get a car on either side parked and still have two pass through easily. On the other hand if you have cars in the mall things would get tighter...

I've been slowly switching over to Golden Artists acrylics for my paints. Big tubes for anywhere from $9 -$40 depending on the pigments in them. When I say big. Big enough that I expect it will be...

Massive difference in the rugged skin there. The other two wouldn't bother me that much but that one is massively different.

I think tip dry is almost inevitable when using an airbrush. I say...

Sand and PVA prior priming is probably the way to go with the Zombicide figures and their integrated bases. To help secure the sand better I use a few drops of Thin (very thin, very runny) fast...

There's occasionally debate on the wash/glaze thing here. I agree with ritual. You can use the same consistency of paint to apply either a wash or a glaze. A wash floods the area and allows the paint...

Looks like a good start Gandalf.

A couple of things that will help it pop a bit more. You need to take the shadows deeper both toward the back of each plate where it meets the cloak and at the...

For your second question.

The GW range will have a zombie like fleshtone. In the old range it was called rotting flesh. A kind of greeny grey fleshtone. I'm not sure about the new range as I...

I had issues with mine in Outlook. So I jumped over to the default WIN 8 client and it worked fine.

Hey Oistene,

Welcome back aboard.

My family and I are right into Zombicide. And we have also gotten sick of grey plastic on the table. I currently have 96 of the creeping dead midway through...

Looking good Khonner.

I agree with Sionid a wash over the columns of the shadow colour or something midway between it and the base colour will tie it together better.

I like the composition of...

Yes it can. You can probably find a cheaper (larger volume) alternative though.

Looking really good. The lines on the elbow pad are maybe a little heavy. Some good techniques for picking out edges are to use slightly thicker paint, only have a tiny little bit on the brush and...

The chest eagle looks good. You've done a great job of softening the transitions on the wings and the skull looks even better. I wouldn't say slow mate. I took two years to paint a FW Blood Thirster...

Nice paintjob 10 and great article. I'll be referencing it while working on my lady.

My 2c Bailey. The spider looks just fine. An awesome piece mate.

I only have two starter sets (4x TIE fighters and 2x X-Wings), a TIE Advanced a B-Wing and an A-Wing but its a blast and quick to set up and play. The rules are pretty intuitive too. Highly recommend...

Plastic. Some pretty good detail. I painted straight over the paint job that was on it (airbrush) with no real loss of detail. Its from the X-Wing miniatures game by Fantasy Flight. I asked the...

Bad phrasing on my part there mate. Get rid of it from the hull sections, leave it on the windows.

Thanks Demi,

Yeah I need to glaze some of the hull colour back over the light and maybe even get rid of it altogether. I plan on adding some reflections of the cloaking field in other panels of...

Watching with interest mate. I love the Trollbloods pity I can't stay motivated to paint my own. The club looks cool so far.

Looking good so far.

A suggestion to think about. To blend your shadows better with your base tone mix the two together 50/50 (you may need more of the blue) and thin down (try around 3:1 water...

So I managed a second day on the trot today. Bad me I started another new project. Looks like I might end up going back to having three or four on the go at once. Zombies for me. The lady for the...

Hey Boubi he's looking great mate.

Demi. I'm pretty sure you need to get different brushes for oil paints. The glue used to assemble the bristles is different. The medium in the oil paint will...

Got an hour in this morning and made some adjustments to this ladies eyes. What do you think?

http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv24/stewsayer/Minis/IMG_0956a_zps139846f4.jpg

And some progress...

A little like this http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6211/6262174997_60bc16055e_z.jpg once dry the individual florets open up nicely and take paint quite well. You can dry stuff like this in the oven on...

Hey BFK,

He certainly is looking very good. Congrats on your win too.

For flowers I saw some army painter meadow flowers stuff a while ago that looked good for very small wild flower type...

Hey Webmonkey. I have similar problems with wet blending so take my advice with a grain of salt for sure.

From the pic it looks like most of your brush strokes go perpendicular to the direction in...