WIP - Painting/Sculpting/Converting General

Ordered magnets to put my Crisis suits together. Stegadon Scale Green with Moot Green glowing circuitry. Ought to look nice.

Who else is doing Tau here?

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>>49729927
>Who else is doing Tau here?

Define "doing".

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I'm not sure what my next step should be, does anybody have any suggestions? I was thinking about highlighting the muscle bits some more, but not sure.

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>>49729854
Does anyone know where I can find some 28mm computer monitors or televisions? I want to make a set of combat servitors like the mockup I drew in pic related.

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What do you guys think of my screaming bell WIP? The wood and stone are some, although the stone is a bit hard to tell in this picture. Working on finishing the basecoats on the metal, rat ogre, and grey seer. C&C welcome, as this is my second model.

Pic 1/2

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>>49731375
2/2

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Da orkz be roastin shmores ta'night boyz!

>>49731402
It must be really hard painting sideways.

Re-asking from last thread:

2 things:

1: Bought a metal Grimaldus the other day, got no Servitor Cenobytes and was wondering if anyone got any ideas what I could use to convert my own, without green stuff if possible cause I really dislike working too much with it. Was thinking either roboting up some scouts, guardsmen or chaos cultists with a few BT bits

2: Friend of mine that is starting out asked me to paint his Anrakyr for him, if possible with a white-ish primary color instead of the normal grey/silver. Anyone got any tips for what colors would fit that category while sticking somewhat to the blue vibe he has going on?

>>49731375
It's gonna look great once you dirty it up! Looks like you've got a lot of brush/layer control.

>>49731402
Now THAT'S some flash. Dude's got a solid gold welding mask! I can admire that.

I have some greenstuff I bought and never opened from 7 years ago.

What should I use it for with my IG?

>>49731490
Stick tits on them and make some females.

Then use the rest to model magnificent dicks for each of those and make a unit full of trannies.

>>49731452
It's a developed talent!

>>49731288
Make them with plasticard

Is there any place to get Cities of Death terrain?

Otherwise, is there anywhere to get nice wall pieces?

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>>49731616
I was really hoping someone wouldn't say that.

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>>49729854
Just basing some of the last HW teams I have left, along with a few straglers for 2 other squads. Feels good to finally finish all these guys after 6 years building the army.

>>49731490
Shoulder pads, gas masks, goggles, rolled up sleeves, the choices are limitless!

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Hey /tg/.
First time painting and I wanted to know if I was doing anything wrong. As you can see, the Orks are still a work in progress.
Just wanted to have them checked out and hopefully fix some mistakes before I completely fuck them up.

>>49731782
Interesting color scheme. Any fluff?

>>49731787
Bullshit that's your first time painting.

>>49731810
Wait, is that good?

>>49731835
>>49731810
It's not unbelievable for your first time, but it's well done.

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>>49731798
Short version or long version?

This is off topic but is 4chan not letting anyone else add pics to their posts? I click "choose file", it highlights when I move the mouse over it, and depresses when I click, but nothing happens.

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Thinking up a new color scheme for my sisters. My current is on the right, and I'm toying with the one on the left. Not sure about the robes.

I kind of want to try a regal scheme with like purple or something, but I'm pretty bad with color coordination, and help would be great.

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>>49731977
Ferrus Manus edition. Sorry for the horrible lighting, I pinky promise the fleshy parts look better in real life.

>>49731902
Short, cuz I don't wanna clog the thread, but I'm still curious.

>>49731853
Better than most idiots who've been "painting for years" yet still look like they dipped their minis in latex wall paint.

>>49731810
It's not too hard if you practice patience

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>>49731902
Because the short version is their a reformed unit of 3 different regiments after surviving the 3rd War for Armageddon. They've mixed Cadian gear as one of these regiments was trained by ex-Cadian Storm troopers (from the 2nd War of Armegeddon) and they bought most of their gear from mixed sources in the rush to raise more men. Hence why some have different shoulders, helmets and lasguns.

All of which is to explain the conversions I did because I was tired of the stock models thought it was cool.

>>49732071

Wut

What shade of blue would look good for Deathskullz orks?

Both for metal and skin

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Today's conversions. Corpses for everyone.

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>>49732321
Refer to this one >>49732375, otherwise I made a pdf yonks ago for them.

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Working on a somewhat lazy Warp Smith. Had this dude sitting for a while, decided to add a couple bits on. Not impressive, gotta say; just to do the job. Then, a little bit of glue must've gotten into the eye, it was thick from adding bloodletter into it.

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>>49731288
>I want to make a set of combat servitors like the mockup I drew in pic related.

Are you going to paint them teal or the more furious red colour?

>>49732450
Base Macragge/Kantor blue, layer Altdorf Guard Blue.

Highlight with Lothern Blue if you wanna go all-out, or maybe the same highlight as the flesh green if you want it to look worn. Remember to shade with same color as you're shading the regular Ork skin with.

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Getting there, turret need to be done obviously. Then a few decals a filter and the rest of the oilwork.

>>49732822

Very cool! Love the words on the dozer blade. adds so much character.

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Deciding between two similar schemes for my cold ones
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Can I just leave GS on my desk in the plastic container it came in or do I need to store it to preserve it?

Anyone know where to find small feathers to tack on to minis? Purity seal size.

What's a good way to prevent paint from chipping?

I just finished my first models but upon closer inspection I noticed some of the paint has rubbed all the way off down to the plastic.

Are there any sealants I should use or get?

>>49733203
This usually happens when you haven't primed your mini with a proper primer. If you're using a normal acrylic to undercoat that is your issue. If not then perhaps get a varnish or something to seal it in.

>>49733203
>>49733319

Also make sure you give your minis a good cleaning before you start painting them. Soap, water, and a tooth brush.

>>49733319
My first mini I used Imperial Primer which came with the set.

It had been quite chunky and bubbly but ive since replaced it with a new pot.

Any recommended varnishes to seal them?

>>49733381
And checking the next set of minis ive since primed with the new pot the primer seems to have definitely grabbed on a bit better as scraping it with my fingernail is a bit more difficult to get it to come off where as the original was coming off just from me handling it.

>A Army Painter yellow paint was defective
>Army Painter is never defective

my luck is amazing sometimes.

>>49733497
also fuck you to the dude who was tell me I was doing it wrong.

Your shitty opinion was fucking wrong asshat.

>>49733497
Stay mad yellowtard GET A REAL COLOR

>>49733553
I'd love to be a prick and just run Iron Warriors but I already own Tau.

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>>49733569
>tau
You deserve every misfortune, slime.

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So, some people might remember my Penitent Knight from... far too long ago.

Well it's done.

And it's... well, it's kind of weird.

>>49733722
huh

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>>49733722
I apologize for the flash photos. It makes all the colours pop much more than they do in real life.

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> First time doing serious work with green stuff
> Still getting my feet wet (chainmail, scrolls, cables, etc. so far)
> "Haha I can do this, it's not so hard"
> Green stuff dries
> Suddenly I can see all the mistakes I made
> Want to start all over again

Tell me it gets better, /tg/. Not even just my skills necessarily, but not getting super triggered from every mistake I notice.

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>>49733753
And the mask looks much more motley and asymetrical. In the real world, it's sort of a brownish-white, like an old china dish.

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>>49733769
But then you put the armour on... and it all sort of works.

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>>49733785
And everything is magnetized, including the flail arm, which can be swapped for a thermal cannon. Not a battle cannon though. Why would you want that?

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>>49733785

>>49733759
Once you look at the army as a whole, the mistakes are drowned out so dont worry

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>>49733835
It's a face only 4chan could love, I'll admit.

>>49733769
>>49733785
Can I ask you what possessed you to do the mask? Memorable as all hell, but strange.

>>49733856
It's a neat looking model, but that face will never look good on camera.

>>49733856

It does, however, succeed at being incredibly unsettling, which seems to be what you were shooting for.

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>>49733872
I wanted this creepy, semi-angelic face strapped to a clearly non-angelic body. A lot of the knight titans have these big snarling helmets full of cables and glowing eyes. I wanted to put a face on the Penitent Knight that was intimidating, but also completely different from anything else available. Penitent Engines and Arco-Flagellants put their pilots and body horror front and centre, but that wasn't an option here. This seemed like a good compromise.

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Can anyone gimme some stuff about kitbashing progress pics or similar things like pic related? I love this stuff.

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>>49733890
That's good enough for me!

(I think with a better light setup I could probably make it work, but I'd have to wait for daylight)

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Drowning in stealer cult stuff. Urghhhhhh

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>>49733930
This is the chaos boat that was posted in /wip/ a few years ago. I believe it functions like Wulfrik the Wanderer's, sailing the skies of the battlefield while it's captain hunts for a worthy foe.

>>49734005

> flamer crane

SEND HELP

>>49734031

I still remember the thread where that was first posted. Laughing just as hard now as then.

>>49733722
Faces are round, mate.

Shits too flat.

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>>49733018
And b

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>>49734120
Death masks are kinda flat.

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>There are people who don't kit the fuck out of their guardsmen to make them look like ready for anything diehards.

Why even play guard, I bet these heretics call their army "Astra Militarum" too.

Also, playing Bolt Action is awesome for being an IG player. I have packs and misc gear out the wazoo. German heads in particular work great since their eagle emblem looks close enough to the Imperium to pass as regular IG bits.

Also, for guys trying to find nice cheap rucksacks, the Warlord plastic US GIs have double the packs they need in their kit, and make excellent IG backpacks. I've got all my guys wearing them and they fit perfectly.

Can't wait for the weather to calm down so I can prime these

>>49734167
Nice to see female soldiers that aren't just Cadians with 3rd party heads.

>>49734188
their Victoria Lamb. Poses are a little too static for my tastes, but the faces are very well done as are the proportions.

>>49734203
>>49734188
Victoria's female guardsmen are quite nice... *if* you stay within Victoria's line. The moment you stray outside of her resin pieces and start incorporating anything else, they no longer actually fit together properly. Frankly disappointed.

>>49734167
How well do bolt action guns scale with 40k minis?

>>49734167
What are the two guns on the far left?

What's a good secondary color on a hunter/ranger green armor?

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C&C pls

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>>49734306
Screaming/10

>>49734306
Anon... I have questions.

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Got a weapon built, my magnets wont be here till monday, so I have the joint halves unglued so I can still pull them out. I worked on the front armor too.

>>49734328
Its Marcus Vespasius, The Dragon of the Emperor

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>you know, anon, you really judge resin bits a lot. maybe if you put some together, you'd be okay with them! and you spent over $80 on 10 guardsmen worth of resin bits from Victoria and plastic bits from Anvil a while back...
>you're right, voice of my conscience. I should give Victoria a fair shake. After all, I admittedly messed up last time through inexperience. Let's go dig out my old bits box and put together another guardsman!

I come to you with the results, and a reaffirmation:

Fuck Victoria's bits. I think I had to use more glue to hold it to the base than I did to assemble my entire Fire Warrior squad earlier, and the rifle is a lot more cut up than it should ever have been. I will paint this guy, and he will be my one proud diver guardsman, out of the forty I planned on eventually assembling. And then I'll put the Bruvahlen regiment to rest.

On the plus side, between the Anvil, Maxmini, and Victoria bits, it looks exactly like I hoped. I just wish I could get more diving helmets for less than $5 each.

>>49734279
Mad Robot Plasma guns. He makes really nice weapons and I particularly like his plasmas. Theyre probably not the fanciest but they look nice and simple, something IG would use.

>>49734259
horribly for the most part. Except for the shotguns their Us marines come with oddly enough. It's mainly due to GW weapons (and 3rd party sci fi in general) being too big, whereas bolt action weapons are more realistic. Their shotguns look good though. Several of my vets have GI pump action shotties on their packs, like the sarge on the left in the pic.

>>49734233
well, yeah. Thats to be expected honestly. Thatd be like if I got pissed that guardsmen bits didn't fit space marines. Men are usually bigger than women, so of course they won't look right being mixed for the most part.

I can get why you're upset, but if I'm going to have women in my guard (and I do) I'm gonna go all the way, not just slap a head conversion on plastic cadians and call it a day.

That said, she's been cranking out more female regiments lately, so there are a lot more choices than there used to be.

>>49734517
>>49734508 was the source of the "don't like mixed parts" hate. I picked up male bits for the uniforms, and the *male* bits don't fit with Guardsman-scale torsos. (The heads are Marine heads, but they're intentionally oversized.) Male bits should fit with male bits.

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>>49734441
My questions are more about your... technique.

What colour did you prime your knight? Did you prime your knight? Have you heard of highlighting, ink washes, or the use of thinned paints? Have you heard of colour theory? Advances in basing techniques since the Goblin Green era?

>>49734188
Is.. is it bad that I like cute girls in bulky armour that doesn't look any different from the male one?

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>>49734306
What is the thing I circled red? An Ork?

>>49734005
Whats the paint used on the aberrants skin? It looks a bit paler than genestealer purple.

>>49734544
huh, sorry bout that, context implied you meant the women.

I've never had trouble with vics arms, and I stuck them to GW torsos all the time. Be that the old metal lasguns, the bagpipes, the artillery kit, etc. etc. Obviously I use Vic torsos now but that's just because I ran out of IG torsos and don't care to get any more.

What bits gave you trouble? I remember having to shave some lasgun arms a bit but nothing drastic. Mainly just want to know because lots of players ask me about bits in my community and I'd like to not steer them wrong.

>>49734573
We all have different tastes anon, its all good even if yours is wrong

>>49734682
On that particular model, the length of the secondary arm and the angle it's bent at means the rifle can't be held in both hands (it's resting on the thigh instead). Every paired arm from Vic that I have has that length mismatch. The rifle being cut is more of an issue with the rifle sprues than the arms; the gun I wanted didn't have a "universal rifle arm" version. (I have a couple URA guns somewhere around here, and they have the same issue.) Waist is also slightly too small for a regular torso, but not so much as to cause issues.

The main problem I have right now is with adhesive. I use Loctite, since it's ridiculously good at holding GW plastic together instantly. On resin, even washed and cleaned? Be ready to use a third of a bottle per mini.

Vic is alao stupidly overpriced imo. The legs, arms, and rifles for 10 guys (5 rifles) cost as much as a Cadian box (or my native Skitarii) with dosh to spare, and I still had to buy torsos, heads, and special weapons.

>>49734742
Oh yeah the loctite thing I noticed too. Ive never had a problem until this recent order, but there were a couple arms that just would not stay on unless I sat there and held it like plastic glue. No idea why it affects loctite, that stuff will hold damn near anything.

On the arms, some don't quite have the hand completely wrap around the gun I noticed. It looks weird at first but once it's all settled it looks good. Not sure if it's the same thing you're dealing with. I'm assuming you're diving guy here
>>49734508

He looks good how you have him, although I dont care for that gun in universal arms, I'd probably stick with the default option.

Other arms are weird because they don't quite go where they appear at first glance. For example, most go further forward than you'd think, and they taper down to paper thin at the shoulder to facilitate that.

I dunno, I will agree Vic stuff is not for amateurs. Its meant for the crazy autistic IG player who wants maximum detail and it shows. For a guy like me, thats great. For others, not so much. You think the infantry is bad, NEVER buy her taurox conversion kit. That is a special kind of hell that took a lot of tricks to do. Next time I'll buy a dollar store truck and cannibalise that instead.

Again, looks great, but damn it's tricky.

As for price, eh, compared to my other hobbies its small beans. Yeah a squad is $50 but it makes me happy and takes my mind off school/work so it's money well spent in my opinion, especially since no other company scratches my itch. That said she may be the most expensive IG option out there, even against FW.

Hope I'm not coming across as snobby, you're the first guy I've met who really didnt like her stuff so I was kind of just curious more than anything. Kind of like how I absolutely hate GW stuff because I've yet to find a single model that wasn't fucked up in some way, doesnt mean others won't like FW models and have good luck with their casts.

>>49734829
>a squad is $50
Try $110 with shipping factored in to get these dudes. It's the main reason I stayed at one squad only; shit added up fast, and I couldn't keep buying all at once, so shipping would add up even faster.
>Hope I'm not coming across as snobby
No, of course not. If anything, I am, since I'm dismissing Vic overall as an option. I want to like her stuff, really! But it just doesn't work for my purposes, in pricing or in physical terms.

>>49734867
>$110 for one squad

holy shit what.

Her squad deals are $49.50 or something like that and come with lots of bits. Plus free shipping (to USA at least) at $50. I'm guessing you're buying other stuff elsewhere.


Either way I understand, Guard is a hell of an army on any budget, but especially with fancy models like Vic or FW. These guys are essentially my dream project for a platoon. If it wasn't for kill team I probably would've never actually gotten around to doing it to be honest.

Either way good luck man, I'm sure you'll find something that works. IG bits are everywhere if you know where to look. Most of my squads have bits from like 10 different companies to get the look I want so the main factor is usually money more than anything sadly.

>>49734306
100$ down the drain

>>49734306
What are you going to do with the base? A chapel or a cathedral?

What are some good dark metallic, 'matte' silver and gold/copper tones (from the GW paints) to use for covering larger areas of armor? The shiny, sparkly stuff I have been using for drybrushing and doing some shiny bits and details with just doesn't look any good in large areas like Necron bodies or some parts of power armor.

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>>49735027
warplock bronze as a base and to a lesser degree, bronze scorpion.

i use the two with an agrax or reikland wash to do all my coppers. theyre a lot more consistent than all the fiddly ones like hashut copper.
pic related, the bell. not terribly clear sorry

>>49734306
Take a big brush and go all over the model with agrax eathshade. It will make it look a lot better if you won't let it pool.

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>>49731787
heres a painboy i did if you want something for reference when you continue painting
Painboss Gutcutta

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Looking to get into a mono Slannesh Demon army but I am kinda stumped on the colours to use considering I want to stay away from pink/purple.

My first idea was something like pic related, nice reds and bright yellows but I guess people would mistake that for Khorne? Any other good color schemes?

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>>49731260
Looks like you should finish base coating everything desu. I know you have highlights and an illusion of fur depth, but honestly to me it just looks like you based 80% on white and havn't cleaned up yet.

-complete your coverage
-wash
-highlight (once or twice or more depending on your own standards and skill)
-doneski :)

Hope that helps and it wasn't too harsh. Here's mine for ideas.

Complete newbie question here: are citadel paints and similar acrylic paints? Is it possible to combine acrylic and citadel paints (or similar) on a miniature without fucking it up or making it look bad?

>>49735137
Looks pretty damn good, albeit a tad bit darker than what I'm looking for. Thanks nonetheless, will give those a try for my upcoming Helbrecht.

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Chosen for my kill team, shame rules wise they are not great...

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>>49735401
Blessed be, brother!

great glowing eye effects

>>49735276
why he got brown musculature though

>>49735450
'cause I painted his ass brown.

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I know I'm gonna have to use a gallon of LGS on these before I'm done, but they're shaping up nicely so far. So many air bubbles...

>>49732559
Stealing this design idea for my nurgle army

>>49735401
What did you do for the armour trim? I have a similar armour colour but can't quite figure out how to do the trims

>>49731375
>>49731388
This looks really damn nice, arguably better than the 'Eavy Metal team.

>>49727688

Take a reddish purple over the muscle definition, assuming the darker undercolor is actually a purple because I think my screen/the picture might be fucking up the colors a little

At any rate, pick out the musculature in a color that makes it stand out a bit.

>>49735612
Basecoat black
Rhinox hide.
Following paints, stipple them all.
Bestial brown
Fiery orange
Tausept Ochre
Boltgun metal

Wash with agrax

>>49731977

Left but with the breastplate of the right.

>>49735821
>>49735612
cant really see it too well in the photo, but its the same technique that you can see on the barrel of the autocannon

>>49733785
>>49733825

CRAAAAB PEOPLE, CRAAAAAB PEOPLE

Came out well I think, how'd you do the armor?

>>49734306

Why, especially the MLP shield really makes me cringe

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>>49731260
>>49735276

I wanna show off mine too. The antelope has really nice sculpted details. Taking the time to do each muscle well will really make it pop

>>49735911
ooooh, i like it in red.

>>49733785
>>49733825
>>49735841
TASTE LIKE CRAB

LOOK LIKE PEOPLE

>>49734306
Im so scared of doing this to my Knight I havent even opened the box yet.

Hold me anon.

What's the best paint range that's not citadel?

Damn.

After 4 years of hiatus I'm now about to return to this hobby and repaint my old marines. Couple of completely different old color schemes combined with brainfarts I once considered 'clever' have to go and make way for a neat, uniform Salamanders army.

I'm just going to go to get some paints and start stripping the old ones off of the minis. I'm feeling pretty crazy now. Just wanted to tell everyone

>>49733722

Strong blanchitsu vibe, I like it.

>>49733961

You fucked up the paintjob on the face man...

>>49731787
Nice clear definitions and shading! Try a bit of drybrushing metallic paint onto the guns and metal parts.

>>49732071
Are you not afraid of painting a quintillion organisms in this fashion? Inb4synapse.

>>49732375
Will the base sand get paint later?

>>49734167
>to make them look like ready for anything diehards.


Because some regiments are not supposed to look like that due to their fluff.
It works for some (your guys look great btw, i like the wounded marine head) but others are fresh recruits with factory new gear just drafted and shipped towards the next ork/chaos/nids planet.

>>49734259
Guns don't scale well at all. Heads are fine because BA is quite heroic too, but guns are to small and barrels are to thin. As are the main bodies sadly.

>>49735401
Who cares about the rules if the minis are awesome.

Very well done Anon.
My only (small) point of critique is the color for the skulls on the backpacks. That white looks to bright and clean compared with the other colors of the minis.

>>49735571
FW or Chinaman?

>>49736050
All of them?

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Hey folks, trying something a bit different (for me at least) on the Tempest Blade of my Knight Castigator. Feedback appreciated.

apologies for the shitty cast, it was a present from China from an old housemate

>>49736377
Looks like finecast to me senpai.

>>49736458

Since the edges are so bad, you should make it a glowing edge instead with a transition to a darker middle of the blade. Right now, you're accenting on that it is a recast.

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>>49736280
Drybrushed & a bit of foliage is all they get.
Used to model up and paint the bases of my old guard, based around a besieged, urban environment and wanted to get as far away from that as I could with these lads.

Tau starter kit just arrived, not sure about colours.
Thinking:
>dark green armour
>off-cream clothing
>red markings

Any other suggestions?

>>49736547

Depends on what you want really. Jungle fighters, city fighters, air drop troops, what's your theme?

With tau, a scheme with high contrast highlights is needed so there's nothing wrong with picking colors that are easy to edge highlight like greens. Green goes well with secondary colors that have red in it for contrast like purple and orange. For example, purple eye lenses and orange glowing plasma weapons on a dark green armor scheme.

>>49736556
I was thinking of a desert team but I feel that the uniform browns would be a bit too dull

My main concern is picking something that looks good on my fire warriors but far less so on my battlesuits or vice versa

>>49736582

In that case I'd go with a dark red with black tiger camo stripes, green/purple/yellow lenses, bone or even more yellowed fatigues

>>49736595
I really like the sound of that idea - do you have any pics to give me a better understanding of it?
It's my first time I don't want to heck up tremendously

>>49734592

Its definitely a small church of some kind.

>>49735137

Nice can you got there.

Next time, try setting focus on the actual model. Because I really want to see what you painted, as it looks to have potential.

>>49736649
http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/fwp.php
you can always use this to try out some schemes.

>>49736649
>heck up

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Reposting my doggos

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>>49736649

Most worlds are not suitable for life outside of dome/hive cities and iron is one the most common elements on most planets where life can survive, so a desert would likely be red like Mars, because of the rust.

Obviously it's not going to look well with MS paint graphics but this is a general idea of what you could do over shoulder pads and helmets. The stripes also make it really easy to make every mini a little different.

>>49735830
>>49735821
Awesome cheers dude

>really want to paint my Genestealer Cultists
>don't have two of the base colors I need

Fuck Jokaero Orange and Fuck Averland Sunset for not being in my box of paints!

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>>49736649

Quick mockup, you get the idea.

>>49735823

What do you mean? Red with gold trim?

>>49736776

I like the metal breastplate of the right but not the legs. So red legs, metal breastplate and shoulders.

Gold should mostly be on the frilly things in my opinion, since it's a soft metal with really good head conduction so a golden grip on a flamer is not going to end well.

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>>49736805

Hrm. I'm trying to picture that, and it seems odd.

>>49736935

I like this, it looks sensible.

>>49736805
>really good head conduction so a golden grip on a flamer is not going to end well.
Confirmed for not understanding rudimentary physics.
Good or bad heat conduction doesn't affect melting point (high in the case of gold).
Also, high conductivity makes melting something more difficult as you cannot easily heat a small portion of it (the heat is quickly spread throughout its mass)

A while ago there was a guy on here looking for some futuristic Brodie helmets for his Imperial Guard. Anyone know any of the links you guys gave him?

>>49731375
>>49731388
Mind sharing your technique for those pillars? They look great.

>>49735137
How'd you make the base? I've been on the lookout for cobblestone basing and yours looks nice

How do you guys think heavily verdigrised bronze trim (and bronze on the more yellow end rather than ochre end) would work for the purple plate of HH Emperor's Children? In my head the three colours, the rich Tyrian purple, the dull gold bronze, -and the teal-ish verdigris, work together but I might be retarded.

What vehicle scale meshes best with 40k's scale?

Say I want a bunch of Toyota Hiluxes and Landcruisers and put guardsmen in them?

>>49738189
1/35

>>49735276
Thanks, I can see what you're talking about now with the coverage, I'll hit it with another few layers to get that coverage evened out.

>>49738203
Bitchin' thanks.

>>49732560
Tempting, but I want them to be more spooky than Fuli. I'm considering using a bunch of zombie bodies instead of servitors. The goal is to make creepy Dark Mechanicus.

>>49736377
Just basic Finecast senpai

>>49738354
i never thought anyone would actually buy that stuff..

>>49738371
It looks really nice and the bubbles are easy to fix.
FW is far more difficult in my experience, make of that what you will.

>>49733785
I honestly think a heavily weathered and oxidized bronze or a cracked and chipped marble/porcelain would have been a better effect for the face. Love your concept, not so crazy about the execution.

But honestly I can't even give that caveat sincerely because your technical skill far outstrips mine so you just keep goin' man.

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Is she too black? Did I go too far? I feel like I should get more contrast in here, but I've never actually painted an African skin tone before. I was aiming for dark, but... I mean, damn girl.

>>49731474
>>49735627
>>49737974
Thanks for all the compliments guys, they're really appreciated!

>>49737974
The pillars were primed black, the based in mechanicus standard grey (2 layers). All over wash with nuln oil (heavy in the recesses). Then I drybrushed dawnstone heavily along the edges , along the flat surface I used the drybrush to "poke" the dawnstone to give the stone a speckled look and then lightly brushed it to sort of blend it in. Repeat with the last layer of administratum but less/lighter

>>49738612
looks good to me. negros come in different shades of blackness

>>49736391
Is Citadel really that bad?

>>49738767
The paint for itself is not bad. But neither is the paint of other companies. Everything else GW paint has is bad though: Price, Size (ml) and shape of their pots.

Other companies sell equally good paint, in bigger, better designed and still cheaper bottles.

Plastic models really spoiled me. I never realized how much I rely on the plastic cement to keep pieces mostly together while I position them until I started working with resin again.

Also, no wonder Iron Warriors players are so bitter. I only got a few MKIII power armour models to kitbash and makes everything look a bit more interesting, but trying to clean the mould lines on the legs -- holy fuck. I can only imagine what someone building an army of the fuckers is going through.

>>49737645

And what does the heat spread to? The hand holding it. Unless I've missed some serious shit from thermodynamics gold gets hot enough to burn you.

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>>49738612

She's pretty chocolatey right now so I'd go over it with a black wash to make her darker.

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Hey guys, painted up a test scheme for Chaos. I like how it turned out, but how do I make it "pop"? What color should I highlight it with?

It is sanguine red base, with evil suns red, then several coats of devlan mud; heavier around details.

>>49738048
Why don't you do cobblestone bases the way they do cobblestone IRL, just substitute a few ingrediants.

All you need is smooth pebbles (purchasable from pet stores (think fish tank pebbles)) then do a nice thick layer of liquid green stuff and start pushing the pebbles into it. or gllue pebbles to the base (just make sure you sit something fat and heavy ontop so the rocks even out. then apply lots of liquid green stuff and gently wipe it off the top of the pebbles to give a smooth cobblestone look. hope this helps

>>49738612
could use a bit more of a highlight, look at pictures of africans, the highlights on their skin is very ilght compared to the difference between a light skinned person

Anyone know where I can get transfers for Raptors (the chapter not the unit) like Forgeworld used to make?

>>49733065
Most places recommend storing it in the freezer. It tends to get hard to work if you leave it out for months at a time.

>>49735274
Anything bright and garish should work. Go for two contrasting colours for maximum eye-bleed.

Any tips for slightly blued metal? I was thinking a medium-ed up blue wash or something.

Any recommendation as to which wash?

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>>49733586
>faction elitists in a hobby about plastic army men

>>49729854
So I just finished painting some of my first models and they came out pretty well. But now I have questions and I appreciate all the help I can get.

1. Now I'm hearing bullshit about protective coats and whatnot. What should I be using to protect my paint jobs? I don't want my models to be turbogloss as they are largely flesh and clothes. What do you guys use?

2. For basing, do you put the model on before basing or after?

>>49739456
Matte spray varnish, same brand as my primer. BE SUPER CAREFUL. I have a Skitarii that was beautiful, probably my best painted model. But the coating dried opaque because I used it during humidity. Now it's my worst.

What's the difference between the Imperial Knight Paladin and the Warden? Is the price worth it?

>>49739731
Warden is a generic kit where you can make every kind of Knight, Paladin only makes the paladin variety.

I don't know, might be worth it if you're magging them up. Which you probably should anyway.

>>49739551

Lightly brush it with 96% alcohol, that should melt the varnish and let it dry smoother. Don't let it pool though, just a light coating or it will strip the paint off too. Or another coat of varnish since the solvent will do the same but this makes the varnish thicker.

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The first steps in making Isaac Clarke from Dead Space. I'm going to make some necromorphs as well from zombicide minis.

>>49739803
His waist is way too tall, maybe you can hang a bunch of equipment to cover it, but honestly I'd cut the metal top half a bit

>>49739803

You've got a double belt going on. Cut off the top of the legs so it'll fit better. The helm looks a bit too rounded and smooth for my tastes but you can just claim it's suit version 3 or something.

The original is all blocky and straight lines.

Best material to build terrain with? I hear foam, plasticard, etc... I know I won't reach GW level all that easily, but I'd like to make something both robust and detailed.

>>49739820
>>49739838

Maybe he's wearing a space corset

>>49739905

Maybe he's thinking with portals and he needs an orange and blue belt.

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>>49739803
why not just buy an isaac mini

>>49740009
That's pretty neat. Who makes it?

>>49740009

Sssssh this is 4chan, we don't do common sense

>>49736704
might use some extra grey highlight on base and fur. Red could also use some highlighting, atm looks like plain red basecoat.

>>49740009
Where can I download this to 3d print it for free?

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>>49740028
that one's kabuki

this one's black hat

>>49740009
This one by kabuki got C and D'd by EA lawyers otherwise I would have bought it in a heartbeat. Thus I'm stuck making my own.

Ís there a producer that sells something comparable to Lahmian Medium for cheaper?
(As in larger bottle for a discount)

I have ~50 paintpots that could use some.

Anyone have any tips for drybrushing Iron Hands? I have no idea what colors to use.

>>49740334
Liquitex medium. matte or airbrush, depending if you want glaze or not.

Vallejo should have similar stuff

>>49740334

Lahmian medium is a mix of varnish, flow improver and drying retarded. Galleria flow improver should be fine to add to your pots to keep them alive longer. Varnish or glazing medium makes your paint more transparent.

>>49740335

>Basecoat the model in a very dark grey (1 part gray to 2 or more parts black). Basecoat silver details in whatever dark metallic you have. Black wash, then drybrush gray over the entire model. Go back over the silver with brighter colors, then do your details (eyes, skin, purity seals, etc.)

Making a Lost and the Damned army. planning to use puke green, leather, blood, and pale sickly skin as my color palette. does anyone of you guys have any ideas to paint said skin color?

>>49740371
>>49740561
tnx

>>49740745
Rakarth Flesh, Druchii Violet/Drakenhof Nightshade and Flayed One Flesh?

I hate Testor's plastic glue so much.

>Very tiny droplet comes out, absolutely perfect
>Right as I take the nozzle away from the model, a giant blob surges out
>Melts half the face of my commissar
Well I guess I can just say he's seen some shit.

>>49740991

Time for CYBERNETICS

Seriously though, get some disposable wooden toothpicks and just smear glue where you need it to go. Air bubbles will fuck your shit up.

>>49741058
That's a good idea, I'll start doing that.

I'll let my melted face commissar hang out with my flamer veterans. He can tell stories about how the last squad he had tried to kill him with their flamers.

>>49741096

Eh, random ork shot hitting a flamer tank makes more sense but they're your guys.

>>49741252
Well my guardsmen are supposed to be a sort of "bad company" for guardsmen from their homeworld.

But yeah the ork thing makes more sense.

>>49741276

If they're a penal legion, it's possible. Commissars specifically exist to keep people in line and away from chaos though. Very quick trigger finger too, usually quite enhanced over normal line soldiers.

>>49741457
That's true, I probably wouldn't have had them turn on him like that.

I'll go with the Ork thing. Maybe I'll go get an Ork boy and put his head on the commissar's base.

>>49740009
Good luck finding one.

>>49736963

Still not sure about the two tone armor. It's like half Argent Shroud half Bloody Rose

>>49741481

I'm working on a chaplain blowing a genestealer's brains out by putting bullet holes in his body and a kill shot lined up blowing its skull to bits as part of a diorama. The chaplain will be removable so I can use him for play.

Grab a boy and make something similar? They're cheap and with some tamiya clear or water effects glue you can make some really cool spray effects, like mid blowout.

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Finished a voidweaver and another skyweaver. One more to go!
I'd love to know what you think of these ones

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>>49741507

Considering normal color patterns, it's a bit unusual and more "your girls". Maybe make the chest or shoulders black with gold detailing?

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rate my chapter

>>49741787

Dude, just go hawk lords or soul drinkers. This is just... no.

>>49741787
13 year old / 10

>>49741915

Benefit of the doubt. And Hawk Lords are my favorite chapter after Black Templars.

>>49741696
>I'd love to know what you think of these

I want them. Except the whole Eldar thing. But they're beautiful.

>>49741811
>>49741812
>>49741915
If you ignore the shity lore, how's the colour scheme.

>>49742029
Slaanesh/10. Super garish and a bit of an eyesore.

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Still need to paint the base, but I'm happy with how this turned out.

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>>49742058
2/2

>>49742053

It's literally the same as Soul Drinkers, Hawk Lords is more yellow which is better in my opinion.

>>49742058
havent you been painting this guy for like 2 months?

>>49734157
>well, what is it, are you cool yet?

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>>49742190
I'm just reposting some old stuff since I haven't been able to paint in a while. I'd be painting right now but I'm not home.

>>49742058
>>49742076

It's not terrible, just needs better/brighter highlighting on for example the bone parts. I'd also use a much brighter green to give the eyes a glow effect in the center, maybe grab a micron ink pen and give them pupils

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painting my first ever mini, I promise it looks better in real life than in the pic ;-;

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OK fellas, I wouldn't mind advice on how to attain a smooth pearlescent look.

I'm wanting to paint my PHR ships with it on their carapace surfaces to represent an exotic, hyper-advanced ceramic. Mainly I'm looking for a translucent, refractive finish.

My guess at the moment is a basecoat of turquoise tint, wet blended with a purple tint and covered with multiple layers of metal medium to obscure and provide depth.

I also don't have an airbrush, but I think a brush technique can carry it off.

>>49742742
Not bad. I think you did a pretty great job on the freehanded "camo" pattern. Just remember that this is 40k, so you'll have to paint around 50 more of those for a normal-sized army.

>>49742858
thanks friend

I don't think it'll be too painful to be fair, I could easily manage 2 a night

>>49743075
Might want to scrape the paint off where the arm will connect.

Gluing paint to paint isn't a very strong bond.

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How can i finish this guy/clean him up a little?

>>49743147
I would begin with Simple Green.

>>49739297
Guilliman Blue glaze

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>>49737827
Anyone? Have I been lost to the tide?

I'm making autocannon havocs using FW HH autocannons attached to regular csm backpacks and am having trouble with the gun being too close to the chest. Is it possible to heat the plastic a little and bend it out?

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>>49741707

Maybe. I'll have to get a test model I guess.

How about something like this?

>>49742744
Liquitex makes interference acrylics, maybe look into that as well.

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Currently painting my second mini ever today. Major ideas are painted and cleanup will be done in the next day or so.

I wanted to have this one have more visual flare but not the same way my first does, so instead of using gold to accent the pauldrons and such I'm sticking with my bronze and filling in panels and stuff.

I've still got a few ideas in store for it but can I get some criticism? Mind you it's still early into being done but I'd love some more ideas.

I tried doing edge highlights but I couldn't get the consistency of my Maccrage Blue / Ceramite White mix correct so I only did it on a few sparse parts. After that I dry brushed with the same mix over the entire figure, more than I'd done with my first, and then laid on a pretty good amount of Drach Nightshade and then cleaned up with Macc Blue again.

This is so much fun, I'd gone to my local GW and the manager and everyone there was incredibly welcoming and showed me a bunch of techniques (how I learned to drybrush)

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>>49731977

Lining the robes and painting the underside of them will help the black look more conscious .

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First time painting armor, howd i do?

Anyone kitbashed together cyclic ion blasters before? How'd you go about it? I'm considering trying to build a "case" around a burst cannon with greenstuff, but the closest thing to tools I have is an xacto knife, and I don't have plasticard. I'd really like to get this guy done sooner rather than later.

>>49744025
Well done, but badly presented. Way too large and upside-down.

>>49744025
Its upside down

>>49744025
Did a good job defying gravity.

>toothbrush on painting table
Wat

In all seriousness, looks really good.

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Just got slendy in today, doing this up for a Halloween painting competition for the end of the month. What do you guys think of the composition? I'm gonna have the little girl hiding behind a rock and a dirt path heading between the trees but I want to get down where everything is gonna be before I start in on it.

Can anyone think of a way to make Cenobyte Servitors from spare parts I have lying around from my BT bits, Space Marine captain and Tac squad, without any actual legs or torso backs?

>>49744060
You don't paint with your toothbrush?

How do you drybrush, then?

>>49744102
Using an old and FUBAR brush.

>>49744060
>>49744046
Thanks anons :^)

>>49744060
Toothbrushes are great
>scrubbing while stripping models
>blood splatter effects
>cleanup after removing mold lines and sanding

>>49735841
Airbrushed white, take a brown ink, stir like mad to get a ton of bubbles in it, brush on, let dry. Gives that super neat mottled insect-like texture.

>>49736108
Nah, it's just the photo, like I said.
>>49736104
Thanks! That's the plan.

>>49738598
I did a test mask in bronze, but it looked really weird. And the heavily weathered copper with tears of verdigris, but it looked way too... anime. In person though, it looks much less fleshy and much more like mottled china.

>>49736234
I love painting and I'm a super slow painter so it's not bad at all! This guy is just a test run really. Rakarth Flesh base with a Vallejo Red Wash and VGC Bone White. I feel like my Bone White came out chalkier than I would have liked on some portions of the flesh so I either need to shake the bottle harder or thin even further. I needed like three coats to get good coverage so I thought I had thinned it enough.

>>49744086
ooo looks neato

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Painted up my Slaughterpriest, still needs some touching up but I'm happy the way he came out.

>>49744086
It's missing her two friends trying to murder her to summon him

How are you going to paint the bendyman? I have no idea what I'm going to do with mine.

>>49744750
Taking a bit of advice from a friend of mine I'm thinking about going Black with grey relief, so it looks like of silverish on the details, with off white or ivory ruffles. and for the skin I'm thinking flayed one flesh, with a "blood" wash, then hitting it with flayed one flesh again to leave the red in the recesses.
For the girl I'm thinking a Red or Blue dress so that it contrasts with the darkness of the woods and Slendy. and I'm thinking about having a lantern to try and cast some light on the little girl hugging her teddy.

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Everyone's been posting slaughter priest. Guess I should contribute. Playing silver tower this weekend with him

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>>49744826
You might want to go with an actual patterned dress. That's always impressive.

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lol

>>49743933

Yea. I'll probably do that for the next batch. I /want/ to strip and redo my old models, but I think they might just stay meh. They were my first real attempt at painting, and they could be a lot worse. However, they can be so much better.

Hopefully, I'll have some new models soon if the rumors are legit.

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>tfw painting Orks with nothing but shades, glazes, and metallic paints

Fuck you, they're getting done.

Also, anyone have any experience with the Army Painter Quickshades? Painting on Agrax Earthshade as a preshade isn't very time-efficient.

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Black templar honour guard about half way. Yet to do crosses and insignia on everyfukinthing

>>49744944

Why are they deployed in Australia?

>>49744898
I'm just not very good with drawing, but that might be easy to do since the detail is small enough.

>>49744960
What?

>>49743147
Don't bother painting eyes on a reaper mini, just go with a couple washes and some highlights around the brow

>>49744921
Should I wash it again with black a few times and then highlight in white on the body? I've never painted nids before.

Pls no bully. I realize it was dumb to base coat black. I realize that the guardsmens base coat, and therefore 8 sets of sprew are a bubbily bad coat of garbage (chainsword arm)

>>49744944
Doing the emperor's work brother. Australia is in need of a good purging.

>>49745024
Probs a dumb quesrion but ive nvr posted before, how do you know im from oz? Ha

>>49744944
Heritics on the barbie m8

>>49734306
My thanks good apothecary.

>>49745104
Australian and under fifteen, I see.

>>49745190
12 desu

>>49745104
>>49744984
Picture is upside down. Therefore anons are saying they're "in Australia."

>>49745120
Hahaha love it

>>49745282
Thank you i thought soo

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>>49739731
>What's the difference between the Imperial Knight Paladin and the Warden? Is the price worth it?

Hah! Looks like I happened by at the right time!

Take a look at this picture. There are three big sprues. Everything on these three big sprues comes with both the Paladin and Warden kits. With them *only*, and nothing else, you can build either the Paladin (battlecannon and chainsword) or the Errant (thermal "melta" cannon and chainsword).

If you buy the Warden kit, however, you get a third sprue full of extra gubbinz, including parts for the three different carapace-mounted weapons, the Thunderstrike Gauntlet, the Avenger Gatling Cannon, and the hull-mounted meltagun that you can buy instead of da 'eavy stubba. Think of the possibilities, anon! You could have a Paladin with an Icarus Autocannon, or a Crusader wiv two big shootas, or a Warden wiv a gatling shoota and power fist!

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OK I did another basecoat pass and tried some highlighting

>>49744993
do you have an example of that?
Just wash it white/light a few times to get the colour in the eyes and then clean up around the rest of the face right?

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>>49745399
>a third sprue full of extra gubbinz

*Fourth* sprue. I swear I've had my coffee. Here's a close-up of the carapace-mounted launcher pod which can be configured either as a Stormspear Rocket Pod (launches d3 krak missiles) or an Ironstorm Missile Pod (very similar to Space Marine Whirlwind). The fourth sprue also has less useful (i.e., have no effect on da roolz) gubbinz like alternative face plates and some Adeptus Mechanicus badges.

Which paint brand would /tg/ recommend to someone returning to the hobby?

I remember GW's paints being very plastic-y. I used higher end craft paints watered down for the most part.

How are reaper and vallejo now?

>>49745567
Vallejo are a nice standard. Cheap and "for models" (/tg/ and their moms all think regular craft paint is too thick).

And hey, you aren't supporting GW.

>>49745567
I like P3 paint

>>49745567
what do you mean plasticy?

>>49743895
Nice man, try painting those in between spots where there's a break in the armor a different color.

New thread at >>49745851 since this one's almost at bump limit.

>>49745679

Their texture out of the pot - even after watering was odd. Very thick, almost stringy and rubbery. I'm not really sure how else to explain it.

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I have my Kir Kanos ready to highlight. But I'm terrible at highlighting. I always go too broad with the highlights. How do I keep myself from doing that? This is my favorite sculpt in Imperial Assault, and I want the paint job to turn out great.

>>49745879
you got bad paint then nigga. Ive been using GW for almost 20 years without issue.

GW and P3 both make great paints. Vallejo is also excellent. Mid tier would be army painter

>>49741493

IIRC, there's a few floating around. I know an Australian vendor has some, it's where I got mine.

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I was cutting pvc at work, and it was mostly this little "bell" off the one end. There's a shitload, and I feel like there's some kind of terrain that can be built of this.

Any ideas?

>>49745895
I find it very difficult to believe every single pot i got was bad. One or two, sure, but not all. I remember a few being okay, but for the most part they weren't very good.

Perhaps I just had rotten luck, as you say. But under the circumstances alternative would be appreciated. I was considering Vallejo as you suggest, but I have never used them.

>>49746031
vallejo makes good shit. They have a big range of colors and come in dropper bottles which is a plus. However getting your hands on some can be a pain as theyre a spanish company

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Finished up the metal and highlights on the bell, working on adding some rust to the steel parts and later going to put some verdigris on the brass. Rust is much darker in person, first time working with this paint, it's rather finnicky

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>>49746030
Grain silos

Half-buried part of an Imperator titan's cannon like in that DoW map

Tunnel

If you want to be fancy, you could turn that into a full-fledged temple of the emperor, as those are also cylindrical.

There's probably a ton more options I'm not thinking of. Either way, if you do end up making something, I'd love to see the progress posted every now snd then.

>>49746053

A store near me carries a lot of them, including the weathering effects (admittedly I have never used anything like that - I used sand and salt for that sort of thing)

>>49746111

Not bad ideas. I was thinking silos or like power generators, but the canon isn't bad either, and tunnels/mario pipes are good idea, too.

Does GW themselves sell retarder? Gonna be at my (small) local store tomorrow and they only carry Citadel supplies and I'd really need some of that stuff.

>>49746237
Go drive to hobby lobby or michaels.


Jesus did none of you have that crazy aunt/grandmother that would drag you to art supply stores? Y'know where they smell like rustic candles and you could feel the jesus in every dead pan stare from the deplorable employee? Why does everyone think that official model paint is the only thing that's out there?

>>49746031
I use nothing but vallejo, went to them from craft paints and the difference was really noticeable.

>>49746059
>>49746089
Nice work! Lots of control for the most part (the rust is a bit messy), but I like it! Very vibrant, and you did a great job on the wooden bits. I'd suggest you add some Nihilakh Oxide to the bell, but if you're keeping it vibrant that works too.

What's a better way to paint pink horrors: prime white, wash until you like the color, then paint detail and highlights, or base coat something dark like mechrite and work your way up the old Fashioned way?

>>49746408
I live in germany, the only 'art supply' store in my entire hometown has little more than the stuff a kid would need for art class (considering the store is a school supplies store) and I have yet to find a proper art supply store in the city my closest GW/hobby store is at. Simply buying GW stuff has been my most viable option as of yet since I don't have the time to regularly go "to the big city" and search for a good store to buy paints and stuff from.

/blog

>>49746525
I had planned on adding the oxide to the bell, the name had totally escaped me . The rust is a bit messy but honestly dry brushing for me is much more difficult than it should be, especially on those thin metal rails. Luckily though it's not as noticeable in person.

I feel pretty good about the way it looks thus far but I'm really worried about doing the warpflame...it's such an eye drawing feature imo that any mistakes are gonna be glaring

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Thoughts /tg/ ?

Slaughter priest+grey Knight truescale (?) Conversion.

Originally was just a simple body swap conversion, but after getting feedback from /tg/ the original torso I was using looked too small/chubby wo I worked on making something better looking and ended up with this. His other arm needs some work and it's gonna be holding a shield. Will most likely be using this model as counts as draigo.

Thoughts so far? Still very wip

>>49743895
Hey man, looking neat and Vanilla ;-) !
Have you tried using a wash to bring out the shading and details more? Looking neat and tidy otherwise, good stuff!

>>49739004
How do you get those highlights?

>>49746710
Just focus on layers. Have the brightest colors of the flame be near the base and in the recesses, rather than the usual of having the recesses be dark. Just layer on green mixed with medium and work your way up to dark green/black.

I think ol' Duncan has a good warpflame tutorial folded into the Thanquol and Boneripper video.

>>49735911
Yeeeeh! I dig this "skin ripped off" look :D

>>49745431
Nice, much clearer and defined :)

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>>49735911
>>49735276
>>49731260
I've got a little extra Death Monster to share, the Black Knight. Still a wip, obviously.