WIP - Painting/Converting/Sculpting General

/wip/! I need to see your Slaughterpriest conversions & kitbashes! (Please)

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Hi /wip! I recently bought Silver Tower and started to paint the Arcanists from it. Problem is that I haven't done skin tones in ages and I need your advice. Is this ok for skin? And if you have other things you want to point out I'm more than happy to hear them!

Base is going to changed to the ones in the Shattered dominion box. This one doesn't fit theme too well.

>>49856768
>Is this ok for skin?

It looks good, but maybe a little chalky on the highlights. Any chance you might choose a thinned-down wash to maybe take some of the edge off?

Anyone made any custom or kitbashed leman russ tanks?
Preferably if you did something about the lack of any track protection, or made any work into making it sleeker

What would you guys like to see? What issues do you have with painting, sculpting, casting?

As long as it's legal (and won't get me sacked), I will try to provide.

>>49857083
How do I make a Russ more mini Baneblade esque and less shitty box like?

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What's the closest thing to good old Devlan Mud nowadays? Is the current brown Citadel watch as good?

>>49857205
In terms of colour and consistency I believe that Army Painter Quickshade Strong Tone Ink is the closest, Agrax Earthshade is a little lighter in tone, and doesn't pool as well.

>>49857205

Army Painter Strong Tone ink and the Citadel successor Agrax Earthshade are both pretty class.

AP is a bigger bottle and cheaper, but more clearly intended for basic painters to basecoat their models and then basically drown them in the stuff.

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>>49857205
And a visual example

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How can I spice up my s̶e̶x̶ ̶l̶i̶f̶e̶ bases, without too much effort?

Just an example, basically sand painted Scorched Earth, given a light drybrush and then some static grass in patches.

Maybe some larger stones in grey, and some of those tufts of light yellow long grass?

>>49857205
http://taleofpainters.blogspot.nl/2012/04/review-army-painter-warpaint-inks.html
http://taleofpainters.blogspot.nl/2013/08/review-army-painter-warpaints.html
and two articles comparing the various colours to the GW equivalents.

>>49857274
I do not entirely agree, the dips are meant to drown models, but the ink is very much designed to be similar to the old GW versions.

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>>49856607
Got my pretty big guard army up. Better than most of you fucks on here.

>>49857312
>Maybe some larger stones in grey, and some of those tufts of light yellow long grass?

Do that, and most importantly, drybrush up to lighter colours, the sand's very lacking in contrast there.

What's the second or third biggest IG forces after Cadia? I bought some Genestealy cultists and I need to give them IG garb but I Cadians are boring.

Is it best to give them contrasting colours to the rest of the army?

>>49857356
>1476885089361.jpg
If you were that same guy why would you resave the image you took and posted in the other thread, then post the copy here?

>>49857385
There is no one Cadian colour?
Just paint em up however you want man, there's shitloads of different guard factions, with shitloads of different regiments with shitloads of different uniforms

>>49857385
Oh shit were you talking about taking a different style of guard and kitbashing for your cultists?
In that case, fuck knows sorry

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>>49856621

>>49857385

Do you still want to use the "Cadian" models though? Or alternatives?

>Is it best to give them contrasting colours to the rest of the army?

No, if anything you want to use the colourscheme to unify the rather different models.

It's one of my pet hates that, I think we all did it as a kid where we made our Terminator squad a different colour to the rest of the army for no real reason.

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First time painting in like 4 years.

Still needs touching up, but this already took longer than expected getting paint consistency right.

it's Walmart paint and frankly, I'm surprised

>>49857427
>>49857444
Yeah I'm pretty awful at explaining things. I mean you got them jungle guys and them death corps guys. I want to do what I'm most likely to encounter. Also could I mix and match a squad? Or would that be pretty weird.

>>49857356
>bragging when nothing is based
Pathetic.

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>>49856621
This was finished with veins on the right arm and a shield from the Imperial Knight shield generator.
Painting soon.

>>49857516
Honestly I can't see Catachans or DKOK would be very susceptible to cults
Honestly Cadian models are probably the best and most versatile to use, they dont have to be cadians though, and you can paint em however
You can also use whatever kits GW or FW have or w/e

>>49857660
Ok I'll just use the standard bodies then. Maybe DOW can give me some inspiration on schemes. Thanks for the advice.

>>49857701
I dont wanna stop you doing something more adventurous if that's what you want, I think you should enjoy your army more than anything tbqh
Just reckon basic bitches are better cause more availability and price
Though if you dont like the aesthetic as much you still might wanna look at the other options, though it'll probably be more challenging and expensive

>>49857753
It's fine. I get your point. You're right about the variety available. Maybe I could do some body swaps. The genestealer cult unit is generic so I guess using any IG works pretty well for it.

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Ordered a metallic OOP deff dread from ebay, and the dude accidently sent me a normal killa kan instead, he said sorry and will send me the correct mini and i can still keep this cutie to myself, can it get any better?

>>49857950
also ordered 3 more OOP killa kans that will arrive shortly, cant wait to get my hands on them. Gotta find some spare banners for this new addition.

>>49857976
Nice that the guy was a bro about it. I love Killa Kans, personally. I think they look more coherent than Dreds. Same reason I like the Mega Dred.

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>>49858020
Yeah, the one i ordered is basically just a fatter version of a killa kan with 4 armaments, like in the picture

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>>49857356
I have 3000 points of painted orks, 2000 points of painted daemons and 1000 of eldar, you are small time.

>>49857950
metal kans are the only metal multipiece model that actually worked, it rarely broke or snapped off when I played with them, as long as you didnt grab the claw

>>49858234
true, i like to drill a metal pin to secure the claw in place so it wont snap right off

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>>49858093
>you are small time.

He's taking your lamb, anon.

>>49858049
Ooo nice, I love it. It's like a mini-mega dred. Yeah, the default Deff looks too - rattly for my tastes. If that makes sense. It's TOO ramshackle, it's hard to make out what's going on with the model.

Help me fix this email to gw about their brush quality so I can get some kind of compensation for ruining my money on their base brushes:
Dear Games Workshop:


I have been involved in the warhammer 40k hobby for about a year and a half now, almost 2 years, and during this time I have bought mand brushes, some of which unfortunately were your base brushes. Regardless of the size (I've bought 1 large, 2 medium and 3 small) and regardless of the care I put into these brushes (mind you I care for all brushes from you similarly, and to a great standard of care), the base brushes need to be replaced after about 4 painting sessions. At the price I'm paying for them, which is msrp, it seems unreasonable that I get barely any use out of them before they become unusable.


I've attached some pictures of the most recently purchased base brushes, which I just stopped using because of its condition. Also attached is a comparison of the other brushes I bought all around the same time as the first medium base brush I threw out, and you can see they all still retains their shape without any external assistance, barring my medium layer brush which I've had to use as a base brushes for multiple occasions.


The main reason I am emailing you is to ask the following:

Was this intended to be how they end up or am I doing something wrong?

Do they need to be cared for in any special way other paint brushes normally don't receive?

Is there any reason I should buy more of your base brushes in the future if I'm doomed to replace them shortly after the purchase anyway?


This has become quite frustrating and I'm considering dollar craft brushes as an alternative, I'd rather spend a week training myself to compensate for their poor brush quality than spend seven dollars bi-weekly on a new brush whenever I buy new kits.


Don't get me wrong, I love the other brushes I have, I thoroughly enjoy them and have no issue using them.


I don't know what else to write

>>49857356
I hope you're some faggot false flagging as the guy who owns those.

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>>49856621

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Made a bit of progress, still got the front and the whole other side of the ship to do.

>>49857356
oh yeah, those grey non-highlighted tanks look great

>>49858323

What the fuck are you doing to them?

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>>49859275
scratch that, none of the models look highlighted

>>49858323
what are you doing to your brushes dude?

>>49857455
Wonder what he'll look like with a Custodes helmet and a bolter sword.

>>49857356
>Not exterminators

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>>49857356
>people everywhere put their cupola hatched on upside down

Why? Why, why, why, why? Fucking why? WhyMCA? Why?

Does anyone have that image of a bunch of orkz with pieces of a leman russ that can huddle together to disguise as it?

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>>49859537
never heard of a leman russ disguise but here is a rhino

>>49859518
>not luring the enemy into opening your tank and ambushing them

>>49859518
Because it looks fucking stupid when it gets wrecked

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>>49859518
what do you mean? something on the tanks?

>>49858093
How about 10k of orcs, 5k csm, 7k HH IW, 2k necron, 2k eldar and 1k deathwatch?
And I still am second to my friend with 30k+ of GK, SM and guard...

>>49859747
Right there with ya anon. 12k of painted orks, 7k of painted HH Alpha Legion, 5k of crons, 3k of wolves with about another 3k of orks, 3k alphas and 1k of wolves as of yet unfinished

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>>49859414
Like this

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Started painting my Iron Priest in pre-heresy SW colours

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>>49860041

>>49860063
Silly anon. There is no 18th month.

>>49860192
For some reason my new webcam uses US date format instead of the normal format

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>>49857356

Got a chance to buy a Blood Angels drop pod, painted fully in red, for 25€, but I'm playing Black Templars.

The pod has no insignia or anything on it other than the red color. Are red drop pods acceptable for a Black Templar army or is that too far off?

>>49859747
>>49859830
so hows your sex life?

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>>49857003

We fixed it right up boss!

>>49860280
>>49859518
>>49859275
Fuck you guys. Show your army if you think youre so much better than me. I know I'm better than you autists.

>>49860192
are we all British here? if not, say where.

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>>49860358
fuck yourself.

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>>49860358

>>49860427
I'm NOT BAITING you fucking shit

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>>49860465
your rage filled b8 is blatant.

>>49860465
either shit bait or crazy autism

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>>49860358
>>49860465

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needs a couple touchups and a sealcoat but otherwise very close to done

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>>49860381
Finland

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>>49857356
You know I was going to hold off on posting stuff until I'd finished the last few pieces, but this bait game's too strong.

>>49860730
smurfs, but still cool. very 90's.

>>49860730
>Abaddon Diary: 81 days and they still didn't notice me

>>49860730
the marine at the right side, is that Abaddon in disguise?

>>49860800
he's disarmed and waiting for a resupply before I can finish, because I goofed and left my brown paint open and it dried up

>>49860381
Canada
kill me

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>>49860730

I love your work, anon. I know >>49860358 is just baiting us, but it *does* give us all an opportunity to get in and reconnect. All I have prepared is this shot from Armies on Parade. You'd think I would've done something a little better than >>49858280; I've had 25 years to work on it, after all!

>>49860381
>are we all British here? if not, say where.

Texas. It's like a whole other country.

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Just finished some blood warriors

>>49861022
Dope, i really like the bronze and those edge highlight, maybe just a bit to much blood on the weapon, maybe use less and spread it out more so it looks like it has splaterd blood on the weapon and mini

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>>49860962
I've been bumming around ideas for an AoP board for a while. Got the foam and scrap to do it tucked away in a storage closet, but I think I'd like to source (or scratchbuild out of plasticard) a classic Bastion or Bunker first.

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Was silver a mistake?
It was really easy to do and looks tabletop ok. But I want to improve and it feels like there is nowhere to go.

>>49861194
Well you should start by removing those moldlines anon, then if you feel like painting them silver you should wash it then if you just want them to look tabletop standard, drybrush with a lighter silver like necron compound or runefang steel, I personally would not paint them silver but thats just my prefrence

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>>49861143
>I'd like to source (or scratchbuild out of plasticard) a classic Bastion or Bunker first.

At my store, at least, there was little appreciation of my Second Edition Battle Bunker (visible in top right corner of >>49860962). If you're going to include something classic like that in your get-up, make it look at least comparable to the modern plastic 40K terrain. That's what'll be on uvva ladz boards (pic related).

>>49861194
>Was silver a mistake?

I hate to be negative, but yes, yes it was. I can't be too hard on you, though; even though you chose a ridiculous colour, completely missed every mold line you could possibly miss, and didn't even make an effort at basing, you actually painted your bugs. That is a quantum leap ahead of a bunch of people I have encountered!

>>49861143
Make a mountain bunker and have your dudes march out of it

>>49861244
>>49861273
I'll take that as it was a big mistake.
Suppose I'll try a colour I can layer.. dunno what though.

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>>49861273
The card stuff always needed a bit of TLC out of the box, but outside of the finnicky laser-cut emblem I might be able to pull something like this off.

I dunno. Finish the army first, worry about the board later, for now.

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>>49861273
I'd love to use those Realm Gates as Chaos drop pods.

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Borrowed a friend's camera to finally get a decent picture of my Mechanicus. Happy to have a completed army for once.

>>49861335
The basic genestealer colour scheme is cool and there are tutorials on warhammer tv for how you paint it

>>49861458
Love the colors. Mind taking a few close-ups of the bigger models? Their designs look interesting.

Also, what are those units in the front middle?

>>49861573
Forgeworld Mechanicum units.
Thallax to be precise.
Very heavy cyborg modifications, there's basically only a brain and spine in there, the rest is machine.

If lighting and background arent an issue with a model, would the reason my photos come out shitty possibly be because I'm using an iphone?

>>49861632
Usually a problem with phone cameras is that, thanks to their lens setup, their Depth of Field is shit, which means that getting something to not be partially blurry because bits fall outside the DoF, and as such are not in focus.

Christ sanding the visors on the arincourt knights can be difficult. They are such a small piece

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>>49861573
This thing was a blast to build and paint.

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>>49861831
And the top chassis

>>49859322
>>49859365
I assume what everyone else does, I clean them with water until they're clear, use brush cleaner, then store themanager upright.

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>>49861846

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>>49861896

What Vallejo colour is Necron Compound closest to?

Or is it actually worth buying GW drybrush paints? I much prefer the Vallejo bottles.

>>49861919
>is it actually worth buying GW drybrush paints?
no

>>49861919
pretty sure gw drybrush paints are just thicker versions of their normal paints.

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>>49861908
That's it for all the "big" stuff. The Sentinels I use as Ironstrider Ballistarius standins, the robots are converted Centurions I use as Kastelans or Castellax.

>>49861908
>That little owl
Nice

>>49861458
Really odd question, why is there an Eldar Shadow Seer in your army?
I assume it serves as a converted Magos of some kind, but could you explain it?

>>49861194

>Farewell to details
>Thicc as a bowl of oatmeal
>Dem moldlines baby

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>>49862036
That's really all there is to it. I have another Magos, but she's from Raging Heroes and I couldn't bring her to Armies on Parade. Two weeks before the contest, I bought a Shadowseer and a Techpriest Enginseer and played around with the two kits until I came up with that. I purposefully wanted something kind of eldritch and preferably female to contrast with the crawling, scary Magos Dominus model.

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>>49862130
And the back

>>49862130
Cool, she is a bit of a Heretek though with the eldar stuff on her person, but you never said they were loyalist mechanicus...

>>49861908
Where did you get that owl on the automatas shoulder?

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>>49861908
is that an owl on his shoulder?
wtf

>>49862167
dryads

>>49862163
They've also got maybe-sentient AI in the Thanatar. I'd describe them as a "radical" branch of the Adeptus Mechanicus, but not quite heretical. Not yet.

>>49862167
eBay! It's from the Sylvaneth dryad kit I think, or one of the AoS nu-wood elves.

>>49862213
>They've also got maybe-sentient AI in the Thanatar. I'd describe them as a "radical" branch of the Adeptus Mechanicus, but not quite heretical. Not yet.

For 30k that would simply mean using the Paragon of Metal rules. ;)

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So I'm sculpting some Darkest Dungeon minis and I gotta say, sculpting is a lot more stressful than just painting. This shit is hard af and I'm garbage at it.

This one is still missing the fine details and the other arm but I'm already exhausted....

>>49862255
That's the rule he does use! I'm blessed by the most filthy casual FLGS buddies, and I play the Thanatar, Thallax, and Magos/Magos Dominus straight out of the Taghmata red book.

>>49862309
If they're fine with it, have fun. :D They're interesting units to use, and quite flavourful.

>>49857489

How's this look? Pointers?

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>>49862167
>Where did you get that owl on the automatas shoulder?

Hephaestus made it as a replacement so Athena wouldn't have to give him her *real* owl.

>>49860358
>Show your army if you think youre so much better than me.

It's bait, but it gave me a reason to finally do *this*. Same ladz as >>49858280 and >>49860962.

>>49862625
>>>49857489

For Walmart paint, >>49857489 doesn't look half bad. What did you prime it with?

>>49863061

Gw chaos black

>>49861022

These are really nice, but the blood lets it down. It's too.. structured and not splatted enough. The warrior is all clean too. You might think it will ruin it but flick some blood over them.

>>49861022
How do you do those red highlights on the armor? Is it just a layer of the lighter color that you then fill in the center of the armor with the darker color or do you just do it like you do edge highlights?

>>49857356
Yeah, sorry buddy. Im glad you've got colors on everything, but every time I see your tanks from a distance they look unfinished. Any extra color or highlighting you could put on there would work wonders. Your infantry are fine (base em) .

The tanks are large with those big flat surfaces so they can't get away with flat pure white. Go with light grey/off white then highlight with white. Maybe do a color stripe, some transfers, or get tape and do camo.

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Spent hours making up 40 goblin wolf riders and a shaman. Waiting on some wargs to come in from ebay, the wolves they come with are just too hideous to use.

Still got two wolf chariots, 3 rock trolls, two spear chukkas and 60 fucking grots (bloody battleline requirements) to do. Oh, and a Grom the Paunch conversion, but I'm not sure what to do with that yet. Here they are at around 7PM.

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>>49863565
And here they are all glued together. Begging the Chaos Goblin Anon to share his recipe for skin, I tried for an hour or so this afternoon to come up with a decent replica but the closest I could get took far too long and didn't look all that good.

It was actually really relaxing to cut them all of the sprue, organise them and assemble them.

>>49860310
I love the reverse look, the front slope looks so much nicer

>>49863592
>>49863565
Was thinking goblins for AoS as well , I already got 20 night goblins but how does the normal goblin kit hold up? They look neater but hows the quality

I need some tips for my Inquisition

Great Sword Legs can work with the Scion torso?

For the Acolytes can I make some chainsaw bayonets to represent the chainsword?

>>49863700
They're both fairly old kits and the quality is pretty much the same, it depends on price and which aesthetic you prefer. Mouldlines on them aren't great and a lot of the sprue gates are fairly awkwardly placed, especially on the heads, but they fit together fine.

I have a whole bunch of Night Goblins because of the Battle for Skull Pass box from a few years back, you can get them on ebay for very little money.

I went with the classic goblins because I'm going for a Mongol/Steppe Raider theme.

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First time painting Warp Talons, looking for input

>>49863799
It's really hard to see what you have done, any chance you could just post a close up of one to get a better look?

From what I see you still need to paint the fan blades on the jump-packs and do the helmets. You've done a good job of painting just the the metal ridges, which can be hard. Edge highlights matter a lot on these guys

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>>49863699
If I had money to throw away Id make all my leman russes with chimera track, they look so much better

>>49863904
Oh shiet, how much effort goes into that? Is there a guide?

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>>49863904
...but ill most likley buy accessory sprues and put covers on the treads

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>>49863848
I have got that bronze detail work on the fan blades. The helmets are the base color with red eyes.

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>>49863948
A lot of effort.
http://mordian7th.blogspot.ca/2009/06/charon-pattern-leman-russ-part-1.html
A leman russ, chimera tracks, and basilik canopy thing.
I would but its too much money for me.
Really at the end of the day, you either have time or money.

Best paint stripper?

>>49863799
How are those Amera terrains? Been looking at them.

>>49863971
Yeah I couldn't bring myself to not just make the 3 vehicles
God damn it looks so much better though

>>49864048
Speed, safety, gentle on materials?

>>49864048
I vote for Dettol to soak and methylated spirits to rinse so the paint glug doesnt stick to everything

>>49864074
Household cleaners preferably.

>>49863971
Also, Do you have to build the entire tank backwards and patch it up, could you somehow put the treads on the other way round, you'd probably have to file shit but could you make it fit? Because even reverse treads look way better, would like to do it without flipping the whole body though

>>49863949
Any ideas how to make those thread covers with plasticard? what thickness?

>>49864118
Well i use a jellied floor soap, sort that's mainly just potash, a fat mixe with minimal air will loosen paint in a day.
It also cleans surfaces and keeps wooden furniture in top condition, and it's non-toxic, just wear gloves as it's PH 11 undiluted.

>>49864296
I have a bottle of lysol, oxiclean, shout, clorox, oven cleaner, and other stuff. Will any of this work?

>>49864431
oven cleaner CAN work, but it's heavily dependent on brand and exact formula

it can also melt plastic if it's strong enough

Test it on some sprue before ever putting shit on models.

>>49864431
Well i know oven cleaner eats linoleum, sooo.. I won't trust it on plastic.

Don't know the rest of the brands but regular ethanol alcohol works fine.

>>49864431
if you're using generic cleaners instead of specified paintstripping agents, look up the brand and find out if anyones used them on minis to be 100% sure. if you have some wierd-ass acetone-based oven cleaner it'll wreck your minis.
>>49864499
test on sprue is a good idea

>>49857547
Wulfen done right, great job anon

>>49857660
i dont know, hell the space marines fell to the warrior lodges. i could see cultist catachans

If anyone else has the 4th ed BRB, could you tell me what the tank on page 205 is?
Looks like a tank-hunter built ontop of a Chimera chassis.

>>49864630
heavily converted basilisk (that's an earthshaker cannon, yo), pretty sure that armored top is completely scratch built, outside of the hatches they've added on

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R8 my Spartan's asshole, WIP.

My shitty chinese recast came without one of the vents, so I improvised with some Land Raider Redeemer flamestorm cannon ends.

>>49864706
That's no earthshaker. The muzzle is that of a Leman Russ BC. The whole whole barrel is different than any Earthshaker GW has ever made.

Agree with you that the whole top is custom plasticard.

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>>49864630
>If anyone else has the 4th ed BRB

I have so many rulebooks... all the way back to First Edition. Luckily, the first one I grabbed was indeed the 4th Edition Book; that sure is an unusual-looking tank (pic related) on page 205!

>could you tell me what the tank on page 205 is?
>Looks like a tank-hunter built on top of a Chimera chassis.

I'd say it's supposed to be a Destroyer tank-hunter, but it displays some marked differences from both the Chimera and the FW Destroyer kits.

>>49864987
Yeah, the only thing I can identify are the tracks as being from a chimera and parts of the cannon as being from a Battle Cannon. The hatches and griblies are pretty stock from 4th ed guard kits.
I'm guessing the body and upper part were just built from scratch.
Gonna have to buy up some plasticard and try it myself.

Do any forge world books have valhallan models and artwork?

>>49864987
>that tank design
I... holy shit that's just retarded. Let's just slap a fixed gun with a fixed orientation with a fixed elevation on there, and then rivet some shit around the barrel cause why not.

>>49865343
Those things are true of literally every tank destroyer in this setting.

>>49865343
>Implying 40k has even one tank design that would be good IRL

>>49865415
And I fucking hate it

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>>49857356

Might want to finish painting those tanks.

>>49865452
That's fine. I on the other hand can appreciate its goofy design and want a squadron of them for my Guard army.

>>49860679
Holy moley.

>>49865415
the rhino chassis vehicles are all fine, vindicator notwithstanding

M113's still in use to this day.

>>49865534
The Rhino has worse track placement than the m113. And at the size Rhino's have to be to accommodate a Space Marine cargo, they're fuckhuge compared to the tiny little m113.
Scaling up a decent vehicle makes it so much worse in terms of practicality. While the Rhino chassis might be the best in the game, it's still by no means good.

>>49865456
>all those chest-high walls

Is that Gears of Warhammer?

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Noob here, I bought Warhammer Quest The Silver Tower recently and I'd really like to get into painting the models, and eventually with the tabletop models as well. I watched some tutorials with excellent work done on particular models, but I realized that the painter uses like 20 kinds of paint for different models.

Where do you guys buy your paints without costing an arm and a leg?

>>49865596
>Where do you guys buy your paints?
FLGS, Citadel paints. About 4 dollars a pot.

>>49865490
I just wish the leman russ wasn't so high.

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Made some progress with the dread, used some plasticard to fill in the gab at the waist and drilled out the shoulders so the arms fit closer in. Really happy with how he looks so I might just go ahead and start gluing him together.

>>49865586
Ok, you come up with a transport for 7 foot super-humans in heavy power armour that's small and compact.

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>>49865343
What sort of a sick fuck would do such a thing?

>>49865709
>missing the point
40k isn't a realistic setting. The point is that NONE of this shit has to make sense and that's fine

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>>49865590

Hell ya! I've always wanted to play a 40k mod for Gears of War.

Also, making terrain is my favorite part of this hobby. (I've worked on covering up the edges of this terrain piece since I've taken the picture)

>>49865614
thank you sir

>>49865596
Welcome to Warhammer, where everything costs and arm and a leg. (GET OUT OF THE HOBBY, IF YOU AREN'T WILLING TO BUY OVER HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF LITTLE PLASTIC MEN)

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Hey guys, I basically finished 4 tanks tonight, beyond a few details like hull mounted weapons and the lil' guy on top. That makes for a total of 9 complete!

>>49865730
If that's your point, it really didn't come across very well is the post.

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>>49865819
Do you want advice or...?

>>49865784
IT IS TOO LATE BATTLE BROTHER, I ALREADY FEEL THE WARP OVERTAKING ME!

>>49865847
Sure I'll take a few lashes from the ol' /wip/, I'm sure it'll be very enlightening.

>>49865852
Godspeed anon, may the emperor watch over you.

>>49865870
>Black as a base color
NEVER do this if it can be avoided. Next to nothing in real life is true black. You're better off painting something that supposed to be black a dark grey and then shading, highlighting, etc.

>That blue "camo"
First off? Where is this tank hiding itself? I'm guessing you were going for an urban look. Now, with all camo (and you should look up tutorials on this) should be pretty solid with hard edges.
>That drybrushing
Smart move drybrushing instead of shitty edge highlights. However, you applied this drybrush very sloppily. WAY to heavy in some places. WAY too light in others.
>that metal
Just looks flat. needs shading, drybrushing, and heat-wear where applicable.
>What you did right
2 color camo schemes are the best for miniatures. At least you didn't try splashing another color on there.
Paint doesn't look too thick, but still, for posterity's sake, THIN YOUR PAINTS.

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>>49856607
Does this look infected?

>>49865993
Not enough Nurgle's Rot. Really have to drown the fucker.

Kidding aside, it looks SICK

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>>49865627
>I just wish the leman russ wasn't so high.

It's all that Citadel plastic cement he's been huffing through his osmotic gill.

>>49865691
Lookin' good! Glad you took my advice on bringing in the limbs. Remember that primer!

>>49865993
Nice blending, really looks bruised and diseased. Time to go ham with the gloss varnish.

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>>49865951
Thanks, you're a big help. Here's a pic of all of them together. Without stripping and starting over, how would I go about minor improvements to all of them? I know I can thin my paints more from here, I can add some shading and highliting to the tracks, I can dry brush more the less dry brushed areas.

But things like how I accedentally painted over my shade for the blue for the most part, having my entire army based back, etc all seem like it would be difficult to do other than pulling off the pain and starting over. How do you do heat weathering? Like the flame thrower part? I did that for one in this pic and will need to do that again.

>>49865586
>The Rhino has worse track placement than the m113.
point, though it's got a better engine setup

there's better tanks out there, but as far as sci-fi-game tanks go, rhino's a solid design, largely because it's just an already successful design in spaaace

>>49866110
>minor improvements
Another round of wash and light drybrush might help, just to pick out some lost detail.

>heat weathering
Yep, I'm talking about the flamethrowers.
Look up WarhammerTV's youtube video on painting the Covus Blackstar and skip to the part where Lord Duncan, beloved of all, paints the armored cockpit. Copy that technique on the flamer muzzles.

Did some work on my terminator chaplain today. Looks like ass. Going to put it in the ispropyl alcohol in a bit.

I wish I could use my airbrush but it is nearly dark by the time I get home and I don't have the space for an indoor vent.

>>49866110

That's a pretty big tank collection.

>>49866110
these look like the micro machines i had when i was a kid

>>49866110
>not a single banewolf
it's shit/10 would not leave survivors

>>49865727

difference being the stug has both elevation and traverse for its cannon

>>49866268
I hosted a 3k point game at my place last weekend. Dude fielded his whole tank collection.
13 Leman Russes, 1 Hyra, 1 Shadowsword.
Maybe even more Lemans...

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Reminder that this is a canon tank design in 40k

>>49866348

Fucking glorious.

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>>49866307
The formation I just filed with the inquisition, includes creed, my melta vets, and the hellhound here, BUT ONLY ONE OF YOU. FIRST ONE TO DEPLOY GETS TO STAY IN MY VENDETTA

>>49866546

If I took away your Russ squadrons would you die?

>tank vehicle
>black primer
>stormvermin fur basecoat
>mech standard grey basecoat
>ulthan grey basecoat
>nuln wash in edges
>white scar edge
Good if I'm too scared to prime white?

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>>49866660
It wouldn't be very painful

>>49866854
how is he alive
doesnt that hurt?
like, a lot?

>>49866894
Nope. Nurgle, baby!

>>49866894
if you're a follower of nurgle, intestines are like necklaces and body accessories.

imagine a magician that pulls a ton of shit from his sleeve. thats basically nurgle followers with their stomachs.

>>49866894
He's a big guy.

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Posted awhile back, still have touch ups to do on it.

>>49866904
The thing about nurgle is that you are hard to kill, not immune to suffering. In fact you are damned to an eternal live of suffering.

That's why you don't make a deal with the devil, people - Satan will fool ya! Choo, choo, everybody get on the gospel train.

>>49867070
Actually no, the followers of Nurgle feel no pain. They're festering piles of rot, but they feel none of it. People in pain from diseases turn to Nurgle because worshipping him makes the pain stop - at the price of becoming gross.

>>49861194
No, it was not. It just needs a little more work :) Smooth metal can look damn cool, but you need to properly prep your minis. Any gaps or mould lines are going to stick out like an erection in speedos. Liquid green is great for gap filling, and Warhammer TV recently did a short but sweet example of how to use it properly. I use fine grit sandpaper for my mould lines, to get a smoother finish than any of the files I own.

From there, you move onto painting. You've got a nice base, but it lacks definition and depth. This is where washes come in! Just a straight up nuln oil will flow into every nook and crack and really show off the sculpt. If you want to keep the metal looking polished you can even use nuln oil gloss now. Metal also reflects the surrounding colours, so coloured washes and glazes can work wonders but are a bit more advanced. Like if you did martial red ground for your base, you could use a red wash or glaze on all the surfaces facing downward.

Finally highlights are important for metal, I use matte washes and glazes to take away some of the shine when I paint metal, and then highlight with the smoothest and brightest silvers I've got which are usually the vallejo model air steel, chrome or silver. It's the same principle if you've used gloss washes, the matte/gloss contrast is a personal preference for me. It's important not to go overboard however, just fine dots and short lines on all the most raised portions. Think the edges of the spine ridges as an example.

>>49863968
They're looking solid so far, smooth coats of paint and nice contrast of different materials. It just needs some more work though mate, it looks at the moment like you've blocked in all the base colours and then given is one big dark wash and now you've just got the long slog of picking out all the edges and details.

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Took me 3 hours to get this right. I took everything you guys said and put it into play. Took my time and used oxide as the base and built up from that with multiple thin layers. Just wanted to say thank you for helping me get to this point. I love this ship and how it looks and you guys made me focus on breaking bad habits and being patient with my painting.

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I've had the assassinorum box since last christmas and finally got around to putting it together so I wouldn't have to admit I left a gift untouched for a whole year when christmas rolls around again. These are the first finished models, mostly done on autopilot.

Please forgive that one gap I didn't fill, for I am lazy and have no putty.

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>>49839335
>>49839353
Okay I added highlights to the Venom Spitter arms! Just have to do the hooves and spikey bits now. (Why does my biogun have pincers on it?)

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>>49860793

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I started this guy as a grot mega armour boss for kill teams and he kinda got big. I'll probably end up using him as a Killa Kan. I'm kind of stuck deciding if hes finished or not. Any suggestions?

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>>49867333

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Oi've been Orkin on da waaagh road all da liv long dayyy

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>>49867378

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>>49856621
Still beggin for some proper highlights.
Every time I think I got this, the camera shows me how horrible I am.

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>>49867408

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>>49867423

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>>49867436

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Posted my Orks a while ago and I got told they were a bit too dark. So I decided to paint some Evil Sunz using only glazes (and a bit of paint). Came out pretty well.

Debating what to do with the straps and belts. Think brown might just blend in with the red, so might do a bright yellow or a black.

>>49866946
For you

>>49860730
Do you have a blog?

>>49860730
>red weapon housings
>flat yellow trim
My nigga
love the overheating conduits on the power sword too

>>49867559
not since I started posting my WIPs here, five or six? years ago

anyone have that image of how to photograph minis?

>>49866348
Quad Lascannon Chimera? I want one...

>>49864761
looks good

>>49866268
not for this hobby it isn't

>>49866348
>imperial guard ZSU-23-4
please yes

>>49867199
Is that the ship from Dark Forces?

>>49867981
Those are autocannons.

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From last weekend. Since the bait is real.

>>49867378
It's an interesting color choice for the scrap metal riveted on there. But, you really need to go back and paint the rivets on the colored plates and do some highlights. The model looks flat as it is now, which is too bad because all the colors you have used seems like a cool idea to create a slap-shod, orky model

>>49868025

It is indeed the Moldy Crow.

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I've just bought a bunch of ravenwing bikers from ebay, most of them are missing their twin linked boltguns so I've purchased several of these sets of the corvus blackstar bolters to use - does anyone have any suggestions on what I could add for more detail to the sides of them, besides slapping purity seals on. I'm planning on building a box magazine/mount for each out of plasticard and filling the holes/shaving the nubs accordingly.

>>49857547
Aite, gots ta ask: what's the base model? I assumed it was AoS Khornates, but chest and legs don't match the ones I'm looking at.

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>>49868410
AoS Slaughterpriest. They gave them out free with White Dwarf a while back.

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B-wing with Optimus prime paint scheme because reasons

>>49860381
Washington State.

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>>49860381

>>49864630
>>49864987
The body is a STuG, likely a large scale plastic kit.

>>49865691
Interesting idea.

>>49857950
I really love the way you've painted that kan

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>>49867305
And the assembled gun has been added to Warrior with only minor fuckups on my part. I also did the red hooves and pincers and other pointy bits plus their highlights. I hope the blend worked well enough for the red.

>stop buying models some time ago
>keep painting old stuff
>still at least 6 months of painting to do
>a lot of releases I was lookin foward to on horizon (dropfleet commander, new malifaux models, blood bowl)

Should I sell some of my assembled/primed backlog? I really like models I've bought, but I feel like they're just catching dust with me.

>>49867152
Well after the other comments were given I tried painting a red one, but it looked nowhere near as good as the silver does. I get that it's an unusual choice but they are aliens after all.

I'm very happy to have had your comment. I think with improvements you've suggested it can look a lot better. I am going to buy some red wash tonight and give it a go. I never considered putting it on just one side as a reflection.

If I paint the bases red, what kind of flock should I use?

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Picked up the one on the right, looking for some input as to wether i should match her to the knight on the left or strip him and do something else.
Phoneposting from a temporary workbench, sorry.

>>49864987
>>49864630
Pretty sure this was a Golden Demon entry. Maybe around 2004. Theres another tank on the otherside of the display, similar design but different

>>49870351
What models are these?

>>49860381
Krautland

>>49870933
The dude is a paladin of alahan, from the dead company rackham. The female is arcadia, sunrise knight from cadwallon, original sculpt from a ukrainian company that sells confrontation recasts.

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>>49857003
I run loads of 'em.

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>>49857003

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>>49857003
And another.

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>>49857003
Last one for now.

>>49869586
looking nice anon :)

>>49871057
i remember the magnet tank! arent you the guy who had like, thirty unpainted ork conversions?

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>>49860381
'straya
fuck you brits with your expensive currency and shipping

a DKoK platoon cost me two weeks pay

In retrospect I decided I'd rather magnetize my Assault Terminators' arms since I managed to clear room in my list to give them hammers but alteady have them with claws. Has anyone here ever successfully taken a fully painted and assembled Terminator's arms off and added magmets without the need to destroy the shoulders or having to buy new shouder plates?

Was thinking of cutting the arms off just below the shoulder pad, doing the same for the hammer arms and sticking the magnets in there. Would that plan work without destroying their paintjobs?

>>49871192
Superglue or Polycement?

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>>49871163
That's me!

>>49871250
Revell Poly Cement.

>>49867102
It's not all bad, no matter how disgusting and festering you become, Grandfather Nurgle will still love you. It's one big unfathomably gross family, and they have all kinds of fun.

>>49867102
>because worshipping him makes the pain stop
it makes the pain dull, but it does not make the pain stop

people turn to nurgle out of absolute desperation, and he takes pleasure in their continued suffering under his patronage

>>49867995
If he collects anymore, would he die?

>>49871361
It would be extremly painfull

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Finished a bunch of things since the last time I posted in a WIP thread:

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>>49871448

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>>49871454
KDM Manhunter

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>>49871462
Current WIP in Slenderman. I'm trying to get a select few KDM expansion monsters for a halloween game night

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>>49871474
Also have Spidiculus getting cleaned up and ready for primer

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I have a dilemma.
Let's say I'd want to model an army of Umbra, entirely made of protoplasmic and heavily converted shadow-horrors. What codex would suit them best : Demons of Chaos, or Tyranids ?

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>>49857356
Greguardanon here. That's not fucking me. Pic for proof.

Is it just me or are nids easier to give a standard paint job that looks good? The traditional base, wash, highlight, varnish just seems like such less work and looks better than trying to paint something that's actually difficult.

>>49871490
I'd say use the Chaos Daemons rules, because not only do tyranids suck at the moment ruleswise but also they lost all of their unit upgrades, daemons are much more flexible for what you want.

>>49866317
You're assuming the conversion doesn't.

Also, the Stridsvagn 103 has the gun fixed to the hull and it turns the vehicle for traverse and hydraulics on road wheels for elevation.

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>>49856607
I was looking for advice for painting dark skin tones, basically the top nine boxes in the picture.
I've made a few test attempts but it always comes off looking to dark or unnatural. I just can't seem to get the right balance.

>>49867981
It's a 40k version of the Chemerax (I believe) from Epic, which mounted quad autocannon on the turret. Also worked for AA. Alongside the Hydra. Chimeradon had a conqueror cannon. There was a 3rd that had a bunch of missiles.

>>49860679
I can't tell if your paints are too think or if it's just nurgle

>>49871448
>>49871454
>>49871462
>>49871474
These are all really really good. I don't actually have anything constructive to say. They're just good ol' great. Keep us posted.

>>49871993
Thanks! But looking at the pics over again...I just realized I forgot to paint the hand hanging off the Manhunter's side

>>49868027
even with autocannons, that is a cool chimera

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Posed and converted killa kan, added a gretchin peeking out

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Done a bit more work on my neophytes, thoughts?

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>Girlfriend takes friendly intrest in your warhammer hobby,
>Ask me to paint so she can see how it is.

Why do I always have my worst paint days when I really wish to paint.

>>49872582
They look a bit busy.
Especially the guys with blue hands seem to have too many color next to each other. The danger stripes, purple, blue and orange all next to each other is a bit much imo.

Painting the chitinous hands in a flesh color instead might fix this.
Either way I feel like there are too many strong colors next to each other, you need to get rid of at least one or at least tone down the saturation so you got some kind of visual focus.

I like the white orange scheme for these guys though. Looks really good on the guys with flesh colored hands.

>>49871490
Daemons. Particularly Screamers and flamers. Maybe a GUO for the really big ones.

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>>49867943
>anyone have that image of how to photograph minis?

Yes.

>>49868281
aquillas from the tactilal marine box banners.

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>>49872725
>>49871540
Thank you. 1d4chan demon tactica, here I come.

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>>49867943

>>49866348
>8805
>this is canon tank design
no
this is
CANNON TANK DESIGN

>>49871073
>put plates on tread
>model looks 90% better
Why didn't they do this from the start

>>49871923

it was painted mostly with paper thin glazes. nothing thick about it.

>>49872911
I kekd

>>49860679
Phenomenal. You clearly know your way around a paint palette. I love the painterly style, really fits well with nurgle. Reminds me of those tribal orcs and rainbow horrors that get posted regularly.

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>>49860679
Its fucking good, but what the fuck.

>>49874041

thanks anon. getting that painterly blended-on-the-canvas look was a big part of the fun for me; I'm definitely going to keep experimenting with the style.

>>49866268
For you.

>>49872582
>>49872641

Busy is sometimes good. I like the distinctive style. It adds a bit of colour and vibrace to the model but the style you have chosen does not detract from natural lighting or colours which are believable. A really good job.

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I... (Laboured mechanical breathing) am...dead."

>>49874881
"I... (Laboured mechanical breathing) am...covered in dust, hair and painted really badly."

>>49874995
Haha.

What's wrong with the painting?

>>49874881
Cool dude but clean those pubic hairs after use, seriously

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Took us a while, but we finally made it to page 10. Why don't we start a new thread?

>>49876354
>>49876354
>>49876354