WIP - Painting/Converting/Sculpting General

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Still unfinished magos. Kinda stuck on this figure. Posting anyway because of Cawl.

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Making a table and terrain. Goal is 2 foot by 4 foot removable sections.

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I will repost the dark eldar guys who are approaching completion

>Still kinda knocked out from sedatives

Basic troops only today lads.

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Doing this gave me a damn headache

>>51360033
Most of it looks good, though the plastic barb wire and sandbags don't look too great and would detract from how nice the rest of it. You can scratch build the fencing pretty easily and millputty makes good sandbags. You have a way to texture the open ground in mind?

>>51360321

For what purpose is this sellotape?

>>51360794
Probably started off as something to hold them together why glue went off.

>>51360794

It's masking tape, not sellotape, It's going to allow me to paint a dazzle camouflage pattern much cleaner than I could without.

>>51360794
masking for easy camouflage

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>>51360321
>>51360862
>didn't prime and then basecoat the model before doing the camo patterns

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>>51360794
>File: razzledazzle.jpg
Given heretics and xenos the ol' flim-flam flummox.

>>51360890

Or I did ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

>>51360769
I was thinking of spackling, but i'm worried about how heavy and brittle it would be. For flocking I have a bucket of sand and several bags of green dyed sawdust.

I'm completely open to suggestions though, anything that will speed up the process would be great

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Just in case some folks weren't aware of it Duncans on twitter now, and occasionally showing off his personal minis.

https://twitter.com/WHTV_Dunc

>>51362119
>an iceni briton themed army

pure autism jesus christ. you can bet he plays total war.

>>51362198
it's not from him, though?

>>51360890

could be a grey primer

>>51362119

Dunc uses too many emojis like a teenaged girl

>>51362519
That's alright, because we all want to be teenagers with BFFs name Jill.

>>51362519
Dunc uses emojis like a parent, actually. Teenagers will do japanese emojis.

>>51362519
>Dunc uses too many emojis like a teenaged girl
>>51362601
This.
He probably doesn't spent a lot of time in front of a computer.
He spends his time painting. So why are you still sitting there killing time on 4chins instead of painting?

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>>51362198
Whats wrong with total war

>>51360033
Amazing. What is the base of your board?

>>51360005
I haven't visted WIP threads in about 6 months, and I distinctly remember this model being worked on at about the 80% complete stage. What the fuck?

I'm hoping that wasn't you.

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Icon Bearer of the Grand Host
or Khorne Lord on Juggernaut

>>51363153
Nice. Might be time to start considering taking things to the next level, TMM metallics instead of washes and edge highlights looks like you have your current style down.

>>51362840
Three 2x4s right now, but I'm probably going to add a couple more ribs as extra support for the center of the foam sheets.

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Almost done assembling the start collecting Dark Eldar Box. Had an extra base and made an edgy jumping kabalite.

Is it worth getting into 40k or should I just play Kings of War?

>>51363500
They both have models you can build and paint so this thread has no opinion.

>>51363500
with 8th edition around the corner it's too soon to tell

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'Cronz n the hood

Nearly finished these guys now, just a catacomb command barge and Triarch Stalker to do.

They lack detail as I'm trying to speed paint an entire army but C&C is welcome.

>>51363554
>implying I should ask /40kg/
>>51363566
I understand.

>>51363583
Wash those bases with agrax, or nuln. Maybe even pink, green or red wash. Right now, they look very plain.

>>51363583
>>51363651
Oh and paint the rims

>>51363583
Also, if you want to make your force a little different, exchange your green Ross to sky blue ones, similar in color to the chestplate of your lord.

>>51363651
The bases do have more depth in person, I think the camera flash killed them. They had a wash then a drybrush with a light grey.

>>51363667
They have been painted anon... black, my colour of choice for grey terrain.

>>51363694
I was debating going a different colour, but then I'd have to be painting the rods on the gauss weapons, and since I'm trying to speed paint everything it seemed more effort than was needed. I like how the green contrasts with the blue and gold too.

Anyone got any tips for painting white hair?
Friend commissioned me to paint Celestine and the Gemini, but with white hair, and I haven't the slightest clue how because I've never had to paint white hair.

>>51363754
I personally would paint white, then make a wash consisting of lahmium medium, nuln oil and drakenhof nightshade (it should be a pale bluish grey), wash over the white then highlight white.

>>51363734
You can also buy colored plastic rods which are exactly the same diameter as the green GW ones.

Still, I'd love to play against your dudes, kudos!

>>51363153
sexy/10

>>51360005
what paint did you use for the metal parts ?

>>51360033
>crackers, bacon, and white bread are terrain

>>51364347
What else are you going to have with the cheese that goes on the board?

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/tg/, this is my first time painting ever. I've watched all the citadel tutorials and I think I'm prepared to go out and buy my equipment. This said, what tips does /tg/ have for a first time painter? Shortcuts, alternate tools, alternate paint brands, etc?

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I'm not happy with this model at all, it's been one of those ones where even as I was in the middle of painting it I wasn't having fun and I think that shows.
I'll probably end up repainting it in the future but at least for now it's one less to worry about before February

Anyone have some guides on how to do highlights and washes?
I can get a nice smooth basecoat now, but holy fuck I fuck up highlights and washes/shades so bad.

>>51365500
I actually thought it looked pretty good. Perhaps you just need to accent the blue webbing with a touch of the green you used in the eyes? Splash a bit of color in the scales?

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Well, im not really sure what else to add, so I guess im done. What do you guys think?

Im personally happy, always wanted to do dark eldar but was scared away by edge highlighting. guess i got gud

>>51365399
few shortcuts, and alternate to what?

>>51365977
they look ok from far away

>>51363754
When you paint white the first thing you have to decide is whether you want a cool blue or grey white or a warm creamy white. Obviously this will depend on the rest of your colour scheme.

Then when painting hair the way I like to do it is sort of based on anime hair. Start by using your darkest colour for your hair colour, then give all the strands a slight highlight to pick out the strands as usual. Then you start highlighting only around the crown area of the head, each layer getting shorter as you get to your brightest colour. So you end up with the sort of circlet of highlights.

>>51366050
oh, whats wrong with them then?

How did you get through the beginning period, when every brush stroke on a mini just made it look worse and worse?

>>51366025
I don't know. Just asking if there are any more cost effective alternatives to citadel stock hiding within plain sight or ways to paint more efficiently.

>>51366277
Alternative paints: Vallejo Model and Game Color, P3 Paints, Army Painter, Coat d'Arms, Reaper Master Series Paints, Scale 75 (if you're rich).

Tools: Gale Force Nine, Testors (at least some of their stuff), Tamiya, some of the paint manufacturers also make hobby tools, so check those out too.

>>51366355
Thanks a lot, I'll be sure to check those out.

>>51365977
Those look great, anon! I'm a fan of brighter highlights myself, but those are fine. My only recommendation would be, in the future, wipe the rim of the base when you're done with the texture paint. They make basing easy, but less is more.

>>51365500
>that mini
>that filename
Lost: Sides. Reward offered for return.

>>51366463
Another question:
Since I intend to work with transparent bases, what would anybody suppose the most effective proxy base is for painting? I was thinking of using posterboard or cardboard to paint the figure on before sticking it onto the transparency.

>>51366277

The cheapest miniature paint is Warcolours. Everyone else costs about the same as GW (a little less, but still expensive). They are all worth their money though, except maybe GW since they have less than others, cost a bit more, and come in dumb pots. Some GW colors and technicals can't be found anywhere else so those are worth it.

Warcolours is SUPER cheap and high quality. Vallejo is your gold standard for money per milliliter.

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what do you think of this color scheme for death guard?

do i need to add more or will this be good enough after some cleaning up? (that blob on the arm being a prime example)

>>51366958
just infect my shit up, grandpai

>>51366958
>can clearly see unpainted areas of the model

Cmon senpai.

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>>51367327

oh i know it isn't done but i don't want to keep going if it's actually shit

>>51367355
Lol sure thing friendo

>>51367355
I mean, its good for a death guard scheme, though yea, some cleanup is advisable. (though not too much, they are supposed to be pretty grimy and shit after all)

>>51367401
I would say that the disgust of Nurgle comes from gimeyness. High contrast, texture-rich monstrosities. Anon's model looks rather... goopy. That's not to say that nurgle doesn't have good-- he has lots-- but goopy in the melty, not plagued sort of way.

>>51367355
Is this a pre or post-heresy marine

>>51366149
they're too far away to see well is what I meant

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Converting my DE into Corsairs

Void Dreamer with Witch Staff
CC Oriented Baron
Prince
Baron
Baron(?) I have a lot of Incubi bits.

Need to think of a scheme though

>>51367660
Looking good anon.
Where do you get the helm on #2? I see it in TONS of conversions.


>We will never have plastic Incubi
It hurts.

>>51367707
Thanks

Pretty sure it came as an alt for an Incubi. Had to have. They and Harlies are my only resin Eldar.

>>We will never have plastic Incubi
>It hurts.
It really does

>>51367707
Not the anon you're replying to, but I think it's from the finecast Archon that came before the current plastic one.

>>51367707
I think that head might be from the old finecast archon model

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>>51367848
>>51367850

It is.

>>51367869
so much nicer than the newer plastic one.

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>>51367892

Oh, absolutely.

On a similar note, I'm quite looking forward to the Eldar triumvirate set, and it's pretty much entirely because of this guy. Goofy helmet aside (not a fan of the ears or spikes), he'll make a great Corsair Prince or Archon.

>>51367941
I got hard just looking at the model. I can't wait to see the statline. He's probably MINIMUM initiative 7 and WS8.

>>51367941
The individual parts look fine but it desperately needs to be reposed because it looks awkward as fuck there.

>>51367848
>>51367850
>>51367869
Oh so it is. I have that blade too. He must have been mixed in with the bits. I dont have that body though.

>>51367941
He's what made me re-examine my DE to Corsair project. Im going to pick up that box to use him as a Prince, or as himself depending on the wording on how to take him. Like how The Imperium trio can be taken as HQs. I really want to see his sprues.

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>>51360033

That's pretty nice.

Would ravage in the name of the Emperor/10.

>>51367941
I dont like Eldar much, but all the masks are pretty neato

>>51368373
He's presumable on a Terminator base. So he's huge.

>>51360033
T-tell me those are snowy trenches anon
P-please?

>>51367660
Looking pretty cool

>tfw every acrylic matte medium you try is significantly more gloss than the paint you're adding it to
I just want to make matte glazes. Why must nobody make actual matte medium? I know Scalecolor is ultra matte, but fucking hell this shit is glossy as fuck.

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>>51362119

>>51368692

Just mix in matte varnish to the glaze medium dawg.

>>51360216

Cool.

I don't have any wazdaka red, send help

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>>51368524
That'd be cool. My group is Rule of Cool first so Im not worried about fitting him in if hes fun.

>>51368585
Thanks. I'm messing around with the other fellows to make more Felarchs/Barons.

>>51368581
I can't tell you that anon, because as much as I think snowy terrain would be awesome I just don't think I have the skill to do proper snow flocking

>>51363362
>edgy jumping kabalite.
So edgy he didn't even unsheathe his left dagger

Quick Question. I tried stripping black primer from plastic models with Simple Green, but it didn't work. Then I tried using 90% isopropyl alcohol, but that only got about half the primer off. Any suggestions? I'm not sure if soaking the models for longer will matter at this point (they have been soaking for 3 days now).

>>51365500
Johnny Quest? That undersea episode fucked me up as a kid.

>>51362198
Link to his iceni briton themed army? Can't find it on his Twitter.

>>51370514
Oh shit! You sir are correct may need to fix that lol

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Finally got my first proper Kingdom Death model (Percival) and I painted her up today. Have some touchups to do to fix a couple of areas and the inside of her padded armor but overall pretty happy.

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And back

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>>51369190
>>51367660
>not using my Not!Kamina KD mini to represent an Eldar Corsair Prince
Where did my parents go wrong

>So, all the lights in the heavens are our enemies now...
PREPARE THE MAELSTROM CANNON

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Bought this guy second hand for cheap, any ideas what to do for the skin? I don't mind the armor color all that much but the skin is too garish.

I do not own an airbrush if that matters at all

Post blood bowl teams!

>>51368524
30mm, mate

like greyfax he's going to be huge, but that's just because scale creep

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>>51366958
Brother!

>>51369190
It's definitely a 32mm base, he's about 25% taller than a space marine

What colors do i need to add battledamage on Dark Angels?

>>51360794
why did no one answer "what do you mean, what is the tape for? how do YOU assemble your models?"

>>51360924
>not flim-flam flozzle

YOU HAD ONE JOZZLE

>>51371221
>>51371240
The cloth looks nice but the metal looks really flat. Hard to tell because of the blur.

>>51366958

Green looks very flat. Bolter is monotone. White looks aight I suppose.

>>51372578

Yea the metal was tricky. I considered working on my NMM skills but decided that would be way too much time so I just used my normal metallics. Problem is I haven't figured out a great way to bring definition to the mini when using metallic paints. Tried doing a pseudo-NMM kind of look using black ink and bright silvers but it didn't turn out great. Any advice would be great.

Anyone have experience with casting? I'm looking for something that will best capture the detail of a space marine helmet pretty decently and is handy enough for repeating the process, say, ~10 times

So far liquid blu-stuff looks to be top contender.

>>51372933

If you have to ask for advice, you're not going to be able to do it. Especially if you're dumb enough to ask for advice on /tg/ instead of googling a better source of advice for yourself.

This has been proven dozens of times on /tg/ with failed casters.

>>51367660
>Pretty cool conversions
>Leaves mold lines

Come on anon, sort out the helmet and arm on the second from the right.

I also think you need to do a lot more to disguse that sprue if you're going to use it on bases.

Alright /wip/, bit the bullet and ordered myself a bucket of white Viva Crackle Paint on Amazon to help with my ice bases.
Gone are the days where I had to wait for that EXACT sweetspot of the paint being dry enough to put on white paint but wet enough to not crack yet because I was using Agrellan Earth!

Also finished my Celestine's magnetized base yesterday. Had some trouble with the ribbons actually chipping off the paint a bit on the cloak, which I tried to counter with a layer of 'Eavy Metal to seal it, which only made it worse because even the dried 'Eavy stuck so badly on the ribbon that it tore off some of the red. Probably not going to do a lot against it, just repaint it and be careful, since it's in a spot your rarely even see anyway.
Will post pictures later today to undergo your judgement.

>>51366958

Now thats what I call THICC. Stop dipping your models in house paint. Please, just stop. Get some help.

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Getting back into it...

Starting up with some acolytes

(resized)

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posted this in the whfb thread as I thought wip threads were a thing of the past, this is a witch hunter I was scratch building up from various parts as I really wanted a witch hunter (and my first ever experiment with black plate armour)

I just managed to put him together and needed to take a picture.
of note is the fact that his pilgrim hat 'top'
is made of reshaped/cut and filed sprue bits.

still gotta do a heap but black armour turned out fairly well

>>51373946
nice anon, what are they from?

>>51373972
Thanks anon.

They're from the new warhammer quest board game, silver tower

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>>51367892
>mfw I have two of them, one in metal

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Great Unclean One progress. Back and crack done this morning. Might make a start on left arm and left leg. Still waiting for plasticard for his weapon.

Any ideas for a weapon? I'm thinking a very square axe or glaive.

>>51374219
Wow shitty quality, I didn't think Google photos would rape the quality when collaging. I'll upload the originals if anyone asks.

>>51373946
How'd you do the skin? Looks really smooth anon

>>51374237
I'd love to see it in all its rotten glory, if it's not too much work.

>>51363362
Where's your 3rd Reaver, anon?

You also made the correct headswap choice for your Archon.

>>51365977
I'd be happy with those if I'd painted them.

>>51367892
Especially with its default Smug Bald Prick head. I know they're space elves, but that face is insufferable.

>>51371221
That's the first KD mini I'm into. Paint job looks good at a glance, but you really need to take less blurred pictures.

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>>51374219
>>51374251
Found another app that does them high quality. Apologies if it's a huge file.

>>51374378
That's some magnificent sculpting. What was the base model?

>>51374246

It looks like its just basic skin tone airbrushed on grey primer.

>>51374219
>>51374378
Looks like a walking bag of farts. Good job!

>>51365399
Get an idea of what you want to paint, and what you need to paint it.
Eg, Salamanders, needs green, black, orange.
Get parts you are less likely to use, eg spare limbs, guns, heads. Experiment with using the painting techniques yourself, to gain a better understanding of what you intend to do.
Then paint the models to the best of your ability, but don't expect masterpieces, as they are your first models.

>>51374378
Disgusting piece of god-knows-what /10, would call Papa. Great sculpting.

Can you drop me the name of the app, by the way? Would also like to have a decent one.

>>51374395
Thank you. It's made up of bits from the age of sigmar maggoth lord kit. Bad model, great kit if you want a load of miscellaneous nurgle flesh.

>>51374410
Thanks!

>>51374430
Thanks. The app is Moldiv on android, saved on the middle setting seemed to work fine.

>>51374219
Noice.
I'd imagine a giant, rusty machete or similar long choppy knife.
He's looking absolutely putrid, going great.

>>51374327
That's the last thing to build more than likely finish it today. Also yeah the cross armed angry top knot Archon wasn't my thing.

So I want to put my Cawl on a crackle-painted base. How do I do it? I obviously don't trust just gluing him on top of the base, even after coating it with a varnish to make sure it doesn't flake as easily.

My gut is telling me to glue his book onto the base, apply the crackle paint, make a 'stamp' of his feet and other glue spots, proceed with painting him as normal and then glue him onto the finished base. I really don't trust pinning him, since he is that fragile and my drill isn't nearly small enough, nor do I like the idea of fully gluing him onto the base before painting either of them since he has a ton of fiddly pieces under his robe and parts touching the ground that will be a pain to properly paint without getting anything on him or on the base where it doesn't belong.

Is it save to use Skull White / White Scar as primer if I don't want to use a black primer for my white models?

>>51374827
Painting those on as a primer won't work well as they'll have trouble adhering to the bare plastic/resin/etc. There's all sorts of white sprays out there, including GW's own brand, so I'd recommend that you go with one of those. Other anons can point you towards the best brands, but worst comes to worst GW's stuff is a safe bet, though quite pricey.

>>51374852
I always did wonder why they kept Chaos Black as their spray color while also keeping it as their standard layer black, just rebranding it to Abaddon Black for literally no reason, then rename Skull White to White Scar but don't also make a parallel layer version to Corax White

>>51374882
Maybe to distinguish between black/white spray and black/white base paint? Though you've got all the other sprays which have the exact same name as their base paint colour, so who knows.

>>51374908
Even there it's pretty weird that they tossed in a third name for their plain white color instead of sticking with the approach they had for their black spray and keep the white as Skull White Spray.

GW is fucking weird.

>>51363095

Yup, that's me. As I said, STILL unfinished. The more I paint a model, the less likely it'll be finished.

It's a dark curse.

>>51364003

Tinny tin, brassy brass, oily steel + nuln and/or agrax. After that touchups with base color or brassy brass on tin, or model air gungrey on everything for a silver finish. All colors vallejo.

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Started this last night. I think I'll be doing the jacket a dark olive kind of colour, I'm having second thoughts about grey.

>>51374827
Go to the hardware store and buy yourself a can of rustoleum flat grey primer or flat white primer.

>>51374552
stick him on with a bit of blue tac, mark around his feet and whatever contact points with paint, chalk-outline style, take him off the base, apply crackle gunk avoiding the outlines, glue him down when its dry, and touch up as necessary

>>51374969
is he supposed to look flayed? he's a bit too far on the purple end, he looks more like a grape

>>51375549
It's meant to look flayed and I don't think it looks too grape like in real life, just the picture makes it look more purple. Think if I give it a wash of some sort that'd sort it out?

I'm considering just putting some blood effect on there but part of me is thinking that'd just look messy and lazy.

Okay, so I'm going to go out and buy some supplies soon to paint 1/35 scale model tanks, not /tg/ minis, but please be gentle. Have I missed anything?
1x hobby knife and some blades
1x flush cutters
Some sanding sticks of varying grits (600 and 1000?)
Acrylic paints for airbrushing (water to thin?)
Enamel washes (mineral spirits to thin?)
Two small brushes and two large brushes (two because one is for shit that fucks up the brush and the other is for shit that doesn't).
Spray lacquer for sealing paint.
Green stuff
Cutting mat

The only thing I'm trying to decide between is an industrial strength HVAC unit and associated licenses suitable for a 15,000 square foot warehouse and rated for adequate ventilation for all toxic particulates and vapours, or using my fan out the front of my shed.

Help me.

Whats the best tool for cutting insulation foam as neatly and straight as possible? I've tried using X-acto knives and box cutters, but they just aren't large enough to get perfectly straight lines

>>51375704
Hot wire.

>>51375697
Sounds good.

Maybe add a few small containers for bitz, duct tape, 1mm wire, pin/drill in various sizes, blutac and some spongey stuff to put pinned parts in.

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>>51374962
>dark curse

I have this as well.

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>>51375704
Cut along a metal ruler (not plastic or you will cut the ruler).

If you want a bigger blade then just go buy a bigger blade.

>>51375520
Probably going to do it like this. Probably won't look like he'll be standing on top but like he sunk in, though I suppose that can still work out considering his size and probable weight.

>>51375631
if it's just the picture dont bother - it's nicely painted!

>>51375741
>duct tape
What for?
But masking tape could be useful, or masking putty.

>1mm wire
Not seeing the use.

>pin/drill in various sizes
I did think of this but I can make do with the drill bits I've got for now. Trying to keep it to the essentials.

>blutac and some spongey stuff to put pinned parts in.
These are good ideas.

I'll probably need some paper towel as well.

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Still going with Celestine. Not sure what to do with the birds so they're white for now. Just the halo, ribbons, small details, and freehand to go.

>>51375857
could go with black for crow/ravens, to go along with the zombie look

>>51375857
it's looking cool, I didn't like the pallid corpse flesh look you've decided on but the more you post the nicer it's looking, it's definitely grown on me.

>>51375835

>duct tape
I hope you are not a pleb and buy tanks with rubber treads.
If you build treads just put em on tape - or any other fiddly bits you want to fix down for spraying.

>1mm
See "pinned parts in spongey stuff".
1 mm wire is more than enough to pin bigger parts you want to spray, and you just drill a hole, use a glob of super glue, and break the glue off after priming.

>>51375933
I see. Good ideas, anon.

>>51373946
I understant painting in assemblies, but what happens when you have to glue the arm to a guy and you already have the skin painted? It will have a gap

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As promised/warned earlier, here's my Celestine.

Pales a bit in comparison to anon's white/red gem of a model, but I still really like how she turned out, especially since I've only really been painting for like 4 months.

>>51376861
Pretty good anon, especially since you're still relatively new to this. My only criticisms are some of the white bits; the doves and winged skulls on her legs could use a bit more definition, and some of the shading on her wings could be tidied up.

Basing is good stuff too, though I'm very much not a fan of miniatures kept aloft by scrollwork.

is it me or are citadel washes making everyone super lazy these days

>>51376939
it's you

>>51376952
so they were already lazy to begin with?

>>51376939
Washes 100% make me lazy as fuck. Liquid skill is hyperbole, but I've base coated plenty of models in a simple manner, slapped a wash over the lot and achieved acceptable results. I'm very much painting to get shit on the table, though.

>>51376968
yes

>>51376932
Thanks. The doves/wings don't even have actual shading to them, just a slash of Guilliman Blue in the crevices to emulate the effect Duncan did on them a bit. Ended up a tad bit sloppy, I do admit, but it's serviceable.

Didn't like the fact that those tiny scrolls were meant to hold the entire mini either, hence why I built up that rock and magnetized her foot to it. The scroll basically just "slots" into her cape to keep her from spinning around on the magnet and as base decoration. Still added a wire to them because I sure as hell won't risk them breaking off.

why are space marines such shitty models?

haven't made any up in years and they are horrendous. attachments to round shoulder pads and backpacks are impossible to remove without cutting into the round surface. There is more trim than any other model line I've assembled and the poses are laughable.

>>51376939
Citadel washes are making / have made decent results achievable for people who aren't as into the hobby to find out about things not made and promoted by GW, so they seem like they've brought the skill floor up.

However, when you consider that people just washing and basecoating would just have basecoated in the past... you're probably just seeing fewer armies that are crime on your eyes. People who would have gone further get into washes sooner, and then pick up more techniques if they're pushing themselves to higher than tabletop standard.

I suppose it depends on whether you think that the difficulty of achieving the base level of an effect makes it better- there are slayer sword winners who use a wash as part of their process, and there are 10 year olds who get the manager to leadbelcher spray things and then slather them in nuln.

In the same way, there are lazy airbrushers who use it as another shortcut, producing tabletop standard with relative ease, and slayer sword winners for whom airbrushing is an integral part of achieving an effect that it still very challenging to pull off.

>>51377304
they've not bee fundamentally changed since the late 90s. GW is too Jewish to create big changes for their core army choices.

>>51375704
Hot thin wire works wonders

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Converted some spare warriors into Immortals

I'm just getting started in the hobby and I wanted to buy some supplies.

What are some tools decent cheap tools I should get from Aliexpress? Trying to be frugal here, and I'm hoping to really get involved in all the hobby has to offer, from painting and also modeling with greenstuff, mold casting, airbrushing, everything I can really.

So far I got a needle file set, pin vice handdrill added to cart. Any other suggestions?

>>51377995
If you want to greenstuff I cannot stress enough how fucking amazing paint texture brushes are. They are brushes with a rubber tip. You can get ones with various shapes. I have a couple, one wedge-spahed and one that has a flat head, which is great for smoothing.

>>51378149
Thanks man.

I found these which I'll be definitely picking up:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/5pcs-silica-gel-pen-watercolor-painting-gouache-special-pen-blank-liquid-propylene-plastic-pen-pen-painting/32629725491.html

I'll come back in a month and a half (maybe more because its Chinese New Year) and try to review all the cheap products I get.

>>51378149
actually, they're cheaper on Amazon, so no need to go to Ali

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meant to finish the ogryn and troopers today, but a package arrived and I got... distracted

man she's tall

>>51374378
Looks fantastic. I always thought Nurglebro would use maces

>>51377531
How do you get the same shading result as a wash without actually washing?

>>51378451
Painting the very thin colour manually into the recess, i guess.

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Currently working on my Dung Beetle Knight for kingdom death. Was trying for a red-orange colorshift but failed miserably. Decided to just keep it candy red instead.

Vallejo air silver > koongs chameleon paint > tamiya clear red > nuln oil wash, re-highlighted with clear red

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>>51378406
>>51374378
THIS
Think about it, a mace causes nice bruises and internet bleeding, while blades will just cut the entire limb off. Thats gorey, not gross

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>>51378562

>>51378570
You could add big spikes, or make it covered in filth so they get all those Nurgle goodies!

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>>51378574

So, I am sure it is generally ill advised, but how bad is it to paint details over a top-coated mini?

>>51378605
Nice.

>>51378451
Very time consuming layering

>>51378605
After a wash/shade, how do you go back and add highlights without the paint running into all the cracks and shit again?

>>51378759
Are you serious?

>>51378759
If your paint is running then you have far too much on your brush. Your brush should be damp. If you touch the mini and your brush does any more than just wetting the surface then you're doing it wrong.

>>51378570
>blood loss
>from bruising
I know internal bleeding is a thing, but I didn't think you could "lose" that much blood internally. Any medicanons here that could explain more? And also why his armpit has a marker yet no visible discolouration?

>>51378634
To provide context, I top coated a mini, and one of the eyes needs a bit of a touch up. It's nothing too major at a glance, but I'll know its there, and it will haunt me forever.

>>51378451
The same without a wash would probably involve very carefully blending from the shadows or a deliberate, cartoony darklining, but there's more than one way to wash a mini.

Recess washes feathered out, painting some effects just using inks / washes over zenithal undercoating, the classic GW wash + layer...

>>51378854
your body has more empty space inside it than it has space for your blood

5 litres is a very small volume

>>51378854
Just because it hasn't leaked out of the body doesn't mean it isn't no longer doing its job of delivering oxygen.

>>51378562
Where did the broken statue parts come from?

>>51378881
gloss varnish will just make the paint pearl off.
Matte will take the paint.
You can always paint matte over gloss, paint your details and then revarnish.
Means you'll have three coats of varnish on your final mini though. Not a big deal if you varnish those spots with a brush though.

>>51378946
scibor.

If you got a garden gnome or some christmas ornaments, orymaru and plaster you could cast your own though.

>>51378854
You haven't lost that blood, it's still in your body.

It's just no longer where it should be, so the things it should be supplying with oxygen aren't getting any.

>>51378950
I'd been using a matte top coat, so I guess I am in the clear!
Thanks so much!

Anyone know where to find (How To Paint Citadel Miniatures: Genestealer Cults) Can't see it in any of the dumps.

>>51378784
Well, it's more that it's really thin. If I get near an edge it wants to trickle down.

>>51379062
On YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWHtci5sSl4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpeAnC1UnaE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66SSx04ys-I

>>51379076
Does not matter. If your paint is running then you categorically have too much on your brush. You can even paint this way with washes and they don't run.

Stop being shit and stop overloading your brush.

>>51379082
I'm mainly looking for information regarding stuff he doesn't mention, I assume the book will tell me the claws/muscle/eyes basically every other part of the genestealer colour scheme he does not touch on, I wanna use it for all my tyranids.

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>>51359768

So....

This just happened.

>>51378854
Internet bleeding is the worst kind of bleeding as theres no way to fix it up beside going for surgery.
Bascially, imagine a force hits you so hard it doesnt tear your skin/muscles/veins, but the pressure causes your arteries or veins or fat or muscle to rupture and bleed like crazy.
Maces, Getting hit by a car (as long as it doesnt cause a compound fraction, get hit by anything blunt very hard usually causes it.

>>51379236

Those new pots are cancerous. Yes, they hold more stuff but the way they're designed, they very easily get tipped over.

>>51379316
>internet bleeding
It is the worse watching wifi slowly lose bars before having nothing at all.

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>>51379236
Those pots are the worst. Use droppers!

>>51379385
I feel the same way

>but you can dip a long brush in them!

Who ever needs to do this? WHO?!

Is it for dunkers? Because they don't make the mouth wide enough to cram a Marine into.

>>51379399
OMG why didn't I think of this?

Thank you.

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>>51379399
I commend your devotion to droppers, however.

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>>51379236
>napkin

>>51379393
Fucking christ, I meant internal

>>51379316
>>51378993
>>51378943
>>51378923
Thanks for the explanations, appreciated.

I don't suppose anyone still has that roll-chart with all the Space Marine chapters on it knocking about? I have a couple of spares I picked up cheap that I feel like painting in a bunch of random schemes for practice.

>>51379651
Star Phantoms

>>51379136
Okay, I'll try to stop being shit.

Should washes be applied in coats like paint, then?

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Working on a scheme for my Russian Coalition fleet in DW, and this is what I've come up with. Masked and painted with my airbrush. This isn't done- no highlighting and no detail work at all. I like the scheme, but I'm not sure if I should put the yellow slash on every ship in the fleet or just the lead ship of each squadron.
I have a problem, though. Masking just this one ship took more than half an hour- I had to cut the tape down from its original width and then cut each stripe one by one, and the tape really didn't want to stay on the model once it was there. Anybody have any ideas for other masking methods?

>>51379743
Buy thinner tape. Tamiya and other brands do masking tape down to at least 2mm wide, maybe narrower.

>>51379743
Anon, why is there a sausage in the background?

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>>51379698
>Should washes be applied in coats like paint, then?
Depends entirely on what you're trying to accomplish with them. Generally speaking with washes you actually *want* the runniness property at least to some degree so people do apply enough wash so that it runs into the recesses.

However, there are actual and legitimate painting techniques which involve painting entire minis with just washes. These techniques will do as I said and apply them in thin layers which do not run on the mini, just barely wetting the surface and not having any excess run. Here's a video which demonstrates some of this:
https://youtu.be/t1HBR6zYrfo

So the answer, like all things in life, is pic related. Use the technique that applies to your desired result. My point about not being shit is just pointing out that it is always possible to apply paint, no matter how thin, in a manner that does not run.

>>51379671
>All white
Fuck you and the squig you rode in on, but alright.

>>51379793
Hum.
My issue is when I'm trying to fill in all the crevices and such after base coating, or after basing + some other paints. Unless I really slather the shit on, it feels like it doesn't actually do anything. Then, to correct for my now darkened colors, I try to paint over the washed areas but only succeed in getting paint into the very same crevices and shit I only wanted the wash.

One issue I'm having is I lack the hand-eye/brush control to follow lines and shit without going over and making a mess like a four year old.

>>51379761
I'm using Tamiya tape, but I should probably get some narrower- I have the yellow 10mm tape, when the 6mm would probably be better. It doesn't follow contours OR stick well, and the contour-following tape they sell only comes in 12, 5, and 2mm, and 5 is definitely narrower than I want. The bigger problem is masking this with tape is just going to take way too long given the number of ships I have to get through. I''m looking for ideas other than tape or liquid mask.
>>51379779
it's the handle of my sprue cutters, I used them to prop the model up for photos.

>>51379805
You said practice, i could've said Fists and made you paint all yellow/black

How horrifying

>>51379924
I'm not going to lie, I usually don't wash any more unless I actually want the discoloration it causes. Nine times out of ten I will create a thin, dark glaze and darkline the shadows I want.

But again, in the example you describe, your problem 100% is having too much paint on your brush.

>>51379442
>all washes
Dude that takes not time flat. I wasn't even planning on moving mine into droppers, but after having one of those new pos lids fly off as I'm trying to open it and spilling a puddle of fleshshade? I'm def going with droppers from now on.

Hello friends, I have tried to copy Duncan here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na26t36C7X4

But my drybrushing didn't highlight nearly as much as his did. I'd post a picture if my phone wasn't dead, but can anyone give me tips on drybrushing on top of a texture paint like Sitrland Battlemire?

>>51380068
>But my drybrushing didn't highlight nearly as much as his did
The damper your brush is the more paint will come off it.
The drier your brush is the longer you need to drybrush before you get and equal amount of paint onto the base.
Difference being that overbrushing, as in using a wetter brush produces a harsher transition.

Basically, just keep drybrushing till it looks right.

>>51380139
That makes a lot of sense anon, thank you!

Now if only I could figure how to get a good amount of the dry paints onto the brush.

>>51378370
that's killer, love the colorway

post moar of your stuff if you've got it.

>>51380185
put paint on brush. rub brush top on paper towel or tissue until 99% (give or take) of paint removed. lightly rub brush over surface to catch paint on the highest ridges. repeat until highlighting is strong.

the paper towel bit is the key. paint is wet (duh) and that's bad for dry brushing.

citadel dry paint is low on the water:pigment ratio, so it is easier to get the paint off the brush and still have the bristles be kinda dry. it is a luxury that isn't really necessary.

oh, and make sure you use an old brush. this process fucks up the brush.

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Wip marine face, you guys have any tips when it comes to faces?

And yes i promise to improve my non existant photography skills

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I'm considering doing something like this for my Skitarii base, kind of a Mars theme or something and have the gear slightly corroded maybe.

Thoughts?

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If I wanted to kitbash my own female inquisitor in power armor what kits would you advise I look at? I was thinking of basing her off of a Sister of Silence but it seems a bit boring for my taste.
I'm going to make some death cult assassins out of Dark Eldar wyches but I'm not sure what to use for crusaders or a mystic, any suggestions on those lines? I've been flipping through Blanchitsu and that's helped a bit.

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Which pose looks best?

>>51380373
>Thoughts?
Personally I think it's gonna take away from the mini and it feels a bit gimmicky.
You'll also have to make variants for all the bigger minis, including ovals, to keep your army looking consistent. The cog pattern might look awkward on oval bases.

But I also have base OCD and an aversion to anything that isn't either bevelled or straight edged.

Imo, only do it if you can keep it consistent. So for a killteam, it could work, not what I'd do for an army though.

>>51380480

The third one.

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>>51380480
Or this

Are brushes from Aliexpress terrible?

>>51380387
>If I wanted to kitbash my own female inquisitor in power armor what kits would you advise I look at? I was thinking of basing her off of a Sister of Silence but it seems a bit boring for my taste.
Have you considered using 3rd party miniatures? Lots of stuff that could work for what you are looking to do.
>I'm going to make some death cult assassins out of Dark Eldar wyches but I'm not sure what to use for crusaders or a mystic, any suggestions on those lines?
Doesn't GW sell their minis anymore? Or do you want to convert something for those too? Also female?

>>51380480
this adds more drama to the mini.
looking down is good for a badguy imo. the flow of the robes and the hand also help that pose.
>>51380514
This is a fairly generic pointy finger/sword pose.
Would not be my choice.

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So I finished off the left leg and started with the arm. Also jumped the gun a bit and started making a scythe handle to look like gnarled tree branch. I'm liking the idea of a mace though, just need to figure out how to make one, I guess I would need some plastic rod.

There's either something terribly wrong with my airbrush, or with me. I got an Iwata Neo for Christmas, with the intention of doing priming and basecoating. Spent all today assembling models, removing mouldlines and settled down to airbrush. After 3 models no paint comes out, so I empty the cup, flush it through with cleaner, then water, then try again. No paint comes out. Disassemble the airbrush, clean everything, try again. Random spurts and droplets of paint but no proper action.

Finally resorted to drybrushing the primer on and got them all ready to paint, but what a fucking hassle. I'm about ready to give up on it completely, useless piece of shit.

What colors are used to highlight olive?

>>51380583
Could try turning the 'mace' side of the mace into the tree's roots and thikening it up accordingly.

Why the fuck do GW give you so much of the yellow part of the green stuff. It makes shit so sticky even if you fully submerge the cunt in water to scult it

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>>51380581
Was kinda thinking that also. Do you think it would benefit with him holding something in his hand? Almost want to try making one of these for him to hold.

>>51380291
>Paper towel
Ahhh, that's where I've fucked up then, i was just doing it on my cutting mat.

>>51380669
Just use less of the yellow stuff.

>>51380683
>Do you think it would benefit with him holding something in his hand?
Depends. I think he is fine as he is. Commanding his minions.
>Almost want to try making one of these for him to hold.
Is that a tenga? A weird easter ornament? If there is a story connected to it that makes sense to you and for your army go for it though.

>>51371801
Anyone?

>>51379743
there's a paint-on/peel-off masker for model plane cockpits and shit, I've never tried it though. not sure if it would get stuck in detail or be a bitch to remove from a tiny model

>>51380783
Not sure what to do about that skin. Either just give it a wash to tone it down and make it less neon colored or completely remake the skin to be beige/brown.

>>51380480
>Come forth that I may fuck your shit up, mortal!
>>51380514
>OHAI, thanks for coming!

>>51374246
Dwarf skin -> heavy Reikland fleshshade -> dwarf skin -> elf flesh
>>51374407
how rude

>>51376019
the gap is where the muscles join, so it doesn't really look like a gap

>>51380783
go darker or way lighter

>>51380811
Vallejo makes some - Liquid Mask, which sounds like a 90's rap album

>>51380583
what's the original face there, hidden inside of the green-stuff face?

>>51380904
http://www.bitzbox.co.uk/product_info.php/warhammer-giant-head-p-5938?osCsid=371fb448fa6e6a0922d9803cdf02dc0d

>>51380814
>>51380869
You think castellan green with a dark wash (camoshade, nuln or agrax probably) will do the trick? The blue is worrying me as I'm not sure what compliments that shade of blue

>>51380820
Kek
Yeah I went with him looking down
>>51380768
It's a Behelit. Probably not gonna add it cause kinda dunno if my scuplting abilities is good enough but still gonna try my hand at scuplting one.

What should i use as a base color if my primary coloer is gonna be thunderhawk blue? Im painting up some rainy enviroment inspired skitarii and i dont even see thunderhawk blue mentioned on the citadel chart.

>>51380683
I'd say hold off. The pose others recommended is dramatic, and the relative simplicity of everything there makes it kinda perfect as is. Slapping a behelit on him isn't going to do much to improve it, and might actually detract from how dramatic and imposing he is now since a lot of attention will be drawn to the egg than to him.

>>51380591
I feel your pain.

Questions:
PSI Setting?
Primer thinned appropriately?
Needle size?
Have you tested the airbrush with just water?

>>51373107
I got rid of the mold line son the helmets and arm, it just left a lighter color line where it was. Its a very edgy(huehue) helmet.

Theyre also not glued into the base. I'm going to put them all on clear bases. Im just bashing a lot of stuff together atm.

>>51381121
From the looks of it i would say dark reaper

>>51381264
Around 30psi
Primer thinned, and has drying retarder added to prevent needle clogging
.35 needle size
Tested it with just water, still comes out in random spurts and drips.

Really pissed me off, and I don't have a great handle on my anger, so I came dangerously close to breaking something valuable/delicate. Punched my hand instead, so I've got a nice bruise now.

>>51381177
Alright I gotcha. Thank you for the tips.

>>51377995
>>51377995
Magnets, hobby knife, sculpting tools (look for clay ones), airbrush itself

>>51381373
Well, you probably damaged the needle due to your brute manners.

And who the hell buys an iwata for basecoating? Christ.

>>51381523
Fuck you, cunt.

>>51379236
Same, I spilt Grey wash on my laptop keyboard.
My keyboard is looking a bit less painful to the eyes now.

>>51381373
Dont worry about paint, until you get it working flawlessly with water there is no point.

Don't punch things, think of your poor hand you've now hurt.

try a different needle/nozzle in case you've damaged them?

>>51381584
No really, look closely if the needle tip is bent and if it is even a tiny bit try to put it in place, with care you jackass.

And if you wanted an airbrush for basecoating there are $20 airbrushes for nail painting that work perfectly well for that and even for highlights, you didn't need to spend $150-200 on a top-notch airbrush, specially if you don't even know how to use one.

>>51380552
I want to make my own models because it's more fun that way.

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So, I have finished my first model ever, so tear it down for me if you would.

Question straight away: with what should one highlight black?

>>51381678
Also, boy have I picked great army for starting of a hobby.

>>51381373
The small screw in the back which holds the needle is tightened well enough? If yes, then your eneedle might be fucked. Don't use your tardstrenghtened force on an airbrush, its a delicate thing!

>>51381641
It's an Iwata Neo, like he said, those are $60 or so. Not exactly expensive as airbrushes go.

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>>51381678
if you want to keep the black then highlight with either a very dark grey (eshin grey) or a very dark blue (dark reaper). the former may be better for cloth than the latter, which is great on armor.

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I'm working on a preheresy Dark Angel contemptor dreadnought

>>51381678
For being your first it is very good.

Regarding your question, depends. There is a saying "if you want to paint black, don't use black". It means you should use a very dark blue/grey/other color as a base then you can highlight it acordingly.

But for a beginner, you can highlight it with grey.

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>>51381731

>>51381715
Ah, didn't know that model.

>>51381678
There was one anon who posted their Deathwatch that was highlighted with black+gradual amounts of Hawk Turquoise/Sotek Green. Definitely something I'm going to consider next time I work with black armor.

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>>51381796
that's also a dark eldar scheme

>>51381745
Cool thank you.
I am going to get some more paints tomorrow (right now I got Citadel Essentials, which is just base colors and two shades). Are there things that everyone should "just have"?

>>51381838
Agrax earthshade.

>>51381617
It's not the first time I've use it, it worked before. I left it for a little while with some cleaner in it and now I've come to use it again it seems to be fucked.

>>51381641
I know about not bending the needle and all that shit, and the needle itself is fine. I got the more expensive, proper airbrush in case I ever wanted to try out more advanced techniques. Like the other guy said, it's not like it's a super high end one, it's marketed as a beginner airbrush.

>>51381713
I've disassembled the whole thing and the parts that need it are soaking in cleaner. I'll try reassembling and testing it tomorrow when hopefully I'll be less mad.

>>51381365
I see, and a good shade to work with the bunch?

>>51381820
It wasn't that sudden of a transition. More like adding brush tip amounts of turquoise to black each feathering layer. Admittedly, upon reflection, I think the final edge highlights used more of a gray color.
Know what, I'll try putting together a marine from my bitz box and try to replicate it.

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Finished layering the armor, now headed for highlights and details

>>51367660
As cool as these look, to me they don't seem much different than normal dark eldar. Maybe the paint scheme will make them more unique.

>>51381875
Could be all kinds of things wrong... my best bet is if you wet docked it without flushing the chamber real well, you could have some bit of crud floating around in there. Could be a bit more esoteric too (needing to thin airbrush primer on a .35 @30psi raises my eyebrows).

>>51382030
I just kept thinning it because nothing was coming out.

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What colour do I make these stitches?

Have any of you bought something from legionforgedotcom? Are they recasters or genuine?

>>51382078
Gorey red. Or like a sinewy kind of yellowish rope

anyone know the best way to make my own objective cards (I want to do an inquisition set using the ones in FoC)

>>51363583
nothing too fancy but these are nice and cohesive

What does /wip/ do with its empty sprues?

>>51382078
pick them out in bone, ushabti bone, screaming skull or pallid wych would do the trick. Push the contrast between your recess wash and the stitches themselves.

>>51382264
Hot glue.

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>>51370514
Edgy Kabalite was hasty to garner the Archons favor but was laughed at when his blade was still sheathed. Now he learned the error of his ways.

>>51374378
i love the face

>>51382264
Grind them down into a fine powder and then sniff them.
In all seriousness I just chuck them away

>>51382088
No way are they legit. Recasts, and quite expensive ones.

>>51379188
The more updated Mega in the 40k general got taken down a few days ago, otherwise I'd direct you to that.

Can't find a decent one with a basic Google search either. Bummersaurus Rex.

>>51382274
why would you cum on them?

>>51382274
I dont get it

>>51382264

Save for terrain building. Perfect for metal bars/ bricks/ spikes/ tank-traps/ whatever.

>>51382146
Best? Get them professionally printed.
Easy? Print them yourself and put them in magic card sleeves with junk cards as backers, you might even be able to find a 40k themed card sleeve.

>>51382336
what do you think are the chances of an official inquisition card set?

>>51382395
Non zero, but with FoC and IA having just gone by, maybe not so good.

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Can taste that finish line now. Just the birds and ribbons to go.
Stuck on the birds though, I saw red cardinals and they looked interesting but I'm afraid the red and black will detract from the wings. I was looking at another bird too but am not sure, will post pic in next post.

>>51382505
Paint them as pigeons.

>>51382505
maybe consider magpies

>>51382505
Add tails and make them pheasants

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>>51382505
this was my other thought.

>>51382514
might work, the ones I'm used to seeing are pretty grey and bland though. Is there another type?

>>51382505
They'd look good as an ethereal blue to balance out the blue tabard and the lightning on the sword. Triangle of blue and then maybe add a little red to her corset for a triangle of red, should balance the model nicely.

>>51382536
I mean, the ones in cities are dull, but the ones ive seen in the country abd a bit more contrast, with a smoky or whiter gray, with a dark collar. Idk but my family says these ones are much smaller than northern city birds

>>51382520
magpies could be run but I'm worried that a bird that dark would just detract from the spectacle of the wings.
>>51382531
too far painted to GS any extras on sadly

>>51382546
Do you mean an ethereal blue like how the official ones are painted? (White with a blue undertone)

>>51382505
I think, after seeing this progress and wondering every time about her lips, I would suggest dark lips, like black perhaps, and no flesh color at all around it

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>>51382264
Depends. The vast majority of it I throw away, it's a real sense of accomplishment when I'm done with a sprue, but sometimes I'll use some of it for basing. Pic related has sprues as ground pikes, just cut them appropriately.

>>51382571
Goth Celestine, I like it!

>>51382568
interesting, I might have to watch a few episodes of countryfile or something and see if any good looking ones pop up

>>51382569
Yeah, cool white with blue undertones, maybe a fade on the edges of their wings towards a purer blue.

>>51372958
>googling and asking /tg/ for second opinions and anecdotal experiences are mutually exclusive

>>51382264
Use as support beams and reinforcement joinery
Also good for adding internal volume when an you want to magnetize something but the model itself is too thin

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>>51382520
I second this idea.

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>>51379651
Of course I do.

>>51382756
>warrior adepts
Tried painting this. Never again.

>>51382505
That white is coming out very nice, love it.