/WIP/ - Work In Progress General

>>53331422

>>53331318
Reposting my answer to the guy who wants to magnetize his Contemptor Dread
>>53331121

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So wip, i'm working on a tech priest dominus. Tell me how to thin my paints.

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>>53331997

>>53331997

From what I can tell, the gold looks good and shiny, but ... I think I'd like a little more data in your pictures. Are you posting from a potato?

>>53332367
yeah my phone died when i tired to take one picture. i used brassy brass from the vallejo line and just finished giving it a small highlight of bright bronze. taken by my potato tablet.

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I can't imagine how big primaris marines will be beside old guard sculpts now. Even the normal marines tower over then a fair bit.

Anyways, what are you guys working on?

Guys

For faces I've been using cadian flesh tone and then agrax earthshade, followed by a touch up of cadian fleshtone again.


What is a better choice? Is there a better option for a flesh color? What base should I use?

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>>53332700
Tech priest dominus, with less potato

>>53332843
The Duncan Rhodes tutorials usually tell you to base with bugman's glow and then go over it with cadian fleshtone.

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>>53332881

>>53333001
That's coming along well. You might want to clean up the metal bits a bit and add some highlights to them.

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Making a Deathwatch Veteran character for possible Deathwatch Campaigns. I used extra bits I had from my tactical marine sets and some bits I got online and from my friend who plays Deathwatch. He's going to be a Black Templar because that's the army I play.
Any tips for when I start painting?

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>>53333170
Back

>>53332700
>I can't imagine how big primaris marines will be beside old guard sculpts now. Even the normal marines tower over then a fair bit.

Don't worry.
I'm sure when the get around to MILITARUM TEMPESTUS OCTANUS and do new models for the Guard that will also tower over your Templars, because the fundamental reason behind Primaris Marines is mostly just the same scale bloat that's basically been going on for years.

>>53333230
Fucking love custom character minis. Can we see him on his chapter-shoulder side?

Question: you doing brush or airbrush? How detailed you looking to go?

>>53333301
I don't own an airbrush so I brush. I'm not going for GW level detail, but I want to do some edge highlighting.
The chapter pauldron is just blank right now since I couldn't manage to get any Black Templars Pauldrons. I have an Imperial Fists pauldron that I may end up using instead.

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I've always wanted to make a waaagh tower and found a good 3d printed metal tower on ebay at a decent price. Almost done with the base.

>>53333365
If you want a basic, good black, just basecoat with black, skip any washes, and then edge highlight with a mid/dark grey. Then go in with a light grey and pick out some sharp corners to add more pop.

If you want to get a little fancier, mix black with some dark grey and use that as your basecoat, and wash with black before doing the rest. Gives a slightly deeper black.

Other parts are standard painting fare, but I imagine you'll be doing a lot of black. Good luck!

>>53333575
Thanks. My main army is Black Templars, so I have some experience with painting black, but having advice always helps.

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Thanks to the anons that suggested more washes to make my Iron Warriors look less flat.

>my phone camera has great enough resolution to show what a shitshow this model looks like ultra close up
>colour balance is so fucked I have to make whites and greys look blue for the steel and brass to look right

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Those cheap little lightboxes you see on amazon and ebay aren't so bad. They're only plastic folding little jobbies but they get the job done well enough. The lights built into them are surprisingly strong - even with the black background they almost wash out my photos!
Oh well, now everyone can at least see just how poorly I paint. Should be fun for the whole family.

>>53333840
the lighbox may have added a couple of coats huh

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>>53333880
Camera actually. Didn't you know it always adds ten pounds?
He's the first model I've painted since learning the basics of painting. While he's FAR from the best, I kind of want to keep him as is just as a reminder of how far I've come once I improve.
All I have to do now is actually and I'm golden!
If you wanna see some really thin paints, you should check pic related. It's the first model I painted BEFORE learning the basics.

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Progress update on magnetized Skulltaker / Juggernaut. Base /bases is/are finished, juggernaut body is pretty much finished. Still paint the juggernaut's head and collar and glue them on, paint the Skulltaker, glue / pin the Juggernaut to the base centerpiece, glue / pin the Skulltaker to the juggernaut, spray on some laquer, and do the flame effects on the lava.

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>>53333959
you havent seen a thicc model yet.. here are some of my thiccboyes

>>53331422
Working on a DAK paint scheme for my DKK. Here's a test model.

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>>53334166
Damnit.

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>>53334181

I got a rhino that was already painted, and thankfully it's not thicc. If anything, it's in need of another coat. However, it's the wrong color. Can I just spray chaos black over it? Also, if I wanted to add some chaos shit like spikes, I should scrap the paint of first, right?

>>53334181
>>53334197
I like the scheme bruv but that astartes bolt pistol is just too huge

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Soon these cunts of Dale will be at the very least passable for the tabletop.
Just gotta do the moustaches, shield details, clean up armor spilling, then cloak-work, the arrows, actually they're nowhere near passable at all.

ISO: A guide or tips for a simple and quick Khador 'jack scheme using a white primer. I'm using Vallejo Game colors and this will be my first model in 10 years and approximately third model overall.

>>53334965
Not knocking your painting but those guys look ass. What was Jackson thinking?

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>have a shit ton of resin bits for legion
>having to clean every single bit is beyond off-putting
>they've been sitting in soap water for like a month because it's daunting

>>53335599
Which kind of Legion are we talking about here?

I hope you mean dish soap and nothing heavy duty. I left resin in diluted degreaser for four days a couple weeks ago, and it came out with a "sweaty" layer of some sort of byproduct that won't wash off.

>>53335839
>I left resin in diluted degreaser for four days a couple weeks ago
why tho? Also not him, but i sue just normal soap you would use to wash hands and it works perfectly.

>>53335839

Night Lords

It's just normal dish soap. Nothing super crazy. I just have a lot of bits. It's at least 2 full sets of torsos/heads/shoulders, plus recast versions of the old metal ones, plus their legion weapons, plus special weapons, ect. Admittedly, part of the problem is that I don't know what sort of lost in looking at yet.

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>>53335532
I'd recommend a thin undercoat of black or a dark red over the primer, then a base coat of Bloody Red, then another thin glaze of dark red to fill in the shadows and panel lines. Finish it off by mixing Bloody Red with a bright yellow to highlight the edges of the armor panels. Use gunmetal for weapons and mechanical parts, and black highlighted with grey for secondary color panels.

If you'd rather step away from the studio scheme, look up "Soviet armor" and pick some earthy greens to fit.

>>53335878
It was secondhand, and the primer was really thick in the crevices. I figured a longer soak would loosen that and weaken the glue at the same time.

Turns out degreaser also heavily oxidizes the surface of bare white metal in about 36 hours, though I still can't tell if the discoloration is accompanied by any structural effects.

>>53333001
>>53332881
I like the piss filter you're using. Nice, healthy yellow.

Is there any company that makes a yellow that coats worth a damn? I bought an Army Painter box set and none of the yellows are worth shit. All the other colors - especially the metallics - are awesome, but the yellows may as well be glazes.

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>>53331422
carcharodon contemptor, just got the front piece done working on the claw next

do you guys think if i paint the assault cannon panels red itll look cool?
i just want some sort of red on him

>>53336058
Yellows are always quite translucent, same goes for many reds, it's just how those pigments are, so what you're looking for is an initial coat of a matte, super high pigment yellow, followed by layers of the yellow you want.

As for which colours are suited for that, the Vallejo Game Color Heavy paints should be good as a base (there is no Heavy Yellow, but Gold Brown may be suitable), I haven't used the "new" GW Base paints enough to have an idea how good they are at their job, but their "old" Foundation range was great for it as well.

>>53336179

Something like this?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vallejo-Game-Color-Heavy-Ochre-X-Opaque-Paint-17-ml-Val-72150-/272096746398

>>53336206
exactly that, yes.
That Ochre will give you a nice base for your far more translucent normal yellows to go over.

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Working on a Shield-Captain with Solarite Talons. What do you guys think of the pose and the weapons?
Also, turns out making a cape from greenstuff is hard as balls.

>>53333170
>>53333230
As tips go, just watch Duncan's tutorial. He even painted it a Black Templar.

>>53336405

Just watch Duncan period. He will lead you to the promised land of Thinned Paints and Smooth Coats.

>>53336282
Bear-mode engaged.

>>53336282

Love the pose. Hope you superglued or sticky-tacked that left arm, because painting around it is gonna be a bitch and a half.

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Painted up this dumb little fellow. Stupid tiny goblins.

>>53336664

Man, I wish I could paint in the Gaping Planar Void. The lighting must be incredible.

>>53332843
I always go with a smooth base of cadian followed bei a wash of reikland. Rehighlight with cadian and finsih with a highlight of kislev

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>>53336664
A pure white backdrop might be a bit much on such a bright model.

>>53336602
Head, arms, claws, legs and base are only fixed with a tiny aount of glue so i can pull it apart easy for basecoating and painting. I *loathe* painting fully-assembled models with that much detail.
Not that I am good enough a painter to really justify that...

>>53336829
thats way better thanks m8

>>53336840
It's a good habit to get early.

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>>53336873
You can print it out and use it

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>mfw too big for lightbox

>>53336930
Superbe anon

>>53336930

Get that shit outta here.

>tfw never be this good because can't afford good hobby supplies.

;~;

Does any of you know some tutorials for highlighting black with an airbrush. i wanna paint up some raven guard and do more then just edge highlighting (and i'm not that good at it)

like that -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gXZA98d4do&feature=youtu.be&t=153

>>53336930
I should finish mine

>>53336930
Fookin' noice

Is it true that in order to prime with some of the more exotic sprays (Leadbelcher etc). You have to first prime it with one of the more standard colours like black or white?

I swear I heard that before, but I want to verify before Fucking up my new skitarii.

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Finished I think. Might give it another matt coat and then pick out the glossy bits again because it's all gone on a little sloppily.

>>53336664
Noice. Really nice. I love how naturally painterly your models look.

>>53336930
Neato.

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>>53337547
The brood grows...

>>53336930
good shit, man!

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>>53337559
>>53337547
man, I wish I could do mine as colorful as yours. I tried once with two nurglings, following your given steps and it just doesn't look the same. Pic related was the result

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>>53337620
I have begun work on one of my Heralds though, going with what I know.

>>53337620
>>53337642
I'm doing a shitty little mini guide now that I've finished. It's difficult to explain it well without a video though because the main colour is all put on in one go. Unfortunately Papa Nurgle has blessed me with an abscess on my arm so I'm off to the doctors now, I'll finish and post it later most likely.

Your herald conversion is good though.

>>53337698
>I'm doing a shitty little mini guide now that I've finished
thank you, anon. Nugle bless!

>>53337698
>Your herald conversion is good though
appreciate it.

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>>53337547
gorgeous. just slightly shiny, but not full gloss. what are you varnishing them with?

>>53337731

I honestly wonder how often someone with nose gauges that large have to deal with sinus infections...

>>53337747
I honestly wonder how they get jobs to pay for that shit.

>>53337790
Its called welfare anon.

>>53337747
hopefully they get protection from the lord of decay

>>53337835
I sure as fuck can't afford shit like that on welfare.
Then again it's not like real tatoo shops will do face ink so it's probably DIY.

>>53337731
Pledge floor polish and mig matte acrylic varnish. Might use something else than might when the bottle runs out as I'm not convinced by it but it has a lovely feel to the touch.

>>53337851
or, more likely, he works at the kind of tattoo shop that *does* do face ink. fucking yourself up that bad is a vocation, and people like that tend to be so far inside the scene that they actually *are* the scene.

>>53337892
Guess that migh vary, here though in above the collar and past the wrist is illegal and carries fine, permanent revocation of license for the artist and invalidated medical insurance claims for the recipient.

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Just wrapped up the first chunks of my warband. Pretty plebby thus far, got plenty to go yet.

>>53336829
Love it. Great work on such a tiny fucking model.

>>53338210
I just did the background

>>53338217
Well, then great work on the background for such a tiny fucking model!

>>53335543
That dwarveaboos should look like mongols.

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Did some drums tonight, anything I can do to improve them? I tried my best to make it look like they were leaky on top, but I have no idea how to get an iridescent effect.

>>53338321
Wish I had some advice for the leakiness, but I will say you got the weathered, rusted look down nicely

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My Mek did well last game so I upgraded his kustom mega slugga

>>53338321
You can try to drip layer some different washes

>>53338321
You can just use some watered down gloss varnish or even the gloss versions of nuln oil/ agrax toi achieve that effect pretty nicely.

>>53338666
nice trips
Whats the preferred varnish for minis in general? I haven't picked any up yet and saw someone posted a guide about liquitex stuff, but I can't remember the specific if it was gloss or not.

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made this, main goal was to make it cheap (yes, it uses 3D printed parts, but they themselves are cheap as well). Now just need to decorate the base somehow and paint it, though I don't know what paints and only have a slight idea for a paint style.

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>tfw sorting out your bits boxes into food tubs for separate projects
>found two Chaos Hell Blades flyers in a box together, enough Rogue Trader and 2nd Ed Terminators for a decent force, and a metal Grail Reliquae

>>53335970
Many thanks, dude. I'm sticking with the studio scheme until I get character 'jacks and advanced 'casters.

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>finally calculated all the costs to get my tools and paints
>Its going to be at least $300 all up

Ive tried to take the bargain bin route where i can but dont want to cheap out on shit paints and brushes.

Never thought it would be so much back when looking at miniatures themselves, and they are expensive enough already.

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Angels of redemption razorback. Tracks aren't done yet but I think mostly everything else is. How is it looking?

>>53338739
Nice! STLs for the trusses somewhere?

>>53338803

Are you just starting out or is this for a particular project or something?

Sometimes I think I should bin everything I have and start again, I feel like I'm limiting myself by being a "paintbrush" guy whilst others are getting good quick results with airbrushes, hairspray, washes etc.

>>53331997
>painting a small model like a dominus in stages
Nigga what are you doing holy shit just glue that shit together and paint it hahaha oh shit nigga I mean just build and paint that shit dam.

>>53338820
Im just starting, not even getting an airbrush. Although i am buying a decent selection of recommended washes and metallics. Those pots are at least double the usual colors.

>>53336930
Holy shit that wing effect is top tier. How did you do it?

The purple looks great as well.

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>>53338811
I like this model.
one side looking desert
other side looking jungle
and the rhino's like, 'whaddaya want from me'

>>53336930
>Order of our homo lady

>>53338811
Good.
Personally id've gone for lightening the colour in front of the headlights rather than a yellow beam.

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Tried to do a cel shaded look. Tried and failed. I think the mini is too small to do it effectively and Max's scheme probably doesn't lend itself well anyway.

>>53337747
>>53337845
Rather the opposite, it would dry the fuck out of your soft membranes, which technically makes them more resistant to infection, but also destroys your sense of smell and the system that traps and expunges dirt and bacteria. He's going to have nonstop bronchitis and lung infections.

>tl;dr this is like removing the air filter on a motor. The filter won't get dirty anymore but your cylinders are fucked.

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Immortal lord for shadow war armagedon. Thoughts?

>>53338988
Plus nose bleeds daily, but he probably thinks that's pretty metal

>>53339001
He's not gonna find cover, like, ever.

Aside from that, cool beans.

>>53338819
here you go:

https://mega.nz/#!UKQjGLII!eMl3QyDiNg5o2aVREpA7vwJdMsqbzyivR-v-r6ZCLjg

Includes other parts as well just in case.

>>53338927
you know what? i dont think you failed. its hard to pull off on that scale and with alle the realistic non-cel-shaded stuff all around it, but i got what you where going for as soon as i saw the pic

>>53339001

Looks as if he's doing a bit of a balancing act

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First time using weathering powders, haven't sealed them in yet.

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>>53339058
Thanks! Files for files:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2332856
I designed these a couple of weeks ago for some Shadow War terrain.

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Bluekrieg guy here, been on a bit of a hiatus due to a lot of work and stress, managed to finish one more death rider, with platoon standard.

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>>53338927

You really are a Genius!

Guy getting into the hobby here, anyone here used Humbrol acrylic paints?

They don't appear on the dakka dakka chart, but the clerk at the model store suggested me to me as they were out of Citadel and Vallejo for Silver/Runefang Steel.

I tried to google about them but only find people mentioning their enamel line

>>53338927
hushh, no fail, only good job.

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>>53336087
I hope, your are not leaving the grime streaks this way... Anyway, weathering should be done with enamel and pigments.

For your red, paint a panel of 1 shoulder or knee or paint a stripe on the helmet.

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Just spilled my new pot of Agrax, spilled half on my desk. Instant fucking panic attack.

Quick thinking with several sizes of syringes and a clean kitchen dish sponge, I managed to save most of it. Still lost like 5mms worth.

WHY DID THEY MAKE THESE SO FUCKING TALL?! Jesus just make them wider! FUCK!

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>>53340324
Clever marketing trick... make your paint containers wobbly so they'll spill and the sucker has to buy more.

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>>53339398
I tried using some Tamiya weathering pigments on a destroid model a few years ago for the first time, and combined with some rust-painting techniques I learned from Camospecs, was pretty happy with the end result.

They also work decently well on a smaller 6mm scale, too.

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>>53340399
Probably. I know they also wanted them to fit inside their paint stations but jesus christ. Googling this issue made me feel a bit better because of the solidarity.

On the upside, shaved off a lot of the chestpiece off my Fireblade and finished the cloak. Thoughts?

>>53340487
Lack of panels and top heavy. you should have use a stealth suit torso.

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>>53337710
>>53337620
It was asked for a few times so here's a little guide. Hopefully it's more clear than my previous explanations, it's all easy techniques. If it's not just ask and I'll try and clarify.

>>53340566
Didn't have one spare and I tried carving a segmented line like the thigh armour but it came out wonky. I'm fucking terribad at straight lines in general, can't eyeball worth shit. It's a lot less sportsbra-like now though and I'm happy enough with it. I'll put some transfers when I'm done to break it up.

What do you think about the cloak? Never done much of them so all things considered I think it came out quite well.

>>53340579
Very fancy and helpful.

>>53340579
Super nice dude.

>>53340487

problem #1 "sup bro u mirin?" chest

problem #2 cloak looks okay except for the torn parts, you coulda just cut some green stuff off with scissors to make it look better

problem #3 cloak doesn't have any means of being attached to the armor


you could have made it look a lot better by cutting off some bits like the tau symbol and inserting into the green stuff

also for straight lines and segmented bits, just place em in strips

>>53337487
bump

>>53342223

Always use new and sharp knives and if you are manly enough straight razor blades. They cut through resin like power sword cuts through ork skin.

>>53340280
how would you do the grime streaks?
this is the first time ive tried it

>>53342208
Chest cannot be made smaller, I will add details to it via transfers eventually.

The torn parts I took a tip from Duncan to stipple agrax to represent dirt. Did it not come out well? The cloak itself is a banner from somewhere, had a WHF beastman head on it.

I know, I fucked up on the clasps but they wouldn't stick on. i originally was going to do it like a poncho but I'll try painting it in a way that makes it look attached.

>>53340324
Put poster tack on the bottom of the bottle to prevent tipping
I do this for my water cup as well

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Pics of my kroot, idea is they refused to fight unless the tau paid them so the tau made fake gold gear to pacify them.

Not done, but thoughts?

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>>53342668
Other side, gonna put fire warrior pauldrons on one side(also gold)

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>>53340579
You sir a golden, plague filled, God and I salute this guide.
Much thanks.

>>53342668
>>53342677
neat concept, would highlight the brown skin just a bit more so the brown and gold dont wash each other out

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Alright lads

How'd i do on my first piece of scenery in years?

I know its far from perfect and that i should thin my paints more.

Besides that though, any tips on home made terrain?

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>>53342806

>>53342439
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHcGFyXGM5g

>>53342806
IMO it looks good, but I'm not very fond of everything being basically the same color. Maybe try drybrushing the ground outside or the walls of the building?

>>53334181
>>53334197
Great scheme but that pistol is YUGE.

>>53343027

Next time you make a .gif, lengthen the time between frame changes. I can't get a good look at the model because it keeps changing.

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Never done black skin tones, what do you guys think?

>>53343119
Looks good

>>53343119

That's very good for a first try.

I recently started painting my minis and shit, my chaos army's fluff is despair themed but i cannot think of anything cool to put on their armour to reference that. Maybe /wip can help a brother here?

>>53342927
Ok so i decided to give everything a wash of nuln to add contrast

Not sure what color i should drybrush the walls or dirt now though

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>>53343186
Forgot pic

>>53343186
>>53343200

Drybrush the buildings with some light grays to give it a 'dusty and derelict' look, to contrast with the darker ground.

>>53340579
anon, I love you.

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1/6 of my shadow war orks done

>>53334925
>>53343011
I know! His normal pistol snapped off during cleaning/assembly so I had to use what I had on hand.

Totally sucks, but I have 4 more squad leaders that will be fine.

>>53343314
looking great

>>53343468
thanks

>>53336829
Looking real 1997 'Eavy right there, I tell you what.

>>53337547
Lovely

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Bring back Straken in 8ed

>>53338927
Honestly, not that bad! I think it's mostly that you need softer edges to the cel shading, to make it look a bit less like brushwork.

>>53343536
He looks like he could use some shading and highlighting. And a new sword that isn't chipped.

>>53343799
Yeah, thats why its wip.How do i highlight adeptus battlegrey?

>>53336930
is she fallen to Slaanesh?

>>53340324
don't worry, this happens all to us at one point (but be aware, your Nuln Oil still needs to be spilled)

>>53336930
That's a really good purple, how'd you get it?

>>53340579
is there anything else one can use instead of Guilleman blue? its the one color I dont have in my arsenal.

Dark Eldar codex (5th and 7th) mention a Succubus with "dusky" skin. Has anyone even seen DE painted something other than regular whiter-than-white or drow-style black?

If not, how would you do it?

>>53344201

http://www.coolminiornot.com/articles/1310-ethnic-skintones Here's a cool masterpost about skin-tones.

>>53344201
Lot of options with DEldar. White, mandrake black, purple-ish, blue-ish, red-ish. I've seen skinless paintjobs. You could make them olive, or even black or any other skintone humans would have, since I imagine any skin tone a human could have an Eldar could have also, and then some more, since their genes are so complex.

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test subject for my HH imperial fists

what do you think of my yellow? sorry the picture isn't that great, my halo lamp broke.

>>53343119

2shiny4me
Apart from that, tell us your method anon, looks solid.

>>53344719

Needs some definition. I'd do a spot-wash in all the crevices.

>>53344719
definitely needs some shading

Any tips on doing a pine forest themed base? Most of the tutorials I've seen have been more for jungles.

I was thinking of trimming apart some staples and piling them up for fallen needles

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>>53343119
>those muscles
Superalloy Darkshine, is that you?

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cardboard boat

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>>53344961
replace the leave with needles (dead, not used) and add some ferns like features along with the taller weeds and this should work

>>53345111

A cardboat?

>>53345145
hahaha .... well.... yes ... ?

bump one more time, I thought this thread was for advice? >>53342309

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Finished up the first few blockers for my Chaos Dwarf blood bowl team. Much more difficult painting these than I expected, very few crisp edges.

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I got my hands on a drill and drilled some bolters
Fuck me this looks so good, what have I been missing.

>>53345177
yes it's true, from the site

"Leadbelcher Spray is designed for basecoating all Citadel miniatures. When sprayed over an undercoat, it's a fast way to get a uniform base of colour onto your models."

it's just a spraycan of leadbelcher paint

>>53345213
Nice, thanks!

>>53345078
>>53344756
Not him but as a muscular sweaty muscle man ok well not that muscular when you sweat your skin gets very shiny, especially when your muscular and not fat as the hard surfaces reflect light more than soft fat.

>>53345208
It's one of the actually useful WIP memes, moreso than than thinning paints and colour theory.

>>53337642
I really dig your conversion. In fact I might use a similar one for some of my unfinished Blightkings.

>>53340579
Thanks a bunch mate!

>>53343119
Looks really good imo. You definately captured the image of a sweaty black person. Cred to you!

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>>53343167
Come on dudes, i need some fresh despair.
Like, now!

>>53345338
Maybe look up Despair from The Sandman for inspo?

>>53345117
Hmm...I think I could manage something like that. Thanks

After cleaning out my garage and realising I have a hoarding problem with hobby stuff, I managed to find an entire plastic tub of space marine sprues, half painted marines from a job lot I bought while drunk ebaying years ago and four rhino boxes circa 2000. Considering painting up a ultra smurfs army but unsure whether I should do them the classic yellow and blue or the modern gold and dark blue scheme.

I also found an entire army of necrons from third edition that are horribly painted as well as some unopened metal spider blister packs. Is a Necron army even relevant in 2017? I might strip them with Simple Green and paint them up if so.

>>53345520

Classic yellow and blue with day-glo green bases.

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>>53345338
Spooky imagery? Stuff like gallows, the usual skulls, maybe dark hoods? Black vertical lines under the eyes like tears? Body scarification? Pale, sickly colors? A black sun/eclipse/black hole symbol?

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>>53345520
>Considering painting up a ultra smurfs army but unsure whether I should do them the classic yellow and blue or the modern gold and dark blue scheme.

Pic related. Do you even need to ask?

>Is a Necron army even relevant in 2017?

Probably. We don't entirely know how things will roll in 8th Edition.

>>53345772
Will this mesh well with the newer designs?

Also I ended up finding half a Vostroyan army and a few Steel legion blister packs. Seems like I'm sitting on a metal model hoarding pile. I don't even remember buying half of this shit. The wife has hassled me to clean the garage for years and I don't think she realises how many unopened and unused hobby kits I have. Thinking I'll either donate them or eBay half of this shit.

>>53345943
where are you and what steel legion do you have?

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>>53345943
>Will this mesh well with the newer designs?

Do you come here often?

>>53345958
Australia. I've only got three of those standard dudes.

>>53345698
You are god's gift anon, i really like the tears lines idea.
Black sun would work on the pad i guess but it's little hard to paint it, it will definitely help me with coming up on something myself.
Thanks plenty!

>>53340579
praise be to nurgle bro

>>53346014
>no goblin green bases
HERESY

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I started painting last week but have only really had the opportunity to actually get to work on minis last Saturday and today. This Silver Knight is probably the best one I've made thus far (only done 5 minis so far though) and I'm pretty proud of it. You can't see it in this photo very well but the shield really stands out compared to the somewhat grimier armor and the little indents on the shield are dabbed with a gold to make them pop out more. The cape was also my first attempt at drybrushing (previously I had just done layers + shading) and I think it turned out pretty well.

>>53346281
Fug, sorry. Don't know why the picture is so huge.

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Which rim color do you prefer? I originally thought I'd go with the steel legion drab (brown) that GW uses in box art "because it goes with everything" but now I dunno, maybe it's too bright or too much contrast? Now I'm leaning toward grayish blue on the right.

wat do

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Phone photo sorry for large size.
These are my test minis.
Should i do the albinos or normal skin?

>>53346308
I prefer the right one.

>>53346332
why not both?
hell do some nightkin too

>>53346308
I prefer the brown, it reinforces the runes yellowish hue and keeps the eye on the model, it's no good if the base rim gets all the attention.

>>53346308
I myself like right because it looks better with rest of the base.
But i also agree with >>53346437
If i were you i'd change base to be more brownish

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QUICK

I need quality brushes that won't break the bank.

Company suggestions?

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>>53346470
GW brushes Just Werk for me. Base brush, layer brush, and detail brush is what? ~$20? I've used brushes from Reaper and Royal, and those seem about the same. Really I suspect it's hard to fuck up a paintbrush, although I do want to try Kolinski sable to see if I'm missing out on anything.

Also get pic related, a lot of people don't seem to use brush soap but this stuff is great. I used to go through a GW detail brush in a few months but with this your brush is restored to brand new condition. I use it when I've had a lot of paint built up on the brush to where it's starting to dry, and after I'm done painting. It takes a bit of trial and error to get it working right and allegedly it can restore ruined brushes but I've not been able to revive my destroyed brushes. But it keeps your good brushes good.

>>53346470
Games workshop is a good company

>>53346308
do black

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>>53346308

>>53339775
I honestly had no clue Humbrol made acrylics and I've been using their enamels for decades. So, good luck I guess? Sorry.

>>53346334
>>53346437
>>53346448
Guess I'll go with the gray/blue. I might be able to pull off a darker brown but I only have brown wash to make it darker and that would probably go down poorly, plus as >>53346448 says it works with the texture on the base better now that I think about it. The wash on that is even blue so it has a slight blue tint (it's the GW astrogranite scheme, astrogranite texture/drakenoff shade wash/longbeard gray drybrush)

>>53346715
never was a fan of black bases, looks unfinished to me. especially since the marines are also black.

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>>53343119
My mind immediately leapt to a sweaty Bill Duke in Predator so 10/10 mang.
Now his comrade looks weird because he isn't also kinda shiny.

Which liquitex varnish should I use as general protectant for my minis? I've heard some people say they just put a bit on the contact areas that will get rubbed in use but also have hard some people say they use varnish to get glossy effects on things like power swords.

Do I need matte varnish or gloss? I have some of that GW 'ardcoat stuff coming on my next order and that's a gloss varnish correct?

>>53344961
Staples will be too big. Get your hands on some model tall grass, preferably a larger scale like 1:35 or 1:24, dye orange (or get it that colour if you can) and go to town with scissors.

>>53346910
Gloss for strength, matte for looks, then touch up shiny stuff with brush-on gloss.

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>>53345772
>my brother picked ultrasmurfs when we both got into 40k late 3E
>he went with the classic scheme but toned down the yellow and red slightly and drybrushed the blue with a greyish highlight so the armor looks slightly weather faded
>it's rad as fuck and I legitimately love his smurfs

I just got a few dozen blank minis and want to paint them. I've never really done painting before but I want to try it out and see if I find it enjoyable.
My understanding is that the "standard" is stuff from Games Workshop (at least for the Warhammer stuff) but that they're also really expensive and knock-offs are just as good. What are some cheaper paint brands that work well for minis?

>>53346281
Is it painted?

>>53332843
Cadian and nuln oil makes for a decent quick n dirty

>>53346910
>>53347008
Question, is there such thing as a truly clear varnish? I've got a mixture of matte and semigloss finishes on my minis and I feel like varnish will just screw it up. I could maybe go with a semigloss or satin varnish if they exist and then come back and matte regions. Help!

My files are all too big (10+ MB) so i put them in some imgur links. Any advice? Other than fix my dread's white, obviously

Current WIPs are

Venerable Dreadnought Sebastian The Undying
http://imgur.com/a/22bWH

Sword Brother Innocent Clarke (A repainted Space Yiff, I think. I got him from a buddy)
http://imgur.com/a/DdtOx

Castellan Nicodemus, who's face is in need of a touch up
http://imgur.com/a/ewcgw

>>53347617
You got matte, satin, and gloss varnishes. Generally speaking, it's best to gloss/satin coat your model once you're done, and then matte it down, since gloss/satin or stronger and will preserve your colors better.

>>53347137
I've had good results with Army Painter stuff.

>>53347620
Rest of dread's images were missing, so new link for him

http://imgur.com/a/GFckG

>>53347620
I'll be blunt, you need a lot more practice on keeping stuff in the lines, it's a mess.

>>53347620
>>53347620
you need to highlight the black nigga. also paint your fucking purity seals and other detail shit. these look half done

>>53347761
That's why they're WIPs man. They're not done.

>>53347757
I'll admit I do. Shakey nervous hands + small pieces = disaster

>>53340579

Thank you! Looking on getting back into mini painting and this will be a great help :)

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>>53331422
These things are taking me forever and I'm not sure the picture is correct with its white balance settings

>>53347984
Looks clean. Nice metallics, neat scheme. Got kind of a novice OSL effect there.

Did you paint those gems manually or is that like that Citadel technical stuff? because those are the fuckin' best things on the model!
Also sick beards.

Introduce more colors. Throw in some iron. More red maybe.

>>53348121
What is OSL? Also yeah I did the gems myself, even molded em too and glued em on. I made a mold of blue stuff from a gem on another model and then made a Fuck load of gems and then cut and glued them on. Thank you for liking them! They are my personal favorite part of them as well!

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>>53348167
Object Source Lighting. What I imagine you were going for with the eye-holes and that mouth on the shield.

It's a tough effect to do if you really try to go whole hog.

>>53348206
Ohhhh okay, nah actually, I was trying to make it look grimy and like it was kind of slimy.

>>53348227
Ohhhhh. In that case I'd go darker with it, paint some like "drippy" lines, and maybe put some gloss coat in the mouth of the skull.

>>53344719
color is totally fine. Once you do recess shading and highlighting and weathering I think it'll look boss. Consider doing power field effects on the claws.

>>53334181
Sorry his pistol died, but damn you, anon. You can't just go posting death korps like this. This is how you get me to buy death korps. Do you want me to be homeless, anon? Do you?

>>53347044
Can you show pics? That sounds dope.

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Basecoat and transitions done on this guy, need to start cutting in details and the nitty gritty. What do you guys think?

1/2

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>>53349425
2/2

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Testing my new Army Painter paints by whipping up some Bad Moonz. Go down smooth, yellow took 4+ layers to get a smooth coat but that's to be expected. This is my first time actually painting any model in years, as I've been getting by on using washes/glazes.

>>53349425
>>53349432

Not bad, but I could tell better if I didn't have to bend my neck like I'm eating a taco.

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>>53349511
>he doesn't turn his taco
Anon you have hands, don't turn your whole dome to the taco's tune. Be a god damned man and turn that taco. Fuck spillage, it's all going inside you at some point.

Thread related, I bought a pile of Victorian Guard and some greenskins. I now begin work on a display project I have named "Ork's Drift."

>>53349550

I want to kiss you for getting that reference.

Also excellent model.

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>>53349511

>Not turning your taco sideways.

>>53349511
It's my phone camera I have no idea why it rotates images on 4chan, and manually rotating the image in an editor doesn't fix it.

Aggravating as fuck anon

>>53349601
I've found that cropping the image fixes the issue. Don't even have to really cut anything, just expand to fit the whole image and save. That usually works for me.

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My friend is brand new to painting. I'm really proud of him because he started out like two months ago doing entirely novice but reasonable job on his 50 pink horrors, but this is his latest work. The dude never thought he could paint anything and just kept buying models and spraying them for like a decade.

>>53347158
Yes, the miniatures start off as unpainted grey-ish resin, so even though it looks pretty similar to an unpainted metal mini, it's actually been primed, layered, shaded, and then highlighted a little with drybrushing.

>>53349629
>Don't even have to really cut anything
But you should cut something (or shrink the pic) if it's multiple megabytes

>>53349716
>caring about file size

Oh boy

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Got told my freehand nurgle fly symbol looked like boobs.

Tbh i got really rustled by the spikey bits autists

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>>53350323
I see what you were going for. I also see great stonking tits.

Maybe do different parts of the symbol with slightly different colors next time, to avoid this whole situation.

>>53344097
I haven't tried out every blue but I'm sure you could get away with using one of the blue washes. One of the things I like about guilliman blue is that it doesn't darken the recesses anywhere near as much as most of the citadel shades do.

I haven't done mini painting for at least 15 years and I'm looking to get back in. Give it to me straight /tg/, how painful is the initial investment going to be? Talking paints, glue, primers, brushes, everything.

>>53350534
I feel terrible now because its going on a prized conversion and ill be fucked if im gonna go back and redo this again

>>53350732

You can get a painting box from Army Painter for ~$90, that'll take care of most of your basic paint needs. Comes with a free brush, too.

>>53350732
>>53338803

Maybe its just the local prices, but ive found it quite expensive myself.

>>53350323
>>53350810
Maybe just change the colour of the eyes and the body of the fly to make it more clear what it is. I don't really see tits though.

>>53350875
Wow, these Army Painter deals are more in line with what I was expecting. Anyone have any experience with them? How does Army Painter measure up against GW, Reaper, and Valijo?

>>53351036

Good coverage (except yellow and red, but that's to be expected). Metallics are great, don't look like glitter paint.

They do tend to separate bad, so you need to jerk them o-- I mean, shake the paints for 30 seconds to two minutes to get the medium and pigment back together again.

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I also finished this renegade autist for funsies

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Doing some more work to my Hetaeron Guard before cleaning and painting them. Litte extra details here and there.

>>53351175
That shield welding power fist guy looks like hes about to fuck a squad up to the beat of a machinegun kelly song (feat. Wakka flocka flame of course)

So I'm pretty new to 40k (or at least, to doing the actual wargame of 40k, I've been a universe-junky for long long time). I don't really have any background in modeling so I'm starting from the ground up. I'm looking for basic modeling tool kit and brushes. I'm clever enough to know that anything GW sells in this arena will be overpriced so I'm looking for suggestions. "Tis a poor workman who blames his tools" and so forth, but I'd just as soon not get stuck with shitty tools either. Not excessively over-priced would be a plus, too.

Cross-posting this in 40KG.

>>53350600
I was more thinking of "anything other than blue" in general?

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>>53340579
welp, I tried again and almost immediately regretted trying. I just feel like I've ruined it now.
I guess I'm just too fucking stupid to get it, or just not skilled enough.

>>53351834
Is this just one layer of wash? What colours did you use? It looks quite dark, I'd say you're maybe putting it on a bit thick and/or are using colours that are just too dark. Otherwise desu it doesn't look that bad, mine look really messy after the first wash, it takes all the details to actually make them look good.

>>53351834
>>53352045
Also, the conversion is cool, a really good idea.

>>53346470
Rosemary & Co. sable brushes are great and relatively cheap.
Dickblick sable brushes don't break the bank either and I've heard good things about them.

My personal preference is Windsor & Newton, but those tend to cost a fair bit.

>>53352045
>>53352058
I started with Emperors children, but noted I didn't have any Blue other than Drakenhof Nightshade, so I tried using Druchii violet and Lahmian medium, and once applied, I added some Seraphim sepia. Then the Drakenhof "shading" and the Casandora yellow for the bruising.

yeah, that's why I really wish I hadn't been so dumb as to try it out on a mini which I really liked. I guess I shouldn't paint

>>53351834
While not necessarily a properly bright Taste the Nurgle, this still looks diseased as hell and 100% functional as a Plaguebearer.

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How on earth do you fill in tiny carvings on stuff?
I've tried using liquid greenstuff to get rid of the smurfs logo on this guy's Croxius and I feel I'm risking the definition of the skull in general to try to do so.

Anybody got a proper guide for this stuff?

>>53352170
you use liquid or regular greenstuff, in a very small amount, and then once its dry, you file it down and smoothen it.

>>53352170
I usually use a little Krazy Glue. Liquid Greenstuff is a pain in the ass to use.

>>53333301
Yeah, custom character minis are the best. That's why I love the recent exalted sorcerers and hope they keep up that idea in other new hq models for the cult updates and such.

>>53352170
clear varnish works as well.

>>53352109
Nah I think with good details it will look fine. I've not used druchii violet but looking at pictures it, like most citadel washes, is extremely dark when it pools. Their glaze range stays quite light and bright when it pools, which is why I think it works well for this. It looks like you've just let it pool a bit too much, that's all, if while it's still wet you go back in and siphon some of the wash out from the pooled area it will look better because you'll get much more of he base coat coming through.

For this guy he will probably still look good with the details done and if you're up for it some glazed highlights to bring back the pinkness.

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>>53352276

>>53352286
>>53352276
I thank you for the encouragement, but I don't think I could pull this off even with the right glazes - only one I have is Bloodletter, but then I didn't have the blue vallejo paint, so that attempt went out the window - but I might give it another try when I have GB.
I still think I fucked over the model too much for it to look good, since it just looks like an old piece of gum shaped into plastic.

>>53349425
I'm thinking that you didn't clean the sprue nubs and mold lines or filled in those huge fucking gaps that occured because of it.

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my first regiment painted. these took forever and im so sick of these fuck that I just want to get rid of them now.

I painted them over four times (yellow, red, heavy damaged crimson and black) but ended up with rusty iron because fuck all.

also painting them fully assembled was a nightmare and wasn't fun at all, never again.

>>53352417

If it's any consolation, they look tops.

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how do I paint something that looks like this? I tried to apply Rakarth flesh on the top-parts, over alayer of Leadbelcher, then some Agrax.
problem is, the Rakarth looks like it melds into the metal, and not like it's chipped off due to wear and tear.

should I add on a layer of rakarth again? how do I archive the "worn armor" look?

Hey guys, do you think it's possible to paint a Warhound Titan entirely with brushes? I was toying around with getting one, but I don't own an airbrush.

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>>53352651
pic related

>>53352651
typhon corrosion might be what you're looking for

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How did I do?

>>53352809
>that tumblr nose

>>53352809
I like it. The bronze trim on the armor could use more depth.

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>>53346470
I cant praise Warcolour enough

their sable size 2 is the tits and theyre only about $4 usd a brush

granted shipping is a bit long since theyre a small company based in cyprus

>>53352828
Looks like a drunk dwarf to me

>>53344056

The main colour is Xeres Purple.

I think most of the effect comes from shading with Naggaroth Night to pure black and highlighting through Genestealer purple > Dechala Lilac > Pure white.

Edge highlighting sucks, but it's worth it

>>53351834
>the absolutely perfect skin tone for a DOOM pinkie demon
>he's unhappy about it

>>53340280
>Anyway, weathering should be done with enamel and pigments.
his grime streaks don't look good but you are wrong.

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The weather was just about right, so i popped my airbrushing cherry. Came out okay, i guess. Still have to do some layering and edge highlights.

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>new GW opened this weekend with the exclusive minis
>community pages saltier than the dead sea over scalpers
>plenty of shitters adding $20 to the price and claiming they're not scalpers because there were still plenty plenty of models left and they're not charging over $100 so clearly they're not scalpers
>there's already photos of dropkicks butchering their new minis with caked paint and blatantly ignored mold lines

How should I paint my new Primaris Chapter /wip/?

Really I'm looking for advice about colours that go well together and aren't hard to fuck up, since I'm basically creatively retarded

They're fleet based, probably going to be Imperial Fist descended, but subject to change whilst we're waiting for the new fluff

>>53353442
>mould lines
>thikkkk paint
>pooled washes
>probably china cast

You are everything that is wrong with this board.

>>53353452
what exclusiv minis?

>>53353474
Dark purple with chrome trim and decorations

>>53353510
Terminator Captain and Termie Chaplain

>>53353477
fuck up idiot, you are what's wrong with this board
>implying chinacast is bad
for tabletop quality it's good it's also alot cheaper than the GW jew
>thikk paint
are you blind?
>pooled washes
barely
>mould lines
i can't see any. though, there are a few areas where a mould slip happened (nearly every chinacast model has thhis)

it's his first time using an airbrush and it's not finished posted in a work in progress thread. fucking kill yourself

>>53352846
How would I achive that?

>>53353601
Not that guy, but i'd guess some shade would do the trick.

>>53338603

Nice

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>>53353409
c'mon, even when duncan does it it look like shit.

>>53350323

Maybe more nip- I mean dots would help dispel the erroneous interpretation

>>53343314
got a guide for that skin, anon? it's a lovely shade

>>53351834

I'd love to see what you consider your best work. What in particular are you unhappy with?

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So Anons I have finally finished a whole pile on f stuff to add to my ever expanding legion.

First up is the now finished leviathan, the last thing left to do is the base

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>>53353939

Also put the glow on the powersword of this rather grumpy looking praetor

>>53353628
Ok, cheers for the advice!

>>53352680
TC is more of a texture-paint. it doesn't quite simulate the sort of look that I'm after.

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>>53353951

And then a mighty pile of everyone else, which constitutes the completion of my BaCtical marines

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>>53353973

And some tartataros terminators.

>>53353973
this dude's claws on the left look really weird, but outside of that i love your army.

>>53353968
you could try "salt-weathering" or something like Chipping Fluid from AK or similar brands.

>>53353999
I'm unsure if that would work. I'm not familiar with what "salt-weathering" is either.

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weeabork update, got a mechanical pencil to make uniform sized rivets with, also tried to make tau style segmented plates and it worked out well enough (will need minor touch ups)

current dilemma is picking a pose for the boy with the daki

my choices are:
a: raised shoota + this head (but without the helmet) pressed toward daki or looking away
b. shoota (to be converted) pointing away + similar open mouth head
c. katana (also to be converted) pointing away + similar open mouth head


a was the original intention but I'm not completely set

>>53354011
http://www.scalemodelguide.com/painting-weathering/weathering/apply-realistic-paint-chips-salt/
It's a fairly simple technique, and it gives you the paint-damage you're looking for, but it would be a pain in the rear to apply to all your marines, but it does what you wanted.

>>53354115
I'll give it a look-see and see if I can make it work.

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another one finished, ran out of tufts so basing is still wip

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>>53354591
And here all 4 of the finished ones, gotta retouch the first 2 finished, since some paints were switched around, etc.

can anybody give me a link to download the "how to paint militarum tempestus" ebook?

>>53354679
Sure buddy, here you go.
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-BE/How-to-paint-Citadel-Miniatures-Militarum-Tempestus-Interactive-iBook-Edition