Fnordlover Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 3 hours ago, Forthonswing said: I have just noticed Krateryx, the shadow dragon, is going to be translucent purple, not smoky or clear. I think that is going to upend my painting plans. Maybe if it was a very faint purple, but from what I have seen of the other purple translucents it is pretty overwhelming. Has anyone thought about how they will approach it short of priming the whole thing? My plans for Krateryx is try to hollow him out and run an led up into his head, then paint him normally except for his eyes and the inside of his mouth so that they'll glow. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksbsnowowl Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Wow, I’m not happy about that. They’d said all along that he was going to be smokey grey. And grey tamiya ... whatever paints ... is the one color that can’t overwhelm the purple. Translucent grey was going to be perfect. Grumble, grumble... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirithiliel Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 i rarely keep translucents as translucent, so for me it makes little difference since he'd be painted over almost entirely anyway other than maybe thin areas of his wing membranes 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disciple of Sakura Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 I honestly really wish they'd just make every translucent colorless. 11 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lidless Eye Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 13 minutes ago, Disciple of Sakura said: I honestly really wish they'd just make every translucent colorless. Same. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksbsnowowl Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 3 hours ago, Sirithiliel said: i rarely keep translucents as translucent, so for me it makes little difference since he'd be painted over almost entirely anyway other than maybe thin areas of his wing membranes I was planning to keep him largely translucent grey, and just dry-brush highlights. Guess I’ll have to get that clear dragon from the previous kickstarters, and make my own with Tamiya Clears. I was planning to do that with the gem dragon anyway. I’ll just have to add smoke grey to my Tamiya clears order. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirithiliel Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Disciple of Sakura said: I honestly really wish they'd just make every translucent colorless. That would be nice, then we can make them whatever color we want The reason I rarely keep them translucent is because the colored see through plastic is hard for me to paint over, because it is colored. I like clear much better The gem dragon I intend to preserve the translucency, so hopefully it stays clear.... 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lidless Eye Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 With most washes and the new Citadel Contrast line, it's easy enough to make colorless translucents into whatever color you want. I usually wind up using a clear sealer spray first so they adhere better. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonWyrm Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 7 hours ago, Disciple of Sakura said: I honestly really wish they'd just make every translucent colorless. Yeah, wizkids dose it so I don't see why other can't. Adding colour just takes away from the effect, especially since they always add too much. A tint would be fine, but the coloured translucent bones are not just tinted, they are packed full of the colour. Then again I don't keep translucent minis as translucent. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuroneko Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 20 hours ago, ksbsnowowl said: Wow, I’m not happy about that. They’d said all along that he was going to be smokey grey. And grey tamiya ... whatever paints ... is the one color that can’t overwhelm the purple. Translucent grey was going to be perfect. Grumble, grumble... I was planning on doing a transitional solid to translucent paint job on that dragon, so I'm not entirely happy with the change to purple either. Especially since I've already ordered 2 of them, one for normal painting and one for the fancy transitional one I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt though. Maybe the translucent grey material wasn't up to scratch, I don't see them arbitrarily changing it without good reason. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper User Reaper Ron Posted August 24, 2020 Reaper User Share Posted August 24, 2020 On 8/23/2020 at 9:28 AM, ksbsnowowl said: Wow, I’m not happy about that. They’d said all along that he was going to be smokey grey. And grey tamiya ... whatever paints ... is the one color that can’t overwhelm the purple. Translucent grey was going to be perfect. Grumble, grumble... That's my mistake. It is going to be smoky grey. Apologies for any confusion. I've corrected it in the Pledge Manager. There are a LOT of moving parts to keep track of. 3 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristof65 Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 On 8/23/2020 at 5:02 AM, Forthonswing said: I have just noticed Krateryx, the shadow dragon, is going to be translucent purple, not smoky or clear. I think that is going to upend my painting plans. Maybe if it was a very faint purple, but from what I have seen of the other purple translucents it is pretty overwhelming. Has anyone thought about how they will approach it short of priming the whole thing? I see Ron already clarified it was a mistake, but in my experience the purple is one of the easier colors to "change" using Tamiya Clears. See my thread here on the Shadow Demons:https://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/77649-77368-shadow-demon-and-tamiya-clears/ 10 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Palmer Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 1 hour ago, kristof65 said: I see Ron already clarified it was a mistake, but in my experience the purple is one of the easier colors to "change" using Tamiya Clears. See my thread here on the Shadow Demons:https://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/77649-77368-shadow-demon-and-tamiya-clears/ Wow! That is amazing! Thank you for sharing this info again for those of us who missed it the first time. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper User Reaper Ron Posted August 24, 2020 Reaper User Share Posted August 24, 2020 Gorgeous! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuroneko Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Reaper Ron said: That's my mistake. It is going to be smoky grey. Apologies for any confusion. I've corrected it in the Pledge Manager. There are a LOT of moving parts to keep track of. Thank you for the clarification, it's very much appreciated! @kristof65, those are brilliant! I think I'm going to have to order more Gem Dragons now..... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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