/wip/ - Work in Progress General

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Working on some boarbikers conversion. Still needs basing and some clean up.
thoughts?

>>50900423
looks like fantasy orcs with guns glued onto them

>>50900484
Are they well painted fantasy orcs with guns on them or did I fuck up?
I dont want to spend $200 on a squad of bikers considering as well Im playing snakebites.

>>50900624
>>50900423
could make it look like the guns are attached somehow, not just floating on the side of the pig, 40k up the riders somemore, drill your barrels... job's alright but you could have done a little more in the modelling dept. Agreed the price on GW bike boyz is absurd. Can you post a pic showing the gun side?

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Made a disc and an exalted flamer for a Burning Chariot.

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Magnetised

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>>50900713
Sure, here. Yeah some are floating some arent but there aint much room to make it fit.

>>50900797

very cool!

Does anyone know a place that hawks recasts for Super Dungeon Explore?

I know that sounds lame but I really want the Twilight Knight mini for my Kingdom Death collection.

What's the cheapest way to make decent looking csm autocannons (based on HBolters, I'm guessing)?

>>50900997
if you dont mind the ends not looking all that chaos-ish, using the barrels from the aegis line quad auto cannon on HB's works great for me

What are you working on, /wip/?

Magnetized my wrathmonger/skullreaper kit, built my juggernaut riders and just started painting my war mammoth, will post pictures tomorow after the sun rose again.

Something has arrived.

>>50900779
A THOUSAND EYES WATCH

Looks great and a great way to make those flat areas look more busy and chaotic

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>>50901336
HO HO HOLY EMPEROR

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>>50901336
>>50901378
Thank you so much anon, this miniatures looks awesome and...wait

>>50901336

Carlos, mate, delete that first picture.

>>50901439
What are we gonna do, order pizzas to Spain? Send him Tyranid terrain?

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What is this?

>>50901455

No, I just genuinely don't think it's wise to have your name or address associated with this place.

>>50901455
Islas Canarias, that's still Spain but fucking far away. Even in 4chan no one is going to waste that much money in a prank.


Still he should delete it.

>>50901230
dont have a phone near me to take a photo, but working assembling my entire Emperor's Children army and putting them on marble bases. kill me my hands are hurting so bad. also converting some autocannons before i go to bed

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>>50901230

Maghariba Guard, time take so far is about 4 hours including priming.

Haven't worked with such a large lump of pewter since assembling a Furioso Dreadnought in the 90s

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Thank you so much anon. This is a lot more of what i had expected. Not only the content itself but the thought you have put in it, really maked my shitty day better. Im going to try my best on this challenge, its going to be my first time with milliput so im looking forward to it. Thank you again and have a happy 2017.

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Slowly making progress on this big guy. I fucking suck at drybrushing though and really need to fix up that wing... would a blue wash help neaten it up?

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>>50901797
Eurgh, shitty iPhone.

>>50901881
>>50901797
What purpose does the belly button serve?

>>50902005
>The navel (clinically known as the umbilicus, colloquially known as the belly button, or tummy button) is a scar on the abdomen at the attachment site of the umbilical cord.

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>>50901881
I did the whole drybrushing like Saint Duncan told me to, but then went back to clean it up with layers, blending and highlights on every feather anyway.

Pic is from a few days ago.

>>50901881
While a blue wash could help tie the wing together a bit, it may also end up divorcing the wing from the main body visually.

Then again, something to put a bit more dpeth to the reddish part of the wing would probably be a good idea.

So maybe a well diluted wash applied quite sparingly to a slightly damped surface, or go full oil/enamel wash so you can purge any excess well and proper.

>>50902005

It was no doubt how the food / energy / warp juice was passed to the gestating primarchs through umbilical cords while in their archeotech incubators

>>50902005

Just because they're born in a tube doesn't mean that a nutrient tube couldn't have gone there or something.

>>50902049
That looks really fucking good anon. I already envisioned having to go over rather feather but wondered if a wash would help first... I'll probably just skip the wash and go heavier on the highlighting.

>>50902065
>>50902066

Bullshit. They obviously had the black carapace (see the model), that was way more efficient.

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KY Anon reporting in, seems something arrived for me today, book for scale... and to cover the shipping label.

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>>50902116

What?

>>50902116
I have no idea what you're referring to.

>>50902134
fantastic book, fuckhuge package

>>50902153
He is referring to the interface for power armour. Although I kinda doubt they already had that when they were being grown in their test tubes.

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>>50902134
My, what could this be?

>>50902172
Haven't gotten to read it yet, looking forward to it.

>>50902049

That looks better than even Duncan's

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>>50902116
...The carapace is an interface system?

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>>50902179
When did they get those then? Don't tell me they were implanted.

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>>50902184
Such a lovely note. It's quite ok that your package was late. I appreciate everything... speaking of which:

>>50902049
Please don't put the stupid Horn nipple armor on him, or if you do, remove those. They ruin how great the model looks.

>>50902218

Are you suggesting, when the infant primarchs were scattered across the galaxy... when the babes climbed out of their pods... they had the black carapace?

No. It was implanted when they were found by the Emperor.

>>50902218
They were implanted. Since normal space marines (who are born normal humans) have the black carapace fitted as part of the upgrade process.

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>>50902221
Custom flock, not sure how it looks to you guys, but here it looks pretty nice. I'm new to all the mini fun times, so I will have to figure out how to incorporate this. I do have some purple skitarii that need basing..

>>50902005
That's not a belly-button. That's the location of the Space Marine's 3rd anus

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>>50902287
And here we on of the many custom smoke markers. It is certainly quite appriciated. I won't be spamming with a pic of the book, but it's Horus Rising by Dan Abnett. I haven't actually read any of the 40k novels before, so I can't wait.

Thanks Anon, and merry Christmas <3

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>>50902295
No, Magnus is a weeb for Pokemon. he just wanted to shoot fire like Incineroar

>>50902320
general question: I seen a pic with someone making a light-up smoke marker, how do I do this?

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>>50902331
Apply cotton, paint in the darker smoke towards the top of it.

>>50902331
I am not the one who made these, nor have I done it before. I do hope my SS anon can help you though.

>>50902320

So glad you like it anon! I can answer any questions you have about the flock/smoke markers.

>>50902331
You can use an electric tea light candle as the best instead of the heavy duty washers I use in the picture. That will give it a warm glow.

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WIP test pieces to then do tutorials on.

Pozzed soldier is giving me a slight problem. I wanted to make this as beginner friendly as possible and having the mid tone be a 50/50 mix of two paints is kind of shitty but it's the only balance I can find that I like. The flesh is also a bitch. 3 layers of tanned flesh and it's still not covering entirely but is the perfect shade of pink for the concept art.

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>>50902427
Wasn't taking serious photos here just messing with the positioning in my photo booth to reduce glare. Still really like the model even if it will suck to paint.

>>50901230
I'm working on preping my Dystopian Wars Christmas haul, starting off with the small fighters first and working my way up. First time I've had to wear a mask while working on models.

>>50901230
Waiting for the weather to get good again so I can prime some minis. I've got about 20 all cleaned up and ready for priming, painting, and final assembly of the subassemblies.

It's gotten to the point where I'm starting to consider using paint-on primer on some shoulder pads and testing out manually painting yellow instead of being sane and waiting for spray painting weather.

>>50902204
That's awfully close to heresy, mate, but thanks for the compliment.

>>50902241
Man, I've been agonizing about that forever now. I actually may wait with glueing it on until someone either figures out a good solution or, better yet, sells one on shapeways or the like.

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I resized this shit, and I'm reuploading.

>>50901051
>wasting a quad gun that could make a mortis dreadnought or just be used vanilla for an adl.

Find an ig player and nick the autocannons from his sentinels for the barrels or buy them cheap from a bits site.

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>>50902514

>>50902514

Is this a metal sculpt? It's neat.

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>>50902530

>>50902532
Metal, but the original owner chopped of the Power Maul to add a combiflamer. I restored it with a Power Axe.

>>50902241

Bare chest, armored pants Magnus masterrace. All other combos are pleb shit

>fully armored
>muh sleeveless armor
>fully nude
>muh pleb native loincloth

>>50902514
>>50902530
Raptors?

>>50902555
This.

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>>50902549
>>50902557
HELL YEAH. need to buy the transfers still. The whole army is 1st and 10th Companies.

How would I use Magnus as a player who only has a single small space marine army? I want a big model like all the Tau, Eldar, Knight, etc players have.

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>>50902570
I love this little guy

>>50902555
>>50902569
>shirt with no pants combo

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>>50902593

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>>50902605
Be back in a few with my count-as Lias Issodon.

>>50902514
>>50902530
Looks well even painted bur for the love of God mate, put a white background so the phone can focus.

Don't forget to select a bigger exposure (the phone automatically darkens the picture otherwise), and/or adjust colours and lighting. Adjusting colours should litteraly be one button to push.

>>50902594
>no shirt
>assless chaps

Do you even chaos bro?

Anyone use air compressors? Are they worth using for priming and painting several (close to a dozen) vehicles? Trying to find one around $350 I can use in apartments

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>>50902622
Haven't owned a phone in 5 years, I'm using a DSLR set to Macro with a narrow depth of field for these pics.

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>>50902687
Count-as Lias Issodon.

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>>50902705

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Man.

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>>50902723

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These scouts are from before I got a handle on how to paint faces and fleshtone.

>>50902738
Nobody saw that.

Anyway, armour and cloth aren't finished yet. But if I can figure out a way of making the beltbuckle not hover in midair it could work.

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>>50902759
And some scouts from Lost Patrol with better painted faces, though I'm still progressing a little.

>>50902738
>that base

Huehuehue
Street Wolves

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>>50902782
Closeup on the Scout Sgt, whose facial scars were inspired by Colonel HFY from Avatar.

>>50902530
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>>50902739
spend 10 more minutes and use some editing software to put them all in one picture ffs, instead of clogging up the thread.
>>50902759
>>50902782
or do more picture where you have more guys in a picture like this.

I can understand being proud of your minis but this is getting stupid

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>>50902799
last pic

>>50902806
>clogging up the thread.
just scroll harder, nigga

>>50902883

I lol'd. I'd take a dozen 200 KB photos over idiots posting single 10 MB jpgs.

I might get a batrep with my Raptors onto my Youtube channel soon. Keep you guys posted.

>>50902960
>batrep

And this is /wip/ related how? Keep it in /40kg/.

>>50903074
because we could see the guys painted models in action?

>>50902925
That's very true.

But I do agree with the anon, a collage would make things more harmonious for everyone, and you as well.

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Hey /wip/ i have a litle question. I wanna get into mini painting but i don't know whether to buy the army painter hobby starter set or the AP hobby tool kit and buy stuff like paints and brusher separately? And if anyone could tell me if there is any kind of primer in the starter set? Pic related

>>50903193

AP brushes suck. I bought some and there's barely any bristles because the only way they can make sharp tips is by removing bristles, and they shed a lot. I recommend just buying your tools and paints separately. Either get some durable cheap synthetic brushes or dive right into a $13 kolinsky sable. It'll last you many years if you don't dunk the whole length in the pot and mash the hairs on concrete and the sharp tip and full reservoir help even novice painters paint more easily.

>>50902393
Thanks again man. Where did you get the jar for that flock? Super awesome little thing.

How do you do eyes on models like IG infantry?

>>50903264
just put extra wash in the eye-holes.
nobody's lookin at the eyes.

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So I went and did it. Started making my female IG regiment and became a colossal faggot.

Aside from the fact that I can't do faces for shit and I'm still figuring out what to do with the hair, the uniform and gear turned out better than I had first expected.

>>50903264
carefully.
I tend to just leave rank and file troop eyes heavily shaded but for characters and stuff I paint them at the same time as i'm basecoating the skin so I can cover up any mistakes easily and not wreck a finished face.

>>50903316

That's what I do and it makes them look like they're squinting. Looks better than all but the most amazingly painted eyes. Doesn't work for female models or models with large eyes or anyone not making a mean face.

>>50903245

I actually found that at Target with all the kitchenware/spice rack section while picking some stuff up for another gift. I love em. They're cheap, look way better and store easier than the mountains of tupperware I was using before.

>>50903319

Why the fuck does everyone use Statuesque heads? They suck. I mean I guess they're the only real option without chopping up other figures and spending tons of money, but at that point I'd rather just use models with full helmets and tit plate. Putting Statuesque heads on male chests like Eisenkern or IG is just ugly.

>>50903319
Gaia Scions/Old School UM anon?

>>50903374
the most important thing on female faces are the cheekbones and shading.
Watch makeup tutorials to see how women use different shades to change the way their face looks. it's really helpful if you can extrapolate it to mini shit.

>>50903193
Buy the army painter starter paint sets and then a knife, clippers and super glue.

>>50902210
yup. pretty old fluff

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>>50901797
Buy a makeup powder brush for drybrushing, my gf gave me a spare one for me to try, the quality if that drybrushed color was beyond compare to any brush for actual painting, looks better than anything I tried before. Sadly I'm not at home do I can't show off the CSM I used this on. >>50901881

>>50903399

>And now I'll apply a thin coat of Agrax Earthshade to the recessed areas of my face and touch up with some more Cadian Fleshtone once it's dry. Always remember to thin your makeups and applying two thin coats is always better than one thick one.

>>50903448
believe it or not, their are similar makeup tutorials out there for women.
Women are huge fucking nerds about painting their faces.

>>50903448
>Give the bottle of Luscious Sunset a good shake!

>>50903475
Just once I want to see someone from /wip/ in one of those "MY BOYFRIEND DOES MY MAKEUP!?!?1!?one" videos.

>>50903193
Never buy any brushes advertised as being made for tabletop minis, do yourself a favor and buy quality artist brushes, ideally at a local art store so you can check them out before buying.
You will pay roughly the same and get actual quality tools instead of chinese crap.

>>50903513
I'm sure if you explained to me what different makeups were and the difference between the brushes, I could do it pretty good.

Can anyone give me a recommendation on a good bits seller?

>>50903390
They look good and women don't actually bust out bulky combat gear that much in real life?

>>50903193
The set is decent. Brushes are rather meh, but you will waste your first brushes anyway after short time so thats not a big deal.

There is no primer in these sets, so you either need to buy a spraycan (army painter has lots of colors) or a brush-on primer (i recommend vallejo) if you can't spray at your home.

I'd go for the starter set without the tools, because all the tools you see on that pic can be found cheaper at your local hardware store or on amazon or elsewhere. You don't need clippers with a fancy "army painter" logo if they cost you twice the money, you just need clippers.

But if you lazy and not overly concerned with money, that set has everything you need besides the primer.

>>50903568
C. Hinaman

>>50903577

Because 40k is realistic. Why SoB have boobplate then? Why Eldar and DE have boobplate? They look like shit and it takes idiots like you to think it doesn't.

>>50903475
I learned alot about psinting faces by watching makeup tutorials on youtube, I'm not even kidding.

>>50903550
>instead of chinese crap.

Where do you think the sable hair comes from Anon?

>>50903568

What sort of bits do you want?

>>50903568
Ebay

>>50903602
>Why SoB have boobplate then? Why Eldar and DE have boobplate?
Cheesecake for neckbeards

>>50903319
They're modeled really well. Nice headswaps, really realistic. Paint could be thinned better.

>>50903617
Want to build my own Primus Medicae because the one forge world just put out looks like garbage

>>50903617
Not the guy you're replying to, but I need some Carnifex devourers. The sites I've seen are out of stock and those cunts on eBay are price gouging as a result.

>>50903611
All my brushes are marten hair and are produced in germany. Also, it doesn't really matter where the hair comes from, what matters is how good it got turned into a brush.

>>50903577
They wear helmets in real life.

>>50903637
Don't tell him the truth, he might sperg out. Someone making a good-looking and tasteful kitbash that's beyond anything he could ever do is already hurting him enough.

>>50903390
Honestly don't think they look that off compared to every other heroic scale heads out there, and they fit the regular cadian bodies well, and just using the regular cadian models gives me so many more kitbashing options.

But I get that you disagree.

>>50903396
Not sure what you're talking about, Valkyrian Chronicles was part of my inspiration as well as various European WW1 and 2 armies, thought about including rough riders if I can find cadian looking legs that fit horses.

>>50903673
>marten

Yeah. The (red) sable marten. An animal that lives in China, Mongolia and Russia and gets hunted for their nice tail-fur.

I doubt there are farms for these animals in Germany.

>>50903721
Could be using Pine Marten fur.

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Can you guys basically point out any flaws i should work on in this picture. I only really started painting miniatures for the past 2 weeks, so any pointers would help. I am honestly not sure if i am thinning down the paint right. I know its not too thick but it seems to be watery most times.

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>>50903319
I really don't see the point of this. Female soldiers look exactly the same as male ones once they have all their kit on.

The only way you can tell the difference would be with a level of detail that simply isn't possible on the 28mm scale. Not without making the difference stupidly obvious.

>>50903791
they're just helmetless. Otherwise, they are identical to male Cadians.
idk what you're complaining about.

>>50903685
I once tried cutting up catachan heads to fit cadian helmets onto them because I ran out of helmets head without the straps on for my Roach conversion for my Nam guard, I reached the conclusion that I'd rather just get another box of cadians and use their heads.

So that's why they don't have helmets, also why if I'll throw dudes into the mix, I'll find other heads also without helmets.

>>50903791
>Midget soldiers who underperform in every way possible look identical to their male counter parts

No Anon. The female soldiers are easy to identify. They're dead along with all their squad mates

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>>50903783

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Since the meta around here is 3+ I should probably just glue in the Battle Cannon

>>50903653
The flesh tones and white in particular was fucking my shit by clotting up no matter how much I tried thinning it.

>>50903827

They need more helmeted heads (with goggles, on or off) in general, let alone female helmeted heads.

It's an untapped market.

>>50903862

Sounds like the pigments are clumping then.Add thinner / medium to the pot or replace it.

It'll just keep happening otherwise.

The worst paint in the citadel range for this?

Celestra Grey.

It's infamous for it.

>>50903895
I used that exact one for the base of the white, although, it was the white paint on top that clotted the most, granted, it was looking like it was starting to dry up when I opened it.

>>50903880
Forgeworld has something like that in their cadian veteran upgrade pack, looks rad as fuck but it's so damned expensive.

>>50903820
>Taking off your helmet
>not being a sergeant or other character
>ever

>>50903984
>realism in a fantasy setting
foh

>>50903984
Catachan's don't wear helmets either. Abs and headbands = 5+ armour save.

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>>50903858
With basic russes unless you're also kitbashing on a heavy stubber to make an ABG vanquisher (pic related) your best bets are the battle cannon and Exterminator array.

Battle cannon smokes MEQ and light vehicles. Exterminator smokes everything if you give it MM's and Lascannon.

>>50902738
That's a damn good looking Magnus, Anon

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Are there any official painting guides for Sisters? I want to paint up some Bloody Rose Immolators but I'm not sure how to paint them.

The only maybe-official image I can find on Google is of an Exocist and I don't know where it's from.

>>50903226
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>>50903588
Thanks guys for the good advice

>>50904210
Find the back issue of white dwarf from when the sisters were released. It had all 10 colour schemes.

>>50902221
>>50902184
>>50902134
Another VA anon here. Does that VA anon visit Huzzah Hobbies?

>>50904238
Damn. I found issue #380, but all the painting schemes are in #381 which I can't find.

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>Tfw you want to paint, but just have no energy or motivation after today

I really should, but i just cant come up with a decent Pathfinder color. Maybe inverted from Pic Related? The same but with bone colored right side of helmet? Help me WIP

>>50904295

Never heard of it, but I'm always looking for new spots. Where is it?

>>50901411
>>50901378
>>50901462
>>50901519
Glad it's finally arrived! Feels like forever ago I sent it!
Very happy you like it - wasn't sure what games you play so I tried to keep it very /wip/ with the challenge. The bits are from every kit I could find that might be useful. There's everything from wood elves to necrons to dark eldar in there.
Merry Christmas pal!
Looking forward to seeing those conversions

>>50902446
Nice model. Where can i get one of those?

>>50904641
Its in Ashburn real nice independent ever since Game Parlor closed

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what do you guys think of my blight king armour? I think the lemon-lime gradient is nice.

>>50905006
>that custodes in the back
"This is getting too heretical. i'm out."

>>50905006
Sun Drop/10
(That is my favorite soda, so take that how you will)

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>>50901230
Working on tankbustas

>>50905048
>>50905006
Also, now i kinda wanna see these guys with the circles on the shields and armors moulded into lemons or limes. VII Unending Plague warband.

>>50905006
I'm diggin' it, but I really like nice bright colours anyway.

>>50903577
>>50903685

They can barely move in proper body armor in real life. Women running around the battlefield in a bikini is no less realistic than a woman who defies the laws of physics by being able to wear male-tier body-armor without looking like Olga Kurkulina

>>50904563
gosh, did you take this photo through celophane
>>50903854

pathfinders should be the same colour scheme as the rest of your army but with differences to make them stand out, so a different helmet colour might be a good idea, yes.

>>50903791
If you believe that then check out the Victoria Miniatures ranges.

Shorter, smaller hands, slimmer shoulders, wide hips etc are all ways to make the gender apparent without slapping giant tits on everything.

Man Necrons must be the fastest army to paint ever. Just slop or spray silver, brush a wash, slop texture paint on the base, drybrush and/or wash, and you're done.

I mean, if you took any modicum of care and time to make sure the job was neat, it has to be the fastest and easiest to get a nice looking army out of. Just thinking about it makes me so angry that it's so easy, that I just want to paint up an entire Necron army just because I can, I don't even want to play with them.

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I'm trying to copy this colour scheme from model masterclass 1 and i'm really confused as to how they jumped between these stark black lines to the 2 toned blue. also they claim the base colour is codex grey but that doesn't seem to match up at all.

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I got an airbrush for christmas, and I've hooked it up correcty- you can see the hose securely fasted to the paint- but when I blow through it, nothing happens. could it be a faulty brush?

>>50906095
Possibly your compressor isn't putting out enough pressure, bottom fed airbrushes typically need more than top fed ones.
What have you set it to?

>>50903437
That's kind of brilliant.

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>>50901230
some drones

the photography will not get better than this sorry friends

>>50906215
that is a brilliant use for sprue

>>50904210
khorne red

>>50906215
>Drones with headbands.
Yes

>>50900663
It's fine for snakebiters.
Also, if you want cheep bikes matchbox and hotwheels ones are in scale.
Also, you can use the matchbox ATV for a wartrakk.

>>50906734
http://matchbox.wikia.com/wiki/Moto_Tracker is the one in perticular I was talking about

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/wip/, I seem to have a problem involving casting. I like using small little things like Lizardmen Jungle Swarms, and Tyranid Rippers as wound markers, but getting enough of them is sometimes quite a challenge. I was making molds with OOMOO, but then when it came to the liquid inject resin, I had issues with air bubbles. Now, I'm using Oyumaru and greenstuff/milliput, but the problem now is pictured.

I like using the Oyumaru because I can somewhat see if the stuff inside is being filled correctly, but I'm unsure if I can safely use resin in that stuff.

Is resin my only real option for such small things, or is there something I'm just kind of missing?

>>50906756
To be more specific, the problem is the molds not touching together 100% because of the material, as well as when they do touch correctly the flash is batshit bad.

Anyone have a guide to making brushes?

I get sables on my property sometimes and my dog managed to catch and kill one. I was wondering if i could use the hair to make some brushes so it doesnt go to waste

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>get all the modelling shit I need
>get a ton of firewarriors
>forgot to get clippers
Cutting all this shit out with a knife is fucking hopeless

>>50906816

Step 1: Pick a brand out of the following: Da Vinci, Raphael Series 8404, or Winsor & Newton Series 7
Step 2: Pick size 0 or 2. They both end in the same thickness at the tip so it depends on whether you like thicker brushes and paying more.
Step 3: You're fucking done.

>>50906845
Work on reading comprehension

>>50906845
>reading comprehension

>>50906825
ps;

OH BOY I JUST CUT A MARKERLIGHT IN HALF HOW FUN GUESS ILL GO SPEND 20 DOLLARS ON A FUCKING DRONE GOOD JOB CRAFT KNIFE THANKS

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got all the current lads together for a group photo
I'm sorry about the filesize

>>50903791 well it does disguise the femininity the hips and booty give it away

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Just finished my flower knight, looks flatter than it does in person, it's my shitty lighting etc.

>>50906883
I've spent my first 10 years in the hobby never using clippers.

Now I keep breaking bits with them.

>>50906984
It looks like an Owl.

I fucking love it.

>>50906984
Super cool, what for?

>>50907026
Kingdom Death.

>>50906825
And craft knives are fucking worthless too. I don't know what plastic it is that GW uses but I managed to snap a knife blade trying to get a straight cut into a Tau shield generator today. Shit was not cash.

>>50907136
right?

I'm trying to get the start collecting set built by tomorrow so I can play my first game, and if I had just got those FUCKING clippers I know I would be done by now

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>>50907172
Speaking of cutting into a Tau shield generator: Today's work, Breachers built on Pathfinder bodies. They're cleaned up some, I'll clean them up further when I have a non splintered knife again.

>>50907218
No Breacher shoulder pads?

Also you could use the clippers on some Pliers or small Wire Cutters to snip your sprues. It wont be perfect, but it might save you from halving things. Also let me find you another anon's markerlight conversion for your snapped one.

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>>50907258
Here it is. Idk if it helps.

>>50907258
Different anon from the one with snapped markerlights. I do use clippers to cut my sprues already. As far as shoulderpads go, I don't like the look of the Breacher ones and I've run out of regular Fire Warrior pads even if I *did* like those. They're a fast response force that's supposed to do urban combat anyway, the huge shoulderpad would be more of a negative than a plus in that close of quarters. But, that's personal preference.

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This is only the second model I've ever painted. I did a Kroot too. I was inspired by Rhodesian weapon and personnel camo.

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>>50907352

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Looking for color scheme suggestions involving white for this edgelord over here.

He's suppose to be a rogue blank count-as Culexus assassin

>>50907084
edgey

>>50906215
amazing

>>50907136
>Get in your fucking car,
>drive to a hardware store,
>buy clippers for $5

Dude.. why?

>>50908239
See >>50907344. Clippers had already mangled one shield generator, I gave the knife a try instead to try and do it a bit cleaner.

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>>50908266
i see.
get something like pic related for the future. It really helps with thicker parts

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Anybody got anything similar to pic related?

Looking to convert some unused vampire bits from the Coven Throne.

>>50908289
Yeah, I've got one on order. Gotta use it to build new Broadside rifles anyway.

>>50908188
Not too edgy. It has the sentence "You hit the lion right in the ding dong" in it.

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>>50907612
I fucking love it

Grey-ish white with teal and green areas of colour, maybe some pink, similar to pic related

>>50907612
What's this made of?

>>50908535
The main body is from Dark elder wracks, the cloak is from the high elves shadow warriors, and the hair is from the dark elves warlocks

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>>50908298

Quick question about green stuff; never used it before, so I want to know if it binds itself to GW's plastic or if I should just glue it down? If glue, super or plastic?

>>50909084
it's sticky on its own

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>>50901230
As promised 1/2

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>>50901230
>>50909141
2/2
Sorry for shitty photos, at gfs parents house for Christmas holidays..

>>50906756
>>50906770
Use lego to build a frame
Introduce oyumaru hot in it
Put piece you want to cast
If possible use a rubber brust to smoth the surface
When solid introduce second part of hot oyumaru
Press
No, they won't fuse
Wait till also solid
Separate them
Heat the first part of the mold and repeat process
Then heat the second part of the mold
This will remove most of the seams

Also I use milliput standart (60%) + greenstuff (40%) and the result is fantastic

>>50909084
it'll stick to almost anything providing it's not greasy.
Think of it as an sculptable and moldable epoxy glue almost.

Now, you can use glue on greenstuff, because it's composition is in certain ways similar to superglue.
So if you use superglue on greenstuff the surface touching the glue will cure incredibly fast and end up with a much harder finish than normal.
This is sometimes done deliberately as a greenstuff + superglue bond is extremely durable.

>>50904906
DOOM board game by fantasy flight.

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>>50909168
Btw, I recommed a flat surface (pestle like) to apply pressure, build some with lego with the same dimensions as the frame and those smoth lego pieces, like pic related

Are there any minis out there that look like Mercy from Overwatch?

>>50906215
Best killteam of 2016

can i prime my models in 1°C weather if i bring them inside to dry.

Also i'm not sure whether to paint the bases for my prospero minis as sandstone/ marble or just regular paving stones

>>50909562
Just test it out on some sprue or whatever.

>>50909562
As long as it's not to humid or too dry.

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>>50909562
heres how i did my prospero bases. ruins.

>>50909608
Did you use sprue?

>>50901230
Converting DV CSM to be less samey.

Old WIP, Just noticed uneven priming on them so did a second layer, and the paint came on thick as molasses, so now I'm waiting with dread.

At least its a Nurgle army...

>>50909728
nah, those are little modelling bricks

>>50909751
Oh cool, it looked a lot like sprue cut up. That's what I use sometimes, but I weather them up with some small cuts first.

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>>50909746

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I now feel very self-conscious about my shoddy work...

>>50909860
Looks fine. A highlight over the washed flesh would be good though. And please don't leave that sand unpainted.

>>50909860
Good

>Mostly colouring inside the lines
>Aware that shades exist
>Actually bothering to base

Needs Improvement:
>Mold lines (most obvious on the top of the wings)
>Not leaving pooled washes as your finished surface
>Highlights
>Paint your basing material
>Resize and properly orient pictures

>>50909765
anon, it's too small to notice any details, but from what I can surmise it looks alright.

>>50909901
>>50909880
Imgur straightened it out when I sent it to friends and I forgot that the original was sideways. Everything else... well I'm only just barely starting to not get shit, so I guess that will come with practice.

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>>50907258
>>50907268
>Someone saved my drone conversion
Holy shit, I'm giddy. Thanks!

I'm working on my Shadowsun's jetpack right now. I tried the grav-inhibitor drone parts and they fit almost perfectly on the back of the torso I'm making and I don't even have to do anything at all (which I admit is kinda lazy but if it fits..).

It's a bit on the larger side but considering the fusion blasters are as big as her anyway, no difference. I'm just unsure which setup to use. Horizontal or pointing diagonally up (which fits better but might make her look too big). The fluff I have in mind is that the sphere allows her to manipulate the gravity around her suit, giving her that sweet 3d6 thrust move her warlord trait allows her.

Advice on which to pick?

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>>50909860

>>50909917
Yeah, here's the raw crop, the lighting does more to obscure detail than the scaling though.

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>>50908298

Or just steal the idea like I did

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>>50909950
>>50909917

>>50907352
>>50907366
>rhodesian tau
yes. yes. yes

next, find a way for short short fire warrior legs

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>>50909924
This is nice.

Setup 1 looks better. Tau have very few hard 90 degree angles as "large elements" within their design. It might look more balanced with arms and weapons on though, right now it looks top heavy.

Is this a count-as shadowsun or actually meant to be shadowsun?

>>50910168
(should clarify just real quickly these are not mine, I just like posting conversion inspo for people)

>>50907612
black and white with red details.

>>50910178
Ah, was just about to say carbines would work/look better on jump troops,

>>50910168
This is pretty awesome and very useful for anyone who wants to have a uniform Tau-only look but adding some auxilliary support.

Also thank you for your feedback! you're perfectly right on the angle bit, I won't be sticking it on until I have finalized the arms and chestpiece neither so I'll post again when I finished them. I'm leaning towards 1 as well, and friends I ask have also told me 1 looks more natural, so quite pleased with the outcome.

As for counts-as, I guess its both? I just want to field her but don't have the model, so making one from parts.

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I remember the (I'm guessing blood axe) ork anon posted a picture of one of his meks and he had converted a choppa into a spanner/wrench with some plasticard. Do you think if you still have it you could repost it?

do free company still exist? I want them for conversions but can't find them.

>>50910673
Discontinued, though you might find them in shops with back-stock.

>>50909141
After loads and loads of drybrushing... Someones coming over for coffee, will start working on the skin afterwards

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>want to start hobby again
>40k getting changed soon so not worth putting money into right now
>AOS just 1 year out barely any battletomes and armies
i'm suffering, what do bros

>>50910870
By models you like, disregard rule limitations practice skills, get neat ornaments.

>>50910888
maybe start with a board game from AoS?

i´m kinda in the same boat and decided to order silver tower more to hone my painting skills though than to play it actually tfw no RLfriends who are into tabletop

>>50910910
>tfw no RLfriends who are into tabletop
me too, i would just collect for the sake of collecting.
For playing i would have to go to the shop.
By board game you mean the one like Gorechosen etc?

>>50910967
>like Gorechosen etc?

yep, they are pretty good deals too, compared to the prices looking at the invidual models atleast

>>50902326
that sounds like, GW saw Sun and Moon coming

>>50910984
guess it would be good if i wanted to collect Khorne Bloodbound or something. already some models.
I still don't know though... it's not cheap

>>50911071
>it's not cheap

not really to be a arsehole here

but do you know what hobby you are eyeing? Also from what company you plan to buy?

>>50911141
If he doesn't have friends playing the game, getting into the hobby for painting/collecting is as cheap or as expensive as he wants. He has all the time of the world to collect without the pressure to field an proper army.

>>50910870

>buy Spire of Dawn box
>74 models for €65
>do shit
>???
>fun

whats the best primer colour for general use, grey? or white

>>50911251
grey

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>>50911251
>white

>>50906984
I really like that, good job.

Gonna convert SoBs from dark eldar. Wish me good luck.

>>50911251
Grey is the patrician choice

>>50911251
Zenithal combination prime, you can start with black or grey.

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>>50910771
I am fucking dumb.

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>>50910870
Horus Heresy?
The rules aren't going away any time soon.

>>50909924
Hell yeah i saved it, i save all the Tau conversions i see in here.

Especially odd ones or different species

>>50911837
Are those tentacles coming out of its ass?

>>50911837
What are you doing with the faceplate? If you keep going with some oranges, more shadows and a few metallic highlights that would make a really cool rusted metal.

>>50912097
Skin folds

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>>50912097
It's not so well implemented, but not a million miles from reality.

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>>50912224
>reasons I have googled 'elephant butt' today

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>>50910523
Nah, I'm the never-gets-shit-done ork anon. Snapped this pic just for you.

any tips / tutorials for painting sandstone?

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>>50912310
>I'm the never-gets-shit-done ork anon
I though that was me.

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>>50912310
Those are fucking awesome.

hey guys I'm very new to painting.
could someone please explain to me the meaning of "air" on my leadbelcher color? i get the "base" one on abaddon black or my green

I am afraid to be "THIN YOUR PAINTS" guy
What colors should I avoid?

>>50912454
You have bought the one intended for airbrushing, so it's pre-thinned. I imagine you can brush with it fine, but that's what you've done.

>>50912454
Made for Airbrushing.

>>50912467
Un-thinned ones.

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Bit late, but a few days ago /wip/ was doing a let's show progress.
I dug out two of my first ever models from 20 years ago when I was 12.
They're pretty embarrasing.

For beginners, Art is not just a talent, it can be taught.

>>50912418
>>50912310
I wish I had a fucking backlog like this.

Instead all I have is a bunch of paints that are drying up and 2-3 models that I haven't painted.

>>50912496
I have 12000 points 40k of models that aren't painted, most aren't even primed, and I'm still buying and converting more.

>>50912477
>>50912479
huh makes sense. but you are right the guy on warhammer TV uses it to brush his models

>>50912477
>>50912479
So Air paints are better if one prefers to glaze and wet-blend shit, right?
Not that anon, just one who prefers the above mentioned stuff.

>>50912479
What if I just drybrush everything?

>>50912479
I say that because people have mentioned certain colors are worse about it, gold in particular I believe, and usually white

>>50912522
Its just pre-thinned paint meant to be usable in an airbrush straight out of the pot without further thinning it down. Of course you can just brush it on. Its just thinner than regular paint which can be good or bad, depending on how you like it.
Some people prefer to thin their paint themselves.

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>>50912539
The dry line.

>>50912553
Metals generally go on thickly and don't take well to being thinned with water, use acrylic medium instead.

White and yellow are usually fine as long as you don't try and paint straight over black.

>>50912533
Yes and no, they are pre-thinned so if that's thinner than you prefer to work with...

>>50912522
No, he'll use the Leadbelcher Base, like the one I have and probably everyone else in here.

>>50912553
Yellow, White and off-whites and Gold, but really all you need to do is actually thin and don't try to paint those straight on without undercoating.

If your gold doesn't cover, then try a brown undercoat on the gold areas first.
Yellow benefits from an undercoat as well, say something like Zandri Dust if you're in citadel.

White you must almost always build up to from a grey or beige. Nobody just applies one layer of white and gets a smooth finish.

>>50912605
>>Yes and no, they are pre-thinned so if that's thinner than you prefer to work with...
I get the result I'm happy with only when I thin them down to almost no pigment at all. Of course, I still use base colours, but from then on, if I don't make a 9:1 in favour of water, results tend to spiral down exponentially.
Thanks, will definitely try them out when I get next batch.
>tfw have some 60 pots of various paints in all colours, ordered them just in case because I was that new
>tfw use 10-15max

>>50912665
Mind posting something recent? I mean I thin but I reckon I'm using about half as much water most of the time.

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Dryfit most of the parts I'll be using along with a slightly modified CSM chestpiece and an insignia I plan on sticking on the front. I heard the anti-grav sphere on the back made it look top-heavy, but with arms and fusion blaster on, how's it look?

The arms will be topped off with hands and I will repose both arms slightly. Not really a fan of the gormless look on her face though, might give a male tau head reassignment surgery, for the greater good.

>>50912162
Yeah it looks pretty cool as it is right now, but Ill go with red armor to fit my khorne army. Its just brown and orange from airbrushing atm.

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>>50912738
I have only one pic of in progress Alpha Legionnaire and bad light so I can't take a decent pic.
I basically do layers numbering in tens, where the first is barely visible. The way PaintingBuddha did an Ultramarine on YT.
It's painfully slow process, but I like the results and once painted, the army will be forever so what the hell. It also helps that it's relaxing.
Hope you can see it, took me two or three hours, the first time I tried it. Fourth mini I've tried painting after about a decade.

>>50912097
Its skin folds, as the others have commented before. Honestly I was a little disappointed that I dont get to paint a massive elephant schlong, also my greenstuff skills suck otherwise I wouldve sculpted one.

>>50912900
>painting is relaxing
Says you, I always spend like 5+ hours on even a basic foot soldier just because I pore over every detail and go over it a million times because my OCD can't manage putting it down and calling it done. gaming is relaxing for me, conversion a bit of a pain in the arse but can be very fun but painting, jesus it's painful.

>>50912924
>Its skin folds, as the others have commented before. Honestly I was a little disappointed that I dont get to paint a massive elephant schlong, also my greenstuff skills suck otherwise I wouldve sculpted one.
Bad dragon does a micro series for keychains.

>>50912899
Seriously consider the hairspray technique for some rusted areas, it's a centerpiece model after all.

>>50912957
I get you, but still find it strangely relaxing personally.
To me the most stressful part it gaming, but I'm able to admit I'm a hyper-competitive dick. Not in a cheating or WAAC way though.

Anons, my Imperial Knight arrived today, along with some Army Painter superglue, which I assume is like any other, really.

Is there any rules for assembling Knights I should know rather than just assembling by the instructions and using all the optional Admech bits?

>>50913244
Well you should use plastic glue for plastic models.

That said, assemble the core structure but leave arms and armour plates off.

>>50911739
This man knows his shit. Zenthial priming is the way forward!

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>>50913244

Read the fucking manual, it's worth having a read beforehand just so you know what you're doing. Do things in the order they say EXCEPT for the armour plates, but that's covered in Duncan's videos on assembly and painting.
https://youtu.be/njhLv_nyP_s

I'd also actually recommend plastic glue for the knight, although I know that's heresy for some people round these parts.

>>50910870
you could always get into the flaming mess that is Warmahordes.
Alternatively, you could get into Guildball/Blood Bowl. I think those rules are fully established at this point?

>>50913267
>>50913291

OK, nice. I have plastic glue ready too, but superglue might help for some fiddly bits, quoth says Saint Duncan.

So build the legs, torso and arms separately, then do the base. Seems simple enough. Still a bit of a newb to this so I haven't done subassemblies when painting before, although I expect that I want to leave the torso and legs separate for ease of transport.

>>50913388
Yeah, you might want to look into embedding magnets into the torso and pelvis before you glue.

>>50913401
OK, not really looked into magnetizing stuff before. Can I get on and assemble the torso and the legs now and then look into the magnets when they're done?

>>50913488
You can, but its's WAY easier before you do major assembly.

You can alternatively just leave the place where the torso and pelvis meet off from the rest of the assembly.

>>50913488
You spent way too much on this model to NOT magnetize it. And especially if you are using a glue that melts then bonds the plastics and not superglue, which can be snapped by putting it in the freezer.
Dont fuck up a paintjob by snapping arms off when you need a new set of weapons, paint all your options.

>>50909971
What are those skeletons from?

>>50913770
OK then. I'll look into it. I may put the legs together now, though. Doesn't seem like those need changing at all, and that way I can work on the base.
I haven't done any magnetising, though, and Knights look a bit fiddly.

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I need some help deciding a paint scheme. I'm going to be working on my Neophyte Hybrids for my GSC army. These are the ones that come with the Armored Claw box, so they're in Guardsmen uniforms. I don't know if I should go with the standard Cadian green, as I like the look of it, or do them in a more grey urban camo look so they don't stand out next to my black/silver/red cult units.

Pic related is my paint scheme for my general cultist models.

>>50913910
If i played Superfriends I'd love to learn to magnetize, or even LED light the head. Like i said, you dropped some walkin around money on this, dont be a mary, go all out. This isnt an infantry HQ, this is your centerpiece.

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>>50912418
bitch please

dork vengeace set
execution force
DW overkill
HH betrayal at calth
non assembled

assault on blackreach
assembled and primed

and ofcourse some randoms i've found from fleamarkets

>>50913996
Those are the most presentable things.

In all i've 6500 points of orks, 1800 points of CSM, Deathwatch, Eldar, Daemons, 2500 points of dwarfs and 3500 points of Empire.

>>50913996
All I have is a unit of Iron Fangs from Warmachine that are in various stages of being painted but can't be finished until I get 3 more colors and a units worth of shields from my unit of Assault Kommandos for my Khador faction as well.

>>50913966
Change your colour scheme first. Tyranid's carapace is supposed to be darker than the skin. It doesn't work otherwise. Look at other colour schemes for black Tyranid's. I'd suggest using a light grey rather than the black and replacing the monotone greens, reds, blues on there for complimenting/normal colours.

>>50913850
They're Bretonnian Men-at-Arms bodies and helmets with Skeleton arms and skulls. I did something similar a while back and I wish I hadn't now, seeing the prices Men-at-Arms go for on ebay. Looks really nice and is pretty easy though, just shave the top of the skull off and cut the head off from underneath the helmet, cut the skelly arms in half at the elbow and glue it all together.

I really wish they hadn't scrapped the Men-at-Arms and Free Company boxes, they were such a great source for conversions.

>>50913996
This isn't bragging, exactly, but I have two large wardrobes entirely full of minis, the tops of the wardrobes have more mini boxes and most of the rest of the floorspace in that room is covered in boxes of minis. When I die alone and someone eventually finds my dessicated corpse, my shame will be revealed to the world. Or at least the guys who have to deal with the house.

>>50914196
Kinda a bit too late for that. I have a fully painted up Tyranid army that I can't really redo. Besides, I'm fine with the scheme itself. I honestly get told this every so often, but I don't see the problem with the scheme.

>>50914761
Well what do your other Tyranids look like?