WIP - Painting/Converting/Sculpting General

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OK, feedback. Trying to figure out how to turn a necrosphinx into a forgefiend. Idea right now is to have the guns floating around connected by wire painted like lightning or some other psychic looking thing

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think I went a little far

>>50375955
Whats the point?

If you are doing melee weapons and pistols the poses are mostly open so you can reach each spot easily.

>>50375883
It sounds like a neat idea, I say go for it and worse case remove and try again.

>>50375977
Ended up doing it for the sake of it being honest. All the gubbins hanging off the belts was pissing me off just looking at it and things escalated.

How many chinamen are there? Which one is the best? I know about Zanchui, but I'm curious to know if there are higher quality people.

>>50376096

Zanchui is one of the best but there's hundreds. You can find them via aliexpress and reddit.

>>50376096
CCON is my go to. Has near perfect casts and lately tons of sales. Z may be the cheapest and with the widest selection but tends to be very hit and miss. Miranda Irene is expensive but good quality. Pillpit is expensive but near perfect quality

>>50375883
You going to greenstuff some lightning around the wire? I'm not sure I'd leave it plain. Def a cool concept.

>>50376354
>Miranda Irene
when I googled, I found a website where they sell that stuff, is that their legit site, or do people use email to contact them or something?

Does anyone have any channels they follow? I'm partial to the Apathetic fish, myself.

>>50375883
Looking glorious this far. Please post more pics when it's done

>>50376513

I like Stefan Molyneux and buypainted, very relaxing.

>>50376512
That I don't know. I've never used anyone but CCON and Z. The yoyhammer reddit might have the answer for you though

>>50376513
I like Dr Faust

>>50376513
I mostly look for specific models and if they have other things that look good I watch them. It baffles me that people come on here asking how to paint something but they don't just search youtube and watch a video tutorial. Almost every model in ever color scheme has a youtube tutorial, telling you what colors to use, when and how to use the colors and washes and shows you what the final outcome should be.

Also on the topic of youtubers I hate nextlevelpainting, it pisses me off that he calls every god damn thing a hack. Also his videos are 10% painting 90% jerking off.

>>50376843
Back in my day... About all you had to go on was some 'eavy metal picture off the box or white dwarf.

>>50376979
I started painting before youtube too. I got a games workshop starter kit that had little paint jars and told you how to do faces, cloaks, and leather bags. I kept that little tutorial sheet with me for the longest time and used it for many warbands and armies. I would also save white dwarf tutorials.

But the point is, at this time there is no excuse for not knowing how to paint a miniature.

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>>50376494
I was going for more of an electric arc than anything else

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>Forgot to post pictures last time

Whoops!

So as you can see, I sort of messed up my Kastelan assembly. I thought I'd use the locking pins for my first one, but accidentally used the feet from one sprue with the legs of another - causing this unstable pose.

Do you think I can still make it work? I'm thinking use green stuff to secure it to the base, then having it pointing its right arm-cannon forward and having the other hanging down, as if its firing while on the move

Your thoughts, chaps?

Also, yeah, I know those mouldlines exist. I've marked them down enough that they shouldn't show after painting it

Does anyone have a paint list for the silver tower

>>50377471
There's probably one on the gw site.

>>50376513
WarhammerTV is the only gospel I follow. All others are man made and apocryphal.

>>50376706
>>50376513

Dr Faust is nice, i also like Tabletop Minions (not a painter though).

>>50377363
oh hell yeah, that looks badass!
roll with it! keep mixing parts, and make your Kastelans greater than the usual ones!

>>50377718
for a boring pontificating old git he is quite listenable yea

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>>50375883
Could work, though I would have just mounted them on the arms/shoulders.

>>50376513
Channels i like:

>TheTerrainTutor
>W6-Tabletop
>Next Level painting
>Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy
>Painting Buddha
>Carlos Mendes
>Dr Faust's Painting Clinic
>EonsofBattle
>Modellours Workshop
>Orcpainternerd
>ScaleModelMedic
>Tabletop Minions
>TemplarsCrusade01

>>50377363
It's really going to depend on how the torso sits and the arms are positioned to see how goofy it'll be in the end. Those are some hefty mouldlines and remainders of sprue where you clipped the pieces off though, gat dang.

Hey guys. May be a bit of a silly question but maybe one of you has one of these and can vouch for them. Need a lamp and torn between these 2 which were both recommended
https://www.amazon.co.uk/TaoTronics-Table-Dimmable-Eye-Care-Charger/dp/B00VX17VWK/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1480011410&sr=8-10&keywords=daylight+lamp

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/22w-fluorescent-daylight-magnifier-lamp-a29ff

>>50378068
>Those are some hefty mouldlines and remainders of sprue where you clipped the pieces off though, gat dang.

It's the lighting, trust me. Once its painted you won't even see them

>>50377363
That idea you had before about the arms sounded good

>>50376096

Zanchui is the only one I have the links for. The r*ddit doesn't have any links, for obvious reasons, but I can't find other ones.

https://mega.nz/#confirm9ww8u3M0XFQDSBt991uMfpNH34n8Z6EWHxlzKh-4V-YZW-KxvgUAlZfwIZI2Ay9kYXJhbWFndWlnaW5uQGdtYWlsLmNvbQlEYXJhIE1hZyBVaWdpbm5Xj94ZAo92Fw

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>>50377363
>>50377792
>>50378068
>>50378415
TOTALLY FORGOT that I had blu-tack, so I can practice this pose beforehand

I'll probably have the gun pointed a little lower (want it to be straight, not slightly up like shown) and the head will be looking in the same direction as the pointing gun arm

What do we think now?

How do I go about magnetizing Deldar special weapons so I can swap them between warriors and scourges?

>>50378303
I dunno man, some of those mouldlines (especially on the back of the upper leg) look three dimensional

>>50378607
Have any Dunestriders you could tell me the height of?

>>50378258
The maplin's ok. Has basically 3 height positions and occasionally slips from the highest so if you're really only interested in the lamp aspect maybe not the best.

At that price though it's hard to complain.

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Made my Primus up. I need.suggestions for the base, it's sorely uninspired

>>50378935
The most important part is the actual light itself. Will I be able to work and see colours well with it?

>>50378988
Sure, but there's really only 3 positions for the height so maybe the dedicated lamp is superior.

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>>50378988

>>50376513

Painting Buddha

(rip, whatever happened)

Anyone have experience painting Infinity miniatures?

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>>50378607
Added some green stuff to the base! Finally holding those legs down! Also used a tiny file because >>50378642 was right


Everything else above the waist is still blu-tacked, but I think this can REALLY work!

What do you guys think? Also, should the back mounted weapon be pointing up (like it's holstered) or pointing forward at the same angle as the arm?)

>>50379502
I think it looks good. I'd mount the shoulder weapon pointing in the same direction as the arm, to continue the sense of movement in the model. It looks like it's turning towards an enemy.

>>50378939
Nice painting.
Like the color scheme.
If you are open to suggestions I'd try to find a way to blend the skintone on the face with the chtinous armor plates somehow.
Maybe a gradient from a very light skintone to the regular one, like the light tone echoes the chtinous plates or something.

The basing right now kind of makes me thing underhive.
So I'd expect there to be garbage like strewn about papers or discarded food packagings, empty shellcasings, pices of scrap, puddles of various fluids maybe even toxic sludge and stuff like that.

>>50379168
Cool. I've never really used a daylight lamp before. Do colours look the same or similar as they do under sunlight?

>>50379538
They do! Daylight lamps are made to give out the exact same wavelength of light as sunlight

Most ones you can get in hobby shops also have a magnifying glass built in, which is neat

>>50379174
>rip
Second to last post on facebook mentioned serious illness.
Are you serious or just using hyperbole?

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>>50378939
Thanks for the feedback. The chitin transition is under the clothes- my aberrants have a better example. Bony growths as opposed to a steady transotion. Like fingernails.
I like the trash suggestion, I will see what I can do

Also, sorry for the image size. Phone posting at work

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THINGS SHALL GET LOUD NOW
FIrst try making a copy of a Noise Marine Sonic Blaster, turned out kinda shit, gonna embed the mold pieces into air drying modelling clay so i can clamp em together the next time.

>>50375883
What model comes with those spoopy exhaust pipes? I really need those for my rhino.

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>>50379556
Thanks. Been unable to paint at all lately as it gets dark at like 3 where I live. And I don't a lamp that allows me see clearly. Hopefully with this I'll finally be able to get work done consistently

>>50379620 meant for
>>50379530

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>>50379620

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobilephotoresizer&hl=en

>>50379666
>What model comes with those spoopy exhaust pipes? I really need those for my rhino.

The Forgefiend / Maulerfiend kit.

>>50379685
Keep in mind that daylight lamps generally feel a little too blue, having a warmer secondary light will help make it feel more like natural light.

>>50378441
Ccon:
https://mega.nz/#F!IJ9GUCRI!QMTl6xiB0DfKpje3bnw94Q
[Spoiler][email protected][/spoiler]

>>50379892
> tfw you know how to post spoilers

>>50378441
HeyYou:
https://mega.nz/#F!5RUDGCbA!cyfLkXO0v72OTKR_U5cpBA

>>50378441
PillPitt:
https://mega.nz/#F!gANFwCpD!MHhfv7N8EjFKQLzcJEk8xw

Miranda Irene:
https://mega.nz/#F!VA1UHILL!ktSoKDBlYCOIMNTck3bJOw
But you can find them easily via Google as well

>>50379502
Tbh senpai I'd mount both arms pointing in the same direction.

Plan on buying a big box of nids, gonna post progress through out next year. Might even have fun little games to choose colors, posing, etc.

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>>50379502
>>50379525
Good idea!

I'll glue the tacked together bits tomorrow night and finally get a chance to prime spray it on Saturday

>>50379965
You think so f.am? I did ponder it but thought that it'd maybe look a bit lopsided if I did that. This way it kinda looks more plodding, you know?

>>50379502
Maybe angle the left arm outward a little? Right now I think it looks a bit to static compared to the rest of the pose.

>>50380029
Good idea, I'll try that out. Thanks!

>>50379750
You mean like some kind of yellow light also pointing at my workspace?

I'm having some wash related issues at the moment, trying to apply a black wash over a silver basecoat, the wash isn't really running freely over the model and it's just pooling in weird places (e.g. next to a gap/crevice not in it). Anyone have any idea why it's doing this/any idea about how to fix this?

>>50380144
It should be pretty diffuse, it shouldn't be stronger than the daylight lamp, it just needs to contribute a little red basically.
I have a pretty bright daylight lamp to paint by, but the soft warm lights in my room help correct the blue sheen.

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Finished set of engineers, i fucked up the varnish so i had to go through them all with agrax earthshade and additional highlights, turned out better than i thought. Gib critique pls

>>50380246
>those colors
>those subtle scratches and battle damage

I love 'em, anon. Quick question though, why are they on warmachine bases?

>>50380297
Thanks! I just happen to prefer the aesthetics, i know they divide lots of opinions, especially here. For my orks i keep the basic GW bases though.

>>50380246
look great, I'm curious about why the eyes are different colours though? It sort of reminds me of 3D glasses.

>>50380317
Thanks, just thought it would look cool, also stands out from the rest of the korps.

Any tips for some darker CSM world eaters?

Was thinking basecoat in a deep brown > heavy read > heavy red/ blood red 50 > blood red highlights then agrax earthshade wash as the last step.

Would this maybe be a little too dark? I know a lot of people prefer red washes but I kinda like that grimy look the agrax earthshade gives reds.

>>50380381
Test it out on a spare mini first would be my suggestion, hard to tell untill you see it.

>>50380019
The shoulder gun really balances it out m8. Are you sticking with the stock head?

>>50380429
Yeah The torso + head is already glued in

I don't really know what to paint the faceplate. The standard scratched metal would be nice, but maybe I could do the same green glass as all the eyesockets of my other Mechanicus forces? Put some 'ardcoat on top, make it really shine?

>>50380429
>>50380454
>fuck clicked post too early

Also I kinda like the standard Kastelan look? It gives off such a great 1950s vibe

What would you recommend if I wanted to customise it, though?

>>50379691
Thank you

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Inquisitor Zyzz "do you even kill Xenos" Bruh.

Can't tell if this is cool or or gay, but had to figure out a way to cover up those Chaos markings.

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>>50380573
>chaos bits
>tits
>beard
>inquisitor

Is it worth doing many steps for the main colour on any kind of marine or are the main areas just to flat for it. Is it better to just stick to a basecoat > wash > main colour > highlight and call it a day?

>>50380657

Depends how good you want your minis to look

>>50380671
Thing is it feels like with marines in particular it takes a lot of time to make the model really pop. There aren't really many areas you can pick out.

>>50380573
remove the green stuff
>inquisitor was tortured by chaos worshipers, even branded his chest
come on, anon.

>>50379940
>>50379918
>>50379892

>>50380800
I'm not thinking. I meant to say thanks.

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>>50380657
>>50380708

The thing is you can paint in a minimalist way and get spectacular results provided you have the brush control to make it look clean enough.
>>50363347

If you are not a particularly clean painter that can look messy/unfinished though.

Here are a few different ways to paint marines.

>>50380468
>>50380454
Honestly the way you've set yours up looks really good. You could always paint the faceplate as one of those old green computer screens. Also there is a head that gets posted quite a lot in the WIP threads (to lazy to find it) that looks like the inside of the head, so if you did more one could have that head with a hollowed out normal head on his belt like an unworn helmet? How are you going to paint them as well?

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>>50380019
>>50380454
Everytime I see one of those I think it's wasted potential not to put a floating brain inside a fish bowl on top of that body.

Bombshell sells kits with brains and fishbowl helmets

>>50380019

Aim the left arm upward for a more dynamic pose

>>50381034
How would that look more dynamic, please?

I wanted it to look like it's aiming one arm and letting the other hang idle

>>50381051
Yeah now that I've seen it with the shoulder gun, I'm inclined to agree with you on the placing of the left arm.

>>50381051
>>50381068

It makes them seem more programmed by a tech adept imo. The distance from prone to aiming is shorter. That and humans do the same thing, since aiming two guns at the same time is nigh impossible but switching between arms really fast is something anyone can do with training.

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>>50381169
You mean like this?

...hey that does look a little nicer!

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a ?

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okay i have a problem im testing my space wolf paint scheme but i REALLY struggle giving it some highlights cause the blue i use may be a little to bright. only got highlight color i can think of is white (maybe a silver ) and inks are not as easy as i like them to be either any ideas ?

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Hey look, some updates! After a busy week I finally got some more work done on the art deco robuts, now all I need is to do another eight of these guys, a warcaster, two colossi, three units of smalls, seven heavies, nine lights, and various solos. Also kill me, I'm shaking too much to hold a camera steady

>>50381543
Looks nice.

The head might be a bit off center, but it could be the pic thats misleading.

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Lighting is blown out a bit, but happy how this guy is coming along, will take a better picture tomorrow when the light is up. Just waiting for the Base to dry so I can start attacking it with powder too.

>>50381598
needs shade

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>>50380573
/tg has food advice usually...

But sometimes you gotta say fuck it, I want a shirtless, barrel chested Inquisitor/ Rogue Trader.

I'll also put a scope on his shotgun! YOLO

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>>50381616
Thanks!
>>50381543
Wierd, my text didnt upload. What i meant to ask was "where should i put the pistol?".
Im not sure

>>50381701
If I were you, I'd start on a low carb diet.

>>50381667
yeah but what one draenkhof nightshade ? or is nuln oil enough ?

>>50381708
Not operator enough. Grenade should be strapped to helmet.

>>50381740
if in doubt just use agrax

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>>50381701
Thinking a head swap might help...

What do proper techno-barbarians even look like?

>>50381740
for that shade of blue I'd go for Nuln, it's a lot more pastel-y than normal for yiffwulfs

>>50381759
You should go with locally grown produce, it's alot less processed and helps out your local community anon. If you have a garden, start a vegetable patch.

>>50379892
Don't fucking post emails. God dammit.

>>50381804
Oh c'mon, you can literally find ccons mail in 2seconds google

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just picked this baby up yesterday. new to the airbrush

Anyone ever use Flory washes?

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>>50381746
Operator?

>>50382476
best one so far

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>>50382499
Helmet or nah?

>>50382549
If you are only doing one, then take the helmet. If you do a whole squad, use the field cap as well.

>>50380833
By the Emperor, miniatures 10 years ago really looked like shit...

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Posting progress on my magus now. The middle rope keeps getting out of place. Any suggestions?
Also- trying out that photo resized posted earlier

>>50382805
Their armor looks fine imo but the bare heads definitely look like shit compared to what GW makes now.

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Started working on my first Sister of Silence! I'm not super happy with the dry-brushed white on the fur so I'm going to go back with a fine brush and add some highlights where I feel there ought to be more.

>>50381804
not wanting to post emails is a meme
not saying plastering it everywhere is good, nor should it just be the most common knowledge, but it isn't like it keeps GW out or anything like that, since you can google it and find the email for every cn store within a few seconds through reddit or the archive. Not to mention most places don't take new orders anyways, or rarely do.

>>50382960
How do you pull off that darker gold/bronze look? I'm considering doing something similar for my CSM.

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>>50382561
Thanks!

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Update: ceramics painted, now it's time to move on to pink energies and then either touching up these minis or finishing up another half-done mini.

>>50381598
You should have started with a darker grey. Looks really sharp and clean though. I would mix white into the color you did the edge work with, and do extra-fine edge highlights if you don't want to use washes, but personally I would do the above in addition to a wash.

>>50381613
you gotta be shitting me with that pic

>>50383625
sorry, I was shaking a lot when I took it.

>>50382437

If you don't mind me asking, anon, how many minis can you fit on top of the bastion's battlements?

I'm considering picking up a bastion for my 30k IF heavy support squad + MoS.

>>50379940
>But you can find them easily via Google as well

Not that anon. What would my keywords be? Chink recasters? I need contact info.

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>>50383696
realistically, this many for 25mm bases

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Anyone have pics of Kranon and/or the rest of the Dark Vengeance stuff in Iron Warrior's colors?

>>50383785
if you shuffle them around a bit, you can fit 2 or 3 more

>>50383735
Heyyou's is in the doc.

[email protected]

Another anon already did ccon. I used to have Z, but I can't find him.

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I want to convert an IG army to look like UNSC marines. Does anyone know some good conversion bits for this?

Who has a full paint list for the silver tower set

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_BBY0-zO1M

When did GW get so fucking based?

>>50384039
Lmao

>>50384039
My god, they went full Zoolander on this.

>>50384039
and before i forget:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BeTi2i0ZIs

actually streaming, WTF

>>50383871
I have no idea how you would buy on Ali. Those instructions are so unclear I may get my dick stuck in the fan

>>50383966
look up Anvil industrys

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>>50383966

The Elysians are a good match, just need to swap out the helmet.

Does anyone know where some good marine-looking helmets could be found?

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>>50384107
Same.

How much am I supposed to be watering down my paints? I'm having trouble finding that balance between having it too watery and too thick.

I started collecting 40k this year and I'm painting orks. I paint the skin in Waagh Flesh, wash it with Biel-Tan Green and then layer it with Warboss Green. I have no problems with the first two but when layering I find that I sometimes make the paint too runny and it seeps into the crevices I'm trying to avoid or it's too thick and ends up looking chunky and clogging up detail. This also happens when paiting the teeth.

I've gotten it right sometimes but I recently painted a stormboy and ended up watering the warboss green too much and it ended up seeping into the face details. It's really annoying.

normally I just dip my brush into the paint and onto the pallet and then dip again into water once or twice and back into the same area on the pallet.

>>50384192
>>50384107
I just started following his trail. He packed up and left AliExpress a year ago, and moved to DHgate, but I can't find him there either. There's someone using the name heyyoucast, but he's selling auto tools.

>>50383791
just google dark vengeance iron warriors

>>50384324
I'm looking at the yoyhammer Reddit, and someone about an hour ago was talking about how they ordered from heyyou on Ali not long ago. I still can't find shit, though.

>>50379502

Anon the thing looks awesome, it really does, but I'm still seeing bits of sprue all over the place. It's not just the lighting either, they actually stick out. I promise once you get paint on it they're going to stick out like crazy, especially after a wash..
You also still have mold lines and gaps.

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dare i?

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Whoever sculpted the flamer faces was an asshole.
They all look constipated.

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Better pic
>What the fuck is that bartek?
>I don't know! Just burn it!

>>50383871
I think I found MirandaIrene. I cross referenced the fulgrim from the catalog with the one in the store. It's probably just an official pic or something, but whatever. It's a China store.

http://s.aliexpress.com/yyABjyuY

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>>50384496

>>50384519
Fucking perry brothers.

>>50384106
I miss the old days of iron curtain GW, when we could all gather around and proclaim our litanies of mismanagement.

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Almost done with this commission. 2 spannerz and a bunch of grots left.

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>>50384863
Job's a good 'un.

>>50384478
Ork looted trukk

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this thing is hard to photograph well.

>>50384863
Zog me...
Looking forward to seeing some paint on it senpai

>>50384106
they recently streamed black library stuff as well where they answered some questions and had a few authors on there as well.

looks like gw realized they can't have their head in the sand and keep customers coming back.

>>50384213
>How much am I supposed to be watering down my paints? I'm having trouble finding that balance between having it too watery and too thick.
honestly, like most things in painting, practice makes perfect. you'll find the right balance eventually. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EogxYu8dgzY

>>50379449

Too fucking tiny for me to work with. Apparenty using washes and careful dry burshing is the way to go.

>>50384213
if it's so runny it wont stay on the raised surfaces and tends to bead into drops, it's too watered down.

if it's so thick it obscures any detail, it's too thick.

you just find the middle point for what you need to do.
if you're detailing the raised edges on a flag or some shit, you really dont want to water it down much, if at all.

conversely, if you're trying to cover a large area with paint evenly, water it down a lot.

>>50385150
because it's a shit model

>>50385773
this
I love scibors stuff mostly but his mechs look so fucking stupid.

>>50383054
I follow the Duncster's tutorial for Sisters of Silence armour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96RYPJIbJ_k

In text form:
Base with Balthasar Gold
Wash with Druchii Violet
Layer and neaten up with Balthasar Gold (avoid the recesses where the Druchii Violet went)
Rough highlight with Sycorax Bronze
Fine highlight with Stormhost Silver

Balthasar Gold is a nice darker gold compared to Retributor Armour which is just out-and-out shiny ass gold. I wasn't really sold on the idea of washing it with a violet wash but honestly I can live with how it turned out!

alright /wip/, it's crunch time for me tomorrow
I have at least 10 kabbies to assemble, 6 reavers to build, and 10 scourges that need arms, then I need to basecoat all that before a tourney Saturday
the catch is that I'm working from 3pm-11pm and I don't know if the weather is going to allow for proper priming
I might be cucked here, wish me luck

>>50387622
Get a brush on primer and a heat lamp

>>50384863

Lovely lovely mate, what are you prices for such pieces?

>>50377573
Their last video is just great.

https://youtu.be/t_BBY0-zO1M

>>50380246
Awesome quality, awesome color choices, awesome basing. Many thumbs up!

>>50383791
I don't think their style of armor etc fits the IW theme.

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Which one is the green GW wash?

Want to use it for Orcs/Goblins and maybe some stuff like this.

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>>50387902

I am very smart.

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Painted up another test model for my KoW Elf Army. What do you think?

>>50380246
fucking A! would love to engage them in trench warfare!

>>50384478
Put it on its side so it's more streamlined.

>>50388096

Reverse thrusters are in the bottom though, so point the fat end towards where you want to leave from

Makes for a cool battering ram with some minor adjustments.

>>50387920
Its looks very dark and muted.
Maybe some brighter highlights will help.

>>50383735
Z is nobz

At

VIP.163.

Com

>>50384360
Aliexpress stores tend to pop up randomly and disappear. Open through the weekend mostly.

>>50388253
Aliexpress deletes them regularly i guess.

>>50385150
the arms look shit and the gold is wrong, sorry man I just don't see the appeal in the model itself no paint can save it imo

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i own this. do you think i can use this for magnetizing things like terminators with it?

>>50388714
that is one use yes.

>>50384863
Glorious work anon. Where do you get your plasticard?

I want to do some builds like this but I can't even find where to get this stuff.

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Have a Wyvern I'm working on and a question:
I'm painting a Leman Russ and i noticed that I forgot to prime the "inside" of the spoonson weapons, as in the sides towards the hull but I already painted enough that's its going to be a pain in the ass to cover it and only spray the missing spots.
Do you guys think it'll be ok if I just paint directly on plastic? It's not an area that will get touched/scratched a lot (if at all) and if the colour comes a bit uneven it's not going to be a big deal.

>>50389136

You'll be fine don't worry, hell I undercoat single models with Chaos Black acrylic sometimes and I've never had any issues.

Don't think you have to put it on too thick though, a couple of layers of black or grey and you'll be fine.

>>50389136
oh wow, I didn't realize Optimus Prime was allied with the imperium!

So I was dubious about the 'artificer tint' things that GW just brought out, until I saw this video and thought of the constant requests for the HTP Alpha Legion pic that gets posted in pretty much every thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QksrFJyT5A4

Could also make a really nice metallic black without the need for hundreds of coats of nuln oil, etc. Might pick some up and have a little play around with it.

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>>50387920
>>50388198
Tried adding some highlights.

>>50389313
Looks better now Anon.

The mini itself is kinda shit though. Not much you can do about that.

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>>50387911
Ha! Those actually look great.

>>50387780
That's based.

>>50389261
Yeah, the colors are quite bright but i still have to Ink them and bring it down a notch.

>>50389163
Thanks

>>50389268
Huh, that's actually pretty cool

>>50384513
Already got axed. Do you just search keywords?

>>50389313
Geordi LaForge?

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>>50389261
>oh wow, I didn't realize Optimus Prime was allied with the imperium!

He's not. Where are you getting your information?

>>50384169
see
>>50384139

Anyone have suggestions on turning a Heavy Bolter into a rotor/minigun?

What would /WIP/ suggest to use for the numerous barrels?

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>>50389923
Taurox gatling cannons.

>>50380589
oi don't be a sad cunt

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Just a heads up this things at Walmart for $20 I think for anyone aspiring to kitbash a massive park bomber.

>>50380246
These are some sexy ass motherfuckers, well done good anon!

Where is the razor wire and the spiked wood from?

>>50389951
If he restocks them, maybe.
>>50389986
Do Orks have a super heavy flyer?

>>50390002
There's other stores. Just google.

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Rush job on my Scions start collecting box as it was due in for a hobby challenge thing today but here they are. The taurox is sad and underpainted but it'll god damn do.

>>50390002
>do orks have a super heavy flyer
>like that's gonna stop an ork player from making some huge ass conversion

>>50390038
Looking nice my dude

>>50390038
Well, your rush job looks better than what most people around here can do with maximum effort. Myself included.
Not fan of "hazard stripes" on gear, but other than that it's superb.

>>50390040
Worst case use it as some looted Tau flyer

Question for resin casters:
I picked up a tub of Amazing Remelt over at my local hobby lobby, considering I couldn't find any oyumaru at any of my local craft stores. Has anyone used it with EasyCast resin, and if so, has your mold deformed from the heat in the casting? I know some epoxy resins can get hot while curing, and while I'm cheap, I also want something that'll work for recasting my own bases.

>>50389996
wood spikes are carved bits of sprue, and barbed wire is this: http://www.greenstuffworld.com/en/scenery-accessories/241-simulated-model-barbed-wire-razor-wire-industrial-fence-military.html

Anyone have experience painting BFG? Is it significantly different from normal mini painting?

>>50390218
Thanks anon. I plan on adding some razor wire and stuff to my Iron Warriors, you see.

Can anyone recommend a good, non-fussy gloss black paint to use in an airbrush?

I want to paint some metallic Alpha Legion using the AK interactive xtreme metals, but their gloss black is seriously shit.

Is Tamiya's any good?

>>50390253
any time, looking forward to seeing them!

>>50389923
>Anyone have suggestions on turning a Heavy Bolter into a rotor/minigun?
>What would /WIP/ suggest to use for the numerous barrels?

Steal a Tau burst cannon.

>>50390255

Tamiya clear is the go to product for blood, slime and oil on /tg/. GW's products are good too but more expensive and often serve different purposes.

>>50390517

How heretical. Dialing 3460-12301-293104-555-INQUISITION

>>50390547
Huh? I think you were replying to someone else, otherwise that has nothing to do with my question.

I'm looking for a gloss black paint or primer.

>>50390597

If you wanted primer, Vallejo black 200 ml bottles are what you want, they're amazing even when brushed on.

Primer isn't supposed to be glossy though, and you can just mix normal black paint with gloss varnish if you want glossy black.

>>50390038
How did they painted those bases? I like them.

>>50390647
I said paint or primer... why are you telling me to use non-gloss primer.

Am I not making the question clear? I want to apply a proper coat of gloss black to use fancy metal paints.

The AK gloss black is a mess. The Alclad version is a pain because it's like the other Alclad paints. I'm wondering if anyone has experience with other brands, e.g. Tamiya's gloss black.

>>50390647
>Primer
>Anything but Chaos Black XL
wew

>>50390647
I'm a Vallejo black man too, it's pretty fucking good, and allows you to prime even if its shit weather, which is my case most of the time.

>>50390786
I don't think you're going to get that kind of gloss out of an acrylic paint. I'd go 2 step; do a black coat, then back it up with a gloss clear (floor polish would be my go to).

>>50390786

Not him but:

Glossy surfaces don't allow things to stick very well, which defeats the purpose of primer.

You need to paint the metallic surface first, then use a clear paint to get the super glossy sheen.

>>50390914
Oh, as for specific brands, Alclad makes some good stuff for this.

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>>50390233
>Anyone have experience painting BFG? Is it significantly different from normal mini painting?

Depends on which faction you're talking about, but in general, yes.

Many of the techniques that work at 28mm scale simply don't apply when you're looking at models that are effectively sub-6mm scale. Sure, you'll want to thin your paints better than I did all those years ago, and washes will go a long way, but pretty much your entire project is going to be painting what amounts to gribbly little details. Unless you're the Tau, it's not gonna be like painting Space Marines where there are large areas for you to saturate with your favourite colours.

>>50390786

Are you stupid or something? Prime black, glosscoat it and you're done. No such thing as glossy primer, that defeats the purpose of primer which is to create a "rough"surface.

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>>50390961
Are you? It's obvious you've never used paints like Alclad, why are you trying to give advice?

>>50390914
Thanks, but in this particular case the goal is to use a glossy surface and the metallics for mirror-like finish.

>>50391059

https://www.paulmitchell.com/our-products/awapuhi-wild-ginger/smooth/mirrorsmooth-high-gloss-primer/

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>>50381759
Progress on my Rogue Trader crew. My obsession to add crew members at a whim is preventing me from completly finishing any one model.

After painting 20 Deathwatch Marines, something must have snapped to make me build and paint up the most ragtag looking dudes.

>>50391435
think your paints, damm

>>50390038
>rush job

die

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>>50391642
third from left, that's you
me third from right

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>>50389986
Also there's this one.

>>50390953
Thank

What do people use to thin their paints? Obviously there's water but I heard you can have issues with drying/metallics.

>>50392171
GW does Lahmian Medium, which seems to be a combination of matte medium and flow improver. Works quite well but is expensive.

Then there are the many, many brands of matte medium, flow improver, metallic medium, etc that are available. All will thin paints and usually with a better result than water. One brand to look out for is Liquitex, I use their Flow Improver and it's great stuff.

>>50392215
I've seen Liquitex's Flow aid stuff online, how do you use it? Is it just a simple case of dropping a little bit into your paint?

>>50392241
You're meant to dilute it with water and then add it to the paint on your palette. It's important not to use too much as it will make the pigment and medium in your paint split apart and create this weird watery patchy mess. You can also use a matte medium (or a metallic one, if you're thinning metallics) to avoid this - the paint won't split if you use way too much, but the colour will become incredibly transparent, requiring lots of layers. I use both flow improved and matte medium, diluted as per the instructions on the bottle, to thin my paints.

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>>50389923

Minigun barrels are actually pretty easy to scratchbuild.

Get some styrene/plasticard tubing, and some styrene rods. Cut a short piece of tubing, and a few small lengths of rod. Cram the rod into the tubing so that you have three or more "barrels" poking out of the tube. Glue them in place, let them dry completely, then cut one or two more narrow slices of styrene tubes to make rings around the barrel cluster. You'll want to sand the rings and barrel housing so that they have even, parallel ends. Unless you're an ork.

Don't bother trying to get the barrels exactly the same length until they've all been glued together. Then trim and sand them all at once to get a nice flush look. You can also trim/sand the other end to make it the right length, and prep it for gluing to the rest of your model.

If you're very careful, you can cut some parallel notches near the tip to make it look like compensator grooves. Or you can just have a ring around the tip like the Taurox cannons posted earlier.

The pic was my first attempt, when I was trying to figure out how to do this. The gunkiness is from glue residue and shit.

All this being said, buying some styrene tube and rods will probably be close to the $7-10 price point of buying gun bitz from ebay. So if this is the only gun you're going to ever scratchbuild, the bitz route may be less work for only a couple dollars extra.

>>50392330
Alright, I'll pick some of that up. I'm guessing it has to be distilled water?

>Cadian trooper booklet not very clear on which arm goes to which gun
>Or exactly how the shoulder aligns with the body
>Finish building a whole 10 man squad
>Realize most of them have dislocated shoulders
Meh, they'll die soon anyways.

>>50391059

https://www.reddit.com/r/Gunpla/comments/3bx9ci/how_do_i_achieve_this_candy_or_metallic_looking/

I know how we all feel about reddit, but the guys at /r/gunpla know their shit about the kind of finish you're hunting for, lot's of good examples.

>>50384479
That's some serious derp face.

Maybe you can find a gas mask to put on it?

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Can i still participate in the /tg/ Secret santa?

>>50392901
I think the cut off date is December the first

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>>50392901
You can.
Here is the pic.
As Anon here >>50392994 said, 1st Dec is the closing date.

Hey lads.

I want to paint some yellow stripes on my bloodbowl team. What are some good combinations for that? I'm thinking a Yriel yellow but just a straight line of only the yellow would look pretty dull, no? Would a different yellow be better?

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>>50393306
Just realised the colour scene in my head looks an awful lot like sniper joe. To help you guys get a better idea of what I'm talking about.

What colours should I use to achieve something like this?

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Just bought pic related. Now to get a second mortgage to get the necessary paint.

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Hey, thinking of doing an ork conversion for an HGUC Guntank. Just for fun, don't plan on putting it in a game or anything for now. Any suggestions or guidelines on how to make something orky?

>>50393642
Slap on armor plates, ork runes and bolts

>>50393642
It needs to look rougher and more slapped together. Do what >>50393667 said, and make sure it looks kind of roughly ocnstructed. Lot's of big rivets and wonky angles on the metal plates, as if constructed from scarp.

Bonus points for kitbashing to add MOAR DAKKA and the like.

>>50393420

source on deal?

>>50392215
so what's the difference between a matte medium and a flow improver?

>>50393750
manaleak uk, It's £85 now though. Still an amazing deal.

>>50392704
>>Cadian trooper booklet not very clear on which arm goes to which gun
The arms are positioned in really unambiguous pairs on the sprue. How did you manage to get that wrong?

>>50393019

1st Deccy is closing date but do you think there's any chance the dude would send out the earlier people who signed up, their matches?

depending on who i get will depend on what I buy and i want to get a lead on it is all... and i'm excited ...

>>50393778
There was a discussion on the reaper forums about this:

http://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/45715-fluid-matte-medium-vs-flow-improvers/

>>50393803
Write a mail and ask.. i guess.

>>50393798
What? In the start collecting box they're not.

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>>50375758
More progress on Lorgar.

>>50393974

Nice effect

>>50393974
Great work.

Where is the head? Will you replace it?

>>50394001
I prefer to paint it separately. Same for the base.

>>50394001
most advanced painters deal with heads separately.

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Any bros get a Grombrindal code for Total War in their Nov issue of White Dwarf? If you don't play TW and have a spare code, hook a brother up? <3

>>50394406
Sure.

AO2-342-UX5-V70-A2T

>>50394473

Not sure if someone redeemed before me but steam says it's invalid, thx tho!

>>50394567
Try this one
BUT-455-F4R-T8A-77S

>>50394567

As far as I'm aware, not a lot of people play Warhammer: Total War here but this is the one place where you'd find players. Should be thousands of codes just floating about all over sites like Reddit.

>>50394406
here's another if anyone wants it, I'm just using the thing as a bookmark
HDKQX-XLW2T-8APM4
oh and the 20% off one is:
WGMLX-RWMDL-FABTD

>>50394716
doing gods work man.

>>50394716
>>50394610

One doesn't work and one has been claimed. Guess i'm just too slow. Will keep trying if I see anyone else post one :)

>>50394406
T1T-TY8-0OB-N1P-P73

Lesson learned, drunk painting is a bad idea

>>50394998
No matter how many warnings are issued, one has to do it before understanding it's not a good idea.

Welcome to the club of the drunk painters.

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>>50394998
>Lesson learned, drunk painting is a bad idea

Pics or it didn't happen, anon.

>>50395073
Glad to meet everyone
>>50395117
In a bit, if I remember. Current /WIP/ is food that I have to keep an eye on

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>>50375758
Kriegers!

>>50377363
Looks good, but

>mold lines

>>50375758
Hello everyone! I have a legion alpha army, but i haven´t painted them yet because i haven´t a clear scheme in mind and the really cools around there are made with airbrush, which i can´t afford right now. I´ve found recently a place in my town where they sell tamiya metallic blue. Do you know an alpha legion scheme with it? Could you give me some advice painting this army?
In advance, thank you!

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this week's work, gotta take it slow and steady but you gotta keep going my dude

>>50395191
how long does your food need?

>>50393642
>>50393667
>>50393707
Would that count as a looted wagon, or like a killkan that a mek thought would work better if it were built on top of the treads of a chimera or something?

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>>50396606

>>50383794
That's why he said realistically.

>>50391562

It's not that, his primer is super gritty. Sucks because the conversions are cool and the brushwork isn't even bad, just fecked up primer

>>50396987
Depending on the size of the toy, deff dread or killa kan would be my option. Looted wagons are transports, so I doubt the bot has enough volume to make it credible. Would definitely look better as a wholly cobbled together "walker" than as something looted.

If it's small enough, it could be a meganob or warboss/mek in mega armor.

>>50397083
Judging by its size compared to the ciggie pack I'd say its a bit bigger than a Dreadnaught so it would be better suited as a Deff Dread

>>50396606

Our lord Duncan himself actually talked about this in one of the tip of the day segments:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QksrFJyT5A4

This works much better than the >>50397003
method from what I can see.

>>50377945
Templarscrusade is so based.

I was gutted when he stopped making vids. He got me back into modeling after 15 years.

>>50394016
>>50394036
What's the logic for this?

>>50397477
easier to paint the details, as well as the back of the head, and the armor the head is on. just like how many paint the backpacks separately as well so they can get at the back of the armor easier so theres no lame primer parts showing at extreme angles.

>>50397477
Getting in to paint the heads can be a bitch when they're attached to the mini's bodies. It's easier to just paint them separately and then glue them on than to try to work around the entire rest of the model to paint the head.

You'll end up missing a lot of areas on say, a Space Marine, if you painted their heads attached, since their armor has collars, the backpack, pauldrons, etc. to work around.

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>>50389313
>>50387920

Picture quality/lighting is probably contributing, but I think your highlight is not contrasting enough with the basecoat. The overall effect is that detail appears "soft" and indistinct. More contrast between highlight and (shaded) basecoat = clearer details.

I would strong suggest painted the face much brighter/paler, perhaps an all-over brighter skin tone followed by a recess wash applied on the wrinkled part of the ear, over the eyes, and where the helmet meets the skin

The face is the focal point so a nice-looking face can actually help counteract meh looking clothes/armor

As for the rest, try to do edge-highlighting (if you don't know what that is, watch Duncan/Warhammer TV videos until you do) in a much brighter colour for the red, green, and bronze (if you want a dark red or burgundy, you can still highlight, just do it with more of a pinkish color rather than a blood red)

You might also make the belt buckle(? round thing over midriff) bronze/gold, and that semicircular recess on the chest in bronze/gold as well, maybe even do his crest in gold or red. This will help break up the green so it looks like blobby, and having more gold will make it look like a part of the color-scheme rather than an after thought.

Pic related is MS paint colours, but your want your edge highlights to be about that bright so they provide a good contrast. If you can do a recess shade in black where I drew the black lines, that would further make different components of the figure (face, cloth, armour, etc.) look more distinct. It's a relatively easy way to make detail stick out more, especially on poorly-sculpted or "soft-detail" miniatures

thin paints considerably when attempting an edge highlight.

>>50397588

If you feel like my advice is too advanced for you, or it's more work than a rank-and-file trooper warrants, then I would suggest at a bare minimum consider adding the extra bronze areas, definitely try to put more effort into the flesh, and try to just do a green highlight on the easiest areas (outline of the shield, top of the crest/shoulder pads, etc.)

If you have a detail brush, then at least a moderate amount of recess-shading shouldnt be too hard to do as long as you fully grasp the concept, and there's enough texture on the spear shaft that you could probably get away with lightly drybrushing it with a pinkish color (imo it's very easy to make drybrushing look shitty but that kind of textured surface usually takes to it well)

>>50393667
Also, CHIP AND RIVET.

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>>50397588
Sometimes I wonder if old memes are the only thing keeping me alive.

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Finished my Callidus Assassin.

My subtle highlighting style has betrayed me. This girl is more shutter-shy than any other model I've ever done. The light in my white box was two inches from the model and this was ALL the detail I could grab.

>>50393798
Hours later, I realize I am a fucking retard and need to stop using plastic glue in order to prevent my idiocy from being rendered permanent.

This squad of men with dislocated shoulders shall fight bravely.

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Chinaman delivered Day bird thou looking forward to painting this guy

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Postin' my test model for my Blood Bowl Orks. Does it still need anything?

Team name is the Pittshold Lootas

>>50399502
I feel like that yellow needed a wash before the white markings were put on. There are no shadows to it, just looks so flat.

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>>50399824
Alright, I've tried picking out some of the markings with black, and doing some light weathering on the armor

>>50399938
Drybrushing or sponging on metal on a really light colour like yellow rarely looks good. If I were you, I'd paint the chips of metal on and use the trompe l'oeil (google trompe l'oeil miniatures) to make it look like the metal is below the yellow.

>>50399938
100x better, yeah.

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Finished some necrons. Used balthasar gold and really like citadel paints

>>50400234
I would use a wash on those, the meta as is is a bit flat.

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>>50400271
What kind of wash would you recommend?

>>50400314
Shit didn't mean to attach that pic

>>50400314
Nuln oil works well for metallics.

Seraphim Sepia is my choice for bronze and gold, personally.

>>50397315
It's better at replicating Forgeworld's Alpha Legion, but that's because FW doesn't do the green and blue blended scheme which a lot of people prefer.

>>50400868
Cool thanks ill look into those