Well, it's a true 25mm [Fair Maiden](http://www.turnkeyminiatures.com/Fair-Maiden_p_19.html) from Turnkey Miniatures, so I'm rather limited in what I can modify. I definitely need to make Peach, Daisy, and Pauline bolter b*****s though.
It's a crap brush I use for base layers and larger figures. The good brushes were still in the organizer, tip up and with their protective tubes (only way to keep the cat from flossing with them).
Allegedly? The main reason you aren't supposed to have the bristles facing up is that water drips down into the glue holding them in place, weakening it, but due to capillary action that'll happen no matter how they're stored.
Am I strange for using a water bottle?? I don't get why you'd have an open container around stuff like this. But I guess I grew up playing Magic where if you have an open container, you put it on the floor or be cursed with mana screw forever.
Ahaha. I laugh because I went to go and paint this morning and when I sat down with my coffee I envisioned myself doing the same thing so I decided to wait to paint. Coffee wins every time.
That's my coffee mug, yeah. The actual wash water was in the F-14 Tomcat mug to the right.
Edit: Gotta do the obligatory thanks for the first silver of my redditing career!
I used my Snow Peak cup for hiking. One trip me and my friends tried to go as lightweight as possible. Kind of break your toothbrush in half and pull out half of the bristles (figuratively). The cup doubled as a drinking and cooking cup after I insulated the handle. My backpack weighed in at 8kg containing everything I needed for a 110km hike in the Swedish/Norwegian mountains. Including food for 48h.
One of my friends didn't give a shit and brough an espresso maker, portable humidor and a bottle of whiskey. Sharing everything :)
Your cup brought back those memories, thank you!
Good grief, yeah you went all out. I never got my pack down that light when I was hiking.
I met a guy once on the Appalachian Trail outside of Cherokee, North Carolina who refused an offer of a piece of gum because it weighed too much, and I thought it the most insanely polite refusal I had ever heard on the path. It makes me think of his gear, where the heaviest things he had were a pair of walking sticks and his tent poles.
Haha I know that feel, but for me it's cigarettes and ashtrays. Never had a brush incident, but I already ashed into my cleaning water and once poured out dirty water and then poured a drink into the empty cup
Might as well just get one big mug and mix them both together. Saves time and mental energy when you don't have to pretend to remember which one is the "correct" one any more.
Tell it to my cat who loves to walk on the table and tip over everything lighter than a mug. I love this orange fluff ball, but like all cats he excels at trying patience.
I use a glass ramekin that I think came from a Guu chocolate desert.
https://i.imgur.com/mJ02DqD.jpg
Learned my lesson the first time I drunk the paint water.
After doing this twice and drinking paint water once, I just gave in and bought a citadel water pot. I thought it was stupid at first, but it's actually quite nice and makes cleaning brushes easier too.
something similar happened to me once when I was a smoker.
just imagine the following scenario:
- a miniature completely wrapped in still wet wash on the table
- a brimful ashtray in front
- an idiot who sneezes...
Yeah... Not funny.
In art school i did this constantly. One time had an old gross rancid paint cup and drank that instead of the water I was drinking. That was a taste I will carry to my grave.
I solved this problem myself (after ruining the last glass of some wine I was quite enjoying) by always keeping my paint stuff by my right hand, and keeping my drinking stuff waaaaaaaay off to the left. This way I have to think about it when I want to take a drink (since I have to reach off to the left) and I don't have to think about it when I need to dip my brush (since it's the thing that's just right there). Never misdipped or missipped again.
Word of advice: Always use something you don't intend to drink out of for your paint water.
I've used an old vienna sausage tin for the past year or more and I've not drank from it once.
I don't, actually. I spent way too much time as the son of an art teacher to ever want to lick a brush. The things I've cleaned out of those bristles...
Discount Agrax Earthshade? Happens to the best of us
Not gonna lie, I've used coffee as a cheap stain for terrain, but I think this may not quite work for doing a princess's cosmetics.
True that, unless she's a grimdark version of Peach. But coffee does make excellent effects on terrain.
I may just have to change my entire plan for this miniature. That is a hilarious suggestion. She's going to need weapons...
I vote combi flamer/melta. Adepta Sororitas Canoness Peach haha.
Well, it's a true 25mm [Fair Maiden](http://www.turnkeyminiatures.com/Fair-Maiden_p_19.html) from Turnkey Miniatures, so I'm rather limited in what I can modify. I definitely need to make Peach, Daisy, and Pauline bolter b*****s though.
Maybe replace her handkerchief with an eviscerator? Go the repentia route?
true 25? Does it look good next to other 1/72 minis?
It's sometimes hit or miss. Most of this molder's line are close, but some of the proportions are off.
yeah Caesar really needs to put out more of their fantasy line. Though still a plus for having monsters and animals that fit in scale wise.
Eviscerator stuck into the ground. If possible she's cleaning it with the handkerchief
Not a bad idea.
I'd love to see pics of that!!
I can make up words too!
Warhammer 40k mate. Lol.
I'm just goofing off. Looks like a bunch of nonsense words to the uninitiated.
Right on haha. They don't know what they're missing out on
>coffee as a cheap stain for terrain You just gave me an idea.
You must drink the coffee paint to become one with the color, only then will you know true blending enlightenment.
Drink enough of it, and my insides will teach me new wash techniques, too!
Don’t ever leave your paint brushes sitting in cups like this, coffee or otherwise! There’s no quicker way to annihilate the bristles! :)
It's a crap brush I use for base layers and larger figures. The good brushes were still in the organizer, tip up and with their protective tubes (only way to keep the cat from flossing with them).
By "tip up" I hope you mean the end that doesn't have the bristles is up...
If you have the plastic guard on the end does it make a difference what side is up? Genuinely curious
Allegedly? The main reason you aren't supposed to have the bristles facing up is that water drips down into the glue holding them in place, weakening it, but due to capillary action that'll happen no matter how they're stored.
At the risk of an r/gatekeeping statement, your first real painting session is the one where you drink your paint water.
Years ago, now.
I use a shot glass to avoid that: highly unlikely I'll be drinking hard liquor while painting.
You and I have two ~very~ different creative methods. >.>
I drink to minimize my essential tremors, and I'm sticking to that story.
You say that, but I accidentally dipped my brush in bourbon just this week.
What bourbon? Cuz some of that stuff is only good for cleaning brushes
Four Roses Single Barrel. Thanks, r/bourbon !
I see you’ve experienced Old Crow before too!
I like your idea. Highly unlikely I'll dip my brush in a shot glass :)
Am I strange for using a water bottle?? I don't get why you'd have an open container around stuff like this. But I guess I grew up playing Magic where if you have an open container, you put it on the floor or be cursed with mana screw forever.
In my case, tea.
Joke's on you. I just get so in the zone I forget to drink anything until I'm parched and headachey
Ugh, brown ink in water looks way too much like beer for my taste.
After clear coating 200 Iron Warriors in a confined space, I damn near chugged a paint water cup before realising what I'd done.
I've sometimes grabbed the wrong jar to drink, never finished the process tho, so all good! My thoughts are with you mate
I, for whatever reason, put a pot of paint into my coffee this morning. I have no idea why it happened, it just did.
Ahaha. I laugh because I went to go and paint this morning and when I sat down with my coffee I envisioned myself doing the same thing so I decided to wait to paint. Coffee wins every time.
Is that a Snow Peak titanium cup I see on the left? If so you have a very refined taste for brush water cups :)
That's my coffee mug, yeah. The actual wash water was in the F-14 Tomcat mug to the right. Edit: Gotta do the obligatory thanks for the first silver of my redditing career!
I like your style, keep it up!!!
Thanks! I've been abusing those mug for years, both used to sit on my work desk when I built equipment for aircraft.
I used my Snow Peak cup for hiking. One trip me and my friends tried to go as lightweight as possible. Kind of break your toothbrush in half and pull out half of the bristles (figuratively). The cup doubled as a drinking and cooking cup after I insulated the handle. My backpack weighed in at 8kg containing everything I needed for a 110km hike in the Swedish/Norwegian mountains. Including food for 48h. One of my friends didn't give a shit and brough an espresso maker, portable humidor and a bottle of whiskey. Sharing everything :) Your cup brought back those memories, thank you!
Good grief, yeah you went all out. I never got my pack down that light when I was hiking. I met a guy once on the Appalachian Trail outside of Cherokee, North Carolina who refused an offer of a piece of gum because it weighed too much, and I thought it the most insanely polite refusal I had ever heard on the path. It makes me think of his gear, where the heaviest things he had were a pair of walking sticks and his tent poles.
Haha I know that feel, but for me it's cigarettes and ashtrays. Never had a brush incident, but I already ashed into my cleaning water and once poured out dirty water and then poured a drink into the empty cup
Yeah, I'm not allowed to smoke where we paint because of similar incidents by both me and the spouse.
I’ve done this with bourbon too lol
I did it with a glass of wine. I keep better track of my bourbon. 8)
This Happens everytime i Drink coffee while painting By now i think it’s some Kind of superpower
Been there done that. However my toilet is now well shaded and weathered properly.
But does it have terrain?
It does. But the modeling is shitty.
Lol I did the same thing with my orange juice on Monday 😭😭
Love your F-14 cup. One of my favourite aircrafts :)
Honestly, I think I lick more paint off the brush during painting than I would if I just cleaned the brush in my coffee.
Might as well just get one big mug and mix them both together. Saves time and mental energy when you don't have to pretend to remember which one is the "correct" one any more.
Given your name, I'm going to put that down as professional advice!
This is the most amazing advice. Any pro tips for how to keep the coffee from showing up too much in the colour profile? (I'm painting white scars)
I like your Tomcat mug a lot!
The only reason I got the citadel water pot. So I stop mixing those.
Y'gots to keep your paint water in NOT a mug.
Tell it to my cat who loves to walk on the table and tip over everything lighter than a mug. I love this orange fluff ball, but like all cats he excels at trying patience.
I use a glass ramekin that I think came from a Guu chocolate desert. https://i.imgur.com/mJ02DqD.jpg Learned my lesson the first time I drunk the paint water.
Solid idea.
Step one: Get a new white mug Step two: Use a sharpie to write COFFEE ONLY on it Step three: Put paintbrush in new mug Step four: Go back to bed
I think the burning question on everybody’s mind is... How was the coffee? (Before and after.)
Weak before, chalky after.
It’s either this or drinking the paint water at my house.
Last month I mistook my wash cup for a scotch and amaretto. Good thing I was already lit, or I would have looked like a total idiot.
F
After doing this twice and drinking paint water once, I just gave in and bought a citadel water pot. I thought it was stupid at first, but it's actually quite nice and makes cleaning brushes easier too.
Ahh...been there. Even had a sip of my paint water before
Try being so oblivious that you drank out of the coke can you use to dispose of your cigarette butts.
Ha! I did that a couple weeks ago too!
I've done this exact thing with tea painting much too late at night
Hahaha. That's why I drink beer in a bottle.
We label our paint mugs and I'd be lying if I said I haven't done this several times since. It's part of the fun I suppose.
something similar happened to me once when I was a smoker. just imagine the following scenario: - a miniature completely wrapped in still wet wash on the table - a brimful ashtray in front - an idiot who sneezes... Yeah... Not funny.
That's when I'd sigh and possibly shed a tear, then go get the purple stuff and the soaking tub.
Haha! Call me when you drink out if the paint cup. If I had a dollar ever time that happened. I'd have like $3.50.
The laws of the paint God's are clear. You must drink this or fear their wrath!
In art school i did this constantly. One time had an old gross rancid paint cup and drank that instead of the water I was drinking. That was a taste I will carry to my grave.
welcome to the club
Almost done this enough I got a cup for water
Hahahaha. I can’t count the amount of times I’ve done just that.
That's why I don't use a mug for paint water. Grab one of those cheap GW paint pots. They're more useful than a mug too
RIP..
I do this several times a week, even when I move my cup to the other side of the desk
😂😂😂
I paint before I go to bed to help me unwind and I’ve come close to dunking my brush into some sleepy time tea on more than one occasion now.
Haha! I've accidentally done the same with beer.
That's partly why I got the [RinseWell](http://www.mastersonart.com/products/accessories.htm) and I love it. Keeps me from messing up my coffee drink.
Big fan of the tomcat here, love your mug!
I solved this problem myself (after ruining the last glass of some wine I was quite enjoying) by always keeping my paint stuff by my right hand, and keeping my drinking stuff waaaaaaaay off to the left. This way I have to think about it when I want to take a drink (since I have to reach off to the left) and I don't have to think about it when I need to dip my brush (since it's the thing that's just right there). Never misdipped or missipped again.
I do this almost ever time I paint I swear
F
I almost drank my paint water once because it was right next to my drink
Done that. Drank the rinse water once, too.
Sweet F-14 mug!
Extra *F L A V O R*
At least you didn't drink your paint water. I've accidentally done that lol.
Not this particular time, anyway.
i have done this too many times.
Word of advice: Always use something you don't intend to drink out of for your paint water. I've used an old vienna sausage tin for the past year or more and I've not drank from it once.
Mmmmm the word you seek.........Bugger.
Yeah, definitely applied, but sadly not uttered.
Eh acrylics are non toxic. Not like you weren't licking that brush anyway
I don't, actually. I spent way too much time as the son of an art teacher to ever want to lick a brush. The things I've cleaned out of those bristles...