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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 6 2014, 05:39 AM (323 Views) | |
| Banana | Mar 6 2014, 05:39 AM Post #1 |
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I've decided I need to paint my assembled models now. I've never painted before so I don't have any paints, meaning new ones will have to be gotten. It would be great to hear what sort of paints I should get, since I am utterly clueless. These is the models I have to paint: Nurgle Warriors Khorne Warhounds (for variety) Tzeentch Warhounds (for variety) Nurgle Daemon Prince Nurgle Gorebeast Chariots Slaanesh Chaos Chariots Tzeentch BSB on Daemonic Mount Skullcrushers of Khorne Chaos Sorcerer (this model: http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat980025a&prodId=prod1500531a) Light Brown Chimera (for variety) Thanks for all help in advance. |
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| Vantraxx | Mar 6 2014, 08:38 AM Post #2 |
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Hi B, allow me to welcome you to your new life as a painter ;) Budget is something to consider but so is quality. I'm a horribly lazy painter so i'm not going to go into techniques but it is important to consider how you actually paint so you buy the right stuff. The more 'standard' way to start is an undercoat of some sort (usually black or white)- i prefer spray cans for this and i use real cheap stuff. The goal is a nice even coat all over your mini, some spraypaints will crack when they dry on minis so go for the GW stuff until your comfortable with the techniques. After this is dry you will need to apply a base coat eg paint all the flesh in one go, paint all the armour etc I use mostly GW paints for this. I have been painting for a real long time (i know the quality of my work isn't at a very high standard for the length of my experience but i'm a gamer more than a painter...) so i have a heap of old GW paints. I would get white, black, red, green, blue, brown, 'flesh', brass, metal, purple to start with. Add black and white to adjust the brightness/darkness of the base colours. You can also mix those colours to get any colour you need. Next you will need some washes to apply over the top. I use various black inks but the GW ones again are very good and easy to get (but expensive). After the washes you'll want to highlight again so you need different shades of your base colour or just add white to the base colour to lighten it up. Some painters spend a lot of time in the shadeing/highlighting phase and may apply quite a few different layers to shade the colours just right. I wouldn't bother buying heaps of different shades of your base colours just yet, learn to mix paints first then you can move into throwing money at more paints. |
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| NoisyAssassin | Mar 7 2014, 01:10 AM Post #3 |
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I've become quite a fan of the P3 line of paints, and have a budy who swears by Reaper's paint. Valejo is also quite popular with a lot of people, although I personally find them to be too much hassle (you have to shake them a LOT before each use or they separate like crazy). All of these brands are cheaper than GW paints by a fair bit, which can add up to quite the savings if you are just starting and buying all new paints. That said, I do really like GW's washes, so that may be an area to splurge. |
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| ghulaf5420 | Mar 7 2014, 02:55 AM Post #4 |
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This video has some good comparisons and breaks down the cost pretty well - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyiIoy6oIcw I think he's spot on with the new citadel pots being designed to dry out your paints too. I have some that have dried out in a few months and older pots that I've had for years that are still good. |
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| Vantraxx | Mar 7 2014, 04:27 AM Post #5 |
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Good poinrs about the new GW paints drying out. I picked up a few last month and i noticed they have started going hard. I still have a few pots from the 90's that are still kicking on. |
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| Speknawz | Mar 7 2014, 04:43 AM Post #6 |
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Yeah, I picked up some new GW paints last month that were drying up before I even got to use it... Could of been on the store shelf for a while but I don't feel that should happen right out of the store. I'm looking to switch from GW in the near future. |
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| AnomalyOfAwesome | Mar 7 2014, 12:44 PM Post #7 |
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Is there a way to keep the GW paints from doing that? I bought their paint kit when they first released the line, and by now, some of them are getting cruddy. Is their a compound (not necessarily from GW) that I could add to them to help them mix back up? |
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| Speknawz | Mar 7 2014, 07:40 PM Post #8 |
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I'm told you can use Acrylic thinner with GW paints, I recently bought some but haven't tried it yet. As for brand, mine is Testors, simply because that's what they have at my local hobby shop. |
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| Nabroleon | Mar 14 2014, 11:33 PM Post #9 |
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The new GW paints are very nice aside from that drying out bit. Using a thinner can work, although that only holds off the inevitable. Those pots are terrible. My solution is to transfer GW paints into these: http://www.thewarstore.com/product59909.html Reaper makes empty droppers (although I'm sure you could find cheaper ones elsewhere). Not only can you seal up the paint inside (thus preventing dryout), you also have vastly improved control over how much paint you're putting on your paint palette (which is incredibly helpful when you're mixing/blending paints). Much easier to get ratios like 1:5 when you can count similar-sized drops. Costs a little more, but if you mark them well enough, you can re-use the droppers when you need to buy another of that color. The other solution is to just buy Reaper Master paints/triads. They're lovely for highlighting (it's color-theory on easy-mode). I think the quality of GW colors is a little higher, but Reaper is definitely one of the easier options. And they have a crap-ton more color choices. Good luck to you though! Edited by Nabroleon, Mar 14 2014, 11:34 PM.
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