WIP - Painting/Converting/Sculpting General

Any airbrush recommendations? How are Badger products?

>>51670944
Badger's well-liked. Just make sure you're buying the right thing, I messed up my order and had to get a rabies shot after all the bites and scratches from taking mine out of the box.

>>51670944
Badger Patriot is a good starter brush.

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>>51671008
T-thanks

Sorry if this questions makes no sense, had a surgery like 2 hours ago and still recovering from the anesthetic.

I can't find a picture right now but my guardsmen have like, grey-blue fatigues and tan flak armor. I wanna run some Skitarii alongside them as like, a Forgeworld that they are connected to. Could the guard scheme work on the Skitarii? Grey-blue robes with the tannish insides (steel legion drab -> agrax -> tallarn sand is the coloring for that right now) or would a different set up be better?

>watch Duncan paint Sector Imperialus board
>get inspired to finally paint the one at my LGS even though its literally just me who plays

If I used the store's paint, The Dunc said it would take 3 pots for the more used colors across all 6 sections. Is that right? I wasn't planning on using them, but we could probably swing that.

My only other option would be like Walmart or something, which is another reason why I've been putting it off for so long.

>>51671070
Yeh, sounds like it could work. Take care with recovery, my dude.

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They are not the best or anything, but I just finished them.

Im pretty happy with how they turned out, but Im always open for suggestions.

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>>51671125

>>51671095
Using GW's paint to paint terrain is an even worse idea than using GW's paint to paint minis.

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>>51671143

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>>51671160

>>51671120
Thanks anon.

I'm gonna keep practicing on my guardsmen until I get the scheme just right before doing it on my Skitarii, but I think it will look nice.

The real challenge for this color scheme is vehicles, both for Skitarii and Guard!

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Finally painting my rubric marines. And working with yellow for the first time

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>>51671179

>>51671180
You could probably do the the same scheme, there's fluff of Skitarii ranging from tech-soldier like the main army we've got, down t essentially just Guardsmen by a different name.

>>51671182
I need to put a few more layers on the yellow with how green it's looking

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Weathering that Spartan.
Did a test game with it today, too.
Well. It's certainly an investment.

>>51671145

Why? What if I'm not paying for it?

It's either that or Walmart.

Anyone have experience casting stuff?

I'm specifically interested in clear resin. I'd like to cast clear 32mm bases, sort of as a combo of laziness/immersion factor (don't need to base things + models match every table).

>>51671145
Which brand of paint do you use, anon?

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Cultist champion so far, excuse my cameras quality

https://culturehustle.com/products/black-v1-0-beta-the-world-s-mattest-flattest-blackest-art-material
So I might be tempted to get this stuff for horror minis and really fucking with the shadows.

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Crusader for my 500point Inquisitor force.

Still need to finish off the base and do some touchups but if there's anything else I can do let me know.

>>51671872
Looks good but the image quality is shit. What mini is that and are you using it for 40k or an RPG?

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So I'm looking at getting into plastic crack as another way to burn these fat stacks of cash I've got lying around, and because my friend is so proud of her Eldar army I figured it was time I get some Tau to knock her down a peg.
I have no experience with minis or models outside of old Revelle snap-togethers, where should I start? What do I need? I know GW has "essentials"/"starter kits" and such but GW is havin a giggle if they think I'm paying their outrageous prices for the rest of their products. I've got some Tau on the way courtesy of eBay but I figure, now I need something to paint them with.
Is the Citadel Essentials Kit a good buy for a first-time painter? Or what else should I be looking at?

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>>51671872
>Cultist champion
>tits
>not old memeing
Anon, you had one simple task.

>>51671226
are the red runes from skyrim? Looks cool man

>>51671926
Twilight champion from Kingdom Death, it came with a wetnurse rerun a few years ago. And as sad as it is, yeah, Im gonna use that girl as just a cultist champion

>>51671927
Not really, the pots are tiny.

>>51671926
Conversion looks good, gonna do a squad?

>>51671941
Didnt make the model besides giving her the stubber

>>51671941

I think there's a 28mm model on Shapeways if you need one.

>>51671927
>GW paint is pretty good
>GW brushes are mediocre
>GW black primer is pretty good but stupidly expensive
>GW starter kit looks like shit If you are going to paint a whole army. pots are too small as another anon said.

So out of those things I buy art shop brushes. And the rest GW. If you go down the path of airbrushing that's a whole other thing.

>>51671927
Figure out what Sept and scheme you want, pick out the main colors based off that, and buy the appropriate highlight and shade colors. and GW isn't the only option for paint. Use the Paint Compatibility Chart in >>51670834 for other brands.

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Here's a character for Inquisitor28. White is hard.

>>51671995
Yeah I had enough parts in my Bitzbox for 3 of them. Going to use those 3, my Inquisitor and a handful of DCA's as my main acolyte squad.

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>>51672008

>>51672057

It's the mouth that's fucky.

>>51672057
>>51672063
Hyper fucky. Jeez, wish I never brought her up, now.

>>51672076

I'm pretty handy with greenstuff. I can probably sculpt that mouth back to within the human norm.

>played all of 3 games in 2016
>lose motivation to build/paint
>friend calls me to get back into the game
>start building a squad
>bails
>motivation is gone

Fuck

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Hi WIP, not sure where to post this but I thought you guys might have the best clue. Any idea what this is?

Anyone ever magnetize a Tau Crisis Battlesuit?

I was thinking of maybe using two magnets per weapon. Not because the weapons are heavy but to keep the weapons aligned with the arms rather than spinning around

Can anyone think of any issues that might crop up besides fucking up magnet polarity?

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>>51672506
A relic of a bygone age, a locus of dark powers unspeakable.

It must be destroyed.

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so I have a pot of dettol I use to strip my minis ,about a litre in volume, and i havent changed it in months. it's now a gluggy, brown, slimy cauldron of filth that still, however, strips paint.

I put a leman russ in it last week and taking it out to scrub it, I found it fell apart at every glue join on the model. it is now an unassembled kit.
the plastic is perfectly fine, and i've never had dettol dissasemble any of my minis before despite being the same glue and same plastics.

I think this filthy pot has been sitting so long it's become a nurgles brew so potent it can kill tanks.

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Shitty picture. Might be a shitty paintjob.

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>>51672586

One more.

>>51672559
It's certainly pretty impressive for Dettol to start killing the plastic glue (assuming you didn't use super glue).

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Daemon Prince for the same army. Going to have to get some bits to cover up the skaveny sigils.

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>>51672586
>>51672593

the picture could be worse and its not 6megs, so there's that

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Another Lord. Waiting for Night Lords heads to come in from based Chinaman.

>>51672605
you might also want to cover up his cute little ears with something

>>51672549
I'm inclined to agree, but I'd like to know the nature of the beast before I end it.

(If this is a reference to said thing then I'm afraid it's gone over my head.)

Is there a reason why my raptors are seemingly resistant to plastic glue? They keep falling apart at the hip joint.

>>51672597
Considering he just loosely described the effects of moderate strength chemical cleaner on cyanoacrylate (untouched plastic underneath and all), I'd say your assumption is leaning on presumption.

>>51672559
Enjoy your almost-good-as-new Leman Russ kit!

>>51672610

Is that supposed to be a spawn I guess?

>>51672662
did you try cleaning the the sprues?

>>51672648
My best guess is that it's one of Armorcast's old brick-spawn Imperial speeder vehicles, which would make it a product of the early 90s and a very ancient evil indeed.

>>51672666
Lord on Juggernaut.

>>51672700

Ah thanks.
Recently picked up a bunch of these, will continue the investigation.

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Alright! One long inspired painting session later and this big guy is just about done! Still needs some cleanup on the black, some blood on the ref's shirt, and some flocking for the base, but I'm really happy with how Fla'Fy has come out! It will be a great coach centerpiece and a basis for my Blood Bowl Team.

>>51672710
>juggernaut
>night lords

U wot?

>>51672848

That's why he's not on an actual juggernaut. Using the rules for the juggernaut.

>>51672608
>>51672796
Yeap sorry. Chose the wrong file version. You get the 6megs .

>>51672861

>Jugg requires MoK
>NL aren't allowed to have marked units

U W O T
W
O
T

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>>51672879

Wow, it's almost like you could play Night Lords without using Traitor Legions rules, or have a Night Lords army using the rules for any traitor legion!

>>51672890

That's pretty shitty and I'm glad I don't have to share table space with you.

>>51672946

I'm confident you share table space with perhaps two people. I ain't buggin.

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>>51672871
>>51672796
Heres some better images

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>>51673070

>>51673070
Not bad, I like the orange. Not sure about the refs shirt. How does that work in blood bowl. Isn't there a grid?

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>>51671050

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>>51670834
Made another two Van Saar. Arms are magnetised.

1/2

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>>51673222
2/2

>>51673070
Did he eat beetlejuice?

>>51672586
>>51672593
The red looks like it needs another coat.

>>51672879
standard csm dex exists duder

>>51672302
>3 games in one year

You lucky bastard.

>>51672946
>puts effort into fluffy conversions
>pretty shitty
I think you're doing him a favour.

>>51673331

>playing NL as World Eaters
>Fluffy

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>>51673349
>you cant have a mount unless you pledge your existence to a god
>fluffy

>>51673349
he didn't post his army list, just a model that counts as riding a juggernaught.
If his personal snowflake commander is supposedly super ded 'ard and killy and rides a giant dog into battle who are we to judge?
We all play make believe with out little plastic men.
The snobbery is somewhat misplaced.

>>51673349
night lord falls to Khorne. The autist I am replying to tells Khorne he cannot have a mark or any gifts. Khorne laughs and gives him a wolf.

What is wrong with you? Your kind is not usually in WIP.

>>51673349
juggers are not reserved for world eaters, see daemons of Khorne
night lords may not have a chaos god sponsor but it doesn't mean they don't have a full range of chaos worship like the other non-dedicated legions

Anyone else here look forward to painting the Yncarne? If there is one benefit from GW's over-the-top autoCAD models is that is does make them a challenge to paint, and its even more comfy working through it step by step with Duncan.

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

>>51673374

I'm just saying that Night Lords have their legion rules. If you're not playing them with their Legion rules, why bother staying as CSM? It's a dude on a wolf, so why not go all the way and use space wolf rules of you're going counts as anyway?

>>51672610
night raptor or terror squad heads?

>>51673404

I'm not looking forward to Ynn-anything.

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Just finished my first bloodcrusher. Im pretty new to painting miniature, so im open for suggestions on how to improve

>>51672506
Old Crow Models.

I got a hover versions of that thing (with a hovercraft air cushion rather than anti-grav like in your pic) that I'm hopefully one day turning into a shagohod themed Deathstrike.

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>>51671050

Should I work on my Nightlords or work on making my next tutorial?

>>51673500
so your argument was that CSM isn't fluffy enough and therefore he should use the Space Wolf dex instead.
Am I having an aneurysm or does that make no sense at all?

Either way it's completely besides the point of this thread. It's about the models, not the rules.

>>51673500
Because Night Lords still fall under the banner of Chaos Space Marines and it's much less of a leap to use those rules than loyalist ones. It's also just a single character model, hardly worth switching base factions over to cater to someone upset about a guy riding a wolf. It's kinda silly to suggest that someone not utilizing the Traitor Legions supplement should skip the core CSM dex and seek out other marine ones, despite how mediocre it can be.

>>51672586
The head doesn't fit the rest of the model.

>>51673553
Oh okay, cool. I've got a whole bunch of these in this bid, came with a bunch of SoB rhinos and epic metal ork Gargants I was looking for. I'll post pics when I'm next about. No idea what to do with em.

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Threw together a quick combi-plas for my CSM termies in like a half hour. Surprisingly easy, though it needs some green stuff to patch it up.

>>51673585
I think the head and the body are one piece. Chaos Lord on Wyvern?

>>51673500
Or just use it as a Chaos lord on a bike. On a realy hairy bike.

>>51671095
If you're not painting for it I say go for the GW. GW pricing is normally balanced by the fact that they're noob friendly, except here you don't even pay for them, so jump on the occasion, instead of potentially fucking up by using Walmart paint.

That, and you'll be cool in the store owner's eyes, which is never a bad thing.

>>51672586
Well it's not that bad. As other said, red between the legs could have used another coat, blue on the right shoulder pad is a bit faint, and the head doesn't fit the rest, but other than that it's pretty solid.

>>51673528
That's some pretty solid work right there. There's really not much that deserve critics, maybe the base that is a wee bit underwhelming and plain, especially for such a big model. On the same note, a black rim, or at least a cleaner one of the same color you already applied would benefit the model.

Maybe the blade could have been the focus point of the model, had you made it like a blazing sword, as of now the model is very dark, it has no bright point of focus so you kinda lose yourself in it. However the sword is well done, and I'll always support something well done over something botched. Better to use simole technique and control them well than to try new stuff when you can't even co trol the basics.

Good job anon.

>>51671199
Good stuff, but what did you cover the polystyrene with, seems a bit thin.

This is probably a stupid question, but has anyone tried hot glue when working with pewter models?

Whenever I try super glue it takes an insane amount of time to dry and looks terrible/feels shakey at best.

>>51673876
Imperial them up and use as civilian vehicles on board?

>>51674229
Hot gluing is done to different kind of models, usually after finishing.

Try two part epoxy or pinning or different brand of super glue.

>>51673553
What is crow? Would love to get one for my Tempestus kill team.

>>51674320
>What is crow?

It's a bird of the genus Corvus.

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any tips on how to get these guys looking better? guns still need painting and I want to add rust and blood effects.

>>51674344
How about a non-asshole answer? Looking up crow and vehicle comes up with nothing.

>>51674365
>Old Crow Models
>"Gee, u guis, I google 'crow + vehicle' and come up with nothing, what gives?

I wonder where the problem is.

>How about a non-asshole answer?

No. You have all the info given to you, if you can't make it work, not even Jesus can save you.

>>51674365
http://www.oldcrowmodels.co.uk/index.htm

>>51674389
Thanks.

>>51674387
I'm sure you have tons of friends.

>>51674353
>great models, RUINED by mold lines

I know you probably think it doesnt matter, seeing as how they are clearly under papa Nurgle's thrall, but there IS a way to make gribbly AND clean, and you've done it, only to have the end result be muddled by that massive plastic seamline.

Paint wise these look fantastic. They need some rehiglights on the armor, which i would say keep cream/white, The suit webbing between the plates and the metal parts of the backpack and bolters need something different. Maybe metal covered with typhus corrosion and then rehighlighted? Be real careful not to screw up that white. As for the nurgle bits, i think some Nurgles Rot and Blood for the Blood God Technical paints are in your future. If you really play jazz with both of them and dont overdo it, should will look fantastic.

They look like a petri dish Revolted, and that's perfect.

>>51674229
Stop using shitty glues like gorilla glue. Pick up Loctite and it will dry enough for you to be able to take your hands away after a few seconds.

>>51674353
these look quite nice. remind me of my old plague marine conversions. but the mold lines on the bolters and weapons kinda ruin the charm.
If I were you, I'd scrape them off (at least the one's that are wisible from the top) and paint over them again.

but other than that they look pretty cool

>>51674365
>>51674389

Guy who got the bid.
Found this archive which is helpful.

http://web.archive.org/web/20081017163825/http://www.oldcrowmodels.co.uk/ocproducts.htm

Where you at friend?
I'll post the rest of the pics later.

>>51674445
thanks anon for those kind words. I will take better care on those mold lines. Agreed on the highlights for the armor.

Good news, i have blood and rust which i can still add. Not too sure about the webbing between the plates. I will check out some reference models. If you have a suggestion let me know.

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Any tips for what other colors would go well with this cunt?
I'm at a creative block right now and can't really think up a solution.

>>51674624
White works well.

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>>51674624
His lil buddies work pretty well with the whole purple body, but he is too big.

>>51674627
White wouldn't fit with the rest of my forces unfortunately.

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Contemptor based Word Bearers Daemon Prince I've been working on.

>>51674636
Use more gold then.

>>51674660
Can't see a thing, bro.

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>>51674624
It sure if you were already going for a similar scheme but heres the first thing that came to mind

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>>51674660
Still unsure about what to do with the back of the torso, but think I might make wings of some sort of flame, coming out of the exhausts. Might remove them and reposition them again though. Thoughts?

>>51674682
I know, I know. Been meaning to buy some sort of table lamp or something. Still only got the webcam for photos.

>>51674229
>he lives in a world without pinning somehow

>>51674636
They look a mess mate, like you fucked up airbrushing them.

How big are Stormcast Eternals? Thinking of MAYBE getting a unit of Liberators to convert as TH + SS Terminators for my Black Templars. Though I'm not sure how their aesthetic will fit, since they seem more Blood Angel and Ultramarine-ish.

But they're so much fucking cheaper tho.

>>51675039
They're pretty much Termie sized.

>>51674624
>>51674636
Thanks, doc

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>>51674624
>>51674636
Get in the Wraithknight, Shinji.

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Green stuffed my combi-bolter. Once it sets fully, I need to clean up the inside a little.

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>>51675039
>How big are Stormcast Eternals?

About one-and-a-half Johnnies tall.

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My undead Iron Hand. What do you guys think?

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>>51675543
Let's try that again.

>>51673571
>It's kinda silly to suggest that someone not utilizing the Traitor Legions supplement should skip the core CSM dex and seek out other marine ones, despite how mediocre it can be.
Considering that it's way worse than mediocre it's not such a ridiculous suggestion.

>>51675559
Stop rubbing your pubes on the minis.

>>51670967

Hahahaha underrated

>>51674983
They are not airbrushed.
And what's wrong with them?

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How would you guys go around building a For Honor's Lawbringer? With GW pieces if possible.

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Finally got the grid painted on, with a little help from a mate.

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>>51675730
Just in time for a game. Rolled both down and skull, re-roll double skull. Tables cursed, will start again.

Next step is icons on the stone, detail the endzones and center then get to work on the dugouts.

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Done, now time for rest of the squad and termies.

>>51675707
Half the areas are unhighlighted, the blending looks awful and just a general cluster fuck of half arsedness. The guns are a prime example, is that supposed to be a bad attempt at energy weapons, a blend in colours or just a bad highlighting job?

>>51675722
Personally I'd know better than to throw money at pro-tranny Ubisoft and not base my army around a game that will be dead in a month

>>51675722
seems like he's a pretty big guy, Maybe use a stormcast as a base model and work from there

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>>51675722
without helmet and weapon, he looks pretty much like "not-disgusting" combination of putrid blightking

>>51675559
besides weapon casing that looks like a 10/10 golden demon top tier white paintjob, he's a total mess, and some freakin hair are stuck to him

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>>51674636
>>51674624

While I can see what you're going for, I'm going to be up front about several things and suggest what you can do to remedy them:

1) Your colors are really muddied right now. That is to say, they're all of similar value/tone and it is not a good thing. I think you can leave the purple as is, but you need to go for a brighter, solid green to pop out against the purple. The same for your gold.

2) Ditch the blue. You already have two cool colors in the form of the purple and green. You want detail/objects like the gems and robes to contrast those colors.You could also try black for the robes with green insignias.

Failing that, you can always just shamelessly copy Eva 01 here >>51674695 beat for beat, since it's one of the few designs in the history of the universe to tackle the green/purple color scheme and not look like a living nightmare.

>>51673230
Is that a scout shotgun?

>>51675650
He chose a Jugger lord because I'm assuming he wanted to run CSM, aside from them being Night Lords. Worst case scenario, the lord could be from a standard dex detachment with the rest actually using supplement rules.

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>>51673500

Is this bait?

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Tried clean up, tried in lining some stuff. Personally I'm okay with it, I think on my next raider I'll try some glaze transitions on the panels or something to make it less flat.

I'm cleaning towards ynnari but the cheese of the book is putting me off so I'm not sure if I should but ynnari runes on them. I really like the concept of eldar all allying together and it's a nice excuse to paint some vypers or eldar guardians the same as this raiders scheme.

>>51675863
If it is, he got his replies I guess.

>>51675911
The metal tip needs some highlighting. Looks good though.

>>51675911
yeah give the tip of it a silver highlight to pop that symbol, the sail could use a bit of cleaning up on the pooled wash and the spikes on the main body could use a distinct color of their own, maybe orange or black
Unrelated, is that Ramones haircut a standard DE head?

>>51675930
>>51675978
Thanks guys
It a eldar guardians head

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Update on the face shield, I like how this looks and think I'll keep it like this without the ridges. Just using liquid green stuff to make it seamless.

>>51675766
That'd be just a single duded. If I ever get into it, I'd use for Mordheim.

>>51673092
Grid yes, but this guy is just on the sidelines for show.

>>51673235
He ate a referee, actually. Needs some blood and definition for the folds, but it was my first time using greenstuff.

>>51676071
This actually looks really good. Only saw your original "stamp" posted, how did you apply it?

>>51675722
I'd use a torso shoulderpads and arms from the Chaos Knights, with legs from one of the plastic chaos characters. Maybe get a cheap one from the aos starter box from ebay.
There isn't a head that would fit the concept 1:1 but a lot of chaos warrior heads from various sources would look close enough if you chop off the horns.

>>51675766
I don't use a lot of highlights because they are a pain in the ass to do, look like arse and these figures look good enough for TT gaming.

Also, I am asking advice for my Wraithknight, not the wraithguards. I'm already done with them.

Need to find a way to make my paints more accessible to help motivate painting. Can anyone here recommend a paint pot rack/spice rack that they use to hold citadel paints?

>>51676336
Im a poorfag so i just did stacking layers of cardboard, kind of in a staircase shape, then used double sided tape to put it on my workspace

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>>51676336
Look up 'nail polish rack' on amazon, there's some nice acrylic ones that fit a ton of dropper bottles, acrylic bottles and GW paints well.

>>51676301
Mmm good thinking.

>>51676264
Well first time I struggled and attached it directly after stamping it, and it was a pain in the ass to get it to stick and also having to deal with excess green stuff. I think with the future ones I'll stamp, let it harden, and then apply them using super glue or liquid green stuff, and then use more liquid green stuff around the edges to make it seamless.

>>51675911

Shoulda put a skull on the sail instead

>>51675911
Where's the rad skull?

>>51676476
>>51676482
One day, I'll buy a tantalus.
I'm gonna paint it really good, really fucking good, Heavy metal tier
And gonna put the same fucking skull on the sail
And I will post it in this thread till i die. I swear to god.

So are airbrushes absolutely necessary to get good or is hand painting still viable?

>>51675911
I'm not sure why you've posted this so many times, most people will post maybe three WIPs of a model. Also needs more skull.

>>51671786
Good luck, there will be bubbles unless you set up a pressure pot system with a mangetic lid and latch

>>51676587
It's a different raider, it's my second.
I've posted it I think twice or three times
I usually only post once or twice a thread, it's content.

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>>51676537

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posting the banner I was painting yesterday

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>>51676778
finished it today

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Can't be assed to get my light box out, but I think we're done here

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>>51676816

>>51676816
Looks pretty cool. What did you make the gun from?

>>51676786
>>51676778
nice!

>>51676537
Don't forget to give one of the eldar on it a bottle of rum and a parrot. Peg legs are optional.

>>51675746
>>51675730
>>51672796
this looks amazing! I love to see good Blood Bowl stuff.

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>>51676786
>>51676778

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Heyyyyyyyy, dubs or better determines what color scheme I use on this obscure alien miniature that I don't think anybody has ever seen before.

Posts requesting political, religious or derogatory schemes/language will be ignore since I intend for other people to see it.

>>51676227
I like the idea. If you make the base into bloodbowl /football turf, it'll make it super obvious what it is too.

>>51677085
Electric Blue and Pink

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>Wake
>Check GW site
> See this.

GW's paint job on these is deceiving. I see a lot of potential for some cool Nurgle or Tyranid terrain. Could even paint the mass on Eldar ruins as slaaneshi 'grime".

>>51677085
Dark red, with parchment white and black trim

>>51677085
Swastika on the helmet, verses of the Quaran combined with bacon on the armor, "Nigger" written on the left wing, "Jews did WTC" on the right wing.

>>51676816
I like this overall. The highlights are a bit chunky and the freehanding looks sorta rough but the colors are bright and look great, and I like the cartouche placement

>>51675759

Awesome anon.
Were they annoying to paint? They look like they could be with all those lines.

>>51676778
The painting is fantastic but are you planning on diversifying your palette?

Weather is clearing up to a sprayable humidity. Thinking of picking up my first can next week, what should I go for? Does GW white/black work well as a primer?

Also, what about vehicles? I could imagine that getting even paint layers on large, flat surfaces like Rhinos or Onage Dunecrawlers (which will be black and white respectively) might be troublesome to paint with brushes so could I use a second spray paint layer over the first one I used as the primer as the actual base color for them?

>>51677159
Rolling

>>51670944
screw badger, they do not use standard fittings.

>>51677156
This was a great idea for a terrain set, but after the recent awesome and affordable Laketown House kit, the price is a real turn-off

>>51676881
Tip is from a Mechwarrior Dark Age Centurion. No idea where the coils came from. I just found them in a bin of parts at GenCon

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So on the Sisters of Battle Immolator sprue, there's a single plastic helmet head.

While admittedly the Immolator was out of stock for years, the Exocrist whcih contains this very same sprue wasn't.

Yet I can't find any of these helmeted heads anywhere on the internet.

Anyone able to help me out if they've seen any for sale, or any Sisters players with a few lying around?

>>51672506
A pre-looting trukk

>>51677085
orange and white

>>51677156
>>51677198
>This was a great idea
yeah, but it looks like shit.
Seriously, buy any coral reef aquarium decorations and stuff like that, it's only gonna cost a fraction of this, comes prepainted and will better.

>>51677085
Glow in the dark neon green and pink

>>51677173
>not "safe space" on the left wing and "build the wall" on the right wing

One job and you fucked it up

>>51677185
>diversifying your palette

In what sense.

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>>51677185
>>51677319
If you ment just this army, then no, I'd like to keep my guys uniform, with some minor differences here and there.

But as a sidenote, I'm also working on my mordheim dwarfs at the moment. Here's a noble I finished recently.

>>51677184
I did not follow St. Duncus method and went with blue primer and hand-paiting gold trims, as for me it was easier to do, since all gold parts are super-easy to pick up with brush instead of trying to smear paint into recesess.
Blue-yellow stripes was also easy (all but one headresses with no lines spearating each colour - on them I had to be extra-carefull when applying).

Not regular-marine easy, but easy for basic troop.

>>51677390

Which blue primer did you use friend?

>>51677223

You don't see them for sale, because nobody is going to part out a fucking Exorcist or Immolator. That's going to make you lose money, not net you a profit. The only people buying those tanks are people who are building the model, and those people generally don't sell leftover bits on eBay.

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>>51677156
>What if we melt sprues down and then sell them unmolded to people...

>>51675861
No, you can't take just a Lord from Cambridge unless you want to lose ALL detachment bonuses.

>>51677197
>American company
>vs. Japanese/Germany company
>when it comes to small metal machinery and fit and finish

Well duh, buy an Iwata or a Harder & Steenbeck if you're OCD about that kind of thing. Those two companies are literally from the countries that are the most autistic about that shit. The only thing you're missing is a hand-made Swiss airbrush folded over 10,000,000 times and inspected by an ancient gypsy woman with rubies for eyes.

>>51677422
Macragee Blue spray form GW, then Thousand Sons Blue all over, Retributor Armour on gold trims, rekland gloss on gold, nuln into recesses on blue, averland sunset on yellow stripes, layer ahirman blue on 90% of blue (leave nuln visible)

pretty much how I made them

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>>51674624
Added some Screamer pink to make the hue a bit more reddish.

Any tips for what to use as contrasting colors, and mechanical bits that would look good with this color scheme.

>>51677933
Yellow for highlighting and that real Eva look and very heavily washed silver for the metal.

I'm thinking to the point of "black with a shimmer" washed.

>>51678046
Washed with nuln oil?

>>51677273
I kinda like how ugly it is, but like you say it's definitely pipe-cleaners-and-papier-mache tier

>>51678046
Also, where should I put the yellow?

>>51678065
Yeah, that's what I'd go for.

>>51678077
Maybe the small gems or thins like the "underplating" around the neck?

Should probably wait for some more input first. I might just be completely wrong with how I imagine it might look but I feel like it should work.

>>51676316
Then dont come here posting pics if you dont want to improve, faggot.

>>51677085
Bielt-tan.

>>51677349
Try out adding in some very thin purple or red washes here and there on your DG. Or mix some in your shading colours. You'll like the results.

Anyone got any pictures of Daemon models that are in the process of being shaped into material form or such? Trying to figure out interesting modelling ideas for my Daemons, which will probably only ever be used for summoning by my Word Bearers.

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>>51678303

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Posting progress. Apologies for posting similar pics. Since last time I've finished the yellow pustules, painted the guts, pink pustules and gums, painted the teeth (doesn't he look happy?!), darkened around his eyes, painted his eyes white and repainted the tips of his horns.

Once the horns are painted I'm kind out of things I can work on, need to wait on a paints delivery before painting the sword. Got to give his basing some thought.

>>51678243
Disagree, there is already variation in those greens. His death guard look lovely, I wish I had the patience to produce minis like that.

>>51678344
Already have a lot of ideas on how to do the summoners! However, I'm interested in ideas for the summoned Daemon models themselves

>>51678134
I posted the wraithguards in order to showcase the figures I want the wraithknight to fit in with.

No need to be such a rude asshole.

>>51678411
I think you might have the patience man, Ive been watching you post this thing since you started and its pretty crazy.

How assembled should my models be before I start painting? Just legs on torso?

>>51678411
Purple/red-toned shades just looks very nice with that sort of green. Not saying he should tone all of it that way, just add some slight tones in the shadows for the contrast!

>>51678411
Looks great so far, though I'm not very fond of that sword from a sculpting perspective. The "layer" there is a bit too obvious, and would've looked better if smoothed out more (though could look nice if painted as a thick layer of dirty rust)

>>51677223
>I can't find any of these helmeted heads anywhere on the internet.
I bought the Immolator kit with the sole intent to recast that head. If many players are like me, then I don't think too many of them would be willing to sent out their master.

A recast isn't entirely out of the question, but my recasts have all been rather iffy.

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>>51678068
kind of disappointed there's not even one of these in there.

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Apologies for the shit photo but here's my Khorne Knights.

>>51678449
Depends on the miniature. They can be completely assembled if there's no obscuring parts. For example, a marine with onehanded weapons can easily be painted fully assembled, while one with a bolter will be better to paint in parts (either without the bolter in place, or completely armless).

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>>51678430
>I'm interested in ideas for the summoned Daemon models themselves
you could elaborate on that theme.
basically cut a demon in half and sculpt some flames onto the areas where he is materializing.
Flames or smoke or whatever.

The only other thing I can think of would be to recast them in transparent resin and only paint one half of the model or something.
I could see plaguebearers rising from puddles of slime from the bases, like the living dead, but for the others my imagination only really comes up with thick whirling smokeplumes, fire or a lightning bolt after which the damn things are just there.

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>>51677273
It's fucking weird how well aquarium decorations fit in as 28mm wargame terrain. At the most they need a bit of painting to help fit in with the aesthetic of your table and the houses may or may not fit but the grand majority of aquarium set pieces work well as terrain for a wargame. Like these pipes - literally all you need to do is paint the green algae parts to look like rust and bam, done.

>>51678516
>Riddle of Steel/Riders of Doom

>>51678449

That's what I do. Sometimes I don't even do that, because I want to pose the model a certain way. I think the only thing I actually glue before painting is weapon to right arm.

I used to glue more but then I realized it was pointless since more parts were unglued than glued, and painting the parts individually is really fast and makes me feel like I'm getting shit done.

Just be very careful about the glue points if you are gluing parts individually. You may need to do touch ups if you let glue leak out or if the glue spot is in a very visible spot. Sometimes you will have to glue before painting because you need to fill in the gap with putty before painting. But for things like marines, yeah, no point in gluing anything other than weapon and arm. All the joints are hidden and the armor is simple and doesn't require complete assembly to do painting shading and blending.

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>>51678646
>It's fucking weird how well aquarium decorations fit in as 28mm wargame terrain
Yeah. I bought pieces for sci-fi and fantasy alike.

>>51678489
Thanks. Yeah it stands out a lot in this pic because I've scrubbed some wash onto it. And yes that's exactly my plan, I'm waiting for rust supplies to arrive.

>>51678461
Maybe, I just love clean looking miniatures like his.

>>51678646
>>51678680
>tfw learned about this trick a couple years ago
>pet store aquarium terrain is more expensive than literal pre-made miniature terrain

Fuck you, PetSmart.

>>51677085
Hot rod red and gold

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Trying a different approach by adding black lines to the edges so that it looks even more like a drawing

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>>51678243
>>51678461
Actually, that sounds pretty nice. I never really thought about adding purple shade to this kind of green, so I'm definitely going to try it on some of my other miniatures (I'm pretty set on my DG colour scheme, since I like my marines more brownish/yellowish, so there's no room for any further shading).
Thanks for the suggestions.

>>51678803
that looks really cool, the freehand pattern looks amazing
really looking forward to this one

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>>51670834
just finished touching up a teifling ranger for someone in my DnD group

Before:

>>51677085
Primary brown
Secondary green
Heraldry white

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>>51678840
after:

>>51673528
I think you went a touch overboard on the Nihilakh Oxide but otherwise great work!

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>>51677085
Want to trigger everyone at the same time?
Just write on him/make him hold a sign that says:
"I vape".

>>51678431
Not him but your attitude was shitty, besides demonstrating laziness and a fundamental failure to understand what makes miniatures look good.

>>51677085
Rainbow colored

>>51678803
Interesting idea. Problem is any uneven bits will stand out a hell of a lot more than traditional highlights.

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>>51678840
Is she supposed to be in the middle of being derezzed? I mean it's nice that you tried but jesus wept those print lines are obnoxious.

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>>51678572
Instead of painting I wasted more than I would like to admit to do this crap

>>51678803
Holy shit, how do you freehand like that?

Hey, just got into 40k, got a few squads of Raven Guard spess muhreens. Was looking at getting drop pods for them. How are the drop pods in terms of assembly and painting?

Anyone got a tutorial/tips for painting a wood grain effect.
I'm guessing it's basically just lots of thin lines all going in one direction?

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>>51678572
Well my Bloodthirster is gonna be materializing from some sort of "torrents" of blood (I hope the Blood for the blood god paint will be good for surfaces like this). Hope it's possible to figure out what's going on with all the different colours of the materials and shitty lightning.

>>51678952
The first one is fun, the 4 after are cancer.

>>51678982
What do you mean?

>>51678932
By getting used to small brush strokes, that's the trick for many techniques

>>51678927
Could you do it where it's like
Step 1: Add greenstuff.
Step 2: Poke greenstuff with tool.
Step 3: Sculpt the rest of the flames.

Never found that tutorial particularly helpful desu sempai.

>>51678971
That looks terrifying in a good way. Creepily organic, like it's flowing out of another plane that man was not meant to wot of.

>>51678990
It's incredibly annoying scraping all the mold lines so everything inside fits, because if you made a mistake, the doors won't close, won't stay closed, or it'll look like shit. But worst of all, you're painting some of the most mindnumbingly boring models possible.

>>51678990
not him, but I kind of get what anon's talking about. It takes quite a long time to put one together, but the first time you do it it has that "wow" factor that makes the experience more enjoyable, since it's a pretty interesting and unique model (there' a lot of details inside, etc)

So yeah, get like 1 or 2 max if you want to enjoy it.

>>51679022
>>51679027
How many troops can fit in one? Was going to start with like 2 tactical squads and an assault squad, maybe?

>>51678982
Having painted 7 drop pods in a row, I wholeheartedly support this statement.

>>51674416
Plenty. All of whom can read.

>>51678990
>>51679027
also, unless you're going for a drop pod assault list, you're best of just using 1 or 2 with veterans inside.
You're better off putting your tacticals in rhinos/razorbacks.

>>51679041
10 guys can fit inside, if I remember correctly

>>51678869
How was my attitude shitty.
Also, that picture was taken with a shitty phone camera. The wraiths look way better in actual life than in the photos taken with my crappy phone.

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>>51679012
Thanks, that's sort of what I'm going for. This is the guy himself, extremely WIP.

>>51676816

Highlights make it a tad cartoonish, its like a drawing than a 3d, but its nice

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>>51679003
There ya go m8

>>51679041
There's an option for the assault marines where if you remove their jump packs, they get a drop pod for free. You could put your commander with artificer armour with them and put them in a drop pod.
As for the tacticals, I recommend rhinos.

>>51679065
It reminds me of some of the old Realm of Chaos artwork, where the fabric of reality seemed fluid and mutable in a way that hinted at the possibility of malign forces watching you from behind a thin barrier which is slowly tearing apart. Can't wait to see it painted.

>>51679081
Cheers m8, now I can post this in response to that tut being reposted ad nauseam.

How can I prevent the glue "string" that comes off the citadel plastic glue whenever I use it? Am I just dumb?

>>51674562
thanks. Not sure how the F i missed those bad boy mold lines. Will definitely remove them and post another image next time :)

>>51679140

It's not preventable. The best thing you can do is coil it at the top of your glue drop like a turd. When I get too lazy to put up with that shit, I just buy new glue.

Most people don't know that glue has an expiration date, and once you open the seal on the container, it eventually will go bad. The string caused by the liquid glue becoming less liquidy is just one sign of it slowly expiring.

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>>51679119
Going for the same concept as this sculpt I started many years ago and never finished. Like a floating torso with arms that is "hollow" on the backside.

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>>51679280
That whole thing was very NSFW though. Should probably finish it at some point.

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>>51679140
Sounds like your glue expired. Do yourself a favour and buy Revell if you decide on getting replacement.

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>>51678927

>Add a lump of greenstuff
>sculpt the fire

Can't even tell if the guide is a joke or not

>>51679306
It's not. Try it yourself on something.Probably won't take more than 2 tries and you'll have the hang of it.

>>51679280
>>51679299
These look very cool. What material are you modelling with?

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>>51676316
>I don't use a lot of highlights because they are a pain in the ass to do, look like arse and these figures look good enough for TT gaming.
>Also, I am asking advice for my Wraithknight, not the wraithguards. I'm already done with them.

>>51679064
>How was my attitude shitty.

You're full of excuses, you reject or ignore good critique ( >>51675837
), and the time you're done with a model is exactly when you need them critiqued, because if you say it's done then you can learn from it, then move on.
You need to take a break from the model and say 'What did I do well? What doesn't work well? What do I improve next time?'
You need to ask others what they think and then actually reflect on that.

>Also, that picture was taken with a shitty phone camera. The wraiths look way better in actual life than in the photos taken with my crappy phone.

So you expect us to be able to match your army based off the pictures, but they're not good enough to judge the wraiths? Weird.

The purple-pink transition can work, but it will not carry the models on its own. The green transition needs work on the execution, but doesn't look awful.

Your dudes do need highlighting. They desperately need some value contrast (shown here by desaturating) everywhere except the guns, the effect on which could be fine but you do need to decide if it's energy or a shift in colour. Without hue, we can see that your tabards look flat and the only interest on the bulk of the model is coming from the lamp shining off the paint of the dude in front.The guy to his left, not in the full glare of the light, looks very flat indeed.

Contrast is what makes models stand out, makes them look good, what fools the eyes into seeing light playing across full-sized figures where there is only a figurine.

And if you're going to settle for 'good enough', defend it on the real reasons instead of claiming it looks better.

>>51679140
By purchasing Revell plastic glue. The one with the long metal nozzle

>>51679345
Super Sculpey.
My standard procedure is basically an armature of steel wire, with a thin layer of Green Stuff on it as the SS isn't very "sticky", then bulk up with some foil and/or shitty "standard sculpey", then the base layer (5mm thick or so) of Super sculpey, then final details with Greenstuff/brownstuff and other epoxies.
In "warhammer scale" i just skip the bulking stage, as it doesn't need very large amounts of SS.

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A quick question while I wait for ink washes to dry. Does anyone know how you'd paint blued metal, like on pic related? I'm thinking I might do it on my Ranger's rifles

>>51678901
Yeah that's how the figure came from HeroForge.
It would have lost too much detail if I tried to sand it down, so I just had to paint it like that.

>>51679382
How long have you been sculpting for? Any good tutorials or tips for aspiring sculptors?

Your stuff puts me in mind of the painting of Beksiński or Blanche and classic horror movies like Hellraiser, it's fantastic and atmospheric.

>>51679390
Chromed metal always works the same way: the parts that more or less point down reflect the ground, while the ones that point up reflect the sky.

In this case, the ground reflection is really dark grey, and the sky relfection is pale blue.

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>>51676380
>Im a poorfag so i just did stacking layers of cardboard, kind of in a staircase shape, then used double sided tape to put it on my workspace

Poorfag or not, your idea has merit.

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So has anybody painted the new lord of change yet?

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>>51679409
Got my interest for sculpting when I was like 16 or so (25 now) and bought my first pack of Green Stuff for my old warhammer 40k stuff. Since then I've lost my WH-interest and just recently regained it. Been sculpting on and off since then as a hobby though. My problem is that I almost never finish anything, when it gets close to finished I just start my next project it seems like. Also I have very little time for hobbies nowadays due to working a lot. Here's my current "larger scale" WIP sculpt. Sorry for shitty pic.

>>51679409
Oh and don't know about tutorials, I've just improvised to learn. Just get some good tools and start playing around! Sculpey is good for this due to not hardening until you put it in the oven. Don't get the shitty cheap "standard" sculpey though. Get Super sculpey, one pack of the normal beige one, and one pack of the grey "firm" one, then mix those depending on how soft/hard you want what you're currently working on. Firm is better for sharp edges, the other is better for "fleshy" stuff. My standard mix is 50/50, then adding of either one depending on what particular surface I'm currently on.

>>51679454
Sorry if I'm being a dunce, but this isn't chromed metal? Its steel treated to form a layer of hematite on the surface to protect it from corrosion. You often find shotgun barrels treated in such a way.

>>51675851
Yep, always thought they'd look nicer with that top rail removed. Purity seal added to make it less bland (on account of being a leftie shooter).

>>51679551
Well, anything with clean reflections

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>>51676537
I got the perfect skull for you, sempai

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>>51679551
Yeah, this. However, bluing metal can result in very differing results, some stuff is quite matte, while some is very shiny. If you're going for the shiny look, just paint black, blend up to slightly brighter tones on some edges, then gloss varnish for an easy okay result. Well with some small amount of some metal paint in the black as well.
Here's a tool holder I made at work a few years back that has a much matter finish, with and without light shining on it. No expert on this though, haven't done a lot of bluing. Don't even know if that's the proper term.
And yeah, it's quite fucking dusty.

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>>51679551
>Sorry if I'm being a dunce, but this isn't chromed metal?
Not the guy you were talking to but the principle is the same.
Chrome is just a surface with a near mirror finish. All smooth surfaces reflect light though.
The rough surfaces diffuse light more as they reflect it, which is why you don't get sharp reflections. I.e. the smoother a surface the sharper the reflections.
If you want to paint something to look smooth paint sharp reflections.

This image should give you a good idea about the whole thing.

>>51677085
Red armor, gold wings and helmet plumes, white on the gun and a nebula pattern on the cloak.

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>>51679409
>>51679543
Speaking of tools, these two are pretty much the only ones I ever use nowadays. Plus a smaller version of the ball tool for smaller detail. But everyone should try out a variety of tools and figure out which ones are their favourites. A friend of mine only uses dentist tools for example

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>>51679140
>using citadel plastic glue
there's your answer m8

Any decent advanced (and in-depth) links to painting and sculpting tutorials out there?

Most of the shit I've come accross is pretty basic and doesn't really do a good job of elucidating the shit you need to do, or worse it's a really terrible painter who thinks he's good so he made a tutorial for e-cred.

Anyone have any decent tutorials on using green stuff? Trying to fill a gap for a bionic leg to graft to rest of the hip

>>51679797
Most people with decent skill have switched to airbrushing as a primary focus these days. The decent brush painters can't tell you shit because it's 90% brush control.

>>51679797
I could probably do a quick sculpting tutorial at some point. But I'm the guy that only really have a webcam and shitty lightning for taking pictures.
I posted a short text on the general structure of how I do my sculpts here though;
>>51679382
But when it comes to actual technique I think it'd be hard in both text and pictures, would almost need a video for that.

>>51679842
Yeah, same with sculpting. The only things you can really teach someone with guides is basic stuff like how to block up your sculpt, the rest is all about how you move the tools.

>>51679822
For gap filling? This is a good one:
https://youtu.be/rbbT9bxJuXU

>>51676336
I bought this for like six bucks on amazon, it was cheaper than the nail polish racks (which really arent a "cheap" option).

https://www.amazon.com/Copco-Non-Skid-Cabinet-Organizer-10-Inch/dp/B0036OQU4C/ref=sr_1_1?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1486852091&sr=1-1&keywords=copco+cabinet+organizer

>>51679797
The stuff on PaintingBuddha is good, but no new stuff coming from them ever.

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>>51676336
>>51680024
I've got this, plus two corner racks from there:
http://hobbyzone.biz/pn01.shtml#!/HobbyZone-S02s-26mm-Large-Paint-Stand/p/61917953

Holds a fuckload of paint, and looks good doing it, and costs less than the nail polish racks on amazon (generally).

Pic related is my painting desk at the moment. I'm pretty happy with it.

what do you think about putting steel balls into your paints?

>>51680225
Sounds like a really slow way to produce rust effect paint, people have even had problems with glass beads.

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>>51680225
Just yesterday I read a post in some local warhammer community facebook group by a guy that had tried just that, and over time they rusted or some shit even though they were supposed to be rust free, and ruined his paints. He switched over to airsoft balls instead, which seemed to work out.

>>51680126
Damn, I'd never be able to keep my workspace that neat and clean.

>>51677085
RED WHITE N BLUE YEEHAW

>>51680118
;_; why does all the good shit die out

>>51677085
Florescent Yellow, Orange and Pink

>>51680287
>>51680251
thanks guys i wasnt sure about it

>>51680458
Because producing quality is expensive. Paying the wages of a guy with 3 slayer swords, plus doing video production, is prohibitively costly and their model just didn't work out.

>>51680287
could you link me to that guys post?

>>51680458
>>51680511
Ben Komets has his own Patreon now if you're interested in more tutorials from him.

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>>51677085
Pink, orange, and blue all bright neon.

>>51680632
this

>>51677085
Another painting challenge, nothing but warm colours (reds, yellows, oranges, etc)

We've offended Kek in some way.

>>51680717
That's what you think
>>51677085
Gloss black with neon pink edge highlighting

>>51677085
Rainbow colored like that one LGBTQ Celestine rainbow abomination.

>>51679299
damn thats beautiful