WIP - Work In Progress General

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Two questions:
1. Has anyone ever made their own transfer sheets with a ink printer?
2. Does the forge world MkIV Dreadnought come with the body crest pictured on forge worlds website and a alternate one like in pic related? Or is it just the one on the website?

>>52280984
forgot link.
https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-ES/MKIV-Ironclad-Dreadnought-Body

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i just finished this deffkopta, it's been a long while since i painted anything orky so the ork itself came out a bit brightgreen but i like it.i could not find the original head so i gave him a helm/goggle'les head, spreadfreak style head open in the wind.

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Made a bit more progress on Durthu, I don't know what colour to paint the gaps between the bark, thinking of brown or grey at the moment.
Also since the main colour of this guy is bone i'm at a loss for how to all the skulls on his back

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Hey guys, I'm new to painting and I apologize for the paint job on pic related, but I've never made a Space Marine chapter before (never played Space Marines at all actually) and I wanted to see what you guys think of my paint scheme. I haven't decided on a chapter badge yet but I was going for an 80s 40k kind of feel, as this is a test model for some Rogue Trader-era marines I have on the way.
The scheme, if you can't tell due to the poor lighting, is halved; the right half is yellow, the left half is black. The helmet is baby blue with a white stripe in the middle. The bolter has a red plate on it and the chest insignia is a goldish bronze.
The name of the chapter is still up in the air, but I'm kind of liking "Space Paladins" for the simplicity, and it sounds very 80s to me.

tl;dr, what do you think of my scheme and what would you change on it?

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>>52281341
>tl;dr, what do you think of my scheme and what would you change on it?

It seems fine... very 80's, but Emperor's Teeth, thin yer paints, m8!

>>52281397
>thin yer paints, m8!
Haha yeah I have that written down on a notepad right in front of me. Trying to up my skills a bit before the Rogue Trader models arrive so I can do them justice. Cheers!

>>52281031
could do the skulls with a light brown so they don't look bleached, maybe some red as well like it was fresh from a body.

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Anyone done anything interesting with Anvil Industries Regiments conversion kits and Imperial Guard?
I've bought guns from them before, mainly their firestorm carbines for inquisitorial acolytes with stormbolters but with their new trench fighters range has got me tempted to grab some stuff to add some variety to my army.

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How to make mobile phone camera show this detail...

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>>52280906
R8 my assault marine

Finally tried my hand at line highlight, almost always avoid it

1/2

>>52283081
find magnify glass

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>>52281801
Id say go for it and just mix it in with your imperial regular impwrial guards, or use them as better looking scions


Also blood angel 2/2

>>52283168
i enjoy it, me in your shoes i would add yellow to the sword, hazard lines, use masking tape i think that would really tie in well with the beak. Ink on the seal would be nice too

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>>52283168
>R8 my assault marine

Lookin' good. Drill that pistol barrel, though.

I still have a ton of work to do.

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>>52283215
You are madman and a genius...

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Not quiet a clear shot, but if its to clear you will see all the fuckups

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>>52283235
Never tried adding text to a purity seal before

How is this?
Sorry for shitty photo

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Alright, first progress on that huge-ass AdMech Mace/Cane. Skull is not attached yet. Unsure if and how much extra decoration and McGuffins I need to make this look like it's a Power Mace.

Was thinking about adding a few of the Electro-Priest wrist electro things onto it below the skull, though not sure if thats enough. Other idea was adding same Priests' backpacks to the back of the skull or dome cables leading...somewhere?

I really need some more input for this.
Hilariously, that damn thing is almost as tall as a fucking Drop Pod.

>>52283332
Anyone got any links for photographing minis

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>>52283399
Id say if you add some wiring leading up to it it would be perfect

I m thinking of the type of wireing you see on a servo skull

>>52283389
Yeah i like it. i got back into the hobby very recently but i would do seals like that as a kid (you have much more control than i did at that time) imo if you are gonna be playing with these dudes i think anymore detail on that would be excessive

>>52283332
>>52283360
Do you paint exclusively on your mother's purse?

>>52283435
Was thinking about that, like that thought myself.

My only problem with it is that I have nonclur where to then attach those cables and wires to and even what to properly make them from (copper wire seems too hard and unnatural and I can't think of decent wires from any kit that could do the trick).

>>52283477
Her purse and that of social welfare!

>>52283489
*no clue

>>52283477
Oh you mean the couch lol...

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WHY WON'T THIS FUCKING PAINT COME OFFF


I FEEL THE WARP OVERTAKING ME

IT IS A SHITTY PAIN

>>52283168
Its alright, probaby just barely table top to be honest.

I need to drybrush screamer pink, but don't have screamer pink. Can someone with a knowledge of color help me mix it?

>>52283489
try really thin wire, the type they use for circuits on pcb boards

I have a bunch of that shit and it seems like it would be the perfect size.

>>52283573
>Its alright, probaby just barely table top to be honest.
>table top

what are you smoking?

>>52283597
I guess I'll raid our basement and workbench to see if we have some of that lying around. That shit should be purchasable in most hardware stores, right?

>>52283650
ya

the stuff im thinking about is 32 guage i believe. if you want it to be stiff, get solid core, if not, then stranded.

>>52283584
https://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Paint_Range_Compatibility_Chart

Best i can offer

>>52283669
Aight, thanks! Going to look for it tomorrow and post some of my progress and findings.

Just gotta figure out where to then best lead those wires to, but that bridge I'll pass once I get there.

>>52283168
>>52283224
looks nice

>>52283389
and well done seal

>>52283573
when will this tabletop quality meme die?

why do you come on just to fuck with people on the internet?

>>52283836
The better question is why do you still respond to shitty bait like that?

>>52283869
Barely forum quality writing

>>52283900
This post that I am replying to is barely the quality one would bring to a work in progress modeling forum*

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>>52280906
Maybe you guys could help with this, I'm bad at eyeballing what colours I would need to replicate this colour scheme, and was hoping for some advice.

Obviously black and gunmetal going to be required, but would you say that that shade of gold is Liberator Gold? Also, the thing that's been bugging me the most is that the 'black' looks a lot more like a really dark grey in the picture there, or would you just say that is artistic license to make things appear better on paper?

>>52283990
not liberator gold no

try glorious gold from vallejo, citadel pumps out some shitty gold paints.

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Finished (?) this nigga up last night.

>>52283990
Many times 'black' is really just very dark grey. Could be that mixing something line Eshin Grey and Abaddon Black could be a decent idea.

And I'd love to know what Citadel gold/copper has that hue, too. Everything I know is shiny as fuck.

>>52284014
Not a fan of the blue personally but it looks good with the wings and if it matches your army cool. Cant fault the model itself but i would paint the base, imo unpainted bases look out of place

>>52284045
Checking the compatibility chart it says Auric Armour Gold is the 'same' shade. I have that for the standard colour scheme anyway, and now I kinda want to try out the alternate one even sooner than I meant to (want it for the Hetaeron Guard).

>>52284045
this

you can not shade black,so most painters use dark grey

>>52284200
That sure doesn't look like the Auric Armor I remember, at least. Godspeed to your efforts, anon.

>>52284014
I dig this a lot. NL DP counts as, I take it? The blue and purple might look better matched if they were either a bit closer in color or a bit further, but as above, I dig it.

>>52284392

Indeed. My wife said the same thing about the purple. Going to hit the tips with the airbrush I think.

Posted a few days ago in a /WIP/ thread, didn't get an answer, let's see if that changes this time.

I'm starting a 30K World Eaters army. So far, I have Kharn coming from FW, and I'm going to pick up a box or two of BaC from my local FLGS and throw away all but the models. But that only gets me so far into the army. Does anyone have any 30K World Eater stuff they'd part with? Painted, Unassembled, On Sprue, Forgotten in a corner. . . doesn't matter. Just looking to get the Legion started without paying FWs shipping fees.

>>52284421
Solid idea. I would either weather the armor or add something to break up the blue just a touch more. The colored spikes and leather is nice, but it needs just a touch more to break up the big block of blue.

>>52283081
Touch the thing you want to photograph so that it focuses there. Don't zoom or get too close to it. Use a photo editing app to crop it and embiggen.

>>52284425
Take the name off and we can talk.

Otherwise just kys.

>>52284425
Have you considered China and/or second hand sites

>>52284497
namefag bothers you as much as Tripping? That's odd, but hey if it gets someone talking about models.

>>52284511
Every time I've went to Chinabro it's like 14 hours after they've been shut down or in between runs and not making more for a while. And second hand sites are normally pretty bad miscasts or third party bits being tacked onto GW torsos.

>>52284511
are there any good second hand sites?

>>52284597
Not that sell 30K stuff. At least not reliably.

>>52284619
>not reliably
That's the name of the game when it comes to shopping for second hand stuff. You get what you want at a great price, you just don't get to choose when you can actually buy it, sometimes it works out though.

>>52284597
Gumtree if you're in Aus/UK/a couple of other Commonwealth countries, otherwise I dunno. eBay too I suppose but the prices tend to be a lot worse on there for the benefit of a greater supply.

Pretty minor conversion but it's my first attempt at altering a model. Not a huge fan of the dumb looking ogre faces and I have a shield fetish, thus this came about. What do you guys think?

Also, any ideas on painting up this bad boy with a nice frosted look? Really want to break away from my normally dour color schemes

>>52284737
be nice if you attatched a picture.

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>>52284833
Fuck me sideways, it would wouldn't it?

>>52284737

>>52284855
i like it, maybe next time though find a bigger helmet, his hands are fucking huge compared to his head.

>>52284868
I play mainly at gw stores and thus I had to unfortunately use only citadel pieces.

Mierce miniatures actually made gladiator helms that would have been perfect for this. The size of these ogres makes them hard to kitbash

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CC on my Celtic Ironjawz color scheme? I don't know if it works or not. The green should be a little darker, but I can't into Photoshop. Also, the blue would have lighter blue checks. The blue on the face is obviously meant to be woad paint.

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>>52284978
Second idea

>>52284978
>>52285073
Combine them. Either white armor with blue and green accents, or blue (or green) armor with white and the opposite color accents.

Fuck painting ogres after assembly is finicky

>>52285167
Good idea anon.

I'll probably go with your first suggestion. Definitely won't do green armor /aosg/ shat on me when I mentioned it weeks ago, as with the charcoal skin color they resembled Salamanders

>>52285073
>>52284978

Why are you painting Alpha Legion and Death Guard Orruks?

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Anybody else suffer crippling indecision when you customize your dudemen?
Spent the last two weeks trying to put together an IW killteam, spent probably close to a hundred bucks on bitz alone, and this is the most I've done. I'm already contemplating ripping off the pistol arm and replacing it with one holding the pistol in the air.

>>52280984
>>52281000

They're two different products you complete retard.

>>52285343

They don't appear to be close to either of those schemes. I didn't know what the Alpha Legion were until you mentioned them, btw. I never played shitty beakies.

>>52283389
Have you highlighted the bottom of the scratches? I can't tell if the camera is just washing them out.

>>52285227
They may throw a fit if you do White/Blue for being pre heresey World Eaters, but who cares? They're your guys. You're the one who has to stare at them on the shelf all day and use them in games, not them.

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>>52285361
>They don't appear to be close to either of those schemes

What did he mean by this?

>>52285397
Looked up the lexicanium and I didn't see it. Plus, I wanted the base armor of the 2nd pic to be more grey/gunmetal than white. And there doesn't appear to be any blue on that mini.

Thanks for showing me that the color scheme is cool irl, thought.

>>52285349
All that indecision and it still looks crap.

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>>52283698
Thanks. I think Ive mimicd it reasonably. Here's my wip terminator.

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My first Knight Crusader is almost done. Just gotta do the base, light weathering, and waterslides.

>>52283081
Don't use an early 2000 flip phone.

And then take your picture from a distance, open it in PS, GIMP or paint and cut it down to size.

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>>52285983
>his phone flips

Get a load of Mr. Fancy Pants over here.

>>52285866
Nice fingerprints.

Also, looks like a recast

>>52286118
>EVEN BETTER QUALITY THAN THE ORIGINAL

>>52281341
You don't want too many colours, maybe make the bolter the same blue as the helmet.
Also yeah thin your paints and take your time when painting

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>>52285866
Patrician house choice.

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>>52283261
m8 did you really go there

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>>52286162

Why do Knights always look either super stupid or super cool in photos? I'm gonna guess that the higher the angle of the photo, or the more the legs are viewed straight on to see the dumb splayed V monopose, the worse the model looks. Photos that are shot level or near the ground or hide the leg V make the Knight look really good.

>>52283261
All those mixed marines make your squad look shitty. Hope it was worth it for the memes.

>>52285073
nice buzz light-year vibes you got going here

>>52286173
Few spikes and this thing could look like a renegade knight.

>>52286190
Mate that guy is a regular and has loads of both old and new marines painted up in a great retro style. There's nothing memeworthy about it and they look pretty decent. Thanks for your contribution though.

>>52285349
Ignore him it looks fine. Get on with it though, no point in dwelling on your conversions for weeks on end.

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>>52286235
>he knows the regulars

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>>52286167
Heck no.

That's a classic meme, not a dab.

>>52283081
Love his movies, Mr J. Fox

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Did weathering and basing but I'm not happy with the herald shield. Gonna clean it up later and apply waterslides.

>>52286449
>That's a classic meme
Not him, but I don't really come to /tg/ often, care to enlighten me as to what the joke is?

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>>52287118
Plasma weapons have a special rule, Gets Hot!, which means they can do nasty things to the wielder if they roll a 1. So the joke is he's holding it far away from his body and shielding his face in case it explodes.

Anyway, got my Skaven all primed up. 40 Clanrats for 16 quid seemed like such a good deal at the time, but now I have to paint 80 tiny little ratmen. At least I'll have fun with the rat ogres.

>>52286752
In future you might want to consider putting the transfers on first, then when you weather, you weather them as well, you could also do a bit of metallic weathering right around the edges where the paint has really been ripped away

>>52286173
Not very familiar with the Knights legs, but the chicken legs are conversions right?

Don't know if it's because there are no plates on them but the knight looks fantastic. Shoulder plates are modified as well.

Advice on how to paint the gribbly bits on Plaguebearers? The intestines and mouths and stuff I can do happily enough, but there are plenty of sores or raised areas that really should be painted, that I'm a bit scared of.

The base is 2 coats of Athonian Camoshade over corax, so there's a nice bit of shade and colour on it already.

>>52287416
Maybe a bit repositioned and the shin plating left off

>>52287142
skaven is fun dude, don't fret.. good luck painting!

>>52283168
Clean but good. Tabletop/10

>>52283614
>>52283836

Not the guy and sorry to trigger your 'tism but that's exactly that. Tabletop standard. Neatly coloured within the lines but some details unpainted and generally boring to look at.

>>52285073
Biel-Tan sure went full retard after blowing up.

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How do I paint lit charcoal? I am painting one of those fire things (can't remember the name of it) from the old peasant bowmen kit.

>>52288153
Cauldron?

I'd say prime (or at least basecoat the relevant area) white, paint yellow, dry brush orange and then go progressively darker through red to a dark grey or black depending on how hot/cold you want it to look.

>>52288218
Ok thanks!

Hey /wip/,

I'm doing a weird thing and want to get something like a paperclip, thin long and flexible, but which can endure a lot of bending and re-positioning over time.

Anyone know of something that can help me here?

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>>52288388
Metal wire?

>>52288406
I'm afraid that as I bend it over the course of years the metal will weaken and potentially snap.

I'd like to avoid that possibility.

>>52288438
google

>>52288455
Thanks for that great suggestion. Let me just google "Thing that is thin and can be bent over and over without wearing out"

Oh, it's all weight loss bullshit.

>>52288480
"bendable wire for figurines"
stupid spoonfed piece of shit

>>52288153
I would prime white, then start by painting the whole thing yellow. After that work in orange around the middle section onwards, and then red at the last third. Finally drybrush black at the topmost parts and then a little dark grey at the very very tips of the flames to give a highlight to the smoke.

>>52288438
What are you actually using it for? Strain hardening (the phenomenon that causes wire to become more brittle the more it is manipulated) is a reality of the physical reality we live in, if you want a better suggestion than metal wire you need to be more specific.

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Gave this a wash today and can't find any defects. This is one hell of a casting. Going to start cleaning it up in the next few days.

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>>52288512
Is that a mother fucking Digimon resin model? Source me nigga

>>52288528
http://www.e2046.com/p/Metal+Greymon/20303/

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>>52288488
>bendable wire for figurines
So twisty ties, desk toys, paperclips and armature wire....Did you even look at the google yourself?
>>52288507
I'm customizing my Wraithknight with a Long braid based off pic related.

The Braid will be made from a old wig I had laying around ideally braided around the pose-able 'core' but I want to be able to pose it depending on what pose I set my wraithknight to as I'd like to make my knight very pose-able

I was looking at a Microphone gooseneck since they're designed to be moved around a lot but they are all too thick to use for this purpose.

>>52281801
Anyone got any examples so I can steal some inspiration?
Monstergirl guard must be here somewhere.

>>52288570
>So twisty ties, desk toys, paperclips and armature wire....Did you even look at the google yourself?
dude you are fucking retarded. my girlfriend makes figurines with wire and that's exactly what we looked up to find the right wire
you really are a dumb fuck

>>52288388
Look up Zinge Industries, they do wrapped wire and also some resin wire as well, although they are based in the UK

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>>52283412
literally all you need.

>>52285376
I think i missed one of the scratches, but the pot marks are highlighted and the camera is just washing them out

>>52288588
>>52288605
I may be a dumbfuck now that I think about it. If I braid some paperclips together It might be enough to reinforce the construction from the potential of strain hardening. >.>

My apologies.

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>>52288153
So this is how toy are actually going to do it

Your gonna primer white, then do a hard dry brush yellow until you get a good coat that foesnt fill the cracks

Then your going to do bright orange but a bit lighter then a bit darker orange even lighter and only on the tips of the charcoal will you barely brush on some black
http://www.coolminiornot.com/articles/1302-hot-lava-bases

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>>52287746

>>52287746
That's not tabletop standard. Tabletop is good quality painting but not excessive. Every part is painted neatly, shaded and highlighted. Drybrushing and a wash is not tabletop standard.

>>52288218
Brazier actually.

>>52285352
Just found out forgeworld discontinued them... sad day.

What's the deal with the Space Marine pauldrons with the bumps on them? Are those supposed to be painted a special way? (Like all metal? The same color as the rest of the armor?) I don't know what the term for them is.

>>52288797
does it look passable from a few feet away, if it does it's tabletop standard. That's how I've always judged it.

>>52288876
The bumps are bonding studs used to reinforce the armor. Paint them like you would bare metal, since they look kinda meh when painted the same as the armor.

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>>52281031
Why not try for a moss effect on the skulls?
Bleached bone>wash 1:1 of green/agrax>dab on splotches of green>dab splotches of lighter brown between.

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>>52288821
>Brazier

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>>52285349
Dude, use magnets. Then you can swap out wargear and adjust the post bit by bit.

>>52288994
What are the best tutorials out there for magnetizing stuff? The main thing standing between me and an Imperial Knight is not knowing how to go about properly magnetizing things.

>>52288879
It's okay to admit you have absolutely no clue what you're talking about.

>>52289015
There's a boatload on youtube. You're pretty safe with googling "how to magnetise an imperial knight" or whatever kit you're building. It's definitely worth reading up on what size of magnet you'll need ahead of time, as you want something with enough strength to hold a pose/not fall off.

If you're just doing regular infantry dudes then 2mm x 1mm magnets should be fine. 3x1 if you want to be safe and the joins are big enough.

>>52283168
I'd add a little more silver in if I were you. Pick out the belt, a few details on the helmet, etc. Nothing major, just a few things to break up the red and yellow a bit.

>>52289040
This

That anons model has 3 stages of highlights and the model transistions from light to dark and is nearly shaded and cleaned up

The helmet doesnt look like chalky shit wich is usually what happens when people paint yellow

To me tabletop standard is a term used when someone puts in the minimum effort into a model just so they can play with them. Its obvious this anon put a good amount of work into this model.

Giving a call-out now:

If any anons out there have yellow armies (Imperial Fists, Lamenters, Eldar, etc.) done with airbrush, post that shit.

For some reason, that dawn-yellow color is the absolute best for showing off airbrush basecoating and transitioning techniques. Looks immaculate when done well. I want some example pics.

>>52288512
God those gaps are horrible

>>52289152
I think tabletop standard is such a broad term it's hard to define. For me it goes

>tourney standard
3 colors and a wash
>tabletop
Model holds detail from 12+ inches away. Based, washed, highlighted cleanly. Base is minimal
>high tabletop
As above but model retains detail at 8 inches. Advanced techniques like blending, osl, and the like are showcased. Base functions as a grounding point for model
>display
All of the above to a masterful level. Transitions are smooth and tasteful, glow effects are bright, highlights crisp etc. Advanced techniques like NMN and 3 color transitions showcased. Base functions as a display piece. Retains detail at 6 inches or less

>>52289302
Seconding this for the anon with the god tier imperial fists. I need to pick your brain on how painted them.

>>52289419
>>52289411
I can have one dome in 5 hours if you guys really want to see one

>>52289301

Posted this in the 40k thread but no one responded.

>>52289485
You need to undercoat with white
Thats the trick
I use flash gitz yellow

>>52289438
Same anon>>52289503


Ive actually been meening to make a tutorial on how to properly do yellow with an airbrush since it seems a lot of people here struggle with it.

Maybe ill get around to making one tonight after im done with all my work

Hey niggers. So I base my loremaster on a 32mm round or a 25mm?

>>52289485
Prime white, paint the marine yellow.

>>52289534
Recently gw has been moving to 32 recently but loremaster is old so i would stick with 25

>>52289526
Unfortunately I don't own an airbrush. :( Is the GW one horrible?

>>52289620
Does gw make an airbrush? I wasnt aware

Airbrush is not even necessary, honeatly most people just dont know the teqnique to painting light colors, its not the same as painting dark colors

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Early wip, first attempt with a stencil.

What level of success would you need as a miniature painter for it to be reasonable to open a patreon to support your video creation costs?

>>52289637
Note, I was wrong. I saw the box in the store but it's only the paints.

>>52289639
Looking good so far

>>52289650
I don't think many people are going to pay for video tutorials alone, given the ubiquity of free ones. Miniwargaming has their subscription service, but that includes tutorials, battle reports and all sorts of other stuff, all at a relatively high production value.

>>52289691
I mean, patreon tends to be oriented around fan support. Presumably if you made good tutorials, your fanbase would want to help improve production values and help afford tool for more advanced tutorials.

>>52289691
Yup, no way people are going to pay for it unless it's like absolute master-tier painting. Even then, they could head over to twitch/YouTube and still watch awesome tutorials and stuff for free.

>>52289721
See
>>52289723

The only other thing that can help you out is personality. If people give a shit about you, as a person, then that will likely result in more crowdfunding bucks, but doing that as a one person is difficult, especially if you're just starting out.

Also, most people/place that go onto Patreon are already established. People who come out of nowhere and instantly go to crowd funding are looking at a couple of dollars a month, maybe.

>>52289650
>Make a youtube channel
>Get subscribers - not an easy thing for something as niche as painting little plastic army men
>retain said subscribers over a peroid long enough for them to become involved
>this means REGULAR content of steady or improving quality
>introduce patreon
>enjoy your 200 bucks a month that pretty much instantly go away as soon as you stop making videos

Not to mention that, in order to get people to even give a fuck, you'd need to be godlike. I mean Painting Buddha is amazing and he made the switch at like 30k subs.

>>52289991
>Painting Buddha
I watched some of their videos, never got the name till I googled it right now, their paintings are elder god tier and they make it look so easy (which is not, like at all).

>>52289639
Did you make the stencil or buy it? It looks really nice for a first attempt

>>52289991
My channel is getting 500 views each video and I've only been running it about 2 months. I make regularly weekly updates and do tutorials for novices.

Since I'm the only person doing my niche I suspect I could start patreon shit in a year or so.

>>52289637
They briefley made a single action; by all accounts, it was a complete waste of money. One of the few cases where a Chinese knockoff can claim to be better at the job.

>>52281801
Havent bought any, but have played with the regiment designer. Order us cery customisable. Like if you want to order certain type of troops as much as 3 groups you can ask them to replace one of the torsos or heads or any other part with different sets.

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So I rebased fatty, from 60mm to an 80mm base. Had to basically sand away the existing base, no hope of just removing it. Vallejo texture paint is nearly impossible to work with neatly so a bit of retouching to do but I need to do loads to him anyway, there's a lot I'm not happy with.

Went mould line hunting with the Daemonprince, think I've got them all this time. Not impressed with the primer so I may strip and reprime instead of just patching him up.

Posting my plaguebearers again because they are finally fully finished and varnished. Gloss finishes on their gory bits, mouths, horns and eyes, matte and satin everywhere else.

>>52290851
That GUO jsut creeps me out so much. Congrats.

How many times do you buy a pot of paint per month?

>>52290851
Great mottling work on all the skin.

What are you planning to do for the sword and horns of the GUO? Rust/greasy poison? Rotted wood?

Also are you planning on adding more shade to his guts?

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So a FoW playerin my lgs gave me this box after taking out all the cards. It's really sturdy and has a magnetized flap, kinda big too. I'm thinking of making it into a paints / supplies box and I wanted to see if you guys could give me some ideas. Any tutorials on how to cut sponges or foam? I also thought about going the lazy way and just make some cardboard divisions.

>>52290909
Thanks.

>>52291644
Yeah most of him needs more work, though I'm going to keep the guts quite vivid looking. The horns were going to just be slightly highlighted gloss black like the plaguebearers' horns but i think i will give them a grey/bone coloured root fading into the black. The sword is going to be some mix of metal, rust and green mould/moss.

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>>52285866
Yellow knights best knights

>>52285073
Do the crotchplate in green aswell, also I wouldn't recommend purple skin, it seems very... dead?

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I am currently conflicted in what I want to do in painting. Right now I'm looking into starting a Death Korps army, at least buying small bits for it at a time. However, the price and quality of the models mandates a paint job far beyond what I am currently capable of. I have plenty of Empire fantasy models, some orks and some skaven to practice on, but I'm pondering just what is the most cost efficient option between practicing to that level and just finding a comission painter to do the job. I follow the Great Duncan's advice, I thin my paints and get the finest tip I can on the brush, but still I am far from any kind of quality, and the paints and brushes stack in cost as they run out, get old, break, Etc. Where can I find someone to paint it all and roughly how much would it cost? I know people will say just practice, but I'll be honest, painting is like the one part of the hobby I don't enjoy.

>>52293531
Having an army painted is not cheap. Neither is buying a FW army in the first place though.

Anyway, just how terrible are you?
Cause even with a coat of Primer and a bunch of washes FW models should look decent enough, cause they got a shitton of detail in the sculpt and the wash should bring that out for you.

Maybe you just need to change your approach to painting to get most out of the models.

>>52286162
>>52286752
>>52293231
Do I see some honorablebros of Hawkshroud representin?

>>52293696
http://www.denofimagination.com/services/painting

Should give you a rough idea.

So, i just bought an imperial knight. Does anyone know of any good tutorials for babies first magnetization? I'd like to be able to switch between as much of the options as possible and not fuck it up

>>52290851
I love how you were able to get such a variety of colors out of the Plague Bearers and still managed to keep it appearing uniform with the gore/rust accents. You're doing Nurgle proud.

Ignoring the MLP theme, how do you paint creamy white like that?

Inb4 airbrush... Like, with what paints and stuff.

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I fell for the OSL meme and now I kind of regret it, I guess I've wasted my dirty-white crons with this dumb green lights, what do?

>>52295582
all you really can do is strip them if you're not happy.
I don't think it looks THAT bad, it'd look nicer without it but it's hardly a model ruiner

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>>52295512
Shit, forgot to add pic. Here it is.

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>tell myself I'm going to a little work on my backlog every day
>don't

I-im such a rebel...

>>52295582
How did you paint bone white?

>>52284014
is that a Daemonprince, made out of a Skavenogryen (or oger)?

>>52295764
I think I'll try to fix the barge first, it's has like 3 or 4 parts in total touched with green, If it goes well, I'll do my immortals then.

>>52295843
Primed with vallejo off white, made color modulations with bleached bone with a little bit of grey, applied thinned down seraphim sepia, finished with variety of vallejo pigments (brown, beige and grey)

>>52295582
what's OSL?
anyway, doesn't look that bad to me, the green lights could only use some highlightes, and washes
and only paint parts green, what really "glow", don't try to paint the "light" of the green-glowing-stuff (it looks kinda retarted)

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>>52290851
as a fellow follower of the blessed grandfather, do you have any tips on getting such a varied colour scheme without it looking messy? i am very envious of your work.

>>52295832
>tell myself I'm going to work on my backlog
>don't
>instead buy more plastic crack
Beat that, h-haha

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>>52289419
I did these using washes only for the yellow. Much easier than airbrushes!

>>52295582
yo i think these all look great. on the table they will be very menacing. i love your muted colors and grit.

>>52296646
object source lighting. aka glow effects n shit.

>>52295582
No, it looks awesome, it looks like the OSL got some dirty kind of texture to it, and I guess that's what bothers you?

It should not, it goes great with the gritty bone.

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>>52297057

>have 2 unassembled armies
>start working on one
>get a squad mostly assembled
>stop
>order more shit for other
>don't work on either

H-heh they'll get d-done, right?

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>>52297057
>>52297328
get a nice fine tip on ye brush

>>52289639
looks awesome Anon :D

Picked up painting for the first time in a year or so, again. I really do not enjoy painting that much, but I know I must do it. Yet I always end up taking my sweet time and I constantly have to fight my own lack of patience.

Fighting my OCD too, as I always find some detailed I missed or didn't paint well and I think "amateurish". Set out to paint 2 custom crypteks (essentially necron warriors with extra bits) and it took me 3 hours to finish half of each (took a while to dry and I keep coming and going to PC). I did a dark brown undercoat, then the brass for flesh. Could've saved time just putting on the brass straight on the black primer, not like you notice a difference, but it's not the "proper way" to do it. I'm too stuck in doing things the right way.

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>>52297328

>have two entire unassembled space marine companies and more
>get into Fantasy and buy copious amounts of skeletons and skeleton accessories
>be enamoured with skitarii at their release and buy a couple of boxes
>inherit a few CSM boxes from a friend and get swept up in the new thousand sons stuff
>get an idea for adeptus arbites conversion and start buying my way to it
>browse WIP and get idea for new original space marine chapter
>can't stop buying that oop metal crack on ebay

I'm okay I don't need help

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>>52297921
>have a backlog covering AoS, WMH, and two 40k armies
>have another AoS and 40k army that need to be painted
>ordered $150 worth of shit from chinaman on a whim
>realize I have no transports for that army
>having second thoughts
>ordered more shit for other unassembled army
>probably won't even play any games with either of them

>>52281397
That is from the 90s red period :^)

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settled on a colour for the skulls, it's a little bit samey as the bark but hopefully different enough that it doesn't just blend in at a glance

>>52298252
>"I buy crappy recasts because I'm too savvy to pay FW prices and waste money"
>wastes shitloads of money

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sorry

How do you conquer an obsession with getting everything about a model perfect in terms of details and clean-up?

I'm not duncan-tier and I don't care to be. I just want tabletop-decent quality and to be able to be happy and cease my autism on the rank and file. I see one TEENY TINY dash of paint somewhere it has no business being (like getting some blue from armour on a joint which should be black f.ex) and I start obsessing.

I want to only allow myself this detail-whoring on centerpiece models and HQs. This is legit killing me, please advise.

>>52298448
>Paying more when you don't have to
>Advising others to pay more than they should have

>>52298338
It definitely does blend in at a glance, which is unfortunate because I also like the color.

Maybe add a bit more cream color with a brown pinwash to define the skulls more

>>52298627

I have this exact same problem and I simply embrace it. My army may be tiny and my progress slow, but the satisfaction that my completed work is done to the absolute best of my ability is great. I never get an OCD itch looking at finished models and think "I should go back and touch that up" or "I could have done better."

This method only works because I play an elite army and my painting level isn't super high, so it's realistic for me to paint every basic model at 100% effort.

I paint and model as a hobby, not as a chore or requirement to play the game.

>>52298656
>implying that post contained any advice
>implying you're "saving money" when he literally said he wastes money on random purchases
Thanks for confirmin recastfag stupidity

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>>52298706
I wish I could use this but I have several things that get in my way.

>Have 4 armies, 3 at 2K and 1 at 1.2K
>I take such huge hobby breaks that looking at my necrons f.ex with my "current" paintscheme, I see missed moldlines and shit
>I always think I can do better and am rarely satisfied with my own standard so I keep going back and doing something over
>I am in the hobby mainly to play. I enjoy converting a good bit but painting is tedious at best and I wish I didn't have to do it.

I'm currently doing up a few Tau conversions and then it's off to paint a shitload of foot infantry. Then my next army is to revamp my Thousand Sons, which includes stripping and reposing 16 old half-plastic/metal rubrics.

The shitty part is even if I was filthy rich to commission someone for them, I still wouldn't cause my autism wouldn't let me live it down, lel.

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Does anyone have experience converting cadian Snapfit models? I want to do something similar to pic related to the models and I have no idea how to start. I'm gonna buy the same heads as shown in the pic but what else should I do?

>>52297110
Recipe? I'm trying to do some yellow right now and I'm fucking up six ways from Sunday.

>>52298874
step 1: averland sunset

>>52298448

My first time ordering chinaman. The rest is legit, so there's that.

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>>52280906

Damn near done, finally.

Been doing this painting thing for about a month now.

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Found some corrugated plastic sheeting at the fabric store, threw this together, Finnish snipers are there for scale.

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first time trying to do this. think i went overboard on the star dots. any suggestions to improve it?
>inb4 strip it

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>>52299078
Also picked up two of these. They seem a little out of scale but they were half off and ready to use, so...

>>52299158

That door/window placement triggers the autism something fierce

>>52299078
>>52299158
Pretty neat lad

>>52299120
It does look a bit too Jackson Pollock-y. Maybe a black wash on some of it?

>>52299120

its fine, hit it with a gloss

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>>52299000

Dispatch War Rocket Ajax to bring back his body!

>>52298931
Didn't he say he only used washes for the yellow?

>>52298941
>buying random non-recast stuff you never use

That's even worse! Start spanking your meat instead of your wallet, Anonymous.

>>52299310
then thin the averland sunset and use it as a wash

>>52299329

I am aware that I have a problem. The bigger problem is that I legitimately don't think I'll ever actually use them.

>>52290851
God damn, dude. Are you a professional artist/painter or what? What's your actual day job? How long you been doing this?

Can someone help me figure out a color scheme. I want my Ironjawz to have some sort of green on them their skin would be a different color but I can't figure it out.

Welp, Kharn just came in. Forgot that he goes on the old tiny base. . . Anyone know a good way to put him on a Terminator sized base, or should I leave it alone?

>>52293335
It's supposed to be more charcoal, with blue woad paint. I might drop the woad.

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The fall of Cadia has brought these boys out of their box. Since the bucketheads can't handle it, it looks like it's up to the legion.

Going to go to Korea for a month in a week, taking them with me, planning on smashing out this lot then.

>>52294629
HAIL

>>52296802
The main thing I've tried to do to unify them and keep them neat is to use very simple hold unifying schemes on everything that isn't their normal skin. So all the pustules are the same bright yellow, all the gore is the same simple bright pink, all the horns are gloss black, all the bases are simple and the same etc. So actually there are a lot of identical elements on all of them which I think ties them together.

>>52299854
Nope, I hate to disappoint but I work car manufacturing engineering. Got into the hobby as a kid 20ish years ago but fell out of it as a teenager and have been easing back in over the last year. This is my first attempt at making an army and the plaguebearers are my first completely finished unit.

>>52301561
>Very simple bold unifying schemes
Fixed.

>>52301130

Man 25mm bases really are fucking tiny aren't they. Even humans fill them completely.

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Just finished Goreshade for a friend. What do you guys think?

>>52281019
das a good kopta you gots there, lad

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>>52301130
Emperor's Shield, anyone?

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Almost done with Voldus. Need to base and a few more details.

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>>52302095
Backside

>>52301924
Do they still put Orks on the ltitle ones?

>>52302050
I could to that I have 120 Cadians in my display case painted.

Plus uhhh i dont wanna think how many metal 1994 guardsmen in my box.

>>52302117
I recently acquired a friend's Guard collection, and today realized I can do Emperor's Fist, Emperor's Shield, and Emperor's Fury at the same time with models left over.

>>52302172
Guard players tend to be a bit mad with the buying. Not so much with the painting haha.

>>52302216
I actually had caught up on all my painting until I acquired this latest batch. Gonna be awhile before I'm caught up again.

I'm trying to make some scrap beasts for my necrons to use as mounts and shit, where would I find a good supply of mechanical animal minis

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dry fitted the weapons on him, and I quite like it.

>>52302270
Go on lets see then

>>52302307
>dryfitting using greenstuff

Daredevil

>>52302439
Isn't bluetack the sensible option

>>52302479
>>52302439
I would use bluetack, if I had any. It's just for a few moments, so I could take the photo, and that wasn't any problem.

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>>52299000
take note phoneposters and other complete retards.
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This is a true hero.

>>52295582
They look really dope, but I think your light colour choice might be the issue. Orange would have complemented your bone-scheme a lot nicer, green sort of clashes.

>>52302498
You could just use the yellow part without mixing it :) then you wont lose greenstuff.

>>52299000
FRANCIS!

>>52302510
To be fair it's also pretty bad quality to the point where you can't actually make out how good the painting is.

>>52299120
I think my issue with this is that they are all quite monochrome, i think having varying colours would look better.

>>52298730
>t. Elitist knobhead

If people want to buy recasts thats their business. Stop being a cunt about it.

>>52298874
>>52298931
Its a base coat of Zandri dust, recess wash Seraphim Sepia, liberal wash of Cassandora yellow and finally a liberal glaze of lamentors yellow.

The final result is actually a bit darker than Averland sunset, which is what I was after as I hate the super bright yellow Imperial fists.

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>>52299339

>>52302909

If people want to talk shit about recasts thats their business. Stop being a cunt about it.

>>52302949
I pity your sad existence if the only thing you have to do is comment on what type of toys people buy.

>>52302909
>>52302949

If cunts want to be cunty let them be cunty. Stop being double cunts about it.

>>52302976
>let people talk shit about things and dont call them out when they're being out of order

Nice one cuck!

>>52302976
REMOVE CUNTISM

>>52302961
Says the person responding to day old posts just to bitch.

I pity your sad existence if the only thing you have to do is comment on what type of posts people make. Haha, look how easy it is to wreck these dumbasses, just repeat their own inane shit at their dumb faces because they don't even realize how fucking stupid and hypocritical they are.

Daily reminder that moot was right about UK, EU, and AU being behind 99% of the shitposting ruining the site.

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>>52303032
You sure showed me bro, good one!

>>52303035
It was Australia, he never mentioned the EU or UK. Now stop being a fucking buttflustered Amerifat and do some painting.

>>52303049
He would, but all the grease and cheeto dust interfere with finger painting.

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Just about done with this thing

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>>52303127

>>52289534
I'm not answering because you called me a nigger. :(

>>52295582
those look pretty good for airbrushed OSL

airbrushes generally do shit work for OSL, they work ok for zenithal though

the problem is they dont accurately or naturally light up the surrounding area, good osl needs to be done with a brush and should generally focus on edges a lot more than surfaces, unless the surface directly faces the light source

i thought about marking your picture up to elaborate, but im too lazy. anyways, yours still look pretty good regardless, i'd be happy putting those on the tabletop

>>52284014
Decent painjob.

Shit conversion.
Color scheme that looks like you just decided to magnetize wings on the back of a rat ogre.

You didn't even try to give it bat features, or make it look more like chaos than skaven tech.

>>52297110
what are the legs from?
mainly the bottom 2 images on the far right side marine. (sprinting marine if that wasn't clear enough )

>>52303696
looks like legs from an Assault squad

I wanna order some stuff from chinaman to paint, But i can't seem to find Z's mailing address. This is my first time ordering so i don't really know where to look. Does anyone have any suggestions?

>>52303443
>i'd be happy putting those on the tabletop
haha here we go again.

>>52303214

That's really nice, hope you're going to give the base a little extra love

>>52302307

Looks great, why on earth are you using greenstuff for dry fitting

>>52302095

You've done a solid job, if I was a picky man (I am) I'd tidy up a few areas but you've done good work, the face is superb

>>52301942

Try to take better photos next time, 90% of that image is not the model, crop out all the background and focus only on the model. From what I can see looks a bit drybrushed though, otherwise it's fine, will look good on the table

>>52299120

I'd say there is too many, but otherwise it's fine , the galaxies look great though

>>52299078

That's great! I love innovative home built scenery

>>52299000

Good job, I'd like to see some more highlights, it's tough to see, he's really blue though, maybe consider painting the ... headdress holder thing gold. I also think your highlights are perhaps a little too dull over the base, but thats ok, it looks good, keep practicing (in future drill your barrells too)

>>52298552

these yours? Looks great.

>>52298338

I think you could give those skulls a little love, you're models are so nicely painted but you've just dry brushed the skulls? subtle layering a quick highlight would really improve them and do justice to the good work you've already done.

>>52290851

If you ever want to sell these, sell them to me, I will fight any challengers

>>52295582

I think you've done well, but if you hate it that much, just relayer over with your base and reapply weathering.

>>52289639

Best stencil work I literally ever seen, normally I always think it's lacking and not so good but it looks great.

>>52298853
Buy Valhallans. Boom done.

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>putting model in de-greaser will completely eradicate boltgun metal, but leave all other colors untouched

anyone know why?

>>52304684
I think it a chemical reaction of aluminium dust contained in the paint and the alcali, it strips out paint with an ease, that is why I primer my minis with the metallic spray.

>>52295582
They look really good tho

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>>52303696
>what are the legs from?
>mainly the bottom 2 images on the far right side marine. (sprinting marine if that wasn't clear enough )

I think it's this guy from the 7th Edition Assault Squad. He must've filed off the purity seal from the right leg - you know, in keeping with the whole "Horus Heresy" era thing.

>>52304236
>Looks great, why on earth are you using greenstuff for dry fitting
because I was going to use some for a different model anyways, so I used some of the excess to dryfit.

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Hey /tg/ just about first time posting here.

Whatcha think? I need to do something about the turqoise. Edge highlight perhaps? And around the runes?

>>52295582

They look bad only because the lights are very dull and matte

Add gloss varnish wherever there are lights and they become legit 9/10s

>>52302281
Yeah nobody cares about your zero dawn bullshit

>>52305075
>Edge highlight perhaps? And around the runes?

I concur. See how bright the highlight is on the skull? That kind of intensity should be visible on the turquoise part as well - a blue that fades so birght as to almost (but not quite) be white at the edges.

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>>52303696
They're assault marine legs from the old kit.

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Finished my first Mechanicum and Forge World model yesterday. Pretty happy with it and how the scheme looks. Now onto the next three Castellax, three Vorax, three Thallax and a Thanatar...

>>52305937
I love the look of the vorax keep us posted

I want to paint some maggots for my Nurgle daemons, and do you guys think that they will look good in this combo
>Basecoat with Rakarth flesh
>shaded with Agrax Earthshade
>Drybrushed with Tyrant skull

>>52306020
I was going to start small, but then the opportunity to order from FW again came up and I had to get some Vorax. Relatively cheap for what you get and fucking badass models.

I'm working on a second Castellax now, but I'll probably do a Vorax afterwards for variation.

>>52306170
drill your barrels

How does one git gud?

>>52306344
like most things you learn by doing

DIY procedure for stirland mud or similar?

>>52305299
>I concur. See how bright the highlight is on the skull? That kind of intensity should be visible on the turquoise part as well - a blue that fades so birght as to almost (but not quite) be white at the edges.
I'm honestly thinking the blue edge paint.
It may be a bit much though.

>>52295825
that hunk of resin cost almost a grand...

>>52306511
>tfw you paid less for your car than a chunk of badly cast resin

>>52306542
Yes but did you paint your car up in a pony colour scheme and ruin the investment?

>>52304936
holy shit what is wrong with you

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Anyone know any 3rd party sites that sell Alpha Legion themed parts?
Salamander parts will work too.

Hey everybody what can I do to make the newer necron overlord model not look boring like every other necron overlord model? Are there any other pieces that I can use to maybe change the pose or something? The model doesn't seem to have many options as far as customization

>>52306855
necrons are easy to pose due to their slender limbs, easy to cut, easy to fit in place.

>>52306954

So literally just cut/paste the pieces into another pose?

Never done it before but it's worth a try. Maybe I'll start by practicing on one of the 30+necron warriors I still need to build

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>>52307057
>Trying a new [potentially fatal] technique out on a much less expensive squadboy instead of a costly HQ model

Wisdom.

>>52306051
Anyone?

>>52306051

Seems about right.

Although go easy on the dry brushing

someone make a new thread

>>52308371
Why dont you?

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>>52308371
>someone make a new thread

Seems a bit early, but we *are* saging, and we *are* on page 8.

>>52308511
>>52308511
>>52308511