Clockwork_Fish Posted June 16, 2019 Report Share Posted June 16, 2019 I know everyone's probably pretty sick of hearing about these damn paints, but I wanted to try them out on my shamefully large collection of unpainted Malifaux minis. So Sandeep and friends are getting offered up. Here's the big man himself. This was contrast paints with some dry brushing and highlighting. Needs a few finishing touches, then a mat varnish to get rid of the shiny bits, but I'm overall pretty happy with how he turned out. Love the colours Agaros Dunes (used on the gada) and Blood Angels Red. Altogether, this was probably 2 and a half hours work, but I was still figuring out how this works, and mistakes were made. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedjy Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 works perfectly for me. Looking forward to seing more ! 2 and a half hour is not much when you're not a fast painter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muraki Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 Looking good @Clockwork_Fish . I picked up a bunch of them this weekend and tried them out on some TTB multiparts I had lying around. I also enjoyed the bloodangel red. Additionally I really liked the Talassar Blue (if you want an electric blue) and the warp lightning. Skeleton horde was also nice for a first wash of old bone. I was less impressed by the snakebite leather (too yellow for me), the volupus pink (really didnt cover well) and the gryph charger grey (fine, but really needed to slather it on for it to feel more than a wash. In the end they're not really my painting style, but the do work really well with first pass + some dry brushing. I can definitely see them used for some quick table ready models in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clockwork_Fish Posted June 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 @muraki They are definitely a ‘where appropriate’ paint. For instance, I won’t use this for fire effects on Banasuva and Kandara as it does the opposite of fire. I also used it on a couple Tohaa minis for Infinity, and found it was fantastic for picking out the details on such fiddly little models. Kudra’s up next, followed by Metal Gamin. Got a plan for the little guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clockwork_Fish Posted June 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 For reference, here’s an Infinity mini. The armour, weapons and head were all contrast, but the catsuit didn’t work out so well. The black is hard to work with and ended up looking like a base coat. So it was just painted normally. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muraki Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 That makes sense, and the parts on the infinity mini that are painted with the contrast paints look good. I definitely need to play more to find out where they fit in my painting style. I have so many new painting tools / toys to play with (color shift paints, a airbrush i'm still breaking in, and these paints), add in the desire to just get better at painting and there's a lot of stuff to try out. I'm wondering if they'd be good for brighter washes and highlight transitions, I'll have to play a bit. Here's my quick trial paint job Greens are warp lightning (with the ghost getting a little drybrushing), blue is Talassar, left vest is gryph charger, right pants are snakebite leather It's funny, after painting them I was 'these freaking stink!' but now that they've been sitting on my paint table for a day I'm starting to get into the 'eh, if i just cleaned em up a bit, they'd be fine' One thing I did find out, if you spill some of it on you and don't clean it up fast, it gets super sticky / hard to remove compared to regular paint, haha. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lusciousmccabe Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 They look decent. As good or better than basecoat+wash do you've at least saved yourself a step and some headspace re shade colours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clockwork_Fish Posted June 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2019 Here's WIP Kudra. Was hoping to have more done by now, but real life got in the way. Turns out that when a billion people swarm Toronto your commute home from work can be unexpectedly delayed! 😐 Incidentally, skin tones were done by basing those areas in Cadian Fleshtone, then going over it with Guilliman Flesh contrast paint. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clockwork_Fish Posted June 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 Okay, here's finished Kudra and my first Oxfordian Mage. Really liking Snakebite Leather, along with the other fleshtones, browns and sepia type colours. The leather bits are just straight up Snakebite. Just need to back in and do the buckles. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clockwork_Fish Posted June 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 Had a hard time getting the right lighting to show this guy. Had to take it outside. Admit to not being very good at photos. This was Basilicanum Grey, then Magos Purple after it dried. Then more Basilicanum, then MORE Magos. Lightly drybrushed with a bit of grey, which for some reason shows up the photo like I frosted the damn thing. I like how the contrast paints blend together. Someone more talented than me could probably pull off some really cool colour transitions with it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lusciousmccabe Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 Really like the fleshtones you're getting. And how you've done the eyes on kudra and the mage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clockwork_Fish Posted June 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 The basic fleshtones they give you are good for what you get, but if you just paint them onto the recommended base paints you get several different shades of white people. However, if you paint the contrast flesh colours onto other traditional flesh colours you get a really nice dark skin, a lot better than some more traditional painting methods. Going to try painting Neil Henry once I'm done this crew by painting him light brown, then going over with contrast, to see if I can get him dark enough. More generally, I'm finding that the recommended base paints kind of limit what you can do. I'm currently trying to make the black work a little better by basecoating a Batman mini in GW Thunderhawk Blue. Then I'll go over it with Templar Black contrast. You either die a hero, or live long enough to become some nerd's painting labrat! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clockwork_Fish Posted June 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2019 WIP Shastar Vidiya Guard. I was worried that I wouldn't like the yellow, that it'd be like Magos Purple, and be a really washed out colour with minimal pigment. I was pleasantly surprised with how rich the colour was. I normally hate painting yellow, so this is getting used a lot. And yes, I'm going full Power Rangers with this crew, so green is next. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clockwork_Fish Posted June 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 Finished Oxfordian Mage #2 (don't really need three anymore, so the last can stay in the box). Aethermatic Blue is great, even if it's not quite a blue. Also Kandara. Needs a bit more work, but I liked how the hair turned out. Wanted to try a kind of 'sunset' thing, where I did the hair in successive layers from yellow, to orange, to purple. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol_Sorrowsong Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 The contrast paint skintone seems perfect for these, I might need to pick up a pot myself. I love the hair on kandara! Wow! Did you use contrasts on her skin too? Are the arm and leg bands snakebite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clockwork_Fish Posted July 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 16 hours ago, Sol_Sorrowsong said: The contrast paint skintone seems perfect for these, I might need to pick up a pot myself. I love the hair on kandara! Wow! Did you use contrasts on her skin too? Are the arm and leg bands snakebite? Everything on this was contrast. Skin was a thinned down Talassar Blue. I tried using it straight from the pot, but found there wasn't enough detail on the skin to make that work, so thinned it down bit and it worked fine. I'm finding that Contrast Medium is the solution to a lot of the problems I've had with the stuff so far. The darker colours work poorly on larger, flatter, less detailed surfaces, and work as intended on small, detailed things. Templar Black, as the darkest of all, is great on things like guns but has been giving me grief trying to paint Batman mini (he just came out of the Simple Green). I'm thinking multiple thin coats will be the answer for Mr Wayne. As for the arm and leg bands, those were an experiment. I painted them using a light yellow, then went over with Agaros Dunes. Then added a few highlights. Turned out okay. The hair was done by laying down pure contrast medium onto the hair, then adding a new colour while it was still wet. Did that over a progressively smaller area with progressively darker paints. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clockwork_Fish Posted July 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 H'okay, not perfect, but still, quite proud of the fire effects. Dunno why I was worried about it not working before. Just did what I did with Kandara's hair in reverse. This was really fun, and I think the Fire Golem will be next! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol_Sorrowsong Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 Don't burn yourself!!! Those look great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clockwork_Fish Posted July 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 Fire Golem! I was really intimidated by this model when I first got him. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clockwork_Fish Posted July 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 And his wingman, Rail Metal Golem. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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