WIP Thread

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First assault marine done.
Now that I've applied the blood and taken the photo I realised I should have done the tribal markings first. And that my bolt pistol highlights are botched as fuck. Shame the blood doesn't pop that much on the photo.

Still, another Void Brother done.

>>52690618
Try using some greenstuff on the jumppack to cover up the cracks.

My FLGS finally got my order of a single pot of Lustrian Undergrowth in after about a year of waiting. I'm not even mad. I thought this shit was OOP. The fact it took forever is just funny to me.

>>52689172
>Same thread image sub-edition
Neat. This and the last thread are the only times I've seen that image used without having posted it myself. I'm happy it's getting some use.

>>52690674
Yeah this one was already primed before I realised my mistake.
The others have all been filled.

On that note, I do recommend the jumpacks sold independently by GW. The molds are old, i.e some details might be a tad less sharp than on new sculpts, but honestly, 5 jumpacks for 5 pounds is pretty good, especially when you consider the lack of moldlines that they presented.

Thanks to that I'll be able to make another assault squad (albeit a more squatting one) without buying a whole kit.

>Finished painting 3 more stealthsuits
Slow but steady. What's your checklist for your current army, lads?

Aside from the stuff I have yet to convert and prime (3 more stealths, 4 turrets. shadowsun shield drone, ghostkeel, crisis commander, kroot assassin, remora drone) I have.

17/27 FWs
6/9 Stealthsuits
1/10 pathfinders
3/6 drones
Fireblade, Shadowsun, Darkstrider

Think I'll do like 4 pathfinders next in a batch.

>>52690782
For my current army I still have 5 devs, 5 tacticals, 4 assaults, 1 apothecary and 1 captain before I'll deem myself able to build something else. For that army that is.

>>52690816
That's not too bad, keep going! Is the colour scheme difficult? do you batch paint?

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Light Grey/Orange or Dark Grey/Yellow?

The painter's colors kind of make them both look weird, even though they both look good on actual models

Where can I get some open books for a Librarian to hold? I'm repurposing Kurtha Sedd into a Librarian model, and I'd like to have the plasma pistol hand hold a book/scroll instead. I've got the hand already, but the book is eluding me. The Chaos Warshrine book looks best, but it's sold out in all bits stores *and* the model is apparently discontinued. I've been offered a few Ravenwing books, but getting a regular book from the cord-bound, bike-mounted version is likely to look pretty ugly.

Any suggestions?

>>52690849
It's >>52690618, my Carcharodons. Getting an airbrush and having the priming and the grey basecoating done with it saves an immense amount of time.
After that I stop the batch painting and do it one by one otherwise I tend to rush stuff, and mose the pleasure in painting.

>>52690986
Right, it's the Tau'n scheme.

>>52690986

light grey/orange

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All right /wip/, I fucked up and I'm coming to you for advice. I wanted to do gold inlay text on a Venerable Dread on a black panel. Did the gold over-all (too much, but I figured the black would cover it and it's an extremely thin coat), then went back with Abaddon Black... And it fills in the letters. No matter how much I thin or don't thin, it runs straight into the letters and leaves the raised plate uncovered, even on the one I left without the gold at all so far. I'm working with a W&N size 1 series 7, so I don't think it's the brush that's the issue.

Please send help. This is the one I didn't touch with black yet. Worst case scenario I can prime the cover bits and glue them in over the letters separately, but I'd rather have the engravings.

>>52690782
Checklist for current *models*, that I have done:
>0/1 Librarian
>0/2 Techmarine (one bike unprimed, one on foot primed and semi-based)
>2.5/10 Tacticals (interim till I do custom scouts)
>0/10 Sternguard (unassembled)
>0/5 Vanguard
>0.5/1 Venerable Dreadnought
>0/1 Deredeo Dreadnought
>0.1/1 Predator
>0/1 Lias Issodon for occasional counts-as Raptors matches
>Miscellaneous Skitarii, Tempestus, and Wraithblades to strip and either repaint or sell
Near future, once all that's done:
>6 drop pods
>Predator Infernus with plasma executioner
>Typhon
>40 Blackshield Marauders
>A whole host of other kitbashes I haven't even come across yet

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First Chaos Lord. How does he look?

>>52691072
ah nice. Very sweet. With an airbrush I'd imagine you can probably do all of those guys in one sitting.

I'd consider it, seems so fucking easy. With a brush you have to be so careful in picking out details manually, doing 3+ thin coats. With an airbrush it's like "Just fucking spray", one coat gives you a perfect cover it seems.

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>>52690782
>What's your checklist for your current army, lads?
Oh boy, let me count...

11 Scouts (5 CC/BP, 5 Sniper, 1 Heavy Bolter)
56 Tactical Marines w/ Bolter (7 Sergeants inc.)
9 Tacticals w/ Special Weapons (3 Grav/Plas/Flamer)
36 Devastators/Tactical Marine w/ Heavy Weapon (4 MM/GC/LC/HF/PC, 8 ML/HB)
2 Devastator Sergeants
12 Assault Marines (2 Sergeants, 4 Meltagunners, 6 CS/BP mooks)
5 Bikes (1 Sergeant, 2 w/ Gravgun)
1 Attack Bike
1 Land Speeder
2 Drop Pods
1 Rhino
3 Razorbacks
1 Baal Pred
2 Vindicators
1 Land Raider Redeemer
1 Stormraven
1 Cassor the Damned
2 Furioso Dreadnoughts
1 Furioso Librarian
1 Calth-temptor (Magentized; has a kitbashed Furioso Force Halberd)
2 Veterans
20 Sternguard
25 Death Company
20 Sanguinary Guard
20 Assualt Terminators
7 Tactical Terminators
2 Sanguinary Priests
1 Corbulo (proxy)
5 Librarians
1 Mephiston (proxy)
1 Captains
2 Terminator Captains
1 "Techmarine" (Tech-Priest Enginseer)
3 Chaplains (1 footslogger, 2 w/ Jump Pack)
1 Terminator Chaplain (kitbash)
1 Johnny
And a bunch of assorted Servo Skulls and Teleport Homers/Locator Beacons.
And this is just the Blood Angels. I also have some Skitarii, SoB, and Inquisition.
Most of these little lads are assembled for the most part, but are all missing a few little bitz here and there that are stopping me from priming 'em en masse. A few are primed and got a few base coats on 'em. Before I do some more work on them though I really need to get and an airbrush and some replacement hair brushes since the ones I got now have definitely seen better days. Oh well, hopefully I'll be able to get the majority of what I need to get started on all this once I get my tax return.
I'm not looking forward to drilling 200+ bolters...

Very old pic, but I still got *most* of the models in here to do.

>>52691151
next time just use a gold paint marker to fill in the recessed spots.

>>52691287
Oh, I forgot I also have Dante and Seth to get done too. I also got two sets of legs I have no idea what to do with. Nothing is really screaming to me yet.

>>52691072
Are you doing any zenithal highlights on your sharkboys? I don't see any of them and it would be a waste to forgo them if you have the airbrush.

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>>52691287
>>52691209
Shit, guys. Get it together!!

I believe in you. Come on!

>>52691311
Good idea for next time, though I'd like to avoid ever building a boxnaught again. Any suggestions for preventing fill-in this time around?

>>52691407
I'd be catching up, but I've got 60 pages of papers for my degree to write in a week, so a few things have been getting in the way. Can't stop me shitposting here during dinner.

>>52691350
I guess I could, although that would be a first, and I must admir I went for a cheap airbrush whcih isn't always working well, but I should try it on a throwaway model. It could give a goo result yeah.

>>52691463
Give it a try and show us the results! There's lots of tutorials on YouTube

Anyone seen a Piranha conversion with a closed cockpit?

>>52691407
I'm still getting some work done here and there, but I've been pretty strapped for both cash and time these past few months. I also have trouble due to medical complications, but I'm trying to get little lads done when I can. I'm still pretty new to this whole hobby so learning HOW to actually build and paint has been a challenge. I'm fairly confidant in my ability to build models, but painting is still vexing me something fierce.
Oh well, progress and improvement is all I ask, however slow it may be. I just wish it wasn't so costly and time consuming to practice.

>>52691739
I'm sorry mate, go at your own pace. Learn from it and enjoy it. What do you need help with?

Also, sorry to hear about your complications. i hope you will be healthy.

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>>52690782
Oh boy.
>BLACK TEMPLARS
45 tacticals (Converting mkIII with tunics)
Leviathan Dread
Stormraven
2 Stormtalons
4 rhinos
3 vindicators
Spartan Assault tank
Imperial knight
3 drop pods

>CHAOS SPACE MARINES
20 Berserkers
10 Rubrics
15 basic CSM
Ahriman
Rhino
2 Helbrutes
Heldrake
Defiler
Decimator Engine
15 bikes
12 raptors
5 warp talons
literally 3 bags of cultists
Magnus

>DAEMONS
20 Bloodletters
10 Plaguebearers
20 Pink Horrors
2 Daemon Princes
Old Fateweaver
6 screamers
2 heralds on discs
Brass Scorpion
30 Chaos Hounds

I paint for people in my game group, in exchange for models, plus ebay deals are a hell of a drug. Worst part in I have not actually bought a model for close to 10 months now. Its all just clearing backlog and people giving me more shit. Water water everywhere and not a drop to drink

I've got two CSM figs and one Raptor, with horrible paint jobs from 10 years ago. Four days in Simple Green ain't doing much. Keep em soaking or try something else?

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>>52692126
This will work wonders. Usually 24-48 hours works for me and the paint just sloughs off.

Tested it on FW, Chinacast, Plastic, Finecast, and metal and no damage to any. Usually in auto cleaning/ heavy section of stores, or at an autostore.

>>52692095
Good lord. I thought I had a lot but, fuck that. My backlog is tiny.

Being poor is sometimes a blessing.

>>52692152
Thanks!

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>>52686416
>>52686724
>>52686792

Pic, as requested

>>52690721
Stop jacking yourself off.

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>>52692268
it's more the painting for the group thing. I'm busy painting other models, so I cant chip the backlog, then given more models as compensation. Taking a break from group painting for a while.

I finished close to a company of space wolfs+ air support in a month so its not like I'm procrastinating.

Pic related is a wip of some of that job. Got a shitload of stuff for it though. Wish I had a completed shot of it all assembled.

>>52691067
>reading books

The codex astartes does not support this action

If I'm getting tiny bubbles when I paint what am I doing wrong? Paint too thin? To thick? Is this normal?

>>52690618
>blooding yourself before tattooing exile markings

Void Brother pls

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Took anon's suggestion from a few threads ago about his shoulder, even though I said I wouldn't. The simpler one is definitely an improvement. First time attempting patterns on cloth, it's not as apparent in the photo. After taking pics I noticed I forgot to paint one of the dangling totem things in his belt. Other than that I'm feeling pretty good about him.

>>52691067
Skavena scroll, maybe?

>>52693435
Funny enough, that Plague Monk book would work. But our blessed bits seller overlords have decided it's worth *five dollars* shipped for a single book. No winning here, but it'll likely be the route I end up going.

>>52693083
Fortunately, we don't support the Codex Astartes, so everything is good.

>>52690782
I'm building Raven Guard

10/20 scouts
7/15 tac marines
5/20 assault marines
1/5 Vanguard veterans
0/5 devastators
0,8/1 contemptor dread
0/1 Land speeder storm
And then a Jump Pack Librarian, Shadow Captain Shrike, and Edryc Setorax from the deathwatch box set.

After that I can finish building a drop pod, get 15 more tacs built and maybe think of getting more land speeders.

>>52692152
Hey, will this remove primer as well?

>>52693670
Sure will

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How does a baby Horus make you feel?

>>52693812
Sweet, thanks.

>>52693812
Last question: Gloves needed when handling?

>>52689172
Anyone know any good places for bloodbowl stuff?

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I don't think it's great, but it's pretty much my first time using real paints.

>>52694262
yes. it can cause some minor burns if it gets on skin. some normal dish washing gloves should be fine though, and once it starts rinsing off you can worry less. Make sure ALL of it washes off though, because if it gets left on it gets chalky on the mini and can be a hassle to get off.

Once you get done washing em in soapy water, throw em into a tub of normal water to get the last bits off.

>>52694262
Speaking from personal experience after NOT wearing gloves, yes. Yes you want gloves.

>>52691236
Looks pretty good, think you can give a better backdrop so we can see all the colors?
Can't tell what color his axe is because of the shadows

>>52692793
What sort of paint are you using?
Is this varnished?

>>52691067
chaos terminator lord has a open book, try on ebay for bits, it's a kit I often see pieces from, mainly because theress so many options for just one figure in it. it's not very chaosy looking, filing off the star on the cover should take care of it.

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Working an assembling Cataphractii terminators but not sure if I should attach the arms/shoulder pads or paint them separately then put them on. Anyone had experience painting them?

WIP Lord Relictor, also working on lighting.

>>52690782
I got four tacticals, two primed and ready to start
Four Saguinary guard.
5 terminators
And I have one custodes I'm converting into a character.
I have a pair of wings on him and a space marine helmet and he kind of looks like it could be a Saguinius conversion if I wanted it to be.

I'm adding fur cloaks, and other bits to each, ontop of just starting to paint so my process is slow.

The terminators came with a nice little transfer sheet that has some nice white runes which is what I was going to try my hand at free handing, so that's an nice little surprise. Time to learn how to add transfers as well.

>>52691067
Late, but if your still around Spellcrow and Maxmini have a set of books

>>52695016
Still around, don't worry; I'm at least idly watching wipg most of the day. I'm actually looking at Wargame Exclusive's book sets, even if they're *ridiculously* expensive in all their other things. Mostly because I could save shipping money on a stack of 64 Tau skulls and build a skull throne. I've bought from Maxmini and don't like their casting quality or the resin itself all that much, and I haven't really done anything with Spellcrow.

>>52694621
Did have a guy offer me that one in exchange for some of my own bits, and it's what I was leaning towards originally.

Anyone know of alternate models for a rhino? I can't afford 39$ a model for my chaos dudes.

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I found these pictures of our patron saint's Skitarii kill team, anyone have a recipe for a similar dusky blue? I really like the scheme in general

>>52695894
Looks like Stegadon Scale Green. I used it on my Tau. It's a good color, goes on very even.

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been a bit too busy to post lately with school, but heres some pictures of a balewind vortex i picked up over the weekend.
i used it in a game last night, but i forgot to cast first turn, and with sigmars random-turn order i got double-turned by some sigmar horsemen or something and lost my wizard before casting. next game, though

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>>52696193

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>>52696203

>>52689172
>no link to last thread
REEEEEEEEE

Thanks for keeping the image tho.

>>52691151
Dude, why didn't you just trace the letters with gold? Should be fairly easy.

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So I want to paint up some Dusk Raiders, but I have no idea how to paint up the blue-ish grey of their armour, anyone got some suggestions of paints to use?

How long do you usually wait for each layer to dry when painting with Citadel paints?

>>52693157
Akshually, Red Tithe does indicate that the first ritual exile markings have to be earned, the Scouts that have their firsts are generally soon to be proper marines. So technically, you get your first blood way before your first exile marking.

Still, I feel pretty stupid.

>>52697172
Depends on how much you thinned them I'm afraid.
If it's still shint it's not dry, so wait a bit after it has stopped being reflective tone sure.

>>52694405
>>52694528
Thanks a lot fellas.

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I did some simple blends on tzaangors manes and tencalcles before going to work. Quite happy with results.

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>>52697569
you should be, they look great!

Working on these guys. Any suggestion on how to smooth out my GS work?

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>>52697577
RIP

>>52697585
maybe carve a few lines into the stock to make it look more like wood with a grain

>>52693842
The wolf is cute.

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Be gentle, it's my first time. Also I know the model itself is all fucked up, shoulder pad on the wrong side, mold lines etc. This was just a test using a friends left over model that he put together when he was a kid.

I think I used too much primer which lost me a lot of detail and I used a lot of layers fixing my mistakes which came out pretty thick but overall I'm not too displeased. The red looks much brighter in the photo, I'm actually pretty happy how that turned out considering it's the only thing I didn't copy from the How To Paint Tau pdf.

What should I work on improving first? Other than everything.

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>>52697748
for a tabletop model, it looks fine. maybe work on a bit more colour variation, only two colours + black is a bit underwhelming. otherwise, great result for a first mini!

>>52697748
For your first time it's not bad at all.
Always be careful with the amount and distance you apply the primer, also try to do it in a normal environment, humidity, etc can fuck you over.
As always thin multiple layers are better than one thick layer. Washes/inks can help bring out detail by pooling in the recesses, just be sure keep washes in the recesses, don't want drying "stains" on flat surfaces.
Practice lad, paint up a few more 1 at a time and get used to painting, eventually go on to try highlighting to bring out some depth of the model.
You can always watch some of Duncan's videos to learn new techniques and how to paint x and y

Cheers for the help.

>>52697766
I didn't want to buy too many paints since I'm just starting out. What colours would you recommend adding?

>>52697786
There is wash on there, maybe I went a bit easy on it. And I did try my hand at highlighting but I made quite a mess so I pretty much went over it all with another layer, you can still see a bit on the helmet but the lighting in here isn't great because the sun fucked off.

>>52692152
>>52697397
For those wondering, Walmart does indeed carry this. On the automotive cleaners, for about $9.

>>52697748
HOLY FUCK BRO ITS TERRIBLE FUCKING KYS YOURSELF FAMALAM to be honest

Try making your highlights stand out a little more and thin those paints. It looks pretty good.

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My first ever minis. Are they acceptable tabletop quality?

>>52697830
get some Leadbelcher or something, a nice metallic colour always looks good with infantry, takes away from the entirely-pastel-colours look and makes them look a bit more military. i think you can get 15 dollar sets of six basic paints for all the armies from games workshop, maybe look at those

>>52697931
They're ok for the most part, next time try to have minies of the same scale and don't gluing them together to form a weird zord

>>52694613
GW paint, and no.

Thanks for the feedback dudes.

>>52697916
I'll try highlighting again after I paint a few more, I can feel my hand getting steadier as I go, hopefully I wont make such a mess next time.

>>52697939
Might be a good idea, the rifle is really bare at the moment.

Any ideas on how to spruce up a normal Crisis Suit to look like a bigger Commander Iridium suit? Trying to take cues from both their respective models but coming up rather short. Don't know how to bulk up the chest.

How does /wip/ feel about reaper minis? thinking about using them for D&D since they're not too expensive.

>>52698710
Reaper has a huge catalog.
Some are a bit dated but for the most part they are pretty great.
Bones is something I'd only buy for Ogre sized or bigger miniatures though.

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>>52692152
Welp, got all of it soaking. I'll see what happens on Sunday. Ten year old paint on some of em.

Pardon the orientation. Mobile is all I have currently.

>>52698710
My dad used them for years for DnD. He loved em.

>>52698828
Have you ever tried turning your phone sideways?

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>>52698855

>>52690986
dark grey yellow looks noice.

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>>52698855
Test.

>>52698855
>>52699024
Welp. I feel like a jackass now.

Painting skitarii but, fool that I am, I've got no brass, only gunmetal and bright gold. Can anybody suggest a simple mix/wash that can get me a reasonable dark yellow brass, or something like what tin bitz was?
Thanks

>>52699062
Try various shades of brown with gunmetal. Tin bitz is basically a metallic dark brown.

>>52699062
>something like what tin bitz was?
>Thanks
get vallejo tinny tiny or whatever their equivalent was.
You're gonna have a hard time trying to emulate the color. You could try a sepia ink over metal. And by ink I mean actual ink, not the gw wash.

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Anyone else prepping for Death Guard? This guy is a lot of fun to paint

>>52699150
>prepping for Death Guard
As in, stop all work until new line is available?

Yes.

Also selling off all my smaller forces to have the funds and space for them.

>>52699228
What all you selling and for how much?

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>>52699150
>Be hardcore Thousand Sons fan and player
>Prefer Khornate and Nurgle daemons to Tzeentchian.

I mean yeah I like the idea of a giant bird sorcerer but you can't tell me Juggernauts aren't the pinnacle of badass. And Plague Drones, fuck yeah! Someday I want to try recreating Beelzebub from the Dictionnaire Infernal / SMT series

>>52699252
Already sold my majority of my Aspectdar army, my WHFB Empire army, my Nurgle Deamons.

I've still a 1850 WIP Deathwatch force (Watchblade, Overkill, Corvus and SC box) up for sale and the unwanted parts of the Eldar army.

On continental Europe though.

>>52699228
>Getting rid of models in any way
>Ever

The only model I don't keep are the very few that I don't ike that sometimes come in batches from ebay or stuff like that. You always regretgetting rid of models afterwards, even more so if you spent time and efforts painting them.

>>52699313
Damn, would've loved the Nurgles. Wouldn't mind the Deathwatch stuff for bits but I imagine the ocean between us would indeed be an issue. Plus I'm broke.

>>52699365
This. So much this

>>52699365
Not him but I agree with you mostly. I did get rid of a rhino, but I never used it and I traded it to my buddy who could field it. Got a bunch of Tau I really needed in return.

>>52699365
Normally I'd hoard but I got screwed over financially so I owe my bank 3 months rent and my landlord the 4th so I've been selling pretty much everything I haven't literally bled for.

My Orks are my real lavbor of love and I'd never sell any conversions especially not with all the scars they cost me, maybe some of the hundreds of boys and dozens of kans I got in used bundles.

I also kept my customized DW Killteam and the DG army converted from Dark Vengeance, FW and old metal.

So it's a much needed healthy downsizing, just wish it'd been on my term and not my enconomy's.

>>52699451
Sorry to hear that anon. I hope everything works out.

>>52699544
No probs, the benefit of having no dreams or ambitions, roughing it is easy.

And to be honest, I kind of enjoy the challenge, easy life has no flavour.

>>52699024
sleep tight, porker

>>52699884
I'm actually up because my son decided it was time to get up but thanks sweetheart.

>>52696045
Thanks anon

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can anyone identify this gobbo?

>>52699365
I have around $400 of models unpainted and some unassembled in boxes that haven't been touched in years and probably never will.

Can't bring myself to sell them.

>>52699973
>son

You mean your wife's son?

>>52700109
He's white, anon.

Urgent opinion needed: Tamiya acrylic, y/n?

I'm at a hobby shop and have a choice of Tamiya or Humbrol, or poster paints. Should I just hold off until I can get my regular, generic unbranded mini paints in the week?

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Bear with me lads, I know this ain't usual but it's Easter and I have been pondering painting this Last Supper statuette for some time. I'm not religious but my mother is and I think it'd make a nice gift. It's also one of the only possessions I have of my late grandfather. She's ok with it.

The cast quality is pretty shoddy of course and I'd need to sculpt a nose and back of the head that were chipped off two of the apostles. I'm at a loss as to the material though. She's been told it's resin and it has a smooth plastic-y texture, even when I knock on it. Think it's prime-able?

>>52700008
Old Gobbla

>>52700308
That's the Squig.

>>52700266
>36
if it really is made of resin then it should be primeable.

>>52700325
Fair enough, hope you're right. Any materials that CAN'T be primed?

Also the surface of a lot of the apostles have a ton of tiny bubbles and bumps in the recesses. I'm actually thinking if it will be doable or not. all milky white covers such details well but if it's all painted then it might look ugly as fuck.

>>52700266
Any strong enough primer should bite into it enough to hold, do not use spray paint, but real primer.
I imagine the only truly unprimable thing will be literal Teflon coated model, which isn't exactly common.

>>52700266
If in doubt there's that pant on primer artists use...
"Gesso", it's pretty much chalk paste and school glue, practically impossible to damage anything with it.

>>52700338
>Any materials that CAN'T be primed?
Expanded Styrofoam just plain melts.

>>52700266

Soak it in greaser for a few hours to take some of the oils out, if you don't have greaser give it a rub over with dish washing liquid and a toothbrush, soak it in alcohol (rubbing or vodka/gin), but not for more than a few hours.

Don't prime until it has the texture of bone, from a roast chicken, smooth with a fine matt feel.

>>52700266
You might want to give it a wash first though, just to get the last bits of residue of it.

>>52700008
You sure it's actually Games Workshop (or more likely Marauder)? Old O&G war machines were always onagers or ballistas. Heartbreaker would be my next bet if not; their stuff was at least in the same style.

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>>52700375
I'm not sure, i got a big misc box of all random stuff, mostly GW

>>52700233
>Tamiya acrylic
They are airbrush paints primarily AFAIK.

>>52700356
>>52700361
I'm going to use Vallejo primer as it's the only one I have access to and trust for my minis. Treating this with the same respect.

>>52700365
Wouldn't the rubbing alcohol melt resin? Or am I confusing it with acetone/nail polish remover? guessing it's in between dettol and acetone in terms of strength.

>>52700368
Oh yes I was deffo going to wash. Dish soap and toothbrush all the way.

Thank you guys, I appreciate it.

>>52700434
Yeah, acetone will eat resin and plastic, alcohol is harmless in my experience.

Test on unseen spot first as really shitty resin might have reaction.

>>52700475
Roger wilco, anon.

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recent projects, still need bases. 1/2.

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>>52701146
2/2

>>52701146
Nice, too bad the eyes don't manage to pop.

>>52701177
You should REALLY consider a jpg set to 95% quality.

>>52701179
yeah i struggle with the eyes, i think i need a brighter yellow too. currently using yuriel yellow.
>>52701198
accidentally saved that one as png instead of a jpeg, not sure what you mean by the quality though.

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>>52697098
I made one last week. It's a bit rough.

I used Dark Reaper. but Incubi Darkness with some grey in it could work.

>>52701340
You can often choose the "quality" level when you save from Raw image to jpg. (basicly how much its allowed to cheat with the compression, only really an issue is you want to scale back up or squeeze it REALLY hard.)
At 100% that one is 3 mb, at 80% only 700 kb

80-90% is more than enough for WIP purposes.

>>52697098
I always thought it was supposed to represent unpainted ceramite.

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>>52699150
Im so prepped I did a test model.

I used way to much Nihilakh oxide, and the bolter highlights are pretty shit.

>>52701483
unpainted ceramite is white.

>>52701502
And silver, and gunmetal.

>>52701466
gotcha, ill keep that in mind.

>>52701510
i feel like I figured it out. in it's raw state it's white and the metalic silveriness is from polishing it.

>>52701501
I think it'll look very passable on the table a foot away with a dozen brothers around him.

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Started work on captain dude (can't spell name :/ ) for my blood angels, very much wip - legs half more done than his top half - still got lots of painting, washing and highlighting to do, and got to go over a lot of the top half in base colours still. I'm also going to do a freehand on his cape - wings 'n' stuff - made a start but that's just rough shapes. What do you folks think?

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why does my painting fucking dry on my brush constantly?

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>>52701566
2/3

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>>52701566
3/3

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Got bored of painting warhammer so i picked up the Halo Ground Command boxset to paint and play. I must say i much prefer painting models at this scale.

>>52701630
>>52701601
>>52701566
Solid so far, though it's a bit short on contrast, lot of reds gold/brown going on, not much to balance it out, but maybe the white wing detail will help.

>>52701667
Okay thanks for the advice, I'll give it a go :)

>>52701645
>>52701630
>>52701566
>>52701601
looking good

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>>52701576
Wash your pencil.

>>52701501
I think the eye needs to be a bit darker around the edges to give them a little depth, looking kinda flat at the moment

I have a quick question regarding citadel washes - some of my washes (annoyingly my black and red ones) leave a glossy / shiny effect on the model - not desirable! Furthermore I struggle to counteract the effect with my Matt varnish :/ . Do you folks have any idea why this might be, and how I might be able to prevent this?

What material to use for the solid base of a light terrain structure?

Should it be heavy?

>>52697062
I've only got a size 1 series 7. Freehand, even just filling in details, is messy as hell. And filling in the black between letters would cause the same issue.

If you can suggest something like a silicone pencil in brush form (not micron pens), then that would be a lot easier. Or maybe just a silicone pencil.

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>>52699150
Yeye I'm looking forward to new Death Guard, I've always loved Nurgle stuff and I just got back into painting stuff a few days ago actually. Working on a few plaguebearers for now.

>>52701501
What's the recipe for the green?

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I while ago I posted some stripped old steel legion that my friend gave me along with most of gaunts ghosts and the last chancers. Thought I would share progress on the legion, I need to base them and apply touch ups but I think they are getting on okay.

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>>52701956
Here's the plagueboy I'm working on at the moment

>>52701984
1. Deathworld Forest basecoat
2. straken green drybrush on highest edges and tips of feet etc
3. sepia wash watered down all over

>>52690986
Go with the firefighter one.

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>>52701994
That missile certainly needs something, but otherwise they look pretty good.
I wish GW would release variant guardsmen again damnit

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The paint on my brush is drying the second I try to apply it to the model, what the fuck? I just washed it, is it because it's hot in my room?

>>52702791
Have you thinner your paints?

>>52702895
yes, theyre already airbrush paints

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Duncan is finally doing what he's been wanting to do foe ages, giving his Imperial Knights some infantry.

>>52702945
Airbrush paints are designed to evaporate faster.

>>52702949
Man GSC bodies are a great model base.

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>>52699150
Hell Yeah, been working in a rotbringers and daemons force for Aos, looking forward to new nurgle minis

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Working on the second batch, near completion

>>52701531
>>52701510
>>52701502
Ceremite is not a single colour, it depends on the Forge World that manufactures it. All the legions during the early crusade had the same dark grey power armour because it was unpainted and manufactured by Mars. As the crusade ground on other worlds were conquered with different manufacturing processes and the colour changed depending on the world.

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>>52689172
MOLD LINES ACROSS FUR OR FINE DETAIL

>>52703026
I know right? I really want to use them as a base for a PDF/ragtag IG group. Not an army but just to paint stuff I enjoy. Just replace the head and cover the pendants and you're done.

>>52703464
I wanted to do plague zombies, but.. they're too good for that.

>>52701449
You mentioned in /hhg/ that this is going to be part of a Deathguard diorama. What sort of display are you planning?

>>52703398
Ripped cables are the worst.

>>52701915
Just get some finer brushes. You'll need them sooner or later.

>>52703398
Mold lines across skeleton ribs

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Wyrdvane psyker Y/N?

Right hand will be replaced with the one in the stocks. Left will have a sergeants laspistol.

>>52703398
>mold lines strait down the rivets.

The only solution is to shave them off, drill small holes where they were, and use tiny beads.

>>52705718
Not 100% on the stocks arm unless you can cut that out smoothly & use some greenstuff for cloth, but otherwise looks like it'll work really well

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Finally got round to photographing this.

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>>52706725

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Finished my scouts and most of another Thunderhawk. Getting there.

>>52706725
>>52706763
Nice scheme, I like the colors.
Usually I'm more of a fan of a crisper painting style when it comes to highlights and such, but this look very nice.
The spear tip looks dope.

>>52707063
The spear tip was incredibly easy. All I did was paint the entire tip light grey and then cover it in a thick coat of teal ink. It comes our really marbley.

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>>52697931
every little lie makes baby Jeebus cry, anon

>>52707454
Anon I think that's the joke

>>52707454
Wow, we've got a regular Sherlock Holmes over here! You sure found him out.

>>52707454
Holy shit, an official GW painter posts his wips on /tg/?

>>52698710

Get the metal ones. They have some really good female, monster, and warrior sculpts. Their rubber bones budget line sucks dick though

>>52698710
If you need cheap D&D models then bones are fine. Don't listen to the retards who only like official GW plastic minis. You're not painting display quality models, Bone's quality is suitable for what you want in most D&D cases

What paintbrushes does /wip/ recommend?

>>52708267
Most haven't tried anything but GW's and winsor and newton. What skill level are you?

>>52697098
Payne's Grey

Does anyone have a DIY for a simple light-box made out of normal paper or anything? I don't have tissue paper on hand.

>>52708267
if you're a pleb, just use whatever cheap brushes. If you're at a medium/high skill level and know how to use a brush, get winsor and newton, or da vinci. I know theres a few other brands as well. But the biggest thing as a beginner painter is to not spend a lot of money on brushes, you won't treat them right, and you'll just end up being overly careful with them. Gotta experiment and find out what works for you.

>>52708384
>>52709146
I'm a decent painter and I remember that winsor was recommended some time ago. I have some brush cleaner already but my brushes were cheap and not that good after a year of use. Which of the winsor brushes are good for layering, highlights and fine detail work?

>>52701877
They make a gloss nuln oil (black wash) and a gloss rikeland fleshshade (Red wash) you may have picked up the wrong washes as the regular nuln oil and rikeland dry matte.


or your painting over a glossy surface and the gloss is bleeding through.

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>>52689172
I preordered the Dark Souls board game and I wanted to spruce them up a bit when I got them. They seem to come on preattached plastic bases but I wanted to do some nice cobblestone or grass on them

What would the best way of going about it be? Remove them from the default base and stick them right onto a fresh green stuff base?

I don't have a lot of experience basing (or any of this shit outside of basic painting) so I appreciate the help.

>>52710229

Fuck, those minis look awesome.

>>52710428
It was the main reason I backed it. The actual game is just a bonus

>>52691236
not too shabby ... colors are a little muted (for me) and you really should drill out the barrel of that gun.

>>52697098
eshin grey then drakenoff nightshade

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>tfw you can't find these guys anywhere outside of the Deathwatch board game
Why, GW? Why?

>>52711311
That would be because they were in some funky poses in the Deathwatch sprue, so unlike the Genestealer command sprue which has all three HQ units on one tidy sprue, these models wernt given a lot of love.

They most likely want to give them ether a new reformed sprue with the same sculpts, or a brand new one, and only the other core models got brand new box love. Who know why they were left out.

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undersides of feet.

slowly working on some chaos marines. Just had a thought about the feet undersides. Should I leave them the same white as the rest of the armour or do them a muddy brown colour as if they're dirty. Probably should mention it'll end up on a clear base when its done.

and dear god i didn't realise just how shit i was until i saw the close up photo.

>>52711311
you could probably do a simple enough conversion for them out of spare acolyte heads and limbs with AoS marauder or savage orc bits for the hulking muscled shirtless dudes thing.

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Awesome to see lots of nurgle around. I think I'm about the slowest painter in here and trying to sell our house is not helping but I've managed to finish one base of nurglings (bar basing) and just need to paint the horns on the other two. With these done I have my first legal 40k army, whoop whoop.

>>52712829
I'd go brown soles.
I think the main problem is that you've just done outlines with the brown wash without tidying it up. You either need to blend it out while it's wet or go back over with he white or light grey colour to soften the edges. Personally I'd just wash the whole surface and then highlight back up to white. I see people on here recommend to only wash in recesses, but that only works if you blend out the edges of the washes areas.

>>52701177
I like it, but the mouth needs more highlights/ more vibrant colours to really make the whole peice be a wow factor. Either gradually blend the purple up to a vibrant fleshy pink, or get some bright green poison saliva to match his chest. Both would be my suggestions! Cool scheme overall though!
8/10 would play against

>>52710479
>>52710428

Backed it myself but the previews they posted of the actual minis recently looks like ass. Dancer of the Boreal Vale alone got fucked so hard it almost made me want to kick puppies.

>>52713656
Which is why you back Kingdom Death, where the miniatures look as good as the concept art or better.
They do cost a bit more... (spent $2200 in total over 2 KS on a board game...)

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>>52713687
I've got a titan's worth of KD sitting around too - Dark Souls was just about €200 with several expansions so it's not like it's a lot of money. I'm just a sucker for anything DS.

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I have a pedro kantor, and some forge world IF bits here that I feel comfortable enough to paint now.

I have only primed plastic, so I want to make sure I do this right as ruining these pieces would make me sad.

Is there anything else I should do before I prime these guys? I've already washed off the film from the FW resin bits, pedro is pinned, I will probably put him "together" and prime him, so as not to get primer in the joints.

The vets' arms are magnetized, so I will put them "together" also when I prime them.

>>52713783
Looking at the two bolt pistols, I see some mold lines I missed, so Ima clean that up real quick.

If anyone else sees anything let me know.

The heavy flamers are from cataphracti terminators, the black one I stole off of a ultramarine and simple-green'd it.

These are meant to be used as 30k marines, and 40k sternguard vets.

I've been drilling out bolter barrels after I prime, and planned to do that here.

Obviously I really don't know what else to do with kantor. I got him off ebay as you see here, he looks fine. I guess I will superglue the banner on?

>>52713783
don't put terminator arms on marines, it's not doing you any favors

>>52710229
>Dancer in cool stalking pose
>>52713743
>Dancer tripping over his own feet

kek

>>52713838
The only flamers I have. They have regular bolter arms not shown here, just didn't have them attached at the moment

>>52713124
thanks. it's still a wip and I was already going to go back with the white and clean up.
I've already tried blending and I'm not good enough at it yet. The small hard shading lines looks better with my skill level.

>>52713838
>>52713865
I found some on ebay, why I love magnets so much. I can just run what I have until I get these.

That being said I am probably going to pry off that FW shoulderpad before it sets

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I attempted a daemon prince

>>52714067

Ooooh nice

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>>52713124
Quickly pulled my finger out and did the horns on the other bases. Will try and base them later today.

Anyone have the Burning of Prospero painting guide? I'd really appreciate the Dark Angels page from that.

>>52714117
Man that works great, can't help but smile at the cheery little shits.

>>52714067
Where'd you find Robute size helmet and chainmail loincloth?

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>>52713852
Agreed. I'm thinking I might cut mine up a bit and greenstuff it into something closer to the old pose, will have to wait and see when mine arrives.

>>52710229
Depends on what kind of basing you're wanting. If you're doing dirt/waste/etc, you can just layer some paste and dunk that bad boy, placing a couple stones or clumps of whatever here and there. If you want some actual cobblestone or wooden planks or temple ruin shit directly UNDER the model then yeah cutting off and rebasing is a much better choice. Keep in mind that the actual run of models has directional ridges for "facing" gameplay mechanics. Hope this helps.

Have a lonely tree. Done with this and my Dung Beetle Knight tonight.

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>>52714668
And the dung beetle.

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>>52714539
Thank you. They ended up slightly brighter than my previous models but I think it all works, here's an army pic for comparison.

>>52714067
This looks awesome, really nice job. I kind of hope you do something to cover the mechanical parts between the armour plates though, as they seem very specific to guilliman.

>>52714683
Do you have a better picture? Can't really see it clearly but at a glance this looks really good.

>>52714561
Not him, but the helmet is from the Chaos Terminator Lord kit, the chainmail is from the Daemon Prince kit.

Just real quick before I go outside to do this, is there any trick to priming metal minis?

I try to use the method of just laying on a mist of it from about 2 feet away for plastic.

It takes like 2-3 sprays per side, and goes through cans quickly but I don't want to lose detail.

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>>52714773
Thanks man. Oh shit you're that dude who made the custom gross fat fuckin nurgle guy, so gewd man. This any better, is all I got.

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>>52703762
This is what I have so far.

My plan is:
1 Pre Mortarion legion
2 Mortarion just arrived, clean but plain DG colours ( haven't done this guy yet)
3 Dirty marine at start of the heresy.
4 grimy, covered in darker sigils and looking bitter and grim
5 proto-plague marine all green and bronze, end of heresy, small nurgle sigils
6 full on Plague Marine ( waiting for Gw on this one)

Now 7 ( being Nurgles number ) will either be a chaos spawn, daemon prince, or some kind of mk 3 and blightking conversion.

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>>52714905
Also all will be mk 3 for uniformity on a black wooden stand. I will try and do bases themed on where they are at that time. For instance the heresy ones will have dead marine helmets on their bases, and the plague marines will have slime etc at their feet.

>>52714067
Noice.

>>52714952
>>52714905
I've always wondered this, why does that one guy have melty eyes? Beginners object source lighting?

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How can one man be so based?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKF6GUyI8VA

>>52714978
Pretty much. I'm going to scrape it off and repaint at some point without the OSL.

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Does anyone have experience with using a Chaos Terminator body for a normal CSM? I want to do something like pic related but the CSM bodies just simply aren't bulky enough.

Also, going through my old minis, I realized the metal Terminators were a fucking mess. So hard to tell what's what on em.

>>52713743

goddamn i hope that dancer pose isn't the final product

>>52714889
Yeah that's a bit better. I love the colours you've used.

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I just recently started, this is the latest guy I'm working on

>>52715634
Sorry. It is.

>>52715689
Which one?

>>52715794
the one in focus which isn't just primed

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>>52715803
Well them barrels sure are beggin for a drillin'

>>52715830
yeah, I gotta get around to buying a drill

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waiting for power, chain fist..!

>>52711311
I see them pretty often on ebay.
Maybe try your luck there?

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Which color works better for the Launcha's power cords? I intend to recreate the little tie holding them together on the mold with electrical tape.

>>52716195
Depends entirely how you paint the rest.

>>52716296
Huh, good point. Didn't think about that. Reckon I'll see once he's painted. Thanks.

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Anyone have experience with Army painter's drybruhses?

Gonna be priming a ork vehicle armada in brown and then drybrushig steel for a rusty look.

I was looking at the selection and I'm not sure which to go with.

Should Terminatus Cruxes be white or grey?

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>>52716784
>Terminatus Cruxes
Neither.

>>52716784
>>52716808
As very often, it depends. Some Chapters have them white, other have them gold, some might even have them black.
I do mine dirty gold/bronze, and I like them that way. Just do whatever floats your boat as long as it doesn't clash with the others.

>>52716784
Whichever color the other bling on your marines is basically.
The important thing about the crux is not something you can see anyway.
Each one has a tiny bit of the Emperor's Armor in it, so what the packaging looks like is secondary.

And from GW's side there also never was any one color favored.

Do you guys use games workshop brushes, or is there something far superior that I should look into?

>>52717018
GW's middle of the road product, you just pay up-brand price for it.

There are higher end brushes on the market but you need to work at it to appreciate the difference, and they come with extra maintenance.

I haven't painted since I was in my mid teens and I did the Lord of the Rings magazine which came out. I'm interested in picking something up. I recently gave some Space Wolves a go (just a 4 pack of wolves) and know I'm much more interested in organic figures (as opposed to Space Marines) so obviously 40K isn't for me.

Can anyone recommend a set which is mostly organic and interesting looking (somewhat similar to this sort of thing, I suppose
>>52713743 >>52714117 >>52714773)?

Also, when you've first opened your paint pot, how long will they remain "fresh" after you've closed them up? Basically, what is the lifespan of a paint pot once opened, and do they have a shelf life beforehand?

>>52716705
The vehicle drybrush is about 12mm across at the base of the bristles, the hobby one is about 5mm across and much thinner, and it's bristles are about half the length and a little softer. It really depends how much detail you're after and how smooth a drybrush effect you want, the larger brush will give you a coarser finish.

>>52717102
I meant to add to that middle paragraph - which also has some decent painting guides available.

>>52717109
Oh it want it looking rough as fuck, gonna be all rust, metal and sloppily applied orky paintjobs.

I really want the vehicle/scenery brush for the rough work, but my inner pennypincher tells me I can just sub it for a cheap synthetic dollar stor brush but till til the bristles get really stiff and that the large will be more versatile.

>>52715131
Bump.

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BEST LEGION COMING THROUGH

Is this blue too dark? It's a test model.

>>52717415
For smurfs I'd say a bit dark

>>52717415
>Is this blue too dark?

Well my first though was Night Lords, so a bit.

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not sure how i feel about this

at least the vedros dreads are cheap

>>52717834
Not that bad at all honestly.

As it is almost always the case, paintjob will make it or break it.

>>52717848
yeah im hoping the paint brings it all together in the end

i really wish chaos naughts were still a thing though

>>52717870
I haven't played in 10+ years. Can you not play with Chaos Naughts at all any more?

>>52717870
Well, I'm not a fan of the Helbrute either, but the last WD has a pretty good IW one, alongside some pretty fantastic BT in the Tale of the Warlords pages.
It does still look quite organic, but you can take it as an example to get a nice result if you buy a Hellbrute.

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>>52717933
Chaos Dreadnoughts got replaced by a new thing called Helbrute, which has a lame model and meh rules

Forgeworld released some rules for oldschool chaos dreads, and they USED to have a neat model line for each god's dreadnought variant as well as an undivided like pic related

thing is they dont sell those anymore which is a shame

>>52693109
Too thin. Not enough mixing between your pigments and the medium (colour/precum) shake those bottles.

>>52693842
where did you get that?

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First batch of Salamanders. Not looking forward to putting all the lava on all the bases.

>>52697585
looks nice so far, maybe I will copy that

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>>52690782
106 clanrats
I rewarded myself with painting rat ogres and doomwheels after I painted a bunch of them, but now i only have ~40 of the fucks painted and I'm out of interesting models.

>>52716195
why not both?

>>52718496
Painting character models is a chore for me I only force myself to do it after every block or else id only paint Infantry. I think I'm a bizzaro

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>seeing your painted army clash against another painted army on the battlefield
This is why I do this
Feels good man

>>52718572
This feel. It is familiar.

I am not looking forward to painting Vulkan at all.

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I'm about to start painting Alarielle (a big elf lady riding a giant beetle) and I have basically no idea what colours to do and still make it match the rest of the army.

I do love the big centerpiece models but they are so intimidating to work on

>>52719022

Alarielle herself wouldn't be too hard to paint so she matches your paintscheme. As long as her and the basing matches I think you could go for a contrasting color for her giant beetle.

>>52699365
I feel the same way, but I'm thinking about getting rid of my necrons. Once upon a time a local shop had some battleforces (which back then only had like 3 destroyers and the rest in a shitload of warriors) for 50% off, and i bought two, and already had like 3 boxes of warriors. Now, many years later, 70% are still unassembled. Do people build warrior-heavy lists with Necrons?

>>52719072
Yea, I don't see Alarielle herself being much of a problem, It's getting the contrast between her and the beetle right I'm the most concerned with.

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>>52719022
You could paint her skin white and her robes red.

Dark blue metalic beatle would look great too.

>>52719157
>Dark blue metalic beatle
That does sound pretty cool actually.

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Crossposting.
So I picked this up today to bolster my Chaos/Dark Mechanicum guys. Any ideas how to convert Saint Celestine? I was thinking I'd turn her and her Seraphim into some sort of Raptor-ish horrorshow.

>>52715131
Another bump. Just curious if anyone's ever tried this. I won't be able to try til tomorrow.

>>52719196
There's a great four step tutorial for painting Alpha Legion that would work great and give it a small green iridescent effect. I'll see if I can find it.

>>52718563
Hm, possibly.

>>52719269
It'll require some sculpting skills, but plenty of people use terminator legs for "truescale" conversions. What I'd do is just repose a normal marine and sculpt on some etc. That's what I do with all of my marines.

>>52719314
Mind posting a pic to give me a visual aid?

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>>52719367
Here's one of my marines, made from a standard mkIV. Not that much sculpted on and still looks much taller and bulkier

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>>52719435
And some shitty pics after painting.

>>52719435
>>52719457
Yeah, that does look a lot bulkier. My only issue is I have the old metal Terminators so not sure how that'll play out. I'll fiddle with em tomorrow. Regardless, thanks! He looks great.

>>52719685
Don't try to convert from metal though, that's a pain in the ass to repose. And just to be clear, my own aren't from termi legs, just standard marine ones. Really simple conversion, just cut legs off at the top, drill through, repose as you want, then sculpt in the gaps. Only needs basic sculpting skills, though it's always nice to sculpt on more details like the skull thing on the leg that's in the painted picture (hadnt sculpted that yet in the unpainted one).

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>>52719767
And here's a WIP Daemon Prince from a contemptor dread made with the same process of lengthening the top parts of the legs.

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>>52710229
You forgot the most important one, anon.

And I'm excited as fuck for my stuff to come as well. Should be here soonish, if the emails are to be believed.

>>52716784
I thought they were made out of granite or some other stone.

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>>52719987
>being an le epik sunbro xD praiz de suhn
>liking a meme character

Nito and I are laughing at you from the Tomb of the Giants

And now you're infected

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>>52720270
>implying my enjoyment is limited to a meme character

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>>52714117
Finished these little fuckers. Just need to varnish them and gloss the horns and gory bits.

>>52720309
>my little piles of daemonic skittles can't be this adorable.

They've turned out great

>>52720270
Like Gravelording ever worked right.

>>52720296
I'm hoping the Artorias sculpt works out correctly and that they're both a joint fight like O&S

>>52720376
Like the netcode was ever stable and worked right tbhfam

>>52719767
I'll give it a shot! Thanks.
>>52719786
That looks incredible.

>>52721039
Thanks. Slowly making progress due to little time for it, and now I've suddenly had thoughts about going Death Guard instead of Word Bearers. Which hindered progress further.

>tfw you can't wait for the new Death Guard to come out so you can convert them by repairing their armour, filing down boils and making them into something grander

>>52721404
Sounds like a lot of pointless work when you could just as well buy plastic mk3 these days and add a spike to their helmet.

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>>52690782
2 Nazgul
Lurtz
Vrasku
12 Uruk-Hai Scouts (4 with bows, 4 with shields)
4 Berserkers
20 Uruk-Hai Warriors (half with shields, another half with pikes)
Captain(i lovely call him Thurge)
And one dude with banner.

Pretty good army for 4 months. :P

>>52721475
But I'm not making Death Guard, now am I...

>>52714067
MUH DIIIIIICK

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The old figures may ooze of personality but fuck these proportions. I'm new at this, how do I make this less goofy? He's supposed to be a Chaos Cultist leader.

>>52714067
This is really nice. Much better than my contemptor based prince. Did you buy the kit just to do this?

>>52721671
Can't do much with metal sadly. You can always sculpt more on, but it's always hard to cut off, repose and anything like that. I've never managed to make any conversions look good with metal minis.

>>52714067
This looks great.

I swear every conversion I've seen looks much better tha the original Guilleman.

>>52721762
It's a good model, but looks a bit goofy when used as intended for some reason. It'd be a great base for many conversions if it weren't for all the imperial or ultramarine symbols, but as it is now it seems like quite a project to do something like that prince.

>>52721671
>>52721722
I think it all boils down to the arms. Look at his pistol hand, it's bigger than his damn head. Also that club should be bigger, I hope you didn't pay much for this. Lop off the arms and start sculpting new stuff on there, you'll be glad you did. Hell, if you like the pose you can find replacement bits and update the model in the process. Chaos Undivided?

>>52721961
Yeah, hands are probably the main problem. Might be easy to replace if you can cut them off and drill a little for pinning. Then either sculpt over the wire if you're good, or replace with some other models hands. Looks like the pistol hand will be a problem though, as the pistol seems to connect with the body.