/wip/ Painting/Sculpting/Conversion General

>>50741925
Ok migrating from last thread: can someone recommend me a cheap airbrush? I just want to speed up my basecoating, mit nothing flashy. Oh and i wanna stay with my gw paints

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Tried a spess marine as a second attempt, bit grubby and need to work on my brush technique but improving.

What are some good inks to get? Washing with paint seems to cake in corners.

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Working on my Black Legion marines. How does the lining look so far?

>>50742082

Nuln Oil, one of Agrax Earthshade or Seraphim Sepia, and Reikland Fleshshade if you'll be doing skin. It's been said before, but you're also setting yourself up for problems by painting yellow over black.

>>50742150
I have a black primer which I basecoat over with white, then do a layer of yellow. Should get some white primer though tbqh. Having only black ink to hand doesn't help either.

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Which armour colour looks best? Ushabti Bone ( 4 on the left), or Rakarth Flesh ( 4 on the right)

>>50742235
I like the bone ones, they stand out a bit more imo.

Anyone have custom Archons they can post? I know that one anon that made his own post pretty often, with the smooth helmet and the skin cloak.

>>50742235
Ushabti looks more like a desert unit, Rakarth looks like a city unit. I do like the Ushabti bases more though. Which do YOU like more?

http://imgur.com/a/7yb4p

Imgur album for size and shit. Don't have access to photo editing shit.

The cloak on the girl has been shaded, the Tech Priest is just pre shade on the cloak, waiting for paint to dry. I really wish i had a bigger place to hobby, and more paints.

>>50742282
Ushabti is a shit paint to work with. you have to do 2 thin coats, however it looks a lot nicer imho.

Rakarth you can paint straight from pot, never too thin or thick, but it's a dull colour.

>>50742235
The white splotchiness you've smacked on is more apparent on the right, making the ones on the left look much better. Rakarth co-operates a bit better with the green though.

And tone down the eye glow a good bit, it's overpowering the definition of the parts there. A much more gradual blend between lit up area and the armour below would also be a good idea, it stops very suddenly here. OSL, NMM and so on can look good if done right, but if you're not quite there they tend to crash and burn quite badly, and you're not quite there yet I'm afriad.

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Working on the cannoness, wondering about blending and doing directional lighting. Does this look ok so far?

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Update with highlights

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Looted tank progress, not long now edition 1/2

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>>50742509
2/2

>>50742509
I love the rough edges to the armor. Do you just hack at it with a knife?

>>50742389
it looks like the heads a really bad cast, eesh!

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Finished this in the late hours of last night. I am getting my army table top ready for my first battle on sunday. What do you guys think about the gold/silver metalics on the back? Also should I make all my ribbons the same color or make each unit have its own colors?

>>50742754
pretty much anon, add a slight 45° chamfer and nip bits off, all using a knife.

>>50742389
THIN YOUR PAINTS. STRIP THIS SHIT. GO AGAIN.

>>50742929

Dank as fuck

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>>50743120
They're plenty thin, I'm using a wet pallette and thinning further.

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>>50743165
your primer is too thick. game was rigged from the start. by you. because primer is a paint. and yours is too thick.

>>50743157
Will it get senpai to notice me?

Oi, anyone want some shit from miniwargaming? I have a temporary vault membership

>>50743255
it absolutely is. The lad at GW wouldn't let me prime it myself for health and safety reasons. He then proceeded to ruin it.
It's fine though, I bought 3 and this one is a practice model.

>>50743318
>it absolutely is. The lad at GW wouldn't let me prime it myself for health and safety reasons.
what

gw rattlecans aren't even real primer anyway. That stuff comes off super easy with the right chemicals

>>50743446
I had a can of rustoleum. I told him it was actual primer and he must have treated it like it was GW because it was literally caked on. I did all I could without stripping but it's just a practice model

>>50743465
I am never going back to rattlecan priming after trying airbrush priming. So much easier to get a thin smooth coat!

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Reposting the squat I painted up from the last thread. I don't paint display models very often so this was a fun break.

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>>50741925
getting one of these for christmas. Might just have to get 2x more for a wing later. How hard are they to put together ?

>>50743553
why are the gatling barrels pointing inwards

>>50743465
£15 practice model. Yeesh.

>>50743586
GW's picture for it. Not mine

>>50743518
dettol motherfucker. don't blame GW for your refusal to strip it down, you scalping shit.

>>50743639
I am guessing you meant this post
>>50743465
and not the post you linked.

I have stripped many miniatures in my time using Super Clean and an ultrasonic cleaner.

Then I bought an airbrush and suddenly priming became the easiest part instead of one of the hardest.

>>50743586
The gattling barrels are mounted at an angle, they slope in from the breach towards the bracket that holds all the barrel ends. No one claimed that 40k models were /k/ approved.

>>50743667
what do you use to prime anon? I use a master series air brush and i havent tried priming yet

>>50743639
I *will* strip it down, just working on blending first. And I'm not selling them they're not even limited why would you resell it

Alright University Place Anon, got your secret santa sent but it's not estimated to arrive until the 28th. I waited so long gathering things for it and time escaped me. I apologize.

>>50743682
"Vallejo Surface Primer" in either gray or black. It comes in a really big 60ml dropper bottle for about 5-10 bucks on amazon, but I think you can also get it in the 25ml droppers if you prefer.

You apply it like any other paint really.

Put some in the airbrush with a teeny bit of flow improver. Make sure you don't have the PSI too high. Use mostly air until you are comfortable.

Doing this you can get complete coverage while still having control, but it will take more time and passes than if you were to pull the trigger all the way back and crank up the PSI.

>>50742531
>>50742509
Looks really nice.

I am struggling on finding a tyranid colour scheme pls send help

>>50742035
Bump

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hello guys, my finished wip

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Also reposting a request from last thread.

Chaos Gobbo anon, please share the recipe/technique for your skin. It looks great and I really want to replicate it.

>>50743962
my personal favourite is 'nids painted to look like fresh flesh - that pinky colour that you see under a wound, that's how I want to paint a 'nid army when I inevitably hate myself enough to start buying WH40k. Pair it with a decent green or blue for the eyes/veins and all that and a good purple or something for the bone plates and you've got some good looking nids.

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>>50744043
>finished
>wip

>>50743970
I use this one anon. Good for beginners


https://www.amazon.com/General-Purpose-Airbrush-Precision-Dual-action/dp/B002P646DE/ref=sr_1_18?s=arts-crafts&ie=UTF8&qid=1482006859&sr=1-18&keywords=airbrush

Will cyanoacrylic glue hold a plastic mini on a putty base well?

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converting a Ghost"glaive" in a Ghost glaive

>>50742082
You need to thin that yellow a lot more. It looks really cloggy.

>>50740970
As another Anon said, i started by following Duncan's tutorial but abandoned it halfway through.

The red -> purple -> blue was mostly done via layering and glazing and I'm currently using very diluted glazes to even out the rough patches left by the drybrushing.

In hindsight, I should have just done it the regular way.

>>50742235
You went overboard with the eyes. Rest is awesome though.

>>50743553
Very easy to put together.

>>50742099

Looking good, some more work to be done though. Make sure you clean up the shoulder pad where the gold got on it and slap a glaze on there to smooth those highlights out a bit.

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Got some Orks as an early Christmas gift. Here's one. How'd I do? Also, sorry if it's sideways, posting from my phone.

>>50745050
Mind you, it isn't close to being finished yet.

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Threw on some more gubbins. Still need to work on the roof and I would like to do a gas pump on one end.

>>50743667
sorry. i am asembling the KT tau. i am furious that the most cheese army is garbage to build. nothing FUCKING LOCKS TOGETHER AND THE HOLES ARE SHALLOW! FUCK

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>>50745326

>>50745341
i dont even want them. it is jist that the unassembled sprues were stoping me from painting. they are just sitting in my bits box, unpainted.

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My Nurgel. Working on getting them up to snuff

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Tanks.

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Troops

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Others

>>50745377
>>50745409
>>50745458
>>50745469
resize those images. Theres no need for over 3mb per picture

Hey, I have a Ta'unar with the basically five multi-meltas strapped together arms, and figured that therefore partially melting a small tank or walker to put on the base (thinking maybe a Killa kan or deff dread?) to have something a bit more exciting than plain gravel.

So, two questions: Does Citadel plastic melt? I know different plastics react differently to heat.

And secondly, how do I go about it if it's possible? My mother has a hot air gun thing for her crafts work, would borrowing that do it?

>>50744958
Thanks, forgot to mention that the right shoulder pad will be green, so I haven't cleaned it up yet. Also what do you suggest I glaze? The armor, with black?

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T6 fearless bikes w FnP. Really mean.

>>50743120
DRILL THAT BARREL

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display base for my Tau commander

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/Wip/ i come to you begging looking the back engines for a tau xv8 crisis suit (the old ones). In return I offer any Tau / IG / Admech bits i can offer you and have.

Hopefully somebody can help

>start putting together my Skitarii to at least get them into a playable state for soon after Christmas
>plan to paint them later
>finish first one
>realize there's no way in hell to no properly paint the chest with the weapon attached already

Fuck.

>>50745739
What did you buy?

>>50746019
A regular Skitarii troop box and am getting the Start Collecting box for Christmas.

Wanted to play them with my brother while he's over for the holidays so I've kind of rushed things a bit too much, I guess.

>>50745326
I actually really like that about Tau models. Conversions are easy as shit that way, and it makes for some good interchanges between units (Pathfinders dont wear shoulderpads, so if you put extra carbine arms from Fire Warriors, you wont have a huge, locking in place bump to smooth over.)

But you said you arent using them, and i agree, one of the most annoying things was learning to glue those damn arms on. And with the old FW model

>>50745503
Im not sure, but youd probably have to decide if you want a melted enemy, or just a hole seared through. Because you may be able to use an acid for the second one.

>>50746199

Melted, it's been slagged by a scout Titan scale Melta weapon.

>buy a box of swooping hawks
>riddled in air bubbles
>insanely stupidly placed little supports everywhere in hard-to-reach areas like between the hand, the gun and the chest all over
>feels cheap and brittle to handle

What the hell, I thought they fixed finecrap?

>>50747009

Might be an old batch. Even with the perfect ones, you won't avoid

>>insanely stupidly placed little supports everywhere in hard-to-reach areas like between the hand, the gun and the chest all over

though, unless the sculpt was originally mastered in resin/finecast. The metal to finecast kits all have these dumb vent spots.

>>50745503
>So, two questions: Does Citadel plastic melt?

Yes. Power dremels with any sort of non-retardedly slow RPM will melt Citadel plastic. It's why you can't drill barrels except with extremely slow power drills.

>My mother has a hot air gun thing for her crafts work, would borrowing that do it?

Lol.

>>50743586

The bullet trajectories actually converge them pass each other and bloom outwards so the gun shoots like an extremely low pressure garden hose. Also the bullets sometimes ricochet off each other to increase the chances of getting lucky extreme angle shots. Learn to gun, gue'la.

>>50747241
Well fuck me.

Guns are warped to hell as well, guess I'm not buying more until they go back to plastic.

>>50745050
The skin tone looks nice from as far as I can see.

>>50747241
That's what scares me about ordering Vespid strains from gw. They say resin, and all mine are metal

Oh god i started painting my boyz' teeth and i have no idea what I'm doing now send help.

>>50747496
I do mine like bone.
>zandari base
>ushabti layer
>wash agrax
>wash caroburg crimson
>reapply ushabti
>screaming skull highlight

>>50742509
>>50742531
Are you the Gorkamorka anon who always posts amazing shit and then never paints it? Seriously man if you paint as well as you convert i'm going to die and i'm not even an Ork fan

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My Tamiya bags came today, what do you think /tg/? To much? To little? This is a little under half of what came.

>>50747793
I think your tracks are on the wrong way round

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>>50747496
Same guy.

The problem is when i tried to paint the teeth on the first two, the paint just went all into the mouth which didnt look all that good. I tried to get it out with a paper towel but some white is still there.

This is a boy without the teeth attempted.

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>>50747876
And here is one with teeth painted on.
Is this fixable?

>>50747902
as soon as that happens I take a dry brush and soak all that shit up. You can just wash over it to darken it. No biggy.

>>50742235
This loaded slowly for me. When I just saw the top row of the helmets it looked awesome. The moments I saw the eyeglow it looked trash.

>>50747827
I'm pretty sure they're right, Liberator tracks from blood and skulls industry

>>50747902
Yeah just paint over that again with a darker colour.

>>50747902

yes, don't make a wash outta layer paint next time.

>>50747921
>>50747984
Thanks

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Another squad of BaCticals done... And the dread. TG how much is too much? I have (I think) over 4000 Pts of painted emperors children. I almost have enough line infantry to field a full company.

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>>50748037

Close up of the dread

>>50748153
is that paint job Gucci? But seriously that is some interesting camo.

>>50745377
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>>50745458
>>50745469

Some nice stuff, anon. Are you stripping and repainting them or just gonna touch up or what?

>>50745488

Get a better internet connection, sperg.

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>>50747760
Not me actually, i'm the Bloodaxe anon who sometimes paints things.

>>50748174

I started doing urban camo for vehicles because it turns out that painting rhinos purple makes them look like a chocolate box. I have these really good hex cam stencils I use with an airbrush.

Also emperors children. Of course it's gucci they're fabulous.

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WIP on my Knights Legs

>>50748523
That foam is going to need some treatment to disguise the texture of the cells- either a texture paint or building up some pigments on there.

Paintjob and base are otherwise cool, but watch those layers on the beige, take it slow on the shoulderpads to avoid texture like on that right greave.

>>50748583
Thanks for the tips and yeah i plan on using martian iron earth for the base which should hopefully cover the foam

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>>50748523
Excuse the rough picture, but I see you are a man of taste as well.

>>50748623
very nice i like your non metallic gold how did you do it?

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I asked you guys for advice on whether or not to go for these cheap shields for my Space Marines, and I went ahead and got these. I just wanted to let you guys know how these are, since they were about 20 shields for $3. Pics in a sec.

>>50748640
I remember. You were worried the detail wouldnt be nice, or they'd be too small. Im curious to see some.

>>50748637
Base coated in Vallejo Game Color Earth, then layered Desert Yellow. After that I washed with Seraphim Sepia, and re applied the Desert yellow outside of the recesses. From there I kinda followed where the shine would be with mixes of Desert Yellow and Bonewhite. Finally I edge highlighted with Bonewhite. It looks alright but could definitely be done better

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>>50748640
>>50748674

Turns out they're oldschool pewter. They were part of a new Kickstarter wargaming thing which was launched recently. Unfortunately, one of the shields looks messed up. But it looks like the shields in the pic.

>>50748640
I remember advising you on it; heck, even if they end up crummy you hardly lost anything at $3.

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>>50748770

As far as details go, it does what its supposed to convey. Not exactly the Imperial Eagle, but still looks pretty good.

>>50748770
Wow those arent half bad looking for the price. How big are they next to a model?

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>>50748779

Unfortunately, its not quite up to the task of being a stand in for a storm shield, or a combat shield, or even any kind of shield. I expected it to be kinda small, but eeeeeeeeh.

>>50748770
>>50748779
>>50748789
They could just about work as combat shields, almost like duelling bucklers. Otherwise...they could make for some nice ornamentation on terrain? Like shields hung on walls.

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>>50748789

This shield would be a funny buckler on a space marine, at best. That ends my short review of this Kickstarter funded soldier shield.

I plan on using these as little details to spruce up models like terminator shinguards and shoulders, or to add to vehicles. I'm sure it'll look nice as vehicle bits. It was a nice gamble, anyway.

Thanks for your advice earlier, fat guys. Heres to hoping some people are educated on this product now.

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>>50748820

And in case anyone was interested in acquiring these, the home website for the wargame has a stupid high shipping rate for what it produces so I recommend finding it on ebay instead under a search for Legian Infantry Shields.

>>50748820
Am i the only one who thinks a few of these with tassles, purity seals, etc all clustered would make for a great Decorated Captain's shield, or like anon said, terrain.
A big monument/statue with a bunch of these worn shields, flowers, guns, books and candles around it.

>>50749091
I like the way you took my idea! My original thought was like what you see on castle walls or something, but I like the idea of a monument of shields and arms, maybe left to slowly degrade on the site of an old battlefield.

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>>50748779
>>50748789
>>50748820
The old GW shields should be about as large as a combat shield.
If you want something bigger with an aquila on it you could try using Urban Mammoth's Junker riot shields or ebay some custodes bits.

Reaper also has a set of heraldic knights, who have sculpted detail on their shields I don't know if that is a separate piece though.

>>50749091

More details like purity seals would make these look feasible, actually. That might actually be a great idea for my little project to make budgeted Templar Brethren. I'm also tempted to make a huge base with swords and shields on the ground for a special character.

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>>50748789
>Unfortunately, its not quite up to the task of being a stand in for a storm shield, or a combat shield, or even any kind of shield.

The word you're looking for is "besagew".

>>50749091
>>50749160

Monument of the Fallen

An obelisk/wall/something with shields and other accoutrements paying homage to fallen brothers. Sounds epic.

>>50749269
If you wanted to be really ambitious you could carve names of fallen soldiers into the obelisk. It'd be a pain in the ass but it'd look great.

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XVth reporting

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Hey! So, I ran a dubs contest a couple months ago and, while it didn't actually win, some people wanted me to paint up a tyranid as in Ultramarine colors. So, after getting settled into my new job, I finally finished Ultra-Nid.

So, I finally got him done! Sorry if the picture is a bit oddly lit, I'm working on a new lighting set-up.

Otherwise, it was a pretty good exercise. Made me realize how out of practice I am when it comes to metals, though I think those came out alright too.

>>50749269
Yeah something like this maybe. >>50749160
>>50749169
Im glad you got a kick out of my ramblings. These shields gave me the vibe of 'things civilians might put onto the Dreadnought/Chapter Master in the parade' along with the monument to fallen bros

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Without delving into the OP links, what are some REAL cheap miniatures I can buy just so I can practice my painting skills ?

>>50749738
Army men. Dark Vengeance guys.

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>>50749738

>>50749738
http://www.manticgames.com/search.html?SearchTerm=crazy+box

One of the Mantic Crazy boxes are a VERY good deal. I'd recommend the Sci-Fi box. Better looking minis.

>>50749738

Just search ebay. Usually minis from starter sets are super cheap, also some people sell some really common plastic minis for cheap as well. Same with metal minis, also with metal minis it is even easier to strip them than plastic minis, so if you can you can practice on one model for like 50 times if you feel like it.

If you want to buy from GW, buy like a cheap toy box (those are like 10 pounds/euros/dollars) or maybe one of those get started with painting sets.

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Newfag here

Loving the aesthetic of the Orks more than anything. How can you not love this?

>>50749738

I would encourage you to buy a Age of Sigmar or Warhammer 40k starter paint set. Barring that, do an eBay search for Stormcast Liberstors and grab 5 for $10.

>>50744043
What model is this? I am looking for more grizzled old dude necromancer models myself.

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>>50749955

It is Saruman from GW

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>>50749738
try reaper bones

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>>50745555
Neat. I just started my Death Guard and am trying to decide how I'll handle bikers myself.

>>50748523

Really like the color scheme but the paint is awfully chunky looking on the flat surfaces, and the line of wash down the middle of the crotch guard doesn't look good, should have just dabbed each stud individually like you did on the edges.

You've also got some touch ups to do but that's why we call it a WIP.
Sand the paint down a bit on those flat surfaces and go back in between the studs on the crotch guard with your base color and it'll be looking nice.

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A while back somebody on here mentioned that there was a kickstarter for some Dark Souls minis, anybody know what's going on with that? I want Smough at the head of my army of Sigmarines.

>>50750177
It's the dark souls board game, it's out now m80

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>>50750177
It's not out yet, early 2017 in theory.

>>50750313

Oh... that Smough mini kind of sucks :(

>>50750354
Don't you like PVC? Isn't it such a great material?

>>50750369
I'm happy with anything that can sand & carve without leaving a burr. That rubbery PVC needs to go in the bin already.

>>50750313

Not great but not awful. Some edge highlighting will bring all that detail out.

>>50742929

Nice, I'm motherfucking tasting that rainbow.

>>50750354
>>50750519
the oldhammer KS had a mini if him too.
metal

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This is Steve.
Steve won me best single miniature in a painting competition at my FLGS today, however due to some confusion as to his paint job, Steve is now an Alpha Legionnaire who infiltrated the Bearers of Light chapter and, despite realizing there wasn't much to do there, decided to stick around because he's having a rather pleasant time, and the food is very good.

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Gue'vesa are churning out.. keep going back to touch up others and getting off track dammit

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>>50751220
Another pic of sides and backs

>>50751233
You disgust me. But I like it.

>>50751256
Any reaction is a good one, thanks anon

>>50751220
It seems like the guns are really tiny, for some reason. I think it's because the helmets are too big

>>50751282
I notice theyre the goofy snap fit cadians, you just using these ones as a test?

>>50751338
I noticed that too, once i got the paints on the model. Honestly, looking at cadians online vs fluff pics, lasguns should be a bit bigger, shouldn't they?

>>50751382
Yes and no. Yes because i didnt know how well they would work, at all, and no because i plan on using the bigger Cadian set to make Breachers, and non-fodder squads (grenades, drone controllers, and Shotguns that absolutely wont fit on a snapfit model.)

They honestly werent too bad. Saved me a lot of money, making 20 guys from a 10 man firewarrior box.

Got around to start painting this model. It was a freebee from Free RPG day, and after finishing my backlog of Malifaux stuff I decided to give it a shot. Will probably just use as it as an objective marker of some sort.

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>>50751757
Forgot pic

It took me more than an hour to get 4 pins into the hip/waist of my warhound. Its an absolute cunt if you want it at an angle and dont have any clamps, even elastic bands didnt help. I did discover a new technique on the last pin though, its called "being so angry you drill too hard and fast and get stuck and then after 5 minute of furious jiggling and swearing you accidentaly snap the bit while trying to get it out, leaving it wedged into the hole" - obviously this technique is for the advanced craftsman onlY

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>>50752566
Forgot my pic

i dare you to find a thiccccer miniature than this
http://cadwallon.com/zema-the-trickster-mage.html

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>>50752624
Not even a challenge. I didn't even have to go look anything up. I already had this image on my hard drive.

>>50752661
one could argue that KD pinups are cheating

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>>50752685
Then have something that isn't a pinup.

>>50752712
Hot damn.

>>50752712
fucking poots

>>50752578

I smell a chinaman

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>>50741925
>It's a "In this tutorial, Emma will show you" episode.

>>50753058

Your nose isn't working, that's official forgeworld. Official enough that they've given me a free entire replacement for it as well because of how many problems the kit has.

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Any kiwis browsing? I'm getting back into painting figures after not doing so for 4 years; Was wondering if there's anywhere local (Auckland) that sells Reaper paints.

>>50753205

Glad to hear it, because that shit is rough. Waaay worse than it should be coming directly from FW.

>>50753066

You should watch her painting TWITCH where's really rude, arrogant and has autistic thirsty betas throwing cash at her

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evening wip, hows my custodes looking?

>>50743534
i just wanna say how nice that base looks.
that, and the visor.

>>50753628
Yeah i'm not a fan of her. She looks goofy and when she opens her mouth it sounds even worse.

>>50753635
don't bother painting eyes, really. Unless you have a brush small enough to do actual small dots for the iris, don't bother.

Looks okay, could use some Reikland Fleshshade painted into the recesses again to further establish the line work and edges of the model.

Gold could use a few highlights as well, and the bolter spear needs to be a different color, there's WAY too much gold on that mini.

>>50753628

Isn't Emma the Asian British GW painting lady? You'd think there are much more attractive Twitch streamers to throw your thirsty beta dollars at.

>>50750013
Reaper Bones is cheap but sometimes you can find contents of GW starter boxes even cheaper on ebay. 20 Bloodreavers for less than $20 is hard to beat.

>>50753710
Yes, its her. Ex-GW btw, she got fired.

>more attractive Twitch streamers

Certainly. But not in the Miniatures-paining-section. She is one of like 3 females there and she is the only one who streams regularly.

But as (>>50753628) said, she is terrible.

>>50753845
>>50753628

I only watched once for about She was painting The Beetle Queen from the Age of Sigmar Treekin and someone in chat said something like...

"Just a tip if you do, such and such, you'll have a much smoother blend but otherwise great work"

and she *sneers*

"Well, how about I paint how I want and if you don't like it, start your own twitch and don't bother watching? Ok"

and the peons in her chat were all

HAHA YEAH EMMA, U GO!

>>50753705
i didnt realise the spear was meant to be black until i finished the spear :( i'm split on changing it or not.

>>50753978
It would be a good change. There's so much fucking gold on that mini at the moment that the spear being gold just detracts from the overall value of the paintjob.

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>>50753954

>Watching that deep-one-looking bish over St.Duncan
>ShiggyDiggy

>>50754025

If Duncan did twitch painting live

(I think he'd need a copresenter)

I'd like, subscribe, upvote, reddit gold etc

>>50743318
>I bought 3 and this one is a practice model
>I bought 3
I'll never understand why people do this.

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>>50754025

Either she gained 75 pounds in a single year or this is some crazy photoshop myspace angle bullshit.

>>50753628
So even /tg/ is not safe from this

>>50751069
where there literally no other entries?

>>50750177
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/steamforged/dark-soulstm-the-board-game

Huh

Some of these are really neat, lots of good objective markers too

32mm is a bit big for 40k, but it should be workable

>>50753954
Really? Can you remember which vid/time? I've watched a couple of her streams and she seems pretty chill and nice.

>>50751069
Steve could do with some more edge highlighting almost everywhere, and for his eyes to decide if they're going for an OSL glow or be lenses. That said, well done on winning.

>>50747289
But only one barrel fires at a time.

What are some good airbrushes around 60$ /tg/?

>>50755900
In that case it really doesn't matter that they point in.
Assuming that they all fire at the same point on the circumference of the circle they're travelling in the point of impact will be the same.

>>50755979

$60 airbrush or $60 airbrush setup? Different kettles of fish.

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>>50755979
Iwata Neo-CN.
It's a simple dual-action airbrush.
A beginner model, but rather nice quality.
0.35mm needle which will handle most paints just fine and dandy.

>>50751069
>Those eyes
>Best single miniature
W-wha?

>>50742082
Fucking horrible. Strip down, start again.
THIN YOUR FUCKING PAINTS
If you MUST base coat black, work UP from brown.
THIN YOUR PAINTS.

>>50756040
paintbrush protip #7: never let your stoner friends near your gear

>>50742235
I like the right ones. Keeps them a bit whiter, but still all grimy

>>50742483
Under rated post.
Camera a bit shit, but even from that pic the derail is great

>>50756125
no, that would indeed be a bad thing.

>>50742929
Anon your star weavers are fucking gorgeous. Truly, an excellent piece of work. Be really proud.
You are probably going to get slaughtered because Harlys suck, but by God your dudes will look great doing it

>>50749432
They can report right back out the door. They look like shit.

>>50750019
Why oh why can't more Nurgle Marines look like this in 40k?
Most just look like shit, then they are all "they are supposed to look messy Nurgle lol".
This guy looks fucking amazing. The rust on that bolter is top tier. Awesome job anon

>>50753628
I would hit it just for the lols

>>50756239
because nurgle marines are the beginner marines since you can be messy and use that as an excuse

>>50747902
You can either make your white slightly thicker, or try dabbing it onto a paper towel before trying to paint detail like that- the combination of too much thin paint on your brush is what's doing that.

>>50744043
That skelly looks like he's getting a lap dance.
Good job though, like the trim pattern and runes.

>>50747793
Delicious

>>50742235
They're all very cool, although I agree you might have overdone the glow. I think the ones on the right have a better match and contrast. If you're going for a sand 'camouflage' colour, though, the ones on the left work a little better for that.

Anybody have a guide how to paint olive/mediterranean skin tones?

>>50742082
pretty ace if you want a Blanchitsu look

How do I get started with cork basing? What kind of cork should I look for in a craft store and how should I use it?

>>50756946
Try a pet store first, they sell the raw cork bark which has lots of cool natural texture on it. You see a lot of corkboard bases, but they tend to give the 'everyone surfing on equal height boulders' look.

You then chop it up and stick it to your base, ideally in combination with other stuff, to form rock formations. Then prime and go.

>>50754721
And he just stopped replying. Cause he's talking shit

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Is there anything I can add? Besides cleaning up and paint the backpack and shoulder pads bone, I think I'm done. But it still feels incomplete. And curse my phone camera for making the white chalky, it's much smoother in person.

>>50757097
There could be more contrast in the mask- if I squint at it it just looks like a dark blob in the hood.

Your sword's effects are very subtle, I would say too subtle.

Almost no contrast between the fingers on the gloves.

If you were doing it again, priming white and painting your dark parts black separately would be a no brainer.

Good afternoon, /wip/, i hope your sunday is comfy and your paints are thin.

What's everyone working on today?
Still workin on Gue'vesa here, kroot and drones in between

>>50757402
Basecoating the robes on the rest of my Skitarii Ranger squad, then I can finally get around to painting something interesting for once.
They're nice to do for a bit, but I'm bored of them now.

>>50756024
Does an airbrush and an airbrush compressor make an airbrush steep? If yes, then an airbrush setup it is.

>>50757766
At that price you're probably just going to take whatever you can get in a bundle. If you can find something that has a tank then go with that ahead of something that doesn't, and you want dual-action on the airbrush if possible.

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Hay /WIP/ I entered this model into a painting competition what do you think?

>>50758031
Right should pad needed to be cleaned up, blue spills onto the gold armour. The base is kinda depressing too.
Other than that I think he looks fine.

>>50758031
not terrible, but the gold on the chest doesn't look super smooth

the shoulder pad has blue one it where it shouldn't be

the base is very plain, and the hammer handle is missing any highlights.

It is tabletop standard.

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

>>50758031
* Cleanup the shoulder on the right
* Do something with the base
* Wash and highlight the gold

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Hey, I recently bought this can of primer, my first can, and after 4 hours of letting it dry the models feel sticky. Is that normal? I sort of remember models primed with GW stuff being dry. The models with my primer feel much more dry after a day but I thought it should only take a few hours to fell that way.

>>50758031
Get braver with your highlights, go all the way to silver on the gold.

I can't quite tell what's up with the highlights on his pteruges, but they're a bit splotchy, particularly on the right.

The hammer isn't very interesting, and the highlights are a little splotchy again.

I also disagree with the gold base rim, he would have been better served by a black rim and a base that contrasts better with the gold.

>>50758414
I haven't used the valspar primers, but I used a can of their gold on some minis and it also took longer than GW stuff to dry and the finish was meh. I'm going with GW sprays if I don't have an airbrush by next time.

>>50757402
Assembling my first 5 Custodes!

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>>50758133
>>50758170
>>50758220
>>50758430
Thanks for the feedback, I'll make sure to keep all that in mind next time.
Also here's the back.

Looking to convert a Space Wolf Rune Priest, the basic model doesn't have a psychic hood - does a Grey Knight torso qualify?

>>50758615
You have some learning to do with respect to highlighting cloth- your lightest colours on the back of that tabard are

-in recesses
-in the most shadowed part (the light manages to get in up near his crotch, but not near the floor?)

Similarly your highlighting of the folds of his trousers isn't great.

I don't know why you've made that part near his belt blue.

is there a Blanchitsu tutorial anywhere?

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I did a Chris Cringle at my Flgs, and got a droppod!
And ideas how what chapter? Gonna ally them with my valhallans.

>>50758599
post pics or it did not happen

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One day GW will make an Emperor and I won't be able to resist, but until then I'm going to settle for this bad boy. He's huge.

>>50758777

Space Wolves already have the whole viking thing going on so being from Valhalla fits right in, but fuck those yiffs.

This will take further thought.

>>50749432
FOR MAGNUS BROTHER! WE SHALL BURN THE HOMES OF THOSE BARBARIANS

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Its sad that i have to make two separate containers for drones. So many carbines.

I want to put Barachiel from Space Hulk: Deathwing in my Deathwatch termie squad. Since he's in the Deathwing, would his chapter pauldron be Deathwing or Greenwing colors?

>>50758930
Crimson fists seem interesting, but im unsure, ill probably ask 40kg

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>>50758777
The wolves get matched with the valhallans pretty frequently. Had a whole comic series about the tag team.

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Ive gotten more done in the past 2 weeks than most of 2016. Hopefully I'll be ready to play soon.

>>50745555
you were really mean to those minis

>>50758414
I don't know that brand, but they can be sticky from humidity or spending to long in the sun and not drying fully. I suggest just waiting longer and placing them in a cool shaded area for a few hours. If that doesn't do it, you may have to do another coat with a different brand.

>>50759217
Ok, so in the end they should be dry right? not sticky?

>>50759244
no, you want gummy, sticky, even wet primer. Otherwise your paint won't stick to the plastic. You need to out on your basecoat BEFORE the primer dries, anon

>>50759497
Don't harass the Anon asking an honest question.
We've all been in this situation at one point.

>>50743737 hey that is almost certainly me I was starting to worry glad to hear that Customs for theft had not interfered

>>50758777
your own chapter. not yiffs.

>>50745739
Take your shittiest brush, some dark paint and j-j-j-jam it in.

>>50757174
Yes, I absolutely agree with the mask, and I tried adding some yellow and orange, but its just. so. tiny.

As for the swords, I will paint the gems like I did for his belt, as I think it will make for a good contrast and focal point.
And thank you for pointing out his hand, I completely forgot to work on it.

>>50759585
so that post was bait? like in all seriousness its supposed to be completley dry to the touch, not sticky in the tiniest bit?

>>50745645

Those highlights are super thick

>>50759585
maybe tacky was a better word

>>50745555

What are thooooose

>>50760312
once properly set the primer coat should be entirely dry to the touch, certainly not sticky or moist.

>>50748153

Looked hideous from thumbnail but tasty up close

>>50760366
shit i hope this stuff dries up eventually, or else i just got a shitty type of paint

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New base style. First time using water gel. How did I do?

>>50760366
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Valspar-Project-Perfect-White-Primer-Fade-Resistant-Enamel-Spray-Paint-Actual-Net-Contents-12-oz/999979844

I just saw the listing on lowes website and it says enamel on it, thats not a good thing right? it doesnt say enamel anywhere on the can though

>>50760656

Yeah it's not a good thing it's enamel anon, sorry.

>>50760656
>enamel
Press F to pay respects

>>50760703
>>50760748
FUUUUCK i bet they dont to return on them either. good thing i was smart enough to just spray green army men and not my tau. Whats another good option for a cheap primer. someone told me the rustoleup 2x stuff is not good because it can ruin detail.

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>mfw it's -24 degrees F and I have to shovel snow instead of staying comfy and painting

>>50761019
Stream that movie if you're so great.

>>50760884

I use Krylon primer, works pretty well for me.

>>50760884
any primer can ruin detail with an appropriately shitty application. I use rustoleum 2x often with no problems

>>50761019
>Mfw i woke up to 70 degrees, humid, and a fog rolling into my neighborhood smelling like shitty brackish sound water.

I hate you, North Carolina.

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my first twenty cultists are done.
ill add the little album of my word bearers so far. really should buy a good cam and/or take the time to make good pictures, but free time is painting time

http://imgur.com/a/SaDCN

>>50761298
lovely conversion

So I'm getting into War Gaming and by extension painting. I've got some models coming in this week so I was wondering what should I get in terms of brushes and tools. I'm going to painting some cyngar and cyrx models with my gf.

>>50761589
A lot of different manufacturers make decent stuff. Very nice brushes will cost you.

Most GW stuff is solid, but you pay a slight premium for it. In particular, the GW base brushes and drybrushing brushes are very good, as is their "Artificer" brushes which use the real sable hairs. The Artificer brushes are comparable in both price and performance to high end windsor newton brushes.

I think army painter and others make some decent synthetic brushes, but i haven't used them personally.

Whichever you choose, do youself a huge favor and get a jar of "The master's brush cleaner / preserver." It cleans your brushes very well, extends their lifespan, and a single 5 USD jar of it will last you many years of miniature painting.

>>50760642
What were you going for? Because that looks kinda weird.

>>50761589
Get a bottle or spraycan with primer. Dark grey or black are the most beginner friendly.
There are paint sets for the Warmachine factions, like this:
http://privateerpress.com/content/cygnar-colors

I guess two of these (one for each faction you want to play) are a good start.
You could buy different paints but since you want to paint Warmachine and P3 is not bad.. i guess these are as good as any.

On top of that get a bottle of brown and a bottle of black wash. For example "Agrax Earthshade" and "Nuln Oil" by Games Workshop or "Dark Tone" "Strong Tone" by Army Painter.

Brushes: A size 2 or 3 for painting the base colors on bigger surfaces. A 1 for smaller parts of the miniature and a 0 for detail work.

A set like this will be good enough for starting out and if you take care they will last for a while:
https://www.amazon.com/MEEDEN-Professional-Sable-Detail-Paint/dp/B01JYVI9RQ/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1482102749&sr=8-9&keywords=sable+hair+brush+size+1

The benefit of them is that if you damage them by your lack of knowledge it won't hurt your wallet so much.

Tools:
A Hobby knife and a side cutter is all you need.
For example (you can buy them wherever you want or wherever you can get them cheaper ofc)

https://www.amazon.com/Hakko-CHP-170-Stand-off-Construction-21-Degree/dp/B00FZPDG1K/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1482102514&sr=8-3&keywords=side%2Bcutter&th=1

https://www.amazon.com/X-Acto-XZ3601-X-ACTO-Knife-Safety/dp/B005KRSWM6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1482102538&sr=8-1&keywords=hobby+knife

Last but not least you need plastic glue.

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>>50761298

>>50761589
other tools vary depending on your models. You don't necessarily need every tool, but there is a certain amount of "making do" if you lack the correct tool.

>Plastic Glue (Butanone glue)
Ideal for plastic models. Doesn't work for resin or metal. Causes nerve damage if inhaled.

>Super Glue (Cyanoacrylate Glue)
Good for gluing your fingers together... and everything else. On plastic models, Butanone glue is better, but super works for everything.

>Hobby knife
Good for trimming and cleaning. You can get a pack of 100 knife blades for 5-10 bucks online.

>Files
Good for cleaning mold lines on all kinds of models. A set of hobby files shouldn't cost more than 15 bucks.

>Model clippers
NOT wire cutters. Necessary for plastic models, not needed for most else. For clipping models off the sprue.

>Mold line removal tool
Not a necessary tool, but if you are assembling LOTS of plastic models these things are really so much better than the traditional method of using the back of a knife

>>50761661
>The master's brush cleaner / preserver

I can't find this for a good price in europe and wanted to try some brush soap for quite some time now.

However there are some cheap brush soaps for make-up brushes on amazon. Is that the same stuff or is it something entirely different?

>>50761773
>NOT wire cutters.

And why not?

>>50761221
I genuinely envy you, anon. I used to live in British Columbia and a few years ago moved to Ontario, I missed not having to deal with it being so cold I can't feel my fingers in my home.

I even miss the humidity that made my hair frizz more than my friend Deandre's

>>50761773
Thanks senpai!

>>50761803
unsure, but try looking in art supply shops. The brush cleaner usually recommended here in the US is actually more intended for traditional painting acrylics on much larger brushes, but works great and lasts a long time on miniature brushes and acrylics.

>>50761817
wire cutters are usually thick and not flat on the bottom. They are designed for cutting steel wire in roughly the right spot, not precision cutting soft plastic against a flat surface.

You might find some flat cutters with narrow heads, but you'll end up paying the same as if you bought hobby clippers. Might as well just buy the right tool for the job.

What are some good paints for an Asian skin tone? I am going through some samurai, and I want to be consistent so no just mixing a couple of colors right now.

>>50761867
Idk, anon, this isnt the same lol. The summers here hit 102 with 99% humidity, and when you have this much dampness in the winter, with sea winds coming off, and the cold, you end up being soaked and freezing all winter

>>50761977
Vallejo Heavy skintone combined with sepia shade works well

>>50762030
I will give that a shot, thanks anon. For sepia shade would just Vallejo' sepia wash work, or do you mean more of an ink like Army Painter's?

>>50761978
>north carolina
>north
gross. I completely missed the cold part, I envy you marginally less now.

>>50762039
Vallejo Game Color Wash Lavado 73200 "Sepia Shade" but i guess any other Sepia wash will do the trick.

Just don't use a red-ish flesh wash like you normally would do.

>>50761977

You do realise Asia is the largest continent on Earth with skintones ranging from almost snow white to coal black, right?

>>50762066
I explicitly stated samurai, and while I understand that there was a black samurai at one point, I am generally referring to ethnic Japanese people.

>>50762052
The 'north' is a taunt that repeats itself every day.

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>>50762082
>>50762039
This is one of my old Japanese soldiers for Bolt Action. Not really well painted, but you can see how heavy skintone + sepia wash looks.

>>50760332
still learning anon, still learning

>>50762166
That looks like what I am going for, thanks anon.

All right, I got a question. How much ventilation do I need for using plastic glue safely? Should I just set up a fan and have it so it blows fumes away from me?

>>50761101
I used Krylon when I was younger and they did great. I can't find them anymore at Home Depot so now i use Rustoleum's "Painter's Touch" series. Also good shit.

I have a couple cans of the coloured Army Painter primer too. Expensive but priming yellow saves a lot of hassle compared to having to paint yellow over white (or, Emperor forbid, black).

>>50761817
I used to use a pair of nippers that weren't flush and they can distress the plastic when making cuts on finer models. I found them just fine for marines, but for the Sisters of Silence (for example) I switched to some flush nippers and they're great.

>>50762326
>How much ventilation do I need for using plastic glue safely?

Depends on how long you plan to use it per season. If you glue some minis together for like 30 minutes, you don't need ventilation at all as long as you open your window for 5-10 minutes afterwards. (or if temperature allows it, just have it open while you work).

If you glue for longer periods of time i don't think a fan would help much. You just spread the smell around in your room. Open your window every 30 minutes for a short time so fresh air can circulate and its fine.

Personally i let my freshly glued minis sit on the balcony for one night after i glued them together, so they can spread their smell outside instead of in the apartment. If you don't have a balcony, at least make sure they are not in the same room as your bed.

>>50749738
Mantic have some good stuff... though stick with the sci-fi 'cause some of the fantasy stuff is really badly cast or dead ugly. Bones is cheap. E-bay is good for components of GW boxed games (I picked up a couple of Prospero Tac squads for just over £10 each. Gonna use them for Space Crusade. :P

>>50761221

If you're the one who signed up for secret santa I hope your gift cheers you up... I look forward to receiving yours... in mid January 2017

>>50758930
Minotaurs... because.... friendly fire.

Asked once before in this thread to no reply. Gonna give it one more try.
How do I into Blanchitsu?

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What is wrong with the paint on this thing? I can't tell if thats thick white or snow flock gone amock.

>>50762619
>trying to paint white over black without building up through greys or blues or tans
also, thick paint.

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Should you wear a mask while assemblng minis? I never bothered while making the ones that I have.

>>50762619
It's such a shame seeing someone waste $150 and shitloads of time.

>>50762570
I am, and i look forward to seeing it!

Is the mail system really that bad there? Its absolute shit here, half of anything anyone sends me doesn't show up, and if it does, its when my relatives send priority overnight, which is ridiculous prices. I've heard horror stories, but i thought it was just one-timers

>>50762786

Do you have a problem with little bits suddenly flying into your mouth and you suddenly ingesting little power swords? Jokes aside, I would wear a mask if I was dealing with resinshit simply because I hate the idea of a war toy model giving me lung cancer.

>>50762813

Nah it's ok i guess, we're a small island, things move pretty quickly.

I might be getting you mixed up but I thought you had to do economy slow mail or it'd cost you like $90 or something stupid, so you said it would probably arrive post Christmas.

New thread:

>>50762861

>>50762786
with resin, yes
plastic and metal, no
resin, no matter how good it is, can cause cancer if you inhale too much of the particles given off until you properly clean and assemble it

>>50762839
Yeah, and i had to change the box, because the colors the box was, cost double. Same size box, same weight, but different color was cheaper. The guy behind the counter said even if i went home and covered it in sharpie, that'd work.

The news keeps reporting record numbers of packages/envelopes being stolen or opened this season, and it makes me worry.

>>50762820
>>50762868
Ah okay I just meant with plastic cause saw someone talking about needing a mask for fumes in the thread. As long as im not directly just sniffing the glue I should be fine then.

>>50762619
OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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The paint at the tip of my brush is drying before I can even bring it to the model I'm painting. How do I combat dry air during winter?

>>50763051
thin your paint with more water

>>50763051
Use a larger brush.

>>50762619
150$ for the trash...

>>50761298
These are fucking awesome anon.

>>50763071
That makes paint dry faster.

>>50763484
>adding water dries things out faster
Wow. you're right. I took my laundry out of the washing machine and tossed it into the sink. All that water dried it out much faster than the clothes drier

>>50761298
damn dude, these are great, nice use of paint to tie dissimilar figures together

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

So like, am I the only one that really doesn't like the look he get's from his airbrushed stuff? I can appreciate his skill, but for some reason I don't like the look.

>>50763736
Kenny likes to do extreme, comic book-ish transitions. I understand how you can not like the look, but it's the best way to show off talent with an airbrush.

>>50761725

Shallow stream on the beach with an uneven, sandy bottom

>>50763853
that looks more like coarse gravel than an uneven sand

>>50763885
THIS
Should have used finer sand

>>50763805
>extreme, comic book-ish transitions
AH-HA! That's how you describe it. Yeah, not a fan of that. Thanks anon~

>>50763885

The sand is under the water the ground is supposed to be rocky

>>50763736
Fuck, I know he's pro, I know he's got skill, but I just can't take a dude seriously when he opens the vid with "yo dawg" and has a Sonic poster in the BG.

>>50764457
Heh, the way he talks is pretty bad at times, yes.

"The literal BEST of all days"

>>50764457
>being such a fa/tg/uy that normie speak physically hurts you

>>50749432
it looks like you fucked up attaching their arms.

>>50763051
Use an acrylic drying retarder. You can get some at any art shop.

http://www.liquitex.com/slowdriblendingmedium/

>>50761019
>It's ~30 F during the day
>people actually bitching about the cold while wearing comfy jackets
>While I have to work outside at night during the ~15 F weather
I swear everyone in my city is actually cold blooded and can't stand cold

>>50762786

Only if I'm sanding resin. If it's plastic or metal, nah. Sometimes I wear one when airbrushing but I don't usually. I probably should.