WIP - Work In Progress General

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So I picked up that Magic board game, Arena of the Planeswalkers and my group absolutely hates it. We want to repurpose the minis for rpgs, but the bases are not 25mm.

What is my best method of removing the mini from this base? It's all one piece and I'd like to avoid damaging the actual mini

>>54021077
Hold them in boiling water for thirty seconds, then use a hobby knife to cut them off.

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>>54021077

I am somewhat experienced with this sort of thing, I got Heroquest and the D&D Fantasy Adventure Boardgame for similar purposes.

You can cut down as much as possible with clippers before using a knife gently around the feet. Alternatively you can cut away enough that the remainder fits on your base of choice, and then use putty to merge the remainder of the integral base in.

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Finally finished my BB troll. Wew!

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I added a small friend for fun.

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Been working on Death Korps in 1914 French Colors!
C&C welcome!

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>>54021299

>>54021269
Louise is that you?

>>54021381
No that's a troll.

>>54021269
>>54021294

wow, that is awesome! great work!

>>54021269
>>54021294

Lovely stuff. You're the Savage Orks guy right?

>>54021269
Fookin 'ell

Amazing as usual.

>>54021294
lovely addition, like it how the troll is looking at him

>>54021294

I totally dig the skin tone. The scheme.. less so

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This is a super early WIP, I still need to clean everything up and then shade an detail everything but how roughly so far?

>>54021294
Send me to china and rename me to Ho Lee Chit, because that is amazing.

>>54021617
Looks like a lobster, I like it. I would also keep some of the white splotches on the red carapace, I think they would look like some battle damage if properly painted.
A jungle bases would look pretty good too

>>54021299
>>54021321

Fucking banging lad, tell me we are going to see the R.M.L.E

>>54021617

Personally I like the hooves/claws/swords to be a different color than carapace.

Skin looks nice. Are you basically sticking to cannon Kraken colors?

>>54021852
Yeah, this is exactly the steps taken in the how to paint citadel miniatures book and I am a mindless drone who does not want to diverge in any way whatsoever from that in fear of royally fucking something up.

>>54021617
I don't usually like nid paintjobs but this is breddy gud so far. The white/bone is nice and smooth and the red is present but not overpowering. Like >>54021714 said a jungle base would look nice, with some weird plants to bring just a little splash of color to the overall model

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How are those nurgle boys coming along /wip/?

I still need to drill these barrels

>>54021889
>mindless drone

The Swarm approves

>>54022024
Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. I will spend the entire day cleaning it up tomorrow.
Does anyone have any good ideas on jungle bases? The only green I have right now is citadel fake grass.

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my first 40k army!

>>54022150
Mostly forgetting until after its painted

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>>54021889
>Yeah, this is exactly the steps taken in the how to paint citadel miniatures book and I am a mindless drone who does not want to diverge in any way whatsoever from that in fear of royally fucking something up.

It's funny how you can think that, and then GW will go and change it on you; it's all at the whim of Da Studio Ladz.

For example, the First Edition Space Marine painting guide says Blood Angels are supposed to be a terracotta colour, with black gauntlets. Later, they were blood red, and the Mk VII shoulder pauldrons were black around the edges. Beginning with Third Edition - and depending on who was painting and collecting - Blood Angels might be shown with or without the pauldron rims painted black, and eventually, even a different (darker) shade of red!

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Really losing motivation to paint but I need to go on. How do I get through this /wip/?

How well do the Frostgrave plastics work with GW bits? I've seen that they match up reasonably well scale wise, but can I stick lasguns on them and get some good conscripts?

>>54022309
What're you painting? Are there any minis you can do quickly and easily to provide additional motivation, even if its a side project?

>>54022227
Needs more spider mech
>tfw I would rebuy Crons if I could field an entire army of Spider things

>>54022309
heavy drinking and a indomitable spirit

>>54022238
Wow, that's kinda insane that they would just fuck with the canon colours of a first founding chapter.

>>54022381
>indomitable spirit

Doesn't that just give you a +1 to "Deny The Witch" rolls?

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>non-metallic metal is the apex of a miniatures painter ability
>it looks like shit
Really fires up those neurons

>>54022381
you mean the kanoptek scarabs?

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>>54022309

>>54022446
but the exhaust looks nice

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>>54022098
Thinking about doing something like this with a huge skaven bell I have. Not sure if it'll look too big though, thoughts?
Just a quick mockup, nothing is glued at all yet. If the bell was just slightly smaller it'd look great being dragged around by chains, looking like it's flying around in motion behind the drone, but I'm not sure with this size.

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>>54022790
Just wanna find some use for a huge fucking bell now that everything nurgle is bell-based, but I'm likely never gonna get a landraider or anything like that. Any other ideas? Use for a base or terrain or something maybe?

>>54022921
I think a character with two giant bells slightly behind him to his sides would be pretty good.

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i got two good comments on what color i should do these exposed cables on my lightning claws and i was wondering if anyone else had any ideas
should i do them black?
will that black look too similar to the cable behind it?

>>54022921
Cut a grille into the bell and use it as a hat with a characters head poking through the bars

>>54022183
You can use aquarium plastic plants, they usually look pretty good once they're painted

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>>54022921
You could model a pair of poxwalkers being used to haul each bell on their backs or dragging it behind them. See pic related for reference

>>54021269
really superior paint job, but the unfilled seams are kinda letting you down on the foot and neck

>>54022098
>How are those nurgle boys coming along /wip/?
havent even primed them

love that lord of contagion tho hes a fucking beast

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Been going through old lotr models in the bucket from my teens.

They really are tiny

>>54023031
It's one bell, just haven't glued the halves together, gonna finish the sculpting first.
But yeah, something like that could work, maybe use it as a palanquin!
Another idea would be a diorama that could double as a movement tray, with two drones hauling the bell around (both having chains flying off behind them, with magnetized ends to detach from the larger bell when needed), but then I'd feel forced to always fly them together in gameplay!
>>54022958
Yeah, could be nice for a diorama at least, but would prefer something that'd fit on a base

>>54023061
>>54022098
>Nurgle Boyz
you guys are making me want to start my secondary feral Ork army, where a small group of them have turned to worshipping Nurgle, which then will inevitable spread into a Nurgle daemon army with greenstuffed Orks as proxies and whatnot

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First time i used spray primer.
Fuck that, I will never go back to pot primers.

How would someone go about converting a AoS Ork Wyvern Rider into a "Feral Dakkajet" im mostly concerned about it being at the same height as the Dakkajet model and I am pretty sure all the Wyvern models are crawling

>>54022790
try and make some horns maybe coming out of the drone to hold the bell above it like the blightbringer

>>54024095
The bell is a bit too big for that sadly. Would've loved a bell roughly half this size. Might hang it from the little tail, but wouldn't work well with the idea I had in mind with the bell on the ground, looking as if it's being violently swung around behind the drone.
I'll do some experimenting and post updates when I've got something going!

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My WIP knight and Skitarii Ranger, posted last night but fell asleep, knight needs more details and a transfer sheet, C&C welcome:

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>>54024237
>>54022790
Or maybe I'll just go all out on the big stuff and do something like this on the second drone.
Love how the skaven stuff fits in very well with the new nurgle look.

>>54022979
Are those the 3rd party shoulders? Reading the red tithe now makes me wanna make a small elite force of'em.

>>54024459
That does synergize well nice work! NOW CLEAN THAT DESK!!!

What kinds of pins do I need to get to put metal pin in my models?

>>54024534
paperclips

>>54022238
Speaking of which, why did the Duncan videos shift to dry brush everything? The dark vengance tutorials were base, wash, one edge highlight. Dark imperium tuts are all dry brush.

Is it because the models have more detail? Do they think beginners can handle different techniques now?

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Yes, I've drilled the barrels. Assholes.

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>>54024622

>>54024552
is there not anything else I should use? Specially for like a bigger unit, like my Great Unclean One?

>>54024506
I think its this and if so I'm glad. I was thinking of ordering from that guy
https://www.shapeways.com/product/QBF5WCUS6/carcharodon-terminator-right-shoulder-x10?optionId=58646717

>>54024649
That's what I was thinking too if so I need me some of that! The new shop I go to is all IG and smurfs not much diversity.

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>>54024684
That's a shame anon. Better show them what the sharks can do

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Please critique me so hard I quit the hobby. Shit lighting but best I can do with no daylight

>>54024719
the black needs highlighted, but beyond that I think its good.

>>54024645
jumbo paperclips

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So I saw this in a thread earlier and now I really want to paint some Mantis Warriors, but I'm a little unsure on the green and the black backpack. I figure Abaddon Black might be too dark and I think I got close once by using nuln oil on eshin grey.
Suggestions?

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>>54024585
>Speaking of which, why did the Duncan videos shift to dry brush everything?
>Do they think beginners can handle different techniques now?

Here's my guess:

8th Edition is geared to bring people to the hobby and get us to buy stuff - even if we already have plenty. I've been playing 40K for over 25 years. You can bet I have a *ton* of unpainted Space Marines. But ... hey, *new* Space Marines with *new* roolz? I'm in! Easy to play main game that only has nine pages of roolz to get started? Other people will come and join, too!

But painting all those new models is daunting, isn't it?

Well, no, not really... watch our expert (and WIP's patron saint) show you how easy it is to get your newly assembled Primaris Marines table-top ready! All you need is a few of the right paints and one of these dry-brushes, and you'll be ready to hit the table in no time!

Drybrushing was innovative in the late 80's. It's an easy part of everybody's tool kit, but its utility is limited. If you teach somebody new, who's never painted miniatures before, that this one simple trick (Emperor's Teeth, how I *hate* those ads!) can elevate you above the level of a "three colours minimum required" snotling, it encourages people to continue their endeavour. If you continue, you buy more. You get your friends into the game, too. And they buy, and that's money in GW's pocket.

Having a cryptic, clunky game where you really need to have experienced the last three (or more) editions to enjoy playing does not engender a product that is going to compete well with the Playstations and Xboxes of the 21st Century.

where's the cheapest place to buy citadel paints online?

some ebay seller is doing a pick 6 for $23. Not sure if I should buy.

>>54024735
Fuckin' harsh words. He's bound to quit now...

I used unthinned gloss on some shoulders to apply decals and it was a bit too thick for my taste, it made the details less sharp.

Now I'm thinning it, but after 2-3 layers, the gloss coat isn't fully glossy. It's sort of like a patchy semi-gloss, definitely not smooth or shiny enough for decals.

The unthinned gloss is super thick (like GW's Ardcoat style thick) so I don't want to thin less. Should I just keep applying watery layers and pray it becomes fully glossy before the details get filled up?

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Would "Polyform® Model Air® Air Dry Modeling Clay" be usable for altering a model?

Im trying to convert my soulgrinder's head to a baby doll head (going to be a nurgle coloration/ goopy and rotting) and i need advice on which modeling clay to use. Something that would harden and hold the head in place.

Thanks guys.

>>54024858
vallejo german grey would work, otherwise for the green run with the new deathguard green paints

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>>54025085
I dunno. Death guard green doesn't look quite right

>>54024585
>>54024881

The drybrush videos are the beginner videos I'm pretty sure

Same thing happened with the gravis captain. One drybrush beginner vid and one layering vid for normal viewers.

>>54025144
though it might be a shitty picture because I'm also seeing pics of death guard green that're more actually green

>>54022979

The primary power cable is normally silver, while the front wiring bundle is black rubber insulation. The problem is Carcharodons canonically have black power cabling on the elbows, at least according to the art where the the overwhelming majority of all their cabling and wiring is black, and the official Tyberos model which has it black, but this would mean the front cables would blend in if you made them black.

Personally I'd either make the front cables black, silver, copper, or black/yellow/hazard stripe, red, or black/red.

On my own models which I am currently painting but haven't gotten to the LC arms yet, I'm making all the elbow cabling black, and on the Inodmitus arms I supposed the front cables will just be dark grey with lots of Nuln Oil.

>>54023685

Strap thrusters under its wings and repose the legs

>>54024858
>>54025144

If you're looking for Mantis Warriors green you use Nurgling Green/Straken Green/Elysian Green from GW or Camouflage Light Green or Medium Green from Vallejo Model Air/Vallejo Model Color.

>>54025258
I am indeed. My original plan was to use moot green over warpstone glow, but I feel like that'd end up too emerald

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Anyone have any idea how to go about gluing chains to miniatures correctly? I've got some conversions I want to attempt and I'm not sure how to go about doing this, as I don't want them to be moveable at all whatsoever.

>>54025258
So like, base nurgling, layer straken, and edge with Elysian?

>>54025381
No, just pick one of those greens whichever one feels the closest to you. Mantis Warriors are painted in a variety of drab greens, but it shouldn't be hard to color match a pot of green to the image you want, like Forge World's official art, or that photoshop you linked.

>>54025398
Ah, thanks anon.

Is there a good way to do brighter colors on kriegers? I want the armor to be black but I thought about doing a dark blue or dark green foe the coat, maybe even a deeper cobalt or something.

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>>54025660

Those are all valid uniform colors to go with black plate, you dumb Krieg-honkey!

Anyone have Painting miniatures from A to Z 1 and 2?

>>54025303
paperclip glued in between the links, or just brush on a little bit of super glue before priming

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new leaked xenos/empire hybrid unit

What are the best air brush tutorials?

>>54025812
>paperclip glued in between the links
What do you mean by that?

>>54025660
you could try Warplock Bronze for the plate, its a nice dark colour that still catches the light and looks nice

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>>54022446
the apex? not really. the apex is making nmm that doesn't look like shit. Ones like this stormcast look fucking amazing desu. or nmm-style tmm, which is pretty rare, but looks amazing when done well.

>>54025849
leme ms paint you something real quick

>>54025828

Airbrushing isn't as complex as people think it is or make it out to be. There's only two real companies with good starter level brushes (Badger Krome/Renegade, Iwata Eclipse) and those brushes will last you your entire life unless you want to upgrade or do some sidegrade alternative shopping of your own. Get a non shitty compressor, go look at what people are reviewing or using, and whether you need an expensive quiet one or not, make sure it has a tank.

Technique is all learned.

Just look up videos on how to maintain and clean it. Buy a brush holder/cleaning pot combo unless you want to bang your brush on the table every time you set it down and empty it out in a bucket or rags which is kinda ghetto.

Don't do backwash to clean or mix, it will put unnecessary wear on the more fragile components and the consumed-life parts that need regular replacing, so expect to replace parts more often if you're constantly backblowing.

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>>54025849
Ok so I worded that like shit the first time, and sorry this is the best example I got but I don't know what to google to find tutorials on this

I tried like jewelry chain 40k and jewelry chain miniature models, tutorials blah blah, etc etc

my google fu is weak

Basically you thread the chain with bent paper clip to shape the loop of chain

This picture has two parts, the top shows the theory loosely, you weave a piece of paper clip through the links, when glued together the chain is very strongly secured along the exact path you sculpted with the chain

The bottom is an attempt to show you what it'll actually look like kind of.

>>54025899
I've got a brush, compressor, I've been working on doing basecoats since I've been told that it's basically square 1, learning to paint all over again.

I'm going to practice more but basecoating is pretty easy peasy, same with zenithal highlighting because it's just basecoating from set angles.

>>54025971
Ohhh okay, that's pretty clever! Thanks anon! How do I go about removing the paper clip once I've glued the chain at the joints?

>>54026029
you don't, it's a support piece forever

How should I go about painting some Carcharodons? There doesn't seem to be a set scheme.

>>54026179
mechanicus grey primer
dawnstone
agrax
administratum grey
white scar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vljZDKUFMEc

>>54026000

Practice drawing circles, squiggles, and lines on a piece of paper. Practice making the lines as fat or thin as you can.

>>54026179
Grey, black shoulders, white mouth.

>>54024622
he looks nice anon, if anything maybe add lighter highlight to the horns.

>>54024632
>>54024622
Why must you turn this thread into a house of lies?

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Completely "straight forward" pose or something more dynamic, as if it's about to turn around? Personally like the second more, but in the first the chains follow the movement better, and can't really repose those.

In whichever case I'll be sculpting the base so that it looks like it's tearing through the top of the ground beneath it.

>>54024622
>>54024632
drill your barrels

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>>54026595
Or maybe even have the "plank" attached horizontally rather than vertically, like this?
It's hard getting it to fit in without sticking out too far from the base.
Also removed the face/mouth, to resculpt it after whatever pose I go for.

>>54026595
what the fuck is this?

>>54026754
Drones. Got some skaven bits I'm looking to get some use of, and I'm not using any "conventional" large vehicles to mount them on.
>>54022790

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>>54024317
>house Taranis
My nigga. I'm a little worried about that Ion Shield...I can see the paint texture.

Besides that an excellent start.

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Hey /traditional games/!
What flavor should I make the bases of my chadmarines? Should I go with RT era green turf to simulate the football field setting of the chads?

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Is it normal to spend 8+ hours on a single model for a newbie or am I doing something horrendously wrong.

It's one of the dark imperium DG models btw. All I've painted otherwise are necrons and they took much less time.

>>54026916
Yes

>>54024534
>>54024645

Get a roll of safety wire

>>54024645
hobby stores will sell brass rods for pinning

you can also use like 3 or 4 paperclips for larger limbs, I don't think GUO needs pins though

>>54022309
I used to be like this all the time until I realized I could watch episodes of Star Trek in the background while painting, Changed my life

>>54026932
It really varies depending on the model. If you're new it's alright to take your time and a model with a lot of different details like the new DG models are going to take more time than something simple, with less colors like necrons. As you paint more you'll probably get more comfortable with painting and reduce your painting time but right now you shouldn't try to rush.

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>>54026916
>Should I go with RT era green turf to simulate the football field setting of the chads?

You would be following a great tradition, m8!

>>54026932
>It's one of the dark imperium DG models btw. All I've painted otherwise are necrons and they took much less time.

Basic Necron squadboyz are probably one of the easiest 40K models to paint. Now, you took on a bit of a challenge. Stand up and be proud of your work!

>>54026932
why would you be doing something wrong? some painters spend 40-100+ hours on a single model. You've just hit the tip of the iceberg.

>>54025899
>don't backflush yer brush, yull break et
I'm sorry, what? There's nothing in between the nozzle and mixing cup to break.
>inb4 teh seals
No. Air is following the path of least resistance back to the cup.

>>54026916
Yes. Don't forget to paint the rims Goblin Green too.

>>54026932
It takes me like 3 days (of short 3-hour painting sessions) to paint a model, don't worry man.

>>54026932

I spend even more than that. Don't let all the faggots saying they spent 30 minutes to 1 hour per model and churning out barely tabletop paintjobs, or the pro 30 year veterans who paint award winning models in 2 hours get to you.

The most important things are that you get more and more models painted, and that you are improving and/or getting more satisfied with your work. Don't worry about how long it takes or trying to go faster. As long as you keep moving.

>>54027166

The real reason not to backflush is that it forces you to do a full strip and clean to get rid of the shit that got where it's not supposed to.

>>54027239
Oh boo fucking hoo, I have to spend five minutes every month or so with a brush to clean my equipment. The smallest violin in the world is currently playing "my heart pumps peanut butter for you", Anon.

>>54027055
>>54027075
>>54027143
>>54027222
>>54027207
Thanks, anons. It really is encouraging to hear. More than I can really express in a 4chan text post.

Keep on being awesome, everyone.

>>54027407
do you have the infinit airbrush book pdf?

>>54027449
Kannst du Google? It's on their website.

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Don't know if this is nessicarly /wip/ related, but here I go
So there are some old Space Marines I want to sell off, and they are painted really poorly from way back when.
Some guy at the FLGS said he'd be willing to pay $90 for it (Half off each: $40 for the Captain/Tac/Dread=equivalent of a start collection box, $40 for the Assault Marines=two boxes is about $80, and an extra $10 for the other tactical squad due to it being an older sculpt.)
Does this seem reasonable? Could I get a better price somewhere else? Honestly this seems like it might be the best deal I can get.
http://imgur.com/a/1n9n3

>>54027510
but warez

>>54026043
He was asking how to do chain, not chain with a big weird rope through the middle.

>>54027528
you didn't even read the post you idiot, you use a paperclip, not rope you turd

>>54027515
>http://imgur.com/a/1n9n3
That's a very good deal actually, as he'll have to strip all the paint off.
You shouldn't expect more than 50% of original price unless they're also well painted (and in the scheme the buyer wants).
Then thicker layers of paint will lower the value further, due to being harder to strip.

>>54027538
I'm talking about what it looks like in the end you mongoloid. There's still going to be a rod snaking through it and spoiling the look.

>>54027558
it doesn't spoil the look at all unless you're using giant oversized chain

jeweler's chain is very small, trust me when I say you don't notice the rod through the middle

>>54027549
That was my thoughts, which is why I said
>Honestly this seems like it might be the best deal I can get.

>>54027524
Nein, du kannst Google. H&S's support page, dummkopf.

>>54027593
are you retarded? no support page has the Painting Miniatures from A to Z by Angel Giraldez pdf

>>54027407
>every month or so

Never give advice on maintenance again.

>>54027605
Where the fuck did he ever ask fo a how to paint minis guide? He's asking for tge manual for his Infinity.

>>54027645
Are you so sloppy with your shit that it gums up at the end of a session? Or something? I meant once a month literally.

>>54027649
no I'm asking for the giraldez book

>>54027722
Lol, fuck off and pay your $50 then poorfag

>>54027733
>a thread filled with free pdfs about how to paint
>calling someone a poor fag

>>54027689

You "think" your airbrush is "clean" and "well-maintained" because you probably just backflush your way through all your clogs like a fucking idiot. The air isn't meant to go in that direction through the brush.

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Can't decide. Thinking the green and bone but it's pretty plain, can't think of anything good to go with the red or dark green skin

>>54027802
I like the green. Maybe a red shell? It'll make them look like koopas, but they're complementary colors.

>>54027793
I know my brush is clean because I clean it; if you're having problems with backflushing and gumming up yours, it's because you don't know how to clean it. Learn to take care of your shit.

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Welp, I think this is the best piece ive done. Thoughts?
P.S sorry for image quality

>>54027890
>>54027908
Very 80s. Looks like it'd be the bad guy in a Transformers cartoon.

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Converted this into...

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>>54028031

>>54026932
The DG models are packed with little details (did you see the maggot hiding in the pipe backpack that looks like a meltagun?). They're going to take a while to do right.

I'm trying to paint some marines really dark grey but I'm not having much luck, I've been painting them with a mixture of mechanicus grey and black then trying to highlight using mechanicus and bit of white. Anyone have any suggestions for a better way?

>>54028092
I did see that maggot and I want to know under what circumstance will such maggot ever actually see the light of day.

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>>54028040
Radical anon

>>54027890
thin your paints

>>54028242
I don't think you'd be able to see it without glow-in-the-dark-paint and looking strait down at the model.

The sculptor clearly had fun though.

>>54028040
shit, that's awesome. Good job anon

>>54028330
>>54028254
Thanks peps

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This thing is taking forever, and it's the first non-spaceship model I've painted in a few years... That orange is going to be pink, and all the hooves, claws, teeth, and spikes will be white. Also, phone camera. No idea how this will show up on the site, so...

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Will a bath in dettol strip corax white? I didnt shake it enough or it was too cold or whatever and now my mini is flaky and gritty

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>go to local art supply store
>all the brushes are splayed or otherwise damaged
>walmart continues to be my only source of brushes

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> see video of Duncan's where he uses literally white and 3-4 washes to get all the models skin done.
> serious doubt.jpg

Turns out he was right. This is ulthuan grey, Averland sunset boils and slugs, then fleshshade, athonian Camoshade, then purple wash.

>>54028601
look nice
purple is messy though

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>Run out of Armory Primer
>Decide to try out Army Painter's Dragon Red for my Spess Mehreens.
>Use it on a test modle.
>MFW

I fucking love this Primer. Holy shit. Perfect match for Mephiston Red and applies in such a lovely coat. Fuck getting Armory Primer again.

>>54028527
Order them online like everyone else?

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ok guys

im going to make my nurgle soul grinder inspired by "babyface" from toy-story. Will post results within a week or two.

I have the soul grinder box on route, the baby head, some "green stuff", and everything i need to assemble, prime, and paint my soul grinder.

Anyone have any tips and tricks for me? first attempt at a unique model.

Thanks guys.

>>54028642
I dont want a solution, I want to be mad.
[Spoiler]any suggestions on what brushes I should buy[/spoiler]

>>54028746
Reaper brushes are nice.

I buy mine from FLGS and they come in packages so no damaged brushes.

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>>54020921
What ive gof so far

>>54028398
Pls respond

>>54022979
I did mine hazard striped. Thought I had a picture of my Terminator on my.phone but it looks like I deleted it.
I used the.qhape of the cable to do the yellow more easily.

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Starting my first model in a decade. Is this tournament legal as-is?

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What do you think of my lizardmen skin recipe? Test on a piece of warped/melted plastic i had lying around

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I think, I'm almost done. Any tips what to add before I seal it?

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>work 1am to whenever our boss lets us leave
>usually ends up 10-12 hours a day, on our feet
>get home in the afternoon
>no motivation to do literally anything
>all the overtime checks go straight to student debt and bills

I need a new fucking job

>>54022227
....you didn't paint on unprimed plastic did you?

>>54022979
Black. All black.

>>54028978
You poor bastard. I thought my 9 hour days were crushing enough. How many points is that?

>>54028976
The cockpit looks weird to me but those heatlines on the engine are amazing.

I dedicate this post to washes.

>>54028720
fuck, I will never be able to look at the soul grinder again in the same way.

If I recall correctly the soul grinders flesh torso assembles separately from the metal chassis, so not putting it on and sticking a baby head on there shouldn't be to hard.

>>54029018
weird in what way?

>>54026916
anon do you mind sharing how you achieved this color sheme? Why, because it looks awesome.

>>54029047

There are no washes, only Agrax Earthshade and gutter trash.

>>54028917

Needs 2 more colors dawg

IMO just dip the left half in one color and the right half in another, making sure to leave a stripe of the original color in the middle

Then you should be good to go. Throw in a fourth color and you might even get Best Painted

>>54028976
highlights

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>>54029006

>>54029227
>expecting an airbrusher to add highlights that aren't lazy airbrush zenithals or pre-shading

Good one.

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>>54027802
Thoughts? I think it's what I'm going to settle on

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How to be promoted to lieutenant in an imperial fists company:
Step 1. Be the most boring guy in the company. Use the most basic wargear and tactics.

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Step 2. You are now a lieutenant.

>>54029332
Solid yellow backpack looks like ass. Paint the exhausts metallic.

>>54029325

You missed a step idiot.

1a) Flip the selector switch on your bolt rifle from semi-auto to auto.

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started today on that kitbashed lord commisar/company commander for my Armaghast force. the lightning kind of bleaches the colour, but its just a few basecoats anyway. wondering what colour i should paint the bolter casing?

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>>54029052
i think im going to put the baby head on the muscular demon body

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>>54029249
well distinctive fat lines of paint on edges may look good on a mini but it looks quite stupid on a big model kit. light doesn't work that way.
also not my fault that I can afford and use an airbrush.

>>54029764
Too bad you couldn't afford talent.

>>54029197
Just a very cartoonish canopy. The kind of thing you'd see out of 'Eavy Metal in the 90's, feels like.

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>>54029764
>light doesn't work that way
>light doesn't work that way
>LIGHT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY

>>54029764
If you can afford 40k you can afford an airbrush.

Kinda looks like one of those painted cakes you see at Costco.

>>54029807
Why do I need an airbrush when I have CITADEL(R) BRAND paints and paintbrushes.

Don't forget that Corvax White primer and some CITADEL(R) BRAND nailclipp- I mean hobby shears.

Whats going to be the best guide for me to paint white tyranid skin? I tried Duncan's white scars technique. It looked odd because of the brown. Any suggestions?

>>54029898
fucking racists

>>54029778
was out of stock, I guess

>>54029807
given the high number of big models with layers over layers of thick paint, I'm not so sure about that.

>>54029995

Listen buddy if you can afford a start collecting box you should already be thinking about whether you want gravity feed or sidesaddle and which Vallejo lineup you should be grabbing.

just spilled my nuln oil gloss all over my desk and pants

>>54030022
>not using siphon feed single action and a bike tire

GET A LOAD OF MONEYBAGS OVER HERE

>>54030061

Look on the bright side, it really brought out the details in those shorts.

>>54029764
>distinctive fat lines of paint
You probably shouldn't fingerpaint your edge highlights then. Matter of fact is, the whole thing and especially the red lascannon casings look flat and unfinished.

>>54030086
Fuck you and your bike tire you rich, fat piece of shit. Every fit and healthy man should be able to maintain an even 30 PSI with just the strength of his lungs.

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>>54030061
Just wait for it to dry and apply a quick highlight in raised areas

>>54029203
I don't use all gw paints so I'll give you the closest colors:

Off white- celestra grey base with ulthuan grey highlights. Recess shading with nuln oil.

Red- Khorne red washed with agrax, then stippled with evil suns scarlet (this gives the velvety appearance), bloodletter glaze, then gloss varnish.

Gold- Vallejo gold (I don't know what the closest GW paint is) washed with agrax then highlighted with vallejo silver.

Guns are just black with a super fine highlight of fenrisian grey.

>>54030131
>Every fit and healthy man should be able to maintain an even 30 PSI with just the strength of his lungs.

Superman pls...

>>54027802
>Alpha, get me 5 Tyranids with attitude!

>>54030131
>he doesn't throw paint in the air on a windy day and wave the model about
Look at mr fancy fuckin' shmasy here

>>54030297

IT'S DEVOURERIN' TIME!

*da nun nun da nun nun da naa da nun nun da nun nun da naa*

>>54027733
>>54027788
Corvus Belli is not a big corporation. It's ok to support it

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>>54027802
DO IT!

>>54027802
>can't think of anything good to go with the red
Dark chocolate brown
>or dark green skin
terracotta?

If you are going for earthy tones.
Otherwise you can put any color of the rainbow on there.

>>54029285
Looks solid but needs and accent of some sort I think. Something you can use for details and big creatures to make them pop.

>>54030369
>supporting the Spaniards
>ever

#REMEMBERTHEAZTECS

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>>54030392
Hopefully I can make this look good as some sort of blood effects but I don't want to overdo it

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>>54022446
Bad example. Also that's a specific kind of NMM called SENMM which is a totally different thing. And a badly executed one too.

You obviously have little to no experience with advanced paintjobs, please lurk the fuck moar before posting stupid shit.

Also, >the apex
LOL

>>54030404
WTF I hate Europeans now

>>54028398
ive found dettol works as a good stripper for anything bar proper primer. when you scrub it, do the scrubbing in some methylated spirits instead of water to stop the paint turning into a gluggy hell-mess.
after the metho, rinse in water

>>54030231
Thanks alot, I will receive my primaris this week. Can't wait to try this.

>>54030449
>blood effects
Tamiya X-27 Clear Red is your friend.

>>54030449
You could use the new GW one, it's basically blood in a bottle

>>54030472
DiPietro go to bed

>>54030472

It's like 99% of NMM painters don't even know what real metal look like and just do that generic brown gold garbage. This silver NMM actually looks like metal.

>>54030489

I like Blood for the Blood God. It's less sticky and thick compared to Tamiya Clear Red, and doesn't require mixing with Nuln Oil to get that dark blood look, although real blood starts out bright red it doesn't look real on a miniature.

Rather save my Tamiya Clear for things like metallics and canopy tinting.

Why is Yriel Yellow such a fucking cunt to work with. Everything was going alright, basecoats and all, until i attempted to layer my soon to be Angry Marine with Yriel Yellow.

It clumped, it splotched, it made bubbles. I'm fucking 3 layers later (on an Averland Sunset base) and having given up on being neat with surrounding shit and it's starting to become more uniform, but also starting to fucking cover up details.

I don't fucking get it. I used a base, thinned the damn Yriel, used a wet palette, do i also have to sacrifice a chicken or someshit

>>54030521

The trick to bright colors like that is to buy the airbrush version. Either Citadel Air or Vallejo Model/Game Air.

It's already thinned for you and forces you to do multiple thin layers, and you will automatically get a smoother result because of it. You can't trust yourself to be patient enough or to thin enough/properly with thick ass yellows like GW.

>>54030533
So i haven't thinned it enough? I swear i had no issues applying the Averland base, which is thicker by default, without fucking anything up. Do i just have to HYPER THIN and apply fifty coats of Yriel? I sort of expected a yellow base would help with me not having to do that, otherwise what's the point of the Averland Sunset?

>>54030563

For smooth coats I thin until I can put an entire swathe of liquid on the model and not leave any brush strokes. If I push it around, it acts like water, and will run off the model. Takes 3-5 layers to get solid coverage.

I find any less thin and it will leave clumps and brush strokes AND still have just as shit coverage as if I thinned even more.

>>54030590
You might be right. I did have a severe case of brush stroke. Fuck. So i just have to get used to the idea that it needs a fuckton of layers. Any point to a base coat then? Also goddamn i hope i didn't fuck up my model.

>>54030606

Basecoat saves you a couple layers of effort.

>>54030606
Yellow is one of the most pain in the ass colors

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You find some random shit digging through your old bits and shit.

>>54029625
I'd go with generic black honestly.

>>54028983
noo, why?

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>>54030606
Here's the thing itself. Any point to continuing or should i just go find some paint stripper and start over?

>>54030490
>DiPietro
Uh?

>>54030710
How anon? How did you manage to do that?

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I've just bought some space botes and would quite like to paint them in a blue-grey colour like this one.

How would I go about it? I know GW and Army Painter do Space Wolf style colour primers, but that's a much lighter blue isn't it?

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Trying out grey wing membranes for my Behemoth alt-scheme.

>>54030722
By trying to Yriel the power armor.

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>>54030730

Meant to match these guys.

>>54030710
You didn't thin enough mang. Lower the expectations of how much yellow you're going to get on the model in the first one or two passes. Trying to force it on there is going to lead to lumpy models.

>>54030766
Right. I thinned about as much as i did the Averland, which presented no issue at all. I guess i expected the Yriel to be thinner by default.

>>54030727

Vallejo Model Color - Grey Blue/Azul Gris 70.943

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>>54030472
mein gott

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>>54030784

>>54030784
Superb, thanks. I'm guessing highlight with whatever GW is calling Space Wolves Grey now and use a black primer?

>>54030712
Matt DiPietro, european miniature painter.

>>54030710
If that helps my first models were just as thick.
After like two months this is what I am able to do with help of /wip/ and duncan >>54023334
Don't be shy no matter how bad your models look like

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Papa smurf WIP

>>54030924
the mould line on the right foot is still visible. I am afraid you have to strip it and do it all over again anon.

>>54030942
Oh fuck i missed it. Ill get the metho. :/

>>54029764
why are sole airbrush users so fucking stupid

>>54031001

Brains don't work that way.

>>54031001
it's the thinner in the paints and airbrush cleaners. it burns away their brain sells.

>>54031074
and mine as well, since I write cells with S. fuck me.

>>54028976
You splattered the white all over those cockpit windows. Fix the speckling.

The whole thing looks flat and boring.

>>54030473
#weeklyhumansacrifice
#smallpox4lyfe

>>54030915
Thanks anon. I'll keep trying.

What's a good way to strip paint by the way? I hear caustic soda could do the job?

>>54028377
The carapace looks dank, and the green contrasts nicely. Personally I wouldn't make the hooves white but you do you

>>54031218
Can confirm; I used to use lye based oven cleaner to strip minis when you could still get it and I didn't value my lungs. Wear gloves unless you want to recreate Fight Club.

>>54031218
ethanol works fine. you will need to scrub it a bit with a toothbrush but it takes off the paint well.

What kind of light source do you guys use for painting? I used a led bar thing but it broke. I tried using a lamp with a single led but it's casting shadows all over the place which sucks ass.

>>54031362
I have a LED bar as well, but recently got a pair of these that also come with their own lil' LED light
http://www.hobby-tools.ro/5747-thickbox_default/lupa-ochelari-pt-modelism-hobby.jpg

I've been looking on Shapeways for models, is it ever worth going for materials other than Frosted Ultra Detail?

I've not used them before.

>>54027802
thin down the yellow and paint it over the red. it looks good.

>>54030404
Even if the Spaniards had come at peace Aztecs would have died anyway

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>>54031362
A professional lamp.

>>54031639
I wish I was a professional lamp.... or just a professional anything really

does it pay well?

Can you remove paint with regular ass bleach?

>>54031700
use Dettol or if you're in the US use LA's Totally Awesome

also a toothbrush

ass bleach is a niche substance, best used on the other kind of model

>>54028377
>>54031237
I agree with anon, it looks great so far, but it often comes out pretty shit to have your brightest contrast color on small extremities

>>54028601
Learned your lesson for doubting Blessed Duncan?

>>54030329
ahhhh fuck this got me

>>54031688
It's a very light work.

>>54031688
>>54032007
you have to be pretty bright to get into it in the first place, though.

>>54032044
>>54032007
>>54031688
and you may find yourself burnt out after your first year

>>54021397
AAAAH
THIS GUY

>>54032007
>>54032044
>>54032122
lol okay okay you win

Help, /wip/. I am tired of marines and want an army that's fun to paint. So far my choices (and fears) are:

Harlequins: I like the design, but I don't think I can do the checkered pattern justice.

Nids: they are something different, but I don't even know where to begin or how to make them look good.

Scions: they are cool, but normal humans.

Knight: fuck everything I want to go big. Also, found a tutorial on how to paint marble-like surfaces long ago, might try that for the plating.

Any suggestions?

>>54032346
>Knight
do it!

>>54032346
Knights with Scion Air-Cav

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How are these Las-muskets now?

>>54032375
>>54032421
Well, marble knight it is then. So far I haven Duncan's tutorial on knights and the marble tutorial ( if I can find it again)

Any other appreciation? Also, by Air-Cav you mean a valkyrie transport (that was its name wasn't it?) If so, yes, thats quite cool.

>>54022404
That's nothing. Dark angels used to wear Black armour. Even the Terminators.

>>54032346
>Help, /wip/. I am tired of marines
>Help /v/. I am tired of virgins
>Help /pol/. I am tired of nazis
>Help /hm/. I am tired of homos
>Help /mlp/. I am tired of ponies

I have said it a lot of times. We need a no-GW, or at least no-Marines, WIP thread.

>>54032625
so both threads would be dead as fuck?

>>54025899
I would add Harder&Steenbeck cheapest airbrush (Evolution, IIRC) as one of the "will last you for a lifetime" airbrushes that won't cost you an arm and a leg. Even better, H&Ss have teflon o-rings, impervious to all solvents and shit.

>>54032650
Actually, due to them not being overflowed by marines and people that only care about marines, other painters from other races and games would feel more encouraged to post their shit and get comments from other nonmarine painters.

>>54032510
Lookin good senpai

>>54030521
Averland is a yellow on the brown side, so if you try to paint spch a trnasparent paint as yriel yellow you are going for a bad trip. Why not layering 50% averland 50% yriel, and going up from there to full yriel? Or trying a middle coat of golden yellow.

>>54027044

This, watching/listening to anything that doesn't require that much attention is great. I usually put on batreps in the background, especially tabletoptactics' ones since they are usually around 2h long. And Laurence has a soothing voice.

>>54030730
nice membranes, bro!
you can add some fine lines simulating veins, with diluted blue (for example), and then a few glazes of base color to make them less "popping out" and more like they're under the flesh

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Can someone with this dude tell me how hard it would be to remove the helmet on his belt? When my set arrives, I plan to replace the head with an armored one and it would look silly having 2 helmets on 1 dude.

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>>54030521

Problem, soft meat?

I just finished the yellow for this test scheme for my hive fleet. Will eventually paint on some black markings like on wasps or bees. How's it look so far?

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>>54032818

I wanted to have the weapons bright green so I can tell at a glance what's what on the battlefield. Not like my opponents know which biomorphs are what anyways

>>54032804
Just paint the extra head chaos colors or somethin, hes taking trophies

>>54032847
Awesome idea. Cheers.

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>>54032837

Here's some bug markings I whipped out on ms paint. Which one looks best?

>>54032857
Cheers.

>>54032875
2 on smaller nids, 3 on the monsters.

>>54032673
except there are barely any marines that get posted in here? and there are clearly tons of non-marine painters/commenters?

>>54033018
This specific thread is not representative of the average posters here.

>>54032673
I feel like a lot of people who paint marines paint other stuff too, Im always switching between my Deldar and my Marines.

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>>54032804
model itself has a helmet variant, then the one on the belt might be an optional extra, and not part of the leg per se

>>54033058
this wip thread isn't much different from other wip threads, considering many are the same posters. theres a reason why no one cares about your idea, and thats because its shit.

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Finish painting and building marines 1-2
Finish building and paint cultists 3-4
Build Dreadnaught(s) 5-6
Build HQ 7-8
Continue picking randomly each day - 9
Play vidya without guilt - 0

>>54033271
Just play vidya dawg. Paint models on the loading screens.

>>54033121
No, it's because the people who don't paint marines don't even bother coming into this thread anymore.

>>54033352
What have you been working on anon? If its not Marines, you should start to be the change you want to see.

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Continue soaking my marine in anti-mold bleach+caustic soda mix in an attempt remove paint - 1 -3

Go out and buy some industrial strength alcohol to work with instead - 4 - 6

Drink the bleach - 7 -9

Fap - 0

>>54033352
yea sure, lmao.

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Some more conversion fodder for my CSM/DarkMech from eBay today. I'm especially keen on that middle-right Scavvy, he'll fit in with the Poxwalkers nicely.

>>54033503
How are you doing the Dark Mech? sounds pretty cool.

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which one of these armors plates look better?

>>54033521
By spending loads of money :^)
Serious response hower, it's just a bunch of stuff converted to be more Chaotic. I've added Necromunda pieces here and there to try and toss things up, but mainly it consists of three things: 1. Chaos Space Marines as cohorts
2. Skitarii/CultMech figures as the main force
3. GSC/IG for converting to a wide variety of Cultists and whatnot.
Since I'm not making these for games I can go wild with my ideas, which is fun. I've found plenty of usable bits in the Dark Eldar and Skaven range as well, for example.

>>54033637
Left, definitely.

>>54033639
Kick ass man, I hope you keep posting pics as they come along. Making models that you arent intending to put in an army are the shit.

How flexible are the legs of the Ironstriders? Do they allow for a variety of poses?

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>>54033663
I've posted plenty of WIP stuff before, but I've yet to actually post a completed figure. I just want everything to look nicer before I clutter up the thread with too many images. I like a lot of the older 40K/Rogue Trader stuff as well, so I've always got any eye out for anything neat online. Here's another pic I put up recently. While it's nothing fancy, it's got that Kill Team feeling going for it that I enjoy.

>>54033737
Right! I've been seeing you post in here, Keep it up my man, cant wait to see them painted.

>>54028918
looks pretty damn good

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How do I keep my hands from shaking lads? When I do precise small movements with them I get the shakes, and I don't think it's from excessive caffeine or anxiety anymore. Should I work on hand strengthening exercises or hit the sauce when I plan to paint and relax?