Quote from: Ratman_tf;954298Little late for this one but... I got one of those stalk magnifiers, and it worked ok. But what really helped were some over the counter reading glasses.

I've got some prescription reading glasses that I really should be using...

Quote from: Tod13;954342I think y'all tend to paint using the magnification, right?

I've been painting pretty much everything using the 2x magnification, just to insure some clean and steady lines. I probably wouldn't need to use the magnifier as much if I wore the aforementioned reading glasses. 3.5x magnification is great for cleanup and very fine detail work.

Quote from: K Peterson;954604I've been painting pretty much everything using the 2x magnification, just to insure some clean and steady lines. I probably wouldn't need to use the magnifier as much if I wore the aforementioned reading glasses. 3.5x magnification is great for cleanup and very fine detail work.

Does the stalk magnifier mess with your depth perception? I can't tell how close the brush is to the mini. :confused:

Not really at 2x magnification. But definitely at 3.5x. Then, I have to gradually bring the brush and mini into focus and target a very specific spot. And if I move on to another section I have to 're-home' to line everything up right.

I took a sanity break from painting greenskins to play around with painting humans. Here's a couple of photos:

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Yesterday, I was out running errands and stopped by a game store. Grabbed some paints; grabbed the newly released Blood Bowl Troll.

I bought a couple of Citadel's textured paints to try out a different option for muddy bases. (The GF9 sand is OK, overall, but it requires quite a bit of paint to cover, and it doesn't seem to adhere as well to the Elmer's Glue). So, I bought a bottle of Stirland Mud, and Stirland Battlemire to see how well they covered and how they compared.

I first painted on the S'Mud, let it dry overnight, and it looked pretty decent in the morning. It's a bit less gritty and 'rocky' than the S'Battlemire. To get more texture, I layered the Battlemire over the top in select spots - to reflect a few rocks on the playfield. I liked the end result. The Humans in the pictures above were based with this method.

The textured paint is pricey stuff, and I certainly wouldn't want to use it to paint up a large army. But it seems like a good option for teams or squads of minis.

Quote from: K Peterson;955069I took a sanity break from painting greenskins to play around with painting humans. Here's a couple of photos:

Those are incredible. I'm still jealous of your basing. I hope to improve my basing over time.

Working through the assembly line of Humans. 7 near-completion; 5 more to go.

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Painted up the Human tokens. Nothing special here. I glued them down to bases for more stability, but really haven't decided how I'm going to base them.

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An Ogre that's a work-in-progress. Basecoated, wash is drying. Needs another coat of base colors, plus some cleanup, and a lot more work on the head.

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The Ogre in a mostly-completed state:

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I'm working my way through 2 blitzers and a lineman. That'll leave 2 lineman to finish up the Human team. Once they're done I'll start working on decal-ing both the Orcs and the Humans.

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I'm working my way through 2 blitzers and a lineman. That'll leave 2 lineman to finish up the Human team. Once they're done I'll start working on decal-ing both the Orcs and the Humans.

Looking awesome. I like the stitching and the skin tone.

LOL. When I saw an update here, I immediately wondered "did the decals get put on yet?"

A couple of blitzers and a lineman. I need to do some more cleanup work with these guys; they don't look that great closeup.

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Quote from: Tod13;957333LOL. When I saw an update here, I immediately wondered "did the decals get put on yet?"

Yeah, I get distracted. But this morning I picked out a couple of Humans and a couple of Orcs, put a coat of varnish on select spots (to give the decals a good surface to adhere to), and will apply decals to them over weekend.

Do you use wet transfer decals or dry? Thanks!

They're wet transfer decals. They're included in the base game and with each of the expansion teams.

Quote from: K Peterson;957551They're wet transfer decals. They're included in the base game and with each of the expansion teams.

Thanks. I want to put two of the letter "C" on a small 6mm banner. (My fantasy players end up knocking on dungeon doors and shouting "Cave Catering!")

Been a busy week; haven't gotten much painting done over the past week. I applied a few decals mid-week, and then a couple more today:

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The white decals don't look as great on the red armor as the blue. I had the option to apply black decals instead, and perhaps they'd have blended in a little better with the red.

Quote from: K Peterson;958806Been a busy week; haven't gotten much painting done over the past week. I applied a few decals mid-week, and then a couple more today:

The white decals don't look as great on the red armor as the blue. I had the option to apply black decals instead, and perhaps they'd have blended in a little better with the red.

The white works for the orcs I think. Try popping it into a paint program to see how black looks.