Steve Troughton-SmithAn evening of edge highlighting later, and I’m almost ready for the next step. Gonna try to push these through my painting desk to clear up space #minipainting
All that’s left is spot highlights, basing and transfers, I think! Well chuffed
Group photo! It has taken six years to make inroads on this box set 😰 And there’s still a lot to do before it’s complete… Something something ‘slay the gray’, something something ‘pile of shame’
Feels real good to move these off the painting desk 🥰 #MarchForMacragge
Halide is definitively my weapon of choice for taking RAW photos with the iPhone. This is 'just' a 12 Pro Max, but it consistently outperforms all my remaining, aging DSLRs by almost every metric, and Apple's Camera app by a wide margin. Really looking forward to a 48MP periscope assembly this year…
Next project for my painting table: Cadians! Hopefully this one won’t take 2 months…
…starting with a little bit of a touch-up on this Sentinel I painted in 2009 (💀). I will go back and give it a finer edge highlight later, but for now it's a little bit more respectable
Minor tangent I can paint up while I wait for new brushes. Could be a quick one
For context, this is part of the 1997 limited edition Imperial Guard Praetorian XXIV box set (pic 1) that nine year old me was enamored with. The last batch I painted turned out like the second pic, but yes it's taken 25+ (and counting) years to actually paint it all up 😅 And yes they're based on Zulu
Today’s side project: take this crummy 2009 paint job (first picture) and make it a little more respectable. Let’s see… /cc @pilky
Batch painting is exhausting and doesn’t have any real payoff until the end, so I’m gonna try doing some single minis to completion instead. It’s funny just how bad that first layer looks before highlights
Phase 2. Good opportunity to catch up on Critical Role 😄 /cc @dskuza
And some fine edge highlighting before bed. Pretty pleased about how much I can do in a day this way 🥹
Making good use of my fresh new size 000 Windsor & Newton Series 7 🤓
Jason O'Donoghue@stroughtonsmith my brother used to paint Warhammer figures about 30 years ago. They were metal back then. Any difference in detail between plastic and metal?
@i_jason plastic allows for larger, thinner and lighter pieces, and much more intricate detail; combined with the shift to digital sculpting, there's a huge gulf between minis from then and now. A lot of the past several years has been re-doing old minis to modern standard & scale
David Skuza@stroughtonsmith gotta finish before the new sets are out! 😂
@dskuza this one is already from one edition ago 🫠
Nick Kohrn 🔭 💻@stroughtonsmith I’ve seen you post many models like these over the recent week or so, but I admit that I don’t know what they are. Do you mind sharing what you do with them when they are finished?
@nickkohrn https://warhammer40000.com for a primer; mine go in a cabinet, though
Josh Wold@stroughtonsmith ok I finally pulled the trigger. Snagged a recruiter edition.
Paddy O'Brien@stroughtonsmith what is that holding the models for priming?
@stroughtonsmith neat, thanks! Typically I only paint one at a time but as a DM that sometimes does armies this would be a lot better than my current approach
@Tapi I used to use just a strip of foam board, but I really like that this rotates and doesn't need blu-tac
@stroughtonsmith If I do multiples I typically just stand them in a flat. But models tend to get knocked over by the spray paint.
I imagine I could find something like this on thingverse 🤔
@stroughtonsmith or apparently not
@Tapi sometimes it’s just nice to be able to buy things and not have to make them 😅 40-hour print vs quick trip to the local GW store
@Tapi …though you could probably fashion something if you have a laser cutter
@stroughtonsmith ain’t that the truth 😂
jmorris1974@stroughtonsmith I never really got into the figure painting like you, but I’ve really been enjoying your posts with them. Excellent work.
sdw@stroughtonsmith wow. As a battletech lover I am really into this.
Tim Broder@stroughtonsmith how did you learn to paint them? They are quite good
@timothybroder YouTube is a pretty key resource these days! e.g. https://www.youtube.com/@TableTopReadyYoutube
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@stroughtonsmith nice. Thanks!
T.G. Cid@stroughtonsmith with you joining the Definitely Not A Cult, I wanted to recommend an app - not mine, sadly - that is purpose built and perfect at what it does:
Figure Case - Hobby Progress
Organize your tabletop miniature collection and track your painting progress. Figure Case is the tool for your miniature hobby like Warhammer 40,000 and Age of Sigmar or any other tabletop miniature games. 1. Enter all your miniatures. 2. Organize your minis into collections. 3. Track your assembly…
@tg_cid very familiar with it!
@stroughtonsmith ah! 10-4, apologies. It’s just so good that when I see folks branch out more - nice Cadians, btw - I want to make sure it’s out there.
Aaron Belich@tg_cid ohh… oh no. This is the equivalent of my Steam Library for minis that I have started picking up… despite not finishing what I already have.
Eh, bought. I have no willpower.
@stroughtonsmith I read this as Canadians and was very confused 🤔
Steve@dskuza @stroughtonsmith I’m glad I wasn’t the only one
@dskuza I would paint a Canadian
Felix Lapalme@stroughtonsmith but will this year’s iPhone allow 48MP RAW
@stroughtonsmith what do you have them sitting on? At first I thought there was a weird filter applied, but no, some glossy/tiles surface is reflecting the shadows it seems. Those are looking nice.
Those have nice, chunky, highlights. Michael of TTR would be proud.
@AaronBelich I followed the TableTopReady method with this batch! The last few I did had one layer fewer of edge highlighting and it just doesn't read from a distance at all. That's the cover of my wet palette, and a block of foam behind. Cuts out nicely with a bit of Photoshop
David Smith@stroughtonsmith 😍, The highlight shading on the gold chest decals is soooo good.
mrpommer@stroughtonsmith I’ve been clinging to my 11 Pro because it’s so “thin”, and Halide has been great at pulling great images out of that sensor, so I’m really looking forward to this fall’s inevitable upgrade – it should be awesome.
GK@stroughtonsmith with all the respect, can I ask you to add hashtags to these posts? I am really interested in your iOS work, but Warhammer is not my thing so I want to mute it. Thank you!
@gklka I have no interest in hashtagging every post just to suit the whims of people I don't know; my timeline is for my benefit, and that means I'll be talking about hobby projects — a lot. Maybe you'd prefer me on a list and not your main timeline?
@stroughtonsmith no problem. Obviously I understand that it is a friction to tag them.
Arkadiusz Matecki@stroughtonsmith Nice, clean, close to GW’s boxart 👨🎨
bobspryn@stroughtonsmith dude, that’s cool as hell!
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