WIP / Work in progress general

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Kicking it off with this one, nearly done with it, needs couple more detail and cleanup passes, maybe even some rust and stuff.

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Conversion for my Blood Bowl Team.

>>52028712
I like that dirty but well executed painting style. Something I allways thrive to achieve but never managed to get so far.

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Progressing with my mars basing for my imperial fists and custodes

Need to scratchbuild 2 of each Airbursting Fragmentation PRojectors and Cyclic Ion Blasters for my Commander.

For the blaster I was thinking using the Pathfinder Ion Rifle barrel stuck to a custom housing while the frag was going to be essentially a fancy-looking grenade launcher. Any of you ever built these?

I feel like this questions gets asked atleast once per Week but what is a decent Airbrush setup to begin with? Preferably one that is easy to clean.

Am i supposed to wear a mask/ spray in a separate room when airbrushing or is it fine to do it in your normal hobbyroom with decent ventilation?

>>52028712
how do you get it to look so dirty but good at the same time?

>>52028836
>>52029126
Thanks! Its a lot of washes and glazes, carefully layering transitions etc. I also dont try to make edge highlighting too smooth and straight, but give it some flow to indicate dents and damage.

>>52028712
how long did all those fucking rivets take jesus

>>52029173
uhhh, forever, i kinda like that part of the painting cos details are interesting.

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Sunlight's a bit janky today, but I'm calling this done.

>pre-order the primarch, or pull the trigger on a unit of blood-warriors-turned-crusader bodyguards
decisions

>>52029551
damn this looks great!

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>>52029551
Shit, I didn't expect you to finish yours so fast. I haven't even cleaned the mold lines off of mine yet, let alone primed 'er.
Feels bad, but she looks great anon. Feel proud man.

>>52029732
>>52029551
Are these offbrand SoB? They look super good.

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>>52029732
I love that you gave me the idea, but I hate you for making me spend $50 on a helmet. I was totally ready to suspend my "everyone gets a helmet" mandate for the inquisitor until I saw that first headswap.

>>52029808
It's inquisitor greyfax with a headswap. His uses the plastic immolator's gunner, mine uses the russian """war maidens""""

>>52029808
Inq Grayfax + helmet from Immolator sprue. It sez right there in the second pic.

>>52029845
(okay I guess the first one is technically semi-offbrand as revealed, but still)

>>52029841
>I hate you for making me spend $50
Man, are those Grishnak models going for that much? I was thinking about picking up a few of those girlies. How many you get for that price? They look amazingly detailed. Only thing I'm wary about is them looking too good compared to any new plastic sisters GW might put out.

Also, could be worse. I bought $80 dollars worth of Immolators and got two helmets from the whole deal, both with some pretty noticeable mold slippage.

>>52029953
> How many you get for that price?
nah, it's just canuckbux being shit

It was the one set of five sisters for.. 2080 RUB. Set's got six helmets in it, technically, but he threw an extra in because of some (fixable) damage on one cast.

Wouldn't make an army of them simply because I hate monopose armies, but they'll be a fun little side project.

Can I use isopropyl alcohol to thin acrylic paints?

>>52030208
you can
and/or flow improver+retarder

With isopropyl you have to be careful of the fumes, though. Google some tutorials and guides online, but to me it just feels like busywork over using water.

>>52029953

Not that guy but I paid 28 USD for five.

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How do I fix paint that's chipped off a metal model? Do I need to basecoat the exposed area then go over it with the colour, or just paint the colour straight onto the metal and hope no-one notices? There's a few small chipped areas on the front, but bigger ones on the back.

I really need to get a proper carry case rather than just using tupperware bawkses...

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>>52030409
Here's the back. Also, how do effects/drybrushing work when fixing? Seems like I'm going to have one double-drybrushed area around the repair, which might look really janky. Halp pls?

>>52030450
You varnish your minis

>>52029551
damm dude, that looks nice as fuck!

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Do you think I can achieve the same colors using this :

brown feathers : Dryad bark, agrax earthshade, mournfang brown, zandri dust

white feathers : Zandri dust, agrax, Ushabti bone, skull white

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Finished a land raider the other day

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>>52028689
What does tg think of my magnatized predator / rhino?

Trying airbrush highlights on a vehicle for he first time, no liquid shade yet

(Just realized i missed the top of the left light

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Just got home from work, poured a big glass of rum and coke and now it's time to carry on with this turd

>>52028712
Nice Sd.Kfz. 251, really good job mate!

Anyone got a reccomendation of what magnets to use for minis, preferably to buy in bulk.
I don't mind waiting, thanks in advance.

>>52031420
I'm using the AoS 20mm and I meant from where, not what to buy because I'm an autist.

>>52031420
Dont remember brand by i use 1/8 wide by 1/32 deep for small vehicle parts and infantry

>>52031355
wow dude you drink alcohol! so cool! Now you can validate your monthly purchases of overpriced toys for teenagers, I'm so jealous.

do you also have children, a wife and other grown-up accessories that grown-ups have??

>>52031488
did you forget to take your pills tonight johnny?

>>52031488
The only person making a big deal of it here is you.

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>>52031488
>when your trying to be snarky but you just end up looking like an edgy fag

>>52030476
Why thankyou, captain hindsight. But seriously, does anyone know what to do in this situation? I play aspect-heavy, if that soothes anyone's conscience.

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A late wip. The green stuff base finally found a model to wear! So I spent the day painting away this guy, loved the details and stuff on him! Great miniature in my opinion, I just hope I can do it justice.
Have some weathering left, and fixing some of the skin (have since the picture already made the blue part on the forehead, skin color instead)

c&c are welcome.

>>52031307
Awesome! Are the letters decals, frehand, or stencils?

>>52031488
oops, 'tism flare

>>52031550
I just turn chips in paint into battle damage

>>52031488
>trying to be cool
>on fucking /tg/

>>52031355
the fuck is that model supposed to be

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Valhallan-anon here, what do you think of this scheme for my vehicles?

>>52031563
What's the recipe for that sword? Got quite a few Mechanicus Ruststalkers and I kind of want to do green blades for them.

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>>52031647
The body of this

>>52031327
>What does tg think of my magnatized predator / rhino?
Looks pretty good anon. I can't even tell where the magnets are placed.

>>52031656
not mine btw

>>52031668
oh, I thought it was the front of some awesome cthulu-esque chaos monster. no such luck

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>>52031488

Who here isn't a grown up? Think you're mistaken a hobby for the item itself. Like looking at a coin collector going "oh yea, you think your rich just because you got all those coins huh?!?". Or shouting away at a stamp collector by going "Oh you send a lot of post cards do you?!? Think its cool to collect things you don't really use huh?".

My point being, you are looking at plastic (and sometimes resin and metal) model building and instantaneously relates them to a childish toy. In many regards the way most westerner reacts to a Manga for grown ups, its contents is irrelevant, its a comic and thus aimed at children. That its story is about mass murder, rape and grotesque demons has nothing to do with it.

Now Im not in denial here, I know full well I'm a nerd, or engaging a nerd hobby, but is that alone in your opinion enough to not have a life outside it? Say, have a family, full time job, "grown up" obligations and so on? Though I did start this hobby when I was about 13, Im now 35, is it not the way of life that you take on the adult role when you grow? Or should one become a kidult for the sake of the hobby?

>>52031708
>anon manages to cock slap a troll across the internet

>>52031657

Thanks, glad you liked it.
Its an old pot of scorpion green I found, mixed in with black. Started with a near black color, and then added bit by bit the green. I then went back to edge highlight with pure scorpion green, and then added some yellow to the mix, and finally pure yellow.

>>52031739

*My sides*

Fukken saved!

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Update on my Imperial priest conversion. What do you all think? Decided to go with a power weapon rather than the chain sword.

>>52031756
>scorpion green
OK, one quick google tells me that's analgous to Moot Green, so nice. I was wondering about that, although I'll have to do all six blades at once to keep them consistent. Thanks, anon.

>>52031783
he reminds me of Torquemada from 2000AD, which is a good thing

Thunderhammer's kind of obviously a thunderhammer, though.

>>52031821

Yeah, it is, but I work with the bits I have, and it's good enough for me. Besides, I like fucking huge hammers.

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>>52031488
This triggers the autist

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>>52031692
I did that for my Tzeentch, giant Screamer was the basic idea

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>>52031959
now I remember where I saw it

>>52031973
Well, there goes me thinking i was special
Not really, it's such an obvious idea and easy to do that I'm amazed it isn't done more

>>52031307
It's very well executed but the OSL on the treads spoils it for me. The lights aren't angled down enough for it to show on the treads like that and the rest of the paintjob doesn't support the brightness of the lights. It would be better just illuminating the light casing and a little below rather than spilling onto the tracks in my opinion.

Lovely yellow though and I really like the mud weathering.

>>52031821
BE PURE!

BE VIGILANT!

BEHAVE!

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>>52031672
Thanks, this is it fully magnatized now, all the magnets are in the inside or are covered by the gun or optical o top of he gun

>>52031582
forgeworld decals

How would I go about doing a cracked earth effect for bases? I have heard that cracking medium is used in soem cases, but I am not sure what to look at.

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So I'm stripping my chimeras. I need a good scheme that compilments my infantry.
Any ideas? I had the idea for >>52031656 but i seems rather lazy (drybrush metal, grey, off white and white) and looks messy.
I want something clean, neat, appealing to look at, and suited for the basing (Urban/Winter Warfare)

>>52032209
geedub makes cracking paint, it's something with mars in the name

>>52032264
why do you keep posting this?

are you trying to force a meme?

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These lads can pass for Horus Heresy lads, right?

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Reposting from my tumblr.
While I realize that Slambo is supposed to just be a remade retro figure, I found him to be lacking a little zazz. Here are some ideas that I’ve got going on - new axes since the originals look pretty dull, a new helmet and asymmetric horns, exhaust pipes, skulls and spikes, a servo skull as well as extra weapons and gubbins. Any suggestions?

>>52032344
eeeeeeeh

>>52032360
Are you making 40k or Warmachine? I can't say.

>>52032388
There anything about 'em that sets off red flags? The only bit with a Mark above 6 is the missile man's pointing arm; it's Mark 7.

Do you think they'd fit in with an Horus Heresy army comprised solely of Calth and Prospero models?

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>>52032344
Not really anon

The head and backpack yes, but mk4 and especially mk3 looks really dofferent than aquilla armor


Also while my predator is drying i finished a test model for prosecutors, thoughts?
1/2

>>52032416
40K, CSM/DM-themed army with lots of medieval imagery.

>>52032416
I think he's just aiming at the busiest mini possible. Dunno who of GW and PP hold that crown at the moment.

>>52032460
Excellent work and the blue colour blending looks great!

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>>52032460
2/2

>>52032360
I'd avoid anything distinctly 40k/sci-fi

>>52032344
>mk4 with salvaged mk5 chest and gauntlets
>mk6 with mk4 power pack and gauntlets
the excess of parchement is a little out of place in 30k, but otherwise there's nothing really wrong with them

if you're doing BA, you might as well use moulded on pads, though

>>52032450
It'll stick out to lore autists like me, but in general, it's not too overt, so it wont look too out of plae among Calth

>>52032316
What? I just want to repaint my chimera and want ideas?
This guy is the only guy I have on my computer and I dont want to take a pic.
Dont assume everything is a meme, I have an obvious question.

I'm not quite sure if this is on-topic enough, but I'm looking to drywash a nerf blaster to add some detail to contour/panel lines and whatnot. Would I have to do any special prep to the blaster surface, or can I just apply wash straight away?

I want to paint a glowing white moon on a blue cloak?
The glow should be not a painted effect, but a real glow on the cloak.
I've read about OSL but I don't know how to proceed.

>>52032360
Just try to pose him like how he's laid out on the board, looking like he's frolicking with his axes.

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>>52032460
>>52032499
>Age of Smegar

>>52032209
Crackling medium is available from a range of suppliers, vallejo is one. GW do a range of texture paints but they're very expensive if you want to base an army with them.

For use, apply thickly on top of a coat of acrylic paint. The thicker the crackle coat, the bigger the cracks.

>>52032799
its fun
get over it.

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>>52032360
>>52032718

>>52032634
What material is the nerf blaster made from?

Those sorts of toys tend to be glossy so a wash would probably flow over it well, but you'll have trouble getting acrylic paints to stick to it. You'll need to seal it very well after you're done, or it will all chip off very quickly.

>>52032360

TOO MUCH. Swap the axes sure. Give him some chains and maybe a pistol. If you wanna change the head out why not. A spike with heads or two on the pauldrons maybe. But what they hell is with the random admech bits? Nien. Does not work, does not go with the rest of the model. Just give him a CSM backpack and call it a day.

>>52032832
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrP-30MmpvM

So rather than splurging on a shit ton of paints, how many would you say would be good for table top quality Eldar or Sylvaneth?

>>52032839
Some sort of glossy plastic with the occasional textured patch. Maybe I could just lightly sand the contours I want to be detailed?

>>52033072
easy for sylbaneth, i paint dryads using only 6 paints
khorne red for eyes
white for making paints lighter
dark brown
baneblade brown
ushbati bone
agrax earthshade

i just drybrush on layers of lighter and lighter brown for the bark

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>>52033115
Forgot pic

>>52032467
Well these were just prospects that I was mucking around with.
>>52032502
Nah, it's part of the idea I've got going.
>>52032718
I'll stick with the original post, but I might do a recast and have some fun.
>>52032840
Only the servo skull is from AdMech, the rest is Ork, CSM and SM stuff. I think I'll save the exhaust pipes for my Khorgorath conversion.
Thanks for reminding me about the backpack, I had forgotten about that!

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hey /wip/, I'm gonna be doing some scratch building and I'm going to use pic related. When it says 'well ventilated', what does it actually mean? I'd rather not do it outside, but if that's the only way to avoid adverse side effects...

>>52033222
>those digits

its just legal warning so you can not sue them if you huff it to get high

just open a window and dont huff it you will be good.

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Posted in the 40KG because I forget this exists so I'll be brief

HiTech Terrorizors, got more, used as Mutilators/Obliters (magnetized)

Have robes, dunno what colour to paint them.

Red seems obvious choice, but no other red in my army outside of blood so I feel it would stand out.

Can't think of any other colours that wouldn't look like trash with the rest of the scheme though.

What do you guys think?

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Hey Wip, got another question. I'm sorry for the terrible quality and lighting in the Pic, but it's good enough for my purposes. I just wanted to get opinions on the backpack. Do you think it works? proportions wise I mean.

>>52033307
black's an obvious choice

>>52028780
That skin is so clean, what's your method?

>>52033350

I can't believe black never crossed my mind. Especially seeing as it's a massive part of the colour scheme. Good idea. My only problem with black is that it's not going to provide much "pop" to the models, which with the dark gunmetal (and bronze I intend to throw on) I think they need so I'll have to think about it.

Any one have thoughts/advice on areas I can improve?

>>52028780
Meh the skin looks boring, bot enough hoghlight / shadowing in the face and arms, the pecx and abs look ok though

I usually do not line highlight but you must do some line highlights for faces

>>52033445
Do hazard line capes

>>52033445
Do hazard line capes

>>52033463
>>52033482

I'd be tempted if not for the fact I'd completely fuck them up if I tried. Almost did it with my praetor before pussing out and leveing it yellow.

>>52033373
It doesn't look any more complicated than Cadian fleshtone > Reikland Flesh shade > Cadian fleshtone

>>52033529
I need to get some cadian fleshtone. I feel like I can't do shit with Kislev Flesh, Fleshshade and Bugman's glow.

>>52033557
The fleshtone base upon the kislev flesh is applied

Bugman is unecessary just use cadian, reikland, cadian, then highlight with kislev

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Forgot to prime the other side of all the remaining pieces so I'm gonna do that now and either call it a night or build raptors, although I'd rather do that sat at workshop so I can talk to people while assembling 4 boxes of them

>>52033086
If you do that you'll wear off the paint that's already there and I imagine colour matching is a bitch to do one something like that. Honestly I'd recommend priming over the existing paintjob and redoing the whole thing yourself but you may not want that.

>>52033321
T H I C C
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>>52033857

Yes. And? Is that a problem? Any chance you could answer the question about the power pack?

>>52033877
The knobs on the end seem a little too large with regards to the rest of her. Don't you have a full recast of the normal sisters backpack?

Oh and also there's a fair few fingerprints visible on your greenstuff work, you might want to smooth those out.

>>52033911

Sadly no, I don't have any sisters packs to recast.

Can I use vallejo game paints for base coats?

>>52034305
The secret is that any paint can be used as a base coat. Higher-pigment base/foundation/extra opaque/whatever paints are fairly new, and we used standard paints to basecoat back in the 90's and early 00's (also 80's I suppose bu that was before I entered the hobby).

Is a Hellbrute head too Chaos for an Adeptus Mechanicus Archmagos? Split between using that or the Datasmith head with 1 lens.

>>52034679
Depends on the head and how converted it is imo.

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>>52034868

>>52034904
Oh my, that is an anrgy Archmagos. I love it.

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Still working on the Warlord and Reaver titan..
Need to redo the transfers and add some more and do some basic weathering.

SoB for Scale

>>52034904

I think it would be fine if you cleaned of the spikey bit on the forehead personally. I find that removing angular shapes makes things a lot less chaosy.

Does gw chaos black primer strip with purple power on plastic?

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>>52034904
I'd shave/file down the bits in red here. Make him look a little less chaos-y. Other than that, maybe stick a Crux Mechanicus on his forehead or something? He looks pretty good.

>>52034963
I've tried to use Super Clean to cut through GW Chaos Black spray and had no luck.

>>52034993
Not him, but his face /is/ the crux!

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>>52035019
>black and white chaos skull bisected vertically
Anon... you're sound awfully heretical even compared to heretics.

>>52034939
were did you get such small titans?

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>>52033850
Sorry, I should have added that I'd be painting the Modulus, which is just plain white plastic with only the light grey and green parts being paint.

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How does this look for corroded armor anons?

>>52036006
>mouldline
Looks pretty good, but might have pooled just a tad too much in a few areas, particularly around the knee on the right.

>>52036084
These are prospero plastics, you pointing that out makes me sad that I didn't purchase recasts honestly.

I washed them with nuln oil to bring the brightness down, I tried to do it a little unevenly to sort of promote a patchiness, do you think I should go back over the brighter areas with nuln oil?

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First attempt at kit bashing
Autocannon and heads are from the tempesus starter
The kneeling guy is supposed to have an ammo box in his hand but I have not found the bit yet

>>52036136
And why the hell is the pic upside down

>>52036136
is the 40k scene big in australia?

>>52031355

I like it. Looks good mayn, for some reason you triggered some spergs though. I recall you from the other thread, I dare say I reach that point of boredom/tiredness a lot quicker and just start painting like shit when I should just stop. Red looks nice and vibrant.

>>52036131
The metal itself looks great, I meant that the verdigris looked like it pooled a little too much, not the nuln oil.

>>52033321
Are the torso and the back recasts? noice
I think it looks good but for the fingerprints

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>>52036192
Here is the same model with nun oil reapplied to the joint.

The process:
Imperial Primer
Warplock bronze (With Magnus the red tint)
Heavily shade with nihalak oxide
Dry brush with Magnus the red
Dry brush with Sycorax Bronze
Wash with Nuln oil.

I'll be going with grey, purple or blue for the lenses.

I'm not a good painter, building up color from the initial highlight of the oxide makes it easier for me to control the effects without having to worry too much about going overboard with the drybrushing.

Thats the thought process.

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Update on predator

Still working on turret, but main body and seivel turrets are painted and shaded

Just need to touch up some details and the main body is good to good, also gotta do the tracks

Thoughts?

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Working on this. Still got stuff to do on it. No fucking idea what I'm doing when it comes to gems or skin. Bonus pube attached to the shield somehow.

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>>52036363
Different pic since this one was shotty

>>52036344
jesus. Sure bleached the fuck out of it under this white lamp light.

>>52036199

Yes the torso and pack are both recasts. How would you recommend getting rid of the fingerprints? I'm pretty new to this honestly.

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Alrighty.
Still completely unarmored, without Mechadendrites and sloppily propped up with putty and having a Taser Lance as placeholder for where his mace will be BUT this is what I have so far.

A charging pose with the legs only looks good if his torso is turned a bit, which would look weird since the head only looks forward, so I'll stick to having him stand on something. Feet will be the Killakan (?) clawed feet.

Planning to give him a robe or at least one around his waist when everything else is planned and assembled. No idea what to do with the top of his head, since that might look a bit boring as is.

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Got a bit more done today, chainmail will be green as will be shoulder rims, but right now it's batch painting and then cleaning up edges after that

>verdigris and hard water buildup inside my airbrush
FUCK

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Anyone got some conversion ideas for beast claw raiders I'm really drawing a blank on these guys with their size.

Best I've got so far is pain engine headswaps

Pic not very related but I'm proud of it.

>>52037019
My eyes were immediatly drawn to the uncleaned mold line of the left side

>>52036966
That's why you pay the buck for distilled, genius.

>>52037143
I'm usually very strict about using distilled, but I think once I used tap water for cleaning

I've heard a lot of mixed stories about airbrushes and ultrasonic cleaners. Maybe with a Q-tip and some lime remover I can get it clean without hurting it

>>52036756
Use latex gloves
Smooth the greestuff with some sculpting tools like rubber tip brushes (what I use)

>>52037187
Hmm. Yeah, something like CLT might help. If you wanted to get really extreme, you could try naval jelly, but 1) that shit really stinks and 2) I have no idea what it does to chrome.

Just soak your airbrush in some vinegar if you have hard water buildup.

>>52031211
I don't know what the new GW names are since I don't use them. But looking at the picture I'm fairly confident the dark feathers are scorched brown and snakebite leather and the light feathers are graveyard earth, kommando khaki and bleached bone/white. So whatever they call those these days.

Also I don't think he used any washes. It just looks like really simple layering to me.

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>>52036916
Quick progress update before I hit the deck for the night.

Really like the armor pattern for the legs but the pose might be slightly static. Thinking of maybe having him flame in one direction while holding his mace in one hand at his other side to not have him stand around like he's just presenting his fancy stick.

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>>52028689
Hey /wip/ this is my 4th model ever and I'm very surprised as to him turning out so well.

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heres an update on my spaceniggas/ salamanders. the details and shit need cleaned up and a wash but the green highlights are almost done. Also, fuck you plebs, im not resizing shit

>>52037639
>not having BLACKED written on their armor
it's like you don't want to trigger /pol/

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>>52037589
Fuck it, might be spammy but that last pose bothered me so much that I went ahead and changed it accordingly.

Actual last update for now. I promise.

>>52037668
fuuuuuccckk i didnt even think of that

>>52037693

His torso looks kinda tilted. Incredibly awesome conversion.

>>52037668
Lets be real: EVERYTHING triggers /pol/.

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>>52037756
oh yea.
way more stuff then the left. i'm sure. haha
wew
good one.

>>52037710
Yeah, it's lopsided. Everything's just being held together by putty so far, apart from the torso in itself. Main concern is currently how to properly attach the arms and armor plate them up. Was thinking that shoulder flaps could be decent, as well as big armored "bracelets" to beef the lower arm up a notch.

And huge thanks for the compliment. When I started this guy I was planning to still be able to use him as a proxy for Cawl or an Ironstrider in non-unique character games.
Now this fucker's twice the size of a Kastelan robot and Cawl. Don't know exactly how tall Magnus or a Knight are but I feel like he can almost compete with that.

>>52037780
I feel like saying "X triggers /pol/" is a pretty reliable way to trigger /pol/ at this point.

>>52037616
Not bad for your fourth model! It looks like it's ready to be played. Although I'd recommend redoing the eyes. The left eye is basically a pink blob, and the right eye isn't in the center. Also the dark red you were using underneath has spilled over onto the face of the helmet. That's easy to neaten up with some blue.

I'm also seeing splotches where it looks like you've accidentally painted a painted a little bit of a wrong color. For example, look at the feet, which have brown from the basing. This is really easy to fix, you just neaten up with the color that's supposed to be there.

I'd also recommend you be very careful when you're highlighting. If you look at the knees, you can tell that the highlight color went on a little sloppy. You want to be paying the most attention when you're doing highlights and small details. This is where you REALLY want to have a very small detail brush.

Keep it up! You'll only get better from here.

>>52037816

I was actually here when you got started. I suggested the Ironstrider legs. I'll be honest I'm tempted to steal this for the large creature conversion contest at my shop

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Some little fuck-ups to address but pretty much done.

>>52036364
Cool

>>52029551
I have never had such a need to make a conversion.

Please tell me there's a cheap way to get the helmet.

>>52037849
Then I'll have to thank you for pushing the Ironstrider idea. Was reluctant at first because that'd mean having to crack down on my Ironstrider sprue and not have one to field but it's definitely worth it.

Feel free to use the idea for your own stuff, as long as it ends up looking good everything's game! But you better say that you got the design from some pictures you saw online, or else...!

So where do I buy Grishnak sisters? I need the Helmets, and maybe the packs.

>>52037909

No need for thanks mate, I just love the model. Sadly I don't think I'll be able to participate in that contest honestly. No money for it. Spending all my scratch on other projects at the moment.

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It was reccomended I post this here for advice, I have just applied my first shade and dont want to mess this tactical marine up.

I am a noob, and about to apply reikland flesh shade to it, are there any tips you recommend for that?

>>52037953
Dont get a ton on your brush, a good wash is about control. Wash the whole section all at once i.e. the helmet or the thigh. if you do a piece in 2 or more steps itll look like shit. if you get too much wash somewhere, wash and dry your brush and itll work like a sponge to take the excess off

>>52037953
put the models down when you take photos

apply shade to the whole area or it will leave a line

sometimes shade pools up in weird places. Keep an eye on it and if you see it happening tild the model or use your brush to redirect the shade

make sure the shade is fully dry (1+ hours) before moving on

>>52037953
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tUQsiv41Enw
Watch this
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A89Z5Ogu0Qc
And this
Also please be my gf

>>52037953
Just make sure to use that shade only where there's actual recesses. People often do it on flat surfaces and mess up perfectly fine paint because of it. Fix up any spots where it 'spilled' from the recesses with yellow afterwards to neaten things up.
Looks pretty good so far, especially considering how much of a pain yellow can be.

>>52037953
Thin the flesh shade. Also paint the model more neatly than your nails, kthx

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>>52038006
>emma giving the paint pot a good shake

>>52033222
If you're going to be doing extended work using any kind of solvent it's best practice to use a mask with a vapour filter. There's no reason to take risks with your health.

>>52037988
Ok, so I am a bit confused. Do you mean that I should or shouldnt try to do legs, torso, helmet all at once? Ive seen a couple that looked all greasy and I DONT want that.

>>52037993
Ok, I just couldn't get a good angle from there.
Im getting from context that I should do as much as I could in the wash as I can, ok I can try that.

Man I have to wait an hour? D:

>>52038006
That's actually the video I am following!

I will check out the first one though.
>also please be my gf
um..... hm.. no ty? D:

>>52038015
I really *really* want this to look good at least for a first model. I don't want..... this: https://1d4chan.org/wiki/THIN_YOUR_PAINTS#Gallery

>>52038046
>nails
I'll keep that in mind. You actually thin the shade? It's super watery. I will do it if that's really what you guys think, just seems like it will be pure water.

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>>52034904

Anyone know what sort of guitar wire is good for doing cables on a marine sized model?

>>52038096
>>52038096
Do like the whole helmet at once, or the whole thigh piece. Basically do 1 complete part of the mini at a time. Dont try and do it all at once. Id do head, torso, upper leg, lower leg, feet, arms, hands. not necessarily in that order, but thats how id break up the parts to do

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Hey fa/tg/uys, I'm back with another wolf.

>>52038121
looks really good for a retard

>>52036151
Because your phone saves metadata that mongolian basket weaving forums don't gaf about. Save it the right way up in an app after cropping a better photo.

Also moldlines, for the love of god, moldlines.

>>52038121

To be so dedicated to the way of troll that you waste good paint and minis is madness brother. Surely no amount of (you)s can make up for that which you have lost.

>>52038096
Yeah, yellow is really hard to keep nice and bright like your base coat, thinning out the wash until it's barely there helps. An entire army of yellow dudes makes me run screaming, though, so maybe I'm the noob?

>>52038115
Can do

>>52038096
I personslly never wait a full hour for my shades. Longest I had to wait was 30 minutes so far. The "one hour" thing is really just to make absolutely sure that it's completely dry no matter how deep the crevice.

I also never thinned down a shade/wash/glaze before. Makes them too watery to use with any precision in my eyes and doesn't give much benefit.

>>52038114
I usually use .023 wound nylon, all steel strings bend for no man.

>>52038155
also dont worry when you fuck it up, you can paint your base back over the shade, or strip it and try again. fuck ups are inevitable

>>52036364
Lots of contrast- good. This skin will look great at tabletop distance, your golds just need a silver highlight to match and obvious unfinished areas are obvious.

Consider that on muscle ridges like that, lit from above, the highest highlights will be right underneath one of the darkest recesses.

Unless you're trying to go for fatty tissues and muscle, in which case just grab a butt-ton of references and watch https://youtu.be/X9du3Mkw46Y

Eyes, a focal point, could also be more interesting, consider using the same colour as the gems/eyes on the shield.

>>52038172
sweet, anywhere in particular you get it from?

>>52037879
Nice tabletop standard, unless you're aiming for display there's not a lot to say other than that the rocks on their feet could be blended into the sand and rocks of their bases better. Like, a lot better. Try the zandri dust coloured sand texture paint, or just go back with your pva and sand.

>>52038164

I live in a fucking desert. I don't have to wait, I turn away to do the next mini and by the time I turn around shit is dry.

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Can anyone help me identify this tank model? I bought it second hand and have been using it as a Chimera/Leman Russ for my Genestealer Cult army. Wanted to know where it was originally from.

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Working on a warpsmith.

Thoughts for leg area?

>>52038306
Guitar wire mechanendrites.

>>52038306
you mean lack of leg area?

>>52028859
Lookin sharp, my dude.

So how do I into big Green Stuff robes and cloaks and how do I add holes for things that ripped through it?

I can barely even make a decent cloak for a normal Marine model and need a bigger one than that. My main problems are usually getting them to stay in shape, having them stick to the rest of the model, having a flat, fingerprint-less surface and getting either smooth or tattered rims.

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I really need to get better at pictures...

Anyway. While back an anon said the round protrusions on the pack looked too big, so I tried making another with those trimmed down a bit. Which looks better? Assuming you can see clearly to tell....

>>52029732
What arm/ hand you using for that there bolt pistol, champ?

>>52038395
Check the from the warp cloak and tabard tutorials (can't link because blog)

You need to lubricate your tools more, and possibly try different ratios of the blue and yellow.

>>52038395
Disposable or otherwise thin rubber gloves are good for sculpting greenstuff without leaving fingerprints. I punch little holes through it with my hobby knife after it's had a few hours to start drying.

>>52031307
Ugh I didn't wanna paint my lights but your osl looks hot hot hot.

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How's this?

>>52038515
It's definitely yellow.

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>>52038527
It's after shading with watered down fleshshade, it's really hard to see but irl it's easier. I don't want to over do it.

>>52038233

Yea. I'll fill in the gaps for the rocks and some of them need still need a drybrush.

Might check out the texture paint next time I'm in the store.

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>>52038096
Oh nice, you've already started.

Yeah just follow https://youtu.be/A89Z5Ogu0Qc like that other anon suggested and nothing will go wrong. Try and be neat and use that small brush to get reikland in the recesses.

By the way, when you get to highlighting, dorn yellow is real nice to edge with.

>>52038603
IS there a difference between highlighting and edging? I have screaming skull for one, and dorn yellow for the other.

>>52038515
I wouldn't worry too much about thinning the shade. You can hit the joints with it too.

And nah. You don't have to wait an hour unless you're getting a lot on. 10-15 is about right for recess washing only IMO. It helps to do a couple at once for speed (later when you've done your testmarine).

>>52038650
I shall name him testy.

>>52038641
Edge highlights are just highlights applied to sharp edges. Usually good to do with the side of your brush.

Screaming skull is actually about the same color, just a bit less yellow and more white so I'd keep it for the lightest areas you want to highlight.

Dorn yellow is specifically designed with edge highlighting in mind. Its a bit thinner than other paints and just handles well compared to a layer or base paint. You'll see when you try it.

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>mfw I examine my finished miniature

>>52038961
>mfw I examine my finished miniature

Are you referring to how a mini looks fine to the naked eye, but then looks like shit when you examine it up close at 10x size digitally?

>>52039020
the warp does some crazy shit

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How is this? arms to follow.

This is dorn yellow highlighting.

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>>52039121

>>52034904
Witnessed

>>52039121
your highlights are very thick, but they are mostly straight lines which is what matters
make sure to get the shade in all the recesses and not just on the torso/face, the crease between the knees and thighs really need it

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>>52038096

Emoticons are not allowed imbecile. Take them and get back to tumblr.

>>52037836
Man, I'm gonna be honest and say highlighting is my least favorite part of painting. I hate it, yet it helps the models so much.

>>52039408

This. Like, I can do them, but I'm already a slow painter and it takes so long to do them carefully and it's so easy to mess up.

The super thin ones aren't even noticeable unless you pick up a model.

>>52037904
>Please tell me there's a cheap way to get the helmet.
I don't think there is

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>>52039863
>>52037904


Well it's not the same, and it's probably not as good, but I was able to convert the head off of a Dark Eldar Scourge to something that's a pretty close facsimile with a little knife work. I think it looks pretty good myself. Sorry for the poor photo, I was just about to go to bed before I popped in for one last look at the thread.

>>52039360

There is literally nothing wrong with emoticons expressing a simple reaction response. No different from an image macro.

Please contribute and don't bully.

>>52034939
where church?

>>52034939
that sister is HUGE

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>finish the gold trim and the lower section's red robes
>realize that I've still got all the fiddly little metal bits left

fffffffffuuuuuuuuck

>>52038306
Looks just as good in person, keep it up!

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>>52031524
Don't bring be into this.

>>52032661
Pls help a painter out

>>52038233
>Nice tabletop standard
seriously? fuck off mate

>>52034939

Listen here, Kid.

Where the fuck do you buy them from

>>52037693

I think it looks wonderful.

It has no Magos vibe, flare or identity though.

It looks like a Chaos android.

But I think it looks wonderful.

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Where do I go next with my boats?

>>52041381
Take them to the vast, wide, deep ocean of simplegreen

>>52041483
real helpful, bro

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I'm starting with these frenchies for a commission. I don't like painting for other people, but I need money for a bike.

>>52037616

You are on the right way. Try to fix the blue on the metallic parts of the backpack and the breather and the metal paint on the right arm. Don't bother too much with the eyes right now, in a few minis, you should be able to fix them without much effort.

I will recommend you to try paint a less curvy model and start practicing the shades. It looks like you can become a great painter if you try it, good luck!

>>52031876
How is the Kraken?
I've always been intrigued by it.

>>52041261
I think that a robe will do a lot to make it look more like a Magos. Might even give him a hood for that. The "evil brutal look" I can just blame on the fluff, having him influenced by the Ork 'hive'mind.
Also needs a lot more Crux Mechanicus and robot tentacles. Only has his face and the small chest cog so far.

>>52038096
That's just rude.
He was perfectly polite.
Now you have to be his gf.

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Just finished up my first unit of putrid bloghtblokes

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And I'm just about to start on these ones

>>52041753

Nice and vibrant colors. I like them.

My only advice; next time, use sand paper on the bases before painting them. They look ugly being so raw on the border.

>>52038278

Looks like it might be from Ramshackle Games, can't name the specific model though. Check out their website?

Any decent guides on weathering starting with basics? Not an area I'm particularly strong.

>>52031876
I approve of your alcohol choice good sir. Only had the once but it was a very nice drink.Model looks good too.

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>>52037616

Something - specifically, the blue on the side exhaust ports - tells me that you glued the backpack on before painting. Because of the modular nature of their armour, Space Marines are special in that you can leave off so many of their parts, paint them separately, and have them look like they belong there when you glue it all back together. Arms, bolt guns, shoulder pauldrons, backpacks, and sometimes even the head can benefit from this tremendously.

>>52041609
They look good already. Is that Dark Sea Blue you're using as the shadow colour on their clothes? I just recently bought some of that because I really like the colour but haven't used it for anything yet.

>>52041753
Im not a fan of this style of painting, of just putting down a lot of washes

The armor doesnt look like armor and the brass bell needs some work too

>>52041196
Dude they arent amazing, they are about tabletop

Next time if you want to be more than tabletop be neater with he flesh and be neater with the eyes, i cant take the model seriously when every one of these yiffs has a lazy eye

>>52039121
Highlights are THICC. Apply them in multiple thin coats instead.

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Came 2nd place in the painting competition, thanks for the advice, lads.

>>52042308
Congrats man.

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Alright, Angry Magos Anon back again. Just got up and immediately started working again. Did a design for his backpack and mechadendrite harness. Also added some human arms to actually have it look like there's someone inside. Thoughts on the changes? Still have a bunch of extra cables and shit lying around in case it's not enough tentacles.

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>>52042414

>>52034939
where the hell did you get those from

>>52042272
I think just the ones on the toes are wide, really. Rest of the armor highlights seem fine, especially for a lowly tactical marine. The paint itself doesn't look thick to me.

>>52040426
balls man, that looks good

>>52042308
grats man

>>52042450
The highlights overall look chalky as white/yellow GW paints tend to do if you aren't doing multiple thin coats.
They're real unclean on the feet, shins, knees
The highlights on the helm could also especially benefit from more thinning.

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>>52042423

>>52041196
I say what I mean and I mean what I say, they're on the high end of tabletop and better than many armies out there, but I don't bullshit people by saying things are display or competition quality when they aren't.

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>>52042505

>>52042516
>posts on tg looking for critisism
>gets said critisism
>doesnt like it

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Just started this guy, first time painting a large unit. Be gentle, any tips?

>>52042516
Not him, but there's nothing wrong with being an asshole.
I'd rather have this general populated by nothing but sincere assholes, than have even 1 person kiss my ass over a sub-par paintjob.
The reason why me and so many others come here over so many other painting communities is the honesty. /WIP/ is not the hugbox you find everywhere else. If you want compliments, go elsewhere.

>>52042487
He's gonna get a huge caduceus/power mace. That thing is just a placeholder.

Also, it's supposed to be a customized Ironstrider frame built for combat so it technically is half a walker yes, even in the house rules I made for him he takes extra damage from Haywire because of it. Was trying to make it look more like a guy in a giant robot suit, as people previously (rightfully) pointed out that it just looks like a Dark Mechanicum mech and Cawl also has his own arms still sticking out.

Do agree on those whips looking chaos-y as fuck, will look into replacing them.

>>52042541
>>52042556

there was some really useful criticism in that post, very valid. Not sure why it needed the "tabletop standard comment" wasn't needed, wasn't helpful

I am not the painter in question, we should not baby people looking for feedback, but no need to barb the response either

>>52042548
Don't have any tips but the blue/green/yellow plates look great.

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>>52042308
>Came 2nd place in the painting competition

>>52042308

Cool.

What won?

>>52042597
>implying "tabletop standard" is an insult
They're on the upper end of what people usually bring but still not good enough to painting competitions or as display centerpieces.

Also, don't speak for another person when the painter himself agreed with the criticism and was absolutely fine with it.

>>52042308
Good job, anon. Looks absolutely radical.
Out of curiosity, what won first place?

>>52042548
>Be gentle, any tips?

I agree with >>52042597; the plates look pretty sharp. What I was thinking might benefit you is adding some flow improver (I see you have Citadel paints - try Lahmian Medium) to you paints when you're working on that blending. The paint will take longer to dry, allowing you to work in another colour while the first one is still wet.

>>52042263
>>52042541

I didn't post that. I responded with might fix the rocks. So.

>>52042548
Nice blending, but it looks, I dunno, too artificial? not very organic, dunno if I explain myself correctly

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>>52042634
>>52042647

This Saint Celestine, which is painted nicely, but weirdly enough there were items there better painted than my dude and (IMHO) Celestine here that didn't place.

>>52042308
Well, the mini is pretty awesome, I really like the different kinds of rust

>>52042682
Yea, yours would've got my vote over that.

>>52042696

Oh u

>>52042682
It looks pretty good but not really special. Doesn't look much better than most Celestine's I've seen so far. The whites are extremely good but other than that it's nothing out of the ordinary.

You should've won that, honestly.

>>52042682
>That mini won over yours
...imo yours should have won

>>52042707

Kind of you to say mate, just glad I was in the top 3 really!

>>52042682
Looks very clean and smooth but apart from that I don't see anything special

>>52042682
>>52042696
>>52042707
>>52042715
>>52042731

New model + nice model syndrome imo, how it got extra votes.

The Blightkings are my favourite GW kit of the last 5 + years. You'd have got my vote!
nigga

>>52042731
Maybe the judge(s) got taken in by the scroll work but I don't think looks that amazing either really.

>>52042647
>>52042541
Saying something is Tabletop top standard is basically calling someone retarded who's been doing this for a while. Tl
Tabletop standard is literally 3 colours and wash, the guys yiffs goes into like 3 step highlights and has nice blending
Seriously fuck off dude, it's not that he doesn't like your criticism it's that your criticism is shit.

>>52042925
Why the fuck are you even getting offended for another person you god damn shitposting moron?
Tabletop Standard is also not "3 colors and a wash", it's when a model looks good without any visible issues from a distance with nice, obvious highlights. That can be just absolute basic 3 colors or even a detailed highlighting and blending like he has, which will look great on the tabletop but still has issues when up close.

>>52042925
The guy who painted them fucking agreed with the guy who called them TTS, you mong. FOH

>>52042925
TTS is a dumb term that means anything below display quality and above shitty quality. It's ambiguous to the point of being a useless term but it's not an insult.

>>52028780
>>52029551

Tell me how you two do your whites oh magic spacemen of actual painting talent!

>>52043031
Yea. I think it's so nebulous a term and easy to be misconstrued at least as a bit of a back-handed compliment.

Does anyone know if the space Marines that come with the Kill Team box are specific to a chapter? Or are they just generic tactical marines?

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>>52042682
>which is painted nicely, but weirdly enough there were items there better painted than my dude and (IMHO) Celestine here that didn't place.

I can see the merchandise on the shelves in the background. This is a GW/Warhammer store, innit? So, the votes were by those in attendance, am I right? There can be all *sorts* of shenanigans going on when that happens. Here is the army that won gold at the 2016 AOP competition.

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>>52042597
The tabletop standard was part of me leaving the door open to giving critique that doesn't apply assuming they're gaming pieces.

>Nice tabletop standard, unless you're aiming for display there's not a lot to say

There's no point writing a giant post going into those sorts of nitpicks when people have armies to be painting, but I try to help with it if people want it.

>>52042964
>>52042978
Holy fuck just stop usingthe term table top standard. Use verbs or a fucking number system to rate a mdoel, TTS is ambiguous and makes you look like an asshat 90% of the time

>>52043195

wtf... I need pics of the other attendants m8

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>>52043219
>verbs

... adjectives?

>>52043195
That base looks like green spray painted plyboard. Holy cow.

What an awful model.

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How do I paint metal like this?

>>52043267
looks like grey with a metal drybrush

>>52043267
In general, a metallic paint with a black wash. The gun muzzle has a patch of brown wash. The helmet has metallic paint stippled onto it to give the impression that the paint has worn away in those areas.

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>>52043168
>Does anyone know if the space Marines that come with the Kill Team box are specific to a chapter? Or are they just generic tactical marines?

They are generic tactical marines - the same thing that you would get if you buy the current vanilla tac squad box: Sergeant, nine squadboyz, rokkit chukka, and one each of the four Space Marine special weapons. Pic related - they're the sprues.

They're a little less tactical than some previous models, though. The shoulder pauldrons are blank, meaning you could really stick 'em in anywhere bolter ladz would fit.

>>52042682
I mean, it's nice, but it could've been a lot better. Those wings look very flat, and are a mixed opportunity (just a small glaze towards the end of blue would really helped them stand out more, for instance). The metal looks alright, could use a few additional highlights. Doves looks flat, so does the face. The parchement is great though, and the base is pleasant.

Overall>>52042308
was better, with more colors blended together, a nice (if a bit large) background, good use of verdigris and rust. The only complaint from me would be that the teeth could've popped alittle more, but still - this should've won imo.

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>>52043238
>Know how to administer IV's, give proper amount of medicine to patients without killing someone, etc
>Still cant tell the difference between verbs and adjectives

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>>52043238
>... adjectives?

That was one Big UGLY BEAR!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkuuZEey_bs

>>52043267
First apply primer, then whatever color you want, never paint over metal first, always use primer.

>>52043294
Interesting, thanks! I'm trying to think of which chapter I want to paint them as. I like the white and red Tau that are on the box, so I think I'll stick with that. But the box has black marines (I think Ravenguard?) And I've never been a big fan of all-black units.

>>52043374
>never been a big fan of all-black units
Steer clear of Salamanders then

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>>52043224
>wtf... I need pics of the other attendants m8

Here... just have this one. These Dark Angels were from the army that won the bronze. It should give you an idea of what kind of models were passed over.

My point in >>52043195 is that the voting system for contests like these can easily be skewed by just a few extra people colluding and voting for a specific model. I don't find it unusual at all, as >>52042747 suggested, that the nice new shiny model probably garnered some extra votes simply because of what it was, but in our case, I think there was a little bit more going on.

>>52043428
What was the prize?

>>52043550
>What was the prize?

Just a resin medallion painted the appropriate colour (gold, silver, or bronze); there's no monetary value involved. You can see the "gold" one visible in >>52043195.

>>52043428
While the 'winner' is clearly a joke, these DAngels aren't too hot. Parts not painted, highlights an awful mess and overall pretty boring.

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Will these work for counts as stealth suits?

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>>52043796
They look way too much like standard infantry. If you can find a way to bulk them out a little bit,you could have them as some sort of remodeled XV15

>>52043796
they look like half assembled firewarriors to me, m8

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My wip fallen/30k dark Angels, finished this guy now applying that to the other 4 and got 30 marines to paint just the same

>>52043851
Any suggestions on how to do this without loosing the fire warrior look, since that was kind of what I was going for. My standard troops won't be carrying pulse carbines if that helps.

>>52043796
nothing to indicate power armour, nothing to indicate the jet pack

regular pants and fire warrior gear ain't going to give you a 3+ save, man

>>52044009
Like >>52044085 said, you need to indicate their equipment. Shoulderpads (Preferably NOT two FW ones, as that just looks ridiculous), something resembling a jetpack and heavier weapons would help a lot.

What are good colours to use for a Slaanesh Chaos Marine colour scheme (preferably in GW paint names)?

Going to paint my CSM Chosen from the Dark Vengeance starter set but want to paint it differently than red and since Slaanesh is best god I chose pink/purple.

I have Screamer Pink, Naggaroth Night, Emperor's Children and Fulgrim Pink currently. I was thinking a combination of Screamer, Emperor's Children and Fulgrim Pink (from base to highlights in that order).