WIP - Work In Progress General

>>53127204
Not really, but I thought I enjoy painting odd stuff. Some of the old 1987 Space Orks are really cool, high detail models. I own the Epicast Falcon Grav-Tank because it is so terrible (not the look, but the sculpting and casting quality... it's like the sculptor carver it out of soft cheese).

>>53130479
Describes one of the banners that was supplied with the older WFB skeletons regiment.... It was pewter though.

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finally finished my test model for brotherhood of darkness (obscure night lords subfaction from 4th edition CSM codex), shit phone cam but I got nothing else ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ also I've stripped this dude like 10 times by now with non-acetone nail polish remover so it's starting to fuck up the plastic, it's fine once or twice but more than that can get bad

now I'm trying to figure out what kind of base to go with, I'm thinking just GW texture paints with usual wash/drybrush but I'm open to ideas. would like to get something really special going for these guy's bases, but I can't think of anything unique but still simple enough that I don't have to use cork etc.

>>53143127
shit this pic makes me realize I should fix the plasma effect, it's kinda off on the right side

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>3 hours between posts
Jesus christ
Reposting

>>53142255
>worst minis to be released according to that other thread

wtf those possessed are nice except for the arms, are you high? have you seen some of the other GW monstrosities from the 80s/90s? hell those possessed would look okay today except for the goofy arms

>>53143328
Lol are you joking? they look horrid, they all need at the very least 25% of the model completely gone and replaced with other bits to look good. Though I will say that guy who posted them did a pretty wonderful job painting them, his don't look near as bad as the eavy metal (or whatever) GW ones they advertised on release.

>>53143475
the armor itself looks pretty solid, and some of the other bits like the devil guy's face doesn't look bad. it's mostly the arms and other doofy organic parts. the green guy's torso looks alright too.

>>53143127
>now I'm trying to figure out what kind of base to go with, I'm thinking just GW texture paints with usual wash/drybrush but I'm open to ideas. would like to get something really special going for these guy's bases, but I can't think of anything unique but still simple enough that I don't have to use cork etc.
I recently saw some pretty nice resin bases called 'ritual' by Dragon Forge Design I believe.
I think they were designed to pander to word bearers from the GW HH boardgame, but they would fit the whole runic theme really well.

You can of course cast some plaster plates, inscribe them with runes and them smash them to basing appropriate sizes too.

>>53143475
I feel like gw doesn't flatter it's own sculpts...kind if a lot.

The dark eldar hellions, csm, and AOs fyreslayers are pretty great looking kits but look like complete ass in their gallery.

So wip, I want to work with enamels. Can I start with an enamel base then do regular acrylics over that?

I've got the rest of the basics like ventilation etc.

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>>53143557
if you're talking about these, they're from wayland games. problem is they're 30mm, and rounded lip. I also checked out dragon forge designs, cool stuff there is well.

but I'm trying to keep it simple and get a squad done this week so I don't really want to go buying resin bases and waiting for delivery etc., I figure I just want to paint something on or use sand. I'm thinking GW armageddon dust texture paint most likely now.

does anybody know what that brownish color GW uses to paint their base rims is?

>>53143631
yeah sorry for the confusion.
They're Secret Weapon Miniatures
http://www.secretweaponminiatures.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=79_30_148
You can get them with beveled edge too though.
Wayland games is just a store, they don't actually make anything afaik.

Can't really help you with the colors, sorry.

>>53143846
>Wayland games is just a store

I feel like I knew that already but somehow didn't at the time. Thanks for that link though, those 25mm shattered ritual bases are indeed good. Might use them for my daemons, I'm planning on getting a daemon detachment going eventually so I could use those ritual bases for them to show they were summoned or whatever (even though night lords hate chaos and presumably daemons, I guess this could be one of brotherhood of darkness's differences from their legion, since there's not much fluff on them anyway so nothing contradicts it.)

>>53143919
>Night lords hate chaos

Is it possible to have a faction of Chaos Space Marines that despise chaos and want to subjugate it and steal its power without giving glory to any of the gods? Personal fluff making question in regards to a possible Chaos Space Marine Warband made up of marines obsessed with binding daemons to engines and weapons in order to control them for their own nefarious goals

>>53143982
>Is it possible to have a faction of Chaos Space Marines that despise chaos and want to subjugate it and steal its power without giving glory to any of the gods?
This more or less is Abbadon.
The guy has been crusading for hundreds of years and hasn't sprouted tentacles yet or became a demonprince.

>>53143982
There was already such a chapter. The Sons of Malice from the 3rd edition codex. Malice (aka Malal in fantasy) was the chaos god of anarchy and paradoxically anti-chaos (at least against the big four) but he got retconned due to some dispute with the creator who was working for GW at the time, iirc. I tried painting up a Sons of Malice warband but man that quartered black and white scheme is time consuming.

http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Sons_of_Malice

>That the Sons of Malice are known to only rarely be supported in battle by daemons is also considered relevant to their religious practices. It has been noted, however, that on those rare occasions that daemons have appeared alongside the Chapter, they appear to be of those types already documented by the Imperium (Bloodletters or Plaguebearers, etc.) but have been chastised or bound, and they often wear the distinctive black and white livery of the Sons.

Ive since done all the gems but mostly finished on the main body minus some highlights

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>>53144045
Pic would help

>>53144030
>>53144029
See that sounds awesome

Also I adore the Black Legion and was tempted to paint em up but I hate Abbaddons model and despise that GW haven't updated it. Is it possible to make a fluffy company of the black legion or is it impossible? I'm meaning more fluffy as in
>this particular company of the black legion is in this sector doing this under the command of Original the character, the captain of this company

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Posting my knight
Any tips for the gold?

>>53144103
A heavy wash of reikland flesh shade then layer to taste. Not sure if you want it bright or old

>>53144068
read the dang codex my dude, or at least wikis. black legion has a bunch of subfactions, with many of them headed by characters you could convert onto the tabletop. there are various black legion factions including one for each of the chaos gods (such as the Hounds of Abaddon, dedicated to khorne) and the oath broken, etc. you can very much make a fluffy black legion company equivalent.

>>53144068
You'll just have to do some research to find a date and a place where they fought.
If you are lucky you'll find a name too, otherwise just come up with something and say that your dude was the dude fighting there.

>>53144103

Did you intend for the deus vult to be mirrored?

I like how it looks. I am no knight expert but the head makes me think it's an adeuptus mechanicus aligned one.

>>53144113
I want bright and noble gold pls
>>53144171
It doesn't have a faceplate yet. It's gonna have one by tonight

>>53144171
The nameplate is so he can read it

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My Kriegers finally arrived! Can't wait to get started on these.

Are Riptides fine for painting fully assembled and based? I want to prime my stuff and play ASAP.

>>53144251
Don't contribute to the meme, anon. The riptide is a fun and easy model to paint.

It's...Beautiful. Whoever made the banner, well done

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>>53144068
> I hate Abbaddons model and despise that GW haven't updated it

Forge World has an alternative Abbadon model

>>53144789
Come here bro give me a hug

>>53144789
The HH Abbadon and Loken models are really quite bad, it's a shame because I'd probably have bought them otherwise. The rest of their Character series seems to have the same issue, there's something wrong with the proportions and faces.

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Another catachan done!
You guys have no idea how happy I am about being able to do okay flesh tones now.

>>53145429

Looks really good, the eyes and fleshtone especially.

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Here's a challenge for you /wip/
Post stuff that isn't from GW

>>53145429
GLISTENING ABS

>>53143143

Those faces are so shit

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>>53145838
Why have you been following me and shitposting about my models? You've done it for 4 threads across various topics.

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I haven't painted in a while, and the more I look at my eldar, the less happy I am with the colorscheme I chose for them. It just doesn't feel like it goes well together at all. I like the purple, crimson and green but I don't know if I can make this scheme work.

>>53144246
I'd love to try working with some actual forgeworld kits, but I'm 2poor and have to settle for shit from China.

>>53146301
The better China stuff is on par with FW on occasion, it's mainly the customer service that's not as good.

>>53146143
Your paint job is fine. It's a king of whimsicalIy amusing face but I think it's the sculpt more than your painting.

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>>53145838
>>53146143
Once more, it starts...

>>53144237
Liberator Gold
Liberator Gold + Stormhost Silver layer top half
soft drybrush of Stormhost on top

>>53146156
It's not like we didn't tell you that for about 5 threads straight, dude.

>>53146450
I cant start over given that I already have so many eldar painted with that scheme. I have to make it work.

>>53146156
Thanks, doc.

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Some Vostroyans I'm in the process of painting.
Just finished an Agrax wash, now its time for highlighting, details, and cleanup.

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>>53146755
Two more.
I love these models, and they are fun to paint (if also a little stressful) with all their ornate armor and weapons.

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Does anyone know how to get typhus corrosion out of clothes?

>>53146493
Dude, we have all told you so many times. Just because you want a different answer doesn't mean one exists.

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>>53146366

>>53147044
And I still can't start over. I need to make the scheme work otherwise my eldar will be worthless.

Bit of an odd one, but does anyone know how a Defiler compares to a Onager Dunecrawler size-wise? I'm picking up a Start Collecting Skitarii box for my dark mech Renegades & Heretics and I'm thinking of making a conversion.

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>>53147098
Have you tried covering up the parts you dont like with blood or typhus corrosion?

>>53147125
I do not worship the ruinous powers

>>53147140
Nonsense!

We all worship the ruinous powers

But only some of us realize it.

>>53147125
I recommend only using typhis corrosion as an accent. Too much and it looks like you just left your model in mud. I like when it's used with downward strokes to create the illusion of gravity, and Ryza Rust makes a good additional highlight.

>>53147261
You can also give an edge highlight of stormhost silver to make it look like its been rubbed against and the corrosion has been rubbed off.

>>53147261
>ruza rust

Gotta add that to my shopping list
Right after more water bottles

>>53147334
Just remember that Ryza Rust needs to be dry-brushed onto Typhus Corrosion to really achieve a realistic rust effect. And the Typhus Corrosion needs to be completely dry before using the Ryza Rust, too, because you don't want to accidentally brush off the pumice in the Typhus Corrosion.

>>53144246
Ugh. I have like 60 models i need to clean and prep

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>>53145752
Sure.

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>>53147752
Ignore that pesky Fritz.

Those damn Kriegers are like ants.

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>>53147802
I'm thinking about doing an FFL themed IG army. White kepis on IG bodies.

Maybe as human auxiliary to the Tau...

>>53147802
I see you StuGIV and Krieg. I myself StuGIV and Krieg. Patrician taste.

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modular gates

>>53145752
Totally not chaos knight next to a skitarii for scale. I tried a lot of new techniques on this guy but im not happy with the result.

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>>53148446
Fuck me.

>>53146769
Good work anon. I love all the no cadians models.

>>53141767
So I'm thinking of using some rock like this (turquoise?) with my Lizardmen/Seraphon. Any ideas of what I could do? I'm thinking either bases or as necklaces for the big dinos

>>53143143
DRILL

>>53141767
I don't know who keeps making those silly OP images but I like them.

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>>53149039
Sure just give me a sec, gotta drill this solid metal tube.

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>>53149004
These rocks, sorry

Need some paint brushes as good as citadel but doesn't cost my left nut, do these exist?

>>53149485
You gotta do what you gotta do, you know.

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I'm working on a unit of Nurgle Ogres and could use some suggestions/ideas on how to build the remaining three. With the exception of the champion I'll probably leave them relatively gift-free allthough I might add some boils to the right side of the musician's torso to make it more interesting. I want them to look heavily armoured so I would welcome any ideas regarding helmets etc.

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you don't need to paint faces if you collect Death Korps

>>53143512
Sadly, the arms are largely part of the sculpt... in the entire set, only 2 of the arms come off.... The rest are part of the torso sculpt.

>>53149964
Or if you just put helmets on all your models you big ole dork

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Test model for an IG army using Warlord's Russian models, C&C welcome

>>53150448
I'd suggest using Victoria Miniatures lasguns so that GW's hideous scaling doesn't make it so your troopers are using rifles that are taller than they are.

>>53150492
are FWs Elysian or Krieg guns also wacky scale? If not, I'll definitely give Victoria Minis a try

>>53150590
The Elysians are the closest thing to truescale but buying guns from FW gets very expensive, very quickly.

>>53148224
Excellent! Stugs are my favorite TD. Also painting up a panzer 3 for funsies.

Thinking of making my kriegers have DAK colors. Tan/yellow armor and green/light green jacket.

So I can play some weird world war 2 games with them as well.

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>>53148496
What techniques? Looks okay at a glance.
>>53148224
Still WIP on the stug.

>>53144030
Malal was an Order God, the opposite of a Chaos God, anon.

Anons, help me out a bit.

I've recently been going through a bit of a rough patch mentally and that, mixed with batch painting a buncha infantry coupled with my OCD, might have given me burnout.

I have 2 models left to convert (a kroot shaper and a ghostkeel) and I honestly don't feel like working on them at all. And I've done some fantastic progress, I managed to paint, to a good standard, like 1500 points of my entire army in about a month and a half. I used to paint 5 models A YEAR but come March some strange second wind took me and I went balls deep with the brush.

I just basecoated my last 9 infantry models and even though it's only been about a week and a half since I painted something, it felt like I'm not even there, like the act of painting was alien to me and I didn't know what I was doing and constantly fighting the urge to say "fuck it, I'll go do something else" for an hour and a half.

Help me. Some logical words to give me perspective or whatever, I want to actually finish my army. The final steps and then I don't have to do shit for about 2-3 months for my Thousand Sons.

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Started working on my little buddy

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I'm having so much fun with this.

>>53151979
If you don't put those last two models away then you'll drive yourself nuts having something lying around unfinished and the dull slog of hammering those last two models out is nothing compared to knowing you have to do them eventually anyway and not doing so despite the fact that you've got nothing stopping you.

Alright /wip/, my brushes have hit the limit.
What brand is the best and what's the best website to purchase the brushes from?

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>>53151979
What'll be worse: ponying up and finishign those last couple guys, or seeing every other model on the shelf painted except for maybe a dozen dudes

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>>53152096
>blue skitarii
I see horizons of magic fire,
Rainbow red and growing higher.

Can't you hear it, everything screaming at you (at you)?
Hey can't you feel it, the whole planet singing the blues?

Red Planet Blues

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>>53141767
Just about finished 'alf dead Jack, dnd character in an upcoming campaign. He probably won't live past the third session, but there's hoping.

>>53150820
Did preshading with airbrush, but is totally invisible now. The shitty transitions on the spikes are from trying glazing with washes instead of actual glazes, and the weapon is literally bathed in typus corrosion.

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Seeing this is the slowest /wip/ in a while im going to post some of the shit im working on at the moment.

>>53152063
Im mad I never thought of doing that

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>>53152449
Almost done, dont know if I should do brighter highlights.

>>53146156

so the problem is that you have two colours that are very similar to one another so everything looks 2D.

You need to break up the flat surfaces with either how GW did it back in the past with entwined thorned vines in lets say a black or dark green. Or you can go with some eldar runes supersized to draw the eye to the rune as opposed to the purple/pink. The curves and geometry of the runes go really well with the shape of the Falcon itself. Which is why most people do that.

On some of the gemstones/oval lumps I would recommend a silver as a spot colour to break it up even more and to give the feeling of something more mechanical than just a floating pastel with guns.

A third option is to paint the panels on the front part of the falcon a black or blend a dark green in. Then alternate and paint every other panel on the falcon the same way. This could be even done with a pink but then you risk making the falcon look like a barbie toy. with guns.

Hope this helps.

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>>53152449
Some cheap smoke markers.

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>>53152484
Other side.

>>53149964

faces are the best part you daft prick.

>>53152449
now that looks really great

spent 4 hours scrubadubbing some miniatures I left in stripper overnight.

Now the fumes have knocked me out. Goodnight /wip/.

The steel legion is now almost assembled on the parade ground. Soon glorious batch painting will begin!


>>53152605

Shame you failed to drill the barrels straight. I really like the rest of it!

>>53150851
no. he wasn't.
He originated in the comics for Kaleb Daark, who was a chaos champion of Malal.
Malal is the aspect of chaos that turns upon itself.

Does anyone know of any good YouTube channels for more advanced painting techniques?

I recently discovered the Painting Buddha and while they're amazing they're not very active atm.

>>53146301
Id like to buy a Chinese knock off kit just to try, where can I find some?

>>53152736
People don't like sharing their email addresses, but you can try dhgate or aliexpress on a weekend.

>>53152765
Perfect, thanks for the places to start!

>>53152079
>>53152096
Thanks guys, I know you're right. Ideally I'd find some drive to make them and enjoy it but if I keep putting it off, I'll have 80% of a nice fully painted army and a few black centerpiece models.

Honestly maybe I fucked up by not treating myself to a special character once in a while. No batch painting, just sitting down and painting one special guy to the best of my abilities. Take it real nice and slow, y'know?

I was going to finish these infantry models before I do them, but fuck it, I'll do those for now. Thank you, it helped!

What's a quick and easy way to do glow effects for eyes?

>>53144943
Aside from abby, I don't think theres a model that looks derpy to me.

Wish I had a second rowboat head from FW to put on the plastic incarnation.

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Made a castellan for Hammerhal

>>53152889
Can you spoil the book for me? I know the sorcerer is slaaneshi, does it give any more info on slaanesh?

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Waiting for the varnish coat to dry before I move to panel lines on the triplets.

>>53152933
No info at all except the fact that the sorceres believes that Slaanesh is sleeping. Sorcerer's plan is to wake Slaanesh by committing a huge atrocity (basically a terrorist act involving lots of lava). This plan is foiled by the heroes, and that's the end of the story.

>>53152976
Thanks. What a cocktease.

Also your dood is painted really well. Good job.

>>53152605
love this, but yeah, those off center barrels bug me. i would encourage you to try and fix them.

>>53152063
I just thought to do this today, but you beat me to the punch!
I love it, anon. Good stuff.

>>53152017
Head fits there really good. Where is it from?

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I just bought dungeon saga.
Considering leaving the miniatures unpainted, considering HOW fucking tiny they are.

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Some shields I'm stupidly proud of

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Wife joined in next to me, were new to this. Like two threads ago new.

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So how do you get past the initial hump of sucking? My coats seem to come out uneven in color and when applying more I'm losing detail and walking past the project every day is sucking the life from me.

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Sup /wip/, just got my hands on about sixteen of these little plastic corner piece things from work, Marine next to them for scale. They were used to keep a package from being damaged in transit. I wanna make them into terrain somehow and I don't know how I wanna do it. I was thinking I could cut little sight holes in the sides of them and use them as little pile bunkers, or lay them so the points are facing up like giant concrete road pylons. I probably have enough to do both honestly but if anyone has some other ideas throw em at me.

>>53153717
you could glue some foamboard to one side and add some foam squares or something under that and make them into walled fortifications with walkways on top.

>>53153675
I keep painting.
non-stop.

>>53152947
I'm getting a serious retrowave look from those things, I find it very pleasing.

>>53152668
>Shame you failed to drill the barrels straight. I really like the rest of it!
Not that guy, but they don't look drilled to me?

>>53153551
>painting on the sprue
I think you're insane

>>53152484
Really nice looking overall, but those seams and that almost featureless base kinda detract from your good work

>>53153905
Why? I thought I saw people do it every so often on these threads. That's where I got the idea.

My plan was to paint the stuff separately and then finish building, then touch up. Is that a bad idea?

I got ironbreakers made except for the head and shield, which are the parts Im leaving off. Thoughts?

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>shitty picture
>shitty lighting

Good thing I'm on wip...

Seriously though, I can't get a good picture where I am to save my life.

>>53153988
There is nothing wrong with painting stuff separately.
The issue with painting on the sprue is that you'll have to get them off the sprue eventually and then it's a hassle to get it cleaned up and paint over the areas of unprimed plastic you've now got showing.

>>53153988
um, what. I've not seen people painting on sprue here. I've seen painting pieces individually on sticks and blue tack, but not sprue. When you have to take the piece off the sprue you are going to do a lot of cleaning up on the connection spots.

>>53153988
>Is that a bad idea?
not the guy you were talking to but generally speaking I'd say yes.
You have no way to remove the moldlines properly on the sprue and once you cut off the sprue nubs you'll have to repeat several steps of painting depending on what you used.
A quick touchup with a base and wash doesn't sound like much, but when you have to do it for 50 models in 10 different places each you might reconsider that.

Imo you are just making it more difficult for yourself. And you'll end up with more moldlines, which are a terrible eyesore on miniatures.
Doing it on pieces you don't have to clean up like the old Leman Russ track sprue is fine.
Doing it for an infantry model seems like a lot of extra work.

>>53154024
>close
>not eight megabytes
>lighting is fine

>>53154117

Well, I still can't shit on my picture. The hair looks like a blob and the armor is actually highlighted, which doesn't exactly show up for whatever reason.

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got some work done on my assasin, the bone handguard of the chainsword looks really flat and boring atm, maybe a wash or a different color, any sugestions /tg? her bracelets are also a bit to blue but that's quick to correct. lot's more to do before it's finished but i lke whre it goes.

>>53145429
Can you smell what the Rock is cookin?

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Almost finished with the first model I've painted in several years. Just need a lot of cleanup.

Suggestions on how to get that nice glow effect at the front area of the ion accelerator?
So far was thinking base with white scar strips a little and dry brush with a light blue layer

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>>53153675
You go mad with anger and learn how yellows work on a shit model

>>53154322
I don't mind the idea behind the scheme, and i'm sure it'll look nicer once it's not on a green base.
That being said it is looking kind of messy, especially on the cream areas.
Looks like the green is a bit thick, see how it's looking kind of lumpy on the shoulder pad?
keep practicing

>>53154030
>>53154042
>>53154046
Well alright. Only did two shields, I'll not do that with the rest

>>53154392
The cream gave me the most trouble. And yes, I think I have to thin my green a bit more. Thanks for the advice!

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>>53154392
Since you were kind enough to critique my first model, how's this guy?

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>>53154394
Invest in some poster tack. Stuff's sold in walmarts near the craft section last I remembered. It lasts for literally years, leaves no residue and holds parts to another part easily for working out poses before assembly or painting individual pieces or even entire minis without having to hold them by the model or base. I put a small piece on a wine cork and just stick my dudes on it by the base and get to rotate them however I need without my hands getting in the way.

>>53154414
my advice for getting a nice cream colour is Rakarth Flesh as a base coat and then gradually add a lighter cream colour on top.
>>53154435
I'll be honest with you, it's a bit of a mess, you need to go back over all those areas where you've got random splotches of paint from other areas.
That being said I do like the scheme, once you get stuff neatened up a bit it'll look loads better.
Blue orks are cool

any place i could get buff arms that could hold a bolter? i wanna do some arm-guard-less space marines for my blackshields and ive heard blood reavers suggested but none of them would be holding the gun

>>53154511
Catachan arms are massive, they'd probably be the right scale and be in the right pose, shouldn't be that hard to change out the lasgun for a bolter

I'm a sperg about 40k tanks not having any kind of suspension. If I want to order some Panzer roadwheels to mangle onto a Russ would 1/48 or 1/35 be better.

>>53152889
That's just to my taste. Nice.

>>53154511
>>53154538

Get the catachan command squad, better general sculpt quality than other catas, even comes with a bare arm already holding a bolter!

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aw dammit. I think I done goofed.

so I was thinking I would just use generic GW-style base because it seems to look good with anything. GW box art black templars have bases like pic related so I thought it would be good for my dudes, but now I'm thinking the problem is the red and black don't mesh well with that brown base. doesn't seem like a place for an evil space marine to stand, it looks kinda goofy?

what do you think? I suspect I should go for a darker base like astrogranite, picrel is armageddon dust. what is the secret to matching bases with your miniatures, /tg/?

>>53155239
maybe consider snow basing or some sort of arctic tundra type thing.

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>>53155239
I prefer snow bases myself. The white gives a lot of contrast that makes your dudes pop and snow flock is surprisingly easy to work with. Plus, I just like snow. It also helps to just base them on where they come from - I fluffed my guys to be from a snow planet, but if yours are from a desert world sand would be better. Actually, fine sand like a desert wouldn't look too bad with your marine there, if that one's yours.

>>53155239
snow on everything

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>>53155307
>>53155330
that snow looks good on that khorne marine but eh, I always feel weird about snow bases on an otherwise snow-free gaming board, I guess it's just my personal autism. it breaks my immersion a bit, I can deal with sand bases on a rocky board, but seeing a snow base on a lava game board or anywhere that isn't cold really activates my autism. as for the home world, this warband is an old night lords subfaction from the 4th edition codex, but I think they just fly around in their ship since they split off from night lords, not much lore on them.

the next thing I'm gonna try tonight at least is astrogranite since I already have some from an old project, according to the GW painting guide you need

>astrogranite texture paint
>drakenhoff nightshade wash
>longbeard gray dry paint

I don't have longbeard, and the picture on the GW site looks weird, wtf gray is this supposed to be? does anybody happen to have longbeard gray and could tell me what it's similar to? I might just be able to drybrush one of the paints I already have if it's close to longbeard, is there a layer paint equivalent or something?

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>>53155239
I don't think it looks that bad...
If you want something more sinister consider using burned grass instead.
Trading in the healthy brown for a darker less saturated shade would also a towards that.

A black/grey/urban base would probably not look great for them imo, cause the main color of them already is black.
With snow basing you got a really nice contrast, but you fall into the black/red/white color combo trap that tends to look a bit boring, imo.
Desert would also be a nice contrast, but might not suit your vision of dudes lurking in the shadows. The runes kind of imply darkness since they glow.
So I could see a swamp or toxic sludge base work for them as well.

Another thing to consider might be to just stay with the theme you have now, but get rid of the grass and instead add some tiny craters on your bases, blackened with soot and strewn with empty shells. Could be a kind of a in the middle of the battlefield thing.
You can also just put them on space hulk/industrial basing. That way you also get a darker theme.

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>>53155525
Google gave me this. Longbeard Grey looks like an off-white creamy kinda color, almost like Ushabti Bone with a bit more white mixed in.

Some DAK stuff. Need to order some transfers for the panzer III, ones in the box weren't much use.

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>>53155698

>>53155661
I guess I'll just wait until tomorrow and get longbeard, I've got nothing like that. Now time to make a squad of raptors.

>>53155661
This stuff would have been great to have for my skellingtons.

>>53155779
you can use whatever you used to drybrush the other base.
Just has to be lighter than the astrogranite.

>>53155874
You can drybrush with literally any paint you can get your hands on. GW has had a bone color in their range for as long as they had their own paint range.

The only thing the dry paints make easier is wiping the excess paint off your brush. There is literally no other reason to buy them then being too lazy to wipe some paint off.

Just saying.

>>53155883
>>53155920
of course, I drybrush with all kinds of stuff, I just want longbeard because I want to replicate the exact GW methods because I think they look nice.

I seem to have a real hard time drybrushing with P3 paints
They're so... water-y

>>53155945
>methods

well, by methods I meant colors. should have just said that.

>>53155950
did you mix them properly?
the only reason that could happen is if there is not enough pigment in the paint you took from the pot. Sounds like something that should not happen normally.

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Hey,

i'm new to 40k and bought the Astra Militarum starter box today.
just (allmost) finished my first guardsman , combat weapon is not painted yet and he's missing some minor highlights.

how do you like him?

do you think i should highlight the edges of the armor ?

>>53156078
>how do you like him?
Off to a good start
>do you think i should highlight the edges of the armor ?
Yes

>>53156078
>how do you like him?
I like him. Heads a bit large, but he seems sexy enough otherwise for me to give him a good go.

>do you think i should highlight the edges of the armor ?
Yes? At least drybrush it to give it some depth.

>>53145429
realy nice model.
the base looks top-tier.

>>53156131
>head is a bit large

But thats how imperial guard are sculpted

>>53147752
I love the M8 Scott

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>>53145752

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I got a box.

>>53156189
>But thats how imperial guard are sculpted
I know anon, I know.

>>53156209
I'm not a star wars fag but that's impressive

>>53156209
I want to start painting my Imperial Assault set soon, I just need to finish up my Warhammer projects first.

>>53156262

really nice tutorial series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZUsfAtyEM0&list=PL6xOeNhrVj9to2nKZjk5H8OAQbG9izBrH

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Slowly working on this guy. How much autismic rage will i generate if i make him custodian allied and use of bunch of my custodes decals on him? The idea of a baroque and ornate knight covered in filigree pleases me

>>53156294
Yeah I've watched it. That's the tutorial I'm going to be using. It made me want to to buy more models, because I've only got the base set + Luke and Vader.

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>>53156112
>>53156131

any suggestions wich colour to use for the armor highlights/dry brush ?

it's painted with Skavenblight Dinge.

>>53156390
ah sorry for the upside down pic

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>>53152184
Arrrrr Gentlemen, ma lady..Yer will always rememba dis as da day yer almost kaught kaptain Fat sparrow

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>>53156390
>any suggestions wich colour to use for the armor highlights/dry brush ?
The official guide recommends to use Stormvermin Fur to edge highlight Skavenblight Dinge, though there are multiple ways you can go depending on what kind of end result you're looking for.
If you're new and unsure, I'd stick with what recommended though until you get your bearings.

>>53156408
>ah sorry for the upside down pic
Don't worry about it, it happens a lot around here. Phones like to randomly flip pictures for some reason.

>>53156078
If that's your first painted mini then you are doing really well.
Although I'm not really a fan of the colours of the cloth; they're too similar to armour for my liking.

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Magnetized some weapons and put some Astrogranite down on my wyches. Should I just do a Dunc and wash with Nuln and drybrush something over it like Eshin Grey or Wych Flesh?

Also
>noticing a horrible moldline after the picture is taking but then remember it's magnetized and everything will be ok

>>53156512

thank you,
that chart seems realy helpfull.

unfortunately i dont own Stormvermin Fur or any other grey that seems to match with Scavenblight Dinge so the highlights will have to wait a little.

>>53156755
>I don't own the paint i need so it'll have to wait a little
If I had a penny every time this happened to me I'd be able to afford a single GW model at retail price.

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>Get a shitload of overtime hours finally for mad monies
>Look at my half-painted boyz when I get home and barely have enough time to eat and shower to get that 8 hours of sleep to be sapient the next morning
It's... hard

>>53156390
I can see a mould line on the arm, remember to remove them all for best looking results. You've done the flesh nicely especially for a beginner. But on the shoulder pad the paint is a little too thick, remember to water down all your paints the thinner the better, because even if you apply it too thin it's a lot easier to reverse.
Also you can use the colour wheel to find colours that go well together. Definitely a solid start never the less keep painting and have fun doing it.

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>>53156804
>It's... hard
iktf anon, don't worry.
College finals have eaten up all my time and energy lately so I only've built 1 and a half models out of my backlog of more than a hundred and a half.

>mfw I come home, absolutely wiped, and have to move boxes and boxes of sprues off my bed so I can sleep
>mfw I know I'll be doing the same thing tomorrow
>mfw I feel the stares of all my unfinished models as I drift off to sleep
Thank god this semester is ending in less than two weeks. I can't take much more of this.

>>53156665
it's not my first mini.
it's my first in several years though.
i painted some fantasy models a while ago.

>they're too similar to armour for my liking.

yea i was thinking the same, i will try a brighter green on the next guardsman and see how it turns out

>>53156926
My group's project is ending soon so that means I'll have more time, but that also means I won't have money coming in which is much worse than not having enough time for boyz

>>53156893

>But on the shoulder pad the paint is a little too thick, remember to water down all your paints

i will try that. never watered my paints before. do you recommend doing it with the base colour too ?

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>bought the finecast Flesh Tearers shoulder pads from GW
Holy shit, I had rock bottom expectations and I'm STILL let down. These are almost unusable they're so bad, and that's not even considering the fact I planned to use these as master for recasting. Just slapping 'em straight onto a normal marine is all but out of the question.

Fucking finecast, not even once.

>>53157057
>do you recommend doing it with the base colour too ?
Yes, this down layer paints and bases paints. Drybrushes, washes, texture, and technical paints should be used without being thinned though.

>>53156947
>but that also means I won't have money coming in which is much worse than not having enough time for boyz
Damned if you do, damned if you don't. That does suck, anon. Maybe try working on models that don't require a monetary investment while you line something else up?

>>53157099
>Maybe try working on models that don't require a monetary investment
Fortunately I'm overloaded with models at this point so it doesn't matter. Hell I've even bought more paint of my main color a month back so I'm good on the paint front for some time as well.

It's not the threat of impending financial solvency that worries me so much as the insecurity of not having a steady income filling or at least keeping my savings sustainable. In all likelihood I'm just freaking out needlessly but it's too important for me not to think about.

>>53157099
The plastic deathwatch kit comes with a flesh tearer shoulder pad, it'd probably be cheap enough to buy one from a bits seller/ebay might be suitable for you to cast from.

>>53157099
Send a picture back to get customer service, they are really good at replacing shitty casts.

>>53157150
>they are really good at replacing shitty casts.
I think it's just the age of the mold. The cast isn't too bad, all things considered, it's just that the mold isn't on par with those today. You can definitely tell this guys are recasts of hand-carved masters rather than the product of some CAD program.
It doesn't meant they're bad, it's just that they won't really fit with any of my marines due to clashing styles.

The finecast is still bumpy and quite uneven, but not enough so that I'd feel right requesting a replacement.

>>53157149
>The plastic deathwatch kit comes with a flesh tearer shoulder pad
>it'd probably be cheap enough to buy one from a bits seller/ebay might be suitable for you to cast from.
Already checked around on ebay. Lowest price for a buy-it-now is more than 1/3 the total price of the whole kit for some fucking reason and there's surprising little in terms of actual auctions too.
Might just buy the fucking DW kit just for the shoulder pad. God I hope these sorry fucks are better in 8e than they are in 7e...

Why did my friend have to use the shoulder pad he got from Death Masque on his own dudes. He hasn't even run them in a game since he got them. I would'a traded him a fucking lot of bitz for just that one.
Feels batman.

>>53157294
Too bad you're not in the UK, I just checked ebay, the going price £1

>>53157329
If that's the one I'm thinking of, then shipping was something like $12 to where I'm at. It's completely insane.

>>53154327
Anyone got experience with this?

>>53141767
That pic is gold

>>53152605
>>53152484

How did you get that yellowed shading?

Serpaphim Sepia?

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>mfw I saw one of those painted blobs of a miniature in person
Oh sweet Duncan save me
How can anyone over 10 look at that while they are painting and say
>yeah this is good. no problems here.

I have a bit of a conundrum with my CSM. I'm magnetizing shit, and I realized I'm going to need shoulders for my termies. Berserker arms are fantastic for holding combi-weapons, but I'll need shoulders for them unless I just stick normal shit on there for maximum swapability.

>>53157502
Is basic appreciation of competence a blessing or a curse?

>>53157570
I'm talking more than just competence
I'm talking paint so thick the details don't even exist anymore

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>>53157555

Can't you just cut the terminator arms off right below the shoulder and magnetize that part?

>>53155725
Muh African friend. Im doing DAK as well.

Rubicon transfers were pretty good.

>>53157587

Not really with the chaos termie arms because they have cables and shit on their melee weapons that go up to the joint. Plus, I'm already magnetized at the shoulder.

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I finally finished my Zhufor the Impaler!

I really tried not to go too crazy with the blood this time.

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First time ever doing a world eaters insignia

I hope I didn't 'butcher' it too bad


(Used a layer of vallejo blue and green paint and then went over them with citadel Waywatcher green glaze)

>>53157738
wow

>>53157738
>>53157770
Protip:
You went too crazy with the blood and painted eyes. Never do either. Also the paint on both models is rather thick.

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>>53157738
>>53157770
MakesMeConfidentEnoughToPostMyCloseToFinishContemptor/10

You might want to give the face a bit more love, and take a look at the chain. Looks somewhat T H I C C. Or maybe it's just the light/camera.

>>53152512
I dunno if having dark green directly upon the purple paneling would look good.

As for the bumbs and gemstones, I was thinking of making them green.

Honestly though, I just don't know if I can make the scheme work.
Picture related is the first Eldar I painted in it, and I didn't put any actual thought to it and kept making more and more eldar in it.

Fuck, I dunno what I should do. The thing is that I want to make them look like the materials etc their stuff is made out of is alien of origin, and I don't know how. Seeing DoW 3 trailer gave me an impression of what wraithbone looks like that stuck with me, and made me hate my own eldar.

>>53157738
>>53157770
You got the shoulderpads on the wrong sides, the cape is meant to tuck under them as well, and no clue what happened to the khorne symbol on the armor's cowl.

>>53157818
Give that shit a wash, and then highlight it
It's much too dull at the moment

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>>53157881
And of course I forget the damn picture.

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>>53157818
Are you painting up Auric Patricians?

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>>53157818
Also, rate my Dreadnought I guess, now with a better picture than a full frontal. Still not finished, but now one can actually see some highlights and shading.

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Relthoza ground forces

>>53157818
Yea my lighting really is awful and I'm using a phone camera too. So the image makes it look a lot worse than it is.
Though I admit that I got lazy and went extra thicc on the chain.

That's one sexy contemptor anon.
Minotaurs have a great color scheme.

>>53150787
I did mine up in tan with renegade iconography. Don't have any renegades though, I just wanted that heretic StuG.
DAK colours sounds neat, test it out first and see how you like painting the scheme and if it looks good on the table.

>>53157887
Oh fuck you're right.
too late now I guess.
Thanks for telling me though anon, I appreciate it.

>>53157913
>Australia
Those look great anon, especially that scorpion looking one

So lurking around here has inspired me to get back to painting some stuff.

Wowee, Vallejo Game Color is way, way glossier than GW paints.
Also, I think I should get some GW Foundation paints. Duncan makes them seem goddamn gold on any primer, regardless of color.

>>53157979

Foundation paints don't exist anymore as they were. I miss the old Mechrite Red. That shit was awesome. They have base paints now. Base, Layer, shade, dry, technical, textured, and glaze, iirc.

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>>53157913
>>53157928
so I made a copy that I flipped aaaaand it still posted upside down.

>>53158025
Base. I meant Base.

Whatever. Bottom level paint with extra pigment. Those fuckers seem boss.

>>53158070
Yeah but if you're like me you'll get so pissed by how much paint you lose in the rims of the paint pots you'll transfer them to dropper bottles

>>53157908
>>53157888
>>53157909

Minotaurs, actually. Followed the Duncan guide and did it all with Balthasar Gold, then some shading with Agrax Gloss (but that's hard to see, and I'm not sure if regular Agrax Eartshade wouldn't be better if I just go into the recesses, and not all over the miniature) and for highlights Runelords Brass, but as an edge highlight instead of drybrushing. A bit of Stormhost Silver for the most prominent edges. Shoulderpads with Khorne Red for base and Evil Sunz Scarlet for the edges, but in natural light it looks a bit to bright imo. And I guess they could use some shading where appropriate. Nuln Oil or that red shade, Crimson something?

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>>53158030

>>53157294
check shapeways

>>53158105
I came into this with GW screwtops.

I've lived the worst design, nothing else really bother me that much.

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>>53158214

>>53158464
Edit your pic before posting it to avoid your phone's helpful assumptions about what you want. You should crop anyway.

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>>53158482
>53158482
test

>>53150448
dislike the contrast between the white coat and the bright green helmet and mittens. Would tone it down a bit.

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Has anyone had any experience ordering/assembling/painting pic related? How was it? Getting Celestine has fired me up for sisters and fuck me if these don't look good, priced not too badly either.

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Any thoughts on my turbo ballroom slut lady Malys?

I'm gonna convert a woodelf for her "sword" and use it like those psyker familiars to remember if she's got the extra attacks

>>53158813
Looks fucking cool Anon.

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>>53158813

>>53155330
What did you use to get that snow?

>>53158813
Love it.

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Finally this bastard is built. God damn, it was a fucking chore. Never again. It's fully magnetised for easy transport. I do look forward painting it.

>>53159332
is magnetising models difficult?

>>53157738
i will be honest with you, this looks really, really bad

>>53159345
>>53159342
>>53159332
its a good meme

>>53158922
Just some snow flock I picked up at Michael's. There's a trick to using it. You mix some of it with glue and water to make a kind of slurry, and then I used a popsicle stick to put it where I wanted it, using the stick to disturb it so it looks more natural and trodden. Then here's the trick - you sprinkle some dry snow flock on top of it while it's drying. This gives it that powdery look.

Hope that helps. Sorry for the late response - had to sleep.

>>53153221
Deathwatch kill team kit iirc

>>53159406
Drilling out holes in a 350 quid model and pinning anything and everything is something I did not enjoy at all. All those joints. All those pistons.

Luckily painting it is something I look forward to.

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>>53159977

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>>53159984

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What does WIP think of my necron colour scheme? Any suggestions to make it better are welcome.

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>>53159993

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Help /wip.

I sprayed my work with matte varnish and the orange on the base of one of the zombies got swollen. You can see the orange mark on his foot where the paint from the base reached right after spraying.

I used this varnish half a year go on 30 other minis without any problems. Other 9 I sprayed today also look fine.

What may be the cause?
Poor priming on the base?
Too thick layer of orange? - I took a shortcut here by not thinning the paint much.

It is not a gaming varnish thou, rather a no name brand for acrylics in overall, but as I mentioned did not cause anything like that before.

>>53158813

Seamless conversion. What is her primary weapon though?

>>53156669

If you want to wash it, you must highlight all the base colours to brighten them back up. I don't think a dark wash and light drybrush will look very good; if you want more than just tabletop quality.

>>53149485
>hard to drill pewter

Git gud, manlet.

>>53158813
Why does her face look like Amy Schumer?

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>>53158813
Looks great, wouldn't mind being enslaved and tortured by her.

>>53152574
Those are some sweet markers there mate. How'd you do the flames at the base?

>>53159977
>>53159984
>>53159993
>>53160023
Those highlights are pretty damn nice mate. Don't get enough Infinity around here desu.

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>>53152063
>tfw I never got my half of those boxes
I thought we had a deal...

>>53160167
Can't unsee. It's her 'my vagina' face.

>>53160149
>manlet
Those memes are funny but height has nothing to do with drilling...

>>53160064
Techinically it's the Razor Fan. She also has a sword given to her by the laughing god... but the actual text is always cryptic about it, it sounds like a simily to me so I'm making a sword harlequin for her to show the two extra attacks

>>53160167
I saw that too when I assembled her,
Gonna file her cheeks more to give her definition.

All I could think was 0/5 Netflix stars

>>53146143
Holy shit that anon is right, those faces are kids show tier

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>>53157738
Jesus fucking christ anon

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>>53157738

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I'm painting Blood Angel Assault Squad, is it okay if I just paint the whole thing with the base coat of Mephiston Red and then do the full armour to completion with the washes and highlighting before moving onto the helmet and weapon and all the bits that that I'm gonna paint metallic (like the jump pack thrusters and the metal harness)? Or should I do it all bit by bit, like paint all the different base colours, then move onto wash for all of it, and then all the highlighting etc

>>53160520
Paint from the bottom up. So armour, weapons, armour details etc.

>>53160520
THINN that yellow my friend and work from the inside of the model out like >>53160529 said.

>>53152157
Anyone has Scarface version of it?

>>53160546
Yeah, the yellow looks really bad, doesn't it? :/ I'm terrible at thinning paints, just seems to become like water and it doesn't stick to the model when I thin it.

So you're saying I should do the armour to completion, then move to the weapons, then do all the details and stuff?

>>53146156
I actually really like how this looks

>>53160546
How can I fix the yellow?

>>53160520
Gee, Brother Donte, TWO chapter insignias on the shoulders?

>>53160061
bumping.

Anybody could give me a tip what went wrong with my varnish?

>>53160585
Strip the mini. And to thin correctly, use a (wet) palette and just a few drops of water or acrylic medium so you get paint with a consistency that's slithly thicker than milk.

>>53160590
First of all, that doesn't look matte. At all. Second, did you shake the rattlecan for a good 5-10 minutes after letting it stand for half a year?

>>53160520
Switch out one of the 'pads pal

>>53160568
If you're just starting out I think you should follow these steps
>base coat everything
>wash everything
>highlight everything

>>531605

I'm a noob, I guess one is meant to be blank

>>53160629
How? It's glued on, I don't want to risk pulling it off. If it's not too difficult, I'll just take the helmet off and start again with a different one

>>53155725
Is that an.... 'Ausf. J1'?

Rather keen on the 'Ausf. N' Myself. there's something about whacking a 75mm on a small tank....

>>53160655
You've made retarded mistake

>>53160167
It's uncanny.

>>53160655
Did you use plastic glue or superglue? If it's plastic glue just leave it on but if it's superglue you can try putting it in the freezer to weaken the bond and snap it off.

>>53160674
That's one rad as fuck Minotaur.

>>53160678
I know, luckily it's only that guy who has two chapter insignias

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>>53156209
I've got one of these. Never played the game. It just sits atop the cabinet I keep my RT Orks in.

Thankfully, I've got such a large Lead-Mountain that I'll never be tempted to paint it, so It should keep value...

>>53160769
Those look great anon

Are those insignias free-hand?

>>53160792
Thanx! Nah theyre transfers and the etched brass from FW

>>53156669
>MOULDLINES

>>53160617
>First of all, that doesn't look matte. At all.
Because the photo was taken 2 minutes after spraying it so it was still wet.

>did you shake the rattlecan for a good 5-10 minutes
Maybe not 10 but 2-3 minutes for sure.
I shake it until the ball inside changed the way it slide on the bottom of a can, so I could fill the texture.

>>53160823
Those look amazing.
Nice bases too. Especially on the middle one with the big boy chainsword.

Looks like you went a little crazy with the green oxidation on the one guy in the front row to the right

>>53160823
Great miniatures, I love the guy with eviscerator.

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Painted a few things here and there but finally got down to actually making an army for a beginners tourney at my local, pics inc.

>>53160823
>>53160943
Thanx guys. ive learnt that less is more when it comes to the oxidation

>>53160769
You captured the motion of them being overloaded with stuff from HLoT on point.

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>>53160973

>>53160973
I like the innovation of red gauss weapons.

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>>53161025
thnx guy, basically made anything that was powered or had energy flowing through it red.

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Drive me closer I want to hit them with my shovel!

>>53160421
Welcome to 1994 sculpts newfag

>>53161237
I was 4 years old in 1994. Are you mad because some criticised your shitty faces? Trying to defend the critique by making ad hominem insults? Really makes you think

>>53161266
Critique implies you give feedback as to why it's bad, you just shit posted.
If you want you can apologize and try to fix your mistakes

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Working on space marine trees

>>53161303
Listen, my critique said that those faces were pure shite. There is enough tutorials even in the OP that should show you how to thin paints and not make them look like they just had sunstroke, faggot. You are so far up your own ass that you can't see the simple fact that you just spent dollars and made them look like shit? Gee, if you are such an oldfag it's time to get into nursing home, because those hands seem all shaky pal.

>>53161342
cri·tique/kriˈtēk/
noun

a detailed analysis and assessment of something, especially a literary, philosophical, or political theory.

>those look like shit.
Doesnt seem like critique to me, seems like shitposting.
I'll ask you again, tell me why it's bad, and don't say "read the op" since I've been reading those painting guides since it's infancy and I've had multiple people in this thread ask me how I paint eyes and faces.
It's like been like 4 threads of this shit, do I know you? There's no need to be so mad.