WIP - Work In Progress General

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Test model for a necromunda gang I'm putting together, still don't know if I should go for a more rag tag look or keep the shirts and pants uniform. was thinking of mixing grey, brown, and green shirts while maintaining that dark green armour throughout

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>>50687583
aaaaaaaaaaand the back

>>50687583
>>50687603
looks real slick m8, very nice clean paintjob

what are you planning for the base

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>>50687583
>>50687603
Looks very green. Maybe give them beige or brown fatigues? You need some other colour to break up all the green.

>>50687634
May try out the citadel urban bases but I've heard some negative things about them, or try to make my own toxic industrial waste base

>>50687583
>>50687603
Sicknasty.

Did you keep the genestealer cult icon hanging off his belt on purpose? He is a low-key cultist?

>>50687669
They're fine. Details a little dulled but it makes it look better if you go for battle damaged or worn look.

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>>50687529
>>50687674

>>50687696
jesus fuck.
First I missed the new thread, then I quote the wrong post

>>50687669
As someone who thought they looked awesome and bought the box of 60x 32mm base I don't suggest them. The cast quality is very low. I quite honestly have chinese recasts that are better quality than those bases.

Spend the money on buying materials to make your own sweet bases. I know it's more work but they will look so much better.

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I can't claim I'm particularly proud of this one. I've got to clean it up a lot before I will be satisfied enough to call it finished. Always had shit skill with painting eldar.

>>50687696
>>50687713
fuck me
>>50687242

>>50687696

you're gonna have to tell me where these heads are hidden because these are all that seem to exist
http://meridianminiatures.com/steam-and-aether/heads

Asking here since I figure I'm likely to reach some history bros. What superficial things scream Ancient and Antiquity Germanic to you the way helmet plumes and pteruges say Roman?

>>50688085
clubs and animal pelts? Not sure there's real iconic equivalence.

>>50688085
Mail mostly.

Maybe long swords and montefortino style helmets, but those are more iconic for celts than germans.

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Would this be a good place to ask about casting my own minis and tokens? I'm gonna.

I'm curious about vacuum degassing. That's something I do with my resin once I mix the two parts, but before I pour it into a mold? For some reason I always thought you'd have the resin in the mold and them apply a vacuum to coax bubbles out of the nooks and crannies. Set me straight.

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>tfw find this bit after about an hour and a half scouring

not bad

>>50687583
Nice and clean look I can respect. Scheme is great. Just dirty them up a touch hive scum live in filth

>>50688619
Imperial knight fag out REEEE

>>50688775
it's from a bloody dunecrawler

Question for you guys.

This may sound like a weird question, but how do I go about modeling a bolter+flamer+plasma gun? Basically, the model has a combi-plasma AND a normal flamer, and I have no idea how to model it because it's on a sister of battle.

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MkIII Death Guard (more like Best Guard) legionary coming together.

>>50688853
the damage and texture make it look rad. was the texture on the knee caps intentional? it looks cool!

Anons, do any of you have a pdf of Rogue Trader painting guides? Specifically Dark Angels if possible.

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>>50688866
It's an unfortunate(?) side effect of the mineral spirits I used to spread rust striking solution. Not as noticeable in real life.

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>>50688595
Why yes, you are in the right place!
Not sure if there are any resin casters on right now, but here's the standard .pdf that gets passed around here!

is it okay to mix metallic and non-metallic paints of a similar color? (ex lead bealcher and mechanicus grey)

>>50689298
Oh crap, wrong thread! Terribly sorry, anons.

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More Birdmen

Is the head too small, I honestly cannot tell

>>50689385
yeah kinda small

>>50689385
I dunno. Could probably stand to be a tiny bit larger, but it seems fine. Maybe post it next to another model for scale?

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Got the main body color done, next is black I think. Also ordered a Tamiya US equipment set, so I'll have some bags and gear to stick on this thing to give it some flavor.

>>50689385
Don't Horrors come with a larger beaked head that may fit this model better?

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Decided to skew simple with the color scheme on the ARC-X1. Nuln oil layered with coal satin holographic paint every couple of layers gave the black a really cool dirty metallic reflectiveness that's really awesome when the things moving in light. Mixed balthazar, sepia and reikland fleshshade to achieve the bronzing on the engine components. Basic fluorescent glow purple paint for the engines and some soulstone blue gem color for the canopy and that's all she wrote! Has a bit of old newness that a virtually unused, mothballed prototype would probably have after sitting in a hanger most of its life.

Just wanted to say thanks to you guys for giving me some incredible work to look up to!

>>50689385
There is a bird head in the plastic spawn kit that may fit better. The High Elf eagle or phoenix head may fit too.

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>>50689442
>>50689456
>>50689511
>>50689658
Herald head is too big, Phoenix would be fun.

The spawn head thing is bigger than the horror

>>50689681
Actually pic doesn't make the herald seem to bad.

Will fiddle more tomorrow

>>50689681
Herald head looks great dude.

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Posted this in the /hhg/ but haven't; really had any replies, so again:

>read heresy book
>warhound has underchin bolters of some sort, either heavy or normal, can't remember
>decide thats pretty cool, want to do that with mine
>what do you think would look the best and where would they be placed for maximum cool?
>pic related, someone suggested hurricane bolters
>also i have lost my blutack

>>50689474

That guy's kits are my favorite tank conversions.

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Work on my Thousand Sons

>>50689937
>Don't talk to me or my thousand sons ever again

>>50689937

Candy canes included on Contemptor just in time for the holidays.

>>50689737
Well I probably wouldn't do it as I don't think it looks good, but maybe just put one set of bolters in the center instead of 2 sets as you have their.

But yeah personally not a fan.

>>50689937
Anon, the Contemptor looks great, but the Praetor's weapon looks retarded. It's huge even for 40k. I mean that thing is anime-tier huge. It's so huge, a dreadnought could use it. Just, no.

>>50690077
what

Its barely longer than a normal powersword, and not even as thick as a power axe

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Another trooper for my Rogue Trader dynasty: A Mordian Iron Guard doing his best impression of a Tempestus Scion.

>>50688595
oi mate,
you dont want to vacuum degass after the pour because the material rises and falls which leads to spills and general mess making. As for vacuum before pour and again after pour...I dunno. It goes into a pressure pot after the pour to make whatever bubble in there super tiny and undetectable.

so mix->vacuum*->pour->pressure pot**->profit

*must pull >= 29 inches of mercury, otherwise you're better off mixing carefully than using something that only pulls 28, less is moar harm than good

**I shouldn't have to tell you not to cheap out on this, the last thing you want is for it to spread shrapnel throughout your flat.

>>50690077
Implying that spehss muhreens can't wield anime sized weapons

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>>50690147
Yeah, not like there is a precedent for this shit in 40k or anything

>>50690077

It's a short polearm dude.

>>50690162
Tau were a mistake.

>>50689937
I liek it. How do you do the red?

>>50690173
*jetpacks behind you*

nothing personal, gue'la

>>50689681
Top one looks good bro

>>50689737

however you want to do it. doesnt it make more sense for the guns to be on like a ring mount so they can swivel? the way you have it modelled here means it could only shoot where the head points.

Im kinda not too big a fan of the idea anyway but its your hobby so do what you like. If i ever got a warhound id put a big spear and chain launcher like in another Heresy book

>>50689937

These look badass man. I really like the red scheme, its sexy. And the termi armour dude looks like he could wreck some shit, i love it.

>>50689474
Are you putting that tank turret on that body? If so, can I see a picture of them assembled? If not, would you take a picture of them assembled anyway?

Hey, /WIP/ I'm having trouble keeping a point on my brushes for like painting lines, my brush just keeps spreading. I'm using a GW fine detail brush.

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>>50690343
Here it is unprimed. I wanted something large but not baneblade size for my army, think this fits pretty well. Got the land raider from a friend, don't play 40k so it gives me the freedom to do whatever I want with it.

>>50690536
Keep paint away from the metal part where the hairs start. Wash your brushes

>>50690536
Yeah, what the other anon said.
If you got paint in the ferrule your brush is fucked.

So make sure to clean it out every time you use it and never let paint soak up that high into the brush.

When buying a new brush - at least in a good art store - there usually will be a pot of water and some paper.
If you can draw spirals with the brush without it losing it's tip it's a good one. The ones you should buy.

>>50690559
Where do you get these?

>>50689385
What's the bod from

>>50690891
Silver Tower ogre.

>>50690901
Cheers man

>>50690841
Not that guy but its from an ebay seller called machinator248

>>50687735
So, nobody's gonna say anything about this thing?

>>50689681
Bunch of those Birdgryn, without the armour, led by Magnus without his armour. Muscle wizards. Muscle wizards everywhere.

>>50690968
Its averagely painted, which means it'll be ignored.

/tg/ only respond to really great work or cases of thin your paints.

>>50687735
>>50690968

What's there to say, does he want feedback?

>>50687583
>>50687603
This looks extremely good. Makes me wish I had some of these neophytes to toy with too!

>>50687583
>>50687603
Mind sharing what colors you used? I think it looks fantastic!

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Made a Crozius Arcanum for my Wolf Priest venerable dreadnought.

A friend who plays BA had a spare dreadnought force weapon and I had shields from the Custodes.

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Also kitbashed a las-plas and twin linked assault cannon for my Razorback.

>>50687696
none of that is on their website tho

>>50691169
And now I see the mold lines on the las cannon and top plasma gun...

Luckily I can scrape them a touch up with some light silver as a highlight.

>>50691181
People only noticing mold lines when posting pics seems to be a recuring theme of these threads.

>>50688853
Looking well damaged!

>>50689580
It doesn't look bad at all, but unfortunately, between the fuck huge size and the complete lack of lighting, it's hard to see anything and comment on it anon.

>>50691047
I would like some feedback/advice, please. I've been having a hard time getting these even halfway decent, I find them more difficult to work on than guardsmen.

>>50687603
>>50687583
Very well done.

>>50688085
Bear pelts. Berserkers.

>>50689385
it's a little too small but if you can get some really good vein distension goin in the neck it could look good, emphasizing the muscular freak look of the model.

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>>50687735

You're getting there but you're not there yet.


1. You should paint the largest surface colours first, in this case the armour, you painted this after you painted the spirit stone holders as you have paint on it, it doubles up with control your brush more.

2. You've gone for a dark base with a light layer, this is good but it adds depth but your application of your light layer is too sloppy and thick, it doesn't need to be so harsh.

3. Again, the light layer here has been added with a far too large brush and looks sloppy, compare it with the neat line of the bone to the right, control your brush by resting your hands against your desk / each other.

4. hair is ok, could lighten up the raised hair ridges with a very light dry brush of orange

5. spirit stone red has gone over the the broze holder, paint the larger surface first

6. Gun is flat black, consider very light grey dry brush

7. (not pictured) your spirit stones are all flat red, if you're not going to paint them in the traditional style consider using the GW technical paints

a. paint them stormhost silver
b. use the gem paint (spiritstone red etc) to make it look a little more effective than just red regular paint.

Good job, keep painting.

>>50691163

Nice, I like the effect it's over the top and very 40k, good job.

>>50687583
>>50687603

Looks great and it's painted well but it's too green.

1. Ribbed armour is green
2. cloth material is green
3. gloves are green.
4. Torso / shoulder guard is green.
5. Rebreather is green.
6. Mining light is green.

takes aware from the model, but otherwise I think its going to be a great project.

>>50688040
Not that guy, I found them for you though.

http://www.cpmodelsminiatures.co.uk/28mm%20Separate%20heads.htm

>>50688853
>>50688882

Clean, subtle, not ott damage, very nice, like it.

>>50691395
Thank you very much. It's great to get some feedback on what I need to do to improve!

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Guys I'm trying my hand at using some woodland scenics realistic water for the first time. What does /wip/ think? I'm thinking it needs another layer to add depth.

Any water experts lurking?

>>50691452

You're welcome, I shy away from giving feedback because the last thing I want is someone posting something there proud of and I come along like a critic for the New Yorker and point out everything wrong and how it should be better. I'm a wuss and don't like to make others feel bad.

So if someone posts

>Hey look at my dude

I generally won't say anything.

But if they ask for feedback then happy to give it.

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>>50691458
Photo of whole model.

>>50691458

Looks superb, there's just not enough there.

MAKE SURE IT'S TOTALLY 100% DRY

then add some more.

Put masking tape around the side of the base to allow the effect to pool up against it.

>>50691463
Cheers bro. Yeah I'll wait 24 hours and add more tomorrow. Do have any pro tips to making the edge smooth if I tape it? I've seen people do it and have it come out looking awful, but I've seen golden demon models where the waters edge is sharp as....

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>>50691395
>>50691452

That Eldar looks good. I second the advise on the gun.

For the spirit stones (gems and lenses in general) i recommend gloss varnish on top of something like pic related to make them look "shiny".

>>50691462
>>50691458
I have no idea how to do water properly but i already like how it looks.

>>50691452
To add to anon's advice, don't take pictures wth a flash.
Use constant, diffuse light, from a daylight lamp is best.

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it came out in the shitty resolution again. i really have to fix this phone.

>>50691573
This. Flash makes minis look worse.

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Todays wip level is off the charts. Good work everybody.

>>50691477

You need to coat the masking tape with something not sure... Its like using salivia when working with greenstuff it stips it sticking i dont know what material...

>>50691462

Looks great tho m8

I need a bit help.

I paint the weapons of my tyranids in a very light green (think Living Green/Moot Green). Adding any kind of shade (I tried Athonian Camoshade and Biel-tan Green) darkens the weapon so much it takes away the "acidy/slimy" look I want to achieve.

Any advice to add detail without losing the desired effect?

>>50691776
nuln oil gloss, or maybe your preferred wash and then a coat of 'ardcoat? or maybe keep the blunt edge a dark colour and have it bright along the sharp edge?

>>50691776
Don't paint green, paint light yellow, bone or white and then apply the green wash.

It will then turn them a light green from their source colour.

Test on sprue to see what works best first.

You put a colour wash over the same colour and yes, it will just darken it.

Any cheaper alternatives to the Citadel Grass and Sand you guys can recommend?

That new Duncan video has got me itching to try some out myself.

>>50691838
>Any cheaper alternatives to the Citadel Grass and Sand you guys can recommend?

Everything else on the market?

Army Painter, Gamer grass, MiniNatur

>>50691817

Damn, I just painted all units' parts yesterday.

I hoped I could go from this, but I guess I have to add a yellow or white layer.

I will try to add a green glaze on a model first, maybe it turns out how I want it.

Hey Twickenham Anon, posted your stuff out today, should be with you by the end of the week

>>50691854
Sorry i've just started out, didn't mean to stress.

Thank you for the help, I'll try and look around to find something matching.

>>50691941
No worries. Army painter has got some pretty decent stuff. Some of their paints can be hit-or-miss in quality, but that might have been bad luck on my part. I got some of their paint when I started out and they were a relatively new company, so they might've gotten better at mixing the paint pigments.

>>50691941
No problem Anon.

Just keep in mind that GW, while not bad at all, just happens to be the most expensive company for literally everything they sell.

I've gotten back into painting for the first time since I was 13, and I just can't seem to get it right. I'm trying to paint a mini in a nice bone colour, so I laid down a basecoat of a medium brown all over (over a black primer), then tried putting on multiple thin layers of bone, but I'm up to about layer 5 or 6 and I just can't achieve a solid colour, plus I swear I can make out the brush strokes in the paint.

Please tell me there's something obvious that I'm missing here that'll make it work.

>>50688595
Putting it in a pressure chamber works better. If you get resin under 50psi any bubbles will be so small that you just wont notice them after a base coat. There are plenty of issues using a pressure chamber such as the mold needs to be made under the same pressure so it doesn't collapse as well as the inherent danger of pressure chambers and getting put on watch lists if you start googling pressure cookers.

>>50690559
I think it looks cool, Anon. It reminds me of the tanks from Conker's Bad Fur Day in its scaling. Thank you for taking a picture for me.

>>50691861
Add lamentor yellow glaze and then the green wash. Meaby it works.

>>50691968
Have you tried this?

https://youtu.be/rD7Shdx_VBs

>>50691163
See this banner heretic? Look closer .. CLOSER REPENT ! MOTHERFUCKER!

>>50692031
I'll give it a shot with a white basecoat, but the main issue is that I just can't seem to get the bone colour to apply as nicely as Dunc has it there.

Did I maybe just get a poor paint for the job? I'm using some Army Painter paints and I've heard that their quality can be a bit unreliable.

>>50691968
unfortunately i got mantic skeletons and they got so much more armour but they are more fluffy thx to that

>>50692080

More likely a problem with paint consistency. In my experience Army Painter is fine. Unless they are really really old and poorly stored when they can go a bit chalky, but that doesn't sound like thats the case here.

You're probably thinning it wrong or something. Maybe try a thinning medium, I find it a lot easier to manage than water.

>>50692149
Well, I was using a wet palette because I like to paint on and off, and thinning with water in addition to that, so I might have just been thinning far too much accidentally.

I'll give it a shot with a dry palette, and if that doesn't work I'll try some thinning medium. Thanks anon!

>>50691104
Armour, boots, gloves are valejo military green, fatigues are valejo german field grey, pants are dawnstone

>>50687641
>>50691423
Yeah I personally was thinking that too, while this guy is going to stay greeny mcgreenerson im definitely going to mix up the fatigue colours a little better from now on, the only problem is do I stick with browns/greys or do i go for some faded colours as well?

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>>50691163

The dreadnought-sized crozius is cool, but that attachment looks like a mixing paddle for pic related

>>50691192
When you suddenly see the mini at approaching 4x size up on your screen stuff becomes way more obvious.

Spent £15 on paint today at my FLGS. I need to stop starting new armies.

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Better lighting, better angle.

>>50692405
FEEL THE WRATH OF THE EMPEROR'S WHISK HERETIC! VRRRRRRRRR

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I'm the anon from the previous thread with an update on the skin and I took your guys advice and added a dark red wash for skin and dark purple for the veins. I then covered the washed surfaces except the recess with the basecoat.

What do you guys think so far? C&C always appreciate.
Also thank you for the advice last thread!

>>50689969
underrated

>>50692588
A highlight to the most raised spots and it will be great.

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>>50692588
fucking mobile.

>>50688848

Bump?

Just getting back on the painting horse. Feeling like a true novice/noob. I have a massive amount of minis (old friend basically gave me all his when he moved).

I'm kind of at a loss as to where/how to start back up - kind of overwhelming. Are there any particularly forgiving troop types I can start back up on?

I'm aware that I can just strip them back down if I massively chaunce 'em, which is good I guess. I have 5 Necromunda gangs (plus Spyrers), Orks, CSM, SoB and a shit ton of Eldar.

>>50688848
Then have the model duel-wield a combi-plasma and a normal flamer? If you model it as a combi-flam-plas then it will just be confusing as shit WYSIWYG-wise.

Try starting with model wielding a flamer and GS a strap for a combi-plasma,

The question that is off-topic but needs asking is why the hell do you have a model with a combi-plasma and a flamer?

>>50692713
Do you play / will you be playing?

If so I'd focus on making a 500 point or so list from them and work on painting that. Then pick out another 500 points etc. etc. Commit yourself to only fielding painted models.

Difference between Vallejo Game Colour and Vallejo Model Colour?

>>50692722

SoB command squads have access to ALL the weapons. You can give them 2 combi, 2 power weapons, combi+PW, Combi/PW+special/heavy, ect, and you have five models with which to do it.

I choose to go with 4 models with a combi-plasma and a flamer, a Hospitaliar, and an immolator because it comes out to be 200pts even. If I wanted to, I could give them heavy flamers instead, but that's another 20 points. Get out of immolator, shoot the plasma, then either overwatch with the flamers or use them and assault with the attached canoness wielding an Evicerator.

Anyway, more on topic, I was thinking using the flamer model as the base, too.

>>50692765
Game colour apparently is less easy to rub off. Also it's a bit glossier than model colour in my experience as well, a lot closer to gw paints.

>>50692647
I'm planning on mixing Vallejo Tanned Skin and Dirty Bone for the raise spots, I haven't started yet because I'm too worried I'll fuck it up. Thanks anon

>>50688085
People don't have a clue how ancient German's dressed, so there's nothing that'll scream that to them.

>>50692787
I see, do you think it would too noticeable if I switched out my Cadian Fleshtone and Mournfang brown with Brown Rose and Flat Brown? The table in the OP suggests them, but they're both model colour.

>>50692867
On the same model- yes. Across an army or unit- No.

>>50692867
I wouldn't trust that chart too much desu.
i have a bottle of flat brown and it's almost exactly the same as mournfang maybe a little bit redder or deeper. can't speak for the skin colour, but online pictures make it look pretty similar.

>>50691036
You figured me out.

I don't have 100$ for The big man. I'm trying to trade a knight for him though hopefully someone somewhere bites

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>>50688085
Genocide.

>>50688085
blue war paint

>>50688085
Snowniggers

>>50692559
Protip: You can tell your heretics are sufficiently whisked when they start forming smooth, well-defined peaks

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I need a Ministorum Priest that will inspire my guardsmen with the power of ROCK.

Can you think of any models to start with? I'm probably going to give him an Eviscerator and shotgun, because the idea of going Bruce Campbell on the Emperor's enemies with a two-handed chains word is just awesome.

>>50691726
Thanks heaps. I will see what I can figure out.

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>>50693156
>the idea of going Bruce Campbell on the Emperor's enemies with a two-handed chains word is just awesome.

Groovy.

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>>50692963
>You figured me out.

[aroused snickering intensifies]

>>50692466
Not bad.

The pic is still very fucking huge (litteraly cropping it on paint fixes that, 30 secs needed)

I feel the canopy is not homogenough though, part of it dusty while others are clean.
Also you forgot a moldline on the top left turbine.

>>50692740
Unlikely that I'll be playing 40k any time soon - everyone I know who plays/played either quit years ago or moved away. I guess that settles it for me.

For Necromunda, I have Houses: Goliath (yuck); Escher (equally yuck), Cawdor, Scavvies, Redemptionists and Spyrers. Going to start on Scavvies, I suppose.

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So, my LFGS sent me Citadel Air paint instead of the regular stuff. Will they work with brushes, or is there too much of a difference? Do I still have to thin them?

>>50693719
They should work fine with brushes, and if you need to thin them at all, it's going to be a lot less than you'd normally need to.

>>50693719

>It's the same paint but watered down
>You've got less product for the same dosh
>swop them for the normal ones

>>50693604
Thank you! And I'm sorry about the size. Posting from my phone.

Yeah, by the time I'd already glued everything together and noticed it there wasn't anything I could do about the moldline. As far as the canopy goes, I ran an even amount of jewelshade then ardcoat over the top of it to shiny it up. When you say dusty, do you mean it not being evenly shiny?

>>50693809
Yep. The top part of it isn't shiny while the rest is.

>>50693756
>>50693789
Well thanks. Maybe I have the bill still around somewhere.

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>>50693821

I see what you mean. Maybe just the angle messing with the lighting, but I can always put more ardcoat on it. That stuff is magical.

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>On Christmas break
>Help buddy do some construction on his house
>We knock down 2 walls with sledgehammers
>Move over a ton of rubble
>Get home to paint
>Arms and hands trembling like a Parkinson's sufferer

well fuck

>>50693911
Gotchu senpai

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHyQms3hJHk

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>>50693911
>"Diazepam?"
>"It's a benzodiazepam based anti-anxiety drug. It has a strong effect on the central nervous system and it's often used as a psychotropic drug."
>"So how does it stop your hands from trembling?"
>"Anti-anxiety drugs are also effective as muscle relaxants. They're widely used to treat psychosomatic disorders such as autonomic ataxia or as pre-anesthetics to relax patients before an operation."

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Returning to the cartoony style for this fantasy bust

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>>50687583
>>50687603
Nice work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI-Takf76RY

>>50691423
>>50692313
I will just point out that this can be easily fixed with a watery wash of transparent paint

>>50694457
i'm jelly

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Phoned in the metallic highlights a bit but got too big a backlog. They'll do.

What's a good kit to get for 28mm/heroic female conversion fodder besides Witch (A)Elves/Sisters of Slaughter?

I'm not to worried about head or hair sculpts, mostly care about body proportions.

>>50689385
Honestly, I think you should use that small head and fill in the gaps with greenstuff, make it look uniform.

This bird worked hard to get swole, let him have that at least.

>>50694457
Lovely. Are you using acrylics?

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>When you got the entire prospero box assembled but it's too cold to prime outside
It's seriously going to be march before it gets to 60 degrees over here

>>50695419
get the vallejo brush on primer. works fine, just takes longer

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Why are contemptors so goddamn hard to assemble in a kneeling position? I've started priming this dude with Valejo black primer. And I'm infinitely regretting assembling him in his entirety before priming by hand..

I've also never primed by hand before. Am I doing it wrong by spreading primer on my wet palette to get it thinned, before brushing it onto models?

>>50695351
Yes, there is not much point in using anything else (excluding vallejo's liquid gold)

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fucking royal mail. DELIVER THE SECRET SANTA I SENT.

>>50695419
Doesn't sound dandy.
Get the Vallejo stuff like >>50695561 sez, gesso, or figure out if you can spray in a garage/shed/other area you can set up a space heater and venting fan in.

>>50695725

I mailed something to the USA on Sat 3rd and it still hasn't arrived.

Useless striking Commie cunts at Mount Pleasant

>>50690173
Farsight is the most 40k thing about the Tau

>>50691163
Fuck you that was my idea first

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Started working on my Mantic Dwarf Ironclad. Primed and basecoated with Reaper Dwarven Gold using my cheapo airbrush.

Wouldn't have normally gone so crazy with gold, but I wanted to see how it would spray out of my airbrush, and I'm going to be fielding these as Duardin Warriors in my AoS Order army alongside my starter box Stormcast.

>>50695578
jesus so much mold
this is why resin sucks

whats the lowest temperature i can use gw primer on outside?

>>50696208
I gave up on most of the negative mold lines on the contemptors body. They're going to vanish once I do the weathering step of my painting. I'm just going to hit up those negative lines with a thin coat of typhus corrosion, and then scrape it with a 6B artist pencil.

>>50695725
someone a couple threads back said they sent something to me that was supposed to arrive on the eight... still haven't gotten it.

>>50696369
was it supposed to be arriving from Canada? I think the thing I sent was supposed to arrive around the eighth, I completely forgot to check if my person ever got it

>>50687519

That pic with the filename actually makes me feel really comfy, I can't describe it

Nice white anyway.

>>50696519
It's because it is a subliminal message about self-improvement, you know who painted that and you know where he is now and how he paints now. It gives hope. And hope is comfy.

I think.

>>50695725
Could be worse, mine left the US then stopped tracking. Hoping that isnt a bad omen.

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What do you guys think of the highlighting on the dress? Should I go even lighter? What can I do to make her more pretty.
>moldlines
>I didn't notice them until it was too late

Noob here - wat do about seams on the sides of space marines? Green stuff? Liquid green stuff? Scraping like mold lines? Don't wanna fuck up

>>50696586
It went to heathrow because it's going to another country. I'm hoping it's just stopped tracking rather than still waiting there.

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First mini I painted in years, I'm pretty happy with the look of the armor, but i was wondering what I could add
I am aware that the bolter looks like shit but I don't know how to fix it and I'm afraid I'll fuck it up some more
Any suggestions ?

>>50696623
I mean the space between the torso pieces after they're glued if I wasn't clear enough

>>50696592
LEARN

TO

BLEND

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>>50690077
Whatever

>>50696592
What model is this?

Kent-anon. Your package was just sent to post. Look for it in 2-??? weeks by the sounds of it :(

>>50696783

Blimey, I'm in Kent waiting for my secret Santa... wew lad :|

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>>50696592
From an artistic standpoint. The lights are everywhere, usually, when there is a light source, highlights are done in the general direction of the light hitting the object, you instead highlighted her dress like light is coming from all directions although the recesses aren't lighted at all so it makes no sense. So, learn how light hits objects and you'll be better at highlighting objects.

Second, I guess this depends on style so you might as well ignore this one if you did it on purpose, but you have to blend and lose the line difference between colours. Some styles use it to make it look cartoony so that's cool, if you're going realistic, lose the lines and blend the colours.

Third, highlights and shadows aren't represented by a lighter or darker shade of the base colour, usually it shifts both the colour and the shade of it. For example, if you're doing a base red miniature, the highlights aren't pink (a lighter red) you have to desaturate the base colour and shift it a bit towards orange, same goes for shadows, they aren't just a darker red, the colour shifts towards a violet tone and a darker shade of it as well. So, colour theory, go for it, it's fun and helpful.

I would give advice on the face but I don't know jack shit about anatomy and how to make a character look appealing therefore I won't just shit an opinion out of my ass.

>>50696824
I was part of the late draws so, hopefully you can enjoy the package before the new year.

I wanted to send express but, it was just waaayyy too much (90$ my ass)

>>50696430
he didn't say he just said sweden-bro, but I think the anon in charge of SS said there's more then one sweden-anon

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>guy last thread said he lived in the city I delivered my secret santa to
>check ups today
>delivered yesterday
>he still hasn't posted the picture
anon pls

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Zoanthropes I just finished with Hive Fleet Leviathan color scheme. I wouldn't take a magnifying glass to them, but they look good from 3 feet away on the table. And I'm alright with that.

Thoughts?

>>50697395
Some people might prefer to wait for christmas to open it i guess.

>>50697395
Yeah I got mine and it went right under the tree. Don't fret, anon.

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fixed my overly done nihiliakh since yesterday.
kinda feel like these things are missing something special, they are too clean for my liking.
i play pink nids and these are meant for me to fool around sometimes (maybe cult army) and my friend who plays guard against me so i didnt go with any particular markings or specific colour shceme.

>>50695725
Where's it heading anon?

>>50697670
Tenerife

>>50697663
I think what you're wanting to do is dirty up all that super pristine white. Maybe try a thinned down sepia wash?

>>50695578
I wouldn't thin primer - maybe cut it with some matte medium if it was thick for some reason. You're making for a weaker undercoat (and brush ons are a bit fragile as it is).

>>50697419
they look really sharp but one small thing i would do is put some darker wash on those recesses on talons.

>>50697697
thanks
i was thinking that too but im reluctant on touching that white because i sprayed them white and cant really fix that with brush

some finnish dude had great staining success with white base and really strong coffee so thats one idea

>>50696671
>>50696869
Does lord Duncan have a video on blending? At work so I don't can't look through right now. If not where can I learn to blend and the color theory of highlights and shades. I'm barely know anything about color theory too. Thanks for replying guys!
>>50696763
It's a performer from malifaux

>>50695578
This is the most operator-looking dreadnought I've ever seen. Mind if I ask if it's a recast? Cos FW would replace that looking at the state of the shoulder.

>>50697419
Highlights/feathering on the carapace could use a bit more blending, looking like a bit too much like thicc highlights at the moment.

>>50697663
>"Deus" on one chest, "Vult" on the other
I approve. Lovely colour scheme, especially love your work on the metallics.

>>50698734
dope, thx

Also, I don't believe that Duncan has a blending video, because blending isn't quite the 'Eavy Metal style of painting, but the guys over at Massive Voodoo have some great color theory and blending videos on their blog.

>>50697555
>pulls out a Bad Dragon and Book of Erotic Fantasy in front of friends and family.
Jesus fuck those feel so dated, gotta find out what the hip new ERPG books and sex toys the kids are using these days.

>>50698734

I don't know if Duncan specifically does, but you can find hundreds of free light and color theory for artists online. The principles are the same for mini painting. As for blending, Painting Buddha has some great stuff on that and most painting techniques.

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Working on my first real terrain project, for an upcoming D&D game.
We usually just use a grid, but this is the final stretch, so I wanted to do something special.
I think I need to add some lighter colours on the actual portal, and maybe a light blue drybrush around it, just to make it pop a bit more.

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>>50698793
>because blending isn't quite the 'Eavy Metal style of painting
It's more like the painting guides and videos are aimed at begginers and army painting instead of painting of display pieces.

>>50698734
The old GW painting guide (in the OP) goes over pretty much every painting technique and covers a bit of color theory too.

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Grabbed some Horrors for the inevitable AoS Tzeentch release, I really hate their dumb faces though. I flipped em upside down and chopped off their eyes, I think it looks better like this.

>>50699124
To each their own, but that is a clever and simple conversion idea.

Where can I get a brother johnny?

>>50699271
ebay

>>50698761
Yes, this dreadnought is a Recast. Although there's nothing inherently wrong with it's shoulderpad that either needs fixing, or can't be removed. It's the Raven Guard Dreadnought, that shoulderpad is actually supposed to look fucked up. They're essentially deep gouges that the dreadnought suffered fighting on Istvaan V, which the raven guard then carve into artwork. I'm not sure if you've seen what a real RG contemptor looks like.

It's right shoulderpad though is going to be touched up with weathering. It's nothing that I couldn't fix with some typhus corrosion and pencil lead.

>>50699291
Just searched, couldn't find one.

>>50699378
Then search again tomorrow.
Make sure you look at .co.uk as well as .com

>>50695954
Oh fuck that's me. I got a message last night that I had a package at my apartments office and sped home on my lunch to find a box of fucking soap my wife ordered. I'll keep my eyes peeled brother, I hope the shipping costs weren't outrageous.

>>50699388
Actually nevermind, I found one new in blister.

>>50699534
how much did he cost you?

>>50699567
$30 with a couple of the other rogue trader brothers

Doing a Death Guard 30k force, thematically basing them as though they're on a deathworld.

I've used Martian Ironearth to start for a cracked dry barren surface, what else could I do to make it extra deathworld-y?

>>50699593
nice. thats not to bad at all.

Anyone know where to cop a citadel to vallejo paint conversion chart?

>>50699621
g
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o
g
l
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?

>>50699621
In the OP
>Paint range compatibility chart across manufacturers
>http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Paint_Range_Compatibility_Chart

>>50699621
>>50699664
Kek, fucking lazy newfags.

>>50699604
Also I was looking for someone to tell me he was 'Brother Craig' and not 'Brother Johnny' but oh well.

>>50699596

You need to decide what kind of death world it is in order to answer that question. Jungle, desert, volcanos, ice, etc.

>>50699738
Death world or Dead world?

One is motherfucking Vietnam Jurassic park in space, the other is just a world where everything in it died.

>>50696369
Hey that was me. From France to a dude in Huddinge. I've been waiting for a confirmation here, but nothing. So I don't know man, I hope the dude got it but got shy.
And I haven't gotten anything either, and am leaving the house the day after tomorrow, which means any parcel will have to wait a month.

>>50699930
Silly me, you're the dude I sent it to.

It pisses me off, swede-Bro, I sent it early and all, on the 2nd godamn it.

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I've hit a wall with my painting and can't seem to get motivated other than doing 2 minute stints here and there.

How do you guys keep motivated?

>pic related

My Custodes that have taken me 2 weeks to get to this stage.

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WIP russ. First time painting one.

>>50699949
Take a break every now and again.

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>>50699960

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>>50699596
>>50699738
>>50699873

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finished a chimera

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Now I got 2, need 1 more

Newbie here. I've ordered some daemonettes and am thinking about how to paint them. I want a pale skin color with a slightly pinkish sheen. What would you recommend? Painting them them with pale flesh tones and giving it a gentle wash with druchii violet?

>>50700457
Your method would give good results! Doing the initial skin tones with rakarth flesh and then applying the wash would look great. It's the way I did my kroot, but I used a dark green wash instead.

>>50700184
>>50700201

Those hazard stripes are gorgeous, but the metal could really use another wash + highlight/drybrush.

Some of the highlighting on the blue could also be cleaned up or strengthened in places, it's a little patchy as it is, though that could just be your camera and/or light source dimming them.

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>>50687583
>>50687603

Looks great man.

>>50699356
Oh I've seen what the actual dread's supposed to look like, and ya don't have to 'splain the fluff to me. I was talking about the obviously miscast right shoulder, but seeing as you didn't pay full ridiculous retail and are planning to make it seem like part of the finished model, it's okay.


I'm a recastfag too, I was more concerned that you'd payed top dollar (or sterling?) for average-quality stuff than been actively saving money by buying from the Chinaman and paying in based yuan. I'm scum, and I approve

>>50696208
>this is why recasts suck

>>50689969
Kek

>>50701110
>hur dur don't waste money on FW it's such shitty quality
>the recast version is complete trash

Yeah, smart.

Got some Lahiman Medium, since the pipes in my house are shit and idk how good the water is. Is it going to be much different? Any alternative i should've bought or should get next time?

>>50701229
Not GW. It's the same shit you'd get at any craft store, with a massive markup. Just get any acryllic medium.

>>50701246
And if you really want to buy some miniature company's medium you might as well go with Vallejo so it's in a dropper bottle where you can't accidentally contaminate the medium with pigment...

>>50701273
Man, I just might be a total retard but that never even occurred to me and I have about 30 Vallejo droppers standing right next to the complete collection of citadel pots.

Jesus fucking Christ.

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Painting up a knight warden for my war convocation, any c&c welcome. WIP

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>>50701965

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>>50701965
>>50701982

>>50687519
What can I do to convert sentinels for cheap? Cos paying 200 bucks for 2 squads of armour 10 walkers doesn't sound that good to me

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Did Gandalf as a fun little diversion today, he was an early Christmas present from my gf.

>>50689937
I only see two though, anyone has the same problem?

>>50698022
>>50698761

Thanks for the feedback fellas. I agree the highlights look a bit PAINFULLY THICC

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>>50696203
getting there. batch painting in groups of twenty is kind of exhausting. I also can't into photography, sorry for potato.

>>50688882
>>50697663
really dont get the people who spend a ton of time and energy doing nice paintjobs on big minis and then just SHIT them up with their fucking awful freehand caps letterwork. Like, invest in a transfer sheet with appropriately sized script, jesus

>>50702599

If you never try you never improve.

>>50702129
Putting Guardsmen on stilts made from sprue.

>>50702304
Just remembered that I never did the belt buckle so pretend that's silver now.

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Annnnnd I just realized I shouldn't have highlighted the bottom right ripples. Light source is supposed to be from the top left. I'm trying guys!

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What are some good Horus Heresy-esque Imperial Knight color schemes?

I finished this up, not sure what to do next.

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>>50696592
>What can I do to make her more pretty.
definitely bigger tits

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>>50699271
>Where can I get a brother johnny?
>>50699291
>ebay
>>50699378
>Just searched, couldn't find one.

You ladz need to get more clevva!

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>>50699719
>Also I was looking for someone to tell me he was 'Brother Craig' and not 'Brother Johnny' but oh well.

Sorry, I was stuck in a pretty intense HOA meeting for the last two hours.

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>>50703577
>Johnny for $19 on eBay

I should also mention that I have personally contacted the seller and he confirmed that the tab between Johnny's feet is still intact. All someone'd have to do is burn the paint off.

>>50702565
20 is getting into masochism territory for me.

>>50703685

Why is the tab important? I imagine that I'd cut it off to base him on a 32mm base.

>>50703904

I can't even do 10. I batch paint 5 max, 2 or 3 if I'm lazy.

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>>50704078
>Why is the tab important?

So if you want to recast him, he is complete.

>I imagine that I'd cut it off to base him on a 32mm base.

I actually cut into my 32mm bases to make room for the tabs, but then again, I have a lot of old metal models that are still intact.

>>50692823
>I don't know, so nobody knows
not so fast, anon

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First round of boys, input would be great.

>>50704505
Those are some propa boyz boss!
But what's with the blue armbands? They look random and out of place.

>>50704505
a very nice standard. not gonna nitpick on anything.

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Here is my first warmachine troll.

I like the way he turned out, but what are some things I can improve on.

I just started painting tiny plastic dudes, and I don't really know any techniques outside of base coating, shading, then dry brushing. How can I make it so the light blue skin doesn't look like a single flat color?

>>50704699

Throw some shades on that shit.

>>50688816
REEEÈEEEEEEE

>>50704699
Kept within the lines, but that's flat as fuck, yo. Get out some washes.

>>50704780

I did a brown on the fur and black on every thing else. I might do the armor and keg again.

i also did a dark blue on the skin but he has a huge gut so there isnt much definition from shading alone, and I don't really know how to do that.

I also really want to do a free hand tartan design for the fabric but I want to practice on something else first.

>>50699949
Audiobooks, podcasts. Flow state engaged.

>>50702565
Damn those models are ugly.
It's not a knock on your painting... just the model

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If I use cork as my base for these, what's a good color to go with them? I was actually thinking about leaving it as is and adding some tuffs or something like a desert. Maybe some Styrofoam shavings for rocks?

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>>50704313

I didn't consider cutting into the 32mm base. Thank you.

>>50704505

I'd just base em up all proppa, and then you'll be looking great. Great painting.

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With the new Imperial Agents codex coming out, I have all the more reason to make my own inquisitor. I have never really kitbashed though.

What kits do y'all think would be a good starting point for making a lightly armored inquisitor and a terminator armored inquisitor? What other bits should I start trying to round up?

Thanks for any help.

>>50691458
>>50691462
I've gotta try that for myself. It'll go perfect with my swamp themed Tau army

>>50694457
you sir may use trips.
or do some sort of recap, please.
I really would like to see it unfold

>>50705155
Kitbashing is pretty simple, mix bits and otherise fill seams with greenstuff.

Male or female?

How stickler are you about height scale? (for example, wanting your human inquisitor shorter than a 7-8 foot tall space marine in powerarmor)

How lightly armored? Flack is 5+, Carapase is 4+, powerarmor is 3+.

Terminator armor there are loads to choose from, from the standard, something like grey knights, old shit from 30k, you can even take a WHFB/AoS Warrior of Chaos or Sigmarine knight armors, remove chaos/sigmar details, and otherwise tack shit onto that.

>>50696650
Do a soft red glow effect for the eyes. Paint the whole eye red, wash it with watered down nuln oil, then do a bit of brighter red along the middle or any raised part of the eye, and then around the edges of the eye do a very watered down thin layer for the glow.
That armor looks outstanding though, how'd you do it?

>>50705288
>>50705155
Adding on, you may not want to start assembling your model until the codex releases and gets uploaded in a few days, so you don't make something then find it invalidated.

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How do I do a better rust for my bases? This here is just ryza rust drybrushed on and it's a bit basic, what else should I do?

>>50705332
On top of your current patches, drybrush some gunmetal, then drybrush some mixture of brown, red, and gunmetal or silver for a redish rust.

This will make your current spots look more "organic" like rust, instead of looking like some sprays from an airbrush.

>>50705332
Look into pigments.

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>>50705288

Male.
Slight stickler for scale, but I would easily get over it to have a visually striking model.
By lightly armored, I meant more that I envision an inquisitor going into combat in a bit more than flowing robes or clothing like pic related. So, I'd say either carapace or power armor. I haven't seen many power armored inquisitor models though.

>>50705288
>>50705564

However, I would definitely say that the pictured model is a great job of incorporating small bits for great detail.

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>>50705564
Power armor is as easily represented by "full suit of armor, maybe a backpack." Space Marines power armor is huge because they are huge, so you can instead use pretty much any medieval armor you want to represent power armor easily. (plenty to pick from in WHFB/AoS models, for certain)

For carapase armor, you're generally good with a breastplate, pauldrons, and maybe some boots/gauntlets. Scions are basically this, and you can easily make a pretty nice inquisitor using the commander parts from the scion kit.

There are also all kinds of options within thirdparty as well.

Be thankful you aren't putting yourself through sculpting-hell with poofy dresses and powerarmor, like I am with pic related.
I already fucked up the feet of my legs base and have to wait to get replacements.

>>50705668

Thanks for the advice.

That looks like quite the character concept. Any pictures that you could share of the progress?

>>50705332
Get some Typhus Corrosion and then drybrush Ryza Rust over that. Pigments help too. Our Lord and Saviour Duncan has a vid on it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px18NSorf1g

>>50705717
If you'd rather not buy a ton of kits to find parts you want, you can basically buy all 40k and WHFB/AoS bits through BitzBox.co.uk.

Camera is RIP and 3ds is not good for photos of minis, so even if I was far enough to take pictures I couldn't, sorry.

Her head is kitbashed from Kingdom Death: Monster parts, though I need to practice sculpting glasses at that small of scale. Torso base is a deldar kabalite with shoulderpads and other details removed. Legs were an older set of kabalite legs, the smooth ones. From there, it's a matter of scupting a bunch. She's otherwise going to have a baselard for her forcesword, and wargear represented by different base-attached drones.

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>>50705155
Take whatever model you like. That's the beauty of it.
Doesn't matter if it's a Inquisition Crusader, regimental advisor for the IG, a grunt, a witchhunter from WHFB or even a mini from a different company.
If you slap an inquisition logo onto him/her somewhere you're good to go.

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Working on my warhound, first time pinning anything or working with something this size, it's going pretty well so far. I've already learnt a few valuable lessons (namely that I need some dedicated wirecutters because my leatherman god bless it, can't do accurate cutting well and can't deal with the 3mm rods i've got.)

It's all holding its weight together with a combination of 1.5mm and 2mm rods so far - the rods are seated deeply and then super glued in, I do have some two part adhevise (araldite) but it seems strong enough so far. Does anyone have any other tips?

>side note: the torso rear does not fit together well at all, had me scratching my head trying to get it level. Going to need lots of greenstuff

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Well, this is an idea I'm working on.

I'm looking to paint a bright orange for my orc blood bowl team, but I've never really painted orange before. Should I shade with brown, red, or ochre?

>>50705888
What are you trying to make with this one? Also it looks like the sword is kind of bent. You might want to try putting it in hot water and setting it in cold. Better yet, cut it off and swap it with something more chaotic.

>>50705888
The arm looks tacked on with no attempt to make it look like it belongs.

You'd need to shave down the arms shoulder and carve into the torso's left shoulder to begin to make it look like har arm is mutated and not like she's wearing part of a shoddy Hulk cosplay fitted for someone else.

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>>50705946
Just trying for some kind of corrupted claw arm, it came off the Reaper Bones Ghoul model.
I might swap the blade for something more spikey, or a flamberge.
>>50705970
I did that somewhat, but I suppose it's still fitted a bit far...out. I've just used loctite, so I can still snap it out. I guess it'd be worth it in the long run, but I'll sleep on it first.

>>50705994
Going for fucked up mutant flesh is one of the easier things to do with greenstuff. See 99% of Nurgle conversions. If you can probably pull it off your damsel will really look the part.

>>50705994

I think you just need to use greenstuff or something to make the arm look like a part of her. She's so slender and elegant in the rest of her pose that the arm looks out of place. Warp half her face and that shoulder or something to get it all together.

>>50705994
To be honest, you'll be better off using an arm not as large as her entire body. Even Nightmare at his most lopsized wasn't that oversized with his arm.

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Is pic related what I need to start sculpting with green stuff?

>>50705866
Use plasticard to prefill the gaps before green stuffing?

>>50706167
Yes, wetclay sculpting tools work great for it.

Just remember to dip your tool occasionaly, esp. when doing smoothing work.

>>50706209
Will do. Now time to page through tutorials and see if I am competent enough to make purity seals.

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Testing instant mold using inferior clay first attempt...I need to index better

>>50699124
That looks 1000x times better.

>>50671352
You are welcome sahib!

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Still not finished of course. Need some advice.

Not sure how to proceed with basing them. Thoughts?