So. This is my second paint undertaking, first for 40k, and I'm a very amatuer painter. Anyway. I have to have a combat patrol painted and based by Nov. 1 for an upcoming 'build to an apocalypse' event at my local gamestore. So these are my FWs and Stealths. The two XV8's will be up soon.

Note, my dad's camera was very uncopperative, and it was mad hard to get any good picture of a whole squad.

Also, apologies for having to send you to myspace. I couldn't access imageshack or photobucket for some reason, a problem I hope to have fixed soon. In the meantime, this link goes to the first pic, and the folowing six("Next" button) are the rest of them.

CQC greatly appreciated!

Here they are!

Please let me know if, for any reason, the link doesn't work.

Uh, no. They don't

Well it might be something I did but it isn't working

yea you have myspace to see the pics.

I have myspace and it returned an "invalid photo" message.

Mont'sha try www.photobucket.com they are really something...They are the best arround...

regards Averia

I have a photobucket account. I said in the op that i couldn't get photobucket or imageshack to work yesterday. I'm gonna try again later today.

Alright, i got into photobucket using my laptop. Don't know what the problem is with the other pc. Anyway these should work.








This is Uncle Sam. He says 'I want YOU to join the Tau Empire!'







So thats them. Like I said, i'm just as fresh to painting as to the game itself, but i attribute part of it to the fact that I needed to rush a bit to finish them. Again, CQC greatly appreciated!

I think you too thick paint, the survaces look rough. Add more water to the paint. Some highlights were good and the face color is too loud.

There's eactually a real simple explanation for that: I didn't use any water. I never understood how to add water to paint or mix colors, so I just applied straight paint. I noticed once I saw the pics that it looked very rough, and I wondered if that was why. I've just never found a painting tutorial that explains that kind of thing.

I usually eyeball it but the norm is try to thi your paint to the consistency of milk.

I've found that dipping the brush first in paint, then dipping it in water and wiping off the excess will usually give you a fairly smooth coat.

Question about the rough surface, what did you prime them with?

I have had my primer do much the same thing before, and if I remeber right it was from spraying to far away and the primer hitting the model almost dry and "dusting " it. I had to strip the primer off a few before and start over. Also can be cause if the ambient temp is a little cold.

Good colors, but highlights would do wonders and definitely thin the paints atlwast a little.

Temperature does also matter. Once i left a primed miniature 2 hours in the cold outside. It gave me a very rough survace and i had to remove the primer.

edit: Ups, just read the last post..

Naw, I live in texas so the even though its fall, its still plenty warm enough outside. But I think you're right about the primer. I usually try to spray them (citadel C-black) at a bit of a distance. I always thought spraying them close would fill in the details and mess it up. Is that not the case?

you have thick and flat paint, Im afraid to say. very steathy scheme though

Your paint is VERY thick, no offense but it looks like you dipped them in a vat of cream and painted over. Try thinning the paint down on your brush.

Thanks for this advice, I'll take advantage of it on my next models. At any rate, the paint doesn't look nearly so rough when its not zoomed in. But thank you all for the input.

I tried this the other day(dipping first into the paint bottle, then a cup of water, then wiping on a paper towel) and the result was that drops of water sat on the outside of the paint, and when I tried to wipe off 'excess' the paint mixed with the water, but nearly all of it came off on the .paper towel. and when I attempted to paint with it, it was more like a very thin, sparse wash. I tried with Codex Grey and Regal Blue. What went wrong?

First off let me say that your models are a great start. With more practice you'll be producing some great stuff.

You do have to learn to master one of the essentials in painting; mixing your paint with water to get the right consistency. Dripping your brush in paint, then in water is not going to give you the control you need at all. I don't recommend it.

I mix my paints with water in a painter's palette. You can get these at any art shop for very little money. I think I paid like 2 dollars for mine. See the picture.



You'll notice that I have two pots of water. One is for cleaning paint off brushes and the other is water for mixing into the paint. You want to keep your mixing water as clean as possible so to avoid any discoloration of the paint.

Put a glob of paint in one of the bowls on the palette. Cap your paintpot. (keeping it from drying out) Clean your brush. Dip it into the clean water and add one small drop of water to your paint. We're aiming for about a 3:1 mix, but you may prefer a different consistency. For me generally one drop of water is fine. Mix it around with a cheap old brush and paint your model.

You may find that some paints require a few coats on the model. This is ok. You just have to take your time. The results will be great.

This method has a few benefits. !) because you are taking paint and mixing water to it, you use less paint. 2) because you close the lid of your paint pot you are preventing it from drying out. 3) You get a nice smooth coat of paint on your model.

Happy Painting!

Thanx very much O'Shatta, I highly aprreiate the adivce. I'll have to look into getting a palette.