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Watch This: Sculpting Spines

Published by Joe B

Watch This is a regular series where I find a YouTube video thatÂ shows neat tricks or tips for our hobby. From painting,Â building, or photography, I will be looking for great videos for you to watch and write up a brief summary of the steps used. This week’s Watch This is on Sculpting Spines from Mr. Pink. He shows how he adds an external spine to kit-bashed Grotesque. While not something many of us would need to add onto our models, the techniquesÂ he shows should be helpful for many sculpting projects. His Process Add a dab of lubricant (Nivea lotion in his case) to the back of you left hand, allows for quick dabs as you are working the putty Add a cylinderÂ of putty along the back and smooth down with a Beale Wax Carving Tool. The idea is to make it smoothed back in with the rest of the model Use knife tool to cut in the spine sections and separateÂ each collum Turn the knife tool upside down to poke in the bottom of the …

Watch This: How to Paint a Weathered Tank

Published by Joe B

For this week’s Watch This, you may end up hating me because this isn’t a short video. In fact, the OrcPainterNerd put together overÂ an hour of video on how to paint a weathered tank. It’s a fascinating as he walks you through why he uses certain colors, why he sprays random brown spots all over, and some great tips on using oils and powders. In fact, make sure you check out video four around minute 7 where he uses a brush and airbrush to create the mud spatter. Overview of his Process For a cheat sheet of what he did to paint a weather tank, I’ve written down the process below. It’s a long list ( an hour of video remember!), but I tried to capture the highlights for you. Seal and prime the model with gray Randomly spray the model with small dots/messes of dark gray and brown Spray chipping medium over model Spray white paint over model – the base color for the Death Guard Chip top paint away with moist, worn out …

Watch This: Painting Bases

Published by Joe B

Today’s Watch This is from GarfyÂ of Tale of Painters where he shows us how he paints his bases. While a relatively simple and straightforward approach, he ends up with great results. In his video tutorial, he walks us through the steps to paint and then detail the bases of his Deathwatch squad with a nice dessert look. Watch This: Painting Bases Some of the things I liked about his video is that each step was short and sweet. There isn’t anything special in his recipe, and he shows that. What he does do is make conscience choices about what colors to use and how to place the grass. An example of this is that he doesn’t just plop down a section of the Mordheim Turf from the package, but rather uses scissors to chop it into smaller, more realistic bits. The Steps: For those that didn’t watch the full video, or want a quick text steps of how he did it, I’ve put them down below. Finish model except for the base Use Texture ‘brush’ …

Watch This: Painting With Washes

Published by Joe B

Today’s Watch This is from Greggle’s on Feed Your NerdÂ where he shows us how to batch paint Orks with nothing but washes. That’sÂ right, everything except the metal detailsÂ is painting with applications of wash layered over a shaded base coat. Watch This: Painting with Washes One of the things I like about Greg’s video is that he shows the technique on one Ork, but then cut-tapes ahead to show the whole batch finished. This makes for a nice way to learn the technique, but not watch paint dry. If you haven’t checked out Greg’s fantastic Orks, do so at http://www.feedyournerd.com/greggles-tabletop The Steps: For those that didn’t watch the full video, or want a quick text steps of how he did it, I’ve put them down below. Note, I updated a few of the colors to the modern GW washes. Prime models white (bonus: prime dark gray first then white from above) Wash the whole model withÂ Agrax Earthshade Wash skin with Beil-Tan Green For larger Orks apply second (or third) layer of Beil-Tan Casandora Yellow for the …