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>>98163288
Compression seems to have wiped out the colours :/
Here's a more accurate one
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>>98162444
what is easier: writing while holding a clipboard or writing on a desk? if you were trying to paint a postcard would you pin it to an easel or try to hold it in your hand? if you have shaky hands is it easier to pour tea into a cup you are holding or one sitting on the table?
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>>98163385
>You do not hold a desk, easel or countertop in your hand while doing any of those things
yes that's what I'm getting at. trying to hold what you are painting with your hand is like writing on a clipboard. you are making it harder on yourself for no reason. put your miniature in a workholding device that doesn't require your body to hold in place.
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>>98163461
The point is to create a mechanical link between your hand and the piece, retard. Post your mini painting setup with your vise.
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>>98163461
the only one of those that remotely compares to a miniature in a table vice is painting on an easel, a case in which you are painting a flat surface from only one angle, a miniature is a 3D surface that you have to paint from all angles, so your vise would have to be mounted at just below eye level and you would continuously need to walk around it crouch under it and lean over top of it.
That is ridiculous.
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>>98163478
>The point is to create a mechanical link between your hand and the piece
why the hell would you want that? no matter how you hold a clipboard it will always be easier to write on a desk. proper workholding will let you do the same thing with your paintbrush.
>>98163524
that's why you get a vise designed to rotate to any angle you want.
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>>98162825
>John Blanche Memorial Edition
Would be nice to post minis/work inspired in some way by Blanche, too bad I don't have any myself, maybe I'll see what I can do with some old world minis.
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>>98163671
>Would be nice to post minis/work inspired in some way by Blanche
I like the way he decorated the weapons and armour of the Blood Angels on the 2nd Edition (my favourite edition!) boxed set with a black flame motif on the legs and helmets. Additionally, the Games Day miniature for 2012 was a FineCast rendition of the Blood Angels Captain from the front of the box.
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Rerurning to my Fallout board game project with this printed replacement for the shitty NCR Ranger sculpt it came with.
Hoping to finish the set this time, have the Caravan Merchant, Wastelander and Lone Gunslinger to do as well.
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>>98163893
Had a go at the freehand while I wait for the base to dry.
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>>98163971
OG Mother of Dragons.
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>>98164000
What do you mean? And I don't remember where I got the file, I printed this guy well over a year ago and I'm just now painting him. I do remember I spent a few afternoons hunting down a good ranger STL though, lots of poorly optimized and/or posed ones floating around.
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>>98164007
for some reason I was picturing the ncr ranger with the survivalist's rifle which is an ar-15. I looked up the image I was thinking of and he actually has the ranger sequoia in it so I was remembering wrong. I'm not sure what that frankengun is supposed to be though.
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Face 3 of my training arc. He definitely looks splotchy and still too pink in areas for my liking, but I think I'm starting to get the hang of character-level face painting. Gonna try to follow Vince for the next one.
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Started working my backlog of Necrons
>>98163445
Looks like a good start
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>>98163331
Got metal base coat on. That's all I have in me today. Got to tidy up all the edges of colours then do a big agrax wash then see what needs more layers and highlights.
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A store near me sells a bunch of tamiya products relating to decal application.
Which ones are the bare minimum necessary for applying decals and making sure everything goes smoothly?
And which ones are safe for bare acrylic surfaces if possible I think the mark strong has a disclaimer that it might hurt acrylic paint jobs.
I’ve never applied decals ever.
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>>98164282
micro sol and micro set are all you really need, if they don't have those the tamiya mark fit fills a similar role
I heard this on some sloptuber video but it's good advice: get some latex free makeup wedges from your grocery store too, they're great for smashing decals down onto rounded surfaces. And they don't leave fibers like paper towels will
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>>98164291
Which role does mark fit fill?
>>98164295
I always thought that water was enough to soften the decal after cutting it off the “paper tray” it is on and put it in water.
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>>98164180
I'm shit at doing faces. I saw this method recently and I might try to use it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1a2djIBnXA
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>>98164301
The local store only sells tamiya hobby products in the paint and tools section.
So for a retard that never applied decals to an acrylic painted surface what should I get?
And will Ak gloss varnish be strong enough to create a surface for mark fit? The regular one not the strong one.
I’ve learned of the decal adhesives from the regular to the softener.
I’m not sure if those are necessary or just good to have in case.
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>>98164151
you can paint while upside down hanging by your feet for all I care, but don't post bullshit and then pretend it's not bullshit when you get called out. using your fucking hand is never going to be the most stable workholding option.
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>>98164180
personally I think highlighting with cream color is a mistake. it always ends up looking like face paint. like you can clearly see the lines drawn on his cheeks in your image. the same goes for doing it with hands. people try to do knuckle highlights but it ends up looking like mr. bones.
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>>98164740
So… you don’t need micron precision. The highest tier mini painters don’t use a vice. Because it limits your mobility in manipulating the mini and getting the right angles. It will only handicap you
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>>98164770
the initial question was what is more stable when you have hand problems, and anchoring your part to the bench is absolutely more stable than trying to hold it with your other hand. I don't give a shit what the "highest tier mini painters" do because it's obvious that mini painters all have galapagos syndrome and wouldn't use a useful tool even if you threw it at them until gw or vallejo started selling a branded one. a vise is good enough for engraving jewelry and filing on tiny clock parts so it's certainly good enough for painting figurines.
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>>98164810
I'm not posting my bench so you can try to stalk me but I have this with different jaws I milled out. put your part on the end of a stick and clamp the stick in the vise and you can get any angle you want.
>>98164825
I can file a piece of spring steel while holding it in my hand, but I don't because that's fucking stupid.
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>>98164823
Your answer is wrong because it focuses solely on stability and not workability. Using a bench vise is overkill stability wise at the severe cost of manipulability and ergonomics, therefore not a useful tool.
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>>98164864
He is proclaiming everyone else is wrong. Despite the fact no professional or high skill painter does this. Yes. He is either an actual retard, or self obsessed.
I bet he has a perfect solution to the economy as well.
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