/wip/ - Painting/Sculpting/Converting General

Reposting from last thread:

Anon from Pontevedra in Spain; your gift is at your local post office since Wednesday and waits for you to pick it up. I don't know how long they will keep it there for you so i recommend you go there next week.

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Sometimes, people ask for a guide on painting white armour.

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>>50725058
And sometimes for one about Black Armour.

Who comfy painter here?

>christmas tree + decoration lights on
>christmas tunes playing
>cat asleep in heated catbox on desk
>mug of tea

Feels good man

Whats a blue space marine chapter thats cool and not Ultrasmalldicks.

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>>50725446

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>>50725193
I'm sorry anon, but when you mentioned the cat being in their own box I could only think of pic related.

Also has the anon in Bordeaux had any news of their SS package? I have no tracking on it and I'm a little worried now.

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Just made this guy, an Ordos Malleus Terminator Inquisitior. I used Deathwatch, Deathwing, GK, and venerable dreadnought bits to throw it all together. Had the idea for a while but just got around to doing it.

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>>50725792
And here's the back of the model

>>50725814
>>50725792
Pretty dope, anon. I dont like SM models much but that one is dope

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Posted these before, but some battlefleet gothic I'm working on!

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>>50725870
Night lords battle barge. Prow mounted plasma destructor.

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>>50725885
Some will-be grand cruisers

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Repost from last night, finishing up my 4 Kroot hounds while i come up with color scheme. Also did a cultist for fun

>>50725193
Sitting in new comfy chair, tea, livestream, Skitarii Rangers and radio. Nice.

No cat though, the one that used to live in my house stayed with the house when we moved. I go visit occasionally, she's always happy to see me.

Ordered the first of my Lord of War units today, a Knight Warden to finish my WarConvo. That will be a challenge, still quite new to painting.

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>>50725959
Diggin those colors.

>>50723898
So i am needing some advice. I wanted to build an alpha legion deamon prince armed woith the Hydra Blade. I was thinking of the following

>Base plastic deamon prince
>giant demonic chainsword
>mask of some kind

Do you guys have an idea of what i could use for the last two components?

>>50726681

How about the head from one of the Dark Eldar flesh abomination things, I don't know their names, but they're the smooth featureless face masks. Kinda goes with the AL schtick

>>50726748
Yeah, was thinking maybe one of the heads, from the Talos?as you said, would work with the annoyminty thing
My main problem is the chainsword, are there any good bases that i could maybe attemt to green stuff from?

>>50726798

Maybe if you can find a cheap "Devotee Malicant" from the 54mm Inquisitor range

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hey french anon, sweden-anon here, I got your package! here's your (you)

now what am I supposed to do with the stormtroopers

>>50726842
She looks great, but i can only find her for about 30 quid. jesus

>>50726878
You could build some sisters

do you prefer painting a more realistic look or a more cartoony look with brighter colors?

>>50726323
Thanks, cant see the green tongue in any of the pics i took.

>>50726878
Nice, those are pretty fucking rad. But im also a dirty imperialist fascist so my taste is weird.

>>50725870
>>50725885
>>50725912
If BFG does come back I'll start that Tau Space Station I've been planning.
here's hoping

>>50725792
>>50725814
Now learn to make molds and become rich selling copies on the internet

>>50725446
Alpha Legion

>>50727345
if you got the frosted effect there are videos on yt how to fix it

Anyone here got guides on painting forge world stuff? Been thinking of getting into 30K for the mechanicus, but I don't know if I want to just go the muted red I see everywhere.

On another note, the Dragon+ magazine released today revealed these:

http://wizkids.com/dnd-unpainted/

Primed, preassembled mini's from wizkids for D&D. Anyone have experience with the company? If the sculpts look like the renders, these should be nice.

>>50725870
Is that a Bretonnian shoulder pad on the front of that foreground ship?

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Reposting, tried weathering. How'd I do?

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My first squad, I can't get the hang of proper highlighting.

Can someone give me advice on how to improve?

>>50728141
I think the lighting is making it hard to see, but I like what I can see on the dozer blade. I would try adding some to the tracks as well though, unless you dislike muddy tank treads for some reason.

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>>50725193
>>50725193
No cat, but all month I've been learning how to paint while drinking tea, in a recliner while being a comfy blanket caterpillar. That being said this is my first attempt at skin and a non crimson fist marine hopefully it's not too awful Yes i will be painting over the nipple ring in bronze or something and the forarm needs some shading

>>50728544
if you can get away with the angle the best way to highlight is to have your brush hit the edge sideways, this way you won't be pressing down on the area and having wide lines.

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Did the visor sorta right I think

>>50728850
Fug, I thought they fixed this weird issue with phone pics

>>50728674
Nice skin-tones anon.

>>50725792
I like the overall effect, but I think it would be better without the Venerable Dread shinpads.

>>50728544

Your paint needs to be thinner to go on as a small highlight properly, they're quite wide on the model for this reason.

I'd recommend you follow Duncan's style and actually feather the highlighting onto their carapaces, but if not then what >>50728833
says would help you: bring the side of the brush onto the edge and move sideways instead of using the brush like a pen or pencil.

https://youtu.be/PJaW_rQIS_s?t=7m19s If you start the video at that time Duncan is demonstrating this technique on the tail, and shortly after he demonstrates it on the carapace.


All that said, if you actually paint your entire army to that standard it will look miles better than many of the armies people regularly came with. Be proud, but work to improve.

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Painted my Lord during the Warhamer TV stream. Some cool games.

>>50728878
Thanks, I was afraid that i was going to botch it big time but I'm over all pretty happy with it. Anyone have any tips for warpaint? Do i just slap a coat on and call it good?

>>50729228

Did you change grey recipe between his hair, armour and wolf? They're all very similar.

>>50729228
Cool claw, Is that chaos?

>>50729287
Warpaint and tattoos can be hard, if you use the colour you're trying to represent being warpaint it won't look like paint on the character, it will look like paint on the miniature (hard to explain, but I hope you get it?)

Try some miniature painting tattoo tutorials, the main lesson is to mix in some fleshtones to the colours you're trying to tattoo / paint on.

>>50729313
Looks like it's from a Warp Talon.

>>50729228

Your gold would look better with silver extreme highlights

>>50729376
No i totally get what you mean which is why I don't want to just slap it on without asking haha

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I'm so hyped for painting this beautiful bastard. Love me some Bretonnians.

Sorry for lack of backdrop.

>>50729601
Forgot to ask. Any recommendations for Heraldry?

>>50729295
armor is mechanicus standard with dawnstone highlight.
pelt is dawnstone with agrax wash and administratum highlight.
beard is black with dawnstone highlight.

>>50729617
You already got that iris on his helmet and lance

>>50729661
that what sorry?

>>50729721
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_(plant)

That flower icon.

>>50729742
Oh yeah, sorry i'm not good on flowers.

Going to paint them some nice Strong gold

>>50729147

thanks for the advice.

i actually tried to feather at the beginning/the first minis, but somehow it turned out weird.
i guess the brush was too thick, im going to buy a smaller one.

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>>50729652
So that dawnstone shared component makes the greys really very similar:
Assuming that your army's armour is all mechanicum / dawnstone, I'd have tried to find a more neutral grey for the hair


I'd have recommended finding a neutral grey for the hair, and assuming that your army is already mechanicum / dawnstone I'd look for a large shift in value to contrast the pelt. The studio scheme uses the blue-greys on the armour to contrast with more brown tones of grey elsewhere.

Some snow on the base would also help him stand out from it.

>>50729784
What brush are you using? A GW one or something else?

>>50729840
I get your point and artistically you are very right and I fully agree!

But these are my dudes. obviously can't be a successor, but more like a lost segment of a company. they are from a forest / mountainous covered planet, so mud and rocks on the base with no snow. i do add static grass in little matches like little moss patches or tufts of grass. the pelts are purposely similar to the armor as they are colouring their armor like the local fawna as a a shamanistic thing as well as slightly tactical thing.

i know red and gold on my hq and elites blows any camo ideas out the water, but it works for the normal troops etc. which are light grey shoulders and white trims.

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Slow progress.

>>50727895
Negative it's a trimmed down old wahammer elf shield

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>>50729922
In that case I wish you luck with Your Dudes, but you can stay in the same scheme while pushing your value contrasts further. Obviously it's somewhat unfair to grab your paintjob and stick it next to a studio painter, but it's just intended to illustrate what a difference it can make.

>>50730071
I'm glad you went with the good head option

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I'll stop posting these soon as it's getting repetitive.

Exalted Sorcerer 3/3/

Not finished, need to highlight, glaze, (and just paint unfinished things)

I just primed his disk of Tzeentch.

>>50730071
There's just no way that we can thin

That was a masterpiece

He paints so hard because he faps with his painting hand

>>50730164
>implying mono-eye isn't the good head option

>>50730183
Love your gems. Are the alternating blue bands going to stay like that?

So what big projects do you guys have going on?

I just finished up packing up almost all of my wargaming stuff for storage and been pretty down today. Convince me that the hobby will keep going even after my time.

>>50730227

Currently working on roughly 7 D&D minis. 4 of them are the way of 4 elements masters, the last 3 are random characters I want to paint up. It's not a HUGE project but I've been in a painting funk for a long time and I'm pretty motivated to get them done.

>>50730227
Currently painting up 30 noise marines, a squad of 30k destroyers and some bikes + kitbash lucius the eternal. All with marble bases and experimenting with OSL kill me plz

>>50730227
Started my painting marathon to get the Adeptus Mechanicus ready for games after Xmas and also to work through my backlog before more toys arrive for Christmas presents.

I have to paint:

- 5 Skitarii Rangers
- 5 Sicarian Infiltrators
- 5 Sicarian Ruststalkers
- 2 Dragoons
- 2 Kastelans and Datasmith
- 6 Kataphrons
- 10 Inquisition Acolytes
- 3 Wyrdvane Psykers (My first metal models)
- Chimera

Going to be a trial to get a good chunk of this done by Christmas.

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>>50730223

Thanks!

They're not finished but I'm in two minds to alternate Yellow or not, haven't decided, may just go with Dark Blue light blue

Here are his Partners in crime from the previous thread. Poor photography I know, my bad.

>>50730324
I'd go with an accent colour in there, but without yellow elsewhere... I almost wonder what they'd look like in that red/purple? It would bring that colour up into the top half of the mini, which would be nice.

>>50729894

i use brushes bought at an artist's store. they werent expensive though, maybe like 3 dollar per brush

>>50730601

Well not the best, but you can still do decent work with those. I still use art store synthetics for metallics because I feel less bad about ruining them.

Black legion paint scheme, but with one pauldron in god-specific color. The question is: WHICH pauldron?

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Last 2 hounds done. Now time for Gue'vesa and drones!

>>50730690
The one you like.. its Chaos after all.

>>50730690
left one

>>50730690
>The question is: WHICH pauldron?
in most cases? the right pauldron

left pauldron is typically for legion colours (This is why kharn's arm was bare, originally. He tore off his legion pad when he betrayed them all at... skalawhetever), though obviously chaos is going to be a lot less consistent about it than the imperials

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did somebody say hours of blending?
I swear I heard somebody say hours of blending

>>50730311
good luck, and may the Omnissiah bless your toils

>>50730928
I could totally fap to this, well fucking done.

>>50730711
>>50730732
>>50730756
Well... fuck... So the most lore-friendly option is the right pauldron?

>>50730071
No huge limp daemon dick
1/10

>>50730185
mah nigga

>>50730183
Looks pretty good so far anon. Nice clean look

>>50731203
It reminds me of the D every time

>>50730183
your golds in particular look dusty, whats going on there

>>50731150
yes, but chaos is also not exactly going to give a fuck about uniform regulations

do what you want, dude

>>50731113
Thanks, and He has already blessed me, since I finally worked out how to thin Mephiston Red to an acceptable level (Still quite new to this painting business, first squad of Vanguard were not TOO bad but could use some THIN YOUR PAINTS) and I pulled off my first edge highlights on the Rangers. Yes, I know my backlog is a bit insane for a scrub at painting but I found assembling them way more fun.

How do you prefer to paint? Doing one mini in full, or doing say, the robes on all of them, then the cybernetics, then the guns ect.

>>50731269
Yea, I know, but I also know myself well enough to know, that if I don't justify my decision well enough my autism will fire off in some time and make me regret it

>>50731334
well, the obvious justification would be the marines in question have more loyalty for their patron than their legion

>>50731228
>all is dust

I think that's the finish from the gold spray he's using.

>>50731123
thanks anon, still a ways to go but I'm really happy with the results

>>50728870
>>50728850
Visor is great. And yeah its some shit with 4chan. I've posted the same picture multiple places and only 4chan rotates retardedly.

>>50725792
Personally I would appreciate if you could tell me what bits exactly you used and from what kits. Usually people do kitbashes that look like shit, but this is honestly bordering on official model good, and I would love to build it.

>>50731206

Thanks!

>>50731228
>>50731470

I think it's the camera macro function, my light box broke, shitty winter overcast clouds giving terrible natural light, so it's tough to take a decent photo so you can see detail without HYPER ZOOM

You can't even see it with the naked eye, it's wierd.

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the start of an Ork fuel depot. 3 tomato soup cans, plasticard, and some odds and ends. One side is mostly done and the other not so much. Gonna add some rivets to it later.

>>50730675

which kind of brushes would you recommend though?

I know of W&N but those are so expensive that my skill is too low to even utilize them correctly.

Gue'vesa are finally on their way.. this is my first actual conversion of two models into one(other than my kroot Shas'ui), so the whole thing coming together is nice

Anyone know where I can get a huge axe for a 28mm mini? I want my Chaos Lord to have a fucking HUGE axe but every bitz store I look at has one handers.

>>50732278
from a non 28mm mini. try inquisitor.

>Still no secret santa
At least my anon liked his.

What are people going to work on this weekend?

>>50732324
the rest of my ultramarine motor pool, while I wait for deathwing to download on my potato internet

>>50732089
Pick whatever you like in the $3-$10 price range. The company doesn't matter that much as long as its sable hair.

If you take care of a brush like this it will easily last for several month.. and if not, well, it was just $5 instead of $20-30.

>>50732324
iktf, secret santa soon I'm sure, anons won't let us down, 'tis the season after all

>>50730928

Nicely done Anon. I've just started working with glazes so my painting time has like tripled per model but they look so nice...

>>50731804
Not the guy who built it but I can help a bit. The shoulderpads and chestplate are from the venerable dreadnought. The shoulders are the leg plates and the chest is part of the front coffin/faceplate option.

>>50732324

I'm going to camp outside my GW or sit surreptitiously very closely to get a Canoness.

I did a gift exchange with an anon in the USA and i sent it two fucking weeks ago (from tomorrow) so hopefully its just delayed and not lost stolen by scumbag postal services. I used to suffer from anxiety and its been gone for the longest time but this has bought it back with a vengence, its literally keeping me up at night with worry fuuuuuuuck

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>>50730227
Finishing up my "Blood Moon Boyz" Goblin warband and a display board.

So i picked up some MTO Díaz daemonettes.

However im only painting for a few months and are scared of turning Them into fugly "thin ur paints"-bait considering their relative rarity


Please halp friendly anons
Whats the best way of painting very pale purple skin all the Videos about pale flesh I looked up made it look too human in tone.

+ can I use THe same stuff for stripping paint i use on plastic minis on metal ones without chipping Detail?

Meanwhile I Will proceed to paint some mooky Chaos cultist that are OK with looking meh

>>50732310
Mind being a bit more specific? "inquisitor" covers a lot of different things.

>>50732779
there was a 54mm game called inquisitor

but I'd instead recomend just using AoS bits.
That shit looks ridiculous.

and I know for a fact that you can at the very least get all the models from the starter kit on ebay for a decent price.

>>50730183
that pussy-twiddlin' finger is so egregious. GW are almost as awkward at modeling "mystical gestures" as they are female faces. great paintjob!

>>50732833
Alright, thanks anon.

>>50732755
>Whats the best way of painting very pale purple skin all the Videos about pale flesh I looked up made it look too human in tone.

I'd start with some very light grey and mix in some purple for the shades and more white for the highlights.
You could instead of using a light grey also use a very light blue instead. That would give you a colder look, but also more saturated.

>>50730928

Go on what colours are they

>>50732755
Are they metal? If so just rush right in and do your best, if it turns out not to your liking chuck it into some acetone and start fresh. At the very least, even if you do a poor job, in half a year when you've gotten much better you can strip them and try again.

How do I do 'war paint' on a model? I want to give my Kommandos bright, garish camouflage, but it should look intentional - like the Ork applied something to his skin, not that I applied extra paint to the model.

>>50732986
drybrushing to look like rough paint strokes

>>50732986

Mix a little bit of the base skin color into the face paint color(s) then light drybrushing. You can use this color strategy for tattoos as well, just use less skin tone for war paint.

>>50732986
I'd advise against drybrushing.
If anything at all I'd try overbrushing.
That means you don't have a lot of paint your brush, similarly to drybrushing, but it's wet.
You can try that.

If you are more confident in your painting abilities I'd say just paint the warpaint pattern on like you'd regularly and then go back with a very fine tipped brush and add cracks and irregularities to the lines to make it look like thick cracked paint.
Something you'd expect an ork to wear.

>>50731804
Heya. Sorry I've been at work all day. As another anon said, the chest plate and shoulder pads are from a Ven Dred that was trimmed up and used grey stuff as filler. The hammerhead is Deathwatch obviously and the arm and shaft are the Deathwing Knight Master's flail. The other arm is a Deathwing Powersword arm I trimmed, using the psicannon to hide details. I chopped it off at the gauntlet and replaced the Terminator Captain's sword arm gauntlet with it. The head is also from Deathwing Knights. You'll need to remove the breastplate of the captain bit carefully as to keep the knife on the belt. I had accidentally cut the eagle head of the knife pommel, but smoothed it out. Make sure to cut the arching part with the two lights from the breastplate and glue that like you normally would, it adds some extra detail and fills most of the gap between the Dread breastplate and the back of the Termie armor, just use epoxy for the rest of the gap. Hope that helps.

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Here's a table I set up! I'm proud of this one! I know it's not wip, but for anyone interested I have an Instagram of my stuff. nothing special but eh. It's 40k_gaming

If you wanna see more photos let me know!

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>>50733663

>>50733663

WIP accepts anything relating to tiny people anon, tables are welcome here. Table is looking good so far, you should do an overview shot.

>>50733513
Yep. Okay Ill try it once I get some money for new kits, thanks.

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>>50733707
Sadly it was yesterday and I didn't really take one :(

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I think i found a color scheme close enough to my other fire warriors, woo

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Thousand Sons wip, minus freehanding

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>>50734182
Also decided to do some work on my minor CSM collection.

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>>50734323
i like that, did you make or buy the bae?

i've got some work done on my land raider .the right side is all putty'd up and smoothed out. after the milliput/revell filler cured i scored a new armourline to seperate the sponson from the armour. i'm happy with the result.i need to get some plastic rod this weekend to make rivets

>>50734594
Base is made. It's just cut foam.

I know its late, but late night /wip/ topic from Gue'vesanon

Who is your biggest cheerleader? Who is always interested in seeing your lil plastic dudes, and gives you a pat on the back?
My best friend's gf is mine. She always says she envious of being able to paint smol stuff, and always demands pics whenever model work comes up in conversation

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>>50735008
Dont be a cunt.

>>50732938
it's naggaroth night and xereus purple, mixed with lahmian medium on a wet pallette and layered many many times

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There's not too many places out there with Angel minis that fit their outfits, where do I start?

>>50735008
The guy who got me into wargaming. Hes my good friends dad, an old warhammer fan, has a huge rack in the garage stuffed with old school models. I consider him to be a master painter, the shit he does blows my mind. Everytime I go to his place for a game he loves to see my newly painted stuff, gives me feedback and tips, has really motivated me to get better at this hobby.

>>50735108
Not sure if im a cunt for implying you have someone supporting you, or if you are referring to who supports me.

Nothing cunty, she cant into small details but can paint on canvas, something that i couldnt do to save my life.
>>50735218
I wish i had a mentor-type to help me on some of the finer points. Sounds nice!

>>50735195
why not just buy a garage kit

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Started trying to make a Josef Bugman today. I think I might have to redo his barrel; originally I was gonna make the 'core' and then layer strips on top of it to make the planks--in retrospect I think I should've just carved lines into it and it would've been easier, but it's already hard now.

>>50735335
How would that work, I would need a base model

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>>50735361
What about the an actual PS&G garage kit with the exact same outfit?

Not game size, but if it is a display piece you are looking for you should be good

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>>50735195

Probably be best just to add wings and/or a halo a mini with similar sorts of clothes. Unfortunately this is about as close as I could find.

>>50733663
>>50733680
>>50734040
10/10 would uphold the honour of the emperor on.

>>50735387
>>50735413
Thanks anons, I was actually looking for 28mm models for a SoB allied detachment.

>>50735008
my buddies dad. He has a disability and has been living at home for the last 30 years. We got him into warhammer about a year ago and he just loves it. painted up a huge tyranid army and always goes on about fluff. we all view him as a second father, and lately hes been making scenery for us to use in our games. He doesn't play but he watches us all the time and it makes him happy to see us use the stuff he made.

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I finally got my secret santa! I wonder what's inside?

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>>50735966
It's...
A box! Not just a box but one that was an absolute bastard to get out of the packaging!

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>>50736025
And inside the box is two gaunts and a wolf from warmahordes! Thanks anon! I'm definitely gonna use the wolf for something, probably a goblin shaman or boss, but the gaunts will be a bit harder to use.

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Any nurgle bros that can help me make this monster's pustules more disgusting?

>>50736091
yellow then a tip of white, wash with something red around the edges

>>50736091
Doesn't GW have a special technical paint for pus and snot and shit like that?
If it's anything like their blood it should be good
Seriously, I have a hard time using the blood paint since it looks so much like blood in the pot, just thinking of it is making my skin crawl

>>50736091
Nurgle's Rot is what >>50736205 is referring to. Its a snotty kind of stuff, mixing with yellow should do the trick

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How do you guys cut your metal (in this case brass) solid rods for pinning? I can manage up to 2mm with my multitool easily but I've got some 3mm brass rods I want to use and can't cut them, I bought some side cutters and they can't do it either, any recommendations?

>>50736025
I love those boxes, so useful. You should stain and clear it Anon, it'd make a nice treasure chest.

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I tried going a little more detailed as i went, i like the cadian models. Even the snapfit ones have some half decent detail on the coats. Any useful suggestions?

>>50736255
I was planning on painting it and using it for something. I just need to find out what to use the gaunts for.
Oh, and to the canadain anon who sent this to me, I'm not gonna add you on snapchat since I don't use that kinda thing, but I WILL post my progress on these guys as soon as I move into my new apartment and get back to painting

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Workin on a a helmet for my blood angels terminator capitan. How am I doing?

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>mfw a thousand son rises through the enumerations near me

>>50736238
Buy a jeweler's saw.

https://www.amazon.com/SE-81970SF-Adjustable-Jewelers-Professional/dp/B008CO8JZE

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>>50729601
>>50729617

Easy mode: take inspiration from the decals (assuming you have the decals)

Hard mode: go over to /hwg/ and download some Ospreys

Pic related, a work in progress that I put on the backburner a couple years ago, him and his two mates all have (unfinished) heraldry out of some osprey or other

>>50736735

I've got a razor saw
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000BRC2KI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Would that work? I haven't tried it because I didn't know if that would damage it and it's what I used to cut the big hunks of resin - if it doesn't I'll get the jewelers one

>>50731935

Looking a little too neat and orderly. I would suggest a few small accent plates, just rectangles that are intentionally placed diagonally instead of perfectly perpendicular, and crossing a joint to make it look like it was hammered on there to help hold two bigger plates together. GW sculpt a lot of "accent plates" like this on ork vehicles to make them look more interesting and ramshackle.

You can cut sprues into irregular girders, cut off the circular pieces and shave them down or gouge them and then just pile buttresses all over the place to hold up the walls, or just stack them somewhere on the base like they're being stored for later use.

Bendy straws also make great pipes such as would be attached to the sides of big fuel drums like that.

In general, just pile on more and more random stuff until it looks properly orky. Those plastic oil drums that used to come with battleforces would be perfect, since it's a fuel depot, but you could use old batteries as giant... batteries... bottle caps, christmas tree light bulbs, just wander around the house rooting through trash that hasn't gone into the can yet and see what you turn up. Also of course, scour your bits box (assuming you have bought enough orks over the years to build one up). You really can't add too much.

Also I can tell you from personal experience that you probably want a thicker/sturdier base, though you can just stick the existing base to a reinforcement at a later date or whenever you find one, even after painting. It will probably be a little fragile until you do, though.

One final thought, you can make a simpler ladder that you won't need to hotglue (assuming that's what you did) with one sprue-girder and steps made from plasticard rectangles (or other lengths of sprue). Just stick each step onto the broader edge of the sprue at the midpoint of the step. This can be done with elmers glue even.

>>50725885

No models have ever created as much asspain for me as BFG battleships

>>50735008
There's a core of maybe 4 people who like everything I do, but probably my friend's Mum, she's an artist but loves seeing something she has little experience of.

>>50736641
Sideways and out of focus.

>>50736072
The wolf is Larris from hordes circle orboros.

>>50735008

No-one, I don't have any friends and I don't go to my local shop so I don't have anyone to show my minis to.
My mom has seen a few minis when she visits but she thinks they are dumb toys.

>tfw you completely miss out on the social aspect of the hobby

>>50735008
my one friend i met through work who is always so snowed under with doing his thesis and doctorate stuff he has no time to paint. he's always encouraging and i think he lives his 40k hobby vicariously through me.

>>50737312

Show them to me anon

>>50737288
It came with a card I didn't picture. I just need to get a gobbo warboss/shaman to ride it or ramshackle up a cart for it to pull

>>50726878
Hurrayyyy!
Glad you like everything! Was there the little blister with the rest as well?

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>>50737331

Well here's something I've been working on, a warband for Mordheim. They just need bases and some detail work and they're done.

I like to do skirmish game warbands because I get to do alot of conversions and work on small batches of guys. Currently got a warband for This Is Not a Test and Kill Team in the works as well. Its not like I'll ever get to play any of those so it doesn't matter that the games are not popular and I don't have to think about meta at all.

>>50737312
Sorry to hear that anon.
I have 5 friends who play warhammer.
Going to see a couple old college mates tomorrow for some 2V2.

>>50737442

Are you keeping that dude on a circular base while the rest are square? It's triggering my ocd. They look pretty neat, though personally id have some of the halberd dudes using shields as well just for appearances

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hey /wip/ what colours do i need to make a yellow cape similar to this one?

>>50737605
Ushabti bone, white scar and.. screaming skull maybe

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Progress. Both hold their own weight well, alignment has been doible, triple, quadruple checked with the waist by extensive application of elastic bands. Theres nearly more brass than resin in these, ive accidentally dropped one and nothing happened.

>i wanted to kill myself using a pin vice for one of the legs but thankfully a proper drill arrived shortly afterwards

getting into this whole thing and originally I considered having someone else paint my army but now I have changed my mind. There was a guy that recommended that I paint with privateer press or vallejo since they tend to be more new person friendly and still provide the same results. Also that they remain cheaper than going with citadel. He also recommended going to lowes and picking up white and black primer from there rather than going with citadel.

Are these all things I should consider in order to save my shekels for other things/more minis?

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Only 5 more to go but i can't find the motivation to even start.

>>50736072

$10-$15 ?

>>50737312

> i don't go to my local shop

Then... Why dont ... You?

>>50737637
>Theres nearly more brass than resin in these
pretty much the way to do it

I'd still want to have some kind of base (or bases if individually basing the feet) to really secure the whole thing to the table surface and prevent any tumbles once you've got it ready for play.

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I hope noone remembers me posting these. It's been a long time since I did anything hobby related and I'm going to finish them. The 54mm models need angelic wings. Getting a couple GW phoenixes as well. Using them for Kings of War Basileans

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>>50737706

I was struggling to find a suitable way of basing it since my local area is rather hobby deprived. Then i found a cutting board, its perfect. Im not sure how to secure it yet though, whether to drive a pin through the contact points and the base or get a big screw and do the same

>>50737775
i remember you. welcome home.

>>50735008
nobody

I have no friends and the only nearby store closed due to a lack of customers, even for MtG.

The nearest game store is 2 hours away.

So I paint up models, pour over rules, and sit them on my shelf.

>>50730183
>I'm fingerblasting your eldar waifu with MY MIND

>>50737775
Im a huge Romeaboo, where'd you get those?

>>50737834
The rank and file are Wargames Foundry, the tetudo is from Warlord games. 54mm are recasts from Pegaso I believe I got from ebay. Everything here is European, took about 3 weeks for everything to get to east coast US.

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Stayed up late to finish my starweaver. I have my first game on Sunday and I wanted to make sure these guys were table top ready. I hope senpai notices me.

>>50737970
make sure you get sealant on those models before you transport and play them

>>50737991
Will do ^_^

I have some matt varnish I will put on them when I can.

>>50738017
if you want the strongest protection, give them a gloss varnish then a matte sealant

but do youself a favor and shake the can thoroughly. I had Purity Seal go on opaque once because I didn't shake it and I never want to see that happen to anyone ever again.

>>50738030
I use varnish though my airbrush.

>>50738017
Sure you want matte? Wouldn't you rather use bursh on ardcoat? The vehicles are supposed to be shiny are they not?

>>50738030
>muh gloss then matte

or you could just do 2-3 coats of matte and stop putting your miniatures in rock tumblers

>>50738099
once when I was playing in a store some child picked up one of the jetpack units and ran around the store making airplane noises units before tossing the model onto the table when the paprent told them not to touch stuff

>>50735008
/wip/ ;_;

>>50737652
If you want to save money; never buy from Citadel/Games Workshop.
If you play their games or love the minis then there is no real way around it, but for everything else besides the minis there are cheaper and equally good (and sometimes even better) alternatives on the market.
Tools especially are expensive if you buy from Citadel. Your local hardware store has similar tools for like 1/3 of the price
Basing materials (Sand, Texture paint, Grass etc) is cheaper elsewhere as well.
Brushes.. same.

>>50737775
I remember you too. Get fucking started with painting.

>>50737605
Bone. Do a wash with sepia+medium and then highlight with warm off-whites.

Hey Twickenham Anon, hopefully you SS should be arriving today assuming royal mail Jews haven't messed with it

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>What madness prompted me to paint my Solitaire white, and used blending on the coat folds?

And I don't know why my phone camera made my picture grainy as fuck. I swear the white is not as chalky (look at how grainy my camera made the tip of the black sword). But it's either that or the camera just can't differentiate the nuances of white.

I'm planning to color the shoulder pads and backpack bone colored but I don't know how to color the hilt of the swords. I don't want to use metallics but I also try to avoid strong primary colors to detract from his shiny red face.

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>>50736238
I don't pin with anything near that large, but you could always just use some bolt cutters.

>>50738139

2 coats of matte varnish and a handgun

>>50737652
a can of rustoleum spray works as a fine primer, costs like ten bucks from a hardware store, the GW black spray is thirty dollars.

GW also sell a three inch measuring stick for something like fourty dollars. if you like the models and paints, buy them, but dont buy the tools from them.

>>50738267
>GW also sell a three inch measuring stick for something like fourty dollars

Ok whatever poorfag, stop trying to exaggerate.

It's a three inch stick WITH A STRING TO WEAR IT AROUND YOUR NECK for 40 dollars.

>>50738274
You are talking about this thing right?

https://www.games-workshop.com/de-DE/Combat-Gauge

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Hey /wip/,

I've got back into painting recently, but I've been using a lot of my old equipment, so I've been struggling along with half-dried paints and slightly curved brushes. I've replaced most of the paints now but what other hobby items could I ask for to actually do this thing "properly"?

I've got a budget of about £30 for various stocking fillers, so I was thinking something like

>£6 pin vice
>£15 brush set (so pretty cheap but that suits me)
>Bottle of Testors Dullcote or some paints

Maybe one of those seam removers?

Where can I find chinaman nowadays? Looking for some chaos dwarves

>>50737547

No, he was on that base temporarily, gonna base him on a square when I start making the bases. That was just the first base that was on hand while I was painting so I popped him on that.

Neat idea about the halberd dudes using shields, a good excuse to practice painting more shields.

>>50737666

Because there are only 10 year olds playing 40k there. And some peeps play MtG there too. Its a really tiny shop, just two tables for playing.

>>50738246
post other parts of your army so we can give better advice.

Can those Citadel Technical gemstone paints be mixed?

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>>50738426
I don't really have them with me. I was only planning to make the Solitaire. And he's supposed to be different than the other harlequins, who they are just covered with strong colours.

That said, here's a random wulfen taken with a proper camera.

>>50738568
Ok actually it's a worse camera, didn't notice the huge blur on the thumbnail...

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>>50732089
You'll find cheap, but high quality kolinsky brushes on Aliexpress with free shipping from China: http://pandahelper.com/modeling-tools-brushes-wargaming/
Literally 10 times cheaper than GW and the same quality, but unbranded.

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>mfw the finecast quality on Canoness Veridyan.

I'm going to be here all fucking day cleaning and reshaping this

>>50738603
>Take a pic from an angle that shows only the bad quality, send it to GW and ask for a replacement.

>sell 1 of your now 2 canoness minis on ebay for a huge amount of money.

>???

>profit

>>50723898
Anybody else enjoy listening to Duncan and watching him pain something while painting themselves?

Just finished painting up a few Pressgangers while watching his video on the big chaos dude on a dragon.

>>50735461
Stop this heresy, I bet you're that faggot that made the inquisitor guts too

>>50735008
Bunch of dudes at my LGS. One of them got me into Warmachine, another got me into painting and taking things competitively and taking my painting to another level.

They all stop and look at the stuff i've painted, although I don't paint much any more (not having a job will do that).

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>>50738651
yeah

mainly because it reminds me of this

>>50738583
>high quality

Those look like shit. No reservoir whatsoever.

>>50738651
I prefer to watch twitch streamers paint these days. The Interaction is great. Some even do some show&tells inbetween where you can share your own stuff and they show it on screen so you get tipps from them and/or the chat. Its always nice to have some feedback and thats something the youtube videos guides can't provide.

>>50738388
https://mega.nz/#F!hEUhGZAD!Mqx_Xc2wNqdnLwVMMvijxg

>>50738887

Some of the are so so bad...

>>50738959
You don't have to watch everyone you know.. Some are great.

>>50738862
>Duncan as Neil
>Ferrus Manus as Head

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>>50738976
>ferrus
>not rob

>>50738997
All those loo roll tube castle terrain tutorials

>>50739009
I kinda wish the warhammer TV dudes would do some scratch terrain videos. The GW books and articles were always pretty good.

>>50737775
I remember that your testudo is garbage

>>50739092
>GW in 2016
>promoting scratch building

This isn't the good old days, Anonymous. Until GW starts making Citadel brand cardboard and plasticard, they're only going to show you how to kitbash or convert their official products.

>>50737779
I'd countersink a small diameter screw from the other side, a threaded rod gives you a lot of contact area for what will be a very important glue joint.

>>50737775
I remember, but I've painted only like 7 models since you did post them, so it's ok.

>>50730185
God damn it Logan
He's gonna make you his yiff slave
You're gonna get some Slaanesh aids
Unless we can wolf a wolfy wolfajam

>>50738603
Her fucking sword is bent on mine, and I know if I email they'll just tell me to fuck off and bend it with water. As for the rest... just flash everywhere.

It's not returnable, it's just a fucking low quality product.

>>50739380

ditto, trying to fix it right now

+ the mold line on her right leg doing down the boot... so fucking misjointed.

Can you PLEASE ditch the finecast SHIT GW goddamn

>>50739380
>and I know if I email they'll just tell me to fuck off
... And have you tried, Anon?

>>50736303
sounds good!
not gonna lie I felt bad about how little I sent you, I was gonna snapchat you random things and depending on your reaction send you a part 2
>>50737656
I don't know if it's just my area, but the 'gaunts each cost $3 and the wolf was $8. hobbies are expensive around here.

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Rate my Squat! I painted it up for fun, made a change from what I usually painted.

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>>50739439

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>>50739446

>>50739439
>>50739446
What's the deal with the pics with nothing in them?

>>50739411
In my experience they replace properly miscast stuff (bubbles, detail missing or actually obscured by flash), but bent swords are your own lookout? I suppose I could raise an extra song and dance because muh limited edition...

I'm mostly buttmad about finecast, a lot of really cool sculpts are only available in a material that ranges from infuriating to clean to downright shoddy and I'd gladly pay more for them to be in FW resin, which I've had far less trouble with.

>>50739439
I think I'd like the base more without as many gears

paint's good, tho

>>50736949

itll probably brutalize a carpentry hand saw, even as soft as brass is


go buy some linesman pliers, you can clip 16d steel nails with them

>>50739459
But the model isn't limited run, they intend on making and selling more.

Also, apparently Finecast no longer exists and nowadays they use the same resin as FW.

>>50739380
>and I know if I email they'll just tell me to fuck off and bend it with water.
I once contacted GW because one of the plastic sprues had pieces missing in it. They asked me to send pictures. To proof that there wasn't something.
I mean think about it.

Anyway, I just said 'fuck it' and did it anyway, so they sent me a replacement sprue.

Still. Pretty damn weird.

>>50739528
As someone sat with a FW mini and several recent stock GW resin minis in front of him, if they are using the same material they're not doing the same thing to it because the GW stuff is way softer and a completely different colour.

>>50739439
>>50739446
>>50739453
Is this some naked snake meme?

>>50739092
Unlikely since they want to sell their plastic kits.
If the White Dwarf archive is in the OP you should definitely check that out though.

The 80s to the early 00s were a pretty damn good time for WD.

>>50739439
You know what? I think I've never seen one of these painted in such a sci-fi color scheme.
For whatever reason I've never seen this painted as a spacesuit of sorts.

Looks really good on him. Makes the mini look surprisingly contemporary.

>>50732739
Aha - I've been waiting for you for ages. Would you mind sharing your recipe for the skin on your goblins?

It's great and I'd like to replicate it.

>>50739528
>>50739599
Color can vary from batch to batch, but FW resin is hard and brittle.
Fincecast is soft and rubbery.
One of the major 'features' of FC was that it was supposed to stand up well to frequent handling and gamin because of it's softness.

>tfw all the britanons are shitting on royal mail for secret santa delays

Lads, I'm a postman and you have no idea how shit work is at the moment. The sheer volume of christmas cards with incorrect addresses, parcel volume nearly quadruples, it's a fucking mess. Quite frankly I'm surprised anything arrives.

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>>50739647
It was copied from one I found online, his site is Ninjabread

>>50739767
>Quite frankly I'm surprised anything arrives.
It's not like this year is the first time Christmas happens...
There was enough time to anticipate the increase in activity and adjust infrastructure.
I know - not your fault, just saying.

>>50739863
Welcome to mail infrastructure and management.

Here in Australia you're told 3-5 business days country wide. Send something from one side of the country to the other, you're lucky if it gets there in 2 weeks during non-holiday periods.

>>50739863
The company hasn't adapted to the change from public to private ownership well at all. You're right, they should have seen it coming, but every year it's like "Holy shit, it's December! Hire some more vans! Give the staff some extra hours!"
Total clusterfuck.

>>50739894
Same with US post to be frank. And the lettercarriers are drunks. Watched the lady ram straight into my neighbors mailbox while im checkimg my mail. She leaned out and went 'idk, i didnt even touch it' and she tosses packages on the bottom step, even though theres huge numbers of foljs stealing gifts this year

>>50739767
That's probably the case with every major postal service around the world this time of year.
Yet stuff arrives, it may be late, but it will arrive.

>>50739979
>Yet stuff arrives, it may be late, but it will arrive.
I lost my fair share of packages in December.
Completely unrelated to Christmas too.

I've just stopped ordering stuff in December.

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Freehand symbols.

>>50739767
My post comes every other day if I'm lucky that's not Christmas time. My postman is too busy playing pokemon go most of the time anyway.

>>50739928
Drunk would be a step up at the moment. When I don't get the aforementioned guy often post is opened. I'm just lucky all the temps don't give a shit about plastic crack

>>50740093
canada's actually really bad for having postpeople steal shit, I can't tell you how many packages I've ordered that never show up and end with a "we don't know what happened, it went onto the van and then was officially delivered" call to the Post Office.

>>50740220
Those are really nice

>>50740220
nice

>>50740220
Now I'm totally shamed with my painting.
>>50740227
Don't they get busted?

>>50740246
once, when a $100 gift card getting mailed was stolen. I was sending it to my cousin in another province and they watched the mail lady put it in the mailbox then come back three hours later, open their mailbox, and take the package out. They immediately called the PO, who called them back when the mail lady was back in the office and informed them that her position had been terminated.

>>50726878
Not him, but I've also sent a gift to Sweden and I'm frenchfag. I tried hard to find what I sent in the pic...

I missed a couple of threads so idk If the other swedish anon has already posted his gift...

>>50740246
>Don't they get busted?


Here the DHL has sub-companies who do the actual delivery and sometimes these have an additional company below them as well. And if you work for them you earn minimum wage (in fact they get even less because they only get paid for 8 hours of work a day, but if they have items left in their van after 8 hours they need to deliver them still.. so they end up working for free basically, and it wouldn't be surprise me if some stuff just gets thrown away because the guy wants to to home.) and delivery people get replaced and shuffled around all the time.

So if something disappears its easier to simply let the insurance (if it is protected by insurance in the first place) handle it instead of going after some delivery guy who might not even work there any longer.

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>>50723898

I've been thinking of buying less models and actually painting what I have (but I need new brushes). Are these GW brushes worth a buy?

>>50740432
Buy ones from aliexpress they cheaper and just as good.

>>50740432
I'd only recommend buying them if you're doing it to support your flgs- they're fine, and the large dry is actually surprisingly good, but you can get better at equivalent prices and equivalent brushes for cheaper.

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>>50740220

>>50740093
I have to say that here in the Netherlands I have not really experienced this, thankfully.
Everything I've ordered has arrived, just perhaps a few weeks later than I'd like if it got stuck in a sorting center over Christmas.

>>50740432

They're fine, they're just dearer than others.

>>50740432
No.

You can get better brushes for the same price elsewhere
You can get equal brushes for 1/5th of the price elsewhere

>>50740488
What colors would you guys recommend for High Elves? I'm digging white/blue combination but if you guys have a better selection let me know.

>>50740497
I use brushes I buy from a local hobby shop/arts store. Generally 20/0 or 10/0, sometimes a plain 0.

I generally get them for about 5-6$ a brush, in Australian Dollarydoos.

I will NEVER use GW brushes. I had to use them one time when I attended one of those GW paint days where the GW shop owner (admittedly one of the better ones, doesn't follow half the policies they "enforce") gave us all a bunch of brushes and pains and let us go nuts on either a spehss muhreen or some random bretonnian guy.

The brush I was using, the most average sized one for a space marine, frayed after applying nothing more than a base coat and a first stage highlight.

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>>50725792

I like the shoulders, gives him character.

>>50740514

Strange question mate.

They're your Elves.

You're going to be looking at them a lot

What colours do you like?

>>50740220
I'm not a fan of the Red bolter casing. Or any Marine that has matching bolter casing and armour for that matter.

>>50740622
If it makes any difference, the red on the bolter is a darker shade in real life

>>50740622
Red Bolters are oldschool and look really good on Dark Angels and Ultramarines.

Red Armored marines should have a different color for their bolter, even if its just a close and not a direct match like on that pic.

>>50740614
Wait, so I an paint them any colors I like, well blue/white looks good but I'm partial to both red and black.

>>50737052
cool thanks anon! I have never made any terrain so I am just winging it here. I have no clue why I used such a fragile base, not using my noggin'. I have tons of plasticard to fix it up, as you suggested.

>>50739439
This is fucking great! awesome colors, lovely skin, and im saving it to study how you did that visor

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>>50733663

This is great! A good battlefield is the foundation of a deep narrative gaming experience. Have you looked at Strikingscorpion´s YouTube channel, where he shows how he sets up his terrain? Very useful tips indeed.

Heres one of my own battles (last game).

>>50740739
>I can paint them any colors I like?

YES. You don't have to paint like the space marine autists.
>"MY SPACE MARINES ARE CRIMSON FISTS WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR CHAPTER"
>"well you see I don't have a chapter I just wanted to paint red space marines-"
>"THEY'RE BLOOD ANGELS REEEE"


If you want to paint red and purple with green accents, go ahead and do it. Best bet is to find 2 colors you really like, and find colors that compliment them on the color wheel.

>>50739675
The problem with finecast is that its soft and brittle. Totally worthless, so much easier to break. >>50739528
>Also, apparently Finecast no longer exists and nowadays they use the same resin as FW.
Nope, had some finecast minis last week direct from GW UK and its still the soft, fragile shit. It's nothing like FW resin.

>>50740514
If you like White/Blue, go for it. Its a good combination.


Blue/Yellow (or Gold) is also very good.

Or maybe the classic Dark Elves colors with lots of purple.

>>50725511
that catbox is actually neat and might indeed be a nice way to avoid cat dicking around all over the desk

however the realist in me says that my cat will still lay on the keyboard because it's warm and also because it desires to see me suffer

>>50740788
Thanks, well, time to get busy then.

>>50740788
Who hurt you?

>>50740832

That's why you get a heat pad for your cat box with a comfy lining. It's impossible to get them off it.

Mine is just a USB thing but it's nice and warm.

He loves it.

>>50740888
probably the autists who throw a pink fit when they see a "non-canon" Chapter of Space Marines

>>50740832
Put a bowl on your desk, near the light or something warm. My old cat loved mixing bowls to sleep in

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>>50730071

Hey anon do you have any pics from after you added the red to the wings but before you added the blue highlights? I'm wondering if you painted those first few rows of feathers completely red and then went back with the black/blue later or if you blended the red into the black on those last few rows before adding the blue color.

Either way, looking awesome so far and I can't wait to see it when it's done. Keep it up.

>>50740788
>like the space marine autists.

we all know this isn't what happens in real life, but I will say that it seems better to me to paint your models within the context of the lore. having a generic "red guys" army just seems lazy, if a person is actually interested in 40k enough to buy and paint the models, then you'd think they'd have at least a minimal attachment to the lore. and that doesn't mean using an existing faction, you can make your own chapter etc but at least do *something*. if not the lore, then what drew them to 40k in the first place? I know there are WAAC fags who don't care about painting but that's not the point, even those guys started playing 40k for a reason. somewhere within the recesses of their mind, deep behind the cheetoh lust and aversion to lifting weights, is the seed that got them interested in the 40k world in the first place, otherwise why would they adopt such an obtuse system as part of their hobby? or they just saw the wargamers at the FLGS and decided they can fulfill their need to prove something there. whatever. (I hope the hyperbole here is not lost, I know not all competitive players are such massive faggots. angry rebuttals are not necessary)

and if you think your space marine player straw man is bad, play historicals. wargames in fictional milieus have the option to customize, that is a major advantage in my opinion. the "your dudes" philosophy does not exist in historicals. some serious triggering will ensue if you show up with blue german tanks.

>>50740888
The autist at my LGS that threw a hissy fit when I was painting a bunch of spehss muhreens for a friend that wanted a color scheme and not a chapter.

>"WHAT DO YOU MEAN COLOR SCHEME"
>"WHAT CHAPTER ARE THEY"

My buddy just wanted bright red power armor on standard issue tac marines to see how my style of painting would go across an army.

Autist McSperglord said that they HAD to be blood angels, even though I insisted it was just a bunch of tac marines painted red.

>>50741004
Ah, so you're space marine autist. What's up Steve?

In all seriousness, he WAS an autist. I wasn't playing the game, just trying out painting minis from a different wargame (I mostly paint Privateer Press minis). I couldn't give a dick about the lore at that stage, unless somebody was paying me to commission a squad of lore based marines.

>>50741005
>even though I insisted
Don't talk to people like that. Don't ever argue with them.

>>50741004
did you just compare space marines to German Tanks.

>>50741106
fug >>50741106
didn't read that correctly

>>50741106
>>50741131
just ignore both of my posts please

>>50741144
you made it worse with a third post

just delete 'em senpai

then delete your life ;)

>>50740314
Hey I think it's me you sent some stormtroopers and a Johnny? I posted about it earlier in the thread

I wanna get a cheap airbrush just to speed up my basecoating. Any recommendations? I want to use gw's paints btw

>>50740970

Not the anon who painted Magnus, but my guess is he painted the wings and followed the official "how to paint" with Duncan, WarhammerTV. At least to some degree it seems.

Are bit sites worth going to, or am i better off getting used models? I know it depends on price, but is one more reliable than the other?

>>50741572
Bits just seem more difficult in general to get now. I used to go on ebay and buy people's bits bags and boxes. Can't really find those much anymore. That said eBay is your best bet for specific parts most of the time

>>50741684
God, I'd love to find someone with a bag of bits to use. The way my shits set up, anything but SM bits can go onto my guys

New thread

>>50741925