[Starting Crusaders Please Help]

why did you start a duplicate thread?

 

http://www.reapermini.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=15222

[Assembling Minis]

quick steel might work, although it tends to be pretty messy... but then if you are using jb weld, you are used to things being messy..lol

 

i use quick steel to secure warlord figures to their base (and anything else that comes with a seperate base.)

 

you can get quick steel from walmart or othe rplaces, in just about the same place you got the jb weld.

[Is it a deal?]

well, the nice part is getting hard cover versions of the players options books..

 

95 bucks for 9 books, average of 10 bucks a book... thats not really that bad.

 

sure you could get digital copies, but you dont seem to be wanting digital ones, and i dont blame you.

 

having said that, ive got plenty of 2nd edition material of you'd like more..lol

[Griffon WIP]

man... that was pretty quick... either you do this for a living, and thus can spend time doing painting, or you know how to manage your time extremely well..lol

 

awesome!

[Griffon WIP]

you can see the full mini he is painting on his site too... unpainted though

 

http://www.lonebrushman.com/images/Dragonb...ffon_attack.jpg

 

hope he doesnt mind me posting that..lol

[Reaper Paints: Good?]

i pick and choose... based on which company has the color i need..

 

im going to buy a few vallejo paint packs (earth tones and such), i still buy some GW stuff, ive got an order on hold to reaper for some pro stuff, AND a few triads of MSP, mainly because i like many options..lol

[Griffon WIP]

adding that site to my tutorials bookmarks...lol

[White Primer]

http://www.chaseproducts.com/products/paint/cc_cs_enamel.cfm forgot to add that part...lol

[White Primer]

ive noticed that on a friends primer (citadel white)

 

ive stopped using citadel primer period..lol

 

i use a grey primer i bought at walmart for $1.97, works great, its Color Spray, premium enamel, comes in a textured can. its by "Chase products"

 

http://www.chaseproducts.com/chase_spec.cfm?lookup=4125037 heres the info page

 

ive not had any bad experience with this primer, but when i bought it, i figured if i did, i was only out 2 bucks..lol

[Minis You Would Like To See Part II]

i dont know if its been mentioned... and 18 pages is too much to go searching

 

but.. more giant/dire creature... giant bees, wasps, beetles, mammals too..

give us more options there..lol

[paint styles]

by the way, heres the auction for arrius, im using my wifes account for it, since paypal doesnt like 2 people using the same bank info..lol

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...AMESE%3AIT&rd=1

[Griffon WIP]

wow.. very cool

[Paint brushes]

I wonder which we, as gamers have more of....

 

Brushes

 

-or-

 

Sets of Dice (Counting the individual dice would be a landslide)

well, for complete sets of dice, i only have like 4 or 5... but my mom bought me the pound of dice thing from chessex 2 christmases ago..lol

 

so ive got plenty of individual dice.

 

i dont really have a complete set of brushes though..lol

[Paint brushes]

most of my brushes were bought form the craft section at walmart..lol

[Beef with Canadian distribution]

i wasnt aware that reaper lets some other company cast their figures.

[paint styles]

hehe, thats me, spreading knowledge like a plague..lol

 

even if it isnt intentional

[paint styles]

I've been working from darkest to lightest, but I'm still learning. I don't think I've yet to find the best method for me, yet.

 

I've tried the midtone first, and that was okay, but I'm trying different methods to find which one works.

 

In the end, that's the most important. Whatever works for you to achieve the results you want.

true... i think with applying midtone first, it can be a bit of a hassle, especially if you are a "must see the end product quickly" kind of person

 

with the midton first it gives you a basic idea of where to go

[Portable paint stations]

maybe he meant 3.5?

[paint styles]

heh, ok doke, weird comment, but ok

[Paint brushes]

i just recently bought a 20/0 from reaper, works fairly well, but im going to buy the 30/0 in a little while!!

[paint styles]

indeed my mileage does..lol

[Lord Ironraven WIP]

id call it realistic... lol.

 

ive started to use a black wash on most of my silver armor... it adds a bit of.. grime?... reality?

 

hah, whatever it is, its fun

Vallejo makes an 'oil' in their Game Color line that works really well too.

cool, i might have to check that out, got a link for me?

[paint styles]

i tend to start with my midtone on flesh as well..lol

 

reds work extremely well for me with this method..

 

usually i start with a flat tone (like red gore, or something) then i add in my custom made wash of red gore (1/4 red gore 1/4 black wash, the rest is filtered water) so if im doing a cloak, i'll do the mid tone, then add this red wash in the creases and folds, then touch up my midtone, then add in my highlight (which is usually blood red, or if i need it lighter, i add some white to it)

 

when i did Arrius the black, i did this technique, but also went back and added a black wash over the shadows on the cloak, i think it looks sweet..lol

[Portable paint stations]

Hmmm... I guess I need to broaden my search paramaters. I was hoping to buy them locally.

have your flgs order them.

[paint styles]

so far it seems pretty split..lol

 

"depends on the mini".. id be forced to agree, although the only one that comes to mine for me, was when i did the Onyx Golem... i just did a flat paint job, dark angels green and a reaper pro green (like od green or something)... no need to do midtones/highlights on him..lol