WIP WORK IN PROGRESS GENERAL /WIPG/

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2nd guy done, used nuln oil over all the black and it helped blend the highlights.

For the flamer guy, what Sept or colour should the tau helmet be? To fit into the snow and mud base.

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Best paints for Uruk Hai?

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>>53380740
Working on a new color scheme for my Tau. The tacticool dweeb in me likes it. My other tau are FSE colored.

>>53380968
My recipe for Uruk-hai using Pre-2012 paints is...
>Prime Black
>Dry brush boltgun metal over whole model quite heavily.
>Chaos black on skin/non metal area's.
>50/50ish of gore red/scorched brown. (Adjust ratios as per you liking)
>Highlight skin gore red.
>Highlight metal areas with chainmail silver.
>Skull white for any symbols/teeth/eyes and shit.

Basic as fuck way to paint them but it gets a good result.

>>53381306
Thanks anon. I play Guard and go by the name GGA in the /40kg/ but was looking to branch out to Lotr as well. Will post finished Uruk-hai of course but does any one have tips for basing them?

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just primed and applied the basecoat today.

going to be the Chapter Master for my Celestial Lions

>>53381306
No worries.
Basing really on your preference. I did mine to represent Helms Deep. So it was some sand painted grey, the odd bit of slate or rock and the rare tuft of yellowy grass. But I cant even show you a picture unfortunately because I sold them some time ago.

There was a guy at my local GW who based his Uruks off the closing scenes from the first movie. So it was all forest bases. They looked fantastic.

>>53380952
They look good, but you should try to do at least one more thin white coat on the shoulder pads.

No meme, but your paints are a bit thick and showing some of the black below. Biggest offender is the sword brother on the right imo.

>>53381941
Thanks man, right most guy is my first which is usually the worst. Hopefully I'll get the hang of this by the 3rd or 4th guy

>>53382026
You should check this out for the shoulder pads. Wish this existed one year ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRR7W5-F15c

>>53381724
Damn dude, looks good. Where did you even source some of those bitz from? Are those Stormcast legs??

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Motivation is a cunt

>>53382221
looks like the Astral Claws guy from Forge world with a MK IV helmet

>>53382258
BAN THIS FILTH
looking great, loving the smoothness and tone you've got going on with the skin

>>53382258
Looking good though.

>>53382258
thicc

What miniature is this?

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>>53382221
>>53382263

yep, Luft Huron mashed with a Tartaros term helm, Taurox rotary gun and other misc bits.

supposed to be Ekene Dubaku himself but putting on an ork skull and cape just makes it too busy. thinking of creating some underling to carry it beside him like Grimaldus' artifacts

>>53381724
>>53382481
I didn't even know Forge World had a Lugft Huron model...

>>53382258

MUH DICK

good work btw

>>53382575
>lugft
yes, lugft. and yep, it's a pretty fantastic one. pre-red corsair based during the Badab wars

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Used some demons of tzeentch bits with cultist to create a tzeentchian rogue psyker coven how does it look

>Criticism and painting tips are welcome

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>>53382695
Due to photo being upside down I'll just take individual pictures

>>53382695
What's the weather like in Australia?

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>>53382709
I'm bad

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Just finished my second Hive Fleet Leviathan Hive Tyrant. C&C appreciated.

>>53382695
>>53382709
>>53382725
>take picture
>rotate picture
>crop picture to lock it in
>post picture

when people say dont prime ur minis when its wet or hot outside, how hot are we talking

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>>53382695

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>>53382695
>>53382709
>>53382725
>>53382761
>>53382791

>>53382786
i live in mississippi and have been told dont prime your stuff outside because of the humidity and heat so im stuck with using fucking imperial primer and just brushing it on

>>53382786
Try it on a sprue if in doubt.

>>53382807
Sorry for all the trouble

>tfw the model went together fine when you dry fitted it but now it's painted it does not want to go together properly
I hate sub assemblies and everything is awful

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>>53382807
Noticing a common mutation pattern

>>53382848
u just suck nerd

>>53382938
Pretty much

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WIP on my Templar Ven dread, just about finished

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Working on Minotaurs for 8th edition, decided to just carve off the Inquisition seals on the MK 8 armour from the Deathwatch veteran sets to appease the lore. Went with a heavy bolter, combi flamer, and plasma gun. Currently have three sets of Tartaros terminators en route. Any idea how I can model the Minotaurs chapter seal on their shoulder pads?

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>>53382258
The skin and face look fantastic.

Please paint my Anonymous Survivors for me when they arrive.

>>53382407
Wet Nurse Pinup from Kingdom Death.

>>53382807
You should had made the Moonman more casual posed, and paint him like the McD's Moonman.

>>53383208
I like the weathering and how battered it looks.
I don't like the arm being off at an angle with those tubes supporting it, it just looks odd to me

>>53383208
gotta be honest, i like the idea more than the execution. i feel this would work better with a Contemptor body or larger due to the size of the gun.

the paint work however is pretty good. all around 8/10 good shit

>>53383356
Please tell me you're planning on cleaning up those mold lines.

>Any idea how I can model the Minotaurs chapter seal on their shoulder pads?
Have you considered getting the etched brass and/or transfers from FW?

>implying the Minotaurs won't be 100% Primaris in 8th because they get all the coolest new shit.

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I just primed and coated pic related, but I just thought of something. Can I just glue the shoulders into place with the paint, or am I going to have to scrape it off the inside and shoulder?

>>53383356
https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-US/search/searchResults.jsp?qty=com.gamesworkshop.endeca.EndecaUserContext%40483f7b68&sorting=&view=&Ntt=minotaurs

>>53383751
>Can I just glue the shoulders into place with the paint, or am I going to have to scrape it off the inside and shoulder?
depends on what glue you use really, if you use plastic glue, yes you will need to or else it will not adhere
you can get by without doing it with superglue but the bond will be weak


basically just do it anyways

How do I paint eyes without making crazed street prophets?

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>astral claws, red scorpions, minotaurs, and astral claws get lots of cool forge world stuff
>carcharodons only get tyberos

is there more to come for my space fish?

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Got to work on some fists today

>>53383936
looking great

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>>53380740
I had a terminator sergeant from a boxed set, but I didn't need a sergeant since I already had a full squad of Terminators so I used some extra bits to re-purpose him as a regular Terminator. The white is kind of crappy, the silver bits aside from the pauldron don't quite look good, and I still need to base him. But other than that what should I work on?

>>53383799

It's superglue. Since I started using resin bits too, I've more or less started using super glue for everything.

How weak would the bond be? I'm waiting on my invoice for an order of some molded shoulders from Alpharius, and I might want to pop them off at some point.

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>>53384096
>How weak would the bond be?
youll basically be super gluing paint together so not incredibly strong, expect it to pop off if it falls from too far of a height
just get a small bit of sandpaper and go through the inside of the pauldrons a bit just to rough it up and take out some of that paint, you dont need all of it out just enough so youre at least bonding plastic to plastic and youll be ok
the worst thing thatll happen is youll just have to clean it up again and re glue it if it falls off
>>53384012
highlighting the black armor and working on his flesh tone

>>53382733
Looks dank, anon. Could probably use some highlights on the spines and "guns" but that purple is nice and smooth

>>53382733
those colors are great, good job my man

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Base coats applied. currently working on the trim for my hot ass Macrocarid

>>53384096
Why did you prime on the sprue in the first place

>>53384172
Makes sense. What grade sand paper, btw? I've been meaning to get some for ages, and I'm about to go to Walmart anyway.

>>53384372
The rest of the model is assembled/painted except for the heads and pauldrons. I was going to remove them from the sprue, but then I realized it would be so much easier to prime them on the sprue because I'd only have to touch up the two spots on the pauldron and for the head, I can actually paint it on the sprue because I'm just gluing the bottom anyway.

>>53384471
really doesnt matter since youre just trying to strip the primer off, so something not too rough and not too soft

>>53384368
That's a sexy tank anon.

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Working on some Steel Legion dudes for my LGS's SWA tourney. They're about half finished by now. I just need to hit the rest of the leather on the belts/harnesses/masks, paint in the faces on the dudes with their goggles up, neaten up the yellow for their overcoats, then I'm gonna hit it all with a wash of Reikland Fleshshade to shade it and warm it up a bit.

After that, all that's left will be painting the guns, helmets, pants, and goggles, which are comparatively small parts of the minis.

>>53384827
Those butchered lasgun conversions bring me back, man

>>53384012
Paint his left arm silver, because that's how the Deathwatch paintscheme is supposed to work.

Maybe do some words on that scroll on his chest if you feel up to free handing tiny letters.

>>53384852
Metal minis are a bitch and this is the first time I've ever tried to convert any. I'm as pleased with the results as I can be, given my lack of experience. I'm honestly glad I tried instead of taking the easy way out, though.

>>53382258
HOW DID YOU DO THE HAIR (and skin) TELL ME PAINT WIZARD!

>>53384889
Metal conversions are definitely a bitch. I still have some mordians somewhere with plasma pistols grafted to them. Seeing yours reminded me of when pretty much every guard player had at least a few of those style special weapons.

>>53383848
>all that stuff
>NONE for the mantis warriors
yea feel my pain

>>53384998
funny thing is i feel like carcharodons are more popular than any other chapter involved in the badab war

>>53384969
I absolutely love the Steel Legion, and I'm super bummed they don't have many options for minis. I'm still holding out hope that with Cadia out of the picture and the war on Armageddon heating back up in the fluff alongside the planet getting time in the limelight with SWA, Steel Legion will be the new IG posterboys and get some plastic minis. The current IG line is old and looks like shit compared to more current minis and I'm hoping they're due for an update soon.

Failing that, I'm planning on starting IG when 8th launches, and I'm going to kitbash my own resin Steel Legion using some Anvil Industries greatcoat bodies and the Mad Robot shock troop heads. Anvil also has some good looking weapons, so I'll probably use those as well.

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>>53385024
i know why the red scorpions get them, what with fw jerking off at how cool they are and all
but the mantis warriors havent gotten ANYTHING
not even a model for their one named unit
i emailed fw about it a while back, they said they werent going to "go back and make models for the badab war" because it was """outdated"""
"Many thanks for the email It is very unlikely as the badab war range is slowly leaving our line of product. the books are very out of date and have been unavailable to purchase for a while.

Unless we return to the badab war we will not likely see any specific items released for the mantis warriors or any other badab era chapters."
also another funny thing, their unit has rules but they say "Currently there are no rules for this unit at all so you have complete freedom to design a unit the way you envision these in your mind or how you interpret them from the historical accounts in the books."
but there are rules??? i dont even know

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>>53383431
her belt thingy around her boobs has the symbol for transgenders

>>53385061
this makes me sad

also post your mantis warriors my man

>>53385061
>i emailed fw about it a while back, they said they werent going to "go back and make models for the badab war" because it was """outdated"""

As opposed to the Horus Heresy, which is totally current thanks to the multi level canon obliteration that's going on.

Pfft. They could have at least been honest and said that it was comparatively unprofitable.

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>>53385071
ive only painted a few, i dunno if i want to paint them anymore desu
i cant use them in 30k (im debating using blackshields instead) and i like the primarines in 40k better
im really anal about scale so im going to want to truescale them
>>53385105
yea it really raffled my jimbos. theres zero reason to not at least go back and touch up on those

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I'm painting IG tanks in a largely two-color striped camo. When highlighting the different colored parts, do I use two different highlight colors, or is there a more cohesive way to do it (one neutral highlight color?)

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>>53385069
You mean this?

>>53385178
Dunc has a video where he does pretty much what you're asking, I think.

https://youtu.be/74p9eGwRAog?list=PLEaPE4sLDA7v-7rHAPbevH_pRYmfJhZc1

>>53385069
It's a magic belt. Go on, guess what it does.

>>53385220
Pretty much exactly what I was looking for anon. Thanks! Saint Duncan delivers.

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Tonk for bolt action, took a bit too much liberty on the crew writing butt fuck it.

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>using garish metallic paints instead of NMM

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>finally prime heads and shoulders
>also get that black undercoat
>tfw the second coat of blue dries just right

I never thought I'd like the blue the most about painting night lords. Next, I gotta drop some brass trim and Nuln that bitch. Hnng

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Finished tzaangors for my AoS army.

>>53386985
>>53386994
>>53387010
Fuck I really need to start painting my tzaangors. Your's are very nice.

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painted in some effects, and painted a symbol on the shoulder pad

>>53387596
looking great

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God damn it /tg/

Why do white space marines look so good? It's such a painful colour to paint but god damn

How do you guys thin your oil-based paints? I'm just starting and have gotten myself some of those little Revell tubs of paint. I want to avoid the meme, but was told you can't use water with oil-based paint, which makes sense. What should I use instead? And is it a good idea to thin the entire tub in a different container, so I always have thinned paint without any hassle?

>>53387958
Alcohol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP9cT3firLw

>>53387958
turpentine or other thinner

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>>53386617
>doing 10 hours more work for something that looks like its from a cartoon

muh realism muhfugga

>>53383751
Use poster tack balls on the inside of the pauldrons as a mask next time, you won't have to scrape anything

>>53387958
for oil paints I have white spirit in a cup (just a little bit) and I mix and thin on a palette
White spirit does nothing to the model if it was primed properly
I found that isopropyl will melt plastic models

>>53387958
also for washing I have a mixture 5:4 white spirit : glossy acrylic varnish - I pour a bit in the cup and just wash my brush with the desired colour in it until it has enough paint in it.
It sticks nicely, it flows great and it can be the last layer since I don't have to varnish it again afterwards.
I do however varnish with glossy varnish before washing for better flow.

What are the best ways of painting that produce acceptable results with minimum effort? People used to talk about dipping back in the day, but I rarely see it now. Can you drybrush an entire model and end up with something you can just pick out the details on?

>>53388799
I'd say base with multiple layers of wash. You could probably dip-wash to save time.
Then light dry brush to pick up all the details and you're as good as done.

Just why do it at all if you don't care?

>>53388876
I like to have reasonable looking game pieces and do enjoy painting, but sometimes you just need to batch paint a bunch of guardsmen/gaunts/marinelets in short order and get them onto the table. While still looking reasonable, of course.

>>53388008
>>53388014
>>53388476
>>53388513

Alright, thanks guys.

Just out of curiosity, am I better off using water-based paint?

>>53389112
depends on the amount of time and patience you have
if you're not very patient use acrylics
if you want to wet blend and generally take advantage of oil paint properties and can wait for it to dry use oils

Any of you faggots be interested in doing a group build for 8th edition? Might be fun to have project logs and an excuse to do something different.

Can someone give me a run down on how to do technical / primer painting?

Shop is out of the spray.

>>53383208
the gun is FAR too big

>>53389267
go to a hardware store and buy a plastic primer for car parts

>>53389288
>wanting less dakka
Get a load of this faggot

>>53389267
Take a handful of the primer bottle and shake for a solid five minutes.
Then take a good long stick or used paintbrush and strongly stir the content of the pot until the content is nice and thick.
Take a bit of that thick primer and mix it with a couple of teaspoon of water so it's back to water consistency.
Apply generously on model and let it dry for a few hours.
Primed figurine, done.

>>53385554
Nice Jackson

>>53389334
What, you think it looks good?

>>53380740

Oh man I remember this ... this was from a white dwarf article on movie strength space marines like 13 years ago

How do you guys paint caucasian skin?

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>>53384190
>>53384207

Thanks fellas. I had a lot of fun painting this piece. Here's a reverse shot of the wings for anyone who's interested.

>>53389470
I don't. White miniatures are overrepresented in our hobby.

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I should have gone to bed 5 hours ago, but no. I had to finish painting a tiny plastic army man. The worst part is there's a things I need to touch up, but fuck it. Later.

Here it is, /wip/

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Fairly new painter here, would these gem paints make for decent 'tabletop' quality lenses for things like firewarriors and such?

>>53389470
>white skin
>the current year

Top kek you fucking shitlord. There are only vibrant and beautiful PoC in my armies.

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>>53389507
>>53389628

>>53383356
>8th edition
>manlet marines
Enjoy getting stomped, squat player

>>53389637
>isn't even riding on a bike he liberated from his oppressors
>belt buckle doesn't have the ethereal sheen of the noble water melon

literally worse than hitler

>>53386905
Looking good my dude

>>53389470
Bugman's glow, wash of Reikland Fleshshade, layer of Kislev Flesh while avoiding the shaded areas.

>>53389623
Nice lightning. That's some tasty brush control.

>>53389626
Tabletop quality for lenses would just be painting them blue with a little white spot on the edge. Save yourself some money on technicals, anon.

>>53389626
I'm using the green one for my drones and suits and it works fine, tho you might want to use a black base instead of the silver they recommend. Up to you tho, it only gives it a more dark tone to the color

>>53383848
I hope so, I'm still waiting on that transfer pack
Also need more chainaxes
Loving the Tyberos by the way.

Any advice on priming with gesso? I read the dakka post but my results are nowhere close to his, in fact they were completly unusable and required stripping. I tried slopping it on (disaster) and thinned down a bit (brushstrokes and shitty coverage). I used one cheap craftstore gesso and one that was a bit pricier. I'd have to order Liquitex gesso online but I'm reluctant to do so because of the shit experiences so far.

Recommendations for other paint-on primers welcome, I tried out Vallejo urethane grey and it came out as shit and am currently using Vallejo Air Medium Gunship Grey which comes out okayish.

>>53390700
Any reason you can't just use a spraycan?
Imo it's the easiest way to do it.

>>53390732
It's a big hassle with my current living conditions but if I can't find a quality paint-on solution I go back to it. The results in the dakka post look amazing for paint-on but like I said, mine differ a lot.

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>>53380740
just finished my demigryph Preceptor

Any advice on working with leadbelcher? I can't seem to get the consistency right, either it's too thick or it separates and becomes worthless. I'm thinning with water.

Also what is your guys secret to painting quickly? I try to be efficient (batch painting, paint other sections while one dries) but it still takes me 3 weeks to finish a squad or character to a high tabletop quality

>when you're too scared that you'll mess up so you never actually start painting
Maybe these shitty snapfit chaos marines from the assassinorum box will help.

>>53391322
Just like any other paint, once you thin it, run your brush along your palette while twisting it to make a point. If the paint streak you've created is separating/beading, It's too thin. If the paint is globby/you can see bristle strokes, then it isn't thin enough. I aim for the consistency of whole milk for all of my paints and that always works for me.

>>53389626
I use the red for my necron rods and I like it.

>>53391322
>>53391828

Also the secret to painting quickly for detailed models is just to git gud and practice. It used to take me 40 minutes to paint the detail layers on a single Termagant, but now I can bang them out with little to no mistakes quickly because I've painted so many of them

>>53387596
A+ on the glowing carving!

Are there no space marine heads with long hair? I need it for a Blood Angel. Please help.

>>53387285
thanks anon! Glad you like them, they're very pleasant to paint.

>>53392135
http://www.bitzstore.com/en/space-knights/1486-space-knight-heads-with-long-hair-spellcrow.html
http://www.bitzstore.com/en/268-head-space-marines-bits
http://fromthewarp.blogspot.com/2012/03/sculpting-mustaches-mowhawks-and-beards.html

>>53392436
Cheers, time to unpack my greenstuff I guess.

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Iron Knights Anon here from a few threads ago, keeping you guys updated. Bought a box of tacticals today. Disappointed by the lack of bits in the box, pretty sure the older sets I had had far more but that might just be the nostalgia goggles talking. The transfer sheet only has enough designation markings for five marines (five and a half with the studded Mark VI pauldron) so I might buy one of those big forge world ones with a bunch on. The small shields have arrived as well, they should look okay on the models, scale-wise they seem to fit. I've got some sprue cutters coming in the post in the next few days, I hope I can do them justice.

>>53383848
Problem is, Carcharodons don't have different units per se, and the only other named Character that we know of is Te Katurangi, their Chief Librarian and oldest living member by far. However, he's from a recent novel and so FW wouldn't have time to write rules and make a model for him in the meantime.
Carcharodons are bound to stay like they are, I just jope their rules are the same dor 8th ed.

>>53390457
Chainaxes can and should be bought from Anvil Industry. Hell they even have them for both hands.

anyone got some experience with scale 75 paint?
got a few to test today but I'm a bit confused how to use them with water, as im getting very different results compared to vallejo and citadel.

>>53392519
>tactical boxes don't have many bitz
Are you sure you bought the new boxed anon? The amount of bitz and pieces you get there is absurd, and don't even get me started on the devastator box.
Those are some goddamn strong nostalgia goggles you have my man. Having recently used both a 4th edition and a "new" tactical kit, I can assure you, there is absolutely, positively, no comparison. The new one is better and wih a metric fuckton more of stuff on it.

>>53392802
Their metallics are good for airbrushing straight from the pot, so they're trickier to use with a brush.
The standard colours are incredibly matte and quite goopy from the pot, I usually thin them down with acrylic thinner rather than water.
They dry flat as nothing else though.

>>53392828
It's the new box, bought it from Warhammer World. And you're probably right, haven't actually had a look at any of the old sets in years. I've heard the devastator box is so much better than it used to be too, I'll be sure to pick one of them up. The big difference is the transfers, it used to be a much bigger sheet with multiple chapters rather than just ultras, I'm sure. Still, I just need it for the tac insignias.

>>53392862
im trying to get a base coat but it looses its color thickness very fast with a drop of water.
and yeah they dry so damn fast

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Here's my SWAG inquisitorial warband. I'm not 100% on the head for my inquisitor, since the head for the original vampire count is so good. I might try my hand at sculpting some small cables on it instead.

>>53382258
That transparency is a nice touch.

>>53392915
That's kinda their thing though, they "dry" quickly, but you can still move the colour around a little bit when they start to dry up, which lets you do limited blends quite easily.

If you want to slow it down, hit it with some drying retarder.

I've never really thinned it with just water, but in my experience the colour coverage isn't phenomenal to begin with, it's so much nicer with airbrushing.
Though you'll need to thin the hell out of it to put it through an airbrush.

>>53382258
Man I wish people from other brands would post their wips here too to have some diversity, one gets tired after seeing the 437th thinyourpaints marine.

Storm Wardens from ForgeWorld / GW when?

>>53393472
just like everything from ffg, never.

>>53393598

Actually, I was looking at the Primaris. Could just slap the insignia on and call it a day.

>the potential for converting all the Death Guard AND the Primaris Marines in the new starter into my Tzeentch-worshipping madmen
Goodness.

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>>53392986
>Man I wish people from other brands would post their wips here too to have some diversity, one gets tired after seeing the 437th thinyourpaints marine.

Then go over to /btg/ (>>53322445) and stir up some trouble, anon!

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Getting some more work done for heavy weapons team. Fleshed out the ruins a bit.

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Magnetized riding Skulltaker is nearing completion. The base is fully painted and so is the Juggernaut. Now I just have to paint the Skulltaker himself and glue him down. I'm also going to add flame effects to his sword and the lava.

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a test-scheme on a nurgle dude, very much inspired by one I found online. Arms would be similar to body, half-yellow with purple bottoms.

and I swear, I need a better camera, because it looks better in real life.

>>53394324
Good job on the lava OSL. I imagine your other fire effects will be of the same quality, so best of luck to ya.

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First model i've ever attempted (not including some Fire Warriors 10 year ago that didn't make it past primer)

Just need to get the relevant colours for the chest and purity seals

It's astounding how bad it looks up-close, edge highlights and eyes are a pain in the ass but hopefully something I pick up after doing it more

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Finally found some time to finish the amored clown.
The more I paint them, the more I fall in love with these minis.

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>>53394851
And a different shot.
Time to paint the Joker next.

Any good ikea shelves for mini display? Something relatively shallow with glass doors

>>53394870
>that filename
kek,it looks like they're trying to see whether or not he can break the baseball bat on his abs
I like the difference in colour and contrast between them, you made the thugs look kind of dirty and gritty while Bats stays mostly clean and covered in cold shadows.
thumbs up from me

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>>53395009

Detolfs sound any good?

>>53395009
type "ikea glass display cabinet" into google

>>53394851
>>53394870
these look great. Nice work, man.

>>53394732
Doesn't look that bad, the highlight are there and you can see they're done in steps.
Next time try to thin your paints a bit more (no pun intended I swear), you can see it's a bit thick on the metallic parts and on the white especially.
Also I'm guessing the dark angels logo was painted with just white paint?
You should avoid doing that and instead do it in 3 steps starting from grey, then lighter grey (50/50 mix of grey and white) and then with just white on the raised ares.
But overall, a pretty nice job, keep up the good work and welcome back to the hobby m8.

How to paint silver/steel looking Marines?

>>53395273
Look up how to paint Grey Knights.

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>>53395273
>How to paint silver/steel looking Marines?

Here was one such tutorial.

Hey guys, I'm about to paint using acrylic for the first time. I'm going to try painting some bronze chaos marines. Any suggestions?

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>>53395356
is that a joke? or some kind of meme?

>>53395273
There you go m8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NllQYe4S4_g

>>53394445

That looks pretty good anon!

>>53392986
I post trollbloods every now and again, but I've been busy and can't really work on them at the moment

>>53395273
>>53395356
>>53395441
Cheers. I also want to add a colour to the pauldron - what would you add to go with silver that isn't black? (my colour palette is shit)

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>>53395680
Go for Astral Claws m8, they're the shit.

>>53395744
I'm going for a knightly Primaris order so to be honest, it won't look too far different from that, but I thought blue would be a bit too similar

I want them to be homebrew boys, I just have fuck all sense of colour

>>53395903
Really any color would pair with silver and gold if you put it on the pauldrons and backpack.

>>53395903
>Primaris order
mh...

>I want them to be homebrew boys, I just have fuck all sense of colour
As a general tip, you need three colors. A primary, a secondary and an accent color.
Your primary would probably be steel/silver then.
The other colors can either be contrasts or harmonize. You want your accent color to stand out though, either by being brighter/darker or a color contrast.

Silver is pretty neutral as far as colors go, so picky any secondary color you want for the pauldrons and then decide on an accent for stuff like lenses and other details in relation to that.

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>>53394851
>>53394870
it's so hard to find BMG minis online that aren't painted like complete shit. thanks for the contribution man, really nice paintjob on these

>>53396246
That got me thinking, why aren't knight models mins more popular, given their amazing quality? Is it the price or are people just not into DC these days?
I mean the game is fucking fantastic, and you need like 4-8 models to play a standard 2-3 hour long game, but somehow it's really hard to find anyone who actually plays it.

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Did more work on my jin roh style ork as previously seen here

>>53379691

got a sewer base ready for him


also I've been sticking nearly hardened green stuff on a base, not sure what to paint it as, maybe concrete

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What paints would I need to get these blacks and browns?

Are those citadel painting system flowcharts still to look at?

>>53396376
Nigga, that's awesome.

Is PVA glue good enough for sticking cork board onto bases and having it not come off?

>>53396372

2obscure, just like every other nonGW nonPP wargame with cool models

>>53396372
>Is it the price
I don't think so, the models are about 20$ for a hero, or a blister of 2 "normal" guys.
And since you need usually need less than 10 models (sometimes less than 5), so the game costs about a 60-100$ for a playable army.
That's not bad in comparison to other games.

>>53396443
*and since you usually need

fuck my phone

>>53396411
yes

>>53396397
I'm almost thinking rynox hide for the right one.

>>53396599
Sure but that's just the base. How do I shade and layer it?

>>53396624
Depends, I'd like to say a violet/black mix for the wash if you want to keep the tone, but the layering is where you need to be careful, I'm not super comfortable with giving advice for the layering.

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BEHOLD! DUNCAN'S FREEGUILD SPARTANS!

>>53396985
that's a pretty good tabletop standard

>>53397045
I almost posted something about inb4 tabletop standard.
I trusted you /tg/.

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>>53396985
>DUNCAN'S FREEGUILD SPARTANS!

THIS IS MADN- hey,those are pretty damn cool!

>>53396985
>>53397045

Better than 90% of the hobbiests i've met

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Hey guys, I got inspired by a guy who post here or in 40kg and decided to a squad of vostroyans in a taurox.

My question is, I'm the meme valhallan guard posting duder (pic related) and I want to know if I should paint them blue like my guard or go with the traditional red?

Lore wise does multiple guard regiments make sense? Ie cadian and catchan, and in my case vostroyan and valhallans?

>>53397214
>My question is, I'm the meme valhallan guard posting duder (pic related) and I want to know if I should paint them blue like my guard or go with the traditional red?
Whatever you like better. Could build an inquisitor and use them as retinue, maybe.
>Lore wise does multiple guard regiments make sense? Ie cadian and catchan, and in my case vostroyan and valhallans?
Absolutely. Most wars are fought by more than one military detachment. this is commonly referred to as crusade armies. Popular among Space Marine player who like to paint one squad of each army involved in a particular war for example. There is nothing stopping you from doing the same with an IG army.

>>53397214
lore wise its fine, there's several fluff examples of two or more regiments being merged on campaigns due to heavy casualties

>>53397214
It's a big universe i'm sure you can think of some reason why they would be together.

>>53397045
>>53397067
>>53397092
chill guys, I was just joking. These are actually really fucking sweet

>>53396985
Really nice

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Are there any Space Marine chapters that specialize in fighting 'Nids/giant monsters and have lots of dreadnoughts? Possibly as a side effect of fighting so many monsters?

I'm making a Pacific Rim-themed combined force focused around walkers/mechs and I want to know if there are any canon chapters that fill that hole before I homebrew my own.

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Got into painting recently. This dude was fun.

>>53397670
Deathwatch specialize in fighting xenos exclusively. They even have specific chapter tactics for nids. That being said, Iron Hands are the ones that field lots of Dreadnoughts. Take your pick, anon. You can't have both. That being said, there's a later founding chapter called the Emperor's Shadows. They're Iron Hands descendants and even have a Japanese theme. (For your Kaiju fighting needs) There is nothing written about them, but I imagine that they would field lots of Dreadnoughts (Iron Hands descendant combined with Japanese elder veneration) that would be a good place to start.

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>>53396985

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>>53397717
Little less happy with how this model turned out but it was fun practice.

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>>53397732
>Emperor's Shadows
Absolutely perfect! Thanks, anon.

>>53397214
Never bow to fluff on what you think is cool. Remember, it's about your dudes. I have names for all my Eldar on the bottom of their bases, who are from a custom craftworld. The more you get into your force being *yours*, the less the inevitable fuckups in the fluff will bother you.

>>53397670
You can field a list with a fuckton of Dreads as Blood Angels.

Fuck, I remember some guy went undefeated at ATC with an army like that. 2 Librarian Dreads, the Legion of the Damed MC Dread, 3 Contemptors and some troops for tax.

>>53397670
>Are there any Space Marine chapters that specialize in fighting 'Nids
Ultramarines and Scythes of the Emperor. It's their main shtick.

For maximum dreads I'd look into Iron Hands though. Bein entombed/having an entirely bionic body is what every IH dude aspires to.

>>53397670
You probably want to homebrew that, since Marines would look neat in an original colour scheme based of Pacific Rim's Mechs - especially Striker Eureka.

Or, as >>53397732 says, you could use an underdeveloped Iron Hands successor, since you'll almost certainly be using Iron Hands rules. Just don't, under any circumstances, use the Emperor's Shadows. They really do look like shit. Use Sons of Medusa or something.

Does anyone know a good source for waterslide transfers? I'm specifically looking for griffin rampant in white to use on my blood bowl players.

>>53397717
Not bad at all. There could be a bit more contrast with the smoke but still. Well done.

>>53383356

https://www.shapeways.com/shops/popbits?section=--+Bulls&s=0

>>53398291
Make sure you get pictures of some finished bits from that guy. I'm skeptical that a regular 3d printer can render fine detail on that scale without making it look like total ass.

>>53380740
>haha, oh wow! it took 40 of you to kill me! haha!

>>53398327

this vid has painted examples (in between a lot of pointless blabbering)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlFguIuV8I0

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>>53397214
I just added a squad of Vostroyans to my army too. I've been debating the same thing you are. Go blue or paint them red.

Why is it so tough?

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>>53395273

>>53397214
I'd just pretend they're Valhallan Scions personally

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So, this is probably going to sound stupid, but I figure I should ask before I waste my time. In this picture, in regards to the system itself, I start with the base, shade, layer 1, layer 2 obviously. But I'm wondering about the layers. Am I highlighting with those layers, or am I actually just completely "layering" them over the base and previous layer?

>>53399362
GW's paint systems is designed to be used a certain way.
Layer paints are slightly translucent to make creating smooth transitions easier.

However what specifically you end up doing with them is up to you.
The idea is that you take base X and create a smooth highlight with layer Y and Z.
If you instead want an opaque layer of Z and then highlight with something else you can do that too of course. Just keep in mind that base layers are more opaque by default.

If you want to avoid that problem just buy Vallejo. Their paint is not premixed to be used a certain way. So aside from the normal issues that all paint ranges have with certain colors like yellow for example you can use them all the same way.

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Im desperately trying to paint a space marine, im used to the easy mode imperial guard with all the trenchcoats and stuff like that, really are those minis supposed to be this hard? Im used to play around with thinned down paints for the shades and highlights, but its impossible to do with all those damn wide flat areas

Do you guys have any good guide, suggestion and or tips so i can actually learn on how to paint one before i actually buy them (this is just a test mini to learn and mess around with )

>>53395903
Spanish knights then?

Silver as your primary color, red as the secondary and yellow as your accent color. It's visually striking and unique among marine chapters (I think)

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>>53400415
These are the first space marines I've ever painted, so I'm by no means an expert. But here's my 2cents.

>multiple layers on everything
Those big flat areas need to be nurtured
>wash game needs to be STRONG
Most of the time you can slap a model with the wash and leave it alone, with these guys you have to be ontop of them and keep the wash from pooling
>HIGHLIGHTS
alright this is the big one, and not present in pic related. You cannot drybrush marines, I know I tried. I like to think im.wuite good at creating smooth drybrushes (it's how I do my flesh) but it makes power armor look mediocre at best. Unfortunately marines have a bullion edges that need to be highlighted so it's a handful, I suck at edge highlights so it's been a battle

optional
>weathering
Unless you want your marines to look lristome I'd recommend adding some battle damage and weathering to help break up all the flat areas

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Rescued these ladz tonight from a combination of stubborn primer and awful paint jobs. I've got my work cut out for me...

>>53401086
Hey I got the middle left dude also. Great model

>>53401086
cool stuff, the dude with the auspex is tits with some paint on him

I drilled holes to magnetize my wyches, but accidentally went a little deep with some of them and hit the cavity beneath the arm join.

I'm assuming I should break up a couple tooth picks and pack it, then glue the magnet to that?

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Just need to do some finishing touches on the base then my chapter master is finished

This was my first attempt at a full kitbash that incorporated some greenstuff (fur on the shoulderpad/cape, rune plates)

Overall pretty happy with how it turned out

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>>53401086
That helmeted librarian tho.... I wish the still made helmeted SM librarians that weren't fucking grey knights because buying a strike team just for the torso backs sucks diiiiiick. However, the other bits are great for conversions.

>>53397732
>That being said, there's a later founding chapter called the Emperor's Shadows.

When the heck is Victoria Miniatures gonna get around to extra bits for them?

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Got 3 now.
Kinda getting the hand of it.

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>>53401671
>That helmeted librarian tho.... I wish they still made helmeted SM librarians that weren't fucking grey knights

I only ever had one even near-decently painted Librarian until recently, and his replacement still isn't done being painted. I would tell you to look on eBay ... now that 8th Edition is just weeks away, I think the trend of people buying up metal Librarians to stuff them into a Librarius Conclave has slowed down a bit.

>>53395046
I got one. theyre great.

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WIP knight of the blazing sun. Still waiting on the yellow for the feathers, but I'm pretty happy with the gold.

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All right /wip/ I posted this on my local 40k FB to feel good about myself, now give me the critique.

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>>53402467

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>>53402481
Technically my first completely painted model, but definitely my first big model and first vehicle model.

>>53402467
>>53402481
>>53402498
I need to clean it up but I'm done with the main stuff. So, what are your thoughts?

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C&C
5th miniature for me...yes I'm counting. First time tried blending and layering. MSP paints w/ 'Ardcoat glossy sealant on top for the "fresh out of water" look.

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>>53402516
The main thing that jumps out at me is that the greens really flat

>>53402706
To be fair that's kind of the point.

Banter aside I did get the same feeling as well. The metal part looks so nice and detailed, but the camo'd bits look more... not real.

>>53402516
>camouflage
youz is a git and ain't propah orky
but seriously the green is very boring and could use some highlights. Also there's a glaring gap in the trukk's engine so you might want to try and fix that.

>>53402706
>>53402783
How should I make the green look better? I am completely ignorant in that regard. I've been stuck looking at the model and thinking it needs something and not having the knowledge to do any thing about it.

Also I don't really know how to fix the engine; my desire to paint the model was stronger than my need to fix it but it still does bother me.

>>53402825
Highlights my man.
Basically, take a green that is brighter than the green you used to basecoat the model.
Then just follow all the edges with your brush and make thin lines to make the edges pop out.
There's more you could do, but this is a good start for a beginner.

>>53401510
Looks good anon. Did you go over the fur again or redo it? It looks better than I thought it would.

>>53402524
Pretty good for an early project. It looks appropriately slimy for a fish man.

>>53402481
Time for some
>W E A T H E R I N G
Washes, metal drybrush, mud, rust, get it on there! !

Question about glazes:
If you are just using regular old paints, what color should you look for the glaze? The color you basecoated with? I would think that would be a good way to bring the colors together.

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Finished my Custodes and took some quick pictures. Thoughts?

>>53401712
When people start asking for them, but I'm not gonna hold my breath. I've been practicing with plasticard and greenstuff for my 8th Ed. Emperor's Shadows.

>>53403562
Nice gold, but I would recommend adding some POP to those helmet eyes

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Forgive and teach me how to do better flames. Its a chaos renegades nurgle psyker

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Still learning, but here's the first lineman for the Baltymor Brave'unz

>>53404042
That's a nice purple, how'd you get it

>>53404058
2 thin coats of Xereus Purple, shade of Agrax, a third thin coat of Xereus then a very light drybrush, and lastly edge highlights of Genestealer Purple. I have shaky hands and shitty brushes, so the highlight is messy.

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>>53403713
Shit looks fine dude, it'll look even better when you get some paint on it.

>>53403713
Do another little lick of flame coming out of the left eye socket

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>>53403079
I did a last minute resculpting as best as I could

It ended up looking a lot better once it was painted, hopefully my skills with greenstuff will steadily improve as I use it

Anyone know where I can find Kabutos that would work on Marines?

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What do you guys think? Red base, grey base, or tan base?

Red has the best contrast but I'm worried it screws with the red details on the models.

I like the muted astronauts grey but it doesn't contrast much with the model. Matches their scheme well and makes sense for the shadow war of Armageddon games I'm using them in though.

The agrellan earth looks nice but I'm worried it doesn't match their scheme in any real way.

Also open to suggestions, but only other thing I can think of would be a snow base, when I already have like 4 armies based with snow. That said they'd probably look really sharp with snow ...

Dammit I hate choices

>>53405365
All three of those are pretty lackluster.

The marines themselves look really sharp though.

Did you plan on adding basing material?

>>53405388
yeah but the basing material is going to depend on the base color. These are all technical paints, so I'm just using this initial test to get an idea of what the rough "look" will be for each. Depending on which I go with there will be grass, debris, rubble, etc.

Gonna give a try at a snow base, I think that may be my best bet.

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>>53405365
>>53405388
>>53405414
whelp snow it is. I'd prefer not having yet another army on snow but man if it doesn't help make the color pop.

This is just the first pass. I'll get the snow deeper and fluffier after a couple more applications and frost the rocks a bit.

Also I just realized I accidentally slipped a bit on his right shoulder. Son of a bitch that's gonna be a pain to fix. It takes like 5 coats of glazes to get that silver to the proper sheen since I can't find a commercial paint that matches it.

>>53401739
Thin your paints a bit more anon. I can see the thickness from here.

>>53389626
Gemstone paints are god-tier for tabletop+ quality, just don't use silver for their undercoat. I would recommend going instead for Leadbelcher with one or two coats of gloss-nuln oil to make darker lenses.

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Couldn't decide between starting an AoS Stormcast army, or trying out Warmachine.
I chose the diplomatic route.

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Hey WIP, I bought some dudes & dudettes from Victoria Miniatures. Is there an efficient way to deal with all the shitty bits on the outside, or just hobby knife them off?

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>>53405555
>88mm autocannon

Give that Marine a panzer korps.

>>53405940
>tabletop+
>better than tabletop
I disagree.

I'd say they are exactly for people that think ITC's 3 colours are too few but don't want to bother doing tabletop standard.

>>53405555
>silver base edges
PAINT THEM BLACK FOR FUCKS SAKE

>>53406056
Hobby knife is your best bet. Use the back of the blade and be as gentle as you can.

>>53403713
If you've got it near anything gw with fire and want it to match up, you might consider finding a suitable fire bit to cut down to fit and hollow out a spot for the skull. That's only if you don't like how yours turned out. Good on you for working on sculpting new things though.

>>53382809
>>53382786
>>53382810
Ive never had a problem. I think it's bullshit.

>>53384368
Looks like an esky m8

>>53389507
>caring about the skin colour of your minis
Confirmed racist.

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Okay guys, I've been told the cloak looks pretty good, but the rest of the mini is... well, it's a bit of a work in progress travesty at the moment. More pics incoming.

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>>53406683

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>>53406714

>>53406661
The real racists are those who think minorities shouldn't be proportionately represented on the tabletop.

>>53406724
>>53406714
>>53406701
>>53406683
Any feedback, anyone?

>>53406683
>>53406701
>>53406714
>>53406724
I think your main problem is contrast; the cloak looks good, everything else looks sort of flat. You need a darker green for your shadowing on the green bits, the bronzes need some black in the chestnut colored wash you're using, and everything needs stronger highlights.

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>>53406735
But I do have a Skaven army.

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Picked up the Forge World Masterclass Vol II, it has a neat section on the Kastorel-Novem board and painting the Goff Kil-Bursta/Blasta on their website, gave it a go on my Deff Dread - looks a lot better when weathered, I think FW do a really nice job of Orks as opposed to the usual cartoon ones you see.

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>>53406863

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>>53406880

And then scaled down for the infantry. Not as pleased with these dudes as with the Dread, I think the skin needs to be a bit lighter (currently just Waaagh Flesh + Athonian Camoshade) to stand out against the black more, but I'm not *displeased* with them and they're pretty quick to paint.

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>>53406900

>>53406783
Thanks, man. That helps a lot :)

>>53406863
>>53406869
>>53406880
>>53406900
>>53406922
Personally I never liked the whole "legs get so dirty they turn a different color" thing
Just seems to be going a bit overboard

>>53406683
First came the rhythmic earthshaking thuds.
With the the thuds came the droning swarms of biting and burrowing flies.
With the flies came a mountain of a man.
But it wasn't a man. Its proportions were too large, too bulky. It must have been at least 8 feet tall in its baroque, rusted Terminator armour; the surface marred with wounds and corruption, thick with grime; its plated arms ending in massive clawed gauntlets showing the wear and tear of millennia.

The walking mountain took steady steps through the war torn street, deserted apart from the buzzing flies and the dozen unlucky soldiers ordered to secure the block. Each footfall was punctuated by the sound of metal boots crunching and grinding concrete to dust, leaving spiderweb cracks and slightly sunken prints in the road. Coming to a halt some twenty yards from the positions of the soldiers, its voice bellowed from the armour's broadcast system — harsh and sickening — devoting a sacrifice to the lord of pestilence. As it spoke, its softly glowing eye lenses passed over each of the soldiers, the crimson glass contrasting against its battered green armour.

These soldiers were well trained, but they had fought against fellow humans. Terrorists, criminals and cults, but not this... horror. Two turned and ran. One drew his sidearm and ate the barrel. The rest took aim with shaking hands and opened fire.

>>53407064
As the whipcrack sound of lasgun fire echoed through the street, the giant began a lumbering charge, closing most of the distance between it and the soldiers in but a second. The lasers barely scorched the surface of its thick armour, and in a heartbeat the figure was among them, towering over the men as it charged bodily into one of them. The soldier flew back with the sound of breaking bones and was dead before he hit the ground. Bright lightning arced over the thing's claws as it swung in long, fast motions; cleaving two men in half at the waist with one swipe, reversing the movement into a backhand which sent another's head flying clean off his shoulders. The squad's sergeant didn't even have time to finish yelling an order before a long, corroded talon cut him short, punching through his throat with a meaty snick, severing his spine.

>>53406701
>mouldlines

>>53384827
>Playing Steel Legion
>Not playing Death Korps

Why did you make this choice, anon?

>>53407116
I know, bro :c I wish I took more time to clean it.

>>53396397
I play Krieg, I use the colour scheme of the 5th Siege. For the trenchcoat, I base with Mechanicus Standard Grey, wash the whole thing with Nuln Oil, before picking out the raised areas again with Mech Standard, then Dawnstone, then a final highlight of Fenrisian Grey, so give it a slight blue colour in the light.

As for the browns, that's less important. I use Mournefang for the dark areas, and Steel Legion Drab for light areas, before washing with either Nuln Oil or Agrax Earthshade, and highlighting with Zandri Dust.

Finally, for the helm and shoulders, I base with Eshin Grey, wash with Nuln Oil, before weathering them with Leadbelcher, then Runefang Steel.

>>53407212
What would be a good way of getting a ww1 French esque sky blue trenchcoat for my kriegers?, I'll be using browns and tans otherwise for wraps, boots and masks

>>53407264
For that you'd want to base in Thunderhawk Blue, before washing in Drakenhoff Nightshade. Then go back in with Thunderhawk and redefine the areas that the wash didn't settle, but be sure to water it down a lot, almost like a glaze, so you don't have any harsh edges where one colour stops and another begins. After that highlight with Fenrisian Grey, followed by another more selective highlight of Russ Grey.

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>>53405555
Why silver bases instead of black though? The models themselves look awesome but the base edges ruin it for me.
Also nice quads.

>>53407158
He made the correct choice, anon.

>>53407212
How does that look like? Pics?

>>53407324
Thanks anon, that should make a nice grey blue look for the coats then, since I'd like them to look weathered being kriegers and all
Will probably go with black armor notched with some kind of silver or grey, and yeah I love the look of tab gaiter wraps for clothing, and a deeper a brown for the leather pieces of kit

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>>53394851
>>53394870
These look fucking awesome.
>tfw live in a small shitty country in Europe and have no one to play BMG against
Oh well time to talk some friends into getting into the hobby.

>>53406863
>>53406869
>>53406880
>>53406900
>>53406922
I love this dirt & dust effect, looks great on horde armies. Can't wait to see more, keep it up anon.

>>53394870
batmans cloak and everything about him is just fanstatic. top tier painting there, anon

How fucking fast is paint supposed to dry? Barely a minute goes by and my paint has dried on my pallet and brush. It's new paint too from both GW and Vallejo.

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>>53407383
>>53407417
Sorry for the shit picture, my phone camera is broken, so I cracked out an old phone just to take this, but the quality of that is still horrendous.

Nevertheless, you can sort of see how the model looks. These are some I'm working on right now. Left is almost done, just needs one or two more highlights and some weathering, and right is in the basecoating stage, so you can see a before / after of what the model will look like.

>>53407436
>talk some friends into getting into the hobby.
This. When there's no local gaming group just make one.
Also it can be pretty funny to watch your friend slowly but surely become completely broke from buying all the metal & plastic crack.

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>>53407683
If you're using a normal pallete it can dry up really quickly.
I'd suggest you try out the wet pallete like in pic related.
The paint stays wet for hours, and it's really simple to make, you'll need:
1. some kind of containter, like a lunch box
2. water
3. baking paper, shiny side up

voila

>>53407723
Seems like I have to move towards a wet palette now due to summer, feels bad.

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>>53407687
Got it to focus better

>>53407723
Wet pallet is a dumb fucking meme, just be more efficient with the amount of paint you use you aspie

>>53407858
red pill me on wet pallete, whats wrong with it?

>>53407858
>>53407945

So it wouldn't solve my problem of paint drying in less then a minute?

>>53407945
It makes a god damn mess
Just use a normal pallet
>>53407968
It would but you could also stop overloading your brush

>>53407980
>It makes a god damn mess

You sound like a spastic 'tard.

>>53407858
As someone who has alternated between using and not using a wet pallet, the wet pallet is a godsend. My paint can last for hours, even a full day when the lid is on and as someone who can't sit and marathon paint for 8 hours, it's perfect.

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>>53407980
>it makes a goddamn mess
Are you actually fucking retarded?

>>53407945
Don't listen to him anon, he's just an autist.

>>53407980
>Want to make a wet pallet
>Saturate sponge with water and dump a whole pot of paint onto it
>"Wow what a mess!"
>Post about it online

>>53407980
>overloading

I'm not overloading it you nigger. I take a small amount of paint on my pallete before thinning with water then use the standard amount of paint on my brush.

I'm rather sure it's just the summerheat but fuck you anyway, mouth breathing "tabletop standard" retard.

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>>53407980
>It makes a god damn mess
Yeah what a fucking mess amrite?
Fucking kill yourself faggot.