/WIP/ Thread - Thing your goddamn paints edition

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got one tau model - he is fun to paint

Hey guys, can anyone point me to a guide about coupling Games Workshop base/layer/dry paint colours?

I am going to be painting Reaper miniatures, mostly guys in chainmail and plate mail. I also have some guys who will need green/brown colours for their tunics and cloaks.

Any help is appreciated, (((GW))) paint is expensive so I only want to buy the necessities.

>>53520840
Thin your paints

>>53520869
Buy Vallejo instead

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>>53520793
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I was digging through my bits box for 8th edition coming up and I found this. This is what dumbass kid me did to a defiler. I'm going to salvage it and make it nurgle (obviously) but curious what you guys think need patching up the post.

Plans are to fill all the seam lines and to build the front leg shields into full shields. I also need to find a base for it but have no idea what size it would go on

Right, anon of the immortal lord here, last thread 1 other anon said he loved the model and the base but not the location of the model on the base.

If you are still around could you please elaborate as I would like to hear your thoughts on the matter

Though I won't be able to read the thread till tomorrow cos I gotta sleep.
Night WiP

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Another pic of the renegades

Feat. King in yellow

>>53521095
not that guy but it looked stupid to have him standing on a sheet of metal on top of a sewer pipe

What do you guys use to varnish? Its extremely humid where I live so sprays worry me and read some paint on varnishes fuck with colors and wash

>>53521171
thats exactly what i would imagine a gang of angry misfits and zealots would look like

>>53521095
>>53521173

Not this guy or that guy, but I believe that guy meant how he's standing on the very back of the metal sheet.

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>>53521244
I dont varnish

But i'd like to at some point so i am wondering this too

>>53520840
Like your highlights but I think you put to much visor glow on his face

>>53521244
>>53521282

I live somewhere with hot, humid summers and very cold winters so I mostly use paint on sealers. Never had any issues with it, just make sure it's not too thick or pooled up anywhere and store it at room temperature. Disclaimer - I exclusively paint/seal the plastic Bones figures so I'm not sure how well paint on sealer works with other types of materials.

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Reposting my Sentinel. How'd I do?

First time doing chipping and spotlights

Going to be painting up an ultramarines army after finding half of an army Unpainted on sprues still in my garage. Do space marines rule wise HAVE TO have 32mm bases? I have honestly got about a thousand 25mm ones but I don't want to start assembling them if they're incorrect.

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Reposting as i did not notice previous was in autosage.

Shadow war orks gang.

Once you go green youze is sneaky and mean.

>>53521614
Looks good, I'd maybe add a splash of color somewhere on it though so it pops from farther away.

>>53521171
digging the tasteful sprinkling of Redemptionists, by the time those heretics find out they've been infiltrated they'll already be on fire!

>>53521614
Thin sepia wash around the plates, trust

>>53521820
Awesome. They look really great.

Since I'm forever stuck with 2nd edition nostalgia goggles, I can't help but to think that some white checks would look great on the armor of your nobs.

Keep posting these, I never get tired of seeing them.

>>53521490
Plastic bones? And what sort do you use and how many layers? Fucking Alabama summer the air is like a sponge so Im thinking brushing on. Like a play of gloss and cover with matte and what brand?

>>53516539
What did you use for the grey? Looking for off whites & greys for my SoB

The lights have ended up very nice, although I'm not sure about the blue ink pooling in the recesses of the one on the side.

>>53522138

Here is an example of the next figure I am going to work on, it's a (plastic) stone golem from the Bones Reaper line.
http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/Bones/a-z/77171#detail/77171_w_1

Here is the link for my sealer brand. I apply one coat to the models I'm churning out fast and don't care too much about (skeletons, kobolds, things like that). I apply two coats to the models that I worked a long time on and are special to me but that's because I'm paranoid about missing a spot, one coat is probably fine. You have to shake the hell out of the bottle before using it and either use it in a well-ventilated area or wear a mask to protect yourself from the fumes if you are sealing a lot of figures in a poorly-ventilated area. No thinning required if you are using a brush, don't know if you need to thin if using a sprayer.
https://www.amazon.com/Testor-Corp-Dullcote-Lacquer-Testors/dp/B0069FYJYI

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First three Iron Knights assembled. Did my best to get rid of flash/mouldlines, going to touch them up in the morning. Didn't realise how much of a pain the shields would be, they really limit the positions I can pose these guys. The sergeant's shield is wedged against his helmet and backpack, it was a complete paint to fit in.

>>53522974
Ok, was looking at that brand previously, I can redo a primer and not feel bad but redoing an entire mini cause of the last step sounds like a nightmare. I was reading that pute gloss was the best way to go for the toughest protection and the matte over it to help fight that shine. But no thinning? Thats hard to believe, totally thought Id have to thin it and Im suppose you paint it on and not just smear it all over like a wash. Could it effect wash cause I had read on that too, so fucking paranoid.

>>53521820

I really like them, the shields are a cool touch. Look like the shields from the space marine game, very cool.

>>53523142

Forgive me for saying this, but the shields kind of look like ass to me.

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I just put a wash on groot and now i'm going to start highlighting and drybrushing him

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>>53523786
Eh, it's okay. I'm hoping they look better when they're painted. It's the best I can do without making them myself.

>>53523876
Also adding to this: The perspective makes them look bigger than they actually are.

Hey guys, is Purity Seal any good? Does it protect your minis, and is it Matte? I'm getting a lot of conflicting information, and I'm hoping you guys can sort it out for me. Thank you.

>tfw every time it occurs to me I could post my daily progress on /wip/ it's already night and the light is shite
>tfw I'll probably forget to take pictures tomorrow as well

>>53523959

It's good when it works but its expensive and messes up a lot in high humidity. It's satin not matte

You can get cheaper brands that are matte and less sensitive to weather

>>53524175

Like what?

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Wip genestealer cults and one skitarii.. paint mite b a little thick and still have some details to finish

Ack ack

>>53521820
Love them. Where are the shields from?

>>53521171
These guys rock, anon. Good work.
In particular, I love the guy in red, in the front row, with the big sword. And the other renegade wielding the dual auto pistols--sweet.

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Usually I'm posting Warzone Imperial Guard conversions or Vostroyans, but I've been working on some Silver Skulls assault marines recently

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>>53524690
I've been listening to Conan the Barbarian novels as I work. The L. Sprague deCamp and Robert Jordan works aren't as good as Robert E. Howard's original short stories, but since I've read all those, it's fun to get more.

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>>53524713
And currently I'm working on a jump pack Chaplain to lead these guys. I love the sinister look of the black armor and skull helm.

Any tips for _red_ ork skin?

>>53524437
I love the colors anon!

>>53524690
>>53524713
>>53524753
Looking good. Have you considered doing a bit more work on the lenses? As of now they look a bit flat.
You're going to do the Chaplain's helmet bone colored right?

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>>53520793
I got a new painters award at my flgs for these dudes at their painting competition; so next year I have to compete in the "past winners" elite catagory. Thing is I have no fucking idea how to get better at painting. The recent stuff Ive done hasnt loved up to these rangers. It would be rad if someone could pick apart these dudes and tell me where I fucked up and can improve? Painting is super relaxing but fucking finishing a model is a hell I can get out of. I keep going back to tweak.

>>53521614
Seems an ideal color scheme to rust up with some ryza rust - duncan has a good weathering video on it

>>53524862
Paint em like you would paint Bloodletters

>>53524690
They look v nice anon
Silver skulls are an uncommon chapter

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Because I'm retarded, how do I get this effect on plasma?

>>53525148
The silver is a bit flat and the eyes could do with another highlight.
I'm not sure what sort of effect you were going for with the guns but I don't like it, just looks a bit similar to the robe

>>53525146
Thank you. I hadn't thought about doing more work on the lenses, but now that you mention they look flat, I see that, and I think I should do more.
And yes, definitely--the chaplain's helmet is going to be bone!

>>53525192
Thanks! I really psykers and sorcery in 40k, and so the idea of a chapter that relies on divination to choose when it marches to war is really exciting.
The Emperor's Tarot is so fucking cool.

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Alright /wip/, give it to me straight - how much shit do you guys think I'll get for making Rough Riders with Civil War army men horses as their mounts? I have a shit ton of the fuckers lying around and a whole mess o' IG models sitting pretty waiting for the day Rough Riders would be decent on the tabletop.

If the idea sounds a little TOO cheap to be viable, what are some alternative horse models? I really want to run as close I can get to a cavalry-only IG list in 8e just for the giggles.

>>53525298
God DAMN does that effect get me hard every time

>>53525360
I'm not the anon who posted those, but...

The guns are rusty and the robes are orange because those Skitarii are from Ryza, obviously.

>>53520840
>>53520840
For a first model this is great and I have a feeling you're going to get very good at glow effects down the road.
In the name of critique, your paints are pretty thick, and the highlights, especially on the lower half, look like they were painted on with the side of the brush or just too thick in general. You want to just barely graze the tip of the edge with the edge of your brush, until it feels like you're applying individual paint particles.
Best part that you said it was fun to paint. A lot of people are monomaniacally focused on outcome and forget the act itself is supposed to be enjoyable.

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>>53525360
yep I screwed up the guns, they were originally a dark mahogany color with copper bits but I screwed up and make them lighter and then i realised the pallette was too warm
Would some white dashes/dots help with the eyes?

>>53521820
Nice work, anon.

Did you use ogryn bits for the shields? Because that's goddamn heresy.

What heads should I use if I want to use Tsons in 40k and 30k.

30k Sons didn't have big crests

>>53525298
Pls respond

>>53521820
how'd you get the red color for their lips and noses?

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>>53524437
One more better pic of the ayy lmaos. I guess this was before I painted the plasma gun on the skitarii
>>53525386
>>53524713

Love your marines brother. Paintscheme is just what a hardened astartes chapter should look like, gunmetal and serious. And silver skulls have badass fluff.

>>53526627
i like your skitarii color ;)

>>53523142
>>53523876
the shield on the iront knight just covers a bit of his chest piece, not an entire quadrant of a shoulder pauldron like yours

>>53525298
White - Blue Ink - White?

>>53526627

>another anon who paints his skitarii ryza (or at least orange)

Praise be to the omnissiah for I have found my brother.

>>53525546
Get the dudes actually looking like Guardsmen and get some gubbins on the horse and as long as it looks good you should be fine.

>>53525546

Well I wouldn't give a shit, but my store manager would have an aneurysm...hey, if you do build those and you happen to not be too far away do you think you could come to my local shop?

>>53525148
>>53526101
I love that orange, it's very neat.

>>53527563
Hail my mechanical brethren. I presume those are yours earlier in the thread? Looking dope.>>53525148
My lads are part of a reclaimer sect, putting along on their ship and gathering old tech to refurbish or trade.

>>53527825

naw man, those aren't mine. I never actually posted any of mine here. one second lemme grab a pick.

>>53527825
>>53527563
Third anon here, also considering Ryza but I went and bought the Skitarii paint pack since my LGS guy was a bit too pushy that day.

>>53527835


so many ryza anons today, Anyway here are a few terrible pictures of my minis. Got the rest of them all packed up, so I just grabbed a few off the top.

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>>53527975

I'm retarded. Here be the pics

>>53521171
Is the Queen in red?

>>53527992
is the ranger just colored with jokero orange? I found that to be too red and I layered tau ochre on top, which makes it a much nicer orange

>>53527992
also going over that robot with some silver/steel to catch the aquila and rivets would add a ton to it

>>53525148
Praise the Omnissiah

>>53527563
Those are mine, I run them with inquisition, and as I was saying in >>53528606 they are actually a slightly lighter color than the normal Ryza (and are white under the cape, not red) but I still call em Ryza Skitarii. I like to think they are pre-ork waaaagh ryza skitarii, borrowed long ago by an inquisitor. Since the red under the cape is meant to signify the blood split on the surface of Ryza

>>53528675
oh I meant to link to
>>53527563
praise the omnissiah
Do you have any ryza to show us?

>>53520793
Primed a large Reaper Bones mini and now the surface is all tacky. What's a good quick fix? Or do I just have to strip it? Can I just ignore that shit and paint it anyways?

>>53527992
I also found that Greys work well with the orange, Greys and Blues. Doing the base a type of Grey or some other "cold" color would set a nice contrast to your oranges and reds

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>>53525298

>Just finished making a wet palette

Here I go. Wish me luck.

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>>53528766
post pictures when you're done anon

>>53529253
Doubt I will have anything worth posting today. But we'll see.

And my god. So thin. So even. How is such a thing possible? What sorcery is this?

>>53528619

yeah I need to touch it up, I've just a lot to paint so I'm letting some things slide at the moment.

>>53528606

Troll slayer actually I think...maybe. I'd need to go look at my pots.

>>53528689

My brother, I'm the one with the bot.

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>>53525298
Here's a better pic that shows its not that complicated

You should be able to reproduce it without much difficulty

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Any idea what paints were used in the hair here?

>>53529422
Squig orange?

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And for my contribution, finally picked up a paintbrush again for the first time in a month and a half to start on my Dark Eldar. Still gotta do parts of the frame, but the base coat is nearly done at least.

>>53529455
Probably. Washed with Agrax or something? Mostly trying to figure out if the orange is drybrushed or not. I also don't have Squig Orange so I'd be doing Fire Dragon Bright instead. Can't afford more paint after all the supplies I just bought.

>>53527251
They'd probably fit the Primaris Marines, actually.

>>53529300
It's the way the Emperor wants your paints to be. Thin, and at least two layers of them.

Also, anyone had experience with scenic resin bases? I'm considering buying about 120€ in these bases, various sizes obviously.
https://tabletop-art.de/Ancestral-Ruins-Rundbase-Deal
Following the colour scheme shown, do you think it would contrast well with Minotaurs SM?

>>53520869
there is a pdf on the website and I think the OP.

>>53521093
looks salvageable. If I were you my crazy ass would take the heavy hobby knife and saw, cut that bastard into pieces and make a unit of obliterators or some dark mechanicus boyos. Defiler kit looks like a generous contribution to the dark gods!

Also just my opinion, but nurglifying things isn't an excuse to throw greenstuff globs all over shit. Subtlety and appropriateness makes the best nurgle conversions

>>53527992
hmmm I never noticed how simple the kastellan robot sculpts are compared to everything else in 40k...

>>53529910

Do you really have to go there m8? We've had this discussion, please just let it be.

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>>53529482
looks sweet, like a wipeout car
omfg now I want to do reavers in the wipeout colors

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>>53529910
>>53529931
I'm also not a fan, and I'm an admech player - I want chicken leg everything

>>53521073
from endless copy and paste jobs is my guess

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This is a Herald of Tzeentch that I bought back in 2012. I sent it to Blue Table Painting back before their reputation caught up with them, and of course they did a completely shit job and I had to repaint pretty much the entire thing. Those guys literally painted the claws on the fingers and left the actual claws with the skin color, like they couldn't find them or something. I don't even...

>>53530085
>Blue Table Painting
I don't understand why people get others to paint their minitures. I'd paint minitures for free, so long as you supply the paint

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>>53530085
I also converted that hand later on down the line because as if BTP wasn't bad enough, this was one of those minis that was made in Finecast AND had a staff. I told BTP to put the non-staff hand on instead (yeah, I even had them assemble it) but they didn't. Ugh. I also changed the base once the 32mm bases got phased in. That mini's been through a lot...

Also, here's an actual WIP

>>53530112
Some people know their limitations and would rather the mini look nice while playing. Also they have the cash to spare.

Whilst painting is a part of the hobby as a whole, it isn't what some people get into the hobby for.

>>53530134
Looks nice. I too am a fan of simple drybrushed ash looking bases.

>>53530017
Now I do too, shit, that was supposed to be ny main color scheme. Should I do differently colored vertical fins to distinguish racers?

>>53528705
Anyone? Google results vary from "nuke it" to "ignore it" to "just hit it with dullcote"

>>53530146
>Whilst painting is a part of the hobby as a whole, it isn't what some people get into the hobby for.
I sorta don't get this. There are plenty of cool games that don't require you to paint models (like xwing)
Maybe it's because I discovered and played quite a bit of warhammer in tabletop sim before I ever got into the hobby

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>>53530166
It would be easy to adjust your current scheme to match the AG-Systems racer. I'm trying to imagine who the Comorragh sponsors would be for each Reaver

>>53530184
Some people just like assembling and playing the game. Sometimes even just the collection aspect on top of that.

We each get into these hobbies for different reasons.

Plus things like X-Wing for example weren't always available when people were getting into them.

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>>53521073
Is this your first general thread?

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>>53521614
The searchlight seems kinda messed up and like the other Anon said, a bit of rust and more visible sponge weathering would go a long way.

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Every now and then I see squad shots of these Red Talons floating around /WIP/

Do any of you guys have them? I want to start a force myself and need some inspiration.

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How does my biker look? And does anyone know a good GW green I could use to highlight?

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Have a wip of mine. Death Guard Terminators.

>>53530134
I do love the flames on these guys.

>>53530773
Hate the be the asshole here, anon, but he doesn't look great. There are mouldlines on the wheel fork and gaps on the wheel. Also you should take a look at the guide for taking pictures, because yours is just not that great, making it hard to give actual advice. For example, it looks like the wash is still wet.

Anyway, i do like the use of raptor bits and the forgeworld kit on top of them. The colour that you're looking for is probably warboss green or nurgling flesh, depending on the tone of green that you're going for.

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>>53530988
Also working on this plague hulk for a battle tomorrow.

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For some really screwed up reason the Ryza transfer sheets can only be bought in New Zealand

>>53530988
Appreciate what I can get, took the picture a bit too early and need to build a light box. The csm biker kit is a bitch to build

>>53530988
They look very rad. Don't neglect to weather the space marine stuff as part of your terrain

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Okay, so.
Instead of freehanding every space marine shoulder, would it be possible to use a stamp?
Like:
https://youtu.be/tuca1Vn2xLE

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This is the first thing I've painted since I learned about paint thinning and loading the brush a bit more intelligently.

>>53531460
Are the stones/bubbled areas on the white also going to get yellow? Or some other color?

>>53531518
I'm not sure. The yellow doesn't contrast too well with the white, so I might just leave them as is. The picture on the box has some of the stones the same colour as the hull, while others are painted like gems.

Do you think I should put a blue wash into the recesses in the hull?

>>53531553
Reds could work for the gems on the white areas.

And yes a blue wash for the recesses would be nice.

>>53520793
Do you guys have any experience with vallejo matte/satin varnish in a bottle?
With primer I got better results brushing on gesso than spraying so I think I'll go that way with sealing as well.

I can also get liquitex instead of vallejo here, although it's 50% more expensive.

ALSO:
Do you use natural moss for terrain making? I've been on a huge craft market looking for a plastic one but all I found is the real one. Terrain making tutorials just mention 'moss' and I'm lost if it's supposed to be artificial.

>>53521171
Where is that skull at the front from?

>>53529840
Agreed. I'm going to make it more battle damaged than nurgly.

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Am I taking on too much at once? Probably.

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How do I base paint without it looking so smudged?

Ive primed, thinned the paints and this is with a 3rd thin coat.

Its even more noticeable without the shitty camera.

>>53532655
You probably thinned the paint too much.

>>53531282
Huh, learn something new every day. Maybe? Never heard of anyone doing that, but I don't see why not. Nail polish is enamel; might want to clear coat the pad with some gloss first before you stamp. Can you get custom designs done somewhere?

>>53531282
Depends on the chapter and if you can get a stamp like that made I guess.

I painted my TS freehand but if I had to do something more difficult I'd get some decal paper and print them at the office or a good copy shop. Still, interesting idea, but I'm thinking more about stamping chapter markings for vehicles.

How are people finding the Nuln Oil and Agrax earthshade washes? I loved Devlan Mud but I've run out. Is agrax a good enough substitute?

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I'm working on one more brute for the unit I posted a couple days ago. This one probably has the most conversions going on than on any model I've done before, so he was real fun to do. Still wip, need to get something to cover the thing on his right shoulder.
Hopefully the picture's better than the other ones too, I think I figured the whole lighting deal out now.

>>53532796
It's not Devlan Mud, but it's probably better than all the others and I've fucking tried at least 10 different brown washes so far.
As for Nuln Oil, I'm using that on everything I paint.

>>53532690
Yea thats what i feared.

Cant seem to get the ratio right. Sometimes it starts consistent but then i dip the brush in and the remaining paint is thinner then what i began with.

Damn tutorials make it look so easy.

>>53532876
I recommend you use a (wet) palette. makes it super easy to judge the consistency of your paint.

>>53532918
Doing that too, and from what ive gathered its working as intended, paint is staying wet with the lid closed for hours etc..
Guess Ill try another attempt with more paint and less thinner next chance i get. Bite the bullet on my fears of going thicc.

>>53521820
God I love your orks how'd you do their skin?

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>>53532796
>How are people finding the Nuln Oil and Agrax earthshade washes?

They are the blood of our saint. Nuln Oil is black and Agrax is brown. Just beware the curse of /wip/. You might do well to transfer some portion of the new taller Shade bottles into a shorter one so you can at least save some before you inevitably spill it.

>I loved Devlan Mud but I've run out. Is agrax a good enough substitute?

Yes.

>>53532796
Just buy Army Painter Shades, if you can. They are cheaper and come in dropper bottles, so the will never spill.

>>53534593
>You might do well to transfer some portion of the new taller Shade bottles into a shorter one
At that point you might as well use objectively superior dropper bottles.

>>53531091
Good job on pointing that out, probably would've missed it.

>>53530988
How'd you do your bases? I like them a lot

>>53532796
Agrax is bullshit the new washes are vastly inferior to Devlan. Army painter shade is by far the closest in tone, but you have to done critical difference compared to Devlan mud. Never water it down, spread it out by thinning it with your brush, if you apply water to the army painter (strong shade) it will leave white deposits, unlike Devlan which just got better with water. Otherwise its a 95% match.

>>53534834
It's mostly PVA glue, cork and your usual sand. Also added are a few bits of plastic tubing and the odd piece of etched brass sheet.

>>53534593
You know what to do, Anon. Agrax within, Agrax without.

>>53521171
Cool. Where's the skull-mask fella from?

>>53530988
Love 'em. Especially the furthest one to the right on the second row.

>>53531009
Smexy!

>>53532811
Neat! Are his fellow orruks also looters of Lizardmen?

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>>53535406
>Cool. Where's the skull-mask fella from?

I don't recognize the head - it's obviously a conversion - but the rest of him is one of the cultist leaders (front and center lad here) from Dark Vengeance.

>>53529401

Start from a white base and then "highlight" with shades of blue. Also, if you do OSL then any object that the light hits should never be lighter than the source. This model gets it right.

Anyone know if GW are going to release 25mm versions of their Sector Mechanicus bases?

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>>53535555
I wanted each member of the unit to have a different theme, so they've all got different things going on. The two I haven't painted yet are an ogre looter and a breastmen looter.

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Good tidings anons, I need your counsel. I've been tinkering with this seraphim to have it be my pistolier for Shadow War Armageddon (and perhaps gunslinger canoness in 8e).

I'm wondering, would you glue the banner before priming? Even though it's pinned, it's such a small pin that It might need a fair bit of superglue and perhaps even greenstuff, so I would have to paint over that.

On the other hand, I want to give freehanding a go, and if the banner is attached to her, it seems almost unthinkable for me to get any decent results.

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>>53536947
Also, I have my doubts about the base.

I don't know whether to put her on a 32mm base with a concerned imperial citizen pointing her towards some heretics (dark angels, obviously) or have her standing on her own on a 25mm base. I kind of feel that the 32mm one is more fun and characterful.

>>53536967
I really like dude on the base, but it's taking up a lot of visual real estate in that front-on view. I dont know it there's a way of making the guy less obtrusive, putting the sister on a higher platform or something.

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>>53536967
>>53536947
(I'd like to point out that seen IRL one can appreciate the banner, the bells and the robes flowing in the same direction, as will do a chain I'm planning on attaching to the citizen's neck)

Another question is the colour scheme. I'm thinking one of these two, with a dark grey urban base? I would like to try a snowed one, but that might be too much white. The left one would carry white bolters, the right one black, or red ones, to lower the contrast between the black and the off white.

>>53537040
You are absolutely right about the real state. Another option could be removing the chaos symbol thing, just put a small pebble uderneath the foot, and move the lady to the right, away from the dude, giving her some breathing room?

>>53527594
>hey, if you do build those and you happen to not be too far away do you think you could come to my local shop?
If I end up finishing 'em I'll consider it. I'm very slow when it comes to modelling and painting and I still have to decide on whether or not I want to start an IG army anyway so don't hold your breath..
\You anywhere near the Cali bay area?\

>>53534659
You say that, but I made vastly more of a mess with a clogged bottle of Vallejo Hot Orange than that tiny spill of Agrax.

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>>53537268
Maybe you could do something like this? It's a shitty mockup but you could fit the two layers onto a 32mm base. Depends on how much work it would take to make it happen though.

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Recieved this today. With 8th ed on the doorstep I wanted to get back into the hobby after a long break. I just finished the bases for my crisis suits and started magnetising their guns.

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Working on some more Deathwatch.

gonna make a Primaris squad soon all of almost dead-chapters.

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>>53537597
>Heavy Bolter with combi Heavy Flamer

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>>53537513
These are the bases for the crisis suits. Not sure if to add some more.

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>>53537597
>Salamanders are african

>>53537487
Not much, I reckon. Some cutting up old bases to glue on top and that should be it. I'll give it a try, thanks anon.

>>53537655
I think that adding more might make it look too busy? It looks perfect right now, with perhaps one tuft here or there.

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>>53532707
I mean nail polish is acrylic, so just use a a minitures acrylic and it should work out okay. I'll give it a try tonight on some test stuff and see how it goes

>>53536967
Larger 32mm base perhaps?
>>53536947
I don't see an issue with painting it first, then using a small file to uncover the paint at the contact points and gluing that later

>>53537706
Don't worry. Primaris Salamanders will be white Aryans as they don't inherit the geneseed flaws.

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>>53525298
You don't

If plasma coils get that bright it means they're fucked

Paint it non glowy or forever look like a tryhard fag

>>53537597
I like the bone spurs all over the black dragon.

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My WIP Salamanders.

My free hand isn't great...still pretty shakey.

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>>53538125
And here they are on the other side

>>53538125
Mold lines on backpacks.

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>>53537983
>how dare you compromise the lore in the name of fun

>>53538297
Doesn't look bad, but for all that's holy, resize that. 3.5MB are never justified unless it's Golden Demon quality.

>>53538398
>>53538297
I personally don't care about file size, but pls rotate it

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>>53538176
>Kid keeps pissing himself because he thinks its fun
>stop pissing yourself
>No its fun

>>53522127

I'll toy with the idea with checks as I used to paint them on my old Ork army all the time!

>>53523562
>>53524479
>>53526212

Trade secret, battle wagon Rolla!

>>53526609

Death World Forest + Dark Reaper + Mephiston red :)

>>53533448

Black Prime, Death World Forest Base, Dark Reaper Wash, highlight up with DWF

Thanks for all the kind words, lads.

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>>53537958
Now I want to see this made.

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guards for the big guy coming up, havent painted anything in 7 months i think.

3 zoans and 6 raveners still waiting their turn, this is just as "fun" as i remembered

>>53537983

He's a DA so it's okay for them to abuse their plasma. They're swimming in it. You wouldn't care about crashing your Lamborghini either if you lived in a mansion made out of Lamborghinis.

>>53531009
that sword is kickass or should i say melt ass, gross and sexy paintjob all around

>>53530988
how'd you paint that sweet, sweet armor?

Can I have some Dkok painting inspos?

>>53538125
>>53538163
Your free hand may be shaky, but that salamanders emblem, and the flames, look nice!

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>>53537597
>>53537638
>Infernus heavy bolter
>with frag cannon barrel and heavy bolter ammo

>>53537655
>>53537513
First suit is done with all weapons magnetized. Any advice on dynamic posing?

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>>53539664
forgot pic

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>>53539574
I recently downloaded a bunch of osprey from /hwg/ for similar purposes.
Personally I'm kind of partial to the Prussian uniforms.

But Krieg is basically the WW1 uniform of the French with German WW2 helmets.
So French uniforms are probably worth a look too.

>>53539741
>German WW2 helmets.
the Stahlhelm was used from 1915, lurk /hwg/ more

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>>53539681
didn't like how the weapons where positioned on the arms. So I changed it

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>out of snow paint
>out of rust paint
What the fuck
Oh well, here's more progress

>>53539830
The german helmets in ww1 were rounder at the top, whereas the ones from ww2 were flat.The design underwent two updates till ww2.
The Dkok ones are clearly based on the ww2 variant.

>>53537513

Aw man i love tau but we're gonna have a hard time in 8th

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I recently moved and finally was able to secure myself a seperate area to work on my models. (pic related).

Since i am already at it i decided that i also wanted to finally throw out the old pots and work completely with dropper bottles.
So i need to transfer my P3 paints and the few Citadel ones i have into those new bottles. I am a bit worried though that if i go out and buy any random droppers they might not fit into the 26mm slots i got for my paint storage.

Ayone know of a manufacturer i can buy from in europe that has dropper bottles holding 17 to 20ml that have the right dimensions?

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I can't for the love of god do proper edge highlights.

I hate mine, it always looks messy and like shit. I watched tutorial after tutorial bit I still don't get it. When I thin the paints theyre blurty, when I don't they're too harsh. Wtf am I doing wrong?

>>53537597
you need to thin out those highlights on the black armour, at the moment they're way too thick

>>53540235
to be honest i dont see any other highlights than those few on the head carapace.

mix more white in and dont let the paint get to the root of your brush, that way it stays sharp longer.

i didnt get the sharp thin lines so i just went with messy and big pure white ones for my pink monsters

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>>53538679
>Comparing a kid pissing himself to picking color schemes
>taking this so seriously

dude

>>53540235
brush held at a 45 degree angle, rub the paint along the raised areas.

What color would a light brown t-shirt for an ork be? I was thinking something like whatever color the Guard uses for the khaki stuff.

>>53540235

You actually want to thin less for highlights, but if the paint is thick, such as with Citadel, you do want to thin it down some, just a lot less than normal.

The paint needs to be thick enough to not flow and run everywhere like it does when you're not highlighting, but it also can't be so thick that it leaves more than a line of color on the model.

The rest of it is just practice, steady hand, cleaning up mistakes, and barely touching the edge of the model as lightly as possible to deposit a straight line of paint. Using the "use the side of the brush" trick where you can helps.

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>>53540733

old paint names, but i've always been a fan of this look

>>53537655
Nice Stealthsuits, bro.

>>53537597
That motherfucker in the top-left's face. Love it.

>>53523142
Where can I find some shields like that? Id like to use them on my primaris black templars

>>53535711
>>53535406
>>53531718
I ripped the head off a dark vengeance champion and put one of the skull heads from a beastmen sprue on him

>>53532655
thinned the paint so much that is more water than anything, you can probably keep adding the same thinned down paint until it looks smooth but it might look too thick at that point

>>53541149
you want thin but not too thin, and just apply it smoothly, wait for it to dry

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>>53525298
You dont, while it may look cool on the picture light effects never look good on the model when it is in your hand.
Paint it like in the picture related. Add a few heat stains maybe.

Same goes for power swords.

>>53540894
Thanks, I'll look at one of those paint conversion charts.

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Where the fuck did my post go? Anyway: Ahriman. Mostly done but presentable.

>>53540388

Yeah, I only applied it on the head as it was the only part where I could use the side of the brush without fucking up (like in neat areas etc)

Do you gave an example if your white-ish highlights?

>>53541291
pretty slick, anon. that grey skull on his shoulder could use some brighter extreme highlights but other than that, solid work!

>>53541291
That looks fucking beautiful, BUT-

1. I think most people will agree, that OSL on his eyes doesn't really look good.

2. His base looks kind of plain for such an epic model. Have you could add something, some lightL coming from the flame maybe?

>>53541370
>OSL
I actually like that

>>53541370
Thanks and yeah - missing osl for the flames has been pointed out to me by a very pious man already. Will be added.

>>53541364
You're right. On the picture it does seem a bit dull whereas I thought I was going overboard with the highlight while I was painting.

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>>53541434
the center of the eyes is too dark in my opinion
also the effect should be weaker as it gets further away from the eyes, it just looks like he's painted his helmet blue around the eyes

>>53541291
>that gold
My dick is rock hard right now.

>>53532966
If you have the right amount of water in your wet palette, you should be able to thin the paint to the right ratio by spreading it around on the paper a bit. Also two or three thin coats will smooth that out for you.

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Just finished this guy on commission.
(7 hours/$50)

>>53542811
You did not even drill the fuckin Heavy bolter barrels.

>>53542861
Dude gave it to me pre-assembled and said he didn't want me to do anything but paint it. I would have done it at my assembly rate, but the client refused.

>>53542811
>(7 hours/$50)

What a waste of time, unless you honestly enjoyed it or hooking up a friend

Basically if someone said to you "would you go pound sand/fill sandbags for $7 an hour, for 7 hours?" would you do it? Fuck no.

What do you listen to or watch while painting? I'm in need of some new stuff.

>>53542920
I'm only working for friends at the moment, but I'm working on zeroing in my pricing. As of right now the rate is 9 per hour for assembly, 7 an hour for painting. I might move the prices up by $1.50 each just to keep it worth it for me, but I'm afraid of overcharging my pals.

>>53542984

$10/hour seems like a very reasonable starting price. Maybe do flat fees like $40 for smaller figures and $70-80 for larger figures so people don't think you are Jewing them with excessive hours.

>>53542811

>tracks are so fucked up even a blind person would assamble it better.
>Smoke launchers aligned to fire smoke cartridges not outwards but inwards.
>they also block las cannons los as a bonus

This keeps getting better and better in each view.

>>53541291
Real fuckin nice. I haven't seen too much of this model since its release, and it really is a top-notch resculpt.

>>53542984
I do commissions and if my client misses mold lines or drilled barrels I do it anyways for free as it only takes max 5 minutes and it drives me insane.
You're a bad businessman, 2 minutes to drill and it'd look great.

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>>53543083
Like I said, the client insisted on assembling the fucker himself. I just threw paint.
>>53543077
I tried flat fees originally and it felt wrong. I was making more money than I was now, but it didn't seem like there was any accountability, both me and my clients are more comfortable with working hourly, so it's just a matter of adjusting prices. (i'm doing the Darksouls set next, so that should be a good litmus for pricing).

>>53543136
It's not like I didn't offer. I offered to do anything he wanted, magnetize shit, etc. I could even do LEDs for the fucker. Client said just paint it, he was extremely clear.


Client wanted me to brush on the letter like this rather than use my pen for some cool calligraphy. Don't know why..

>>53530048
What are those based off/converted from? I'd actually use those instead of the beep-boop ones.

>>53543277
looks like Forge World Castallax

>>53543188
Colors are not bad but unlike your standart STC spammed Leman Russ tanks Baneblade chassis is considered very important and revered by the adeptus mechanicus priests.
So crude hand writing on the side panels would not be looked kindly by engineseers.

>>53543188
>that terrible joke of a freehand
>poor and messy paintjob
That is not worth 50$, you should stop scamming small children.

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>>53543369

>>53543369
Dam son

>>53543390
Thanks man

>>53543330
>engineseers
Somebody let that thing get all beat up and rusty. I don't think they'll care about a little paint.

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>>53543369
>>53543390
sorry for self promotion, but I also made a guide on how to paint power swords with lighting effect, if anyone is interested.

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>>53543331
Christ, who pissed in your cereal? It looks fine, and it's not your model, why do you care? The guy painted a thing and wanted to show thing.

>>53543577
saved

>>53532491
Airbrush and a bucket of wash anon... you took on juuuust enough. Out of curiosity, is this for a game, diorama or shelf decoration?

>>53543577
Saved, thanks m8

>>53543592
Well aren't we a bit insecure.

>>53543611
Just search for "thejonavic" on facebook, i've pinned the tutorial on my page, so hopefully its easy to find

>>53536947
Is he yelling into her vagina?

>>53543664
>insecure
You seem to be projecting, I'm not the guy who painted it.

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>>53543577
Fuck it, i'll share it here too

>>53543671
Why wouldn't he? It's the only useful thing on her

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>>53543758

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>>53543779

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>>53543792

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>>53543712
>>53543592
Don't worry about it, dude. I posted on 4chan. I'm not here for a hugbox.

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>>53543806

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>>53543873

Last one, i'm sorry for the spam

>>53543768
Last I checked, it doesn't matter where you yell. She still won't turn into plastic.

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I created a video tutorial for my metal technique for those who are interested

https://youtu.be/S8DkrziR4-8

>>53543188
>It's not like I didn't offer. I offered to do anything he wanted, magnetize shit, etc. I could even do LEDs for the fucker. Client said just paint it, he was extremely clear.
>Client wanted me to brush on the letter like this rather than use my pen for some cool calligraphy. Don't know why..

So the client asked specifically for you to not do anything that looks good despite the fact he was already paying for it.

That is like going into one of Gordon Ramsays restaurants and ordering a hotdog with fucking toothpaste. I honestly don't believe anyone did that.

Unless he wanted it to be plausible that HE painted it, but in which case, why pay your friend to do it when there is a good chance everyone you play with will know the person they paid.

>>53543991
maybe there was no friend or commission at all and it's actually his?

>>53543991
Holy shit you have so little life experience

>>53543991
Dude's a cheapskate and a bit of a moron. I gave him options but he wanted it his way.

>>53544015
I wish I had a superheavy. I wish I could have painted that thing in my Genecult/Guard scheme and not done that freehand text on the sides.

>>53544104
Welcome to "but plastic only costs $X, why does the product cost more?" And "I can't believe this guy wanted money to digitally design something for me in addition to me paying for a 3D printed set" and "you're just scared you'll look like you wasted money on toys when 3D printers put GW out of business in 20 years" /tg/

>>53543991

Have you ever had a job where you have to deal with customers? Lots of them are total fucking retards and they make you wonder how they manage to tie their shoes.

>>53544206
>Have you ever had a job
this is /tg/

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>>53543937
Fantastic, will be using for my newly arrived Dark Souls board game.

Question: any suggestions for alternate heads for Kastelan's? I know about pic related, the wargame exclusive heads, but any other suggestions?

>>53543758
>>53543779
>>53543792
>>53543806
>>53543824
>>53543848
>>53543873
>>53543889
>>53543937
Thanks

>>53544674
This is an expensive hobby. /tg/ is probably the board with the highest average income.

>>53544974
You're right. I've just been spending too much time in /swg/.

Can someone give me or point me towards advice/good videos on thinning paint? I've only painted two models at this point but I feel like I'm not really getting it. I'll probably learn best by doing but I'd like to minimise the damage I'm doing.

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>>53543626
I have a secret weapon actually. Pic related.

It's for team Yankee cold war gone hot gaming. Mostly I paint more than play so it will spend more time in my cabinet but I like painting to a goal.

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>>53544974
>>53545083

>just dropped $150 at the /tg/ store for a couple D&D 5e books, some paint and even more Bones figurines to add to my already huge backlog
>also dropped another $100 at the craft store on a new craft light, some new brushes and new containers to organize all my painting supplies
>these stores are next door to each other so if I blow money at one I almost always go next door and blow more money
>tfw I'm a single, childless neckbeard with a high-paying office job plus I live in a low cost of living state so I can splurge like this as much as I want

>>53544974
that'd probably be /o/, /k/, or /fa/

>>53546196
Im happy for you man.

>>53546314

Thanks. I grew up a poorfag and it took me a few years after graduating from college to finally get a good job. I didn't have any disposable income before I was hired at my current job so it feels really good to finally buy nice things for myself. Scary to think about how shitty life would be today if I didn't pull myself out of my two-year NEET dropout phase.

>>53523876
Have you tried the armpit shields from Brettonian Knight boxes? They're smaller than those and some have iconography in them. There is also an armpit sheild in the DA veterans sprue.

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>>53540235
>brachydios nids
You. I like you.

>>53540235
l2 very carefully targeted drybrush

remember, there's more than one way to skin a cat

>>53520793
CAN I BE ANIME NOW SENPAI?

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>>53546196
>tfw feel mildly guilty for dropping $200 on WH40k stuff while friend barely manages to pay for rent and bills in a tiny flat
>tfw guilt disappears once I remember he ignored all my advice about getting a loan and going to college and how he keeps treating me like a child
I did the same thing I suggested he do, have a decent job now and am pretty happy at the moment aside for not having time to paint the damn things.

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>>53524753
Updated Silver Skulls chaplain.
Painted on the bone and parchment and started cleaning up base coats. After a few more touch-ups, I'll start the washes. Agrax for the parchment, bone, gold, and red, and Nuln Oil for the silver.

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Rate my Sentinel. Funnest kit I've painted in a while.

>>53547212
That's awesome anon.
I love the lenses, and that weathering rocks. This sentinel looks like it's been out on patrol for months.

>>53547212
looks nice, the weathering is subtle, I like that.

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Dreads are up

Free handing runes is a bitch and a half but I think I'm steadily improving

>>53547506
looking good, you tried using a micro pen for the runes or are they done with a brush?

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>>53547559
>tfw just realized I have micropens right on my work desk

Those were done with a brush but I may resort to just using pens in the future
All though part of me considers that cheating

>>53547506
I love the look of what you've done with this chapter, got a link to a gallery or something of what you've painted so far?

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>>53547599
Only other group I have painted, center dude took quite a bit of greenstuffing to kitbash but I think he'll make for a nice Logan Grimnar proxy since I'm using space wolves rules, which from what the 8th edition leaks have shown are only different due to their availability to a couple different weapons. I'll miss counter attack

Working on my Land Raider Crusader and Rhino next

>>53547212
Haven't you posted this like three times already

>>53544974
>This is an expensive hobby

It really isn't. Is 40K expensive compared to pocket change? Sure. Is 40K expensive compared to things adults spend on frivolous pursuits. Not really. Is 40K expensive compared to things working adults spend every month for necessities? Haha, do you even have bills to pay?

40K is only ever expensive when you add the words "for toys" to the end of the amount you spent.

I can't even pay for a single month's car payment or a new set of wheels with all the money I've spent on 40k in a year/several years/my entire lifetime.

Is this getting kind of shilly? Yes, yes it is. Could 40K shit be way cheaper? Yes, yes it can. But the market is currently bearing GW's pricing level for 28mm miniatures, and compared to the things MOST OF US should be paying out of our wallets every month, 40K is NOT expensive.

A car is expensive.

A house is expensive.

A musical instrument that's not a 3rd grader's recorder is expensive.

A $50 box for some plastic faggots or a tank is NOT expensive.

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Haven't painted miniatures since 2010, thought id get back into the hobby with 8th coming out. I know theres a lot of room for improvement, but I'm pretty happy with myself

>>53547868
Good start anon
All you'd need to finish this off would be highlights
>that old ultramarine blue in the background
A man after my own heart

>>53547920
Thanks Anon :D any tips for highlighting? What colour should I use?

>>53547811
>some plastic faggots
Well, now I know what I'm listing these under on my budget/expenses list

>>53547811
this is really, really good bait. I mean well done sir, please take this (You), no sage or anything.

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>>53547980
Generally for GW models it's fairly easy to do something called edge highlights cause there are a gorillian edges on all their models.
This video helps give you an idea of what I mean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_odi1c7ErCg
As for what colors, refer to pic related, GW's recommended paint to use a highlights and such.

>>53530726
>Dude look, I'm an Iron Hand
>Carl, shut the fuck up

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I've gotten to a point on Alarielle that I'm happy to stop at for now, I know I need to go back and tweak a couple of things but I've had enough of painting her for the time being and I need a break.
Going to be painting up her giant beetle mount next, I'm not really sure what colours will work well for it, I want a decent contrast between the two of them.
I've been toying with the idea of metallic blue (painting the whole thing silver then using blue ghost tint probably) but I'm not sure it'd look "natural" enough

>>53530726
I have a couple. Nice chapter choice.
http://imgur.com/a/rOAAL

>>53548038
What did he say that you don't agree with? It's objectively correct unless you live in some 3rd world shithole.

>>53548288
Amazing work

Really got nothing else to say looking forward to seeing her on the beatle

>>53547811
Really, it comes down to value for money.

$50 bucks for a handful of plastic army men you have to build and paint yourself FEELS like a weak value per dollar compared to say, $50 for half your phone bill a month, because hey your on your phone all day and it works right out of the box.

>>53548592
So it's really just people using different definitions for the word? One party is saying the value is low while the other party is thinking they're saying the amount of money paid is high, which are two completely separate things?

>>53548592

40k is such a shit hobby if you don't actually like building and painting. That's where the majority of your time and money is going to go unless you just play unpainted shit all day. And either way, you get to spend years enjoying them either painting, collecting, or playing, it's way better mileage per dollar than other things which you get bored of after a while or are used up.

Of course this goes for any purchase that you end up using for decades.

>>53547506
first space wolves ive seen, ever, that didnt look like kentucky fried ass. well done.

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>>53543937

>>53543991
>So the client asked specifically for you to not do anything that looks good despite the fact he was already paying for it.

If you've ever done freelance work, the client being a retard is pretty much a given.

When I'm trying to buy plastic card, what exactly do I search? I just want some to make custom samurai shoulder pads.

>>53549693
pla plate or styrene sheets

>>53549775
Thanks

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Starting my first army, i'm trying a colorscheme for my skavens, what do you think of this one ? (forgot the ears). Planning to apply lead belcher on metallic parts. Then, which shade should i use ? Would Night shade do the trick, or should i use more neutral shade like nuln oil ?

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first time figure painting; got this older old one eye off a friend who had it in his closet since 2001.

how bad am I fucking it up? I know the base I did was kinda shite, and I haven't gotten to highlighting much of the yellow yet, but any critiques would be appreciated!

Hey chaps just got back into the hobby after a long time. Anyone try out the Citadel Airbrush paints?

>>53549832
I found Seraphim Sepia works best with skaven.

>>53549832
Depends on what you want.
Nuln oil will give it a very sharp contrast and make the shadows VERY dark, but if you want to keep that blue color you will probably need to go over the mini again with the basecoat.

>>53550168
Okay thanks. I'm going for a wintery theme, so idealy I'd like to keep a bright blue accent on the minis. But i lack experience so i am not sure which shade would do. The thing is i've seen lots of nul oiled minis that looks super dirty and Dark, and i want to avoid that if possible.

>>53550279
Then a blue wash/shade will do the trick, don't forget to do some highlighting

>>53549918

They're just thinner Citadel paints. I recommend them if you don't need them for things like drybrushing or edge highlighting because hey it's free thinning and guarantees smooth coats. If you're using them for airbrushing, they come in those stupid pots so you'll have to either pour them in droppers or buy a different brand, because fuck manual pouring/using a pipette that you have to constantly clean

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Is there any trick to thinning down dried primer? I think I put on too much and it's a little thick.

>>53550487
>They're just thinner Citadel paints
Doesn't that mean you get less value out of a pot?

>>53550607
>thinning paint that has already dried on a model
Wat.