Brief Questions and First Work

[ralfmetal]

Dont ever forget its just a hobby there will always be some objective comments ...but know in your own mind and the mini that is in your hand that it is your masterpeice some might not like it but \"F\" them.
now the arse bit ...not a bad paint job but thin your paints down and be sure to remove all the moulding lines ....last one can ruin a paint job. cheers and beers :beer:

 

[Kosh]

Whats a good ratio of paint to water?

Edit: When I mix my paints with water like I did for this model I either get that its still too thick or I make it so watery that its not a paint anymore.

lol

I\'ve heard people say to use dish soap too? Teach me and I shall try again oh great ones.

lol lol

 

[Bill]

Welcome - that\'s a good start Screw dish soap (or floor cleaner), at least for the moment. It\'s a waste of time IMO. Your paints should be watered down to a milky consistency. You\'ll need to do a lot of layers compared to what you\'re doing now, but it\'ll look much better.

 

[Kosh]

Roger Roger

 

[emopainterguy]

It looks great so far, I don\'t want to give too much specifics but listen to the constructive criticisms and always try new things yourself. While listening and learning the theory behind something is all fine and dandy you have to have practice and try new things before you can expect to get it right.

I didn\'t see this posted anywhere in the thread (but I didn\'t look too hard...) and it\'s something I think will help a lot of people:

When painting NMM don\'t get discouraged. If it doesnt look right in your hands, stop for a second and take a picture. I find it to be an enormous help. I can\'t believe the difference it can make. I have done some work that looks terrible in my hands, yet in the photo it looks much better (and dare I say, great even). I think a lot of people may give up on NMM because it doesn\'t look quite right in their hands, yet when the perspective is fixed in a photo it\'ll look fantastic. This kind of links to the criticisms of NMM though, and I don\'t want to touch that lol...

Good luck, and keep painting.

 

[JakeSh]

Originally posted by Kosh
Whats a good ratio of paint to water?

Edit: When I mix my paints with water like I did for this model I either get that its still too thick or I make it so watery that its not a paint anymore.

I use the end of my paint brush to dip into my water, then I dab it on my palette to remove the excess, then stir my paint with it. Seems to work well, and it also prevents watery paint from accumulating in the ferrules of your brushing and ruining it.

It is tough to give an idea of an exact ratio in words, you just have to play around with it and eventually it will come naturally.

 

[airhead]

Go to home depot or lowes, get a $0.69 ceramic tile - WHITE 4\" square for bathrooms/showers.

Go to Wally Mart/K- or J- Mart, etc. get some toothpicks. Preferably the bent ones near the floss and toothpaste. They look like little hockey sticks.

Save one contact saline bottle. ( or find a friend with contacts and get a bottle from them). Rinse and fill with clean water. The little dripper top pops off making it much easer to clean and fill.

NOW:

Add one drop of paint to your tile (pallet). Add 3 drops of water (this is just a starting point). Use the toothpick to transfer drops of paint. Use the dropper bottle for water. Use the toothpick to mix the two together. Try to keep it in an area about the size of a quarter on your tile or it will dry too fast. Vellajo paints may need more water, GW\'s not so much.

If you can cover anything in one coat, your paint is too thick and add another drop of water.

If you need more than 3 coats to get coverage, your paint MAY be too thin. Cut back one drop of water.

 

[Kosh]

Wow. Thanks Airhead and to everyone else. That helped me at least get an idea of a method to be doing. I\'ve repainted the center piece and tried to clean some stuff up but I\'vet been busy with final projects and such. I\'ll post photos in the next day or so.

 

[matt15595]

this looks great to me

i am new to collminiornot and will be posting a few pictures of my dark angels veteran seargeant

p.s i REALLY like the eagles

how did you do them so great???!?!?!

thanks

 

[Wombat85]

not to bad a start i will be braving the snipers cross hair soon and put up a gw ghazkull model but until ten i cant wait to see hoe your touch ups work out.

 

[generulpoleaxe]

a cheaper method than using cocktail sticks is to use the other end of your brush for transfering paint/ water etc.

 

[Sukigod]

I think Airhead has nailed it best in terms of describing what \"thinned enough\" means when he mentioned how many passes you should make. In time, this will become instinctual and hard for you to describe correctly too!

I too use the 4\" tiles - I have a stack of them, when one gets full of paint splotches I grab a clean one and start over. When all of them are dirty it\'s just a matter of warm water and scrub brush to clean them all and start over. Using a white one also let\'s you \"see\" through the paint so you can get an idea of how thin it is.

 

[Rodnik]

The only thing I can add is an axiom I try to live by...

There\'s no substitute for ass-in-the-chair time.

That is to say...if you wanna learn to paint, you gotta paint. It really is *that* simple.

Cheers!
Kev