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Post by Nick P on Jun 12, 2018 11:57:13 GMT -6
And I've used Sycorax bronze for the trim, its a match made in heaven! I really like the sound of that. Excellent CJ!
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Post by Joelercoaster on Jun 12, 2018 20:55:08 GMT -6
siiiiiiiick
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Post by jesse on Jun 13, 2018 20:38:41 GMT -6
Sycorax is the mother of Caliban, so if you decide to drop the Thousand Sons for a cool legion, it'll work there too.
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Post by mike on Jun 13, 2018 23:21:32 GMT -6
Oh man oh man
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Post by cj on Jun 14, 2018 6:55:24 GMT -6
Sycorax is the mother of Caliban, so if you decide to drop the Thousand Sons for a cool legion, it'll work there too. As I said, Prospero's servant
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Post by Nick P on Jun 14, 2018 7:21:50 GMT -6
Airbrush Stencil test - trying to give my (much maligned) mostly-black dark eldar army a little more visual interest. Next up, more sick tribal tats in red on the other raider sail and 3 ravager sails, and then hex patterns on all my vehicles' wings/fins in grey:
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Post by cj on Jun 14, 2018 7:28:07 GMT -6
How do you use the stencil? Does it go directly on the model?
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Post by Russell on Jun 14, 2018 7:56:17 GMT -6
my (much maligned) mostly-black dark eldar army aw come on man you're doing... you're doing gooood
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Post by Nick P on Jun 14, 2018 9:14:36 GMT -6
How do you use the stencil? Does it go directly on the model? HEAD ON! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD! HEAD ON! *ahem* Yup, the stencil is tacky (but not too tacky) so it conforms to the contours of the model extremely well without lifting any paint off. I just applied it to the model, pressed it down using my silicon clay shapers (thank you for recommending that purchase CJ), masked off the surrounding area with post it notes (pro-tip), and went to town. I am using the Fallout Hobbies ones, and they have near unlimited re-use as long as you are careful with peeling the stencil off, and as long as you use light airbrush passes so you don't gunk up the edges and corners of the stencil detail with paint. I've also been placing the stencil on a sheet of wax paper in between uses and wiping it with a damp paper towel to try to remove some of the paint from each pass. I was able to get all 6 of these symbols applied to these vehicles in the span of about 20 minutes or so, I expect the next batch to go faster now that I feel like I know what I'm doing.
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Post by Nick P on Jun 15, 2018 6:50:16 GMT -6
I did something totally unique that no one has ever thought of, and added some airbrush hex patterns to the wing tips on my venoms and razorwing. I...am not sure if I like it. On the one hand it helps break up even more of that black, but on the other hand, its airbrushed hex patterns, which is the airbrush equivalent of eBay pro painted.
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Post by Russell on Jun 15, 2018 10:44:49 GMT -6
I don’t care how many people do it, that will never not look cool.
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Post by mike on Jun 15, 2018 10:45:37 GMT -6
I did something totally unique that no one has ever thought of, and added some airbrush hex patterns to the wing tips on my venoms and razorwing. I...am not sure if I like it. On the one hand it helps break up even more of that black, but on the other hand, its airbrushed hex patterns, which is the airbrush equivalent of eBay pro painted. I think the tribal tats are doing a lot of work breaking up the black and they look sharp. Hexes might make it too busy. Maybe if it was reeaally subtle (eshin grey at most). If anything I would get more aggressive with the tats. Put them on the wings or add an orange gradient etc.
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Post by mike on Jun 15, 2018 10:53:00 GMT -6
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Post by mike on Jun 15, 2018 10:53:49 GMT -6
The bomber model is so much cooler than the fighter model. =(
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Post by Nick P on Jun 15, 2018 11:38:09 GMT -6
I did something totally unique that no one has ever thought of, and added some airbrush hex patterns to the wing tips on my venoms and razorwing. I...am not sure if I like it. On the one hand it helps break up even more of that black, but on the other hand, its airbrushed hex patterns, which is the airbrush equivalent of eBay pro painted. I think the tribal tats are doing a lot of work breaking up the black and they look sharp. Hexes might make it too busy. Maybe if it was reeaally subtle (eshin grey at most). If anything I would get more aggressive with the tats. Put them on the wings or add an orange gradient etc. Well I did the hexes in evil sunz scarlet SO I might have to go back and change that; it doesn't look bad, but it could look better and more subtle if I did it in grey instead. I'm going to highlight the symbols by hand to make them stand out a little bit more, and I think adding some more to the wings instead of the hexes might be a nice alternative - I'm going to fully airbrush paint my first model start to finish tonight, a voidraven, and I'll try a few different things to see what looks good and what sucks.
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