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You suck pay jg to paint it for ya!

you only suck cause you wouldn't paint with me last night

Cherry Darling wrote:

you only suck cause you wouldn't paint with me last night

I was not in the "creative" mindset last night. The only mindset i was in was SLEEP!

makari wrote:

You suck pay jg to paint it for ya!

well then, I will let my warhammer "master" know.. he he

YOU SUCK MAKARI!!!!!! LOL and you are calling him the Master I THINK not. Though he is very damn good.

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Though he is very damn good.

He plays Horde Orks...




...nuff said

makari wrote:

You suck pay jg to paint it for ya!

Easy...I gotta enough to do. Although maybe I'll trade painting for babysitting time.

Regards,

These look far better then when I started painting. Good start/color scheme and great look on the faces.

jgemrich wrote:

Although maybe I'll trade painting for babysitting time.

I am great with kids.... he he

jgemrich wrote:

These look far better then when I started painting. Good start/color scheme and great look on the faces.

You're making me blush, thanks for the great comment. I know I still have a lot of work to go though.

Yeah the face is actually really good for a newbie.

I am terrible at eyes, I avoid them most of the time to be honest. They are ALWAYS the very very last thing done on a model of mine (bar protective coating)

ok well there goes me planning on getting back to painting my 40k stuff, I think Ill just stick with fantasy. Great paint jobs

yeah, I guess I did meet you at the tourney I had the Ultramar themed Imperial Guard (yellow and blue). And my buddy Jeremy was the one that helped with the terrain...

I'm like you, Matt, the eyes on mine suck... probably cause I can't keep my hands still enough to be able to keep them neat. So, like with my Inquisitor Lord I'm working on, I don't have the eye fully painted, just a white dot...

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I'm like you, Matt, the eyes on mine suck

I just don't paint mine, i leave it to the shading... luckily most marines have a big enough brow for me to get away with it.

I like to do eyes and face first. It brings the fig to life for me. Never easy though.

personally I like to do eyes somewhere in the middle, helps if I happen to jump and hit something in the midst of dotting or what not, plus to me the eyes have to be done to help give character/personality

If you are having problems with shaky hands like I do, hold near the bristles, and with the other hold the model firm while using the model to brace the hand with the brush in it. I find that really helps me to keep from shaking. Thats the only way I get straight lines. You have to do the eyes and the head with lots of character you just cant let it go. Without them the model won't tell you how to paint.

I'm just too critical of my work on eyes. Plus it is very frustrating to re work my skin if i slip up even slightly.

Doing it somewhere in the middle will probably help this alot.

Ive gotten used to going back ot fixing it due to messing up parts of the paint when I work on the little details, but thanks JT Ill have to try your trick my hand tends to shake when Im trying not to mess up

Yea its been a life saver. I seriously cant keep my hand from shaking when Im trying to detail and thats the only way. It also helps you hit your mark.

One of the things that will happen if you paint more often is the shakes start to diminish. You get better muscle control and memory. Also, you may not realize it but loosen you grip on the brush. Sometimes the shakes occur b/c you are squeezing the life out of the thing (nervous/frustrated) about the procedure you are doing.

I would agree, except I learned that really early about not gripping the brush. Its more of a nervous shake, where I know I am getting in close so I watch how tight I hold the brush so it flows easily.

Okay, here are 2 that I think are done... half asleep it looks done. That could change in the morning. lol Yes I am aware that one is missing a back pack.

ok... hate that youre that good that fast *reminisces about hawk turquoise space marines..*
hehe

they are great looking figs..

i would say add something to the bolters and the grenade packs though.. to much silver kinda of takes away the greatness..

the faces...i still cant do faces myself.. though green hair has never been my style either lol

Along altahara's thought about the grenades: My method is to base them in black, then drybrush a light coat of boltgun metal over them so that it's mostly black but with metal quasi-coating it. It will give it a worn, painted metal look. Not everybody does this, but I do my boltguns the same way.

But, good next step I love the blood on the chainsword!!