/wip/ work in progress - 9.99 edition

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i bought these for 7 pound from warlord. Old molds so a bit fragile but fun minis. Any tips on what to improve on them? If nothing to srs i am calling these done.

Easter goal completed!

>>52750288
I'd say maybe give their faces a light dab/wash to push their definitions a bit further, but as it stands they still are quite solid, you can easily leave as is.

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Trying my hand at another seeker missile design. I honestly don't like the look of fins on a missile, it seems like it's rudimentary technology the Tau should be above by now. So how about two thrusters instead?

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>>52750629
> i like that design, it looks kinda cool, but i think three trusters would look even better.
I would also make the missile less conical and more round, like the plasma rifles, just with fins at the end

>>52750770
Hm, you mean another thruster on the bottom? the flat area is where the magnet will go to attach to the bottom of the drone's wing.

>>52750808
yeah, thats pretty much what i meant

Afternoon lads.

I've been priming this morning and my AP white spray is leaving a shitty residue on things no matter how I do it. What's the best white primer? (Actual hobby one, I can't seem to find a rustoleum one in the UK)

My GW Chaos black spray works like a charm.

>>52750967
Tamiya Fine White should be a good one.
The biggest downside is cost, as it costs a fair bit for a considerably smaller can (only 180 ml rather than 400).
Vallejo spray primers have generally treated me well too, but I've only used the grey one there.

>>52750874
Hm, just tried it. It's impossible to take a photo as I can't glue them and the pieces are too small for blutac to work properly, shit kept falling off. The third thruster on the bottom made it look a bit messed up, imbalanced. I think I'll stick with the javelin-y look of two, honestly.

>>52751157
its your missile, do what you want with it, but dont forget to post the results once you finished

>>52751208
Aye aye! I'm glad I'm going to paint these black. I can't fucking shape them perfectly, so there will be carving bumps.

>>52750273

I see some people suggest priming models with only grey instead of white or black. What is the reason for that?

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To the anon asking for a recipe:

Black primer, gun metal base coat,nuln oil all over, hard drybrush of gun metal, then a lighter drybrush of 50/50 gun metal and silver. Finally another drybrush of pure silver on the top areas.
Wash on the recesess with smokey ink.
The gold is retributor gold with sepia wash and that citadel brass color as highlight(cant remember the name)
And the stripes are golden yellow with a sepia wash.

>>52751349
personal preference.
Personally I don't like doing that on plastic models cause it's hard to tell where the paint is and where not.
Aside from that the only other factor that should enter that decision is your painting scheme.
For example, if you do yellow, prime white, if you do dark blue, prime black, if you paint something in a medium brown prime whatever.

>>52751349
It's hard to build up light colors over black, and dark colors over white. Grey acts as a decent middle ground, making it ideal for priming in more cases than white or black.

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This guy's concept art has inspired a lot of the style I try to go for with my Marines. That said, I'm stuck now. Specifically, the servitors here.

Is there anything similarly posed- GW or not- I could use as a base model for something like this? I have some plans already for standing versions, but I don't think I've ever actually seen a mini in this pose.

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I have no more WIP because all my dudes are painted. What should I get next? I'm thinking beastmen

>>52751613
>fully painted and based army
I've been in the hobby for coming up to 2 decades now and I've never finished an entire army. I really need to get round to it just to prove to myself that I can do it.

>>52751576
>making it ideal for priming in more cases than white or black.
Sorry if that seems nitpicky, but 'statistics' on what might or might not be a common scenario are kind of a moot point.
You are painting one specific scheme at a time and it's not like you cannot have more than one primer around.

Just get the primer that's best suited for the scheme you are doing.

I'm looking at picking up a small Necron force and I'm looking round for interesting colours to paint them that aren't just the standard metal drybrush.

I quite fancy the Nihilakhs because I can break out my P3 blues for that.

Any other ideas?

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>>52751676
You can do it, just stick to an army you really like and don't spend too much time on the core/base units.

I don't let myself buy new things unless I have most of my other stuff painted.
I save money because it completely stops impulse buys, and it forces me to get things done. I wanted a new Lord of Change, skyfires, and some other stuff but I said id wait until I finished painting my other last unit of hellstriders before I bought them. By the time I finished painting them I don't really want the new stuff anymore. Saved myself $250-300 easy.

Did over 100 models... My current army is:
20 mauraders
30 warriors
10 knights
10 hellstriders
30 daemonettes
20 chosen (blood reaver conversions because I hate finecast)
3 daemon princes
1 KoS
1 LoC
1 manticore
1 war shrine
5 spawn
1 warp lightning cannon
1 plague claw
10ish heros, sorcerers, etc.

>>52751613
get a different line of minis? Perhaps FoW 15mm? or 6mm epic or naps?

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>be a CSM player
>playing against Admech
>fucking wrecking their mechanical assholes
>my lord chokes some lowly sergeant to death
>roll on a boon table
>roll a spawn result

A 180 points, nigh-unkillable Chaos Lord on bike with a mark of nurgle turned into a gribbling piece of meat.

On the other hand, during the same game my culist champion turned into a Daemon Prince.

In memorial of my Lord I decided to make a Chaos Spawn model. Took me 15 minutes to paint.
Totaly worth it.

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>>52751881

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>>52751881
>>52751907
Time to make a custom DP model next.
Gotta make it funny somehow, maybe I'll glue a tiny Cultist helmet on top of it's head.

>>52751881
>>52751907
Can you post more pics? need to see more detail

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>>52751676
Same here. Sitting on three unfinished armies (five if you count WarmaHordes) I decided last week to start another WHF army.

>>52751933
but why?

>>52751808
>I'm looking at picking up a small Necron force and I'm looking round for interesting colours to paint them that aren't just the standard metal drybrush.
I made a pdf of the oldcron hobby section from their first non-WD codex.
Would post if I was on my other pc, but maybe another anon can help you out.

Anyway the old Necrons had a bunch of paintscheme suggestions that assumed they were made of ceramics.
The first Dawn of War also had some more colorful schemes for them.

If you want to stick with metals, but want more colors you could look into clear coats from tamiya and the like.
I think that's called candy coating or something like that? Basically gives you a finish like a metallic paintjob on a car.

>>52751941
Because I've lost control of my life.

>>52751950
Ah...
The sweet temporary relief cracking open a new rulebook or ripping the wrapping from a box of plastic crack offers.

>>52751920
My phone just died, so can't right now.

But there's not that much to see there, it's just a drybrushed fantasy tombstone I've painted out of frustration.

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>>52751676
>>52751950

You guys know its [current year] right?
If you take the money you would spend BUYING a new army, you can spend it instead on a commission painter and get all your other shit painted.
There are so many commission studios out there now, its ok to do it. They are all in business somehow. A lot of people only have time to play and cant spend time painting so it makes sense to have someone else do it for you.

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White+gold armour is pain in ass to execute.
Other than this, I just have to pick their horns, hooves, beaks and make weapons' blades to finish them off.

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Thanks again to the anon that recommended Super Clean. I've still gotta go back over some bits but happy for the most part. Worked wonders on metal. Shame I used black primer all those years ago, since I read it's a bitch to get off. Now to build and kitbash and the fun stuff.

>>52751579
Try using Crypt Ghouls from GW, they have a similar hunched-over build that can be changed with some cutting and light greenstuff. They're also in about the same size-range as most Skitarii/mechanicum units, so that will probably help the kitbashing somewhat.

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>>52751881
>>52751907
>>52751917
>using a gravestone as a spawn

as a chaos player I find this very fitting

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>>52752107
Oh, and found these guys but with no weapons. What's a good alternative? I'm thinking the Chaos Heavy Bolter, the two handed one.

>>52751933

Currently have:

Half finished Death Guard.

To paint: 6 Bikers, 10 Posessed, a Defiler, 5 terminators and a lord, 5 raptors, Typhus and a Rhino.

Blood Angels: Furioso Dread, 5 Death Company, Astorath, drop pod, Rhino, Predator, scout snipers. (I have 5 scouts and 10 other DC I'm currently working on)

Orks: 20 Boyz, 10 lootas, 3 bikers, 1 Trukk, 5 nobs and a Warboss

10 30k World Eaters and a Contemptor Dread

WHFB:
2000 pts of Empire
2000 pts of Lizardmen

I also have a Tomb Kings army and an Ogres army that I'm not sure if I'm keeping or selling yet. I also have assorted Dwarves.

I have a fucking problem and too much money.

>>52752158
tomb kings are worth $$$. sell em.

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>>52752077
Absolutely not. I work really slowly because I like to convert my dudes and I jump between armies but they are my dudes and I'll paint them myself someday, I suppose

>>52752113
Nice, those would work perfectly. Thanks.

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Finally got my SC! Skitarii box in, and after spending several hours having fun with magnets, I started painting up the Vanguard Alpha to see if I'm sold on the color scheme. So far I'm liking it, still have lots of work to do though.

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can anyone help me discern how this thing was painted?

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Hi /wip/.

How do I do a good pale with a hint of blue flesh tone?

I want to do something withthe skin of a human an ice sorceress - still definitely human, but definitely ice magic-y.

I'm worried that just blending in a bit of blue to the last few highlights will look at best shit, and at worst a horrible brown smudge.

I was thinking do pale skin, white-ish highlights and then the final highlights a very pale blue, but that might all look to blue.

I don't really know what to do with it.

Pic related is the model - limited edition Rasputina from Malifaux.

>>52752447
purple glazes over pale skin

Are 40k and WHF supposed to take place in the same universe, just on opposite ends of the timeline?

>>52752251
>mystery incorporated scheme

>>52752447
it bothers me that after all the care and effort put into that model, they couldn't be fucked to dust it before taking pictures

>>52752491
>Are 40k and WHF supposed to take place in the same universe, just on opposite ends of the timeline?

Once upon a time, before the Dark Age of Technology, GW officially stated that WHFB took place on one of the many planets that made up the WH40K universe, but since then, that statement has been abandoned.

>>52752491
The Warhammer world exists in the 40k universe. They share the Old Ones, the Chaos gods, the Warp/Real of Chaos, Orks, etc.

There was also a time when Chaos champions could receive things like plasma pistols and chainswords in WHF.

>>52752463
Shade with purple and go for paler flesh tones that go towards the greyer desaturated spectrum.
If you use actual blue she might end up looking a bit smurfy.
Maybe look into how people do demonette skin for GW slaanesh demons.
Sounds like a problem somebody might have solved for you already there.

>>52752491
it changes depending on which decade the material you read is from

>>52752634
A planet makes sense. Why was it abandoned? Hard to explain why it hadn't been cleansed yet?
>>52752699
Holy shit now I want to build that. That's awesome.
>>52752759
Ah, gotcha.

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Finally got everything I need to assemble muh Remora. Postan steps slowly as they happen.

>>52752077
But painting and converting are the two parts of the hobby I really enjoy. I've only played about 5 games of anything in the last 6 or 7 years. I've finished up a bunch of warbands for stuff like Inq28, Empire of the Dead, Necromunda and so on, but never a full army for any system.

I currently have a full WHFB Skaven army, an AoS Tzeentch Arcanites army, a large footslogging IG army, a 30K Mechanicum army and an absolute ton of other stuff either built, primed or partially painted but never finished. It's so morale destroying that they're all hidden away in boxes or cupboards.

>>52752744
>Grey
>look into how people do demonette skin for GW slaanesh demons.
Great shout, cheers Anon.

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>>52752911
You can read about the rewards in Realm of Chaos- Slaves to Darkness, and Lost and the Damned. There should be PDFs in the WHFB OP.

>>52750288

Love the camo on the vehicles.

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Finished this guy, just needs a varnish to gloss the gloss bits and matte the matte bits.

What do people charge nowadays for painting?

>>52753158
Thanks

>>52751448

Whats that in citadel paints?

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Hey /tg/, I know this isn't exactly /wip/ related (maybe a little), but I've picked up some knights models recently.
Pic related to be specific, I've decided to paint them, because besides Warhamer I'm also a huge batman nerd, and also because they look fucking awesome.

So I thought about actually giving the game a shot, and here's my question:
Have any of you played it? Is the game worth it, considering you need only a few minis to play? Any experiences, etc.?

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>>52753012
Almost done, most of magnetizing work finished.

I did run into a problem though, it's quite flimsy. the guns move very much by themselves. I might have to add more magnets somehow..

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Any of you guys know how to get the door to swing? I would hate to glue it and miss out on the inner detail.

>>52753836
Drill a tiny hole through the hinges and jam a paperclip in there if possible. If you want to be able to close it, consider a tiny magnet to hold it.

>>52753718
ask here
>>52664546

>>52753905
thanks

>>52753736
The amount of work this thing is needing to fucking work properly is insane. I'm at my wits' end and I'm ready to glue everything solid instead of fucking about with magnets on it, Jesus fucking christ. All so I can pat myself on the back going "durr I managed to magnetize something" and not have to cut a bigger hole in a tray.

Fuck my obsessive nature.

>>52754320
Pin it, but don't glue. Magnet will hold it in, pin will stop it moving.

>>52753556
Gun metal, and silver are from vallejo model air, and the smokey ink is from vallejo game color. Everything else is citadel.

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Work is coming along on my first Iron Warrior. First time doing hazards, first time painting anything not Tau or Dark Vengeance CSM.

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>>52755024
And here is one of the helmets i painted up. Used the PreHeresy Space Wolf anons eye idea, but instead of bloodletter, i went Ceramite White > Nihilak Oxide

>>52754375
Thank you, you're right. Sorry for the outburst but I had been waiting for weeks for ideas, magnet shipment and all that only to find out I can't do it..

It's working, anyway. Very slow going but I will have it done soon.

>>52755080
Its fine, we've all been there.

Stupid fucking Raging Heroes minis

>>52755024
>>52755065
not bad desu
work on your stripes, other than that it's pretty good.
dunno how I feel about the OLS, I'd need to see it on the assembled miniature

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it took some pinning and i kept it supported overnight and the chainsword stays nicely attached now. i think it came out nice, next up greenstuff

>>52755586
that's a big chainsword

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>>52755622
they have 2h versions called eviscerators.

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Have any of you ever assisted to a golden daemon contest, even if just to watch? I would like to know how many prices are given in that contest. Is it just 1 bronze, 1 silver and 1 gold for each category + the sword? I ask this because I have been at other painting contests where the prizes were like 1 best of category, 3 golds, 6 silvers and 9 bronzes. If there are that many I can actually have a chance to win at least a bronze and that would justify travelling to UK and investing the next month painting for the upcoming games day.

>>52755622
For you

>>52755968
I dont have a clue, but post your best work. Also, I tought there were official gw painting contest in various countries not only uk?

>>52755968
I went to an american one many years back and they only did 1 for each category.
>>52756097
there used to be but I dont really think they do it outside of the UK anymore. It's basically been dying for years.

>>52752077
I can't get my orks painted for what I'd pay for a second hand army.

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>>52753736
>>52754320
Barrel extensions are way overkill.
Either drop the extension entirely or place the extended part under the wingd

>>52755105
Managed to finally place pins and plasticard grips on the bottom to hold the guns and missiles together. I've had to reglue a few things because of accidents and me being really mad so I'm doing a lot more mistakes. Now I just have to find a way to pin the wings to the bottom of the drone top, which will be difficult as there's not much space at all.

>>52756423
How are they overkill? the official gun is 5.7cm long exactly, mine are 5.6cm. Moving it is impossible now, there's too much shit glued.

>>52756483
The original gun extends behind the wing,
your has like 9/10th sticking out from the font of it.

That makes it look an d heave inherently unstable, s'why the guns flail around so much.

It's your shit but as is. it looks more like they're supposed to be arms than guns.

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I've used glazing instead of just washing on horns, and I'm getting more comfortable with this tehnique. Lookin foward for another 15 that I have left to do!

>>52756630
I wish I found painting fun.

>>52756563
I see. Well, I'm honestly too angry at this point to continue. I'm going to end up fucking it up otherwise.

I'll sleep on it and push comes to shove i will just bin everything I've done, rip off the magnets and glue everything. I just wanted to see if I can do it, but I might not be skilled enough.

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My knight I'm wrapping up, I don't know what to put on her shoulders if anything

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>>52756767
Back side

>>52756718
Honestly, after a few years of painting I just can't be arsed to paint units anymore, it's just production chain work, no fun at all.

Nowadays I only paint single miniatures, which I can get crazy and unleash all my potential without becoming bored or feeling like a slave in china.

>>52756719
Give it time, the first work is always a mess, or we'd burn you at the stake.

Here's a shitty shoop of what might be.

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>>52756875
Speaking of making a mess...

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>>52756839
time to convert and kitbash cool armies

>>52756891
>>52756875
Thank you. I'll keep that in mind for tomorrow!

If I go that route, I'll have to scrap everything but I'm close to that despite just wasting around 6 hours on this thing. I don't even know why, past "I want to fuck about with magnets because I think it'd be cool". I have the space to cut a bigass hole in a carrying tray.

>>52757010
All my Ork conversions have been broken apart and had damaged parts trimmed down at least three times.

I just with I'd think before I glue, but when the fey mood os on me i must create, even it it turns out to be shit.

It's how i learn, because I sure a fuck can't plan ahead for shit, or even follow my own advice and dryfit before i glue.

>>52757073
You have the benefit of playing orks, so it'll always look propa. Tau can't afford that kind of stuff. But I share your frustrations as well. I do dryfit a bit but it always comes out shit or uneven. Why can't I eyeball straight lines? Everything I always cut is at an angle or crooked.

>>52752034

>just a drybrushed fantasy tombstone

i think it's safe to assume that that was anon's point exactly

>>52757115
>it'll always look propa.
That's a misconception, propa orky is a razors edge between dull and busy.

From my perspective Tau have it easy, they can get away with large plat surfaces as long as they have some grooves and a sphere to break it up, no need to maker a billion rives, layered plates, glyphs, chips and score marks.

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Got more done today, feel like I am almost done the main model, just need to finish a few skulls and paint all the blood gems and vials.

May need to redo the face, was trying to give him eyes like Kaecilicus from the Doctor Stranger movie. Though Ironbreaker heavily watered down with Nulin Oil would do this but it came out really crummy. Thoughts on how to improve this? Or should I just go with glowy blue eyes? Also first time doing a Plasma gun, Heat Effect came out better than I thought.

Working on his backpack right now then will finish up the hand and hilt of his sword, still have no clue what I am going to do with that sword itself though.

Critiques are needed.

>>52757390
Solid work.
All that worry for nothing.
Told you it'd come together once you had more than the robe done.

I,d actually consider using any other sword.
His own is just too 90's.

>>52757356
I guess you're right, there. We'll see tomorrow. I don't have to keep wasting time on this thing. Got a Crisis Commander, turrets and a ghostkeel to make.

>>52757488
All I have is the swords from the Death Company and Tatical Squads. I guess I maybe able to cut the blade off the tatical sword and swap it onto Mephistons. Would this work? I'll I have is liquid green stuff and super glue so I am not sure if that would work with the conversion.

>>52756788
undo that osl
it looks like garbage my dude

>>52756839
I am kinda the opposite. Doing chain work is incredibly relaxing for me. Just toss on some music or podcast. Get another batch of 20 clanrats and go paint all their weapons. Then their flesh and so on... Kinda like meditating for me.

I honestly don't need more Skaven, but I sill keep buying boxes just to batch paint them. The tally is 220 Clanrats, 80 Storm Vemrmin and 120 Plague Monks, all painted and based, along with over 300 gigant rats comming from the Monk sprues.

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>>52756767
If you are doing some vaguely Dark Angels related check out John Blanche's old illustrations. They've got intricate details and ornamentation on armor out the wazoo.

>>52756788
>>52758390
>it looks like garbage my dude
It does read more like rust than osl.
Mainly because light doesn't work like that.
But you could kind of salvage the effect if you push the source, i.e. the slits and make them a bright orange/yellow. Would give you the look of a glowing coal oven.
Still not super accurate, but would sell the effect better imo.

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More trees placed today. God these are going slow.

>>52758721
Board for X-Wing?

>>52758793
x-wing demo board for salute.

Where the tower divides will be a sheet of clear acrylic that forms the actual playing surface,everything else is set dressing.

>>52758716
''Tis my potato phone, there is some yellow in there but not enough for my liking, I started having issues with my air brush when I started to run the yellow through it. Let it have a soak so I can try again tonight.

>>52758716
Also I was not going for the vents being a source of light, more like they are heated up. I understand the concept of how light bounces off of object and where the source comes from, problem was angel of approach and first time attempting it, by no means is this meant to be independent comp, simply above table top standard

>>52758933
painting them rust color was a mistake

>>52758985
Noted

Anyway, it's still a wip, so, I'm going to go back in with a bright yellow possibly a light touch of white, ever so light.

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It's almost 1am and I'm sat here painting elf tits, I think I have officially lost control of my life

I bout a bunch of old style legion lascanons, which are of course incompatible with the new plastic style. Is there any way to make those usable?

>>52759412
and what fine looking elf tits those are

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Looking for some advice. Been working on a bunch of Guild Ball models and I picked up Crucible because I thought she looked cool. Not much lore released on her yet (though I think there's going to be a big dump of it when the new physical rulebook releases this week), but her character art makes it look like she's an albino.

Never really painted anything like that before. I usually use citadel paints. What kind of shade would be best for trying to add depth to white skin? same thing for hair. It's just something I've not had the chance to work with yet and I'm not sure where to start

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>>52755917
this i will fluff some backstory how she got it of a redemptionest she fought. i have the origianal twin swords and the katana but when i tried how the eviscerator would look this just had to happen

>>52755622
>>52756046
this anon has a point, it's inquisitor scale so the blade alone is bigger than a 40k terminator

did some work on my demon host, it's going to be on a hoovertable with restraints wich will hold it in to place but there will be a demon bursting out from where the big gap is in the mini. i have an old wd where they had a insectoid/dragonfly like thing almost hatching out of a deamon host, i'm going to try something like that and i must make something to cover the chest/arm erea since his arms are on my magos now

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>>52759644
>she got it of a redemptionest she fought
No, it was a gift. Gift to a honorable fellow joining hand in the glorious work of The Emperor. Thus was decreed, thus shall be.

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Hi /wip/
I'm working on my scion color scheme and i was wondering if I should use brown for all the leather straps or if I should use black. The fatigues are dark grey so it isn't all the same color but I want it to stand out a little more.
Pic has the brown I'm using on the bootstraps

Anyone ever repaint mageknight or heroclix stuff? Got a lot for cheap, recently, just to use for rpg minis, and while I'm planning to rebase them, I'm noticing some of these paint jobs are god awful. Any idea best way to proceed? Should I strip them. or just go over them?

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>>52759644
>wich will hold it in to place but there will be a demon bursting out from where the big gap is in the mini.
neat idea

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Which do you prefer to work/assemble/paint with /wip/? Metal or Plastic?

>>52759863
I hate metal, it's just a pain to work with, give me plastic any time

>>52759863
I like either fine, but I prefer metal models for unique units/"leaders" since the weightiness makes them feel a little more impressive. That said I think plastic are a lot easier to work with as far as cleaning mold lines and getting ready for painting. It never fails that a metal model will have a noticable mold line that's just fucking impossible to get to and get removed

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I'm looking to make a custom Nurgle Planaquin/Litter. What would be some good beasties to pull it?

I was looking at the Giant Spined Chaos beast, but it occurs to me that two of them wouldn't work, since they look the same. Bile Trolls, maybe? Maybe some burly slaves or something - though those might not be big enough...

Pic related is what I'm going for, as opposed to the usual "mound of Nurglings".

>>52759863
metal and plastic don't really matter to me unless we are talking orgre sized or bigger models.
Then it's just more convenient to use plastic.

The distinction is for me more like metal>resin.
Mainly cause some companies GW suck at resin. Ironically most smaller outfits I bought from never had a problem with faulty casts.

>>52759992
the chaos altar is being held by some burly and bloated looking mutants. Those would be perfect as nurgle guys.

Rats would work well for nurgle too I think and you got loads of models to choose from, not just from GW's skaven range, but anybody who does minis for d&d and the usual suspects.

>>52759827
pls?

>>52760240
I think I'm gonna go with the Bile Trolls. They're burly enough that they could be, say, Plague Ogryn slaves and work for 40k or Fantasy. Good mix of slavery/beastmaster. Rats are just too iconically Skaven.

>>52759827
Strip. Use Super Clean.

Well I'm in a bit of a bind. Bought some FW Deathguard plague marine torsos to use for my biker squad, but the belly sets them too far back for the arms to reach the bikes. Should I just GS up some tentacles for each to control the bike with or cut up their bellies and get them to fit and then GS the various cuts?

>>52760952
could you maybe chop the front of the bikes off and then extend them, make it so your guys are riding choppers

>>52760952
Meant to say that their set back far enough with their potbellies the hands can't grip the handle bars.

>>52761123
Probably the easiest and best solution. Thanks

>>52760485
And prime them after, as though they were normal minis?

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Pluggin away at more of my guard, 1 squad done 1 squad painting, 1 squad still sculpting/converting. I'm thinking I'll break to paint a tank after 30.

Wrote up a backstory for their regiment years ago but the planet/regiment name I picked was pretty generic. Trying to come up with something better now, hows Tannenholt Expeditionary Rifles sound?

>>52761210
That I'm not sure about. I would. You may even see some primer under the paint when you strip. Let them soak for 24-48 hours and using gloves, scrub with a mixture of a toothbrush and a knife. Rinse the paint off after scrubbing, dunk in soapy water, rinse again, dunk in clean water, put on towel to dry.

Don't make the mistake I did and hold your arms against your stomach while you're scrubbing. I ended up with a few burns because I simply wasn't thinking.

>>52761327
Damn anon those look great. Love the conversions. Name sounds interesting enough

>>52761423
Right, yeah, so standard procedure unless there is primer already. Most guides I've seen just do dry brushes or paint over real quickly, and the results seem to vary. I have heard rumors some are actually a clear plastic underneath.

Anyone do some priming with gesso? Ive heard it works super well and loses minimal detail compared to other priming methods.

Gimme your best freehand banners. Looking to start, but I need that dose of inspiration.

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Hey guys
Working on a demolisher, got one because it was cool. Starting first colour basecoat before I go do camo
I want to do a small ring if sandbags around the hatch on the turret on the tank. Anyone know any guides on how to do something like that?

>>52761903
If you've never tried green stuff before, a small pile of amorphous blobs is just about the most forgiving first project you could undertake.

Mix, pinch off a blob, push it into shape with a cheapy clay tool from Michael's.

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>>52761949
I'd say I'm pretty ok with greenstuff, just not sure where to start. Kinda hard to find good guides

>>52762278
Heh, what's the CSM helmet for?

>>52762278

There's one a dark future gaming that I can't link because flags as spam. Only real clever trick is taking a cloth back bandaid to make some canvas texture.

Looking at what you've already done, you'll more or less just be stacking shapes like the waist plates on your dudes. Only thing to be careful of is not putting too much pressure on bags higher up the stack at the risk of deforming ones lower on it. This can be completely negated as a concern if you make 1 layer, and let it cure before starting on the next above it. Your choice of work carefully, or take a little more time.

>>52752156
Bump for ideas. Heavy Bolter looks all right with em but since my knowledge of bits is limited, wondering if there's something better.

There any sites where you can get a bag of random bits?

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>>52762377
Just the remains of an unfortunate victim of war.
>>52762462
I'll check it out, thanks

>>52761474
>Anyone do some priming with gesso?
Tried a few different brands and techniques back in the day, but was never able to make it work. The worst part is that gesso can be kind of a pain to strip depending on the brand, and will cloud up your stripper something awful. All around just not worth it imo.

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Haven't painted anything since high school 4+ years ago. Just put the skin down so far--thoughts?

>>52763411
As far as base coating and washing go--it's fine, albeit boring. Add some highlights or something.

>>52763411
Kinda hard to tell from that pic. Face looks fine, if a little bland. If you look at the feet you can see lots of wash pooling between the toes; if you use thinner coats of the wash or manipulate it with your brush while it dries you don't get that ugly look. The feet also look overly drybrushed, and looking at the marks on the base my hunch is that you did it with too much paint still on the brush. Not bad for a first model back though, looks pretty much like what mine when I did the same thing.

>>52763444
So far I used Admin Gray and Nuln Oil. Would Admin Gray work as a suitable highlight, or should I find another paint?

>>52763482
Thanks for the advice--I'll make sure to avoid those pitfalls next time. Do you think the face would be more interesting with highlights, as the above poster suggested?

>>52763530
Admin Gray would definitely brighten your Orruk's skin color to pre-wash tone. For highlights just add in a little bit of white to the gray and do it again with a bit more white.

>>52758346
It can work, though you'd have to be accurate in placing it, personalty I'm a hug fan of the power-saber stye weapons.

>>52763530
>Do you think the face would be more interesting with highlights, as the above poster suggested?
I think so. Base+wash+drybrush can only get you so far, no reason not to work on skills like that now. I like Ulthuan Grey as a highlight to Administratum, but that might be a little too bright here.

>>52761327
How about "The Gestwald 56ths"

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r8 my vaporwave skitarii theme so far

>>52764701
intrigued

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>>52764713

>>52764746
9/10 on concept, but execution is gonna be key here. Don't meme it or else it will be ruined

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>>52764757
pls explain, got these heads coming in for them

>>52764781
I mean that it can look really neat, but if you go too much into the meme "A E S T H E T I C" type vaporwave it will just be kinda meh

>>52764797
gotcha furthest I'm going in the shodan heads and arizona can fade on them

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>>52750288
solid painting, but the cammo is quite off. check the actual RL splinter cammo and look for a tutorial for painting it.

>>52750288
oh and the helmet straps need to be painted. really makes a difference even at 28mil scale

>>52763411
OI YOUS GOTS IT BAKWARDS YA GIT GREEN GOES ON DA SKIN.

GET A LOAD OF DIS HERATORK

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Rate my ork knight.

>>52765116
cant see it all, but looks pretty fucking sweet. finished painted model should be nice as fuck.

>>52765116
needs more highlights/10
I assume you're gonna put more paint on it than that? The conversion work looks great though. I'd probably add some more gubbins, but nice work all the same.

>>52765128
>>52765180
Yeah have not touched paint yet, just sprayed the parts seperate colors to save time and glued em together.

>>52765116
I'm stealing your giant chainfist idea.

>>52762505
Bump for ideas and more importantly, answer to second part of that post. I'm checking eBay when I get home unless there's a better source.

>>52756899
That picture pleases the child in me.

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i think its coming along nicely now

still need more rivets on everything but im happy with it at least

>>52765548
Is the mold itself blue? Thought it was paint at first but doesn't look right. Never built a Dreadnaught.

>>52765626
yeah, the new battle at verdos space marine models are all molded in blue plastic

its basically just the old assault on black reach model but repackaged

conveniently the only fucking way to get the BASIC dreadnought loadout too

>>52765662
Huh. A non grey mold is just so odd to me.

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>>52765668
its super weird but since it was aimed at kids it makes sense

dont even have to paint them if you dont want to!

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Am I best off going for grey primer? It's between white and grey but I'm worried all those metallics will look shitty on top of white. Plus I could layer the white on top of grey easily enough.

I haven't painted in fucking forever.

>>52765548
Methinks you should add some plates and maybe a few spikes on the top of it. As of now, front and sides are good, but the top is devoid of any addition.

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Show me your favorite custom bit, /wip/!

I did this one about 10 years ago. My best guess is I was going for a rapid firing plasma gun. Had forgotten all about it til just now.

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>>52765834
that'll be my kitbash flame thrower

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>>52755917
You got me intrigued in these. Is the shield in pic related supposed to go on
a left arm?

>>52765932
the combat shield is supposed to go to another weapon setup entirely, not sure why its there.

>>52765797
Either is fine. I'd probably go with grey though. Easier to build up the reds over, I think.

>>52766116

Thanks man. That works for me. Literally just got my first SoB in the post. They're fucking tiny.

>>52766139
Jealous. Post pics at some point pls.

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how can i achieve this spittle effect?

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i knew all that sprue would come in handy

>>52766175
strands of hair or glue layered with gloss varnish
there are some tutorials if you search for them, I think Massive Voodoo has one.

>>52765977
Maybe it uses the same arm?

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>>52766175
You can use 2-part epoxy or UHU super glue, you need to wait for the glue to dry a bit and it gets all stringy, then you can cross it over. It's a messy technique for a messy result.I recommend using a cocktail stick or an old fucked brush.

>>52765977
Maybe they throw it in because they realize paying $10 for a weapon is a bit outrageous.

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>>52766404
I see what you did there

>>52766235
As someone that autistically saves sprues and builds Chaos, that's a great idea.

>>52759694
Get a white background and some more light, I can't see shit in that picture

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Rates anyone?

Does the binocular guy look ok? I've been torn whether to have his arm hanging slightly below eyelevel or just be looking through, since he has a helmet. If he doesn't look through, the arm position looks off, like he's clucking like a chicken.

>>52767949
The light situation is not really great for photographing minis, but the camo looks pretty cool.

>>52767976
Yeah sorry about that, need to build a proper lightbox at some point. Feedback on the binocular pose?

>>52768045
You know what, I'm actually sold on the binos. When you think about, it would be both inconvenient and dangerous for a forward scout to have to remove their helmet everytime they wants to scope things out. Thus it has manual view and a connection that sends a higher-def view into their helmet display when level with the lens.

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>>52766745
Sorry friend Im new to all this

>>52767949
I've never done camo like that for myself but shouldn't you be edge highlighting it, specially on hard angles?

>>52768499
What do you mean? I highlight the different coloured streaks almost individually.

>>52768566
I meant edge highlight the color individually when they cross an ard edged detail of the miniature.

Dark grey on the edges on the black streaks, lighter brown on the edges on the streaks of brown and so on...

>>52765797
personally i would either prime black for the armor or in actual metal, GW leadbelcher or other gunmetal spray, black will work better for hand painting gunmetal.

if you do prime black, use this method for the robes: basecoat celestra gray then layer ulthuan grey mixed with a drop of white to get as close to white as possible, or just paint pure ulthuan grey. edge highlight white scar.

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>>52765834
Compensator Pattern Plasma Gun

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Bit more wip of my nurgle praetor, first time trying freehand chipping rather than using a sponge or fluid.

>>52768646
hm, well I did highlight but I think doing the hard edges would make them pop out a bit too much. I prefer them darker.

>>52768802
Civilian: "Man, look at that guardsman! His plasma gun's almost as big as he is! What a badass, I wish I could be him!"

Guardsman: "Dear Emperor protect me dear Emperor protect me oh my god I'm gonna explode oh fuck...!"

Other Guardsmen: "We'll just be standing over here, Cassius! We're right behind you! And also these concrete barriers!"

Can someone do me a favour and post of a picture of a space marine bike beside a chimera or rhino? I want to do a conversion and i want to know if space marine bike wheels are big enough for a chimera's height.

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My first time painting/assembling miniatures and I'd like to make bases that are similar to pic related, minus the stones. Would I be able to get that look using just these two products?

http://elementgames.co.uk/paints-hobby-and-scenery/bases-for-miniatures/basing-and-accessories/battlefields-ash-grey

http://elementgames.co.uk/paints-hobby-and-scenery/bases-for-miniatures/basing-and-accessories/battlefields-xp-mountain-tuft

>>52769404
White Scar player here, i own a ton of bikes but no chimera, though from looking at images of a chimera online i can see bike wheels working, are you making a chimera with wheels?
i'm away from my models at the moment but i can give you some rough estimates of a SM bike tire: 3/4"-1" in diameter and about 1/2" in width.

if your not opposed to using third party bits then you can use kromlech buggy wheels or victoria lamb.

>>52769565
They probably used the original GW tufts, though some of them look smaller. Maybe they cut some. What I want to say is, the GW ones have no green at all, so more like the army painter wasteland or winter tufts. Probably wastland, since that is what the GW ones are supposed to be.
For debris/rocks you better use some kind of sand and some cork as rocks to make it look less bland. I also recommend the GW technicals (armageddon dust etc) they are a little expensive but save time, always lead to the same result and you can also do one base at a time.
In general I recommend you watch some tutorials on basing, so you get a hang on which materials do what.

>>52769662
Im taking a chimera, cutting its size in half and making into a scout salamander vehicle, kinda like an armoured car.
That size seems pretty good for what I think, thanks.

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Not really WIP, but my first attempt at a British soldier.

>>52768821
>Pros
I like what you're doing with the helmet
the whites and golds are very pleasant.
chipping looks nice

>cons
Too much chipping on the legs
Cloak looks abysmally weird.
His fatness is outside his armor, and does not push through it (which you could've easily done with greenstuff, missed opportunity there)
Chitin-claws looks "meh"

I'm looking to make H.R. Giger-themed Necrons. Anyone know how to make a mostly-black monochrome scheme actually look interesting? Anyone have references for similar schemes you've seen done well in the past?

>>52771094
There's some giger themed wraithknight somewhere out there that looked pretty dope.

I'm really having trouble seeing the giger look applied to Necrons though.

>>52766235
I'm so stealing this idea for my helbrute. Might even make some spikes for basing like this. Why didn't I think of this?

>>52770997
Noted, but I disagree on most of the cons.

>>52758828
holy shit, I've been seeing the wip photos but the acrylic sheet is an amazing idea. Please please PLEASE take pictures of it in action

>>52771279
then tell me, how do you intend to make the bulk of flesh look like it isn't just sitting there? how do you intend to make the "dull brown" of the chitin pop out a little more?
and could we get a back-view, because I need to see more of this "cloak" he's wearing.

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Guys I need a high quality "barbarian king" mini. Unfortunately most of them either looks like shit or doesn't look regal/composed enough for a savage king. My best pick is pic related but he seems a tad too young. I'm basically looking for an older Conan or Sigmar figurine that doesn't look like crap.

>>52752343
how did you get that smooth white?? doing beil-tan as a newish painter and the white is vexxing me.

>>52771664
greesuff a beard and paint his hair white.
Done.
Or get exalted deathbringer with the pokey stick.

>>52771664
You could greenstuff longer hair or a beard on that guy, and maybe a crown or some such.

>>52771664
Maybe get this guy and swap in that one Exalted Deathbringer head with the huge beard? Or a Space Marine vet head, like the one that resembles Sidonus? I think they were Sternguard Veterans.

>>52771664
Look into the Hasslefree and Red Box Games ranges.

The next best thing would be to ebay some actual Conan figures from the board game.
There are 4 or 5 different version of him as warrior, general etc.
Not sure if these are standard with the boxed set or if they were kickstarter exclusive, but for the moment you should be able to still find them.

Another thing I think might work is if you look into the Hail Cesar or Saga ranges for Hero characters.
Though they are not nearly as much of a beefcake as the guy you posted.

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I felt like my turn counter was lacking in readability, and I had the idea to paint the numbers and pointer on it with an antique gold color. Citadel Zandri Dust base coat, Army Painter Greedy Gold, Nuln Oil wash, and then Auric Armour Gold for highlights. I also gave the thing a coat of matte lacquer afterwards so hopefully it stays well protected.

>>52771704
>>52771714
>>52771727

I've never greenstuffed before, I hope beards aren't hard. As for swapping head, the sprue in that model is kinda weird where the neck and a good chunk of the lower head is attached to the torso. Swapping head might work, but the lack of collars might make it messy.

>>52771776
Thanks anon, Red Box Games looks pretty good. Didn't know this exists, might use it for other npc too.

>>52771905
That looks amazing. How did you do it?

>>52771976
The counter is a resin kit that came from Base-X-of-war.

http://www.base-x-of-war.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=33_71&product_id=230

I made one modification to it in that I glued a 60mm MDF base to the bottom using PVA glue before I painted it. It was just the right size to mount flush with it, and the reason I did it was because it makes the piece easier to pick up off of the table since it has beveled edges (like a GW round base). I also touched up the seam with some plastic putty (aka liquid green stuff).

The way I painted it was to spray the whole thing black with primer, paint it over with Mechanus Gray, wash the seams with Nuln Oil and give it a drybrush with Dawnstone. I also used dawnstone with a little bit of white added to drybrush on some highlights.

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>>52750273
aww yiss, one step closer.

Next, I need to add the exhaust fan/filter.

Friday.

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>>52771950
Slap a piece of greenstuff on your work surface and practice it a bit. It's not difficult to create a beard (oblong shape with thin shallow cuts), but it is a bit difficult to make it look right.

Reposting from /hhg/
What does /WIP/ think of my first Word Bearers squad? What should I improve?

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>>52772839
Forgot pic

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>>52772859
Looking good

Rate first my sons of Horus

>>52772859
Also some of the highlighting on the bolters is messy

I really dig the bases

>>52772859
It might just be lighting/camera, but they look pretty bland. Highlights? Weathering?

Other than that they look functional and neatly painted (as far as I can tell).

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>>52772908
This photo is probably less shit

>>52772908
I like the tone of green/blue you are using anon, with some nice highlights they'll look pretty good. Also,
Hail the Warmaster, Hail the gods!

>>52772908
Needs highlights, and it'd be a shame to not make the studs metal.
Lens effect on the eyes could do with some work.

Otherwise pretty neat m8.

>>52772942
The camera is pretty shitty anon, sorry. They have been highlighted but I don't know how to add some weathering effects in red and black, could you give me any tips?

>>52772969
Thanks comrade
>>52772973
Yeah I def need heavier highlights they are very minute

>>52772933
Yep, that bolter pattern is a pain in the ass to highlight, I'll try to fix that tonight anon, thanks!

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>>52773009
If you've got highlights then I'm sure they look better than they appear in that image.

As for weathering, it's simple. Either use a brush or a small sponge with an irregular pattern. Paint on a general shape (find reference material) to mimic rust/paint chip/whatever in a lighter color and then fill it in with darker color.

Best way to figure it out: prime a piece of sprue and weather it to your heart's content.

>>52764701
>>52764746
that looks interesting, don't forget to keep posting

>>52773119
Thanks anon I'll try that. They are supposed to be Calth veterans so a good amount of weathering is very suitable to them. What colours should I use? I've seen people using browns and some others the brightest colour you used to highlight and then filling it with the base colour. What do you think?

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I've been working on some vanguards, about halfway now I think. Robes are a bit messy but not too hard to fix

>>52773243
Looking bretty good anon, I like the cream tones they have

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>>52773226
Sounds about right.
Recessed color: base colour + brown or black
Highlight color: base colour + orange or yellow (try not to add too much of either--red is a bit finicky to highlight.)

There's also other weathering methods you can try.


Just browse Google image search and do a bit of testing till you find the right method that fits your tastes.

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i've been thinking of doing a grimdark U.N. guard regiment, but i don't know what blues i should use, any help?
pic related

>>52773372
i'm also using white instead of camo for the cloth sections of the armor

>>52773363
Very helpful anon, thanks a lot

>>52773372
whatever GW recommends for painting ultramarines these days

>>52766175
UHU glue

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>>52771664
Head is easy enough to swap out.

>>52759412
I'm going to be honest with you anon.
I was never crazy about that model. Yes she looks somehow like fapbait, but I found her too large and inexpressive.
Your wips are slowly bringing me to change my mind. Not only you are giving her character, but it also seems like you nailed the palette pretty well.
I now have high hopes from your job. Let's see if you can bring me to the point of wanting to buy her.

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First tzaangor form Cult of Chromatic Eye is finally here.
Base and minor touch-ups to finish him.

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>>52766175
I did this and the blood on the guy above with UHU. Put a glob on a palette and after a few minutes manipulate it and pull it with two cocktail sticks and it will go stringy. Apply it and leave to dry, then apply glazes as you please.

>>52773931
Love that green. Good work!

>>52773145
I will once I get some more worked out on it after school

>>52773372
making actual UN blue helmets for a contemporary wargame like Team Yankee or Ambush Alley would be much more awesome than playing the can-I-shoehorn-this-idea-into-40k? game.

>>52768499
Them point of camo is to break up outlines, if he edge highlights all the hard angles it will completely lose the point of the camo!

>>52773931
That actually hurts my eyes to look at. Tzeentch would approve.

>>52774163
>>52773945
thank you anons!

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Was playing around with ideas for a Daemonic Mount suitable for a Nurgle character. Came up with this early WIP-design. What do you guys feel about it? I myself like the contrast between the almost sad looking horse head with the creepy-crawliness of the Plague Drones.

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>>52774020
I mean seriously. Why would you paint IG with blue helmets and have them fight chaos marines when you can make UN troopers fighting insurgents with technicals like this?

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>>52771664
I'd suggest that you'd make a headswap with this head from the Empire Flagellant box.

>>52774323
Fly is always cool, but personally, I'd go with converting Lord Celestant form starter box. His dracoth mount mixed with one of maggoth lord heads and some GS is fukken 10/10 thing. One of the anons did few of them, unfortunately I didn't save any photos.

I like your idea but it's just another fly.

>>52771664
>>52774409
As I'm bored I made you this picture anon.

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>>52771664
Does this "look like shit?"

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>>52774549
I ofc forgot the pic.

>>52774549
>As I am a paid GW shill, I made you this picture anon

ftfy

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>>52774555
It doesn't look like shit per se, but I've been spoiled by GW stuff like pic related that I find it hard to find minis of equivalent quality. I have Reaper minis, it's the flimsy weapons from their plastic that turns me off.

>>52774570
I thought of using the Flagellant head, but wouldn't it be too small for the Chieftain's body? I know he is as big as a Stormcast. I was thinking of using a Space Wolves head, but they have that wonky Space Marine plating at the back of their head and neck that makes conversions difficult.

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>>52774425
Allthough undoubtedly a good option I feel that the Dracoth mount is more suitable as the base for a daemonic mount for other Chaos Gods. For instance, the base Dracoth model already kinda look like a huge Flesh Hound of Khorne. If I ever wanted to recreate Arbaal the Undefeated I'd likely use a converted Dracoth as the mount.

>>52774600
Oh great, I wasn't aware of that!
Please tell me, when will I recieve the money?

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>>52774644
I think I have both the head and a stormcast body lying about if you'd like a picture of it.

>>52774644
So get a metal one? The Bones range is for being ridiculously cheap shit you can toss into your bag without giving a single fuck, also for being cheap as shit big monsters that you can use for tabletop RPG sessions without breaking your bank.

I store my entire Bones collection in a grocery bag.

>>52774735
Don't bother anon, I've decided to finally dabble with greenstuff and put it on the Chieftain's head to give him more hair. After hours of staring at that obnoxious smirk I kinda start to like it.

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Any ideas on how to make the battle damage on my DC Dread look better? It was one of the first models I finished and I'd like to give the old boy a touchup.

>>52764701
How'd ye achieve that effect? (What paints & techniques used)

>>52770301
just took some measurements of a bike tire and here's what i got (these aren't exact measurements but close enough for a conversion purposes) the tire is 3/4" in diameter and 3/8" in width when assembled (come in two halves so 3/16") if you want a wider tire then you could try getting a pasticard rod of the same diameter and widen the tire, just sand it down to fit .

>>52774780
Aight.

I wouldn't mind to see a picture of the result of the beardification.

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Trying to make a Plague Marine Shadow War: Armageddon Kill Team out of hopes and dreams.

Here's my Aspiring Champion, will convert the chainsword into a scythe at some point before I paint him up.

>>52774882
I like the head. Do you have any CSM possessed bits? Right now, it doesn't look very plague marine like aside from the head with the rest being just a SM body. Paint job can totally prove me wrong though

>>52774090
You're right, that's the point of real life camo.

But on the tabletop you're just trying to emulate the look, not actually camouflage the model.
Deleting it's outline will make it rather bland on the table.

Take it from a former Tau player that had the same idea.

>>52771664
http://www.avatars-of-war.com/eng/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=129&Itemid=53&armycode=Barbarians
here's a couple of options, ones the barbarian from diablo, the other is pulled right from conan art

>>52774951
I don't have any Possessed bits, sadly.

For the most part I kind of want it to just look like a corrupted SM body. I like spiky CSM as much as the next guy, but I've never found it very fluff accurate for the Death Guard to get super ornamental beyond Nurgle's "gifts".

There is some green stuff texture on both leg plates and one shoulder pad and I've scored and dotted the surface pretty heavily.

I am gonna mix in some Dark Vengeance Chosen bodies with Kromlech Plague Marine conversion heads, too.

>>52774882
Neat.jpg
A scythe seems like a good idea to further nurglify the mini. Please make a post of it when you get around to adding it to the character.
Where's the body from?

>>52775182
It's a Dark Angel from the Dark Vengeance box set, I think it's a Chaplain? I just bought some loose Marines from eBay for under 10 bucks and he was with what I got.

>>52775226
Thanks mate

>>52774323
That looks great.

>>52773931
Love the colors, but the white highlights on the axes hurt a little.

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Finally got to working on my Black Coach again after like a year of procrastination. The base is pretty much completely finished now. I had to get inventive because I wanted a transition between dry land made of cork board and epoxy water with nice sharp looking edges and corners, which you can see has part of an old bridge on it. The bridge just just about exactly 50mm, in case some rules lawyer gets fussy about where the coach ends and the horses start (the corpse cart rules are kind of stupid in that way because Games Workshop didn't even manufacture a correctly sized base for it).

The next step is to paint the skeletal steeds, then glue / pin everything together (it's a pain in the ass to try and dry-fit this thing together since the horses can't stand up on their own). The vampire lord and coffin need to be painted too but they're lower priority. A bunch of stuff is magnetized too-- the tailgate of the coach, the coffin lid, and the bottom of the coffin all have rare earth magnets, plus I put a metal plate on the floor of the coach so that the coffin stays put. Not sure if the driver will be magnetized or just glued in place yet.

I also am mixing in newer bits to make it look less antiquated. I had a bunch of re-cast bits I got from Z including some Black Knight skeletal steeds and a Hexwraith's upper body which I put on the driver. The driver's whip came from my Corpse Cart kit, as did the lanterns on the back. I will be adding some silicone flames to the torches to better create the illusion of motion, since that's something the original model severely lacked (and the new driver and horses should help alleviate).

Any harm in mixing Super Clean with Simple Green?

>>52774781
Use a sponge or a piece of foam and lightly dab some lead belched on the model. Look up WarhammerTV's weathering tutorial, or any ork/guard vehicle video.

>>52776053
Nevermind. Read the back of SG and saw there's no bleach or anything.

>>52759681
err... shure anon but you got to help me a bit then. her inquisitor has a deamon weapen and a true names book and her fellow warband members are deamonhost and a tentacle armed magos using heretical tech. i think the local redemptionists turn their flamers en eviscerators on them while crying heresy if they walk into town

How should a primer feel when applied? I've got two smooth coats and three sandy-textured coats.

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Today's bit haul. Very pleased. Should be good for a while. Now to get to building.

>>52774555
the face is crap and i'm not quite sure why both of his legs have been amputated at the knee before being put into his boots. so it's quite high on the shitometer yes.

>>52776396
For a second there I thought that the orc in the top middle was using the Space Marine below him as a mount.

>>52776474
Sounds like a good idea....

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Alright so, ended up gluing the wings and burst cannons and moved them a bit back. Feels a lot better now. Missiles still pinned/magnetized as they work and it's a useful counter to see how many I have left.

As far as I know it's done, but I may add more detail to the wings or bits to the bottom (especially where the wings meet the drone). Rate/Advise?

>>52777219
Looking so much better.
I would probably alter the sides of the wings to make the shape less blocky and overall obviously cut out.

>>52777268
Thank you. Yeah I'm going to go over the edges with a small file to round the edges, makes it more aerodynamic. As far as shape goes, I tried to make them as close as possible to the official wings, just the positioning is different as I don't know why they decided to make them pointing forward. What's the deal with those?

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>>52777316
A lot of planes had wings like that back in the day. Personally I think it looks fucking awesome.

>>52777316
I think its to make it look more like an advanced plane.
There are a bunch of advanced planes today that have forward swept wings and are really good. They also require three computers plus a pilot to fly them.
I think it was for that advanced, silent look, so you can tell they are not conventional drones.

What are some decent models to use as basis for a child?

Looking for 40k's scale, so a bit shorter than a guardsmen, hopefully without awful "old model" syndrome where they have giant feet, hands, and heads and look like disgusting hobbits.

>>52777704
>>52777746
Oh shit! The more you know, I guess. Fug, now I like them but meh, I like my drone as is. Thanks for the lesson lads.

>>52777838
Incidentally, you could probably use GW's hobbit models, if you just file the hair from/replace their feet.

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>>52765834
This guys knife arm. If just because it was so easy, looks so good, and got me started on converting.

>>52776368

Sandy but not grainy

You want roughness for paint to latch on to as that's the whole point of primer, but too rough and it causes bumpiness and ruins your smooth layers

Most people prime too much and end up with 100% shiny smooth coats. It's ok for the primer to look see through or speckled with small amounts of grey plastic in some spots.

Obviously this ruins lazy strategies like colored primer as a basecoat. For those situations one should either airbrush, quickly basecoat over the primer with a 100% color match, or simply settle for a thick primer coat.

>>52758721
I'm enjoying that blood bowl orc in the back round more than anything.>>52758793

>>52751769
Most models have a variety of colours. Grey would let you paint dark armour and light cloaks and flesh easily, where going with black or white primer would make achieving one or the other of those parts more difficult.

anyone have tips or a good how to on sculpting robes? I'm going to need to be sculpting some rather large and raggedy robes for an archmagos conversion and need to get some practice in before I actually tackle the job

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>>52779128
http://fromthewarp.blogspot.com/2012/06/how-to-sculpt-greenstuff-cloaks-and.html

>>52779128
Sorry, you wanted robes not cloaks. Try this: http://www.heresy-online.net/forums/converting-modelling-green-stuff/2543-greenstuff-full-robes-space-marines.html

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one day I will paint models I can be proud of

but that day is not today, or tomorrow

Just got into 40k and decided to play Renegades and heretics. Does anyone have a guide for making fatigues look torn/shredded? I wanted to model my cadians from the start collecting box look like volscani cataphracts.

>>52779722
kitbash them together with the dark vengeance cultists (you can buy them cheap on ebay)

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>>52776417

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>>52779748
Why dark vengeance cultists? Should I get green stuff?

What is the absolute best bit online shop? And is eBay the best place to get random bit bags?

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>>52780282
they look like space hobos

if you get some of them and a hobby saw you can make some pretty cool renegades