WIP General

What are you waiting on post wise lads?

I have a Metal Greymon resin kit on the way from some ching chong place. Was 50% off and it looked a good place to start working with resin on.

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>>51970209
>that picture
10 out of fucking 10 m8

>>51970209
Just got my sylvaneth starter kit, how should I paint these dudes. Was thinking cherry blossom, but figured the pink would look strange on a tabletop.

>>51970316
Pink is all over the place these days, the novelty is long worn off when every other week is a charity event for tit tumours so everyone has a half pink army.

What bits are ideal for building a shoulder mounted gun, either firing over the shoulder (see: Predator) or a harness hooked into tbe armor (see: Doom)? Got a decent chunk of Mechanicus dudes in power armor who'd likely want their shoulder guns going while they worked with their hands. And the latter just looks better for Devs.

>>51970266
I just bought, essentially, the rest of my army for dirt cheap (less than $100 for 1600 points). Gonna be loads of fun putting it all together and getting it painted.

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>>51970266
I'm working on this Looted wagon.
I need to do some welding lines and a ram and I'm gonna prime and repaint it.
Also some grots to ride on it, Cuz everyone loves grots

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>>51970327
Oh at my FLGS we don't have any pink or even brightly colored armies. But its only like 6-7 guys.

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Can't we all just get along? Finished the grey shroom to go with the toadstool.

>>51970266
That sounds really cool, I hope you post pics of it!

>>51970378
I dig it anon. Gives me a Alice in wonderland vibe.

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>>51970378
Better view of the grey one. I have the big kingly mushroom left, thinking of trying to do something resembling bioluminescence.

>>51970389
Thanks! These are my 7th/8th minis ever painted (I think). I was painting the Doom ones that came with the board game but the weather has been shit for priming and all I had ready to paint were these fellas.

>>51970316
Something similar you might consider is painting them up like a weirwood from ASOIAF, that would be pretty slick

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>>51970559
And forgot pic

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>>51970316
Cherry blossom Sylvaneth are a bit played out, m8. It looks good though so do it if you want. I'd recommend black and white Birch "skin" with autumn red leaves.

>>51970591
>>51970608
Looks like we had the same idea. Patrician taste.

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Need advice on how to make the bases more apealing . I always feels like they are the worst part of the model, and the most uninteresting by far.

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Post inspiration/reference pictures

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>>51969167
Alright, I followed your advice on the skin, and lightened it up significantly, then applied a shade of druchii violet to it in order to give it a bit of definition.

I also added some more metallic blue to the carapace.

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>>51970839
More of the back.

>>51970839
>>51970867
It's shiiit

>>51970836

Who is that guy and does he take commissions?

>>51970839
Way better anon!

>>51970839
All in all I can't say it's amazing. The skin is still really dark, not very striking on the table top, ya.know?
The paint itself is also really thick, so work on thinning it down.
Could be camera lighting, but I kinda like the carapace itself. With the skin I recommend some edge highlighting to give.definition.
Side suggestion, the carapace can be two toned. A lighter Metta license blue feathered on the edges can bring out contrast. I like the talons, though


All in all, it's meh. It won't look striking on the tabletop and with nids that can actually be a problem as dudes blend together from a distance. A brighter base can mitigate that if you want to keep your color scheme.
In summary: edge highlight, add more contrasting tones.

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Will copper plated BBs work as paint bottle agitators? My hobby lobby has a bunch of Vallejo paint for 3 dollars a bottle but a lot of it has separated and I would have to shake the fuck out of them before they could be used

>>51970867
have you thought about some brighter metallic highlights on the carapace? I think a very fine silver highlight could really add some definition, as the scheme looks a bit muddy/same-y. I dig the palette overall though!

>>51970839
Looking better, think about applying a layer of the colour under your wash then some much lighter highlights

>>51970266
Got a Jump Pack Chaos Lord and a 4th box of raptors on mail order

>>51970987
Copper might screw with the paint when in the bottle, i would stay away from it if possible.

try glass or silica beads instead, amazon or ebay should have them pretty cheap

>>51970839
>>51970867

Looks pretty good. I like the.. Iridescent theme

If it was me, I'd maybe highlight ever so slightly around edges so that detail wasn't lost.

But I'd put it on a nice bright base for contrast, consider snow effect on brown earth for example.

I'd happily play against you and your army and you will only get better with practice too.

Keep it up and try to ignore the trolls.

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>>51970209
FLGS is selling these. Should I got pick them up /Wip/ ?

>>51971086

I'd buy those in a heartbeat, they look great

>>51971086
For how much?

>>51970949
Thanks, though I am not really that happy with it.

>>51970964
I am happy with the carapace, (might need some lighter metallic blue for highlighting) but the skin bugs me. I might have to try testing out going with really pale look to see how it would fit. I don't want to make white skin though, just sort of really pale, sickly grey.

>>51971073
I'm still thinking of putting it on a snow themed base.

>>51971107
1.32$ per marine and 25$ for the pods is what my friend told me who was there
>>51971098
i agree anon!

>>51971123
That's a steal.

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Going to make my own version of these on Puppetswar bikes, someone did it a while ago with blightkin but I can't find it anymore.

>>51971086
>>51971123
>>51971137

Thats highway robbery. you could sell that army for 300$

>>51971123
Was that army fucking stolen and just dumped on the store?

>>51970839
It's shit

>>51970266

I'm entirely new to ordering from China. I don't suppose you have any links to where you can browse what you can get made?

I'd really like to get some Bretonnians to paint, i used to have them as a kid and seeing them in total war i really want to get some. Ebay prices are absurd as fuck and "made to order" is not what i imagined.

>>51971370
>Bretonnians
Maybe next time, Duncan

>>51971425
Pretty fucking neato. Tutorial?

>>51971425
It's a REALLY busy paintjob, but it has lots of potential if you pick out all the detail really well.

>>51971370
https://mega.nz/#F!hEUhGZAD!Mqx_Xc2wNqdnLwVMMvijxg

Z has the biggest fantasy range

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How's this welding look?

>>51971452

Wouldn't know exactly. Apparently painted silver and then glazed in different colors to create an iridescent effect (not true iridescence).

>>51971458

Paint up the guns and armor in matte like Tau and you've got a very nice effect contrasted with some basic textures.

>>51971463

Thank you, really appreciate it.

>>51971481
Way too thick, I think. Doesn't fit the scale of the model

>>51971242
dumped on the store for credit

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Is there any guides on painting the Magmadroth for the Auric Runesmiter?

I Love the black and glowing look but I dare not try to replicate it without a guide of somekind and I am aparently too stupid to find it if there is one.

>>51971481

I think it looks good so far, but it's hard to say overall since it's still green. Once it's painted it should look like a perfectly serviceable brutish weld job.

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>>51971532
I made then thinner, better?

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>>51971481
Looks better then some russian tanks mate.

>>51971636
What the fuck

>>51971630
Well when I said thick, I also meant width as well. It creeps up too much on the sides

It's like it was welded with a plasma rifle.

>>51971641
Boдкa!

>>51970266
Easterling Kataphracts and a War priest.

>>51971655
I mean, orks are retarded and its not supposed to be perfect.
I hate using the "its orks so it has an excuse to look shit!" line but it kind applies here too well

>>51971717
It's not that it looks bad, it's that it makes the model look smaller. If what should be fine detail is large it makes something look smaller.

What would you all reccomend superglue wise? Any favourite brands?

>>51971463

No matter how much the sellers beg, please don't share our info, it keeps happening... I swear to god...

>>51971817
>speaking in complete sentences
>pretending to be Z
Baka

>>51971425
Man, that's exactly something I would have ultimately wanted for my Nid's shells ,but had no clue of actually making, hence this is the result>>51970867

>>51971165
What torso is this?

>>51971861
>what is google?

>>51971817
>muh seekrit club

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>>51971861

From the looks of it, it uses a very bright metallic undercoat and then uses a few different colors of glaze to create a sort of iridescent effect like a beetle's shell.

I would guess the glazes are done very thin in a few layers to get it just right and in the right spots. Positioning those colors seems to be the key to the effect after that.

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sup /wip/ how would you recommend going about making a foot-slogging model for Balthasar Gelt? I figured I could probably kitbash something using a stormcast eternal head, but I'm having trouble finding a good body.

>>51971929

WHFB Empire torso might have the right cloth for it, but the robed legs would be what ties it together. Arms to taste, those shouldn't be too hard to find. After that, you might have to greenstuff a robe.

Stormcast head is right on the money. If not that, try a Sanguinary Priest mask.

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Just finished up on the skin for these guys

>>51972025

I suck at skin. How'd you do this?

>>51971929
The easiest thing would be to use the mounted model, chop the torso off and plopp it onto any robed body you can find. The model doesn't seem to have any specific details below the waiste, so any warrior priest or sorcerer you like could do. Or use something cheaper like one of the robed plastic bodies from the high elf range.

If you don't want to use the old model the regular plastic sorcerer kit is a really good place to start as well. Has all the parts for a metal sorcerer, the robes, cape and the high collar. You just need to add the halo to the model then,
Maybe the blood angels range has some useful heads too.

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>>51972025
Reminds me of these dudes

>>51972099
it looks like he thins his paints

>>51972099
It's easy. Base colour, flesh colour, wash then flesh again and a final highlight.

For the majority of my guys I started with rakarth flesh as the base then a layer of kislev flesh, washed with reiklands fleshshade, another layer of kislev and a highlight of flayed one flesh. Hope that helps

>>51971558
Anyone?

>>51971115
Sickly pale, try mechanicum standard grey, pallid wych flesh highlight, and (guessing you want the violet) druchii violet wash.

>>51972153

Maybe. I'm thinking of doing a more sickly kind of skin for a servitor, something that turns an unhealthy blue/purple in the recesses and pallid everywhere else.

Thinking that with my terrible painting skills but pretty good converting talent, I might have to send my stuff off for commission rather than suffer a good model a bad coat of paint.

>>51972257
Could start with something like Fenris Grey and work up from that, maybe a wash of purple or blue instead with a highlight of wych flesh

>>51972296

I might have to make a test mini for concept. Something I can fuck up and not care about.

I might also need to get more specific paints.

>>51971967
>>51972106
Thanks for the advice!

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My ork kommandos need some camo, whats a good camo for large green grass fields?

>>51972987

Hot Pink and Electric Blue, painted up in stylized flames.

>>51972987
Purple

Or don't use camo, paint them up in your Waaagh's colours, and give them ghillie suits made from mesh with static grass and flock glued on.

>>51972987
Obviously something bright and contrasting. What's the point of painstakingly painting all those designs if your enemy can't see them to appreciate it?

>>51971817
I wonder what Duncan and the rest of GW would think of this? sending now :)

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My finished deff dredd. R8h8appreci8

>>51973343
Can't do jack shit because of copyright laws in China. Trust me, GW has been trying.

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>>51973392

>>51973392
Needs more blood on one of the saws

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>>51971425

Bugs, Mr. Rico, zillions of 'em!

>>51973393
then you won't mind me posting this mega with all the email contacts all over the net then? why aren't the emails a part of the 40k general?

>>51973392
>>51973413
Pretty fucking awesome, for real, but would be even better if you drilled the exhausters

>>51973451
The casters ask the catalogs to not be posted because they just don't need to be. They can be found if you have half a brain and google. Much like they should in threads, recasts shouldn't be flaunted. It is considered ILLEGAL here. However price gouging is IMMORAL. That is my opinion.

>>51973416
I figured if the saws are constantly buzzing all the blood would shoot off them

>>51973556
That works if the metal's finish isn't smashed into metal over and over again and covered multiple times with gore

>>51973532

I'm only using them for OOP and limited edition miniatures. Well, when I can't find them on eBay, I managed to snag a couple Bonesingers at a reasonable price. Still, it's a bitch and a half to find one who has both Titan pilot and Thunderbolt pilot available.

OK, two questions:

1) does anyone know of a way to selectively strip certain sections of a model of paint? I accidentally messed up a couple sections of my land raider when priming, but don't want to try to strip the entire thing.

2) what specific brand/kind of plastic glue would you guys recommend? I've been using super glue exclusively on everything since I started but I would like to use plastic glue. I would prefer to use something cheaper than GW, but if GW's is the highest quality for their plastics I'll use it.

>>51973642
Anon you don't need to defend your buying shit from recasters. No one but turbo autists and GW care.

Anybody with the plastic Calth Cataphractii models- are they big enough to be used as a base model for believable Obliterators?

>>51973532
The emails and the catalogues are two different things, you can easily find the catalogues sure but you will be googling for a long time for the emails if you don't wanna jump through hoops, joining reddit and sucking up to autists.
Yeah they're illegal but so is sharing the codex pdf's and all the other stuff that get's shared on this board.
>>51973392
Amazing work, love the checkered patterns and hazard stripes. Gotta be one of the best red paintjobs on an ork unit i've seen in awhile.

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Scarab Occult wip

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What are the colours on this? Also is it using Aggrax or Nuln?

>>51970710
First you need to clean up that mold line shit, thin your paints and try to paint a clean model. Your bases are flat as fuck but they're not the problem here.

>>51971425
Is this the theme now? Everyone slaps as many rainbow metallics onto a model and calls it "based on real beetles?" Fuck, I wonder if I can find a spare Space marine, I've got like 50 different metallics.

>>51974060
>What are the colours on this?
Black, grey, green, red, some white, gold accents, khaki. I think that's it.

>>51974189
I meant the paint shades. So far I have:

>Khorne Red
>Abaddon Black
>Balthasar Gold
>Lead Belcher
>Khaki Combo (Ushabti, Zandri dust)
>Eshin Grey
>White Scar
>Ultramine blue

Not sure if they are right though.

How do I magnetize a Command Squad for every option?

Also, where to find cheap gun and arm bits for them.

>>51973888
>but you will be googling for a long time for the emails if you don't wanna jump through hoops

People still believe this? Dude theyll be within first page result links if you know what to search for.

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>>51971861

Here's another demonstration of a more basic metallic with Alpha Legion. I know some people have more detailed written steps to it.

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Just got a new BaC set, and can't decide whether to paint Fists or Iron Warriors.

Did some testing on my old BaC set and had fun painting both.

>>51974413

How did you paint the one on the right? I've been looking to make a dark metallic for of "black knight" armor for my own dudes.

>>51974433
I'm 90% sure that's just leadbelcher. maybe with a nuln oil wash

>>51974489

It's just Leadbelcher and Agrax. Really simple but looks good.

Who's the best Chinaman to get Nurgle Toads from?

>>51974642

Forge World.

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Waiting for my Ahriman blue to get here, and then these'll be all blued up and done. I'm still getting back into the swing of things, and these are probably disgusting to most of you but. I am aware i need to thin my paints. And it's been working.
These are Normal Chaos Marines painted in thousand son colours, i have rubrics ready to paint aswell. any pro-tips for anyone doing this army and colour scheme?

>>51971929
it bothers me how heavily outlined that dagger is compared to everything else

>>51974713
Duncan's got your back senpai.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=-HOLM7dXiyk

>>51974347
>Not sure if they are right though.
considering how long these models have been around they could even be with GW paints that's two generations old. Hexpot screw on lid old.

Or they could be Vallejo, P3, Coat d'Arms or any other brand of paint.
You'll just have to eyeball it anyway. Don't obsess about getting the 'right' shades.

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>model is so small it's feet get hidden by the grass
Adorable

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Also just felt like sharing this, rebased most of my characters thus far

>>51974995
needs a bit of highlighting. They're pretty flat.

>>51974713
Shitty pic, but I'll r8 if you're not trolling.

>1. THIN YOUR PAINTS
Put a few drops of water in your paints. Aim to make them the consistency of milk. Use a wet palette (put some water in the bottom of a tupperware container, put a sponge in it (top of sponge should be above the water line), and put some parchment paper or a baking sheet over it and mix your paints on that) to keep your paints from drying out and looking chunky.
>2. Shave your moldlines
Almost all the guy's helmets have big old lines on them from the molding process. You want to shave those away either with a pocket/hobby knife or a file.
>3. File down your sprue nubs.
Look at the muzzle of the plasma pistol on the guy second to the left in the front. That's bad. You don't want that. Shave/file it down.
>4. Drill out your barrels
Simple thing to do that makes all your guns look better. Get a little handheld pin vise and some drill bits and put a little hole in each barrel. You don't have to go deep, but it creates a nice effect. For the Heavy Bolter I'd drill out the barrel and each of the little side holes - makes it look really nice.
>5. Use a wash and do some highlights.
It looks like you used Agrax on a few of the guys, but you should have really used Drakenhoff Nightshade on the blue armor. A good rule of thumb is to match the color of the basecoat with the color of wash: Nuln Oil on silver and blacks, Carroburg Crimson on dark reds, Athonian Camoshade on greens, etc. Other than the wash, I don't see almost any highlights on any of the guys however. Pick up some layers and/or drybrush paints and learn how to use 'em.

Also, take a better picture. Put a backdrop behind these guys and disable flash on the camera. Flash fucks with the color of the minis something awful. Anyway, good models for a new guy. I may have kinda tore you a new one here, but you got promise. Stick with it and learn and you'll get somewhere. I've definitely seen worse.

any of the chinamen have the Black Templars venerable dreadnought?

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posting here instead of a game general because this thread probably holds the widest range of players- a store in Sydney, australia is dumping all their old books, most still in plastic, and theyre giving them free to anyone who rocks up. place is Combat Company in mortdale. i'm gonna head in and see if i can get some of the old WHFB army books

>>51975009
Honestly, it's my camera. I can't take a good picture for the life of me.
Also these guys are from various stages of my painting skill, just felt like posting the group photo

>>51973413
>>51973392
How the fuck doesn Ork tech even function?

Amazing paint job btw

>>51975199
>How the fuck doesn Ork tech even function?
>he doesn't know

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>>51975168
Holy shit I actually took a visible picture

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>fold piece of cardboard
>pictures are now amazing quality
What the fuck

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Working on some Custodes Aquilon terminators. Color scheme/ design OK? Haven't done edge highlighting yet.

>>51975098
Are they willing to ship these free books to Canberra or would I need to make a road trip to Sydney?

>>51975486
Assuming buyer covers postage of course

I got back into painting after a couple years after teaching a friend the basics for his d&d figures so I painted some plague drones along with him. I'm kinda curious what the best way to go about highlighting plague drones is? I can highlight plaguebearers just fine I think but I'm not super sure on the big ol flies. I drybrushed for the most part because the legs and the proboscis looked troublesome but I would really like to know how to do it better.

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>>51974713
Oh, honey, what did you do?
Get yourself some Blu-Tack or some other adhesive putty and use it to play around with posing and seeing how parts on your minis fit together. Not all of these arms are compatible, so make sure you've got the right pairing, and don't try to rush yourself when gluing, you don't need to do both arms at once. Do one arm, let it dry, get the bolter or whatever in place with the putty, glue the other arm.

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>>51975484
And of course I post the wrong image.

Any tips for building minitures quicker. It has been years since i've done it. My start collecting dark eldar set is taking forever to construct as I clean each piece then assemble.

Any tips for speeding up process?

Using tamiya modeling knife, a sanding board with multiple sides some sprue cutters and nail clippers.

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Sup /wip/. I painted this up on Comission for a friend. He wanted me to do L3(tabletop), with an L2 base, and I'm charging him 13$ a model to paint mechs.

My method for painting this was to first prime black, then I painted all-over with Eshin Grey. I followed up by painting the red stripes with Mephiston red, and then used Nuln Oil to darken everything.

After the nuln oil, I used a second coat of Nuln Oil Gloss to darken everything further to a near-black, while also producing natty highlights.

The red stripes were then touched back up by mixing Wild Rider Red with the mephiston still in my wet palette, and then adding nuln oil gloss to the mix to produce a wetblend, that I selected a sufficiently bright+gloss mix from.

The Cockpit was done with stormhost silver and some waystone green.

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>>51975668
And here's the back. I did the heat-bloom on it's jump jets with
> Stormhost Silver
> Gulliman Blue
> Druchi Violet
> Seraphim Sepia

The rest of the mech was stipple-brushed with leadbelcher for some very minor weathering. All in all, this took me 15 minutes to paint.

>>51970266

In the mail, I have:
Various sized magnets
Legion combi weapons
Autocanons
Volkite
Chain glaives
Old school NL upgrade kit

Now that I know I can get another BaC from one of my LGS, I can assemble the MKIVs I have as tac Marines.

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How is this for my first attempt?

Note: Missing highlights for armor, gun colour and Ushabti bone for khaki AND the skin stuff. Mostly gluing and priming for now but got the start painting set.

>>51974074
>Is this the theme now? Everyone slaps as many rainbow metallics onto a model and calls it "based on real beetles?"
o no, a whopping two people tried to paint space bug monsters in a way resembling real life bugs. it must be a fresh meme. soon everyone will be doing it. rainbow metallic orks and guardsmen are literally being made as we speak. deliver us from this faggotry, anon, only you can save us
be careful not to gore yourself on the point by accident when you stand up. it's been hovering right overhead of you for a little bit there.

>>51975756
Also I know the trim is messy and I need to change the chin plate but I'm not sure what to change it to. I do want white but less contrast.

>>51974074
But anon... It's already been happening.
>>51974408

>>51970266
My current wishlist is 5 additional Leviathan Dreadoughts.
> From china

>>51970266
Waiting on Hired Swords from Malifaux.

Do the chinamen change their contact details often?

Oh, and how do I order from Zanchui (that's "Z" right)? What do I include in the email and how do I format it? I was looking to get a bT Ven. Deadnought, inferno cannon and left ccw arm

Anyone have any experience with the quality of CCoN? I may have stumbled upon contact information and have heard decent things except that his communication sucks.

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When does it end? WHEN!? This takes me over 300 paints!

>>51976021
He's usually pretty good at walking you through it, if you don't already have the catalogue you can email and inquire, then you need to give him the product codes for what you want to order, let him write up the cost, pay him via PayPal and send shipping details.

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Utterly botched magnetising a Calth heavy bolter. Saved it from uselessness, but it's going to take some GS and it's not going to be of any use except letting me paint the HB separately.

Bit of a noob question, but is there a trick to aligning the three pieces (2 arms and bolter+hand) so that the two magnetised parts at the wrist snap together flush while the bolter's handle rests well in the palm of the other arm? I think what I fucked up on was getting the magnet into the right arm at an angle, but if anyone has had experience/trouble with this particular task before, can you tell me what the pitfalls you learnt to avoid were and how you managed to achieve this properly?

>>51976029
> Dat feel when you use 26 paints for a SINGLE INFANTRY MODEL
> More paints than a duncan character tutorial
> Dat feel when you use more paints for single details than some people use for their entire army.

>>51976042
If product codes are included in the catalogue, I think I have those (they're F-#) right?).

OK, so how would this be:
"Hello, I would like to order (product codes for BT dread and arms). My paypal email is _, and my address is __"

>>51976100
Yup, although it's a different letter for different catalogs (K for 40k for example)

And I'd recommend doing it in multiple emails. Just send an email asking for what you want first, because something might not be in stock.

>>51976149
OK, much appreciated!

Havign difficulty deciding between a Leviathan dread and the BT dread to be honest. On one hand, I love the detail of the Templar dreadnought, but on the other hand, I have wanted a Leviathan since someone described them as "tiny dishwashers of pure hatred and rage"

Oh, and how does ordering from Alpharius compare?

>>51975668
>>51975695
Do you really think that's worth 13$ per model? At friend prices no less.

>>51976184
>reddit.com/r/yoyhammer
has plenty of reviews. Alpharius himself posts there.

>>51976184
Get a leviathan. After I had my Leviathan survive an entire Apoc game and kill 2 superheavies on his own, I've been wanting to get more leviathans.

My dream now is to get SIX leviathans and call them " The BFG Division", all in drop pods, all there to fuck shit up. Purely because I want to see the look on people's faces in an apoc game as I put six drop pods on the table, all with Leviathan Dreadnoughts. It's totally unexpected, and vastly scarier than just some big-ass titan.

>>51976184
I'd recommend just picking the bt dread for the moment, seems like it'd be easier to build than a leviathan. Resin can be a nightmare to work with, and sometimes you're going to make up the discount with China resin in terms of labour involved in putting it together, so I'd only recommend getting one dread atm.

I don't know who alpharius is in this context, but maybe someone else can help.

>>51976240
That's a fucking awesome name. Go for it!

>>51976237
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TSFK-1LxnzJl6e8EHdpR3KJKNgdJSIUH_yGfZXHFu9c/edit#gid=129433116
I'm charging him the Frontline Gaming chart, at the lowest possible scale(25mm infantry). Which is quite reasonable apparently.. Honestly I just don't like that he wants me to paint black. I CAN paint black, and I CAN make it look good, but it just doesn't look as great as it could with other colour schemes.

I used to do "Friend prices", up until a "Friend" abused that by getting me to paint 60 Ork Boyz all at once. That shit made me literally lose my will to paint for an entire year, it was so fucking miserable.

I'm a professional painter now, and have been painting for 5 years. I have 2 level 5 models under my belt, and a consistent track record with doing level 4. I'm completely within my right to charge what is normal for other professional painters.

So from what I understand Alpharius is a bit higher priced than Z but higher quality. I know he doesn't do free shipping.

Would it be better to get a Leviathan from him, rather than Z?

How much would Alpharius' shipping cost for a LEviathan with weapons?

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>>51976240
>BFG division
Nice

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>>51976282
I just gotta figure out what Loadouts I want to run them with. Obviously every last one of them is going to have Armoured Ceramite, 3 Hunter Killers(just for that extra Alpha Strike firepower), and a Lucius Drop Pod.

Right now my current leviathan has a Storm Cannon and Shredding Claw. I know I want to have one leviathan with Two Cyclone Meltas, just for pure damage output against vehicles.

So let's see this setup:
> Storm Cannon + Claws
> Double Cyclone Melta
> Claw+Drill
> Double Storm Cannon
> Drill+Melta
> Melta+Claw

>>51976431
Z's leviathan is straight up indistinguishable in every conceivable way from forgeworld. And it's assembly went completely without a hitch, with the only time I needed to break out a hair-dryer was with his storm cannon. But as I understand, the forgeworld storm cannon has that same issue.

You can't get much better quality than "indistinguishable from forgeworld", especially since he sent mine in ABS PLASTIC instead of resin. That's the indestructible shit that legos are made out of.

>>51975607

Hadn't seen those yet. Those models look amazing, and I think your paint job does it justice.

>>51976475
ABS plastic? Damn.

I think I might end up going with the leviathan.

>>51970836
how the hell did he get the plasma to look like its actually glowing?

>>51976595
It's very well done but also at just the right angle to trick your eyes.

>>51975756
2 thin coats of paint not one glob.

Do highlights.

Clean up your technique, you have colors where they should not be.

Honestly, looks like a first model, but a first model from somebody who actually tried. Keep at it, watch Duncan.

what weapons should I got for with the leviathan?

>>51976685
None, you should melt your leviathan into something less faggy.

>>51970266
Bought another 3 squads of Colonial Marines and some sentry guns for my burgeoning AVP:Unleashed Colonial Marines army. Just waiting on my local comic shop to get the second minimates Aliens APC in tomorrow and I'll be set to start work on them all.

>>51976512
It's a conversion, anon. Those are stormcast legs.

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>>51976827

Welp, time for me to die, them.

>>51976853
I'll just appreciate the compliment that you thought my scratchbuild was an official model.

Why is white so difficult to paint? Every time I try it, it will take 3-4 thick layers to get a consistent colour throughout unless i am painting on complete white, and any shading makes a complete mess.
What am I doing wrong?

>bundle costs 20 cents more than adding the individual pieces separately
What did the Chinaman mean by this?

>>51977153
> Thick layers
You have SEVERAL options for painting white

Primer Method:
> Start with White Primer
> Wash with Agrax Earthshade
> Thin your fucking paints you dense fucker
> Rakarth Flesh on everything but the recesses
> White Scar

Black Primer Method:
> Your choice of 2 THINNED COATS of Rakarth Flesh or Celestra Grey
> White Scar

It's not that hard, it just takes time. The reason it fucking sucks is because you aren't using your base-coat properly. YOU CANNOT PAINT WHITE ON SOMETHING THAT ISN'T ALREADY EITHER WHITE, OR OFF-WHITE.

All of the white paints are highly transparent, and very poorly pigmented. That means they show a LOT of the colour underneath them.

>>51977320
I'll go with the first method. I'll stick to pin washing though because i tried general washing and it just left stains that needed another few layers of white, as i'm using some old space marines i bought when I was a kid. Thanks.

>>51977406
Never layer pure white as it leaves you nowhere to go for highlights.

>>51977425
I'm using an off white, though its getting the same problems as pure and i'm not sure if i'll need much highlighting for space marines anyway.

Ok, I emailed Z and he replied extremely quickly with the total. I then sent him my paypal email and shipping address at the same time. SHould I have just sent him my paypal, then followed up with my shipping address"

>>51977448
Space marines need highlighting to break up the slabs of monochromatic armor.

>>51976237
>>51976237
>has plenty of reviews. Alpharius himself posts there.

Different anon, but I've been scouring around there. I'm not familiar with Reddit at all, but I like how active he his. How the shit do I email him? I figured there'd be a way from his account page or whatever the fuck Reddit uses, but no luck. Idk it's worth using if I have to sign up to Reddit.

>>51976595
>>51976624
Some paint makers such as Gaianotes have some really good "glowing" paints as well. See below:
http://www.sealmodel.com/product_details.php?category_id=0&search_string=gaianotes&search_category_id=0&item_id=5078

>>51977484
his email is in the mega posted earlier in the thread

>>51977491

Alright cool, thanks. Must have missed that. His quality looks good. I'm hoping my tax money comes in enough time for me to splurge enough for free shipping with the discount he's running.

wait, for Z do I send money to his email using paypal, or does he request it ffrom me after I send him my paypal email

>>51974413
shattered legion of both

>>51977521
fuck just go on yoyhammer and stop asking

Hey anons,
just got my hands on my first marines and have a few ideas I want to mock up.
A while back I saw someone post a PDF which was nothing but blank marine armors to play around with and try different patterns, combos, etc (not the established companies, more of a CYO armors and crests).

Any kind soul how saved and reposted that would be forever appreciated.

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Overdid it with the shading, gave her a fucking beard

>>51977521
He sends you an invoice in the email, asking to confirm if everything in your order is correct. Give him the go-ahead, and it moves to your Paypal, alongside an email from both him and paypal that you got an invoice

Just pay the invoice through paypal, and you'll get models in the mail 20 days later.

>>51977695
thank you. SHould I send him another email saying that the excel sheet fetailing my order is correct, adn give him my paypal?

>>51977738
If you want, but sometimes they're busy and take a little while to invoice you. The key thing is to be clearly worded and formatted when emailing them since their English isn't great.

>>51977694
Hot

>>51977765

Different dude here

Is there anything in Z's catalogue that should be avoided, or is most of his stuff on the same level? I'm sure there's some variance between two of the same cast, but I wasn't sure if anything was consistently poor.

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>>51977694

>>51977765
To clarify on this further, he straight up uses Google Translate to communicate with you. So you need to use a 1st grade english kind of speaking when talking with Z.

>>51977797
Anything that is already bad with real forgeworld. So any model that would have excessively large/long flat pieces like the Fire Raptor.

Also the Malcador Vanquisher should never be bought, and even the catalog warns against buying it, because the original forgeworld model is dogshit. Also avoid geedubs bikes like the plague.

>>51977834

Does that include drop pod variants? I know the claws can be a little fucky sometimes.

Also, are the sales in that catalogue current? If so, I think I might finally get an Avenger Strike Fighter for my Sisters.

>>51977797
The big downside to Z is that his stuff varies wildly in quality. I got some perfect casts from him along side miscast, warped, bubble filled, flash ridden stuff. I said it earlier in the thread but sometimes you'll end up losing any savings you'd have from Chinese resin due to the labour involved in getting it to a decent quality.

In general I'd avoid large vehicles. He seems to have some issues with casting large pieces, resulting in loads of bubbles and warping. While you can fix some warping, other warping is hell. I still have nightmares about a particularly badly warped wave serpent hull I got from him.

His basic infantry is pretty solid however. Most of his infantry casts are done in ABS plastic which is a lot more durable and less prone to warping than resin.

However, you should remember that he actually replaces miscasts for free, covering postage himself. I did it once just recently, recently enough that the stuff is still currently in the post. Dunno what the quality will be like, but anything better than before is fine by me.

>>51977901
I have two drop pods from him. They're kinda difficult to assemble as you need a hair-dryer to put the fins together, but otherwise the models were completely flawless. My drop pod was literally untouched by a knife, and I put it on the tabletop twice-weekly at a games workshop, alongside my chinese leviathan, my chinese deredeo, and all my chinese razorbacks. Not a single person can tell the difference.

>>51977915
Z has evidently been moving more of his stuff to ABS(Dark Grey Plastic) recently. All 10 of my Razorbacks were in ABS.

However, out of 10 razorbacks I got from him, 2 are now terrain pieces. So always be ready for that possibility...

Alright, so after I sent him the first email, which I now realize might e a bit confusing if put through Google translate, I sent him a second email saying:

"yes, the order detailed in the attachment is correct.

Send a paypal invoice to: ___"

is that worded in a clear enough manner?

>>51977915

Hrm, so the smaller the better? Maybe I'll try a legion squad of ass Marines from him. I also kinda wish I had this info earlier because I ordered a bunch of weapons from MI last week, and his are significantly cheaper. Can't say anything about quality yet obviously.

>>51977977

That's good to know. I'm likely to get another Dreadclaw at some point, and one day I'll pull the trigger on the karybdis.

How about something like the Avenger?

>>51974834
I ran into Duncan today at the hobby store near my work.

I was buying paints specifically because of his videos. Shook his hand and thanked him for all the help. Ha!

guys... what advice can you give on doing eyes? It's always the last thing I do and it's the thing I manage to fuck up the most. it's not even a hand shaking issue so much, just that whenever I do eyes the best I can do is a bit of white with a tiny pinpoint of black as dead center as I possibly can, or wherever I need it to look best. How do you improve on it?

>>51978209
Did you at least get a token from the prince of paints? Like his signature on a pot? And are you an upsidedownfag then?

>>51978326
No sadly.

Dude's on holiday though, so I didn't want to bother him too much, just thank him for the advice.

>>51976475
Contemptor pattern spaghetti dispenser.

Thanks for the advice guys. I sprayed and basecoated, then did a pin wash, then did another layer, and some edge highlighting and everything looks ok now.
Hopefully soon i can try it out on a model I don't need to paint over.

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>>51970209
This still my favorite.

>>51973451
Noones going around plastering the internet with that shit, but if people ask, I can give them the info. No need to be dickish about that.

Or are you just mad that CCON wont answer you

>>51976025
Quality is really good, but good luck getting ahold of him at the moment, he is really swamped from the last 2 sales and only slowly responding to new customers (if at all)

>want to give my guys cool scenic bases
>can't raise them up at all without giving myself a gameplay disadvantage

>>51970266
I have a mass of models from the "recent" Reaper kickstarter that I'm waiting on. Bit of a mix up, so the September delivery is now most likely a may or June delivery.

Core, Kyra and Lavarath, Shub, Marthrangul, some expansions and some add ons. Can't wait!

>>51972099
I actually popped in to ask about flesh as well (trying to get into painting more D&D minis), so I appreciate you asking. Saves me the trouble.

And thank you to >>51972153 for spelling out which paints to use. All my FLGS carries is the Citadel stuff so it's nice to have it all in that brand too (I think. I recognize most of the names anyway).

>>51978987
Warmachine's standardized base volumes are great for allowing for that.

I got to work on building up my first Deathwatch team and am thrilled to see cloaked bodies and cowled heads in the kits. Other than Deathwatch vets and DA vet kits, anyone know any good sources of robed bodies/cloaks/capes/cowled heads?
Obviously I'm a DA player and in attempt to make my marines a little more visually stimulating and unique I'd like to acquire some more of their signature bits.

Just kidding I'm a robes fetishist

Fuck.. I'm sitting here contemplating a $150 order from Z... wtf is wrong with me?

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I'm still trying to get started with painting (only done a few minis and really basics/minimum) so please bear with me and all my annoying questions.

First, how do I know whether a model needs to be primed to paint? I was looking at getting some of the hero forge premium plastic ones if that makes any difference. But I've come across some minis that people say have to be primed, and some that people say don't.

Second, how do I know what colors go well with other colors? I don't mean the shades/layering stuff (I've been using pic related for that which I assume is good enough, right?) I mean the primary color for an outfit versus the secondary color for (because it'd probably be boring if I made every section of a wizard robe purple, right?)

Third, I honestly still don't understand how to tell which colors "go" with the other ones (this time I AM talking about shades and layering). I was trying to figure out how much can I deviate from the chart to buy fewer paints, or if it'd look "wrong" if you used different colors. Is there any easy way to tell if you can use certain colors together?

A couple of questions regarding modelling:

1) May I have some recommendations regarding what brand of plastic glue to use? I have been usign superglue exclusively so far, and would like a more permanent bond.

2) What's a good set of files to get? I bought a set of three Army Painter brand files, but there isn't a particularly fine file in the set, so there are always scratches.

>>51979233
What are you ordering?
I'm contemplating a $300 order

>>51979380

20 assault marines, a bunch of night lord upgrade kits(FW and derpy GW), an Avenger strike fighter, bases, dragon wings for my wingless princes, special weapons, maybe more terminators and a helldrake.

I just don't know if I should. Buyer's remorse and I haven't even pulled the trigger lol. I feel like I want to put a bigger order in because free shipping at $150, and less than that cuts into the savings. I feel like an addict sometimes.

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>>51979430
>night lord

>>51979468
>shit posters have made even mentioning night lords fucking impossible without groans

I guess I'll just leave forever

>>51971086
>that Pokemon thing on its hoof

Christ

>>51970266
I cannot wait to see this

>>51979588
>it's fingernails
double christ

>>51976595
A mix of painting OSL (the light on the edges of the gun casing) and over-exposure of whites during photography.

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Big ass marines models are my fetish.

Someday I'll get the Forgeworld Imperial Marine.

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>>51974713
What I learned doing my first box of Sons:
Do the complete gold first - basecoat, layer, shade, neaten up layer, highlights, extreme highlights
Then fill in the blue panels including recess shade with Nuln Oil and highlights
If you're neat enough you'll only have to clean up a few occasional slips onto the gold, which is much easier than having to reapply recess shades and redoing the blue.

General tips: paint in subassemblies. Because I'm a lazy fuck I only left their right arms, including bolter and shoulderpad off, but it still allowed for access to difficult spots.

pic related: some of my sons

>>51979628
How have I never seen that before? I NEED IT.

>>51979628
>square base

How does WIP General deal with backlog stress? Sometimes when I want to paint I look at my gigantic stack of unpainted miniatures and lose all interest in painting. I am considering offloading some of my unpainted stuff just to reduce the stress.

>>51979986

Hey, it could be a pile of unassembled sprues instead.

>>51979986
Pack everything away except what you're going to be immediately working on. If you get halfway through and sideline it for something else, pack what you were previously working on away too. Out of sight, out of mind.

>>51979996
Some of it is.

>>51980001
Most of it is packed away, but when I still know it's all there, I guess.

>>51973392
that looks really good. needs some blood on a saw/saws

>>51979707
A++ would murder space woofs with

>>51975459
how'd you do that blood?

>>51979628
I rate skulls/10.

>>51980062
Just looks like Blood for the Blood God. Citadel technical paint.

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Tauanon from a thread or two ago here. Painted up a Shas'Vre for my crisis suit squad. Thoughts, guys? Where do I go from here?

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>>51980139
Also, just for shits and giggles here he is next to the last model I painted before starting on my SC Tau box.

>>51970370
Those are really cool actually, really brings out a spring motive!

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>>51970836
That plasma is just straight up sorcery.
Definitely Chaos approved!

>>51975199
Orks only believe that it works, so their stuff is working (but only for the Orks).

>>51980139
Looking great dude, what were you planning on doing with the base?

>>51975199
The entire Ork race is latently psychic. Individually, it doesn't do much, but when you have a lot of Orks in one place it starts to get strong enough to fuck with reality. The thing is, most Orks don't notice this because they're bloody stupid (I think Weirdboyz are the ones who've started to twig something is up) and jsut assume that the warped reality is how its suppsoed to be. This leads to them making bizarre collective decisions like "This gun works" and, well, the gun will work. There's an offhand comment in a codex somewhere about an Ork pistol that is literally a tube with a magazine attatched that still fired when an Ork used it. It's the same reason why the Warboss is always the biggest Ork; they assume that the top Ork is the biggest, so the collective power of the waaaagh! makes him bigger, thus cementing his position as the boss.

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>>51980172
Thinking of a jungle theme for these dudes, fluffed as being a Sept who got either warp-fucked onto or just left behind on a jungle planet, and are wandering around in increasingly busted-up and worn gear, looking for their buds.
Here's him with the rest of what I've painted from this box so far.

>>51980238
>blue fish people mysteriously end up in a jungle
>repaint their armor to match the jungle
>can't do touchups when their suits get scratched

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My Death Jester for my Ynnari army

>>51980249
Someone stole the paint

>>51980249
They were already that colour. They've been there for a while, and have more pressing concerns like not dying. The joints and other important bits are maintained over the paintwork.

>>51980253
And his guns. (Not really, just haven't decided on a loadout, might magnetised him. Any suggestions?)

>>51980251
Love the paint, but why is he shrugging?

>>51980327
>Wut rings u got mon'keihg

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>>51980327
>come at me

>>51980388
P-P-POWERSQUAT

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>>51980397
>So this is the power of the squat.
>Not bad, not bad at all.

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How am I doing? Does the skin tone look good?

>>51980388
Is that mini out of scale?

>>51980425
I like it but it's kinda looking grainy. The seam in the left arm and moldline on the right shoulder also kinda detract from it. What's your plan for the sword?

>>51980514
A red to black cross fade

>>51979707
Lovely stuff mate, what paints did you use to do the gold?

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>>51976475
nice china you have there m8

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Call me crazy, anons...
But would an Arioch Powerclaw be about the right size to use as a base for an imperial knight?

>>51979888

He is obviously an old school fantasy chaos figure.

>>51976475
If Z starts to ship stuff in ABS Plastic, I might actually bite the bullet, fuck me.

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>>51980476
are you memeing or do you not know

>>51980587
Not sure why he didn't clean those up

>>51980632

Ah yes, the Compensator Pattern Dreadnaught

>>51980151
>>51980139
Looking better so far! I would suggest adding a lighter color to go with all that green, now as a whole its very monotone, try squinting your eyes and see how well it reads. Maybe a light brown/grayish color? That could compliment the green really well and maybe make it pop out more.

>>51980778
Duly noted, anon!

>>51980560
Painted over black primer, in order:
Retributor armour base
Liberator Gold layer
Reikland Fleshshade wash
Liberator Gold layer, leaving out where the wash has settled
Runefang steel general and edge highlight
Stormhost silver extreme highlight
And in the end I went back and put a dot of wash around every rivet and painted the very tips of them with Stormhost

Basically a lot of (needless) extra work and effort that you can't see from farther than 10cm distance.

>>51980587
>he thinks forgeworld quality control is any better despite being twice the price or more

Hell the biggest problem the recasters have is having to repair the original parts first before they make their own moulds.

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>>51980852
>he thinks forgeworld quality control is any better despite being twice the price or more

You do realize of course, that if you find ANY imperfections on your models, other than mould lines, you can just write to FG and they'll send you new shit for free, right?

And yes, it's higher than chinaman, trust me.

>>51981248
>implying recasters don't do that
>implying FW thrives by word of mouth like recasters through a subreddit
>a subreddit where if someone says they were ripped off NOONE would buy from the recaster again
>implying recasters want bad reviews
I wouldn't feel as bad if I didn't see so many people with complaints even after they made a return. GW/FW/Citadel are all price gouging scum. It's a shame people don't see it or care

>>51981314
Let him buy legit FW if he wants to, I mean, c'mon. Somebody HAS to pay those prices so we can get sweet sweet recasts...

I only buy recasts for FW or otherwise horrendously priced minis

>>51981339
He's only buying it so he can say he's buying forgeworld with a chest full of air. That's all any autists pay these prices for.

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>>51981314
>>51981339
>>51981388
>not supporting the hobby like you should
>not having a proper job so you can afford the miniatures without having to buy cheap chinese recasts
>he's more money than me so he's an autist

You guys are something else, you know that?

>>51981314
actually no, recasters normally don't give a fuck about your imperfections unless tons of shit is warped.
>>51981438
personally, I only use recasters for getting lots of oop or exclusive models, and they're great for those.

>>51981438
this

I love how these retards compain about model pricing, but then pirate and undercut GW / FW, causing them to raise prices to offset the piracy.


>>51981464
this aswell, the only legit time to use a recaster is if the model is OOP/exculsive, you should only use them if you can not but it legitimately from GW

>>51981248
i had half a leg missing on one of my FW krieg engineers, didnt know this was a thing, ill keep it in mind.

>>51980476
here we go

>>51981464
>personally, I only use recasters for getting lots of oop or exclusive models, and they're great for those.
Same, I use them to buy some of the rarer mordheim stuff, as it can get ludicrously expensive

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Started work on my ArchMagos torso today since the bits arrived. How's that look? Planning to put a hood or some armor plates over that bald looking top.

Sorry for kinda shitty image but was hardly able to take one where you see it nicely otherwise.

>>51981438
I'm not giving Games Workshop $20 per Seraphim

>>51981438
I can't tell if this is /pol/ or true autism
>>51981464
>don't give a fuck
You're wrong though
>>51981478
>offset the piracy
Yeah, that's why their prices are so high. Know what you sound like? A victim of domestic abuse. You rationalize for these multi-million dollar conglomerates when they triple their MSRP while only having to adjust few costs. The value of the dollar, pound or euro didn't inflate to that degree nor does the cost of doing business. Especially not when their in store staffing is close to nil and battle bunkers absorb outliers.

>>51981591
In cases like that you should just call them, or send an email with a picture included, in most cases they'll just send you the entire order/unit again, and you get to keep the first one.

>>51981438
>>51981388
>>51980852
>>51980644
>>51980587


I do commissions on and off since college got really busy, I let people send in their own models to be painted rather than me buy and assemble it for an extra fee.

I always put in the condition i would never paint recasts of any sort, for the following reason.

I can not tell you how many times i got a shitty recast of a FW model or some GW hq. I could always tell wich recast came from who because how the general lack of quality and work put into these models

First off there a mold slips absolutely everywhere which is what this anon pointed out on the leviathan.>>51980587 They also cannot do straight lines for shit, which is why the gun barels are so fucking crooked and aspie looking

Also for anyone who has ever tried to get rid of mold lines on these things will get the unpleasent smell that is released by whatever chink plastic they use. It literally smells like someone dumped gasoline in your room everytime you cut off a little plastic

And the worst part is that any curved area has these little lines from when hte rescaster did not even feel like making a good curve, putting on paint just makes it more obvious

>>51981614
>what is overhead.

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>>51981614
>I can't tell if this is /pol/ or true autism

You're literally complaining about someone NOT buying illegal copies of gw's minis.

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>>51970987
>Will copper plated BBs work as paint bottle agitators?

Lissen ta >>51971042. Use glass beads.

>>51974021
Nice.

>>51981614
>You're wrong though
uh, no I'm not. maybe the one recaster you work with lets you exchange/return things with a few little issues, but ones like Z don't care at all if you have mold slips and shit like that, they'll tell you to fix it yourself (after having you wait 2-3 weeks because of how backed up they are with people ordering)
It's just how it is. They're a black market business, they expect people to be able to fix that stuff themselves.

>>51981646
>overhead
HERE WE GO
Come on man. Who are you trying to fool here. I have your opinion to many who say a recast from anywhere but some Russkie on ebay is equal to or greater than it's original counterpart.

>>51981614
Sure let's just not buy from GW then. I can't wait for Age of the Emperor.

>>51981718
>equal to or greater than it's original counterpart
>greater than it's original counterpart

Are you this deluded or just trolling?

>>51981614

>lmao, you actually care about supporting a company that releases a product you enjoy? Your just a sheep

>>51981614
kill yourself

>>51981743
Don't bother anon, it's obviously bait.

every fucking time, you get two camps
>hurr durr you should get recasted versions of everything, fuck supporting the company, lets just play their games, ive also never bought a videogame in my life, only pirated
>hurr durr lets support gw no matter what bullshit they fart out in our general direction, age of emperor is a-ok with me! net neutrality? why not get rid of it, it means that the companies will make more money and will support us more!

Oh man I didn't even realize what time it was, this is Euro time
Later shills

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>>51981801
fucking this

>Tfw your purple/gold trim CSM are basecoated blue/red
>Tfw they look like Chaos Ultrasmurfs and it makes me want to groan

I guess anything to break up the monotonous painting of Kroot and Gue'vesa

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Finished these babies, next is the crew, still waiting on the bases...

>>51981895
Looks great

>>51979707
o/

>>51970209
Don't have pictures right now, but only

20 dark angel shoulder pads and 5 cataphractii terminators away from having my dark Angels fallen army put together. Then just need to wait on cypher to drop for my LoW.

Also thinking about getting a spartan assault tank

>>51981895

This look absolutely snazzy, and it warms my heart to see you painting up your artillery pieces so nicely. The only other time I've seen these modern thudd guns was in some WAAC asshole's army at my FLGS where literally *everything* is unpainted just so he can get the most monstrous army on the table so he can win.

It's full of thudd guns and other Forge World-only artillery pieces that are not the Imperial Guard Codex.

>>51980821
Worth the work, I'd say. Looks spot on. Cheers

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>>51970209
Currently painting some blood angels to use in an allied detachment

Thoughts?

>>51976047
Kind of late, but for my heavy weapon marines, I magnetize at the shoulders. The two arms and weapon are glued as one piece.

>>51982273
Thanks man! Glad you like them, im debating over whether i should get a 3rd one, definitely gonna get couple medusas or something similar in addition.

>>51982292
how to take a photo in 3...2...1

>>51982381
Am a degenerate phone poster

Its also a lot darker but my phone over exposes it, what do you want from me

>>51982292
photography aside, it looks odd that only his head is yellow. Throw it in there more? maybe even hazard stripes for the chainsword.

>>51974949
Whats that from that models awesome.

>>51982381
It's better then half the shit on here.

>>51981464
yeaaaaah, no.
https://www.reddit.com/r/yoyhammer/comments/5wvtv1/discussion_improvements_in_casts/

>>51982732
literally one person, like I fucking said. try to get returns from Z or any other huge recasters and they'll say no 90% of the time unless its a massive issue.

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>>51982432
I try not to do anything fancy for infantry since im rather busy, i try not to spend more than 1 hour for ifantry mini

And i usually paint 3 at a time

One on the left needs a little more dhade in some areas and highlight and the right i startes 10 min ago

It was suggested I post this here:
Is /tg/ the best place (online) for a noob to go to to pick up 40k? I have a friend wanting to both learn to paint her guys, and play the game but she isn't 18 for the site wise rules.

Anyone know of other communities that are good?

She's not offendable, or afraid of mean ol internet weebs, just doesn't want to get banned.

>>51982292

Looks nice and tidy, but your red lacks intensity and looks pinkish in areas. Did you add white for the highlights? It might benefit from a glaze or something to beef it up a bit.

>>51982432

Yellow helmet is the BA standard for assault marines. He could do a kneepad too, I think the official scheme has something like that.

>>51982789
I see, its just the heads attract almost all of the attention.

>>51982732
>unless tons of shit is warped.
You're just proving his point.

>>51982779
So, whats stopping someone from buying a fuck ton of shit from some china recaster and just charging back after they get it? Like it's not hard to just go, oh well it's all recasts and I thought it was real, I'm not paying.

>>51982851
probably nothing, but recasters normally won't let you order a ton of shit all at once, and many don't even take new customers except a few times a year. They might tell other recasters as well about your info to put you on a blacklist.

>>51982873
Well I know what I'm doing now.

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>>51982816
Camera is ahit and over exposes the mini its actually a lot darker

Hoepfully this is a better pic

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>>51982949
Here I fixed it.

>>51983023
The new mag-boots are working perfectly.

>>51982816
>Yellow helmet is the BA standard for assault marines
you learn new shit every day, i only collect orks and DKOK