Here is my version of the 2nd Ogre bust from BS-Sculpt.

Had so much fun painting this guy, really wanted to try a 2-tone skintone on him and I was really pleased with the result, great sculpt again from Bulat and will paint many more of his busts.

So, I bought both an ultra matte varnish and a satin varnish, and I've been testing them out.

I used the ultra matte varnish on the blue ring, and it has a bit of that chalky, grainy finish. The blue and pink ring has the satin varnish, and I actually like it a lot. However, on the open hand (please ignore the glitter, it was an experiment that failed miserably. If you have any tips for glitter, I'd love to hear them!), the satin varnish ended up being much shinier and noticeably changed the color. The hand on the left hasn't been varnished.

So my question is: if I switch to a regular matte varnish instead of an ultra matte one, is it likely to be less chalky, or is that just an inherent characteristic of matte varnishes?

Edit: I use Vallejo Satin and AK ultramatte. Both Apply with brush no thinning.

​Decided to make a heroic scale Panzer III after an unusually successful round with one in War Thunder. After about 3 months of designing, test prints, and iteration, I've finally taken one all the way to a finished paint job!

​Design & Scaling:
I tried to keep the design as proportionate as possible while maintaining the identifying features of the Panzer III and giving it that proper grimdark Imperial Guard aesthetic. It's scaled slightly shorter than a Leman Russ, but I've been calling it the "Panzer Russ" from the beginning. (Swipe to see it next to a Rogal Dorn proxy for scale).

​Painting & Techniques:
I tried a bunch of new techniques on this project:

• ​Rust textures using Army Painter
• ​Oil streaks & weathering
• ​AK Pigments/Powders
• ​3D printed custom stencil (using a Blender boolean) for the turret numbers

​The sitting Kriegsmen on the hull were pretty fun to paint too! Still working on my brush handling and paint thinning for fine infantry details, but they look great for tank scale.

Hope you all like it!

"Dragon Knights! Your Valkyrie has joined you! Hold to your courage, hold to your wit! For Utgar has blessed and shielded this host with divine purpose! For the one true Valkyrie, Utgar! Advance!"
- Runa.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2808258/makes

I’ve been working on this one for a while and finally got it ready for printing. The model is split into 15 parts to make it easier to print and assemble, and I’ve already test-printed it on a Bambu Lab A1.

I also made two alternative parts — an alternative hatch and an alternative gun, so you can customize the look a bit.

One of my favorite details is the ratchet joint in the turret. It gives the turret a really satisfying click-click when you rotate it. 😄

What do you guys think? In

I'm being offered 2 Elegoo Saturn 1s for $50 each or a Elegoo mars pro for $100. Which one should i pick up?

Probably a common request, but I am looking for 24 resin figures, 1/72 scale for a cowboy wargaming group. There are 12 files so I need each run twice. Please message me with a rough cost estimate. Thank you.