WIP - Work In Progress General

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>>55362490
And my updated banner

I have an extra, small pot of Agrax Earthshade. If I drink it, will I gain its power?

>>55362519
Only if you believe in your self. Also Nurn Oil is 10x better

>>55362437
Anyone know I reliably place to find a Johnny model I have a friend who plays marines and I want to get him one?

>>55362533

If I drink the nuln oil, will I gain its power?

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>>55362504

>>55362547
If you drink the paint water you will gain Duncans power.

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>>55362555

By those trips.

>>55362551
grainy as fuck, looks like a primer issue though, too bad because otherwise it's ok

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>>55362543
>Anyone know I reliably place to find a Johnny model I have a friend who plays marines and I want to get him one?

There was one on eBay that ended yesterday. I posted it here a couple of times; I hope one of us elegan/tg/entlemen came away with it!

Emperor's Teeth! It went for £19.00!

>>55362609
Well it would have been a cheaper gift than a primaris chaplain.

>>55362551
damn son that is grainy as fuck.
I had the same problem on a couple of minis. For the rest of them, I suggest letting them soak in simple green or some other cleaner you typically use for stripping (but I would think one that's a bit slower working) for a couple of hours then going over them with a paintbrush. It should get most of the graininess off. Other than that it's not bad, but the details are hard to see because of said graininess. Also, I'd clean up around the corner of that cloak. there's a little bit of red.
Can't say for certain, but the powersword and white looks a little thick too.

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Update on Necromancer Warband.

Today I finished my Bard and a Man at Arms.

I also got the cloth base coats done on the rest of the Soldiers. I'm saving the Wizard, Apprentice and the couple of really cool models with lots of detail that will be a Templar and Knight for last.

Some of you guys need to undercoat by hand rather than having a spray can fuck your minis up.
Not saying spraying is bad, but maybe spray some sprue first if you really have to spray.

There are some nice minis ruined by chalky spray undercoats.

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So /WIP/, I have aaaaall this shit, its been 10 years since I last painted.

I was thinking about starting with the moonclan grots, then doing the dispossessed warriors. By then I should have enough practice to start with heros, cannons, spiderfangs, etc

The list is somewhat like:
>around 120 grots with spears
>around 60 grots with bows
>1 sour breath troggoth
>4 grot shaman
>4 grot warboss with moon slices and baby squig
>1 grot fanatic
>30 grot spider riders
>10 orruk ardboys

>around 26 dispossessed warriors
>around 16 miners (now longbeards)
>20 thunderers
>2 warden kings
> 1 unforged
>2 cannons

>12 driads
>around 20 gladeguard with broken bits
>5 glade riders (squated)

>1 dragonlord but no wings

>5 chaos riders
>1 chaos sorc I whant to pass as a gaunt summoner on disk of tzeentch
>10 demonettes

>8 mordheim amazons

I want to modify enough grots so I have 3 nets every 20 models, kinda want to fix the gladeguard, but no idea how, and want to make one of the cannon crew models into runesmiths as they are similar, but dunno on how to substitute them.

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>>55363147
*checks file name* Should I be concerned?

What are the Citadel Glazes good for? And when would you want to use the gloss washes instead?

>>55363161
nah, I already told the story here and I believe on /AoSG/, some store owner stole most of my minis a long time ago, this is what survived mostly because it wasn't painted.

>>55363205
Damn that sucks.

>>55363197
I use gloss washes for armor that you want to darken, but not take the shine off of.

>>55362551
Yeah man, strip and re-prime. Try to prime when the humidity is below 65% and at 30cm or so

>>55363197
>What are the Citadel Glazes good for?
When you want to tint the surface of a mini with extremely thin paint. They're cleaner and subtler than washes.

>And when would you want to use the gloss washes instead?
When you're washing something glossy. Alternatively, if you gloss varnishes a mini in preparation for a wash the gloss in the shade will reduce the surface tension even further, allowing for nice pin washes. (I still prefer oil washes though) You can matte coat afterword.

>>55363205
How did this asshole pull it off?

>>55363268
>>55363457
Neat thanks
I imagine the tint on GK armour then is a example of what glazes are good for

>>55363406
I live in Hawaii.

>>55363482
He made a new FLGS in my country and they are quite rare, I needed a job after I returned from Italy and thought it would be perfect to help the guy out as I wanted to keep painting my little toy soldiers. 6 months later I had one week off as I needed to sort some personal things. When I returned the store was no more and he never answered the phone.now its been too long so even if I could talk to him it would most likely be useless.

On the bright side I found all this last week, buried deep in my house. So I decided to start playing again. As of now I'll start with what I have, which for some reason makes most people on /AoSG/ rage, but I'm just happy I get to have at least two armies so I can play with friends

>>55363533
Looking at the positives, good man. And it's always good to have a fresh start although you did lose some of your belongs so I'm sorry to hear that but it does sound like they weren't deserving of your good deeds there if they went through the trouble of just taking your things like that.

>>55362533
Inb4 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)

>When you make a order of paint from Forgeworld, but Forget to add two more paints to the order
>When the one you ordered last arrived on monday but the first one you ordered still hasn't arrived

Where's my fucking valdor gold forgeworld, Has this happened to anyone else?

>When you make a order of paint from Forgeworld, but Forget to add two more paints to the order

>When the one you ordered last arrived on Monday but the first one you ordered still hasn't arrived

Where's my fucking valdor gold forgeworld, Has this happened to anyone else?

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>>55363570
thanks dude. I'll keep posting updates on the armies I'll be painting, also because I want to proxy several things. As I'm a poorfag getting all the materials I need is as slow as it can be, but I only need the plastic cement which I'll get tomorrow, then the only thing I need is some turf.

Here is a pic of one of my first minis ever (back from 2005!) just so I can contribute something to the thread.

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>>55363712
Fucking double post sorry, I thought my post didn't go through.

>>55363726
Must be nice to hold onto your first mini like that, I wish I did. Bet he looked like a bad ass spearman militia dude 12 years ago but it looks like you stopped feeding him, he's nothing but bones

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Guardsman wip. Hope to have him done this month.

So how do people figure out complementary colours?
Like what goes with Mephiston Red
I was thinking Mephiston+evil sunz and admin grey
glowy bits blue with blue+white

How do I do coloured metallics like 30k alpha legion without an airbrush? I tried mixing silver with a colour and it was ok but dulled the sheen quite a bit while making the colour itself really light. Any subsequent dulling by washes cut the shine drastically.

I heard of just washing/glazing plain silver repeatedly, does that work? I'd like something dark metallic purple.

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>>55364143

>>55364165
I've been painting metallic purple for a while, and yeah, mixing silver and a colour will not give you a good look.
I've found two ways
>Light silver base, carefully layering a wash on top.
Will probably give the best look, but is very time consuming and hard to do consistently. I was wishing for death after painting a couple terminators this way.
>a mix of metallic medium and your desired colour
easy way, and isnt too far from the result you'd get with the previous method. Just remember to mix 'em thorougly. also easier to fix when you accidentally splat another colour on the armour when fx painting the rims on shoulders.

Hope it helps anon

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Just an update on my post last thread, my Battlefleet gothic Tyranid fleet is coming along nicely, I've decided to paint the boarding craft purple as a nice contrast to the green fighters, plus in my head it's a great homage to the genestealers I imagine to be inside

>>55364218
Thanks a lot! Yeah I've been considering metallic medium. What brand is good (in terms of performance and price)? Most of my paints are Vallejo Game and while most of them are good, the metallics are borderline dogshit.

>>55364249
sadly i've only tried vallejo's metallic medium, so i can't give you a comparison or advice on best product, but i've been happy with mine, so take that for what you will.

wish i was at home so i could get a picture of what to expect.

>>55364307
No worries mate, your advice is still precious. I'm waiting on an order from Wayland atm for some washes and lahmian (last time I buy from them, sat on my money for a week and their excuse was "several big orders, couldn't ship", how fucking hard is it to buy 6 small paint pots ina box you mongos..). I'll test out that druchii violet on silver first then I'll see about getting some metallic medium.

>>55363512
Are you the Hawaii bro that had trouble last time?
I'm from Hawaii too, I just primed a bunch of mini's last week. I suggest you do them at night, that's when I get the best results. Eight or so once it's cooled down a bit.
What island?

>>55364338
>i'm waiting on an order from Wayland atm
you have my deepest condolences.
If you're situated in the uk or that general area, maybe try out Element Games. similar discounts on everything and reasonable shipping times (i usually get my stuff in 4-5 days here in Denmark)

Good luck on your metallic space marines, hope to see them crop up in this thread at some point.

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Lads I started test-painting my kans, but should I start over and panel-light them? I don't know if it suits ork vehicles and very few people seem to do it, but almost everything I've used it on in the past (historicals mainly) looked better for it

>>55364357
Oahu, you? Also night priming isn't a bad idea at all. I'm going to live with my mistake though. I don't want to buy more paint

>>55364404
I'm in Oahu, up the road from Ala Moana , I had the same issue and night priming fixed it up. I also made sure the shake the fuck out of my can too. If you have any that are primed but not painted yet, give them a little scrub with some cleaner and they might be fine.

>>55364427
I'll give it a try, what's your army? I might have seen you at arm chair or other realms.

>>55364440
I only just started collecting last year so I haven't had a chance to play yet, mostly enjoying painting and doing my own GS sculpts.
Asstarts for what it matters. Though I'm not sure I'll give playing a try anytime soon, I'm not even looking at the codices as I build my dudes.
I've been in Other realms to buy shit the past few weekends though, I think there was a 40k event a couple of weeks ago.

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>>55364494
Yeah, the codexes are free here on tgs 40kg, i play a ton of armies, GSC, Space Wolves, Deathguard, Black Templar, Orcs, Guard tank list (lucky 13s), and tau. There are a lot of meta fags here though.

Any tips on how to make this dude look less ultramarine? So much ultra cock smoking with these primaris I'm having a hard time converting.

>>55364358
I've heard lots of good stuff from element, I'm definitely trying them out next and not buying from wayland again. Shipping costs for them are a bit hit or miss. I live in Malta, so generally take a week to a week and a half to arrive.

I will post 'em eventually. my CSM pirates will all have different colour schemes depending on their origins or natures. but will have a single unifying mark which I'm still researching. Still considering wether I should make different schemes by the unit or the model (or handfuls of models). Say a 10-man CSM unit would have 4 different colour schemes.

>>55364576

New heads and shoulders. If the heads are of similar size to the old manlet marines as I've been led to believe.
You could do Forgeworld, which has chapter specific heads that are similar in design to the Primaris, which I think is just a modified Mark V?
Then I guess it depends on the chapter. BA could get away with just doing some blood drops, since they share a pretty similar look to smurfs, excluding the nipple armor.

Space wolves I'd just sculpt a fur loincloth and maybe shoulder pelts, and swap the heads as well.

that body armor for that particular model could work rather well for any Imperial Fist or BA chapter since they have similar designs, with just swapping to chapter specific shoulders.

>>55364631
My two pence would be to also have specific squad markings on one shoulder in adition to your pirate chapters mark on the other.

I wouldnt worry too much about the number of schemes in a squad, as long as you make it clear that they march in that specific squad. But yeah, maybe keeping it to 3-4 schemes at most will probably be best, also considering that soldiers will often band together with mates they've already served with.

>>55364694
Thank you, that's quite a good idea, I'll use that! The fluff for them is essentially Red Corsairs that are too much of a loose cannon to roll with Huron's dudes but are too good at what they do to refuse. So he banded them together and sent them off into a region of space to have a good time. These guys are balls-to-the-walls insane, was incredibly fun making shit up for them, so the colour schemes make sense. Got traitors and renegades from all walks of life.

I have the chapter symbol but I don't have the colour or pattern. It's difficult to pick due to the varied schemes, there's no single contrasting choice that stands out. Might go with a random piece of armour.

>>55364769

You could do something similar to what the deathwatch do with their silver arm.
All your pirates can have different colours and scemes, but maybe their helmets or someting else, always bear a stripe of a certain colour. Just make sure it's not a colour that clashes too much with all the different schemes you got going on.
Or did you just mean the colours for the chapter symbol ? i'm very tired

>>55364870
Oh no, that's exactly what I mean, like the Deathwatch. chapter symbol will most likely be silver, so I need to plan out each of the colour schemes and do some tests. It's quite a chore, but I think it'll be worthwhile.

Actually, you can judge this idea. One of my termielords is a slaaneshy obsessed with performance and theatre. He wears a giant vaudeville-style mask and even has that "two masks, one smiling, one frowning" symbol on a shoulderpad (only he's chaos so they're both screaming). Thinking of doing his scheme to be pink/flesh armour like Emp's children and the trim is done in colourful patchwork like the Harlequins.

He might look ugly and garish, an insult to the senses, which is exactly the look I'm going for, but I want it to look bad in a good way.

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Finished bases for my spiderfang grots unit

>>55364143
I use this one https://www.sessions.edu/color-calculator/

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Post your ongoing projects and WIP armies!

I'm moving house so packing everything up and probably leaving it in storage for a couple of months while we focus on the house. Taking this opportunity to have a bit of a break and hopefully come back with some vigour. Depressing how little I've painted since starting in January.

>>55365020
I love the idea, it sounds like a colourfull character (no pun intended)
I'd say go for it, but just keep in mind that going for 'looking bad in a good way', is really hard to pull off.

by trim do you mean like the rims on shoulderspads ? sounds quite difficult and finnicky

>>55365265
Yeah I do, the rims and trim around the entire model. Maybe some areas like little demonfaces on the chaos termie armour in dirty gold to not have that pain in the ass.

>'looking bad in a good way', is really hard to pull off.
Why though? I guess cause subjective opinions?

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Here's my current WIP. 20 'zerkers in all their glory. To the guy from last thread: It's the first time i've used Anvil Industry and i'm really impressed with the quality and scults in general. Definetly going to order another batch of bionics from them.

>>55365221
>Depressing how little I've painted since starting in January.

Dude, your work has been the single most outstanding progress on this board. Full stop. It's not about painting a lot at once. It's about producing outstanding works of art.

>>55365152
Looking pretty good there anon, looks fairly realistic

>>55365386
I recently got some bits from Anvil as well - they're top tier, to be sure. Rapid shipping too. I need to order some more helmets, too.

>>55365353
I'm having a hard time visualizing that kind of pattern on the trims, but i'm an advocate of experimentation and unique ideas, so go for it.

>'looking bad in a good way', is really hard to pull off.
>Why though? I guess cause subjective opinions?
Because you're stradling a knife's edge of ''looks kinda bad, but it's clearly intentional'' to ''it just looks plain bad''.
It really comes down to the small stuff and excecution.
And you are correct in there's alittle subjective opinions going on, since even when you pull off a style well, not all will like that style. But that goes for so many things in miniature painting (just look at metallic vs NMM discussions)

>>55365221
Dude I love everything you do. I have saved the pdf you gave us on how you paint and I plan to do some plague marines following your tips. You are an artist anon, seriously

>>55365431
I see, you're right yes. I will experiment! It will certainly look weird, especially on the flesh colours but I'm willing to try as it fits with the theme and character.

I got 10 marines, 4 obliterators, an exalted champion (who is also nuts about performance as he's on a wooden stage and holding a skull like Hamlet, he idolizes the termie lord) and a Doomrider-expy bikerlord to colour, and I'm a wee bit stumped.

What if, since my pirates are all nutjobs, the chapter colour is red/orange/yellow/white like a flame. On their helmets cause they're hotheads?

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>>55365547
i love the idea of you champion
four colours sounds like on a helmet, but i could sorta see it done, and if you get some good menacing eyeglow going, you can really sell their insane nature.

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Tried to do a de-cloaking effect on my Stealth Suits. Any tips on how I can improve it?

The un-cloaked parts aren't anywhere near done, all I did was base in the black and green, so don't worry about those at the moment.

>>55365677
Actually looks pretty good mate.
Maybe adding some ziggzagging-ness to the line, but that's more up to taste.
The only two advice i'd actually give is maybe adding a single light blue wash tie the white and blue together, and then maybe stippling some lighter browns on the cloaked parts to emulate the gravel look of the base.

>>55365634
>I've seen some heresy.jpg
Thank you for your feedback! I wouldn't be able to do it on all helmets but some article of clothing, weapon or armour on their bodies would have said glow. Would definitely stand out and yes, glowing eyes are a great idea. I'd need to look up how to do a slight glow effect around the eyes too, it can help my skill.

Don't want to be stuck on one idea though, so I'll keep digging for nice schemes to try and chapter colours/motifs. I think the fluff will also help me come up with them.

>>55365704
Yeah I thought about glazing over the transition effect with a light blue, might go ahead and do that.

>>55365677
Look great buddy, I remember I did mine like that at first too. Looked quite similar to yours. I'd go with what >>55365704 recommended. Add a bit of a zigzag and blend the cloaked parts with the base. What I did was drybrush the areas and the base at the same time, so exactly the same texture.

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>>55365677
I dunno how you can improve it, but I'm busting nuts just looking at it.

>>55363147
If you don't fancy painting those daemonettes you might be able to sell them for good money. They're OoP and the recent limited run GW did only made people want them more.

>>55365726
No problem buddy.

Easiest eye glow effect is
>bright colour
>recess wash
>white dot
or just finding Duncan's tutorial i guess.

Good luck on your adventures of heresy

>>55362504
It is generally inadivsable to dip your model in sand before the spray paint dries, anon.

>>55365677
Very nice, but I just can't unsee the mold lines on the guns.

>>55365677
You nailed the left hand ones leg shimmer thing. the others are a little liney. Still looks good thou.

>>55365785
Thank you, I'll give it a search! Onwards, to blood, booze and bitches!

>>55365677
Get a file and some putty.... the join lines on those guns is glaringly obvious...

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>>55364576
>Any tips on how to make this dude look less ultramarine?
>>55364678
>New heads and shoulders. If the heads are of similar size to the old manlet marines as I've been led to believe.

Believe it. Even on the starter kit guys, a little sawing and replacing goes a long way.

>>55365929
Now that I'm thinking about it, would it be a cop out to have a simple black chapter colour like a shoulderpad? Considering they're pirates n all, traditionally black/red flags.

>>55365813
They're eBay rescues, and they were glued together like that in a way I couldn't easily fix (it's not moldlines, the halves are misaligned). Annoys me too, but oh well, the squad cost five bucks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ougd6l1FnLQ

>>55366466
>these fucking giant gorillaguard are never going to be replaced

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>>55366466

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hey, I've been eyeing the new Reiver set as a base to convert them to true-scale scouts.

anyone tried their hands on doing the same? I'm looking for ideas on what bitz to use and how to do it.

>>55366499
>gorillaguard
I prefer gorillaguard to spindly and fragile miniatures.

>>55366560
It's not a binary decision.

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>>55366545
>the new Reiver set

The Reiver box comes with ten guys but they give you 24 heads! There's some conversion possibilities for you right there!

>>55366666
>The Reiver box comes with ten guys but they give you 24 heads! There's some conversion possibilities for you right there!

...not sure what you mean by this.
I mean, what other bits should I get to convert Reivers into true-scale Scouts?

>>55366697
Sniper rifles or a heavy bolter. GS up some cloaks to count as camo cloaks

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Konverting myself some Kill Tanks!

I've got two more KV-2 models, so that I can fill up a superheavy detachment with these lovely 300pt pseudo-baneblades.

>>55367115
Looking at this kinda want me to get one.. but I already got so many half finished Ork-vehicles that need my love..

>>55367115
I like the hand sticking out.

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>>55367139
Can't leave the driver without any action, can you?

>>55366697
He means "I was only paid £0.03 per post to shill for GW". As for your actual question, it depends how much green stuffing you're willing to do and how willing you are to deviate from the classic scout aesthetic. I'd say the torsos are fine, you could shave down the legs & GS cloth trousers onto them, either Reiver or scout heads (or maybe Catachan) depending on preference, could use Skitari backpacks for a less power armoured look. Not sure about arms, they look very power armour, but the scout ones are way too small. Might have to look to 3rd parties for less heavily armoured arms of that scale.

>>55365777
I know, but I like them, thats why I bought them when they where going out of print. Some day I'll paint them and most likely use them as allies for a tzeentch/StD army I want to make.

>>55367115
I fucking love KV's

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so I got this stucco from an ironmongery in my search for basing materials on the cheap. Wood putty didn't work, far too brittle and crumbled everywhere (though has potential as a weathering powder once grinded down, will need to test that).

This one dried nice n hard, dug my fingernail in this shit and didn't budge or mark, good sign. Painted it Vallejo Game electric blue, washed asurmen blue, drybrushed again electric and then white. looked awesome like a cartoon-y or japanese woodcut style water.

I decided to try sealing it with PVA for both protection and watery sheen. It worked.. but a simple poke with a blunted toothpick yoinked this shit up. PVA soaked up all the paint and softened the stucco below it. One big fucking soup skin effect.

Why.

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>>55367482
I don't know about stucco, but I use this as one of my basing tools. It's a kind of spackle paste and works great as a lightly textured surface and for building up shapes etc. on a base. I've glued course sand over it and used water effects on it and haven't had any issues.

>>55365386
Thanks that's really encouraging. You posted Nurgle marines before right? Your bits box must be a thing of beauty, you draw from so many sources for your conversions it's really impressive.

>>55365541
Thank you!

>>55364576
The pturges (the leather skirt thing) looks like it's either a separate bit or easy to carve off; lose that, replace it with something chapter appropriate.

>>55365802
Kek

>>55366545

I've been thinking about doing the same but using Reiver arms and heads and Blood Bowl humans.

>>55365386
Bloody lovely work mate.
I also pman on getting some, and hope they give us eveb bigger chainaxes, their's are already quite good but not two handed.

>>55367624
I haven't been able to find "spackle" (I'm in Malta so italian/german stuff for the most part). But damn I thought this was good. I mean I'd only use it for water for the most part though. Maybe I just really need to water it down? I did put the PVA fairly thick.

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working on some late Romans for a commission

>>55362609
What the fuck. I picked one up in a job lot of 5 or 6 for about£12. In fact, I'm pretty sure I got him twice.

>>55368737
Ebay now knows Jonnies sell well and not for cheap.

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Left scheme o right scheme?
Right is going to be stripped because T H I C C anyway.

>>55368826
Right looks better in my opinion!

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>>55365221
Some red scorpions chadmarines. Loving the models but hating the actual kits.

>>55368438
Neat !

>>55368983
Maybe you'll like the poseable more?

>>55368826
Both and mixes in between.

>>55368826
I don't see any THICC on there. You haven't lost any detail, it just needs washing and drybrushing.

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wip for my sw:a band
what do you think?

>>55368438
fuck, those shields are beatiful. Good work anon.

>>55369317
Probabily, I just dont like the way the sprues in the dark imperium are designed, with those weird bits mixing chest and one leg. Are the posable kit similiar to the classic space marines?

>>55368983
>Red Scorpions
MY FUCKIN NIGGER!
>primaris
YAMERO!

>>55369734
Can you post a picture from the other side? Kind of hard to judge from this perspective. I like the base and the wire around the mag though.

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>>55368813
eBay in general seems to be pretty shit for finding anything good lately, most of the listings on there seem to be either bitz resellers or selling ruined or damaged models for 10% more than retail

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>>55369734
I know that feel.

>>55365386
I sware, if I find those on the table against my army, I wouldnt shoot them. They look great.

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Anyone got any idea how well Warlords Pike&Shotte -minis kitbash with GW stuff?

Kinda wanna convert some P&S minis for a Bloodborne skirmish game but I'm a bit hesitant in case the difference between for example some Empire minis from whfb and P&S is too jarring.

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i havent built anything in a really long time so i made a little outhouse to get me going and see if im still good for something.

i spent whole week searching good way to do water on your terrain and i had epoxy literally next to me all the time, too bad it was quick dry and i messed the surface.

im thinking of selling terrain like this just to give me something to do, whole sets obviously and i would appreciate if you guys would tell me if these would go for little money.

thanks

>>55370399
I like it.

$15 maybe? $20?

>>55369862
Even more poseable I would argue, since their legs are a single part for each leg.

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I don't know what to pick as a supports for my pipe network.
Either I can go with the foam (top one) or 3d print the pieces (bottom one). the 3D print is easier because it doesn't need any work compared to foam, but it'll be quite hard to hide the lines on it, the side not seen has more visible lines on it as well.

>>55370811
Thumbnail looks like an ass taking a shit.

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>>55369928
Sure thing buddy
is that okay?

>>55370811
3d print under two layers of spray primer and a round of sandpaper is effectively indistinguishable from plastic.

Looks way better than that cardboard too.

>>55371071

good point, (thickly) applied primer might solve the problem. I'll go test it out and if it's good my printer will be churning them out in no time

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Finally decided to start putting colors on my slightly modified Yarrick. Still very much WIP. What does /wip/ think? Sorry for potato quality photo.

>>55371134
Think your paint is a little to thick on his claw. Other than that's it's pretty good.

>>55371134
I think you need to do something about that face. The mask is good but there's not enough geometry there for eyes.

Try putting in some goggles or something.

>>55370399
Looks nice lad, what you could do is cut up some styrene rod and add a few little rivets around the ends of the planks. I did this with a few 15mm buildings I bought made, it just makes them that little bit nicer.

>>55365386
The file size limit was increased to 9MB for PDFs, not so you could post 7 MB images.

>>55371210
Thanks for the comment! Forgot to thin the paint when I was doing the claw. Shouldnt paint when you've been up for 24 hours I guess.

>>55371284
Thanks for the idea! I tried to preserve his Bale Eye and the other eye aswell but not sure how it will turn out until I get some wash and highlight in there.

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Was thinking of converting the apothecary into a chaos lord for my army. I wanted to replace the gene seed in his hand with a brass etched symbol of they holy aquilla. I also found some shoulder options from wargame exclusive. Anyone got a suggestion for a helmet?

>>55371500
The top one would look pretty neat imo if you could somehow make it into a head.

>>55371500
Which chaos god you gone with senpai?

>>55368826
Left. I've seen a million variants of silver mechanicus, but the bronze/green/mustard yellow combination is lovely.

>>55371632
Slaanesh~

>>55369734
Entertaining use of the ironstrider gimp, really like the doubled-up magazines.

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>>55371692
Find the prettiest head you can and sculpt him some flowing locks, Sigvald the magnificent in power armour.

Question - a model is heavily bronze in color, with red accents. What color for the base? Already been based in sand, but brown seems like it'd be lost in the rest of the model. Can't take photos, as my cell phone is about 8 years old, unless you guys want some impressionistic art photos. Crumbled asphalt, maybe?

>>55371782
How about snow?

>>55371782
Depending on how bright the model is, you could go with a dark volcanic rock or urban base

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WIP my dudes. How the fuck do you paint frilly sleeves?

>>55372016
>>55371921
Hrm, I like all of these ideas. Gonna have to do a test base. Thanks!

>>55365541
Can I get the link to said PDF?

>>55370399
SOME

>>55368826
Personally I think your bronze/brass needs more depth and shine, it looks too rusty or brown.

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Burnished effect on wings/thrusters? Yay or nay?

I think it looks pretty shitty up close, but at the usual distance it seems okay.

>>55372860
Sauce on them wings? Look fairly egyptian, maybe I can someday make Thousand Sons Raptors or Warp Talons!

>>55372860
You need to feather the burnishing more between layers. Try adding transitions between the colors with 1:1 mixes of the adjoining paints.

>>55372860
Also they look good! Like tips of feathers sometimes do.

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>>55372266

New to painting
Seems like washes are pretty easy to fuck up, how do I make them not look like I smeared the mini in grease, like it does on some people's? Also, do they need thinned too?

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Made the legs a bit thicker.

>>55373166
love how you made the base

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I hate the abysmal quality of MOM minis (and the soft plastic they're made of, impossible to get all the mould lines off), but I had good time painting this little guy as a lovercraftian version of good old Dick.

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>>55373166
Slightly different angle

>>55373166
>>55373222
Looks fantastic! What are you going to play it as?

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And a mug shot

>>55373075
i would like to know as well

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>>55373166
And thigh side action

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Another Skelly Warband update, finished 3 more dudes this afternoon.

Just gotta do my Archer, Crossbowman, Zombie Thug and my leaders.

>>55373235
Leviathan Dreadnought mostly but as the rest of my army is artscale I may run it as a normal hellbrute.
Arms are magnetic too

>>55373075

Its from this little beauty...

https://wargameexclusive.com/shop/battle-sisters/sister-saint-celestias-acolyte-seraphim-mylena/

I like 'em. Check the pictures out on the link. They're a little smaller than normal SM powerpacks, but I tried one on a marine before I started glueing/painting it looked pretty fucking cool. Cool enough for me to take a cast of anyway.

>>55373092

Cheers anon. I figured that. I was using washes though so feathering didn't turn out as well as I expected on my test piece. Even when I let it dry a little it just looked odd. I don't know whether it was down to the amount of pigment in the wash but it just seemed like a mess. So I settled for a little overlap instead. If I try it again with a solid colour as opposed to a wash I'll definitely put a gradient in there.

>>55373098

They're a really nice design. I made the 'feathers' silver looking as it was beginning to look like one big chunk of gold. Its a gorgeous little model but its proving to be a real bitch to paint. I'm dreading the last set of highlights...

>>55373281
I hope you're going with the Castlevania route, and coloring your skeletons bones in Red, Gold and Metal as well

>>55373313
Ahh cool, it's the same guys who do the rambo Tau guys and the tittymonster chaos sister. Just a shame you can't buy a set of the wings. I'd love to add some jump packs to my TS but it's near impossible to find any design, much less a good one.

You painted it up really nicely. Better to do something than to live with the fear of it.

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Word Bearer anon here.
Working on my demon prince.
>>inb4 another guilliman prince

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>>55373592
Side view

>>55373166
>>55373222
>>55373276

Simply amazing. I love the Smough vibe, but the use of bits is what elevates this. The only gripe I have is the part below the left kneepad (first picture). It seems kind of empty. Care to post more of your stuff?

>>55373592
Where's his bible?

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>>55373215
>and the soft plastic they're made of, impossible to get all the mould lines off
I know that feeling, having worked with Dust mini's for years. It's a fucking nightmare - you either cut too little, and the prominent line shows up after painting, or you cut off too much and ruin what little detail there is. Hiding mould lines via painting is something I had to learn really fucking quickly.

That looks great though, I love it.

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>>55373592
>word bearer anon
Would you post some of your guys brother? Have some of mine!

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>>55362437
Finishing off this sentinel, needs to be based, as this was an old job

>>55373768
Digging that penal legion anon

>>55373607
>>55373592
>Daemon prince
>Using parts from the 2 most gud guys races in the game
How will you Chaos it up more? just looks like a counts-as Celestant Prime right now.

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>>55373732
I have posted it before, but here is my Church Raider

>>55373652
Ah yeah, that part bothers me too, unfortunately if I obstruct it, the range of movement would be less than the other leg, looking at alternatives though.
Got no other pics at the moment, will try to get some soon.

Has anyone got a good tutorial for Urban Camo cloaks?

>>55373858
How about some chains or loose tubing?

>>55373832
hah! Cool.

>>55373832
That's great brother. It could have more corpses or some cultists though

>>55373575

Yeah, some of their stuff is tits for tit's sake, but their armour designs etc are top notch. They do some accessories, but their range isn't huge. The TS conversion stuff they do make is very nice. I've got a bunch of it but haven't made any up yet. The pictures on the site don't do it any real justice.

I tend to dive in feet-first with my painting now. I used to put off a lot of stuff because I didn't want to fuck it up. Now I know how to strip resin without turning it into toxic sludge I'll just go for it. I've learned far more that way instead of just settling for easy sculpts.

>>55373782
Thanks, I normally hate Catachan, but kinda like them painted like this.

>>55374154

Different guy, but you chose well there man. It really suits them.

Can anyone here recommend a good airbrush and/or compressor?

I'm looking for something reliable, easy to use/maintain, and not too expensive -- prioritized in that order.

Now that the Horus Heresy game from Forgeworld is mostly confirmed to not be changing, I've finally gotten motivated to finish my army.

Oh, yeah, also looking for a good site selling Warhammer-sized skulls and other macabre trophies to decorate my Night Lords. I'm pretty sure I can handle making human-skin leather out of Greenstuff or another modelling putty, but stuff like skulls and other bones are well beyond my skill.

>>55374154
>>55374190
I think it helps that they're the metal ones and not the derpy plastics.

>>55374222
Iwata Eclipse is the general recommended airbrush. It's a bit higher quality and more universal than the Badger Krome which is the Badger equivalent, it's affordable since it's regularly sold at around $100, and it's also nice enough to be your endgame airbrush.

If you need something even cheaper and lower quality, really any cheapo airbrush will work, even the $20 brandless ones. There's actually a very cheap Chinese knockoff of the Iwata Eclipse, I forget the name but search for it and buy that one.

>>55374049
My nigga, that's the way. You will never learn anything new by taking it easy. Besides, what use is spending good money to have some cool shit gathering dust in the back of some drawer full of regrets?

Either do it up to the best of your abilities and be happy with the result or simply don't bother buying it in the first place. I admit, i am apprehensive about painting my two TK sphinxes eventually (when the TS get their codex and I do a revamp) but I've had these kits for legit like 5 years now, I got them off the old Maelstromgames so you can imagine.

>>55374240
haha yeah I'd say you're right, I have one plastic one painted in orange and he's sub-par.

The rest of my plastic catachans are painted up as chem dogs.

>>55374252
Oh, cool. I was aiming in the mid $200 range, so that works really damn well.

Thank you!

If you don't mind, could you also recommend a compressor?

>>55374298
I don't suppose you'd be interested in getting any more plastic Catachan models, would you?

I've got 1 1/2 battleforce boxes and one of the old 20 man squad boxes, but I'm never going to use 'em.
They'd be cheap.

>>55374281

Yup. You won't learn fuck all until you get out of your comfort zone and pick up a brush.

Maelstrom... Thats a kick in the fucking feels right there. I always wanted that Krull model to use as a daemon prince. Sad times.

A sphinx as a TS conversion though? You have to get on that shit man. Codex or not thats a great project to get stuck into.

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My latest Warzone to Imperial Guard.
Two different grenade wielding dudes.
The first is throwing a grenade. He's got a Catachan grenade left hand, and I flipped the thumb on the side of another Warzone imperial hand to get his right hand.
The second has a grenade launcher from the Cadian sprue.

>>55374420
Are the battleforces the really old ones with Sentinels? And how much are you asking for these dudes? I'm potentially interested.

>>55374420
Thanks for the offer but I don't think so.
Can always have more guard but.. gaah Catachans.

>>55374636
Man that plastic looks mushy as fuck. I don't understand why small companies don't just continue producing metal or resin instead of going for super expensive plastic or outsourcing to Chinese and ending up with shit tier plastic that turns off a lot of customers.

>>55373592
>>55373607
Those wings look like a fucking hellpit nightmare to transport

>>55374972
Doesn't really matter with those old warzone minis thou. You buy them in bags

>>55374590
Yeah man, Maelstrom was amazing for me starting off. Great service and prices. Then they went down the shitter and started scamming people, I had a Necron Wraith box ordered for like 2 weeks before I realized something was up and I got my bank to force a refund.

It is yeah, maulerfiends. Though that said I didn't really convert MUCH. I reposed one extensively though. Magnetized arms in case I ever want to make some guns for Forges. I do want to get on them and I will, but I'm finishing up my Tau and Renegade CSM first. I want to have them done and painted so all I have is TS non-stop.

I'm terrified Maulers won't be allowed in TS lists[/spoilers]

>>55375103
...They are though, why would you be afraid about something we already know?

>>55375123
They included them in the Index, sure, but GW has pulled fast ones before. Biker HQs and daemonic steeds have been a thing forever and were in the Index too, now look at the CSM codex.

I'll fully relax once I see the TS codex.

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>>55374636
Unfortunately not the REALLY old battleforce that came with the russ & 2 sentinels.

Catachan Battleforce NiB
5 man command squad
20 infantry
3 heavy weapon teams
1 sentinel

Catachan Infantry Squad NiB:
20 infantry

Catachan Battleforce opened:
5 man command squad
1 sentinel
3 heavy weapon teams
<20 infantry

I bought these originally so I could use the legs and a few rifles for a conversion (poor man's elysians: Cadian head/torso, catachan legs, greenstuff drop harness, FW or 3rd party grav chutes). But it didn't go well, I mostly left the game, and then I sold all my Cadians.
Can't recall how many bits I used, but at least one 10-man squad from the battleforce should be complete.

Not sure on price. What sounds fair to you?

>>55374252
>and more universal than the Badger Krome
Isn't it stuck with a fairly large need size (.35mm) whereas the Krome can swap out for a finer tip? It seems a little broad for detailed mini work.

>>55375151
How many jew golds are you after?

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>>55362437
Save me from myself. What techniques do I need?

This is my first ever.

>>55375261
THIN

>>55375162
Unless you're trying to do lines as thin as a hair, a .35mm needle is small enough, and even then you can mostly manage that with .35mm.

Most of the time you're going to be using it for base coats and highlights, or doing gradients where you'd mask away other parts of the mini anyway.

>>55375151
you could get a shit ton on ebay

>>55375261

Do yourself a favor and buy a can of red spray primer and black spray primer, then leave the backpacks and guns unattached and spray them black separately while you spray the model red.

>>55373120
Thanks. This is helpful.

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>>55375261
EXTRA

>>55375261
Wash the whole model in Agrax Earthshade and report back

>>55375181
I really don't know. I've been out of the game for a few years, so i little to no idea what a fair price would be.
What are they worth to you?

>>55375307
Really? For Catachan models? I thought they weren't very popular. They were pretty much a joke when I used to play.

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>>55375261
THIN YOUR PAINTS

Stay within the lines. Take your time, keep a steady hand. Drink your paint water. Washes are your friend. Highlight once you feel you've got enough confidence. Good effort on the base.

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Pink Horror still not sure what to do with trinkets, cloth, flames etc. I'm thinking blue flames with a complementary blue to Fulgrim Pink. Obviously doesn't apply to this particular model. Maybe brass for trinkets with blue gems?

>>55375350
This, apply a liberal coat of liquid talent, stand back to let it dry and be amazed

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Do you think it would look weird if I cut off this guy's head and replaced it with a Beakie helmet or something for that victorian plague doctor look?

I was thinking about using an actual plague doctor model's head but I can't really find them seperate and I'm not sure how they would look on a marine body.

Maybe give him a greenstuff hood over his beakie helmet?

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>>55375486
Sorry for uber large pic/sideways

Here's an easier on the eyes version

>>55375542
Why model a hood when you already got one? Cut off his face and the face of the beakie. Shape it to fit the face cavity, fill the gaps.

I think it's a dope idea.

>>55375542
Why not just sculpt the nose

>>55375542
Not if you are trying to make a plague doctor.

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Another Skellington Warband Update

Finished the Crossbowman and the cooler, clearly upgraded Archer.

1 more model and all my Soldiers will be done, then it's just the important people.

>>55375625
how is frostgrave? seems fun.

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>>55375688
I'm a sucker for warband games because I love the idea of the army improving game to game and Frostgrave does it pretty well, especially for the Wizard.

It has a lot of cool scenarios, and even more if you have the expansion books. I really like the big number of scenarios because it's given me a reason to build a lot of scenario specific terrain pieces.

I'm building this Necromancer Warband because I'm going to be playing through the Thaw of the Lichlord campaign and I'd like to try to have this Necromancer ascend to Lichdom.

>>55368438
HNNNNG I fucking love late rome, pls post when theyre all done

>>55375688
If you're looking to see the game played a bit, Guerrilla Miniatures Games on YouTube has quite a few Frostgrave games on his channel, it's what got me interested in it.

>>55375768
could I do a Goblin warband complete with Goblin Wizard?
or are those minis too short even in the 25mm range?

>>55375807
There aren't really rules for model use, you just use anything.

Though it'd probably be fair play to let your opponent treat them as the sort of average height of a 28mm human for Line of Sight purposes.

Then again, if he can't see you, you can't see him. So I guess it just kinda comes down to a quick chat before a game.

>>55375857
Not him but whatI don't like about these warband games is that youir dudes grow and get items but what happenes to the minis? You keep buying new variations to represent them on the mini? Won't you be a tricked out loot hoarder by the end yet you're still using a peasant with a knife?

>>55375857
I personally am intrigued at the idea of putting together tons of warbands, plus the terrain

plus the gnolls, I found Frostgrave after needing a couple dozen gnoll minis for D&D

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>>55375586
I wasn't sure how that would fit, if the helmet would be cramped inside that hood or not.

Maybe I'd want to sculpt some more goggle looking eyes for the beakie helmet?

>>55375597
A hood seems easier than making a nose, I'm not the best with greenstuff, and this would be my first real conversion instead of just using greenstuff to fill gaps and such.

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>>55365802
ahole

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Gryphonne Pattern Chimera conversion WIPs.

Also a Hydra kit for my Wyvern, and some snipers in varying states of completeness.

Mostly lookin' for thoughts on the Chimera turrets. They'll get some storm bolters layer, but due to geometry those will be painted separately.

Probably gonna pin them in.

>>55375911
Here's an idea.

Does anyone play Tsons and have Tzaangors with you?
They'll have extra Tzaangor heads, like a shit ton. Get one from them or ebay, several of them are quite long and closed beaks. Cut beak off.

Viola

>>55373768
>guy loves hats enough to get a "HAT" tattoo
>not wearing a hat

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>>55375904
I sorta plan ahead for these kinda things because I'm that way too. I like to have the increase in power represented by my model. Pic related is the basic bitch Archer and then model I'm going to use if I upgrade to a Ranger. Some people don't care about that though and just say "this dude's a Templar now".

>>55375907
One of the cool things about making a bunch of warbands is the Soldiers are all the same troops regardless of what your Wizard is. So you could really make the Soldiers you'd need and then just swap out your Wizard and Apprentice and bam, new War band.

I like having a theme though so for this Necromancer one all my guys are Undead.

>>55375970
I hat it when people do that.

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I'm about to start painting the arms on my leviathan, trying to decide if the grav flux would look better completly metallic or whether I should make all the little orbs going down the side of it a differnt colour

>>55375970
>KIL KIL KIL
>REVENEBO

>>55376013

Silver for main weapon assembly, copper or glowing energy for orbs and exposed internals.

>>55373768
the fuck's up with your mouse dude

>>55376072
>doesn't recognize the Logitech G5

Not a PC gamer?

>>55376086
I think he meant more 'what is that brown shit encrusted in every crack and crevice'

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>>55375261
Do people just not understand that if you don't know how to do something, you should look up how to do it? Or maybe they just assume they're competent at things that they've never done before and have no experience with for some inexplicable reason.

Regardless, there's no good reason why the first model painted by a mentally normal adult should look that bad. Strip it and try again and this time follow the instructions in this video by games workshop themselves that you get as a result if you google "how to paint red space marines".

https://youtu.be/g9HzqHVg1uE

Unless you're a literal child you should feel like a moron.

Am I supposed to cover the whole mini in wash, or just paint in the recesses?

>>55375261
OOOF
AAAAUGH

>>55376184
Cruel...but perhaps cruel to be kind?

>>55375261
He's got a point. That's bad. Very bad. Strip it and give it another whirl.

>>55376240
It depends on what you're trying to do exactly. Both techniques are used.

>>55373832
This looks fantastic. I love the colour scheme, and the modelling is seamless. Possibly my favourite conversion I've ever seen in a WIP thread.

>>55376240
The video posted >>55376184 contains examples of both painting washes into recesses and painting a whole model in it.

>>55375990
I have a massive nerdboner for all things goblin, but I also like dwarves

honestly I'd put together warbands with upgraded models if I can find the time. There being fewer minis of any given type means I can diversify my workload and not get bogged down painting beards.

>>55368826
I like the bronze one, it contrasts better with the yellow/Green cloth and plasma bits.
Mix it up a little, though. Makke the panels bronze and tubings, and the gun silver, because as it is right now, it looks too much like a statue.

>>55375970
hahaha Dunno why I didn't write it further up his arm.. eh.
>>55376072
it's well used....

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>>55375542
I've actually been planning on doing something like this with my baby faced plaguecasters.
I was going to remove the face and replace it with cut/trimmed plasticard into the hood to resemble pic related.

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What's a cheap way to get a hold on a single Mark III space marine helmet? I don't necessarily want to go to bits sellers, and I really only need the single one for a conversion.
Is the Mark III helmet from the Easy To Build: Death Guard Plague Marines seperable without fucking it up too much?

>>55367115
This almost want me start and convert an ork army.

Where can one buy modelkits on the cheap?

>>55367115
What scale is the tank 1/32?

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>>55377116
>Ch-long eye-na
Knock off MIII sets/head/upgrades.

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First time edge highlighting, how did I do?

this took me 6 hours

>>55377116
Do you not live around anyone? look for a local/state gaming group on your social media of choice or go to a gaming store and ask around. There are bound to be plenty of people that will give you a single MKIII head from BoP for free.

Otherwise if you are dead set on buying the pictured model, look at the sprue on GW's website. It clearly shows that the head is separate from the body so no work required.

>>55377412

It's a bit hard to see, you might have been TOO careful and thin with the highlights. Yeah, edge highlighting takes fucking forever, it probably gets a lot faster when you're used to it but even then it'll be tedious.

>>55377412
You clogged up his eye-holes!

>>55365221
truly excellent.
the swords literally look like turds.
is that what you were going for?
I guess that would be my only critique.

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>>55377412
Well you can never get your time back but at least there's pic related

>>55365221
>>55373120
Are those tyedye Nurglings painted the same way?

>>55377412
It's looking good anon.

>>55377682
You should drink some

>>55365386
Are you painting over the metal parts? I would have glued those and the chains on at least until after I got the base coat put on the model.

>>55377649
Probably rust, but at the point you're getting stabbed by a plaguebearer it's probably gonna be the same end result either way, maybe a bit more insult to injury if it's a diseased turd.

>>55364063
Needs some cleanup and the paint seems pretty thicc.

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Working on this. It will be a land raver for my emporors children. It will have 3 twin blastmasters instead of lascannon and heavy bolters. Hopefully this works well with the new land raider design rules. It may also have some doom sirens and a havoc launcher. The battery fits perfectly in the side.

>>55377765
>>55377412
Was just kidding, it looks awesome

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how badly did i mess up priming these?

if it is as bad as it looks is there anyway to fix it?

shit looks like i dipped it in water and rolled it over a pile of sugar

>>55378335
Terribly anon. RIP in piece.

>>55378335
fine grit sandpaper very lightly over each individual piece

so...you fucked up pretty bad

>>55378353
>>55378358

if i tried painting them for practice and then stripped the paint do you think the grainy ass primer would still be there?

or is that a bad idea

>>55378405
either paint it up as a stone statue or just strip it now and save yourself time.

>>55377116
How do I achieve a subtle mottled effect like the armour in that pic? Glaze stains here and there?

>>55378335
ugh. I'm really sorry, bro. You know how this happens right? Paint from the rattlecan drying on the way to the model? White is especially vulnerable to this - make sure you carefully check your spray range and ambient humidity.

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I'm trying to start up a small tau force, mostly infantry, but I'm undecided on a paint scheme. I love the look of really brightly painted and stylized paint jobs like Louise Sugden's snakebites

https://68.media.tumblr.com/e3ed264df331e491b5b44cfc9826dd98/tumblr_ntlm9jcyC11rsvaqio1_1280.jpg

or anything Mozalbete has painted,

https://i.imgur.com/DJvTiSl.jpg

but I keep wimping out for lack of a better term and drifting towards an olive drab or other sorts of more reasonable colors that I can just cover with washes.

I think I found a nice middle ground with pic related (green armor plates white vloth bits and orange markings), it doesn't feel too over the top but it could really pop with bright orange. Now the question is: which colors I should use for this green/white/orange scheme if I want to make it a little more dramatic? I'm thinking warpstone glow green and troll slayer orange, but I just have no idea if these will be too bright or too drab. As for the white should I err on the grey side or the cream side for my shading? Could anyone with a little more experience advise me?

>>55378335
You fix it by stripping the paint and trying again. This time in a much less hot environment.

>>55378518
I believe it can happen in pleasant weather too on those especially low humidity days.

fuck sake niggers, spray on some spare sprue before spraying your models.

>>55378553
It's a thing that happens when the paint starts to dry in the air before it gets to the model, so you're basically spraying it with powder. So it's usually high temperature or too much distance.

>>55378456
speaking of this >>55378405 how did you screw this up? I want to replicate.

>>55378335
Did you make sure to keep both the model AND the spray can in the area you were planning on spraying for at least half an hour before doing so?
If you don't let the model and the spray acclimate to the temperature before spraying, stuff like that happens.

In fact, the half hour minimum is probably too low. I never spray unless I let 'em rest for at least an hour.

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A finished bell person

>>55378889

really dig the green on brass effects, very nicely and subtly done

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Bout to start the Sergeant and finish this squad up

>>55378335
https://youtu.be/nCenxgOW-fs

>>55368826
left plz

>>55378988

ty anon, i had spent to much time watching painting tutorials & forgetting the first step to painting minis

>>55378983
groovy

>>55378638

From what other anons said and the video posted. Pretty sure I was spraying from to far away.

Distance was roughly a foot. When I tried to fix the first coat that had a bit of grainyness it was minutes after it finished raining. That coat made the grainy Sandy stuff 10x as bad

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What do u guys think?

>>55375261
Are you painting with playdoh

>>55378889
Did you use air brush at all for this?

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Can Death Guard be done with mostly just white and washes?

I kind of feel like just painting them greens and browns is cheating, since the Death Guard were white before they become all Nurglesque, but I really want to make the dudes look grungy.

What are some good guides for shit like chipping paint, weathering effects, rust and all that? I'm used to only painting my plain Jane clean Marines, so I haven't really done any of that.

Is there a paint like Blood for the Blood God but stays a wet sickly green color instead?

>>55379412
Additional coats pretty much never fix a fucked up finish. You gotta strip it and do it again.

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>>55378654
This is litteraly a crazy amount of dedication. God's speed anon and I hope the meds help.

>>55379895
>Can Death Guard be done with mostly just white and washes?
Yes.

>What are some good guides for shit like chipping paint, weathering effects, rust and all that?
Watch Duncan's "Dark Imperium" tutorials and his videos on "Redemptor Dreadnought battle damage" and "Typhus Corrosion".

>Is there a paint like Blood for the Blood God but stays a wet sickly green color instead?
Yes. It's called Nurgle's Rot.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=CEGY7tCHP7Y

>>55378335

Definitely strip

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Airbrush noob, I'm having water condense in my lines. Google says the heat from my compressor is causing condensation in the line itself and skipping my water filter, (right near hot part of compressor.)
I ordered one of these that goes directly into the gun between the line and previous filter, does anyone know if it will be enough to fix the water issue? As of last night I was only able to airbrush for 15mins before my compressor became too hot and water was unavoidable. I've also considered getting a small tank and second air line, possibly with another water filter to add to the compressor chain and eliminate heat from being anywhere near the main line.
I'm in a tropical environment so my room is probably humid to some extent. Should I just give up on my compressor (it's nice) and get a cheapo with a tank? Or try to rig all these filters in some chain?

>>55380036
I don't think you linked to the post you intended.

Working on an Admec/ Imp Guard army with supplemental Inquisition. I plan on doing White for the main color and gold for the tertiary. What paints do you guys recommend?

>>55380424
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc9aMBc9Lxg

>>55380271
Using a compressor without a tank is just asking for difficulty. Get one with a tank and a moisture trap in your line and you'll never have the problem again.

>>55378889
I know
>Death Guard
but I think you're going a bit heavy on the washes. You shouldn't let them pool up like they did in the bib and on the horn.

I like your scheme. I'm going to be using the 30k colours too when I do my own DG. What shade of white did you use?

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>>55380452
Much appreciated mate, I'll give a pic of what I have right now. I know they are shit don't remind me.

>>55380424
Use an offwhite you like rather than pure white. Only use white for the most extreme highlights.

>>55380466
Think I can buy just any small tank on eBay and run my compressor into it? That can't be too hard right, I'd maybe need an extra air hose?

>>55380667
Then you'd need a pressure control valve on the output of the tank. You'd also need to buy all the fittings and whatnot.

You're probably better off just buying a compressor with a tank.

>>55380709
Makes sense. I should've listened to the WiP threads in the first place and got the one with the tank. Was using the compressor before I started airbrushing so no loss but thought I could wing it.

>>55380614
Still learning to do proper highlighting but I'll take your advice, thanks.

>>55379487
Decent. Get some highlights going on the scarlet texture and they'll look great.

>>55379487
Pretty good, I'd be happy seeing that across the table.

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Nearly finished this Doomrider conversion, just waiting on one last bit to show up and need to file down some of the green stuff on the leg and left hand once they dry.

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Recent progress I've been making on my death guard imperial knight.

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>>55381232
Looking pretty metal there anon, good work so far.

>>55375542
use the beakie that came with the thousand son's sorcerer kit