/WIP/ Work in Progress Thread

To start us off, does anyone have any ideas/images of good Cadre Fireblade kitbashes?

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dank memes you shall have

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>>52098224
another day a new pack

>>52098254
THIN YOUR PAINTS

>>52098414
what does he try to convey with that pose?

>xeons

>>52098224
Can someone post picture without text?

>>52098414
>retarded dog helm
Dropped

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>>52098224

>No Embeds
>No nothing
>No Duncan

>Citadel Painting Guides:
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/drb4mezm6792i/not_citadel_nothing_to_see_here


>Paint range compatibility chart across manufacturers
http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Paint_Range_Compatibility_Chart

>Painting guides, Uniforms & Heraldry books, Painting Videos, Visions, ebooks and White Dwarves:
+++[OFFLINE - CONTACT YOUR LOCAL TECH-PRIEST]+++

>Painting Videos only
https://mega.nz/#F!fkcliY4L!mhdmIs2lT3mFG3VwoLO8Qw
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https://mega.co.nz/#F!WUsUlSLb!556OumKLhusFd9Fw5dBMdA

>DIY Lightbox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyxzC5kqbyw

>DIY Spraybooth
http://www.starshipmodeler.com/tech/pa_booth.htm

>How to Moldlines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4LZ8iCSkeU

>Fuckin Magnets how do they work?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Tkw7ttTIo
http://www.miniwargaming.com/magnet-guide
http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/297605-tutorial-magnetisation/

>List of mini manufacturers for converting and proxy
http://pastebin.com/p6bVhGsg

>Stripping Paint
http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Dakka_Modeling_FAQ:_How_to_Strip...

>On the consequences of insufficient ventilation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_solvent-induced_encephalopathy
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg273.pdf

>>52098511

to be fair they're magnetised

what new shit you reckon they'll launch 8th edition with?

>>52098414
That's a n acceptable tabletop standard model.

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More work done on these lads.
Only got 'em at two colors right now and they're still blu-tacked together. Oh well, once I get the Leadbelcher on as my third color I'll have a nice tabletop standard!

Shitposting aside, the fucking Chaplain's arm won't stay on. Anyone else ever have their plastic glue just turn the whole site gummy? It's really annoying and I haven't figured out what causes it. The glue works fine most of the time, bu sometimes it just won't bond things and it just melts the whole contact site to gum.

>>52098685
scrape the gummy shit off, reglue and hold until it sets. Gummy means it didnt set right/completly

>WIP thread
Finally.

I've been working on my chapter's models for a bit now, making decent progress. I've only run into one issue so far- the chapter's Chaplains and Librarians are merged into a single position of Confessor. I'm just gonna run them as Librarians on the tabletop, but I'm looking at how to actually get that merged role across in the model without confusing people too badly. Right now I'm considering starting with a DA Interrogator Chaplain with symbols/etc filed off and both arms replaced, with a force stave and bolt pistol. That still seems very Chaplain-y to me, though, and if I'm running them as straight Librarians, well...

Any suggestions? All of my modeled force except one Techmarine is in Mk3 armor (I had Mk4 biker parts so I got the techmarine to match), so I'd like to stay a little consistent with that theme. FW pricing is no object.

>>52098759
Pay your models so we can get an idea of what you're going for.

>>52098774
>pay
I meant post your models.

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>>52098774
inb4 the same guy that complained the first time I posted this complains again
I've only got the one completed/painted model right now, everything else is either in the mail or in varying states of assembly/priming. Shoulderpads here actually need to be repainted once I decide whether I want to keep them black or go to green. I'm going for a sort of "knight in shining armor" aesthetic with them; bright Leadbelcher with a lighter touch of Nuln than usual, gold trim, etc. Drawing from Celtic mythology a bit in chapter background, including Arthurian myth. Other aesthetic draws, more evident on incomplete models, are elements of Taghmata Mechanicum and other 30k artifacts, plus a small dose of metalworking in the rank names and the vehicles.

Yes, it probably looks like Iron Warriors; I'd say it looks a little closer to Mk3 Astral Claws.

>>52098774
>Pay your models so we can get an idea of what you're going for.
Sorry, I meant:
>post your models so we can laugh at them.

>>52098866
Kek, that's utter shit, barely tabletop minimum, strip and try again.
You fags really need to learn basic painting before trying to take on big boy projects.

>>52098672
someone with the ability ought to do some corresponding purity seal/stamp image

>>52098866
>completed/painted

that's at best a base coat.

>>52098565
If you wanted it done right, you should've done it. What a tabletop standard post.

>>52098511
GIVE ME A HUG!

How do I thin my paints properly? It ended up at 90% water and didn't stick to the model.

>>52099003
Believe it or not, it actually does have a wash on the Nuln parts, and this is after trying a Reikland Fleshshade wash on the gold and seeing it not look all that great. Highlights, still not great at without totally fucking up the model, so I haven't gone for them on this one yet, barring the sword.

Is it great, nah. Am I a great painter in the first place? Also nah.

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Moar dank memes for the dank meme god

>>52099032
test it on the palette first. If it's disintegrating immediately you've gone too far.

>>52099037
Well i don't see it. At least wash around the bolts. And i'd go with agrax for the gold.

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>>52098224
Progress of my rubric Marine, also nicknamed TOM by anon.

>>52099120
That is a fine AF loincloth anon

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>>52099063
My personal favorite, even if it isnt wip related

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>>52099120

>>52099120
You should make his head interchangable.

>>52099104
Fair enough. I'll end up redoing the wash before I go back and highlight.

Still, I'm not trying to make it about my paintjob, I posed a modeling question. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to dodge criticism- I post here and not on the other 40k fora because y'all actually do criticize and not sugarcoat. But that model isn't what I'm looking for feedback on.

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>>52099063

>>52098565

Why the fuck do you even need all that shit

Newfags don't even use it

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>>52099148
Not my area but I'm with the other guy. Run before you can walk or learn the rules before you start breaking them.

Having said that, what about iconography from Celtic Christianity?

>>52098685
Don't use plastic glue you dumb hobbybabby?

>dumbasses posting about how much better plastic glue is
>OH NO I CANT REMOVE THIS PART FOR RE-USE
>OH NO I CANT BUILD NON PLASTIC MODELS
>OH NO THE GLUE WENT GUMMY

>>52099008
>No love

>>52099382
Im just pissy cuz i couldn't find the links and im a dirty phoneposter

>>52099279
Is there anything that can dissolve superglue without dissolving the plastic around it like acetone?

>>52099452
apparently it turns brittle if you freeze it

>>52099452
This >>52099475

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>>52098969

>>52099564
He looks kinda like he's asking for or about to give a hug

>>52099586
he got decent tabletop standard approved and can be happy with his lot

>>52099564
>apporved

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Blending orange is a bitch. Adding depth to black skin sucks. Why did I choose this god damned color scheme. Oh well. Better than my old work and its the best I can do on the road.

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>>52099625
Welcome to 4chan.

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It's been awhile and had to take a break from painting. But I got back working on my Baal Pred today and got the main gun done. All I need to do now is finish up the Marine using the mounted Storm Bolter and complete the Heavy Bolter Sponsons. Also no clue why it looks so dusty in the pic.

>>52100051
Oh hey dude. I remember giving you pointers and shit a few weeks ago. I know how it can feel for a model to inexplicably look dusty as shit, but ignoring that it looks pretty solid. Your work on the lenses is fucking top tier. It looks beat to fuck, so if that's what you're going for, you achieved it.

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First attempt with an airbrush. This is much harder than I thought. I really don't understand how people achieve that crazy color depth. Also any tips for keeping the highlight from looking so powdery and dull? It was menoth white highlight at it's brightest.

Please ignore the mold lines, this was a free marine a shop owner gave me to practice the airbrush on.

>>52100266
Thanks a lot dude. It feels good hearing that but still have a ways to go. I want to fix up them lights, they look off. But I figured out why it looks dusty. I used a sponge to lightly press on some Burnt Umber and Leadbelcher for the chipping effect. Turns out the light reflected off the tiny dots of Leadbelcher and gave it that weird dust effect.

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>>52098672
>>52098958
>>52099008
meme's

>>52099564
"I once sucked a dick thiiiiiiis big"

>>52100333
Makes sense. I had a similar problem with the interior of my chimera. It was a little more extreme since the interior was basecoated black. Would always do double-takes thinking I got white on it somehow.

I see what you mean on the lights. They're a little flat. Personally I haven't actually dealt with that style of light, so I'm not really sure what to say there, other than maybe try another sort of geming lens effect for each of the individual sections separated by the metal cage.

Beyond that my only criticism is that an off-white or grey color for the highlights on a solid red like that makes it look sort of... worn, to me. In the sense that the actual model is worn. It's probably just personal taste, since I know other people highlight in that sort of way.

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>>52100481
I dry brushed the highlights with Kindleflame. I see what you mean about it looking off but it's cause of the really shitty lighting. I tried to take a better pic to show this. I really need to make my own light box and get a program to adjust the light of my photos.

>>52100733
>sidewaysphonepic.jpg
>How am i doing so far? 1/2
Message deleted, no repost, only 1/2. Man this anon reeeeaaaaaly didn't like fucking up.

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>>52101067
bruh, i was busy. Anywho, how'd I do?

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>>52101085
>Zeke pt 2 electric boogaloo

>>52101085
i dont know, photo so big i cant put the whole thing on a monitor

>>52101085
>>52101098
Looks good enough for table top quality. That Dark Angels symbol on his left pauldron looks hand panted, really nice. Some of the pant in some areas looks too thick and you could of made for some brighter contrast in the cloth. Not bad though.

Next time reduce the size of the image by half. No need to have a 1mb image.

>>52098224
So I'm really interested in Tzeentch and the Thousand Sons and I think I want to collect them.

Which daemons are good to start with? I asked about Tzaangors and Rubric Marines last thread but didn't get any replies. GW had a video on Rubric Marines and they seemed kind of hard, but the Tzaangor one was just the flesh and not the other parts.

Also are there Khornegors, Nurglegors, or Slaaneshgors as well? Didn't find any of them on GW website.

>>52101085
>>52101098
Robes look like they could use another coat of the pre-wash color on the raised areas, especially with that patch on top of the hood that didn't get washed. I'd go around the rune thingy on his force sword with either a thinned black or nuln oil to clean it up. Ad some lighter silver to the gold you used and use the mix to highlight his sword and his Librarium skulls.
And if you've got access to some brush-on primer or gesso, hit up his left foot with it and cover that patch of bare metal. From my experience that usually came from holding the mini and my thumb rubbing shit off while painting, so I'd advice getting some Blue-Tak or similar sticky putt and sticking the mini to a wine or champagne cork so you can hold onto that instead.

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>>52101140
>>52101120
My b on the resolution thing, and thanks, freehanding the insignia was a real bitch

>>52101226
oh shit, didn't even notice that

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>>52101240

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I finally managed to paint eyes that don't look like retarded googly eyes or have big splotches on the eyelids.
Also, I have apparently inspired people at my store to start painting their stuff rather than just leaving it unpainted. Feels good man.

>>52101493
Lets just get it out of the way...

>1.07 MB
Go into Paint, click the resize button on the upper left side. With Percentage selected, reduce the image by at least 50%

>Blurry.
Does your camera or phone have auto-focus? If yes, use it.

Besides it being a bury fucking image Eyes look good.

>>52099705
What minis are those, anon? Looks interesting

>>52101536
Yeah sorry about the blur, my phone's camera is a fucking shit.
Thanks though, feels good to be painting again and actually doing more than just basecoating.

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Just finished assembling my last few marines and now I can't decide what chapter I want them to be. I'm torn between two chapters: Scythes of the Emperor, and Lamenters.
While I love the former's paint scheme, the latter's fluff is probably my favorite out of any chapter
What do?

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The model's growing on me, in all his armless glory.

>>52102545
Is he monopose? My main gripe is how the ab-armour feels really misaligned with the groin and chest pieces.

>>52102545
wings are technically arms too
don't disrespect majestic rowboat rex

A question WIP, If i put Ironbreaker heads onto phoenix guard do you think it would look alright?

>>52102858
no

>>52102864

Why? I would hear your reasoning. And are there any head you would recommend that aren't dildos with wings then?

Any idea on what to drybrush an Iron Hands vehicle with? I'm going for a blue/black look.

>>52102885
No matter the color, vehicles should always be drbrushed with Iron Breaker or Stormhost Silver.

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Pretty much done with my first rubric marine. Still need todo highlights and stuff, but really proud of what I did with him.

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>>52102885
Dark reaper and then a very light ThunderhawkBlue.

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The first of my Chaos Dwarf Blood Bowl team. I'm aiming for a classic GW bright look.
Yet to varnish and flock. Tips and comments please..

>>52102465
>Assembling before painting
I did this with my first batch. Never again. I don't care how fiddly it can be mounting everything on toothpicks or whatever but never will I assemble something before painting again

>>52102545
Now i understand they used Emperor's face for model instead of Forge World Guilliman.

>>52102465
You're gonna be happier if you clean up those moldlines and other bits of flash, anon.

I want to build a brush rack from spare sprue frames, so should it hold them vertical or horizontal? I always thought vertical was the way to go, but I recently saw vertical ones...

>>52102545
I saw him unpainted for the first time yesterday and neither the pose nor the armor look as bad now. I think it's actually a fine model on par with the FW version.

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>>52099130
>>52099144
>>52099142
thank you anons! :D

why interchangable? I got plenty of them to paint after all. I am trying to replicate the marine from the index astartes article as closely as possible with the contents of the TS kit.

I'll try to finish the helmet tomorrow alongside the shoulder pads. The backpack's are a pain in the ass tought.

>>52100273
You have to glaze/wash it to bring the colors together. Then edge highlight. Boom you're done.

Friends and I looking to paint our first models, got a basic set of paints and a couple of brushes. I've heard that there are guides or tutorials one should peruse before starting- Does anyone have some good resources for noobs they'd be willing to share?

>>52103525
warhammer tv on youtube

>>52102723
Yeah, he seems to be. You'll need to do a fair amount of sawing to fix those abs. The head assembly slots firmly into place as well so you'll need to file down the edges if you want him looking another way.

There's conversion potential, but you'll have to work for it. Arms are ostensibly mono pose too, but socketed so you can file and pin them if you're that way inclined.

>>52103294
I feel you. I remember seeing a model with large portions of the trim painted blue as well, which looked way less garish. Might replicate, but I'll see how he looks primed, first.

Oh, and big E's sword is a single piece with the hand sculpted to the grip. Easy fix with a file and some work, if you wanted to use it for conversions or buy a recast of the piece

>>52102960
looks super good anon

definetly would be my choice of army if I went full traitor, they have so much swag. I'm only half traitor so i play DAngles

>>52103684
Funny

Not the Anon you're replying to, but I've been playing DA for years and Sons made me go full traitor.

>>52103702
I get the feel both armies are something weird inside the Imperium and Chaos.
Sons are traitor by necessity and they are more or less reasonable.
Some of the DA successors seem more level-headed that 99% of the Imperium (mainly Guardians of the Covenant which I play, and Angels of Redemption).
Fallen are the inbetween.

I wish I could ally them or something. Sons deserve redemption.

>>52098224
>boy
>giving a shit about painting dumb crap and not playing Call of Duty all day

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Only the claws left to paint so this is near enough finished. Bought some tamiya clear red yesterday so my next foray into candy red, this being my first try at it, will be a bit better.

>>52103968
looks pretty good anon, would blast of the skies with my AA/10

>>52103968
I still say that the armorpanels could do with a nuln recess wash

>>52100273

You're using the wrong blues and not spraying the brighter colors long enough you dummy.

Don't use your actual color to do zenithals and pre-shading, do that with black and white before spraying blue.

>>52104009
That shouldn't be too difficult for me to do still. Layer brush is preferable for recess wash right?

I'll do a test panel somewhere less visible now

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>>52102545

To fight monsters, we created monsters.

>>52101536

At this point, I'll take anything under 1.5 MB, because dumbass faggots still post sideways 6 MB jpgs.

I hope 40k is still around whenever I have enough money to start a proper army and enough space to have a proper workshop/modelling area. I still dream of properly building a fully painted green tide.

>>52104039
yeah, fine detail brush and carefully put a good, dark line of nuln on the insides. Hell you could even trace them with pure black.

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I need an opinion on how this weapon loadout looks. Does it look good or is it too much? Considering just going for one plasma on each arm.

>>52104009
>>52104039
>red and bronze

Don't use Nuln Oil you idiots use Agrax Earthshade, Seraphim Sepia, or some other company's brown wash.

>>52104119
It's too much. If you could condense it down, either by removing all space between the barrels and/or moutning them atop one another, it'd look better.

>>52104121
I already washed underneath the red with Agrax, I'd half assumed that it would have just shown through

>>52098511
smash enemy's head between hand and gun

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I just want to find some imperial guard models with proper discipline.

>>52099279
>oh no I can't decide what to put on my model and I'm too dumb to magnetize
>oh no I cant physically own two different types of glue
>oh no I'm too retarded to apply glue properly

How do you breathe?

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>>52101210
I'm actually painting this same model now and on my test guy (a deathwatch vet) I did what duncan suggested in his vid to spruce up the deathwatch arm: a glaze of guilliman blue thinned with lahmian medium on the raised areas ends up looking very nice.

I'll try and post pictures tomorrow, I just wanted to pass on that tidbit.

>>52098511
>what does he try to convey with that pose?
you should have respected my authority!

>>52104194
tabletop
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>>52102545
he looks bigger/taller than a normal marine, but hes wearing regular marine armor? not even terminator ?

>>52104194
solid.

how did you do the bases?

>>52104119
I'd really recommend attaching the middle of the apparatus to the hand, it's a neat look but too lopsided at the moment.

Some other angles might be useful to see too, like the point where the two rifles meet.

>>52098685
what are these, terminator models? They look fucking retarded

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>get back into 40k after long hiatus
>all my paints are dry
>all my brushes are frayed
>cant find any palettes
>cant find mouldline remover
>attempt to paint a tactical marine with what I have left
>hands shake
>paint is thick
>realize my miniatures are all terribly painted the only difference is now I browse /tg/
>prospect of how many tools and paints I have to buy sets in

>>52104230
I think they're from 30k. I think they're called capractii terminators

post the podcasts you listen to while painting your dudes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAQ8YwyGn-s

>>52104230
Cataphractii terminators, do you even LORE

>>52104261
I think the guy is a complete retard but this shit is so compelling

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Touched up my Space Wolves Contemptor-Mortis Class Dreadnought a little bit.

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>>52104342

>>52104342
I honestly think he could do with brighter and more clearly defined edge highlights.

>>52102545
I want to buy Rowboat and paint him in old school way, with bright red weapon and yellow trims. Not forgetting puke green base rims.

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>>52104348

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I swear to god there's something about metal models that makes my paint go on thicker than on plastic. I feel like I've ruined both my canoness and these heavy bolters. Probably gonna have to buy new ones next time I make an order.

>>52104194
Mirin that perfect tone of blue.

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Dark Demon from the Conan boardgame by Monolith.

>>52104358
I prefer it to look more gritty.

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>>52104363
>>52104363
2/3
I wanted to paint this whole army really well but currently it's looking like low tabletop standard even for me.

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>>52104373

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>>52104235

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>>52104374
I might have put the primer on too thick too, I guess. Of course it doesn't help that I lost my fucking detail brush and completely ruined the detail on the gun.

>>52101545
lizardmen with space marine shoulder pads you fuckin retard

>>52104363
>metal models
>gonna have to buy new ones
The best thing about metal models is that they are easy to strip. One of the reasons (aside from rising metal prices) GW moved away from them is probably the huge second hand market due to this.
Anyway. Just strip them if you are unhappy.

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>>52104383

>>52104373
Well, to each his own, I say. I like my stuff with strong highlights.

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First mini I've finished (outside of finishing the base) in well over a year . Didn't want to spend to long on it since Finecast ate most of the details anyway.

>>52104322
once youve listened to a couple episodes you start to understand him and he actually makes sense

>>52104214
Primarchs get custom armor anon.

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>>52104491
Are you meming or did the gay frogs get you?

>>52104465
jesus chinese recasts are regularly better quality than that.

>>52104565
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1930658.stm

>>52104639
I know it's a real thing. Just meming, anon.

>>52098511
He's secretly an Ameri-Marine and just couldn't hold it in any longer.

>>52104672
you are the resistance

>>52104194
AWOOOOOOOOOOOO

Nicely done but those models are barely saved by your paintjob.

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Just finished building a Sentinel
squad.

Gonna clean and base them later.

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>>52104624
Yeah, these Warp(ed) spiders are the reason I refuse to buy any Finecast models anymore. What a complete mess.

Model #2 this year is already looking a lot better.

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Vanquisher, fuck you Tau

>>52104194
ok tabletop standard, nothing more

>>52103092
Do they still glue together if they've got paint on them?

>>52103226
I know, I've still got a bit of work to do. I just want to figure out the paint scheme.

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1500 points of freshly built Custodes. Cleaning and basing soon.

Literally 18 models total. Holy shit best and weirdest army ever. I'm so glad I got back into the game for this.

>>52104388
I don't know if there's actually anything wrong with your paint; some of those older GW metals don't look nearly as good with the nostalgia goggles off (I'm noting the detail looks fine on the ammo feed and her pauldrons). It could be you just got a pull from the end of the mold's life and the gun details are just naturally sort of soft.

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>>52104872
Maybe so, but I've gotta say the Vallejo Game colours I have leave a fucking horrible finish. It's thick, rubbery and sometimes even glossy. No such problem with my GW or Tamiya paints.
Anyway, I think I'll wait on continuing until I get smaller brushes.

>>52104261
https://youtu.be/ZTbkHTE4Jmo
I got a really tiny dick

>>52099133
this is a fucking masterpiece

>Oh man I'll finally get outside and prime all these Calth marine torso/legs I put together
>FUCKING BLIZZARD

Fuck my shit up, nature.

What colors act as a good wash for white? Regular old black or something else?

>>52099452
methylated spirits does afaik, doesn't harm plastic and strips paint fairly well.

>>52099452
If it's CA glue simple green/super clean will do it. If it's polyurethane (yellow and foamy) you'll need to stick it in superclean for a week or so.

>>52101545
The 6 at the top are Lizardmen Saurus. The next row down are Lizardmen Skinks. The single one at the bottom is The Saurus Oldblood that rides the Carnosaur.
The Saurus are all sporting Space Marine Pauldrons turned sideways it looks. The Skinks all have Tyranid Gaunt bits on their shoulders.

Looks like a Blood Bowl team considering the composition, so the Oldblood is pretending to be a Kroxigor.

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If I'm going to paint Scythes of the Emperor, do I prime black and add yellow or prime yellow and add black?

>>52105109
Brush on primer or slightly thinned Gesso can help with that fellow cold weather anon. Takes a bit longer than just spraying but at least you can keep working.

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>>52104373

I like your stuff mate, some of the Conan stuff I think you posted last thread would fit with stuff like the Albion Fen Beast.

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>>52098545
>Can someone post picture without text?
I'm sorry your bubble doesn't work, anon.

>>52105347
Strictly speaking it's easier to paint dark colours over light ones, so I guess prime yellow first. If you're going to do a lot of layering anyway, though, it doesn't particularly matter.

>>52105109
Just open a fucking window and spray into a cardboard box. That shit isn't going to kill you, just hold your breath and take some deep huffs of fresh air if you are so bothered. Still remember the days of smashing up aesbestos with kitchen towels wrapped around our faces for the fortune the council was willing to pay.

>>52105456
And that lung fibrosis caused by asbestos is the reason why you can't run for more than 2 minutes straight. Also, great job equating two almost entirely unrelated health hazards.

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>>52105347
My nigga. I've wanted to paint these guys for a while, but i hate Ultras so much, theyre offspring even angers me, and i only have MK3 marines

>>52105347
Prime the torso white seperately. Easy as that

>>52105505
Oh so THAT'S why my lung capacity is shit. Even though I never inhaled asbestos, only paint fumes.

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Painting an excelsior warpriest for a local contest lol.
I participated just for fun and also because the contest costs 12 dollars and even if you lose you get to keep the mini.

I tried aiming for a moon design which emitted light on the cloak, sadly when tracing the border some of the paint formed clots to the left.

Keep in mind it's my 9th miniature ever, and I painted almost only skeletons until now.

>>52105545
Nah. The solvent fumes are the reason why you just can't seem to grasp seemingly simple concepts - or even remember them a day later.

>>52105532
> i hate Ultras so much

The next few weeks on /wip/ will probably be bad for you then

>>52105551
is that the silver tower KANG?

>>52105567
...I've ruined my life

>>52105601
It's the price we pay for our sweetass little plastic army men

>>52104244
>>52104266
They're Tartaros pattern, not cataphractii,.
More curves, different pauldrons.

>>52105630
>Curvy terminators
unffffff

>>52105643
They're in the Prospero box for now, but go on general release on the 18th.

>>52105551
That's a good price for that mini, what was the competition? Could thin your paints a little more

>>52104194

Solid job. Really gets to show how much a paintjob can do to make the models come alive. And don't take to much in the negative feedback on /tg/, most people here are the tryhammers that never really play or paint anyway (you know the neckbeards that always brings unpainted models to the table, and always use proxy...).

>>52104194
those'll look good on the tabletop

>>52104194
tabletop!

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>>52104050
>To fight monsters, we created monsters.

We are cancelling the Apocalypse!

>>52105357
Thanks. I rather like the old school basics.

>>52103062
Looks nice enough as-is. If you're going for the classic retro GW style you need to use inks for shading and colour depth. I'd also suggest making the yellow a more vibrant shade and using an orange-red on the gloves instead of brown. The nose and teeth look nice and the beard is acceptable if a little drab.

>>52104465
Is wish they release updated versions of spiders and scorpions

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>>52105347
>If I'm going to paint Scythes of the Emperor, do I prime black and add yellow or prime yellow and add black?

I would prime black.

>>52105544
>Prime the torso white seperately. Easy as that

This lad is on the right track. Prime the model black, then paint a thin coat of white over the parts that will become yellow. That's what I did, and it worked out OK. You can see here between the third and fourth shot of the model how I changed my mind, deciding the greaves should be yellow after all.

>>52105135
Forgeworld recommends a mixture of Nuln Oil, Drakenhof Nightshade, Lahmian medium and water (1:1:1:1) for white, specifically world eaters. I tried it on some Sigmarines and it looks pretty nice. I'd post pictures but my internet has gone to shit and the engineer isn't coming till Monday. Off topic but fuck BT, never go with them as your broadband provider.

>>52105584
Yeah, i know. Im hoping The Fallen will draw a bit of attention off the Rowboat and Frands.

I guess I'll just have to kick painting my Tau up a notch, fight Bluebys with Bluebys

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>>52105718
I wonder if there's a chance we'll get rules for them in 40k.
They put rules for the unique BaC units in Angels of Death and had datasheets for the talons of the emperor from BoP, but seemed to forget about the tartaros terminators.

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>>52104373

There is a clear difference between flat and gritty.
As >>52104358 mentions, your dread looks "dull" in lack of a better term. See, our goal as hobbyists is to give life to the miniatures we paint. We achieve this by adding depth and highlights, and by doing so we enhance the features of said model.
That being said, painting flat dark colors on its own has nothing to do with looking grimderp and gritty. This is what you use weathering to achieve.

>>52105884
Are you literally me? I am currently trying to phase all of the metal and finecast out of my armies, but I'm stuck with these fucked Warp Spiders and metal Scorpions, which look good but are heavy and chip easily.

>>52105594
Yes
>>52105722
A month to paint a silver tower hero.
I know I fucked up, that was the paint clotting up when I was drawing the moon's border.
Also fug the cloak's shoulder area lost some paint today.

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Finally finished my army today.
Will post the ones you guys haven't seen.

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>>52106434

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>>52106448

Guys, I need a helmet for my terminator captain. Any suggestions in wich box I could get a leftover one?

>>52106049
I guess that I will consider it. I just don't like spending a lot of time on a single mini.

>>52106472
http://www.bitzbox.co.uk/index.php/space-marines-terminators-c-23_27_59

>>52106586
Thx man, really helpful!

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>>52106434
>>52106448
>>52106461
10 out of fucking 10 m8 came buckets

Seriously though, superb shading, lovely clean paintjob and really nice dirt and dust effects.

The only thing I have issues with is pic related. Maybe it's the angle, or the lighting, but his skin doesn't look to be on the same level as everything else. And something looks off about those cables in his head, like they haven't been shaded. But again, it could just be the picture.

>>52106434
Out of curiosity, which colors did you use for the main body? Looks good. My only gripe would be the mold line on the right gun.

>>52106434
>>52106448
>>52106461

if there's such a thing as looking too good then these are guilty of it.

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>>52106830
Here's another angle from an earlier WIP pic of his head. IDK if it looks different to u here. I think I just suck at painting flesh.

>>52106830
base VGC golden yellow
highlight 1 VGC moon yellow
highlight 2 1:1 VGC moon yellow + off white
shadows 1:1 VMA burnt umber + glaze medium

>>52104849
>mfw my custodes dread is in the mail and I'm working on my 1850 custodes list.

How was the dread to put together anon, it looks good.

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>>52098254

>>52106882
Fucking ace, thanks for that. I will have to try that myself if I ever get around to Fists.

>>52104465
Paint your basing material, crop and rotate your pictures.

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>>52106461
>tfw after years of painting you've finally reached a level when you're genuinly happy with your miniatures
>the only thing you have to do now is to sit down and paint shit
>can't find the right motivation

Thank anon, it's pictures like this one that give me just the right push to grab the brush again.

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>>52105456

>>52104179
>>52104197
>hell march intensifies

>>52107056
I find podcasts and audiobooks really help me to paint for long periods of time.
My current go-to's are the TRS podcasts and Horus Heresy series audiobooks.

>>52106022
they are just terminator rules in 40k, no sweeping advance. Scarab occult have tartaros and they obviously can't sweeping advance, and in WD they said it's just an alternative mark in 40k.

>>52104235
this happened to me summer last year. I spent a lot.

>>52107253
>I find podcasts and audiobooks really help me to paint for long periods of time.

this

>>52107294
Should also say I regret nothing.

>>52104798
Very nice to see the classic Tau scheme.

>>52104363
For the love of the Emperor, DRILL YOUR BARRELS!

>>52106461
A nice looking army, congrats. Are you selling it or keeping it? I'm not sure the osl works very well, it just seems too obviously airbrushed and needs more thought and I'm not a fan of the cork board under the bases, but the infantry look really nice.

>>52107379
But that shit's hard, especially on metal models

>>52106461
you mind giving a breakdown of how the infantry outfitting is organised?

Could a Mutalith work as a chaos spawn or is it too big? I hate the spawn models but need at least a couple of them

>>52107421
Way too big, I'm afraid. Spawn are 40mm bases. You can jsut make your own out of spare parts.

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>>52107421
Get a box of crypt horrors and convert them, not only do you get a better deal on your moneys worth, they just look better.

Heres one I did a while ago.

>>52107380
Keeping. I do feel like I messed up the headlight OSL on the razorback. Will redo that eventually. I'm happy with the Land Raider tho. Cork is life tho.

>>52107405
Skyhammer Annihilation formation
Strike Force Ultima formation

>>52107421
You could use it as the Giant spawn from IA 13

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Finished my bestigors today, what do you guys think?

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>>52107633
And here is another picture of them.

>>52107633
pic is focused on the guy on the left only

>>52107650
needs more highlights

>>52098511

"I am singing in the STEEL RAIN..."

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I've finally figured out the paint-scheme I'm going to use for my Steel Confessors. This marine on my right is my go-to scheme now, as he looks and feels very satisfying. I based the scheme off of a picture of their golden-daemon winning chapter master. And although I don't have the skills to freehand such delicate iconography on their armour, I can still use the colour set. What do you guys think?

> Prime in Chrome
> Wash everything but the pauldrons with Drakenhof Nightshade
> Zandri dust and castellan green on the pauldrons
> Highlight pauldrons with Ushbati Bone and Loren Forest
> Seraphim Sepia on the pauldrons
> Highlight rest of the model with stormhost silver.
> Eye sockets are done with the red gemstone, and then nuln oil gloss.

CLEAR PLASTIC.

How well does it paint? any interesting effects that can be made?

>>52107911
looks like shit m9

>>52107911
That's pretty much a babby's first Iron Warriors scheme. It's boring and lacks any points of interest . you need to add some more variety because as it is it just looks like you dunked the model in two washes and then drybrushed it silver.

Try again.

Also,
>MkVIII torso with MkVI head.
Disgusting.

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Painted all the badguys from the board game Mansions of Madness 1st Edition.

>>52108080
> It looks like you washed the model and drybrushed silver
Layering silver senpai, LIGAF if you don't like it, I enjoyed painting this.

If you're going to just insult someone's models, try posting your own. Your opinion literally doesn't matter on someone else's painting skills unless you have the skills to back up your own shit.

Whats with this tabletop standard meme

I thought tabletop was 3 colors and thats it

>>52108122
>Your opinion literally doesn't matter on someone else's painting skills unless you have the skills to back up your own shit.
haha

>post asking for feedback
>gets prett tame negative feedback
>screams_Autistically.wav

the memes

>>52098565

someone has the Ironjawz's Painting Guide?

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>>52107981
Not sure how well it paints but you can make some awesome stuff with it. Check out some of the Malifaux models that have been clear plastic

>>52107981
I don't know about what you need to do to prime it, but Pledge Future/Klear floor polish can make it shine like glass.

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>>52108199

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half way through, ive decided that Valkyries are spectacularly boring to paint

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>>52108122
>If you're going to just insult someone's models, try posting your own. Your opinion literally doesn't matter on someone else's painting skills unless you have the skills to back up your own shit.
>"hurr you can't critique my models unless you're a golden daemon winner"

Sure m8, I'll bite your b8, seeing as you seemingly can't take criticism with a sprinkling of snark.

Here's one of my latest dudes, tear it apart.

Please don't be angry at everything, it's bad for your health.

>>52108162
This is absolutely beautiful. I need more.

>>52108235
Be thankful they're only epic scale dude.

>>52104322
What is scary is more and more things he and David Icke say are being revealed as truth. The whole Smart tv thing with the CIA able to monitor you? David Icke stated that a couple of years back

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>>52108199

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>>52108122
>layering silver
Great fucking layering.
Learn to take critisism asshole.
I someone tells you your "layering" looks like an uneven drybrush, then MAYBE you need to work on your layering.

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First o' me Stormboys

>>52108122
>Asking for advice and opinion
>I DONT GIEF A FAAACK REEE

Truly a manbabby

>>52108162
>>52108209
Hmmm, interesting!
I took some dummy lenses from my work at an optician laboratory, they're just clear sheets of thin solid plastic, I'm thinking I might be able to make some kind of nice refractor field effect for the base.

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Finished my lieutenant

>>52108393
Ah, c'mon, that's unfair to drybrushing.

He's just smeared on some paint with a matchstick or something. Maybe a badly worn old silver paint pen for the "edge" highlights.

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Has anyone had any encounters with Wargame exclusive models? are they any good to paint? there are so few painted model photos.

>>52107911

I have an easy trick to make the steel parts look nicer, without having to do stupid shit like clean up the Drakenhof Nightshade where it gets swirly because it pooled over flat surfaces.

Either use Forge World's Grey Knight Silver paint which is literally a silver paint that also looks very slightly blue like 'Eavy Metal's GK models have, or gloss varnish after the silver stage. The gloss method will work even better if GW releases a Gloss Drakenhof Nightshade.

After you achieve a cleaner blue-steel look, you can experiment with making the models more interesting by layering other silvers on top, drybrushing with Necron Compound or another silver, or experimenting with Agrax Earthshade before or after the blue wash.

If the goal is to have a blue steel look and not just blue shadows on the silver, I highly recommend FW's Grey Knight Silver or swapping out Drakenhof Nightshade for Guilliman Blue glaze.

We really seem to have acquired some nasty pieces of work, lately.

>>52108290
its an ok table top quality, i guess
nothing special

>>52108505
I like it, the eyes turned out nicely

>>52108397
I'd slap some yellow on the "teeth" on the right (for us, his left) choppa. Those are things that should stand out rather than fade back, so your accent color will probably serve better than a plain black.

You should work on painting neater. The metal on the blade there doesn't reach the hilt, the "teeth" in front of the grot are likewise only partially painted, plenty of silver stains on the ork's left hand.

Dark red lenses for the ork's goggles perhaps? The yellow cap kinda overpower them, and we want attention to the eyes.

Still, a decent enough overall impression. The flaws feel mroe like specific issues holding things back than parts of an overall "meh".

>>52108505
I like the face.

Pants are ok.

Coat needs work.

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How do I varnish?

How do I Varnish models that have already been flocked? Brush only?

Heard some horror stories about spray varnish so I was looking to avoid it anyway.

>>52108290
I think it's been washed too much, that works ok for the gold but looks pretty jarring on the red sections. Also consider making the eyes a little brighter

>>52108601
Brush it on anon. For stuff you want matte, use matte varnish, for stuff you want super glossy use ard' coat. Theres also like semi-gloss for an inbetween. You don't have to be that careful so using a big brush is fine.

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Just finished a squad of salamanders. How's the freehand ?

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>>52106481

Whats the hurry? You will keep those same minis for the next 20 years if taken care of. And how will you advance as a painter unless you push yourself to spend more time per model, to get the look that you like?

You have a concept, a theme of "dark and gritty". I say go with that idea! Check out tutorials on how to do weathering, painting on how to achieve a good highlight/shade without making it look cartoony and so on. Always strive to get better anon.

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Damnation, wrong pic

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>>52098254

>>52108713
>sideways photo
>mold line on backpack
>missed spots on the gold trim

What freehand?

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Current desk pile waiting to be worked through for hinterlands.

>tfw want a free Sigmarine from GW to see what the new stuff is like
>can't be bothered to sit through the painting lesson/sales pitch

>>52108713
>>52108848
Your freehand is solid. Attention to detail in other areas of the model would be great though.

>>52108855
Can you post the actual non black and white versions so I can see the details please? I can't see shit here

>>52108601

Don't use shit spray brands like Citadel Purity Seal or Armory

Don't spray like a retard when it's raining or the air is fucking 99% humidity

Usually people flock AFTER varnishing, but if it's already flocked you can try lighter varnish coats aimed above knee level, or try to mask off the flocked base with a card or something to block the spray

Brush on varnish is garbage and will either be so thin it doesn't do its job, or too thick and will obscure detail. Airbrush and spray can only. You will never see a good painter tell you to brush on varnish over the whole model, they always airbrush it or spraycan.

what primer do you guys use?

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>>52108889
That would require getting off my ass and going upstairs...
So maybe later, for you.

I have done one of the town guard figures since ..

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>>52108944

>>52107633
>>52107650
looks fuckin sick. nice job.

>>52108938
Dupli-color sandable primer.

>>52108848
>>52108876
Back to wip then, and the mold lines are painfully hard to remove with thoses backpacks

Does anyone else have problems with the Vallejo Game Colour line? Most ofthe paints are okay, but the Black and Terracota have this weird gloss finish to them.

>>52109097
Use Vallejo Model Color instead. The Game Color line has resin put in it to make them harder to chip, but have that gloss as a result.

>>52109097
mix them ever so slightly with something. A small dab of grey for the black and brown or red for the terracotta should fix that without affecting the actual colour too much.

>>52109097
Dude, VGC black is one of the best coverage blacks on the market. Your choice of varnish should solve the gloss problem.

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>>52099063
>Painting Kasrkin 19 out of 30
>almost painted, just have to...
>I missed a fucking moldline all the way down his gun and backpack
>he's made out of metal
>I forgot to clean off the lines of the last 10 guys too but they're not primed, at least
kill me

>>52109097
Yeah, same here. It's the worst black I've had the displeasure of using. Weird thing is, I don't remember having it on the bottle I had previous to this one. Not gonna touch "game" colours again.

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Vigil opertii heavy riot auxilia finally done. Last guy took forever, but most of that was convincing him to put the goggles on. Now I want to make some little riot troops to go with.

my neighbor's fence getting fucking trashed by the wind we've been getting has kind of ruined my backyard and I'm not super happy about it

>>52098511
That he was made for dancing obvs.

>>52109114
Damn, wish I'd known this before sinking a lot of money into a set.

>>52109141
Will do. All else fails, washes seem to dull the shine.

>>52109248
Its frustrating, but damn sight cheaper than Citadel.

>>52109292

It's fine, VGC colors are unique anyway and VMC is more military and less vibrant.

The real paints you should be buying are Vallejo Model Air and Vallejo Game Air. Even if you don't airbrush.

>>52107490
more meant how you've distributed the various armour mks

>>52109305
Seconding this. I never realized why people recommended them until I got a set of their metallics.

>>52106461

Only thing I don't like about this is the headlight OSL and the fact that the drop pods are pure black but the rest of the army is a nicer black.

Also Stormhawks a shit

>>52109349
Really? I heard that the VMC/VGC metallics weren't that good, but had not heard praise for the air versions. I'll have to grab a bottle or two when I next have a chance.

>>52108091
Suitably mindmelting. Well done

>>52109478
From my experience, VGC metallics are... well, not UTTER dogshit, but pretty bad. No experience with the Air stuff though.

>>52109344
oh right. Originally I was just using MK3's as devastators and sternguard, but I painted enough volkite (proxy grav) MK4 tacticals that I could use them as a 2nd devastator squad for the skyhammer. Otherwise the MK4's are mainly meant to be tacticals

>>52109478
They are really nice. No glitter, goes on very well. Vallejo has a couple other lines of metallics including their fancy liquid gold stuff, though I haven't tried those myself.

>>52109428
ye the headlight OSL seems to be a divisive one... about 50:50 love:hate.

Personally, I like the cartoony overthetop OSL as
a) it's easy to do
b) I think it fits with the heroic proportions

However I do concede here >>52107490 that I screwed up the razorback OSL

>>52103438
So a glaze of my base color will make everything a bit less stark and bring kit that crazy depth I see airbrush works produce?

>>52104037
What blues should I be using? I started with imperial blue( vgc I believe) then brought it up with a mix of a light blue and the base , then the light blue and finally menoth white highlight


I don't really understand preshading, I didnt think it would be so important

>>52109478
If you do have an airbrush, Vallejo Metal Color is also awesome stuff, and grab some gloss black primer from them if you grab any metallic paints.

>>52109478
Best metallics that I've tested (for both brush and airbrush)
VGC brassy brass (more copper colored than brass)
VMA gunmetal, steel

>>52109515

VMA metallics are the good ones. Vallejo Metal Color is even better supposedly. Came out in 2015 and come in large airbrush tipping style pots.

>>52109560
>tfw use Citadel because like the glittery effect

Part of the charm of this hobby is nostalgia and the childhood days of metallic plastic toys and clear neon green plastic.

I don't do the ultra real gritty weathering style.

>>52109262
Very nice, man.

>>52109634
I personally love their Metal Color line, far more reflective metallic colours, especially on their gloss primer. Though colour variety could be a bit better, it's mainly aimed at the aircraft modelling crowd so it's 2 dozen tints of silver (and burned silver) with a copper and gold.

But if silver tones are what you need, then it has lots of options.

>>52109709

That's my problem with Metal Color. Too many silvers I don't even know which one to pick, and only one gold and copper both of which are wrong for me (copper too red, gold too pale). The dark silvers are great, not a lot of companies doing gunmetal and dark silver.

>>52107379
i was about to say this.

>>52109745
My Go-To for the Metal Color silvers is Duraluminium, which is a bit of a mid-tone silver, it works rather well as a base for AL marines.
I agree with you though, it's 15 silvers (from very dark to really bright) and the gold and copper, perhaps a bit overkill on the silver choices, but for aircraft modelling I've seen a lot of them used on even single naked metal models, which clearly is their target market.

>>52108540
I bought their mounted Krieg commissar proxy. Quality of casting was perfect, quality of sculpting is worse than FW but not bad. No problems undercoating or painting.
On a side note, female models in 28mm seems to have to choose between being dudes in drag ala SoB metals or look a bit off in scale when stood next to a GW model.

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Pink horrors!

Darker, or lighter purple on the tongue /tg/?

>>52105532
>hating ultras
>>>/r/eddit

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Tips for this colour scheme test model?

>>52108749
I got ADHD so restlessness and impatience comes easy to me. I also tend to get bored painting the same thing for too long and I always like to switch up what kind of model I'm painting. It's not really something I can control.

>>52110069
>5.85MB
>1597x226
>PNG

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>>52110069
Here another one

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>>52110098
Sorry, another go

>>52110098

Well at least he cropped it.

>mfw cropping it made it even worse since now it fills the whole screen and is blurry

Sigh.

>>52110149
I'm not too big on the shade of green. The blue armor and red eye look breddy ok, but the green really clashes with the rest of the model imo. You might want to start off with a much darker green then highlight with the bright shade you have now. It'll make it stand out a lot less.

>>52110149
Are you not priming your models?

Cus that'd be my first tip.

Then work on getting that basevoast as even as possible, It might get covered up by highlights later on but it's the foundation of the paintjob and should be solid.

>>52110124
>>52110149
Drill your barrels, clean off your moldlines, and for gods sake, PRIME YOUR MODELS!

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>>52110083

Well I have a light form of dyslexia and severe problems with informational intake and learning, I still have a college degree. I might not have much of a diagnose on me it just means I have to push harder than most to get what I want.

So believe me when I say this, diagnose or not, we all have a hard time to spend time. Its in our time that everything should be done in a fast phase. And this hobby takes on a lot of it.
Every time you sit down for a session, is a opportunity to test your limits, put on a good film, or some good tutorials or such. Don't focus on finish a model in one go, try and finish a set PART of a model, or sometimes just finish one color on a model. When you tire, just put it away, and pick up where you stopped next session. In the long run, you will grow as a painter.