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Imperial Creative Engineering => Dioramas => Topic started by: customclone on August 27, 2009, 06:08:42 PM
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what type of paint do you use i use testors paint
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Right now, I'm using "craft" acrylics I get at the local WalMart - brands are ones like Apple Barrel, Ceramcoat, Delta, and the like. 2oz bottle for $1-$2, depending on brand and style - metallics cost a little more. I also use some spray-paints for certain projects - primarily Krylon Fusion colors, Krylon camouflage colors, and either Krylon or Rustoleum primer.
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due to my familiarity with it from 5 yrs painting 40k i only use GW citadel miniatures paints and foundation paints and basecoat with their spray can paints.
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due to my familiarity with it from 5 yrs painting 40k i only use GW citadel miniatures paints and foundation paints and basecoat with their spray can paints.
Jay, I took your advice from your last video and have been to our local games workshop (strange place, I thought I was a geek until I ventured through their door). I purchased lots of cool colours, basecoats, black spray and a finishing matt varnish. So far it seems as though the base coat has fixed quite well onto a figure that I'm customising so to anyone reading this post, Wraithnine is your man when it comes to paint advice....
Jules
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Paint depends on the project,
Figs, I use Testors Acryl and usually spary it with an airbrush.
For dios or other surfaces I will use a wide variety of paints. On compatable items I always hit it with a primer surfacer, on items like my swamp speeder where I built from wood, bondo and other hard surface items I use a heavy fill surfacer to get rid of any imperfections. I do use premium auto body items, since I have them in my shop already, as for the color. I will use anything from cheap spray cans to model paints. Testors is my prefered brand for brush on paint, simply becasue I can get it at a Hobby Lobby right down the road from where I work.
I will also seal most items with Deft semi gloos, flat or gloss poly depending on final project goals.
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on figs I only use Revell paints. They work very well
For dios (wood,plastic) I often use acrylic paints
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What is a good brand and type for flesh tones?
The parts have been washed/rinsed each time I tried and allowed to dry thoroughly.
I even have basecoated the parts evenly and allowed ample drying time... days even before continuing with the next phase/shade/color...
I have Model Masters in a light base tone and a darker base tone, but all they had was acryl....
it works ok if you basecoat the resin heads first and allow plenty time to dry, but must be either put on liberally all over (giving a barely acceptable appearance) or sparingly over a long ammount of time allowing to dry before continuing to paint more until the whole face is painted.
And the two colors are to be used in layers...
I tried mixing the colors and made a few nice shades but it seems I have lost patience... paint a few strokes and wait to dry... paint a few more and wait again. repeat and repeat until satisfied... which I am not, leading to lots of repaints.
and even tried a drybrush type technique, but the paint globs and rolls off when you overstroke a prior painted area.
If you paint them liberally, you eventually end up with a burn victim looking head that is not what I am trying for.
Any tips or ideas would be much appreciated.
And thanks.
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While GW has some good skin tones already (Dwarf Flesh, Tanned Flesh, Elf Flesh, etc.), Reaper's has so called triads. Three colours that go together. They have a couple of skin tone triads. GW and Reaper aren't the cheapest brands out there, but if you check ebay or something, you can probably find 2nd hand paints, often still half to 3/4 full.
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Use Testors Acrylic applebarrel and othes use Krylon on most of my dio's be carefull of the foam core and Styrofoam always coat with plaster or concrete
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I can honestly say I had never thought I would be looking for used paints on ebay....
I havent been able to locate any GW paints near me
And I havent ordered any because of high shipping where I was able to find them...
Maybe over Xmas might find some...
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customclone wrote
what type of paint do you use i use testors paint
I use the following paints for all my customs they are Reaper Miniature paints, Vallejo Paints and Games Workshop Paints and for extra weathering I also use pastel chalks.
dana.raye.smith wrote
What is a good brand and type for flesh tones?
Mate I use Reaper Miniatues and Folkart paints for my flesh the below is a tutorial I did a few years ago and still use it to this day, and it works for any scale figures.
http://www.figurerealm.com/customtutorial.php?ID=2 (http://www.figurerealm.com/customtutorial.php?ID=2)
Ron
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Thanks much, Hemble. I guess that would work the same with smaller 3 3/4 SW figures heads.
I just need better paints... I hope to pick some up this week...
I know they sell GW paints where we are going... in all colors, as long as you dont mind the prices....
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Hi All
dana.raye.smith wrote
Thanks much, Hemble. I guess that would work the same with smaller 3 3/4 SW figures heads.
I just need better paints... I hope to pick some up this week...
I know they sell GW paints where we are going... in all colors, as long as you dont mind the prices....
Yeah mate the same technic will work on the smaller figs as well, and GW paints are expensive but are good paints but I can't faulter the Vallejo paints at all the are excellent.
Ron
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I use Mr coulour acrylics that are around 2.50 each and krylon spray paint.
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i use games work shop paint.i used testors paint until i found a hobbie store with games work shop paint. vadsab :o :o :o EL Va1 ()rr ()rr ()rr ()rr ()rr
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i use games work shop paint.i used testors paint until i found a hobbie store with work shop paint. vadsab :o :o :o EL Va1 ()rr ()rr ()rr ()rr ()rr
i just found a close hobbie store to get some new paints
ive been looking to get into airbruching but i cant find one i like, anyone selling one?
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Hemble, that Ki-Adi head looks fantastic. Thanks for the tutorial. You do any youtube videos?
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Hi All
CloneSniper78 - Cheers mate and haven't done any youtube tutorials as of yet.
Ron
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Hi All
CloneSniper78 - Cheers mate and haven't done any youtube tutorials as of yet.
Ron
@Hemble Hey if you have a youtube channel pm it to me so I can sub you. Maybe you can sub me too and see some of my wannabe Hemble customs, lol. talk to ya later
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http://www.lambojack.com/2007%20San%20Diego%20Meet/Bright%20Orange%20Again.jpg
Does anyone know what kind of orange this is? Is it candy orange?
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Mate I have picked a few paints that sought of match it these paints are GW paints and here they are.
Macharius Solar Orange, Blazing Orange.
And here is a link to my youtube stuff my callsign on youtube is hemble001and sorry mate call it old age but does sub mean?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEkuiwYN7nY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEkuiwYN7nY)
Ron
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Mate I have picked a few paints that sought of match it these paints are GW paints and here they are.
Macharius Solar Orange, Blazing Orange.
And here is a link to my youtube stuff my callsign on youtube is hemble001and sorry mate call it old age but does sub mean?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEkuiwYN7nY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEkuiwYN7nY)
Ron
Ron... you're cracking me up man. It's short for subscribe. I want to subscribe to your channel on youtube. Don't feel bad I'm 32 and I have way too many senior moments. It kind of worries me. Anyways, thanks for the tips on the orange paint. Talk to ya later. Tom
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Mate I have picked a few paints that sought of match it these paints are GW paints and here they are.
Macharius Solar Orange, Blazing Orange.
And here is a link to my youtube stuff my callsign on youtube is hemble001and sorry mate call it old age but does sub mean?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEkuiwYN7nY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEkuiwYN7nY)
Ron
Hey Ron, I subscribed to your channel. Thank you.
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Cheers mate I have just got back from field so I'm going to start adding SW stuff soon.
Ron
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Back from the field? Are you in the military Ron?
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Yeah mate been back in for nearly 5 yrs.
Ron
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Cool, I was in the U.S. Marines for 4 years, from '97 to '01. How old are you if you don't mind telling?
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Hey mate
I'm 42 signed up in 1985 when I was 16.5 was in till 1986 when I got a medical discharge and resigned up back in 2006 after 22yrs and still in so far ;D.
Ron
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its amazing the amount of military and ex military personnel on here ....makes me feel a tad pathetic .... hey Tom Semperfi!
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its nice to see some other military folk around these parts of the galaxy ;D
reeves paint ..
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Thanks Jay, not only am I a toy collector and customizer, but I'm also a government trained killing machine. LOL j/k........not really.
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Anyways.... getting back on topic. I just bought a train set magazine called Model Railroader(Nov.2010). It has some really good articles on weathering techniques and even how to incorporate photoshop into making the background for a diorama. I hope HB94 sees this. They also tell you how to make a stream or a river in a dio. It is really awesome. They have a website, it's www.modelrailroader.com . I bought this magazine because I'm planning to make a train set for my son. I'm going to use Thomas the Tank Engine Trackmaster trains, but the rest of the setup will be (hopefully) really realistic looking. I probably wont be contributing to the website as much over the next two to four months. I don't know how this project is going to go, but from what I'm seeing in this magazine it might take a while. Anyways, this post is getting out of control so any help, suggestions, or just comments are appreciated. Talk to you guys later.
Tom
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Tom good luck on the TTTE Railway and if you wantsome amazing railway stuff look at woodland scenics stuff they even have great tutorials.
Ron
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Model Railroader is an AWESOME resource! Kalmbach Publishing also puts out a sister title - FineScale Modeler - for "everything else" and both are well worth subscriptions. I have stacks of back issues of both titles. ;D I used to do a lot of railroading until I figured out building the models was the part I liked, not the actual running trains. I'm afraid ;) I'm about to pull out some of my 1/35th models and reimmerse myself in that part of my hobbies.
Hey, Tom! Little brother! Caught up on this thread and see you are a fellow Marine!
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Yeah I was an 0844, artillery fire direction control and survey. I just did survey. What was your MOS?
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0351 - Dragon gunner. Got out just before our unit was supposed to get the Javelins. Wish I'd done something like your MOS - you can get a job using survey skills as a civvie - hard to get a civvie job blowing up tanks! ;D
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I worked for an engineering company for a little while and then got laid off. I think I would have stayed in that field if I lived in a different state. The Phoenix area is way too hot in the summer to be working outside for 10 hours a day. Now I work for the Department of Homeland Security.