WIP - Painting/Converting/Sculpting General

Anyone got a recommendation for an army which is beginner friendly in terms of painting, looking to stay away from warhammer 40k until i git gud at painting, AoS is what I'm looking at currently, thinking about orroks.

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I'm gonna make my Valkyrie into a Vendetta.
Am I the only one who loves the armored dudes you get with this kit?
>>51629250
>AoS
>calling Orcs and Goblins Orruks
Kill thine self

>>51629259
no fucking idea what the names are, since they change from 40k to AoS to every other thing GW has produced

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Hey bro, you like painting spines?

YOU WILL LEARN TO LIKE IT

These things just never end, there is like 75 horns and spikes to paint.

>>51629250
Don't pick an army based on painting, pick it based on what you want to play. If need be leave it bare while you practice on Reaper Bones minis to get your skills.

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Im done with that for now, I think it looks better I think.

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>>51629315
>Hey bro, you like painting spines?

I'm more into molecular bonding studs.

>>51629343
I fucking hate those things too but you can at least shave them off.

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>>51629331
first and foremost - crop your images. that does not need to be 3 MB, that big, or have all that surround space.

Secondly, and most importantly - you are falling into a bad trap for your Nurgle sculpt, one that many people fall into at the start, but sadly some people never get out of. Nurgle is about disease and decay, given form by the feeling of Despair. that is the easy way to say it.

now, your "gunk" looks just like that - random blobs of stuff. What kind of diseases are you going for? what kind of texture, what sort of growths? Even if you add a "break-out effect" that makes it look like it's pushing out, you really have to be careful right now, because you run the risk of it looking like a pizza when you've painted it.

The best ways of improvement in this is to study what some people do, and avoid what you see others do. Pic related is a great study, as you can see Decay, disease and texture applied quite smoothly. I'm not saying you'll be a master overnight, because that is impossible, but you can improve. Another way, if you've got a strong enough stomach is to google/research various diseases and find "references" on what you want, but again, be careful with this one! not everyone has a strong stomach when it comes to things like that!

I recommend looking up Plaguebones for nice ideas, as well as checking up on Svartmetall's Nurgle tutorial, which is a decent beginner-helping tool
http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?172615-Nurgle-101-(updated-Jul-13-with-custom-Nurgle-Dreadnought-power-claw)

>>51629423
they look good if done well but 9 painters out of 10 do them shitty and have awkward washes that don't shade the recesses of those studs right. this also applies to tiny spike nubs, I'm looking at you dark vengeance terminator power fists

>>51629578
>give lecture about how to post pics
>post a picture for ants

whatever that guy's pic is- would be fine if it wasn't sideways. fucking phoneposters, man

>>51629679
>post a picture for ants
maybe you should open the image in another tab

>whatever that guy's pic is- would be fine if it wasn't sideways. fucking phoneposters, man
you should always strive towards being as good as possible, towards doing your best and to perfection.
If you're always gonna settle on "just fine" you'll never grow with what you do.

>>51629578
Alright, sorry for not cropping, I`ll do it next time.
As for what diseases Im going for, I want it to be a growth, kind of like tumors, but with that moist texture, that things like wet moss have. Not the biggest fan of things "sticking out" from the vechiles, but I may do something like that for my zombies. I was plannning to base it all white, and then wash the "corrupted" places with camoshade, like Duncan did in his Plaguebeares video, and highlight it with some nurgling green, and finish it off with nurgle rot for the pus flowing out.
Thanks for the advice my man.

>>51629713
keep at it, and keep us posted, friend!

>>51629699
sure but you're being autistic. it's the current year, 3MB pics don't trigger anybody but the occasional sperg in these threads. nobody cares.

sideways pics will be annoying every time, however.

>>51629740
>calls someone autistic because of image-size
>precedes to complain about which way the image is turned

>>51629740
I try arguing this once a week at least, the autistic picfags almost seem like a fucking meme by now. If you want to critique file size, resolution, and lighting, to the extent these guys go to, go to the photography board.

Guys I can't decide which province of the Empire I want to paint

Which one do you like the most?

>start painting
>almost immediately run out of the paint I need
FUCK

>>51629831
Yea man I'm with you. Fuck standards! Fuck improving! Lets finger paint the latest GW release and put it on Ebay as Pro painted!

>>51630049
Was it a new pot ? Or did you use up all your old paint?

Because if you used a new pot holy Shit dude

>>51629864
My planned (IE mostly collected and assembled but not yet painted) army will be glorious Altdorf, the Barcelona of Empire provinces.

>>51630082
Obviously not a new pot. I just presumed half a pot of thinned paint would be enough to coat two tanks and two sentinels.

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>>51630117
>a pot of thinned paint
>paint thinned in the pot?

>>51630126
a half-filled pot of pre-thinned paint.

>>51630126
Half a pot of paint that is then thinned

>>51629268
We mostly just hate and do not recognize AoS.

Start painting Reaper Bones.

>>51630142
but why

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Anyone have any airbrush tutorial pdfs? Please and thank you.

>>51630330
Why what? I just used about half of a pot of paint and then I poured in some thinner so it would be ready to pour into my airbrush.

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My first real Green stuff Project, after hours of Video Tutorials and acquiring tools.

A special Authorized Bounty Hunter-conversion for my Infinity-force. It's not clean, but I think I'm getting somewhere. Hope it's already recognizable what it's going to be.

technically can you use paint for airbrushes for regular brushing too?

>>51630556
yes, it'll just be very thin

Working on my first squad of Malefactors (previously loyalist Sigilites) chaos space marine warband. They are one of the chapters that fell to heresy during the Abyssal Crusade and don't have any color scheme/heraldry/lore beyond a footnote on page 19 of the CSM codex, so I came up with my own.

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>>51630696
dammit I realized right as soon as I clicked the submit button that the pic wasn't attached

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whats the best rim colour for a winter base? A light brown like baneblade or grey? Also that snow is pretty interesting but they changed the name to valhalla blizzard from mournfang snow for no fucking reason, spent 15 mins at the shop looking till we figured it out.

>>51629199
how do i get my johnny in the op collage........

>>51630556
Vallejo air is the best brushing paint I've ever found.

>>51630915
add it yourself and be the one to create the thread

I'm still surprised there is no chaos johnny. I have literally never seen one, but I might eventually get one and paint him up as a night lord.

What's the difference between a wash and a glaze?

>>51631082
a wash pools in the recesses and creates contrast between those and raised areas

a glaze colors everything it touches uniformly

although both can be used either way with the right technique and sometimes people mix the two, so you can do several affects with either

>>51631082
Glazes are ultra thin washes, they're for tinting models. Washes are for mass shading models quickly.

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Started painting my Great Unclean One. Just building up the main colours of the flesh for now, still have a few more layers to go until I'll be happy. Then I'll highlight the flesh and go in and pick out all the details.

>>51631433
Been following your updates on this since you first started posting it, It's coming out really well.

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>>51630915
>how do i get my johnny in the op collage........

Post a good picture of him here in the thread. I don't think I've missed one yet.

>>51630954
>I'm still surprised there is no chaos johnny. I have literally never seen one

He's not Johnny per se, but there is an old Chaos Renegade model (070366/5, "Displaced Head") with his head set firmly in the middle of his chest that reminds me a lot of him. I suspect it was created by the same sculptor.

>>51631499
>all these headless chaos marines

what the hell

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>>51631433
I recognise that face!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h61QG4s0I3U

>>51631433
I wasn't a huge fan when I saw it without paint but now I am 100% on board, this thing is turning out absolutely fucking creepy and very nurglish. Bravo m'lad.

>>51631433
gosh that's great

>>51631433
good jezus anon, fucking perfect!

>>51631433
Blanchitsu / 10

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>>51631521
>all these headless chaos marines
>what the hell

In the First Edition roolz, there were very complex charts and tables for Chaos Mutations. Most of what was in Realms of Chaos was slanted towards WHFB, but Rogue Trader had several pages dedicated to it specifically for WH40K. There were tentacle-stalk eyes, head of a Plaguebearer, headless, faceless ... all sorts of mutations, some of which had in-game effects.

>>51631433
I really like the expression on his face. That tired smile.

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>>51631599
Thanks all, a long way to go though, he needs a lot of properly targeted shading now and so much neatening up.

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Just finished painting the Necron Overlord I got my brother for his birthday. Really enjoyed getting the chance to paint a Necron/fully metallic miniature.

>>51631993
>Just finished painting the Necron Overlord I got my brother for his birthday. Really enjoyed getting the chance to paint a Necron/fully metallic miniature.
Soo...didn't you kind of buy a present for yourself then?
Or does your brother simply not paint?

Dunno, just seems a little odd. Never got the appeal of getting into the hobby if you have no inclination to hobby (as in the verb).

Either way, came out nice. Could use a highlight on the metals to sharpen it up a bit maybe.

>>51632136
He's a huge DoW fan and loves Necrons but doesn't play the tabletop nor paint so I figured might as well get him one and do the painting for him after he assembled it.

>>51631499
i posted him like a week(?) ago, didnt have a backpack yet tho
ill finish that up and post it later

>>51630362
We're all sculptors now...

>>51630362
>Hope it's already recognizable what it's going to be.
Why does he wear the mask?

>>51632235
Nice.

>>51632261
It'll be Soldier 76 from Overwatch. What did you think it was gonna be?

>>51632614
He probably was hoping for a big guy.

Love the sculpt, though. Can't wait to see progress.

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>>51631993
Nice work, anon.

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>>51632817

>>51629740
No, most people care about 3mb fucking photos that shouldn't be any more than a few hundred KB.

Its just that no matter how man times to you tell people now one fucking listens.

>>51632834
Holy fuck, I think my brain imploded when I wrote that. Apologies, but I think you get the idea.

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>>51632833
Anyone here work on bases?

>>51632834
Are you gonna be okay, anon?

>>51632850
nice base mate! It looks natural

>>51632868
I disagree, it looks like two or three different basing materials all just ponked on the base with no real unity.

>>51631433
That things face is honestly unnerving.

10/10

>>51632817
>>51632833
>>51632850
Amazing job, too! Love the overall aesthetic with the base with the piece of xenos armor on the ground.

>>51632903
>>51632868
Thanks, anons. The messiness is pretty new territory for me.

>>51632878
It is. How do you do bases, anon?

>>51630696
>>51630712
not bad

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I'm thinking about painting my Death Company's black armor with a base of Abaddon Black, a drybrush of Dawnstone, then a wash of Nuln Oil. Good idea or bad idea?
Also, should I use Nuln Oil or Nuln Oil Gloss? I've heard that Nuln Oil Gloss can make some really nice looking Power Armor, but I've yet to see any actual pictures of it.

Any advice for me?

>>51632850
That's a noice Beakie you got there m80

>>51633157
in my experience drybrushing black is a bad idea, it's just too messy especially on marines which have subtle lines and curved surfaces. just follow the edges with the tip of a small brush. I'd use something darker than dawnstone either eshin/mechanicus grey or go blue with the Fang.

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>>51633352
>just follow the edges with the tip of a small brush.
I'm not I can it without making my guy look like one of those Tron looking abominations like pic related. I just don't have the skill with the brush yet to get those thin lines, even doing the Duncan trick where you hit it with the side of the brush.

>>51633445
>I just don't have the skill with the brush yet to get those thin lines,
And if you don't practice it, you never will.

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Secured day off work, spending it working on my BB table! Since this pic, the table was sanded. The foldable BB pitch is on there for scale and as a guide.

>>51633467
I'd rather practice on the metal models I already have since they're so much easier to strip than on the plastic models that are much more fragile. Don't be mistaken, I'm still practicing and I'm making decent progress, but I'm still not confident (or in my own opinion skilled enough) enough yet to try my hand on a model I can't easy strip if I fuck it up.

>>51633445
Well the trick is to not go overboard with it like that pic. You don't need to do EVERY hard edge, just enough to get the highlight. You might be using a brush that's too big for the job if your edge highlights are too thick.

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>still new to the game
>buy box of incubi to get a proper escort squad for my archon
>it's finecast
>okay, get some super glue
>box arrives
>mold lines fucking everywhere
>details like sashes are completely melded to the body
>undersides of arms are formless blobs
Good lord, are finecast models always this ugly?

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Found some cool stone pattern plasticard at my local model shop I'm using for the dugouts. Next step is to add some details (Read: casualties) to the pitch and other doodads. That and cover stone walls where it meets the foam.

>>51631433
Goodness gracious that shit is disgusting.

>>51633588
pretty much

>>51633588
For the most part, sadly. I don't know why they even thought Finecast was a good idea or why they're still selling it but it's fucking awful. I ended up clipping out one of my Juggernaut's teeth on my Khorne Lord because there was just so much flash inside his damn mouth.

I heard their first prints were even worse actually - literal bubbles all over the miniatures and even more flash and mold lines than what we see now.

>>51631433
You always know when a Nurgle model is done well when it makes you wanna throw up just looking at it.

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>>51633650

2/2

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>>51633615
>>51633624
motherfucker. I like the idea of having some melee escorts for my archon(who I kitbashed from a dark elf) and I'm still pretty shitty at painting...why is it now that now I'm getting even more handicapping?

>>51633650
>>51633659
Any chance you could use a cleaner backdrop? It's a bit hard to see with the glare and paint streaks. Looks nice, though.

>>51633664
if you've got more money than sense consider looking on ebay for the metal ones instead of the finecrap

>>51633659

I will buy that ... sell it to me

>>51633709
I don't.

>>51629199
I have recently come into 17 kroot, bringing me to a total of 24.

I want to convert one into a Culexus assassin, but that still leaves far more than I'll ever want to field.

What should I do with the rest? I'm thinking maybe turning them into an auxiliary Pathfinder squad?

I am considering to buy a box of Dark Eldar Incubi, I don't play the game and just paint so I just want them because they look cool.

But I am deeply discouraged by the fact that they are finecast. I wanted to reach out to other people who have bought these themselves to ask about the experience of working with them. And maybe to see some pictures of the models if any of you have any on hand.

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>>51633699

This better?

>>51633775
The more I see your updates on this the more I wish I could buy some. I don't even play AdMech but cyborg horses just look so fucking cool. I might have to do something similar for my KDK one day.

I'm using Balthasar Gold as the base for my Fire warriors and XV-08's but I can't find a good colour for highlighting
Most either don't stand out at all or just dont mesh well
Which colour would do well for that?

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>>51633775

Or do you take commissions?

>>51633804

I don't think a design this finicky will take to a cast, so unfortunately it'll be one of a kind.

But, yes, cyborg horses are the best, and there should be more of them. Many more of them. Also for different factions. I should make more after this. Maybe a Headless Horseman Nightlord, complete with pumpkin head, for a Halloween-themed Kill Team game.

>>51633920

Unfortunately not. I should try one of these days, but I'd have to set things up for business, first.

>>51633896
Silver is usually the highlight people use for gold. Barring that you could do a highlight of the same gold after you finish washing the gold if you're using a dark wash like Nuln Oil.

>>51633928

>Unfortunately not.

You're killing me, I want like 5 of those things...

>>51633775
This is cool as fuck, looking forward to seeing it with paint on.

>>51633940

The time it took to make just one was tough enough. Making five would be very tough, plus trying to find enough horse miniatures that are easily sculptable and in different dynamic poses. Also collecting all the necessary bits from all these overpriced bits retailers.

Still, I wouldn't mind making money off it.

>>51633965

I'm not the best with paint, but I'll try to do it justice.

>>51631433
FUCK that is awesome. The face is truly wonderful and your use of inks/washes of various colors knocks this one out of the god damn park. bravo

>>51633650
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>>51633775

Would this look better with the current spike-helmeted head, or a Skitarii Ranger head with the hood and eyes?

>>51634042
I like the head it's got personally. Gives it a slight WWI/Krieg vibe.

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Nurgle man from before, I enjoy doing it really much.
>tfw you can hide your fails with glue and flash with GS
feels good

>>51633930
I shaded with Agrax Earthshade, is that dark enough?
I'm still a beginner at this

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>>51633554
Nice!

Needs a Jim and Bob though.

http://willyminiatures.com/product/the-sportscasters/

>>51634084
I like when nurgle stuff comes from inside, breaking through armor plates, bolts, etc, the way is always potrait it seems like foreigner stuff that attackes to the vehicles.

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>>51633650
>>51633659
Is that by any chance inspired by this?

>>51634239
Im going for more of a growth look, like a tumor or something. But I did put some GS before assembling the trap door so it looks a bit like its getting from the inside.

>>51633775
Horse head looks dumb as fuck. It's just a block.

>>51634255

Directly, yes. Were I to make a second of its kind, I'd take a Stormcast trumpet bit to make something more like that.

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Finished this just now. Probably the best thing I have ever painted.
> It still looks terrible I should burn my brushes.

>>51634333

Hey face looks grotesque, like something from a horror film, alluring somehow...

Why is it covered in pubes?

>>51634294
I'm wondering if there isn't some parts that might make up the central part of the horse, make it more skeletoney and cybery

>>51634333
it all looks good until you get to the face. she'd look good as a dark eldar experiment.

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>>51634333

>>51634333

Love the face, she looks like a scarred veteran who have seen some shit.

>>51629199
Painted up and weathered that scenic base, just waiting for tufts to be delivered to finish it off.

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>>51634460
And of course I forgot the image.

>>51634371

Probably have to tear apart some Vampire Counts units for parts, I'm sure they have something that'll work. That or find some wires and tubes I can bend into the correct shapes to make a kind of cybernetic ribcage.

>>51634479
nice

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welp, built the incubi.

jesus christ I didn't think it was possible to have anything that's lower quality than my phone's camera, but these finecast models might have it beat.

>>51634551
was there an earthquake anon?

>>51634583
I can put my camera down on a flat surface and it still comes out that shit.

my camera barely works, much like the rest of my phone.

>>51634490
>Vampire Counts units
I was thinking more like maybe some parts from necrons and other skitarii stuff

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Thanks mate. Was about one click away from buying those exact models last night. Also looking for an orc coach. Latest update. Progress is good.

>>51634551
i think they need to be front lit rather than backlit, and with more contrast in terms of lighting to the background, so your phone can focus

>>51634551
Yeah I had a hell of a time with this kit in finecast. bent back vanes and klaives everywhere

>>51634648
what is this, folding BB pitch?

>>51634616

I did look through Necron bits a lot when trying to buy up stuff for them. Found a lot of neat pieces but ultimately decided against it. Still, there is some neat spine-like stuff, although their more "rib" like stuff is on a much larger or smaller scale, made more for vehicles or infantry than cavalry.

Recasting is somehow both easier than I had expected, and more of a pain in the ass.

Does anyone know of any recasters that can do the chaos war mammoth? Looking through the catalogs I'm not having much luck.

>>51634797
if i wanted to say, greenstuff some shield sculpts from scratch and then recast them a few dozen times, what kind of monetary investment am I looking in, discounting the greenstuff?

>>51634840
Disregard, found it in the latest one. Still more than twice the mumak though.

>>51634745
Sorta folding, yeah. 2 halves.

Guys, what's the name of that pliable Japanese sounding stuff people use to make temporary molds with?

>>51634393
Oh yeah, thought on this? Im retarded and realised I didnt ask now.

>>51634479
Aesthetically pleasing

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Wings and Sword still need some work.
I'm unsure about the wing membranes and the damage to the wings, I don't know what colours to go for.

>>51635129

NICE

>>51634921
Never mind, found it, Oyumaru.

>>51634849

Depends on the method, but the one I'm using isn't very expensive really, and it's producing some great results for me. I've been recasting using Blue stuff to clone some bits for some conversions I'm doing. They aren't perfect, but they are passable, and I'm getting better at it so i expect the quality will only go up.

See all you gotta do is buy some blue stuff. Its a thermo plastic that becomes pliant if put in hot water, and then rapidly hardens. It's also non stick, so the bits come out of it without any hassle. You can get several sticks twenty bucks or so. Tell you what, when I get home I'll show you some of my results and a few pictures of how it works and you can decide if it's the thing for you.

You can also probably find yourself a video of it online, I did. Hope this helps. Good luck anon. What do you want the shields for?

>>51634333
If you add an eyebrow just over the eye it may help to reduce the terrifying look people are commenting about. I would reccomend a dark brown rather than pure black.

>>51635218
i want to experiment with sculpting, and i thought shields would be a good starting point since i can make a basic shape, and then do all the hard work with tools once it's dry.
also, my friend plays a dnd barb that uses two shields and collects shields, so spares and scrap shields i could give to him

>>51635218
I assume your using the blue stuff to press cast green stuff?, If you want some sharper results try mixing some milliput, into the green stuff, it makes a huge improvement to the detail level.

>>51633588
Send it back to GW if you bought it from the webstore or at an actual store. They may be assholes, but apparently their customer service is top notch.

Where do you guys buy bitz from? (UK ideally)

I use bitzbox and bitzandkits but the stocks for WHFB are low. (Fuck AoS).

>>51633588

The early generation ones are. This is why you should never buy a Finecast model unless it first came out very, very recently, or you are able to inspect the box in person at a store. The old Finecast models are resin poured in metal molds so before they perfected the technique/remastered the molds, you get complete pieces of shit. It took them over 2-3 years to finally make Finecast that wasn't Swiss cheese, and even then the material isn't as hard or sturdy as resin and will often go floppy or melt in certain liquids or heat.

>>51635847
Ebay lad.

>>51635905
Do you buy individual pieces? That must cost a lot.

>>51635923
Just gotta keep search results up, find stuff over time from people selling shit they didn't need.

>>51635651

Using milliput actually. Would mixing in green stuff help? Or is straight milliput alright?

>>51635923
>Do you buy individual pieces?

What do you think bits buying is?

>That must cost a lot.

What do you think bits buying is?

>>51635562

Why recasting then?

>>51635998
so if i have a good original i can reproduce them later, and give the shit casts to my mate, instead of losing the original, and maybe sell some too

>>51635847

"Let the dice decide" I can recommend, quick despatch and decent stock.

>>51636098
Look up blue stuff.

https://youtu.be/mVZLXLaidjQ

>>51635976
Nah you should be fine, I just like to use a mixture because Milliput can be a little brittle.

>>51636325
Why is my pot of ceramite white so much thicker than any of my other paints?

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>>51633775

We don't know who struck first, us or them, but we know that it was us that scorched the sky.

>>51636378
Because white is a fucking awful color that has to be tricked into thinking it's a paint.

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>>51636139
>that accent

>>51636378
GW for whatever reason can't make white paint, buy Vallejo.

>>51636477
Vallejo's straight white (foundation white) is honestly even worse. Shit looks like cottage cheese when you squeeze it out. Their ivory is baller, though.

In general, pure white being awful seems to be a universal truth in paint I've found.

>>51636407
I think what you meant to say is that white paint is high test

>>51636139
has anyone ever decently managed to mold stuff and have it not turn out like trash?

>>51637002
Looks good to me. You obviously have to clean the flash off.

>>51637059
have you tried it?

>>51630915
shit meme is shit

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So my GW a while back did a Kill Team event and I figured it was a decent excuse to try out 40k for the first time. Bought the box, converted the Space Marines to Squats because I just really like dwarfs and only really play Fantasy.

Now they're doing another event and I for some reason had the idea of converting Guard into more Squats. Bought that box with a Chimera and 10 Guard. I'm not sure if this will be hilarious or terrible.

>>51637302
>those mold lines
>left "Squat" is literally just a weird looking Space Wolf

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Looking for some decent boltguns for some Inquisitorial Acolytes based off of Empire Greatswords. I know scout boltguns are a good choice but is there any other alternatives? Space marine arms look a little too big even without shoulderpads, especially with the relatively thin legs of the Greatswords.

Pic is from Monkey Balistic

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>>51637002
No

>>51637370
you can get ig boltguns if you buy some from bits stores (cadian command) or you can easily convert a lasgun into a decent looking bolter

>>51637389
but anon this looks good

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hows my sentinel proxy /wip/

>>51636512
Pure white should only be used for the very final tiny highlights anyway.

>>51637370
Um... i like the tigrus pattern. I intend to get some and modify them if i dont settle on using the standard ones, which i like too.

https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-ES/Tigrus-Pattern-Bolters-2015

>>51636139
>Not using Legos or similar as frame
>Not remaking the molds a few times till you remove the seams
>Not, while in the frame, press with claps
No wonder they look like shit

>>51637370
Anvil's widowmaker carbines are a good match for bolters (you just need to cut the buttstock off). I can post a comparison when I get home.

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Did up some craters. Very quick using a sponge to dab it on.

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And the first of my betrayal at calth box as alpha legion. Looking forward to playing the boardgame

>>51637732
awesome blue

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>>51636456
Pic related

>>51637585
>remaking molds
I don't understand why you would do this, you would still have seams unless I'm missing something.

>>51636139
"up to WAHN WEAK du solidify!"
What kind of shit epoxy and silicone is he using that takes that long to cure? The shit I use takes 6hrs (silicone) and 15 minutes (resin, but I want to get some of the slow-cure stuff, which still only takes a few hours at most).

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Posted the left model last night. Finished up both ideas for the scheme, which do you guys like better?

This was my first attempt at glowing transitions and I know those need work.

>>51637878
Make face A mold
Then make face B
Remake face A
Rinse and repeat a couple of times
This minimizes the seams if you're using a frame of course

>>51637098
Nah, I wanna get some though.

But the stuff just looks like it came out of casting. It needs cleaning.

>>51637098
ive tried it a few times to try and get more special weapons, but im not doing it right as the molds never get close enough

i think it would be the best to have a lego setup and lots of pressure to get the best results

>>51637997
Frankly I don't think the 1.5 seconds more you'd spend to remove the flashing is worth spending X mold iteration times to minimize.

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So how do I do a decent Realm of Chaos base? Like my Daemons are in the Warp?

All the images of the Warp I can find are just black, fire, blood, Stephen Gammel stuff in the really old art, or purple.

Like, how do I make it recognizably in the Warp? Isn't there any replicable artwork to base basing on?

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Appologies in advance for the poor quality of the photo. So i've been trying to recast and clone some jump packs for the Seraphim i'm going to be converting. This is how it's turned out more or less. I still need to clean it up a bit, but basically I wanted to see if anyone here has experience with this sort of thing and could help me. My problem is that when I crack open the mold it has the mold lines from hell. This big blotchy outline that runs around the whole thing where the two halves meet. It's a pain to try and remove, sometimes when I'm removing it other bits will break off as well, and detail gets lost/ obscured by it. Is there anywhay to avoid that? Or to deal with it better than I have been.

You >>51637997 seem to be talking about some way to deal with it, but I'm afraid I don't comprehend your meaning. Could you please elaborate?

>>51629831
thicken your paints while your at it.

>>51638094
First I recommend you a mix of 60% milliput 40% greenstuff, second use clamps while in the frame this makes the moldlines paper thin and thanks to the frame's walls exerting pressure one each axis the piece doesn't end flattened

>>51638070
Repeating a couple of times the molds removes errors in the first approximations, you might not believe it but it works

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I recently got into painting models and I recently got a model of the Nightbringer, any ideas on how I should go by painting it? I want to make it look like the one from Dawn of War, but I have no clue where to even start, please help?

>>51638145

I'm trying to comprehend how redoing the mold halves several times could improve things, but i'm just not seeing it. Do i cast both halves and then boil down the first half and reapply it? And then do the same to the second and then rinse and repeat? How on earth does that improve things? I mean i'll give it a go, why not, but it baffles me.

I think the reason people cry about image sizes is because hiro's shitty image servers, it wasn;t a problem in moots era. Often (like a third of the time) they just give up sending me the data and I get 3/4 of the pic.

>>51638244
I heard it from an anon here who heard it from another anon, I tried, and it worked with appreciable improvement compared to my old methods of making molds.

>>51638278

Well i'll give it a shot. Could you run me through these frames of which you speak. Based on what i've read it seems that you create a box of legos to hold your mold, but if you could elaborate I would be appreciative. How do you open the mold then? Do you have to remove it from the frame to open it? How do you get it in and out? Forgive me for all the stupid questions, i'd just like to do this as well as possible and if i can learn from another's experience it will save me a lot of headaches, so i want to be sure i understand and get it right.

>>51638278

Also, what kind of clamps do you mean? I mean there are a lot of different kinds of clamps.

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>>51635129
I thought I'd finished Barbaros but only after taking the picture I've noticed i've gotta touch up the back of one of the wings and do his sword handle. Basically there though

>>51638357
>that thumbnail
Well I'm fairly certain that's not what I posted.

>>51638357
moooooooooot

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>>51638327
Im using some like pic related

>>51638303
4 wall lego frame
I disassemble the legos when removing the mold
Pic related how I do

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>>51638203
You mean like the old scheme?

>>51638446

So when you are redoing the mold a few times do you have to keep disassembling and reassembling the mold? And do you just apply the clamps directly to the mold itself?

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>>51638510
Anyways if you're new would be pretty fucking hard to paint in the Non metal metal style they did it in. They didn't really use washes back then either.

>>51638553

Sorry I mean disassembling and reassembling the frame.

>>51638553
I disassemble the lego frame and change part A for B
Reheat part A and remake part A
I use that flat piece in the bottom (the one with a black dot) to press, never press with the clamp alone without something in between the clamp and the warm oyumaru

anyone have tips for putting together a board?
I want to build a board for zone mortalis/killteam/infinity, in the style of the UAC facility from DOOM, and I don't really know how I would go about it

>>51638585
Btw, if you're able to remove the molds from the frame without disassembling the lego frame go for it.

>>51638585

So should I clamp it when I am making the mold? Or just when I am casting the piece?

>>51638809
When making the mold you should exert some pressure to "fill all the gaps", if you think you can use the clamp there go for it, I use that flat piece with the black dot and my hands. When casting the piece is almost imperative a clamp

>>51631433
What paint line are you using?

>>51638840

Thanks for everything mate. I'll give that a go tomorrow and then return and report.

Are you unable to get an exchange for sales promotion items with Z chinaman?

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Finished my second zenithal priming test model -- just some bones figure that has been sitting on my desk for over a year. Wanted to do an organic model before committing to paint the rest of my Guild Ball figures in this manner, and honestly it worked out really well. This is the easiest model I've ever painted, probably clocked about 4 hours total in painting it. Really not much to it; basecoat, shadows, aggressive highlighting and then off to the races. The skintone I'm not super pleased with, but work on skintones will continue in the future. Overall, for the amount of effort this took I am very pleased with the result, and am anxious to paint a mini actually worthy of serious effort with the technique.

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Starting to paint my Rubrics. Considering selling them because I have no need for them, but at the same time I have an old Aspiring Sorcerer from the old kit that isn't seeing use.

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Spilled 1/4 of my runefang steel pot and my entire fresh coelia greenshade pot and over primed a few parts, but I'm pretty happy with it. Slowly getting better at edge highlighting (I'm rubbish). Need to clean the rim of the base and im thinking of putting some snow on top of the mud.

>>51639733
those old DE are nostalgic as fuck

gold gun is kind of overkill but otherwise I like it

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>>51639065
Mostly Citadel. Vallejo to prime grey and base white and black, citadel screamer pink for the guts and stuff. Then it's just citadel washes all watered down a lot and wet blended where I can, I've used guilliman blue, casandora yellow, seraphim sepia and carroburg crimson, that's all. Some areas like the arms are much less built up than others.

It's all a bit of an experiment for me, the comments have been really encouraging.

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Here's a dead dude
I tried to make his eyes look like they're rolling into the back of his head but it seems way to hard to get it right.
Gonna leave it here, the effect looks good.

Anyone have a secret to layering? It always look like Shit when I do it, the contrast is way too high and I think it looks ridiculous, but when duncan does it it seems perfectly reasonable

>>51639880
his eyes are definitely rolling, but it looks like he's sarcastically dismissing whomever killed him

>>51639915
"The dead don't give a damn" - some guy from a cowboy movie I remember

>>51639361
>Considering selling them because I have no need for them
Sorry, I just have to ask. The kit is just a few weeks old. Why did you even buy them if you have no use for them?

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>>51639880
>>51639915

I need to choose colors for my Nurgle Renegades, I was thinking about ushabti bone armor with nurgling green fatigues. Should it look fine?

>>51639891
>It always look like Shit when I do it, the contrast is way too high and I think it looks ridiculous,
>the contrast is way too high
Have you tried using colors with less contrast?

>>51639880
>look at me, you think I've got time for your shit right now?

>>51639998
I usually layer with the same paint that I shaded, or the color typically used to highlight, like mephiston over khorne red

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I think I'm done with this guy.
I need to do something to make his base less shit, but that'll take some thinking or me scrapping off the texture paint that's already on there - neither of which I'm willing to do tonight. Might add some now and grass as coverup but I'm not sure.

>>51631499
How am I doing Johnny-anon?

>>51640538
>johnny you're a cannibal

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Working on Samael, I'm mostly satisfied with the gold but the silver is an atrocity.
not bad for a first attempt but I can do much, much better

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Tried to fix the base with a very thin layer of Castellan Green. Color seems better, but for some reason on camera it looks very wet. Looks like normal grass outside of in pictures though.

>>51640602
Only slightly here and there, nothing wrong with that.

>>51640658
I might try and fix the right eye, but the chapter chosen is well chosen. And the symbol is well down.

>>51639733
shit man you made me want to paint my old DE that I got from a friend years ago. Shits still somehow on sprue after all this time

>>51634277
Ignore this asshole, it looks dope.

>>51640686
>I might try and fix the right eye
If only I knew how. It looks fine in real life, even under a magnifying glass, but on the camera it seems very wet and glossy for some reason.

>the symbol is well down
It's actually my first bit of free-handing.
The little scratches are actually just me not being able to get a noice foine tip on my brush.

>>51634393
You've fallen into the nurgle greenstuff trap of "It's nurgle, I ain't gotta sculpt shit!"

It's what most people do when they first start GSing, completely understandable. My advice would be: don't just work into your putty with no thought behind it for the sake of texture, think about what you're trying to sculpt. Get some reference images of rust, grime, skin deformation, burns etc and work from there. The end result will be much more rewarding and you won't blend into the massed ranks of nurgle GS abominations.

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So, decided to make a dolled up Sentinel to act as the commander in an Emperor's Talon Recon Company. Used some spare bits to armor the legs, a space marine HK Missle because it looks way better, and a standard to make the commander stand out. Thoughts?

>>51635989
Every time I see my old GW catalogue I cry a single tear for the loss of their bits service. Better times...

>>51637974
I like the left one. Maybe try to incorporate the reddish pink into the claws. The grey also looks pretty flat but that could be the camera.

>>51640817
photography is a bitch like that. I was gonna say it probably looks fine IRL. In fact reading my post back it looks like I was drunk with all the mistakes. I wasn't meaning the texture or tone of the green. I was just talking about the bottom line where the green meets the red could be neater. That is of course nitpicking, but what is WIP without nitpicking? That model is so old there's probably no sculpted boundary on the eye lense anyway.

Very nice freehanding anon. Cannibal johnny be praised.

>>51640843
are those the armor pieces from the skitarii dragoon? I dig it, though I'd probably ditch the knee-pads.

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>>51629199
I painted this today after not having painted anything in about two years. I think it turned out OK.

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>Tfw you spill your Nuln Oil twice in one day

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>>51640977
Backside

>>51640978
I spilt half of my fucking agrax earthshade. These fucking tops, combined with the rounded bases are the culprit. I have an old flesh wash that would take an earthquake to knock over. Its probably by design.

>>51640977
Looks great!

The only gripe is the abrupt highlighting on the cloak, but as somebody who has been in your situation before you're probably not too keen on picking up a shit ton of paints for something you're just picking up as a hobby again.

>>51641004
Thanks. Yeah I could probably go back and blend the cloak more. Might do that later. I wanted to finish it in one sitting before I caved and dropped the project. Plus I'm an arm's length painter, I want it to look good on the table without spending a lot of time on it.

>>51641084
That's probably for the best.

Speed painting is best practiced by painting quickly, eventually you get good at it. I've seen too many people try to get good at painting THEN get good at doing it fast and it frustrates them endlessly.

Best of luck senpai.

>>51639880
I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed in you.jpg

Very nicely executed.

>>51640977
To improve I would neaten up the highlighting, like on the hat. And for the thick highlighting like on the cloak could use blending.
More effort = better result. I know cause I am lazy as shit with painting these days.

But it looks decent.

>>51639880

its ironic that when people try to paint the eyes to look alive, they look dead, and when you try to do dead eyes, they look pretty alive

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>>51641162
Finished my Fire Warrior Strike Team.

Well, almost. Finished the Fire Warriors at least, though I may remove them from their bases. I neglected to pain the bases first because I'm new at this.

>>51635989
I buy them from bitz websites, I'm just saying that I expect eBay to be more expensive and less likely to have single pieces.

>>51634840
Z and Alpharius both have it. I got mine from Z, great quality with minor detail loss and a few bubbles, I think I'll get another one end of this year from Alpharius.

>>51640978
>>51640997
have you guys ever thought about maybe taping a washer to the bottom of the pots or something?

>>51641567
Since this is the first time anything ever spilled over for me, not really.

How do you idjits here dissolve superglue? Acetone?

I always get some overflow when setting magnets

>>51641459
I found it with Alpharius, but once I get the cash together I'll likely go with a Mumak conversion instead. I'm also considering buying a regular toy elephant and going to town with milliput. The Chaos Mammoth would be cool and all, but it's significantly more expensive and likely to trigger my store manager.

I want to make a Chaos Warshrine for my Bloodbound with a Slaughterpriest chopping heads, and after considering some ideas of it surfing on a wave of skulls something on the back of a giant warbeast, with victims-to-be in gibbet cages has stuck in my mind.

>>51641579
yeah just saying, cause I read about how horrible the pot designs are all the time, specifically the big ones.

I haven't bought GW paints in a few years now.

>>51641615
>How do you idjits here dissolve superglue? Acetone?
Yes. Afaik, just about the only thing that will do the trick anyway.
>I always get some overflow when setting magnets
Have you tried using less glue?

>>51641637
Constantly, there's just not much clearance when setting the magnet.

I'm assuming acetone doesn't fuck up plastic, then?

>>51641677
>I'm assuming acetone doesn't fuck up plastic, then?
It absolutely does. It dissolves it actually.
So not a good idea to let it soak. And it will take a while before the super glue gets soft.

What's your problem though? did you accidentially glue the magnetized parts together or something? It's probably better to snap that off then and just sand or cut the excess glue off.
Can't think of a scenario where you'd need acetone, really.

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>>51641620
Ah, cool. The mammoth is also considerably larger than a warshrine, I think a Mumak is still a little larger, but more proportionate.

I'm also still thinking about what to use as a warshrine, at the moment I think I'll go with a conversion of a chariot of some sort, something like pic related

>>51641702
The issue is just that while the magnets are set flush in both surfaces, one or both have a rounded glue surface due to the overflow that causes the fit to jiggle a bit and I'm not the best at sanding that completely flat

>>51641677
Acetone does nothing BUT fuck up plastic. You're better off letting it dry and then scraping/ sanding it off.

>>51641713
Yeah, my problem is that once you have something that looks like it can support a decent shrine on the 120mm oval, the base is full. I can deal with the size difference for Rule of Cool.

>>51641724
Sounds like that would be easy enough to fix with a blade. Just scrape the glue off. Should snap right off from the magnets.

>>51641736
Sure thing! Make sure to post WIP pictures as soon as you're starting it, I'm pretty curious!

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>>51640978
>tfw spilled my agrax earthshade fucking three times within two days

Im surprised I still have any left

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Very wip of my skitarii, im having doubts on the greens robes and thinking about changing them to the classic red. Thoughts?

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>>51641866
desu I think the green looks bad with the tan, looks dull. This guy did a similar green with white. Maybe try white lining?

>>51641833
Dropper bottles. Get them, transfer your paint, profit.

>>51641926
That's really cool, I wouldn't of made the gun green or the pants green, but that's a really nice alternative to red

>>51639988
H-help please

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>>51642271
Papa nurgle loves you. Its called a test model for a reason anon

>>51642337
I don't have all my paints yet so I can't do a test. Also those are some nice models, DV cultists kitbashed with FW renegades?
>tfw too poor for FW and have to use normal guards

>>51642423
theyre not mine anon. Just inspiration for your effort.

I feel like I should be spray priming vehicles, not brush-priming them. I'm seeing a lot of brush strokes in the primer.

>>51642455
Oh, ok. I'll keep WIP posted once I get to it. But gotta finish the chimera first, I still don't know how to use my guardsmen, so I can't quite model them too much yet.

>>51634084
I dont really get what you're going for here. it looks like you just stuck a lump of green stuff on a chimira and then poked it with thend of a pen or something. It doesn't look like puss or anything really

>>51642492
That's what I actually did... Ok, I actually need to kms.
Im going for more of a growth look, like a tumor or something.

>>51642522
>growth look
The edges are too clean. If they were like tendrils, looking like they were really reaching out, actively growing, spreading across then maybe it'd be okay. Also I feel like the sections of greenstuff are way too large, you might have gotten away with the poked-by-a-pen look if they were much smaller sections.

>>51634479
How do I get your mad base skillz?
trying to do jungle bases

>>51642548
The tentacle idea sounds sweet, I was taking inspiration from pictures of R'lyeh from Cthuly mythos. And as for the size, I want it look very corrupted, its my demagouge's pimp ride.

>>51642551
Try using twigs and making the bases 3 dimensional. It completely changes the game.

>>51642636
What you're doing is the most bitch basic nurgle conversion possible. It's hard to give any feedback as it's simply so bland. It was old 20 years ago.

>>51642978
Well, its hard to be original when I can't model for shit. But I will try to do something more intresting. Any suggestions?

>>51640658
>>51631499
okay so I've tried, but I've no idea how to find Johnny on ebay

>>51641287
whats wrong with the bases?

>>51641866
>>51641926
you could do a camo pattern instead of plain green

>>51643002
Make blisters not pox scars. Use guitar wire to add pipes, giant eye balls additional vents oozing slime. Demonic heads part of the frame or rotten corpses hanging off of it.

There's shit load of options that require low skill. Hell go look at any of the monsters in Re7 and work from that as a base.

>>51642551
Thanks! But it's what >>51642978 said basically. Using a mix of cork, gravel, slate, and actual (dried!) dirt/twigs/roots to get a natural look. Reference photos help too.

Then its painted with earthy washes and topped off with some weathering pigments.

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>>51643075
lots of reference material

>>51643056
All that sounds quite sweet, I shall get to work. The guitar wire one strikes my fancy in particular, gonna use it on my dudes later on too. Now all I need to guitar wire.

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>>51643109
but I wouldn't get this ambitious, unless you plan on a career in 90s tim burton animation

>>51643121
jesus christ. That is disgusting.

>>51643121
This is so good, I cant quite belive somebody made this.

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>>51643112
here's another idea for blister making, use a straw to get the bump, then adjust

>>51643109
Doctor doctor, help I think I'm becoming a vindicator!

"Have you tried grtting your weapon disabled on turn one?"

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>>51643204
ayyy

>>51643180
Oh, and I have a question, how should I nurgle my guardsmen? Im not sure as if Im gonna run them as veterans or normal infantry, so I guess I`ll appricate idea for both.

>>51643268
Mantic have infected plastic sci-fi troopers.
Or you could just mix the odd zombie/ghoul head in here and there.
Some really fat and bloated guys could be your veterans.
There is a whole host of zombie games on the market atm and some of the do have these kind of bloaters.

Alternately you could just tack lasgun arms on some graveguard bodies and use gasmask heads and stuff. Or just hooded heads with antlers.

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>>51643268
>>51643350
the head here is from pig iron. just about any 3rd party company doing 28mm bits has gasmask heads though

>>51643268
>>51643350
>>51643362
come to think of it the frostgrave soldiers and cultists are also wearing basically nothing but rags. they'd work too.

Sorry for spamming.

>>51641866
i think a contrast spot color of blue or white or cream/ivory would work well. the metallics look great so far and I like that shade of green

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>>51633554
>>51634648
Progress pic at the end of the day.

>>51640843
Cannot express how much I love this.
If Sentinels were decent I would do a whole army of this shit.

Fucking Warhammer friend made me just order some Russian Chaos dwarves. How would you go about making Battle for skull pass Night goblins look like Dwarf slaves?

>>51634275
Doesn't look like any tumour known to man..

You need to give it a form, and actually look at medical shite if you want it to not just look like greenstuff you pressed something into.

>>51643832
virtually impossible, they are all solid models with very short legs and arms with sleeves so no prospects of putting chains on them. You could maybe get the chains off fanatics or the stakes from bret archers and make chain gangs.

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>>51642423
At least one is an orc from lotr wich is cool becuse i never thoght of using them as human.

>>51643855
Oh boy, just googling tumor was a bad idea
>tfw found an entire forum dedicated to things like popping cysts and removing ingrown toenails
I dont think even Nurgle would understand that

Are there any good historical miniatures range? My brother is building a setting for his DnD group and I would like to paint some miniatures with his colors.

>>51644019
Sorry, I forgot, in the 28mm scale and made of plastic

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The wings are uneven reeeeeeeee

>>51644136
the black overspray in the white looks like shit, go clean that up man. Also, sprue nub on her cloak.
otherwise, nice work, like the transition on the wings

>>51644019
>>51644060
Perry, Warlord

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What do you guys think of my kitbashed big mek w/kff?

Still needs to be cleaned up of course

>>51644214
I quite like the black overspray

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so I tried to step up my nurgle game, did I fail hard? I feel like I did.

>>51641866
I think it looks ok so far

>>51641866
What colours went into that model, anon?

>>51644393
No looks better. I still want those transitions to plastic to be smoother though.

One tip is to make the round balls separately, let them harden then mould green stuff around them.

>>51644505
Oh, thanks for the tip anon. I will continue posting when I assemble the rest of the chimera, but I dont feel like cutting out the sprues with my knife becasue my GW clippers broke.

>>51644481

GW black spray.
The metal is vallejo gungrey with gw nuln oil.
The green robes are WWI russian uniform from vallejo mixed with a little german camo bright green with a wash of athonian camoshade(gw) and a glaze of german bright green. (The picture doesnt make justice to the green in the model)
Weapons are mournfang brown and sycorax bronze from gw, and all the rims are sycorax too.

>>51644273
what are you going for? Just a weapon on the back or a power pack or a servo arm? It's not clear what it is.

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>>51644505
Tell me how I can transition GS to plastic please anon, as I'm using pic related with a blue stuff stamp to put this face on shields and I want to be able to make it look like they are bulging out the metal, but the green stuff keeps sticking to my fingers and gets everywhere

>>51644728
wet your fingers and your tools

>>51644746
Gotcha, and how do I go about getting a smooth transition from the GS to plastic? Also how do I go about making the stuff stick to the shield without smooshing the actual face?

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>>51644687
A big mek with a Kustom Force Field. i believe this model is out of print and i wasnt going to pay $63 for a MANz kit to make the included one

>>51640843
the fact that you covered the door pisses me off.
nice flag though.

>>51644770
ah that makes sense, though it's maybe a little too busy. You've got a magazine on there and a lot of the stuff looks like a gun, plus the claw is too obviously a claw and not an antenna. I'd probably cut it down to the pack with the lightning bolt on it with that metal orb and some wires going into it.