/wip/ - Painting/Sculpting/Converting General

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If your secret santa arrives please remember to take a picture and post to the thread.

From last thread, Parcels2Go will not work, i am in US and it has no options for that. I will check the USPS and get it done there. I just hope our shitty mail system gets anon's gift there

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"Finished" pic related last night. It was a mini in a box with 2 others on clearance at MM. Figured it would make a good RPG guard/frostgrave man at arms.

Material was that shit rubbery PVC or whatever, so I purposely skipped a lot of the mold line cleaning. I just wanted to knock out the trio quickly. On top of all that, all my brushes are shit (been awhile since I even picked one up), so besides a few color bleed overs, I utterly botched his left eye. Oh well.

>>50613719
It's not half bad. A bit of wash and a some slight layering after that would make it look really good.

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Reposting from last thread

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>>50613791

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Post your first ever painted model if you still have it.

For bonus points (in the same image) add your most recently painted model.

pic related, it's our very own Duncan Rhodes first attempt (from 1997)

>>50613696
>I will check the USPS and get it done there. I just hope our shitty mail system gets anon's gift there

The weight limit for a First Class International Parcel from the US to other countries is four pounds. You said you estimated with five? Any chance you could make it less heavy (smaller box, split into two shipments, etc.)?

Also, there's a size limit to be mindful of, but the exact math escapes me at the moment.

>>50613674
Well my secret santa was bound to arrive in Sweden on the 8th, but I didn't see nothing so I don't know.
As for myself, I just hope it arrives before I leave next week. I'd feel terrible to not be there, miss it, and because of my absence, having the gift sent back to user

>>50613743

You think a little something on the gambeson would make it pop more to be worth it?

I'm happy with how the face turned out, it's certainly progress in my skin painting department. I need to get my colors right though. Need to start with a much deeper color instead of something so light.

I did some light washing here and there. Brown on the cloth and skin, black on the metal. Think I should hit it again with a thicker batch?

You can just sort of see the highlighting. Brushes are all frayed, so it was an uphill battle for the most part

>>50613808
Can't you ask a neighbor to accept any incoming parcels for you?

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>>50613808

Fair enough mate, I only said this as I think we've had one or two people just say

>My gift arrived, thanks

It'd be really nice to see the pictures is all.

Hope your stuff turns up soon, and can't you just ask a neighbour to sign for it?

>>50613807
I just estimated with the 5. It likely wont be that heavy.

Im the anon that had the jobless issue, and his model $ stolen, so i dont thibk id be able to send 2 packages. It shouldnt be that heavy

>>50613835
Ooh, I'll see if I can get my neighbour to get it indeed! Good idea!

And yeah, apparently there's like more than 50 people than applied for SS but we sure as hell haven't seen that many parcels.

>>50613946
You surely have a kitchen scale right? Just put it on and you get a real weight. My box was 0,7kg and thats quite some sprues.

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sloooowly getting there.
only 20 more marines to go + shoulderpads

kill me

>>50614003
I have a pair of eyes, yeah. I wanted to be sure to include goodies, so that was the weight variable

>>50613987

We've seen 6 so far with pictures

With, I think, 2 more with posts ( no pictures) saying "My shit came, thanks"

>>50613791
>>50613798
really glad you liked it! hope it comes to better use there - tried to get my friends into it but they didn't mesh with the aesthetic, they'd rather play warhams. don't forget to post picks of the finished models!

>>50613808
S-shit, sweden anon here (unless there's more then one) and I can confirm, no SS for me today

>>50613812
>a little something on the gambeson
Yeah totally, apply a dark wash (a good ol' nuln oil or agrax hearthshade) on everything that isn't the face before re-layering with the same color and you'll be good. You'll need fine tips on your brushes tho!
You'l

>>50614160
Will do. I actually had it in my basket in an online shop a while ago when it was released but ended up buying something else.

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finished my warboss, excuse the lighting it's been super grey all week.

Getting ready to send out a package to Ontario. Hope you enjoy anon!

>>50614400
dat is one nice git anon

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>>50613801
The guy on the right was either my first or second one ever. The center was my third.

>>50614170
Are you from Huddinge? I think there are several anons from Sweden?
It'll probably arrive in monday then.

>>50614450
yea im the dude from huddinge

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>>50614400
Sorry, couldn't help myself.

Totally new to miniatures. I'm getting the Dark Souls board game and it comes with some unpainted plastic minis that I'd like to spruce up. Is there a painting guide for an absolute amateur?

>>50614862
There are many painting guides for amateurs, they're in the OP.

>>50614400
I would love to know how you paint ork skin, fellow anon. I think that looks great.

>>50614862

Buy some bones minis from reaper to expirement on. You've got plenty of time before DS arrives

>>50614862

You can find lots of basics and stuff out there. You most basic approach is going to probably be prime them -> basecoat (the shadow or mid tone color you intend to use) -> ink wash (very thinned down paints, seep into cracks) -> highlight.

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>>50613616
I was making a Tau Pathfinder into a Culexus, but I decided I'd rather use a Kroot for that.

Now I have a Pathfinder with a Crisis Suit head embedded into his helmet, a grenade in one hand, and a big plasma gun with a dish on the front in his other. What other fun thing can I make him count-as?

Excuse the MS Pain skills

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Reposting from last thread.

A while ago I an anon posted his Imperial Fists and when I asked about his weathering he pointed me to Tamiya weathering kits.

If your still around anon, could I get your method for how you painted the other parts of your dudes? I got Burning of Prospero as an early christmas gift and want to make some roughed up fists but yellow is such a finicky color.

Pic related is the marines in question.

>>50615255
Good gods, idk. Put him on the back door of a Devilfish? There really isnt much else you could do. Hes too small for Crisis, Pathfinders use Ion and Rail, its too small to use as a Hammerhead gunner for plasma cannon.

Illinoisanon doing the beastclaw stuff. Still haven't re-sized my images but just want to say this community and these threads are pretty awesome

Just wondering, has anyone in here ever succeeded in assembling the Rhino chassis to all the plates are perfectly flush?

I got a resizing app, what is a good size range to post at?

>>50616085
1.5 MB is about the maximum size that doesn't annoy me, but as a rule of tumb, aim for under 1MB.
Dimensions will almost always be reduced drastically if you crop around your model close enough.

>>50615432
Not your guy, but that looks like an zenithal airbrush job. Here's how I'd emulate it:
- orangeish base
- orange/yellow from 75 deg above mini
- yellow from straight above
- pale yellow highlights at the plate edges
- Gloss clear coat (prep for next steps)
- decals
- brown/black oil pin wash, cotton bud up excess
- chipping
- matte coat
- weathering powders
- base
- final matte coat

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>>50616133
Testing here, I sized it down a bit. One of my faces WIP I don't think is half bad

>>50616215
Ok that's not bad, here's another. I'm beating myself up about this mouldline I missed

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Looks to me like I've been loading too much paint on the brush. One on the right was more like a dry brush but it seems to be taking to the model better. Got plenty of dettol to correct fuckups.

I'm gonna get there eventually lads.

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>>50616274
Oops bear with new fa/tg/uy

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>>50614434
>You vs the guy she tells you not to worry about

>>50616285
I'm pretty amateur myself but if I might say I think you are thinking in the right direction, your paint on the right seems like it is a bit thick, the left looks like the better consistency but with such a light color you are usually layering on top of others, highlighting the darker colors you have running into those crevices like you have here. Basically left is good application done at the wrong stage

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>>50616215
Just to be a nicpicky ass, that painting style does NOT show well up close.

>>50616332
LOL Jesus is that a playable assembly or just messing around?

>>50616382
Yea, I know. It helps me see things I've missed and all imperfections a bit better

>>50616382
Now to be fair to anon, pretty much every paintstyle, short of Eavy Metal quality, doesn't benefit from close ups.

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>>50613801

>>50616431
I know but that there's like one of those wall murals, one where up close it just splotches of point but four feet away it's a forest with more depth than neat line on canvas can convey.

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What'ya think about my WIP Helldrake conversion.

My iPhone camera sucks and I'm to lazy to use my DSLR with my 50mm lens to get a good shot. None of rhe angles look as majestic as it does IRL.

>>50616497
That's looking cool. What are you converting? I've only seen a few pictures of these. Does look pretty majestic

>>50616497
What is the conversion?

Also a darker background might help, the brightness makes the camera unable to "see" details.

>>50616497
I'm not bery familiar with the kit, so what did you change?
More dynamic posing right? I like it.

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>>50614943
It's a long and overly complex method but i'm stuck with it now so i suppose i'll share...

Base: Caliban Green
Layer: Castalan Green
Highlight: Castalan Green/ Warboss Green (50/50)
Highlight2: Warboss Green
Highlight3: Warboss Green/ Ushabti Bone (50/50)
Wash: Athonian Cammo Shade
Highlight: Ushabti Bone

You want to be layring your highlights vertically on areas of muscle to get a nice sinuey effect and if the highlights aren't popping as i like i usually wash the recesses in aggrax for a bit more definition.

>>50616537
>>50616561
>>50616531

It's quite a monopose model, and the arms/wings are impossible to point anyway than slightly downwards (or even more downwards) due to the lower pair of shoulderplates, and most of the model's leaning to the left.

So I sawed of the lower shoulderplates, quite difficult considering how they're attached to the body, and repositioned it to a cooler pose, and reattached both pairs of shoulderplates.

The main problem with this model, imho, is that the wings, pointing downwards, covers most of thf cool parts of the model, and is a quite dull pose.

>>50616655
Well then kudos to you because your work makes it look like I'd expect it should look.

>>50616135
Seems likely, but all the battle damage he said he painted on by hand with just a dark and light tone. No actual chipping.

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Will this model do for a chaos spawn?

>>50616680
It's probably not what he did, but the sponge method could work to emulate what he did.

Take a piece of sponge, dip it in some brown paint and wipe it off (you're aiming for something similar to a drybrush, but with a sponge). Sponge the brown over the parts you want to be weathered, and then paint a very thin line of your highlight colour at the bottom of the 'chips' - this simulates depth and makes them look like chips in the paintwork showing the base.

For the weathering on the legs, I've heard good things about putting a blob of Typhus Corrosion on the feet and then dragging it upwards with a q-tip for that grimy look. Hope this helps.

>>50616804
How large is that base? The model seems a bit on the small side.

>>50616804
Just about any asymmetrical monster with tentacles will make a good chaos spawn.

>>50616872
40mm

I'm poor and this would save me 10 pounds

>>50616916
If one of those krom spawns costs 15pounds, you're spending more per model since 25pounds gets you two plastic spawns that are customizable and come with many useful bits for converting other models into spawns.

>>50617030
I only need 1 spawn for my army though. Also it only cost me 8.

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backed up a bit

What models do you guys use for KDK heralds?

>>50617141
Heralds are simply pimped-out lesser daemons.

Make the most badass bloodletter you can for your herald of khorne.

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dear RI anon.
TN anon here, your gift is very much appreciated and I'm gonna get to painting this dragon asap. The customs are pretty baller too

In other news, I shipped my secret santa gift today and the eta is Thursday. See you then everybody

>>50617285
Pls do a pic of that Dragon once you unboxed it,

>>50617344
>>50617285
I wanna see that dragon unboxed too!

>>50617285
Ah nice, glad you like it. I was worried you were going to goof on Santa & retinue, they were kind of a rush job.

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sorry for the small image but does anyone know what this spear is from?

>>50617455
Impaler from the Dark Eldar Wyches.

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>>50613801
Very first mini on the left, second to most recent finished project on the right. I still have a lot to learn for doing skin, but the kilt on the right was a blast to paint.

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>>50617344
>>50617407
next to santa for scale

>>50617670
Wow, that thing is really big.

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>>50617670

Assembled my first full figure in ten years today.
I'm painting a Cairn Wraith as a gift for my girlfriend, using shades of dark blue (my colour) and dark purple (her colour). Nice bit of fun.

>after blowing my load on a lot of chinese recasts decide to get some proper forgeworld shit as well because you know why not, I do like GW and them after all, time to balance out the economic /karmic scales a bit
>buy a warhound titan
>arrives
>now waiting for forgeworld to respond to me to replace it because pretty much the only parts that aren't horrendously messed up are the armour plates, shoulders and carapace.
>have a look at other peoples recast titans, they're of much higher quality
>assume I got dicked by a bad batch

I'm not a stranger to resin by any means, I've spent a lot of time sorting out questionable chinese quality in the past but this is taking the piss, it's worse than any knockoff and at a premium. I was really looking forward to making this model too.

>>50617670
>still buying toblerone

wew

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>>50617760
> I got you this grim reaper as a token of my love

You do you anon, you do you.

>>50617528
tanks

>>50617967
She got me back into miniatures, and I think she underestimated just how passionate I got over them back in the day. I owe her some gratitude.
She's also chronically depressed and doesn't care if she lives or dies, so I'll give it to her and say: "This may not seem like a big deal to you, but it is to me." That's a triple meaning right there.

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>>50618025
>She's also chronically depressed and doesn't care if she lives or dies

So my gift to you is the personification of death in miniature form?

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>>50618025

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>>50618067

>>50618025
>"This may not seem like a big deal to you, but it is to me."

"Here's a gift that I put a lot of meaning into, but you won't give a shit about" I've been around people that are "chronically depressed". They are a drain on you mentally and physically and unless they are getting help for their problems, they will wear you down and bring you down to their level. It's happened to me, and I hate seeing it to other people. You might think you're able to "fix" it, but you never will be able to. Get out while you still can.

>>50618025

You're buying a suicidal depressed girl a grim reaper? It's like you're egging her on you maniac.

>>50617186
how would you say I could pimp out my little nigga

>>50617760
>>50617967

Personally I love that miniature

but I have to agree, you're kinda asking for a trip to the morgue to identify the body with that one....

also I don't understand what you mean by "This may not seem like a big deal to you, but it is to me." That's almost like turning your gift into a chore, that she's responsible for giving you.

>>50618067
Yes!
>>50618084
Made me giggle
>>50618138
Nah, there's no "fixing" her. I love her and I have loved her for over ten years, no worries m8.
>>50618170
Oh no, she is a very morbid person who takes comfort in mortality.

Guys, I suppose I could have explained myself in more detail, but there's no reason for alarm.

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>>50613801
I've painted 10 minis at my 1st atempt to paint anything.

>>50617939
I've been in the same situation with forge world vs chinkshit. chinkshit is flawless, and just looks great, but forge world has some sort of fucked stuff. they will just send you a whole model to replace it, and it will arrive very quickly, in my experience

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Dem transitions on mah JSA O-Yoroi

Anyone know if an anon received a elf from Bane Legions?

If so, did he like it?

Still waiting for mine

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And on the abdomen plate..

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>>50618448
Saved this pic a while ago.
I think he liked it.

>>50618475
Yay
Thanks anon

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>>50613801
Here are my first minis. The girl on the far left was my very first. GL girl and the Veteran Kozak (third from the left) are the ones I'm most proud of. Haven't put the washes on yet though.

>>50618465
Those look like really nice transitions

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>>50613801
I think I was ten

>>50618593

Thanks, first time I experimented with glazes, e.g. milk consistency paint. Game Face Nation on Youtube explained it really well.

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Got this guy last week, rather than focusing on my workpile I've cracked him open, hacked off the integral base, and I wasn't a fan of the swinging spiked balls hanging off the belly plate so I've filled in the holes and replaced a flimsy chunk of his hair.

No idea what colour he's going to be.

>>50618763
Red skin maybe? He kinda looks angry.

>>50618689
Thanks for the direction

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>>50618776

That's an idea. A lot seem to paint him grey.

>>50618763
Grey with a red wash?

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Been building up some Tzaangors for fun, prepping for the Arcanite release.
There was a bunch of extra bits on the sprue so im trying to build up as many extra Tzaangors as I can.

I've ran out of things I can use as legs though so the guy on the left I tried to make a robe for and gave him a cape to help cover up the fact he doesnt have a back.

Second guy I found a broken daemonette body and used her legs as a substitue for the real deal, then gave him some mutations to cover up his back.

Third guy is pretty much a lizardman I have with bits stuck on him.

is it worth doing sub assembles for necron warriors?, Not gluing there gun on or does it not get in the way.

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>>50618969
and the backs if anyone was interested

>>50618969
>>50619076
They look really weird anon, especially as a group, I like it.

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>>50618394

I'd be very surprised if they sent me an entire new titan. It's also difficult for me to tell what is actually fucked up or not because I've never ordered from them properly before, so is normal that rivets are missing from basically every piece? Pic related is one of the less fucked up examples, but its still missing a rivet, got a hole in it and 3 of the other rivets are like badly formed goop.

>>50618969
When I started mine it took me like 15minutes how to assemble that fucking split face because there wasn't even a picture, I kept tying to align them

But I like, nice scorpion butt

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gribble pthrrt

>>50619094
>>50619204
Cheers guys, I know that feel, took me ages to figure it out too.

>>50619117
i had the torso on a contemptor have similar fuzzy melted looking detail, and they send the entire contemptor, legs, shoulders. all of it. they will send it as if you had ordered a replacement yourself from the website, so only one item from the site, no guns or whatever

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>>50619221

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>>50619270

>>50619221
>>50619270
Looking good, I like the colour transition. What are you gonna do for the base?

Quick question out of the blue, does anyone happen to have the dimensions of the Gorgon transport on hand?

>>50619221
>>50619270
>>50619289
I like! They have a very retro Tyranid feel going for them.

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I'm working on my plague marines/nurgle-marked csm

>>50619269

"Lucky" me then, basically every component has that problem

>>50619299
I have no plans for the base. These are being painted for a friend. He'll likely go with the standard golf-course and foliage look from the 90s.

>>50618375
Cute

>>50614425
That looks great anon. Well done.

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Here is my third trustworthy boy. I think I'm getting better with the lightings. I've keep the non-metallic light colors because none of the other options I've tried convinces me. Well, lads, any thoughts?

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>>50619518
There's the front pic. I mistook the photo.

>>50618847
what's his beef with the ground?

>>50619076
Some great conversions man. As long as you sort of have the same palette when you paint them, they will look all cool and chaosy, but still fit as a group

>>50619289
Well done. Like the different color for the toxic sac

>>50619555
He keeps hitting it but it just won't die. It's taunting him.

>>50616610
Thanks a lot!

>>50619537
I like the metallic colors

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Sucess!
After pondering the issue of magnetising my blackstar missiles i found an answer.

A youtuber (stolasJC credit where due) did his by slapping magnet right on the back of each missile piece and sandwiching them.

I took it a step further and fitted miniature magnets inside the large missiles for a snugger fit.

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>>50613801
Oldest I haven't stripped (about 3 months into the hobby, so 20th mini or so.)

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Owo, what's this?
I actually can't take the time to open it now because I was just dropping back home after work and have to meet someone for dinner, but I'm hype as shit and will be back in ~2 hours

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>>50613801

>>50620729
Converting Tau weapons for human hands is suffering.

I know nobody else will be able to tell if they have 4 fingers, but it sure bugs me.

>>50621017
Didnt mean to quote. Getting lazy and sleepy.

>>50620729
In the grimy darkness of the 41st millennium, there is only Nuln Oil.

>>50620729
Pardon the possibly noob question, but where is that guardsman from? All the ones ive seen are monopose or all have two hands on weapons

>>50621321
The full kit, monopose are from a mini set.

>>50621346
Full kit as in the 15 box or whatever?

I guess its the same as the space marine blisters vs. Space Marine Squad box?

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plasma/axe termicide unit. gonna add another plasma/axe guy, and a reaper autocannon/axe guy. then paint up a land raider for them, for higher points games

I'm thinking of painting an IG army, are there any good combinations you can think of outside of the standard guard?

>>50619362
looks cool man

am i the only one who REALLY likes the basic csm kit, even though it's old as shit? it sorta captures a semi-old school feel and I hope when we finally get a new kit it doesn't deviate too much from this style beyond some improvements like making the holsters easier to deal with. do NOT want to see CSM go completely Chosen mode, that style of bling is best taken in small doses a I prefer the old raptors kit over the new one for this reason. plus the old backpacks are cooler

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>>50619442
>He'll likely go with the standard golf-course and foliage look from the 90s.

It has its charm.

>>50621508
Eh I prefer the alternate, decorated top and clean black borders

>>50619555
if you stand him beside other minis it looks like he's a giant looking down on them, getting ready to smash. I assume that was the idea behind the pose

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>>50621459
>are there any good combinations you can think of outside of the standard guard?
Yeah loads. Don't limit yourself to the usual uniform colors.
There's no reason not to paint the armor on your dudes a bright red or a royal blue too.

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When do I glue bases like this?

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>>50613801
>Post your first ever painted model if you still have it.
>For bonus points (in the same image) add your most recently painted model.

I stripped the RTB-01 sergeant with non-acetone nail polish remover as an experiment, otherwise he'd be in this picture, too.

>>50621608
Before painting.

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Please excuse the crappy smartphone picture quality. Test scheme for the new BB orcs (inspired but orcs feature in deathzone book)

>>50621668

So glue the whole thing down > prime > paint?

>>50621645
Why does the guy on the right look like he's going to fuck your beakies up big time, poor guys.

>>50621676
I like it. Nice.

>>50621608
Unless you are painting it in a completely different way than the rest of your model >>50621668
>>50621702
is the fastest way.

If you paint your marine black and intend to do white marble bases, black primer on the whole thing obviously would be less than ideal. In that case prime the bases separately.

>>50621702
With cork I strongly recommend using wire in the legs to pin the model to the base through the cork.

>>50621608
I finish the bases before putting a primed model on for painting

Why did the LGS owner and the guy talking to him both look so surprised when i told them im converting models and want a mostly painted army before i play my first game? Is all grey or no extra bits to make them 'your dudes' THAT common?

Ive seen two of the guys there, one has a tau army barely painted but all models have paint, and the Tyranid player has beautifully perfect models, some half-dug out of bases into groups of space marines, and has them impaled on spikes/tails and stuff.

>>50621725

They're going to be Night Lords, so the base will have to be dark, too. I plan on breaking that up with a glossy blood in the cracks. Painting together should be fine then?

>>50621732

If I do this, I guess I would be able to do >>50621755?


Sounds like either works.

>tfw my LGS is out of Alaitoc blue

>>50621783
Most people that like to play a lot don't spend that much time on the other aspects of the hobby.
Especially for a beginner it's more common to 'test drive' your army though before committing I guess.
I played a few times with placeholders before even buying a kit, just to see if I like how they handle.

>>50621808
Yeah, just leave the wire straight until you're done, then bend it under the base for final fix.

>>50621543
>battle for Vogen colors
that's fucking nice

>>50621817
I dont really care if my army is maximizing its gains, i guess. Maybe after a few losses i will, but apparently Tau have to really try to be bad. I just want stuff with lots of kroot, vespid, broadsides, and converted fire warriors.

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>>50621873
>I dont really care if my army is maximizing its gains, i guess.

Good on ya, lad!

>... but apparently Tau have to really try to be bad.

They don't have to try *that* hard.

>>50621783
you will find that the internet does not reflect reality and in fact half of the people who play this game tend to field armies in various states of paint, from "guy who is halfway there and always adding new stuff whose army looks cool" to "bought the newest cheese units he'll sell in a few months and didn't even fucking try" to "guy who is just shit at painting somehow even though he's been playing since the 90s" to "army full of commissioned models that makes you wonder why people are into a hobby about painting but don't paint" (not saying this last one is automatically bad, just seems odd to me)

I think it is a good philosophy to have your entire army painted before you play your first game, once you start playing you will realize how much better it is to play against fully painted armies. that said, as you buy more units over time there will be moments where you want to field certain things or try out combinations where you just can't get the models painted in time for the FLGS next weekend. hopefully you have the self control and time management skills to not end up being one of those dudes with a shelf full of thousands of points of shit you will never paint and boxes you have never even opened like I once was

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>>50621921
>one of those dudes with a shelf full of thousands of points of shit you will never paint and boxes you have never even opened

I'm pretty sure I know who I am, so how are you me?

>like I once was

Oh. That explains it.

>>50621921
I used to be like that with 40k when I was younger.
I started to play Malifaux and I promised myself I would only buy more models once I paint everything I field/buy. Sometimes I field a single model with no paint but they get painted the following week usually.
Sometimes it can get hard because other people don't just want to play and have fun their lists are really optimized and crap on your shit because you want to paint stuff to a decent standard first.

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>>50621716
>Why does the guy on the right look like he's going to fuck your beakies up big time, poor guys.

Take your pick:

>ugly RTB-01 sculpts
>sloppy assembly
>not even undercoated
>thick Testors enamel paint
>mold lines
>unfinished bases
>no highlights (not even drybrushed guns!)

>>50621911
Well for one, i really dont like the Stormsurge or Ghostkeel. Same with the newer stealth guys. The giant guy is cool but ill never afford it.
If i did ever need a keel, I'd convert it into a looted, Krooted version.
>>50621921
Well, the consensus ive gotten is im going to be lucky if the models i like ever get an upgrade. Auxiliaries is my style, and i cant even find plastic vespids. Or Knarlocs. Or Kroot Hounds (which seem like they should be a seperate unit to hunt shit down)
Sorry for rambling, nobody else wants to talk about tiny plastic aliens

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current WIP because I have a scheme question. Do you think the colors chosen look fine? I'm considering repainting the helmet so that grey/white isn't there. Think it would look better without it?

>>50622054
Personally I'd take the bodysuit in slightly bluer direction with a glaze or something, just to break up the grey and grey and grey, but yeah, it works.

>>50621645
>guy on the rear left suffered a gets hot result

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>>50621413
just the box of a squad of 10 cadians, you have numerous modelling posibilities, since the pieces are

legs
torso
head
left arm right arm
mix in some veteran pieces and you can get all crazy conversions

i gotta finish this guy

5 more left. Will do whatever tidying up plus transfers and possibly freehand when they're all finished.

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>>50622219
whoops

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Could one achieve a kind of "cracked crude cobblestone" effect from laying Agrellan Earth on thick and putting channels in to form the bricks while its still setting?
At what stage could one remove some without having it be cured solid, or just ooze back into more equilibrium?

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Thank you KY anon, I dont play marines myself but my friend who is getting into the hobby will love them. Will paint the other minis and post here

>>50621832

That makes sense, thanks. I'll given it a shot.

I need to get more primer. I had bad luck with Rustoleum in the past, but other Ms swear by it. How bout you guys?

>>50622186
Sweet. I found out last night Fire Warrior chests are the same size. So that would be amazingly simple to convert. Thank you, anon! Those guys will become my Breacher squads and Ion rifle radiation sponges.

>>50622054
honestly the monotone of the model makes it look a little plain. the Yellow could be made brighter if you still want to keep the light grey, or make the black parts more of a blue/black.

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>>50622305
that sounds mighty heretical but i'm sure the Emperor will bring you to light

>>50622231
>Could one achieve a kind of "cracked crude cobblestone" effect from laying Agrellan Earth on thick and putting channels in to form the bricks while its still setting?
No.
You can get 1:50 cobblestone plastic card sheets, lasered mdf sheets, plaster and resin pieces, pre cast stones and also the mold with which to cast them yourself.
You can also cut mdf or cork to size tumble it around in a container laid out with sandpaper to smoothen the edges and start laying down stones yourself.
Another possiblity would be to use a stamp on either putty or foam depending on how long you want the surface to last.
Last but not least you can get a texture roller from green stuff industries with a cobble stone texture.

Using crackle paint will not work however.

>>50622239
>Erick Paladin Initiate
I have that one, too! I wish I could've joined this year's secret santa but I've been out of work for a while due to knee surgery so I don't have excess cash right now.

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>>50622328
Oh, extremely.

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>>50621645
My girlfriend and I just got into 40k a few weeks ago and these are our first painted minis. Mine's the CSM and hers is the SW. She won't listen to me when I said hers blows mine right the fuck out in terms of quality.

I did mine as a Red Corsair to see if I liked the paint scheme. I don't. Thankfully I only did it as a test.

>>50622379
Mother of fuck I can't do anything right. Meant to reply to >>50613801

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>>50620611
Here we go. It's well insulated.

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>>50622465
This is lookin' like some good shit...

>>50622379
that space yiff does look a bit better, but neither is terrible for a first mini

get into the habit of drilling your barrels now or face autistic rage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuaW5IzbnUc

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>>50622500
BAM! It's all coming up marines for Christmas!
3 sprues full of Legionaries (I believe) from Betrayal at Calth, as well as two other units, one very nice still on a sprue and one that seems to be decked out with a plasma rifle or something similar. I don't know much about 40k, but here's a great jumping in point!
Thanks a ton, Texas anon!

>>50622569
Would I need a dremel or something to drill them properly? Seems like it'd be a bitch without a dremel or something similar.

>>50622667
Damn! Nice one! I want to find that fellow Texanon and shake their hand.

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>>50622667
>Thanks a ton, Texas anon!

You're welcome!

>>50622689
>Would I need a dremel or something to drill them properly?

Or something. Even at its lowest speed settings, a Dremel will be too difficult to control precisely, and you'll ruin more bolters than you get right. What you need is a pin vise.

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>>50622791
>I want to find that fellow Texanon and shake their hand.

If you're coming to the Christmas party at Games Workshop Denton Town Crossing tomorrow, maybe you can.

Merry Christmas, N. Chesterfield Anon!

>>50622793
Alright, thanks.

>>50622818
My store is the one on Hulen. We're pretty close!

>>50622887
also note: I have seen a lot of people who drill barrels with a pin vise but simply keep the hole as it is. this can be okay for some smaller guns, but looks ridiculous on heavy bolters, etc. so what I do is take a hobby knife blade, stick the tip into the hole and carefully twirl it around to shave the inside of the hole until it looks appropriate. this can ruin a barrel if you get overzealous so take it slow and get a feel for things, but it does look much better to at least try to widen the hole somewhat for large barrels. having a tiny pinhole in a heavy bolter is worse than just not drilling it at all, I have seen even official GW display models use the tiny holes and it makes me REEEEEEEEE every time

>>50622972
Or you could just use a bigger drill bit.
Just get one set of different sized drill bits and you can drill the barrels of all calibers in 40k.

Need some conversion advice for my HH night lords.

I want to turn my Calth Marines into Night Raptors, but the problem is 3fold.

The first is weaponry.

They lack the arms for CCW and Pistol, which I think can be easily remedied with CSM arms. Unless I'm totally wrong. There are plenty of warp talon arms for LCs, and BP/CS should be simple.

The second is the pose. Stationary Marines tend to look odd with a pack, and I'm not the best surgeon around. I really like the best on the BoC Marines because they have harness for the jump pack

Which brings us to the third option: the pack. There are tons of 3rd party packs around, but they're so-so. I want the current raptor packs. So...

It might be good to just buy like 3 boxes of Raptors for. Conversion bits: 15 packs, claws, arms, weapons, ect. I could probably use the torsos for Terror Squads to make them a little more scary looking. Stuff like that.

How well would this turn out?

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>>50622913
>My store is the one on Hulen.

You mean Overton Ridge, right?

Oh, /wip/ thread, my choices are many, help me out. Should i..
1) assemble the last cadian into a fire warrior
2)Prime some of my assembled ones
3)Paint a kroot hound
4)Just go to bed

>>50623028
Yeah, my bad.

>>50623100
Make some guevesa

>>50623022
using a knife has the added advantage of being able to fix the hole's alignment. if your drill bit wasn't perfectly centered, you can still just fix the hole with the knife to make it how you want and it becomes indistinguishable from a hole that was simply drilled if done right

with bigger holes like meltaguns the hole is cone shaped but it's not really noticeable, you have to hold the model up and directly look inside to notice the slight slant inward and even then it's not really easy to see. looks fine from any viewing angle

>>50623100
PAINT THE LIZARD-BIRD DOG

>>50623100
between 1 and 2, whichever will bring you closer to the completion of a project.

>>50623112
Gue'vesa clinches the race by a hair. Time for cup of coffee #7

>>50615436
I meant something from a different army

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/wip/, are my golds too thick? this is a single base coat.

>>50623195
Little too thick there

>>50623195
>>50623234
looks alright to me. the detail isn't obscured and there are no obviously buildups of paint so . . . why would it be too thick?

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Just watched Duncan's video of painting Magnus. He makes it look so easy...

>>50621955
Wow

>>50623286
i didnt thin it whatsoever
i only have lamian medium and it really fucks up metallics

what thinners can i use for citadel metals?

>>50622818
>tfw you've probably met another texanon and didn't even know it

Well, actually probably not. I rarely go out to game stores.

>>50623630
You can't thin metallic with water?

>>50623630
you can thin metallics with water or a medium, dunno why lam medium isn't working for you.

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>>50621073
nulin oil is the only thing worth living for.

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>>50623630
>i didnt thin it whatsoever

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Hey WIP this is my first time painting, I was wondering what's the best Texture paint for bases for metal dudes.

>>50624035
That cracked red stuff i see a lot of people using is pretty nice.

Hey mates, what would you recommend kit-bashing with Imperial guards to make some good looking Fuedal world Guardsmen, I'm thinking some upjumped feudals would look great with my Skitarii.

>>50623121
>using a knife has the added advantage of being able to fix the hole's alignment. if your drill bit wasn't perfectly centered
If you mark the spot you want to drill with a needle first your drill won't slip.
Drilling cleanly is better than fixing the aftermath of slippage with a knife imo.

But whatever works.

>>50618849
I like experimenting with different skins for monsters, any examples of how that would look? Its really intriguing.

>>50624118
Frostgrave barbarians.

>>50623028
I see you have Reaper's brush-on sealer, have you used it? I bought a bottle sometime last year, but like a retard I read some reviews after I bought it and saw way too many negative things said about it. So it's been long-since shuffled to the back of my work area collecting dust, probably useless by now.

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>>50624118
>>50624186

>>50623920
What about Agrax Earthshade?

>>50624186
>>50624281
Holy shit, those are great! thanks anon!

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>>50624118
>>50624186
>>50624281
oh shit. I read feral, not feudal. Well it works too I guess...
If you can track down some bretonnian men at arms those would work well for that.
Failing that I'd say you could get some FireForge footseargeants. They'll be a tiny bit smaller next the old plastic cadians, but I figure they should look right next to the newer plastic AdMech stuff.
If you just use Cadian arms with rifles on the bodies you should be good. If you want something without the big shoulderpads you could check out Victoria Miniatures or Anvil Industries.

Anyone ever converted cheap robot toys into Tau battlesuits? I found some robots at the dollar store and I was thinking of slapping some bits on them, recoloring them, and calling them commanders or prototype suits.

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okay /wip/ i went away and tried thinning the gold. turns out it worked. i think my apprehension came from trying to thin gehennas gold or brass scorpion and having it fuck up. it seems to work fine with retributor.

left is the thinned one.

>>50624281
I didn't realize North Star was releasing a box of barbarians for the new supplement. Those models look really nice, I'll be picking a box up for sure. I have a box of the generic soldiers assembled that I love.

I want to take a second to bitch about citadels imperial primer. The shit is hot garbage. The pot I got had all of the grit settled to the bottom, and no amount of shaking or mixing seemed to break up the globs of grit. Absolute waste of money. I've seen Vallejo's brush-on primer suggested here and there, but my LGS never seems to have black in stock.

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>>50624118
get some ashigaru. i have the ones from this company, i think its called wargames factory makes them. the torsos, heads, arms etc all sub-assemble the same way guardsman do, and a big belt-knife, or some peasant rice straw hats could make them look feudal.

>>50622041
>plastic vespids

there aren't any at the moment, but I would like to see more of these dudes on the table. hopefully them + kroot don't get squatted. they're not even that bad compared to units of most other codexes, it's just that tau has so much other good shit there's no reason to take them

>>50624308
>>50624371
Thanks mates, the Samurai/Ashigaru and the Medieval euro looks are both pretty good, hard choice.

>>50622041
>plastic aliens
If you forget about the plastic part you've got loads of options.
You could basically slap a pulserifle on all the critters from D&D and of course the other actual aliens from other pulp and sci-fi games.

First people who's post numbers end in 1 and 3 decide what color I make the wings on Scourges #1 and #3 respectively. Only color I can't make it is pink.

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>>50624561
>Forget picture...

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Finally finished my DA assault squad.

>>50624561

Green

>>50624561
dog vomit yellow

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>>50624613
Alright, you got #3.

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>>50624613
>13

now you have to do both dog vomit yellow, KeK wills it

>>50614026
Sexy as fuck.

>>50624624
I would have to do that if I didn't say "respectively". Kek is a prevalent Chaos god, but there are ways to ward off his influence, even if only for a moment.

>>50624639
I don't think you understand. KeK knew your intention, but he placed those numbers like that. Best not to cross the incarnation of postmodernism lest you end up on the /wrong side of history/.

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Trudging along.

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>>50624613
Dog-vomit yellow-ey enough? It's Averland Sunset mixed with Moot Green. I actually kind of like it.

>>50622379
Your girlfriend is really smart and super funny and she needs to get over herself.

>>50624810

That's not dog vomit, that's a pretty yellow. For dog vomit, mix a little loren forest in there.

>>50624863
Don't own it, but I'll wash it with Biel-Tan green.

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Also finished a nid warrior.

>>50622793
How do you find the mouldline remover? I just use a hobby knife to scrap my mouldlines and I'm wondering if I should upgrade to the Citadel one or some other brand's version.

>>50624939
pls dont pay $30 for a mold line remover, google a seam scraper.

>>50613696 speaking of international shipping Ontario Anon with the French sounding last name your package is on the way... I sent it in USPS flat rate box

>>50624902
Looking pretty nice anon. You could add abit more variation to the bone and maybe add a brighter highlight on the red skin if you wanted to take it abit further.

After seeing what everyone else got/gave on the secret Santa, kinda feel like I need to throw some more stuff into mine before I send it.

Shiet anons, there's some serious generosity this year

>>50625128
seeing how much fun everyone had i wouldve signed up. now i have to wait for next year.

How do you guys super paint a horde of shit? I got 200 guard/cultists for my renegades. Can i just spray them all down with an army painter primer give them a dip and dull coat them? If so, can i come back later and paint more details on?

>>50624299
doesn't hold a candle to Devlan Mud, unfortunately

>>50625337
do any details before dipping

>>50625419
So dipping is different from a wash?

>>50625437

Dipping is just dunking the whole model in a large amount of wash. If you slather wash all over the model you get the same results.

Whenever someone says dipping, they really just mean dunking their model in a big can of gloss furniture stain which is like a very thick, dark wash.

>>50622229
Noice job anon. Are you going to paint the rim black?

>>50622239
>>50620611
>>50622465
>>50622667

Nice to see some of the gifts arrive.
Awesome stuff fellow Anons!

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>>50623920

How long should a wave one anon wait before getting concerned about not receiving his gift?

>>50625737
I still haven't gotten mine from last year

>>50625737
I guess that depends on where you live and when the other Anon sent it away. Its 7 business days since the start, so i wouldn't be overly concerend.

For example i order often from Element Games from GB to the EU mainland and it takes sometimes up to 15 days. (Kinda sucks when you order the White Dwarf and you almost could order the next issue at the time you get the current one)

I sent my ss box on Dec 1st and it took until yesterday for it to actually reach spain. Now maybe a couple of days more depending on the spanish delivery guys.

>>50624035
Good painting for a first timer!

Yeah, martian ironearth or agrellan earth can help you, if you want a desert themed army.

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How does it look?

>>50624595
Looks really neat, well done. Good job on the face.

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>>50624308
>>50624118
I'm actually making some feudal traitor guard using Perry Agincourt torsos with Cadian arms and heads. They're similar scale but slightly more slender so I shave off the shoulder pads and helmet ear muffs to tone down the Cadian size. And I'm green stuffing fur cloaks to add a bit more bulk. My only worry is their feet are pretty small so I may greenstuff their boots a bit, or just go with a muddier base.

Don't have good pics because my phone camera is crap and this pic exaggerates the scale issue because he's leaning forwards a lot. This was my test mini and forgot to shave the imperial emblem off the gun.

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>>50625859

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>>50624118
If you can find a box of Empire Free Company, take it.

>>50625821
Looks pretty based. Wish those raptors had the classic helm instead of what they got now

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>>50626218

Yea, I really like the MKIII helmets on them a lot more than I was expecting. Definitely found the look for my Night Raptors.

Here's another pose, same model.

>>50625859
>>50625864
Head is absolutely enormous.. Looks very disproportional.

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>>50626311
Yeah the proportions aren't perfect as I said, but the first pic exaggerates it as he really is leaning forward a lot. I'm not sure though. After all 40k proportions include huge heads by default, you only have to look at standard Cadians.

>>50621491
Thanks Anon. Really needed that (You), since I'm having a hard time...

Also you're not alone Anon - I love what GW did with TS, since they are elites (not as overdone as chosen, but still impressive), but I'd like to see the new CSM kit be somewheere in between current kit and new TS

So Swedish Anon had the nerve to add 4 more models to my 150 model backlist.
How arrogant!

But seriously, really fucking cool.
The Tomb Lord will go with some of my mantic skeletons I got for free 5 years ago. Gonna use these as bad guys for a diorama.

I can do some cool conversions with the Chaos Cultist and Flagellant to make them Admech dudes.

The Librarian could be kitbashed into my 8th Rune Priest.

The Chaos Space marine can be kitbashed to make 2 13th company Grey Slayer with special Weapons.

All in all, really thoughtful and much appreciated. It's cool to get something that I can make use of everything with.

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>>50626961

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>>50626961
>>50626967

North Carolina Anon, your gift is in the post.

It might be a while since it's coming across the Pond.

But it is on its way

>>50626967
>>50626973
Nice. And also sad because Khemri is gone

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And here comes dear me again, with yet one more 1/35 kraut dude.

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>tfw your Secret Santa gift was shown as being delivered 7 days ago and no pictures have been posted or even acknowledged receiving it

>tfw your Secret Santa gift hasn't arrived yet.

I mean, as long as he got it and he likes it but I would have liked to have seen it posted... I'm sure mine will show up soon... I hope...

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>>50627245

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>>50627260

>>50627269
Is that WW1?

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Almost finished. I nearly bungled everything by using a glaze instead of a wash on the blue, but I managed to salvage it somewhat. Not too bad for a first mini in ten years, eh?

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>>50627269
And that's it. Would appreciate some crytics.

>>50627272
Yeah, he's from ICM's 1918 Stosstruppen box.

>>50627286

Your skin is very good, the model is very nice... but... the leather patches on knees and elbows... they're too flesh tone coloured.

They just look like he has ripped elbows and knees and you can see his skin underneath.

>>50627296
Ah cool.

The face and skin in general looks great.
Personally i would have painted his helmet in that big camo pattern they used towards the end of the war, just to give the mini some more color. But thats just me i guess.

Besides that it looks really good. (A very good sculpt as well, many 1/35 minis look kinda odd in their poses).

Maybe these leather patches on the knees could be a bit (or a lot even?) darker.. i mean, he is crawling around the trenches after all. But maybe you're going to add some mud/dirt later together with a base.

>>50627316
>that
>flesh tone
You american, or something?

>>50627316
That is probably the result of shitty lighting, it's not that sunny today so ersatz usage was inevitable. Really the leather pads are a mild ochre tone.

>>50627316
>>50627326
Btw, thanks for appreciating th skin, it took me quite some time to figure out how to make that exact colour set.

>>50625720
God I spilled half my pot of leviathan purple last week.

>>50627218
Yay! Yours will be going out Monday. Sorry for the late departure.

>>50627483

I don't think we exchange gifts quite like that :)

It's an

A -> B -> C -> D -> A

system

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sup/tg/
has anyone had much converting/rules success with IG tanks that aren't leman russ/hellhound variants? been craving some IG medium armour halfway between hellhounds and leman russes, and was wondering if anyone had made anything like this quick chimera stug I whipped up.

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>>50627495

That is unless yours is going to an address in South England that is ... then I could be wrong

New thread:

>>50627530

>>50627512
Its across the pond, so it could be. Not sure, Phil o. Raptor

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>>50624308
These are some Men-at-Arms bodies with Cadian and a few other bits mixed in, not sure which.

>>50625697
I don't usually. It's more to blend in with the gaming surface than anything else.

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>>50625859
You should use the Perry heads imo.
It would look more in scale and also give your dudes a bit more character.
The head is pretty much the most important piece of the mini in that regard, which is why cadians with a headswap are that effective.

You can still give the perry models a bionic eye or something.

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The one on the left is muh first one.
The one on the right is currently wip.
How'd i do?

>>50629075
Hard to tell with the blurry image, but they're looking reasonable.

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Apologies in advance since my lighting isn't that great. Finished with second layers and working on highlights. Any advice for the weapon? It looks kinda boring all silver. Should I add some color to the non-highlighted parts?