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    How do you transfer your paint\\dilution to pallette?

    I\'m just interested in how other people get their paint, and dilution silution from their respective containers to the pallette... I use the end of a an old brush to dab drop sof paint and water. Occasionally I\'ll stir the 2 with brush bristels. I\'m wondering if my technique is quite...
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    Little Chunklettes.

    Does anyone ever experience little chunklettes when painting? To be more precise... I\'m working on my first reflective NMM sword. black, shadow grey, and white are my colors. all GW. now, whenever I feather my white, unless highly dilute, across the sword blade, I see tiny little white...
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    WIP - Feral Orko

    HEY-YA\'LL!!! I\'m working on this orc, right. This is my first attempt to paint a full mini in, hmm maybe 2 years. And I am going for a used, battered and beaten look. I mean, this lil orcs been trekkin the wastelands doin it all... The color scheme I\'ve so far chosen for my shield is one...
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    Post Production Anti Future Floor Finish Shine (stuff)

    erm... So if I start using future more for washes, how might i just rid myself of the evil glare??? And secondly... say perhaps, before the painting is done, what is a way to view the mini without the FFF shine? so as not to trickster on my eyes? ahhh, my thanks to any advice!
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    Chalky Painting!

    AND here I am again, with my age old question... From start to finish I always manage to induce some sort of chalkiness in my painting. I think I\'ve improved my priming by using slower passes and keeping the spray at about 6 inches. Now, I wonder... I know I am using a lot of dilution...
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    Spray Priming... primer strings?

    Does anyone encounter this problem? I notice that when I spray my mini\'s with GW black primer... there are like random tiny black strings that pop up... could I be spraying from too far away??? Typically I shake and roll the can for like 2 minutes, and spray short long range bursts of the...
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    Poor Primer Coat?

    Well, I\'ve been invovled in all the \"smooth painting\" threads, in an attempt to figure out why my methods are making chalky finishes... Now i wonder, did I do a crappy job priming? The reason is... I noticed a black mark on the knee of a mini, I painted. I rubbed my nail over it, and found...
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    Pics of my first \"wet-feathering\" attempt.

    OK... here it goes... I attempted to mimic, EricJ\'s procedure: http://wyrd-games.net/showthread.php?t=92 My initial thoughts, it let me smoothly blend colors, much better than layering... using 20-30 wet layers, and feathering away the paint with a second brush. After, I noted chalky and...
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    Handling GW paint, and wet-palette usage.

    Hello, I am still trying to improve my painting system for efficiency and ease. I use GW paints, and am wondering, what the best way is to maximize their useful lives. Currently, I shake them before each use, and thats about it. I dilute them on my palette with future\\water mix. I was told...
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    Those Unwanted Streaks!

    Hello all! I come seeking advice in the world of mini-painting. I have only painted a total of about 20 mini\'s around 2 years ago. Now I am re-starting the hobby. I have done some research and practice, as well as read over the Magma-Trax article time and time again. NOW! for my question...
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