Necromunda Cardyfreak's Necromunda plog

[cardyfreak]

Got the first layer of blue down on everything now. Did most of it with the airbrush, then swapped to a big brush and some craft paint to speed up the floors a little. That’s 135 pieces basecoated, now to add the lighter blues!

 

[cainex1]

Yeah I know what you mean. I’ve reconciled the fact there will be some visible lines with a 0.4 nozzle (it’s 0.2mm layer height though) against the versatility and volume of terrain that would be at my disposal, and also I just whack paint on terrain anyway and use it to experiment with new techniques and what-have-you so being able to pump stuff out cheaply is very attractive.

I can tell by looking that the filler primer has worked a charm on many of the areas that had more visible layer lines. Especially on the surfaces that were printed vertically (where the layer lines are least noticeable anyway), it looks as smooth as an androids backside.

On the subject of ‘knocking things out cheaply’, I used about 6 tins of Hycote filler primer on this thing and the other bits and pieces that accompany it so it’s definitely an additional expense (I paid about £25 for the six cans), and I’ve used just over five rolls of filament at a cost of £12 each, so call it £60. The files themselves were £15, plus a couple of cans of black spray and we’re already talking £120 for the tower so far. I’m not trying to suggest 3d printing is a false economy, but the costs when doing something of this scale do start to mount.

Glad it worked! I'm going to have to do a lot of printing myself and everything looks surprisingly smooth with that primer even with those layers.

 

[cardyfreak]

Hit a nice milestone today in that I’ve finished the main blue colour for towers. They’ve been airbrushed with a few shades of blue and given a final drybrush to catch the details.

I’ve taken some close ups to have a look at how well the primer filler has done in filling the layer lines. The drybrush would highlight these considerably so let’s have a look! I should also say the colours look really washed out on some of the closeups.

While there are some layer lines or print artifavts still visible here and there, overall I’m totally happy with how the filler primer has worked and will definitely be doing it on every print from now on. Again, thanks to @cainex1 for the tip.

I’ve started adding a few details here and there, you can see the colours better in this photo-

I’ve used AK Playmarkers and Real Colour Markers on these yellow section to test things out a bit, I’m happy to report they will be useful products for this kind of work. The yellow of the Real Marker is a deeper colour than the Playmarker, something I’ve noticed with quite a few of the Playmarkers so far is they are significantly paler than the colour swatch on the pen. Isn’t an issue if you have some speed paints or contrast, a quick coat will shade and deepen the colour, but it’s definitely a thing I’ve picked up on after using a couple of colours.

I’m away on holiday for a week this weekend so won’t have any updates for a while,

 

[radulykan]

Tribemeet 2026?
Looking good, when they’re all done you def deserve a pat on the back

 

[Punktaku]

Without the zoom I couldn’t even see them at all.

 

[MusingWarboss]

I’ve taken some close ups to have a look at how well the primer filler has done in filling the layer lines. The drybrush would highlight these considerably so let’s have a look! I should also say the colours look really washed out on some of the closeups.

That really doesn’t look bad at all!! All the main detail is clearly visible and the incredibly mild layer lines are probably only visible because of that drybrush. Even then they just look like surface texture.

I’d call that a huge success!!

Plus it’s only really these tower sections, the platforms just look like treads and on the steps/vertical walls it’s invisible.

I suspect given a different darker colour scheme and no drybrush they might not be noticeable at all on anything.

 

[cardyfreak]

I’m on the fence about doing an all-over oil wash at the moment. I kind of like the colours as they are and could just do some localised weathering here and there and preserve a lot of the colour and gradients that are there and keep it looking brighter than I intended. The shadows are alreadye there so all a wash is going to do is knock everything back a bit and make it look grimy, but I can probably achieve that effect to a lesser degree and still maintain some of the crispness.
On the other hand, I like the chromatic aberrations washes bring out, and the other terrain I’ve painted is weathered quite heavily so it might stand out as being too clean compared to everything else.
I think I’m just second guessing myself as I’ve put so much work in so far and I don’t want to ruin it ha! It’s like when Bob Ross is painting, sometimes he starts to do something and I’m like ‘ah man Bob you’ve buggered it’ but actually it makes the painting better, but I wouldn’t have had the courage to do it…

 

[SirFrog]

That battlefield is clean. Nicely done!
Weathering is... tricky. I like a good mix of terrain, letting us mix and match what we want on that particular day. That said, even the cleanest building need a bit of grime and rust in the corners in my opinion. For example, here's a stock photo of the base of the Eiffel Tower:

Spoiler: Warning: French

Even something this new, well-funded and kept as a national monument has a notable though subtle amount of weathering to it.

 

[cainex1]

I had no idea it would work so well! Hell yeah.

 

[Ben_S]

I’ve put so much work in so far and I don’t want to ruin it

Experiment on one bit, before committing to the whole lot?

 

[cardyfreak]

Experiment on one bit, before committing to the whole lot?

A very sensible suggestion that that would sound like wisdom but for the poor impulse control of yours truly but yeah that’s probably what I’ll do…




probably.

 

[cardyfreak]

Sooooo many hazard stripes….

 

[Stoof]

Gotta do 'em though. Someone might get 'urt!

 

[radulykan]

May I suggest print on paper then glue on? Bit of weathering and done

 

[MusingWarboss]

May I suggest print on paper then glue on? Bit of weathering and done

Bit late for that now…

Anyway, yes, that’s how I did a lot on mine as I was linked to a sheet of stripes on here by ClockworkOrange. They should be in the vault.

 

[Punktaku]

I used washi tape to do those on the edges of my sump sea platforms.

 

[cardyfreak]

May I suggest print on paper then glue on? Bit of weathering and done

I used an airbrush for these. I put down some chipping medium first, then Averland sunset, then yriel yellow, then used a gs world stencil to spray the stripes with black and finally gave them a rub with some water to weather them a bit.

 

[cardyfreak]

Here’s a comparison of a platform piece with streaking grime and one without. What do you fellas think?

I’d added some brown rust streaks to the pieces with my airbrush, here’s a comparison of a wall with some brown airbrushed weathering versus a streaking grime piece-

I’m torn to be honest. A lot of my other stuff is quite heavily weathered but I think the streaking grime knocks the colour back too much. I’d likely add a drybrush right at the end which would lighten things back up a bit, but still… I can’t really decide.

 

[MedMos]

That's very muted... But also very underhive. I understand your predicament. Can't decide, maybe with a slightly watered down grime? If that can be done.

 

[SirFrog]

I think a lighter and/or more focused application, if possible, of streaking grime, focused on crevices, corners would be best. I'm not sure if that's feasible with that particular weathering, but that'd keep the colour bright in the places where people would walk, and still let some grime show through. Personally I do like the muted colours but I do think I prefer the wall, with its lighter touch of weathering. As much as I like grime, some more shades than brown and gray on the tabletop is very welcome to my eye.