WIP General

so, I'm about to use isopropyl to remove paint from minis that didn't come off to acrylic remover
any advice?

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First bump for visibility - hadn't seen a WIP thread for a bit today.

Sharing my friend's new Typhon.

>>52898656
you beat me two minutes to it op

i hope to get some work done to my inquisitor warband tonight, will post pics when progress is made

>>52898726
Looks good, what did you use for the green?

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Getting my second asscan and fist contemptor ready, this time a fancy resin one. Holy cow there's a lot of posability.

Here's his two friends. Should I give him a charging pose or braced and shooting? And focused on the fist or the assault cannon?

>>52898832
Noice. Looking forward to seeing it. >>52898851
Im not sure what he uses, actually. Ill ask him.

>>52898851
Castellan green.

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How does my first kan look?

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She looks like a cute little tugboat at the moment. Apologies for the phone camera.

>>52899360
the arms have massive gaps in them and there's a hair on its left shoulder.

>>52899401
Sea Dorfs sound so much cooler than sky ones

>>52899401
I forgot to post my actual question. How much more construction could I get away with?

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>>52899401
You best be painting that little lad yellow, fellow.

>>52899360
Those gaps are pretty heinous but your paint is going well so far.

>>52899003
man ive loved following the progress of your condiment marines

>>52899417
What he said. You can still take care of that in a number of ways, you could apply plastic glue, gap filling agent (ideally) or green/brown stuff.

>>52899417
>>52899455
The stance is shit isnt it

>>52899429
Yeah but it's a shame AoS is a game that takes place on dry land

>>52899483
your stance on gaps, yes

>>52899477
Im retarded and yeah the arms wouldn't fit together right at all it ive never touched green stuff should now be the time for me to attempt it

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>>52899360

It's passable, paints aren't too thick.

For dust, hair etc., get a blusher brush. Essential tool. See a lot of dusty models on /wip/, I fully wipe down my painting area if it hasn't been used for more than a day or two, and give my models a quick dust before every session.

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>>52899462
Aw, man. Thanks anon. It's been a very long road for a lot of them. Looking forward to striding into the next edition fully painted.

>>52899442
He's going to be purple sadly, Looking at WW1 Dazzle Camoflage to liven him up though!

>>52899528
Some super glue can go a long way for gaps as well pre painting.

>>52899528
No. Greenstuff shrinks when it dries and stays flexible which is undesirable more often than not.

You need Privateer Press Brown Stuff. That's got the best properties of any kind of modelling putty I've tried. Buy that instead, it works like a charm.

>>52899718
>Looking at WW1 Dazzle Camoflage to liven him up though!
Hey, that's a pretty good alternative if I do say so myself. Hmm, now I want to paint some tanks...

>>52899733
Maybe if you're desperate. But plastic glue, if you've just assembled a plastic miniature and have some slight gaps, is actually preferable to modelling putty provided you have the ability to file it back down once it cures

>>52899752
>No. Greenstuff shrinks when it dries
Liquid Greenstuff. Not the regular kind.

>>52899429
Shame 28mm ship combat died in 6th edition. These skyboats would be perfect for dwarf ironclads.

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The kill team I've been working on for SW:A.

>>52899907
What's with the filter?

>>52899929
Fastest way to downsize the file size on my phone.

>>52899907
I was really confused how you are gonna use these in Star Wars: Armada for a moment.

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Posting again from last thread.

Tried the technique anon with the batman mini recommended when highlighting black and although I have room for improvement I think this Solitaire looks vastly better now.

Thanks Bat-anon.

>>52900783
oh those black highlights do look nice. The one purple highlight on the side of that collar is a bit wide IMO but overall solid work.

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Working on my arkanauts.

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which scheme is best?

>>52902464

Number 1 but darker

>>52902532
Agreed

>>52902532
do you mean the duster/west color or the red?
Had another version of that with darker browns and a terracotta instead of red.

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This threads fucking dead as hell but I finally managed to make a nice collage shot of my valhallans, posting to bump I guess.

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What are some minis I could get that are ladies in pretty dresses, such as those of nobles?

I already have what few I could find from Reaper, and ones from the Vampire Counts Mortis Engine seem to be sold out on bits sites.

Pic somewhat related.

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>>52903103
We are a bit slower than normal today. I'm gonna get to work and hopefully have something to bump with.

Your valhallans look nice; I can't believe you took the time to give everyone a nice looking face.

>>52903209
The two GW ones that come to mind are those old female inquisitors and isabella von carstein.

>>52903775
>>52903209
I meant to mention excluding GW stuff as well, since I have what I want/can get from them. (The female inquisitors all being discontinued except for the recent Greyfax.)

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Thoughts on finished vanquisher?

>>52904036
I just can't get over how stupid that gun looks.

>>52904064
Like stupidly long?

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>>52904036
>>52904064
>>52904086
I always get a sherman firefly vibe from these - I just wish the rear of the russ was a bit longer to balance out the profile.

Your paintjob looks great, desu. Nice work with the distressed stripes and transfer.

If something on ebay is coming out of hong kong is it a guarantee its a recast?

>>52904164
Cheers buddy

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Can someone recommend me an airbrush and compressor?
I'm not looking for anything fancy, just something that'll help me prime and basecoat without breaking to a stiff breeze. My price range is around $200 USD which is I heard the bare minimum for a decent setup.

I hear the Iwata Eclipse and Badger airbrushes mentioned a lot, but I don't know how the two compare with each other. I know nothing about air compressors, at least in terms of small-scale airbrushing.

>>52904036
I like good looking Leman Russes, and thus I like yours. The highlights on the tin bitz are great.

>>52904311

Yup. Nothing legit comes out of hong Kong.

>>52902236
those look really nice, I am still deciding on a color scheme I might do custom but barak-zon is my favorite looking actual scheme

Anyone here have advice on carving into resin?

My other option, but I want to avoid it, was to drill out the area and re-fill it with reshaped greenstuff/putty.

I know about the whole "recasting is the better choice" thing, but still, how hard is it to carve into resin pieces, in a pinch?

>>52902464
otherwise number 2

>>52899360
Dem teef need a wash n highlight.
Red needs an edge highlight.
Wild Rider Red is good for something subtle or an Orange for something stark.

>>52904010
Did you look up Hasslefree miniatures?

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>>52905972
I did not. I don't know of many model producers.

The only one I could find on there was this steampunk sniper one.

They have a lot of nude and pinup ladies, but I don't need such currently.

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How do I varnish minis without it dulling down my bright metallics?

can you guys give me your various tutorials in how to paint camo? I've got an airbrush, and I want to learn multiple ways to do it(Blood axes), other then a base color with dots on it.

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Finished Solitaire, happy with the results. Thanks to everyone with the helpful advice and critiques!

Also built myself a Light Box but as you can see the lighting is still pretty dull with 2 50 watt bright white bulbs shinning in.

>>52907068

If you don't want to spray matte varnish and then pick out stuff in gloss varnish with a brush, maybe just try satin?

Apparently GW's own satin varnish, Purity Seal, is actually quite decent and forgiving if you spray lightly. Going to pick up a can myself, not at RRP though.

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Behold, my wip land raider, named Pha't'karr

>>52904541
harbor freight air compressor + pressure regulator to get it to the right PSI. Then get a g22 airbrush.

or you can forgo that and just buy this.
https://www.amazon.com/Master-Airbrush-Compressor-Published-Exclusively/dp/B009ZXNPUA

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God. 1300 points of Custodes is really nothing at all.

I'm adding these to my main force, but god damn it's its own army. Marathoning the gold armor isn't as bad as I thought though; but I definitely have miles to go.

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>>52898656
How does my first kan look?

>>52908026
The Mek is clearly muckin' about.

>>52908026
cyka blyat
the legs are a bit noodly

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Daily reminder.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3p_VuPIS2c

>>52907861
>Fat car
nice

>>52907895
Uck, I wouldn't buy either of those compressors. Definitely not the ones from Horrible Freight; I had one, kept getting worried about lighting my apartment on fire from overheating. Lose the crap airbrush and no name paints, just get a tanked compressor:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001738DXU/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_x_tFiazbZPKKG1Z

I own it, it runs, doesn't overheat.

>>52904541
I can only vouch for the Eclipse (which I own); I doubt a Patriot (Badger's equivalent) would really let you down though. The two things that swayed me to the Iwata camp were the facts that I was able to import an Eclipse from Japan cheaply and parts were readily available locally for it.

what is the most basic glue I can use on plastic minis
pe/pp super glue, regular super glue, wikol or hot glue?

>>52904541
Not so much a recommendation as a tip if you can, but Hobby Lobby has a once per month 40% any item code. Just go to their site and its up there. They have a decent selection of compressors and airbrushes, and I grabbed a good Iwata for $80 rather than the 140 it was going for.

If there's one near you I'd give it a go.

At the same time, amazon has some nice package deals that are pretty cheap if its your first airbrush. Some compressor/airbrush packages go for about 80, and if its your first airbrush that should last you fine for basics, or help you work up to something more expensive.

>>52908158
An ancient terran name that carried power and strengh, appropriate for a land raider

>>52908181
You could use super glue, but I'd recommend plastic cement of some sort.

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Almost done with this fucker, just a few touch ups here and there.
Was a joy to paint.

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>>52908273
da cape

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Working on some Nurglings for the Plaguebearers I've been doing.

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>>52908273
and a final close up

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>>52908298
And here they are attached to their new Plaguebearer buddies

>>52908307
But, anon. The moldlines...

>>52908286
that's a pretty big cape

>>52908376
Yeah, usually the first drybrush is when I find all the mold lines I either didn't scrape enough or missed altogether.

My biggest flaw/thing that most needs to be improved, but it's inevitable that I still miss at least one mold line on each mini. I need better lighting in my work space.

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Working on my first Sister at the moment (and the first thing I've painted in years). As someone used to painting Marines, she's a struggle. She's some way off being done but I'm happy with the armour. Does anyone have tips for getting the robes right? I haven't applied the white layer yet but would white scar, a wash and a second layer of white do the job?

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>>52908417
...are you painting on bare metal?

>>52908444

It's on a silver spray.

>>52908417
Looks pretty nice, anon. What wash are you thinking of using for the whites? I'd be kinda worried about staining it too much.

>>52908444
I don't think so. Looks like it's primed in metallic spray paint and washed with a black wash.

>>52908264
well I'm gluing only a small batch of second hand models for my dnd
soaked them in acrylics remover overnight and they came completely apart, apparently they weren't glued too well.
The moldlines and sprue marks are still there and there was no primer but different kinds of paints were used
wikol is water based, most commonly used for wood and paper but some use it for plastic because it's clean and dries neat and transparent with some filling properties, which might be what I need
I don't have any specialist stores in my area so I have to pick my tools from what a hardware store offers

>>52908482

Nuln oil but I'll probably just put the white on for now and see how it looks, I'm surprised how light the first grey dried

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>>52908383

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Using a plastic head for mini Vulkan because the finecast one is literally unuseable.

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>>52908026
Like the FIRST Killer Kan anon. Just needs googly eyes.
:D

>>52908299
Gorgeous. Why is he out bush though?

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>>52908634
my gaming table has a lot of grass, dirt and rubble, so I wanted the bases to kind of fit that
Also he's supposed to be the arkham asylum version, so pic related

>>52908634
Gotham has parks. Batman likes dogging when crime's slow.

>>52908273
>>52908286
>>52908299
That has to be the shiniest fucking six-pack I've seen on a mini.
Also nice paintjob, I dig the cowl.

>>52908299
>>52908286
>>52908273
Awesome, good blending

>>52908026
Extra killy

I have a tin/pewter? (shiny silver) mini that has the part that connects the legs to the base broken
do I glue it or can I solder it?

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>>52908156

Do you actually have autism?

>>52898726
Awesome. That's convinced me that I need to get him and paint him up in post-heresy colours.

>>52908026
Wheres da dakka?

>>52909078
I'd glue, and possibly pin it. I'd be worried I'd fuck up the details if I soldered my minis.

>>52902464
>>52902532
>>52902609
>>52905616
Thanks for the input guys.

Anybody else care to share an opinion?

>>52902236
Thin your paint

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>>52899360
Working on the leader for my SW:A team. C&C?

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>>52910707
And another view

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Hey, I got directed here from the /AoS/ thread,

I am a fairly new painter and I want some advice on painting my minotaurs. I want to do them in black and white (like Diablo 2 cows) and I'm trying to greenstuff some udders for added hilarity.

I know that it looks like shit right now and I was hoping to get some tips to make it look better. Specifically, I hate how the horns/teeth don't stand out at all from the rest of the white.

Can anyone here offer any advice for a newbie?

Back pic next

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>>52911133
Back

>>52908444
not that anon, but can you explain, what's the problem with painting on bare metal?

>>52911133
Don't use pure white except as extreme highlight.
You're better off using off whites instead. That way you can still shade and highlight. I mean what is there to go to to highlight white with? You see what I mean?
The reason we shade and highlight miniatures is to replicate the way light behaves on larger surfaces to make it look better. If you use flat white you have to rely on the sculpt and natural light to do that instead, which usually look pretty flat and lifeless.

So my first piece of advice: Don't use white to paint white.
Want a warm shade? Use a bone/ivory color instead.
A cool shade? Use an ice blue/grey.
Working on something spooky or sickly? Then use something with a green tinge.
That way you get a lot more control over your miniature's paintscheme too.

Working from what you got there, i*d say if you apply a very thinned down sepia/brown wash over the white areas you might get a similar effect. Then rehighlight if necessary.

Same goes for the blacks. If you use a warm tone in your white you can highlight black with brown.
If you use a cool shade on your whites, highlight black with blues or greys.


I gotta say though, the udder looks udderly ridiculous.
Almost vulgar. Like four half erect penises. Not really sure what to tell you about that.
Personally not a fan of the implementation, but I get the idea behind it.

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>>52898656
>Solid legs
>Grotzooka
>Eyes

>>52911298
Well beatmen are known for shitting all over the place. The vulgarity fits.

Guys, I've been painting some Dire Avengers for my Shadow Wars team, but they're not very fun. Who's got a recommendation for something that's really FUN to paint?

>>52911462
Job's a good 'un, boss!

>>52911529
Diaz Deamonette tits.

Why is Abaddon Black so shit? Who the fuck makes a black paint with shit coverage. What paint should I get that's better, /wip/?

>>52911298
Thanks for the advice.

I tried to mix some golden brown into my white in order to sort-of tone it down but I guess that didn't really show/work.

As for the udders, I am really unhappy with how it turned out. It was my first real attempt at using greenstuff and it turned out like shit. To be honest, I was thinking about scraping the whole concept all together and just ignoring it but a friend said it was too funny to not try. In the end, I still have it done for this one model so I want to try to make the best of what I have.

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So I wanted to go in a different tack with an onager dunecrawler - I always had a weakness for old school mecha robots, and I figure it fits well with all the forbidden tech the AdMech should have.

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Hey guys, what do you think?

>>52911277
The paint won't stay on. Primer exists to create a base layer that the paint will actually stick to. If you paint on bare metal, or even bare plastic, it'll chip off really easily.

It also creates a flat, uniform base to work from and helps coverage.

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>>52911680
Repostan for non-sideways.

>>52911684
Nice try man, but I've seen these before.

>>52910707
>>52910738
Thin your paint.

>>52911298
>I gotta say though, the udder looks udderly ridiculous.
>Almost vulgar. Like four half erect penises. Not really sure what to tell you about that.
>Personally not a fan of the implementation, but I get the idea behind it.
Made me laugh out irl.

>>52911699
>>52911680
DONT drybrush in silver or metallic colors.

>>52911529
I always enjoyed painting the old metal scouts. Great sculpts.

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WIP Skitarii.

what do you guys think?

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Progress on Celestine, thoughts so far? Just need to hit up some little details and finish the base.

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>>52912060
One of her bodyguards as well,

>>52911605
the Army Painter black is super thick, which is ironic because most of their other stuff is way too thin.

I constantly get people whinging THICC THICC. Whenever I post models where I have blacked out areas.

>>52912011
The orange is's sexy af

>>52911764
Not him but, why?

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Finished this guy the other day.

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>>52912485
Because it looks like fucking dogshit, is lazy and messy and your model will look the part.

Drybrushing is only good if you use it as a complimentary technique and got otherwise good painting skills. Blending, shading, etc.

I've seen enough armies FULL of drybrushed anything. Tanks, soldiers, you name it to see how ugly and lazy it is.

It's like drawing something with a penicl but not taking the time to properly shade but smear the pencilblotches with your thumbs.

Learn to blend and shade metallic without drybrushing first before you use it.
Otherwise it's going to suck and your army is eternally doomed to look like a lazy 12 year old rushed it to be "board ready" by taking a shortcut.

>>52912694
That looks great but also amazingly breakable.

what is it?

>>52912730
Seems like a sincere grievance. I typically base > wash > base highlight > highlight > then drybrush if I want a more weathered look.

>>52912694
ok

>>52912793
The problem with weathered is that I know people who made models that took em days to finish look like 30 minutes rushjobs because of shitty weathering.
Its only suitable for WW2 stuff t b h. Not for warhammer, thats too cartoony and flashy in concept for realistic weathering or unshaded plain colors to properly work.

I still have a bunch of 2nd generation space muhrines in my basement from when I was 10 and thought drybrushing was the smartest shortcut EVER.
Since then I've come to realize my mistakes.

>>52912694
Looks amazing. Where's the mini from? Wouldn't mind using one as a Chaos Sorcerer Lord. He looks spot on for a Slaaneshi noble Cult leader.

>>52912790
Kingdom Death Monster, Dragon King Expansion, Dragon King in human form.
He's basically a 50mm miniature though, he's a LOT taller than a normal person.

>>52913001
Hmm, I suppose it could make for a neat Daemon Prince at that height.

>>52910168
I like 1 and 4 the best

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>>52913052
the image here is the Dragon King next to a 32mm miniature from the Kingdom Death range.
He's not a small model as you can see.

He's very slender in build, so maybe not bulky enough for a daemon prince? He'd definitely be a more subtle sort if he was though.

>>52912849
Agreed. I think highlighting is a more suitable method for wh40k, and I must admit I am using the said weathering technique on my WW2 DAK StuG III G. But still using highlighs as well.

Now that I'm in a full time job I feel like my priorities are changing when it comes to painting/modelling. I don't have the time (well, I don't want to allocate too much of it) for the work part of the hobby like I did as a kid.

Like seriously, I am beginning to prefer singlepose, snap piece models over multipose models. Which is a complete 180 from my mindset growing up.

It's unfortunate because I can finally afford all the gucci shit I want now. I have like 12/15 crisis suits on their sprues still because of this neglect, fire warriors, space marine dreadnoughts, and 50 death korps of krieg models plus Bolt Action models, all waiting for me to justify the time to clean/prep/model them.

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>>52911680
>>52911699
>onager dunecrawler
did you scratchbuild this?

>>52912011
Those are very nice

>>52907664
I've never had purity seal do anything but paste models with an awful frosty coating even under ideal conditions.

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Middenheim greatsword

Where can I get some waterslide transfers of pinup girls for my tanks?

>>52913294
Its pretty much a straight kitbash of an onager (the gun, armor plates, and arms) and a dreadknight (legs & torso) the only "specialty" part is the head, and that's the senor array from the old apocalypse upgrade sprue. You get similar results from the targeter array that comes with a lascannon sponson on a land raider.

>>52912011
THIN YOUR P pretty nice. SLOPPY BASES THOUGH, remember to tape your bases

>>52913574
You see those reflections on the model from where the light hits the gloss?
Now paint them on.
Literally transforming 4/10 miniatures into 10/10 by simply using highlighting.

Otherwise nice job.

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>>52913233
Id also recommend matt varnish to everyone, satin instead of gloss.
Having models shiny and glossy makes them look cheap and toy like.
Satin varnish and proper shading gives them more "weight" even though it's cartoony

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I finally gave into my autism and got a Kill Bursta

I think it turned out pretty well all things considered

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>>52913846
And a close up of the Kommanda

>>52913846

Looks really good anon. The only thing I can say against it is it looks like you've spilt some of the green from the vision slit thingy onto the surrounding area. Apart from that though good work.

>>52913574
The codpiece needs to be highlighted and layered a lot more.
The rest of the mini is perfect as is, but you should emphasize the cock and balls more and paint the shadows in where they should land.

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i know i posted these before but can i get some C&C on my carcharodons?
i know i need to drill the sergs barrels and the highlighting on the shins are shit, but i was wondering if they look like carcharodons at all
what would be the best way to put that cool tribal shit they normal have painted on their armor? would a paint pen work?
also wheres a place i can buy transfer sheets with their logos on it?

>>52913587
that is fucking sexy, good job.

>>52913767
Why not use gloss for the first coat and then satin? That's what I do.

>>52912011
Ryza best Forge World. Fuck Mars.

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My first faux copter roughly assembled. The prop blades are a little thick but with some green stuff and paint I don't think many will notice its 90% resin

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>>52914112
Flippy bitch

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Bleuuurgh.

Getting there.

what are the specific names of the plastics game workshop uses

>>52914269
>what are the specific names of the plastics game workshop uses
Polystyrene plastic, HIPS

Hey /wip/, I've finally started to move on to painting my vehicles recently and I'm kinda worried that I'm putting too much paint on it.
It just seems like the amount of paint I'm using is far too much for the panels I'm putting it on even though the paints have been thinned out properly. Is this normal?
For reference I'm painting an Ork Trukk.

>>52914474
picture?

I was putting some magnets on the bases of some models for transport purposes and used hot glue and waitied for it to dry but the magnets still ended up pulling out of the base, sitting there and staring at me defiantly. This will not stand. Is there a recommendation of a glue that will work between plastic bases and magnets to keep them from coming off the bases when attached to metal?

>>52914533
I'm out of the house at the moment. I'll post a picture when I get back

>>52914474
What are you priming with? In what temperature? What paints are you using? How much are you watering it down? What are you trying to achieve as a base color?
For armour it's not suggested to basecoat using a brush, especially not with a black primer to say, red for example. Colored primers are "1.2" next step from black to getting your basecoat done with an airbrush, the half way would be utilizing GW's spray base which are actually fantastic. If you've been using black primer, it's not great. Takes too much to get to a vast range of colors and dulls them. If you're painting an ork trukk, you would prime white, spray base silver and go into the details with watered down silver going over whatever you missed trying to avoid primer buildup on the model. Afterward all you would need are copious amounts of washes, which are watered down as well. This is all done best just clipped from the sprue with very minimal assembly, keeping the silver bits from the majority chassis which you can spray red and still go over whatever is silver easier than with black. Because you aren't using a black primer you have to rely on washes and smart highlighting to bring out the depth in the model. Doing so with different washes for red, say a brown wash than a black wash for silver provides best results.

>>52914711
Ok, thanks man.
I had primed it with black and was base coating it with mephiston red so that's probably where the problem was.
I'll follow your instructions for my next trukk, hopefully it will turn out better.

>>52913977
Thanks broseph. Internet validation is pretty much all that keeps me going.

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Sorry for the shit quality, took the photos with my iphone.

The shoulder pads will be white and I'm planning on using the green fourth company trims, the right fist will also be blue.

However, I feel that the backpack needs colour.
Where should I add blue (or maybe metal)?

>>52914945
>However, I feel that the backpack needs colour.
>Where should I add blue (or maybe metal)?
it's gonna be fine once you got the shoulderpads on there

>>52914945
Well done. Looks really good! Clean.

>>52914945
that is super smooth, very nice

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>>52914845
You can still save the one you're working on, look up methods on stripping paint from miniatures. Use this stuff but make sure you wear latex gloves and replace them if they tear from sharp bits, it's highly corrosive and kills the oils in your skin, splitting it.

>>52904036

How do you fit the fw turrets in place?
While it does fit the hole in the tank hull there is nothing that stops it from falling when turned upside down unlike the standart plastic kits.

>>52915074
Ok, I'll pick some up from the store on my way home. Thanks for your help man.

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Working out the scheme for my Mechanicum Biologis, wondering what's a good recipe for this kind of washed-out green robes and glowy orange lenses and plasma with Citadel paints? Not painted either of those colours before, but I really like the scheme.

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>>52911699
Looks neat.

>>52907895
HF sold me an incomplete compressor and refused a refund because I only realized after I used it.
>>52907961
1300pts of Custodes will be something in 8th, trust me.

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Would it be better to base with averland sunset or the mephiston red spray to make my arkanaut company match this color sceme? I might also incorporate the lambda as a rune.

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>>52915107
Anytime. Wish I had an interest in Orks, it's perfectly acceptable to kitbash and even fabricate entire models with plasticard. I think I've had enough painting green skin from Fantasy.

>>52915348
Very nice.

>>52915348
Neat. But if I had to gripe about one thing it'd be the reuse of colors in the cape, road and backpack cable.

Asking again for advice for >>52905321

Thanks!

>>52915348
Nice, very nice. Let's see Paul Allens inquisitor.

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Managed to get some work done on the legs today.

>>52915499
What company is your miniature from?

>>52915449

Yeah, I didn't really think too much about the colour of the road markings until after assembly, eh.
Probably going to hazard-stripe the cable too.

>>52915756
I'm asking based on Forgeworld or resin bits for military models.

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>>52915754
dam son

>>52915165
>1300pts of Custodes will be something in 8th, trust me.
Why? What have you heard?

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Does anyone have a Avukavali model(pic related) that they could take a photo of next to a GW model for a size comparison?

I don't know how tall the model is and want to use it for a conversion, but I just don't want to go too-big with it.

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Babbys first space marine tactical squad nearing completion. Mostly just lazy drybrushing because i have to paint like 30 of these dudes.

>>52913623
What would you recommend for the extreme highlights? A sliver mixed with white?

>>52916016
Landraiders are going to be worth the points, especially crusaders. Just look at the Q&A. I can't wait to put DCA in raiders again
>>52915921
Forgeworld is easy to work with but I don't really have an idea on what you're trying to accomplish
>>52916181
Comparing it to the model next to it a space marine on base would reach about half way up the vertical section of her lower body.

>>52915754
nice tachikoma

>>52916371

I wanted to try out a few Imetrons in my Combined Army for infinity (or to use as objectives) so I kit-bashed these. Appropriately 'Alien terminal-y' for me I think.

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>>52916608
Derp.

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Just about finished with my Red Veil Haqqislam starter.

>>52915121
Early bump before I go to sleep. Anyone know a good glowing orange recipe or something like that Magos' green robes? I'm notoriously bad at coming up with my own painting recipes.

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might've gone a bit over the top with the spatter but fuck it

>>52917349
Well that makes me feel like I need to buy an airbrush.

>>52917394
I took the plunge two months ago. Wish I hadn't taken so long debating it.

>>52916371
stormhost silver probably fine

>>52915170
I would say, mephiston red
(but take my advice with a grain of salt, I am a noob)

>>52908273
>>52908286
>>52908299
The turf looks silly - why not concrete or metal? It doesn't compliment your painting at all.

>>52911133
Anon...

>>52912011
Never thought I'd like bronze and orange, but I do on these. All I'd suggest is dirtying up the feet of the other skits like the center dude.

>>52912060
I'd push the light on the wings to match the intensity of the white on the doves.

>>52912694
Hnngh. There's too much contrast in the stomach area - push back some areas into the shadows to accentuate his thinness vs his 'rippedness'.

>>52915348
Nice clean cape and transitions.

>>52915754
That's a good boy.

>>52917349
What is it supposed to be? White clay? Your splatter is too even - not enough at the front, too much in the back.

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2 robits down, 18 to go!

>>52917859
Is that a fucking mecha-squig?

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Got some work done on the scions i've had on the backburner for the last 4 months, feels nice to start painting again.

>>52912060
>>52912088
Looking real good. I think you should push yourself and make the eye glow on celestine a bit more subtle and smooth, but that's it. If it were me I'd also be afraid of messing with her face for fear of ruining everything. By the way, the face on her bodyguard looks perfect, desu.

>>52916264
Try to go for cleaner eyes and cleaner layers in general. Your miniatures are a bit dark, perhaps a highlight somewhere.

Are these for 40k?

>>52917948
Very nice! Just needs some cleaning up around the metal but well done. What colour are you planning for the eyes?

>>52916489
>Forgeworld is easy to work with but I don't really have an idea on what you're trying to accomplish

What I have in mind? Engraving a small design or two into the resin.

>>52917948
That bright red and khaki is a cool scheme. Very blood angel. I think you could get away with some sharp yellow or orange stripe markings on your vehicles.

>>52916264
They are a bit dark imo, i would also colour the studs silver to break it up a bit more because they are a bit monotone atm.

>>52918019
I'm gonna use green, it breaks the red up nicely. Altho currently out of green, gotta pop by the shops as soon as i can.

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Thin moar????

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>>52918055
yeah, I'm trying to brighten them up because they are supposed to be aurora marines and aurora is a very bright green. in fact i'm contemplating just pre-shading the next back black and white and then coloring them with green glaze.

>>52918123
Yes, but thining won't help if you use too much at once.

>>52918125
It could work, don't have much experience with glazes, i'm more of a layer man myself.

>>52918162
Yeah I thought the flesh came out okayish but that damn robe.... looks like I dumped it in a gallon of paint :(

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Anyone here have experience with the old Warzone plastic models? I got 80 trenchers coming but I'm not sure exactly what size they are.
Will SM scout arms fit on them if I saw off their current arms, or will they look comically out of proportion? I've seen conversions that use Scion arms and they seemed to work quite well, but I'm not sure how they compare to scout arms.

>>52915754
Cute not!chikoma.

>>52918243
Hey, it's all part of the learning process if you add some highlights on the robe you might just get to tabletop standard.

>>52918351
I'll give it a shot. Thanks!

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Just finished off these guys today.
Spent the past few days working on them. Based them this morning.
They don't have the standard Dark Angels Green (didn't have access to Caliban green) so I replaced it with waaagh green (Heresy).
Third time I've worked on minis, first time I've actually tried dry brushing.
They also don't follow the standard color scheme of Dark Angels, white on the right shoulder instead of red. (Not a fan of red on green)

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Shoulder pads done now, just need to clean up the base and paint the bolter.

Would the bolter look too outlandish if I paint it red instead of black? I'm unsure how the red will work with the greens and blues on the figure.

>>52918447
Post a better picture because i can't see shit.

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>>52918447
Back Side.

>>52918125
>>52918125
Spray a white undercoat then do two thin coats of... well I'm not sure what the exact match of your main armor color is. Warpstone glow or warboss green maybe? Then take a small brush and wash only in the recessed areas with nuln oil, then do some edge highlighting or drybrushing with moot green and you'll be good to go. This is the method I personally use to paint imperial fists yellow, Id imagine it works well for bright green as well. GW has several tutorials that use this method.

Patrician chapter selection btw.

>>52917859
Please tell me that not all 20 of those are going to be superheavies like those.

>>52904164
>I just wish the rear of the russ was a bit longer to balance out the profile.
the forgeworld hull is actually longer and it looks soo damn cool, i love every bit of my death korps vanquisher

>>52917859
I love the one on the right

>>52910707

Blast Pistol and Chain Hook is a better load out senpai

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>>52915524
Fucking lol'd

>>52911684
Paint's a bit too thin.

>>52908273
>>52908286
>>52908299

Looks incredible! Solitaire anon here, thanks so much for sharing your technique, will be trying it out more in the future.

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WIP can be found in the following post lin http://www.beastsofwar.com/groups/painting/forum/topic/what-are-you-painting-now-1/?topic_page=372#post-200134

But here is the final project finished

>>52918516
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

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How do I get a power field effect like this?

>>52919794
Airbrush. Look up "OSL" techniques.

General rule for anything that's glowing: brightest color in the center and also in the recesses, as opposed to shade in the recesses.

>>52919813
>>52919794
it can also be done with excessive drybrushing such as this example.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Im42vmG6zs

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Pardon the shite light- some Scribor Dwarves for Frostgrave!

(And any other skirmish scale fantasy games I might find).

>>52919880
Neat.

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>>52919861
>>52919813
Thanks, I'll check out the video. It'll have to be the heavy drybrushing. Im looking to do this on my contemptors fists.

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Its my first time painting, how am I doing so far guys?

try to get a close shot and at a better angle. but from that angle it looks like your basecoat is coming along well.

>>52920150
meant for
>>52920060

>>52920150
Thanks!
Ill have to try find a good box to snap a pic of it in later, otherwise if I get any closer my phone refuses to focus on it.

I want to get in the hobby once 40k 8e drops. What brands of paints do you guys reccomend I invest in?

>>52920218
P3, Vallejo, Scale 75.

>>52919794

Do you have that in a size for not ants?

>>52919813

Nothing about that image requires an airbrush.

>>52920266
Rundown of the 3?

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>>52920218
Formula P3, Vallejo, and Game's Workshop's paint lines are all generally well-liked and a common sight in /wip/. It's really up to you which one you pick. They each got their ups and downs, but all are very good overall.
If you go with GW just make sure you got some spare dropper bottles to transfer your paint into. Those little pots GW uses are terrible and make scenes like pic related quite commonplace.

>>52920744
I like Scale 75 as they have their Fantasy Game range which is much like Vallejo Game colours, but can be bought in useful packs e.g. Unnatural Flesh tones set. Sclae 75 main range is a much thicker, more pigmented range, that dries matt, rather than satin, and the flesh tones set for that is great.

P3 and Vallejo I then use as my impulse buys for those colours I have run out of/extra interesting tones I don't have with Scale. P3 definitely behaves differently to the others, due to liquid pigments.

>>52919794
You find an ant who's willing to teach you how to paint that small.

>>52920803
>>52920829
Thanks for your tips, I'll look at these and see what I like best.

>>52920218
if you want to keep things as straightforward as possible just use citadel. It's by no means bad paint.

>>52920744
GW paints
+Easy to find required paints for a canon scheme, no guesswork required
+Brush-on range with matching Airbrush range
+Good range of colors
+Great metallics
+Great washes, both in range and quality
+Good range of babby's first technical paints
+Good range of texture paints for basing
+Makes rattlecan sprays for easy basecoating
-Rattlecan sprays are obscenely expensive
-Most of their actual paint pots are also pretty expensive ($4.25 for a small pot, $7.50 for a large pot)
-Fucking terrible pots
-No tints available outside a boxed set (makes it hard to consistently replicate a mixed paint)
-Paints vary in quality and consistency (some paints are smooth straight out of the pot while others are QUITE chunky)
-Some paints are just pretty limited in usefulness while still being full price
-Fucking TERRIBLE pots

Vallejo makes better airbrush paints than GW but I've been disappointed in their brush-ons compared to GW; never used P3 or Scale 75.

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>>52920878
>>52920273
Let's see if this is also from the colony.

>>52921085
Looks to me like the general gradient was airbrushed then it was edge-highlighted with a brush. Can't say for certain though.

>>52920744
Vallejo Model Air Metals are the best brush-on metallic paints in the business. Don't let the name fool you. They're absolutely gorgeous.

>>52921014
you may find this useful whatever you go with

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xl-x9eW3bLw5eqDeNUG2JUwn2EZwn34TDKfNIg5uul4/edit#gid=9

>>52921383
>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xl-x9eW3bLw5eqDeNUG2JUwn2EZwn34TDKfNIg5uul4/edit#gid=9
Holy fuck this is useful. This should be in OP for sure if it isn't already.

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Chipping away, got a solid start on the lower metals.

>>52921977
I already posted in the infinity thread, but I'll say it again: lovely colors.

What reds did you use if you don't mind me asking?

>>52916264
>>52918125

The black and white test says your colorscheme is boring so yeah changing some of the colors is a good move

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>>52922085
Fugg forgot picture

>tfw you lay a thick edge highlight on a blended surface

>>52921977
>those nails
fucking disgusting

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>>52922105
I'll re-upload wth a less retarded image

>>52922034
Khorne red > nuln oil > khorne red > khorne red/ mephiston red > mephiston red > mephiston red small amount of white > line higlight white with a dot of red.

>>52922167
>fucking up everything when you try to highlight
Yeah you ain't alone there, fampai. Gets me every time too.

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When yall talk about using blue tack to test pose stuff, is this the same thing?

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>>52911684
>Hey guys, what do you think?

I want them alive ... NO DISINTEGRATIONS!

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Picked these up for 60$ a while back. There's about 20 or so Terminators somewhere too. Can't decide if I want to make a full company, or make a few squads of different chapters. Thoughts?

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>>52922368
>When yall talk about using blue tack to test pose stuff, is this the same thing?

... or thereabouts. Blu Tack is actually a specific product's name applied to an entire class of product, the same way all "facial tissue" is "Kleenex".

Mageknight heroclix to any tabletop mini I could ever need conversion guy here. I haven't ever painted before. I also have a few reaper minis, and some heroscape guys I'm mostly okay with the prexisting paintjobs. Along with a sizeable tau army I've neglected for years, but may get back into someday, especially with a new edition around the corner. Should I start with minis I don't care about just to practice? Also, need to rebase all the clix bases, so anyone know if the cheap mdf bases are good to work with? I need like 200 rn.

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>>52922442
>Picked these up for 60$ a while back. There's about 20 or so Terminators somewhere too.
Blood Angels?
Not a bad haul if I do say so myself. Whole ton of Death Company, Assault Marines, n' Terminators and barely any Tacticals - the way BA should be played.

>Can't decide if I want to make a full company, or make a few squads of different chapters. Thoughts?
All the BA successors are on Baal right now, so having a mix of Chapters is pretty damn fluffy for the time being. That said, I'm a personally a sucker for Flesh Tearers. I just like there fluff and scheme the most.
Any BA successors you like more than others, or do you tend to like them all equally? Any schemes you like more than others, any fluff themes just jive with you?
Follow your heart anon, and you'll never go wrong.

>>52922525
Huh. Good to know, thanks.

I'm doing kitbashed Daemonettes + Witch Aelves, what's a good base for Auric Armor Gold? I'm putting it on their crowns and jewellery.

>>52922525
>tfw patriotic about blue tack

>>52922437
tbf I did think boba fett at first glance

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I decided to make all my own cards for my game but then I discovered that I'm awful and ruined everything

Should I just make all the character tiles monochrome to match their corresponding pawns? They are purely for illustrative purposes

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>>52898656
What do you do with too many spare parts?

Make your own drones

Gonna be cleaning it up and greenstuffing the cracks, wanted to show /tg/ the custom sniper drone i've been working on

>>52913970
I think they need the white faceplate to look fully Space Shark. Any finetipped paint pen will work fine for the markings. There are no official transfers as far as I know.

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tenner for a tub of this vs the GW shit.

>>52922751
It was mostly Blood Angels, with the beginnings of Raven Guard. They're going to be stripped and repurposed. And not sure what to do.

>>52922174
Thanks, I appreciate it!

>>52922891
>tbf I did think boba fett at first glance
that's because they ARE the Fetts...

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>>52923077
You tell me, bud. I love it.

https://www.amazon.com/Reaper-Miniatures-08906-Learn-Paint/dp/B00NTMC49G/ref=pd_sim_21_5?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00NTMC49G&pd_rd_r=WNZARJPS8XRNBMM3JMAP&pd_rd_w=2RVcE&pd_rd_wg=IPoJa&psc=1&refRID=WNZARJPS8XRNBMM3JMAP
is this a good starting kit?

>>52922970
I have no idea what game you're talking about so give some context if you want answers.

>>52923197
buy the paints you actually need for what you want to paint. Specifically.

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>>52922638 here. I think i'm gonna start with these guys. My plan is to strip them, I'm gonna do a standard thug/contracter black shirt+khaki pants for the two on the left and make one of them a white dude and the other black for variety. The Hydra guys I'm thinking strip, and then do as like a wet/ team spec ops or something? maybe paint the visor thing green for night vision or something? all black body suits and grey for the harnesses?
do these sound ambitious or overly complicated for a newbie? What should I base them as?

How are the results from mixing two kinds of metallic paints together, like gun metal + silver? Is the application of metal particles fairly even, or is it just better to either spray it in layers/spray silver as highlight?

>>52923108
well now I just feel stupid

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>>52922873
Pic of the chariot + some other unfinished models

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I just cannot get this lava looking right and I cant pinpoint what I'm doing wrong

Any tips to paint it correctly?

>>52923485
You need better photo quality to be able to really see your models.

Where are the kitbashes?

Also prepare for shitposters commenting based your hand and its accessories.

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>tfw you take a closer look at a piece of a mini and realize the mold was misaligned
Oh god how do you even fix this

>>52923590
lots of filing usually.
Unless you got some of the few rare exceptions where the moldline runs of the face of the miniature you should be fine.

>>52923547
I don't have a better camera.
Witch Aelves torso and heads, Daemonette weaponry and claws, banners, some Daemonette heads, I greenstuffed some tails onto the torso's as well.
I'm running Slaanesh is nail polish and jewellery really surprising?

>>52923058
>white faceplate
how would i highlight it?
currently i use a very light grey and highlight with white

>>52923547
>Also prepare for shitposters commenting based your hand and its accessories.
/wip/ is pretty chill and shitpost-free. Besides, the system thinks both "The Black Planet" and "Birmingham" written in the usual L O N D O N way is spam so I can't shitpost the way I want to anyway.

>>52923485
Show feet.

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im going to be getting 10 of these guys soon, whats a good way to denote which one of them is the sergent?
is there anyway i can give them melee weapons with those poses?

>>52923726
No
also why?

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I got a dumb idea on the way home from work at like 2am
i think its pretty ok

>>52923737
Wargear is the typical obvious answer, since the rest of the boys can't take special pistols or combies.

Some chapters use different colors, for example I think Blood Angels used different colored helmets for rank and role.

Accessories like iron halo, crux terminus, laurels, or back banners are also typical.

>>52923737
>is there anyway i can give them melee weapons with those poses?
russian pistol grip

>>52923828
I had the same idea but went with these instead.
https://wargameexclusive.com/shop/kits-and-bits/adeptus-mechanicus-kastelan-robots-heads/

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>>52913970
>i know i posted these before but can i get some C&C on my carcharodons?
Good painting technique, poor understanding of your paints.
Right now your guys look almost uniformly gray aside from the white and gold highlights. Compare the contrast between all the colors of your models with the contrasts found in pic related's Spess Sherk models. For the most part, yours are flat gray - no contrast, very boring - while his have a great deal of contrast, making them more interesting to the eye.
Gimme 1 sec to grayscale both to show you what I mean.

>>52923719
>currently i use a very light grey and highlight with white
Not that anon but maybe try using an even lighter gray and then highlighting with pure white? You still got a LOT of wiggle room to go lighter from the base color of their armor.

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>>52923737
>whats a good way to denote which one of them is the sergent?
The codex states that sergeants should have a red skull displayed on their left shoulder plate and a red helmet. You DO follow the Codex Astartes, right anon?

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This is my Praetor that I'm currently working on. He's got magnetized arms so I can swap out what he's using, he's backpack is also magnetized if I ever want to use a jump pack.
Current I've got a paragon blade and archaeotech pistol and twin lightning claws.

I'm thinking he needs a cape, but I hate sculpting them.

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>>52923828

you should do this instead

>>52923522

you're trying to add a 3d effect to a 2d surface.

Try painting it without so much hardened black {only a few specks maybe} and focus on making it glow.

If you want the look you already have you'll probably end up needing to sculpt it first.

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Sup /wip/. I finished up a test scheme for my Sylvaneth. I'm trying to go for Sakura Tree-Dryads.

>>52923719
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_h6PLHig28

>>52924315
shit man i watched the dunks video on how to do the carcharodons in the first place

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>>52913970
>>52923719
>>52923895
>Gimme 1 sec to grayscale both to show you what I mean.
Pic related. Look at the difference in contrast between the bottom models and your models.

To make things relatively simple, when you're choosing paints, sometimes it's not enough to pick the colors that harmonize WITH each other (IE an analogous color scheme, similar to (but not the same as) what you have with all the similar shades of gray). Sometimes you want to pick the colors that work OFF each other - each one helping the other be more than it could be alone. A red next to a green (red's contrast, the color opposite it on the color wheel) will make both colors "pop" much more than either would by itself. These contrasting colors compliment one another, making for something much more vibrant and interesting to the eye.

However, a similar effect exists with tints and shades. A tint (a color with white added to it) will pop much more when placed next to a complementary shade (a color with black added to it). As it stands, the gray of your scheme is just that - Gray. Nothing pops because all the colors you've chosen are very similar in the amount of white and black mixed into them. Liven up your models by going more extreme with your tinting and shading.
Look at the models in the bottom of pic related. The black of the pauldrons looks a lot blacker when compared to the lighter gray of the rest of the armor (and vice versa). This is because black is just the darkest shade of grey there is. Similarly, the white looks a lot brighter than the darker gray around it (and vice versa) since white is the lightest tint of gray there is. See what I'm getting at?

If you plan things out correctly, you can come out with a model very interesting to the eye by only using variations of gray. Simply choose a gray in-between black and white, then use black and white to create contrast
tl;dr: your doods have a boring color palette; study color theory then add contrast to make them interesting

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>>52924504
i was thinking about using eshin gray for the pauldrons and ill try to lighten up the faceplate for them
thank you so much for the comments btw, very helpful
i watched duncans video on how to paint carcharodons so i just copied that