WIP: Work in Progress Thread

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Hey! So, months ago, I had a dubs contest to see what I would paint a tyranid guy I have lying around. Blazing oragane and sky blue won, and after moving to a new city and starting a new career at the last second, I have sky-guy done.

It has been a WHILE since I've done anything with orange, so this was a good exercise for me. Also haven't done claws in a while, but I enjoyed doing this anyway.

Next up, Ultra-nid.

>>50627562
Very high contrast, but that looks better than I would have expected from the colour combination.

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Reposting this for the anon asking about alternative models for feral/feudal guardsmen.

These are Men-At-Arms bodies with Cadian bits and some other stuff which I don't know the origin of.

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anyone paint wizards know how i can achieve this color scheme, mainly the armor chestplate and the dirty tan clothing?

>>50627744
Dirty tan is a khaki/cream (or perhaps even a pale green) washed with brown, while you could achieve the breastplate with something equivalent to Leadbelcher with brown ink.

In response to Britishanon sending to my depressing self in NC:

Mine is also crossing the ocean, so it might be each other. Who knows, would be neat.

>>50627744
Armor is easily achievable by painting it steel and adding some matt black wash all over. Uniform is olive+yellow in different proportions for each layer I believe, from almost dark olive to almost yellow.

>>50627742
Those other bits are from the Skitarii Ranger/Vanguard kit.

>>50627742
These look neat, but good luck with finding bretonian men at arms for a reasonable price these days. People on ebay are at super-jew-mode when it comes to unbuilt bretonia stuff.

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Hey guys, what do you think of these shields? I'm thinking about getting them for my Space Marines. They're supposedly made out of plastic and pewter.

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>>50627967

And heres another look at the shields. On one hand I found them for cheap; but on the other hand, they kind of look cheap.

>>50627744
There is a color by vallejo model color called "english uniform". This is a very darkish khaki which should be close to that pics fatigues.

Not sure about the breastplate, maybe a dark gun metal with brown wash on top of it?

>>50627977
Keep in mind they will look alot smaller on a Space Marine than on these minis.
But with paint and highlights and a wash they will look way better than on your pic.

If they are cheap.. go for it i guess. It never hurts to try something.

>>50627977
They could work for Combat shields, you might be pushing it for storm shields. they might need some cleaning up before you paint them, but a good paintjob can overcome a mediocre part, I say.

>>50628004

Yeah, I was thinking they're too small to be breacher shields but they'll make decent combat shields. I'll think about it some more I guess, thanks.

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Tonks, tonks everywhere!

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>>50624278
>I see you have Reaper's brush-on sealer, have you used it?

The paints and half-completed Captain Centos in >>50623028 belong to Lyn Stahl (sister of AJ Stahl, for those who frequent the Warhammer Store in Fort Worth) of Metalhead Minis. You'll have to ask her how she feels about it.


>>50624939
>How do you find the mouldline remover?

Citadel's mould line remover is top notch, but expensive. You can buy one at GW or a Chapter-Approved retailer for $17. Every once in a while Micro Mark will put their competing product, the Seam Scraper, on sale for $10, but shipping will usually kill the deal... so make it worth it by buying yourself some casting supplies from them while you're at it!

>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.

The back of a hobby knife works almost as well as Citadel's remover. There are no sharp parts on the mold line remover, though, so if you slip or drop it, you run no risk of damaging your model or impaling yourself. Additionally, its "blade" actually runs the entire length of the tool (the wooden sides are merely attached to it), so it won't bend, warp, or snap off.

It was pricey, but I'm glad I bought it. Damn thing even works on my old metal miniatures!

>>50628056
Nice. I really like the tracks and the overall chipping. exactly the right amount.

They only lack a bit of mud and earth pigments here and there.

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>>50628057
Wouldn't a proper surgical knife handle like pic related work the same way without a blade?

>>50628102
>Wouldn't a proper surgical knife handle like pic related work the same way without a blade?

It very well might. I've never held a surgical knife like that in my hand before.

It's the square edge on the Citadel mold line remover (and also the back edge of your hobby knife, if you're using it as such) that do the work. The Ciatdel tool is going to be thicker and sturdier than a disposable X-acto blade, and those surgical knives *look* comparable to me. Is the part where the blade goes rounded, or does it have an edge with an angle you can drag along to get rid of the mold lines?

>>50628153
It has an edge where the x-acto blade can slot into.

>>50628102
My scalpel handles have chamfered or rounded edges (so they feel better in the hand and so the blade is the only sharp edge), so they won't be very good scrapers.

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The Legion grows!

>>50628170
I have both, a number 3 made by Feather like on that pic and a cheap knockoff #3. The Feather one is like you said: Well made and round/soft edges so it lies good in the hand.
The cheaper one has very hard edges all around the handle though.

>>50628194
What models are those? They look dope!

>>50628102

The backside of any hobby knife works just as well as the moldline remover in my experience. Its all just a matter of finding the right size to fit the model.
So do your self a favor, and save some money in the process, just stick with your knife.

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>>50628223
>What models are those? They look dope!

Those are the bad guys from Warzone, the Dark Legion.

>>50628004
>>50628020

Alright I went for it, I'll post comparison pics of the shields with combat and storm shields when I get them in the mail this week.

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So I did these Nurgle autocannon havocs a couple years ago and didn't use them much and just never got around to painting them. The new Death Guard rules look to make them useful, but I'm not happy with the heads. I'm thinking of using some MkIII heads in place of what I have now. Good plan?

>>50628792
I'd say so, though personally I think MKIII improves everything. They seem perfect for adding rust and dripping ichor to over the regular helmets.

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Think I'm getting the hang of this now.

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My 2nd Mini ever, got it up to wash stage. Forgot to wash the blade before taking the photo.

What we thinking?

>>50629383
I'm thinking I should learn to take a damn photo and rotate it right.

>>50629383
>5312x2988

We think you should open this pic up in paint, turn it into the right direction, resize it to 44% of its current size and then post it again.

Sorry anon, but that does only take 2 minutes and makes looking at it so much easier.

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>>50629383

my cat just drank a bunch of my paint water, should I be worried?

>>50629560

Just to be clear I was poking fun at the fact that the bloodletter's head is turned so far sideways, not that the picture is turned sideways.

>>50629574

If you're just using acrylic paints the furry bastard is probably gonna be okay.

>>50629574

It's non toxic so he's fine.

>>50629574
>>50629590
>>50629728

A cat wouldn't drink something with toxic paint in it anyway. These animals have good noses, they smell that stuff.

>>50629776
antifreeze smells like berries and animals will drink it. They have good noses, but they're fucking stupid.

>>50629780
Don't put antifreeze liquid in your paint water then i guess.

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>tfw spending an evening painting with a big mug of tea and cat watching me work
I didn't know comfy levels of this magnitude could be reached

>>50629803
I'm envious, I'm cold, ran out of tea, my cat is nowhere to be seen and I've not started painting anything yet tonight. Literally the opposite of comfy

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>>50629590
Yeah that was me getting bored during the modelling bit and thinking "What is stopping me doing a half Exorcist?" The answer is in fact nothing.

>>50629478
That's more me forgetting phones don't format for PC correctly like a dolt.

>>50629829
I think i remember your first one.

Your red looks kinda flat. A bit of a brighter red might help here.

>>50629863
Yeah I haven't even looked sideways at the idea of highlighting in any form because it scares the hell out of me because I'm totally inept. Should I just bite the bullet and go for it?

Does anyone have any tips for working with clear resin models? I just got some of Dark Age's clear yellow resin Embersparks, and this is my first time working with something like them.

>>50629951
you could start cheap and dry a drybrush first.

>>50629951
Cowards die many deaths, anon. Bite the bullet.

>>50629955
Only resource I can think of is https://youtu.be/b46R5YwUCho

>>50630051
Thanks anon.

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Four mote to go for my Scions kill team (one more rifleman, then one of each special weapon). Any suggestions for personalization bits on the last ones? I have a few Skitarii and Tau boxes, plus (of course) the Scions box. For bits.

Sorry it's yuge, taken from my phone as I'm heading to work, phone doesn't support resizing

>>50629803

I'm always to stressed out to actually enjoy the hobby.
If I cant finish a model in one sitting, I'm pissed the rest of the day because of it, and cant think of anything else basically (like being really hungry, on your way home form the local pizza place with food in hand. You can only think of how good that first bite will taste!).
And if I do finish it in one go, Ill go all jumpy of all the time I just wasted painting a miniature, when I have several other chores to do.
Family, work, house and so on is taking its toll on me....

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Oh hey, a package!

>>50630469
Sorry for file size :( I guess photo editor resizes my previously resized photos

>>50630469
>tfw still waiting and I haven't seen an anon send anything to my area

>>50630524
tfw sent mine and the tracking ended when it left england so I have no idea if it's arrived or not

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>>50630469

moar!

>>50630301

We tend to help with painting motivation, not anxiety with a side helping of ADD. You might want to consider seeking actual help dude.

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>>50627530
oh hey guys i got a package!

>>50630188
the skitarii head fits quite nicely on scions

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>>50630568

Open... then tidy up

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Here's everything together! Closeups to come.

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>>50630469
>>50630625

Thanks anon! I've actually never painted a Metal model before so this ought to be fun

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>>50630469
>>50630625
>>50630651

Closeup of the letter. I agree with your sentiments on the pin. Also thank you for the reaver sprues! I've been wanting to try something new. Also I have to know where you found this stationary.

After having a rough week, this is exactly what I needed to come home to. Thank you anon and have a Merry Christmas!

>>50630696
>>50630651
>>50630625

Are you

>>50630469
or
>>50630568

>>50630590
I was actually surprised how well it came out.

>>50630469
>>50630625
>>50630651
>>50630696

Are all me.

i sent a package to nj this morning so if you are nj anon you should just get it before xmas

how do you paint with the same style of john blanche?
I'd like to make a nurgle army with a gritty look and I love his pieces but never get that feeling of dirt right. should I go for heavy washes?

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>>50631033

Does John Blanche paint minis? I've never seen any.
His artwork is very hit or miss for me. Some of it's amazing looking, other times it's just fucking stupid looking.

Pic related is the latter.

>>50631033
>how do you paint with the same style of john blanche?
be John Blanche.
Seriously though he paints minis like he paints on canvas.
Strong black and white contrasts and ink washes.
Not the premixed GW stuff either, actual artists inks, as were commonly used back in the 80/90s for miniature painting.
He also uses the modern GW washes though.

And loads of tiny freehand with checker patterns and lettering.

The best way to copy a style is to use a specific reference and learn that way.
If you are not sure how to approach something, post an image of a miniature that you want to replicate the look of.

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>>50631119

>>50631180
The guy has such a special style on minis, I love it. I might not love all his canvas but his minis have a specialplace in my heart.

>>50631235

I need more, anon. Those are awesome.

>>50627562
I suggested that scheme because I thought it would look like hot garbage, but here you are proving me wrong with your good looking mini.

>>50631355
Just type blanchitsu models my man.

>>50627562
this looks good.

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Apologies for bad lighting in advance. Done with layers and starting highlights. Any advice on the weapon? Looks boring in mostly silver, should I add some color on the un-highlighted bits?

>>50631953
looking good, I think the weapon could use a little dirtying up though. At the moment it just looks too clean and I don't think clean suits Orks

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>>50631180
>John Blanche.
>back in the 80/90s

Pic related. This is John at work c. 1986.

>>50631953
looks nice and clean, skin could use another layer of lighter green, base him and it's golden.

So I've been looking at a few things and I've kinda wondering, is a set order to follow in bases, washing and layers? I tried highlighting after washing as the video guide I was following said and it to me gave a really noticeable difference when I'd prefer a more subtle change.

Is there a set order? Does it depend on personal preference?

Sorry for being stupid but I don't really know anyone to ask.

>>50632275

Washes are great as a painting short cut most of the time or for specific effects. If you're looking for really smooth transitions, the only real way to do it without an airbrush is the magic of lots and lots of really thin layers.

>>50632351
I see. My issue with my experience so far was that you'd wash... and then the highlighted areas are unwashed and are even a shade lighter than the bit you just washed so you end up with a hyper jarring pop when in my mind surely you'd do those things first, the wash then tidy that with the same colour but unwashed. Then again I also have a deep fondness for darker colours and the smoother look so perhaps it's my personal taste being trash.

>>50630568
Post results!

any tips for converting death guard marines?

>>50632275
>>50632448
There is no set order and no rules.
Paint how you think it looks best.

Learn from the paint guides and take the information into account, but don't fall into the mindset of that being the right or the only way to do something.

If you want a softer transition do the base, the layer and then wash. The wash is gonna blend the colors together.
Or just highlight with the base after the wash again and forget about the layer.
Whatever looks best.

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>>50632526
Could you be more specific?

>>50632636
should I add plaguebearer bits? should I go full greenstuff? should I try to make each marine different?

>>50632636
Im not the only one who lists his conversion ideas like this, thank god.

I felt like i was making a Napoleon Dynamite sketchbook

>>50632739
>should I add plaguebearer bits?
Sounds like a good idea. Plague knifes and mutated flesh are good. Horns in similar patterns to the plague bearers on the helmets of your marines would also look good I think.
>should I go full greenstuff? should I try to make each marine different?
If you want to, sure. I mean the baseline should be they have to be armed like they should and that's it from a the minimum required perspective. Everything else is up to you. With the mk3 plastic kits now you could even try to convert models in a similar vein to the old 2nd edition models with the prussian pickelhaube design, if you know what I mean.

>>50632739
It's more art than science. Plaguebearer bits could work. Other bits could work. Greenstuff can work.

But do try to make them all unique. Chaos and all that.

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I'm currently putting a ghostkeel but im not 100% on the head. Anyone got any suggestions for an simple but good looking conversion/swap?

pls help

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http://anvilindustry.co.uk/AFTERLIFE/Republic/Republic-Raider-Exo-Mech
+
http://maxmini.eu/conversion-bits/melee-weapons-shields/mechanical-shields-bits
+
40mm bases
=
Mechanized Bullgryns, for the Imperial regiment that needs the muscle without the abhuman. (Guardsman for scale)

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>>50632965
One more for a little more detail. Sorry, working off of a phone camera here.

Would orange and black space marines look to silly? Tempted to buy thise pumpkin heads from Anvil Industries and make a gimmicky Halloween-based Space Marine chapter. Maybe even make them loyalist Night Lord succesors.

>>50633059
http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/244481-all-hallows-guard/

>>50632965
>>50633017
I think they'd benefit from actual ogryns heads. Remember that ogryns are claustrophobic, a full helmet could be weird, even though they have stuff kinda like that in 30k.

Right now, it just looks like an Anvil minI with a big shield.

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>>50627581
>>50631837
Thanks!

>>50631501
When your post won, I immediately thought of a desert-scape type palette and was trying to shoot for something like that.

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Speaking of Anvil stuff, was looking into getting some of their shield arms because FW sure as shit is dragging their feet with making an upgrade kit for plastic MkIIIs. Since I'm not a fan of the Medieval arms, my only other options are the Vanguard arms. I suppose I could handwave the arm being different in that it's housing power cabling and reinforced servos for carrying and powering the shield itself.

But what are these circled things suppose to be? Is that like cloth or what? How well will a shoulder pad cover all that?

>>50633276
Yeah, that's what I'm going for, just normal guardsmen in bulky exo-suits. I was looking for a technological solution to filthy abhumans.

>>50633342
I think those might just be inner power-cables, the ones that power the actual suit?

>>50633386
I thought so too, but the one on the far right looks more like wrinkled cloth than a series of cables.

>>50633505
Yeah I was looking at that too, I still think power-cables, but maybe just a faulty mold on the far right one?

>>50633505
Could be a convered joint, rubber sheating kind if thing. Looks a lot like wires though

>>50630568
When the anon doesn't post what he got :(

>>50633591
Maybe he got allahu akbar'd? Or it was dragon dildoes.

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>>50633648
>>50633591

So far we've had a few of these

>Oh my Secret Santa came
>no pictures
>no follow up

I'm sure the person who posted your gift appreciate the 21 characters / one sentence of thanks.

At least this guy posted a picture of the box, not quite sure why you would then not go to the effort of posting the contents

Slightly off topic, but can any UK anons material for making scenery with, in particular hills/rocks? There are a few youtube channels who recommend insulation foam, but having visited B&Q, the stuff they sell there is really fibrous and doesn't look like the same stuff from the vids...

>>50633732
http://www.firedragongames.co.uk/tools--materials.html
That is the right stuff I believe, and it's a UK site.

>>50630651
That looks like a Bob Olley giant. sick

>>50633648
imagine
>dragon dildo
>in a tube
>with explosive charge
>fuse set on opening the box
LDR - Long Distance Rape!

>>50633732
You mean like the sheets of Celotex? I wouldn't use that stuff, not least because its really flakey and not good to inhale...I guess for rocks you could also try expanding foam. A small dollop of it, let it expand then carve it. That comes out reasonably fine.

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Too the Rochester anon, your secret santa is sent! Idk how long it'll take to get to you though, hopefully before christmas.

in other news, this is the first model i've converted and painted since i had an operation on my right arm, hands are a bit shaky but idk where to go from here with it. Suggestions?

>>50633804
13 year olds aren't allowed on 4chan kiddo.

>>50633808
Celotex is what I saw in the shops and looks cancerous so will be steering well clear of it.

>>50633774
Cheers, kind of what I was looking for but I need a larger scale. Think I have found what I'm looking for, the stuff is just called rigid insulation foam.

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>>50633804

Epic for the win bro XD so le epic XD

le upboated

>>50633930
Its what my dad works with as part of his trade. Its not as bad as fibreglass or god forbid asbestos, but it'll still do you no good if you inhale it.

A cursory look online found a shop that sells made to measure blocks of modelling foam.

https://www.efoam.co.uk/foam-rectangle.php?gclid=Cj0KEQiA7K7CBRCrwt26v5uHs98BEiQA0JzsZx9XTO9twPMBjcxNGWo9rERYq8EbygAeHx8TwKOGGBEaAgxt8P8HAQ

Looks like it could be a good alternative to insulation foam, as its designed for what we want.

>>50633854
Some chipping always looks good on orks with painted armour, and acts similar to an edge highlight for emphasizing contrast on the edge of plates.

If he's a big-effort mini then I'd add a little more yellow to your skintone for another highlight on the knuckles, and do a small white highlight on the tip of the horns.

Conversion-wise, I feel like his torso is slightly too long, but otherwise it's really nice.

>>50627548
My body is ready

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Wip of my Dorf, apologies for not great lighting conditions

>>50633783
Do you know more about it? I'd like to know more about these pewter pieces. My mini experience is strictly GW

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>>50633342
could be something more like an intermediate suit or sheath with enhanced muscle fibers like the suits in gantz

>>50634115
It's an ogre, my mistake

http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/olley/latest/02288

>>50634096

The OSL is lovely, the highlights on the cloak and some of the yellow look a little thick / lumpy (although if it's shitcast that could be the underlying surface)

Anon in windell, SC, your package is gonna be headed your way on monday, sorry its taken this long to get it sorted, but its coming

>>50634115
the little guy with the spear is a Red Box goblin

http://red-box-games.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=17&products_id=79

zero idea about the wolves and spider but wouldn't be surprised if they were Reaper

>>50634280
no tbf it's just me throwing colours at it at the moment to see what happens, the new goal is to tone everything back down, it's the first time i've tried any nmm at all like on the bejazzled beard and armour, and then modify the flames and cloak

>>50634280
but thanks, the OSL was just an off the cuff thing, idk if it's overstated but i quite like it, this is one of my favourite plastic dorfs atm

Drinking some cocoa and prepping for my next stage after kiddo goes to bed, who else comfy here

If I wanted to convert Obliterators out of Terminators, which type of Terminator armor should I use?

I was thinking of Death Guard Grave Wardens.

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>>50634333
I am comfy as fuck today. First Saturday I've had off in weeks, decided to work on this bizarre Land Raider tank thing, later on I'm going to paint on some of these awesome Super Dungeon Explore minis. Nervous as hell hoping my Secret Santa recipient likes the gift I sent

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>>50634333
The dogs are fed, Empire Strikes Back is on tv. ive got a cup of coffee, a cigarette, and an extra comfy fire rolling. Finished the Gue'vesa squad last night, so its prime time tonight, i think.

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What are you upto /wip/?

Painting some Bloodletters and listening to dream pop, quite comfy. Doing assembly line for the first time and it seems to be a lot more productive. Should I bother with the second layer of mephiston red for the basecoat if I'm going to wash and then go back in with mephiston red after anyway?

>>50634524
Damn that thing looks big AF. Big job man I can't wait to see progress

>>50634541
>What are you upto /wip/?

magnetising for different stormwolf loadouts

>>50634541
Getting to do some last stages on the AOS ice wind assault box that I assembled and am painting for a friend. Been a big job and the end is in sight. As long as you have a pretty solid color for the next one to go down on you should be good.

>>50634719
Getting ready that is

>>50634541

Painting some Bushido miniatures I got for D&D characters, and waiting on my assassin miniature. Making the 4 element masters, a Yuan-Ti Wizard, YUan-Ti fighter/rogue, human divination wizard, and assassin.

>>50634541
>>50634719
Also, if your mephiston red is completely covering on the first coat you may want to thin your paint a tad more

>>50634530
Damn looks cozy. Just fed my dog a bit ago too. GSD. No fireplace though

>>50634524
Thanks for the idea to use wine corks

>>50634832
It is not my dude.

I am a keen disciple of Duncan

>>50634860
Yessir. Now i just gotta make the effort to go start painting. It's getting to,beReturn of the Jedi time here soon though.

>join me, together we can rule the galaxy

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assualt squad ready for the table, the white on the helmets is thick but i'm getting better with the other white parts of the armour

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>>50635017
close up of the banner, sorry for crappy pics

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First time participating in the secret santa. Thanks Vegas-anon, I was excited to see a special picked mini's label, but then to find that it was caringly painted for the holidays was just super fuckin' swell mate. Made my day.

Seattle-anon, get ready, your box is on it's way this weekend! Happy Ho-Ho from Canada boyo.

>>50635077
I'm glad you like it! I wish I could have sent more, money is a little tight this year though. Happy Holidays

>>50635075
Is that free handed?

>>50635222
Ah! Dude no worries, the surprise and them feels is why I participated. I haven't felt this genuinely comforted in years haha. Thanks again anon!

>>50634894
>I am a keen disciple of Duncan

May the Agrax Earthshade be with you.

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rewhining from last thread

>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...

>>50635017

Sick claws on the sarge

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>>50635459
>tfw you got your present days ago and are purposefully not uploading your present's pictures just to make your secret santa suffer

Not really. I'm not even participating in the secret santa. Getting a package from an anon seems kinda sketchy, given my current housing conditions.

>>50635263
i wish anon, it's the aobr captains backbanner.

>>50635501
thnx anon

>>50622239

KY Anon here, glad you liked it battle-brother!

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Still messing with the look I want for my terror squad. I think I want to use the MkIII armor for the models with BP+CCW because I can put some lightning across the chest, and the Volkites can have the harness.

Thoughts?

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Has anyone else put together the Blood Angels Librarian model and there been massive gaps between the front piece with the tabard and everything else? I can see daylight through the other side of the mini. That can't be right, surely?

>>50635077
lovely little girl

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>>50635375
Our Duncan
Who art on youtube
Thinned be thy paints
Thy layers come
Thy washes be done
On models using citadel
Give us this day our daily tutorial
And forgive us our unthinned paints
As we forgive those who do not thin paints
And lead us not into flat colours
But deliver us the earthshade

>>50634541
I was going to assembly some more Calth marines but now I ended up talking to a banker about getting babby's first mortgage. I'm going to be a houseowner (also I have no idea where I'm going to set up my painting station...)

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reposting just in case

Thanks for the gift kentucky anon

>>50635222
Dude, that paintjob is top-tier. What an awesome gift to give someone!

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>>50634541
>what are you up to?

Finally working on my Night Lords.

Feels pretty good.

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>>50634541
Trying to figure out how to paint my Tsons

>>50635867
I really like the curvy claws over the Calth glue-onto-Power-Fist-claws. Is this a kitbash of Calth, Prospero, and the Raptor kit?

>>50635884
That's one sexy candy coat of red, anon.

>>50635911

Yes.

The claws are actually warp talon claws.
The legs and pack are raptors, as is the one shoulder
The chest is from Calth
The head and other shoulder are BoP

I did the same thing here >>50635733 more or less. Though there's no Calth here. Just raptor and BoP.

I do need to make a very fancy lightening claw for my praetor that will serve as a Paragon Blade.

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Uhhh something arrived today

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Slowly....

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>>50636040
>>50636017
Mfw forgot to resize...

Thank you so much based Turkanon. This gift really means a lot to me, as orks were what initially brought me into the hobby, around 15 years ago. Although I took a break and just recently returned to playing and painting, orks will ever be something special to me. Unfortunately I've sold my old orks (4k points 40k and 3k wfb), but this might be the start of a small ork army for me! Really love the kromlech models.

Again, thank you so much! Have a nice christmas !

Much love, germanon.

>>50636017
>>50636040
Oh cool you got my package, did they put the message I requested in with the miniatures? If not that's disappointing. Hope you like the figures anon, merry Christmas and a happy new year!

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So I finished my second session of experimenting with the art of scrubbing models covered by shit. The good news is Simple Green and hot water does indeed fuck up the green stuff, so I was able to completely salvage an awesome storm shield and a librarian's hand intact (although if that bitch was finecast resin it would have probably been destroyed by my hard labor).

The bad news is the other model I scrubbed is still not completely washed away. I was able to rip away the metal parts intact and those were scrubbed 99%, but the plastic marine itself is pretty stubborn. Hopefully a third session will do it.

I know theres stronger stuff out there, but I don't live by myself and I don't want to use anything stronger than Simple Green in the house.

>>50628056
Finally someone who buys a ludicrous amount of FW stuff but actually knows how to paint it.

They look fantastic.

>>50636114
Aww shucks, glad you like them germanon. I'm >>50636121

You too friend! Merry Christmas :)

Britanon

>>50636169
Go and save yourself the hassle and buy yourself some Biostrip 20.

Here's a video on the effects it has on pretty much everything and how to use it too https://youtu.be/JjU1rP2VET8

I've been using this shit for a year or so and it works a treat on everything but resin.

>>50635841
>>50635599

Most welcome again, battle-brother!

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Make Kill Team great again.

Still doing cleanup as we speak on mold lines, but I think they look nice.

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>>50636255

Gee thanks anon, will definitely check it out.

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Still have alot to learn but i've come a ways. Been painting alot of malifaux, feels strange to come back and paint space marines.

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>>50634541
I'm getting ready to prime a chimera

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>>50634541

Working on fixing up these: >>50628792

Coming along nicely. Definitely happy with the MkIII heads.

>>50635559
You are not alone. I'm looking forward to next year's.

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>>50636584

>tfw wanted to do it this year
>too broke at the moment

>>50636550
Nice guns. Are they a kit or conversion or what?

>>50636550
Bad news, Anon. Unless you cleaned out those capacitors they'll eventually burst and leak onto your nice paintjob.

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Do you guys have any recommended varnishes?

Preferably a spray.

Also, is does mat varnishes fuck up metal colors?
Satin varnishes sounds like the more reasonable choice, right?

>>50636739
>Also, is does mat varnishes fuck up metal colors?

Yes it does. Testor's Dullcote is the best matte varnish but it's expensive and it basically turns metallics into non-metallics. Army Painter is the one I recommend as it's acrylic, cheaper since it comes in a larger can, and is about 99% as good in terms of matte finish, and has a high resistance to misting due to humidity because it's Army Painter.

For spray matte, I don't have any good recommendations but I bought a can of Krylon acrylic matte. Dunno if it's any good. I know Pledge Future floor polish is the best acrylic gloss but it's a liquid, not a spray.

>>50636619
Conversion based on the CSM kit's heavy bolters. Metal tubes for the autocannon barrels and ammo drums.

>>50636647
Good news: Those aren't capacitors. Just larger aluminum tubes with plastic (from a cheapo 'for sale' sign) to cap the ends.

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>>50636759

Any idea if Purity Seal is any good?
I'd like to preserve some shininess from metals and such if possible.

>>50636808

Purity seal is a satin, and satins don't kill metallic shines as much. Purity seal's problem is that it's expensive, and it mists a lot. If you want to risk the misting, go for it, but I'd recommend a different satin spray. If you live in a warm, dry area then you won't have to worry about misting.

Army Painter is pretty good at preserving shine for a matte, but it's still going to kill a lot of it. I've heard people using the new gloss washes say that helps preserve shine after spraying varnish.

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>>50627530
Looking to shamelessly copy pic related for my abaddon counts as, where he get them pauldrons tho?

>>50631235
Thin your paints

>>50636808

Depends on where you are. If you live in like Arizona for example it'll work fine. But it turns into cum spray when things get really cold and/or wet

But I guess a more general question for folks here, what do you use to preserve your models? I'm in so cal so purity seal works fine for me, but I'm wondering if there's another sealant I can find that would be better.

>>50636875

I'm NorCal and I use AP anti-shine. Humidity is generally 55-90 so I have to wait till days that are 45-50 to be super safe.

>>50636424
Looking much better than my first space furries m8

>>50636424
The progress is definitely there! I'd say you need to neaten up the wash on the pauldron by either improving your brush control to get the wash just into the recesses or use your base colour to make it less wide. The highlighitng on the pauldron is also very messy (in contrast to the neat highlighting on the arm).

The other pauldron is definitely too far offset, it should be tighter to the torso of the marine. Personally I like painting my pauldrons separately and then attaching them to the rest of the marine after they're all finished.

The highlighting on the arm is nice, but I honestly can't tell if the botler has any highlights at all.

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Kitbashed my first Carcharodon...yay or nay?

>>50636851
They're pieces from the Heldrake kit.

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>>50627548
You're doing it wrong.

>>50637137
what's his other hand doing?

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>>50637179
readying a krak grenade

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Post your sick ass conversions, bonus points if they are conversions done with toys

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>>50637251
Heres a battle fortress I did once

>>50637095
The problem is that it's an old pauldron mold where they are all just... tiny? I don't like it but my past self didn't mind when I built the model.
I wasn't sure if I should have highlighted the bolter using blue or grey so I didn't haha.
>>50636994
Cheers m8ty

>>50637363
Hell yea, looks awesome!

>>50637363

Nice checkerboard

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>>50637251
Sentinels for gsc

>>50637204
I feel like it needs to be a bit more dynamic, to match the rest of the model

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>>50637251
I'm still proud of my weird looking Penitent Knight.

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>>50637705

>>50637705
I never saw the finished product but I like the color on it. Kinda makes the armor look like its porcelain or glass.

>>50637705
>there is no need to be upset

>>50637251
I don't really have any sick conversions, sadly. I built a Skitarii with a super-heavy arc rifle because I ran out of bits, and I posted my Tempestus that include an Enginseer here >>50636340 but neither is very good.

>>50637588
Cool

>>50637816
Hey m8, you gotta start somewhere. Still looks better than the shit I started with that is caked in superglue

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>>50637588
how'd u do it?

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>>50637816

Trying to put blood angel heads on scout bodies, but I'm having trouble making them look right. Anyone have any tutorials or suggestions?

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>>50637738
Thanks. It's a really basic process.

1. Prime with an airbrush (flat white)
2. Lightly shade with a very light grey
3. Take a pot of brown ink and shake the fuck out of it. Make sure it's good and frothy.
4. Brush over the armour panels, letting it settle evenly
5. Let it dry for many, many hours.

>>50637917
Thanks for sharing, I saw someone do a knight with pauldrons meant to be stained glass for their sisters. I'll have to steal that idea if they ever release sisters in plastic.

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>>50634524
This mini was so much fun to paint. I had intending on posting progress but I got in the groove and couldn't put my brush down. The material is a little odd, kinda flexible, cant really scrape mold lines off. I like the cobblestone base it came with, but I want to greenstuff the slot and make it a solid pattern before I stick him back on it. Thanks again VA anon!

>>50637137
not sold at all on the sharkfin desu, it should be charcadony enough when painted and tribal'd up.

>>50637705
That's actually unsettleing, nice!

>>50631501
Why would it look like garbage? Orange and blue are direct complementary colors, very harmonious.

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>>50639139

Not him but he's using a solid bright orange with a pastel blue. He should be using a more solid blue like pic related. If it were pastel orange and pastel blue you could use color theory as an argument.

I've been working on a rulebook and I'd like to know what programs /tg/ would recommend for laying out pages or typesetting. I've been making tables in Microsoft Word and putting in text but it's really, really awkward and ugly.

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>>50637251
Mine's less sick more ass.

>>50627530
Hey, can you post that one pic with Duncan of good paints that demands me to write something in this thread?

Years and years ago, I painted eight BFG cruiser models. I was never satisfied with their appearance though, because it was really difficult to get sharp detail on them, like on their antennas or command decks.

Is there a way to get good, sharp detail on miniatures, and not a bunch of blobby lines?

>>50639616

If you're a novice painter, ink washes are your friend. Other than that, A good fine brush and painting with the side of your brush can work well.

>>50639658
What's an ink wash?

>>50639380
But anon, I AM using color theory as an argument. Scheme looks good because complementary colors armonize well, plus, base blue was pretty solid and bright itself. Pastel blue was used to highlight and texture the armor plates.

>>50639693

Ink washses are basically really thinned down paints. Instead of sticking to a surface normally, they seep into the cracks, providing a lot of definition for little work. While not the prettiest miniatures, you can see an example of the results on this coat: http://displacedminiatures.com/images/2.img.1331674871DeathDealers3.jpg

a lot of definition, little work.

>>50639693
Very liquid, runny paint (aka ink) is liberally brushed over large surfaces so it runs into the recesses of the miniature, thus creating easy shading. Gives nice depth to a miniature.

>>50639760
>>50639745
The issue I was having with the BFG models was that I wanted to highlight the guns and make some sharp, easily-seen windows and armor-plate.

What's a good way to do that? Cardstock stencils?

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Tests for my new dfc fleet. Quite happy how it turned out

>>50639892
>the first DFC player to actually play UCM

God tier taste. No idea why they are so underplayed, their ships are hands down the most amazing looking models in the game by a mile. The other ships look good too but I don't understand how you can pass up UCM ship design except for faction loyalty from DzC.

>>50639946

I don't even play Dropzone anything, and I was half-tempted to start DFC for the UCM models.

>>50639946
Altough the phr has sick looks too. But in the end, UCM all the way

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>>50637588
Those are fantastic.

And here I am thinking I was doing a good job on mine. I even recast some cult icons with greenstuff and oyumaru. Though this is pretty much the first vehicle type model I've even done.

>>50640288
>not making it a yellow Aliens powerloader

You had one job.

>>50632953

Stu Pickles in the background, nice.
That was from the episode where Angelica pretended to break her leg and Stu was up int he middle of the night making chocolate pudding for her.

>>50640306
I did magnetize it so I could rig up a claw instead of the chainsaw.

I have another coming in soon that I may go full-industrial on if I can cut narrow enough strips of tape to get smooth hazard stripes.

Then again I may make the next one armored up for variety.

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how would one paint camouflage on 15mm and not have it look flat.

I can paint single colour parts of uniforms well enough with a wash and some highlights. But camo fucks my shit up and the background colour of the smock looks fine but the camo looks flat. Even if i try highlighting it just looks wrong and out of place.

ideas?

pic related although obviously not mine

>>50636202
Oh, i assumed you were turkish due to package labeling, whoopsie! Again, many thanks, that gift is awesome! The chrsitmas ornament is reaaaaally cool AS well, hope ill be allowed to Hang it :D
Ill post pictures of the orks AS soon AS i get to paint them

Does anyone have the painting guide for the Alpha Legion ?
Not the one with the washes.

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>>50637155
nah, that's more of a Bummbar
the stug lyfe is what i'm after

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>>50627548
>>50637155
>>50641200
pic related is what I'm trying to aim more for

What do you use for drilling / pinning your models? I mean metal models. I have an electric drill (20000 rpm) with 1/8" standart chuck but I can't find small (0,5mm-1mm) drill bits for metal (only for PCB/plastic)
What does WIP use that is not an uberexpensive professional dremel?

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>>50641568
>I have an electric drill (20000 rpm)
in my experience drilling slower works better. Otherwise you're just heating up your mini and breaking your drillbits off.
I had a set of drillbits that fine that came with my rotary tool. And I think you should be able to get stuff like that in any decent hardware store.
But army painter sells drill bits too.

Smaller than 1mm is a size I've rarely used, even for pinning. Using paperclips for pinning work quite well. They're stronger than garden wire and still small enough you don't have to drill big. And they're easy to come by.

>>50641568

That RPM is going to melt your models. Even 5000 RPM melts plasic. You need a variable speed drill that starts at 0 RPM or has a setting with very very low RPM.

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>>50641568
>>50641606

>Electric drills

What the hell

>>50641658
I said rotary tool.
You can use that to cut or grind. Pretty useful for converting metal and plastic alike.
If you need one obviously depends on how involved your conversions get though.

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>>50641568
Something like this with the fitting drill bits.

>>50641692
Forgot to add: that's just for pinning. For everything else to do with metal models I use a dremel with the model under running water.

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>>50637251
I got a few that I'm proud of, I've posted them here before though

>>50633694

>not quite sure why you would then not go to the effort of posting the contents


Posting a pic of the box to let the other party know it got there and then wait til Christmas to open it maybe?

>>50638430
Where is the mini from? Do you know?

>>50636851
That is so damn sexy.

>>50639745
>>50639760
If you want to get technical, ink washes are not paint. Inks typically have more transluscent pigments (you can see through them), and the medium is glossier.

>>50640537
On minis? Just do wash afterwards?

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>>50641166
This one?

>>50636851
Is that just a regular Termi? Or did he put in some pieces of plastic card to make him look taller?

>>50641926
It's a super dungeon explore mini, specifically from the Von Drakk manor set

>>50641969
Thanks. It looks surpisingly good once painted (the good paintjob helps of course).

>>50641937
tried that. it darkens the whole smock ruining previous highlights.

>>50642087
Thin your wash and overhighlight with that in mind.

>>50642087
this >>50642092

or as an alternative you could try those gloss washes by GW or the Army painter quick shade stuff (the one in the big jar, not the small dropper bottles). That stuff flows straight to the recesses without altering/darkening the paint itself.
It makes the mini glossy though, so you need matte varnish afterwards.

>>50642113
>That stuff flows straight to the recesses without altering/darkening the paint itself.


This is a lie, but the effect is a lot less noticeable than with matte washes.

>>50642136
I watched a review on that army painter dip a while ago and the guy who did it pointed that out especially. I didn't use it myself (nor the gloss gw stuff) but i heard the gw gloss washes behave the same way.

But even if its like you say and it is less noticeable.. maybe thats enough already?

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>>50642152
Guy on the right has had Nuln Oil Gloss and no touchup with macragge blue after, guy on the left has had the touch up.

>>50642190
>3.82 MB

Jesus I'm sorry, new phone and I hadn't put this through an editing app.

>>50642202
No worries. Most of us aren't on dial-up.

>>50642190
I see. A 3rd one with standard nuln oil and no touch ups would be interesting.

>>50642281
This was just a progress shot I did while I'm batch-painting these guys, they're all far beyond this stage now. Maybe when I next do some tacticals.

Also this is a v basic job that I'm just doing to get them painted, I've spent too long recently doing single models.

>tfw filling all the gaps of archaon with some liquid green stuff
>very happy, its the first time I actually paint a big model
>prime it
>gaps still show through

fucking ruined the model, i hope the rest of the priming goes well

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100% done. Pretty happy with everything except how long I took to finish this.

>>50642386
You do have some damn cool Orks to paint now Anon, those look really nice.

>>50641944
no, I think it was with tamiya airbrush colors

>>50642353

fuck me, while priming the wing broke off. fuck this gay earth

>>50642444
You leave the earth out of your subpar assembly skills.

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I'm currently thinking of painting a small squad of The Scourged CSMs. Because they're a renegade chapter, I thought it might be a nice detail to add some loyalist pieces to the models, as I don't think we know how "recently" they became renegade. What do you guys think?

>>50642716
Obviously, I still have mould lines to get rid of.

>>50637849
They are both originally hive tyrants.
The guns are both mixes of bits from taurox guns and the arms carrying them are both biomorph gun arms with the gun hacked off. The left arm resting on top of the gun on the left tyrant is the "tube arm" for the venomcannon with the tube removed and the fingers made from the spikes which usually go on the tyrants chest. Each one then has a scything talon arm, and the one on the right has a lash whip for his free arm since he's holding the gun one handed.
The legs I just took a hobby saw and made the angle a bit more straight to give them a taller profile, also mixed 1 flying leg and one walking leg with each to give a more dynamic pose. the toes are just green stuff over a slightly shortened hoof which the spikes from the ankles and chest of the tyrants. And the tube they are standing on is just a receipt paper roll.
Used a hobby saw again to cut off the tails to a shorter point and filled out with greenstuff.
The cloaks are made from about a 2 to 1 ratio of yellow to blue green stuff which does make them take quite a bit longer to dry and a bit more brittle however it allows the greenstuff to stretch and tear into very ragged edges which are perfect for robes/sheets covering monsters.

>>50642386
Definitely a good job but I do remember some of those models from months ago!

>>50642716
the lies...the lies...the LIES...THE LIES.

>>50642749
I love both their colour scheme and their fluff (well, the little snippet that they have)
I've already painted a daemon prince in their colour scheme, which I uploaded here a while ago.

>>50642915
LIES! POST IT AGAIN!

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>>50636907
>I'm NorCal and I use AP anti-shine.

Good on ya!

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>>50637705
>I'm still proud of my weird looking Penitent Knight.

He looks like a really useful engine!

does anyone have any experience witht the fw death guard kits (nurgle ones so post heresy)?
would they fit the new plastic mk3s?

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>>50641568
>What do you use for drilling / pinning your models?

I use this little manual drill, plus the tip of the hobby knife if I need to gouge out the hole a little bigger. I'm wishing I'd bought one more like >>50641658; having chucks on both ends sounds cool, but the coolness disappears the moment the back end starts digging into your hand as you drill.

For pinning, I normally use paperclips, but I do have some larger-caliber brass rod for special projects.

>>50642211
>No worries. Most of us aren't on dial-up.

First World high-speed Internet anon here... I used to balk at da ladz out in da stikks complaining about the big file sizes, but it seems to me lately that 4chan is throttling back on the delivery speed of those larger files - so much so that the really big ones don't even completely download. They just get stuck!

What's weird is that this *doesn't* happen over on /hr/, where the file sizes are routinely measured in MB.

Anybody else experiencing this?

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>>50642975
Here you go THE TRUTH HAS BEEN REVEALED!

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>>50643239
I still need to highlight the gold though.

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>>50643248
And create the base...

>>50643248
>>50643239
Man, i wish i played an army that had giant melee. Tau kinda shafted me on that.

>>50643301
Isn't Farsight kinda melee?

>>50643315
I dont play farsight, and its meh at best. Fusion blades on commander, which have a chance to not let either fusion blaster work for the game.
Farsight has Dawn Blade, but they arent my style. Auxiliaries all the way.

>>50643239
THIS SOOVHS MY AILING MIND!

>>50643454
Thank you! I might keep you updated!

>>50643239
>>50643248
>>50643280

Looking good. Liking the fire effects.

>>50632953
What in particular were you looking for, aesthetically? I've found in my experience that mincing up a couple spare battlesuit weapons lying around gives you a lot of room to make your own unique head design.

>>50643694
I used Multi-Trackers as crisis heads for the slim look, beefed them up.
>>50632953
Anon Try one of the Coldstar bits if you have a Commander kit. The heads will be too small, but some of the Multi Trackers, scopes, fins, and lenses would make for a very cool multi-eyed head with some imagination

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Guys, what does a CSM combi-bolter look like?

Is it even represented in a model?

>>50643947
Drill your barrels

>>50637363
Witnessed

>>50643947
look up the cataphratcii terminator armour from betrayal at calth.

>>50643947
Chaos tanks have some on their cupolas.

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>>50643947
Pic related?

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Sigmarite Dry paint from the citadel range

What wet paint is its equivalent?

>>50644259

XV-88 looks pretty close.

>>50643947
The older combi-bolters look almost identical to storm bolters, they just have chaos bits. The new heresy combi-bolters look like two bolters strapped together as it should. See the Cataphractii/Tartarus terminators to see what I mean.

>>50644259
I would say Gehnna's Gold

>>50644343
>>50644259

It's a metallic, gold.

Whatever it is, it's lighter than Retributor

>>50644569
If it's a gold that's lighter than Retributor it's either Auric Armour or Liberator Gold.

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>>50644259
Have some shitty oc.

Might be a silly question but how do you use runefang steel properly? I find it's very transparent and watery and when I try to thin it down it just becomes too thin to use. I've had similar trouble with white scar, it's hard to find the right consistency.

>>50642386
Fucking lovely. This is how to Ork.

Why the round lipped bases? Am I missing something about Gorkamorka

>>50645002
Are these layer paints or base paint?
If its layer paint then you are supposed to paint the area with a similar (a bit darker) paint first and apply the paint on top of that so the base paint can show through

>>50629383
This feel intentional

>>50645002
Did you put down a primer on the model 1st? Sometimes that's all that's needed.

New thread:

>>50645875