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agility_ said:
I can'r recall if the Tamiya spray cans are lacquer, or "acrylic" (tamiya's acrylic paint is a weirdo combination of nitrocellulose solvent with acryl binder and pigment, so most people thinning them with water or rubbing alcohol are in for clumps of wet sludge paint).
I still think it's a good think the 40K hobbyists try out stuff outside of freaking citadel. Maybe learn from jet or tank modellers some neato tricks to add to vehicles.
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Yeah the spray smells awful but I can’t argue with the results. I’ve also used it straight from the pot and it looked alright but a lumpy paint is probably why they released their own thinner. People I’ve spoken to at shows had used cheap vodka and their stuff looked good.
 
Snekposter said:
Y'all is niggas up in here for not using Nuln Oil.
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Nuln oil is small time, Agrax Earthshade is the wash of kings.

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I used enamel washes and weathering powders to weather this guy, i find they're great on panels, not so much on everything else.
 
Tamiya acrylics are THE BEST paint I've ever ran through my airbrush. Cut it 50/50 with their X-20A thinner and you can spray forever with no tip drying. You can even swap between colors on the fly without cleaning.

As for pin washes and grime streaks, I like using very thin oil paint on top of a coat of gloss clear coat. Then you can play around with it for quite a while afterwards.
 
I've noticed none of the pros use any sort of washes, ever. They will occasionally make special use of contrast paints, but they stay away from nuln oil or agrax because slathering those in is a quick way to kill any semblance of volume lightning. Just use a filter wash or, pin wash if you have to fill in those recesses.
 
agility_ said:
I've noticed none of the pros use any sort of washes, ever. They will occasionally make special use of contrast paints, but they stay away from nuln oil or agrax because slathering those in is a quick way to kill any semblance of volume lightning. Just use a filter wash or, pin wash if you have to fill in those recesses.
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Washes exist because it gives us plebeians the illusion of talent when we use them.
 
agility_ said:
Gunpla people only use MR COLOR™ lacquers, sprayed with MR THINNER™ with leveling agent, through their MR AIRBRUSH™ and MR COMPRESSOR™ . It's a pain in the ass to clean up unless you have MR CLEANER™ liquid. They look spiffy when displayed on your official BANDAI ACTION BASE 2™ or 3™
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The only builders I see use variety are historical modelers.
 
Lacquer primer is boss though. Unlike miniatures which are basically small statues you "ooh" and "aaah" at, gunpla models are expected to sustain a degree of manhandling for poses and lmao vallejo primer or stynylrez are just not up to that task.
 
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I've heard suggestion that they're either Night Lord loyalists, or Raven Guard that were sent out to do something and never came back, or a hybrid of the two geneseed (which is bad).
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I wish they did more with the Sharks mission of making sure nothing else enters the current universe. Imagine all the random xenos they could bring up.
 
In terms of paints, I've gotten great results from the Contrast line and those are my go to for when I can't be arsed to paint loads of minis at once. Due to getting more into 3D printing especially for cosplay I've gone out of my comfort zone and found a lot of spraypaints and pots that I wouldn't normally use. So I will be experimenting with some minis soon to see if I can get cheaper spray paints to work right.
 
I was disappointed with the Keeper of Secrets, but the new Children of Slaanesh make up for it.
 
agility_ said:
Gunpla people only use MR COLOR™ lacquers, sprayed with MR THINNER™ with leveling agent, through their MR AIRBRUSH™ and MR COMPRESSOR™ . It's a pain in the ass to clean up unless you have MR CLEANER™ liquid. They look spiffy when displayed on your official BANDAI ACTION BASE 2™ or 3™
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Most gunpla people outside japan use alcald or vallejo.
 
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