WIP - Work In Progress General

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Reposting my russ, better pics now.

Need to make a smoke cloud for the hatch now for when it gets glanced to death.

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Current progress on the Shadow War tau team.
I chose Mu'Gulath Bay sept because they have hive world experience and I thought the color would go well.

I'd have never attempted this white except I finally got a wet palette.

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>he didn't use the chaos mouse
op pls

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>>52802846
>>52802854
Damn sexy! Wish I could paint like this

Working on this guy. I'm still figuring out the whole "how bright does it have to be to look good tabletop" because I'm fucking blind.

>>52803229
Looks really good!

>>52803305
Thank you so much anon. Who knew compliments from a stranger on a Caribbean plastic toy remodelling site could make me smile this much? I mixed wash and paint 1:1 and tried building it up, using a black wahsh for shade. I suck at painting being blind (basically life is one big soft focus) so I thought this might be the best way that doesn't require a lot of fine motor control

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Usually post in the infinity threads but may as well post here for once.

>>52803464
Nice colors even the blue shine.
Looks great, dude looks pissed off as hell.
I forgot how nice Infinity models are.

>>52802846

Looks good to me anon (I assume you're Valhallanon (have I coined that?)).

The track applique armour on the front might need some weathering though, maybe some rust especially if its been tracking through snow which would melt on it.

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Im thinking of doing this weathering on my whole army. Did I go overboard?

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>>52803926

>MkIII armour in 40k

Tone it down a teeny tiny bit, looks good though

>>52803986
But I gave them Godwin pattern boltguns!

And cool, I'm excited. I really like that it makes them look less duplo-ish. Ill probably cover the whole army in dirt this evening.

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I finished my fourth miniature. Pretty happy with it.

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>try to """thin paints"""
>paint EXCLUSIVELY flows into cracks leaving dark raised areas and bright glowing depths
>try to fix it by adding more paint
>brush REMOVES even more paint from raised ares leaving huge stains on the panels
>tiny bubbles everywhere

Why can't they just sell paint that is ready to go
why this fucking tea ceremony water divination ritual paint thinning bullshit

>>52804115
Looks Nurgly

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>>52804403
Ive had this problem before, you're just thinning them too much.
The solution in this problem is to keep a dry paint brush near by and use it to succ out the wet paint. Don't try adding more until its dry.
Keep trying to figure out that sweet spot to thin the paints. Watch duncans vids and just watch how the paint flows. It's kind of like learning to drive your car within your lane. It might be tricky at first but once you do it for so long it becomes second nature.

>>52804421
Supposed to be an undivided cult that uses lots of poisons and venoms. Does he at least look well-done?

>>52804403
I got this problem too

like it is either too thin and watery like anon described
or it is too thick and becomes uneven.

>>52804496
>uses lots of poisons and venoms
>undivided

dude just give in to your nurglic tendencies and welcome big papa into your heart.

you got a great scheme btw

definitely stealing that green on gray scheme for my nurgle cultists once i finish my red on khaki khorn cultists

So anyone here make there own washes or have some wash recipes their familiar with?

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most of the greenstuffing work is done on my Herald, now I just need to decide if I wanna use the Tentacle-arm, or convert That one into a regular empty hand.

>>52804922
Tentacle. Accept no substitutions.

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>>52804922
then there's this guy too. I needed to make sure he had a shield-strap, because him just hovering his shield looked strange to me.

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>>52804945
then there's this...Thing. I honestly don't know where I'm going with him, but I am thinking sorcerer.

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>>52804958
and finally, these two funny fellas. I did the one with the launcher and then remembered that Daemons don't use guns, so he'll have to beat them do death with it. Former catachan, perhaps?

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I've been painting for less than a year. Any critique or tips for going forward?

>>52804990
>1.56 MB

This is what I get for phoneposting.

>>52804704
Lukes APS has a video on it in YouTube. Also I've heard you can use acryllic flow extender to just thin your paint into a wash.

>>52804990
Could use another wash to really darken the cracks.
Maybe use a less stark highlight color but either way looks fine.

>>52804990

I actually thought that orange was a trim colour until this >>52805136 anon pointed out that that was supposed to be highlighting.

So yeah, thin down your extreme highlights significantly.They should only be thinlines around the sharpest edges. You can add a slightly lighter version of your basecolour around the edges to make the transition less stark.

Also, obligatory "THIN YOUR PAINTS" comment and paint the blood-droplets like gem stones. It's easier than it sounds, and there's 600 gorillion guides for it if you google it.

>>52804990
Use a darker orange for them highlights Blood Angel bro. Also stop playing loyalists and fight for the Chaos Gods.

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Is this guy looking okay as a guy with a Heavy Stubber? I couldnt figure what to give him for a second arm so I tried to give him one of those metal cable arms and turn him into a servitor.

>>52805136
>>52805264
>>52805288
Thanks anons.
Also, Chaos is ghey.

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>>52805298
If the cable arm is no good how about some nice buff muscle arms?

>>52805298
Looks like he's part-squid

>>52805625
#2 looks best.

>>52805625
how's the skitarii pointing arm look (if you've still got it available)?

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WIP of some attempted Tyranid themed terrain I'm trying to make. Just got it primed today, still need to base coat, shade, highlight, add foliage, etc. Still a long way to go.

>>52805880
Trypophobic

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>>52803879
Yep, Im the valhallan guy, and i guess you have coined that!
Generally tracks that were welded on the front of tanks were either from already destroyed tanks or leftovers in a workshop, so id see minimal weathering from the elements and if any from battle damage, as the crew would usually choose the best intact pieces.
Thanks for the input though

>>52805880
MUH TRYPOPHOBIA

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How do you fancy my new Sorcerer Lord of Nurgle?
I'm gonna use Unholy Strike on him so I want him to look properly fighty but at the same time I want him to look like a capable Wizard. Basically I'm after the look of a Nurgle Battle Mage. Do you think I've nailed it, or should I improve some aspects?

>>52806050
I think you get the look across really well desu. The shield and his bulkiness make him look like he could bash some skulls. Though the head looks very small in the bottom left picture

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>>52805775
Thanks for the idea Anon, I still had it

>>52806169
Fucken SOLD

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>>52804403

>>52804534

I always had the same issues, then I discovered Tamiya Thinner.

You just mix a bit in with the main paint on your palette or whatever and it thins it without altering the properties of the paint, so no bubbles and no runny water syndrome.

>>52806144
Good to know that I got the look down.
And yeah, the minis massive bulk makes the head look small from certain angles. However I think that only add to the grotesqueness of the middle.

>>52806337
*model.

>>52804403
Way too much paint on your brush.

Anybody have experience with jewelry?

I'm wondering if it's easy to find jewelry chain small enough to put on a miniature. I've been thinking of making a golden Necron Pimp Lord, for shits and giggles, and if he isn't completely bedecked in bling it won't be proper.

I'm not looking for actual gold chain to waste, it doesn't matter if it's really cheap brass or whatever, so long as it's the right size. Hell, even not-golden stuff would work since I'm planning on painting over it anyways.

If anybody knows something more suitable than picking up miniature jewelry bits at Michaels then I'd be interested in that too.

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Can you help me find reference for this little guy?
I looked through all the books I could find.
I'm new to this

>>52806300
>not using citatel war-ter

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>>52806803

Metal Warhammer Black Orc Musician, from 1993 I believe.

They are certainly in the 1993 catalogue and here's their page from the 94 one which I found a clearer scan of.

>>52806803
>>52807281
Man those orcs are cute!

>>52807281
1993? wow
thanks man

Anybody know where i can find the audiobooks for the horus heresy? Youtube vids were taken down and i cant find any other good places. Looking for legion specifically.

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>>52806803
>>52807281

Just in case you were meaning a painting reference here's a rather nice one.

Plastic black orc of the same style/year from the 3rd edition Talisman game which got sold in a box for Warhammer soon after alongside those metals.

>>52807522
I was looking for identification in order to look for painting reference, you're ahead of me
thanks a bunch

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>>52807308

Yeah 4th edition warhammer was my starting point of actually collecting and it was with greenskins.

Wish I'd been more sensible with my money as a kid and picked up some more of the metals cause the whole range was really solid.

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>>52807672

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>>52807687

Sorry for the spam just wanted to put the Wolf Riders in cause they were always my favourites.

The plastic wolves were a bit rubbish but I loved the goblins.

>>52807746
Wow, aren't those the same wolves the goblin wolf riders come with today? Them's old sculpts.

>>52807746
>>52807860
I never liked the way the fur is made on those wolfs
it looks like a skin disease

>>52807860

Yep still going strong...and still having a tail that breaks off if you breath near them.

To be fair maybe "a bit rubbish" is a tad harsh especially for the early 90s, but things like the plastic warg riders really put them into perspective as well as some of the wolves available from other companies.

Help me /wip/, I can't stop changing my mind when it comes to color schemes!
>CSM
>started as AL
>changed to DG
>started repainting them as BL
>decided to go back to DG

>Necrons
>I wanna make them cool, not the standard shit! I'll make the power sources orange and paint armor details blue!
>regret not going standard scheme

WTF is wrong with me

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>>52802739
Working on a terrain board at the moment.

Pretty happy with how it's turning out.

With this, the dungeon tiles and kill team though I'm so fucked time wise.

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>>52808494
Fucking phone.

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>>52808410
>WTF is wrong with me

You are setting too high a bar for yourself.

Always paint in batches of 3-4 miniatures. Its easier and lets you remain consistent. Before you know it you finish things off and the scheme remains stable across the army.

Personally though my CSM are being painted on a 'what I feel like basis' to give them a more chaotic warband feel than the legion/chapter uniform patterns.

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>tfw I ought to get a new fucking camera
Well, I finished my first XV25, the design grew on me, disliked it at first, but now I really dig it
How do I improve my highlighting? I still have trouble with being consistent

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Coming into a butthole near you.

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First 100% finished army. My DA HoR kill team.

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>>52808998

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>>52809019

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>>52809046

One question from a guy who just started painting this Monday for the first time.

I´m following a walkthrough that I found online and it says to thin out the wash that I´m currently using 50/50 water.

Am I getting goofed upon? thinning wash sounds stupid, I can say that the results that I´m getting are not bad, but I just feel stupid doing it.

>>52809296
Its not stupid.

Washes are basically really thinned paints and it's easy to go overboard with them. Thusly thinning them is a return to the old axiom of 'Thin you paints'

Thinning them gives you greater control because you can build up layers just like you would thinning you paints. It also avoids excessive darkening / colouring and helps eliminate pooling problems.

50/50 sounds a bit heavy though on thinning. Try different ratios to find what you work with best.

>>52809058
nice, I like the purple cords

>>52809296
I agree with above a on. 50/50 is too much, but thinning your washes can yield good results.
I will add, though: use actual thinner instead of water. Regular water changes how it adheres to surfaces a bit. With thinner, it's more likely to fill recesses and less noticeably darken the.overall shade of what you're washing

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i got the first sculpting done on my deamonhost, ty anons who commented on it last thread!

the first layer is milliput, i added six legs already, cause i like how the lower part turned out and i want them as close to te body as possible , the next stage is greenstuff it needs a longer tongue and snout and more detailing but it will have to dry overnight. the wing is a paper testfit wich is way off but it gives me a general idea of the whole thing , i think i will make the final parts of thin plasticard, i tried clear blisterplastic bit i wont crumple the way i want it to or it gets with stressmarks

>>52805625
3rd is being cheeky.

>>52809866
nice. I like what is shaping up.

I have a silly question thats related to concersion that i'' currently working with... How tall is Lion El'Jonson?

>>52810493
To my conversion that i'm*

Jeez em typos...

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Almost done this guy, fairly happy with him.

>>52806169
yup no problem, I'm just glad I've been messing with the same two kits lately and it helped out

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Well,here are three generic space marines.They've been base painted and washed,so I'm going to highlight them tomorrow.

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Update on first mini in 4+ years. Sorry for pic being shit

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>>52802739
Asked last thread but still looking:

Anyone have paint scheme templates like pic related, but for Necrons?

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Getting there... one molecular bonding stud at a time!

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>>52810053
ty anon, the wings are going to take some thinking to get right, maybe a set like in the pic and one set still mostly folded en kinda pressed in with the legs. i took of the stupid snout and added a longer tongue just after posting the last pic, facial reconstruction will be done in greenstuff

while waiting for the milliput to dry i pinned th arms of my magos so here's a group shot minus the inquisitor himself

>>52810986
Nice. Very krisp

>>52809866
Squidward!

Asked a few threads ago, but i'll try again, anyone have actual experience repainting heroclix or mageknight figures? I've heard so much mixed about whether I should strip them, or if all they need is a dry brush and face touch ups?

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Finally, I have acquired to courage to start painting Shrike. The black parts of the armour are pretty much done, just a touch up here and there where the paint flaked.

I'm still not sure how to paint the cables trailing from his Claws, white or black?

>>52811872
Got any pics? I have an absolute buttload of heroclix (the old Mage knight ones) so those would need a strip and repaint. Whereas newer ones might just need touch ups (like what I did with my X-wing)

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So, I just bought a stick of Oatey's Fix-it putty to deal with some leaky pipes in the house, but I was wondering if I might also be able to use it to fill in the big gaps in slotted GW bases that metal minis don't fill all the way. I don't need it to be something I can sculpt detail and shit with. I just need it to fill in that hole in the base so I can base my dudes. Will it work or should it stay in the garage with the other home improvement shit?

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>>52802739

I realize it's a little outside the scope of what we normally do here, but does anyone wanna help me fluff my Knights army? I could use modeling ideas too. They're Chaos renegades of Tzeentch. Here's what I've got:

1 Lancer
1 Atropos
1 Castigator
2 GW knights that I have any weapon options I want for
1 wallet near death that hates me with every leather centimeter of its' being

One of the GW knights is gonna have lots of gaping mouths and eyeballs all over it, going for a Screamer vibe.
The Lancer is gonna have feathers all over the damn place but can't really come up with anything more chaosy than that.
No idea what I'm gonna do for the rest.

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First time tackling something this big. Need to clean up some highlights but overall I like it.

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>>52812199
>I was wondering if I might also be able to use it to fill in the big gaps in slotted GW bases that metal minis don't fill all the way.

Absolutely!

>>52812199
Just put tape over the gap, anon. Then pva/sand over the top.

>>52812549
I hadn't thought about that, but wouldn't the tape eventually dry out and peel off?

>>52812526
Good so see it's useful for something other than light plumbing work. I don't much care to keep Oatey's shit around the house if I can avoid it. It's toxic as a motherfucker and we have kids and pets.

>>52812199
I used tile grout to make custom bases that look like cobblestone

>>52812585
Not if you don't put it over the whole base and you pva right.

Thick pva all over base.
Apply sand.
Wait to dry.
Apply coat of super watered down pva to keep everything in place.

Jobs a good'un.

>>52812636
>Jobs a good'un

Groin-Kikka, dat you?

>>52812613
Mind sharing a pic?

>>52812650

Lurkin' as usual, ya zoggin git!

>>52812002
I got a lot of 150 off ebay, for forty dollars. Pics will be coming after i've sorted them into groups( adventurers, orc, townguard, bandits, army, scifi, etc) which will happen after finals.

>>52812478
looks necrony, intentional?

>>52812363
Hereteks having fun with toys
Cross tzeentch
Tzeentch steals the knights as "payment"
The knights get possessed by tzeentchian horrors and fuck up the hereteks shop
Now the knights romp around the silver tower, occasionally leaving to the materium for some fun/the fulfillment of nefarious schemes.

>>52812865
Nah, just thought the glowing green thing would be cool

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I got my respirator so I did some airbrush practice.

The booth isn't finished, so I only did a little bit.

>>52812936
Though actually the tail is from the puppetswar line of not!necrons

>>52806300
You mix alcohol-based thinner with water-based paint?

Interesting, I would not have expected that to work. The Tamiya thinner is designed for use with their alcohol-based paints, always assumed it wouldn't play nice with Citadel products

>>52813136
what would you expect to happen?

alcohol-based thinners are what the golden demon crazy painters use, never water/medium. water/medium will increas paint thickness where as alchol-based thinners will cause the layer to bond somewhat with the previous layer/coat. It's kind of hard to explain, but painting a thin layer of alcohol based thinned paint, will apply a less thick coat than paint thinned with water/medium (but at the same time the amount is soooooo fucking small it would only be noticable if you were doing multiple thin coats to blend/shade/higlight etc. If you paint like duncan, alcohol based thinners are completely uneccessary though, imo)

>>52812685
Sure. I'll do a step by step with some new bases I got. I'm nothing fantastic, but they're easy and quick to do.
>>52812844
Awesome. Look forward to it!

Any nurgle fellas out there got any insight about open wounds/sores? I've been trying a few different things with it like trying to make it look like with yellows for gross/fatty tissue and have been trying a screamer pink into a bright red for some details then that blood for the blood god or nurgle's rot but I'm wondering what would look the best for it.

>>52804561
Poisons are more of a Slaanesh thing. Nurgle is disease.

>>52806803
In the future you might want to check out
http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Yo /wip/.
Could you share your best wood, preferably an old/weathered look, recipes?
I have so much brown leather on my dudes, I can't distinguish between wood-leather with my current woodrecipe.

which is preferred for weathering - laying down an oxidized color and abrading, or laying down a regular color and sponging/drybrushing?

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Red crest or green crest? OR BOTH?

>>52809058
only grip is the beads on the crozius are supposed to be Black, as they denote Fallen made to repent by the interrogator chaplain.

>>52804403
>use palette
>apply water in moderation and test it on your thumb or nail
>use thinner or matt medium to avoid overthinning
>avoiding crap paints (ie. game color) helps a lot

>>52814903
Do you have more than one unit?

>>52814903
both looks great and I'd mish-mash schemes. If you really want to go with one, I'd pick green-yellow.

btw they looks hot

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How I'm planning on doing my slimes, with clear colored resin.

>>52815036
Two units at this time.

>>52815040
Thanks, anon. I was most likely going to mix them up as well.

>>52815167
Neat

>>52815167
i've always thought of doing them with homemade ballistics gel preserved with glycerin and colored with food coloring.

>>52815167

Fun idea.

You might be able to do it without the wire.

Depending on how thick the resin the parts might float on their own, pour a bit, push a part into it, pour a bit more.

Or maybe do the resin in layers letting it dry a bit and hold each part before adding another.

If you've got the actual kit for making proper moulds go for that but depending on the shape you are looking for you could maybe use an old paint pot or something, you might have to destroy the pot to get it out though.

>>52815326
Only think I'm worried about with the push and place method is the creation of air bubbles when I'd do it. I'll have something vibrating the table so it won't be as bad but still, I've never worked with that type of resin before.
It's actually really easy to make moulds using the LEGO brick house method, all I would need is a master model which I could sculpt myself and sculpting clay. Build up the clay, press the master into the bottom side, build up the clay so the master is split in half with no gaps and then make push to fit depressions all around the mould so there's no slipping. Spray on mould release then build up your brick house and mix and pour your two part silicone. Remove clay, keeping your master embedded in the now dry silicone, flip it silicone down, build up brick again, spray mould release then mix and pour. There's your two part mould.
>>52815280
I don't think gel is even necessary, just any clear resin with dye would work

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Been working on these Nurgle Cultists for SW: A today.

>>52815447
yes but the gel is jiggly and makes for a more fun and interesting miniature.

>>52815547
Is it scratch resistant? Dust resistant? Pressure resistant? Heat Resistant?

>>52813269
I do Bugmans Glow > Carroburg Crimson > highlight with Cadian Fleshtone > Druchii Violet

And then glaze around the edges with Lamenter's Yellow or whatever yellow glaze you have handy.

Then apply blood for the blood god/nurgle's rot to your liking.

>>52815520
Looking good, anon. You're gonna put rusty metallics on the weapons and some details, yeah? Nurgle isn't Nurgle without rusty metal.

>>52815592
XV88 > Necron Compound > Typhus Corrosion > Ryza Rust

That's the plan, at least. Need to wait for my Typhus Corrosion to come in the mail.

>>52815578

Ballistic gel might not be the best, I think it starts going at a fairly low temperature. Pressure and dust wouldn't do too much to it though and it's not like it would be hard to make replacements if it did degrade.

Urethane liquid rubber or something like that would probably be a better choice though.

>>52811405
There aren't any, you'll have to do one yourself.

>>52815669
It's not puncture proof though and once there's a seam it'll split. Even if you dropped clear resin it won't shatter and would likely just have to be wiped off

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>>52811405
>>52815718
Here's one, anon.

Helpful tip: type "Your Faction + lineart" in Google Image Search and you can usually find something pretty decent.

>>52803926
Man, I really don't like the FW turrets.

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My black coach is finally finished. I haven't painted the coffin and vampire yet, but it's 100% table ready, which is more than I can say about how it's been for the last year or so-- 3/4 painted and half assembled.

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>>52815848
side view

>>52815848
Are your horses' capes greenstuff or are they a plastic piece?

>>52814839
anyone? I also see some guides out there for using masking to weather, but I am not convinced I like the results.

>>52815874
They look straight out of the hexwraith kit

>>52815885
They are about tied, the abrading is the less know, but that might just be because it's less known.

>>52815874
>>52815887
They're recast Hexwraith / Black Knight horses from Zanuchi. With a little bit of fiddling they work really well with the Black Coach. The upper body on the carn wraith is also a Hexwraith recast, although the whip and arm are a leftover plastic bit from my corpse cart.

>>52815917
'is the less used because it is the less known.

>>52815764

Yeah resin is really best for a pure miniature angle, and rubber if you want the best of both with durability and a bit of that tactile feel.

>>52815955
>>52815917
the guides I've seen on it all describe laying down a base, then sealing it up with either gloss varnish or hair spray, then applying a layer color, then getting a very stiff brush and scrubbing areas

>>52816048
The varnish/spray is mostly for peeling paint, if you just want edge rust the salt method works as well.

>>52816070
I might try a combination of techniques then. This project should look like its's been to hell and back and back to hell, and back

Of course I still need to decide on a color scheme. Do I do yellow? or olive? hmmm...

>>52816102

Are you weathering Doomguy?

>>52816102
Whatcha paintan, anon?

>>52815848
That base is a totally over-the-top piece of work and I love it.

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So I gotta say I am impressed with this overpriced dip shit from armypainter

Their little booklet says to prime in white, dip it in the shader and let it dry, does add a ton of definition for little to no effort, I'll probably batch paint all my boyz like this from now on

but I do know theres some cheap product that works exactly as well as this stuff apparently, wood shader or something?

>>52816148
tau, of all things

for a year or so I've had this idea for very industrial looking tau with lots of bolts, rivets, hazard stripes, and weathering, and just recently I've bought some stuff off ebay and some plastic hex rod to finally go through with it. If it doesn't come out like shit I'll be sure to post pics.

I don't normally paint weathering on anything, so this will be a nice change of pace

This weekend I'll be be stripping paint off ebay models, doing the bases, and if my hex rod arrives, building a few drones, buying any paints or supplies over the week (I'll be out of town and unable to paint), then getting to painting next weekend.

>>52816140
rip and tear

>>52816291
oh and the nobs fucked up face/goggles is an effect i was trying to achieve with a bit of glue, trying to make him look burned

>>52805625
>"Come 'ere!"
>"I'll cut ya!"
>"Ya wanker!"

>>52816310
Huh, sounds interesting. Post em even if they don't turn out well. Maybe we'll be able to give advice for making it better.

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>>52816291
I painted my Space Hulk set using the quickshade dip and I'm going to be using it to paint my brother's Chaos Daemons army. Overall it's a really good system from my experience-- the only catch is you have to make sure you give the dip about 2 days to fully cure before you spray on the matte finish, or it might make your colors look foggy (happened on maybe two of my Blood Angels but I wasn't bothered enough by it to re-do them). It's just too bad that I can't find anyone to play it with because learning the rules is such a pain in the ass (I should use that as incentive to pain Imperial Assault, since my friends actually like that game).

As long as you're patient and wait for everything to cure between steps, I find it's an excellent way to quickly and / or easily paint an army. I'm used to doing things the slow way so I always end up painting all the little details like eyes and stuff, but if you're a less experienced painter you can pretty easily skip the small frustrating stuff like eyes and still have a decent looking army. The dip also does a good job of hiding little mistakes since all the crevices are getting filled in.

Another key to a good dipping job is to use an electric drill to spin the excess dip off, although I implore of anyone doing this to hold it inside of a cardboard box while it spins. And since I paint the eyes, I give them a little puff of compressed air to make sure there's not too much dip on them.

The cheap alternative to quickshade is Minwax. Both are essentially polyurethane and brown stain. Army Painter quicksade is basically game-specific version of it. I don't know if the 5x more expensive pricetag translates to significantly better results because I havn't tried using Minwax.

>>52816533
Pls give me your friends. Trying to sell anyone on imperial assault has been a pain. It is kinda my fault for introducing them to arcadia quest

>>52816551
I find Imperial Assault is a great gateway drug for people who don't want to try a full-fledged RPG. We have a board game night where we sometimes try new stuff and I was able to get them to try it. One of the main reasons why the rules are easier to learn than Space Hulk is because it uses cards, something Space Hulk is in desperate need of since it would mean less thumbing through the manual.

If you want to sell people on Imperial Assault the easiest way to do it is to open up the box and let them start playing around with the pieces. The tactile sensation of opening what's essentially a big box full of little Star Wars toys might be enough to get them interested.

>>52816533
maybe im just used to cancer rule sets, but space hulk didn't seem too ridiculously complex to learn. especially if you play the tyrannid side.

>>52816611
nah it's one of the most accessible board games GW ever made, only things that get even slightly tricky are the muhrine abilities

>>52816533

From a little googling it seems like Minwax and quickshade (and probably all oil based polyurathane stain) is much the same.

Certainly comparisons between Minwax and quickshade have them is pretty much identical when it comes to consistency, level of pigment, coverage and all the other important stuff.

Reminds me of when CoolMini took undyed Oyumaru and repackaged it as "Instant Mold".

3 sticks of Instant Mold being sold at the same price as 24 (TWENTY FOUR) sticks of Oyumaru.

>>52816291
>>52816533
>>52816638
quickshade method for painting is my favorite for the mass jobs, literally basecoat one color, dip, dry, color all the shit with basically one layer, dip again, you're done

it won't win any awards, but it's nothing to scoff at either, especially for the minimal effort, I tell everyone new to painting to do this method

>>52816773
>>52816291

I didn't know you could pre-dip or doubledip, I was sold it as a lazy man's shade to be applied just before varnish.

>>52816773
I use the color spray primers. For me it's spray, touch up base coat / primer, paint details, dip, spin, and then spray with matte lacquer. If there are any extra details that I really want to pop out, like the lightning on my Marine commander's sword >>52816533, I paint those after the dip and before the spray. If there's anything that needs to be shiny, I will paint a bit of gloss varnish on it after spraying.

>>52816797
prepaint is a method I picked up out of army painters free little book, you have to base a light coat or doesn't make a big difference for the precoat

>>52810986
That might be the shittiest photo I've seen but damned if that mini doesn't look great dude you've got talent.

>>52802854
Bad ass. I don't usually like Tau but those are hot.

>>52816810
So it's kind of like pre-shading with an airbrush, I take it?

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>>52812685
Here we go. Just whipped up this one. Basically lay down a thick glob of grout, wait for it to cure a bit and use a tool to carve out the stones. Paint black, paint grey, dry brush grey and white and bam.

If I'm having a hard time stripping primer, how shitty will it look when sprayed over again?

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>>52817196
This is one I made a few years back. I'm still a novice obviously. Dry brush another coat of white over it and it should look better.

>>52817196
>>52817249
Man those look great! Thanks so much.

>>52817196
I can't see it sticking all that well to plastic, I imagine one day you'll lift a model and the tiles he's glued to will just lift off the base.

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>>52817381
Thanks anon! It's super cheap too, a tub of tile grout (get the premade stuff) will get you easily 1000 bases if not more. This is the stuff i'm using.
>>52817395
Actually works really well, haven't had a problem yet. Use an ink/wash to sorta "ooze" the stuff onto the base. From there glue the model on, and spray the whole thing with varnish.

>>52817395
Maybe he used super glue or epoxy underneath?

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making a weeabork gang for shadow war

one on the left is mostly dry, just need to make the helmet curtains more wavy looking and smooth out the hat

one on the right is still malleable so I'm still making the chest armor look better, also I'm gonna add green stuff to the lower plated to make them all segmented unlike the other boy who will just have metal sheets hanging off him


also I tried adding some green stuff to one of the shootas to give it a wooden stock but it didn't turn out great

I'm painting somw chaos knights. Unsure what do with the horses. Armour is white, should i do paler greyband light grown horses to match or dark ones to contrast the armour of the riders?

>>52817525
Excellent! Are you gonna make your leader a Samurai? You could give them those back flags but with ork icons instead of flags.

>>52817395
You're essentially correct, but you can avoid that by pinning through the base.

>>52817866

I'm probably gonna have at least half the boyz with a flag on their back

now I just need to actually put the design to paper (it'll be the Imperial japanese flag but with the evil sun in the middle)

>>52817799
I say paint 'em up like fjord horses. It fits the chaos warriors' norse theme.

>>52802854
you realy should thin those paints.

Here is my take on a Salamanders Sergant. I haven't yet paintet the plasmacoil and also need to do some highlighting.
This is also the first time I freehanded some flames.
Btw, I know that Salamanders usually have black weapons.

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>>52818066
forgot pic.

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Here's a Commissar for my Scions I have been working on this afternoon. Never used greenstuff before so that's a bit of a fun experience.

>>52818182
you need to swap the beret with a peaked cap.
gotta have a proper regulation uniform on your commissars.

>>52815216
>Two units at this time.

It will be better for both your sanity and your opponent's if you split the units apart by crest colour. Just looking down over the table on a bunch of identical-looking dudes can make it hard to tell units apart.

>>52818197
I thought about that, but decided he was reluctantly pushed into the commissar role and so was allowed to stay with his unit at the Scholar Progenium and so carries most of his Scion gear.. aka I wasn't brave enough to try and remove the beret.

He is the only one in the army with the beret so hoping he looks fancy enough to get away with it haha.

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I stayed up til 3 am to assemble all my Guard for a big game tomorrow.

Anyone want to hedge bets on how long it'll take me to finish em? Winner gets a custom freehand design on my Demolisher.

>>52818258
If it's anything like my guard it'll be 18 months before you basecoat the command squad.

When you have that many dudes it becomes a chore you avoid :(

>>52818320
Hey I bought up an entire Demi-Company, transports and all, and I managed to get that done of the course of a couple months.

God I'm so glad I picked a base colour in a can.

>>52804990
Either make your highlights way more thin or use a color as close as the main red as possible for that thick highlights.

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>>52818258
Callin it at three months, and some old school checkers.

>>52818393
Alright, screen capped. If you win I'll work that scheme into the armour plating.

>>52818258
Mid September

>>52817525
Not using Tau drones for hats.
did you even try/10

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Trying to figure out the colour palette for this Daemonprince. Just the limbs so far, haven't touched the torso aside from slobbing some colour on it. I think I'm getting there though.

>>52817219
Bump

>>52817525
There'a an old article on CMON that involved making a samurai ogre, might be useful for you.

http://www.coolminiornot.com/articles/1538-ogre-kingdoms-bull-samurai-conversion

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>>52815769

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I work at a print shop so I have access to some good printers. I printed out some banners in ID print size today on photo paper for a laugh.

they turned out surprisingly well.

>>52818492
You don't need to do the whole scheme, just do some gaudy checks on the side armor or so. Best of luck Anon!

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What do you think about my Skitarii, friends?

>>52819129

Crisp

>>52819129
they look anime a/f I love it

>>52819200

Th-thanks O-omnissiah-senpai

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>>52819129
Crisp work.

I was going to say that the cloaks looked too artificial, then I realised... maybe it doesn't' look artificial enough
It's too "flat" to be cloth, not glossy enough to be chem-resistant synthetic, a bump in either direction might help.

>>52819434

Thanks, anon.

Might gloss them up

>>52819541
I'd say, satin/half-gloss, full gloss might be overkill.

Do a test first though.

I hate to be a hard but this is one of the friendliest and most helpful threads I've ever seen on 4chan in 10+ years. You guys are great and I love you all.

>>52819794
*hate to be a fag

Jesus is it Saturday yet?

>>52819144
>>52819200
>>52819249
>>52819434
>>52819541
Samefagging is pathetic

>>52819843
If you want praise post work, don't be a lil' jelly
bitterbean, they are the worst candy.

>>52819794
>>52819817
Just don't post any glittery Tyranids, churches or purple eldar and we'll keep it friendly, capiche?

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Four more skeletons featuring rust. Help me get better. I can post the first group again if anyone wants to see them

>>52819871
I'm not jealous at all. Im just suspicious of like 3 or 4 super positive comments about some tabletop quality skitarii. ( and tabletop quality is not meant as an insult)

>>52818948
Your Son of Antaeus has a problem, I can't see his sword. Is it actually glued to his size?

>>52820108
Looks good. What's the Orange-brown you're using for rust?

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Still have to base but what do you think anons? Do the fatigues need a wash?

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>>52820183
I had to attach it higher because I lengthened his torso for fluff reasons.

so it's kind of attached halfway up his rib cage like a Pistol holster you use while wearing a suit jacket.

>>52820164
2 counts of "crisp" (which is pretty objective term) and one count of Anime, hardly super positive.

>>52820187
MSP Earth Brown, Fire Orange and Carnage Red. Haphazardly throwing down layers of various mixtures of those paints.

>>52820257
>lengthened his torso
I'm new to all this. How'd you go about that?

>>52818948
You must have a cat.

>>52818948
>frag cannon on death company dreadnought
If only anon. If only.

>>52819129
Red is pretty good, but the robes could use a shade. They're a little flat, and not in a good way.

>>52820468
Just shoved a tiny ball of greenstuff between torso and legs and squished it down to be honest. if I hadn't used a chestpiece that has a hanging bit that covers the crotch, it'd look really bad.

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>>52819843
u mad?

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Anyone have a catalog pic of this guy? I cant find out and I might be buying him to represent my lascannon heavy weapon team.

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>>52820657

>>52820657
Thats the heavy bolter

>>52820722
Ah damnit ebay lied to me. Oh well.
>>52820682
Thanks.

>>52820108
When doing rust remember to stipple it rather than brush it on. I find it works best with a base coat of brown, then stipple with your brush lighter colours of brown and make it sparser each time then finish off with a few spots of orange

>>52816611
>>52816637
That's just it though-- the marines are a lot harder to learn than the tyranids, which makes the game feel really unbalanced for new players. If neither player has any experience with the game, both are going to feel somewhat overwhelmed, but the marine player is always going to lose.

Not to mention it's a bear to set up. Imperial Assault made the smart choice to number the floor tiles which makes them easier to organize and set up maps with.

Lastly, Space Hulk is a two player game, which unfortunately makes it an automatic flop at parties, and homebrew rules don't really do much for the fun factor.

I feel like Doom did a better job at what Space Hulk was shooting for, and then came Imperial Assault, and now we have a new version of doom. I feel after 30 years SH is probably due for a gameplay overhaul, especially if it accommodates more players.

>>52817219
I've had to do it before. I don't think anyone will notice. Primer goes on very thin, unless it's bad primer or sprayed on incorrectly.

>>52820531
Good idea though. Thanks.

>>52820839
Yeah, hopefully it'll be fine. Not too worried about anyone noticing since I don't play but would bug me.

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Working on a bullock-pattern jetbike for custodes, since the FW version looks awful.
The spear is shit, I know, but I can't for the life of me think of any powerlances that look like they'd work for custodes. Any advice would be appreciated.

>>52819843
Out of interest, what made you say they looked anime at all?

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Also, any ideas for the underslung Lastrum Bolt Cannon? Getting rid of the plasma cannon is turning out to be fiddly as fuck.
Already asked in the /hhg/, but more opinions can't hurt.

>>52820988
love it so far.

I'm picturing the spear having an inbuilt teleport homer. So every time he throws it, 5 seconds later it appears clamped to the side of the bike for re-use.

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..and just as I posted this, one of the wings broke off. Fucking brittle finecast.

>>52820988
>The spear is shit, I know, but I can't for the life of me think of any powerlances that look like they'd work for custodes
There are a bunch of options if you look into 3rd party bits.
Not sure what the lances have to look like in your mind to work for custodes though.

>>52821001
assuming that was meant for me, it was the solid almost cell shaded colours, particularly on the gasmasks giving them that big eyes kawaii look. Also the dune crawler

>>52820657
Have a painted one if you want to see that

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>>52821053
>Not sure what the lances have to look like in your mind to work for custodes though.
Honestly, neither do I. Just something that'd match the look of the guardian spears and sentinel blades, I guess.
I've looked at stormcast lances, but those are also broad and unwieldy. Something slim would be nice.
And ideally it'd be GW or at least FW, since I play occasionally at a GW store.

>>52821145
>Something slim would be nice.
And ideally it'd be GW or at least FW, since I play occasionally at a GW store.
Maybe you can use grey knight glaives or look into WHFB and see if the high elf range has something useful.

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Did some more work on the Halo: Ground command models.

Really lovely models to paint. Loads of detail for 15mm miniatures.

>>52821291
They look nice anon, bright enough to work well at the scale. What material are they, that boardgame hard plastic or something softer like bones?

>>52821145
The lances from the high elf dragon princes could work, I guess.
Have you tried having him hold the spear like you would hold a lance though? Might look better.

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>>52821384
Cheers dude. Yeah it works really well for the scale. They're a combination of pewter and resin (infantry are pewter, vehicles are resin) which i think helps with the details.

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>>52821426

>>52821438
>>52821426

Oh, the infantry is pewter? Nice, I much prefer metal to resin or plastic because I'm weird that way. I like the candy metals, is that airbrush work, glazing or just a coloured metallic paint?

>>52821490
Im exactly the same, it feels better in the hand for me. The only problem is due to the scale, ankle joints and the like are very fragile and dont take much effort to snap. Thanks man, the blue of the ghosts is a Humbrol Metallic blue and the others are tamiya clears over a silver base.

On a whole its a really good game. Cheap to buy, quick to learn and play and mainly fun. I gave up 40k in favour of this and im definitely enjoying the change.

>>52815769
>when anon is This Guy

/wip/, I'm looking to enter a local convention's painting contest but I don't know what to paint. I don't play any wargames, so I don't have a mental catalog of cool HQ units and I haven't been able to find much on my own that peaks my interest. Any suggestions?

>>52821939
What sort of models and scenes do you like?
There's likely several ranges that might interest you, but we'd need a bit more to work with to come up with stuff.

>>52821939
does it have to be a game legal unit?
You could just check out the Hasslefree or Reaper catalog and pick up whatever looks cool.

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>>52821939
>Any suggestions?

Queen of Thighs!

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Planning on using KindomDeath pinup series to make some cute face for Sororitas.
Ja oder Nein?

>>52822066
>>52821939
I've mostly been painting for D&D. So, fantasy humanoids or monsters. I guess I'd like to stay away from mechs or power armor as I'm not very familiar with it.

>>52822207
It does not have to be a game unit. Reaper minis make up most of my collection, but I can't find any "eye-popping" models from them. I'll check out Hasslefree though.

>>52822266
>Ja oder Nein?
Tendenziell eher nein. Die Maßstäbe werden schlecht zueinander passen.

>>52822266
KD models are 32-35mm, so they're rather large compared to GW stuff in many places, while also being more realistically proportioned than GWs Heroic Scale, so other parts will be too thin.
That's not even considering how hard to get some of those models are, given their rather limited production runs.

>>52822301
>but I can't find any "eye-popping" models from them.
They have a collection of heraldic knights that might look cool
>I'll check out Hasslefree though
Do. They have loads of awesome sculpts.
Anything from cheesecake barbarian riding a sabretooth to a bunch of powerarmor wearing dogs, and recently a platypus.

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>>52822266
try statuesque instead.
The guy who makes these offers three different scales. One of those is bound to fit onto sororitas.

>>52809058
that purple! really nicely done anon

>>52814917
>only grip is the beads on the crozius are supposed to be Black, as they denote Fallen made to repent by the interrogator chaplain.

who cares anon, it's all heresy anyway

>>52822412
The Heroic scale is pretty much spot on for everything else, so they oughta be good fro Sororitas.

Be wary using them for anything that isn't in bulky clothing though; everything is modeled with male shoulders so it can look a little janky.

>>52822257
My pants feel funny.

>>52818610
Can't help you regarding colour but would you kindly post a photo where we can se his face/ from the front?

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>>52822412
Might try them, but honestly they don't look as cute. Thanks anyway, i'll keep them in mind.
>>52822356
I've found a few on ebay, fairly cheap. Now the model size IS a fair concern. Suddendly im not so inclined to spend 20 pounds on a miniature I can't use. Guess I'll just get them for being cute, not on the intention of destroying one to make a Sororitas HQ not ugly. Thanks for the info.

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How is my space jew? Aka ayy whatsamadda you?

>>52805880
Kinda looks like a giant hornet hive.

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First Kemet figure done, Snek final form.

>>52805880
Might look nicer if you blend the lotus pod into the rock.
Forgeworld used to to Tyranid scenery where they used them too, maybe you can find a few images and use those as additional source of inspiration.
Like what you are doing though.
All too often the sci-fi gaming tables end up look rather conventional.

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>>52822729
S'a decent grot.

WIP should I always have more models painted than unpainted, and more assembled than unassembled

>>52822966
Yeah. Ideally you should only buy models after you've built and painted everything you currently own.
In practice that doesn't work though, and sooner or later you'll become a lonely eremite living on a hill of pewter and plastic slaving away at the work you've amassed for yourself.
Existential crisis and despair will eventually catch up with you and you'll sell all your belongings of ebay.

Making place for new purchases. A clean slate for a new beginning.
Or so you think.
And the cycle begins anew.

>>52823007
I mean until you are crushed by a pile of unpainted minitures

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>>52822880
Better lightning

>>52818258
i am very slow at painting dudes, so i won't comment on how long it should take, but i do have one thing i really hate that i see loads of people do, and that is the commanders hatch. The metal bars are the underside of the hatch, and the flat side is the top, as those bars are locking bars to (hopefully) stop outside forces from opening the hatch.

>>52823019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bejo37a1k0k

>>52823032
Don't some real life tanks have the hatch the same color on both sides?

>>52823053
>>52823019
's not 'oarding iz... lootin' supplies!

>>52823021
That is a simple and pleasing paintjob. I like it.

>>52823090
i don't mean the colours of the hatch, i mean that the hatch has been put on upside down, as the side with the metal bars should be the side that is not visible with a closed hatch.

>>52823185
Ah I see.

>>52823263
yeah, if you've done it, don't be worried, its just a small thing that many people do.

In the meantime, to actually be productive in this thread, im painting up some heavy bolters for my Shadowsword which i need to magnetise, so i can swap out the guns and casemates.

>>52822266
No.

Just get the naked survivor head sprue off ebay instead of spending $27 per head you plan on butchering.

Or get statuesque as other anon suggested.

Rolled 20 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>52822722
KD/M's heads will fit fine on 40k models, but that's about it. Also most cheap options on ebay are recasters. In addition, many pinups do not have the heads as their own bit, such as having the head 1/4th connected to the body, with other bits that connect via back and neck for face or hair.

>>52822966
Some people just enjoy the conversion aspect more, or simply do not have the room for a painting setup.

I know right now I don't have the time to invest in improving my shitty painting skills The amount of time it'd take to make my tiny computer desk painting-friendly is much longer than making it building-friendly.

>>52823021
I roll to boop it's snoot. (Animal Husbandry bonus)

>>52823152
Dis is also true, dem bits is always useful if yer kunnin'!

>>52822266
You got a nein last you asked.
Are you just gonna keep asking till you get a jah?

>>52823529
Any link on those Ebay recast? I'll admit, I almost gave up the idea but I might just try after all. I'll show you what i'll end up with eventually.

>>52823557
I asked in the 40k general, not in the /wip/ wwere people are more informed about the matter.

>>52823162
Thanks mate, I appreciate it.

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hey guys I had a thought
when you copy a figure you usually do so with an assembled one
anyone ever tried copying a sprue with everything attached to it?
I thought it would be neat to make a copy, say, in tin and soldier it together

>>52823644
All you'll end up doing it wasting a ton of your recasting material re-creating a sprue. Easier to separate the parts from the sprue, make a mould with your own channels in it to minimise wastage and then recast the parts. Why would you want to solder minis together though, the precision solder you'd need will still ruin some of the detail of the miniature.

>>52823567
The ebay recasters generally aren't as good as 40k recasters. Just search a certain model you want and you're bound to find it at too-good-to-be-true prices. (anything below $25 for one model)

Seriously, just try to get the unarmored survivor sprue instead.

>>52823706
Only reason full sprues work is pressure casting method.

>>52814917
did not know that! thanks for the lore!

>>52823706
well it's not resin, I can just melt the sprue again and again
and I don't have to necessarily soldier it together, glue would surely do just as fine and now I thought about it and soldering would be a pain, although for me bit of spot welding and removing the excess would do - if I screw up I can just melt it too
>>52823761
can't the sprue be adjusted to compensate with vents or spin casting?

>>52823859
Vents, no.
Spin casting, perhaps
White resin dries very quickly, you would need something with a little less viscosity but it's easier to get air bubbles.

>>52823918
>>52823859
Really the best way I've found is a block with vents like forgeworld if you don't have a pressure pot. I have no clue how spin casting works so it may very well be even more superior.

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>>52823859
>can't the sprue be adjusted to compensate with vents or spin casting?
You'd be looking at a redesign so extensive it'd be easier to go from scratch.

What's the best way to advance past the 'intermediate' stage?
I've been painting 20 years and I get to TT+ but I can't seem to get to that next stage.

>>52823966
Aren't spin moulds pressure casted or make in metal moulds with high density silicon?

>>52823944
>a block with vents like forgeworld
elaborate please
>>52823966
I thought I could stand it vertically and/or on a corner and pour it like that

two part mold, I would run additional vents so it fills up evenly and vents out and up opposite from the inlet

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>>52824113
just this with extra vents at the highest point in the model necessary due to lack of pressure system.

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>>52824113
Just pointing out hos different a spincast mold is from a Injection mold, and the sprue that result.

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>>52823529
>Animal Husbandry

"Blessed shall be the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep."

>>52824163
well a soldier guy mold isn't that complicated
I'll probably try with a cheap warriors of chaos kit, those molds seem pretty simple

>>52824236
Leonard Nimoy best Civ Narrator of all time, also Baba Yetu best Civ track ever.

>>52818258
not long if you have a spraycan of zandri dust.

>>52822356
Actually pin ups tend to be in stock for a while and poots is pretty good with keeping white box figures in stock right now.

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>>52802739
So the Dark Souls board game is being shipped to backers soon and I had some questions about painting since all of the miniatures will apparently be unpainted

So first off, the Outrider Knight on the top. What would be the best way to replicate the effect shown his armor on a miniature? What colors would you use? Someone in the last thread mentioned some sort of reverse highlighting?

And the second question. The Old Iron King on the bottom won't be shipped out until the second wave, but I was wondering if it'd be a good idea or not to try giving some texture to him. What do you think about covering him in some extremely fine sand? I'd obviously have to take care not to drown out the cracks in his lava hide, which would be super tedious, but I want to make these minis look good so I don't mind the extra work.

>>52824034

Learning how to blend and do NMM (it's the same shit).

What happened to the anon who asked /wip/ for advice on priming his new SoB minis? I was hoping to see pics.

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Found some good ol' vanguard vets that were covered in about 10 layers of paint, so after a paint stripping and a move to the new 32mm bases, I have 4 of these guys to base and paint and 4 metal jump packs still to strip..

Also included is my chapter banner bearer to be, i still need to do a bit of greenstuff work on his left arm, as well as extending the banner pole a tad further since the banner currently covers pretty much his whole body on the pole...

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What should I turn my old Griffon into since it's just a pewter paperweight now?

>>52825536
Suppose you could use it as a Counts As Thunderer

>>52824163
>>52824147
>>52823966
>>52823944
anyone done their own tin/pewter casts?

>>52825703
Nah but I'm pretty sure you need ultra high tear mould material and special power so your mould doesn't get fused.

>>52825778
powder*

>>52824977
supposedly you can get a good dark metal affect by undercoating black and going over it with an extremely thin leadbelcher.

>>52823021
Why is is on a flatten bed of poop?