WIP - Painting and Converting General:

Just posting some 3rd party shops that can come in handy.

http://www.kromlech.eu/
www.anvilindustry.co.uk
http://zinge.co.uk/index.php?route=common/home
http://chapterhousestudios.com/index.php?route=common/home
http://www.secretweaponminiatures.com/index.php?main_page=index
http://maxmini.eu/
http://puppetswar.com/
http://www.pig-iron-productions.com/#
http://sciborminiatures.com/
http://shop.microartstudio.com/
http://www.spellcrow.com/
http://dragonforge.com/Painting%20service/for%20sale/gaming_bases.html
http://www.ramshacklegames.co.uk
http://victoriaminiatures.highwire.com/
https://curiousconstructs.theslowcentury.com/ocart/
http://madrobotminiatures.com/zencart/

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I call him Phisticus the Overachiever

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ignore some of the wet parts hes sill drying

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>>43677103
>>43677064

2 pure 4 me

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>>43677129

>>43677422
>no 0.5 megapixel webcam step
>no making sure you're holding up the miniature as close as possible to the webcam step
>no having your face in the background of the image step
Fucking awful guide man.

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>>43677064
>I call him Phisticus the Overachiever

Anon, you *must* write on every one of those seals... for Great Justice!

How do I thin velljo model paints?

>>43677064
>>43677103

>Dammnit Brother Phisticus, stop volunteering for every single mission. Let someone else have a turn!

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>>43677717
all those purity seals

mfw

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Starting a nid army. Worked out my color scheme for them. Skin is airbrushed followed by wash and drybrushed. Carapace is just lots of highlight and glaze brushwork. Will post a few photos

>>43678054
Nooooo don't kill the crab!

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>>43678162

>>43678054
Need more purity seals on the helmet.

>>43677516
We aren't girls.

>>43677064

I will add a Phisticus honor marking or campaign marking to my templars. Fluff, ork campaign where phis over there was soloing orks left and right so hard they named the campaign after him.

>>43677898

galleria flow improver but generally they are good to go right away with a wet brush

>>43678138

>when sailing the red sea, the captain goes down with the ship

hue

>>43677898
with acrylic thinner...

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If anyone remembers my Blackhide Wrastler from last week.

I ended up winning first place in my category at the competition this weekend.

I am le happy.

>>43677898

Depends what you to achieve.

Wash? Water
Just a little thinning? Water or anything you want
Glazing? 1/1 Glazing medium and a drop of water
Drybrushing? A drop of water
Inking? A lot of water and a drop of glazing medium (so it doesn't make paint rings)

>>43678334
I think I missed last thread, post pic

>>43678138
>>43678162
>>43678181

These look freakin' beautiful!

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>>43678397

Sure

>>43678398
ty anon

>>43678436
You deserve it.

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Will leave the chest piece on or off?
Still have to base it.

>>43678181
Normally I hate drybrushed "skin" but these really do look great. Nice color balance

>>43678516
yeh I wanted it to have a leathery texture to contrast the smoothness of the armor

Is there something like a "starter set" of tools for someone who will be painting figures for the first time. Malifaux figures, specifically.

>>43679376

Plenty. Reaper makes a whole "babby's first miniatures" kit and tutorial. Really good.

https://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/Learn%20To%20Paint%20Kits/sku-down/08906

>>43679610
Awesome. Thanks a lot!

Man I am itching for IF betrayal at calth minis

Is anyone offering better than 115 euro inc shipping yet?

>>43680603

Oh fuck me, FW is actually offering it on their site as the new starter now?

Does anybody have any examples of miniatures painted with mostly (or exclusively) washes? I've got some chaos demons that are all primed white and I've heard that's an effective and quick way of doing it.

>>43680603
gw?
>>43680639
yeah but with legion specific upgrade kits and its not really a starter its still the same board game. im almost 100% sure they're absolutely pissed gw is trying to muscle in on their 30k project

>>43680797

It's actually pretty easy to do if you mix some brown and black wash as a preshade then mix your base color with colored wash like 2:3 and go over it. Youtube is full of examples, I especially remember a guy doing his Krieg

>>43680797
daemons are laughably easy with just (insert chaos god specific color) and a wash of some sort with some dry brushing you may need other colors for horns/claws/guts

>>43680810

Honestly I doubt they are pissed as upgrade kits fly off the shelves, it's only mk iv armor in plastic, more people get into 30k and now they can focus on all the primarchs and special characters as well as vehicles, titans and all the other factions present.

>>43676926
>Didn't even edit the article

shit pic

>>43678334
Grats, anon

It looked great, it's well-deserved

>>43680912
Ok?

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To the anon that recommended Reaper fire elementals instead of these, you're retarded.

>>43677064
>>43677103
LMAO

>>43678138
>>43678162
>>43678181
Nice desu senpai

>>43681904
Awesome...I totally needed some Autumn Leaf elementals for my campaign.

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>>43678229
A purity seal for every 1000th ork

>>43681904
Enjoy your greenstuff wolf fur elementals.

>>43682147

That... would be actually pretty awesome. Some very poetic death elemental there.

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>>43681904

Best fire elemental coming through.

>>43682472

I'll need to remember the Confrontation elementals for my Shadowrun miniatures.

>>43682472
Yeah but there's only one variant, I need 20.

Anyone have ideas what I could use for arms for an Imperial Knight?

I have the crab body but don't have those swinging shoulder joints. Attaching weapons directly to the side just looks...off.

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Almost done with my first Death Company marine. Just need some highlights, purity seal work, and a drilled barrel. Man these guys have a lot of bells and whistles for their point cost, but I'm not complaining.

>>43678498
Pic of it with the piece on? Also nice paintjob so far, but the gap and mould lines on his gun are pretty glaring, I won't suggest greenstuffing or gluing due to the paint being on, but maybe slap a piece of armor on it to cover it up and look more Ogryn-like.

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>>43676926

Sup guys,

I was sick over the weekend so didn't make as much progress as I wanted, but here is a little tidbit of where I am currently at. Basically got the helmet further along on the Sorcerer, have done a couple more rounds on the gold portions of the other models, have the bolters painted and attached, and the Aspiring Sorcerer's backpack has been pinned on.

That's a little sneak peak of some terrain I am working on as well. I will make a lot of progress tomorrow.

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>>43683599
my blue marines wip bros approve of your blue marines wip bros!

>>43678516
Drybrushing is really effective on nids tho.

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I just bought some eldar swooping hawks, and i'm soaking them in degreaser to get the primer off.

will post pics of the 'hawks later (im doing craftworld mymeara with an airbrush)

>>43683670
>my blue marines wip bros approve of your blue marines wip bros!

Haha, looking good too blue bro!

I'm getting into the hobby, and I bought a Hammerhead and Devilfish.
I noticed I really needed Anti-Vehicle firepower, but I'm broke for now.
I have the spare Skyray missile turret from the Hammerhead kit I bought, and I wanted to know if it's possible to convert a Devilfish into a Skyray, and more precisely, what parts will I need (Excluding the turret, which I already have) to fully complete the conversion.
It sems like the drones are different, but I don't know about the rest.

Also, goddamn I feel insecure with all those fucking beautiful paintings and conversions in this thread.

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Any "beginner" kits online (on, like, Amazon or something) that would be good to purchase, starting out? Maybe one for brushes and one for paints? I'd rather not buy a million and seven different colors, even though I plan on doing a few wildly different kits.

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I'd like advice on how my paintjob is, and what I can do to improve my overall painting skills, and those minis I already painted.
Do you think the color scheme is too bland, unicolor, or dark?

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>>43684036

>>43684052
wash that red, and then highlight the edging bro

>>43684155
I already applied Nuln oil, but it gets kind of dirty, that makes it a bit off-looking. I washed them, and re-applied a bit of red paint to hide the oil that wasn't on details. Should I re-apply some, then?
Also, I already tried to highlight a bit, but I guess I did it way too lightly. I'm afraid to fuck up the entire mini if I do it wrong.
But thanks!

>>43684587
I would try running something darker in the cracks then Nuln oil. Try watering down some actual black paint, or a darker red. The photo makes it hard to notice any highlights with that flash washing out all the color.

>these plastic cataphractii
hrrrrnghhhhh

>>43683871
The only real difference between the Devilfish and the HH/Skyray is the chin mounted burst cannon vs. twin linked burst cannons. All of them can also take gun drones or a twin-linked smart missile system on the sides as well. Easiest thing to do if you want to be able to swap between devilfish and skyray is magnatize the burst cannon and run gundrones/SMS on the sides.

>>43684036
Check the Army Painter Starter set
http://www.amazon.com/Army-Painter-Warpaints-Starter-Paint/dp/B007SQ3C18

>>43677064
> he died to thousands of papercuts...

Trying to find a good, high quality boxset of brushes so that my family can buy me something for Christmas that I'll actually use.

I remember finding one a while back which came with a block of brush soap and good brushes, but I can't find it anywhere. Google is pretty much useless and I curse the day I didn't bookmark it when I found it.

Anyone have any idea who could be the seller?

>>43685190

Oh shit, nevermind, found it.

Games and Gears, if anyone's interested.

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Painting some Chaos Dwarfs

>>43677064

>I just need Orienteering, Fire Safety, Handicraft and Deamon Prince Slaying, then I'll have ALL the purity seals

>>43684587

Wash them with nuln or agrax and then layer the red on top of it, leaving the was in recesses and inner edges. Then edge highlight it with brighter red.

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Finished some dwarfs and updated the dragon slayer a bit.

Quite happy with them.

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my first model with mostly NMM for armour.
i think it looks alright but in the pictures i took i always find some stuff i missed XD

>>43685443

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdXQJS3Yv0Y

Hashut's speed, Anon.

>>43685971
not to be an asshole, but you should improve your general painting before trying nmm.
It's a difficult technique to master and you need at least a good skill layering to pull it off.
Base should get more work too

>>43685971
You need far more contrast for NMM

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>>43678498
>>43683516
Torso piece on and based. Thoughts?

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>>43685984
>that clip
>mfw

Why have I never watched the animated LoTR?

>>43683670

This is a really nice blue. Care to tell me how?

>>43686148
Comrade Bullgryn has a problemwith modlines.

I always prefer with armor, me likes some walking tanks but that's just me.

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>>43677064
>>43677103
I always imagine purity seals as 40k duct tape.

>>43686219
Well...they took a lot of inspiration and camera angels from it but I recently bought the first part and I was totally underwhelmed.
Rotoscopy abounded and shitty cuts.

I am no movie historian, maybe I got the wrong one or they improved for the later installments.

Not that there weren't good parts but my nostalgy clouded my mind.

Also Mordheim has Chaos Dwarfs too.

Fun as hell.

>>43683357
nothing o-ok then

I'm planning to treat myself with some big model for xmass. I've only painted ork infantry so far but I want to gib myself some challenge and cool toy for shelf.
Can't decide which one:
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-PL/Seraphon-Engine-of-the-Gods
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-PL/Seraphon-Saurus-Oldblood-on-Carnosaur
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-PL/Nagash
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-PL/Arkhan-the-Black
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-PL/Gorkanaut
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-PL/Rotbringers-Morbidex-Twiceborn

>>43686148
Both look good

>>43686516
It looks fine my dude

>>43686539
https://youtu.be/xJF9wdWsgMI

>>43683357
There are 0 highlights on that model, anon

Going to buy a winsor and newton starter acrylic brush set today, anyone got any experience with them, or are they for art painting?

>for last few months spend all free time on paiting minis
>2 weeks ago we adopted cats form animal shelter
>since that day I'm afraid to pull out my painting grear and all I do is clearing mouldlines on my backlog

anyone here who paints with cats around? how to deal with them to keep them away form my desk?

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>>43686711
Display of force

>>43683357
thin your paints
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>>43686653

WIP. What does that mean?


Work.

In.

Progress.

>>43686769

At least make sense. No where is his paint thick and obscuring detail.


Looks like the shit lords have awoken from their "roommates" (a la Grandma's Boy) basements.

Tact. Get some or die alone.

>>43686683
The acrylic brushes are synthetics and only go down to like size 1, you should be looking at the watercolor brushes.

>>43686711
My cats usually leave it alone, but they're getting older and sleepier. My cat-in-law seemingly does speedballs when awake, and wants to either sit on my lap or tear down the minis from the table.
How old are they? What personality do they have? There are variables in the cat/miniature relationship, anon. I'll help if I can, got 6 years of cat/paint experience.

>>43686873
Thanks, man. It's called the foundation set. Yellow bristles on the watercolors, 5 or 6 brushes for around 12 ameribucks. Good value?

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>>43686711
Well, that would involve immediate and consistent training from the first day. And as they are rescues, they may have already developed bad habits. Your first potential mistake could be that you think a cat cannot be trained. If you can avoid that, and your SO (or whoever you mean by "we") has to help. That is, you have to stop your cats from getting on tables and such immediately and consistently or not at all. Growing up, none of our cats ever thought to jump up on a desk or table. That would be just out of the question. But I know other people who think it's cute putting them up on counters and everything when they are young and then you have a filthy cat on everything right after walking in it's own shit and piss sand.

Otherwise, you need to have a room with a door and/or your work station needs to be able to be broken down and you need a closable display shelf for your models. For instance, you can make a small paint station by wrapping a small plastic cutting board in newspaper and using rolled up pieces and tape to make a little trough to hold a number of paints along the top of it. Then you just need your brushed and water out more or less and all of that can be put into a drawer or rubbermaid storage shelf thing (with drawers as well).

I've had this cutting board for like 10 years.

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>>43686929
The shapes and size don't exactly look ideal for painting miniatures.

If you're just painting 28mm or heroic scale you want round brushes in sizes 2-0, 4 is handy for basecoating. Bear in mind brush sizes are in no way standard, so they vary from manufacturer to manufacturer.

What's your budget?

>>43686904
>>43686970
well my cats are not even 1 year old, very curious, especially one who have to sniff, touch and play with every single small object he spots. He also tends to jump on my laps, and I'm afraid he'll do this when I'll be painting some details and fuck everything up. Same with leaving models to dry.
Since I'm using vallejos and wet pallette, I fear he'll dip his nose or paw into paints and leave gorillion of marks on furniture.

>>43686970
And yes, that is an old Scorpion Green that is 90% full ;) It's funny how hated it used to be and how sought after it is now. It will come in handy for the green glowing eyes I will be attempting on my Thousand Sons today. That and the magenta-crimson crushed velvet robes hopefully.

I plan on attempting to emulate this:

>twistedbrushes
>DOT
>blogspot
>DOT
>co
>DOT
>uk/2012/08/textures-crushed-velvet.html

and this:

>coolminiornot
>DOT
>com/articles/1288-glowing-eyes-by-cyril

And then snow from here using option (H) "Water Effects and modeling snow" (which he labels correctly in the images, but as a second (G) in the right up following the relevant picture - just a heads up to avoid confusion):

>fromthewarp
>DOT
>blogspot
>DOT
>ca/2010/01/details-8-ways-to-base-with-snow.html

Hopefully those will inspire/help others as well.

(sorry, I don't know the best way to share links here without being stopped by the canned ham filters)

>>43687057
Okay, so the other half of my comment then. Close the door. Put things away when done.

>>43686987
Well, I really just thought about replacing some brushes because no one in this country seemingly sells brush soap, and I heard from anons that WN are really good brushes. Mostly it'll go on my wh/40k minis, but a good larger drybrush wouldn't go amiss if I want to make some Frostgrave scenery.

>>43687072
Yeah, I'm gonna have to second this. They'll probably leave it alone/be disinterested in a few years.

>>43687077
The higher end are, sure. For the lower end brushes it doesn't really matter what you get.

Try going to a fine arts store for some brush soap. If you can find some, get a W&N series 7 miniature size 1 and a couple size 2 and 4 synthetics or cheap natural hair brushes for non-precision work.

The professional sable watercolor brushes are cheaper but still high quality sables, they should still be cared for.

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WIP Ghostkeel....

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>>43688135
...and some of his friends I was working on a few threads back,

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One last stupidly hi-res photo.

>>43688201
>>43688167

FYI these images aren't so clear that shrinking these to 25% of their original resolution will not change anything we are seeing and your images will be like 200-800KB instead of 2.5MB.

This can be done with free software, and your computer likely already comes with something pre installed that takes 3 clicks to do.

>>43688247
I realised this after first 2 photos but figured, in for a penny, in for a pound.

Usually I just set camera to lower resolution but must have changed it for work. Doh.

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Paint test for salamanders.

While I'm finishing it up it only gets to command a

LEGion

>>43688135

My only critique, and its not if that gun is magnetized, is that you went with one str 8 chance for a melta over 6 str 7 shots that potentially hit rear armor anyway.

>>43688331
>and its not if that gun is magnetized
It is thankfully. I don't know why as I never get to play anyway. I have bought Kauyon but haven't really read it yet, so went with the option of magnetising everything, including the head so I can get inside cockpit easily, rather than getting mad later when I realise I messed up... again.

>>43688167
Shit looks good. How'd you do the weathering?

>>43688382
Use little make up applicators to put camo black brown sorta like sponge method, but a smaller scale. Then use a brush to apply a little bolt gun metal to certain areas to make them look a bit more worn.

Glad you like it, I thought I may have went overboard. The biggest bonus is it requires no real skill which is exactly how I like it.

>>43688135

Craftworld Ianden?

>>43688305
Looks cool. Can't really make out the green that well due to lighting.

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Right, so I'm putting together a list that involves 8 of this bastards, but I absolutely hate the floating base, because the stands break.

Anyone have any suggestions for alternate legs to use with these dudes? I looked around at quad legs and didn't find anything, but I'd settle for a regular pair of legs as well.

>>43688459
What the fuck is an Ianden?

Craftworld my friend Ian's Den?

>>43688459
That's a better reaction than "bumblebee from Transformers" which was what the first person I showed it too said. Crushing.

>>43688474
Could the Dune Crawler work? What of the Necron dude? You'd have to mod them some, but not much really. Remove rivets, etc.

Or the Necron Triarch Stalker?

>>43688515
Triach Stalker is too big, I think. Might be a good choice for some other projects though.

Dune Crawler might work, though the legs look too spread out for a 50mm base. I'll have to get a kit and see how it goes.

I've also considered using the plain old Sentinel legs, but that's something I need to experiment with as well.

How do people get such neat highlights/shades with their airbrushes? I feel like a paraplegic handling mine, it's always too messy even when being light.

>>43688135
I like it, it reminds me of Hyperion from borderlands. Please make a fire warrior like like handsome jack

>>43688566
I think the sent legs will look too clunky. What about the 4x the Triach's back legs.... Nothing like a $200 model ;)

>>43688619
Phone typing sucks. Sorry for my grammar

>>43688615
I would assume quality of the tools and bits matter greatly in this regard

>>43688641
I understand that but it's not like I got some super cheap chinese airbrush, I guess it's just going to be a case of continuing and practicing which is all good but just the costs of models.

>>43677064
>>43677103

well memed my karma whorish friend


>>43678138
>>43678181
This colour scheme is fucking great.

>>43688679
try airbrushing other things, ive tried on cosplay props that i make for friends, and ive managed to get better little by little

>>43688615
I'm
>>43688135
So I am no expert, and you may in fact know better than me but basically the best advise is to play around with PSI and thinning of paint on paper until you can get a smooth application.

I find buying a proper airbrush thinner helps too as you can really make your paints transparent for smooth blends without just ending up with paint running down your model.

Airbrushing is one of those things that looks really really easy until you actually pick one up.

>>43688619
I never played it but you couldn't be more right!

>>43685994
>>43686023

thanks for the criticism guys, looking at the picture i can see your point and completely agree. it is not a good NMM, though i must say that imho it looks good enough for the tabletop, which is where this mini will end up once i find someone to play 8th ed fantasy against....

that all said and done, which tutorials would you recommend for layering?

>>43688679
Then maybe you should share what you do actually have? I don't know much about air brushes, but I am trying to suss out relevant information from you so others can help.

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>>43688474
Why legs when he can be UNSTOPPABLE TANKOBOT

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I've just won those guys for less than 20$ including shipping.
Metal Ghaz, painboy form spellcrow in black primer and some random dude I don't know.
Did I play that well, /wip/?

>>43688305
too "minty" imo, looks like sons of medusa atm.

>>43688305
>>43689604
Agreed. Seems too bright, toning down the green or dirtying it up would help.

>>43686340

From the look of it, looks like a deep blue undercoat, a top-down medium blue airbrush and then some highlights with a shade of blue lighter than the coat you're highlighting. That scheme would make excellent Crimson Fists. Not sure what Legion that's supposed to be but I'm assuming traitor due to the chainglaive dude's helmet.

>>43689709
It is from Calth so I imagine Night Lords

>>43683599
Hey, I'm trying to do the same shining blue armor for my thousand sons, what did you use to achieve that look?

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Alright, so what would you add to pic related to make it interesting? The tron look and glow is the main focus of the style, but this feels very bland and flat.

>>43686420

> I'm no movie historian

I'm an animation historian and I can tell ya, it just sucks. The only genuine good thing that director ever did was the ending of Wizards.

>>43686711
Either work in a closed door room, or have a spray bottle with water and a little bit of lemon juice in it always at hand's reach. If the cat jumps on your desk IMMEDIATELY spray him and say an authoritative NO. Lemonjuice water is a guarantee for cats to stop going where you spray them with.

Problem solved.

>>43687097
That'll never happen. Cat's that want attention will actively always try to put themselves between you and your shit.

>>43688135
>Dat nice airbrush yellow. Surely this is gonna be some gorgeous cartoony t...
>>43688167
>>43688201
>Oh God what have they done?! YOU MANIACS

>>43689837

The "bland and flat" look is actually what you want for a good Tron look... which you actually achieved. Kudos. It's a hard thing to do.

What you need, is some additional focal points other than the cockpit. Paint the gems exactly like you did the cockpit (which needs a final point highlight imho) and add some glow to the gun tips. That's pretty much all it needs. Keep the blacks flat like it is.

Gonna look badass.

I'm currently doing a mockup in photoshop to see if what I'm saying makes sense.

>>43689837
Paint the jewels, son. Make them dark, but pick colours that complement the blue/orange contrast you've got going.

Also, put some shading on the blue cannons and some highlights on the black. Just be careful and go up in colour slowly.

Though I like your glow effects and the cockpit is really, really nice. Nice and clean, everything.

>>43689837
>>43689917

I think what would help the most is if the black had a gloss coat

>>43687097
Or you get a dog too. My cats hide in the ceiling.

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>>43689837
Go full retard, add glow effect to circled spots and really strong glow to exhaust.

>>43689977
Gloss? Really? So like a gloss varnish over the whole model? Or a gloss black primer when I start?

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>>43689917

Eeeeeh... really not sure about my suggestions anymore. I think >>43690073 might be more on the money here.

>>43690135

But the tank really needs to have it's weapon distinguished from the rest of the tank. They probably need the glow but a different color. At least the gems done if no line glow.

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>>43690135
I love the reds and blues you added. Yellow not so much. I think I'll keep it flat, and 'ardcoat the gems for a shine. Still not sure about the engine glow. I don't want it to turn out like pic related. There's too much blue there.

>>43690135
I'd second this design. Orange glow and highlight on the blue guns makes for great contrast, and the orange gems make for an interesting counterpoint to the blue lights. Just some subtle edge highlighting, and possibly orange exhaust if you want to continue the two-colour scheme.
Also, this anon forgot some of the gems. Some might be a bit too close, but paint the ones you feel needs a bit of contrast.

Also, to the original glowtank anon, I'd recommend you do some simple mock-ups before starting to paint to help planning the colours. It's pretty helpful.

>>43686795
This isn't reddit, you sensitive pussy.

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>>43690317
I agree, but the only models I really see with the recessed lines like this are eldar, dark eldar, and necrons. Not much area for practice.

Also I'm planning on doing my corsairs like this, as it looks tron enough. Any idea what head this is? It kind of looks like the pilot for a dark eldar venom.

Not my images, btw, but thank you for the complements anyhow. This all really helps me out as I plan and practice for the real deal.

>>43690419
The blend from the orange to the reds on this model are great, but how is it done? I'm god awful at wet blending. And the area seems too small to be dry brushed then glazed.

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Comparison of Perry armor vs GW armor

>>43690765
>Perry foot knights with skelemen heads
That's actually really good.

>>43689709
>>43686340
They are Nightlords and its only 3 paints. First is just airbrushed black, then on the top parts and raised edges airbrushed white. Then the whole model is hit with Airbrush Vallejo dark blue. The white over black means I have instant shading when applying the dark blue base coat.

>>43690087
I think the black should be glossy like a really slick shinny vehicle. That is, essentially finishes the model and then do the line lights over that. Just a suggestion of course

>>43686653
>needs highlight
> there's no highlight
Tldr yolo tgif yo

>>43690405
Enjoy your shit life shit lord. I bet you don't make it past 34 before you end your pathetic life. I'd even wager money you have already contemplated it.

>>43688305
Salamanders leggin' it. The lack of ATSKNF is really beginning to tell

>>43690746
>I'm god awful at wet blending

Then you practice.

>the area seems too small to be dry brushed then glazed.

Then you do that first and touch up the black after.

>>43690746
Could be just a fuckton of layers.

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>>43690842
Their bodies are a breeze to paint, and for some reason they make very... sassy skeletons

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>>43688710
upvoted friend :^)

>>43691115
For some legs would you consider chopping them off for pure skeletal legs? Like one armored leg one unarmored?

>>43691234
Oh yes that was very possible, i just didnt have any extra skeletal legs. The Perry miniature legs flush themselves to the bottom of the torso, so it would be quite easy to stick a skeletal leg on there.

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>>43688477

Irish Eldar I think. I have no idea how to spell space faery names, I just burn them all to death in a storm of fiery bullets and hate.

>>43688135
>>43688167
>>43688201

hueheuehuehuehue but seriously it looks pretty good, could do with blacklining as you've probably planned anyway

>>43688615

Smaller needles, lower pressure for more accuracy.

>>43691424
>I just burn them all to death in a storm of fiery bullets and hate.

Perfect response hahaha

>>43689866
Eh, my cats never bother with my minis, as I said, it's the cat-in-law that tips them over. The only thing that happens is my fat tom sometimes steps over the paint tray to get to the window. If they want attention when I paint, they usually sit beside the table and meow or pat my leg.

>>43691245
Only thing I don't like about them is they're very upright. So maybe the complete removal of the legs would just make it look more believably undead.

New /wip/, reworking a bolt action Tiger II that I wasn't happy with

Quite hard to satisfactorily work with blue-tac at this scale

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>>43691634

Pic helps

>>43686412
Well, you aren't wrong...

>>43686795
The paint is pretty thick. mostly the black

When is Wargames Factory rereleasing their skeletons?

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>>43690930

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>>43691866
Death Company dude here. Wow I started a bit of a fight huh? the black is actually just a single light coat of primer, and kept the paint at milk consistency the whole time. stuck with an iphone cam right now so that could be the culprit

>>43692000
theyre re-releasing them? Since when

>>43692000
theyre re-releasing them? Since when?

>>43692005
>>43692052
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/511086.page

>>43692126
>http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/511086.page
those posts are from 2013 you mongoloid

>>43692000

Whenever their new masters at Warlord get round to it

>>43689557
Yes, anyone without a metal Ghazghkull shouldn't really be considered a person :^)

Help a bro out /tg/, whats a good recipe for painting black? Im looking for a kind of muted/greyish black, Im thinking a layer of grey then a very thin coat of abaddon black but before I experiment anything I'd like to see if there are any good tutorials on painting black.

>>43692151
And they still haven't been released.

Gonna be painting some imperial fists with Vallejo air, would it be better to preshade with burnt umber THEN putting on golden yellow or base with golden yellow with a 50/50 burnt umber/golden yellow mix?

>>43692210
seconding this
additionaly, do yoy know of any youtube channels with painting protips that you would recommend?

>>43692333
all the tutorials ive seen they usually base with the umber

>>43692333
sorry I meant

base with golden yellow then apply a 50/50 burnt umber/golden yellow shade

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>>43692210
You can do 5:1 Chaos Black to Codex Grey.

Or the darkest grey with 3-4 washes of black. That is what I am doing with my Grey Knights that use the original GW black colour scheme. But here I am going for a very dark grey instead, and would likely do another layer of black wash for you. This guy isn't done yet.

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>>43692470
by darkest grey I mean Mechanicus Standard Grey (I am not sure if that is the darkest)

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>>43689837
Does this give you ideas?

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>>43692498

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>>43692518

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Slowly plinking away at the Gorkamorka warbuggy conversion.

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>>43692588
Stuff is magnetised, the driver as well.

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>>43692333
copy paste form guide I've found, but can't put link here for some reason

1. After priming the model in white, I basecoat it with GW's Averland Sunset. I like this color, but sometimes it'll go on a little unevenly, take your time with it. For my Assault Marines, Dreadnought, and Storm Raven I'm planning on putting this layer down with an airbrush.

2. To ensure an even, solid coverage, I highlight the model with a mix of GW Averland Sunset and VGC Sun Yellow.

3. The next highlighting stage is with VGC Sun Yellow.

4. The final highlighting stage is a mix of VGC Sun Yellow and VMC Pale Sand (I love Pale Sand, a fantastic color that gets used all the time).

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>>43692624
After all the highlighting is complete, it's on to the shading. This is where I was in unfamiliar territory as the vast bulk of my painting has always been working up from the shade to the highlight, but it was certainly fun learning how to work this way.

5. I began shading with a mix of GW Averland Sunset and GW Skrag Brown, adding more Skrag Brown as I went along. This stage is actually about three or four passes, adding more depth each time.

6. This stage is for adding the final depth shade, a thinned wash or two of VGC Charred Brown. I paid particular attention to the corners of the shoulder pad and the rear of the greaves.

7. And the next step is to tidy up everything with some VGC Black.

>>43691866
It isn't at all

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>>43689814
Sup,

So, I spray it with Krylon ColorMaster Metallic Silver Spray Paint+Primer.

It is essential that you shake this can for a full 60 seconds, or more. No less.
Humidity must be below 50%. The lower the better. Temperature, ideally 5-20 C (~40-70 F). Wind should be minimal and just use bursts of wind as an opportunity to shake the can some more.
Spray from about 12" away and have the model(s) on a stick so you can rotate the model instead of the can.
Shake often.
This way you will get a nice thin smooth base coat. I recommend this over priming black and then hand painting Runefang Steel (mithril silver) as the Krylon is a much brighter and shinier silver, and you just get a smoother more consistent coverage on the model compared to doing a metallic with a brush over larger surfaces.

Next, I do a layer of Asurmen Blue Wash thinned 5:3 with Lahmian Medium (or just buy an acrylic matte medium at a craft store). As this wash is discontinued and the new Shades are not the same product, your mileage may vary with that product line. I am told that the current Army Painter Inks are the same product that GW used to use for their discontinued Wash line.

I then do a very lite dry brushing of Runefang Steel over all the blue areas. I do not dry brush after later layers of Asurmen Blue

Repeat the Asurmen Blue Wash stage, again thinning it with your Matte Medium. BTW, get some cheap disposable plastic pipettes at the craft store to help with accurate mixing and the conservation of your paints.

Let that layer fully dry. This is a good project to do a number of models at once.

Repeat the Asurmen Blue Wash stage, thinned again with Matte Medium.

I stop here, but continue onward if you like.

Now touch up all surrounding areas you don't want to be blue and continue with your model.

I hope that helps.

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>>43692210
Basecoat with a dark charcoal, shade with pure black and highlight with base + grey.

If you place the base and highlight next to each other you should be able to tell them apart if there's a clear line, but they shouldn't be massively different.

>>43690866

Clever. That's actually how I did the base lighting on the scales of >>43678436

I basecoated black, sprayed blue liberally in both light and shadows, then glazecoated with yellow with the airbrush on where the light hits for a beautiful rich green that translates to blue in the shade. Then I did the highlights by brush.

I know I put some red somewhere in-between those stages but I forgot where.

>>43693501
>thinned 5:3 with Lahmian Medium (or just buy an acrylic matte medium at a craft store).

And you can change that ratio to whatever you feel like.

>>43693516
>>43692470

Absolutely nice, thanks guys. Im going to try something similar by doing the base with German grey then either shade black or several nuln oil washes.

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getting back into the hobby after shedding my neckbeard for a few years
Had a looksie around in the local store and got some paints, one question though
What the hell are these new things called glazes and what purpose do they serve
also what base blue should I use to paint my stone trolls

>>43693886
>How to use Lahmian Medium #1: Washes and Glazes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSxrMa4OZXo

I would recommend you watch the whole thing (and more), but he starts talking about washes and glazes using drawings/diagrams about a minute and half in.

>>43692588
>>43692623

kickass wartrack, the plasticard work is top notch! just need some rivets and you're golden. What will it be armed with? Any gubbinz?

Love seeing GorkaMorka stuff

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Bike conversion ongoing...

My eyes are bigger than my appetite

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>>43694263
Yeah, there's gonna be gubbinz. There will be four vehicles total, 2 trukks, 2 buggies. One of each trakked and wheeled. The way I want to do it with gubbinz and gunz is have the mounts magnetised and standardised, so I can make just one of each, and then he can swap them between the vehicles to have fun with various combinations. Stuff like reinforced rams and extra armor is gonna be more vehicle specific though.

Glad you like it even in this half-done state. Have a previous update pic as well.

>>43694412
Love 'em.

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first terrain piece. many lessons learned with this project.

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Posted these earlier in another thread I made (like a retard) not realizing this cool thread exists.

10mm Pendraken Early WW2 German Infantry and a Pz IIIe Tank.

>>43695006
>http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/511086.page

That looks really good! The layout doesn't look very natural nor super effective, but it looks badass.

>>43695006
Might I suggest, for your light box using a curved sheet instead? Get a piece of bristle board (white &/or blackl) and cut it to size. Make it about 40% longer than it is tall and have it flat on the front bottom and curve up the back wall. This crreates a natural gradient on the colour backdrop and breaks up and edge lines in the background.

>>43695034

disregard the green text. I apparently had leftover text in the box I didin't notice for something I decided not to post.

>>43694416
>>43694416
where are all the resin bits from

>>43684052

Get a wash in those armor cracks to really make them pop. You dont need to slather it all over the mini if you like the color already, but just get a small-ish brush and drip it in those cracks to bring out the depth.

>>43695814
Forge World Big Trakk. Commissioner supplied that one.

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what do you think of my cultist champion /tg/ , i know paint isnt to good but I tried

>>43696464
is this a trap?, all it needs is dragon dildo or his face in the pic and its perfect

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>>43696464
pls
see>>43677422

>>43696754
taken with laptop webcam im so sorry

>>43696452
Is the white engine on the bigger one all plasticard?

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>>43691634
>>43691672
A nice bit of brown and you can have the basis for a three tone camo scheme, a scheme I go for with my SS armour.

>>43696920
hard to critique when we cant see details but it looks fine other than unthinned paints

>>43678138
>>43678162
>>43678181

These looks great, I'm digging it!

>>43695009
Nice, very nice

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>>43684052
Did you model your color scheme off of Optimus Prime? Cause that's what immediately comes to mind with the bigger suits.

>>43690930
holy shit, nigger. calm your tits.

>>43683357
This marine looks angrier than usual...

>>43696464
Why is the chain axe upside down?... creepy finger

>>43697474
so he doesnt cut himself

>>43681859
he's right, it kills it. it wouldn't even take more than a moment or two to edit the html

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So, once I've finished off my last two space marines, before I texture/paint the bases underneath do I spray this? What do I do with the 'ardcoat?

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Alright, well I have a serious question that needs some kind of answers. Right now I'm looking to find a suitable head for a Space Marine that includes an Eye Patch and some Hair. Right now I'm wanting to make some tactical sergeants with a Metal Gear theme(The Chapter is Raptors, so Sneaky Marines). Does anyone know where I can find head pieces to start for a project like this?

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>>43698529
remove mold lines

>>43691672
looks like your tank is molding

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>>43698572

>>43698572
Amazingly useful, you are truly a godlike servant of the emperor. Your ability to answer a question is unlike anything I have ever seen, possibly even rivaling the mental prowess of the primarchs!

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Got a Stormtalon and Darktalon fuselage off Ebay for about $3 each, currently trying to stick the longer darktalon tail onto the stormtalon fuselage to hopefully make a less derpy looking stormtalon.

Also gonna build a smaller chin turret using the little assault cannons from landspeeders or whatever instead of the giant silly ones that come standard.

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>>43698772
Your sarcasm is unwarranted since the guy actually gave an answer to the question asked

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>>43698772
>gets butthurt when someone gives suggestions in a wip thread

here's another pic since you couldn't take the hint last time

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Can anyone tell me where these wings come from? Reverse image search just brings me to an article that calls them M.A.S. wings which is useless at finding whatever company makes them.

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>>43698886

it fits as perfectly as I'd hoped!

>>43699072
micro art studio

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Just built an Alpha Legion contemptor. I magnetized the arms, but the only option I have right now is the conversion beamer

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>>43698529

Space wolf heads. Those are the best marine with hair faces in the whole model line. case in point is my tyrants legion big boss, I just green stuffed an eye patch and a bandanna over a space wolf head. i believe it was a space wolf terminator.

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Leman russ Vanquisher, just finished the treads.

I was trying to go for a 'naked steel with rust/dirt caked into the crevices' look. I basecoated Gunmetal, covered it in Smokey Ink, then drybrushed Gunmetal again.

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>>43700072

Better, 'I actually cleaned the camera lens' version.

>>43696920
Honestly, don't even bother posting a pic if you don't take a decent picture. It would make a good model look like shit, so you can imagine was an average model looks like under such conditions. Google how to make a light box, and then spend $6 to do so. At the very least, take a picture with your smartphone or someone elses. Or borrow a camera.

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>>43699195

I think the proportions are better with the new tail, even if the front is still a bit scrunchy.

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>>43700297
It seems like the fin would be better above than below but, that's just at a glance.

You like what you like tho, bro

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These beautiful bastards right here (once my exams are done)

My old Shas'o is getting some updated bodyguards and a new officer-comrade down the line.

>>43700365

The fin is molded to the tail, I haven't decided whether to chop it off or not. I don't have any of the fins that go with the darktalon tail, so I'mma have to plan this shit.

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My brick baker completed beyond some minor greenstuff. Got a few more bikes to go

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So I just finished these guys up. Apologies for the poor setup, the box I normally use for a background is in the trash. Thoughts, insults, critiques?

>>43700723
red armor needs shading, bone looks good, hard to tell

Apologies for posting this in the 40k gen-thread, as well, but I figure in retrospect this might be the better one to ask-

Is there a Space Marine headsculpt that has a handsome face with long locks of hair? My army's going to be entirely helmeted dudes, so I'd like the one guy without a helmet to look really nice.

>>43697051

That's the idea. Probably go with ambush camo.

>>43700908

FW eidolon head?

>>43701040
Thanks for the input, but it's a little too Skrillex for me.

>>43690205
The exhaust ports shouldnt be in blue but in black with a red heat effect underneath, and the mount on the top shouldnt have the small detail piece, it should be black

Just making those black areas larger will help strengthen the design

>>43698310
'Ardcoat is used to give a shine to any shiny areas you want after its sprayed matte. Like visors, jewels, windscreens, gubbins.

>>43701077

In that case look at the fantasy line, almost no one has long hair AND a separate head. Iirc the slaaneshi champion is a prettyboy but not sure how removable his head is

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Some bearers of the word

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>>43692513
I'm trying to go for the Tron theme myself for my Tau, but god damn, seeing that shit makes me nut and discourages me at the same time. This is my broadside from a few months back. The primer messed up real bad. You wouldn't happen to know any way to replicate that white glow to blue glow without an airbrush, would you?

>>43677717

How well do those work over acrylics? I've thought about getting some greys or matching colors and doing detail work and highlights that way.

>>43701773
It was a great loss to the forces of the Emperor when Brother Barbed Wire turned to Chaos.

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>>43701797
From a distance, it actually looks really really clean. Either try to wet blend it, or do a hard color line in the recess, then take a color in between the backdrop and the highlight and edge highlight the recesses.

I actually believe that's what is here. Too thick and it looks goofy. A thin line makes it pop.

>>43692513
Yeah! That's great! But I think the glow is a bit overwhelming in this one.

>>43701854
I've never been able to understand how to wetblend correctly. Any attempts end in a single color conglomerate that looks nothing like what I tried to emulate. How'd you do the ones on that Hornet? Maybe I can try to do it on my Commander.

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>repainted, permaposed action figures used in TTG
Discuss

>>43701880
I didn't actually do that. But the thing is, the width is so consistent THAT'S what makes it look like a glow. The black is so close to the dark blue, the eye naturally makes it fade. It's hard to tell without actually holding and observing the model, but I believe it is just a straight paint line. No blending or airbrushing.

See >>43692513 for what it'd look like airbrushed.

Minimal width and number of colors/lines really makes it work. You've done a wonderful job with yours. Try on a spare part to get the technique down.

>>43701909
I like how mine are turning out, but they feel a little too simple, like I'm missing some detail that could make the thing awesome. Maybe paining some entire panels in the same color as the lines or something.

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why

>>43701925
I don't think so, I think it looks really clean and sweet. The style shows, and looks very nice. If you want to add things in, remember that the more you put on, the more it detracts from the minimalism effect tron gives. See the blue hornet, we could color in some of the gems and engines, start coloring panels and adding more edge highlights, but in the end the appeal of the model comes from the single glowing effect, and the minimalism of the paint.

>>43701925
However, I WOULD color the actual mechanical parts of your legs/feet. Leaving the toes, panels, and chest black. Like a dark charcoal grey. That would help break up the wall of black. A single thin panel colored a solid color could denote a sergeant, or a colored head.

>>43701988
I guess you're right. I'll just need to do a better job overall. Now the question is: What color should my commander be? My Stealth Team and Pathfinders are temple guard blue, and once I get some fire warriors, they'll be Troll Slayer Orange or Fire Dragon Bright. I'm at a loss here for that.

>>43702009
How would you suggest I accomplish that without making it look like the legs of a Dreadnought or its rear machinery? I don't want it to look TOO metallic.

>>43702032
Same guy, both posts. Can't help ya on the commander, bro. Seems like your whole army is gonna have a Power Rangers theme, maybe red or white with black/gold trim.

Don't use a metal paint and it should be fine. It's interesting, as the standard colors for the tau mechanical bits is black. Maybe highlighting the mechanical bits with a metal or grey will help define them from the carapace.

>>43702088
Same guy. ALSO check the codex, there's a Sept that is black with green highlights. They MIGHT have a suit or two in the painting section. Check and see what they do with the mechanics.

>>43702107
It's Au'Taal, and they only have the entry for the Pathfinder or Fire Warrior. And I've NEVER been able to find any other mention of that color scheme and google searches for Au'taal paintjobs only bring up red/tan units.

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>>43702135
Why not try white? Although I kind of feel like it could detract from the look...

Honestly an extremely light dry brush of rune fang steel will make the mechanics pop.

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>>43702159
White in the lines? I was actually thinking that. It would also fit the Commander as Flynn, too.

>>43702175
Sounds cool. But I love your yellow more. I was actually referring to the mechanical bits white. Honestly, just try the extremely light dry brush of rune fang steel to give definition to the mechanics, and I think you'll be much happier.

>>43702194
I'll try that. Thanks.
As for the lines, maybe a few SUPER thinned layers of white so that I can build the Gradient better.

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Forgot to pick up some more balsa today so I started painting my gallows.

These aren't meant to be the best looking, just good enough to be thematic for a kitchen table. Honestly I wouldn't have to paint them but that's half the fun.

Base and drybrush umber. Will do some slight details tomorrow once it's dry

>>43702204
An idea: maybe mix that yellow you used with white, and use it in the recesses, then edge highlight with the yellow you used. That might give you the glow effect too.

>>43689837
Flat does not mean bland.
The Tron look _is_ a flat design look.
And I'd say you pulled it off in great fashion!
You've got that sweet colour contrast going and the nice glow.

Maybe you could have used a tad bit more saturation in the transition? I think that's what might be nagging you. You need a hint of cyan at the edges of the light, while keeping the core the way it is.

You _could_ go for some reflected lighting / rim lighting on some of the cockpit's parts, I'd guess. It would help with reading the silhouette better, but otherwise I think it's a very solid model overall as it is.

>>43702383
Like an edge highlight of cyan? Keeping the colors just like they are?

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>>43702222
Finished apart from base. Pretty happy, and if I can keep working at this pace I should have a full board in a week or two

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This is as far as I have come with my Mordheim Warband.
First is a dire wolf from gamezone miniatures, left and right. Second is my Necromancer, Hans gübler, former student of the college of magic. Now reduced to a blind fool, draped with a enchanted cloth to blind him from the horrid truth. And last we have named necromancer former sons, now enjoying the eternity of afterlife, by the will of their father.
Still have 1 pup to go, along with 3 ghouls, and a "ghoul king" Ill be using as my first Dreg.
On the way in the mail is my vampire Ill be converting from the Coven throne, and a second "counts as" dreg, a banshee also from the coven throne. The third dreg will be a kit-bash from the Putrid blightkings and the skeleton kit, with a thrown in black knight banner to stand in as a spear.

After the first game Ill throw in some more Mantic zombies to fill all the way up to 15 members.

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Nearing the end of this. Kinda unhappy with masked side eye. Feels like it needs separation from the glow.

Also unsure about how to base. Thinking of keeping it on square in case I want to play 8th. Maybe magnets to a larger square base or circle base for Sigmar?

>>43701850
kek, underrated post

>>43703037

Looking good. I would diss the glow effect totally on the right side (covered up side) if I where you, but thats just a personal preference.

Keep it square if you intend to play 8th. It doesn't change much in AoS, as there is little to no tactics in that game anyway, especially regarding bases, and their size (in truth, you can actually "stack" models bases on one another, all according to the rules in AoS).

Do a classic cracked earth perhaps? Its simple enough with GW´s new basing color.

>>43702396
What I'm saying is that at the moment, you've a gradient from white to... what? Swooping Hawk Grey or something?
So it lacks saturation, which real lighting would have, normally. So if it were me, I'd try White > Cyan > Blue Grey.
The Cyan would be just an edge highlight around the white recesses, that's all!
Nothing excessive, but I think the saturated colour would help make things pop.

And you could use that blue grey as a thin layer on some of the curvy bits of the ship to make some highlighting (I'm thinking mostly on the guns and maybe some cockpit elements), but then I'm worried you'd lose the flat look. Not an easy choice!

>>43703004
Loving them man! I can't wait to get my Mordheim stuff, recasts from the chinaman on their way.
>>43703037
Ohhh man I love it!

>>43702447

It feels a bit empty man. Maybe place a pile of sacks to cover their heads and some to be used nooses on the platform? Maybe an axe resting against a pillar to cut down the dead with?

>>43703438
All excellent suggestions anon! I'll be sure to see what I can put together.

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>>43696927
Yeah, all the white bits are plasticard. It's based around a resin chunk of an engine block I built and cast for myself ages ago.

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Has anyone ever made a squad of Nobz modeled after the DoW2 ones, especially with the hammers?

>>43703581

That hammer does exist in one of the kits iirc, the nob kit? It's not hard to recreate though.

>>43703581
I'm not sure if they're available separately, but Warmachine Khador Man O War Demolition Corps infantry has some awesome hammers that would fit the bill quite nicely.

>>43703800
Unfortunately just Choppas on big sticks (same thing but im being difficult :P)

>>43703859
Holy crap.... those look amazing thank you for the info

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How do I model meteors to go in these craters?

>>43703581
They would be easy to make with fantasy Ogre weapons.

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>>43686420
the first LotR animated movie was by a completely different studio, return of the king was animated by rankin/bass (the animated hobbit movie and the last unicorn) and that's where the marching song is from

>>43704273
The meteors are tiny pebbles when they hit the ground and are in some sense already modelled into those. Larger meteors would cause significally larger craters.
Jus saiyan

>>43686795
>>43690930
lmao this faggot is so triggered

>>43701981
What the fuck.

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>>43701981

Heresy miniatures makes some great sculpts. Got a trio of Ghouls and a Ghoul king from them the other week. For my Mordheim Warband, and looks way more "adult" than you're average GW model.

>>43704445
4chan can't handle being 4chan'ed. How cute.

>>43701981
Because familiars are highly popular and Nurgle and their followers have a sense of humour where he is referred to as a fatherly figure such as the Plague Father or Papa Nurgle. Nurglings, diseases, those are his babies.

>>43704273
Each crater has a smaller dent right in the center. Greenstuff a small ball that size, add some pock marks to it, and glue it in.

>>43705020
I guess, but a real one would have exploded on impact and or virtually anything remaining would be embedded in the ground due to its nature and speed, but also from dust and rocks settling down over top of it after the impact.

>>43703070
You know what, that's perfect. The mask will completely cover it. Thanks man.

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>>43702396
Lazy, but like in this.

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Progress on the KT.

Blue-tacked out the brown. Few spots where it lifted off the metal to clean up, and then the dreaded dots.