WIP/Painting

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>>44613380

Emperor's Teeth! TWO WIP threads?!?

Here's the other one: >>44613368
... and here was the last one: >>44588316

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My greatly anticipated LED kit arrived in the mail today, and is slowly making its way into this Knight.

>>44613425
This thread has more posts then mines does. Stick with this one.
The other thread is for heretics, Johnny.

>>44613380
What's with this /wip/ picture? Why a noise marine and sister?

>>44613624
delicious heresy to entice people?

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>>44613661
Hmm... Johnny was right. They are all heretics.


Anyway, rather then mindless shitposting (fun though it is) I'll post some actual content.

After many many attempts. I finally painted some marble that I'm not entirely disappointed in. I'm now tempted to call the model "finished". Although I know a few highlights need to be gone over again and I still haven't figured out what I'm gonna right on the parchment. But at the moment, I'm happy to call him done and move on to something else.

Any comments, criticism, advice?

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>>44613624
>What's with this /wip/ picture? Why a noise marine and sister?

Well...

>>44613994
>Johnny was right. They are all heretics.

Indeed they are!

Well, got my small pack of 5 guardsmen. No paints yet. Any suggestions on how to get a good Texan/Western color scheme going? I'm new to the hobby, so I don't have any skills or funds to do conversions yet.

>>44613464
You found a LED-kit specifically for the imperial knight, or did you buy a form factor that worked? I've been considering LEDs for my hierophant kit, when I get around to it...

>>44613464
That looks good already. It'll look mad when it's complete.

>>44614230
Hmm. Tan, various browns and yellows. Beige. That'd be a good start.

About to base some terrain, do you guys use watered down pva to start basing?

>>44613994
I gotta say this model looks awesome. some of your highlights look the tiniest bit rough, but they're generally nice and its clear that you are pushing yourself for precision, so bravo. the marble looks seriously bad though, it just looks like you either neglected to paint that one part of the mini or tried to do a "cloth wrapped" effect on a flat surface. On top of that it blows the whole visual flow and color scheme of the mini, which again is otherwise quite nice. I know from lurking that you've been banging on this marble thing for several threads now, so I do recognize the effort. It just doesn't work on several levels, imho

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well I had a very lackluster hobby day, several models soaking in paint stripper later and all I've managed to do is base my Arcanists.
As a side note I really hate painting fire

>>44614232
I got one of these: http://poweredplay.net/catalog/led-color-kit-3mm-red/

The inside of the Knight's torso is pretty empty, and so far it's been really easy to put everything where I want it.

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What do you guys think about using Nihilakh Oxide for a quick "glow" effect on the railgun? Thinking of putting it on the back of the XV-88s as well. Oh and the rest of the Gunfort is still WIP, painting white is a bitch...

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I'm not totally sure how I feel about this scheme. I like the armor plates, although the grey highlights could stand out more, but I'm not so sure about the rest of the legs.
Tau stealth tech works by bending light so this scheme is supposed to represent the ghostkeel fading into the background, I want it to have a radically different scheme from the rest of the army so I'm using my secondary camouflage color as the recess wash color and giving it pure white armor, as opposed to grey-blue wash and off white armor.
I guess I won't know until I finish rest

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>>44616011
FEAR ME

>>44616032
is that a real rock on the base?

>>44616032
I forgot to fix the cracks before priming.
fuck.

>>44616032
>Gaps not filled in.
>Barrels not drilled out.
Stop right there, criminal scum.

>>44616085
yeah, with a bit of grey drybrushed on that didn't come off when I stripped it last

>>44615257
For some reason I thought you were kitbashing some Tau terrain into an alarm clock there. I was rather confused. I think it was the speaker behind it that caused it.

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I originally thought I'd give all of my Malifaux models different base ring colors based on their faction, but after doing my Ressers I'm not really feeling the green ring. Should I go for a color to match the base, a different green, or some other color all together?

>>44615002

Did you find that out before or after you chose the most flame heavy faction in the whole game?

That aside you're a big inspiration for me to finish up my crews.

>>44615257
Doesn't look bad, though I don't feel the glowyness.
Imo you either need to base white first and then do the wash so, the inside is gonna look a little brighter due to the wash collecting in the corners or go back and glaze some white bits in there like the stereotypical energy pulse thingies you tend to see on these digital chip patters in random scifi stuff.
Otherwise it just looks green.

>>44614796
>>44614796
Hmm. I can see what you're saying about it messing with the rest of the model. It's just this sort of bizarre white patch in the middle of blue and yellow. Do you think the white marble would work if I were better at it? Or do you think I should just forgo the marble effect for now and use something else on the haft?

In saying that though, I'll trot out the old classic, "it looks better in person then in a photo", because, it actually does.
But I guess because you're only getting one angle of it it's a bit trickier to get a good grasp of the over all thing. The gloss coat also doesn't show up in the photo very well.

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>>44613624
>>44613380

Liked the picture, had to make this part of it just a stand-alone.

Carry on!

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>>44616566
>Liked the picture, had to make this part of it just a stand-alone.

Well, then there is our patron saint ...

>>44616897
I know there's a slaaneshi group dedicated to silence, but I keep imagining this guy is shouting,"QUIET NOW, I AM SNEAKING ABOUT"

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>>44613994
So anyway, In lieu of anything else to do, I started work on something else. ANOTHER LIBRARIAN!
An old 3rd fucker this time. Only base coats are done at this point.

>>44619651

>your basecoats are better than my finished product

why paint?

I am still trying to make my librarian look good on right on a bike. And as if I didn't have enough on my plate (~2500pts) I just ordered 10 terminators and have to get a termi lib too.

>>44619651
That should be "3rd edition fucker". Not just 3rd... Although indecently, he is also my 3rd Librarian. Go figure...
And apologies for the fucking huge photo. I forgot to resize it.


>>44619769
Give us a gander at your Bike Libby.

I've just recently got my hands on the better part of a companies worth of Marines. It's pretty much what inspired me to start painting again. And while they're painted as Dark Angels (luckily) just about all of em went in a bath of simple green. So it looks like i've got a fair bit of work ahead of me all of a sudden. So I can feel your pain in regards to having a lot on your plate.

>>44616032
>secondary weapons have huge gaps in them

Why the fuck were they 2 parts? Mine were all kinds of fucked up

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Three big builds almost finished, two Mek Junkas and a lifta-droppa wagon, they're due to play in a game on Saturday against marines so i might give them a blast of leadbelcher if i get all the riveting done.

>>44613464
Fucking right on, man. Just ordinary LED lights from a story? It's gonna look grand, please paint it well, that's where these projects usually derail.

Oh and everyone, i'm doing a LR Crusader. However, i need it to stand out in contrast to my other one and my other armour.
It's Black Templar and will have the bits from the upgrade kit, (crosses, chains of zeal, trinkets etc.) but i need the silhouette to be more imposing.


What can i add to pimp my LR?
I was thinking pipes like the Exorcist but it's artillery and doesn't really fit.

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Just finished a World Eater terminator. Second Legion I'll be doing, but just a side project for nowm Alpha Legion's the first and is in progress, but needed a quick break from it.

Hey guys, I've never painted miniatures or anything like that before. I'm joining a TTRPG where the GM has provided means of selecting and painting premade miniatures to represent our characters. However, as much as I'd like to paint mine, I have no skill and no supplies. One of the other players has offered to help me with getting paints, but how can I not fuck up the paint job, considering it's my first time?

>>44621664
This is the time to trust in Lord Duncan.

>>44621693
I, uh... I don't follow.

>>44621717

Do not worry dear heathen, for soon you shall be blessed in the light of Lord Duncan's wisdom.

Visit the holy youtube channel and seek his teachings.

>>44621717
It's a dumb meme about the guy making videos for games workshop, see the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/GamesWorkshopWNT/videos

Visit your local game store, if they have a painting table there I'm sure they'd be happy to show you basics to get you started. The most important thing is to be patient. Work carefully and you should be able to get better results than most of the posters here pretty quick.

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>>44621664
>>44621717

To idiot proof:
Duncan is the face of the GW art department at current. He shows simple to follow, easy to use tutorials on ALL KINDS of things when it comes to painting miniatures. If you want to learn some basic techniques, roll over to the WarhammerTV channel and watch a few. He's kept in our hearts ether as the patron saint or vile posterboy of painting here, so dont worry about what people say. If you learn things, great! if not, OP has all the makings to find your way to starter guides of any sort.

Maybe we can refine further. What is the character you were going to play as/wanted to paint, and did you have any forthright ideas going in?

>>44621717

also this >>44621931
Anons can only go so far. Network with your local store and your friend to get the most out of getting started.

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>>44621533
Greeting Fellow World Eater Bro!. Painting white is self harming and yet so rewarding. I am currently working on my converted calth dread.

>>44621966
Painting white makes me want to shoot myself, but if done right, it looks great. When all is said and done, I hope to have good blobs of chainaxe tacticals, some Red Butchers, Angron, some transports, and probably a contemptor or two. You running post-Isstvan or pre-Isstvan?

>>44619769
I just did a proper Librarian on bike conversion to replace my old 'blue-marine-counts-as' for my Ravenwing. Still curious why GW never put out a proper kit for that. Seems like there'd be at least some demand for it.

>>44622004
Post for sure because Red butcher look and play like monsters, it's a shame the rampagers weapons suck

>>44622217
Rampagers would be pretty good if they got the weapons by default, but ten points each? That's a bit too much. Maybe it'll change in the upcoming changes to the first four legions.

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Alright /WIP/, I've gotten myself some second hand warriors of chaos that look like they were finger-painted.

How do I strip plastic? I've tried simple green and I find it very underwhelming.

>>44622380
Non-acetone nailpolish remover.

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90% done basecoat still need to get a few details(seals and skull on chainsword hilt) then clean up some areas.

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>>44622496

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>>44622507

Would varnishing a finished half of a model while still painting the other half be a good idea? I'm worried that stray strokes of paint will mar the finished parts.

>>44616435
This is why I like these threads. Good idea with the white glaze. I'll try that out.

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Finished up my Gunrig, was too purple for my taste, wanted to break it up, originally had more gold but I thought it was too much. I've repainted this thing like 3 times trying out different stuff but I think this'll be the final look.

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>>44619651
Solid base coat. Might just be the lighting, but his left shoulder looks a little thick.

>>44621533
Nice job man, especially the gold and white came out great. What are you planning to do with his claws?

>>44622616
I don't think it would make all that great of a difference. At least with the varnishes that i've been using, stray paint doesn't exactly just drop off them, they usually just harden the overall paint coat and make the entire paint job more durable.

Spend the better part of last night binge watching the man in the high castle and modelling my ECs. Good times. Guy in the back is pretty much done and therefore boring, removed the cruxes on their belly plates and switched them out for legion symbols. Also put a selection of heads in the front because i can't really decide which to use.

>>44622745

Those are some nice torsos. Which models are they from? I don't recognize them so I'm guessing FW?

>>44622745
No idea. Considered an iron colour, but I'm not sure yet.

>>44622708
Is it just the picture or did you just not do any highlights?

>>44622812
No highlights yet, I've not picked up the colors for it yet. Still learning stuff like that on some smaller models first. I just wanted to get it looking less of a purple-blob.

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Did a chaos lord for a friend just starting out. Not as good as some stuff I see on here, but solid for tabletop use I think.

>>44622835
That's what highlights are supposed to fix though. I always hate my marines up until the final layer of highlights when they start looking good.

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>>44622862
And his back

>>44622862

The red sword isn't working, make it green or yellow with a transition or just metal or white. The runes need to be much brighter, the eye lenses need a lens effect and the rivets on the claws could use a metal color, silver would probably look good.

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wip of some chaos nurgle warriors for blood bowl
still don't have the names for them and the team sadly

>>44622799
None of those in front is FW actually. The one on the far left with the robe is from the sternguard kit, guy after that has the company champion's torso from the command squard kit, after that we got a CSM torso and on the far right is a cut down recast of an oop space marine sergeant.

>>44622811
Plain steel might look nicely, a dull contrast to the the otherwise rather bright paint job. Are you planning to add gore?

>>44622862
I like it. Solid kitbash and the paintjob is clean and well washed. The blue looks a little flat and could use a highlight and the blade doesn't really stand out as the other anon mentioned. You might try to brighten that up with some orange or dull pink. Oh, and the horns look really nice!

>>44622862
>>44622881
The red and the blue look good, and your painting is neat and precise. But purple is a bad fur colour, plus all the black is pretty flat and it could use some lightening up, If it's too hard to blend lighting effects on black (and it's hard for most of us) then you could do a light drybrush of a grey and then do a stronger grey to edge all the black armour.

>>44622919
He wanted the sword red, so that's gonna stay. But I'll see what I can do for the rest. I'm shit at those smaller details though, and eye lenses. Can never hold steady enough no matter how I hold it and the brush.

>>44622946

At least make it a different red, like much much darker but with bright orange to yellow highlights

Right now it looks like he's swinging around a piece of armor

>>44622862
with the sword maybe consider starting at the bottom with black and blending it up to bright red further up

>>44622939
No gore, no. Stuff like that would be added with each game they participate in if at all.

>>44622954
>>44622971
Maybe he could paint it silver and give it a bunch of red washes?

>>44622992

That's just lazy and it's going to look awful

>>44622939
I could try to ad a highlight on the sword, have to see if I have the right colors. The horns took 5 or 6 goes until I was happy, glad they ended up like they did.

>>44622940
Yeah, blacks a bitch. I'll try to get a grey dry brush on them.

>>44622954
I actually started at I think khorne red, but he wanted brighter and I ended up at that. I'll see about a highlight on it to see if that helps.

>>44622380
Open bowl or did you seal it in a bag with minimum air?

The process is FAR more efficient in the bag.

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Ok so I have had kind of a break from the game for a few months now. Don't know why I get so bugged out, but the further between actual gameplay there is, the harder I have to start painting.

Anyways, Had done the base colors of this crawler before hand, and Now I did a quick start by starting on some metal. If I take one side at a time, I'm bound to get it done sooner or later!

How do I get the bring metalic red that the forgeworld thousand sons have? I think you would use a metalic as a base so would priming my minis in army painter chain mall be wise?

Any ideas for making an Iron Hands Librarian? I suck at converting so nothing too complicated pls.

>>44623382

you could try that, and then go over with a deep red ink. Worst case scenario you will end up with pink looking "glitter" marines.
Or you could diverse you're mind from the GW sale loop and look out side the box. Try searching for some other brand, there are bound to be some out there. GW actually made metallic colors years back, but stopped as they didn't sell well enough I guess.

>>44623287

Looks great so far. Is that done with the hairspray technique or just with a brush?

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>>44623382
Basecoat Runefang Steel, and then apply multiple layers of red shade. I did that for this executioner and it turned out great. I just used a blue wash instead of red.

>>44623447

Yea, just Google "Converted Iron Hands Librarian", and you get like a fuck ton of hits on cool ideas.

>>44623382
I actually emailed them about this and got a reply a couple days ago, I'll post it;

>It is black undercoat, airbrush with Iron hands FW paint leaving the lower parts of the armour plates black, airbrush upper parts of the armour plates with runefang steel as a highlight.
>Then a few thinned layers of clear red are airbrushed all over, waiting for the previous layer to dry before applying the next (so it would be useful to paint large batches of marines at the same time).
>Shade the recesses with nuln oil and then weather the edges with runefang steel.

I assume the 'clear red' is tamiya clear red.

>>44622924
the Bloated Bowl-ers
Diseased Bowl-Defenders
the Sore Skins

>>44623562
I'll throw in the rest too if you wanted to completely replicate the scheme;

>The gold is retributor gold, shaded with seraphim sepia and highlighted with runefang steel.
>The brass is runelord brass, shaded with seraphim sepia.
>The eyes are painted black, single line in the centre with white and then washed with FW clear green paint.
>The white on the bolters and legion icon is celestra grey, ulthuan grey and then white highlights. The hollow tactical arrow is from the Iron Warriors transfer sheet.

>>44622862
>>44622881
no offense, but it doesn't really read "lord" to me, more like "Unit Sergent".

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>>44623599
And finally, the matte scheme. Made a picture because it's a lot of text.

In one of the other threads, someone was talking about having problems cutting straight lines in plasticard.

I got a decently large mitre box, and my life has been easy as hell when dealing with plasticard ever since.
(I got: http://www.stanleytools.com/hand-tools/cutting-tools/mitre-boxes/clamping-mitre-box-with-14-in-saw/20-600 which lets you put the black pegs in to hold stock). You'll need a larger one if you're going to cut a longer piece of plasticard lengthwise (its longest edge has to fit in the shortest edge of the mitre box)...but yeah, all kinds of nice to have. The saw is made for wood, so it'll kinda suck with plastic, but that's easily remedied. If you don't do a lot of kitbashing, it's probably not worth getting, but if you find yourself working, especially with thicker plasticard, I highly recommend one.

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>>44621533
>>44621966
>>44622004
I'm looking to paint my legion stuff up as world eaters but I'm struggling a bit with the white. Could you lads give me some tips on how you got yours to look like that? I did try forgeworlds method of sponging on the white but it always ends up as a disaster.

>>44622745
You the same guy that butchered the chaos lord a couple of months ago? If so then kindly fuck off. Watching that mess made me literally quit the hobby for a month or two.

>>44623287

Remember, /tg/ loves your robots so you'll pretty much always get advice and support here

>>44623562

It is, they say so in the older forgeworld master class books where they do the brass scorpion and such.

>>44623562
Thanks man, this should help me out greatly.

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Any 3rd party makers that sell small, gladius type swords in scabbards, other than Anvil? I need a bunch and want to know my options.

Anyone know where I can get a Dreadknight sword from? Mine broke and I'm looking to replace it.

>>44624575
Bits stores, eBay, etc. There's always something floating about.

>>44624386

Thanks dude!

It really buggers me when I get these drop out moments, and don't paint for weeks in a row!

Now I just ordered a Mechanicum Cerastus Knight-Atrapos to fill in the missing link of a full War Convocation formation, and am really hoping this will fill the void and bring back my urge to paint yet again!
all I really need now are a few good games to really get my steam going!

>>44622496
>>44622507
>>44622516
Captain with a Storm Bolter and a... Chainsword?

I get it, it is directly from the example but...

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WIP Chaplain from B@C, World Eaters. Base colours and first wash down. C&c pls

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>>44625397
fuck, here it is the right way up. Sorry it's still a fuckhueg image

>>44625125
its my first army so i don't really know squat about what loadout should be on my units, in which case i just put what looks cool on them.

>>44625458
shit in my arse, I hate technology

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Any tips on painting a sort of golden yellow Imperial Fist color scheme? Like this?

>>44624856

You just need something really stressful to procrastinate over, that'll fire up your need to paint.

>>44625458
>>44625397

Aren't WE chaplains black too?

>>44625558
Brown base, appropriate yellow layer paint, yellow glazes.

>>44625558

FW has some nice guides out there on how they do it.

>>44625617
Any tips for a brown base paint or a primer then? Should I prime IF as black, grey or white? I ask because I need to buy more black for my Mechanicus and want to know before I go to the store.

>>44626110

It depends now how dark/bright you want them but you can start off with something like Army Painter's demonic yellow as a primer to speed things up, or a very light yellowy brown over ghost grey.

>>44626110
GW is rereleasing their coloured primers this week if I remember correctly.

>>44626156
Thanks /wip/!

>>44625617
Don't know. Kurtha Sedd the Word Bearer Chappy from B@C wears Legion colours. Think he looks nicer in white/blue anyway.

>>44625558
>battle damaged
>everyone takes at least a cermite cracking shot to the chest
>forrest setting
spotless immaculate laurel.
i hate this. every time.

>>44626272

That's because it was photoshopped by guys who don't really know the lore. Every chaplain wears black in the lore. Kurtha Sedd was a dark apostle, not a chaplain, but since he wears red they shopped the ultra chaplain blue.

>>44626219
they're not primers. Just spray basecoat paints.
You have to use primer before spraying them on models.

That's what my local GW wrote on their FB page.

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One of the 1st batch of my SDE miniatures.
I hate them with passion.

Should I go over skin with green/blue glaze to blend those colours?

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I've tried to paint plates illusion on his back armor, since there's close to 0 detail on miniature. How did I do /tg/?

Also, sorry for fukked up light on this one.

>>44626299
how to make the laurel apropriately worn is not as easy or well known

>>44626299

Puttin on a new laurel is a lot less work than repairing a suit of armor

>>44626395
>>44626410

No man, that's not how blending works. Your paints are way way way too thick and you don't seem to have employed any mediums of glazes.

>>44626582
isn't the laurel actually part of the armor though? Like , its physical metal ornamention on the armor? I never once thought any laurel i've seen on a space marine armor to be literal plant leaves

>>44626618

Well, it is green. If it was armor it would be gold or some other metallic

I've got a couple of recast BFG imperial ships, did they have painting guides for them? If so could somebody post them please? Also general tips for painting ships

>>44626677

They're tiny. Basically you pick a main color, then do the trims and small details as you like. They're really fucking tiny so you should consider either taking a brighter color and washing it or taking a darker color and drybrushing a bright over it.

>>44626718
I believe the most common method was drybrushing. For Imperial I think it was a dark green with a lighter green drybrushed over to accentuate the hull, then metallics for the guns and antennae. White with gold trim on the prow if I recall.

>>44626594
when I thin them down more, they're way to runny and I run form details and raised areas into receses

>>44626110
army painter does a bone primer, which is a good base

>>44626663
Its been painted green you daft shit

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>>44626677
>>44626718
>>44626761
there is only one way to paint an imperial fleet, the blanche way

>>44626800

Because you put too much on your brush and then are surprised when it runs everywhere. Wipe off the excess on your palette first. Either that or you are using synthetic brushes.

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>>44626663
>Well, it is green

>>44626827

Yeah, and that's why it is pristine instead of damaged. Because like purity seals, they're easy to fix before a battle.

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>>44626835
H'ok will do my Mars class in the image of St. Blanche

Also have a pic of my dauntless

>>44626845
I use AP brushes and have one kolinsky sable brush. But maybe loading paint is a thing. WIll try to focus on this more.

>>44626905

Just take a look at any Duncan video. He does it in an exaggerated manner which wastes a lot of paint because that's how he was instructed to show it, but the idea is correct.

>>44626677
>pick main color (usually a darker color)
>paint main color
>drybrush lighter color
>paint guns and other metal details
>go fancy on prows and eagles if you want


if you're crazy you can edge highlight the whole ship

>>44626885
>>44626835
I like the green ships like on the boxes desu

I have the WD with the rules for space hulks and a how too make them too, pretty cool, but really simple tutorial.


>>44626863
damn it GW why did you have to mold the cloth to the legs, only part of that kit I don't like

Just throwing this out here. Apparently the brushes are the unbranded brushes that get sent out to those brands and have the name slapped on along with a huge mark up.

http://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/rFyjqFM3F

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Just finished this conversion I made for my current D&D character.
I went for a Dark Souls feel for him

>>44627317
I'd say you hit that Dark Souls feel right on the nose. Looks good Anon.

>>44627317
I like how that metal looks, anon. Reminds me of Uruk-Hai.

>>44627317
Nice fucking job. It really does have that Dark Souls look to it.
>Goblin Green base
AYYYYY

sweet as m8

how'd you do the metal?

>>44627499
lightly applied boltgun metal over black undercoat, skull white edging and brown ink. Then slight strokes everywhere in skull white to make it scratchy.

>>44624548
Skybor miniatures
MaxMini,
Kromlech

Not sure if they have them, but worth to check those out

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>>44627317
Never thought I'd feel this way about a Stormcast mini, but you pulled it off.
Looks sweet. Where's the head from?

>>44627317
Love it!

>>44627763
>>44627317

Yes, what head did you use, anon, pls.

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Progress on my command squad. They looks really shitty so far. Incomplete highlights, most is basecoats only, except the apothecary's helm, perhaps. Not a wash in sight etc.

And fuck me, does that Apothecary model have a ton of fucking vials strapped to his armor. And i have no idea how to paint them (what you see in the picture is not a serious attempt at it yet)

Aside from that I think they'll turn out okay. After over 9000 additional hours put into them, or at least I hope.

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>>44627809
>>44627810
It was from those horrible hunchback chaos warriors from a couple of generations ago.
The middle one in this pic is the same one I think

>>44627848
Ha, that's awesome.
Nice thinking.

>>44627848
Thanks for delivering!

>>44626490

Painting it green in the first place was a mistake, gold would look way better.

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need some help with colors. I am planning to paint my neoterra army in the color scheme in pic related. I do not know what colors i need to the "?" in the pic. I am using citadel paints and GW is the only shop close tome and i like there paints.

also, if you have any suggestion on what color I should change the pale grat with I am open to suggestions.

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I picked up a Blood Angels Librarian in Termi Armor and decided to use it for my Deathwing HQ. I like the stance and weapon more.

I want to remove the blood angel blood drop icons, what is the best way to do this?

http://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Blood-Angels-Terminator-Librarian-2014

You can use the 360 GW view to see all the icons, there are a good few.

>>44628003
>Mephiston red

That's an interesting way to paint something cyan blue.

>>44627840

http://fantasygames.com.pl/blog/liquid-in-a-glass/

>>44628003
maby change the zandri dust to steel legion drab then do the light bit zandri, if not zandri dust/screaming skull 50/50?

>>44628065
xacto to take of the majority then file to smooth it down

>>44628065
A small file or every board, even then you run a good risk of the axe snapping off since resinshit is ... well shit to convert on.

>>44628065
just shave them off using a sharp hobby knife and keep that greenstuff handy incase you need to do some reshaping

How dos /wip/ do wheels?

I have to paint 28 of them and don't want them to look dull. The guy at my LGS to just do a heavy black wash over grey primer for quick results but it looks pretty shitty unless I am doing it wrong. Just got abbadon black and have most, if not all, of GW grey metals.

>>44628065
>I want to remove the blood angel blood drop icons, what is the best way to do this?
Just cut off the lone drops like on the plates over the hips.
All the drops that are inbetween wings can be converted into swords with a little GS and patience giving you instant DW iconography.

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>>44627317
Reminded me of DaS before I read your comment.
Nice job!

>>44627317
Can you do this paint style on another mini and record it? I really want to see your method.

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>>44628153

This would be my second time trying green stuff and the first attempt was pretty meh with my Int Chap robes. I will certainly try to make super tiny swords though. It would look much better.

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>>44623382
I experimented on an old tactical marine a bit using this guide. Worked pretty good, no pics though.

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Just tried painting with a wet Platte for the first time! Holy crap where have I been? This is soo much easier

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>>44621943
I'm making a Warforged (yeah it's D&D sorry) fighter, I've already got the miniature being made. Pic related, it's the render
>>44621956
Local game shop closed years ago due to shitty location and lack of traffic. I'm on my own now.

>>44628322
Congrats on not being a nonce anymore.

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Should I thin Vallejo Game Ink?

>>44628386
In my experience it's already pretty thin, but it couldn't hurt.

>>44628386
Are these like washes or what?

>>44626219
Really, nice!

>>44628177
Yeah sure. I'll do my next robot the same

>>44628113
>>44628113
>http://fantasygames.com.pl/blog/liquid-in-a-glass/
Nice. Post here, go get a sandwich, and get helpful link when I get back. Always pays off.

On a different note, do the nonapothecary models look midgety compared to the apothecary? >>44627840

>>44628322
>tfw still havent tried on
>almost bought the GW $20 kit for one today
>wouldn't help my painting either way

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Hello /tg/

I recently got the Dark Vengeance bundle because it looked like a good way to get into 40k at a relatively cheap price. I've already started assembling the minis, but the painting part scares the shit out of me, as it would be my first time doing it.
I've been watching Duncan's videos so I think I've got the general idea. But apart from that, do you have any good advice to avoid fucking up?

Also, is Agrax Earthshade a good substitute for Nuln Oil?

>>44628757
>is Agrax Earthshade a good substitute for Nuln Oil?

Is brown the same color as black? If not then no.

>looked like a good way to get into 40k at a relatively cheap price

It is decent but locks you into one of two (possibly three / four, being KDK and Space Marines) armies. The upside is that it has the rulebook, templates and scatter die. So thats good.

If you are watching any videos then you are miles ahead any other new painter, including myself who watched one video before attempting to paint 1000 points.

Just make sure your paints a properly thinned and learn from experience.

How 'poseable' are imperial knight legs? Would I be able to have one leg on base and another on terrain, or are they just not that flexible?

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So I'm starting a legion army soon and a friend swears down that an air brush is the best way to go. I've been meaning to look into getting one for a while now. Can anybody recommend a cheap-ish starter kit? Is the Geedub one good for starting?

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Anyone ever get bitten by that nasty little painting bug? Because I did last night right before I went to bed. So rather then get some sleep like a regular person, I bashed out the rest of my Libby instead.

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>>44629003

>>44628949
>google: imperial knight poses
>first five pictures are doing exactly what you are asking

You didn't even try and help yourself, did you?

>>44628970
Airbrush is mostly good if you expect to do vehicles, big creatures or large armies.

Badger's the generally recommended airbrush system.

Generally speaking GW kit is middle of the road quality at premium prices.

>>44629025
I am so stupid. Never thought of just googling 'poses' with it. I'm sorry for wasting your time.

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This experiment of mine is almost done. Weathering on the tracks missing.
Thoughts?

>>44628621
I always try my best, I can't paint ATM because i'm shifting stuff around in my room and setting up my desk properly, so I get my fix helping Anons and commenting on your models

The Apothecary doesn't look too big compared to the rest, are they display or gaming, because on the table that difference shouldn't be noticeable.

>>44628141
http://www.militarymodelling.com/news/article/painting-weathering-wheels-and-tyres/4503

>>44628970
no, GW is a spray-gun, basically a more expensive rattle-can. I've only dabbled once with a friends for a couple of tank base coasts but what I do know is
>badger is most recommended
>compressor driven or go home
>add a tank with that too
>nothing is cheap
>looks amazing once you know how to use it

>>44628949
pretty sure they have the standard GW thing now where they have little nubs you can cut off, it has a basic pose with the nubs but it's full ball joints once you remove them

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>>44629120

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>>44629147

>>44628886
>It is decent but locks you into one of two (possibly three / four, being KDK and Space Marines) armies.

Not worried about that, I just wanted the basic stuff to be able to play with someone. I'm not planning to expand the armies, at least not in the near future.

Anyways, thanks for replying.

>>44629162
I like it, what kind of army it's part of ? Riot control enforcers or just SM ?

>>44628084
no, i'm replacing the teal with the red. although that would give a chuckle if i were color blind

>>44628113
I want to go with the Zandri because I really like the way the color looks on the model.

>>44629120
>>44629147
>>44629162
Hey, that's cool looking. Death Guard command rhino of some sort?

>>44629162
>>44629147
>>44629120
Personally i think you could weather the edges and crevices a fair bit more.

Esp the white areas.

>>44629120

two things since I'm a scale modeller:

- colors are good but you weathering of this kind should be done vertical, not horizontal
- needs scratches and streaks, the upper part of a model is almost "empty"

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>>44629215
Just a free-standing unit made for funsies/practice. Rhino with extra armor, bits and pieces, and two Baneblade-sponsons as a turret.
>>44629225
Tried doing a Deathwing color-scheme for practice. Command/Heavy Support I guess?
>inb4 Deathwing doesn't use Rhinos
>>44629234
>>44629295
Point taken. The whole thing is an experiment in a weathered/dusty look, and trying out using washes on larger areas. Pleased with the outcome overall, but always room for improvement.

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Painted up a test model for an Imperial Fist army for the Horus Heresy.

Will have to paint up a second one to see if I can keep the scheme consistent or if I need to simplify it a bit.

>>44628602
Nice. You got a good think going

>>44629416
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyuPxJG5kFc
Try that for the weathering.

>>44628949
They are completely inflexible. You'll have to create your own ball joints at the ankle with GS and cut open the base of the feet at the ankle. The legs are one solid piece and are a BITCH to cut open and repose. The hip joints are really only designed to accept the legs in a non-retarded way in one orientation. Basically, get ready for a fuck-ton of converting.

Source: the pain and agony of experiencing this first-hand.

That said, if you can get a FW knight, you'll have a jolly good time! Not the chaos conversion kit, one of the Imperium only ones.

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finished the nurgle warriors for blood bowl

>>44629442
pretty good, hovever it's very yellow, maby add some metal/black on joints or details.

as a test scheme for yellow though it looks great.

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>>44629478
and what I have painted so far
now I only have to do the beast and a pestigor

>>44629508

Thank you.

Yeah the cables will be painted metal and the ribbed joints will be black, this was mostly a test to see if I could achieve a decent yellow.

Plan B would've been to say fuck it and go Raven Guard.

>>44629524
>>44629478

Not to detract from the amazing paint job so far it is gorgeous, but something is bothering me with them,

not sure if its the lighting or the camera, but it looks like the skin is unwashed, as in no agrax or nuln oil or fleshshade, its a bit distracting since the armor is washed and has a nice weathered look but the skin looks like it stopped at the base stage?

>>44629442

It needs a touch of holy agrax to darken it, followed by a layer of something nice and bright like flash gits, followed by a wash of crimson or cassandora I think. It's nice but a lot of detail isn't being picked out.

>>44629524
>>44629478

>4128x2322

For what purpose?

I like the weathered yellow though, the models really fit Blood Bowl well.

>>44629588
it's the camera really.
this is the actual process for the skin I used:
>primer of corax white (which sucks)
>basecoat of rakarth flesh
>wash of athonian earthshade
>first highlight of 2:1 rakarth and pallid wytch flesh
>second highlight of 1:1 rakarth and pallid wytch
>extreme highlight of pallid wytch
>shade of druchi violet on the wounds
>>44629616
I sent them from the phone, sorry

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>>44629216
The white parts nearest would be ushabti bone, or maybe a white with a sepia wash.

Grey is about a mechanicus grey.

pale blue is fenrisian grey or the fang.

the stronger blue as is is caledor sky/the fang
Royal blue is MUCH more saturated.

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Progress on the newest editions.

>>44629123
gaming really. I mean I don't feel i paint to a display standard, even though, i don't limit myself over time constraints either, what i paint is the best i feel i can paint

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>>44629843
>tfw my computer is in the living room and next to it is my terrible work station and my Nerd bookshelf with 2250 points of mostly silver primed (some with 1 added color) Necrons.

>The table next to my shitty small work station has my full Dark Angel Force out to hopefully inspire me to paint.

My orks were painted like shit and I kept them on the shelf the necrons are on now. Anyone who looked at the terrible paint job outside of other wargamers were impressed.

My Dark Angels are already pretty f'd up so I am going to finish them and hopefully finally paint my Necrons at a quality decent enough for me to make happy. They are simple enough I just want to over complicate them.

I just bought more Dark Angels off ebay, send help

>>44629959
It's all about practice man.
Any person with hands and eyes on Earth can spend enough time painting figures to become good at it.
Just keep at it broseph.

>>44627848
Holy shit you are a genius

Does anyone have any tutorials for painting robes? I'm going to buy and paint a DA Chaplain but I've never really had experience painting robes before.

>>44630126
Really, just paint it single color, give it a wash and lay it flat (as opposed to standing), Bam. Robes done.

>>44629814
Thin paints famile.

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>>44629959
>decorations still up

>>44629959

Shaniqqua pls, if you don't have an entire room filled with boxes of stored models you haven't really started the hobby yet. In the event of full on nuclear war I'm still good on models for the next 25 years.

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>>44629959
my WIP desk, TV swings out over the Xbox when I'm playing games, paints in the black drawer, WIP in the bottom white, junk in the top white. All I need to do is finish tidying and buy some LED lights from amazon and I'm set, then I need to re-organize underneath for model storage so I can get rid of two drawer towers that are taking up loads of room.

I'm just getting back into 40k after skipping out from the end of 5th and want to take the painting/modeling side of things more seriously

>>44630198
I just took down my bedroom Christmas tree 5 minutes ago (a branch with some paperclips on it)

https://i.imgur.com/w7WIYuy.jpg (link because image resolution is too large)
So, this is the true meaning of terrain...

>>44630314
>No lamp
>Use candle instead
>Shitty ambient lighting
>Tiny torch gaffer taped to the shelf above
You disgust me.

>>44630314

On aliexpress you can get a good lamp for like 15 dollars

>>44630401
No, I was wrong. Not even gaffer tape. Just shitty silver tape. Looks like knock off electrical tape or some crap.

What are you even doing with your life?

>>44628343
That arm is wonky

>>44629703
thank you for the info, I do have one major concern. the Bone color parts... should i change the color to something else? I'm not that good and seeing what color would go well with the zandri dust. do you have any suggestions for a different color?

>>44630198

This picture is two weeks old. It is night time here now

Thanks all for the encouragement.

>>44630314
>>44630401

I also need a better lamp, mine a shit. It is like a yellow bulb and makes my models all look darker then what they are.

>>44628757
If I had to give you one tip, it would be "Don't be afraid to fuck up".
Your first minis are likely to look bland, but you'll notice that you'll rapidly improve. Plus, you seem to have an acceptable theoretical knowledge on how to paint since you watched the tutorial videos.

If you're afraid of fucking up, keep in mind that you can always restart; If you happen to dip your minis in paint, and you're not satisfied with the result, you can just strip the paint off the minis, and restart like they were (almost) brand new.
If you'd like to know how to strip the paint to feel more confident, just look online. If you're in the US, Simple Green seem to be an effective product. In Europe, the green bottle of "Glanzer" works like a charm.
But just try to paint your minis, I never met someone who fucked up so hard that they HAD to restart. Most of the time, paint is stripped to apply a different color scheme, or because the painter isn't satisfied with how it turned out (Like that purple gunrig in the thread)

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I just ordered a sonic cleaner to help with stripping minis.

I could do things the old fashion way, but I gotta go fast.

>>44630724

Why bother fashioning an axe out of a broken tree and sharpened rocks when you can just buy a steel one eh

>>44630600
Look into getting a daylight lamp. They are pricier but are well worth the money.

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>>44628065

I had a bunch of Dark Angel upgrade spurs that had little swords I cut off, I am probably going to have to make one for the knee. Also I hate having human heads exposed and I am not going to go buy flesh just for one Lib (though I will eventually have to for my knights and bike Lib, at least they wear hoods half way down their face) The head was already primed and painted. My shit camera makes the purple blend with the red eyes.

I am not a huge fan of the angel guy holding the book and may decapitate him for a Dark Watcher. Also just realized I forgot the drop on the chalice.

It is dryfit with minimal bluestuff right now. Going to prime it grey in a moment.

>>44622924
The Hepatitans
Bubonic Supersonics
Pewtown Toxins
The Influenza Influencers

>>44628386
GW and Army Painter washes are better.

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What color should I make the teeth/dags/ork things?

>>44630401
>All I need to do is finish tidying and buy some LED lights from amazon

I'm not activly painting ATM, and the candle is scented. the torch is just because when I'm standing at the desk I block out the ceiling light
it's duck brand duck tape

post your work station then

>>44616196
I don't really think the bright green works, maybe try a darker green or just black.
When it comes to faction specific bases i'd always feel a little weird doing it because of all the cross faction models that exist in this damn game.

>>44628003
that is going to look like refried shit, i fear. a model that busy with that many breakups of color scattered all over on little plates will probably just end up an eyesore. obviously hypothetical opinion..

Can I take guardians and put dire avenger heads on them to get dire avengers? Anyone has a size comparison between a dire avenger and guardian?

>>44622004
I paint planes and tanks. White and and yellow are hell to work with. I read a tip somewhere that the colors pop and require less coats with a silver undercoat. I tried it on some yellow details for my planes and am quite happy with the results.

>>44632139
you cant let THE MAN tell you how to build your dire avengers

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>>44633897
Here's a pic. Please pardon the shot but I couldn't get the camera to focus properly.

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My first real attempt at doing white power armour using the method in forge worlds PDF. I think I really bollocksed it up, especially the shading. In to the dettol bath it goes, I really should have bought some snap fit marines to practice it on first.

>>44634289
it looks pretty good, actually, try painting the metals and see what happens

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>>44631670
Mine work station is a bit messy at the moment.

>>44625558
undercoat army painter demonic yellow
wash with agrax earthshade
detail.

>>44630335
absolutely stunning. I cannt even begin to describe how awe imspiring that terrain is.

>>44631570
alternating black and white like a checker pattern.

>>44630335
Next level doesn't even describe that shit
It's more like next dimension

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>>44626835
>there is only one way to paint an imperial fleet, the blanche way

Here here!

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>>44634380
It still feels a bit off, perhaps I'm just being negative.

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lots of work, not so much progress

>>44634559

Hot damn I gotta get me some of those painting racks.

>>44622516

Does anyone have a trick to dealing with paint pots with really thin paint in them?

The white on this mini took about 5-6 coats to get good coverage...

>>4463615
hooboy now this is a workstation

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>>44636158
holy shit these are a LOT of paints! I wish I had that much.
I painted all my stuff with this meagre collection of paints.

>>44636837
local toyworld discontinued GW stuff, had the paints for $1 each, I bought 60-70, only reason I have so many

>>44637023
>local toyworld discontinued GW stuff, had the paints for $1 each, I bought 60-70, only reason I have so many
okay THAT's a bargain. wow

>>44636837
I would have gone ape shit on that

Alright, /wipg/, post your backlogs.
I've currently got, 1 Shadowblade, 2 Reaper Bones Minis, 3 Crisis Suits, a bunch of Drones, 10 Pathfinders, a Ghostkeel, Riptide, Stormsurge, 4 Fire Warriors and a fuck ton of bases for them.

>>44637023

How many people made it to the counter with 50+ paints before they realized they could've gotten the same results at $2

>>44634289
>>44635720

Why has your mini got so many lumps?

It looks like you are putting your paint on too thick, and using paint that hasn't been mixed properly so it's got lumps as well.

>>44637180
1 assault squad, 1 devastator squad, 1 tac squad, 2 rhinos, 1 stormtalon.

>>44637180
Going to try finishing 34 Termagants tonight. Then I have an imperial knight, 2 Flyrants, a harpy, 2 tyrannocytes, a carnifex brood, 2 mawlocs, a tervigon, 2 tactical squads, 50 gargoyles (30 still need building), around 20 genestealers, and stripping around 60 more tyranids!

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>>44637180

>An entire Reclamation Legion with two monoliths + Annihilation Nexus = ~2250pts
>An small 500pt Deathwing Strike Force
>1250 Ravenwing that is maybe 60% finished

I swear I will never buy another prebuilt Landspeeder as long as I live. 8 dollar savings for an eternity of these terrible looking Landspeeders.

>2 were double primed, thick white over black. Upon removing found scratches and gouges as if striped with a kitchen knife
>1 was just primed black and I thought it would be okay because I am shit.

Everything else was primed grey. This dark ass landspeeder sticks out. It doesnt help that painting this shit after assembly is near impossible. The last 5-8 hours of hobbying have been working on this things. I still have a bunch of bikes to paint.

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>>44637116
>I would have gone ape shit on that
but it works, if you mix the paints.
for example these are German Fallschirmjäger, painted with nothing but what I've got

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>>44637285

Shitty camera

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>>44637286
and these are some Russians.

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>>44637332
and some americans.
would be easier if I wouldn't have to mix it all though.

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>>44634559
>>44636158
>>44636837
>tidy workspaces

I'm lousy at keeping my area clean. I paint something, then my hobbyist ADHD acts up and I start painting something else, paints stay out, little off-cuts from conversions hang around, that sort of thing.

>>44637400
Not Tidy
>>44629959 (mine)
>>44630314

I am 22 in my first apartment, aint nobody got time to be clean.

My non-wargaming friends come over and are amazed I have all the painting stuff right there and not in my much larger kitchen.

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>>44637180

>>44637286
I meant I would have bought a ton of paint

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>>44637400
>Googly eye on the lamp
My fucking sides.

>>44637180
Too big but here's what's on my desk. i'm doing a good pace, finished a fiend of slaanesh the other day along with 3 dark angels.

>2 burning chariots, 70% done. metal needs wash, finish flames
>2 keepers. 1 primed, other ready for priming
>seeker chariot 20% painted
>daemon prince ready for paint, needs a paint scheme
>slaanesh herald on seeker, 20% painted
>bloodthrister, 30%
>lesser brass scorpion, 20%

>>44637444
>Da Coppatoof Mob found a warband to call home

Brings a tear to my eye, that does.

>those butt ugly yellow and white kanz
I don't know what the fuck the first guy was thinking or painting with, I could not strip it either

Great collection though bro. Just need one more Stompa and a Buzzgob.

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>>44637180
Ghazkull, Grukk, Spellcrow Ork Doctor, 10 nobz, 3 deffkoptas, 5 blightknights, 1 maggoth lord, whole box of cheap bought ork boyz and nobz I'll probably use for some scenery or guinea pigs for my greenstuff trials. And whole box of SDE (52 minis). And I'll probably buy more orks before I even touch nurgle I bought for myself for xmass.

>mfw my GF wanted to buy me a Gorkanaut but she found my hidden presents in closet and assumed I don't need more plastic for this year

>>44637180
All of the BaC box, 10 assault marines and 10 tac-to-sternguard converted marines.

Also, 10 shacks and two watchtowers I made.

58 models plus a ton of terrain.

>>44637531
>Heavily imply my girlfriend should get me any of the units on our ebay watch list
>Really anything on the watch list
>Get a bunch of cool non-hobby related things I didn't need and now have to display

It is the thought that counts.

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>>44637469
Glad you like it anon.

A few years ago when I was sharehousing I bought a bag of googly eyes cheap. Now and again I'd stick them around the house. Go into a housemates room and put huge googly eyes on her teddy bear, or on a clock. Little things to surprise people. Once they came home to find that all the containers and appliances in the kitchen were staring at them like Banjo Kazooie characters.

My favorite was when I glued some on a rock, who I subsequently adopted as a pet. Pic related, Tyrone the Stone. Tyrone's a pretty solid guy. He attended my wedding.

>>44634289
>>44635720
Don't sponge, don't rattle can, if you really want to paint white and do it army white as a primary colour then get an airbrush and some airbrush paints. Anything less is time consuming and ultimately too thick and will disappoint

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>>44637714
Amazing.

Yay for waiting for crackle paint to dry...Used the last bit of my jar on this so it's time to order more...

>>44637503
Yeah when I got under your paint I was like what the fuck lol

>>44637180
~120 marines, a sicarian battle tank, a typhon, 3 rhinos, 6 rapiers, 20 terminators, various hq choices.

Then there's my admech, eldar, dark eldar (who are mostly painted but I've decided they need to be redone.) It'd be easier to understand the scope of things if I posted a picture but I don't think I have a surface large enough in my house.

>>44637180
Here is my entire backlog, if you include stuff I have semi-abandoned as projects and not including terrain:
~90 Perry's WOTR figures
~115 Wargames Factory Japs
~130 Mantic Undead
~40 anglo-saxons
~half of the first Reaper Bones kickstarter
~200 6mm Romans
-15 High Elf Sea Guard
- 40 Chaos Dwarfs
- 13 Warriors of Chaos
- Thorin's Company from The Hobbit
~1500 points of Chaos Space Marines

For Flames of War:
- Panzergrenadier Platoon
- Panzergrenadeir HQ
- Mortar Platoon
- HMG platoon
- Nebelwerfers

>>44616897
>and now we're going to add just a little bit of water so that it's nice and smooth, about... Like... That.

>>44637817

How do you use crackle paint? I want to make bases like that.

>>44637960
step 1: get some crackle paint
step 2: put it on the base
step 3: wait
done

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>>44637960
I used this tutorial:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWm38GgtGVs

These are the crackle paints I used.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HHF16ZY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Here's an example of my latest base.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CO66JDU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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Paint scheme? Trying to make my own chapter. Also anyone know where you can get custom water transfers, or at least not the a typical marine ones that might be cool for a chapter?

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tried posting this earlier today but got no real responses to it. The rest of the riptide is coming along. Still trying to decide on a pose for the suit itself

So hypothetically, lets say I already glued my models to their bases. What basing technique should I use? is there something special I should watch out for?

>>44637843

Thats why greenface had a greenface. I do like the faces you used on them more. Are they bits from the Nauts?

>>44638163
You can use GW's texture paints. Slap them on, let them dry, nuln oil/liquid talent shade on them, then drybrush a lighter shade of whatever and bam.

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>>44638116

>>44638116

You can try using other armies transfer sheets. A player at the shop I go to used the Necron transfers on a really well done black/metal/green paint job for his Imperial Fists (those are just the tactics he uses)

>>44629524

Is the antler head an old school sorcerer head or something? Looks familiar but can't put my finger on it

>>44638116
Try ebay. Type in Star Phantoms transfer sheet and the one guy who sells it makes his own. You can contact him for custom transfers.

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Lookie what came in the mail today.

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>>44629524
not bad but try to break up the bases. plain green grass is very boring.

>>44638223
Nice, a little cleaning up and after the paint and the only way people would be able to tell is if they broke the darn thing. What'd you save on it?

>>44638223
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>with a "look what arrived in the mail" no real WiP

I'd guess a giant dildo, because you are one big asshole.

>>44638239
ah forget that, have just read that they are for blood bawl.

>>44629959
>tfw first two armies were IG and orks
>and then orcs

I literally own hundreds of poorly painted models that I've been putting off stripping and repainting since the mid-2000s
>how poorly painted?
Elf flesh over white primer with no wash bad

>>44638178

Do you happen to have a favorite texture paint? whats the one that comes out the best?

>>44638311
For dusty badlands type bases, Blackfire Earth and for urban environments, Astrogranite. I think Stirland mud looks like literal shit.

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>>44638247
Its from forgeworld.

>>44638253
>too poor to afford data
>continues to shit people away from the hobby

Go back to /trash/

anyone have any experience with agrellan earth? looks neat.

>>44638378
Just put it on thick and you'll be fine

>>44638378
The one I posted here >>44638080
works miles better than Agrellan. And is cheaper per ounce.

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>>44638267
Yeah I tried a metalic purple that did not work out at all for the first one. Now it looks like it was water colored. I need to do another couple thing coats and hide brush strokes.

The others are just already put together and taking them apart has only make things worse. It makes painting the pilots and dashboard/interior really hard to paint and if that doesnt look good then whats the point.

I also cheaped out and have 2/3 bike squads from Dark Vengeance (one from the actual box set I started with). I thought the box of actual DA bikers I got would ahve weapons and extra arms to fix this monopose fiasco but they were just regular bikers with more upgrade spurs.

I need to straighten them all out too because for whatever god blessed reason GW decided to have the seargent lean the other way than his friends. He also has an obnoxious chainsword and it makes getting through tight terrain a hassle. Also their shoulderpads and most other details are pretty dull. The librarians shoulder a shit.

>>44638204
no, it's from the original kit
I only own one sorcerer but it's pewter

>>44623287

That looks really good

>>44637285
Be glad it's not a trukk.

you at least have flat surfaces to work with, trukks are all tubes n' shit.

Ain't not cleaning that crap.

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>>44637180
this and 9 kans, a dredd, 9-12 big guns, 4 trukks, 2 looted waggons, a second battleaggon, 2 dakkajets, tankbusta conversions, kommandoes, stomboys.

aaand a load of eldar too.

But i don't like working on them, resin stifles my conversion kraze and their bendy weapons irks me so they are banished to their carry case where i don't have to acknowledge their existence.

>>44638869
Oh, didn't even mention the ~70 or so shoota boys, 15 lootas, 20 nobs and flash-gitsz conversion either...

I don't even have tablespace for all the gree.. grey fuckers.

And i just realized I'm looking at more second hand boyz as we speak.

It's a fucking addiction.

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Just finished a troop of chaos dwarfs for Kings of War.

>>44638896
It's called plastic crack for a reason.

>>44639006
For me i'm afraid it's the same shit girls have, "Half off? I'd be throwing money away if I DIDNT'T buy it!"

im working on a voidraven bomber, and I saw on the GW official photo they painted the thin lines along the clear plastic windows(the absolute madmen)

i dont think i'm brave enough to do that without fucking it up, but then i thought about washes or glazes- could I add a bit of colour to the clear plastic with a wash or glaze, or would it look rubbish? does anyone have any experience with this?

>>44639057
Liquid mask.
Or masking tape.

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The lava base looks a bit more red in real life

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>>44639057
Here's one of my ye olde wave serpents, it has a few layers of the old Baal Red wash on the clear plastic. It wasn't completely transparent after that, but you can still sort of see the pilot. I have no idea how the new shades or glazes would perform. One of those Tamiya Clear paints would probably be better, there are a bunch of cockpit tutorials out there. However, I preferred painting them on my Dark Eldar...

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>>44639234
like so.