Work In Progress (WIP) General: I'm making a lightbox edition

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posting a small amount of models my friend who quit 40k gave to me

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I noticed too late that I don't have red or gold. So I went with a special colour scheme on my first commissar.
>>52238454
>having friends
There is no need to lie on the internet.

>>52238494
that metal needs another coat, you can see everything through it. actually, everything does.

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>>52238494

>>52238494
strip it and start again with the right colours.

I've been using thinner paints now, and have seen a slight improvement in my models. One thing I'm wondering, is how do I get a shiny look without just grabbing a bottle of gloss varnish?

>>52238860
>a gloss look
What do you mean? If you want your model to be glossy you're going to have to use gloss paints or gloss varnish.

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my 9th and 10th stirland greatswords, and now the unit is complete!

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>>52238903
and with the rest of their friends

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>>52238916
sick

>>52238916
i love it, anon. I've been watching since you first posted and you just keep getting better

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2 more tutorials to go from this game and I'm done, fuck yea!

Trying to decide if I should use an airbrush for the Cyberdemon. It's huge and it's the perfect model for airbrushing but is it unreasonable to do the basic colours with an airbrush and then paint in the rest and tell people to dry brush for similar results in a tutorial?

>>52239126
If you're doing a tutorial then the model you show should be painted using the methods shown in the tutorial. It's a little bit weird otherwise - "Hey guys, this is what this model looks like when you airbrush the base colours on. You guys can use normal brushes I guess but I don't know how it will turn out because I didn't do it." I'd say you can get away with priming/basecolouring it with an airbrush provided you say that and then say they can achieve the same effect with spray primer and coloured aerosol paint like Army Painter or something. Are you doing video tutorials or image based ones?

>>52239269
Video tutorials. I've done the entire Doom box game but the Revenant and Cyberdemon.

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Groin Kikka here. Getting some more WIP in on my mount. He'll hopefully be done this weekend.

>>52238916
My only complain is that scroll's writing

>>52239316
Very well done but being all green makes it dull imo, maybe add some dark stripes in the back

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Re-posting since the other thread died.

>>52238454
why did your friend quit 40k?


Also my brother wants to sell his chaos army and start a different army, he cant into chaos lore and doesnt like their play style, specifically their reliance upon the warp.

He has
30 chaos space marines
20 blood letters
Skarbrand
demon prince
blood charriot
forge fiend
sorcerer
10 terminators
rhino
10 chaos assault marines

how muhc can we expect to sell this for and were should we sell it (ebay?)

also what would tg recommend that he play as if he didnt like chaos.

>>52239543
have you ever played in a blood bowl league or just with other people in general? I dont have any actual star players as they cost a shit load, would they allow me to proxy if i specifically mark him (like paint his base red?)

>>52239316
very well executed, I like how you highlighted the spikes on his back and I love the eye

2 things
First I agree with this anon>>52239372
Not sure if its the lighting or camera, but the green just kind of blends together, I see those highlights, but you need a diversity of color on the guy

two, If you have an airbrush consider maybe dulling him down a bit with some matt spray, He is a bit shiny

Besides that veery well done,

Also how do you do the spikes and teeth? I am painting Skarbrand rn and dont want to fuck his spikes up.

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>>52238707
No u.
>>52238681
Thats one of the older pictures. It's incredibly hard to photograph something that small with poor lighting. Most spots are covered now.
I added another coat of Leadbelcher to the sword though.

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I bring shame to Fulgrim and our glorious legion. Help me improve.

>Had the terrible idea to paint them after assembled
That's what I get for playing before painting.

>Purple layer got all patchy and shitty
I wanted to make this purple layer less heavy and have some transition in some point, so i though I could mix it up with some medium and make multiple coats.
For some reasons, it didn't work. With normal medium it gets all patchy, and with glaze medium is all like dust. It was horrible. It do not show in the picture, but it looks so bad in some points.
How can I solve this?
Somebody told me it's the purple pigment that does that.

>The worst white in history
So, I started with a bright grey, then shade it with nuln oil, and then the white. But this made the borders either dirty, heavy, imprecise or downright ugly.
What if I take away the nuln oil, and use a pale grey wash at the end? Could it work?

>The Ivy was a nightmare
Gluing etched brass on a round surface is terrible, and I made a lot of mistakes. But I like the theme.

>I just give up at some point with the highlights
So, yeah, I can do better. I just didn't want it.

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>>52239666
>666
Huh. I guess Slaanesh approve though.

>>52239666
>Had the terrible idea to paint them after assembled
I almost always assemble before painting, Except for a couple exceptions, It is almost always better to assemble then paint since you only pain the areas that can actually be seen and dont waste time on parts that cant bee seen. The only thing I ever leave off are Bare heads and bolt guns.

>The worst white in history
Pure white is basically impossible to do IMO. Grey is much better since it comes out a lot less chalky and wont get dirty as you handle it in the future, next time just leave it a really light grey and noone will notice.

>Purple layer got all patchy and shitty
There are plenty of videos on how to wet blend. I wouldnt really wet blend on a marine though, that type of blending style best lends itself to clothing and flesh. I cringe when people wet blend marines because in reality its just flat armor plating and it should not have those wacky transitions on it.

>The Ivy was a nightmare
Only worked with brass a little but the best way is to shape it first then past it on. Get the back of a spoon and work in those curves before trying to apply it.

>I just give up at some point with the highlights
Your highlights are ok. Lots of people on this board go way to heavy and add way too many line highlights and the model ends up looking like its just come out of the fucking matrix. Avoid this


Overall its not really that bad, its actually decent. But fix their faces a bit next time.

>>52239685
Slaanesh's magic number is 7 you goddamn faggot.

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>>52239755
>this faggot

>>52239755
7 is nurgle

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>>52239316

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>First coat smooth as fuck
>Oops missed a spot
>I'll just...
>Facemelt.jpeg

Every time without fail.

>>52239753
That are actually very helpful advices.
Thanks.

>>52239753
>>52239655
Where was this anon like 10 days ago when I was trying to paint my shit

Needed this advice.

>>52239316
Noice!

I especially dig the colour scheme, so don't trust the naysayers lies. The way you've painted him just makes him appear as a more realistic gigantic lizard.

>>52240064
Autocannon is love
Autocannon is life

>>52240327
7 is the number of nurgle, thus he favours plasma and Autocannons above all other weaponry.

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Would painting Black Primer > Red Base > Metallic layer > Red Layer / Highlight > 'Ardcoat work to give a sort of candy red car color? I'm working on a knight and I like that kind of shiny red you see on cars and whatnot.

Somewhat similar to pic related.

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Almost done with my interrigator chaplain, about to finish painting my blood vowl team for tomorrow

>>52238916
Lovely. Good pick on green/yellow theme too.

>>52240444
This guy does not get enough recognition, he teaches you how to paint above ducan level tutorials


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z5Wrrx-m_zk

>>52240504
I really need to invest in a nice airbrush at some point soon.

Thanks though! I'll watch this all the way through, it looks like I was on the right track, this will help a lot.

>>52238494

THICK YOUR PAINTS!

Anyone else here get bored when batch painting or painting the same type of model over and over again? I've been trying to get through 15 of my 60 tactical marines and can't stay interested in painting them.

>>52240636
yes
I usually dont batch paint unless they need to be done in a hurry, and if I do i watch a movie aswell of play some music.

>>52240636
Yes.

If I'm batch painting I limit myself to five guys at a time, and alternate armies.

5 Tacs then 5 Crons then 5 Tacs (Or something else) kind of thing.

Only works though because I'm burning through a huuuuuuuge backlog of 10k+ points and about 7 armies.

>>52240636
My strategy is to alternate model types. Paint some dudes, then a vehicle, then some dudes, then another vehicle.

>>52239316
Lookin good! Tell me his name includes a reference/pun to a croc or an alligator.

>>52240636
I have several batches underway. I really try to limit myself and think I'll finish one project before starting/ building another but as it stands, I have 4 IW, 3 Charcharodons, 2 Orruks brutes, 10 Ardboyz, 1 chaplain and 2 SC in various stages of painting. Don't even get me started on my backlog. Hopefully I finish the Charcharodons this evening.

>>52240927
Pics if you do please anon, I'm kicking around some ideas for a carcharodons army myself and would love some inspo.

>>52239666
they don't look that bad tough

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>>52240944
Unfortunately I've just started these guys, so apart from the mk7 here, none of them are finished, and even the mk7 doesn't have tribal markings. I'm thinkibg of getibg some micron pens, black and white ones, to do them.

Highlights are missing and I just had to bluetack them as they were all separate parts beforehand so don't worry if the pose are wonky and all.

I really hope the next HH plastic box is mk5.

>>52241132
God, yeah, I am not looking forward to doing my polynesian patterns on my guys. Bad at freehanding at the best of times, so I might just do the armour up to standard then worry about those later when I'm a bit more confident.

I'm using some converted CSM bits for Mk5 armour, given the helmets and non-mutated armour pieces seem to take most of their cues from Heresy armour. Clipped and filed down the horns on a few of them, think it looks alright.

>>52241132
Also forgot to tell you while trying to provide constructive reply that these boys look pretty great and thanks for sharing.

>>52241201
>>52241254
Yeah at some point I fear I'll have to cadh in and buy some stuff from FW. I intend to get Tyberos anyway so I'll probably get a bunch of mk5 at this point. Funnily enough he wasn't affected by the price hike and ends up cheaper than most modern plastic characters.

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Am batch painting blood bowl

Does tg like my trst model?

1/2

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>>52241286
2/2

>>52241286
>>52241303
Pretty fucking solid honestly. It's not your first model is it? Cus that's pretty good.

>>52241303
>>52241286
Looks nice, good vibrant red and a clean style. I think the blue needs some highlights or to be brighter in some way as it's a little dull, but a whole team painted that way would look great.

Basing needs some work though.

>>52241338
Ya im going to be airbrushing highlights on the rest of the models and the base isnt done, Just wanna get these 12 guys done so i can play tomorrow

>>52241334
thanks and ya definatly not my first model

My very first blood bowl model thought.

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>>52241303
Also how does tg prevent wrinkles in decals?

What do you use to soften them

>>52241286
>>52241303
sorry if I sound rude, but haven't you posted in an older /wip/-thread?
the model looks nice

>>52241441


ya but noone responded so i re posted

>>52241477
but, I responded...

>>52241524
lol whoops must not have seen it

I use the phone to post it and then browse on my laptop.

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I'm going to be painting an Orc Blood Bowl team in these colors my team's name is a pun on Ravens but I'm not really sure how or where each color should go. Any suggestions?

>>52241535
white for the accents and stripes with a black helmet and blue armor

the tan can be used for the cloth.

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/WIP/, I need your help. I'm painting the Last Chancers, and all the models that don't have sleeves have this arrow mark raised on their skin. I'm trying to make it look as though they've been branded, so in the pic I painted the skin as normal then painted a light glaze of Bloodletter over the mark. It doesn't look right to me though, so I'm looking for suggestions.

>>52241651
too much primer bro

>>52241281
Yeah he's on sale for about four bucks from one of my chinamen but I might go for the FW version myself just because the price difference is inconsequential.

>>52241651
I usually use "normal" red for that

Was tossing around ideas, and thought of making a sort of Tau Familiar. Would anyone be interested in seeing how it goes?

A smaller drone with little spider legs, but i dont think he'd fit onto the base of any of my guys, except a Crisis suit or larger(unless ethereals are on larger bases now too). Any thoughts?

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I'm going to make my own bloodbowl board out of square bases. I'm going to need 390 in total. Where's a cheap shop I can get them in bulk?

>>52239316
I thought it was a drawing first time I opened the picture, don't know if it's coming from the paintjob or the photo but well done.

>>52241880
Something like that probably isn't going to be cost effective to buy (rough math puts you at @ $70 worth of untextured bases, at best). If it were me, I'd grab something like a Hirst arts floor mold and some dental plaster (or more likely, just make my own mold).

>>52241880
try mantic
http://www.manticgames.com/mantic-shop/painting-and-modelling/bases.html

In what order to you guys paint bases and glue the minis to them? What I mean is I'd love to finish a base, and then glue mostly painted model on top. Obviously it's a problem, since the surface area is no longer flat, so I'm stuck with using PVA glue for that, and it doesn't work too well

>>52242624
I normally just make sure i've got a flat spot to attach the miniature to after i've dry-brushed the base, any odd looking attachment issues are covered up when I add flock/more details over the base.

>>52242647
Any specific trick to having a flat spot? Also what glue do you use for that?

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>>52239595
>how muhc can we expect to sell this for and were should we sell it (ebay?)

eBay's a good bet, as is Bartertown. You could maybe get $150-$200 unless - since I know all these models are plastic - your friend did a hideous job painting them and they are beyond salvation. Then he'll be lucky to get much of anything for them.

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>>52242668
I'll either mark out where the mini is going on the base and not apply basing material there, or more often than not I just pose minis standing on flat bits of cork/slate or something.
Old picture that hopefully shows you what I mean.

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>>52241132
>I really hope the next HH plastic box is mk5.

Brother-Sergeant Brutus agrees!

Honestly not looking forward to painting that many molecular bonding studs again, though.

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>>52242624
>>52242668

I normally just mark where it's going to go beforehand.

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>>52241440
>Also how does tg prevent wrinkles in decals?

As a Blood Angels player, I have a bit of an advantage over ladz like the Imperial Fists or White Scars.

You've no doubt noticed that flat decals don't do well on curved surfaces, and are just plain difficult to apply to the 3-dimensional parabolic solid that is the Space Marine pauldron. The trick is that with Blood Angels, you can slice through the decal with your hobby knife beforehand, severing one or both wings from the blood drop. This makes it easier to apply, since not all the surface area is connected to each other - sort of like the difference between a Mercator projection map and a Goode homolosine projection map.

>What do you use to soften them

You can get "decal set" from your local hobby shop. I've heard it's just thinned down vinegar, though.

>>52242736
>>52242792
Got it. Thanks Anons

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I've since cleaned up the lines and mud on the glowey thruster bits, but here's my Dreadclaw result.
Glorious, gaping, golden asshole dentata.

>>52242765
The good thing with those studes is that it's easy to do, even if it's boring.
Doing studs is fine, edge highlights all the armor just fine is hard.

>>52242924
how the fuck are people supposed to deploy from that shit

>>52243176
Jumping through the asshole.

>>52243176
getting shat out

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I posted this the other day but I'm still looking for some feedback mainly on the base.

I don't really like how it turned out. I don't really have any idea what sort of basing style to actually do this army with.

>>52242924
One down, one to go...

whats the best way to go about basing your miniatures?

Assemble the model to the base, add flock then prime?

I realized that I fucked up and primed a large portion of my army without putting anything down on the base

could I try add the flock, remove the model from the base, prime then re-add it?

>>52240884
His name is Snaggle-Toof.

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More or less finished the bulk of the assembly and magnets for my first Havok squad. My question now is should I put the backpacks and shoulders on before I paint? I don't remember them getting in the way as much as the weapon did on my test models. Same for the head since the mkiv arms are kept much lower than the mkiii

>>52243503
Don't.

It's only a minor gain of time comapred to putting them on paper clips with glue/bluetack, but can be annoyin as shit when you least expect it.
I know the feeling of wanting your model to take shape quickly, but I always regret it at some point when I go along with it.

Hey guys, I am starting a army of Ynarri that is all harlequins and dark eldar. There are a lot of thin little pieces and easily breakable parts. What is the best way to transport my army? I have battlefoam for my tau but I don't think it is a good idea for the Ynarri.

>>52243503
fuck this guy>>52243574

totally assemble the model, Anyone who tells you to not put the shoulder pads and backpack on are total retards unless you are doing a professional job or contest piece

saves you so much time to not paint pieces of the model that cant even be seen. On top of this having those parts on give you perspective on the model in regards to highlights and looks a lot better

I hate when people on this board say leave off the arms and shoulder pads and back packs, its teh worse advise ever

>>52241440
There are two products call microsol and microset. Microsol dissolves the decal material making it thinner and more flexible while micro set fixes the decal and puts a thin film on the mini so the boarder of the decal can not be seen. After than I would suggest a coat of varnish (matt coat for unless you want it to be shiny shiny.)

>>52244141
I disagree with you

>>52244141
I disagree as well. And that's coming from someone who has painted over a hundred marines.

>>52243380
You don't need to prime or paint flock.

If you need to paint a rock or some shit, use paint on primer.

Working with resin, specifically recast resin, is a regular paper dust mask ok, or should I use a respirator? I'm mostly drilling magnet holes and shaving mold slips.

>>52244175
An extra step you can take: put on a layer of Pledge Future/Klear before doing the decal. It will help smooth out the surface of smaller irregularities so you'll have a cleaner surface to apply the transfer to. Do note that this stuff will leave the area glossy, but if you're sealing your mini like everyone should be, this will not be a problem.

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>>52244181
>>52244199
>I disagree as well. And that's coming from someone who has painted over a hundred marines.

well you could have painted 150 in the time it took you to paint those 100 and you leaving the arms off makes no difference

Even professional painters will assemble basically the entire model, arms and all

There is literally no reason to leave off a shoulder pouldron or backpack.

>>52244141
The total retard respectfully disagrees with you. You do you buddy, I gave my point of view.

>>52244282
well the total retard should not give out shitty advice. I fell for that meme when i first started to paint and finally realized how stupid it was.

I've heard black is pretty hard to work with as a main color. Any advice for a dude about to paint his first Chaplain?

>>52244230
You should be using full milspec CBRN gear at all times within 50 feet of anything resin, but if you want to be a money-saving pleb, you'd be fine with a paper mask.

>>52244317
You do realise that all you gain litteraly no time at all?

Just because I don't have my arms glued on, not the pauldrons or the backpack mean i'm going to paint every little piece of detail that I know won't be seen.

How do you even "gain time" by gluing it before painting rather than after? You'll glue it either way.

>>52244337
You can try to prime dark grey and then apply several black washes.

>>52244368
because you waste time painting areas that can't even be seen in the final product.
Also its impossible to do any decent glazes or highlights since you dont know the final pose and can't position the source of light correctly

there is literally no reason to leave all the shit off.

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My weekend project. I've tried to replicate that tutorial:

when paiting stormcast armour. Also, first time trying to use vallejo water effect on base. After first layer I realized that I should have painted base in watery colours BEFORE applying that paste. Hopefully it will look better after next layer.

>>52244413
Mate, 90% of the people in that thread, me included, don't kow how to work with glazes.

If someone ask about such a tiny detail, chances are he doesn't work with them either, hence the validity of telling him to lay the pieces off.

But you're right, if one is to work with glazes and stuff that need proper positionning, knowing how you model looks from the get go is important.

>>52244516
forgot link to tutorial:
http://fantasygames.com.pl/turquoise-stone-tutorial/

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Finally got Dark Reaper, Russ Grey, and Fenrisian Grey layer paints today. I am planning on doing a Death Company Themed Stormraven Gunship and wanted to see how these colours looked against Eshin Grey, Dawnstone, and Administratum Grey.

I like the more blue look new paints I got look, what do you think?

Eshen, Dawnstone, Administratum left.

Reaper, Russ, Fenrisian right.

Also debating if I should put a think layer of Nuln Oil over top both sides.

>>52244516
My first thought is that you need to make the lines a lot thinner to get that stone look, at the moment it sort of reminds me of those anti shark wetsuits.
Colour choice is nice though and I do like the shield

>>52244549
It's a bir light for a Death Company methinks, but I guess the light plays a lot.

Are you going for a conversion kit like the one from Chapterhouse or are you keeping the flying brick as is?

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>>52241440
In the process of paibting this guy and im not sure if i like the color of his gloves

Thoughts?

>>52244630
Not sure what I want to do yet entirely. I can see myself having 2 Stormravens, one being DC themed and one being regular BA flying brick. So for that reason alone I feel like I should really try and make this thing pop out as much as I can. Obviously that means a lot of skulls and I am thinking a red trim on most of the panels.

>>52244364

I have a respirator I can steal from work, I was just wondering.

>>52244516
>http://fantasygames.com.pl/turquoise-stone-tutorial/
Thin your lines, like a lot

>>52244413
>>52244258

Whatever floats your boat, but I disagree with the assertion that leaving an arm and the backpack off makes it impossible to do proper shading and highlights. I still know how a part is positioned on my marines even if it's not currently glued on.

>>52244878
>>52244518
>>52244368
>>52244317
>>52244258
Im pretty sure this guy is just trolling

>>52244230
I'm using a full respirator when working with resin. Doesn't matter if it's Chinaman or the """"safe and completely harmless""" Forgeworld stuff. The momentary discomfort doesn't hold a candle to what that kind of dust can do to your respiratory system, not to mention potential carcinogens.

>>52244871
If you start working with liquid resin and doing your own casting or w/e then yeah, you should grab a respirator. If it's just particulate matter then a dust mask should be fine.

>>52244902
Probably. But there are sometimes people in these threads looking for advice. And I'm not looking forward to more guys like the dude that keeps posting his unpainted, uncleaned, fully assembled Deathwatch and Custodes.

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>>52244952
Not the asshole posting before, but to be fair i dont leave any parts off the model except for the head, and i only take off the head if its a different color like on these assault marines

Then again i do highlight using an airbrush

>>52245123
Airbrush makes that probably easier. I'm doing my dudes the hard way, with layers, glazes and edge highlights and it just bothers me to leave even mostly obscured details unpainted.

>tfw I always assemble my model in full because I like to play the game first and paint second

Am I fucked?

>>52245198
To each his own.

>>52245198
Either way you'll make something harder for yourself. Assembling before painting makes painting the mini harder and painting before assembly makes you wait longer to play the game. Ultimately you choose which one you wanna live with.

>>52245222
>>52245244
I just wanted to make sure it wouldn't be impossible to make my guys look good. I haven't painted a model since high school and back then I thought one layer was good enough. I got back into it and people like Duncan seem to assemble completely.

>>52244877
>>52244578
point taken, I'll try to fix it after water effect dries

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Finally got to work some more on this fucker.

>>52245260
Duncan does that with MEQ models because he doesn't do any glazes or zenithal highlights or much of any advanced techniques. His tutorials are basic as can be but executed flawlessly. He does paint larger models in sub assemblies though.

>>52245196
Can i see a wip of your glazes?

I usually dont like to glaze marines because i am not a fan of tripy looking armour

>>52245198
No i assemble all my models first and mine come out fine

>>52245260
The only thing that'll stop your dudes from looking good is sucking dick at painting. As for Duncan, you have to remember that he's advertising products at the end of the day, which is why he's painting most minis assembled. For larger or more complicated minis he does sub-assemblies. Personally I paint most of my minis assembled for the most part, unless it's something like a marine holding a bolter with both hands, then I paint the body and then arms before assembling since the rifle gets in the way of reaching the chest with my brush.

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>>52245302
First off, sorry for reposting the picture.
Second, I might have been using the wrong, term, but I wasn't talking about using just glazes to paint the entire armour. I use them locally to bring the highlights together.

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>>52238439
Today I've been working on my Tervigon.

Just got into 40k a few weeks ago, first time posting my color scheme on /tg/.

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>>52245422
Detail of the spawning sac.

>>52245420
Ah i see

I wish i had the patience to do line highlighting

I can do it just fine but i almost always loose focus halfway through and start making errors

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>>52245443
The finished (just needs 'Ardcoat on the blue bits) Tervi head.

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>>52245467
And here she is with a few of the other units in my growing swarm.

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How do you make water transfers like these?

>>52245443
He sack looks really disgusting

I like it

>>52245499
Look up SamuelDecal on Facebook and send him an image and what size decal you need it to be, he's fast and affordable.

>>52244518
>not knowing how to work with glazes
Glazing is super simple technique. It just takes a lot of patience.

>>52245481
Not a huge fan of drybrushing, but they look pretty good for someone just starting out.

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I want to paint him in almost exact opposite colors. I want a dark blue to light blue highlights version what do you folks recommend?

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>>52238916
good shit on those sleeves anon

>>52239316
gorgeous skin texture but too...clean IMO. in my mind a big ol beasty like that would probably have some dirt it rolled around in or w/e

>>52241286
good shit, really pops and would look great on the tabletop I bet

>>52245278
i like the dudes a lot, i like the nice dull metal color. but the lizard's skin could use some work, seems your paint is a little thin

>>52245420
jesus those are goregeous

>>52245499
Thats painted on dude

>>52245511
Thousand Sons Blue base
Ahriman Blue layer
Baharroth Blue for highlights

>>52245511
I painted the Nids up above and the carapace is

base thousand sons blue
feathered highlight lothern blue
drybrushed highlight skink blue

with 'Ardcoat applied on top, but you wouldn't need that in this case. Adding in an extreme edge highlight of Skull White after an all over wash of Drakenhof Nightshade would probably give a similar finished look to the one posted.

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>>52245535
That's where you're wrong kiddo.

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hey friends, returning to the hobby after some time gone. I'm looking for some advice to convert this old Warrior of Chaos I got on ebay, forgot about, and re-discovered in my bits box into my D&D character - an orc fighter. so I've got some questions for you guys on how to go about that:

1. where's a good place I could get a decently-proportioned orc head? I was going to originally use a GW head but the orcs have fuckoff huge heads and it just looks silly

2. one characteristic of my character is that he has really long white hair, sort of like a lion's mane - are there any good tutorials on sculpting hair for sculpting noobs?

3. i want to attach the shield in the pic to the arm that once held the second axe - how should I go about doing so?

3a. is the shield too small/are there better shields I should be looking for?

4. I want to convert the axe he is currently holding into my character's magic sword, Void, which my DM describes as being plain and wicked sharp, almost more like black glass than steel. I was planning on cutting off the axe above the hand but keeping the rest of the handle below the hand because it looks cool. is that the best way to do so, and if so, what do I make the blade out of?

thanks for anyone who took the time to read this, i really wanna go all-out for this mini. PS I don't get to say this often but for anyone curious, this is for Abbadon's D&D campaign (the author/illustrator of Kill 6 Billion Demons)

>>52242736
Nice malifaux. I wish people posted more malifaux here

>>52245619
http://www.spellcrow.com/orcs-c-9_32.html

These are probably proportional to GW Orkz, I really think you'll need to sculpt onto the chest a little bit or something to make an Orc head fit on a Warrior of Chaos body.

http://www.wampstore.com/store/conversion%20accessories/Spider-Guardian-Shields

There are a few cool sets of shields on this site.

>>52245420
Any tips for converting the Rhino into a Thousand Sons Rhino? I'm going to start collecting Warhammer for the first time in a couple of weeks and I want to collect Thousand Sons.

Getting tired of painting blood boel guys and i have a spair kinda beat up marine im gonna make battle worn

Will paint him the color of a chapter ive never painted so no star phantoms or dark angels or blood angels

What chapter should i paint it as

>>52245767
make up your own

>>52245767
Howling Griffons

>>52245537
Thank you, any recommendations in color for the cloak? I'm indecisive if I should go black with eshin gray or something else.

>>52245767
sons of medusa

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>>52245796
These guys?

>>52245579
Those look amazing, thanks! Same question, what should I make the cloak interior to offset it? I'm considering black and eshin gray

>>52245629
i have never played malifaux. is it a dying game? not the guy you're replying to obviously

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>>52245767
Roll, fucko.

Alternatively, if you like pain, so Celebrants.

>>52245767
>beat up

Lamenters

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>>52245579
>>52245537
I'm making a combined Eldar force with this scheme. Though less purple and more bluish.

>>52245887
Lets see what I get.

>>52245880
I guess it's quite popular in the larger cities, but I really don't know, as I reside in norway, and the FLGS quit selling GW due to lack of interest.

The miniatures are amazing though, and are amazing to paint. If you're not twelve and enjoy spending time on your minis, I really recommend the game for the minis alone

>>52245887
Neat

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>>52245887
Fine ill roll

Roll

Also this is the marine, whoever had him before really slopes on the primer

>>52246040
Fucking shir i got celebrants

>>52246040
Lol nevermind got doom eagles

>>52246040
>>52246066
You got Doom Eagles, a patrician roll actually. Their painting guide can be found in the UM successors of the SM painting guide.

Their entire mentality is about being the most self-suffering fatalistic grim bastards possible, but all in the name of ensuring that mortal humans don't suffer like they do.

They all see themselves as being already dead and that suffering and pain is their lot in the universe and nothing will change that, so nothing can hold them back from fighting as hard as they can to protect the innocent and the faithful from feeling their suffering.

They're one of the only chapters that manages to be both very grimdark and very sympathetic about protecting regular humans, without those two sides of their mentality conflicting.

>All of creation suffers, young ones. Only in accepting our own mortality can we make a difference. Only in bearing the burden of our failures can we find the strength to go on. Only in detachment from glory, or honour, or jealousy... from life itself can we hope to spare others from grief.
>We are Doom Eagles. And we are dead already.

So making them battle damage is fitting.

>>52240064
why do these chaos space marines have heavy stubbers?

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>>52246124
Oops forgot the picture.

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>>52246124
>that lore

Rolled 47 (1d100)

>>52245887
I too will roll.

>>52246124
I like it

This guy is pretty gunky, gonna see if i cant get rid of his head and replace it

>>52246198
Read their short stories, their initiation process has kids running through an active acid volcano until they basically have no choice but to say fuck it "I'm dead" and jump a cliff. They male several appearance in the BA Rafen series as well, and a trilogy about a Plage of Nurgle invasion on a agri world defend by them and the UM that I can't remember the name of.
Even their inception in the HH has a short story about it, an UM captain basically seeing the horros of war and shit.

Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>52245887
rollan

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>>52246229
Alright lets do this

Will post updates

Rolled 12 (1d100)

>>52245887
also gonna roll, gonna be a sigmarine though since that's what I've got spare

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How do I get a good lava-looking effect?

This guy is supposed to be an animated lava blob, so crusty rock on the outside and liquid hot magma inside.

I'm no great shake with the brush - would a white basecoat and then yellow-orange-red drybrushing (followed by a bit of line lighting and detailing) get to tabletop acceptable, or look like shit?

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>>52246370
Looking forward to seeings pics! Don't forget to focus them though!

>>52246374
>Sigmarine

You better fucking convert him to make him a real marine.

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>>52246598

>he doesnt paint on the sprew

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>>52246620

>>52246549
what game is that creature from?

>>52246598
im not the anon you responded to but id like to know what you did.

>>52239655
Just with other people in general, though we are running our own 4 team league. Also play bloodbowl II, when i feel up for a game and no-one is around

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>>52246598
Finished the base layers, never painted a fully metal dude before and its kind of a pain in the dick

>>52243176
In addition to >>52243202 and >>52243217, these are also meant for boarding operations above all other things, so the "mouth" typically opens up directly into a hallway or vacancy of some sort so the Marines can pour out.

In addition, the claws can move, allowing the drop pod to "chew" its way into a building or vessel to better deploy its cargo or eat the enemies it's attempting to board

>>52247014
Malifaux

>>52246549
Don't dry brush. You need to blend it so start with a yellow base and then work up from there. Reverse your normal highlighting to go from lighting to darkest as you move out. Yellow > orange > red and then dark grey if you want it to look like it's cooling in some areas.

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>>52247110
Not my pictures, they're from an anon who posted them in these very threads.

He just used SC pieces with BA, and some BA FW helmets. Termies might not be to the taste of everyone since the legs are thinner than the normal greaves.

>>52247132
You'll probably have to brighten the metal up, they're pretty bright IIRC, right now it's closer to IW dirty metal.

>>52247222
alrighty then, thanks anyway. i think for regular marines the abs have to be chopped off because they look way off otherwise

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>>52247250
Ya i dont have the metalics to pull this guy off, this is how good he is gonna get

Started working on my blood bowl guy anyways

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Got another chaos dorf done

>>52245741
Unless you can get your hands on the Forgeworld doors and front panel it's all going to be in the freehand

>>52247146
why do you have to troll me anon?

>>52247222
>>52246679
>>52246620
>>52246598
Emperor's Leg Day Skippers.

>>52247429
it is malifaux though, its just part of a box set as far as i can see https://giveusyourmoneypleasethankyou-wyrd.com/products/rail-crew

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>>52241535
>>52241535
>>52241535
>>52241535
listen hear lil nigga. any baltimore fan knows these are the best jeresys

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>>52246654
>he spell sprue "sprew"

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Hey guys,
I am just did a mock up for my converted grotesque paint scheme. What do you guys think? Will senpai notice me?

The concept is that before battle the grotesque were pumped full of a strength enhancing toxin that caused their muscles to expand and their flesh to rip off.

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>>52247777
here are some of the converts from warhammer rat ogres I had.

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spartan assault church is coming along slowly. you cant see it because of the picture quality, but i did the rivets on the main structure and glued the sides. they will both get their own little tanktracks.

hope to be finished with the assembly tomorrow, so i can prime it next week and start going crazy painting.

things that are missing: a little bit of chaos bling on the visible landraider parts. hours of sanding down the rough parts. several hours of blankly staring at the model, being insecure about silly things and ignoring the important things.

hail lorgar. praise be.

>>52247804
>>52247777
Those look darn good for freehand, and are likely to look amazing on the table top

Really loving the conversions, definitely look DEldar-y

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>>52247954
would you add some chaos bling on the back? dont want to overdo it, maybe a few purity seals.

>>52247181
>Don't dry brush. You need to blend it...
Bummer, that's going to be a lot more fiddly and time-consuming.
Thanks for the suggestion.

Would drybrushing look that bad?
I ask because I can definitely drybrush.
Also, I'm fucking terrible at blending.

Should I just try and keep the paint wet (and thin) on the model as I mix up and out to redder tones?

Could anyone recommend a good blending yootoob?

>>52247429
>>52247014
It's Mei Feng's Totem, an Emberling, from her Rail Crew box.
She's a cross-faction Ten Thunders (pan-Asian mafia) and Arcanist (magic-using communist working party mafia) leader.

Malifaux's range of models is fukken tasty.

>>52247977
Dry brushing will look shit. Stop depending on a technique that limits your ability to grow.

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>>52247964
I am not sure if I should go for the rosy flesh or a more pale flesh. The rosy reads more as skin. I am going to do a violet wash to make it look a little more beaten.

My other concern is trying to tie them into the rest of my army. They are going to be side by side with the harlequins and breaking through from the web way to real space in a fagmobile raider.

>>52248113
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9du3Mkw46Y

When painting white, should you use gray for edge highlights? I'd assume you'd want something darker because there's nothing brighter than white in that color scheme.

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Nearly done with this blood bowl catcher, just need to highlight his clothes a little more and do some touchups

1/2

>>52248209
You dont edge highlight pure white,

Ans if you must use a cool white, what i meen is white with barely a tinge of blue

>>52243503
I would say, do whatever you pleases more, one half of people paint before assemble, the other half assemble before paint, there is no real right or wrong.

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>>52248229
Then what do you do? Just leave it as is?

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>>52248210
2/2

Should i glue 2 layers of sand to a base? One layer looks to sparse. Will it look better once its painted?

>>52244688
make the gloves brown, like the shoes

>>52248264
He trick to painting really light colors is shading rather than edge highlights

Dark colors are good for highlighting since the shade is a bit hard to see and light colors are good for shading since it contrasts with the light color

You dont always have to edge highlight to have a good mini

>>52248209
Never actually paint white as pure white. Use a slightly off white shade then highlight pure white. Looks much better.

>>52245619
>I want to convert the axe he is currently holding into my character's magic sword, Void, which my DM describes as being plain and wicked sharp, almost more like black glass than steel. I was planning on cutting off the axe above the hand but keeping the rest of the handle below the hand because it looks cool. is that the best way to do so, and if so, what do I make the blade out of?

maybe, just use a blade from another sword, maybe remove some details of the sword, to make it look more plain

>>52246654
>painting on the sprue for anything besides legs and heads

>>52247777
>>52247804
that's awesome, nice idea with the flesh

>>52247975
>chaos
>using "purity" seals

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>>52245619
>1. where's a good place I could get a decently-proportioned orc head? I was going to originally use a GW head but the orcs have fuckoff huge heads and it just looks silly
GW orc heads and every third party product designed to fit onto them is gonna be way too big.
If you are doing D&D you could look into reaper miniatures. I'm not sure they have conversion packs with separate heads, but you can probably get a super cheap bones miniatre of an half orc or orc.
HF has some separate heads too in their conversion section. There's at least one Conan the Barbarian type character in their catalog that comes with an alternate orc head, not sure if they sell that separately though.
>2. one characteristic of my character is that he has really long white hair, sort of like a lion's mane - are there any good tutorials on sculpting hair for sculpting noobs?
this pdf should tell you what you need to know.

>>52241303
Dat booty

>>52247975
if you can get the big horned skull bit from the arcane ruins set, it would fill that big flat space pretty nicely

>>52248621
"impurity seals"
Happy now?

Rolled 10 (1d100)

>>52245887
Rainbow Warriors get!

Anyone know a good place to get some dead trees for base deco?

I don't want to wrap more fucking wire

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>>52248621
yea i use a lot of imperial iconography. not to go all myguys on you, but my word bearer sect believes in the emperor as the fifth god of the warp. like the eldar gave birth to slaanesh, the last tenthousand years of war have been not much more then a ritual to feed the personified chaos essence of mankind.

besides it gives you a ton of neat bits and options for kitbashing

>>52248720
you could just get some broken branches and sculpt roots on them or use them as fallen trunks.
If you want something premade I think Secret Weapon miniatures sells a set with resin tree trunks.

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Finished
Not sure if i went too crazy with highlights

1/2

>>52248695
its way too big to fit. and my problem is not with finding the right bit, but more in deciding if more stuff on the model would be too much

>>52248758
Anon.

Why. My autism demands to know how you came up with this. The Word Bearers have a fervent hatred of the Emperor for having cast them aside in the first place, and destroying their crown jewel of Monarchia, and humiliating them. They firmly believe that the Emperor is not a god, for if he was, then why would he disallow his own worship?

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>>52248781
2/2

>>52248621
>>52248700
i kind of dont like the whole IMpure and UNholy thing, that chaos has going. if you belive, that your god is the right god, everything concerning that god is the pure and holy thing. so writing nasty things on your seals, because it tingles khrones chain tanga is the pure and holy thing to do

I'm considering kit-bashing an Amazon Blood Bowl team.

I was thinking of using Witch Aelves as the base for most of the team (5 lineman, 4 possible blitzers, 1 catcher) with a Sorceress (thrower), and a converted Lelith Hesperax and a Succubus as either positionals or a star player (Zara the Slayer and Roxanna Darknail respectively). All of them with ork boy shoulder-pad bits all over them, and maybe greenstuffed football helmets.

Do you guys see it in your head when I describe it, and does it work?

>>52248837
Ya, well raving lunacy tends to grt in the way of rational thought

>>52248803

it kind of makes sense if you just sqint enough to not hear the tinfoil hat rustling.

the emperor was indeed wrong in casting them aside and the sect does not so much love the emperor for who he was and what he did, but for the things he embodies. he is mankinds essence personified. he is conquest and want and desire and greed. he is literally the melted souls of the warppresence of man and has been fed nothing but said souls for the last ten millenia. if you see the emperor himself more like a totem to focus our warpessence and less like a man it all makes sense.

the birth of slaanesh was the miracle of the eldar race, and the rebirth of the chaos godemperor would be the miracle of man.

and now i went proper myguys on you

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Hey everyone...going to post 4 images of the Grail Knights I'm working on. Could you C&C? They have base coats on, and I'm looking for advice on how to wash and highlight?

Also which do you do first, wash them or apply highlights?

Thanks for all help and comments ahead of time mates.

And what color do you highlight white with??

>>52248758
Got a better picture of those flamey ghosts in the back?

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>>52249009
2/4 as asked, let me know if you have any suggestions for how to proceed with these...once I clean them up..a lot of rough/sloppy edges I know

>>52248786
Definitely looks like it could use something on the back in the plasticard section. There's not a whole lot of dedicated chaos on the thing at all so I don't think you'd be going overboard to add some on the back.

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>>52249015
i would not say its much better, but maybe you can recognize something.

the big portal vortex is my dreadclaw and the gal vorbak are my spawns

>>52249009
>And what color do you highlight white with??
you don't, shade it with grey leaving the white showing through as the highlight

>>52249083
>that horse in the background
The old Archaon model was one of the best minis GW ever made

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>>52249109
totally agree. thank god i have a second one
a better picture

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>>52249088
by shade..you mean washing? Do they mean the same?
3/4

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>>52249009
I see three different kinds of blue here, anon. If you look at classical heraldry, there are only five to seven colors that are used. Your colors are all over the place as a result and I think that the end regiment will look like a gaudy mess. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tincture_(heraldry)#Colours And yes I realize how stupid is saying "Your fantasy knights who drank from the Holy Grail But Not The Jesus One" don't look historic enough is, but these are noneteless the same rules GW based them on. Commencing mini dump from the 5th ed Bretonnia book.

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>>52249009
>>52249194

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>>52249009
>>52249202
Note the window about color consistency at the bottom.

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Any ideas for how to make the bird fly on a base?
I want to use it as a familiar or maybe a random cultist stand in if I need one more body

>>52248803
You must be one of those new fags who doesn't know shit about the lore outside of what you read on a wiki.

Word bearers cover themselves in heretical seals. They take chaotic verses and tattoo them into flesh and then put them onto their armour. This is even pictured in their first ever art work next to the nightlord with a power maul.

>>52248837
You're applying your morals to another person's world view. You can't do that and then go "lol look how stupid they are". Having seals that say destroy the non-believers and take their heads as trophies doesn't conflict with believing your god is correct. Nor would having a bunch of seals detailing your victories over worthy foes.

>>52249181
See
>>52248344

>>52245887
fuck it need to get some painting motivation

>>52245887
I found some 2nd edition monopose, so why not lol

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>>52249194
>>52249202
>>52249217


Thanks mate... hmm I sort of suck at picking colors... I noticed that most of the pics you posted have knights only having 2 main colors. Is it too late to try to cover up the 3rd color on mine? I can see it's more about the "design" of the knight's barding rather than the actual color choice...I should have realized that. Less colors but more patterning would have been better, like stripes, crosses, diagonals etc...


Fuck me...I suck...

>>52249009
Your colours aren't even, they're patchy. Other wise there's no feedback to give.

>>52249194
They always look a cluster fuck. That's how knights dressed up look

>>52249346
no its not about the morality. my point is, that eating the eyes of living children and writing scary poems about it on your seals should not be viewed as unholy and impure. at least not from your own point of view

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This is the first miniature I've painted in probably 10 years, I took /tg/s advice to thin my paints but I can still see brush strokes. Do you need a perfectly flat undercoat to avoid this?

>>52245887
gotta try

>>52249413
And it often isn't. Alternatively consider that you want to gain power, the Gods will grant you that power. How much of a monster are you willing to become for it?

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>>52249271
Do you mean on a flight base?

>>52239372
This is a terrible idea.

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quick update on the radioactive salamanders/space niggers

>>52249383
You can always paint over older layers, but more layers always equals less detail. GW had a system where lower-rank Knights Errant had just two colors, no blazons, and simple designs, whereas Grail Knights had as many as five colors, complex designs and usually a couple blazons on top of the Grail and Fleur. Grab some scans from the WHFB general >>52196381 and this one has the 5th ed book the pages I posted are from https://www.mediafire.com/folder/mkx2mxkpv5x6d/Old_WFB_Books

>>52249391
No shit they're a clusterfuck, but they're typically a clusterfuck of colors that use the same hue.

>>52238916
I want all of those great sword torsos for an imperial guard conversions

>>52249431
Try a wet pallet, and preshade. It should have a nice effect with such light base colours.

>>52248781
how in the fuck do you highlight clothing like that, it looks so natural>>52248830

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>try to paint a plain mustard yellow
>basecoat of Averland Sunset looks like day-old honey mustard
>kinda disappointed, but continue on since it's just a basecoat and it's fairly thin so I can cover it up easily
>do a layer of Flash Gitz all over it since it seems to be the perfect color for what I have in mind
>overthin without knowing
>it won't fucking cover the Averland no matter how many layers I do and just makes the model look grainy as fuck without getting rid of the horrid orange-mustard look
>try to do a recess shade of Casandora Yellow since it's apparently the wash for yellow paints
>not only comes out pure fucking orange but also gets everywhere, shifting the entire model's color palette even further towards orange
>try to do a drybrush of Hexos Palesun to brighten and yellow up the model
>can't fucking get the paint on the goddamn brush
>shit just won't work itself in no matter how hard I try
>finally get manage to get some on but end up bending the hairs on my drybrush
>can't tell how much I have on my brush since I'm nearly blind
>I lose control and use too much paint, getting it all over
>looks completely unrealistic because of the drastic shifts from white-yellow to dark orange
>it sounds like it could work but fuck me it doesn't in this case
>looks sloppy as fuck and super grainy
>get mad
>slop on a ton of leadbelcher to cover the tin bitz without really caring
>gets all over the fucking yellow
>when I try to clean up the parts I fucked up on the yellow isn't thick enough to cover and just turns greenish
Why is modelling so fun and yet painting so terrible. I just want to enjoy this hobby in full and I to be honest I almost do; I love modelling my guys and I love playing the damn game even though my army fucking blows this edition, but fuck me I really hate painting. I fuck up every time.
Any BASIC videos tuts on how to use a brush?

>>52249431
The hell is your recipe for yellow.? That's exactly what I'm going for.

>>52250530
2 steps
basecoat white
put on flash gits

works every time for me

>>52249576
Damn I fucking love that green. How'd you do it?

>>52250816
P3 Wurm green with a GW Waywatcher green glaze

>>52245887
Roll

>>52239595
late answer to >>52238454
but because he found the commitment to painting to be too time consuming. you can see how he's finished a squad of scouts, a dread, primed everything and then done a base layer on a few models and called it there
he kept one army incase he plays again
tau
a great big army of unpainted, unprimed grey tau

Fuck. I should really get an air brush. I have so many dudes to paint, and just spraying on the base coat would save so much time. I live in a small apartment, though, so I'm worried that it would be a bad idea.

>>52251443

Just use colored primer

The real problem with the airbrush isn't space, it's noise. Silent compressors cost a gorillion dollars unless you use duct tape and a bicycle tire.

>>52251456

It's not so much the space, it's the spraying of paint in a tiny area.

>colored primer

I would still have to paint over the primer. Plus, I'm painting Night lords, so I really need to have that black base coat to get a proper midnight blue.

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Almost finished my first unit of vets, just need some melta guys and bases done, anyone mind rating them?

>>52251546
better than me/10 nice job anon

>>52251644

Thanks anon

>Tfw almost another 100 Guardsmen to paint

Fuck I wish I could bring myself to do a shit job to get it done but I just can't.

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>>52251546
Well that rifle might get in the way when throwing the grenade.

>>52240636
I try to reward myself with a model I really want to paint.

Like if I bang out 15 firewarriors I cAn paint my stormsurge. It gives me something to look forward too while keeping things spicy.

I paint slow as fuck tho

>>52247413
The green trim looks a lot better with the highlights on and the gems are really well executed. I think you could do with more subtle highlight transitions on the gold armour though, right now it goes from gold straight to silver. Try using a brighter gold as an intermediate highlight and using the silver sparingly only on the sharpest edges of the armour.

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>decide I want to paint my Cygnar army white primary with blue secondary
>mfw actually trying it
I've made a terrible mistake

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>>52245499
I knew I recognized that face.

>>52249431

No, your paint is too thick still, or you're painting the next layer before you've given the first one enough time to dry, or you're simply putting too much paint on in one layer.

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>>52249271
if you want a scenic base, this should help.

>>52252741
>painted or pre-painted
end me, I am too tired for this

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>>52238916
Really nice unit, and above-average effort on the basing.

>>52251893
It's clearly a token to represent them failing morale checks as this guy blows himself up rather than face the enemy.

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Working on horses atm, the two on the right are finished, apart from bases. I made the hard choice of rebasing my entire army to standard bases, so i can actually play with these effectively.

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What's /wip/ opinion on space marines mixing armour marks?

>>52252891
Really lovely highlighting on the horse musculature there, they look fantastic.

>>52252893
I for one don't really like it, a bit problematic considering Charcharodons is THE armor mixing chapter, but I guess it's just a matter of time before I start soing it for immersion. The sooner I can get some cheap mk5 the better.

>>52252891
not putting the barbed wire on these ones?

>>52253109
Sure will, im waiting on finishing the whole mini first so the barbed wire wont block my brush.

>>52249383
It might be easier to prime / undercoat white for these colours.. Black will be more time consuming, more coats.
Check out this 2 minute tutorial it explains this well. It's regarding airbrush but the principle is the same:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6To0WahLMeU

>>52247975
>I don't want to overdo it
a bit late for that, no?

What brushes are best to buy for someone getting in the hobby?

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Today is basing day

>>52252893
It certainly triggers people to the point of white hot rage for some reason. Personally i don't see the issue, since SM and even more so CSM have been mixing their armour ever since third edition.

>>52253376
I really want CSM to get new kits. The dead chosen at Guiliman'd feet gives me hope. I just wish they won't do them as overdetailed as the DV ones.

>>52239595
give me the chaos pls

>>52252893
>>52252970
>>52253376
>not mixing your marks
>if it's not a full suit of Mk 6 or 7, it's almost always shown as a mix even in GW's non-FW artwork

It's weirder to have full suits of old marks.

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Finally finished my first 1500 points of Custodes.

My lighting fucking ate all my highlights and these look so much better in person.

>>52253675

10/10 base rims except for a couple of bumps
10/10 basing
7/10 paintjob
0/10 color scheme

>>52253675
Looking good Anon. What recipe did you use for the bases? I'm going for something similar and my test bases have so far just ended up being too dark compared to the result I want.

>>52253647
At this point i kind of dread it, when it happens. Mostly because i have no doubt that those kits will be super detailed as the DV chosen, if not more. At least that's what the recend AoS releases lead me to believe.

And while i don't really dislike the busy and overdetailed style of those miniatures, the just really don't mesh with any chaos miniature released before 2016. Which means that chaos players would be forced to put out a lot of money if they want a homogeneous army.

Clearly, this is exactly what geedubs wants.

>>52253675
Solid stuff, even though i'd go with some battle damage or markings on the tank, just to give the wide open survface some depths.

>>52253695
I painted the sand abaddon black, drybrushed with eshin grey, then slowly dry brushed white scar with some grey still on the dry brush in a few successive layers

>>52253686
wtf is with you people and base rims?

>>52253714
Thanks a bunch, gonna try that.

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So this my first time painting Dark Eldar and minis in general. I started with these colors for the skyboards and jet bikes. I'm looking for advice one what other colours I should use to do details with. Oh and colour schemes for the pilots.

>>52253712
Waiting on the FW transfers honestly.

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doing my chaos dudes for AoS, any suggestions on how to give the mount a bloody looking mount other then smothering it in blood for the blood god?