Painting & Modeling FAQ and Resource Index

**Mod_Plarzoid** · 12-14-2012, 06:08 PM

This thread is intended to function as an index of the many resources the Privateer Press Forums Painting & Modeling community has assembled. In an effort to reduce the number of stickied threads and offer more space to regular threads on the first page, it merges the old Tutorial Finder and Airbrush Resource Threads, and references the HandCannonOnline Tutorial Index.

Also worth visiting is the New Painting Thread Locator, a thread of forum member threads, organized and maintained by each member who posts. A great resource if you know who painted something, but can't find it.

If you see something new that deserves to be added, reply to this thread with the link to the thread or article, and it'll be added.

Huge Thank You to Autumn Stone for organizing and providing links to all the HandCannonOnline articles.

Tutorials & FAQ by Subject

Idea Threads and Collections

HandCannonOnline's Most Popular Tutorials

There are several holes in this document, and I need your help to fill them! Use your best search-fu to find threads and articles, and they'll get added. If you can't find a particular thread, mention this too, and we'll see if others have found the same missing topics. Once we know it hasn't been covered, it'll be time to get the discussion started in a new thread we can then add to the index. Also, please point out any dead links, some of these articles may have migrated to new websites or blogs since they were originally added.

**Mod_Plarzoid** · 12-14-2012, 06:11 PM

Taking Pictures of Models
Models Isolated on White - jlav
Models in Environments - jlav
Photgraphing minis, a 4-part walkthough - DieselDM

Lightboxes
A Beginner's Guide to The Lightbox
Photographing Terrain: Another Way To Make a Light-box

Posting pictures on the forum
How to post pictures.

**Mod_Plarzoid** · 12-14-2012, 06:31 PM

Stripping Paint

What can I use to strip the paint off my models?

Castrol Super Clean (Purple Power) - available at most auto parts stores and Wal-Mart, in a purple bottle. Safe to use on plastic, resin and metal. Loosens up super glue, and green stuff, but doesn't dissolve or destroy it. Smells like grape jell-o.
Simple Green - Available at numerous locations, comes in a few different colors/flavors. Safe to use on plastic, resin and metal.
Acetone - Available in large quantities at hardware stores, and smaller ones at drug stores in the form of nail polish remover. Save to use on metal only.
Brake Fluid - Toxic, caustic, and known to ruin models.
Oven Cleaner - Different ingredients based on brand, some will melt plastic.

Tutorials
Basic Paint Stripping - Plarzoid
Dealing with the smell - Plarzoid
Stripping Paint Thread - Primarily Agamemnon
Model Cleaning: Purple Power Vs. Simple Green - HCO
Model Cleaning: Simple Green Vs. Acetone - HCO

**Mod_Plarzoid** · 12-14-2012, 06:36 PM

Model Assembly

Pinning Models
Pinning 1 - patisarat
Pinning 2 - LonelyMonk
Easy Pinning - adary
Assembly and Pinning - Ghool
Tutorial: Basics - Get it Together: Assembly and Pinning - HCO
Video Tutorial - Pinning Small Areas - HCO
Public Service Anouncement: How not to cut yourself. - HCO

Grenstuff Gap Filling
Working with Greenstuff thread
Greenstuffing Gap Filling - PG_Mael

Notoriously difficult to assemble models
Assembling the Mage Hunter Strike Force - thecsharian
Assembling Nyss Hunters - Exeter
Tutorial: Assembly Guide - Cylena Raefyll and the Nyss Hunters - HCO
Skorne Battlebox - Plarzoid

**Mod_Plarzoid** · 12-14-2012, 06:40 PM

Converting

General
HandCannonOnline's Converting stuffs
[How To]: Start doing Conversions
Reposing (Legs) - Plarzoid
Arm or Head swaps
Adding LEDs to pGaspy - Exeter
A Beginner's Guide to Conversion - Epic Thagrosh
A Beginner's Guide to Conversion - Seraph

Magnetizing plastic kits

Menoth Heavy Kit - Plarzoid
Retribution Heavy Kit - thecsharian
Cygnar heavy (youtube) - IronBear (Finished Product by necrosys)
Khador Plastic Kit
Cryx kit - Plarzoid
Mercs Kit - TSWalters
Legion of Everblight Plastic Kit - Plarzoid
Trollbloods Plastic Kit - Drachenfels

Alternative to magnets, pins (Youtube) - PG_tinman_xl

Converting Colossals
Converting the Conquest - Baffo

Commonly Done Model Conversions
Extremoth PG_Cloud-Gatherer
Surpassing Extremoth - scorpius007
Extreme Deathjack: part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5 - Exeter
Avatar Conversion Compilation Thread
Nomangler - PG_Mael
Rok Conversion Index

Weapon Shaft Replacement
Replacing weapon shafts with Brass Rod / Tube - Plarzoid

**Mod_Plarzoid** · 12-14-2012, 06:49 PM

Sculpting

HandCannonOnline on Scultping
A Beginner's Guide to Sculpting - walkthrough alternate pGrisel and Janissa - HCO
Intro to Sculpting Thread
Intro to Sculpting - paintingclinic.com
Sculpting Theory and Execution
Fur
Robes, chain, rope - dakkadakka forum
Sashes / cloth - Autumn Stone
Goggles & Gasmasks - nerdforest
Rivets Thread

Steamforged's Scultping Tutorials
- Metal WW Ghetorix conversion
- Intro to GS
- Sculpting cloaks, banners and pelts
- Sculpting scaly skin, scale armor and studded leather
- Sculpting assorted hats
- Sculpting chains, chainmail and belt buckles
- Sculpting hair, wigs and beards

**Mod_Plarzoid** · 12-14-2012, 06:51 PM

Basing

HCO on Basing (index of articles)

Tutorial: Basic - Thematic Basing - Part 1: Base Building - Rock and Flock, Cracked earth, lava Breakup, Lava flow, Forest, Junkpile, Swamp
Tutorial: Basic - Thematic Basing - Part 2: Base Building

Simple Sand and Flock by Drachenfels - if you want good looking but simple

Just the Bases - a Site dedicated to bases
Swamp basing aka The Impossible Road to ETC: 15pt Milestone - HCO
Basing with Gears - HCO
Basing with Snow - HCO
Basic basing procedure - DieselDM
Beach Bases - Matt DiPietro
Cracked Earth (GS) - fire4effekt
Desert bases - demi_morgana
Lava base w/ some source lighting (CMON) - frostaxe
Mosiac Tile Bases - Jolly Angus
Tile bases - bloodshovel
Snow base (CMON) - frostaxe
Snow base - leontheconfused
More Snow - Bloodshovel
Cracked Ice - Monly & Jake
Water base with bridge (CMON) - frostaxe
Wooden floor basing Part I
Wooden floor basing Part II
Water effects and Scratch Built Deck - demi_morgana
Swamp Bases - amazonwarlord
Water Effects thread

Building a display board / transport tray - demi_morgana

Barbed Wire - The Anders

Index of custom base companies - CT Gamer

Getting to Second Base (a collection of basing links)

Arc Marking
Arc Marking Widget (DIY)

**Mod_Plarzoid** · 12-14-2012, 06:58 PM

Priming

Priming (spray paint)(Youtube) - Agamemnon

... and weather

Rain: You can prime in the rain, just don't let the rain touch the model. If you have a roofed porch, or a garage, fire away. Enamels will be fussy, but acrylic primers love the humidity, in my experience.
Winter: Priming in the winter is also possible. So long as the model and the paint are at roughly the same temperature, it should be OK. Shake up the paint inside, run outside, prime quickly, and then get back inside. Repeat for each model, or take two out with you if you're fast enough

... and hairy results
If the model ends up textured like sandpaper, you will have to strip it and prime it again. This happens when the paint droplets dry in the air, and land on the model tacky or nearly completely dry, and they don't flow together into a smooth coat. If you are using an acrylic primer, it's likely too dry. If you're using an enamel, it's probably too humid. If you don't think humidity is an issue, it's either a poorly mixed can, or just a bad can.

No matter the reason, this situation is almost always not salvageable, and the model just needs to be stripped.

... with airbrushes
Discussion on Vallejo Primer

One of the major complaints with priming with an airbrush is the fragile nature of the primer coat. Since it goes on so thin, it can chip fairly easily when not sealed.

Zenithal Highlights
Using priming to shade a model - Exeter

Choosing the right color

Gesso
Gesso Thread
Priming with gesso (brush on) - Valander
Priming with gesso (dipping method) - Valander

**Mod_Plarzoid** · 12-14-2012, 07:05 PM

Tools of the Trade
HandCannonOnline on Tools

Getting Started
A Beginner's Guide to Beginning - Tools of the trade- Handcannon Online

Comparing Paint Lines
Miniature Paints 101 - wargameguru.com
Making your own washes - EclecticGamer

Brushes
Kolinsky Sable Paint Brushes - A Comparative Review

Paint Additives
Tutorial: Basics: This Plus That Equals? - Additives and Their Uses

Wet Palettes & Dry Palettes
Wet Pallettes - PG_LonelyMonk
A Beginner's Guide to Wet Palettes - Build your own
A Beginner's Guide to Wet Palattes - Painting Faces

Airbrushes
See the Airbrushes section, here (post # 13).

**Mod_Plarzoid** · 12-14-2012, 07:12 PM

Painting Techiques
HandCannonOnline on Painting

Washing
Black Wash Method - iWargame
Video Tutorial - Washes

Dipping
Dipping - PG_LonelyMonk
Dipping - patisarat

Speed Painting
Speedpainting (LoE Swordsmen) - Mordjinn
Speedpainting (Cryx Bile Thralls) - demi_morgana
Speedpainting (Just Washes) - Youtube
Assembly Line painting tricks - PG_LonelyMonk
Basecoat + wash + highlight method - gabbadj
Tutorial: Basics - Speed Demon: Speed Painting Troopers

Blending
Wet Blending techniques Pros & Cons - Matt DiPietro
Juicing (wet blending) - Matt DiPietro
Video Tutorial - Two Brush Blending: Basic Principles Video Tutorial - Two Brush Blending: Using it on the Miniature

Glazing
Video Tutorial - Glazing and Painting White

**Mod_Plarzoid** · 12-14-2012, 07:18 PM

More Painting Techniques
HandCannonOnline on Painting

Weathering
Weathering - Col_Festus
Battle Damage Thread
Battle Damage - Garden Ninja Studios (odinsgrandson)
Battle Damage using Hairspray - PG_mael
Battle Damage on HandCannonOnline
Rust tutorial (old forums) - popg0estheworld

Object Source Lighting (OSL)
Tutorial: Advanced - Object-Source Lighting
Object Source Lighting (OSL) - PG_Terarin

**Mod_Plarzoid** · 12-14-2012, 07:27 PM

HandCannonOnline on Painting
HandCannonOnline on Color Theory

Color Recipes
Inspiring Color Palettes - artvarsity.com (found by Shadowspite)A Beginner's Guide to ... Beginning - Colour Theory - by someone who was never taught Art
A Beginner's Guide to ... Beginning - Colour Theory Part II - Contrast and Schemes

Black
Painting Black - Bloodshovel
Painting Black - Ghool
How to highlight black - captainspudTutorial: Basics - Painting Cloth, and Highlighting Black
Tutorial: Basics - Back in Black: Painting Black Armour

White
Painting White - Ghool
Tutorial: Basics - Painting White
Video Tutorial - Glazing and Painting White

Faces & Flesh
Faces and eyes thread
Female Faces - Garden Ninja Studios (odinsgrandson)
Tutorial: Advanced - Painting Expressive Faces and Eyes
Tutorial: Advanced - Make it Up: Female Faces, and Make-Up
A Beginner's Guide to Wet Palattes - Painting Faces
Video Tutorial: Painting Flesh - Part 1
Video Tutorial: Painting Flesh - Part 2
Video Tutorial: Painting Eyes, Hair and Make-Up
Tutorial: Advanced - Undead Flesh

Metals
Beginner's Guide to Metals
Tutorial: Basics - Heavy Metal: Using Metallics
Brass - zreef

Painting Textures
Hair
Painting Hair - Ghool
Tutorial: Advanced - Glorious Locks: Painting Hair

Gems
Beginner's Guide to Gems

Gator Skin
Painting Your Gators
Painting 'Gators - aka The Impossible Road to ETC: 25 pt Milestone

Other
Red Leather on Gunnbjorn - PG_mael
Lava (Trolls) - zreef
A Beginner's Guide to Heat and Light part 1 - Fire - HCO
Ice (Basing) - zreef

A Beginner's Guide to Painting - Gems

Tartan - Autumn Stone

**Mod_Plarzoid** · 12-14-2012, 07:44 PM

Airbrushes
- This airbrush collection originally compiled by Malarowski in the Airbrush Resource Thread

Buying your first Airbrush
Breaking the Airbrush Barrier - museonminis
Airbrush 101 - WGConsortuim (Youtube)
Choosing a Compressor - BuyPainted (Youtube)
Airbrush Rant by Les from APJ
Getting an Airbrush Thread

Airbrush Basics
Airbrush Basics- ArkenTyre (Brushthralls)
Zenital Airbrushing Tutorial - theleadheadblog
Airbrushing at the mini scale (long) - dakkadakka
Airbrush Cleaning
Seminar by Badger Presiden Ken Schlotfeldt
Don's Airbrush Tips

Zenithal Highlights and OSL effects
Zenithal Airbrushing, OSL and Snow and Ice Tutorial - Grey Knight (dakkadakka)
How to Airbrush Leathery Bat-Like Wings

Other Youtube Airbrush Resources
Schnauzerface Minis
WG Consortium
ScaleModel Medic
Awesome Paintjob
BuyPainted

**Mod_Plarzoid** · 12-14-2012, 07:57 PM

Sealing

Spray Sealants
Gloss

Flat

Brush-on Sealants
Future Floor Wax

Fixing "Frosting"

**Mod_Plarzoid** · 12-14-2012, 07:59 PM

**Mod_Plarzoid** · 12-14-2012, 08:04 PM

Conversion Ideas
General
http://privateerpressforums.com/show...verted-PP-figs
http://privateerpressforums.com/show...rsion-Showcase

Bases
http://privateerpressforums.com/show...or-inspiration!

Cygnar

Protectorate of Menoth
Stormhammer, the Assault on Sul - MercyKiller

Khador
Stormhammer, the Assault on Sul - MercyKiller

Cryx

Mercs

Retribution

Circle Orboros

Legion of Everblight

Trollbloods

Skorne

Thornfall (Pigs)

Blindwater (Gators)
Collective of Genteel Gatorfolk - Faultie

**Mod_Plarzoid** · 12-14-2012, 08:07 PM

Studio Recipes
This index of studio recipes comes from the Ask the Studio MKII thread, and was compiled by Autumn Stone.

Post numbers were accurate once, but due to forum activity beyond our control, they are likely to now be several posts before the listed one. The links are still valid, however, so use those.

Non-Faction Specific
Paint Ratios Post #38, #49, #162 LINK LINK LINK
Basecoating white Post #25 LINK
Rusty Yellow Post #36 LINK
Painting with Coal Black Post #35 LINK
Various Hair Colors Post #41, #330, #438, #446, #450 LINK LINK LINK LINK LINK
Painting Denim Post #62 LINK
Beer Suds Post #67 LINK
White #148, #156, #432 LINK LINK LINK
Scratches on warjack armour #165 LINK
Splatter #167, #338 LINK LINK
Black #167, #251, #269 LINK LINK LINK
Internal Glow (furnaces, necrotite, Demo corps hammers) #174 LINK
Shades and tints #197 LINK
Building stucco (terrain piece) #206 LINK
Texture to red paint #215 LINK
Orgoth Items #219 LINK
Dark skin colours (Siege Brisbane) #233 LINK
Weathering Jacks #286, #287 LINK LINK
Purple and Yellow scheme #288, #289 LINK LINK
Wet Cloth #310 LINK
Chrome NMM #321 LINK
Wood #338 LINK
Green as a concept #347, #349 LINK LINK
Blued Steel #411 LINK
Sealing minis LINK
On Matte Medium LINK
Brushes LINK
Brush care LINK
Icicles and snow LINK
Painting modle vs basing LINK
Holding modles while painting LINK
mixing paint LINK
Blending LINK
Highlighting red LINK
Lighting LINK
Two Brush Blending LINK
Rust LINK
Yellow LINK
Haircolours LINK
Feathering LINK
Blending LINK
Denim LINK
Pirate Beach bases LINK
Liquor Bottles LINK
Metallic forced highlight technique LINK
Juicing LINK
Glass Bottles LINK
Reddish Leather LINK
P3 Pains vs the airbrush LINK
PPS Matt on making mistakes LINK
Jade colours LINK
Coverage with metallics LINK

Cygnar
5th Border Legion Post #30 LINK
Bronze (Ol' Rowdy) #140 LINK
5Th border Legion LINK
Cygnar Trenchers LINK
Thorn white armour LINK
Cygnar golds LINK
ATGM colours LINK

Menoth
Exemplar Army NQ#8 Post #18 LINK
Grey - Protectorate Armour of Mourning #167 LINK
Navy Blue - Protectorate Armour of Mourning #167 LINK
Flameguard unknown alt scheme #181 LINK
Sanctifier #461 LINK
Studio menoth white LINK
red/gold exemplar armour NQ 8 LINK
Resnik Scroll LINK
Menoth White LINK

Khador
Extreme Destroyer rusted white - salt mask #187 LINK
White armour beast 09 #189 LINK
Winterguard blue-grey greatcoats #209 LINK LINK
White fur on Zerkova #219 LINK
Khador red basing LINK
eButcher Grey armour (superiority) LINK

Cryx
Mechanithrall Flesh Post #4 LINK
Morteneba Post #43 LINK
The Wither Shadow Combine Post #47 LINK
Epic Goreshade Post #59 LINK
Erebus and Scaverous green glow #178 LINK
Thrall Flesh in prime remix LINK
Mortenabra LINK
Whithershadow Combine LINK
Cryx grey LINK
Goreshade green LINK
Canker Worm LINK
bane Knights LINK

Retribution
Epic Eiryss Post #70 LINK
eEiryss base LINK
Dawnlord Vyros LINK

Mercs
Master Holt Post #50 LINK
Mariner/Buccaneer Post #7, #39 LINK LINK
Lady Aiyana Post #48 LINK
Dirty Meg Post #53 LINK
Bloody Bradigan Post #58, #65 LINK LINK
Rhulic Jacks/infantry paint scheme Post #61 LINK
Merc Greens #200 LINK
Rocinante / Damiano armours #212 LINK LINK
Madhammer and troops LINK
Mariner/Shae/Buccaneer blue-grey LINK
Commodore metallics LINK
Mariner LINK
Mariner Blue-grey LINK
Mariner Diver Bell Eye LINK
Ayanna and Holt LINK
Dirty Meg LINK
Wroughthammer Rockram LINK
Quentin's NQ pirates LINK
Forgeguard LINK
Fiona the Black LINK
ATGM colours LINK
Ashlynn's Flagpole and some pinning advice LINK

**Mod_Plarzoid** · 12-17-2012, 03:20 AM

Trollbloods
Rusted Trollkin Armor Post #76 LINK
Grim Angus's Gun (wood grain) Post #11 LINK
Earthborn Dire Troll Post #15 LINK
Caber tosser Post #46 LINK
Epic Madrak Post #60 LINK
Stone Scribe Elder Post #69 LINK
Fenn Blades leather Post #77 LINK
Runrshaper's Flesh Post #78 LINK
Rok Skin tone #195 LINK
Troll skins #214 LINK LINK
Trollblood colours LINK
pink/red on troll faces LINK
Wood- grim angus gun LINK
Winter Troll LINK
Earthborne dire troll LINK
Caber Throwers caber LINK
Longriders Toughalo LINK
Fell caller flame stack LINK
Madrak Armour LINK
Dire Troll Blitzer Skin LINK
Kilt lifter Beer suds LINK
Stone scribe elder cases LINK
Rusty troll armour LINK
Fenblade belts and sword handles LINK
Runeshaper flesh LINK

Legion of Everblight
Blighted Nyss Flesh Post #21, #295 LINK LINK
Legion Warbeast Flesh Post #21 LINK
Legion Warbeast "brown bleeding" Post #22 LINK
Ulk fur Post #32 LINK
Legion Beast Carapace Post #34, #136 LINK LINK
Warmongers Post #55 LINK
Nyss black highlighting LINK
Nyss Flesh / Legion Beasts LINK
Raptors white fur LINK
Legion Carapace LINK
Legion Metallics LINK

Circle of Oroboros
Epic Krueger Post #73 LINK
Kromac's Headdress Post #23 LINK
Gallows Grove #182 LINK
White Fur Laris, Winter Argus #494 LINK
Bone / Kromac Headpiece LINK
Gnarlhorn skin LINK
Wolfrider Mounts LINK
Kromac Hair LINK
Satyr fistwraps LINK
eKreuger fabric LINK
Warpwolf solo flesh LINK

Skorne
Skorne Flesh tone Post #10 LINK
Basilisk Flesh Post #40 LINK
Ancestral Guardian/Immortals Post #29 LINK
Rhinodon Flesh Post #40, #42 LINK LINK
Skorne Blacks Post #72 LINK
Skorne Golds #170 LINK
Burnished Gold in black laquer armour NQ 36 #178 LINK
Skorne flesh LINK
titan bronzeback bronze LINK
Rhinodon LINK
Rhinodon LINK
Cyclops skin LINK
Skorne black LINK

Minions
Farrow Bonegrinders Fur Post #17 LINK
Gundrun Skin tones Post #31 LINK
Swamp Gobber Flesh Post #68 LINK
bonegrinder flesh LINK
Gudrun Flesh LINK
Swamp gobber Flesh LINK
Brine skin LINK

**Mod_Plarzoid** · 12-17-2012, 03:20 AM

Metallic Technique
What does the studio use to seal to ensure that the metallics are still brilliant Post#3 LINK
A primer to advanced metal technique Post #51 LINK
Mixing Inks and Metals Post #71 LINK
Coverage with metallics LINK

Blending Questions
The different types of blending Pros/Cons Post #52 LINK
Solutions to common two-brush issues Post #54 LINK
When to Push/Pull Post #16 LINK
Legion Warbeast "brown bleeding" Post #22 LINK
Two-brush blending Post #26, #263, #371, #372, #383 LINK LINK LINK LINK LINK
Paint Toxicity Post #37 LINK
Shape of brush used for two-brush Post #56 LINK
The Juicing Method Post #74 LINK
Blending on rounded surfaces #297, #300 LINK LINK
Shading and Highlighting #337 LINK

Basing Methods
Basing Models order of operations Post #14 LINK
Creating coils of rope Post #45 LINK
Beach Bases Post #64 LINK
Carpet?! #266 LINK

Materials
What brand of primer do you use? Post #6 LINK
What brand of sealant do you use? Post #6 LINK
What brand of brush cleaner do you use Post #8 LINK
What kind of carrying case do you use for paints Post #13 LINK
What kind of light do you paint under? Post #20 LINK
What kind/size of bit should I get for my Pin-Vice LINK
Can old paint be saved? LINK
Matte finish #160 LINK
Brush choice, painting aids, general advice #193 LINK
Palettes #310 LINK
Glazes, washes, dips and stuff #484 LINK

Special Techniques
How to Strip paint Post #5 LINK
Making Icicles Post #9 LINK
Gnarlhorn Satyr Fur technique #27 LINK
Painting Rust Post #28 LINK
The Feathering technique Post #44 LINK
Techniques for simulated stone Post #46, #70 LINK LINK
Grease and grime Post #53 LINK
Solutions to washing issues Post #57 LINK
Shortcuts for freehand using translucency Post #58 LINK
Painting glass bottles Post #65 LINK
Beer Suds Post #67 LINK
Animal muscles (Argii) #141 LINK
Painting faster #328, #333 LINK LINK
Big long post about … Stuff #351, #431 LINK LINK
Glass Bottles LINK
Reddish Leather LINK
P3 Pains vs the airbrush LINK
Blue-ish Ice shadow (eg Beast09) LINK
PPS Matt on making mistakes LINK
Jade colours LINK

Conversions and Assembly
Assembling before or after painting Post #33 LINK
Quentin's converted Pirate army Post #66 LINK
Ashlynn's Flagpole and some pinning advice LINK

Sculpting
Procreate VS. Brown stuff Post #19 LINK
Sculpting Rivets Post #24 LINK
Knurled patterns #241 LINK
Choice of materials #414, #417 LINK LINK

**Mod_Plarzoid** · 12-17-2012, 03:21 AM

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**Mod_Plarzoid** · 12-17-2012, 03:21 AM

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**Mod_Plarzoid** · 12-17-2012, 03:21 AM

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**DangerMuffin** · 12-17-2012, 10:05 AM

This is awesome, thanks Plarzoid. When I get home from work later I'll comb through my bookmarks and see if I can fill some of the gaps with stuff I've found.

**Mod_Plarzoid** · 12-17-2012, 10:14 AM

Originally Posted by DangerMuffin

This is awesome, thanks Plarzoid. When I get home from work later I'll comb through my bookmarks and see if I can fill some of the gaps with stuff I've found.

Awesome, thanks!

**Autumn Stone** · 12-17-2012, 10:55 AM

Thanks Plarzoid.

Scheme ideas - already done for you
http://privateerpressforums.com/show...ernate-schemes

Also, the handcannon index has stuff for the first few sections too.

Cheers
A.S.

Cheers
A.S.

**Mod_Plarzoid** · 12-17-2012, 12:12 PM

Originally Posted by Autumn Stone

Thanks Plarzoid.

Scheme ideas - already done for you
http://privateerpressforums.com/show...ernate-schemes

Also, the handcannon index has stuff for the first few sections too.

Cheers
A.S.

Cheers
A.S.

Referenced and assimilated the Scheme stuff. I still need to do a cross reference between the HCO index and this, see what I missed.

Thanks!

**Autumn Stone** · 12-18-2012, 06:15 PM

I'll have a stab at indexing the studio thread for you when I have a chance.

I'll post it up in post 25 of this thread once I get going so it's visible for the thread.... edit: tool arge. I failed. posted below.

As for the hco index, ... Lots, but you probably don't have to. I'll be keeping the hco index up to date, so simply a link from the topic on this thread to the topic heading on the hco index is probably ok, with possibly individual posts for the really high profile stuff like althai's OSL and battle damage tutes, ghool's, black, white, two brush blending and choice of kolinskis, etc.

I can give you a list of our most popular/viewed topics, with bb coding you you want... (if you do wish, probably easiest to pm me an email address)

The alt scheme stuff I'm still regularly updating as people as for a "show us your...". Did you want to take over this, or just mention in the thread link that it's still an active thread?

For the conversion threads, there's also the cryxnar project, and I've posted handcannon tutes on tartan for trolls, alt seraph, and alt wings for eThagrosh. (see hco index)

Cheers
A.S.

**Jake the Dog** · 12-19-2012, 09:38 AM

Originally Posted by Mod_Plarzoid

Referenced and assimilated the Scheme stuff. I still need to do a cross reference between the HCO index and this, see what I missed.

Thanks!

You missed this one on Battle damage I think:
http://handcannononline.com/blog/2011/07/25/

**Mod_Plarzoid** · 12-19-2012, 09:54 AM

@Autumn Stone: PM incoming

Originally Posted by Jake the Dog

You missed this one on Battle damage I think:
http://handcannononline.com/blog/2011/07/25/

Added.

**Mod_Plarzoid** · 12-19-2012, 06:15 PM

Added several links to HandCannonOnline's top read tutorials, as well as their top few in each major category, offering direct access to their resources.

**iG4MER** · 12-19-2012, 06:23 PM

To Plarzoid.

**Autumn Stone** · 12-20-2012, 02:00 AM

Ask the Studios Index - part 1 - Warmachine

Painting

Non-Faction Specific
Paint Ratios Post #38, #49, #162 LINK LINK LINK
Basecoating white Post #25 LINK
Rusty Yellow Post #36 LINK
Painting with Coal Black Post #35 LINK
Various Hair Colors Post #41, #330, #438, #446, #450 LINK LINK LINK LINK LINK
Painting Denim Post #62 LINK
Beer Suds Post #67 LINK
White #148, #156, #432 LINK LINK LINK
Scratches on warjack armour #165 LINK
Splatter #167, #338 LINK LINK
Black #167, #251, #269 LINK LINK LINK
Internal Glow (furnaces, necrotite, Demo corps hammers) #174 LINK
Shades and tints #197 LINK
Building stucco (terrain piece) #206 LINK
Texture to red paint #215 LINK
Orgoth Items #219 LINK
Dark skin colours (Siege Brisbane) #233 LINK
Weathering Jacks #286, #287 LINK LINK
Purple and Yellow scheme #288, #289 LINK LINK
Wet Cloth #310 LINK
Chrome NMM #321 LINK
Wood #338 LINK
Green as a concept #347, #349 LINK LINK
Blued Steel #411 LINK
Sealing minis LINK
On Matte Medium LINK
Brushes LINK
Brush care LINK
Icicles and snow LINK
Painting modle vs basing LINK
Holding modles while painting LINK
mixing paint LINK
Blending LINK
Highlighting red LINK
Lighting LINK
Two Brush Blending LINK
Rust LINK
Yellow LINK
Haircolours LINK
Feathering LINK
Blending LINK
Denim LINK
Pirate Beach bases LINK
Liquor Bottles LINK
Metallic forced highlight technique LINK
Juicing LINK

Cygnar
5th Border Legion Post #30 LINK
Bronze (Ol' Rowdy) #140 LINK
5Th border Legion LINK
Cygnar Trenchers LINK
Thorn white armour LINK
Cygnar golds LINK

Menoth
Exemplar Army NQ#8 Post #18 LINK
Grey - Protectorate Armour of Mourning #167 LINK
Navy Blue - Protectorate Armour of Mourning #167 LINK
Flameguard unknown alt scheme #181 LINK
Sanctifier #461 LINK
Studio menoth white LINK
red/gold exemplar armour NQ 8 LINK
Resnik Scroll LINK
Menoth White LINK

Khador
Extreme Destroyer rusted white - salt mask #187 LINK
White armour beast 09 #189 LINK
Winterguard blue-grey greatcoats #209 LINK LINK
White fur on Zerkova #219 LINK
Khador red basing LINK
eButcher Grey armour (superiority) LINK

Cryx
Mechanithrall Flesh Post #4 LINK
Morteneba Post #43 LINK
The Wither Shadow Combine Post #47 LINK
Epic Goreshade Post #59 LINK
Erebus and Scaverous green glow #178 LINK
Thrall Flesh in prime remix LINK
Mortenabra LINK
Whithershadow Combine LINK
Cryx grey LINK
Goreshade green LINK
Canker Worm LINK
bane Knights LINK

Retribution
Epic Eiryss Post #70 LINK
eEiryss base LINK
Dawnlord Vyros LINK

Mercs
Master Holt Post #50 LINK
Mariner/Buccaneer Post #7, #39 LINK LINK
Lady Aiyana Post #48 LINK
Dirty Meg Post #53 LINK
Bloody Bradigan Post #58, #65 LINK LINK
Rhulic Jacks/infantry paint scheme Post #61 LINK
Merc Greens #200 LINK
Rocinante / Damiano armours #212 LINK LINK
Madhammer and troops LINK
Mariner/Shae/Buccaneer blue-grey LINK
Commodore metallics LINK
Mariner LINK
Mariner Blue-grey LINK
Mariner Diver Bell Eye LINK
Ayanna and Holt LINK
Dirty Meg LINK
Wroughthammer Rockram LINK
Quentin's NQ pirates LINK
Forgeguard LINK

**Autumn Stone** · 12-20-2012, 02:00 AM

Ask the Studios index part 2 - Hordes

Trollbloods
Rusted Trollkin Armor Post #76 LINK
Grim Angus's Gun (wood grain) Post #11 LINK
Earthborn Dire Troll Post #15 LINK
Caber tosser Post #46 LINK
Epic Madrak Post #60 LINK
Stone Scribe Elder Post #69 LINK
Fenn Blades leather Post #77 LINK
Runrshaper's Flesh Post #78 LINK
Rok Skin tone #195 LINK
Troll skins #214 LINK LINK
Trollblood colours LINK
pink/red on troll faces LINK
Wood- grim angus gun LINK
Winter Troll LINK
Earthborne dire troll LINK
Caber Throwers caber LINK
Longriders Toughalo LINK
Fell caller flame stack LINK
Madrak Armour LINK
Dire Troll Blitzer Skin LINK
Kilt lifter Beer suds LINK
Stone scribe elder cases LINK
Rusty troll armour LINK
Fenblade belts and sword handles LINK
Runeshaper flesh LINK

Legion of Everblight
Blighted Nyss Flesh Post #21, #295 LINK LINK
Legion Warbeast Flesh Post #21 LINK
Legion Warbeast "brown bleeding" Post #22 LINK
Ulk fur Post #32 LINK
Legion Beast Carapace Post #34, #136 LINK LINK
Warmongers Post #55 LINK
Nyss black highlighting LINK
Nyss Flesh / Legion Beasts LINK
Raptors white fur LINK
Legion Carapace LINK
Legion Metallics LINK

Circle of Oroboros
Epic Krueger Post #73 LINK
Kromac's Headdress Post #23 LINK
Gallows Grove #182 LINK
White Fur Laris, Winter Argus #494 LINK
Bone / Kromac Headpiece LINK
Gnarlhorn skin LINK
Wolfrider Mounts LINK
Kromac Hair LINK
Satyr fistwraps LINK
eKreuger fabric LINK
Warpwolf solo flesh LINK

Skorne
Skorne Flesh tone Post #10 LINK
Basilisk Flesh Post #40 LINK
Ancestral Guardian/Immortals Post #29 LINK
Rhinodon Flesh Post #40, #42 LINK LINK
Skorne Blacks Post #72 LINK
Skorne Golds #170 LINK
Burnished Gold in black laquer armour NQ 36 #178 LINK
Skorne flesh LINK
titan bronzeback bronze LINK
Rhinodon LINK
Rhinodon LINK
Cyclops skin LINK
Skorne black LINK

Minions
Farrow Bonegrinders Fur Post #17 LINK
Gundrun Skin tones Post #31 LINK
Swamp Gobber Flesh Post #68 LINK
bonegrinder flesh LINK
Gudrun Flesh LINK
Swamp gobber Flesh LINK
Brine skin LINK

**Autumn Stone** · 12-20-2012, 02:01 AM

Ask the Studios Index part 3 - everything else

Metallic Technique
What does the studio use to seal to ensure that the metallics are still brilliant Post#3 LINK
A primer to advanced metal technique Post #51 LINK
Mixing Inks and Metals Post #71 LINK

Blending Questions
The different types of blending Pros/Cons Post #52 LINK
Solutions to common two-brush issues Post #54 LINK
When to Push/Pull Post #16 LINK
Legion Warbeast "brown bleeding" Post #22 LINK
Two-brush blending Post #26, #263, #371, #372, #383 LINK LINK LINK LINK LINK
Paint Toxicity Post #37 LINK
Shape of brush used for two-brush Post #56 LINK
The Juicing Method Post #74 LINK
Blending on rounded surfaces #297, #300 LINK LINK
Shading and Highlighting #337 LINK

Basing Methods
Basing Models order of operations Post #14 LINK
Creating coils of rope Post #45 LINK
Beach Bases Post #64 LINK
Carpet?! #266 LINK

Materials
What brand of primer do you use? Post #6 LINK
What brand of sealant do you use? Post #6 LINK
What brand of brush cleaner do you use Post #8 LINK
What kind of carrying case do you use for paints Post #13 LINK
What kind of light do you paint under? Post #20 LINK
What kind/size of bit should I get for my Pin-Vice LINK
Can old paint be saved? LINK
Matte finish #160 LINK
Brush choice, painting aids, general advice #193 LINK
Palettes #310 LINK
Glazes, washes, dips and stuff #484 LINK

Special Techniques
How to Strip paint Post #5 LINK
Making Icicles Post #9 LINK
Gnarlhorn Satyr Fur technique #27 LINK
Painting Rust Post #28 LINK
The Feathering technique Post #44 LINK
Techniques for simulated stone Post #46, #70 LINK LINK
Grease and grime Post #53 LINK
Solutions to washing issues Post #57 LINK
Shortcuts for freehand using translucency Post #58 LINK
Painting glass bottles Post #65 LINK
Beer Suds Post #67 LINK
Animal muscles (Argii) #141 LINK
Painting faster #328, #333 LINK LINK
Big long post about … Stuff #351, #431 LINK LINK

Conversions and Assembly
Assembling before or after painting Post #33 LINK
Quentin's converted Pirate army Post #66 LINK

Sculpting
Procreate VS. Brown stuff Post #19 LINK
Sculpting Rivets Post #24 LINK
Knurled patterns #241 LINK
Choice of materials #414, #417 LINK LINK

Cheers
A.S.

**Mod_Plarzoid** · 12-20-2012, 03:34 AM

Thank you, that's awesome!

**Autumn Stone** · 01-16-2013, 01:10 PM

Hi Plarzoid

Magnetizing Khador kits
http://privateerpressforums.com/show...or-plastic-kit
http://plarzoid.com/2011/02/khador-battlebox-wip1/
http://plarzoid.com/2011/02/khador-battlebox-wip2/
http://www.herebegeeks.com/games/kha...ic-kit-part-1/
http://www.herebegeeks.com/games/kha...y-jack-part-2/

I'll probably PM you another bunch of links as well - just getting them together

cheers
A.S.

**Ravir** · 01-25-2013, 08:20 AM

Fix Frosting - dip/cover the model in olive oil, wait 24 hours. I haven't tried it yet, but have heard it from reliable sources that it works great.

**Autumn Stone** · 02-01-2013, 03:58 PM

Hi Plarzoid

Updates for the Ask the studio stuff.
You'll have to put them into the right spots though.

Also, I've just found that the post numbers I've included are no longer valid. As Matt and Meg answer questions, they've been deleting posts, so the post number of their answers march backwards.
The Links should still be vaild though. It is proabaly worth putting that as a disclaimer at the top of the index. "post numbers were accurate once, but due to forum activity beyond our control, they are likely to now be several posts before the listed one"

Anway - updates

Glass Bottles LINK
Reddish Leather LINK
P3 Pains vs the airbrush LINK
Blue-ish Ice shadow (eg Beast09) LINK
PPS Matt on making mistakes LINK
Jade colours LINK
Coverage with metallics LINK
Ashlynn's Flagpole and some pinning advice LINK
Fiona the Black LINK
ATGM colours LINK

Cheers
A.S.

**Autumn Stone** · 02-08-2013, 02:20 AM

Probably worthy of inclusion in the painting section

A Beginner's Guide to Painting - Gems

Cheers
A.S.

**Autumn Stone** · 02-13-2013, 12:21 PM

Arc Marking Widget

cheers
A.S.

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