WIP: Work in Progress

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Close to being done assembling my Chaos Termies. Pretty happy with how posing came out. Still need to figure out how to kit out Termie Lord...

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>>51557641
Good eye, the reasoning behind the plinth was to make it very cold and very dim, in order to contrast with the brightness and warmth of the model. Also I was getting tired of this project already so I wanted to pull it out fast.
I also didn't want the 2 fires to compete with the mace so I toned them down quite a bit.

Might as well repost it here.

Planning on getting up at about 5am tomorrow and assembling around 100 minis. You guys want pics of the Assemblathon?

>>51557914
Sure.

>>51557871
One thing that's been a bit of a theme while watching this project has been tying colours into the rest of the mini. The purple of the candles ties into the mace handle and the torches somewhat to the mace, but the huge grey area doesn't connect to the red, green or creams.

I think could have been room to do that with some green algae discolouration on the rocks and some cream tones in there here and there, perhaps? You would retain the overall warm-cold contrast between the red armour and grey stone, and add a little visual interest to the rock.

We're getting into some difficult stuff here, but you're getting to a point where the overall atmosphere of the piece becomes important: the temperature and colour of your overall light source and the way that effects everything illuminated by it.

I'm in no way qualified to tell you how to make these changes, but Massive Voodoo does some nice step-by-steps talking about atmosphere, and that could be something to keep in mind for Angry Ron's composition.

Still love it overall.

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basically finished an ogroid thaumaturge, there's some touching up to do but I think i'm almost done.

http://imgur.com/a/fhuPO

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I'm working through all 18 legions. These guys are done (minus a cleanup and basing)

R8 please!

>>51557914
You obviously want us to ask why and what. I hope you'll still actually pay attention to mold lines and quality, and not let 100 assembled minis in your backlog kill your progress either.

>>51558004
Hazard stripes could have been cleaner and need some highlighting. They mostly look the same as last time you posted them.

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>>51558004
And these guys are the current WIPs.

>>51558004
That's a nice project Anon! I'd be amazin to see them all on a diorama, with each in their own mini-zone (like a 3d collage of legions in their "natural habitat"), or instead of each alone pair them up based on rivalries

>>51558015
I want them all assembled so I can have a massive priming session and then paint them as and when I feel like it, instead of having all of them sit on sprue in their boxes staring at me, judging me.

>>51558037
I don't like that your SoH is basically black with some green patches, I'd have preferred it the other way round.
I really like the Dark Angel, checkerboarding looks awesome

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What is /wip/'s opinion on photo manipulation?

Yesterday's shitposting fest led me to talk to a professional photographer friend and had him walk me through what he would do to take pictures of minis and I was surprised to find that the last step he had me do was go through and start manipulating the photo.

Pic related; left is the raw photo, right is after some adjustments. I can definitely see why he had me do it -- in reality, that gray background was nearly blinding white but phone cameras are stupid and have to balance everything out so it came out grey, and so the manipulation was basically to unfuck what the phone fucked with. The picture on the right does absolutely look truer to the actual appearance of the mini. But... it does still feel like cheating.

What do you guys think? Is this a line too far, or is anything that makes the picture better something worth pursuing?

>>51558092
>massive priming session
If rattlecan, you'll need a bowl of warm (NOT boiling) water and to make sure you don't stop shaking that motherfucker, you'll be at a real risk of the propellant becoming too cold and not giving you enough pressure.

>>51558037
The imperial fist looks weird because he's not flat footed. It's like he's pole vaulting or hopping on the spot.

>>51558150
I tweak brightness/contrast/hue/saturation of pics of my minis to match reality closer than raw pics can.

>>51558150
Almost every photo we use to learn:
>Demon winners
>box art
>tutorials
>White Dwarf

has been manipulated. I don't tend to do it in /wip/ because cropping and resizing is enough for people to give the sort of feedback I need, but I absolutely have nothing against it.

>>51558188
this

>>51557968
Thanks for the review! Indeed, atmosphere and composition are two subjects I still need to understand and practice, as I haven't painted many display pieces yet. For this one my main focus was to practice NMM and apply color theory, I'll definitely keep composition in mind in my next work.

>>51558150
Photo manipulation can make an average photo better, and is a staple of professional photography (it's also the reason why studio images tend to seem noticeably brighter than the models are in reality).

generally speaking it's going to be better to just get a better lighting/diffusion setup, but some editing in post usually won't hurt

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I've added rivet highlights as recommended

hes coming along

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>>51558321
Real nice, my mind instantly jumps to this.

>>51558321
Much as i love the work, I just can't help feel making the crass so red takes away from the art on the panels.

It looks good up close and feels realistic but it might steal some "pop"

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tehehe

>>51558321
Looks great.
Now put a drop of nuln around every rivet and a dot of bright silver on top after.

>>51558150
I do it on my phone as well. Nothing much, just changing a few settings before the picture to capture the light better and some colour correction afterwards to balance everything.

And as everyone said, every high quality photo you see is fiddled with. You'd be surprised how different GD models look compared to their pictures.

>>51558158
Nah, I have an airbrush.

>>51558321
Bro, get rid of your Christmas tree

nice scorpion, though

>>51558037
Yellow's a bit thick, but throw some Agrax on it before you strip just to see if it helps.

>>51552280
>recasting Knights

What the FUCK. At least try looking in second hand communities and shit first, then go for Chinacast. You're not going to be able to recast an entire Knight.

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Just got Averland Sunset primer for my Imperial Fists. After a couple minutes of shaking I started using it, but it's coming out really watery and not sticking to the model. Is there something wrong with my can, or am I doing something wrong?

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Hey guys,
I'm finally finishing this guys, doing the blades now.
Do you think it's better like this without painting the edges...

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>>51559176
...or like this, with white high lists on the edges and on the central line?

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>>51559212
Another angle

>>51559063
How cold is the can / where you are spraying?
Plastic shouldn't really have enough mold release on it to hinder this, but FW resin needs washing.

>>51559176
>>51559212
>>51559227
Resize, rotate and crop, ESPECIALLY if you're posting more than one image. Jesus christ anon.

>>51559249
Using firefox on a smartphone, for some reason it rotates automatically the images. But I'll keep in mind next time, ty

>>51559278
It's not forefox it's youe phone that understands the metadata of the picture to set it right while 4chan doesn't. Just crop it and it'll put the picture in the right way.

>>51558004
The raven guard wings are really tacky, and I preferred the DG with the anime blush.

>>51559212
The white highlight look really nice.

>>51558037
I liked the Imperial fist who making you read his sword before he skull fucked you with it. I like how theyre coming out so far anon, lookin good.

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Usure for the color of the cable, suggestion criticism etc is well accepted

>>51557871
>>51557880
Outstanding work. Why did you decide against giving Lorgar his iconic scribblyface?

>>51559233
31F

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Basically finished Bad Juju now just got a couple of areas to neaten up and do the base.
I'll take a better picture once he's actually finished.

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So currently I've got a pair of unarmoured Knight Warden legs, a base that can't go any further till I glue him down, and the rest unassembled.

I'm wondering whether to order some magnets and greenstuff and have a shot at magnetizing him, or to just pick a variant and build the rest now. Not used either greenstuff or magnets yet.

Thoughts? Also, I want to paint him up as House Malinax, any idea on how to get the brownish colour on the transfers for the armour plates?

>>51559834
It's too cold and the solvent can't flash off. Read the can.

>>51559063
>Averland Sunset primer
The one from gw?

Because that isn't a primer nor a basecoat.

You gotta apply corax white/chaos black before their coloured cans since these are just colors

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>>51557871
>>51557880
Gots ta know: do you have a gallery of your in-progress pics?

I'm pretty bad at picking out colours and I don't have any throwaways to try it out on. Could anybody more knowledgeable let me know if I'm being retarded here?

I'm going for an off-white that goes into a blue-grey in the darker recesses.
Rakarth Flesh Base>Drakenhof Nightshade all over>Pallid Wych flesh>White Scar highlight

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>>51558715

>>51559986
The Bronze?

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>>51560088
Don't think it's metallic, the armour colour here.

>>51560143
Start with Rakarth flesh and Agrax.

>>51559999
>>51559995

Oh, thanks guys!

>>51560085
I hate to derail, but where is this from? Reverse image search doesn't seem to have anything similar.

>>51560267
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Wlh98dcSA&index=17&list=LLjH_durOqsT45S98lOafiag

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Started applying first reds and started on his arm, but unfortunately my tremors have gotten so bad today I don't think I can paint anymore for the rest of it

>>51560267
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBxQPymRoWg

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>>51557706
How do I fix this mold slip on scale armor?

>>51560373
Gently scrape until level.

>>51560373
It's not a slip, it's just flash, you should be able to just trim it down and be fine

t. I've been building those sodding things all week

>>51560306
>>51560332
Thanks! I though she looked a little familiar.

Many thanks, good anons!!!

>>51560373
Something very very tiny and sharp. Like a scalpel.

>>51560428
Nah man, the camera doesn't show it right and my phone camera sucks, it's a slip, you just can't tell from that angle

>>51560373
Greenstuff. Apply a small amount to each lower scale and level it out with the higher one.

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>>51559759
I liked the way it looked so I just left it like that. Also I wasn't sure if it would look right and didn't want to ruin the smooth skin.

>>51560001
Apart from the pics I have been posting here, not really. I have quite a lot saved though, as I continually check the progress on picture.

For example, pic related was when I first applied pigments to the base, but decided to remove most of them.

>>51560267
Looks like SpeedoSausage to me

>>51558150
"Photo manipulation" has an undertone of dishonesty and faking about it, suggesting that you change the photo to make shit look like something it isn't.

That's not necessarily true though. A lot of photo manipulation can, and should, be done to make the photo represent the motif better, because your camera probably ain't gonna do all that good a job of it on its own. (And what you're doing there is mostly just stuff you could have done by setting the camera settings and light setup just right from the start as well, just after the shutter clicks instead of before it.)

The photography here isn't to show off how well we can wield a camera, it's to show off the minis. If post-processing helps then it's in no fucking way whatsoever cheating, not using it might be, as your mistakes disappear into the murk.

(Of course, in photography any post processing is generally considered an integral part of the process, so they will tend to include it as well without any thought of cheating. back in the film era it was of course absolutely necessary, and Photoshop has simply slotted itself in as the dark room of the digital era.)

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Not quite done with anything on sarge, but baseless superstition has taught me not to spend too much time working on one (primarily white) model in a single stretch or you'll fuck it up.

Thanks to whoever suggested the white breastplate. Looks better, even if it's an extra pain in the ass.

How small we talkin here, like ants skull small or a tad larger?

>>51559719
>unsure of the colour for the cable
>model made out of cables

you might specify? if you mean the servo skull one, generally those corrugated ones are painted black with grey highlights. The plasma coil would look good if its highlighted in light blue, imagine if you heat a coil of electric wire up, it slowly starts to glow on the edges. I'd suggest another thin coat on the cloth and maybe paint some trim gold or drybrush some bronze on it to pick it out.

>>51560727
>baseless superstition
We call it hard learned experience.

>>51560548
If you're willing to throw them into a gallery Imgur or something, I'd greatly appreciate it. I've been hit-and-miss with /wip/ recently, and going to start working on NMM myself and would love just having another piece of reference material.

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Got half of my Epic-scale Contemptors painted. 9 legions left to do.

>>51558037
Why did you reverse the green and black scheme on the SoH?

>>51560873
That's just trying to justify our nerousis.

Anyone know where can i find nice gothic armor for man-sized a power armour ?

>>51560373
What model is this?

Scalpel skillz but probably easier to do what this guy said >>51560504

>>51561496
forge world chaos dwarf

Anybody get their stuff lost in the mail?

So, I ordered some minis 12 days ago w/ ~5 day express shipping, and tracking last shows 8 days ago in another state. Good job FedEx, 10$ shipping.

At what point do I file a claim for my miniatures?
I've filed w/ miniature companies before for damaged/missing goods, never had them lost in the mail before.

>>51562246
I've always had my stuff sent USPS - very rarely it got delayed, I'd report it and rather than answer me the package showed up.

So I'd say report it, the very least they;'ll try to track it down and get it to you.

>>51562280
>USPS
They're not even "good", they're just the lesser evil.

Would it make sense fluff-wise to have an eldar army made of units from different craftworlds?

I find a bieltan scheme looks best for guardians and serpents, but saim-han looks best for jetbikes and similarly for other craftworlds and units.

>>51562454
You can fluff it as craftworlds helping one another out in battle, but it will certainly be an unusual army. I find it odd that you prefer different craftworlds for different units though, usually a craftworld is picked from a combination of colour scheme and fluff combined rather than just colour scheme.

How do you guys counter terrible posture when doing mini things? I constantly find myself hunching over with my head planted in my chest and my neck is starting to suffer for it.

>>51558150
>What do you guys think? Is this a line too far, or is anything that makes the picture better something worth pursuing?
I use these to automatically correct the color of the image to as close as possible to the true color.

http://xritephoto.com/colorchecker-passport-photo

>>51561029
>>51561046
These are excellent, well done.

>>51562634
i found getting a table/hobby lamp really helped. i can get the light right next to my hands so i'm looking forward and not down at my lap. i also take lots of breaks.

that being said, i work on a couch sitting at a coffee table with the lamp clamped to the table.

>>51562677
I have a ghetto lamp setup that's to the right and above of where I work. I have my desk at chest level to brace my arms against it and I STILL hold shit to my chest anyway

>>51562634
lifting

>>51562718
I do

>>51562732
Well that should counteract any posture problems you might be developing.

>>51558150
Honestly the only manipulation you need to do is cropping, resizing and auto white balance.

Who else gets gets kinda sad when they don't get any (you)s to their post?

>>51562634
i use a drafting table and an adjustable height office chair, keeps me pretty upright. also putting whatever you're working on onto a holder stick/wire allows you to bring it closer to your face rather than having to hunch to bring your face closer to it

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Painted bases for my 30 kairics. Tried the Shattered Dominion GW set and it turned out to be absolutely awesome. Crisp, plastic, cheap compared to independent webstores.

>>51563008
these look awesome

>>51562921
As much as i wanted to skip by and be 'thats the joke'

I kinda do too. So here's your (you)

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strange rusty sculture

>>51563008
Are these the new bases GW is selling, because these look way better than the last set i saw (around when they came out)

>>51563129
Thanks, but it wasn't a joke - it really bums me out when I'm excited about something, post it and nobody cares

>>51563061
Thank you!
>>51563163
Yes, these are GW bases. "Shattered dominion" - 30 32mm and 40 25mm bases in the box.

>>51563184
Then it either means they are bad and we all know that you know, and we dont grind your nose in it,

Or more likely,

You're in the Grey Area of Acceptability. It isnt amazing and grabbing 'oh wowww' replies, but it isnt bad enough to have people give you 20 'so bad, git gud skrub.' I know this doesn't help much, but that was part of my motivation

Sat here trying to decide what to work on tonight, by the time I decide it's too late to really do anything.
I hate being so indecisive

>>51563366
use a D20 next time, dweeb

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>>51562634
I paint at my pc desk, get the chair as close to the desk as possible, lower the chair as far as it goes and I bring my knee up to chest and brace mini ontop of knee. Overly complicated explanation for sitting on a chair but it works for me having the mini at eyeish level and not craning my neck.

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>>51560330
Tremors stopped and I managed to finish the reds, shade them, glaze them and clean up slippages. Changed arm colour after comparing to the cover of the Kharn novel I bought earlier, shaded that and drybrushed.
Still lots of work to do

>>51563827
Lookin p good so far anon, hope your tremors dont come back. Do you have parkinsons or something?

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neat dio i found online. just posting for the fun of it, hopefully some anon gets inspired.

>>51563877
Fortunately no. Family history of essential tremors.
My entire body trembles for extended periods of time for a variety of reasons like tiredness, tress and so on. Usually not too bad but occasionally makes painting impossible

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Either the lighting in here or the phone camera are fucking with me. All of the yellow and most of the intermediary blue highlights simply don't show up.

>>51563939
either there just so happens to be a couple anons with tremors who post a ton, or this is a really common thing? or is mini painting like a doctor approved "healthy hobby" kind of thing for people with neural issues?

>>51563997
Have you tried colour correction? It's litteraly one button to press when you modify the picture.

>>51562801
Lolno. I work for an art publishing house doing color correction; white balancing is a strong first step to getting a digital capture closer to reality, but it's just that - a first step.

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Working on this here Archon and was wondering if wet blending screamer pink and xereus purple would be good for the helmet? Never done it before but I like the idea.

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>>51564678
The back so far as well.

>>51564174
Not that anon, but i can sympathize with him. I dont have tremors, but i constantly have an almost vibration to my hands. Doc says it could be hereditary, or it could be because ive gotten a shit ton of concussions.

I thinks its because i did a lot of drugs, and a shit ton of concussions.

>>51563008
Those fuckers better line up to form a cohesive texture if properly arranged.

>>51563997
Little sad you went for blue eye glow rather than green.

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Continued WIP of Celestine.

I have to finish her before I'm allowed to buy anything else.

>>51565106
white roses very thin blue wash.

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>>51565106
>neet
>no money
>infinite time
>going to go to college finally soon
>now no money or time

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>>51565106

>dat scripture

>>51564768
I really wasn't trying to be insulting or dismissive, I really have noticed a lot of people posting about tremors

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>>51565106
Why Inquisitorial =][=? Adeptus Ministorum and the Adepta sororitas use this.

I need help /WIP/, I want to make some converted psykers for my Inquisitoral warband, but I can't find any robes. Are there any models that have plastic robes, or any third party?

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Repost of my ogroid

Been thinking about the base, do you guys got any ideas to make it more interesting?

I kinda want to use this style but more refined for my whole tzeentch army

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>>51564678
This was my first time doing a "blend"; naggaroth night -> xereus -> screamer, I like the way it looks, but I definitely need practice. Might be easier on a smaller surface like the helmet. Give it a shot!

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I made something for a class and I think it's relevant enough to show off here.

>>51564248
Tried it, didn't work.

>>51565101
Angle is wrong, so it' hard to see, but only the Sorcerer has blue eyes, the rest have green ones - I wanted to differentiate him from the dust piles.

>>51565363
My thought is that you should switch from gold to a dark brown for the non-crackle parts of the base. It takes too much focus from the mini

>>51565363
I'd've gone with whiteish marble to accentuate his loincloth and create contrast with the model itself.

>>51565317
his Celestine has obviously been marked by Greyfax

>>51563140
Like it

Preferred lighting for painting, anons?

I use a LED strip above my desk and a second lamp to the left of me for better coverage.

Anyone have any secrets that work for them? I like painting into the dead of night but it seems like I can never see well enough when my house gets too dark.

>>51565383
Looks pretty swell Anon! Gonna try myself I believe. You watch any good tutorials on blending?

>>51565452
>"marked" by Greyfax
Mmmmmmyes, that's hot.

>>51565565
Thanks! I watched only this one prior to the attempt, but there's probably some better ones by now... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pISQJaRm_6s

>>51565605
Thank ya kindly sir/ma'am!

>>51565311
I know anon. I just figured in your curiosity, you might like to figure out at least why this dude, and another, say it.

I can also say with certainty i thought my lack of talent was from it, and i think others shout it as a crutch to deflect criticism when still new. Nobody likes to be told 4 hours of progress is still moderate improvements at best but toooo bad

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Jetbikes are done.

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And with that the entire start collecting box.
Thanks for the help guys! Now I got the new transport troop combo box to work on.
Can't stop painting.

>>51565395
what class?, if I may ask

>>51565875
I feel like everything (except for the skulls on that bladevane) needs a brighter highlight. Overall looking good though, nice simple and balanced scheme

>>51565891
job's a good one

be forewarned, transporting raiders to games is a bit of a bitch

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lets see what happens when we dip this fairly new, clean citadel small layer brush into water

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>>51565947
(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)

>>51565891
You should definitely give the skulls a bit of attention, especially the Kroot head. A simple layer of green skin and black spines would look pretty good. Or look up other Kindred's colorations, mine are Albino for example.
The rest of the model is pretty well done though, except the sail is off-setting. You should freehand something bold on it. Scary.

>>51565363
>6.12MB, 7512x3040
For the love of god.

>>51565961
you're supposed to lightly dip it, not plunge it.

>>51565968
>kroot skull
I remember reading this yet I still forgot, thanks for reminding me
>meme skull
I'll fight you

>>51565961
Is that even the same brush, theres shit all over the handle of your 'new brush' as well

>>51565961
>>51565947
>buying overpriced citadel brushes
Stop.

>>51565990
you can see the bristles are only halfway in
>>51566001
it's the same brush, the only citadel one i own. the paint on it im guessing is on the other side, i must have shifted my grip taking the photo

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>>51565947
I'm gonna try touching mine

>>51565998
Anytime.

Also I'll reck you right in the gabber m8, i swer on me mum.

Embrace your meme, we always get a tickle out of our recurring characters.

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>>51566037
FUCK

>>51566054
how do you even get a brush to that point, i feel a little sick looking at it

>>51566070
>buy cheap brush for basecoats/terrain
>complete a couple of projects
presto

Having a ratty brush for the messy jobs is handy.

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some progress on my otto von bigsmark.
first time attempting lenses

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>>51566188
fat chancellor ass

>>51566070
>get good brush
>use it, highlight when lazy, too much paint, whatever reason of a billion
>drybrush with it when it starts to go

If you paint long enouvh/enough stuff, you should have at least one

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First attempt at wet blending the helmet. It's still not very pernounced or if it's supposed to be.Can anyone see it in the photo?

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>>51566278
30 seconds on my phone anon.

It's not bad, but as you said yourself, it's not very noticeable. Keep it up though, you haven't done anything wrong yet, just keep at it.

>>51565968
Like maybe a skull. Yup, definitely a 90s skateboard-style 'No Fear' skull. That would be radical.

>>51566394
Awesome thanks Anon. Gonna try and fix that whole sideways picture thing too.

>>51566394
Lmao I cropped the pic but because I saved it in high quality and tweaked it, it's actually heavier?

I'm not even mad, that's fantastic!

>>51566441
As said above in the thread, your phone reads the metadate when you takr a pic and auto flip accordingly. 4chan doesn't.

Cropping the pic solves that problem in about 95% of the cases. So yet ANOTHER argument to crop you pics.

>>51566459
what i do is take a photo with my camera, then send it to myself through facebook messenger and upload it from my PC

>>51566487
Have you not a phone that's like less than 5 years old?

Messenger reduces pic quality a lot.

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Next up for my Neverborn.
I'm trying to give him shredded wings at the back, so far i've hacked off a rough shape but i'm not really sure where to go from here.

>>51566586
lots of little nicks like a cats ears, dont gouge them, tatter them

>>51557871

His head is a little bit pale, and if I wanted to get really nitpicky I might say the flames on the base turn to black too quickly. I'd have the flames go up quite a bit higher than they are and have the black on only the outermost parts.

It has been awesome watching your progress on this model, anon. I remember the very first piece of it you posted that you were painting and I've been following it since. You've done a terrific job with him, much better than I could do. Be proud of this piece, anon. You done good.

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>>51566278
Here's a 60 second Photoshop update. The blend looks good though, I'd bang him.

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>>51566278
He's coming along nicely.

Did I happen to inspire you with my twin Archons, anon?

>>51566881
Damn thanks man! Having a lot of fun trying new techniques

>>51565383
You know what would really improve the sail? A skull.

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>>51567021
Don't you start now!

>>51566888
Those look awesome! Funnily enough I built mine and saw yours almost the same day. Reaver helm Archon hive mind master race!

>>51565968
>>51567021
Ignore these asses.
Paint a church on the sails.

This guy is a belated birthday present for 6 year old nephew; I got him a pack of 6 terminators for his birthday and said we'd paint them together. I primed them all with zenithal priming and had him paint 5 of them (they're just washed or inked, so the priming creates a neat gradient and he feels like he did something) and I did this one.

I kinda cut some corners in spots; there's some... real ugliness in areas here. The armor's not smooth, the face is awful, the mold lines aren't cleared, there's some weird gunk in a couple areas that I assume is rogue superglue (I bought the termies preassembled from a store for $20 and didn't clean them up), but my nephew wanted the sword to look cool so I gave that my all and tried to follow a basic power sword tutorial.

Definitely not my proudest mini, but, I learned some things and in the end my nephew loves it so all's well that ends well.

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>>51567108
Fucking shit balls it helps to upload the image.

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Is there any way to thicken paint?

Have some watery airbrush ones but want to use as normal

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>>51567194

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The Kabal thus far. Hope the image is right side up I cropped it.

>>51567194
I just let mine sit in a wet pallet overnight and the consistency is typically nicer.

>>51567194
Oh no you dont, source you jerk.

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>>51558126
>>51561130
It's like that becauses a Catulan reaver. One of their unique units. The green will be darkened down with washes a lot.

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>>51567319
I'll be honest anon, I have no fucking idea what I did last time, I just clicked a bunch of shit until it came out good.

>>51567579
Haha well it makes them look great.Thanks again Anon!

>>51567646
What does your list look like? I've got a hard on for DE at the moment and I think I'm going to have to buy a whole army at once.

>>51567674
I have a starter box a unit of wyches I bought cheap in case the "update" makes them cool. A troupe of Quins and a death jester. From what I've read a starter box + the sky shard and a venom do well starting out.

>>51567349
Lillias White/Right.

>>51557976
trying to make a cross setting army off my silver tower set, what would the Ogroid count as best?

>>51567979
Bloodthirster?

>>51568364
hmmm, then I have to go into undivided....

>>51567979
I'd say he'd make a pretty good daemon prince

Any tips on greenstuffing Salamander paraphernalia (scale cloaks, tabards, firey stuff)?

>>51568580
thats not a bad one, especially as the Daemon Prince kit as is... is lacking, I plan on making as many of my units have a bit of both settings as possible, for example replacing the Curseling's cudgle with a chainsword from a TS kit, slapping on a backpack and calling him a sorcerer

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I'm certainly not as good as some of the other painters here, but I'm getting a bit more comfortable sitting down and painting now.

>>51569046
What's with the chalkiness of the pants? Also, always follow a vibrant colour up with a wash to bring back those shadows, else it'll stick out like a sore thumb, and you should be building your bright colours up in layers rather then going a thick glob that'll obscure detail.

>>51568969
>the Daemon Prince kit as is... is lacking
How so? From brief inspections I've loved the look of that kit, looked like it had quite a lot of options.

>>51569074
>What's with the chalkiness of the pants?

When I drybrush it comes out like that.

>follow a vibrant colour up with a wash to bring back those shadows

I did wash it, though.

>building your bright colours up in layers rather then going a thick glob

i did do that, in fact i think i thinned the paint more than i should have. I'm starting to think that I fucked up when i was priming the model because some of the detail was lost.

>>51569180
Talking about the bright yellow which seems to have obscured the ruffled fabric texture there.

Also snow looks weird, the pants colour is weird, the tassels on the right shoulder are just sloppy and the bolt pistol barrel isn't drilled, plus it could do with another colour (probably gold to tie back into the colours you already have on the mini) to make it look interesting. It's all a learning process though.

So I'm looking to convert some Arlatax Battle Automata. I was gonna use a domitar Ferrum as base model and a Blood Angels dreadnought CCW as the power claw.

What do you guys suggest for a source for the jump pack and the arc scourge?

>>51557871
out fucking standing. like the one anon said, there could be a little more color added to the base, but even so I think it's pretty fine as is. The purple on the mace handle seems a little off to me, and I can't really say why. I suppose it ties into that sort of violet grey for the head?

Are there any guides for cool poses for SM. I suck at dynamic poses.

>>51567126
some darker washes would go a long way to making it look better. Even if you don't want to edge highlight, as is the gold and hair in particular look very flat. Really like the sword though. Washes on those skulls would also really make them look less shapeless.

>>51569097
the proportions are off, the spindly fingers and twiggy legs

>>51569741
Just try and think about physics, momentum... Like if a character is striking with a cc weapon, have the other hand swinging back to insinuate that his body is twisting with the attack, stuff like that.

>SM
Although you've picked the most static army, kek.

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>>51569046
Not bad. I just painted a commissar too.

>>51567126
Barrel status: undrilled. Seriously Storm Bolters look the goofiest when left undrilled, the mold line going down the front doesn't help.

Nice power sword, though yeah the rest of the mini looks really flat.

>>51558321
looks really nice man, I like the addition you made of the chaos symbol. I think the brass kind of blends in too much with the gradient in the middle.

>>51558321
>warp time dilation causes anon to be stuck at christmas over a month later

>>51569797
that you fellow Hawaii bro? Your primer still coming out a bit rougher or is that from before?

>>51569843
Never had an incident as bad as last time. I just shake the hell out of the can and it seemed to solve the issue.

>>51569996
that's good., I was going to say I haven't had issues with my primer in the past few weeks.

>>51565361
Tomb Banshee, Cairn Wraith, Necromancer from the GW AoS line, Astropath from the 40K line.

>>51570185

Cairn Wraith and Tomb Banshee are perhaps the most moddable miniatures I've ever seen. I've seen a thousand variants of the Cairn Wraith as some kind of AdMech servitor, attendant, or automaton, and maybe half as many Tomb Banshees converted into everything imaginable.

>>51570216
Yeah, they're a staple of the Inq28 movement, along with the Lord of Plagues and more recently the Dominus.

>>51570257

How many models does Inq28 usually run per team? Also, how does AdMech do in Inq28?

Is it conceivable for me to run the completed Sydonian Dragoon servitor-horse conversion as a miniature with rules in it?

Can I superglue over primer, or will it fuck up the bond?

>>51570351

Maybe just scrape a little off both sides so it can form a better seal.

Will spraying primer over magnets weaken the connection at all?

Also, what's a good way to drill straight holes in irregular pieces? I want to magnetize my Tau Battlesuits but the place the weapons attach to the arm is very oddly shaped and there's no flat area to drill a hole

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a handful of scouts lost their heads when approached by 450 points of all-dark-angel deathwatch. One scout was even disarmed.

>>51570313
>How many models does Inq28 usually run per team?
Usually about 5ish.
>Also, how does AdMech do in Inq28?
AdMech is not a list or something. There is a techpriest and skitarii archtype in the Inquisitor rulebook, but you can play any character you can think of. It's a roleplaying game that needs a GM.
Inq28 can me a variety of things though, maybe you are interested in playing In the Emperor's Name, which his a mix of Inquisitor and Necromunda rules that evolved into In her Majesty's Name and is now a game with it's own miniature range.
>Is it conceivable for me to run the completed Sydonian Dragoon servitor-horse conversion as a miniature with rules in it?
In vanilla Inquisitor there were no rules for mounts or vehicles.

The spirit of the game is 'do whatever the hell you want', though.

>>51570351
>Can I superglue over primer, or will it fuck up the bond?
unless the primer is not real primer not really. Because superglue does not actually produce a chemical weld like plastic glue does it doesn't matter.

>>51570393
>Will spraying primer over magnets weaken the connection at all?
Unless you use ferropaint no. The magnetic field will not be affected by paint.
>>51570393
>Also, what's a good way to drill straight holes in irregular pieces? I want to magnetize my Tau Battlesuits but the place the weapons attach to the arm is very oddly shaped and there's no flat area to drill a hole
You use a needle or something like that to mark where you want the hole. Then use the guide to drill. That way you prevent slippage.

>>51570433
Well it's more like an irregular hole. Since I'm superautism about things and the weapons are supposed to be ambidextrous, I'm drilling straight through them (they're pretty thin) setting a magnet in the middle and putting a raised magnet on each arm. (the extent of how raised it is is dependent on how recessed the weapon magnet ends up being) I might have to slap some green stuff in the weird L-shaped holes in the arms to get it to sit properly

This will be my first attempt at magnetising anything. Hell the extent of my modeling experience is building 10 Firewarriors and painting four of them. Going to be making the battlesuits dead last because I like them the most. Going to practice magnetising on the missile pod and maybe the drones. I'm just trying to think things through now while I'm doing simpler things

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>>51557706

I'm converting the Slaughterpriest from the Silver Tower expansion (pic related obviously) to have a Pyramid Head head.

Question: Should I keep the ax, or should I convert that to look like he's holding a big ass knife 2 handed?

If anyone's interested, here's why: I'm not looking to go all out in a big fancy conversion (although making a Pyramid Head head out of plasticard is gonna take some doing), me and some friends just went in on Silver Tower together today and we're each just doing something to make our heroes a little special. My buddy is making his Knight Venator to look like that blind archer from the Dark Souls expansion.

>>51558037
What's the all white to the left middle row?
Emperors child or ultramarine?

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Daemon Prince progress. Decided to go simple with the head, tried to do an uglier version of Morla from the never ending story with a bonus proboscis because I wanted him to look old and wise as well as gross. Pretty happy with it.

Couple of touch ups here and there but otherwise he is finished.

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>>51570313
Inq28 is a 'narrative driven collaborative storytelling game' for want of a better explanation, you don't really have armies and factions and units, just characters.

As long as you come up with a cool backstory for whatever models you're using, people should be very happy to let you run it. Pic related is a conversion somewhat similar to what you're doing, from the Inq28 board on theammobunker.

>>51565106
It's not often it happens but I think this is one case where someone's paint job is actually being held back by their choice of paint. The metals are really lumpy/glittery and I don't think that's your fault but just from your choice of gold paint.

>>51570603
Make a compromise, turn the axe blade upside down and make a voulge.

>>51559999
Is that true for the Retributor Armor spray as well? A friend picked that spray up, but it looks a little more like gold than the brass color from the pot. We weren't sure what to make of it.

>>51570638
I think the one right above is the ultramarine from the greekish crest.

>>51570809
I'm pretty sure retributory has to go over a standard primer as well. you can apply it as a basecoat however.

>>51567194
you could add a little acrylic medium to it, that should thicken it a little bit.
Not the stuff from Vallejo or GW, but from a craft brand like Golden or Schmincke.
That tends to be fairly thick stuff.

>>51570646
i feel like the ugly head makes it looks more like a creature than an hq. it doesn't look intelligent to me. the tube mouth to me is a big detraction too.

>>51565155

I was planning to paint the roses white and wash and layer with pink

>>51565174

Sorry to hear that, bud.

>>51565271

Thanks!

>>51565317

Truth be told... I forgot, never mind!

>>51570744

I hate painting gold and I really dislike metallic paints, i've tried many over different lines and companies and I'm always frustrated by it.

In person, you can't really see the bumps caused by the Retributor gold spray, the shadows and the macro camera don't help etc... bah it's frustrating. Can't wait to finish painting her and her friends so I can go back to not painting gold...

Not sure if this is the right thread for this because I have not really been a /tg/ regular for like 6-7 years.

Back in the day I was interested in 40k and a friend who stopped playing gave me a Blood Angels army. Like 60 or so models ranging from marines to dreads.

So that is all cool since I am pretty sure its like two or three hundred plus dollars worth of models. Downside is his paintjobs are so attrocious I dont think I could show these to anyone without being embarrassed. Literally globbed on on some of the characters to the point you cant make our features of their face for example.

I have no experience with painting but would like to look into it. First order of business is how can I go about removing paint from these guys without destroying them and is there a way to do it en mass rather than working model by model?

Anyone got a good recipe for ginger hair?

>>51571301
removing paint from models is easy. The trick is choosing the right liquid to soak them in.

Whichever your choice, get an old toothbrush too. A new one will also suffice, but don't use it for brushing your teeth after.

>Rubbing Alcohol - 5 min
Easy to get and removes paint very fast, but will not remove primer.

>Simple Green - ???
This stuff sucks but some people swear by it. I left some models in it for months and it did very little to the paint.

>Super Clean - 24 hours
Removes everything. An ultrasonic cleaner cuts the time down to 30-60 minutes, rather than 24 hours. HOLY SHIT THIS STUFF CAUSES CHEMICAL BURNS PLEASE BE SAFE AND USE GLOVES. Buy it in the automotive section of your hardware store.

>>51571331
also pray your friend did not use enamel paints. Those will never come off.

>>51571301
You're going to have to scrub whatever method you choose, unless you're willing to invest in a very large ultrasonic cleaner. The fluid you use will depend on which country you're in, the following advice is for Brits, Americans may have to chime in if you're across the pond.

For metal models: Soak models in nail polish remover with acetone (check label), scrub with a toothbrush and water. Shouldn't need to soak for long, overnight is probably overkill.

For plastic models: Soak in brown dettol, scrub with toothbrush and methylated spirits - do not use water until you've removed all the paint as it will gunk up. You'll probably want to let the models soak for a few days.

It's fairly time-consuming and smelly, so I'd advise wearing a mask for the fumes and some gloves so you don't dry out the skin on your hands.

I have seen some very glowing reviews of a product called Biostrip, but I haven't tried it myself so I can't recommend it.

Basically, buy yourself some cheapo plastic tubs and toothbrushes, some cheap nail polish remover (supermarket own brand will do) and some dettol and meths and then start soaking.

>>51569785
Have you never looked at the legs on a horse or goat or dog or literally almost anything? Muscular up top, all bone and tendon at the bottom.
Nothing wrong with its legs

>>51571331
>>51571339
>>51571342

Thanks for advice!

Ultrasonic cleaner option actually looks pretty great after some googling. Will be looking into this a bit more.

>>51571459
Analysis aside, the plastic daemon prince kit looks awful.

>>51571502
ultrasonic cleaners are great, but they have a few caveats

cheap ones will be too small to fit tanks.

big ones can get really expensive

don't crowd the basket. It works best with it doesn't have too many models in it at once.

it shuts itself off automatically after 3 minutes, so you need to push the button again. Easy to do if you have it near your painting station and are painting something else while you strip

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Found this sick pro painted space wolf terminator on eBay for just 20$ what do?

>>51561029
>>51561046
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV472RktExA

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How would I go about dry brushing a black model?

I want to dry brush the armor of some Death Company so I don't spend forever just edge highlighting them with a normal layer paint. Should I use a silver (Necron Compound) or a grey (Dawnstone)?

>>51571623

If that's yours, then you are drybrushing incorrectly.

you should not be dry brushing flat panels, or they look like your picture there... just dry brush to catch the very edge of the corner / or edge of the area you're painting.

but don't use silver, use grey or very dark blue

>>51571536
Be thankful it's metal.

>>51563008
How did you make that yellow/gold ?

>>51570646
I like it! Reminds me a bit of "The Fly", in all the best of ways!

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I recently broke my airbrush nozzle while cleaning it, like a fucking retard, so while I wait for the replacement nozzle and needle to arrive, I got bored and took some "cinematic shots" of my /armyinprogress/.

Hope you guys like the photos.

>it's deliberately blurry for maximum bokeh, see /p/.

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>>51571977
Resized the rest, didn't realise how large the files were.

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>>51572009
Annoyingly, these photos were taken with a DLSR, and they've come out grainy as fuck....

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>>51572020
Sneaky devilfish in the blurry forest....

>>51572032
can i get some wider shots of the terrain? i like the board

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>>51572032
>oh fuck I left the oven on

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>>51572037
Here's a top down view, but unfortunately there isn't much on the rest of the board. This is a lot of my terrain packed into one place!

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>>51572080
One more for the road. Grainy drone.

>>51572080
ah, nice anyway. i really need to get more trees. i cant find good cheap ones anywherethough.

>>51572111
The ones surrounding the devilfish I made with some green fluff from the modelstore, glued onto paperclips wrapped in masking tape. The stick trees are literally just twigs off an aesthetic tree near my house. The storebought ones there are the pine trees.

You can probably make a whole heap on the cheap if you spend some time making branches and then go nuts with the glue and flock....

>>51572110
The pattern looks alright but I'm not really a fan. It doesn't seem to fit onto the devilfish.

>>51572166
Yeah I've found people on /tg/ don't really like this scheme much. Most people seem to hate the green - it's a bit overdone.

This is my "babby's first airbrush" army. It exists purely to practice airbrushing skills! Very little on these models are done by brush.

Also I realised why the photos are so grainy - I fucked up and had the ISO set too high...I left it on auto.

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Some guy was giving this away for 5 $ os i took it
Need hard clean

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Just speed painted up this plastic contemptor today. I wish there was some better surface area for transfers. He's looking a bit bland so far. Ideas?

>>51571522
Mine can be set to go for up to an hour.

>>51572044
>>51572032
I think brightening the green closer to the ligthsource would make that glow look a lot better anon.

>>51572249
Drill your barrels. And crop+resize your pics.

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>>51572316
Yeah I tried that on my commander a bit.

I went and took more autistic photos, fixed the grainy issue.

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>>51572353
One more and I'll stop.

Here's my missileside.

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>>51572191
I think it's impressive if you don't know how it's done. But I've seen a hundred airbrush stencil armies and since the first it's looked pretty poor.

Add in the simple attempt at OSL with the green lights: look at it and tell me it looks "realistic" at all: it is just like the pattern. It looks fake and makes it look like a toy. People in /wip/ can dislike it: we spend lots of time and love painting our models so seeing something like this hurts me.

Airbrush is best used in moderation for certain techniques, not as a replacement for a normal brush in all instances.

>>51572353
>>51572365
Looks like random splotches of green rather then lights, especially at the vents. They would look much nicer without it.

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>>51572407
Again, nothing here is an attempt at realism. I understand all of what you've said, but that is not the point of the scheme. It's meant to look "tableworthy" in the shortest time possible.

>People in /wip/ can dislike it: we spend lots of time and love painting our models so seeing something like this hurts me.
>Airbrush is best used in moderation for certain techniques, not as a replacement for a normal brush in all instances.
Don't get all upitty. I am aware. I stated in my posts above that the whole army was designed to be airbrush heavy to practice airbrushing - I've just started with it.

Here's an example of some model's I've painted with both airbrush and brush, before you get all
>implying
That I don't pour time and love into my models.

>>51572353
I think it's the right track, but you would need to do the actual lightsource brighter as well, the white you did on the lens is a start, but it'd be better to sort of blend it down. Then I think you'd need to edge highlight those near the source with a near bright color. The key would be making sure that none of your OSL is as bright as the light source itself. As it stands, it just looks like a splotch of the same color. I think you said you were trying to get these out for a game session, but I think if you're looking to improve them in the future, the OSL is what you should focus on.

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>>51572533
>implying

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>>51571977
>6.6MiB
>6000x4000

I can zoom in so far that I see you missed a spot.

>>51572110
it's funny how they look camouflaged yet have bright green lights streaming out of every orifice. Not sure it'd be the stealthiest concept.

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>>51572551
LOL yeah, you'll notice I resized the later photos.

Lots of spots will be missed on those models, they're my quick spray and pray army.

Interestingly, I started them with not much love for the Tau - I usually fucking hate Tau. I got rekt by an optimized stealth cadre and decided I wanted to get one for myself. So the whole scheme was meant to be lazy and quick.

But I am slowly growing to love the army and it's becoming one of my favorites.

One more pic because why the hell not?

>>51572568
The green really does look awful honestly.

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>>51571065
Yeah I've sort of been thinking the same about the proboscis. I won't be painting it for a while so I'll have a think. May just cut it off and give him a similar grin to my Great Unclean One (pic related).

>>51571952
Thanks.

>>51572249
Drill your barrels
Recess wash where the power fist arm meets the shoulder
The gold is flat and boring, maybe some brighter highlights
Fists decal on the AC shoulder
skull decal on his left knee
Maybe make the rivets metal
The metal on his leg joints need highlights
Where the cowl (or whatever it is) meets the body a recess wash.
Wash around the metal rings and/or paint them as optics
But most importantly: DRILL YOUR BARRELS

Also, idk, but I'm not super hyped about the New Delhi style base.

>>51572249
I reckon that looks wicked, nice and clean.

I think you should drill out the barrels a bit, add some black gunpowder flash around them, and add some text to the paper - that'd probably be enough for the model.

The base needs a drybrush. Maybe add some bushes as well.

Otherwise top work so far.

I want to drill out the barrels of my Crisis Suit's burst cannons but I don't have a bit small enough. Does anyone have experience with them here and know what a good size would be?

Anyone ever just have a shit can of GW primer?

I sprayed some resin and it went on really badly, I just assumed I hadn't washed it enough and there was some of the release fluid on there still

Just went to spray some marines and it came out fucking horrible. Really watery and thin and some of the models have got bubbles on. I shook it shitloads before I used it obviously, and this isn't exactly my first time - never had this before.

Any experiences?

>>51572831
Take pictures, look if you've still got the receipt and then contact GW customer support. More likely than not they'll replace everything the primer fucked up.

>>51572831
Don't buy GW sprays.

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Working on the two geminae to go with Celestine, ready for next week hopefully.

>>51572914
Looks great. Goth Celestine?

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neat pic from some commission painter i found through a buy/sell group

>>51570809
if you do not shake RA enough, the red and gold do not mix properly, making it pale gold.

>>51572831

Actually my GW sprays have been good. Got an AP white spray that made everything look furry, which sucked.

>>51572914
love this dude, excellent white/greys

>>51572655
Oh, I remember that smile!

have you painted him yet?

>>51572914
Holy shit, you made her look way cooler than the studio color choices.

>>51572914
>sanctioned imperial daemonhost/10

>>51572229
You can easily earn at least 10x times that if you strip and resell separately.

>>51572914
>"Cadia falls, and we with it, sisters. Embrace it, for we are truly one with the warp, now"

>>51572972
...is that a fucking drilll?

>>51572044
>That left hand
I hurts just watching, are Tau more flexible than us?

>>51573083
Nope, waiting on some paints to arrive. Should get started really with priming and the parts I can get on with.

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any feedback on my wip? Not sure what to do for a right arm on the fatty in the back. I just have regular spare gun holding arms :(

These are old models i salvaged and stripped. Not the best

>>51565395
That is a fucking awesome Idea, why didn't I think of that?!?

>>51572914
Looks great, but I can't help but feel like the dark lipstick is too much of a contrast. Makes her look like she is wearing clown makeup.

God there are some real cunts in /wip/. Why not try to build your fellow man up rather than break him down? There's constructive criticism and then there's being a cunt.

There's some top tier painting itt being called shit for the most minor stuff.

>>51573736
I like it. Helmets should be more corrupted imo. Otherwise amazing sculpting!

>>51574195
People should know that if those are the only things others find fault in then the rest must be great.

>>51573736

HALT!

The biggest problem I see with Deathguard minis is TOO much greenstuff "corruption" the model is drowned in blobby pockness.

Keep it simple, and less is more.

>>51574219
>amazing sculpting
Oh anon, stop it!
Used these tips and it went really well. Didnt have the pointy tool so i used a nail. https://www.miniwargaming.com/content/KmaetrCVP0zm

I considered buying heads and depending on how much i enjoy painting these 6 i will get some for the next set.

>>51574464
I think its not too much, not more then 33%. Guy in the back, far left, is the most corrupt. I did the shoulder pads, bodies, and backpacks separately so it was a tat difficult to feel how corrupt things were becoming. Will follow your advice and apply a regular arm on the fatty in the back instead of a tentacle.

I also agree.. often its too much. Especially really thick guts made from greenstuff.

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Alright, the shitty casts and ancient models aside, I think they came out pretty well!
Didn't make an effort to make these "top of the line" as the models are so damn old and of questionable quality. So yea, I never bothered with scraping, filling and fixing these guys up to the best of my ability, I just had a fun time painting.

Does it matter which kind of Imperial Knight I buy or do they all have the same sprues with all possible options available, like Skitarii Vanguard amd Rangers counting as different units online but having the sprues for both?

>>51572568
i personally think your army looks cool as shit
sure the osl can be a bit better but i really like how the green and the blue work together, also the hex pattern looks p dope

What should I use on my model if I'm running goredrinker?

>>51571887
Armypainter greedy gold, then purple wash, then highlight with greedy gold mixed with some silver.

New thread:
>>51574994

>>51574195
Seek help, faggot.

>>51572110
>>51572080
>>51572044
>>51572032
>>51572020
>>51572009
>>51571977

So the paint jobs are really good, but every single one of your spots with OSL is missing the S. There's no visible source for any of them and so it just kinda looks like green splotches.