edonil Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Probably a good thing they did, lol. You're a PhD in a science field. You need to give up on this 'I'm not a nerd, really!' concept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 I'll cling on to any hope I have of being cool... I don't have one, do I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 You're nerd-cool, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowchikawowers Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Brainy is the new sexy ~ Irene Adler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Shame I'm not after Irene Adler, really :-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 and we're back...how goes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Oh, same old same old. How was the brief wandering off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Um. Filled with ranting, lol. Got distracted by an economy talk with my coworker, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Lol, nice bit of venting there then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Little bit, yeah. Feeling much better now, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttsgosadow Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Morning all! Working on painting my Rail Crew. Finished the totem, although I wish I was a better painter, and am close to finishing the Rail Workers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Morning folks. How's things today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Shine Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Just poking about the forums before returning to bed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Dead in here today. You're missing nothing. I just want work to pass quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Shine Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Have some drybrushing from earlier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lussuria Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 I feel like I just turned on the TV during the 'Here's one I prepared earlier' segment. How is everyone this fine evening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Oooo, those are nice. I can't wait to get some M2E stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Shine Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 I randomly woke up at 5am and am waiting for my body to realize it hates 5am and go back to bed. To be fair I did make them last afternoon lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 I haven't had time for painting this week. Hopefully at the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lussuria Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 They look awesome!! I cannot seem to get the hang of dry brushing for the life of me. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong! Planning my paint scheme for Mako's paint-along thread. I think I'm going to go with 'ice/snow' so I really should probably learn to dry brush. Any idea for a pattern I can do on this chicks cape? Or on the panther? For the free hand work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 I've never managed to do any good freehand work. She looks like a ranger so some sort of forest camo might work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Shine Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Or an animal hide of your choice (tiger, Zebra, leopard, etc) Drybrush is sort of the work around of painting techniques. The better you are the less you seem to do it, so I do it a lot, lol. Biggest issue i find is moisture and too much paint. You want your brush bone dry and if you have an old pot of the colour you want that awesome. I actually left my pot of white open for a few hours before starting on those guys. Dip very cry brush in now very thick paint, clean brush on some random foam. Keep dabbing on foam until im 90% sure the brush has no paint left on it and i've borked it -> become surprised that if i keep rubbing brush on a model there WAS paint left and Im drybrushing very well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lussuria Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Oooh yes yes, didn't think of that. Or maybe some multicoloured maple leaves on her somewhere? I don't want to get too ambitious hahah. And thanks, Master Shine!! I didn't know the paint needed to be 'dry'. I still water it down and dip my brush in my water pot before trying to..er..rub the paint out of the brush...I don't even know what I've been doing actually hahaha, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Shine Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Yeah, you dont have to dry out the pot like that, it'll wreck it for anything else (also wrecks your brush btw) If its wet it'll just streak along the model and look like bum. But if you have virtually none on the brush the back and forth motion (you can wind up rubbing the damn brush pretty vigorously on the model, its what wrecks said brush) only catches the little bits of remaining paint on raised edges, getting that nice effect of highlighting them with the chosen colour instead of actually trying to paint them with skill Caveat: I could be wrong on any of this. Its just what works for me and I like my results. Trust Mako more on any actual painting advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lussuria Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Also I just discovered EricJ on CMON. Er mah geeeerd. Skillz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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