GD entry and paints

[Dragon Forge Design]

Originally posted by Tahn
Yeah, I understand what you mean.

My point is: GW paints might not be preferred by every painter, so stopping people from using other brands could stop some painters paint as well as they would want to. I personally use GW, but also VMC because it has certain shades that I wouldnt be able to mix as well.

And why so much spite any way guys? I often wonder this about CMON...

My reaction was to your post saying that you couldnt paint a masterpiece with out access to more than 50-60 colors of paint.. which I still say is a load of :cussing: LOL but honestly dont take me serious in that to much..afterall Im probably one of the biggest paint ho\'s around but my Demon winner from September probably used less than 30 colors and 1/2 were Humbrol enamels and Windor&Newton oils.

My point was get a good pallet and mix paints.. its going to get you more colors than your ever going to get out of a large amount of colors.

Companies make 200 color paint ranges because they want to sell you paint..nothing more nothing less.. no one needs 10 shades of olive green but for many its a necessity I guess.

 

[Tahn]

Deleted my posts now! Now I can celebrate 1/3 of my way to freakdom with out saying some thing silly! I do admit, it was real stupid.

My final word on the subject is: GW only want entries to reflect on the gaming worlds, so as long as this is done, thhey will be happy enough.

Limiting painters to Citadel might not be a good choice because other brands might have a shade that the painter might not know how to mix with Citadel paints.

Hope that sounds better.

 

[Bill]

I have 32 paints, all GW. Go me!

 

[EPStudios]

I got the vallejo paint set and that\'s all I use.... Though I am actually taking a shift towards oils

 

[generulpoleaxe]

i use a bit of everything

and if you want to stand a chance of a demon, just do as it says in this months white dwarf, sculpt something based on fluff that they can advertise with.

(boy was one of my entries so far off the mark)

 

[RuneBrush]

Current plan is a scene from a Gotrek and Felix book Aiming to use the new mini\'s with a few conversions (like giving Gotrek a proper sized axe).

I\'ve always enjoyed looking at a square foot of space and reading the scene a bit like you\'d read a book, so want to try and do that - its going to be a tough task, but I think that I\'ve started off early enough for once!

 

[demonherald]

Originally posted by generulpoleaxe
i use a bit of everything

and if you want to stand a chance of a demon, just do as it says in this months white dwarf, sculpt something based on fluff that they can advertise with.

(boy was one of my entries so far off the mark)

hee hee...........I like that maybe a diorama of an uber sized Robot in GW livery crushing a lot of smaller robots in Rackham Dark age privateer presss and reaper liveries would appeal to them...................
There is also the diorama of a store clerk sat scratching his arse while all his customers are buying Warmachine next door.....

back to the point ...I find it is almost like the GD\'s sometimes take a step back and are scared of a bit of change. All too often now models are pulled because they are too rackham ..beautiful models get beaten by something that looks like it came out of the army book.strange but i guess at the end of the day it is there competition.

btw did anyone notice that Nano was quoted as only ever using itadel paints and BRUSHES.......is that true??

 

[Avelorn]

Originally posted by demonherald
...btw did anyone notice that Nano was quoted as only ever using citadel paints and BRUSHES.......is that true??

Yes it could be. As their master series brushes are basically W&N series 7... So now almost everyone is using \"GW\" brushes. lol

But he might even be using GW brushes.. if you get the right one they can be fairly decent.. but it\'s too much of a hassle as you rarely get to test them in the store. It\'s not like you can\'t paint to the highest level with GW brushes I just find it slighty more difficult. And for washes and wetblending/feathering it doesn\'t matter much imo.

 

[SJB]

No idea what the deal is these days but, funnily enough, back when I briefly worked for Eavy Metal, all the painters were using citadel paints and Citadel brushes.

For the most part it\'s not the tools you use, it\'s how you use them (within reason. You aint getting a masterpiece from a tuft of yak\'s hair on a stick).

 

[lono]

From what I saw whenever I got the chance to wander through the studio it is mostly GW stuff.

You can usually tell when it\'s a non-GW paint being used because the painting guide suggests a mix of 3 or so paints for the colour. That translates as one Vallejo!

And I agree Avelorn, the basic GW brushes can be great, but finding the good one amongst 20 bad uns is problematic.

Heading into the store and sucking them all out into a point is what I used to do, then I saw a rather unsanitary looking fellow doing the same thing and realised that I could have been sharing his spittle, which made me stop! ossessed:

 

[OrkyDave]

Wow, I never knew you were on the \'Eavy metal team Steve, but one thing I am curious about is that they seem to have a high turnaround of painters, and wondered why this is?

 

[generulpoleaxe]

Originally posted by OrkyDave
one thing I am curious about is that they seem to have a high turnaround of painters, and wondered why this is?

crap wages, people can only do something they love for peanuts for so long. it also helps them build a name/reputation for frelance painting.

 

[demonherald]

yeah couple the wages with suddenly been asked to paint more goblin regiments..........add into that that a lot of painters build a name leave and do commission for amazing prices..

 

[SJB]

Frankly, painting full time is just not for everyone. Wages weren\'t great though. I realised pretty quick that it wasn\'t the correct career path for me.