|
Post by AdeptusB on Apr 1, 2018 19:34:04 GMT
Watch some free YouTube videos of Bob Ross... "Happy trees!"
|
|
|
Post by Charistoph on Apr 1, 2018 23:37:57 GMT
Ditto for the spray primer recommendation. I've never had a weather issue with it ... That must be nice. A full half of the year can be classified as a weather issue here. No idea how it is with the OP.
|
|
Cyel
Junior Strategist
Posts: 685
|
Post by Cyel on Apr 2, 2018 9:26:35 GMT
|
|
eathotlead
Junior Strategist
PP forumite since 2004
Posts: 259
|
Post by eathotlead on Apr 3, 2018 12:36:22 GMT
Ditto for the spray primer recommendation. I've never had a weather issue with it ... That must be nice. A full half of the year can be classified as a weather issue here. No idea how it is with the OP. What exactly does weather / humidity do to *primer? I can see how it would affect and cloud-up sealant / top coat, but I honestly don't know what would happen to a good primer. Clumps? (I have a newspaper spot in the corner of an unfinished basement, and a house with central air, which is why I never have issues.)
|
|
Cyel
Junior Strategist
Posts: 685
|
Post by Cyel on Apr 3, 2018 13:02:06 GMT
Also I'd like to add two incredibly important pieces of advice, all the more useful for a beginner:
1) choose a relatively simple colour scheme with a striking composition of colours and avoid varying it too moch from model to model 2) never skip basing, even if it is just generic sand and a couple of tufts/some static grass
With those two rules applied consistently across the entire army, you'll get a force that will look good on the tabletop regardless of your actual skill, precision, time/effort spent or experience.
With gaming armies the visual impact of a coherent force is much stronger than detail and finishing touches which are not really visible during a game. And consistent scheme and bases are two easiest ways of achieveing this coherency.
|
|
|
Post by Charistoph on Apr 3, 2018 14:12:40 GMT
That must be nice. A full half of the year can be classified as a weather issue here. No idea how it is with the OP. What exactly does weather / humidity do to *primer? I can see how it would affect and cloud-up sealant / top coat, but I honestly don't know what would happen to a good primer. Clumps? (I have a newspaper spot in the corner of an unfinished basement, and a house with central air, which is why I never have issues.) Not having a good indoor place to spray would affect it. I live in a climate that is very dry 95% of the year, and over 100F/38C from May through September. So, yeah, it affects the paint while in the air, even the good stuff if you're not careful.
|
|
|
Post by theodosius on Apr 3, 2018 14:25:39 GMT
Cyel: thank's alot for the tip with the Warhammer TV!!! I watched some the minute, and they are realy helpfull for me too!
|
|
|
Post by killroundears on Apr 5, 2018 23:37:06 GMT
Also I'd like to add two incredibly important pieces of advice, all the more useful for a beginner: 1) choose a relatively simple colour scheme with a striking composition of colours and avoid varying it too moch from model to model 2) never skip basing, even if it is just generic sand and a couple of tufts/some static grass With those two rules applied consistently across the entire army, you'll get a force that will look good on the tabletop regardless of your actual skill, precision, time/effort spent or experience. With gaming armies the visual impact of a coherent force is much stronger than detail and finishing touches which are not really visible during a game. And consistent scheme and bases are two easiest ways of achieveing this coherency. thank you, i'll be struggling quite a bit at deciding a good colour scheme so i was thinking i'd just do the studio colours. But maybe i can try my own i'm not very confident and yeah basing is something i appreciate i was just going to do something fairly basic like the generic sand and tufts. I might try something a little bit more complex with models like the death knell since it has so much open space on its huge base
|
|
blakeh1
Junior Strategist
Posts: 181
|
Post by blakeh1 on Jun 19, 2018 23:29:32 GMT
As far as primer, recently I prime black, but then do a "zenithal" highlighting with white primer. That way the deep recesses are black and it helps plan out shadows and hightlighting
it also depends on what you are painting. Black primer tends to make your colors feel darker and requires more layers for colors like red and yellow to "pop"
|
|
mazog
Junior Strategist
Walking and talking
Posts: 748
|
Post by mazog on Jun 20, 2018 2:06:57 GMT
I stole a color scheme from www.iceaxeminiatures, and I adore the trio of purples I got from there. The pinks he uses for accents are also very nice, I've been using them to pretty good effect on my trollblood army. Look around at painting blogs and maybe you will find one you want to copy.
|
|
|
Post by Aegis on Jun 23, 2018 3:24:28 GMT
Spray primer for sure. Easier, faster, and a lot more unlikely to clog the model in too thick paint than brush primer. Black is better for beginners, since makes making shadows faster and easier. White is better to get brilliant bright colors, but it's much harder to deal with for a beginner.
Be prepared to get pretty bad results with your first models, so the advice to use some old miniatures that you don't care for as practice is a good one before starting your new shiny models that you will likely play for a lot.
Washing and drybrushing are very very easy tecniques to learn, and give already some decent table-top results. You can easily find youtube guides on that.
Pick wisely your washes, since they will make your work as beginner a lot easier. I like Army Painter's ones a lot, but I know that many people also like Citadel ones. As normal colors, I usually have a mix of them (since different brands are good with different colors), but P3 ones are usually quite good overall, so I suggest those if you can pick.
The major key to drastically improve painting skills is learning to thin the colors and to apply them in multiple thin layers, but usually it's something that it's difficult to grasp at the beginning, when you think that correctly thinned colors aren't covering enough (they are, you just need the patience to do multiple layers), so usually beginners tend to make big crusts of paints over the model, obscuring the details... The faster you manage to get this, the faster you will begin to paint models that will make you proud.
|
|
|
Post by W0lfBane on Jun 23, 2018 5:44:23 GMT
You get good by eating the heart of someone that is good at painting and absorbing their knowledge.
|
|
kaernak
Junior Strategist
Either pray to Menoth or feel his fury. You'll burn either way.
Posts: 172
|
Post by kaernak on Jun 30, 2018 23:23:28 GMT
You get good by eating the heart of someone that is good at painting and absorbing their knowledge. Oh.....so THAT is what I've been messing up. Guess I better get ready for a heart feast at Nova...
|
|
|
Post by marxlives on Sept 26, 2018 21:24:23 GMT
Just keep reading tutorials, watching videos as you paint. And practice, practice, practicing what you learn will take you a long way. Picking up digital versions of the MkII books is not a bad idea. There are great painting tutorials in those.
|
|