/wip/ - Painting, Sculpting and Converting General

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Havent touched my krieg leman russ in a long while, metallics are about done.

Does anyone have the explanation for how to make those three-leaf clump plants out of green stuff for basing? Yes, I am retarded.

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Built my Custode Tribunes.

Left is the FW Ixion Hale model, middle is another one but converted to be a Tribune with a Pyrithite Spear; gonna get the Warders Of Rython color scheme, and right is my magnetized Tribune for plenty of loadouts.

Gonna put the others on bases a little later.

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My latest marines, still some touch up but pretty done. What do y'all think

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>>52134040
I did my first freehand on the shoulder, did I do it ok?

I layered down some grey like y'all suggested

>>52134040
yellow is a bitch of a colour to get looking nice. your highlights are too harsh against the yellow you are using i think

>>52133953

They look good but I'd personally fuck with the base a bit so it's not identical to the stock Hale one. Maybe remove the rock at the front and cut a chunk out of the railing or something.

>>52134040

Look pretty good, definitely improving. I would do a broader highlight and then wash it with very diluted yellow to tone it down.

Disclaimer: I've never painted yellow

>>52134101
By broader you mean thicker?

people have already called me thicc, I assume they meant my highlights and not my ass

>>52134091
Yeah definitely planning that

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Ergh, I feel icky. Gimme a big hug!

Just finished my first batch of Nurgle models. I am far from a good painter, so advice and comments always welcomed. If you can't see, sorry, my phone is the best camera I've got.

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>>52134183

And the same batch from the back. They're primed Corax White, and then washed in Athonian Camoshade, and Reikland Fleshshade.

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>>52134189

A close up so everyone can laugh at how unsteady my hand is while trying to do eyes.

>>52134121

Post ass for proper evaluation.

Yeah, thicker. Cover it in a wider yellow-white mix highlight and then re-do the highlights you have right now on top of the THICC highlight. Only with regard to the shoulders and other places this works (leave the helmets). Then do a wash.

But again, I only do DEldar so I have no fucking idea if that will look reasonable on yellow models. All of my shit is black -> [color highlight] -> [mixed white/color highlight] -> white highlight (very thin) -> wash of color, but DE armor isn't the same shape as SM armor.

>>52134189

Dear god the ones on the left look disgusting. It's perfect.

>>52134199
Interdasting, I might try that.

Posting ass would get me accused of attn whoring

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>>52134183
>Ergh, I feel icky. Gimme a big hug!

Ready in a minute.

>>52134196
It's often easier to precisely not paint something than to paint it. So you can try doing the eyes first, and then paint everythign else around it, covering up the yellow that spilled over. Even better here with a deep recess around it, where the wash will hide a lot of unevenness in the boundary.

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>>52134091

>>52134211

We all already know you're a grill though so the butthurt neckbeards will probably complain either way. But it doesn't matter because I was joking and /tg/ is a blue board. /soc/, however, is not and there's no rule against crossboard linking

>>52134248

Significantly improved in my humble opinion. If they're not standing right beside each other it won't be obvious the middle guy's a conversion.

>>52134251
Hah, I was joking also.

If I wanted to share muh currves I would.

Tbqh I am just too busy trying to get an army ready for tuesday.

>>52134272

What's on Tuesday, anon?

>>52134280
LGS does games on tuesday

Need 1500 points of spess mahreen

>>52134298

That's a lot to paint in two days, I hope it's mostly done already. Good luck though.

>>52134304
I have enough for 30 marines, the remaining 20 are ones I did for B@C using word bearer and smurf colors.

They are pretty bad, I might share them.

I have a full assmarine squad and a chaplain to paint. Going to be close

>>52134314

If you're not going to make it then just do tabletop quality and don't finish them yet. A few shitty highlights will look alright from 3 - 4 feet away across the table. DESU you could probably get away with just priming the chaplain and drybrushing his head and logo thingies lel

>>52133953
Was this an event day model? First time ive seen hale.

>>52134332
If I don'ts make its I don'ts make it.

I suppose now is a good as time to ask as any, what do I do with a chaplain?

I know they are usually black from dawn of war, but what about ranging from chapter to chapter?

I'll try to magnetize him as much as possible

>>52134344
It is the new 2017 Event Only model if I recall correctly.
So far has only been available at the February weekender.

>>52134358
Chaplain Armour is traditionally black with a skull helmet, maybe a coloured pauldron to indicate chapter affiliation, but not much else.
They're generally quite sombre models when it comes to colour.

Note, this only goes for 40K chaplains, the Horus Heresy version can be more colourful, I don't think the All Black scheme was a thing then.

>>52134358

The default is that they're black, as Librarians are blue and Techmarines are at least partially red. Some chapters have minor differences like pauldrons that match the Chapter colours. Given that you're doing yellow I'd just stick with 100% black.

>>52134207
Thanks anon! A little druchii violet makes an absolutely horrendous bruise. That was my test model for bigger bruising, so I'll have to carry that across!

>>52134245
>Ready in a minute.
Take your time, I'm patient.

>the actual advice
I'll try that! It's hard to spot over with a wash, well, or so I thought, but maybe the little spilt yellow will just look like off-colored skin. Definitely worth giving a go as well, thanks!

>>52134406
Okie dokie, that makes things easier.

I assume you don't just prime black and call it a day?

>>52134393
I try to make all my dudes HH compliant in the case I get to play. Did IF have chaplains back then?

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>>52134419

Look up Mr. Duncan painting some black shit. Or, you can do pic related.

Or, use blue and grey for highlights and do them with a lot of layers and washing.

>>52134427
They already had Templars, you bet they had Chaplains to go along with them.

Finally I'm done with Breath of the Into the Zelda and can get back to painting

>>52134044

I was about to tell you to just use the damn decals but then I remembered GW only gives Ultramarine decals now.

>>52134602
Yep.

It could use some more black definition from over 2 feet away, but it doesn't look too bad I dont think

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My dudes so far

>>52133733

Nice, you pulled the gritty but not sloppy look off

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>>52134196
blessed be, brother!

What's a good highlight to drybrush over Stirland Mud?

>>52135174
screaming skull

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Here is some progress on my Salamanders. I really like how the right marine turned out so far. It is my third miniature and I feel like I am getting a hang on how much I should thin my colours and how much I need on my brush.

The poor guy on the left is my first miniature ever. He looks really bad, maybe I'm going to strip him.

Are there any objections to Salamanders with red bolters? I know that they usually have black bolters, but I feel like red would look nicer and break up the green and black scheme heme quit a bit.

>>52135174
>>52135220
>screaming skull
Lol no, id suggest steel legion drab

>>52135289
as a highlight drybrush?
i dont have any pics of my models handy, but i'm pretty sure thats how duncan does it

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>>52135289

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Im just gonna ask again, how does wip find the skin of the wracks, what would a nice colour scheme be for those guys?

>>52135328
thats not screaming skull though. Screaming skull is more of an off white color, similar to bleached bone.
>>52135317
context is also needed here, what do you want to achieve?

>>52135369
oh whoops, i thought it was.
i'm not
>>52135174
though, but i find screaming skull over stirland with a coat of 'ardcoat gives a really wet, glossy mud that looks like it's catching the light.

we need some more wip of imperial fist marines in these threads i reckon

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>>52135412
imperial fist jump-pack unit?

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Worked on this today, Knight Questor being converted into a leader for my Blightkings. I'm pretty happy with it so far, the runes on the ribbons are greenstuffed in, not that you can tell in the photo.

I'm not happy with the black space on his stomach. Any idea what should go on there that's suitably Nurgle-like? I'm trying to avoid swollen stomachs and burst intestines on this particular model.
I'm probably going to use one of the less goofy zombie heads, to top it off, but does anyone have any other suggestions?

>>52135626
maybe a small nurgle icon? Like from the pommel of a spare weapon or something like that.

>>52135339
I can't really tell much, since the photo is taken at such a close range, but it reminds me of Strawberry-Vanilla ice cream.

take that as you wish.

>>52135626
there should be some parts in the Blightking set that should give you a nice symbol to plaster on his stomach.

also, how did you make the corrosion-holes? a drill?

Anyone got a link where i can buy magnets for my ork gits? 25mm bases I think

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Elegan/tg/entlemen, just recently got back into 40k after a long ass absence and found a load of unpainted tyranids. 2 questions for you pros
>if I want to paint quite a vibrant colour scheme would it be best to undercoat white or start dark and build up to the colours.
>also suggest a couple of colours for inspirations
Also i dont care if tyranids arent doing to great right now, for me they're basically free and look fun as hell to paint

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>>52134183
>>52134189
>>52134196
Nice job.

If you can manage to highlight their teeth i think they would really pop, just a dot of white or bone on each tooth. I find when doing fiddly bits like eyes and teeth that when i make a mistake quickly dumping some water on it with a clean brush and rubbing it is enough to get rid of the mistake. I've had to do that plenty of times with my nurgle.

The bruise you tried out looks good, layering that up will give a really nice rich colour. I find layering it with yellow wash looks really nice too, personally i mostly use casandora yellow, carroburg crimson and drakenhof nightshade for discolouring, but obviously it depends on the base colour you're working on.

>>52135820
where did you get that great unclean one? it looks fucking fantastic, but I've never seen it before

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>>52135893
Thanks, he's made out of green stuff and mostly maggoth lord parts.

>>52134412
>It's hard to spot over with a wash

Well, mostly you paint over the excess eye colour with the skin colour, the wash simply helps with the final cleanup.

>>52135820
Probably the best Great unclean One i have ever seen. Love the style of it

>>52134040
i do my yellows undercoating white, yellow wash and a heavy yellow drybrush and a narrow white highlight. smooth, neat and clean.

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>>52135990
Thanks a lot. He's in perpetual wip at the moment. I need to rebase him, he's currently on 60mm and i think I'm going to put him on an 80mm base, but he is very securely glued, pinned and moulded on to the current base. I think i am going on have to shave off the sides of the current base and I'm not much looking forward to it so I'm getting on with other stuff. Have a bunch more painting to do on him too.

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my current project. Gabriel Angelos.

>>52136115
>blood ravens stealing a primarch
literally made me lol

>>52136134
Yeeeeeep!

Caw Caw motherfuckers

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Poking a bit at one of my Crone World Farseers. I feel like she's almost ready for priming.

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Think im done with it, mistakes were made but whatever.

>>52136405
Nice. I like the shade of blue and the yellow accent.
Looks very good.

>>52136228
erm. that's a tzeenchian sorcerer

>>52136463
Yep! I figure if the World of Immortal Sorrows exists for Slaanesh, Tzeentch might own some. Perhaps because they didn't want to get eaten.

>>52135273
Not bad. Just keep painting, and you will get better.

>Are there any objections to Salamanders with red bolters? I know that they usually have black bolters, but I feel like red would look nicer and break up the green and black scheme heme quit a bit.
I would say, just do it, after all they are "your" dudes.

>>52136405
dude, that is awesome

>>52135273
looking good. what green are you using for your layer? with my Sallies i went with a much brigher green to make them look a bit more different from dark angels.

paint your bolters whatever colour bud, Salamanders each maintain their personal weapons and armour so you can go ham on customization

>>52135273
>>52136560

>your dudes
This.

I also play salamanders and in my head, since they are quite crafty and use inherited weapons a lot, it is normal that they have a variety of weapon styles and versions. I used red, black and white and pure metallics a lot, and it breaks up the green a lot and helps you to identify special weapons faster.

>>52136405
Very nice color scheme

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how far do I go? Weathering is not exactly my forte but trying to raise my game.

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Finished my chimera last night, how'd I do?

>>52136782
looks decent, need a closer pic to judge properly

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Working on my first eldar tank.
I am unsure of what other colors I should use with this fucking thing.
Like, for the weapons and the other black parts. I'm also thinking of adding some crimson or blue patterns to the hull of the tank, but I am not yet sure if I should.
Any tips?

>>52135273
>The poor guy on the left is my first miniature ever. He looks really bad, maybe I'm going to strip him.

Keep him. Look back in a month, six months, a year from now and see how far you've come.

>>52133953
Is that a recast of Hale - cause if it's legit the quality is terrible for the cost of the model

>>52137073
How about just lighter or darker shades of purple for the panels?

>>52136782
TTS/10

>>52137181
That'd be kinda boring though, wouldn't it?

>>52137073
> purple tank with blue and red accents

Purple bird stronk

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More boring warriors! Tried to make the bases more.interesting but I fell like they are still on the dull side. Need to finish the lenses and drill the barrels. What do you think about the weathering?

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>>52137211
Forgot the picture

>>52133733

What color is that base coat?

>>52137073
i think, just go full eva, and use green

>>52137224
How do you do the eyes?

Trying to paint a cadre fireblade, but not too sure on the color scheme, i dont want to make it too gaudy. How to get a good bright copper color (Gehenna's Gold specific)? My fire warriors and pathfinders have it very muted on helmets, but i want this guy to be more regal


>>52137224
Those hazards are dope

>>52137266
Vallejo electric blue, then wash with drakenhof shade, electric blue again on half the lense. Finally 50/50 electric blue and white in the end of the lense with a little dot of pure white.

>That moment when you Tau Facebook group has a guy post a page long reason why My Little Pony would join the greater good, followed by a bunch of awful deviantart mashups

Im really starting to hate other Tau players.

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>>52135273
Another quick update.

Here's a picture of my Terminator - captain. I also did some shading on the golden parts .

>>52136635
I'm using warpstone glow after a caliban green base.

>>52137251
I don't want to go full eva

>>52137202
>text to speech
What

>>52137593
Table top standard

>>52137073
Your weapons are going to be the same blue as the rest of your army.

Actually paint the gems.

Red will be too busy and leave you with a 4 colour scheme.

I think that some stripes and markings in green would be another nice way to bring the green into the rest of the model.

>>52137612
I don't really want to use blue for the guns. It doesn't look good

>>52136115
Nice work my dude, looking forward to see him finished, also blood raven confirmed for better scheme.

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>>52137674
I'd go with a more classic wraithbone then

>>52137547
well, to bad then, can't imagine any other besides green
also, since I mentioned Evangelion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl9vGpaIeBE

>>52137717
I was thinking of grey actually. It would at least be a neutral color, whereas wraithbone look would potentially be pretty glaring against the purple.

>>52135818
If you want vibrant colours, then probably undercoat it white. They'll show up brighter

>>52131856

Not sure if that will link from previous thread. To the anon that commented on my acolytes thank you. Definetly going to watch that vid you linked ive been looking for some one to explain to me how to properly paint skin highlights etc. Thanks so much anon.

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>>52137807
>potentially glaring
>says the man with a purple tank

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>>52138339
No worries bro, I've been following since you first posted the first acolyte and I really want to see the unit completed.

>>52138442
Purple is no more glaring color than bright yellow or red are, which other Eldar craftworlds have.

What I am saying is that I fear that bone white guns etc would look glaring when paired up with purple.

>>52135820
>that freakin fly with lunatic face
nope/10 great job anon

>>52135910
where did you learn to greenstuff like that?

are there any tutorials you could guide me too?

or this all selftaught in trial and error?

>>52135005
And you, brother! The Grandfather loves us all.

>>52135820
Thanks, Anon! I can certainly go back and try picking out their teeth. I feel like part of my sloppiness was just from it being 3am without me realizing it! I'll have to try the other washes you reccomended as well. Absolutely amazing models. Who's that chap in the back right forming up to be?

>>52135926
Yeah, the problem I had was that I was following Duncini's really basic Nurgle's Flesh technique for my first models, which doesn't actually use a base color. You wash right over the primer. Unless it'd be okay to match up the Corax White primer with Palid Wych Flesh, or something?

I'll have to use an actual base in the future so I can use your advice!

>>52136405
That's such a beautiful blue! I think it works with the mustard detailling really nicely.

anybody any experience with these guys?

http://www.hobbyzone.pl/en/12-modular-workshop-system/

>>52136115
Might want to get rid of that purity seal since it has an ultramarine 'u' on it.

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>>52139826
I've got their regular shelves. Pic related is from when I renovated my workstation last year; shit's a lot messier now obviously but it has worked out quite nicely. I found the shelves to be very affordable and easy to put together, but can't speak to the whole workshop thing as it is quite a bit more expensive despite apparently doing the same thing.

Also, if you're ordering from the US you'll want to order from https://www.hobbyzone.biz/ and not .pl as they will reject and refund your .pl order. Their .pl is for European orders apparently.

>>52139826
Not yet, but their stuff seems pretty cheap so I'll give it a try.

>>52139916
Looks nice

guys, how do I strip the paint from these models? The link in the OP doesn't work

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Working on a Maw Krusha today. The mount for my Megaboss, Groin Kikka.

>>52140141
looking really nice

Okay folks, real question time. I know there's at least *some* of you that actually enjoy painting, instead of it just being a means to an end.

How can you possibly enjoy this? I can get custom sculpting, modeling, kitbashing, everything. How the hell can you actually enjoy painting?
Inb4 "taufag with unpainted minis"- no, 40k Inquisition/SM and 30k Auxiliafag

>>52140383
it's just straight up enjoyable. I don't have any explanation. I like it more than the game to be honest.

>>52140133
Soak them in Simple Green.

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>>52140383
I've only been doing this for 2-3 months but I really like it. I go into a trancelike state for a few hours and when I come out my army looks better than it did when I started

Pic is my Lord Commissar/first non guardsman model I've ever painted. Just washed the silver bits with nuln oil and did his face and hands with reikland fleshshade with a test wash on the tassels on the scarf thing on his waist

>>52140383
I really enjoy the models I paint. I think they look cool, and I love bringing them to life, challenging myself to try new techniques or colors I'm not good with (I'm dichromatic colorblind, makes painting red/green nurgle stuff a lot of fun!). If I'm struggling, I just turn a show or some background music on and try to zone out.

Otherwise, painting in a group helps a lot too. The more the merrier!

>>52140383
Escape from the crushing realities of life. I always have music or Netflix on in the background too.

>>52140383
Frankly, painting is my second least favourite part of the hobby. But that's mostly because I know I'm not good at it; if i barrel through and practice, maybe I can reach a point where I do genuinely enjoy it.

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>>52140141
Looking good.

>>52140383
Theres plenty of Horus Heresy audiobooks on youtube. Just saying.

>>52141430
Doesn't really help the part where painting itself is unpleasant. No degree of distraction will reduce that without reducing the quality of painting (by, y'know, not actually doing it).

>>52135733
>also, how did you make the corrosion-holes? a drill?
Yeah, a small hand drill. I tried to copy the clustering seen on the Blightkings.
I've got some nurgle drones coming in the mail, maybe they've have something suitable to fill the gap.

>>52136092

Do you have an imgur ablum of the wip pictures or anything? I'd love to see your process.

>>52140141
Whilst not the perfect picture, newfags please take notice.

In focus.
Correct orientation.
Clear.
90Kb.
1000x1000.

You can learn from this man.

>>52141491
I use a dremel, with a very small drill bit to do mine. Also works on edges, if you want corroded or 'shot/ricocheted/glanced off the side' looks

>>52140383
>I can get custom sculpting, modeling, kitbashing, everything. How the hell can you actually enjoy painting?
Uh, why can you 'get' those but not 'get' painting? That doesn't make any sense.

>>52141517
But how can I post incorrectly oriented blurry pictures directly from my phone?

>>52141551
by not trying

working on a new army. Need a paint recommendation to match the green fatigues in this pic. Citadel and P3 paints are the easiest for me to get my hands on, and I already own most of the ranges, but I can go out of those ranges if the color match is inherently better elsewhere.

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>>52141596
Forgot the pic because am retard

Working my Cataphractii dudes with lightning claws.

Would you prime the claws apart from the body, or assemble the whole terminator?

>>52136692

Looks good, get some typhus corrosion and paint in the recesses

>>52141548
The end product is the difference between:
>I have x that no one else who plays this army has, or if they do, theirs is different to *some* degree in implementation. Sometimes it's unreal.
Versus
>I have exactly the same x as everyone else but mine is purple and not blue! Wow! OR I have three colors on here because I can't play a game with a several-hundred-dollar investment up front without also putting in 100+ hours to paint all this shit to barely tabletop standard (hooray muscular/coordination issues)
I can honestly say that with maybe two or three exceptions total, I've never been blown away by a paint scheme. Here, in person, or anywhere else. Congratulations, it's painted. There's been one or two fantastic OSL jobs that I've been legitimately impressed by, but that's about it. The conversions some people come up with, though? Unreal. (Scratch builds are folded under there, of course.)
I suppose it essentially boils down to "I don't like the process of painting and it rarely turns out a stellar result, even out of my hands, but kitbashing/conversion work will always at least be unique if nothing else". There's something to be said for having something of your own.
This would immediately change if I had an airbrush, but I rent a single room that's basically a broom closet, an airbrush is a no-go.

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Trying a different approach to painting black, the goal is to get a slight bluish tinge.

>>52136115
Thats pretty smart haha!

>>52141917
But converted/kitbased units looks like garbage unless they're painted, so this doesn't actually make sense. Standard generic marine painted standard generic ultramarines colorscheme beats unpainted grey converted blob everytime.

Could anyone give me advice on how to make `eavy armor from plasticard (4+ save for boyz and nobs)? If you could provide good pics for inspiration, I'd be grateful.

>>52141950

I like the look.

>>52141975
I'm not disagreeing, painting is a necessary evil. The original question was trying to figure out *why* the people here who don't see it that way, well, don't see it that way.

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>>52140383

I work a high-stress job and study postgrad at the same time.

When I'm painting I can completely relax and focus on something else. I love letting my brain escape and focus on something entirely artistic.


>>52142002
Thanks senpai! I'm trying to get a closer look to pic related for an IF successor Chapter with the tower as it's logo.

If i put my krieg artilley pieces in a base along with the crews, instead having them all separate, would i still be able to play with them and would it inconvene me a lot? kinda off topic but i want to make cool dioramas

>>52142410
sorry bad phrasing, meant one arty and crew per base, not multiples on one base.

>>52142410
I don't know the answer to your question but have you considered magnets? That way you can make your dioramas and if anyone gets funny about it just plop the models onto separate bases

>>52141546
I have a small dremel, never thought of using it for the edges. Top idea m8, thanks for being a bro.

guys I'm new and I don't know what to do if my bikes are running combimeltas. Do I need to do a conversion?

>>52141984
Instead of that, buy an 'ardboyz box from AOS and use those bitz. They're just too good to pass up, really.

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>>52137073
Would this be improved if I added more crimson to it?

>>52142969
Tell your opponent "these have combimeltas"

>>52143182
The purple looks like that shitty foam they make dollar store toys out of

>>52141613
>>52141596
anybody?

>>52143280
it's wraithknight/shitnids anon, don't criticize him or he'll sperg out and ruin another thread. Just yes him to death and shut him up like we've been doing lately.

>>52142969
You can, if you want to. WYSIWYG and all that.

>>52143280
Holy shit I literally can't unsee it now.

>>52143307
you sound like the 'tabletop standard' douche

>>52143182
Reddish gems might help it pop a little more. You also might be able to get away with brass patterns on the wings; something geometric, maybe?

>>52143376
>the
implying there's only one
But no, I'm not one of those dudes, I just think wraithknight anon is a shithead who needs to find himself a hugbox.

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>>52139916
>shit's a lot messier now obviously but it has worked out quite nicely.

When I saw the thumbnail, I was gonna say, "this has got to be fake! It's not messy enough," but then:

> from when I renovated my workstation last year

I need to put some stuff away and just focus on the current projects - which are not and have not been the Panzee dreadnoughts for years!

>trying to paint skyfire discs
>hate it and start to lose motivation

How do you guys power through painting part of a kit you hate?

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>>52143280
How should I improve it? I have done my best to highlight the hull and get a smooth transition from darker purple to brighter.
I was thinking of painting the panels on the wings with the Screamer Pink that the antennae have, just to break up the overall purple of the tank, but I am not sure if it would look good.
Another idea I have is to paint the intake vents brass as well, but at the same time, I don't want to make the brass too overwhelming on the figure.


Also, I am still not too sure about the color of the weapons. The scatter laser is fine, but I am not that keen on the pulse laser's barrel. Making the weapons black just seems like a lazy copout.

>>52143307
You have strange fantasies about me m8.

>>52143411
I was thinking of painting the gems blue or green actually. Green would stick out the most from the purple.

As for patterns, I was thinking of something akin to saim han chevrons, but just crimson, or blue, or maybe some other pattern. I wouldn't want to copy a pattern from an existing craftworld though.

Though, at the same time, I sorta wish that I had just picked an established craftworld color scheme.
Would make painting these whole lot easier. No thought required, just look at a picture and paint after it.

>>52143584
post your beatlenids

>>52143584
not enough contrast, I think

>>52133733
>>52136405

Anon, I love your paint scheme and it's execution. It is excellent.

What paints did you use? I know that a lot of people have trouble with yellow, and yours is lovely.

>>52143584
Tabletop standard/10

>>52143606
I haven't worked on them at all. That warrior was just a test piece.
I want to finish my Eldar before I start fully tackling another army.

>>52143611
Yeah, which is why I am wondering about putting screamer pink to the wings.
I sorta dread to put a wash on the tank, because on such big surfaces, the wash would pool really badly.

>>52143584
I'd warn agaisnt introducing blues into the current mix. The green gems would be fine, because it's alright for them to contrast sharply, but everything else has reddish tones to it (Brass, Purple, Pink) so adding blue is not only too many colours, but also jsut breaks the scheme.

>>52143650
Run the wash in the recesses between panels and around the bumps.

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>>52143650
>the wash would pool really badly.
>he doesn't thin his washes

>>52137911
Thanks bro

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>>52143677
Yeah, which is why I canned the idea of blue guns.
It might work with my Wraithknight, but possibly only due to it's scale. In smaller dudes it doesn't work that well.

I still don't know what other color besides blue or black I should use for the guns though.
Making them all brass would make the brass far too abundant imo.

>>52143743
do your guns in the color you painted that nid

>>52143743
Get in the fucking wraithknight shinji

>>52143743
The black kind of works, to be honest. It's dark enough to contrast with your lightish purple.

>>52143743
>he didn't paint all gems

>>52143797
he's p lazy tbqh

>>52135626
>I've got their regular shelves. Pic related is from when I renovated my workstation last year; shit's a lot messier now obviously but it has worked out quite nicely. I found the shelves to be very
a skull? File the back flat and you can just plonk it in.

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>>52143760
Wouldn't that make them too close to the color of the rest of the miniature?
Besides, I want to keep that color with my nids.

>>52143793
Maybe yeah, I just fear that will look boring.

I did realize that the blue just doesn't work with my Guardians though. Black or grey may be the colors I'll have to go with.

>>52143797
I haven't been working on my Wraithknight in a while.

>>52135626
Classic horned helmet might be a better bet than an exposed head. If you have to have it expsoed, a mutation might not be amiss either. a regular old zombie head seems too plain for someone like him, imo.

>>52143812
fuckin butterfingers, I didn't want to quote anything

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Hello friends, I'm getting into 40k for the first time and following St. Duncan Rhodes' tutorials, but it is taking me up to three base coats to cover the model. Are my paints actually too thin? Also, is there a good way to keep brushes retaining their shape?

>>52143882
>three base coats to cover the model
this is just right, my nigga

>is there a good way to keep brushes retaining their shape?
Never let you paint go more than 1/2 way up the bristles. Lick your brush, like the rest of us.

>>52140141
In honour of Grimgor Ironhide I take it?

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>>52143897
>three base coats just right
Nice. They're looking way better than the last time I tried this, which was literally thinyourpaints.jpg

>no paint more than 1/2 way up the brush
Very guilty of this, thanks anon. My unique fuckup of the day was dipping the brush in water before paint, making paint wick all the way up the brush.

>>52143288
Loren forest with a thin application of athonian camoshade might go the trick. But I'm not 100%

Castellan green might also be a close match

>>52141950
I'm not seeing any blue, that being said I really dig how your black has come out.

Maybe a thinned down guilliman blue glaze to give you that subtle tint?

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I tried /wip/. Redid the head cause it was trash. After getting the paint striped I also decided that model itself looked pretty dumb so went with one of the heads from the BA Tat Marine squads. I tried to go as slow and steady as I could and don't know what to think of it. I want to say it's table top quality but those fangs...

Left is before and Right is now.

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It's a test model so not the best quality.

Here's my attempt at recreating pic related for a 40k successor chapter.

>>52144173

This is still a WIP by the way, so it's not that detailed.

>>52143944
Indeed. Rest In Power.

>>52143835
I get that /tg/ haets unhelmeted soldiers, but I'm gay for exposed heads rather than helmets. I started this conversion after I saw someone make a really low key Knight Questor with rusty armour and a plain, bare head. He looked like a hard ass veteran who's seen some shit.
I like the idea of a mutation though, part of me wants to go full RE5 with a huge spikey worm head flailing around, or a pustule covered tree branch full of skulls with a plague bird perched on top.

>>52144173
Eugh mixed mk armour

>>52134692
Everyone ever has a jillion of these in their closet so they're still pretty easy to pick off from ebay.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Warhammer-40k-space-marine-water-transfer-sheet-imperial-fists-/282391857213?hash=item41bfddc83d:g:qYEAAOSw9IpXxYN3

>>52136405
Muh diiiiiick

>>52144088
I mean, I certainly couldn't do any better. I think you did a good job with the highlights. I'm not sure how to fix the goofy look of the fangs other than maybe use a more muted white to draw the eyes to it less?

>>52143743
GET IN THE FUCKING WRAITHKNIGHT

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To the person who painted this. How did you manage to paint with the soulstones blue? Did you thin it out at all? I've been having a huge pain in the ass trying to paint a SM with it

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>>52144345

What's everyone's problem with mixed mk. armor? It shows up all the time in the official artwork and models and adds some much needed varity to help distinguish the piles of mostly identical marines.

>>52143743
What are you trying to acomplish with that barbie tier paint scheme?

>>52144674
autism

>>52140383
sometimes you just find a particular kind of torture you enjoy

>>52144674
I don't have a problem with it if it's done well, personally.
Unless you put a beakie helmet on anything but Mk6. Keep that Raven Guard contamination off my armor.
I'm even mixing Mk2 and Mk8, and it's at *least* 50% to trigger a local player's autism. Forge World bux are worth it.

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>>52144729

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>>52133721
Almost done with the main model, that base is going to be a bitch though, it has so much piddly little crap going on.

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>>52144088
>one of the heads from the BA Tat Marine squads

Excellent paint job, but I am *not* a fan of the fanged heads from that new tac squad. The Death Company sprues have a few neat heads, even if some of them look like screaming lunatics - which is what they're supposed to be.

>>52144746
>Unless you put a beakie helmet on anything but Mk6. Keep that Raven Guard contamination off my armor.

Fuck you, m8

>>52144818
I trade my beakie helmets for bits I need.
I have three beakies from my first squad ever, before I abandoned Marines the first time. Those are the only ones I'll ever have.

>>52144746

Mk VI heads look great on Mk IV

>>52136405
decent tabletop standard

>>52144058
>thinning glazes

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1/2

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>>52145263
2/2

hope D&D mini are accpeted too.

I'm pretty new to painting and id like some tips on painting smaller models, it seems the details just get super muddy, and C&C would be appreciated

>>52145283
what paint system are you using? what you've done looks quite good for a beginner, if details are being lost using a wash helps bring it back out again

>>52145283
Is that from Reaper Minis?

>>52144800
Damn... I have Death Company heads too. For now though I'll try to tone down the fangs some with a wash or some grey.

>>52145379
im using citadel paints, and yeah maybe i need some more washes, i only have red, green and blue, thanks btw.

>>52145382
yes it is!

>>52144782
Holy shit anon, looks magnificent.

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Finished the tree part of this tree revenant, on to the ghost now, any suggestions for painting it?
I don't think ghostly and pale will work well with the already really pale bark.

>>52144934
Guilliman blue is strong as fuck man, even when applied in a thin coat, I'm not sure how you would dilute the potency of its color without adding water to it

>>52145715
That model is sick
Wish they would update dark elves

>Super glue model to base
>Prime
>Snap model off
This works, right? Should only glue one foot though, yeah?

>>52145617
carroburg crimson would do well then, and blend the reds more gradually into the orange.

>>52145715
Looks killer m8, I'd probably opt for a shade of light pink with darker reds in the recesses to tie his leaves and bark together

Or you could paint him like ice, utilizing rich deep blues to break up the brightness of the modem

>>52145806
If the point is just to prime it then use bluetac. It doesn't even ruin the bluetac -- that shit don't care about pigment.

>>52145835
Ah, I'll have to buy some of that then, thanks anon.

>>52145847
Bluetac is a fantastically useful tool to have on hand and highly recommended. It's very useful for holding things together firmly without permanently bonding them. I use it to hold my minis to pill bottles when I paint, for example.

>>52145865
I should definitely get some, sounds like it would be useful for dryfitting to prime an entire model and then take apart to pain in segments. Tired of the unreachable spots created by fully assembling.

>>52145877
It also allows you to test poses

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>>52145680
TY, I finished up the base just now...well "finished" I'm going to look at it again tomorrow with fresh eyes and touch things up better.

>>52145888
Sounds good.

Nothing worse than setting a piece and noticing that the pose is retarded.

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another question, after priming is this the correct thing to paint first on the model? i have a hard time figuring out what order to paint things in...

>>52145814
>rich deep blues
I reckon bright, mid blues, like in the official paintjobs, or ghostly green to get that pink/green contrast that resembles red/green but isn't as harsh.

>>52146399
Paint the inner stuff like you're doing now and work your way to the outer layers

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Got my Talos all ready to be primed tomorrow morning

How much difference does the primer make? I'm doing my first army, I've got Tau and I'm doing the standard orange scheme but I wouldn't mind it being just a bit lighter than what I'm seeing online. Should I go for a white primer?

>>52146399
Actually you should remove mould lines and thin your paints first.

>>52146756
Well it would mean you can just do a few layers of orange instead of having to mix a brighter orange and maintain consistency throughout the whole army.

>>52146794
Sounds good, I do want to avoid mixing paints since I will inevitably mess it up.

>>52139916
Don't suppose those paint holders have a name?

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just finished my 3rd venom

>be gentle

>>52147094
those highlights are siiiiiiick

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>>52147106
thank anon! as you can see my picture taking skills are shit but im glad you like it

>>52145918
Check this image tomorrow because you can see your goofs here and there very clearly.

Also why is everything so wet looking? Do you use a ton of wash? Glaze?

Also... you left some just truly heinous moldlines on those boots, my dude.

>try vallejo black surface primer
>Shit rubs off like it's nothing
Something tells me if you don't air brush this shit, it ain't worth.

Any recommendations for a black spray primer (that I can get after the blizzard passes)?

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>>52147372

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Alternative title: Wendys x The Bride crossover

I'm pretty happy with how well she turned out. Her face looks a little too grandmotherly for my taste but I'm not sure what all could be done about it. I'm surprised the sword turned out as well as it did. That's basically just very basic NMM except done with metallics, I guess the principle works irrespective of the actual paint, which makes sense.

>>52144088
Having followed your progress and helped out along the way, I'll say that painting heads is your forte. That's pretty fucking spiffy, dude. The fangs look fine, they're not overwhelming and it does harken to the whole "Blood Angles = Space Vampire Marines" which contrasted with the Space Wolves. The highlighting is great, the hair is beyond average quality and you got the eye down better than half the mooks on this board could manage.

>>52147447
I can get this at like, Lowe's and Home Depot, right?

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>>52145918

>>52147487
Yeah pretty much any hardware store will have this

>>52147518
Awesome.

How long does a can tend to last? Chaos Black runs empty hella quick.

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Here is my shot at magnetizing. I completely hate the idea of wasting a model when I might need to change its loadout.

So on my assmarines I wanted to make it to where I can change pretty much anything. I have 3 magnets on the body, and one in the pack.

The pack to body magnet pair are the only ones which are polarized. The arms are just bits of metal so that the magnets have something to get at.

I primed one to make sure it would still work.

Any tips on color for some fire warrior guns? My current scheme has the armor in gnarls green and the fatigues in tallarn sand. Normally fire warriors have their guns painted the same way as the armor but I feel like it will cause the model to blend together too much.

No pic right now not at home

>>52147533
I'm pretty sure I primed my entire 2000+ point IG army all with the same can.

>>52147600
Nice - I've never magnetized backpacks before. Was it hard for the jump/back packs?

>>52147694
That is actually the eaisest part, the arms are harder.

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Here's my Magos for Rogue Trader. I wanted a female figure so I think this turned out well.

>>52147736
Neat. What size did you use for it? Is the hold good? I'll have to do this if I ever get assmarines.

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>>52147758

>Raging Heroes

>>52147816
On the packs the hold is great, it rotates because it's only one magnet but Im ok with that. If it really bugged me I'd use two pairs.

I've lost the box they came in, so I can't tell you the size D:

>>52147758
>head as wide as her shoulders
what the fuck are you doing nigger
looks like a fucking bobblehead

>>52140383
well, for me, it's hard to start, but when you are into it, you can't stop doing it

>>52147456
Cute!

>>52140383
It's art that I get how to do, and I'm not shit at.

I like the way it's changed how I look at the world, how I actually see colour, and that it's a hobby I can do on my own without a computer screen being involved, which is especially important when your day job is 8+ hours of screens.

I like that I can wow my friends with it, both the ones who know a little mini painting, the ones who do different art, and the ones who know nothing at all about it.

It also engages the same parts of your brain that enjoy lego or meccano and genuinely helps you sleep better.

>>52140400
>I like it more than the game to be honest.

Yup. The games are basically an excuse to get the models.

>>52147372

Even airbrushed, Vallejo primer is weak as fuck. The problem is you didn't give it 2 weeks to dry. Yeah, two fucking weeks nigger. It can be HANDLED after 48 hours. It completely cures in 1 week or more, because of its resin properties.

Even after that, it still scratches easier than spraypaint primer.

Vallejo primer is only good for display.

>>52148446
Yeah, like today, when I picked up a Scion I primed with it 3 months ago, shit came right off.

>>52140383
Escape really. It makes me forget about life and issues I have and makes me feel like I am progressing. Also It's enjoyable to make something you have pride in, something visually appealing.

So whenever I am laid off in the winter season and my parents call me to bitch that I need to work a job that keeps me employed all year long (Even though the job pays me a high wage to so I can comfortably live through the winter season.) I turn to painting cause it undoes their attempts at making me feel like a useless piece of shit.

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>>52143678
>He doesn't thin his thinner before thinning his washes

>>52148493
Huh, I'm the opposite. Ruining my models always makes me feel like more of a useless piece of shit.

>>52148522
Least you are doing something. All you have to remember. You get better with time, hell, I seen armys were the paint was thick, choppy, hell even with stray hairs stuck to the dry paint. But still you can tell that the artist tried in some way to make his army look presentable, even if it is a shit job.

These people are okay in my books. The peeps that play their shit unpainted or just with a spray paint coat are the real useless shits.

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So I'm currently making my own terrain and I wanted to make something that looked like those naturally forming basalt columns, but with a sort of alien vibe. I mocked up this design in Sketchup to give you guys an idea of what I wanna do. Any idea on how I can go about making this in a way that won't take me a billion years?

>>52147758
Is that a FUCKING teapot, hilariously awesome.

>>52143678

You don't even need to thin it, just wipe the damn brush on a palette and then optionally, a paper towel after that to remove most of the wash instead of just dipping straight from the pot and onto the model. Thinning only really makes the wash less dark.

>>52148603
Even just wiping off excess on the lip of the pot works for me.

>>52148594
I'd try and find square or round styrofoam rod and cut it to shape. Just be sure to seal it with something, like watered-down white glue or gesso or Mod Podge before you try painting it.

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>>52148596
Tally-ho, good ol' chap. A teapot you say? Count me in forthwith.

>>52148681
I was thinking that. Maybe I'll finally build that hot wire foam cutter I've been needing.

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Wanted to do something neat with a Deffkopta so I scratch built a chainsaw to fuck up some topiary on the go.
How's it look so far?

>>52148973
looks choppy
your rivets are too big but the rest of it looks great

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Finally built everything thus far in two days. Time to heavily clean and base everything. Next up is a Razoback and Rhino.

If I use a solid sheet of plasticard across my bases, cut to the appropriate size (trying to replicate SW's Ancient Sands bases for cheaper), should I drill and pin the sheet to the base itself?

Any good tutorials for preshading and zenithal highlights? First time airbrush user and this is way harder than it looks

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Just got these guys in the mail today.

>tfw no one wants to put in the effort to play older games these days
>despite them generally being pretty cheap to pull off
>non-GW LGS is filled with people just buying into the latest skirmish games
>tfw me and my two grognardy friends will eventually get bored of Warmaster and these little guys will become next to worthless

But 10mm Beastmen are cute! Cute!

>>52147456
Where's the mini from, Anon?

>>52149645
The base looks like Warmahordes

>>52149680
>>52149645
if i'm not mistaken, guildball

>>52147758
>>52148035
Eh, looks okay to me since it just looks like a bulky helmet and rebreather unit.

>>52147600
Jesus christ, I'm the complete opposite. I make each mini as their own character kinda thing, glue everything in place, and if I need variety I just buy enough to cover myself.

>>52149691
>Harmony from Masons Guild
Yeeee thx other Anon, seeing a couple other nifty ones in that game.

>>52145918
>moldlines
>on such an expensive, centrepiece model

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>52144782
How big is Guilliman's helmet compared to a regular Marine helmet?

>>52145715
I think a very light blue would look nice

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How bad are my ravens?

>>52150499
They're alright, good enough tabletop quality. Maybe consider getting a hobby drill for them barrels, if you want to slowly keep progressing to a better standard that'd be a good start.

>>52150489
>>52150499
not a lot of detail per model, some errors here and there, but everyone is painted in their chapter colors and everyone has a base. That's good work, anon. You should be proud of that.

Could recommend plenty for your future work or if you wanted to add to them if you like, but great effort on how much you have done.

What's a good way to drill a hole without a drill bit?

I bought some magnets to add to the bases of my models for easier transport, however I forgot about my aerial models that have no space beneath their transparent bases. My hand drill can't support a bit large enough and I don't own a power drill nor a bit large enough for the diameter of the magnets I bought

>>52150650
wrap the drill with some hockey tape to make a grip and away you go

>>52150650
Lemme solve that for you a different way, homeboy.

https://www.amazon.com/Magnetic-Sheet-Crafts-Home-Shop/dp/B000KZBMDO

Get a magnetic sheet and cut it around your base with an exacto knife then glue it to the bottom. Nice and flat.

>>52150715
Thanks for thinking outside the box, but I wanted to save as much transparentness as possible and slapping something opaque on the entire base would go against that.

>>52150664
I was really hoping I didn't have to do this. Thanks.

>>52148446
>>52148479

Lmao you retard idiot babies don't seal your models with varnish once painted fucking LOL

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Just finished pic related yesterday.

>fooking yellow

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>>52150879
Close up

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>>52150907
Another one

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>>52150913
And of the Magos (I call him Fortwayne)

>>52150879
Most original color scheme for skitari I have seen so far.

>>52150811

We're talking about primer, moron. There's no point in even painting or sealing when the thing is sloughing primer.

>>52144674

All my models have mixed armor except Mk V, Terminators, and limited edition models.

t. Carcharodons

>>52150933
That actually means a lot. I wanted to do something that wasn't another fucking variation on red and black.

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Kind of shit picture but just finished my first Chaos marine done up in a Word Bearers color scheme, would like some feedback

>>52139877
They just stole the purity seals too while they were at it

>>52151069
drill that barrel

>>52150996
I really dig the yellow robes they give the models a darker, more 40kish appeal. Especially combined with the bases.

>>52150879
>yellow skitarii
I'm not sure how I feel about this

>>52151069
Remove moldlines and sprue connections before assembly.
Try get a hobby drill for barrels, they cost like $5.
Put the model down and work on getting your camera focused properly (most mobile phone cameras can focus by just tapping where you want to focus on the screen)
Resize your pics.

>>52135273
Great improvement

Also like everyone else has been saying, Salamanders maintain their own weapons so you could probably get away with each of them having a different looking bolter
(as long as you don't add spikes and fluorescent colours, that'd be heresy)

>>52151209
>>52151208
I call them "The Sect of Sulfaci" a sect originating from Ryza, but they have an obsession with sulpheric acid, and mixing that shit with their plasma weaponry.

>>52148973
Looks ridiculous and crude, perfect for orks

>>52150602
Not the Raven anon, but another newbie.
Are you supposed to prime the bases too when using GW texture paints?

What's the difference between gloss varnish and satin varnish?

>>52150922
I was gonna say that metallics are quite THICC but on your magos they are completely fine. Just the regular dudes seem a little messy in the metal areas. Whatever you did with the magos, keep it up.

>>52150745
Hm. You could always paint and flock the plastic base. A bit more work though.

>>52151322
It's a good idea to paint it first to give the texture paint a surface to adhere to. Some paints like agrellan earth need it or when they crack and dry they just fall off.

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Holy shit, guys.
I just built a wet palette.

WHY DIDN'T I DO THIS SOONER?

>>52151452
Is just chaos black good enough or would it look better if I used a colour to paint it (I'm using the red cracking paint so I'd think khorne red to paint under the ironearth)?

>>52151489

The real secret of wet palettes is that they are a 100% convenience item. You can literally do the same thing as a wet palette by simply using drying retarder OR by constantly refreshing (and wasting) a lot of paint.

But wet palettes are SO CONVENIENT that they actually improve your painting, because no human being is actually going to spend 75% of their time maintaining their paint while painting and the other 25% actually painting. The wet palette maintains it for you so you can focus 100% on painting.

>>52151498
>>52151322

You don't need to prime the base. If you look at the base, you will see the top of it has tons of bumps. That's already enough to give tooth to the texture paint, which dries rock hard.

I just spread two or more layers of texture, let it dry, drybrush/wash, then seal with matte varnish.

If you are going to paint your paint rims, then yes you need to prime the base. I just make sure I keep the base rim clean and matte varnish it so I have matte black rims.