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John’s Painting Tutorial!

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John’s Painting Tutorial!

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We're going to be following John throughout the day as he puts together a tutorial as he paints up the Battleship from the UCM for Warren's fleet.

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draccan
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Any tips for those without airbrush? It is a bit daunting with these slick and beautiful ships…

ducimax
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Dont worry too much about it. I’m not using airbrush either, and it works fine with a couple of thin layers, or if you’re going for a vivid colour, use some pigments, and some varnish to fix it. Works like a charm.

bitrider
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Several thin layers was something I really had to learn and challenge myself to be patient about.

minigiant
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Look forward to it

peon
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I’d love to see a Space Battleship Yamato colour scheme.

dorthonion
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John – is that a large seam between the prow section and the hull? Does it need a little filler? Just thinking about being fully prepped before starting the painting process – I know some people are magnetising prow sections so they can use every option available from any given class of ship.

foyble
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I painted my first miniature last night and was really happy with it……. until I started to add detail.

foyble
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Really looking forward to the timelapse

ducimax
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I see the acrylic pin for the flight stand also got painted… a bit disappointing, hope you guys can do something about it!

zorg
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its probably masked up to catch the over spray.

cassaralla
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Also looking forward to the timelapse, but I’ll second the request for tips for those of us without an airbrush.

badula
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i’m curious i’m kinda tempted by airbrushing and drybrushing on these models

darkvoivod
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Yeah, I’d love me an airbrush, but that’d mean no new mini’s for a long time.

tookeywhy
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It is going to look awesome! can’t wait to see it finished/ the time laps

levarius
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Still really need to have a go airbrushing properly, i’m curious as to whether people recommend using washes through an airbrush?

lorcannagle
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I’ve used washes through my airbrush in the past, it’s more to saturate a colour than add depth like you would with a traditional wash. It can be hard to get right so experiment a lot!

stonebraveheart
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Looking forward to this progressing red / white always tough to get right

rage13
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If you don’t have an airbrush – a silver primer with a wash over it works really well before you pick out the detail.

emptynessisform
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these ships are a great place to showcase johns skills, heavy armour is his specialty.
please show us your awesome black Japanese UCM fleet mate its a real beautiful paint job.
painting that massive fleet, all the clusters ,that monstrous space station, plus a ridicules amount of smaller stations in a week is some going mate. oh and you had to build it.
I would not be able to get near that standard given the volume of work and the time constraints.
I tip my hat to you sir

lawnor
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I’m always interested in a painting guide

partridgeking
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Nice to see the process end to end.

wolf320f
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im looking forward to seeing the process start to finish so i can compare with my own and mix bits if needed

fancybearzod
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42xp

will be great to watch it all come together in time lapse.

owlet
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47xp

time to buy an airbrush…

cypher2009
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2001xp

I have concidered an airbrush in the past… maybe… just maybe….

ijontichy
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612xp

This is gonna be interesting! Get out your tiny, tiny, tiny brush..

nogginthenog
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I actually liked the simplicity to be honest

soulflayer
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Looking forward to seeing the scheme, to be honest i need as much help as possible.

wesadie1969
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Always happy to get tutorials no matter how much I think I might know.

redsarge
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That’s is 100% a Dead Pool comment…. /mind shattered

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