Painting miniatures, terrain and scenery.
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Yeah, got the same arriving Monday....
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Been Blood Bowling the last few months
Good times
Good times
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I love it.... and will actually probably use this idea
A mate of mine made up a Blood Bowl pitch with actual pavers from the local Nursery. Too bad it weighs over 10 kgs!
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I'll be carting my Kings of War Ogres off to CanCon next year, already bought my entry ticket.
Entries to that and other games still open for the time being, but running out of space quickly
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Entries to that and other games still open for the time being, but running out of space quickly
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Been working on some space men
Only 200 odd to go!
Only 200 odd to go!
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Homebrew chapter?
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Yep, Polaris
Still haven't decided on the symbols. Maybe a Trident or spear but meh
Just wanted something easy (blue and silver) but wasn't just Ultramarines. The splash of orange works well IMO
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I recently picked up the D&D Adventurers Paint Set; one for me and one for a mate's birthday (he's just started in the hobby). It wasn't so much that I needed the paints. Primarily it was because of the Minsc & Boo (from Baldur's Gate) mini that comes with it.
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D&D Nolzurs Marvelous Pigments Adventurers Paint Set
These Gale Force 9 sets will finally - and for the first time ever - bring dedicated colours to the fantastic D&D universe!
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I recently picked up the D&D Adventurers Paint Set; one for me and one for a mate's birthday (he's just started in the hobby). It wasn't so much that I needed the paints. Primarily it was because of the Minsc & Boo (from Baldur's Gate) mini that comes with it.
D&D Nolzurs Marvelous Pigments Adventurers Paint Set
These Gale Force 9 sets will finally - and for the first time ever - bring dedicated colours to the fantastic D&D universe!
My son has bought me some D&D minis for Christmas and I reckon I'd like to have a shot at painting them. I was thinking of picking up the D&D Adventurers Paint Set. I haven't painted any minis in about 20 years so go no real idea on how to go about it. For a relative newbie like me, would this be the go?
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The difference to 20 years ago is there are now a million tutorials on YouTube.
But any starter painting set should be good that set looks like it has a decent range of colors as well.
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You might want to look at some washes and acrylic inks if you really get into it as a next step as they are super easy to use but make models pop
Contrast paints are another option.
You're totally right about there being a heap of YT tutorials. God bless the internet.
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The basics are...
- Use a wet palette. A zillion YouTube's on how to do it, super easy.
- always go towards having a little too much water, then not enough, when mixing with paint. Don't paint straight from the bottle
- base coat the whole thing, either with spray, or paint, black / white or grey. Total personal preference but if you have a starter set paint some grey on.
- wait to dry
- then nice smooth brushes with whatever colours you want. Just try and stay in the lines
- if you want to wash, then I suggest agrax earthshade (brownish) or nuln oil (blackish) from GW
- after that, it's more how much time you want to spend highlighting. At a minimum id repaint the main colour without going into the recesses
The most important thing is don't try and be perfect!!! If you hate a paint job you can throw any mini in Dettol for a few days and scrub it and start again
I'm by no means an expert, but for someone starting out I feel like a wet palette isn't a necessity. Just be judicious with the amount of paint you put on a palette and give a little forethought to what colour scheme you'll be going for. Also, paints that come in dropper bottles are really handy. Very useful when mixing paints.
Thanks all. Very much appreciated and I look forward to having a shot over the holidays.
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