/wip/ - Work in Progress General

>>50872464

Yep, got all I wanted. Now I just have to wait a few months while I finish my War Convocation and save up for adding some 30k toys to it.

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do we have a camo scheme repository? i'm trying to come up with a scheme for cadians trapped behind demon lines. i was thinking some kind of grey/orange on the tanks and fatigues, but i dont know about the flak armour. any tips recommended

>>50872464
Got everything, which was just a Start Collecting Skitarii box and a new transport case.

How do you guys go about magnetizing your Dunecrawlers? Finished the weapon options earlier today, was wondering how "in-depth" is usual for that model.

Also kind of on the fence about how to do the legs-cockpit connection. Don't want to glue it for easy transport and destroyed effect but the sheer size of the whole would make magnetizing a paint and just having it sit on top looks so wobbly.

>>50872464
you had ONE JOB. STUNNING AND BRAVE EDITION!

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>>50872616
like pic related?

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Duncan says we must always remember where we started.

How have you progressed /wip/?

>>50872464
got a sector inperialis, magnus, his wrath, and some kriegers. britry gud,

>>50872660
ah cool, thankyou.

>>50872464
my uncle that does scale modelling got me a dozen miscellaneous paints, a single action airbrush, an old citadel basing kit and this crazy massive trumpeter german tank kit

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>>50872664
difference of about eighteen months

>>50872664
You know that image of the space wolves with 9001 layers of paint done as ultra marines?

Mine were pretty close to that.

Any of y'all ever had any experience with reaper miniatures? I got a kit of theirs for christmas, wondering what the general consensus is on them, or if you've never eve heard of em.

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Got a new compressor for xmas so I now know the joys of basecoating vehicles with an airbrush

>>50872721
That's fucking impressive, and I say that as someone who already paints better than you.
You should be proud of yourself.

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>>50872768
love that puprle spartan! i want one for my termies, how is the kit?

i'm working on my land raider atm, filling/smoothing out the other side, i hope i can assemble it soon

pic is the painted part of the army thus far, mines five scouts wich need basing. progress is slow but i'll get there

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>>50872664
Guy on the right is like 2 years old?

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>>50872664
Pardon the ignorance... but who is Duncan and why is his constantly referenced?

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Because what the hell else am I gonna do on xmas day...

>>50872923
Probably the guy who does the warhammerTV guides on youtube.

>>50872923
Patron saint of /tg/, check out the warhammertv painting guides.

>>50872923
Lord Duncan forgive the uninitiated, the unthinner of paints, for he like us begins his journey virgin as a babe in the ways of the world

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>>50872923
Painting guy for the GW Community team.

>>50873003
Can we get some of Lord Duncan's best quotes and tips? I always invoke the litany of 'You're going to need at least two thin coats."

>>50872767
Their metal minis are about as good as anyone else's. The pvc minis are a bitch to clean the moldlines from and it can be a challenge to get the base coat of paint on the model as they don't take most primers too well. Even so, they're cheap enough that I'm willing to put up with those problems a lot of the time.

>>50873026
Always remembah t' fin ya paints

>>50873026
>now, the first thing ya want to do, is take a firm grip on the shaft right below the tip, and slowly just twist the end in a spiral shape. now, watch as I rub the tip gently against my pallette, and before long, you'll see a nice, fine white line start to emerge, there. now, multiple thin coats are always preferrable to one big, messy, globby coat.

>>50873064
get a nice fine tip on yer brush

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>>50872395
>Random Question.... Do you guys keep your armies on display?

Well, it *is* WIP-related, and although there are a coupla ladz here that have those expensive upright glass display cabinets, most of us don't. There's not enough room, and things around my place accumulate enough dust as it is.

>How do your store your currently "in use" armies? keep them in the army box/transport case or do you keep them out and on a shelf or something and pack it up when you want to play it?

One large brown old-style GW case, plus a large carboard box with custom-cut foam inserts to try to keep the tanks, bikes, and dreadnoughts from getting broken.

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I fear the head may be slightly too large. What do you guys think?

Heresy or not?

>>50873019
>>50873003
>>50872987
>>50872982


Oh okay, thanks, so he's a meme. Got it.

>>50873275
He's a meme. But his tutorials are honestly very good as well.

>>50873264
It works.

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>>50873227
>a large carboard box with custom-cut foam inserts to try to keep the tanks, bikes, and dreadnoughts from getting broken

This one. It's not perfect, but it was pretty cheap to make and does its job fairly well.

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>>50872664
>mfw no progress

REEEEEEEEEE

>>50873319
Holy fuck that marine on the right is sexy. That white on the face is fucking Duncan-tier.
Feel fuckin' proud man.

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>>50873026

>>50873363

Hey thanks man, I was getting discouraged because I'm still a pretty new painter and it seems like I can never make the models look like other people do. I'm going to try to learn how to do highlights without messing up maybe that will help.

>>50873264
It's helmeted, you expect ti to be larger than an unshielded human head

>>50873447
Hey thanks man, I was getting discouraged because I'm still a pretty new painter and it seems like I can never make the models look like other people do.
You an me both. I've been at this hobby 2 years and I still can't paint anything remotely like what some people post on here.

It can be hard to not get discouraged when you look at some of the pros around here, but it's important to remember they all started out just as shit as we were. Hell, I bet a whole hell of a let of them still think they paint like crap when they compare themselves to some Golden Daemon model or something.

Anyway, I'm getting sidetracked here. Just don't lose heart man. Your shit looks pretty damn impressive for a "pretty new painter". Looks better than my shit at the very least.

>>50873383
That makes me smile

>>50873319
>no progress
I see progress anon, the right one is neater and more crispy

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Chipping done. Silver bits next. I feel like the chips are garish in some places because of thinned paint and poor brush work, tried my best to keep them small and tidy.

>>50873680
That chipping looks really out of scale. I'm not sure if I would have added the highlights; makes the paint look an inch thick.

>>50873804
I agree, I saw pictures of it on other vehicles and liked the look a lot, was definitely more difficult to do then I thought. I'm still pretty happy with it, I plan on weathering it a lot more and with some of the other details in place hopefully it wont stand out to much(In a bad way).

http://imgur.com/a/ShYgV
Rate my WIP rhinoman sculpt. I know this thread is mainly for minis and shit, but I don't visit other boards.

>>50873804
It looks good on the light grey, not so much on the dark

>>50873834

The highlighted chip technique probably only works on tiny scratches on things like power armor.

>>50873842
I immediately recognized it as a Rhino. I'd say that's a pretty good start.

>>50872939
source on the mini?

>>50873834
Ah, yeah, hadn't considered that it might not be complete. Some filters would knock the brightness down.

>>50873866

Isn't it a Land Raider?

>>50873680

I actually dig the effect but I think you overused it and it looks too random. Like the splotches feel randomly place on the large, flat areas, and not with any eye to what caused the damage.

>>50873861
I usually see it used to represent actual holes. Chipping seems to be mostly with just a dark sponge application and then metallic sponge application.

>>50873680
I actually like how this looks, but I agree it doesn't exactly look "realistic" as far as weathering goes. It looks more like an illustration of a tank than a tank. Which is kinda neat in and of itself.

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>>50872664
The Priest isn't quite finished yet and it kind of annoys me how yellow my room light makes models appear on camera, but I'm actually pleasently surprised myself that I improved.

Also trying out some photo size reduction app for my phone, hopefully this shit works.

>>50873902
I think it looks more like a puma.

>>50873902
I misquoted lol. >>50873866 was actually meant for >>50873838.

>try to magnetize weapon
>need to embed magnet deep inside weapon to have room for the other side that's attached to the arm
>think it fits perfectly
>glue in
>glue took up a few millimeters
>magnet now sticks out

God, how I hate this. Can't think of a way to fix it either.

>>50874016
Pry the magnet out, redrill that extra few mm so it's flush.

>>50874050
Already tried prying it out, can't even get anything between magnet and plastic to pry it out because it's in there that exactly.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Finally home and getting ready to paint my models! How was your day? I met my baby niece and figured out she loves my deep voice(smiled the whole time) my dad counted my $650 debt paid, my dealer gave me a handful of smoke for xmas, and my dad actually gave me some modelling ideas WITHOUT remarking his 22 year old was painting basement games! Now to work on some AUXILIARIES

>>50873926
But it has tusks

>>50874094
Take needle nose pliers and grip as much as possible. Glue the pliers to the magnet if need be

>>50874134

I'm currently in the middle of unwrapping stuff. Got some D&D shirts, the Storm Giant Royal Guard miniature, and some ceramic knives (for cooking) so far. It's gonna take me a million years to paint that giant, so I'll probably just tackle it one piece at a time while working through my backlog.

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>>50874171
I really doubt that even needle nose pliers can fit in there.

>>50872721
Oh shit its you dude, nice fucking halberd blade

>>50874245
Greenstuff a layer onto the end of the weapon to make it thicker.

>>50873879
Sorry, no idea. Old gift from a buddy.

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Got a Battleforce, a spare Ghostkeel (my third), and a Wraithguard box. So far I've put together 8 Pathfinders and a custom Crisis Bodyguard on the Commander chassis (Onager Gauntlet, Target Lock and 2 Fusion Blasters). Looks okay in my opinion.

>>50873227
Ikea glass cabinets come at a very reasonable price, ive got one and want another one.

Its a good way to keep motivated since you actually get to enjoy your hard work on a daily basis, and if you have a wip you can also keep it in there so it doesn't get dusty.

>>50874414
>Tau suits and Eldar wraiths

>>50874455
I got the Wraithguard for display. I like wraith models' design.

>>50874414
Saved to The Greater Good Convert folder, i really dig the Dead Space looking helmet, and might steal your idea!

>>50874534
Thanks. I filed down the front of the Commander's head and the back of the Broadside's targeting system bits till they fit together, cut down the back of the side eyes so I could turn it, and cut the front neck armor flat. Saw it on another site and gave it a try.

anyone have that paint comparison chart as to which paint is what with each company? I am going to buy my first paints with some christmas money but I only know the names of the citadel versions of them. There is a place here that sells PP as well as vallejo

>>50874719
It's in the OP

I got some Custodes for Christmas today, and I want to base them in such a way that you would imagine them in a palace or regal place of some sort
What would you suggest? I was thinking about some marble flooring but I don't know what to use for marble.

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The doctor is in!

Input welcomed.

>>50874836
For maximum style and sophistication, use actual marble.

>>50874836
flatten putty on the base, use a knife to make tiles, base grey, thin down white a little too much and there you go.

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>>50874846
nice model! but try turning him rightways

>>50874836
find a way to make your base as flat as possible, either use some paper or putty and then follow this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0pGumGvczc

How well do plastic bitz work for converting metal minis?
This new made to order models looks like I could use it as a skitarii prime model if I just replaced the head and his weapon with one of their stun sticks

>>50875929
They work fine, as long as you can saw or clip what you don't want off the metal model. That's often the tricky part.

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>>50875929
what am I fucking retarded? forgot my image

>>50875929
They work fine. Just use super glue.

Hey Kentucky Anon.

Your SS package was scheduled to come tomorrow, but since it's still technically a holiday, it should be there Tuesday. Sorry for the delay, I explain it in the letter I wrote you. Merry Christmas!

Hope this is the right place to ask.
What is a good but cheap airbrush for painting warhammer 40k models.
I play Tau but do not have any big suits if that matters. I do have 2 remora drones and a barracuda if that matters. I also live in Australia so I would prefer a model or company rather than a link. Thanks in advance

My FLGS keep continuously bungling my orders. Like fuck, I want to support local businesses especially since this is such a niche market, but what am I supposed to do when my orders
A) aren't arriving when you say they will
B) Are incorrect
C) Never placed at all

Has anyone else had to deal with this? I live in a remote area so it's either this place or a GW that's an hour away

>>50876088
Find what you can easily buy spares for and buy that. I would think that being close to Japan that something Iwata would be the way to go, but that assumes their AU support is like their US support (ie awesome).

>>50876065
It's all good home dog, can't wait to get it~

>>50876154
Or you could order online, if someone establishes that they aren't worthy of your business, stop giving it to them. If you play at the store then buy little shit that they have in stock when you can. But if you don't, fuck em.

>>50872628
Place one magnet under the ball joint attached to the legs then place a piece of plastic above the hole and place the other magnet on top of that.

>>50876428

Yeah I get what you're saying. I guess I keep giving em a pass since I play there and the place is run by an old guy that doesn't really know a lot about 40k, but this time they fucked up an order containing all the shit for the Warhammer Secret Santas I joined this year so I'm beyond frustrated. My patience has pretty much run out at this point.

>>50873319
Mmm, galaxy sharks

>>50875949
Metal is usually a smidge smaller scale than its plastic counterpart. Should probably work though. Dremels and files are your friends for removing heads

>>50876511
Perhaps explain to the dude that he's making it really hard for you to give him 100s of dollars. And if a GW is only an hour away, you aren't that remote ;)

>>50873319
The white looks very smooth all over, nice job..and yes, slight progress, but definite progress to be seen!

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C&C for a hard nights work?

>>50876511
>doesn't know about the shit they sell
>allows them to fuck up an order containing likely hundreds of dollars of product.

u w0t? Look, tell this guy he needs to get the company's shit together or you wont be able to justify spending cash in his joint, that simple.

>>50876532
>galaxy sharks
>not Void Fish

>>50876154

If it's gotten to the point where you're this upset, just stop spending money there. You've given him more than enough chances, it's not a one time thing. You're not some bad guy for taking your hard earned cash elsewhere.

I 100% believe in supporting your local store, but it's not your duty to keep them afloat at the expense of your customer satisfaction.

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>>50875929
Works fine.

>>50875929
Works fine. I would recommend pinning the pewter bits together and pinning where the plastic will join with the pewter for a better fit. Also, >>50875944

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>>50876916

>>50873275

Yeah he is, but don't discount him just for that because there's a good reason for it. His tutorials are great, and he's an extremely likable guy. Very easy and entertaining to watch.

>>50873026

Give i' a good shake.

>>50873264

Looks good to me, anon. I say stick with it. Good looking mini.

>>50874428

I want to eventually get a big ass glass cabinet for all my minis. Right now I can't since I have small children and all my minis and wargaming stuff needs to be stored in high shelves or locked drawers.
When the kids are a bit older I'm going to get a display case with enough shelves for a shitload of minis and the nicer terrain pieces.

Can't wait, gonna have a permanent workstation as well. Right now I always have to put away all my paints and stuffs after every painting session.

>>50874016
>>50874245
If it's not poking out enough for pliers to grab, you could try filing the magnet down flush.

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first Blood bowl mini lads! What do you think I should improve?

>>50879040
The model could use a little more shading and highlighting, but you appear to have thinned your paints for the most part. A good start.

>>50879040
Looks good. Personally I'd paint the base rim brown and maybe try and pick out another area with the red. Maybe the helmet stripe?

>>50872768
that purple is crispy...

>>50876664
Well honestly, it's pretty good. I'm no expert painter by any means so I can't give you much more than that, but it's good.

>>50879040
Looks good, though for a sports team the grey is a drab choice. White on the stipe on the helmet would look nice I think.

Aside from that the only thing I'd spend some extra time on would be the freehand/decal. This is always a make it or break it kind of thing for me.
If you got a great mini with freehand lettering that is just a few brushstrokes it really takes away from the overall impression.

Consistent line thickness and nicer serifs go a long, long way towards taking this to the next level.

All in all it's a great mini, though. Freehanding is just one of those things I obsess about.

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Are you supposed to drybrush first then wash/shade or the other way around?

>>50879508

If you drybrush before the wash, the wash helps hide the drybrushing, because drybrushing always looks a bit dusty from the stroking.

If you drybrush AFTER the wash, it will be more pronounced and act as a more visible highlight, such as if you drybrushed fur after painting and washing it.

>>50879508
Depends on what you're doing.

Fur:
>rough drybrush with dark colour
>wash with black or brown
>softer drybrush with lighter colour
>even softer and even lighter

Skin
>base
>wash
>drybrush
>glaze flat areas

>>50876664
I like that you painted his nails

>>50879508
you can do both.

>>50879508
Either.

>>50879508
Neither

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One of the models I'm working on currently.
I regularly find that the color of the models changes in photos. In this case for the red cloak I can't see the mid tones and orange highlights. And for the hair the contrast and the colors appear more saturated.

I was wondering if you guys might have noticed a similar thing and should I be painting for the camera or my eyes?

>>50872657
The guy who asked for stunning and brave edition, here.

As promised, i am disappoint

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So I just got a huge batch of models for Christmas, and basically all of it is resin. I've only ever worked with plastic/pewter before, so I was wondering what some of the differences are.

>>50881181
The dust will give you ass cancer. Also its fairly easy to mold ut if you put it in warm water, bend, then put back into cold water to harden again. All i know. I've never worked with it

>>50881181
Resin dust is carcinogenic, for one. Wear a masy while you're sanding.

>>50881181
It can break kinda easily if you aren't careful. But your minis look rather sturdy on that pic.

Make sure you use a mask if you do alot of sanding/filing or do it under running water. Resin dust is not good for your health.

>>50880496
The face looks soo good
But the rest looks like ass.
What the fuck is going on here?

>>50879040
Man you paint them all like that, your blowing 90% of the other guys paint jobs out the fucking water. Keep it up.

>>50876664
Thin paints
Watch out for the pooling of ink (scabbard)
Not many highlights after the shade it seems (some depth still somewhat flat, see his face)
Skeleton on hat looks like it was only base coated...
Anon a fair few little things, but in all, a very good job.

>>50876154
Next time you have a big order, order that shit online. Then bring it into the store.
If he asks, give it to them straight.

>>50881208
Jesus, is it really that bad for you? What kind of mask should I get? Also, do I need a mask if I don't really plan on doing much other than cutting off mold lines?

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>>50881494
Save is save.. i would assume you won't drop dead on the floor from a few hours of cutting mold lines, but if you work with resin regularly you need a mask.

Still, get pic related from a hardware store and all is fine. Shouldn't be more expensive than $10. Probably just around 5.

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>>50881518
Thanks for the help. I can can probably just pick up some from my grandfather, probably has some in his workshop. Also, don't know if this was the right thread or not but I was looking to get a naval mat for the game, until I came across pic related, a polyester blue tablecloth, for about 10 bucks. Would it make for a good stand in?

>>50881742
Id imagine you could maybe just paint a tablecloth with a sponge and some craft paint, get a pretty good texture.

>>50881742
I recommend asking in /hwg/, some of the guys there love naval games.

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>>50872464
Sup /wip/, looking for some advice.

I got a box of pic related for Christmas. I'm primarily a Tyranid player, and this will be my first time building Guardsmen. I was just wondering if it is hard to paint their chests with their arms are attached, and whether I should build/paint the rest of them before attaching the arms. It seems like it would be difficult with the gun crossing over the front, but on the other hand, I do plan on painting the gun's casing an the armor the same color, so it may be a moot point.

Any advice is appreciated.

>>50882073

Personally I always paint any minis that have a two handed weapon without the arms attached. Much easier that way. Even if the attached gun covers the chest you can more often than not still see the blochy paintjob underneath if you just shimmy some paint down there.

>>50873319
I see no progress in taking fucking pictures

>>50881445
Lighting, man, lighting

>>50881181
>>50881208
That appears to be Spartan Games' stuff.
That's polyurethane resin, literally usable as a murder weapon, it's that fucking sturdy.
The thin parts can be fragile, but Spartan tends to provide those in metal rather than resin.
The hulls are functionally indestructible assuming you don't take a sledgehammer to them.

Be careful when sanding stuff (thankfully their casts are fairly decent so it shouldn't be too much), as others have said, the dust is nasty stuff.
Beyond that, give the stuff a nice bath and a light scrub before priming, as the mold release may fuck up your primer otherwise.

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>>50882137
Alright, sounds good. Thanks for the advice.

I only hope the bodies don't require specific arms. It's gonna be hard keeping track of them that way.

>>50882426
>The thin parts can be fragile, but Spartan tends to provide those in metal rather than resin.

Yup, I got a bunch of tiny metal minarets as most of the models I got were Ottomans.

>>50882426
Also, I was wondering if you knew a place to get files for small miniatures I don't think my current ones can cut it.

>>50882572
check aliexpress or amazon for a set of diamond files.
Something like link related:
https://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Needle-Metal-Glass-Stone/dp/B003XZI2LI/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1482772234&sr=8-9&keywords=diamond+files

Maybe a local hardware store has them even cheaper, but i wouldn't count on that.

>>50882572
I've generally used sculpting files (designed for soap-stone, they're cheap and they work fine for most resins), and sanding cards (like rigid sanding stick, made of a harder plastic). All available from local art stores.

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>>50882445

Emperor's Teeth! The Howling Griffons shown in official modern artwork! That is some extra kind of cool!

>>50882681
The Deathwatch box even has a Griffon badge.

>>50876664
I like the decision to keep the bone black, but the staff and apron are too samey in tone

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Brand new to painting and minis in general, but this was last nights work. There are some obvious fuck ups I noticed after the fact, but it looks okay on the table, which was my main goal. Please be gentle.

>>50882880
Looks alright. Only thing that is REALLY triggering me is that one claw that's painted in the cloak's red. Other then that, definitely fieldable, though still far from perfect.

>>50882445
>>50882681
That's rad. My friend did them as his marine chapter back in college 8 years ago.

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so hyped for fall of cadia omg

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Counts as dark eldar for my growing kabal because if being dark eldar means not having werewolves with tits and better lahmaen's then I don't want to be right. Various states of completion.

>>50882904
Very nice!

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>>50882681
>>50882728
They even got a mention in the Deathwatch Overkill game. Apparently a howling Griffon was a member of the first squad sent to investigate Ghosar Quintus who got wiped out.

Come to think of it, I kinda take offense that the killed squad was made up of later founding chapters, while the successful one was all first founding, with the possible exception of the Blood Raven.

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>>50883080

Close up!

>>50882904
Amazing mini anon. Looking forward to see what you do with the new sisters minis

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And so it begins

>>50883080
>>50883181
Really nice Anon. A strange choice of paint but somehow it looks great

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Just put together my Christmas present

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And mounted

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Fixed the grip and started blocking out the colours, still a long way to go.

>>50883362

Cheers fellow anon, I wanted to go with a whole fair folk look. Tons of flesh warped monsters and nature gone wrong.

Also cheesecake.

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Thanks a heap, Springfield Anon!
By this point the grunts are assembled and primed, gonna do one up in leviathan, as well.

>>50883389
>>50883380
I don't mean to be a cunt, but there is no way at all these need to be 4 MB each.

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>>50872664
Started out like this.

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>>50884049
Now I can paint like this. Substantial improvement over 2 years, I think.

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>>50884075
Now if I could just improve my photography skills..

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>>50884087
start with this.

But you did a good job there. Its nice to see well painted Warmachine minis once in a while.

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>>50872664
Six years of painting, and I've learned to use more than just three colors and what a wash is... still pretty shitty though.

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>>50882904
got some pics of the finished product

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>>50884381

>>50884381
>>50884394
Damn thats cool. Whered you get the helmet and inquisition icon?

>>50884441
helmet is from skitarii box. Fleur-de-lys and inq icon were press moulded from sisters models

How do I know if my paint is thinned enough, too thick, or too thin? Sorry, newbie here from /toy/.

I tried painting the face of a transformer but all the "peak" areas where I tried to paint like the chin and the nose was absolute hell to do.

>>50884617
You want the consistency of milk when watering down paints.

>>50884617
What paint do you use? Acrylics?
If so, then you want milk-like consistency.

Did you prime your transformer first?

>>50884645
I used acrylics. But I don't think I primed the toy properly. Soaking the piece in some rubbing alcohol and prepping it because I messed up the first time

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>>50884645

>Prime your Transformer
>Prime

>>50884675
Thats probably a good idea.
You really need to prime it with a proper primer. It makes the paint stick to it better.

>>50884694
or at all, depending on the finish on the material.

>>50884694
Alright. Thanks.

Why was paint sliding off the "peak" areas, though? Paint too thin?

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Sorry for potato phone pic with huge mb.

Bought archaon and following duncans tutorial. Almost finished with the flash and scale parts.

Also dont look at my shitty wall, i live in a 400 year old monk monastery.

>>50884706
Maybe it was just to thin. But if you didn't prime then it might also be the plastic of your mini which didn't allow the paint to stick properly.

>>50884877

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobilephotoresizer&hl=en_GB

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I want gold or at the least silver metallic Iron Hands transfers. Would you recommend printing them myself or can you colour them in with metallic sharpies or something?

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Got a leviathan with my christmas haul and am just about finished with magnetizing and prepping the parts for assembly

Any tips for putting one together? Mainly any parts that I would need to pin

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More spoop. 1000 points and full nighthaunt. Debating picking up a mourngul, that guy looks like fun to paint.

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Anons, I got a box of chainaxes and the GW Blood Angel Tacticals for Christmas, how fucked am I for posing them?

Could I easily affix the chainaxes to the tactical's arms without the axes themselves being right in their faces, or should I save the axes for when I get a squad of assault/death company?

pic related

>>50885801
Save them for the DC. Better weapon poses if you don't already have the arms

>>50884877

Sorry anon I've got to ask, are you a monk? Or a priest? If so the idea of a monk painting archeon and posting on 4chan is the best thing ever.

>>50886070
please, God, let him be a monk

>>50885991
Right, cheers anon

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What does /tg/ think of the 16gig thumb stick I made as a gift for Christmas?

>>50872721

Great work, It took me years to even get to a level that made me think "hey, this actually looks ok!", you did that and more in 18 months, good job!

>>50885459

No pinning if you're using magnets. I would magnetise the waist and legs together with a 5mm.

>>50884306
Probably the worst colourscheme you could have possibly chosen.

>>50886938
thats fuckin awesome

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>>50884306
>>50887086

I like the scheme. If you painted the soft armor white and the gums red you could have Captain Universe.

>>50884306
>Bikestealer Cultist
kek'd

>>50885545
Technique for painting that?

>try to buy bitz to replace a unit.
>almost all the pieces are sold out on every bitz store
>ebay will cost as much as a new pack of dudes

Why does the universe curse me so?

Where do you get your bitz anon?

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>>50887086
>>50887237
>>50887288
The color scheme is actually based on Godzilla. I picked Tyranids due to my love of kaiju movies. The red claws are my addition for more color, and I also use green for stuff like veins on the guns and other gross details.

>>50887554
you used pure fucking black though...
should have used a charcoal grey for the skin with slightly lighter, browner highlights.

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>>50872664
Here are my first Dryads, from around 3 or so years ago.
I have an entire unit of these horrible monsters.

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>>50887679
and here are some I painted this year, while trying to figure out how it is I wanted to paint them.

Looking at the picture, I went a bit crazy while cleaning up the one in the middle so it just looks plastic up close now, so I think I am going to have to tone that down with a wash a little bit.
Also clean up some other areas I missed. It is funny how you just don't notice something until you take pictures of it.

>>50887627
What exactly is wrong with pure black? I'm not angry, just asking. Again, I picked out the scheme years ago and kinda just stuck with it, so I would love to improve it.

Though, I'm not sure what paint would produce charcoal grey.

>>50887374
Not him, but mine look almost exactly the same. Just a white basecoat and then many thin green and oxide washes to suit.

>>50887690
That's a very cute owl.

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>>50888003
That is probably why the Dryad itself looks more plastic than the other two. I may have rushed it just as an excuse to paint the owl.

Sylvaneth collectors should have no shortage of Owls. I have around 16 of those owls, and 4 (maybe 8, I dont remember if it is 1 or 2 per kit) of the owls that come with the Treelord kit.

Also loads of other things like spites and insects.

>>50887849
it's the hardest color to highlight and shade. It is needlessly hard to make something look good when using black paint.

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>>50887849
Allows you to have actual contrast in the recesses (kinda same reason you paint white as Ulthuan Grey or Pallid Wych Flesh and just highlight with White Scar).

Also flat black is boring, toned black approaches let you complement other colours on the model and build into nice blue-black or brown-black highlights.

I'm also a massive hypocrite because I used flat black on my Terminator.

>>50873319
post more carcharodons please

How how do you paint marble statues?
I ask because I want to have a toppled Honoured Imperium statue for my DarkMech Knight to be standing on, but I realised I have no idea how to make white marble look decent.

>>50888414
How did you get your black so smooth, spray/airbrush?

>>50888641
I just use a brush to apply Vallejo Game Colour Black.

>>50887921
Yep. That's how I did it.

Base celestra grey, thinned nihilak oxide over that, wash coelia greenshade mixed with lamian medium, then dry brush pallid wych flesh. Highlight skull white on the face areas.

I think I got the tech from the Nagash video Duncan put out

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Trying to work out a good pose, aim is that he's charging about to slam into something shoulder first. Arms are magnetized so I can swap the weapons as I please later

Thoughts?

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So I am trying to figure out if my big guy should carry a whole turret or just a gun? Thoughts?

>>50889164
I like it.

>>50888698
Thanks, I'll try vallejo

>>50888372
>>50888414
I mean, I'm aware of that. But to me, the most interesting parts of the Tyranids are their chitin and claws, so I wanted to make that pop. Plus, again, going with a theme here with the black.

Not sure how I would do toned black.

>>50883306

Really dig the red but I see some gaps you've left that don't get covered up by armor.

>>50889164
my only thing is that it would make FAR more sense to be charging with the claw arm.

Still really great pose for a normally hideously static model.

>>50889169
I'd say just the gun, but if it works with the whole turret than do that man

>>50889378
Not him but wouldn't he normally ram with one arm and then immediately want to punch something with momentum using the other arm?

>>50889292
>Not sure how I would do toned black.
Basecoat skin in Mechanicus Standard Grey
Maybe build up to Eshin Grey if you want the skin really dark, but I'd experiment first.
Gloss Agrax Earthshade Wash
Matte varnish
LIGHT drybrush of Gorthor Brown

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One week into painstakingly painting my Mistweaver Saih model I discovered that sometimes the paint would chip off. What sealant spray should I use to protect the mini once I'm done? I heard pic related sucks, but I don't know any other alternative.

>>50889406
that was the goal but again, the arms were surprisingly easy to magnetize so i can swap them at will

>>50889444
Honestly any gloss varnish. I use some from Krylon. Then I use brush on matte varnish for the areas that aren't supposed to be shiny

Anybody interested in seeing my WIP Raptors Chapter Muhreens? Quite a bit of OOP metal stuff in the army so far. I'll have time to take pics tomorrow morning.

Today's project harvesting magnets from broken ear buds

>>50890380
No. Keep those pictures to yourself.

Nobody's interested in your shitty paint job and lazy poses.

Leave this board and never post again.

>>50890380

Don't ask about that sort of thing, anon. Just post em.

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>>50890773

Savage

>>50890655
That sounds interesting as fuck. I'd look at a build diary about that

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>>50891278 it's not really that interesting just prying them open snipping off extra bits of metal and then filing down a rivet that goes through the center of the magnet sorry about the size of the picture this is from two pairs coin and backpacks for size

>>50891981
Damn that's pretty neat. They look like they're the perfect size.

>>50892054 so far I've only dissected $20 - $25 broken ones I'm probably about to try a dollar store set

I got an airbrush, an air compressor, and a air tank.
What do I need to connect this shit up, /tg/ and get the right pressures 'n shit?

>>50892155
It turns out the Dollar Tree once had the same inside only it was even easier since I didn't have to file anything down also the new magnets don't have a hole in them

>>50891981
>>50892155
That's incredibly interesting. I've got a ratty set of earbuds I'd be willing to sacrifice for magnets. How strong are they?

>>50892306 I now plan to ask my family and my friends for their broken earbuds 4 recycling I was looking at magnets online and now it looks like I won't have to buy them I already had some that were going to go in the trash

>>50892309 they feel very strong Rare Earth neodymium sort of things I remembered a thing about speakers and how they had magnets in them and I decided to get experimental with what was already broken

>>50889169
Got a shot of those taurox gatling guns next to a Marine assault cannon? I've been wondering if they'd work as alternative barrels.

What's your guys opinion on Army Painter's warpaints? Would this Mega Paint Set be a good starting point for someone looking to get into mini painting?
https://www.amazon.com/Army-Painter-Warpaints-Mega-Paint/dp/B01MTXRUUT/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1482818102&sr=8-2&keywords=mega+paint+set

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>>50872664
Started here

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>>50892537
Now, 3 years later

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>>50892548
>>50892537
jesus fucking christ. Messed with it on paint, should be upright

>>50892548
Work on your basing. You 40k fucks do the same shit like just slapping flock/dirt on the base when the miniature has been finished.

Other than that the mini looks fine, it's just blurry.

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>>50892585
Oh, don't worry, I can base -- at the very least basic stuff, pic related.

It's just that I had 120 guardsmen to do, so I just glued dirt with a strong tone wash afterwards.

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>>50889164
bit of an update

is the pelt too out of place? because i like it

>>50892671
I think it looks pretty neat. Might be better draped over the right shoulder just under that shield there though.

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Well posted before but this is undergoing a repaint to match my noise marines better almost fully sculpted slaanesh Obliterator

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>>50893114
back view

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Getting back into painting after a very long hiatus. Necromunda time.. My juves were paint scheme testers for mu Van Saar gang; this is the just of what I'm going with.

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I noticed this colour scheme in the skaven heraldry book and thought i might try to replicate it. did I do good, /tg/?

>>50892443
it is possible, but I am not sure how well they would match up to the heavy bolter.

Painting some guardsmen tomorrow and thinking of giving them white armor. What would be a good color to complement that?

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>>50893689
A light leather on their fatigues.

>>50893302
I can't tell, the image is too dark.

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>>50872664
I feel I'm getting to level where I'm happy with my tiny soldiers

>>50893767
That's really fucking good mang. I am proud, son

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mfw the one Warhammer Secret Santa that didn't deliver for me this year is the Reddit /r/Warhammer one.

First and last time I sign up for that garbage. Thank you for being decent humans, fellas.

>>50893826
>reddit
>not cunts

pick only one, senpai

Are there any good painting guides for small scale ships? Most of the guides I see are for 28mm miniatures.

>>50893767
Damn son. I remember when you started. Good work.

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Hey /wip/,

Do you know of a good place to get batwings or something to convert stuff like this?
Not looking for flying ripperswarms specifically, just looking for batwings that would fit on a goblin/dwarf sized miniature

>>50894177
Have you considered Tyranid Gargoyle Wings?

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>>50889164

>>50894203
Not a bad idea, they look a bit bigger than what I had in mind though. And I can't seem to find them in a bitsstore.

What I actually wanted to do was convert some imps. Since he only ones I found that I liked are the reaper darkspawn ones. But for some reason they just sell one model separately and the other variant is in an army bundle.
I just want want three or four of the guys though.

So I though the next best thing might be to put some wings on a nice goblin sculpts.
I've also looked in 15mm miniatures, but so far nothing really stands out to me.

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>>50894177
>>50894203
>>50894543
captcha ate my pic

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Them Sons. Next step, metallics.

>>50895079
>painting an entire army assembly line style
that's pretty hardcore.

>>50892472

Yes!

>>50895244
Well, only two squads and two dreads really. I already have 60 tacticals, sicarran and some characters + heavy support squads done.

>>50895079
Not enough sons of horus out there. Keep updating, this look good.

>>50895258
Oh I just noticed you have an airbrush.
That's not so bad then.

Gotta say I'm pretty tempted to get some mk3 myself.

>>50895305
Yeah, they are pretty cool. Only shame is that there are really no assault arms in the box. If I had started my army now, I'd make MK III's my veterans and MK IV's for normal dudes. Now I just sourced a ton of arms from all sorts of marines and triggered some armour autists in the process.

>>50895334
> triggered some armour autists

The description alone triggered me. Well done.

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>>50889444
I like to airbrush on a gloss varnish (vallejo) before applying any washes / transfers and then finish with a coat of matte varnish to remove shine from the gloss.

The bits that are supposed to be are still shiny enough for my liking.

>>50895392
Do you airbrush your matte (and if so, is it acrylic)? Just had some trouble with spraying some Model Masters matte through my brush, was looking for an alt.

>>50895392
What vallejo varnishes do you use?
The regular ones or the premium line?

I tried to do it like you said: Gloss -> and then matte, but the regular matte isn't matte enough to remove the gloss.

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>>50895670
>>50895721
Yeah I put it through an airbrush (patriot 105 with the biggest needle i have - i think it's .30) on fairly high PSI (25 -30).

Pic related is the exact one I have on my bench (same style for the gloss varnish No. 70.510)

How hard would it be to magnetize SM shoulder pads? I want to run some of my 30k Marines in recon armor, and I can just omit the shoulders. However, I want to be able to switch for different RoW.

>>50895942
I doubt "recon armor" looks like regular power armor just without shoulder pads.

But if you want to do this, its fairly simple i guess.

>>50895942
>RoW
No idea what that is supposed to mean. Marines wear scoutarmor, not sure if that is a 30k thing though. Never seen a Power Armor marine without pads that didn't just look unfinished.

But you should consider that if you use magnets everywhere you need at the very least 4 magnets for every miniature. Less if you glue metal strips into the pads.
Still it's gonna be a pain in the ass and you have shitloads of tiny loose bits kicking around.

I magnetized 10 assault terminators arms and shoulderpads, cause I didn't have enough pads at the time.
Frankly by the end I felt like I should have just bought more miniatures.

But yeah, you take an engraving bit, hollow out enough space in the shoulder and sink a magnet in there after filling the hole with GS.
Then you smooth the top.

Use a master magnet to determine polarity though, so you don't fuck up the whole thing by having the parts repulse each other instead of attract.

>>50893767
fantastic ork m8

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>>50895988

RoW is Rite of War, which are like formations, but they just modify what you can take.

30k scouts can get recon armor.

>>50896078
Meant for
>>50895953

>>50895988

I might magnetize the arms anyway so I can switch Volkite and/or CCW+BP

>>50896086
>I might magnetize the arms anyway so I can switch Volkite and/or CCW+BP
As I said I'd strongly recommend against doing that.

I mean if you do this for 10 guys you'll have
>10 bodies
>20 arms with volkite guns or 10 pairs of arms, no sure how the kits are done
>20 single CCW and BP arms
>20 single shoulderpads

that means for a 10 man squad you'll need to manage somewhere between 50 and 60 separate bits already.
Now doing body, arm and shoulderpad separately means using 8 magnets for model in the squad unless you can get around using one for each connecting if the ones you use are strong enough that they'll stick to a metal plate.
That would be 80 magnets for a 10 man unit.

And before you can deploy them in any of these configurations you'll spend 10 minutes fiddling with each part snapping the parts together.


On paper it sounds like a great idea, in practice it's a huge waste of time and sucks the fun right out of painting and everything else.
At least it did for me.

Magnets make sense on vehicle and larger kits like that, for infantry they are pretty much always overkill imo.
As I said I've been there and done what you are thinking about doing now. Just one opinion of course, still think it over.

>>50893114
>those molded arms on the face
holy shit anon, good work

>When you discover that greenstuff+milliput can stay 24 hours in the refrigerator without losing any property
>Up to 2 days if you're going to use it as a filler
This knowledge has changed my life

>>50896165
Basically this.

If we are talking about Forgeworld minis, ok i could maybe understand it, but the regular plastics? you get a squad of mk3 for like 15-20 bucks right now on ebay.

>>50896165
>>50896641
Yea, true I guess. I do have both HH sets.

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How do you paint marble, /wip/?
I want to have one of those Honoured Imperium statues for my Knight to have one leg on, but I have no idea how to do the marble properly, and there's no point making nice bases if you paint them shit.

Do you usually go for a unified look in your armies, or try to have a little variance?

Making high elves and can't decide if i want them to look like a bunch of militia (with a broad theme) or a professional unified force.

>>50897067
http://zootales.pl/paint-marble-words-doe/

>>50897181
Always unified. Armor is painted one color, with different trims depending on how ornamental the armor is (I paint WM/H and not WH40k/Fantasy), cloaks are all painted the same (a dark blue/black color, leathers are universal and a few personal touches on each mini here and there.

It's better to have an army fit together. You can still do the militia idea, but maybe have their shields/cloaks all the same unifying color?

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Apologies for the bad photo. First mini batch of feudal guardsmen primed and ready for base coats.

>>50897237
So far, I planned on all the armour being the same colour. Shields wouldn't be hard too I suppose. I'm wondering about robes, helmet crests, and the little touches on each soldier. So maybe within each unit some sameness, the leader of each being slightly different, and the leader of the army being distinct?

>>50883446
Nigga wow

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Guys what would be more efficient for painting in relation to this picture? I currently have not glued at least one arm for each miniature for ease of access when painting but i always see people in this group have their miniatures fully assembled before painting.

>>50897617
is that tau second to last on the right beatin' it?

>>50897269
they look great! What's their backstory?

>>50897617
painting before full assembly is always better, baddies often paint without having sub-assemblies. It just takes a bit more work because of pinning or blue-tack.

>>50897899
Thank you.

I'm still fluffing them really. I've scraped all the imperial logos off the weapons and intend to have them as a very remote wintery medieval/feudal world with imperial tech that has moved away from the worship of the Emperor in favour of their own traditional religions. I'm going to paint them in split half white half blue heraldry.

I'm a little short on ideas when it comes to character models, so will probably be using GW Empire commanders and standard imperial guard priests. The scale will be slightly off but hopefully will just serve to make them stand out a bit.

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>>50897617
That's basically how I prep my miniatures for painting. Gluing arms/packs on depends entirely on how confident I am in being able to paint everything that'll be visible.

>>50898123
who's the random skank on right?

Just started Blood Angels and unlike my salamanders lava bases I have no idea how to base them. Ive only done the work with the cork so sand bases are the other basic type I can see myself doing. Whats a good way to make it look interesting besides glue sand bascoat and drybrush?

>>50898195
infinity HVT from one of the dire foes boxes

may paint her up for a potential rogue stars band I have in mind

Howdy!
I've started cutting up my BaC Contemptor and now there's a lot of plastic dust everywhere. The thing is I did it in the room I sleep in etc. Would it be more appropriate to do it in a dedicated space?
Also should I went my room?

>>50898258
probably more sensible to do that stuff in a more open space (spare table in a kitchen/dining area), but it's not like sawing up a dreadnought's going to kill you

>>50898277
Yeah I'll be mindful of it the next time.
The dust seems to settle on the working surface, but I'm worried some of it'll end up in the air and then in my lungs.

>>50898311
Umm, then vacuum it?

>>50898341
No problem about that. Thanks.

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Martian Ironearth for my, obviously green, Nurgle units?
I'd figured the red/orange of it would help my minis pop a little

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So, was at my FLGS and bought someone's old Battletech lance the owner has been trying to sell for months now.
He sold it together with this...thing.
Any idea where it's from?

Just getting into the game, started with space marines, got everything assembled and now need to pick a chapter scheme, but I'm needing some help with it. Apparently I'm just a garbage painter. The hard edge highlighting is impossible for me, and the only thing I'm really good at is drybrushing. I've tried black templars but I can't highlight the black, and the white on the shoulders always looks blotched. I seem to have trouble using red, yellow and gold paints, as they never drybrush well, and even basecoating look blotchy or too thick. Any suggestions for a terrible painter? Maybe there's an easy metallic scheme I could drybush?

>>50898496
from the look on his face, probably my nightmares

>>50898574
No one starts out being good at painting miniatures. It takes time and practice, like everything else worth doing.

Go on WarhammerTV on youtube and watch some of Duncan's tutorials, there are loads on how to paint Spess Mehreens.

I'll give some very basic advice here but the key thing to do is practice, practice, practice.

Never paint straight from the pot. Use your brush to transfer some paint to a palette (could use a plate, a tile, whatever). Then, thin your paints. As you're just starting using water to do this is fine. You want your paint to be the consistency of milk - too thick and it will look lumpy, too thin and it will take hundreds of coats and clog up all the recesses.

Never attempt to lay a colour down in one coat. It should take a minimum of two thin coats to build a solid colour. Black and white are two pretty tricky colours to pull off (some people have similar issues with red and yellow). Read or watch some tutorials in order to learn how to paint it well.

Also, don't choose a paint scheme just because it's easy to paint. Choose a scheme that you like (or invent one) because if you have no passion for the colours you've chosen, you'll end up either doing a poor job or just giving up.

Hope that helps and I'll post some of the common /wip/ meme replies.

THIN YOUR PAINTS
DRILL YOUR BARRELS
SCRAPE YOUR MOULDLINES

>>50898673
Well I was thinking perhaps Minotaurs. They look like I could mostly just drybrush bronze across the whole model except the gun and shoulders.

>>50898979
Necrons are a good army for quick and simple painting. Prime black, spray metal, wash black, drybrush metal. Then just do touch-ups and detail.

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>>50898673
>DRILL YOUR BARRELS
no, im not wasting money on a drill

>>50899013
Could I do something similar with marines and have it look good?

>>50899061
Yes. 99% of iron warriors are painted like this.

>>50899019
a pin vise is like ten bucks, and will outlast you if you aren't a tardmonkey

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>>50898496
>He sold it together with this...thing.
>Any idea where it's from?

I've purchased some multi-part Heavy Gear models for use in Battletech to represent some home-made designs ("tinker toys"). My first thought was *not* Heavy Gear though, but rather Mekton. In the 1990's, RAFM produced a line of metal models that looked very much like this for R. Talsorian Games' Mekton and later Jovian Chronicles games, but this does not match any of the designs I can find.

You might need to rotate and resize your picture and ask da swell ladz over in /m/. Surely somebody over there will recognize it.

Got some Chaos Familiars, does Finecast require any treatment before priming and painting?

>>50899019
>no, im not wasting money on a drill
you're memeing, right?

>>50884075
>>50884087

I'm impressed! Never thought Id see the day a fellow Warmahordes player who actually painted his miniatures!

Oh.. yea, the painting has improved as well, well done.

>>50892671
cinch it up so it looks like it is sitting on his loins more

>>50895334
armor autists deserve to be triggered