WIP General - Painting Converting Sculpting

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Posted this at the end of the last thread and got one vote for M&Ms and the red guy, any other anons got an opinion?

>>51295740
Which army does St. Duncan play?

Continuing a conversation from the last thread...

>>51295459

Like >>51295538 says, people who suffer health effects from painting are the ones doing it all day every day with harsher chemicals and without protection. Airbrushing fairly light coats of non-toxic acrylics is probably no worse for you than the pollution you breathe when you pop out to the shops.

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About to order this. How long does 17 ml paint last? Should I get two Heavy Red (Mephiston) since that will be on most of the dudes?

Same with the shades, how many minis can I wash with 17 ml?

>>51295888
Exactly this! I mean, you shouldnt spray into your nose and mouth and breath that shit excessively, but as long as you're a little conscious about what you're doing and ventilate your room from time to time you filthy pigs , you'll be totally fine!

>>51295898

>ordering dark vengeance when BaC and BoP are out there

How horrifying.

>>51295898
your average coat of paint brushed by hand is going to be a few hundred microns thick at worst. You'll be thinning your paints.
A single pot will probably be enough for a modest army, now once you start adding vehicles it'll go quicker.
The washes will probably go a little quicker since you apply those far more liberally.

>>51295945
Maybe they want to play 40k and not HH?

>>51295898
Do not order the citadel moldline remover. Use that £18 for another box of models.

Get a poundshop knife and use the back to remove moldlines.

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Wip overlord for my Nihilakh dynasty

>>51295888
>>51295939

I can only ever in good conscience advise what is safe. I have seen too many

>I spilled plastic glue and now I have a banging headache
>I spray in the porch and /I'm/ fine but my weak ass wife gets a headache

posts to advise less.

If I say 'airbrushing inside is fine, but sort out ventilation if you're doing a lot and wear a mask for lacquers' some NEET will spend his student loan on a top of the line airbrush (which he'll never clean) and use it in a student room the size of a broom cupboard with alclad.

>>51295945
Why are those better?

>>51296009
Alright I'll get another wash then.

>>51296055
It's £8. I was skeptical at first but I thought that curve might be useful for round parts

>>51296105
>Why are those better?

Multipart miniatures instead of monopose, BaC is literally all space marine stuff that codex marines can use and they're great value.

Downside is you get one army and you don't get any rules. DV is still an OK start.

>>51296034
>you can only use the models for one game

Pull your head out of your arse you cunt

>>51296077
>NEET
>student loan

?

>>51295939

Well, indeed. A decorator probably huffs more paint in a day than most people on this forum would in a lifetime of airbrushing.

>>51296077

This is true, but if they're too stupid to follow not just your basic safety advice, but that on the products they're using as well, then that's their own fault.

>>51296105

Sexy multipose heresy models.

>>51296077
fair point brother.

Is it possible to get Nid carapace off the actual models, or is it moulded on to the big guys? I need to armour up some monsters, and I thought that Nid carapace in metallics with some greenstuff rivets would work pretty much perfectly.
If it is sculpted on, can it be removed from the parts without ruining it?

>>51295775
the yellow looks more natural. especially for non-khorne

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Black Mage assembled and ready to paint, seeing as someone was interested in it last thread.

I also made his staff slightly more minimalist. My one regret is that the cone part of the hat is a bit too broad at the base, though I like the height and the brim width. It kinda leads to it looking a bit off centre to me.

>>51296427
Tyranid Warriors are half-torso pieces (ie. the armour plates are the back half of the torso).
The Tyranofex has a large separate armour plate.
the rest have large sections of the armour modelled on.

>>51296427
Carnifexes have an extra armour plate that can be attached, unfortunately the rest is moulded.

>>51296066
I like your blues and weird-green stuff. I feel like the scythe is a bit bland, though. Any chance of painting some green-glowy effects in the blade-glyphs?

>>51296600
The scythe is yet to be completed. It's still very much a work in progress. Only basics layers down at the moment.

>>51296560
>>51296573

OK then. I should probably have most of two Tyrannofex kits left once I'm done with the stuff I have planned, which should be enough for what I need. I can always use Kataphron Breacher armour or come up with something else if I really need to. Thanks anons.

What is the best place to get really alien looking foliage for bases?

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>Order Status: Shipped
The Dark Mechanicus are growing ever stronger.

>>51296797
Are there actually rules for them?

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I just received three brushes from Aliexpress. They look good enough but bristles are hard as rock. Should I just give them a few hours in water or use something else?

>>51296809
There are Mechanicum rules, and some interesting options for thralls and such (Revenant Alchemy basically means you have undead ones), but no true Heretek rules yet, but I expect those to come in a year or so.
Xana was the start of it, and Scoria is a nasty bastard.

>>51296809
Nope, but I don't care. I now have so much stuff I won't have to buy anything else but more MTO and the new Tzeentch stuff for the rest of the year. It's not made for gaming, just making a fun army of DM and CSM.

>>51296839
No dont soak them for hours! Just insert them into water, swirl around a bit and then wipe it off on a tissue. Repeat a few times.

>>51296203
well you can use little nubs of clay too - why pay at all? some people care about these things

>>51297137
There are no figures in Horus Heresy that cannot also be used in 40K.

>>51296532
Glorious!! What are you using it for Anon?

>>51297137
Are you for real?

Space marines are space marines. You can use them for whatever game allows them.

>>51297160
* no plastic figures

>>51297160
>>51297237
Of course you can use them - I'm saying some might prefer the fluffiness of using proper marks of armor for certain games - take a fucking breath, jesus

>>51297332
You're a fucking nonce.

Engage your brain before posting next time

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Just an update on some guys I have been working on. Medic is still wip. Havent touched bases yet.

CC is always welcome. I have individual hi-res multi-angle versions as well

>>51295825
Form what I've seen in videos, mags etc, I kow that he plays Skitarii, Deathwatch (had one looooong before the new kits came out), Stormcasts, and has a human BB team. Obviously he must have many more amries.

>>51297237
But the armor designs are entirely different. Some people like the fluff and would prefer to adhere to it. Maybe he wants to play Dark Angels and doesn't want to do a ton of conversions?

>>51297347
why would anyone bother putting in effort when talking to some inbred britbong

>>51297332
>>51297377
Try harder samefag

>>51297390
Americans in a nutshell

>>51297347
>>51297390
I think what my less kind colleague is trying to say is that in 40k, many different marks of armour can be used, so collecting mark 4 would still be fluffy. Even the fabled Ultramarines of Ultramar (in the sector of Imperium Secondus Ultramar no less) have use for armour marks other than mk7, which makes the two heresy sets better if you want to collect either types of space marines.

>>51297347
someone must have made fun of your special snowflake fluff handwaving at the local "high street shoppe" and you've come here to let off some steam behind the mask of anonymity, huh? i hope they give you a little something extra in your "dole cheque" for being so pathetic

>>51297641
Nothing like that, I just like calling out reprobates when I see them.

Haven't you got some burgers to eat?

>>51296839

They might be synthetic bristles that are just naturally going to be that hard.

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>>51297670
>>51297641

>>51297223

Honestly? Just a fun little project. I think it'll officially be a lore of shadow wizard though, fits the black Mage archetype closest of the empire wizard types.

>>51297332
The Consecrators Dark Angel successor chapter uses nothing but marks II-VI, and owns no VII or VIII.

>>51297861
>and owns no VII or VIII

Heh, poorfags.

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Bad pic from a camera that kills highlights but six in one week!

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Work in Progress Scibor Muscal. Was making some Tzeentch Dwarves while waiting for the rest of my army to arrive. (these caps are amazing to hold a model while painting)

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I'm going to need a lot strength for this.

>>51298213
Nice work.

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Anyone familiar with resin casting want to help me out?

I have my mold and im trying to do casts, but the resin just doesnt want to actually go down into the mold. It just sits in the reservoir, causing enormous bubbles, half-cast pieces, and some pieces dont get resin into them at all

>>51298732
You need a vacuum or gravity mold.

>>51298732
looks like you don't have escape vents.
You need a tunnel where the air can get out.
Or you need to pour your resin slower, depending on what you are casting (if its all connected).
Or pour slower. If you just throw the resin in as fast as you can, it sits on top of the tunnels and traps the air.

Can't tell from the picture what you are trying to cast, but either way the air needs a way to get out of your mold.

>>51298732
>>51298883
Wait, those are grenades, right?
thought you just uploaded a miscast there.

Anyway, go slow. Start pouring on the wall next to the first hole and don't throw the resin into the hole directly.

If you have a split mould, i.e. one that is closed at the bottom you can open it up a bit. Makes for more flash, but should get the resin where it needs to.

Or, as the other anon said
>>51298847
>gravity mold.
But then you still need vents.

>>51298931
How do FW do their casts without vents?

>>51298979
They have vents, what do you think those gigantic resin blocks attached to FW models are, those are casting channels, the air exits through those are the mold fills up.

>>51298979
Well for stuff that small you can get away without them.
Just saying for a gravity mold you'd need one. Gravity molds are bigger and the pressure of the liquid itself is supposed to push it into all the nooks and crannies, so you don't need a vacuum chamber. Still need to build the mold properly without undercuts and with good channels.

If you are just trying to recast this the way it is in the picture you are probably pouring the resin to fast.
You need to let the air escape while the resin pours in.
If you just fill the reservoir up the air can't go anywhere anymore.

>>51298979
Injection molding. Thousands of dollars of machinery make a lot of things easier.

>>51299004
Im literally recasting FW pieces exactly as they came and im getting enormous bubbles and resin not flowing correctly

>>51298979

Pressure probably

>>51299032
If it's not filling the mold to fast are you using talcum?
Might help the resin flow better too, due to capillary action.

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My buddy is working on a primarch

What ya say to this?

I have sone bases that are too big for fire warriors, but not quite Crisis sized. They came with one of the 30k sets. What bases are these, Terminator size? Im not familiar with the millimeters of bases yet.

If so, do Krootox go on this size? I'd like to make an alternative to it, possibly Knarlocs if they are.

>>51297414
Mk 3 armor is objectively ugly. Mk 4 looks good with mk7 shoulderpads.

But mk8 with the extra thigh plates looks the best of all

>>51299361
Most likely 32mm. This is the standard size for space marines and many AoS units.

>>51299361
25mm = most IG, fire warriors, other human sized units, and nobz

32mm = space marines

40mm = terminators. I think crisis suits are on this size but I could be wrong. These ones have stubs on the underside.

60mm = dreadnauts, heavy weapons teams

>>51296038
where is this from, what stream?

So I'm torn between buying the Army Painter set on amazon, comes out to just below $2 a bottle and just buying Citadel shit at the local shop at more than twice the cost.

Reason I'm torn is a lot of the reviews seem to talk about how clumpy/runny different paints in the Army Painter set are. As I'm just starting out, I'd prefer not to have to fuck around with getting the consistency of the paints right. Other than thinning them, of course.

I also kind of like how the Citadel line sets up their paints for the different 'stages,' which is probably just a massive gimmick, but hey, if it makes it easier for me to learn how to paint well, why not, right?

>>51296105
The mold line remover is a great but very specialized tool. It's blade is several times thicker than a hobby knife and cleans models very fast. I really like it personally, but it is most useful if you are cleaning a LOT of models at once. If you are just starting or collect a lower model count army it isn't as useful.

>>51299638
If you end up going with the citadel, at least you'd be supporting your local hobby shop, which is an upside.

>>51295898
>mould line remover
>dry paimts
Shit nigga what are you doing

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>>51298405
YES SCIBOR

>>51299688
Unfortunately I'd have to go to the GW store rather than a FLGS as the FLGS has paints from years ago. I stopped in there today to take a look and it was a sad sight. They even had a couple of the old-style Citadel paints for sale.

>>51299755
What's wrong with dry paints? Sure every paint can be a dry paint, but in theory the thicker stuff will work better.
At least that's what I've been able to gather.

That reminds me, I need to get some files for the mold lines.

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>>51299768
scibor more like sic bro

>>51299318
>>51299359

>What ya say to this?

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>51299785
The GW dry paints are even more of a con job than regular GW paints.

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What's everyone's opinion on Dry Brushing? I feel like I should properly practice layering, but god damn, Dry Brushing makes it so easy, saves so much time, and the end result looks so fucking good.

>>51299886
Only do it for really dense texture like hair and scales. It really doesn't do the job of deliberate highlights, especially with broader surfaces that you see on your average marine.

>>51299886
i think it makes the model look dusty. i like using it for scenery and vehicles, which would scratch, get dusty, and catch light in a way that reflects drybrushing, but on infantry i think it doesnt look good.
every time i go to my local gw and i see space marines with one base layer, a shade, and a drybrush i feel sad

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Doing some Nurgle bikers from ork warbikes, trying to create a mini-theme and downplay the orkyness.

So far there the mechanical Rust

The skeletal Bone that i cannot figure out how to mount guns to without just using the dakkaguns.

And the mutated Rot with daemon parts
(Names also work in progess)

They feel a bit on the light side though.

Any ideas on stuff to add? (besides bikers, GS and paint)

>>51299835
oh look someone who has never used them and experience the joys of ryzarust

>>51300009
>and downplay the orkyness.
Then you should get rid of the front spoilers of the wheels imo.
It's not that it looks bad, it's just immediately recognizable to anybody playing 40k.
Chaos uses different kinds of spiky implements on most of the vehicles, if you want something spoilery try to copy something from the other war/demonicmachines.

The SM frontplate on the rustbike works really well in terms of de-orking it visually.

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Gorechosen complete, 1/3

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>>51300127
2/3

>>51299595
Okay thank you. I was very confused because my Dark Vengeance has space marines and csm on the small bases, but the 30k stuff i got had bigger ones. Even the unique chaplain

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>>51300144
3/3

Silver tower is next!

>>51299835
How so? You get the same amount in each pot and they're the same price as the normal paints.
They pick out light colors that (usually) make for better dry brushing effects. They're also thicker from what I can find about them.
Do you need them? Fuck no, but hey, for shitheads like me who have never painted before it makes things a bit easier to figure out.

That aside, I'm not sure how many paints I actually need. Or even what colors. I'm going to practice on some shitty Battletech figures I have before going to work on my KDM ones.

If I got the Citadel paints I'd probably get the base set, shades, layers and dries. Though that is about $250. Plus I'd probably just wind up getting their brushes.
Fuck me, eh?

Maybe I'll just start out with the Army Painter set, after all. Once I get decent then I'll look at the most expensive shit.

>>51300145
dark vengeance was released before the bases for space marines switched from 25mm to 32mm, and they haven't updated it. They didn't even have a 32mm slotta base until the release of Blood Bowl late last year.

>>51300180
he's just a contrarian faggot that thinks gw paints are a ripoff. They're not the best, no, but they aren't some kind of con.

>>51300180
shitposters think that just because any paint can be used to dry brush that using specialized paints is a waste.

You can use anything to hammer a nail but you still use a hammer right?

As for colors - GW has these little starters sets now with a variety of colors. Get one of those, see what you like and what you feel you are missing, and add more colors over time.

You can also go for the Vallejo Game (not Vallejo Model) starter and then add to that over time too.

>>51300216
I don't even understand how they wouldn't be considered the best personally. They got such a large range of colors and are easy to work with for anyone, new to the hobby or not. My only complaint about em is the damn pots, just give me a better container, fug.

>>51300106
>Then you should get rid of the front spoilers of the wheels imo.

Their front wheel just look super skinny like a dirt bike without it.

>>51295775
for the red one i would go closer to a pink than red, but the striation you have on the red guy looks excellent and makes me like it better than the yellow one

>>51300240
thats the issue, the small size/pot container for more overall money compared to other brands. But in no way are they a con/ripoff in any measure, p much any high level painter uses gw colors along with other brands.

>>51299318
Looks like a fuckin banshee.

He needs his skin tone and highlight to be closer.

>>51300240
if you make sure the pot is fully closed they aren't the worst, but you have to be really careful. Dropper bottles have their own problems so it isn't like they are perfect either.

unless you are airbrushing. I hate GW pots for airbrushing.

>>51300233
>As for colors - GW has these little starters sets now with a variety of colors

Yeah, that's what I was talking about. Honestly I'm super impatient and will probably just buy some stuff tomorrow. Maybe the base set, a wash, and one or two extra colors.

I was looking at their gemstone paints - the mechs I'm going to be painting have windows on them and I was planning on painting those a nice metallic silver and then fiddling with the gemstone paint to get a nice effect. Good idea/bad idea?

>>51295825
>>51297369
He is also very publicly a fan of Brettonia.

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Need some help for kitbashing ideas. I want to give a skitarii ranger like pic related some necron technology. I plan to put an Immortal's gun in his right hand and stick a necron head on the end of the wires to look like a repurposed servo skull. Can anyone tell me what else I can add?

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>>51300314
I was referring to these

the paint pots you get are smaller than normal, but you can try a selection of colors and supplement with the ones you like.

As for GW brushes

>Medium Base
NOT to be confused with the Basecoat brush. The BASE brush is excellent. Would recommend. Short rounded tip with slightly stiffer than normal bristles make easy base colors. Not for detail work.

>Medium Layer
I'm not impressed. They go everywhere. Find another brand for your general layering brush

>Medium Dry
Stiff rectangular brush that is awesome at its intended job.

>Medium Shade
Stiff large pointy brush that is very good at applying shades

>Artificer brushes
similar in both price and quality to the ultra-high end windsor & newton, so much so that there are rumors the GW actually contracts the manufacture out to them.

>>51299835

You ever use them before? I won't even bother to drybrush with regular paint if a GW dry version is available. They're dry so you never get the "I didn't wipe enough paint off my brush" problem of smearing paint all over your fucking drybrush target, and they're also dry, AGAIN, so you have the benefit of putting more on your brush and drybrushing everything heavily in one single pass instead of brushing at it 20 times with a regular brush that you made super dry to prevent the first problem.

They're a convenience thing, nothing more. Also they have certain unique colors for people who don't mix.

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>>51300409
i bought a GW brush on a whim for the first time the other day. a small layer brush. it's in pristine quality but when i get any paint on it it does this.

>>51300409
Ah, gotcha.
How long do the 3ml pots last?

>>51300458
a quarter as long as the 12ml pot :^)

value wise the kits aren't that great at all (18ml for the price of about 36ml), but in terms of absolute cost they let you try multiple colors for less than it would otherwise cost.

>>51300180
The drybrush paints themselves are very specific, and there isn't a really good reason to get them over regular paints. Unless you are drybrushing A LOT of one color I wouldn't recommend them.

>>51300498
Okay, how many models can a 12ml pot cover if used as a basecoat, assuming space marine as the de facto standard.

>>51300455
Paint's in too deep, only the outermost third's supposed to carry paint.

>>51300550
if you thin your paints, a lot. Properly thinned it could maybe cover a hundred. If you used an airbrush, it could go even further.

>>51300180
Saying "they're the same price as other GW paints" is not a positive thing. You're wasting money on a redundant and inferior product which is worse when you're starting out and have limited supplies. The ultimate irony of you complaining about your LGS having old paints is that's basically what you're paying for with dry paints.

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Getting there. There's a ton of little shit on FW models. It's taking forever to highlight anything

>>51300673
nice transitions

>>51300409
I didn't even know these sets existed and now I'm horrified by the thought that someone has actually bought some.

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For my Inquisition army I'm basing them in the interior of a spack, so they have beaten metal grating and oxidizing brass pipes for basing. My problem is I got Greyfax sitting here and I want to base her special. I don't want to do the beaten metal basing because it'll interfere with here stilettos.
How should I base her then? I was thinking white marble tiling but that would be a bit too ornate and would stand out from the army too much. I would like her base to stand out a bit but not be too bright and contrast the rest of the army.

>>51298049
VII and VIII are for Marines who'f rather spend their time Stormtrooper LARPing than purging.

>>51300836
i reckon if you're literally just starting, theyre not bad. like, if you dont know if youre really gonna like the hobby it's cheap enough to be a 'test the waters' set rather than buying the equivalent paints in full sized pots, which would be like, fourty dollars

>>51299508
>Mk 3 armor is objectively ugly.
>objectively
>being this autistic

>Mk 4 looks good with mk7 shoulderpads.
The thinner rims of the Mk IV pads look cleaner to me, it fits the armour's look better.

>>51300926
*interior of a space hulk
how did that happen?

>>51299886
It's a technique with its uses, that gets overused by a lot of unconfident and lazy painters. I'd suggest limiting it to surfaces with large amounts of fine textures. It tends to look unnaturally chalky on smoother surfaces or skin, particularly up close, so it can never really take models beyond a basic tabletop level of quality.

>>51299954
>>51299969
Yeah, drybrushing smooth areas, like power armour, looks weird as hell, unless it's for things like scenery and vehicles. Just get more practice in with layering and highlighting instead, you'll get faster at it over time.
>scales
Even this is questionable. It works well for fine scales, but for large, well-defined ones, it pays to take the time to highlight them.

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It's goin gud

>>51300981
I would maybe consider it if I was a parent with a child who I know is going to be over it in a month. But I can also look at something like the P3 faction sets which are $18 for 6x18ml.

>>51301145
mold lines, 3 MB image, 2432x4320

>>51300926
>>51300994
I sometimes see people break up bases with metal plating by adding details like hazard chevrons to some of them. Maybe you could do that with Greyfax's?

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Couple of dudes from my army I'm slowly getting through. Guys with the coat and shield are characters in a campaign our group is doing but they can both be used in normal games (Yarrick, carapace vet)
Also first time painting skin for the ogryn so let me know how that fares up.

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>>51295945
>ordering dark vengeance when BaC and BoP are out there
>How horrifying.

Maybe he wants to get a 40K rulebook in there with his stuff.

>>51299663
>The mold line remover is a great but very specialized tool. It's blade is several times thicker than a hobby knife and cleans models very fast. I really like it personally

Emperor's Teeth, anon! You sound like me!

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3/10 of my warriors shaded, gonna do the other 7 then start the highlighting, the funnest part.
God fuck I love these edgy space elf models so much

>>51301209
>that shield
https://youtu.be/YobyKGXootM

>>51301173
What do you want me to do compress it.

>>51301362
Crop to just the figure. Don't downsize it or compress it. Fuck anyone who bitches about high quality pictures, but don't post pics with tons of empty space because that is just wasteful.

GIMP is a good software package for doing this.

>>51301384
>more pixels = more quality
No.

>>51301384
Never used GIMP to compress only to make photos with Guy Fieri edited in.

>>51301400
Get better internet then, poorfag.

I fucking despise idiots like you who encourage people to make pics with tiny fucking resolutions. You're the reason half the images that get posted are 500 x 500.

The filesize limit is 8mb for a reason. If you don't like it, then I suggest you go somewhere else. I hear the imgur galleries posted on Reddit are sufficiently web 1.0 for your internet capabilities, maybe try there.

neat
i left a russ soaking in Dettol to strip the paint and forgot about it
it was in there like, two months now

anyway the paints come off fine but it's also undone all the chemical welding of the plastic glue i used
so it looks like paint stripper can actually seperate plastic-glued components, and with no damage to the plastic, at all.

>>51301451
Kill yourself.

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why is wip so shitposty lately

just paint your shit, put up pictures and stop being assholes to eachother

>>51300992
Mk iii shoulders are best shoulders on all marks

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>>51301145
Here ya go buddy. Don't let assholes get ya down. I usually scale down as well, I just like how it looks and it's easier on the 'stralia internet plebs

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My first attempt at painting a black skintone. Two Catachan done. Only a fuckton left to go.

>>51301640
Only until you want to use jump packs.
Mk II shoulders look pretty sweet too, but they're basically the same thing, just without the haute-pieces.

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>>51301847
Thanks!

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what i've completed so far from the BoP

>>51301858
>My first attempt at painting a black skintone.
Looks good for a first try. Next time try mixing in a little bit of dark purple into the base layer; it really makes it look 'right' for lack of a better word. Healthier. Just like how caucasian skin is a mix of yellow and pink, african skin is a mix of brown and purple.

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>>51301933

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>>51301946
I-I'll make it quick, brother Steve. you served Magnus well.

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Bought some mates old, battered models and I've cleaned them up and converted them to form a inquisitor and retinue. Anyone else been rehabilitating 2nd hand mini's?

>>51301209
Ooooo nice guard there. Skin's good too, you can relax.

>>51299318
>>51299359

You guys know those Great Clips TV commercials where it shows the guy's face when he's out and about on his daily life showing snapshots of him doing all kinds of fun exciting things?

Can somebody please paste this face over that guy's face and post a big collage?

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>>51302071
Here's the before picture I took when I relised his head was stuck on with glue-tak...

>>51301934
I'll keep that in mind. Any tips for doing an East Asian skin tone?

>>51301293
literally two people told me in a prior WIP that the model knife is pointless because backs of exacto blades.


What the fuck, I want one now -- are they really that nice?

>>51302235
Not him, but I've been thinking about getting one for a little bit. I /can/ make do with an xacto, but thicker metal that's less likely to bend and skip along chunks, and has rounded parts for working along curves? Hot damn that sounds nice.

And speaking of curves...
>File no longer exists (404)
anon plz

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I'm having trouble painting the beige loincloth on this guy. I can put down a layer of Rakarth Flesh but after that i'm stumped. Brown and black washes make it look messy and pallid wych flesh is too strong as a highlight. How does /tg/ paint beige coloured stuff?

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>>51302424
i did the apron with a bit of reikland wash to make it look a bit transparent

>>51302235
You can get a cheaper equivalent from Testors. But yeah, for plastic stuff they can be pretty useful.

>>51302424
Protip: you can mix a lighter colour into a darker colour to get a new colour somewhere between.

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>>51302453
that seems it work, and it fits the nurgle aesthetic nicely. But I'm hoping for a cleaner look on my skaven dudes, as i tried to use an agrax earthshade wash before and it just seemed as though the stormfiend had shat himself and desu thats not my style.

anyone know what ranges have good dark-mid-light tone beige colours. I really want to replicate the gradient of colours in pic related. its not really the brown/black-to-beige transition that GW's washes give it, but more like a dark beige to light beige transition and i cant seem to get that with the paints im using.

>>51302235

You don't need it, that's the thing. Unless you want to ENJOY SCRAPING MOLDLINES why pay for one? This isn't like a car, where driving a fancy sports car is just more fun and feels better, you don't care about the car, you only need to drive from point A to point B. You only need to remove mold lines, you don't need to make it feel good.

>>51302424

I'd just slap agrax on there and then go over it again with rakarth, leaving a tiny bit of agrax showing in the folds and recessess, then highlight with something a tiny bit darker than pallid wych.

The other option is to start from a darker brown and work your way up to light beige, making each coat less and less covering all the way up to extreme highlights.

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>>51298507

>Much soldering later...

>>51298507
>>51303146

Neat. Personally I hate the helmet you went with but each to their own. What kind of battery life do you get out of that and where did you mount it, in the cockpit or the empty space underneath? Also I assume you have a means of switching it on, off and replacing bits, how do you achieve that?

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I'm feeling finished with my first deathwatch team. Gonna finish my stupid storm bolter and assault cannon squad next, then it's on to the blackstar.

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>>51303146
Fukken sweet. What version is this gonna be?

Also Cerastus are great.

>>51303416
very clean, i like it

but please do more with the bases

I've more or less completed all the sub assemblies for my flash gitz and nobz. Maybe some of the heads and other fiddly bits need to be attached to something, and the bases will need a little bit of love.

I just hope the weather is clear enough this weekend to allow me to prime and basecoat. Still undecided what the exact recipe I will use for the ork skin will be.

>>51303416
>5 MB

>>51301451
>The filesize limit is 8mb for a reason

Yeah, it was increased to 8MB for PDFs, newfag. Not for shitty, uncropped jpegs. Not even pngs or bmps, fucking jpegs.

>>51303683
Thanks, yeah. I'm looking for gribbly tyranid bits or something to zazz it up. Open to suggestion.

>>51303416
>that seam on frankenstein's bolter
>THAT MOLD LINE ON THE FRONT STAND

>>51303449
I like the church you got on that base

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>>51303716
>>51301451
>>51301384
>>51301173

>>51303765
Im sorry, dog. I hail maryd for the tacticool emperor to assist me but I goofed it.

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>>51303772
All for you, wip.

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ME PAINT INSIDE LONG TIME
ME LOVE MODELS
ME SAY PAINT INSIDE NOT HURT ANYONE
ME DO IT, ME FINE.

HURRRRR

>>51303750
if you life in australia i have like, thirty half full tyranid sprues i have no use for, i'd be happy to offload em for a couple of bucks

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Is it worthwhile buying a third hand to hold models for me if I have fat fingers?

>>51303904
i have that, but the clips exert so much pressure they'd massacre any fine parts and maybe indent bases. if you had the model on a stick, maybe. i mostly use it for propping up books with the glass over a detail i'm trying to copy.

Don't forget to think your fucking pictures you faggots. Nobody wants to see 3MB of grainy phone quality photo.

>>51303943
>thin your paints
>and thin your pictures too
lessons to live by

>>51303924
This, the clamps are too clampy.

>>51303924
>>51303974
Could you stick the model to the clamp securely instead of clamping it?

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>>51303943
no, you need to pile on more megapixels

>>51303777
>143 KB

You had one job.

>>51303973
Thinning your body is probably a good idea too.

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>>51301384

>GIMP
>a good software package

>>51303991
Eh... arguably? Like >>51303924 said, on a stick could help, but there's no way to make the clamps not squeeze - they're on a spring.

>>51303904
get a piece of cork or dowel and some museum putty

having a larger handle to hold the model makes it a lot easier.

>>51304073
>can't sculpt greenstuff
>can't sculpt my abs

>>51304217

>Sculpt greenstuff at home
>Sculpt abs at gym
>My paints are thin
>Pics are thin
>I am thin

Thin is truely god tier in all areas of life.

>>51304267
I bet if I stop shoving my face with carbs and run more it will help me be a better painter

>>51304298
>giving up delicious carbs
>doing cardio

Fuck it

>>51304345
>>51304298

just thin your carbs, lads

>>51304353
You know I kind of am beginning to think that there is something to this. Painting is very tiring for me, especially when I am using my airbrush. I tend to get sore and tired after an hour of cleaning parts. If I was thin I would have more stamina, and when I got home from work I wouldn't be so tired and could spent the hours instead on hobby.

>>51304353

Apply two thin meals of carbs?

>>51304426

I doubt it. I'm most tired when I'm cutting, training hard, or doing both at the same time. I feel the best when I am bulking or just being a lazy fat slob, but after a week or two at the most, I get too disgusted with the feeling and start training again.

People that get down to very low percentages of body fat say they get sick a lot and feel like shit until they get back up to healthier percentages, like 10%.

>>51296077
>>51295888
Anon who asked the original question about priming with a spray.

I'm going to assume that spraying paint inside is a no-no after all. However what if we are talking about stairs inside of a house with windows next to them. I want to prime 2-3 models for my killteam(so not that much painting) and I could use a cardboard box not to get paint on walls and floor.

Also, what temperature would you consider alright for priming outside? Right now temperature outside here deviates from -2°C to +2°C. Maybe I could just go out, or prime spray will get fucked?

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>>51304493
I'm talking about this kind of stairs

>>51304460
I am probably closer to 35-40% body fat. I am exhausted when I get home from work and I don't really have any reason to be since I work a desk job. I think maybe if i dropped 70-80 pounds I would start to fall into what you described, but losing 50-60 would help a lot.

>>51304493
That's really cold. Rattlecans get really sensitive about that stuff.

Windows are not enough ventilation, and overspray will get everywhere. You need active ventilation.

You can get indoor spray hoods which attach to your windows with powerful fans..

>>51304217
>>51304267
>>51304426
I really feel like I should get in shape, but I have too much shit to do and waste too much time. I've tried going on nightly runs in the past, but I stopped because break ended and never got going again.

>>51304519
Where do you guys spray during winter? Not everyone has indoor spray hoods, and I don't see the point of getting one when I need to paint ~5 KT models tops

>>51304545
Its a matter of habbit. Once you do it for 2 weeks+ straight, it becomes a habbit and it gets easier to do. Losing a habbit is very easy though, I had to move to my grandparents for a few weeks to help them out and stopped doing exercises temporarily. Now I can't make myself to start again.

>>51303893
USA, thanks though.

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some guys selling starcraft marines

>>51304621
Friends garage.

>>51300127
>>51300144
>>51300168
Look really cool anon! Love the green contrast. How long did it take you?

>>51300409
>>Medium Base
>NOT to be confused with the Basecoat brush. The BASE brush is excellent. Would recommend. Short rounded tip with slightly stiffer than normal bristles make easy base colors. Not for detail work.

I'm looking for a brush with short bristles and round belly like this, how are they generally called?

>>51304865

Stipple brush?

>>51304730
Link?

>>51305009
its in a closed australian buy/sell group

>>51305023
Why would you bother posting it, then...?
It's unpainted and not for sale to us, what's even the point?

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does anyone know of a kit that has a similar helmet to Lokhir fellheart?

>>51304833
Probably about 3 hours a model.

Some group painting, like I grouped all the metal plates, but singularly finished all the trim.

I spent probably an additional 8 hours on fucking picking out all the little "additions" like armor changes, sachales, and medallions.

The gubbions are so extreme I almost skipped chain mace bro all together

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Looking several magnitudes better with his cowl on, imo.

>>51298732
Is your mold rubber? If so, here's a couple of tips. Use a stick or something to manually apply a bit of resin to the faces of the mold, force it a bit into the cracks, then pour on top of it. While pouring, give your mold a firm squeeze now and then to cause some suction inside the mold.

>>51305247
the walking stick gets me every time

>>51299785
If you have a local GW you'd still be paying to keep it open. If you can get a good relationship going with the manager that will pay dividends in the long run.

>>51305191
Wow thats actually pretty fast. I have all of them lined up as well, plus a Valkya, but working on 20 Bloodreaver at the moment... Plus I still have to finish my mammoth. And my Juggernauts. And my Warriors. FUCKKKKKKK

>>51305057
because theyre neat, i didnt even know they existed. you can probably track them down online if you really wanted to.

>>51305247

Looks great very clean but slow progress so far. How much time spent so far?

>>51306076

Thank you, my progress is slow in relation to the amount of time I can spend on hobby per night.

Probably about 5 hours so far.

I'm not in a rush as there is no time limit.

I wish I was a faster painter :)

>>51304217
You should try having a dip in some Agrax Earthshade to bring out your natural definition.

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Time to post my first dude.

Yes decided the first thing I'd do was bud and paint a hive tyrant. And I don't intend to fuck up the seams on the carapace like that again.

>>51306489
This was not supposed to be oriented like that.

>>51295775

What did you do for the right one?

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>>51306489
I like it, simple and clean, few moldlines though.

What red and gold should I use for komissars, please ? I need those for my kriegers

>>51306529
Whatever red you like and vallejo liquid gold.

>>51303449

personally don't like the legs or carapace, not beefy enough

>>51306510
Base GW Tuskgor Fur, heavy drybrush VGC Pale Flesh, light drybrush GW Pallid Wych Flesh, wash GW Carroburg Crimson and then a layer of GW Bloodletter Glaze.

>>51306528
>>51306489

First ever model?

>>51306661
Since I was 11 years old and glopping gloss paint onto raw plastic.

>>51306547
Ok thanks

>>51297347

>You're a fucking nonce.
As a fellow britbong. are you sure you've got the right insult?

I should be painting, but I'm not. How do i un-not painting?

>>51306866

Start painting anon.

>>51306866
Stop masturbating

>>51306866
exterminatus your computer

okay fap done, im going to wash my hands and we can get this painting train rolling

>>51306528
There's some pretty egregious mold lines on the swords. I don't really care about that though since I'll never field it as a swarmlord.

How do I get good with washes? Whenever I use them on my guardsman its ethier that you cant see I washed them or the wash makes everything dirty.

>>51307181
Don't use it in too big quantities, be careful and thin it so it recovers gently the areas you want, and gets in the gaps you want to blend together. That means you can use different washes for different areas, for different colors or effect. Also you can light up the areas again with the same colors or a lighter tone after the washes so the blending is more natural

>>51307181
Use a detail brush. Only hit the recesses with your wash. After you paint a line into a recess, rinse the brush in water and then go back over the edges of that line with a damp, empty brush and 'feather' the edge of the wash line into the surface so you don't get coffee stain edges. Basically, just touch the edge of the line and drag it into the main surface.

>>51307202
But when I watched Dunc`s video on painting the guard he used a lot of it.

>>51303315

>Dissing the Battlestar Galactica head
What the heck.

>Battery life
I wouldn't know, but I'll be replacing it hen the light dulls. The LED's life is about 10 years.

>Circuit
It's occupying the cockpit atm, It would put strain on the wires to go through too many surfaces.

>Switch
My knight splits at the torso. The switch is on the floor of the cockpit and can be accessed with a pencil or something.

>Replacements
I have 10 spare LEDs, and some spare red and black wire. I'll replace the battery when I need to.

>>51307211
>coffee stain edges
thats my problem

>>51307213
Link ? You can also exclusively use washes from start to finish, like you would with paint. What I was saying considered you using classic paint and washes, so maybe that's that

>>51307233
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enUqWuU-Nns&t=44s

>>51307239
>this part is very easy
He's even telling you anon. Seriously though, maybe you didn't shake your wash properly and that's why it's too dark for you on some shit like that. You can do like anon said>>51307211, but duncan just brushes evenly on the miniature so you shoudn't have too much trouble

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dunno if I should weather or not. Made a bit of an arse of it last time.

>>51307230
If that's your problem then feather the edges. It's a good habit to get into anyways; you should always do it when you apply a transparent layer which doesn't cover the whole surface.

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Anyone here tried using Pentart Metallic Teal for their Alpha Legion?

>>51307314
how do I feather?

>>51307412
I described it here: >>51307211

>>51307437
thenks m8

>>51307335
if the flake is fine enough, then it could work quite well.

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>>51307335
Quick google shows this to be the result with a light blue wash over.

>>51307308

How do you paint your yellows so crisp? I'm painting sa'cea tau and i suck at painting yellow

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I'm trying to put together some servo skulls using bits that I have for my inquisitor. Does this look okay or kinda dumb? It's on a Q-tip while it dries off, I'm probably going to use a wire, and paint it black to hold it up.
I couldn't get my stupid camera to focus on it

>>51307615
Averland base, then yriel. Shitloads of coats. Doubt I could be bothered doing a primarily yellow army without some other method.

>>51307655
It looks pretty cool if you ask me, something that imperium would use.

>>51307566

I'm doing some AL with createx iridescents, or at least I'm planning on it, only done a test model so far. Works pretty nicely, I'll post some pictures once I get round to doing them.

>>51307655
>bits that I have for my inquisitor
Which kit is that exactly?

The wings are a bit too much I think

>>51306773
Yes. I was insinuating he is a paedophile.

>>51307791
just a normal inquisitor - the skull is and old old warhammer fantasy empire bit, the eye socket is from a skitarii head and the rest is a bit from the tempestus box.
I'm wondering if I should cut off the lower jaw of the skull

Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong before my rhino finds a new home in a wall?
>Washed/assembled Rhino
>Washed again
>Primed it, which took three layers
>And started painting it
And it's the streakiest, paint brush lined fucking piece of plastic in the entire globe
And, to top it all off, the paint, plus primer comes off if you apply light pressure with your thumbnail.

>>51307905
what are you priming it with and what are you painting it with?

>>51307934
Vallejo Black Primer and a small brush

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>>51307905
>And it's the streakiest, paint brush lined fucking piece of plastic in the entire globe
Photo please. It's just to obtain a better understanding of the situation at hand and thus coming up with a better and faster solution, please do not worry

>>51307977
Try airbrushing it

That's what I do with my Vallejo primer at least, and it comes on super smooth.

>>51307977
Large brushes are better for smooth coats, believe it or not. You need to thin the paint and then also wipe off enough that it's moist, not wet, for optimal layers with big brushes.

Is painting chimeras without an airbrush possible without making it look bad?

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Finally assembled and primed the deathwatch overkill models. Those 11 space marines took more time than 30+ genestealer cult. First time using grey primer, not sure if its worth throwing a ocat on the grey before washing it or just washing the primer since a washed grey isn't going to change much between the primer or dawnstone.

>>51305121
The sea dragon corsairs have a banner with a kraken emblem, you might be able to use that.

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>>51308026

>>51308197
It's not that bad, but yeah it's not every uniform. Try to thin your paints a bit more and use a larger brush, or as another anon already said, airbrush it

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>>51308076
this. The citadel xl base brush pretty good.

>>51308197
just needs more thin coats.

>>51308215
>>51308239
That is the thinned layer, which paradoxically is the worst layer.
I guess I'll follow lord Duncan's advice and not thin my paints.

What's the lowest temperature I can spray prime models at?

>>51308258
you need _more_ thin coats.

>>51307655
I'd add some guitar wire cabling, which can pull double duty by using a thick one to hold it up.

>>51308258
that's about what I'd expect one thinned layer to look like.

>>51308258

You don't get a good, even coverage from one thinned layer, you numpty. You'll probably need half a dozen layers to get a decently smooth result.

>>51308197
>>51308258

Re-highlighting this piece of advice:
>>51308076
>>51308225

Your paint is showing signs of surface tension effects and clumping, this comes from too much paint being on the brush at the same time. The thickness is about right, this is in application technique.

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>>51303772
>>51303449

>>51308496
I spoke those words.

I'm proud to see church incident gets remembered.

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>>51308496

We remember.

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>mfw I'll run painting lessons for kids in my LGS tomorrow
>mfw next week I'll run lessons for more experienced ppl

I need to be strong, for Dunc

>>51308197
Bright over black
You deserve everything you get.

>>51308658
Tell them of the church incident and to thin their paints.

>>51308265
Above freezing.

It's humidity that's the killer.

>>51308658
>MISTER MISTER LOOK AT MUH MUHREEEEEENS
>yeah, they're pretty good, Timmy, but you know you should really try to thin your paint. I know this is like the 5th time I'm telling you this but you real-
>IM GONNA PUT SOME RED
>*sigh* but they're ultramarines, Timmy. If you wanted to use red, you should have chosen a blood angels theme or something. It's called coherence. You can't have an army where every soldier has a different uniform color, now that would be reta- really weird.
>MUH MUHREENS ARE RED AND BLUE IF I WANT THEM TO BE RED AN BLUE
>No. I already let you do those abominations of pink necrons last week, and I'm still trying to scrap the bucket of paint you dropped on them so you will paint those ultramarines like the codex astartes wanted
>*mom steps in*
>MY CHILD WILL PAINT THOSE STUPID PLASTIC TOYS LIKE HE WANTS, DO YOU HEAR ME ? I PAID FOR THIS SHIT BECAUSE HE WOULDNT LET ME HEAR THE END OF THIS ALREADY SO HE WILL ENJOY THIS LESSON TO THE FULLEST
>...Ok Timmy, but promise me to thin those paints this time, ok ?
>*spills paints on his trousers*

>>51295825
he said it in the jan. 11th stream, cant remember, though.

>>51308928
exactly two weeks later timmy buys his first fw model and won his first tournament with a cheesy, rule-bendy list. He also writes fluff for his own chapter.

Oh, and he's a regular on wip.

>>51308971

Don't forget the time he won the painting competition because the staff have to choose kids to keep them interested in the hobby

>>51302071
>Hiding the Dialogus' stupid face

Good move

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>>51308928
>IM GONNA PUT SOME RED
>*sigh* but they're ultramarines, Timmy. If you wanted to use red, you should have chosen a blood angels theme or something.

OK, I know Timmy wouldn't be old enough, anon, but what about you?

>>51309002
"...and first place goes to: Timmy, and his solid-gold-primed, american-flags-everywhere, sometimes-limbs-on-the-wrong-side Space Freedom Fighter Force, with the centerpiece being a butchered baneblade/chinese tank toy conversion without treads!"

>>51309038
Yeah I realized as I posted that I should have chosen a disgusting green instead of red. This will be changed in the ulterior version to the soon to be pasta

>>51305635
Blizzard sells them in their online store. They're pretty big though.

>>51308696

What is this Church Incident people speak of?

>MISTER MISTER WHY IS THIS MUHREEN LISTENING TO THE BOLTER MAGAZINE CAN I HAVE HIM I WANT TO PAINT HIM

>>51309079
WIP's Milhouse

>>51309038
I REALLY want to know how to paint those classic Ultras.

>>51308496
>tfw I was the second gunner.

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>>51309202
>I REALLY want to know how to paint those classic Ultras.

Stick around. Wun uv da regular ladz here paints his 5th-and-later-edition Space Marines as Ultramarines. It's a really nice classic look!

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>>51309088
>MISTER MISTER WHY IS THIS MUHREEN LISTENING TO THE BOLTER MAGAZINE CAN I HAVE HIM I WANT TO PAINT HIM

There *was* that Auric Patricians Johnny...

>>51309339
I really really like giving some of my salamanders red bolters.

>>51309339
Looks like all the dark areas in the armor joints were hand-painted instead of washed?

I hope to paint that well some day.

>>51309570
It's easy to do that on marines. I guess sm are the easiest to paint without washes in general

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>>51308928
You know, Timmy is right.
Fuck painting armies or official schemes. Your models, do whatever you want with them.
It's the only way to have fun with this longterm.

>>51309643
>It's the only way to have fun with this longterm.

Needs citation.

>>51309570
Oldschool marines were primed black.

>>51309668
>Ward UM dex dropped
Everybody else was unhappy about the spiritual Liege crap
>Ward BA dex dropped
Everybody was unhappy about deep striking Land Raiders, literal ghosts in the army list and the new Blood naming conventions
>new SW dex dropped
Everybody was unhappy about squirrel riders, Santa Sleigh and the new wolfy wolf naming conventions
>new SM dex dropped
Black Templars went from having their own dex to being a combat doctrine. They were unhappy.
>clan Raukaan dropped
GW fucks around with IH lore. IH players are fucking unhappy.
>new chaos dex drops
GW fucks around with Word Bearer lore. WB players are fucking unhappy.

etc. pp.

And this is just the last few years with Space Marines.

Just saying. Ownership and personal investment like that can backfire.

>>51309858
What changed about the Word Bearers?

>>51309858
>getting out the space mangs and beer
>having fun without mentioning ward's name, the term codex or "nerf" even once
>wrapping it all up with "this mini" having killed "that mini" against all odds and fluff

Priceless.
Just saying.

>>51309894
They were rewritten from whorshipping chaos undivided into being splintered into cults iirc.
And the Dark Apostles were also made non-exclusive to their lore.

The point I'm making is that sooner or later something might change about the officials stuff, in a way you don't like cause you do not have creative or any other kind of control.
So it's great for people that don't have time to play a lot, because it means it keeps their army alive in their minds with new lore and stuff, but for some players, it can backfire.
I remember some people were so unhappy they quit their Iron Hand and Templar armies.

>>51309937
True. But some people have a harder time ignoring the official stuff. That's just what I'm saying.

>>51307844
Cut open the jaw and stick guitar wire in there.

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>>51309643
>It's the only way to have fun with this longterm

I want to make an inquisitor, where can i find cool gothic power armoured human ?

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How do you achieve a semi-transparent cloth effect like pic related?

>>51310762
white with thin layers of the relevant colour fading towards folds

>>51310762

You do thin skin colored glazes over and over and over in the spots you want to see through.

>>51296552
Is it Yls Obram? AAAAAAAAAAA
>>51297364
Terrible lighting but pretty nice. The legs are bit one colored and bland though
>>51298213
Cool
>>51299318
skin tone and lack of shine makes him seem like a old man. Nice clean work though
>>51300673
That looks fast!
>>51303825
Dat detail work!

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>>51308928
actually. at my lgs, there's a 10yo spoiled child that keeps getting more and more space wolves which he paints (no thinning, no mouldlines removed, glue everywhere) in ulgiest scheme possible - not to mention that I told him like gorillion of times that space wolves have no sucessor chapters and they should be just like on the box
>mfw when he takes out pastel green (gauss blaster green) and gold land raider form his bag

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>>51311791
>he takes out pastel green (gauss blaster green) and gold land raider form his bag
Sounds horrifying desu