WIP - Work In Progress General

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First for Saint Duncan.

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Just finished this 15mm squad from white dragon that i picked up from salute. Also working on the mech and just finished its scenic base.

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>>53118153

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>>53118153
Also working on finishing this up after its debut at salute.

>>53118311
Wow

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Posting my khorne lord. I had him almost done before I decided to switch his head for this one from skarr bloodwrath. But now I'm stuck on what color to paint his hair. Any ideas lads?

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I was getting a little worried when it wouldn't let me post.

I've spent an hour or two building a prototype for my ocean bases. It's ugly right now, but it's also my first time working with Lexan *and* working with a Dremel, so I expect they'll get better as I get closer to a workable master for resin casts. Same overall height once the sand/other terrain substitutes are in as a normal base would be, but 3mm of recess to do ocean textures and water effects in. Bottom right is what I'm aiming for, though with less foaminess. I'm working on these for flyer bases as well, which I'm going to try and keep to Lexan for stability's sake. Sand putty and water effects are in the mail, so no news for a few days. Basing scheme ideas, currently:

>Kabalites/Wyches: Sand bases, bloody sands in the latter's case, maybe a few with elements of water.
>Scourges: On their rocks in the middle of the sea, splashing foam, et cetera. Core of my army, so they'll get the most.
>Talos/Cronos/Razorwing: Over water with jet/gravitic wake behind
>Raiders/Reavers: Leave them on their clear bases at the moment? I'd like to do them like the Talos/Cronos/Razorwing, but I'm not sure how well I'd be able to actually build a recessed base without a rim to work with.
I'm still debating how I want to do my Archon, Succubus, and Haemonculus. Succubus will probably be on-rock like the Scourges since I'm using Scourge legs, Archon I don't have an idea yet, same with Haem or his Grotesques/Wracks.

Thoughts on either part?
>>53118311
Turned out great, man, I enjoyed it the last time you posted and I'm enjoying it now. Still makes me think KOTOR before anything else though

>>53118153
what game is this for? these look sick and i love the aesthetic

>>53118378
good question. I want to build a table to play on so i've been looking for a rule set. I was thinking rogue stars or laserburn but they're both a bit grainy for me. I might use warpath firefight with a very low model could, or use double tap and just steal some of the scenarios character building stuff from rogue stars.

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I'm about to descend into the abyss

>>53118402
>I'm about to descend into the abyss

Emperor's Teeth! ... and here I am intimidated by a five-man devastator squad. Good luck, m8!

>>53118402
Damn anon.
Good luck!

>>53118493
What's awesome is I heard from a coworker that the box was at a nearby store (I was traveling for work) and I knew I wanted it because you can't get them online anymore. (Well see about restocks).

So I called my wife so she could help me not buy it but when she heard she told me to drive back and buy it. And brushes. And paint. And the skink star seer.

I freaking love this woman.

>>53118493
>five-man devastator squad
painting those fucks with the weapons attached to the body is extremely annoying

What are the essential citadel washes? I know nuln oil gets touted as one for general and Necron purposes as well greasing effects but anything else?
I think the blue wash as well for various weapon effects like force weapons and barrels

>>53118960
depends what you paint. I don't use nuln oil at all but use alot of agrax and flesh shade, plus crimson and occasionally blue for tattoos and bruising.

to be honest if I was going to restock my whole paint rack, I'd just buy them all.

>>53118960
Agrax is the one you'll need the most. It works for leather, dark skin, clothes, literally anything that isn't metal and even then it works for gold and bronze.

>>53117901

>How to Moldlines

Moldlines are one of those things that enrage me when I see them on a painted model...but I have no room to look down at anyone. Doesn't matter how I turn the model and look at it, I always miss at least one, and it sits there mocking me.

>>53119014
>>53119120

Okay, right now I was on Crisis suits and have nuln oil.
I don't really want to buy like 30 different paints so I don't want to buy every single paint

Got a question for Tau players;
Do you guys fully assemble fire warriors/pathfinders before painting, or paint them in sub-assemblies?

>>53119506
I paint mine fully assembled. I try to do everything I can fully assembled though. Its' up to you. They don't have to look perfect they just need to look good in groups of 10.

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>>53119506
Holy shit what perfect timing, anon!

How does /tg/ like my tau trees?

>>53118311
I saw that at Salute! Looked good. Didn't get to play on it though :<

Maybe next time!

>>53119707
That's unironically horrifying to look at.

>>53119707
>I can't feel my legs shas'ui!
How do you glue them together though?

>>53119707
Looks to be a bountiful harvest this year.

>>53119730
The smart ones avoid painting the connecting parts, or otherwise scrape off paint from them.

>>53119730
With superglue?

I use poster tack to cover areas that need to be glued so I can still superglue them plastic-to-plastic

>>53119506
You don't have to go full autism like me, but I HATED painting an assembled Strike Team and swore never again. So take that for what's it's worth. At least paint the arms separate from the chest so you can paint the chest well

Oh and don't glue the shoulder on until after attaching the arm because the shoulder's fucking huge and can fuck with the head placement

>>53119307
nuln oil is fine for suits if you want them to look clean. If you want them to look dirty go agrax earthshade.

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>>53119707
Yours look much better than mine but seeing that on my desk would just completely demotivate me haha.

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>>53119859
Nah yours are fine

I will say that you might want to paint their feet a different color than undifferentiated black, though

As I understand it they're not wearing shoes, just sock like things around their calves

>>53119886
That highlighting on the leg armor must have been painstaking

>>53119886
yeah that pic is old the feet are painted now

>>53119920
I honestly can't remember doing it. I can't decide if that's good or bad

>>53118562
lel my wife is the same way, about 6 months ago I went into a GW for first time in my adult life and my wife saw how awestruck I was with the hobby again so she started putting stuff on the counter (she knew what sets I was considering) and she wouldnt take no for an answer or let me put stuff back. I know you already do but treasure your wife anon, and may you have a long life together

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So I hate the stupid monopose commissar that comes with that start collecting box so I made some modifications in the hope that they will be useful in 8th. Any opinions?

>>53120311
I like that commissar :<

Looks good, get it painted and see how he looks!

>>53120237
mine went with me for the first time as well.
I only bought the cheap chaos terminator set and some paints, but while I was looking at models she bought me a hundred fifty dollar gift card and gave it to me later that night.

Anyone order parts from spellcrow before? Can you give a general review?

Hey anons, do any of you have a scan of the Tyranid painting guide? The blurred example pics on the GW site with the Maleceptor and the cool looking non-codex hive fleets have me interested!

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Got the hair done today, I'm not happy at all, I've found it really hard to paint since it's so wispy and it's nigh on impossible to actually get a brush in there.
Total accident that the hair matches the bark too, it was going to be dark brown but after a few fuckups it ended up like this.

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Finished a DA veteran and an Iron Hands whirlwind today.

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>>53120666
>and the cool looking non-codex hive fleets have me interested!
Dude. Poison frogs, tropical fish, chameleons and bugs are great sources for alternate Tyranid paint schemes.

Have you checked the mega archives in the 40k general already?

>>53120775
The Mega refuses to work for me, and I haven't been able to find the Invasion Swarms painting guidebook anywhere, unfortunately.

There's the one of the Blue chitin with red carapace hive fleet that looks kinda cool and has yellow markings on the chitin, and a few others in there, but I can't find them anywhere, unfortunately, and I don't have $33 to spare.

>>53120626
I got their Salamandra heads. They're too small for spess mehreens.
Detail was alright though, and I didn't have any imperfections.

>>53120740
from what I can see... she got a bit of a stunned mullet look in her eyes, i rekon make the pupils bigger, but other than that, its coming along great! (sorry if i sounded too quick to criticize about the eyes)

>>53119773
Uh you sure
Nuln oil does plenty to make them look dirty

>>53120977
I do get what you mean about the eyes, I'm just scared of ruining what i've already got by going back over them

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this red is very photogenic

>>53121060
not him, but i don't think it's worth the risk of changing. they look fine as is.
I think the only thing I see wrong is that the bark is really close to the color of the hair as you mentioned before.

>>53121091
What is it?

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Current WIP Hive Tyrant. Hoping to have him done by the end of the week. Feedback is always appreciated.

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>>53121789
And front view. Will be doing washes tomorrow, but I wanted to post a progress pic while he was still clean and base coated.

>>53121789
Glad I hate biotech at a base level so I'll never need to paint Nids

I suck at transitions

>>53121836
I still have a long way to go until I'm comfortable with mine. Until then, washes make for amazing blenders.

>>53121836
>biotech
???? nids are bugs with a hivemind. they dont have technology.

>>53122418
He's referring to the fact that their weapons are alive/attached to them.

>>53120311
Looks decent, power fist on characters might be useful again if the challenge rules are different, if the Commissar have a fixed 3+ to hit then his attacks will be highly useful

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>>53121091
>The termy posing like he's from some kung fu movie

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This guy is suppose to be a Culexus assassin in train who has gone rogue

Still have to work on the cloak

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So custom IG regiment. Currently making here in /tg/. Here's some of the first guys Ive painted. Flamer is still wip.

Also how do you paint straight lines?

>>53123080
>How do you paint straight lines
masking tape

>>53123080
>Also how do you paint straight lines?
The first instinct would be to go slow and steady. Since few people actually have steady hands that tends to look squiggly. Best you can hope for when going slow is consistent line thickness. Probably won't be a straight line though.

Best way to do it is quickly. If you got the necessary brush control and practice you'll even be able to get a consistent thickness over curved surfaces.

Things you need are
>confidence to try it
>skill to pull it off
>brush with reservoir big enough to do it all in one go

>>53123080
THIN

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>>53120311
do yourself a favor when you can, and invest in this forgeworld one. i got him on ebay on the cheap. pic releated not mine, but one of my fav models

>>53123167
>>53123211
Thanks for the advices!

>>53123248
I have thinned the paints roughly 50/50 ratio. Should I thin them more?

Masks looks quite derpy when upclose. My GSskills isnt that great.

>>53118342
I'd try light grey

Duncans smiles are so awkward
Bless him

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>tfw you spend nearly 6 hours putting as much detail and care into your model to the best of your ability.

>tfw it's just a troop and he is probably gonna be taken off turn 2 by some poorly glued unpainted tau army list clearly built for WAAC.

>>53123701
>playing the game and not selling your army to raise funds to buy another one to paint

You confuse me.

>>53123748
Because anon, I want to bring the Sons of Sanguinius to battle in all their glory. I want the enemies of the Imperium to look upon my minis and know the divine and the ferocious might of the Blood Angels have come to punish them for their heresy.

>In reality though until 8th edition drops I will just be continuing to be tabled by turn 3 against Tau and Eldar.

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Terrible lighting, but here's a dwarf blitzer

What's the go with drilling for magnets etc?
I'd be worried about going too far with an electric drill, but can't imagine how you'd manage to hold the piece without breaking it while using a hand drill.

I'm guessing it's just "Be really fucking careful" with the electric?

>>53123808
Be carefull and go really slow.

>>53123808
>I'm guessing it's just "Be really fucking careful" with the electric?

That... but I highly do not recommend it. You can easily break the plastic with an electric drill and if it gets caught it will fly out of your hands and smash against the wall. Get a hand drill, the right sized bits to match the size of your mags.

Also very important, make sure you always have your mags on the right side. You want it to be consistent for your whole army. As for drilling, go as deep as the mag needs to go, and use super glue to have it stick, plastic and PVA is too weak to make sure the mag doesn't slide out with the one it's attracted to.

>>53123808
Drill a bit, check the hole, keep drilling if it its too shallow.

>>53123851
How do you hold it while drilling, with a hand drill?

Maybe it's cause I'm used to a super old drill for woodwork when I think hand drill, but it very much required 2 hands to operate.

>>53123911
You can buy a hand drill from some hobby shops, it should use one hand. Use a sharpie to mark the magnets

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Really not happy with how he turned out and Christ, I just noticed how retarded the skull on his knee looks.

>>53124012
It looks good, anon. What are you talking about?

>>53124050
The cloak's a mess because I really have no fucking idea how to make the 'worn, torn and dirty' look work. But, I guess the paintjob is good enough for playing with.

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Starting an ADM army, with the metalica color scheme, heres my first test mini. Too bad the metalica decals dont exist any more, so gotta freehand.

>>53124114
Dude I would say it's beyond table top quality. The cloak is far from awful. Maybe could of gone with more contrast in highlights but that's just nit picking hard. If you really want it to be dirty, maybe flicking some brown to look like specks of mud?

>>53123701
you would win in style if nothing else. i waste about just as much time for each krieg guy i paint, and i dont give a fuck

>>53123701
>tfw it's just a troop and he is probably gonna be taken off turn 2 by some poorly glued unpainted tau

Shame on you for not being smug enough to realize one of your models is better painted than an entire dudes army. Grognards are gonna grog, man. You do you.

What special effects do you guys like to use, I wanna learn more
Been practicing lenses a bit and looking into heat warping of barrel with shades.
Any other fun ones?
Oh and I wanna try force effects on swords

I already posted in /40kg/ but they ain't helpful so I repost it here.
I might want to start a chaos themed GSC army... like, using GSC rules but using chaos models and/or GSC and chaos kitbashes.
How would you think I should go about it?
Using regular chaos cultists as neophytes is a no-brainer (or probably use GSC weapons and some bits with chaos cultists) and the vehicles is also clear but what would work best as acolytes or abarents and the other models?
Opinions?

Epidemius is back in stock, but he's 30 fucking quid. Not paying that for finecast shit, how would you kitbash him?

I need him to be a Tallyma of Nurgle, but he doesn't have to look the same as I'm not fluffing him as THE Epidemius

>>53124271
>and the vehicles is also clear but what would work best as acolytes or abarents and the other models?
>Opinions?
Does your army have a particular flavor of chaos?

Cause generally speaking you could just use mutants for those other guys.
Kitbashing parts from all the ranges can yield surprisingly good looking mutants.
There was someone here a while ago that did a Scavvy warband for Necromunda.
Mixing beastmen, skaven, ork, kroot and zombie bits should get you halfway there.

The other obvious options are of course 3rd party manufacturers.
What specifically you could use depends of course on your theme, which is the reason I'm asking.
If you are going with Khorne I could see some werewolf looking mutants work for aberrants, or if you are going with Nurgle you could kitbash Blighkings and the like.
The nice thing about this is that Chaos gives you the ultimate freedom thematically .

>>53123795
Neat.

>>53124275
Northstar miniatures has a rather stylish Insectoid demon man for Frostgrave. Could account for the palaquin and would thematically fit to nurgle too.

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>>53124275
>>53124440

>>53124418
I would go with chaos undivided because using GSC rules, they only have a general cult flavour and not a particular chaos god flavour... rules wise at least.
But yeah, maybe I could kitbash some daemon parts from minor daemons like bloodletters or even possessed marines to make some mutants?
I just had the idea that I could just use a changeling as a magus but he is more tzeench flavor than chaos undivided so maybe not? I don't know.

>>53124440
>>53124459
Good shout, but won't that mean I can't use it in tournaments or even in a GW?

>>53124130
looks great! what's your recipe for the cloak and the red parts?

>>53124505
You could use any of the chaos sorcerers.
If you check reaper for wizards there are loads of other options too.
Heresy has some nice cultits as well.

If I was in your shoes I'd also look into the undead range. The various flavours of ghouls could be useful for mutant conversions.
Maybe even the odd LotR sculpts. There are half trolls in that range. Which reminds me of Scotia Grendel. Their Urban War range has some odds and ends that might be useful too. Nothing particularly chaotic, but they have some cybered up sumo ringers that act as bodyguard in the game. Those would fit right into 40k as well.

The sky's the limit basically. There are some pretty good Inq28 blogs out there. They always have some original ideas for kitbashes. Maybe you could approach building your magos from the same angle that people approach building inquisitors.

>>53124566
>but won't that mean I can't use it in tournaments or even in a GW?
Fair point. That's something I don't usually consider.
What about kitbashing plastic plaguebearers then?
Could bitsorder an undead horse and just put him on that.

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Working on a fresh batch of termies

>>53124577
Thanks, and im using the duncan method:
https://youtu.be/GIDSZ4xRZ4U

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Hey /tg/, just working on my Imperial knight here, wanted to get your guys opinion on how to paint his chainsword. I was thinking of making it black with red teeth, or red with black teeth, or should I just stick to the classic black and yellow stripes?

>>53123080
A R G O
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>>53124869
Should try and get him vertical before you do any work on the chainsword.

I saw someone post some nids painted using gundam markers, I'm a tau player, and while I'd be painting in kel'shan sept colours, are gundam markers actually any good for 40k models? Are the panel lining markers any good for the panel lines in battlesuits?

>>53124924
Yeah, I don't really know why it came out that way, prolly' cause I'm posting from my phone.

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>>53117901
So... I bought some of the worst Minis GW ever released, because few people were ever silly enough to buy them, and they may be a tad rare in the future.

I slapped paint on a few... and found myself thinking that they weren't too bad....

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>>53124982

Then I got to these two...

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>>53124994
But the worst is still to come...

>>53124926
I don't know the first thing about gundam, but markers are something people also use for blacklineing miniatures.

Unless the gundam markers are specifically made for this purpose, you usually have to varnish your model afterwards.
Don't want to smudge the markers over your paintjob.

>>53118960
Nightshade blue wash is great for steel.
I use boltgun metal, blue wash, then dry brush with runefang steel.

>>53124887
UPSIDE DOWN!

>>53124994

oh wow, they're something alright.

>>53120770
how do you do Your robes?

>>53121558
This

>>53125237
Kinda look like they're dancing....

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I explain a little bit of what I am trying to accomplish here spikedmini.blogspot.com/

Not really happy with the wings though. As with most puppetswar items, it is undersized

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How does WIP feel about my Lord High Commander Ortys conversion?
(Red Scorpions Chapter Master from Vraks Part 3)

>Yea I know I suck at painting

Anyone else ever try to make a forge world book army or any special characters that didn't have a model?

IIRC there was one chapter master who was described as being "Ogryn sized".

>>53124982

Try this next.

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-EU/Ent

>>53126235
That's not too bad... other than the nose. It's just boring.

I thought I might keep my eyes open for a metal Razorgor though... if they ever made them in pewter.

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-EU/Beastmen-Razorgor

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>>53119707
Looking good brother, my Assault Marine sprouts are coming in nicely this year.

>>53118562
And here the store I go to has had one of those since it came out.

>>53125904
Paint is really chalky and flat. Thin your paints and use shades

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>>53124130
And a vanguard, im pretty happy with it.

>>53124994
who are these guys holy shit haha. Lost and the damned??

>>53125904
Your painting is actually quite neat, that's the hardest thing about painting.

Now you just need to work on thinning your paints. Keep practicing though you have plenty of potential.

>>53127082
>who are these guys holy shit haha. Lost and the damned??

OOP metal Possessed Chaos Space Marines

>>53127171
oh GW. you so crazy. Is there a terrible miniature thread tradition on /tg/?

>>53118311

Are you the same anon that posted the other thread

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Total new to the hobby here (years in the fluff but never painted mostly because I didn't think I would be able to).
This is the first minia I've ever done.

Damn but highlight is tough (the fact that I have shitty brushes probably does not help).

Anyway any tips?

And should I continue to struggle to "manual" highlight or veer to drybrush (but I do not really like the "toony" feeling I get with drybrushing)?

>>53127449
Looks nice, especially for a first mini.
Just keep practicing and you'll get better with highlighting.
Drybrushing is a trap, it only ever looks good for doing very specific things

>>53127449
if that's turely your first mini you will be able to achieve golden demon standard.

>>53127546
You are way too kind.

I admit in having read every painting guide you guys posted around but this is my first paint action ever.
Actually, I just realized it's the first time EVER I picked up a brush.

As far as "blending" (don't know the actual term) from a darker colour to a lighter one, should I try to achieve this using white to cut a darker colour or by using complete different paints?
Also, how do I decide where to highlight?
Is protruding = highlight a rule?
I found myself confused in the middle of this minia trying to decide where I should have highlighted non obvious areas (like the shoulders).
Also kinda messed up the face, I think I will paint my next one before glueing it together.

>>53124275
reaper minis have this swine king ive been looking into for same reason

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>>53126927
>>53127102
Thanks guys

I have been trying the Duncan technique of dipping just the tip of the brush but I'm still really hit or miss with my thinning. It probably doesn't help that a lot of my paints are either several years old citadel paints stored in a garage for years, or new vellejo paints, or a few random acrylics that may or may not be appropriate for painting models.

>>53127449
If you don't like toony looking models, then don't drybrush. (except in very specific situations)

Personally I like em toony though, but thats just my personal style depending on what I'm painting.
(Usually chaos get toony, and space marines get less-toony)

How long did that model take you? because that looks fantastic anon!

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Slowly working on my SCE. Finally picked up some new paints to replace my decade old dried out pots. Still need to get all the little belts and trims and shit I hate.

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>>53127761

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>>53127624
I'm a king guy but honestly for anyones first mini thats a sensational effort, the white is totally smooth and the source lighting effect is good, i'd be happy with that mini and i've been painint for 20 years.

Whenever i've taught some people to paint I try to get them to just focus on being neat and thinning their paints but you have jumped to quite an advanced level all by yourself so yo ushould be feeling pretty chuffed.

A tip for highlighting is after you have your paints laid down and are ready to highlight is to just get a lamp and shine it down from whichever angle, see where it falls naturally

Also sharp metal edges also wear first in real life so you can always give a highlight to that. This mauser safety is a good example.

>>53127840
*kind, not king

>>53127734
Many thanks.
Something close to 5 hours I would say..

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>tfw it's all paint

daily reminder that your phone camera produces pictures that are eight billion percent bigger than they need to be, which is slow as fuck for people on phone/shitty internet

daily reminder that your phone camera helpfully rotates your photos based on its best guess of which way your phone is facing (and that your phone is bad at this because it is dumb)

cropping and resizing fixes both of these problems

crop and resize your photos

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>>53127876
5 hours is pretty good.

thats about what it took me for this boy right here.

and well... ya know...

You paint a lot better.

>>53127907
>I'm 100% who you are referring to in particular

I'm sorry anon, I will try to do better in the future

>>53127840
The lamp trick seems neat, many thanks.

Also thanks for the general appraise. I've always restrained myself in the "art" area due to my strong assumption in being goofy in drawing .
Also I'm painting thinning with medium and not water, I think that helped me quite a lot in dealing with the paint.

I've been told it is better to make your base first before adding your model on it but I'm concerned about my model not sticking well to it or the grit/static grass etc peeling off.

>>53124459
Hmm, that could work as a slaaneshi daemon aswell.

>>53127956

Pretty sure that's directed at my dumb ass phone that flipped my photos upside down, but if you wanna take the heat that's cool

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>>53124275
>>53124566

Perhaps a Festus-conversion surrounded by dead bodies?

>>53128040
yea man, keep painting and going for it cause you got the touch. I wish 4chan had some fucking ID sometimes so we could watch you do some more work and progress.

Does anyone have a good site to buy bitz? I want to kitbash abit but don't want to buy a whole separate box if I'm just going to use a bit or two

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>>53124275
>>53124566

The Putrid Blightking box is great for Nurgle-conversions and it's great fun to make your own palanquin.

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>>53128042
>I've been told it is better to make your base first before adding your model on it but I'm concerned about my model not sticking well to it or the grit/static grass etc peeling off.

It depends on how involved your base is.

If you need to paint whatever it is your model is based with, you should either attach the model and prime them in one go (as I did here), or else build up your base separately, treating it like it was another model you happened to be painting at the same time.

>>53128040
Not that anon but don't be afraid when it comes to making art.
You'll find that what's goofy today will be stylish tomorrow after lots of practice.

I know from personal expirience with sketching that my your work will never look just like someone else's and that's ok! Never be afraid to experiment or be different.

it sounds like flaky crap for an after school special but I'm serious. Always try new things and don't be afraid of your own style.

>>53127761
>>53127799
What are GW's prices like in Australia?

>>53128308
twice the price of the rest of the world for no reason, plus everything falls off our upside down tables and breaks.

>>53128275

Should I use super glue over pva to keep my grit and stuff on the base?

>>53128356
>No reason
>What are import taxes

>>53128413
fuck off Games Workshop employee.

If i can order that shit from overseas for half the price then something is fucked.

>>53128197
>>53128305

Thanks everybody, seriously... I came here expecting to be eaten alive (some of the minia I see posted around here are amazing to understate it strongly)
I will post the following ones (i've 9 to paint yet), but I mean in guys, Thanks.

>>53127956
>>53128147
It's everyone. These threads are always full of people who are posting phone pics for the first time getting surprised by this stuff. You might have been the last to post or whatever but at least you read the thread, so there's that.

>>53128377
>Should I use super glue over pva to keep my grit and stuff on the base?

I have models that have had Goblin Green sand PVA'd and painted over them for more than 25 years, and only occasionally has anything ever come off - usually due to the same kind of stupid catastrophes (i.e., being dropped) that would necessitate repairs no matter what kind of glue you used.

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>>53119707
T'ink I'll decorate my wagon with a few like that.

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I found one of my first models.
He looks... great.

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Any idea how I could go about making an Admech-style Mr House? While breaking up my old and useless laptop I found some circuitboards that would look pretty good repainted as screens and such, so I thought that I would do that and build the pilot of my Admech airship into the bridge of the thing. Only problem is I have almost no idea of how to do the body properly.

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Any recommendations for a good paper to use for making your own transfers?

>>53129532
decal paper would be a start

>>53117901
What's the best way to paint some texture on black hair without making it look blue or gray?

>>53129544
then what? print right off a printer?

>>53129614
That's how it's generally done, irrc.

>>53129544
Original asker here, any specific brands work best? Used to make them for legos but it wasn't anything fancy.

>>53129614
Decal paper usually comes with instructions, but that's basically what it comes down to, yes.

>>53124012
this looks great dude. the only problem with the skull on his knee is that the eye sockets look to be slightly different sizes. i really like the cloak, the shading could be smoother but the color is perfect. your contrast levels overall are perfect.

>>53129614
yes, but afaik a laser printer works better since you are going to soak the paper in water.
I think i've read about using varnish to prevent the water to reach the ink if you use a non-laser-printer.

>>53129614
600dpi, set your printer for photo paper. You can either clear coat with matte (go gentle; won't work if it's too thick) or use the Testor's brand spray (lays down thin). Give the sheet you print a good day to dry before you spray it. Then just trim up the decal and apply as normal.
>>53129656
Printer doesn't really matter, but there's 2 kinds of papers (and you can't mix & match).

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Wip of my Sons of Horus test models.

Still struggling with painting scratches and using weathering powders but I guess 20 man marine squads are good practice before moving on to more elite units or characters.

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Test model for Genestealer Cults for Shadow Wars. Still got quite a bit to do, but like it so far.

>>53129977
this is really well done

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A sage for a small group of post apocalyptic tech cultists.

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White Scars semi-true scale. Looking for a better power fist.

>>53129977
such stubby little fingers ^^

>>53128462
Take it up with your government then. There's a difference between shipping a single model from overseas and importing a literal boat load of minis.

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WIP Ryza Skitarii

they're very dirty at the moment, and the lenses need wash and highlighting etc.

what do you guys think?

>>53130311
>thinking the Government of Australia will do anything about the price of plastic toys when they can't do anything about the price of housing

>>53130289

He's holding ithe mini up with his foot obviously.

>>53130341
Oh no I agree. I'm just saying that it's not like GW price gouges Aussies because it's fun.

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>>53130287
looks good I did the same thing roughly.

he's utterly wasted on a bike.

>>53130287
I find the sternguard powerfist is decent, pose-wise.

>>53130081

Thanks anon

>>53130289

I definitely have small hands, though I think this is a perspective thing

>>53130333

I like the orange, you might wanna try thinking the wash on the coats a bit before applying it or going back ans cleaning it up with the base color. If you're going for a dirty look, you might wanna try ground up pastels or weathering powders, any sort of brown will do since the wash pooled up like that doesn't really give that effect

>>53129188
I can't remember the faction, but they essentially get a skeleton on a stick for their standard bearers. Detach the skeleton from the pole and then greenstuff some skin onto it.

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>>53130395
>he's utterly wasted on a bike.

I've felt the same way about pretty much every metal bike torso I've ever gotten my hands on. I searched for years to get a reasonably priced metal version of this one. There isn't a whole lot of White Scar anout him, and he'll fit perfectly on the old plastic Warriors of the Imperium leg sets.

He'll make a fine Blood Angel.

>>53130395

Cool! And yeah, complete waste to leave him on his bike.

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>>53130479
Nurgle banner in the CSM box?

>>53130542
Gonna break the bad news. They're basically the last army FW is releasing for 30k as well. Like 2019 or so by the looks of it.

did anyone else had problem with Vallejo spray primer in rattle can?
I left it to dry for a 2 days, and as I've been paiting, I've rubbed paint off (to bare plastic) in places I've hold model. Usually most of them are sticked to paint pots, but I've been paiting sword on toothpick and holding in like that was pain in ass so I've grabbed part itself. As I've painted blade, i rubbed off paint form part of arm.

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>show the shield has detail inside on the box cover
>it doesn't
>can't tell if this is how it's supposed to be or if it's just an error
>orc from a kit over 10 years old does have detail inside of shield
But his arm isn't strapped to the thing and he's gripping it via a boss, that's cool.
The temptation to just cut off that spike on the helm is too great.

>>53130795
I feel like it was an Imperium faction. SoB/Blood Angels I think. The item is called like a "Relic Saint" or something like that.

>>53130795
Nurgle does have some bits like that though. I know they have a bit that's a mangled body hanging from a noose that could be suitable.

>>53122613
looks like a wrack

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I've got a bunch of these chuckle-fucks lying around waiting to be built. Anyone know of any way to make them look less goofy, specifically the heads, or is it a lost cause?

>>53130333
the paints on the sicarians look a bit thick, the orange coat is a cool choice, but maybe needs a warmer red for the shadows and some washes? Maybe throw in some rocks on the bases to make them a bit more interesting.

>>53131185
arent space wolves supposed to be goofy?

New to wargaming and I've finished 20 Fire Warriors, 6 Crisis Suits, a Riptide and some drones. I was thinking of adding some Pathfinders to my army, however I don't like how they are so similar to Fire Warriors. The main way to distinguish them is via weapons. I was thinking of creating capes out of green stuff. Given my current experience with miniatures; would creating capes out of green stuff be out of my league? If they are easy to make I'll stick them on some pathfinders

>>53131185
Just put normal marine heads on them. The Sternguard set has some decent helmetless ones.

>>53127935
I absolutely love the look of sheer terror in this guys face, someone please caption this photo with something like "...I've seen things... terrible things" or similar

>>53127935
It's like he's just seen his whole squad get ripped to pieces by a huge swarm of hormogaunts and he barely made it out alive

>>53118359
>Still makes me think KOTOR before anything else though
agreed, also nice model

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>>53131185
Mix match them with normal marines.

>>53118311
is that the thing from Rogue One?

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>>53131438
>>53131468
This was from an earlier wip thread

There's an even older crop someone made that i will post next

>>53131761
yup, certainly looks like it. Anon posted it a while back when he was working on it. :)
Looks like a stellar X-Wing table, really cool build.

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>>53131794

>>53121789
I really like the transitions on the membranes! How did you achieve it? Blends, washes?

>>53131794
Also some background on the model

Its the vanguard vet sergeant version of carab culln, the forge world Red Scorpions character who eventually becomes chapter master.

He was a vet sergeant during the siege of vraks (which is what my army is modeled after)

So being on vraks, he has definitely seen some fucked up chaotic shit

>>53131306

Best way to find out is trying

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Decided to tackle my herald conversion before batch painting the squad of plaguebearers. Building up those layers..

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/wip/, encourage me to either continue work on my DIY Archmagos or finish my half-painted Kastelans.

I have no idea how to proceed with my Magos since I don't know how I could add his Mechadendrites in a way that keeps him portable and am scared as all hell to actually start sculpting his robes once the rest is done, since all I ever did with greenstuff was using it to fill holes and glue stuff together. No idea how to handle a cape the size of a fucking dreadnought.

>>53132393
Finish the kastelans and give their screens cute pixel faces.

>>53132136
i remember your plaguebearers!
And I like your style m8, you're making pops nurgle proud.

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>tfw don't have the paints to start a project
>tfw really want to start that project
It's driving me insane

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another tzaangor for my flock

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>>53133158
>my feels when

There's a lot of cool Tau guys in this thread, anyone have a good source for third party Tau bits?

>>53128308
A start collecting box is 140 Australian dollars. To put that in perspective, the AUD is equivalent to the Canadian dollar. The price for one of those boxes in Canada is like 50 dollars less.

>>53133439
Start collecting box in canada is 100 cad

>>53124012
o/

>>53133484
well i was 10 dollars off

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>>53133407
>There's a lot of cool Tau guys

*CONTRADICTION IN TERMS DETECTED!*

>>53131941
Thanks! I airbrushed on Naggaroth Night, then Xereus Purple, then Genestealer Purple, then drew them all together with few coats of Druchii Violet over the whole thing. I seriously thought I was gonna have to redo it because the colors looked so start against each other, but the purple wash really brought them all together into a good transition. I'm slapping that wash on every transition I do now, including the carapaces.

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Going back to 40k (and mini) after 15 years.
Wanted to try a color scheme like the one of jehuty in ZOE 1. Will had white stripes and gold here and there.
Not sure thoughif I want to keep going with that color scheme or go with a red one.
Also, the frame is a pain in the ass to paint once the suit is glued though but I will paint the next one unassembled.

>>53133407
Wargame Exclusive has some neat Tau pieces, but please, for the love of god, don't try and play with the pinup models.

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Iron Knight Anon here from last thread. I've ordered some shields for them and will be hopefully be picking up a box of tacs sometime soon, painting them up slowly when I've got free time.

Iron Knights are far from codex compliant in their heraldry, but I'd still like to do the red helmets for sergeants and white helmets for veterans like most chapters. What's a good red to do this with? Ideally it'd be something dark to fit in with the rest of the model's shade.

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>>53133765
Wtf...

Thanks though, I've actually been looking for spare pulse rifles for use in conversions.

>>53133773
Mephiston Red with Nuln Oil wash an Wazdakka Red Highlight for Sergeants.

Mechanicus Standard Grey with Nuln Oil wash, layered with Ulthuan Grey, and then edge highlighted with White Scar for the Vets.

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>>53133845
For every shit model they have, there's one model like Big Shas, here.

>>53133888
>>53133845
>all this photoshop touch up.
eww

>>53133853
Thanks pal

>>53133888
He looks more like a trollblood then a Tau...

>>53133943
You bet. Ulthuan Grey is basically the best "white" color GW makes. The white edge highlighting will make it look more vibrant as well. Just don't be temped to slather that White scar on there, GW's whites are kind of garbage for layering.

>>53133959
He's definitely "Lawsuit Safe Greater Good Man", but he's a neato model. I would definitely accept it as a proxy for something else on the table.

>>53133773
where did you get a bunch of shields from? i'm looking to make an iron knights force too

>>53133906
All of their models are "painted" with photoshop. Kind of silly, but I guess it's a hell of a lot cheaper than commissioning someone who knows how to paint.

>>53134002
Yeah, I remember last time I ever painted it was Skull White, it never looked good and I think that's just the old white scar.

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>>53134128
>where did you get a bunch of shields from? i'm looking to make an iron knights force too

I doubt searching for "besagew" on eBay would get you much you could use, but "Grey Knight Shield Bits" got me this in short order.

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I used the spray primers w/paint on the left on this furnace thingy. I thought it gave it a nice dirty lok and came out pretty good, picture is shit.
After that I very sloppily hit the pipes with some paint and shaded the most of the furnace twice to make it filthier.

Only a month into painting but I wanted to get my terrain painted with some really basic base coat type stuff. Is this acceptable? I haven't been to a store since I was a kid so I don't know the standard of terrain detailing.

I mean i can always keep working on them in the future but is spraypainting them total pleb?

>>53134253
also meant to ask if the paints I picked up on the right would be decent for the gantrys and catwalks? I tested em on some plastic trash I've been hoarding to make into cover/bunkers and it has a cool texture to it, but the metallics seem to be goopier and I'm afraid I'll lose detail on all the shadow war catwalks

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>>53134128
I searched around online for SM shields. I was originally going to get the normal Termie shields but the GK Termie shields are more knightly. Pic related is what another kind Anon suggested for a paint scheme. Godspeed, Knight-Brother.

>>53134213
>>53134309
Cheers pals, I'll definitely look at the GK shields, as for the colour scheme, I've got a neat NMM silver that I want to try after getting my gold up to a good standard!

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Finished my missile launcher team, finally done painting these goofy sculpts for now.

Please rate&critique, like /10, I want to get better but not sure how.

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Oh and here's a servo skull, they're pretty neat.

>>53134499

Drill the barrels.

>>53134659
Thats a solid pewter tube, I dont think I can with a hand drill...

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weeabork update

daki daki


also if you zoom in (but not too much, shaky hands don't make the greatest photos) you can see the little holosights I made, I used a clear piece of plastic so I can paint a little red dot there.

But painting won't start anytime soon since filing and touching up the green stuff so it will look smooth and angled and not blobby will take forever

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I am trying to figure out how to paint my Blood Bowl chaos dwarfs. Don't want to go with a typical scheme (red or purple) and want to make it distinct from my other team (yellow and blue).

Any ideas? Considered really dark scheme with black and bone but im still undecided. Main areas to hit are metals, scalemail, hats and beards.

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>>53134726
You gonna put those back flags on some of them? Because they totally need them.

>>53129977
nice yellow m8, gib an 8/8

>>53130395
i mean hes dope, but the highlights need touched up a touch

>>53134877

that's the plan, already got the toothpick for it really need to get around to begging in drawfag threads so I can get the design I want

trying to think of someway to convert the balrog GW makes into a Khorne daemon prince, but I can't seem to find any armor bits i'd like. Help me tg

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>All these space marines.

Why even play 40k?
Its like playing with army men, green vs tan.
Its the same shit just a different color

>>53130287
Where is the torso and sword pieces from?

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First of my Warzone conversion is done. A Commissar to keep my lads in bright spirits while they fight in His name.
Just need to work on the green stuff at the wrist joint and then he's ready for primin'.

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Boredom is a great motivator.

>>53135004
>Its like playing with army men, green vs tan.
Yeah, that's pretty much the point. It's like army men for grown ups.
I doubt you'd want to see my army men collection anyway... they got mold lines you wouldn't believe!

>>53135156
My point is in other games there is more variety.

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hi guys, thoughts on my WIP Tau guy?

>>53135180
That's an issue of perceiption vs reality.
The reality is that there is not a single other wargame or company that can even afford to have the sheer numbers of different factions and kits for each faction as GW has.
There are ~20 factions.

Your perception is colored by Space Marines being the most popular.

Factually there are very little games that have as much variety as 40k. In practice you just don't get to see most other flavors.

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>>53135180
I think you're taking 40k's variety for granted. To me, that's like knocking Tolkien for having stereotypical fantasy elements. While a lot of the variety the settings in question do have are kinda diminished due to their age and the fact so many settings that came after them took inspiration from them, you'd be remiss to say that either didn't have variety. I mean I get what you're saying, but marine armies aren't the only armies in 40k by a long shot. While almost undoubtedly the popular, other armies and races aren't an uncommon sight in the slightest, especially on /wip/. Hell, I think in every /40kg/ poll Imperial Guard are the most played, not marines.

Besides, even in terms of just marines variety is the name of the game when it comes to 40k. It's easily the most popular TTG with modular kits (X-Wing and Armada are by-and-large pre-assembled and pre-painted), meaning that there's probably more third party bits for converting 40k minis than pretty much any other wargame on the market right now. Add that in with the array of bitz found in each kit (and the fact that kits have been in production probably since before you were born) and you got variety in spades. It's just on the individual level rather than the army level. An army of marines might seem bland, but chances are, if you look close, each marine in the army is unique in-and-of himself. He might have some pouches the rest of his squad doesn't, a unique pose compared to the rest, maybe an old bit from an older kit, etc. If they all look the exact same then blame the hobbyist, don't blame the game.

I guess it comes down to personal opinion. I'd much rather prefer the individual uniqueness found in 40k to something like Infinity where an entire army looks unique, yeah, but each model itself is the same old model that everyone else because the kits they come in are nigh monopose.

Just my $0.02 on the subject.

>>53135341
Need a better photo desu

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New painter here, I need your help.

Any advice on how to shade this kind of green properly?

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>Sorry for the phone posting

My ebay order from denmark finally showed up

First time painting a tank in years

It was basecoated white when i got it

Added a few leftover parts from my chimera kit then started painting without basecoating them

Wip would have cringed to death if they saw how lazily i painted this fucker

Im planning on adding some more washes and then actually trying when i do a final layer to neaten up some of the parts/tank commander

Model to the right was a half finished renegade that i decided looked good enough and never finished

I just threw him in for fun


Anyone got any tips for painting big boys like tanks and whatnot?

>>53135657

It was just me trolling/showing off how much I fucked up painting that Tau guy. Did a base coat of White Scar and then did some agrax earthshade and it just fucked it up so bad. This was like a month ago and I can't remember if I forgot to let the white dry or something but it's just made it like a horrible light brown

>>53135107
As a fellow Warzone to IG devotee, I love this.
Nice work, anon.

>>53133728
The mention of ZOE got me to reply. Very nice looking mini, please do keep going with the theme.

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Did some more work on my Daemon Prince kitbash.

What do you think.

>>53136280
Looks very orky

>>53136280
Love it. the wings are great looking.

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>>53117901
Been working on some Germans. Came out OK.

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>>53117901
Ixion Hale 1/2. Still have to do all the gems and the silver highlights on the gold armour. Haven't even started his spear.

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>>53136376
2/2

>>53135745
Looks great

I would darken it with a wash and add a layer or two of a darker green

>>53136345
What makes you say that?

>>53136361
Thanks, the wings are from a Hive Tyrant.

i want a squad of normal lc terminators but i dont like the normal lightning claws and would like for them all to have the cataphractii style ones
what is the best way to go about getting those parts?

>>53136412
The big muscular mutant look and the nice jagged axe

Now all i can think of is an ork that ascended to be demon prince of khorne accidentally

>>53129758
mmm those are nice how did you do the green if you dont mind me asking?

>>53134002

Ulthuan Grey is best white for "cool" color schemes.

Palid Wytch Flesh is best for "warm" color schemes.

>>53136398


Thank you kindly, I try my best as I want them to look nice because I like their models so much.

I tried Athonian Camoshade but it made it look dirty. I'm at a loss which shade brings out the details without making it look dirty

>>53128834
I got a bunch of unhelmeted Tau heads I'll never, ever use. Want em?

Fuck I hate troops without helmets. I'm thinking of modifying my Cadre Fireblade (Primed yet not painted) to use a normal Strike Team helmet

>>53126413
I reckon it's hard to keep them in place on the sharp ends of toothpicks

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Still trying to get the hang of painting flesh. Does he look good otherwise?

>>53136853

Incubi Darkness -> Kabalite Green -> 50/50 mix of Kabalite & Sybarite Green -> Highlight Sybarite Green -> Finer highlight of Gauss Blaster Green

Paint thinned down Incubi Darkness into recesses for shading.

Can anyone post pictures of well-painted 40k Iron Warriors that don't look like the painter just wanted to take the easy way out?

>>53137252
yeah anon, looks great!
bandana could use some brighter highlights and desu the metal could too, but other than that it looks just fine

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>>53133407
>There's a lot of cool Tau guys...

Tau players are fags. No exceptions.

>>53137252
>I've seen some shit

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>>53136415
>i want a squad of normal lc terminators but i dont like the normal lightning claws and would like for them all to have the cataphractii style ones
>what is the best way to go about getting those parts?

The Cataphractii squad comes with Betrayal at Calth, and is now available in plastic by itself from GW. Unfortunately, the way the arms are made, you only get enough shoulder pauldrons to do one set of arms. If you can find the bitz on eBay, you're up for some conversion work to fit the to standard Terminator bodies.

>>53129977
Where can I find the weapon he's holding? I've seen it used for a lot of Arbites conversions which is what I want to do too

>>53137478
fuckkkk im pretty sure ill have to just buy both termies and convert the arms
how hard do you think it will be?

this wouldnt be a problem if gw
didnt make standard LCs look like kitchen knives

>>53136280
I really like it.

Shave off those mold lines though.

Maybe fill that exposed muscle on the wings to make it less recognizable as Tyranid parts?

>>53137019
You may want to wash specific areas with a watered down wash. If you've been watching duncan he typically does an all over wash, but for bright colors or things you want very clean, applying a wash specifically to the recesses is a good way to go

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Kriel Warriors are coming along nicely
Shame they'll all die on like turn two

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Working on some objective markers using extra bits. I still have to get some sand before I start basing them.

I can Prime with GW colored sprays without black or white first?

>>53138367
Yeah, the colored sprays should work just fine

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Working on my second batch of 20 cultist, finally compared some from the original ones from 2 years ago.

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>>53138504

>>53138504
Which one is the one from 2 years ago?

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anyone got some tips on how to add rust, dirt, corrosion, and weathering to a solid metal color like this model?

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>>53117901
I'm highlight retarded. I can only drybrush which makes everything feel kind of dusty. How do you get good at highlighting and blending the highlights together?

Also, rip my first Space Marine (but not first mini ever) a new one with some criticism. Shitty indoor lightning because it's midnight here and I've no outdoor lightning

His name is Jonesy

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RIP Eldar Weapons Crew head with the visor. I know I saw you 2 days ago, but now you are gone.

You were coming along well and had a sweet red glow effect.
A moment of silence for lost bitz everywhere. If you're reading this, bitz, please come home.

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>>53138825

>>53135801
heretic/10 not the best but sufficient for tabletop. Also your sergeant made me think of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wEtuwqGlKQ however I think it fits for a heretic.

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>>53120311
A follow up post with some work in progress painting. This is my first model I have ever really tried to make look really good, any suggestions? I took his servo skull off because it was getting in the wy but it's going back on.

>>53130287
>>53130395
what kit is the sword from?

>>53139751
with the white you're better off painting everything a light grey and work up to pure white for the highlights, as of right now it looks very flat

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>>53139558

>>53139581
Thanks anon

>>53139558
Replace his head with the smallest object within your current reach

>>53140004
>orcs that aren't green
HERESY
Good stuff lad

>>53140025
I also have green-armored Ironjawz with pale gray skin, and i'm thinking of doing a SWA
band o' red boyz

>>53140004
Considered giving him a biel tan green wash to make it look like the blue is painted over green skin? Or you making blue skinned orkses?

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Blood for the blood god looks rad on lenses

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>>53140246

has anyone ever tried to truescale mk3? ive got two prospero boxes unbuilt and i want to put a ton of effort into my blackshields army and truescale them but they seem kinda awkward to do...

>>53140242
Blue-skinned Orruks.

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>>53134019
They're actually just basing models off 40k fan art. They're Russian so I don't think they give a fuck about copyright either way though.

>>53140263
you could use cataphractii terminator legs.

>>53135007
>>53139762

Kill Team Cassius, or search eBay for Deathwatch Jetek 40k.

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Not the OP, but can someone ID the model/kit?

>>53140623
The scooby guy is from Hasslefree.
No idea where the other pieces are from.

Hasslefree has the entire gang as civilians and armed as zombie apocalypse survivors.

>>53140623
Van looks like a paper/cardboard kit. You can see the places where it's designed to be folded on the edges touching the roof.

I'm about to start painting an Ork Kommandos kill team for Shadow War, and I wanted to paint the Yoofs a slightly lighter shade of green to help differentiate them from Boyz on the table (and for lore reasons). What color (GW preferred, but I can get pretty much anything locally) should I mix into my normal progression and in what ratio to achieve a slightly lighter (but not grot-tier) skin tone?

>>53138825
what I do for blending is a put my two colors (or three) on a wetpallete, from darkest to lightest, and mix some of the paint in between.
Then I slowly build up, having the paint pretty watered down (thinner then milk but not as thin as a wash). It takes some time, but I like the way it looks better than GW edge highlighting.
The reason I have it thinned more than usual, other than that I am applying multiple coats, is that it lets me also wetblend a bit.
When I do just a quick highlight like that, I find the trick is not to go slowly, but go with a bit of confidence and some speed.