MrBill's AdMech PLog

[Mr Bill]

My first 2 troops.  no paint yet, just assembled and stuck on a dresser for ETL IV.  :)

 

 

 

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff131/mrbill2u/FirstVow_zpsnsadb8q7.jpg

[marshall Egregorius]

quick tip. might want to keep the torso's off the legs and paint them as sub-assemblies for ease of getting to the inner robes.

[Mr Bill]

I am not a very good painter.  I will likely leave their inner robe black.  

[Olis]

My first 2 troops. no paint yet, just assembled and stuck on a dresser for ETL IV.

I think ETL IV is now officially open. Make your vow in the AdMech Strategium (when it's reopened) and you are good to go. :D

[Mr Bill]

Woohoo!  ETL is unlocked now!

[marshall Egregorius]

just an option. honestly, trying new things and experimenting is how you get better.

 

Good luck to you brother of the cog

[Mr Bill]

I tried doing a few models where I would keep key pieces off to make painting easier, but I wasn't very good at painting pieces parts that were not attached to a base.  Things would roll all over, i would get angry and walk away.  I am going to try doing these primarily with an airbrush... we'll see if I can use an airbrush or not  :)

[MithrilForge]

Well,...i don't know what kind of a painter you are...you say your not very good...in saying that i think leaving everything all stuck together is going to make it 10 times harder for you

but i have found leaving the torso's off and the backpack off will make it 100% easier...

Just stick the seperate piece's to an old paint pot or wine cork with a toothpick with blu tac on the lid and paint one bit then when its dry switch it round to do the rest..having the legs on the base and doing em that way is way better, i even based the mini during this process and no cloak etc got in the way(iron earth is gloopy and i'm pretty sure i would've splashed it on the cloak .

You can easily do the inner cloak in a good contrasting colour- bone,white,grey etc...black will make the whole lower body blend in too much,you don't want that on these pretty models.

I Found the backpack got in the way of doing red on the cloak and required too much clean up for my liking...you really gotta be skilled and steady(duncan rhodes i am not).

i'm not telling you how to paint but it's just helpful advice,yours to use how you like..

Good luck whichever way you go and post pics too!

Cheers , Mithril

[marshall Egregorius]

I tried doing a few models where I would keep key pieces off to make painting easier, but I wasn't very good at painting pieces parts that were not attached to a base. Things would roll all over, i would get angry and walk away. I am going to try doing these primarily with an airbrush... we'll see if I can use an airbrush or not

wait, you mean you didn't use painting stands?

Ok so quick tip. 2 bucks for blue tack at target and a soda bottle lid is all you need to make a piece stable for priming and painting

Hope this helps,

Egregorius

[Mr Bill]

I used painting stands for some terminators.  I am just lazy.  These guys should be done Sunday night then you can see how lazy a painter I am  :P

[Dez]

I actually threw caution to the wind and started gluing mine all together instead of keeping them separate. In the time I have to work on stuff I figured I'd lose the parts.

 

I'm looking forward to seeing your progress.

[Vash]

Welcome to the club of lazy painters. 

Its true what the others say that its easier to paint the miniature in parts. Ease of access to the different parts of the model. 

But I have done as you, assembled them, and then painted them as they are. 

Painting the inside of the cloaks first is key. Because you can be as careless as you want at this first stage. You just cover it up with the later colours. 

 

Curious how the airbrushing will turn out. I mainly use washes/shades to make my models reach slightly above table top standard. 

[Mr Bill]

The "airbrush for detail" experiment was a total failure.  I have gotten pretty good at working with the consistency of the paint and pressure to work larger areas and fades, but for the life of me I can not find a workable balance for fine detail.  Back to the brush  :(

[MithrilForge]

Keep Going!! don't give up. save the airbrush for the onager

Mithril

[marshall Egregorius]

krylon flat black spraypaint from walmart is awesome primer

[Dez]

I do a lot of fine detail with my airbrush, it's a Badger Sotar. I keep the pressure down to about 10-13, and also use the adjustments on the brush to limit airflow. It's a 2.5 size needle if I recall,

[Mr Bill]

I have an Iwata HP_CS.  I do not see anywhere to adjust airflow on the brush itself.  at 10 pounds it doesn't want to blow paint through unless it is so thin that it runs the moment it comes out :(

[marshall Egregorius]

How's progress Bill? I heard you were painting your robes blue and am quite interested in seeing the results!

[Mr Bill]

No blue robes.  I was just putting blue on the guns  ;)  The progress got put on hold when my kreg pocket hole jig and router showed up this week.  I cleared out space to make some sound absorbing panels this weekend.  Should be back to painting next weekend.  

 

Oh, and I realized 2 things. 1) airbrush needles are supposed to be lubed.  who knew?  2) maybe a .2mm needles in a .3mm nozzle isn't ideal.  So I purchased a .3mm needle and some needle lube.  We'll see how the brush likes it next weekend!

 

 

Here is how they sit today...

 

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff131/mrbill2u/FirstVowProgress1_zpsy6wtfjxp.jpg

[marshall Egregorius]

not bad. I would have cut up the metallics a bit, put in some silvered metal as a contrast. as it is the metallics are blending a bit.

 

Love the darker orange.

 

Nice highlights on the blue.

[Mr Bill]

I start all my metalics with a yellow metal then pick out the silvery bits later (except for black metal, that just gets black with a quick shot of VMA black memtal).  These models were all drybrushed head to toe with the brass before I added any color.  I just have not gotten back to the white meal tidbits yet.

[marshall Egregorius]

ah, i was under the impression that they were finished, rather then WIP,

 

My mistake.