That is Awesome to hear, push the grey tide away 😄🤘

Thanks 🤘 It definitely translates well to larger surfaces.

Cheers mate! Ye it's been really fun using that method. Painting flat areas especially large terrain pieces with a sponge over airbrushing has been surprisingly fun.

Thanks 😀🤘 I might have to give them a shoot one day. I really like their dirty cold light grey. With how relatively light it is, I would probably work down from white primer, I think that would be easier for their color.

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I've actually done that to a death guard rhino and some terrain. It scales really well and works way better on bigger panels. I've also seen some people apply to knights with amazing results.

That's fantastic to hear. Sponging is surprisingly relaxing, feels like even the mistakes are just part of the process. Yellow ? you monster! But yes I'll try, I can't promise anything for obvious yellow reasons 😁

Thank you! In my personal experience I never had an issue. However sometimes I do varnish, if the layers were very thin. Definitely make sure the paint is dry and you use a tiny amount of odourless thinner, applying very little pressure when cleaning it off.

That's awesome to hear. It's definitely my go to way to paint something for that reason, especially on days where I don't feel like painting, by the end I'm always glad I did. Hmm, regarding the moisture a good rule of thumb is if you see clear sharp texture of the sponge, you're working too dry. I usually dip the sponge in water and then squeeze the water out of it in one go, ends up still having just enough to work. I always keep the paint on the wet pallet, to make sure it doesn't have time to dry up between layers. A good way to practice would be to prime a bottle cap, and sponge on around 8 layers of paint( doesn't need to be different color). If you got the moisture right, there should be almost no visible texture by the end.

​@AnotherDayMiniatures That's a superb rundown of the process. I'll definitely adjust my method next time and juice everything that bit extra. Much obliged for the very informative answer. It'll be interesting to try this on the new levithan guys actually, the comparative lack of trim definitely makes it a speedier prospect. But we'll finish the Word Bearers first. 😅

Hope it helps 🤞. The new terminators would be a laugh in comparison. The trim on CSM is brutal, but damn if it doesn't look awesome.

I've been doing something similar to this for my Word Bearers, with stippling instead of sponging; definitely think I'm gonna have to give this a go to see how it compares. Have fun with it, and hang in there dealing with CSM trim; my approach for my Black Legion and Thousand Sons was to just prime gold, shade and highlight the metal quickly, then pick out the armor. Much, much faster, but unfortunately wouldn't work for something like this.

Cheers! 😃🤘 Trying to sponge contrast paints over black will indeed be difficult. Mainly due to them being transparent, as well as having low pigment density. Another problem is you would waste a LOT of it, since the sponge would absorb a large portion of the paint. Contrast paints do make some really nice washes you can try as an alternative to streaking grime.

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Contrast paints will be pretty frustrating to use for sponging directly...but I actually use them afterwards to smooth out the texture a little and get back some saturation in my red highlights! Give it a go.

AK Odourless Thinner. It almost instantly reactivates the grime and it comes off very smoothly without any pressure. Make sure your q-tips ( if you use them) aren't too hard, they come in a large variety and I've had some that were more or less sandpaper.

Yeah you could use Vallejo Metal Color Copper + Green Stuff World Bronze Pigment. It would give a very similar color.

@@AnotherDayMiniatures thanks dude!

What’s the ratio of the mixture for the Vallejo copper and GSW bronze?

I just mix them untill the Vallejo shifts closer to the GSW bronze. Add a little at a time to prevent clumping up of the pigment.

That's a cool idea, I'll look into them. 👍

In theory, it should only be color. However in practice I also found that streaking grimes have different textures, some are smoother than others, have different pigment density and so on. Panzer grey is definitely my favorite over all, due to how red/brown complements most miniatures and it has the smoothest effect.

​@@AnotherDayMiniatureshave you found any of the other streaking grimes good for anything else? I'm going to pick up the panzer gray but I would also like to know if I should get any other grimes to use for different things.

Absolutely, classic streaking grime is also fantastic. It's my go to for painting Nurgle and the death guard. It goes well with most miniatures for a more grimdark look. I also found some use for "Dark Mud" it's also an enamel paint. The other have green and red hue, this has more yellow. I found it works well with bone color and for example Droids from Star Wars.