WIP - Work In Progress General

Truly the end of an era. We won't see squat marines on the tabletop in 2-3 years max, screencap this

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>manlet marines were somewhat realistic beside valhallans, valhallans were small and thinner than them
>Xbox huge marines make them look like fucking children
Haha! Russian child soldiers go go go!

>>53611074
if that's true then it speaks very poorly of the 40k community as a whole. but sadly it might be right.

if you don't give a shit about your collection of miniatures, the culmination of your personal artistic expression, effort and time, then why do you play a miniature wargame instead of a video game? if the models don't matter and you don't give a fuck and will just ditch your shit for the new stuff (instead of just adding on things, like a sensible company would make possible) then what's the fucking point?

to me that says "40k is filled with half-assed 'hobbyists' who don't give a shit and just want to WAAC", which is pretty lame. don't get me wrong, there's nothing inherently bad about being a WAAC player, but if the entire game is WAAC players then that probably means the game is full of shitty unpainted armies and fluff raping manchildren who create an environment unappealing to non-retards. therefore it's a hobby full of retards and spergs.

>>53611396
Don't believe it. GW loves their Space Marines, and it's going to take more than 3 years for people to stop playing with the originals, if they ever do. They're going to try to push for everyone to change, but not enough will.

>>53611292
So much for that Custodes are shorter nonsense, because even without the helmet I can clearly see that he's slightly taller.

>>53611555
>even without the helmet I can clearly see that he's slightly taller.

He's actually not.
His stance is narrower, giving him height, and his base is actually higher as well.
Flat ground, same stance and the Primaris are a bit taller.

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Here are some minis that I have. I can show & tell in a WIP thread, can't I?

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This was my best shot at a Palanquin of Nurgle. I put matte varnish on it, but it was still shiny, so I put more on, and then it was a different kind of shiny... So Army Painter matte varnish failed me, after proving so useful up until then. Oh well. At least it's Nurgle

Also, GW removed the rules for Palanquin Heralds. Fortunately, I can just play this as an Epidemius without the tally, or as an Epidemius stand-in. Shame I have to house rules it, though.

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Here's a shot of the rest of the gang that I have set up in the volunteer showcase at Warhammer.

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Part of me thinks that the bases are too bright. Should I darken them?

>>53611631
It's actually a great idea.

/WIP/ hates work in progress. The only way not to have people scream at you to drown yourself in liquid greenstuff is to post finished models.

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which looks better?
I'm finagling around, trying to come up with a Color scheme I like for the release for Nurgle soon, but I'm not sure about any of them.

>>53611738
Bit bland more than anything, maybe something to break up the flat grey? some rocks, etc

>>53611757
What a fucking horrendous model. It may be the worst sculpt from GW in a couple years. Right is better. Rust it up though, DG are often painted too clean.

>>53611738
If you darken them (and to be honest I'd just go either a Nuln or Agrax wash) you'll need some contrast, maybe some flagstones? If you could do near pristine marble that would be a nice contrast.

>>53611790
Can do. If you check out that Palanquin, you can see the level of basework I'm-Oh! You know what? You should see the actual WIPs that I've shelved. Hell, I actually have a lot of WIPs, I just never think about them. Hang on...

>>53611757
It looks like theres a baby in that armour. Also the left one is better.

>>53611757
The second one but with the cloth purple instead of yellow?

>>53611757
I personally like the left one better, the scheme seems more cohesive on that one.

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>>53611738
Looking good. I think the bases are just too on the bluer side of grey, rather than being too bright. If you bring them more into the red/brown side with a wash or glaze I think it would be enough.

Pic is mine, I use red, brown and blue in the base.

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>>53611790
>>53611825
So I actually own two Greater Daemons, one is Nurgle the other is Tzeentch, and I've gotten more creative with bases as time's gone by, with the GUO there wasn't much room so I just had to make it look like he was sitting on a pile of half-buried debris

Does the GW white spray paint have a regular paint equivalent? I cant see to find a color of white that matches it to touch up mistakes

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He's a wide load, so I can really only show you a quarter of the base in any detail. The front's a bit sparse by comparison because there's less room, it's mostly just rocks.

>>53612046
Digging it all the same though, always love a solid ash/debris-type base

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This one I'm really proud of. I took the tank trap from that one misc. scenery bag that GW sells, and combined with with a Nurgling I had lying around, and the Brimstone Horrors that came with the LoC...

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The other side just has a piece from the old 40k basing kit with this little micro conversion of mine. the spare helmet from the Cadian box on a skull from the new 40k Hero bases.

>>53612075
I should really put some of the basing material on that tank trap. I want it to look like it's been that way for a while.

>>53611757
I like the one on the right, but I would make the armor far more rusted and stained. I love the original Death Guard colors, and so I love plague marine color schemes that recall that, and white/silver armor does that.

>>53611797
Seconded, this model blows.

>>53612075
Nice church. Looks good.

>>53611797
The stick is meh. Head and hand magic thing look terrible. Rest looks ok but not great.

>>53611292
Take a photo again as the mkIII marine only looks half a head taller than the Mordian

>>53612363
The magic I can at least tell what they were going for, but the staff looks so out of place. Cut the flys off and it looks like a wood elf bit!

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About to start painting some old Chaos Terminators. I want to go for a porcelain/ceramic armor with evil black oil oozing out (pic related).

I'm dead set on priming black. How do go about getting the white armor? I know I'll need to do multiple layers, but should it be white then white then white, or grey then light grey then white?

Any recommendations (no GW please) for white and/or grey paints? Also looking for some good cold less blingy looking silver.

New to painting:
Which shade goes best for Mephiston red and Balthesar Gold armour, Nuln oil or Agrax Earthshade?

>>53612621
If it has to be one of those two, then Earthshade

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tons more to go :< and time is running

>>53612279
>I would make the armor far more rusted and stained
how would I best do that?
I've tried before with it, but it never really ends up well

>>53612560
Over black, I'd do a grey then white, or, you know, just White x 10...

>>53612560
>How do go about getting the white armor
do two-three very thin layers of celestra gre-
>no GW please
oh. well.
guess you won't need my help.

>Primaris Marines are XBOCKSHUEG! Edition!

We really should have seen it coming the instant they gave marines bigger bases. No way in hell GW would ever resist letting the mini grow until it just barely fit the base.

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>>53612412
>Mordian

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>>53612674
IF HE SHOOTS YA

IT'S GONNA HURT

>>53612723
Primaris Marines fit on the bases well though.
They're taller than Marines, but not much broader.

>>53612721
Please help me.

>>53612806
no, just add thin layers of medium-light grey (celestra from GW), shade the darker parts where shade usually gathers up, then take a one or two steps lighter grey and paint a thin layer ontop of it, perhaps several if you need the effect you want.
Highlight with pure white

>>53612560
Prime Black
Vallejo Game Color Heavy Blue Grey (#72144)
Vallejo Model Color Deck Tan (this is more of a warm light grey than a tan) (#70986)
Vallejo Game Color Off White (#72101) or Rotten White (#72130)
Highlights with Vallejo Game Color Skull White (#72001)

Now I've not tried this IRL, just looking at colors and estimating.

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>>53612687

Our lord and savior, Duncan, to the rescue!
Base, wash, highlight, grime dabbing, chipped metal/rust dabbing.
The attached .pdf has the suggested Death Guard pre-heresy color scheme paints, so just fit those in in place of the yellows in Dunc's video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqApHA3L2Cc&list=PLEaPE4sLDA7ucJ0dkiVZSW6ghZUNGFHIW&index=6

>>53612560
>I'm dead set on priming black.
Why?

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Any anons around Cincinnati, OH with an interest in Guard or Genestealer cultists? I've got a few boxes of shit, almost all still on sprue, that I cannot muster the will to fuck with especially after 8th ed.

>>53612776
Are those awful hoverskate things on the feet seperate sprues?

>>53612962
Bad experiences in the distant past when priming white.

>>53612806
You're not me.

>>53613026
>Bad experiences in the distant past when priming white.

Try priming grey.

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Painted me some Kalabites

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Mold line cleanup currently in progress on this Archon.

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Painted some Bloodbowl Orcs and some IH today. What'd YOU get up to anon?

>>53611989
Love it. Is that just a combination of washes and glazes over a white primer?

Posted this in 40k general too.

I'm looking to make a counts-as lysander because I'm not too fond of his current model + have a cataphractii termie laying around.

I figured I could pick up a storm shield set from FW, but are there any places that sell 'good' thunder hammers for termies? I want something kind of fancy that isn't just carving the actual fist of dorn off my existing Lysander.

any suggestions?

>>53613972
primed, drybrushed and washed tanks. Currently looking for references and guides for which units served on the German side in Normandy and their armour camo.

>>53611292
Scale is fucked.

>>53614204
I don't get it. What don't you like about the miniature?

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I'm getting back into 40k after having quit since the beginning of 5th edition and I'm gonna be going hard on the Primaris Hype-train and making a Primaris Chapter.

Now I'm rediscovering the problems of having to choose a colour scheme all over again. Any suggestions? I'm kinda digging a blue/blue-grey heavy scheme. I used to play Ultramarines (yes, I know, but Blue+Gold is dope) and I'd like to keep near the same colours. This is a quick mock-up of an option. I like the idea of having a gold torso + thigh.

What y'all think?

>>53611396
Primaris rules are crap, tho

>>53613790


Are you on Mars?

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>>53613023
Nope.

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>>53614344

What about something like this?

The yellow just seems too minor of a color for me in the original.

>>53613843
aren't Archons pretty high-level deldar? because that looks like a sergeant, at best.

>>53613026
Maybe try grey primer? There it wouldnt be too hard to go for black or white.

>>53614554

You know what? I kinda like the idea of the hands being gold, but I'd keep the feet blue.

After looking at the models in person, I can say that the torso is actually quite large in proportion (realistically, for once) and the gold would be nearly 50/50 in ratio if the backpack was blue.

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>>53614749

Cool, just throwing out ideas. I haven't seen the models in person yet.

Any thoughts on my scheme?

I know quartered is going to be a pain to paint. But I am not worried about that factor, this is going to be a real small project. Like 5-8 models probably

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I posted a thread or two ago about my disappointing first attempt at painting plate armour (the two regular sized models).

I tried to so a second time on my Gregor Clegane model, trying to keep my paint fairly thin, and also starting with a dark basecoat of Leadbelcher + black paint. I then used Leadbelcher + Ironbreaker as the layer. This means I can use runefang steel or stromhost silver as highlights and will have a decent amount of contrast.

Let me know what you think so far. I still have issues with primer clumpiness and my paint constantly drying up as I paint, very persnickety stuff.

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>>53614950

>>53614825

You got Emperor's Children in my White Scars!

You got White Scars in my Emperor's Children!

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Any thoughts on my nid scheme? Still got abit of cleanup to do, but this is what I've got so far

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Trying out some colours for some chaos. Gems in his chest seems to have gotten damaged at some point, dang.

>>53615473
use that gem damage to turn it into an opal instead.

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forgot to mention, cartoon tank is by meng model, other one is "scrap tank" by another company

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anyone have suggestion for what would make good bases for this color scheme?

I had an idea to make proper lightsaber blades. Basically I'd a transparent acrylic tube, drill it out, and drain some super thinned white paint into the hole. If my thinking is right, capillary action should draw in the paint and properly opaqe the inside after a couple of coats. Sound legit?

>>53616046
Try it on a necron rod and show us the results.

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Doing some Primaris as RG birdboys.

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>>53616159
So far so good anon, I'm digging the subtle edge highlights.
8/10 from me, try to be more careful when highlighting the backpacks, I can see some uneven lines on them, as well as on the sergeant's left shoulderpad, but other than that, great job.

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>>53615208
Could you explain the thought process behind the creation of this colour scheme? I'm genuinely intrigued.

>>53613972
solid job, anon. how'd you get that sickly green on the claws?

>>53616159
Are those 32mm bases?

>>53615208
Buzz lightyear?

>>53615667

Maybe a light coloured dirt or a sandy/desert colours with the occasion green tuft of grass. Do you have any of those stick on tufts?

>>53614471
No, why?

>>53616286

Thanks! I'm gonna clean up the lines and armour after the metals are base coated.

>>53616454

Yes. The infantry are on 32s, the heroes and inceptors are on 40s

>>53616159
how come some people have Primaris already? The box aint out yet, is it?

>>53616765
Stores have it.

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Batfag here, after a week long break from painting I've finally managed to find a moment to finish the last joker gang member - the clown prince of crime himself.
I've also made a little conversion on him: I really didn't like the way his right hand looked, so I've glued a piece of cut out plastic to make it look like he's holding a playing card.
I think he came out alright, gotta love that devilish grin.

>>53616852
fantastic as always, anon.

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>>53616852
And a pic together with his gay lover.

>>53616159
>the collars prevent beaky Primaris
Life is suffering.

>>53616852
>>53616885
Aaaand I've just realised his knife looks like a fucking melting popsicle in these pictures.
It DOES look like actual blood in real life, it's just that my phone and light in the room suck.

>>53616852
Why does your mouse have a tiny hand on it?

>>53617024
you don't want to know

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>>53617043
I think I have some ideas...

>>53614629
The official Archon kit is essentially the same armor with no helmet, a trophy rack, and a cloak of flayed skin. I don't like the flayed skin cloak or trophy rack so I wouldn't have put that on anyway, and the helmet was never made except as a metal or Finecast bit for a now OOP model. The base model from the neck down is essentially just a Kabalite with a cloak.

Plus, relics are gone now. If I was giving them the Armor of Misery it'd be a lot fancier, but that no longer exists.

>>53616159
I feel like the sergeant is about to tip over and fall at any moment.

But they're painted well. Good job.

Hi, I don't come to /tg/ often so I apologize for the dumb question.

I recently bought a minifig for my DnD character. It is a "Dark Heaven BONES" brand. The box says it is "ready to paint".
Do I need to apply an undercoat layer of spray paint like with my Warhammer figs?

>>53617199
except it has engraving on all the plates + chains + soulstones + extra plating but yeah otherwise the same

>>53617332
No such thing as a dumb question, regardless of what others will say.

Bones plastic doesn't strictly need primer, but I'd recommend it to be safe; some paints don't work as well on its plastic.

>>53617395
The engravings are a concern, yeah, but I'm hoping to make up for that a little bit with freehanding. The only extra plates I see are the hip plates, which wouldn't play nice with the pose and base body anyway.

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So far so goodie

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>>53617473

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>>53617147

>>53617473
>>53617494
Very very impressive. Especially the face and that lens.

>>53617473
My dick is REALLY hard right now, it's starting to hurt a little, thanks anon.

>>53611074
>>53611396
I currently only have a single 10 man tactical squad. Should I just continue buying normal marines or will they stop selling them and only have Primaris marines?

Should I make my army out of manlet marines still or just wait for new Primaris kits to come out?

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>>53617473
>>53617494
Hey anon, that's a really nice paintjob, mind if I take a closer look?

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Think I'm mostly finished. Some areas still need a little work and I wonder if I can smooth out the canopy glass a bit

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What are some good uses for all these sprues I have laying around cluttering my bitz box? Preferably something less silly than pic related.

>>53617494
that smirk is great

>>53617627
scenery, specifically walls and rubble.

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>>53617627
Chopped/ground up it makes good basing debris. you can whittle little sticks into "alien crystals" too

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What are some good Youtube series for sculpting?
Doing the odd bit for a conversion seems fairly easy to pick up and learn but I'm thinking about getting into bigger sculpts, right now I'm an absolute beginner though
Pic is an anons project posted a few months ago

anyone got detailed photos of the standard primaris sprues? I'm most interested in the Intercessors

>>53617618
I would rather stab that guy with a knife and go to jail than let him touch my models with those fucking grease sticks.

>>53612674
He almost doesn't look retarded without the backpack.

The chest imperialis has a bit of gold overpainting you may want to touch up with blue. Or not if you have the rest of the box to paint fast

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>>53617531
Thanks alot! I really appreciate it

>>53617618
Please wash your hands first anon ):

>>53617647
I couldnt agree more

>>53616159
>Ravenguard
>No beakies

This feels wrong.

>>53617494
>>53617473
God damn, that is smug look of a man who doesn't realize his mind rape techniques no longer debuff in 8th.

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>>53614975
Ugggghhh I fucking hate painting cloth/fabric. I was gonna use GW paint but I was lazy so I used shitty walmart brand paint.

>>53617599
Normal marines wont go for a long time, as 30k will still be using them. Plus Primaris boxes will have half the models for the same price, so Normal marines are better value.

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>>53618040

If I applied a gentle brown coloured wash to the red tunic do you think that would help add some contrast?

>>53618065
kinda looks like you already did. and that paint looks like it has pretty good coverage, at this distance at least

>>53614950
https://youtu.be/S8DkrziR4-8

maybe try this

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What colors should I get for painting Salamanders?

>>53617620
digging those skin tones

>>53615208
I kind of like it. It definitely looks poisonous.

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After a Marine returns from the Deathwatch, what shoulder does he wear his paudron on? Does it matter whether or not he's he's in Power Armor or Terminator armor?

>>53613843
Gotta agree with >>53614629
Good conversion, but not an Archon. Apply yourself, anon, this is a good thing. It's a great conversion, start converting everything. Now.

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>>53611396
>Why would you ever want new things?
>Change is bad
>Stop doing things I don't like

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>>53618545
I don't think it's ever mentioned

For what it's worth Barachiel in Deathwing has his left arm and pad in the Deathwatch's silver. He's also got patches of black on his helmet.

>>53617618
>>53617904
>>53617805
I'm eating a greasy burrito from Taco Bell and painting right now. Go cringe in your corner, homos.

>>53611757
>That staff
>The fucking babyface

Why would you even want to paint this? Just use a regular sorcerer in termie armor. Apply Nurgle-y greenstuff as required.

>>53611056
The gravis armor cpt is a head taller than the normal one, interesting.

>>53618609
Considering I don't have access to sculpting tools (or any real skill with greenstuff) and *far* from a bottomless bits budget, what's your recommendation? I suppose the better wording is, what makes the unpainted mini NOT an Archon to you? Just the lack of armor engravings? Not trying to be aggressive here, genuine questions.

>>53618396
Warpstone Glow, Moot Green, some black, a couple of brown washes, and some copper or dull gold

>>53618122
There is no wash yet, that was just my attempt at layering.

Does anyone know if brown or black wash would be better for a red tunic? I am terrified that I will completely fuck up the paint job and have to start again if I get it wrong.

>>53618756
Terminator SM is bigger than normal SM

Looking for Tau Empire Painting Guide Armies of Expansion and Cult Mechanicus Painting Guide Crusaders of the Machine God. Have the following to share if anyone wants:

Blood Angels Painting Guide - Sons of Sanguinius.pdf
Dark Eldar Paiting Guide - Raiders of Commorragh.pdf
Harlequins Paiting Guide - Warriors of the Laughing.pdf
Skitarii Painting Guide - Legions of the Omnissiah.pdf
Space Wolves Painting Guide - Companies of Fenris.pdf
Tyranids Painting Guide - Invasion Swarms.pdf

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>>53618396
>>53618798
like Vallejo and Citadel paints are always pretty good. I'd recommend you pick up some thinner medium from Vallejo and some Lahmian Medium from GW as well.

>>53618738
Well, the staff is like a 1 second thing to change, and the face is a bit trickier but probably stiff not hard. Also, that isn't a Terminator, everything is just bighuge now.

And "it came in the box set"

I need tits.

And birds.

And daemons.

And birdtit daemons.

Any model suggestions to kitbash a Slaanesh/Tzeentch CSM/Daemon army?

>>53618770
Any extra bits at all that you might have to add claimed heads, extra knives, or anything of the kind might help.

>>53618545
>>53618671
I think I read somewhere that the Marine keeps the Pad and the silver arm on the left and puts their chapter pad on right. Most of the Minis I've seen with the DW pad have 'em on the right with the arm

>>53618820
From what I've read they're *not* replacements for terminators. I want tru scale termies damn it!

>>53618910
You assholes aren't going to be satisfied until the entire game is played with Inquistor scale models, aren't you?

>>53611396
The Primaris infantry models we have seen are objectively better than their predecessors, and GW has every right to improve it's product line.

>>53618804
just try them both on small parts of the back and re-layer the one you like less

>>53618953
>objectively better than their predecessors
not with tactical rails they ain't

More seriously, the only primaris models that don't look terrible are the basic not-tactical marines. Given what the jump troops, captain, dreadnought and repulsive look like, I'm not certain any terminator equivalent will end up very good.

>>53618926
I just don't like space marines who look like manlets with giant heads and orangutan arms (every heroic scale mini suffers from this actually). That's why I haven't bought a GW mini in more than a decade.

>>53614259

lil late on my answer here

friend of mine just got engaged and moved in w/ his girl and had a bunch of heresy-era plastic dudes sitting around new in box and just kinda dumped them on me b/c i helped him move

so now i want to do heresy-armor IFs.

>>53618863
Thanks. I'll see what I have lying around. Seeds of an Incubi conversion being sown, who knows how that'll turn out. I've probably got knives and a few chains from the Raider kit somewhere that I can look for; that said, I'd rather not make the model too busy-looking.

For the guys that acknowledge that they're average or below painters, how do you keep motivated to keep painting knowing that they could look a lot better,

I have some of the Dark Vengeance set to paint but am scared to paint the Hellbrute/Terminators thinking that it would be a waste to paint such nice models so amateurishly

>>53619024
The way I look at it is like this; you'll never get better if you don't paint.

>>53619024

watch duncan's videos on youtube and just take your time with shit

your 10th model will look better than your 1st model, your 20th will be better than the 10th, etc. etc.

Just practice and keep practicing/use tips from places like here/youtube/etc and keep working.

and worst comes to worst you can just strip your dudes if you fuckle them and start over.

I do rank-and-file bitch marines first and spend my time with the nicer models just b/c nice models like termies and shit b/c they usually catch the eye

>>53619024
Just keep painting. If you are worried about doing injustice to your nicer models, buy some models that you don't mind fucking up to practice on. My buddy has never painted minis, but bought a shit load of Kingdom Death stuff when their first kickstarter began, so I bought him a Dwarf army box for KoW to paint before he touches any of that.

>>53617687
>dat tiberium

>>53619049
>>53619024
Anon is right, Practice makes habit. put on some good music, get loads of reference material, and paint your minis.

>>53619015
So clearly you aren't the target audience of this game

>>53613790
>deldar attacking during a sandstorm, and when the sandstorm is gone, so will be the deldar with their slaves
your wip and fluff are mixing, i like it

>>53615208
the black seperating the blue and red looks out of place, is there a reason you use that? otherwise it looks good to me

>>53618065
it will, but you will need to do highlights to give it a proper effect.

>>53619170
Looks like that's about to change, doesn't it? Have fun with the hundreds of poorly proportioned minis you wasted your money on which are now worthless, twat.

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>>53617473
>>53617494

>>53616159
best chapter anon, i dig it.

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>>53618847
Check out Raging Heroes, they got a good selection of cheesecake

>>53617627
i made a bunch of ladders/walkways connecting towers for my frostgrave game with them

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>>53619567

>>53619567
the shade on the hoodie still looks strange, but the rest looks gud bro

>>53619561
>worthless
the moment you purchase a mini it becomes worthless anon. its not like property that appreciates in value

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>>53611797
>It may be the worst sculpt from GW in a couple years

you are like a little baby, watch this

>>53619024
look at it from your opponents point of view. he would rather fight a average painted hellbrute then a grey hellbrute

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Any advice on how to a achieve a shiny "black rainbow" beetle shell appearance (see pic related) for nids?
My current thought process is to basecoat black, then make glazes with a little bit of metallic paint mixed in and layer those repeatedly over the chitinous shells, probably finished off with a gloss varnish.

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>>53619641
It's a shame, I loved this model and was looking forward to his new one

>>53619677
its called Iridescent

>>53619684

It's even uglier in person, the same cunt who did it also mutilated the Gabriel Angelos model as well, not to mention ruining several other blood bowl models as well.

This sculptor clearly has pictures of GW's board engaging in a satanic ritual because there is no other way he would be getting work

>>53619718
Ok, now I know what to call it, but do you think what I listed would work to achieve the effect?

>>53613972
i bought my first batch of gw paints so i got to work on Alpha-5 a bit, i used to only use testors enamel paints so this is a huge step up, also i really like the shade, i got agrax earthshade because i like my ad mech being more green and brown,also i changed the white lining on his robe to zandri dust and his "eyes" to purple, also i put runelord brass on his flechette blaster, since there is etching on the gun im thinking of which colour would be best for that

>>53619615
I know, and I wish I could fix it, but i'm just scared that i'll fuck it up even more. But thanks alot, i appreciate it!

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Taking a break from DE to paint some shit for frostgrave

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>>53619768
pic related is my little alpha, fucking joy to paint this dude

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>>53619551
I haven't ever done a cloak/tunic before, so this was the best I could. Was I too heavy-handed?

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>>53619970

I watched some of videos of Awaken Realms for some of technics but all the airbrusing looks like ass . do you guys got some channels for good painting?

>>53620009
https://www.youtube.com/user/wssmagazine

>>53620009
warhammer tv watch duncan. way of the brush, youtube search that, its some indian or mexican dude, he does nice painting also

>>53619990
looks pretty damn good to me. you gonna paint those lions on the front?

>>53620064
Yeah I think so, but I can't decide an appropriate colour.

>>53619970
Chill, your painting is good.

>>53617694
momma mia what the fuck are those things
why do they have wires shooting out of their asses

>>53620204
I thing its supposed to be tentacles or tails.

>>53619581
Neat. Will probably have to greenstuff some loincloths, it's a tad over the line.

Any ideas for bird heads to throw on those?

>>53619796
It's covered in hair, seriously, how did that happen?

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>>53620247
Eh, it's barely worse than the metal daemonettes.

>>53618671
for the life of me i can't paint deathwing colour and i want to play dark angelsdamm

>>53620082
Thanks for saying, when you've been staring at the same model for hours you can lose all sense or quality and standards.

>>53620281
I miss those puppers. Why do we have to be stuck with these monoboob monstrosities.

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Whoever the anon was that suggested I run acetone through my airbrush, thank you. I don't know where the clog was but 10 minutes of running the acetone through it and it works perfect again. Back to work on the game board

>>53619763
Buy some iridescent medium and mix it with your paints. Either that or buy spaz-stix color shifting airbrush paint and airbrush.

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Hey /wip/, do you like my Saint and her pals?

>>53620477
Gold is nice, skin looks quite flat and lifeless, white on the wings is a bit gritty

>>53620427
>iridescent medium
oh shit the thing I need already exists, my google skills are embarrassing
thanks anon

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>>53620416
That looks awesome, dude! I am building terrain for the first time as well, but I'm doing it for DnD purposes, so I am mainly making buildings and dungeon walls/floors. I'm going to need to make a good grass field at some point for most outdoor encounters. Have you ever made any other terrain tables?

>>53620477
Good:
>gold on the armor looks amazing, great job
>hair is spot on, as are the birds
>you have a nice rich red going on the accent bits
>overall nice clean lines and neat highlighting
>the bluish tinge to the steel on their swords is a nice touch
Suggestions for improvement:
>parchment looks a little splotchy for my personal tastes, a little touching up with your layer color would help
>skin could do with another, brighter highlight or two
>white on the wings could do with another clean-up coat/neatness pass
>I feel like Celestine's eyes could do with a stronger effect to make them stand out more

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Learning how to paint yellow to start a small lamentor force with the new chadmarines, the process is simple enough, but the layers is extremely time consuming, I expect many hours of frustration ahead

>>53613972
From the thumbnail it looks like a toilet bowl with eyes and a body

Great paintjob tho

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>>53620632
well underneath those GW boards is this baby, the trenches have since been finished. Good luck on your table, it's a lot of work.

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Just finished another layer of flesh, going to go lighter now.

>>53620693
wouldn't be Lamenters without the suffering.
That's a nice yellow you've got going on there though.

>>53620598
FYI It won't look as cool as the beetle pic you posted, but it'll look a lot like candy paint on a car.

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You do clean your minis before you paint, right?

Any ideas for a replacement HH Fulgrim head? I just can't get over how dumb that gaping mouth looks. I don't particularly like that alternate sculpt I see occasionally, looks too blase for the action the rest of the model is in. I think Corax's modeled head looks great personally.

>>53612940
That is a long and overly complicated way to make Sons of Horus. You can get the same results with Vallejo USMC tank uniform paint, and washing with Coelia Greenshade. or use cabalite green, and call it a day.

>>53616852
>>53616885
Why are they standing on grass?

>>53619796
dem mold lines.

Anyone have experience with weathering powders? Thinking about getting some from secret weapon miniatures.

Also for battle damage should I use the darkest base color (browm) or black for the scratches

>>53619970
That looks nice, man. I look forward to seeing those all done. :D

>>53620808
only if they are made of resin.

or if I have been really working on them with files and greenstuff.

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>>53620787

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>>53620932
Nigga looks like a PS1 memory card

>>53619581
>>53620281
Dang, they're also metal. That'll be a pain in the dick to put Tzaangor heads on...

>>53611056
>https://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Priming_With_Acrylic_Gesso
Holy shit, that's amazing. I've passed by gesso a thousand times, each time writing it off as obviously too thick and chunky. Liquitex, eh? I'll have to look into that.

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What type of Shade/wash is best for red, specifically red power armour? I have Agrax Earthshade and Reikland Fleshshade, but would Carroburg Crimson be more suitable?

>>53621247
That'll give you a purpley look.

Nuln is always a good choice.

>>53621323
>>53621247
Agrax works pretty well for me, especially when used as a pinwash solely for recesses.

>>53611292
Damn. I really don't like how big the plague marines are now. They completely dwarf mine made from MKIII parts and the finecast GW ones.

>>53621247
I always use Agrax

>>53620808

Dat Church Gargoyle...
Dat Thief Set...


I am jelly.

>>53620808
i leave the plastic shaving particles after I've been filing off mold lines-- it adds texture

>>53621073
You can get recasts of them I think

>>53620932
brother artemis needs to lay off the codex cakes

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I know I've already posted the other day but I'm looking for some ideas about how to paint her mount, not pictured because I'm in the middle of assembling it, if you're not familiar with it it's just a giant beetle.

I've been thinking about an iridescent blue look, I've never really tried anything like it before and I'm not sure if it's the best direction to go in.
My other idea is to go with something pretty dark coloured so Alarielle stands out more, it'd probably be black or something.
If anyone else has any ideas or other directions I could approach this from I'd really appreciate some ideas.

>>53621668
One of the guys in my group has Alarielle so I know how big the bug is. I think doing a dark blue with iridescence could look really good. Iridescent mediums don't work too well on most minis because they are too small to see the color shifting but her bug is big enough it should work.

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>>53621668
navy blue carapace, deep red other bits

the real rhinocerous beetle fits pretty dang well with your alarielle, man

>>53613003
I would if I was close. Finishing up my tau army and wanting to get into guard. I'm in Illinois tho

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>>53620853
>Why are they standing on grass?

Everybody knows the most epic confrontations take place on perfectly-manicured golf courses.

>>53621247
It's not power armor, but I use Agrax Earthshade on my Mephiston Red Vostroyan cloaks. It doesn't dull the red too much and instead it gives them a nice worn look, like red would look after wearing around a war zone for few weeks. I just go back over the edges with Mephiston Red as a final highlight.

>>53621758
>>53621807
Wow, you're right this is a nice fit.
I was wondering what sort colours to do in the bits under the carapace and this has totally answered my question.
Thanks for the advice.

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>>53621247
>Agrax Earthshade

Looks the best in the recesses of red powered armour.

>>53611056

Can anyone in here with Dark Imperium give me a shot of the new Death Guard next to an old marine?

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What can be some good looking alternative greyfax heads? The standart one is just horrible..
I know sister of battle helmet is suggested but aside from that?

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>>53621944

>>53621859
I've got a little bit of Tau from back in the day, too, bruv. Box of fire warriors and some stealthsuits. Shit, I'd throw it in for free.

If you're down for using paypal, I made a post on /r/miniswap. I know, reddit, reee- but how the fuck else am I supposed to get rid of this shit without a local scene?
If you do look there, it should be on the front page, and is "Astra Militarum/Genestealer Cult, Old Dark Eldar, High Elves".

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>>53620756
How's the skin look? Think I am about finished with it.

>>53622269
Hard to compare to the other picture. The color in the entire picture looks washed out compared to the previous picture.

Turn off your auto settings.

>>53621354
I mind the huge Plague Marines less than Primaris because of the whole Chaos Warriors being gifted with big, and more specifically just Nurgloid diseased bloating, but I get you. GW is pretty much changing the scale of the game.

>>53622269
it looks to me like you went in with your last highlight too soon, you should blend it in a little more gradually, it's especially jarring on the top of her left leg and around her belly button

>>53621944

Pretty well any closed faced helmet should work fine depending on your end goal. Particularly some of the Skitarii Vanguard/Dragoon Heads have a close to SoB look, and are cheap because the kits come with more heads than dudes.

If you specifically want a female head Victoria Miniatures would probably be my first choice.

If you want to try something more "out there" try looking at Puppets War but be aware their heads are by and large tinier than GW standard (probably more anatomically correct in most cases but it will be noticeable next to other minis).

>>53613972
>Sponsored by Monster energy drinks

>>53615208
>still got a bit of cleanup to do
I assume you mean you're throwing it in the bin?

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>>53621896
>Can anyone in here with Dark Imperium give me a shot of the new Death Guard next to an old marine?

My LGS only had the poxwalkers and some of the Primaris Marines put together. Didn't get to see how the Death Guard ladz stack up.

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>Duncan will never do a tutorial for Iron Hands.

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>>53622423
>>53622465
Tried to fix it up. In the photo it looks jarring around the bellybutton but I cannot see it at all in person.
Thank you for the advice guys.
These models look so good, I feel that she needs the best paintjob I can do but i'm scared to paint all her leather straps white.

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>>53622658
>Sponsored by Monster energy drinks

Today we face the monsters that are at our door...

So I have a question for some of you modelers out there.

I am making my first converted models. I am making some AoS Tzeentch aligned Chaos Warriors out of Stormcast Liberators. Can anyone tell me how well Space Marine pauldrons fit on the Stormcast models?

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Just finished putting together my first miniatures ever, death Korps of Krieg! Had a shitload of fun with the base

Any critique/tips welcome!

>>53622943
Just work on your highlight game, bruv. It's very subtle on the guys themselves, and nonexistent on the metal bits.
Other than that, pretty solid for a first model, man.

>>53621865

I enjoy the contrast that bright grass bases give my Chaos guys.

They are invading nice worlds, they aren't sitting at home on a pile of skulls and lava.

>>53623100
Thanks, i wasn't sure how intense to do the highlights, also wasn't very sure how to do them. I'll make sure to work on them. Glad you liked it otherwise!

>>53622769
>Duncan's already done half a dozen tutorials on painting black and silver
The absolute state of this chapter!

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1st guardsman i've done. Still needs some stuff done to it. I think I kind of fucked it up. It does look better when a camera isn't 3 inches away from it though. Any advice?

>>53613843
your archon looks like my random kabal-nigga.

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so my 8th edition army is going to be a small IG private army led by a rogue trader. I'm struggling for a colour scheme for cadian infantry and vehicles though. i want something that looks nice but not too gaudy, maybe weathered single-colour tanks, but for the infantry im drawing a blank. any ideas?

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>>53623254
it's better than my first (pictured left)
best advice i could give is dont forget to give it a basing

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>>53623254
heres another progress with about six months between each model

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>>53621247
I use this mixed with spiritstone red to get this color. Like others are saying it gives a purplish/red tone on its own. I do 50/50 with the wash mix. Nuln or agrax might be better if you're just shading the red but want to keep its normal red color.

>>53613972
Painted my Chaos Knights who will count as Alpha Legion bikers, finished the silver trim on my Maulerfiend, will go back tomorrow and do touch-ups. Threw together three bases of Nurglings from spare Plaguebearer nurglings.

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>start painting
>notice the front plate looks like a nid got it claws on it
The fuck happened? So much for subtle...
Still very wip

>>53623618
Did you cover it in Typhus Corrosion before you started painting? Shit looks gritty.

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Is it hard to paint frosted plastic and has anyone had any experience with Pop Goes The Monkey?

https://www.shapeways.com/product/TH6MWQWEW/storm-wardens-gen4-maximus-shoulder-x10

>>53623618
What are you using to paint it? A white crayon?

>>53623517

What miniature model is that? The body and torso looks pretty cool.

>>53623754
>>53623700
Fuck if I know. It's only that front plate, and it's all physical, not thick or anything.
Should I greenstuff it over or keep it and try to salvage the weathering? Rest of it ain't so bad thus far.

>>53620477
Most of it needs shading and the skin should be lighter, but otherwise job's a good'un. Gold is smooooth.

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>>53623737
They're really good quality, but it's still 3d-printed so you need to run a file over them to remove the grain and flash. These are the shoulder pads I got from him, painting was just like plastic.

>>53622769
It's literally black, white and silver, anon. You should be able to find those among his other videos.

>>53622741
They're pretty big (fat), but still oldscale I believe. Like the rubrics.

>>53623790
This is the sorcerer from the newer rubric marine box set. Replaced the bits that were too 'chaosy' so it'll work as a 30k veteran for Thousand Sons

>>53621944
Dark eldar wyches have some good female heads, might have to trim the bone hairpins and de-elf the ears though

>>53617618

I'd be honoured, Mr. president.

>>53611056
Christ, the RT-era marines look fucking horrible.

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does this turret look odd? Its a tiger turret with some skitarii lascannon-alikes

>>53623868
You should figure out why your paint looks so gritty. Not just the front plate, but everything.

>>53624227
Turret is just too small for the rhino, lascannons look upside down

>>53624279
its meant to proxy a razorback not a predator :p I can turn the lascannons around, but weirdly thats the right way up for them originally.

>>53624279
>Turret is just too small for the rhino
even for a razorback gun platform?

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First time trying my hand at weathering a model. These guys were going to be pristine until I read the new fluff.

Introducing one of the last remaining blood angels

1/2

>>53624408

2/2

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>>53624422

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>>53617473
Fuck me, that's some sweet blending. I wish I could learn to blend even remotely at that skill level. It took me hours of fucking up with water thin paint to get this cape close to looking good.

>>53624408
Overload that base with mud and bug corpses.

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>>53622876
Without cutting they won't fit, as the stormcast have a much wider mounting for the shoulder pads, but scale wise they do alright

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>>53617494

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About a week or so ago, I asked advice for my Inquisitor's head, and everyone liked the Helghast-looking helmet.

Just here to report that he's pretty much done. I need to fix up the spear blade and make the layers of the cloth more visible. Other than that, I'm pretty satisfied with how he came out.

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>>53624919

>>53619024
What I try to do is not try to learn too many things at once, but every time I repeat a special process, I compare it to my previous mini and try my hardest to make it look better

>>53624809
Awesome. I can work with that.

>>53624919
Moooold Liiiines.

Looks great, anon.
Now get him some henchfolk!

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>>53624436
Sorry forgot the pic like an idiot

>>53624919
Give that mofo some highlights. He's lookin mighty flat. Could just be the camera though.

>>53622773

What table top is this from?

>>53623927

Man, those look really good. Thanks for letting me know that I'll need to file 'em.

>>53624690
No bug corpses atm but I'm planning on getting some agrellan earth and stirland mud, along with pools of purple blood.

Do bolters release bullet casings?

I'm making my own warclan of Nurgle Marines based around their loyalist colors being Copper, but their current look is now oxidized and rusted. Any tips on how to get that sort of look?

>>53621865
What a pleasant battlefield.

>>53611056
Leadbelcher with Nuln Oil highlighted with Runefang Steel

Good enough? It's the only silvers I have left. Should I reapply Leadbelcher after washing it or no?

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Hey elegan/tg/entleman these are the first minis ive really painted. Getting my nids ready for 8th. Always been scared of painting for some reason. Thoughts on the scheme/howdoigetbetter.exe

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>>53625344

>>53625278
Copper and what? You need a complimentary color to prevent blandness.

As for your rusted and oxidized look here's what id go with

>heavy wash agrax+reikland
Multiple washes around rivets and places where metal meets metal. Then drag the wash down to blend it out, this will create a runny effect

>light wash Athonian camoshade in the same way, but blend out more

>typhus corrosion
Hit edges you want to rust or oxidize with this. The more fucked up you want it to look the more corrosion you put. Be careful this eats brushes and can ruin detail . This can be blended around the rivets
>drybrush ryza rust+burnt umber (gw and vallejo)
Get a nice orange brown going and a super dusty brush. Swirl around flat panels to create light rust effect. Medium drybrush edges and over corrosion.

>wash rusted areas with agrax+nuln
More brown than black

>light wash camoshade

>light drybrush ryza rust

>LIGHT FOCUSED drybrush of runefang steel/stormhost silver of weathered areas. This should be very sparing

BONUS

Use weathering powders to give better impressions of rust and wear. I myself have not used these but have seen incredible results other people have achieved

>>53625463
What would be a solid complimentary color?

Also shouldn't I use the Nihilakh Oxide?

I'm going to screenshot your post though, great advice.

>>53625344
>>53625417
I'm digging your scheme anon and I think you're doing fine work. However your going for an effect that's best achieved with blending (the orange and blue). If you're doing this by brush it can be very difficult and time consuming. Requiring many transparent layers delicately built up. You can also consider an airbrush to make blending easier (but they can be pricey)

As for getting better your paint is a bit thick. Shoot for the consistency of milk when you thin your paints. It is actually a good thing if your first coat is slightly transparent, it's better to have 10 thin coats to build a nice strong color than 1 thick.

Consider looking up warhammer tv on YouTube, they have tutorials featuring our spiritual liege duncan. The videos are great for new painters and offer tips for veterans, it's how I learned to paint.

Finally this is my mantra "it's going to look like shit until it looks good". Sometimes I'm painting an effect that I just can't get right, or a scheme I thought would be dope just isn't coming out. Sometimes it just takes a simple trick or a new color, sometimes just another thin coat to make your mini look dope!

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>>53618668
Calm down Tzeentch

>>53614825
Not bad. Basically the Rogue Trader-era Death Eagles colour scheme.

>>53625526
I could have sworn I typed it, my bad

>light drybrush of oxide
Brush needs to be very dry, work the brush quickly to catch the faintest edges

>focused oxide
Take your smallest brush and paint the oxide onto areas that stick out. Things like armor tips, blades, spears, etc.

>camoshade +corrosion
Lightly apply corrosion around (not on) oxidized areas.Wash around areas you oxidize (not the oxidization itself) with a few coats of camoshade. This will give the impression of creeping decay. For added effect subtly drybrush a few specks of oxide on over camoshade

As for your complimentary color , it depends specifically on the shade and tone of your metal the specific paint to go with it. So I'll just list colors and you can pick the specific shade

>red
>yellow
>black (duh)
>brown (you will need something like hazard stripes to break it up)
>green
>purple (not sure on this one, but might be cool)
>blue (copper is just dark gold desu)

>>53625293
Pretty much what I do. If you want it to look shiny/clean reapply the leadbelcher. It looks a little more weathered if you don't.

>>53625643
I like painting purple. Where would it go on the mini? I've never actually painted Space Marines before--I've only ever played Orks.

>>53625669
Depends where you want the copper. If the primary color is copper I'd paint the purple on shoulder pads (with metal trim) maybe helmets and or backpacks. Bolters casings could also be a solid area.

Choose the areas you want but remember it shouldn't overpower your primary color, keep it noticeable but in the backseat.

>>53625740
Gotcha. I think purple would go nice with the copper and blueish-oxidized look, right? Thanks anon, you've been very helpful and have hyped me for 8th edition that much more.

>>53625755
No problem at all anon! I love this hobby, getting people excited about it and generating a community is what makes this fun for me.

Make sure you post your work!

>>53625845
Oh one last question, what color should I use to prime the models? I only have army painter's green spray, but I could obviously buy something more suited to this purpose.

>>53625892
Black grey or silver.

Black will be the most forgiving.
Grey for more vibrant colors than black
Silver for advanced metal blending (but much harder purple)

Gw sprays are not primer but work fine. I have heard good things about rustoleum but I've never touched the stuff.

>>53625547
Cheers bro. Yeah i started out with milky paint and gradually just lost my mind and started rushing a bit. Ive got loads more to paint yet so ill try blending with brush on my next batch

>>53611989

the great thing about this is that the base doesn't clash with the figures, it feels like the same rotten browny green palette

also of course the colour variation on the figures with the unifying boil highlights is pretty great too

>>53618770
Honestly, for me personally it's probably the Jetbike helmet. Many HQs in 40k have better truescale to them and the helmet is way too large for the rest of the model's frame.

You can't substitute pose for imposition. If that model we're just standing straight up, would it look like something you'd be afraid to fight on the battlefield? It looks just like any other kabalite except it has a sword on it's back.

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Bit new at the hobby, really didn't want to pay $30 for a Weirdboy so decided to try and make my own. Pretty happy about how he turned out.

Any thoughts before I prime him? I won a fairly large bin of bits so I have all kinds more I could add.

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da guyz are ready to go