/wip/ - work in progress general. Painting/modelling etc

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Which scheme should I go for? (maybe combining traits from two?)

>>54036520
Armour from 1, cloth from 4

>>54036520
3, though mAybe skip the grey plates on lower thigh and upper calf

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Wip Poxwalkers.

the bright orange weapons are going to be drybrushed with silver later, like heavy rust.

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Some early /wip/ Fallen I'm currently painting as a change of pace and because every Dark Angels player should have at least a squad of Fallen.

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This is my first attempt at edge highlighting.

My brother made me paint the way Duncan paints for this model and I think I did okay.

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Anybody have any idea what these are?
Seller calls them "Mutant Traitor Terminators" but I can't find anything when I search for that. They look pretty old.

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Some love for Warmachine?

>tfw you just don't have time
I want to paint more plaguebearers. I want to paint my converted predator. I want to paint my plague marines. I want to paint my plague drones and blight drone. Everything's just too busy and now I'm buying a house that needs loads of work and all my modelling stuff will be going into storage in a few weeks for ages. Hold me /wip/.

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>>54036886
now those are glowing eyes done right

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I want to build a tiny imperial themed gothic cathedral. I was thinking about using the Sanctum Imperialis or the Basilica administratum, or maybe some of the smaller buildings in the Gardens of Morr, plenty of candles and purity seals. Should I use something else? What should I put in the sanctum? A book, a sarcophagus or something more bizarre?
I'm trying to brainstorm some ideas, so if you have any ideas please feel free to share.

As a photo, some OC of a gothic cathedral in Prague

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>>54037224
>those cum stains
>the dust encrusted keys
>the toppled paint in the background

Cool miniature though

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Any love for word beares?

>>54037146

You've got pieces from different models there. The arms are from GW Choas Marines and terminators, but those bodies look like the hostile "definitely not Tyranid" aliens from Fantasy Forge's Kryomek game.

>>54037453
If you want some thing small check out the puppetswar church. That looks really nice.
Or get the Pegasus Hobbies gothic ruins kit if you want to do something bigger. They also look really good.

As for what to put in it, I'm not sure.
You could maybe use some of the Sector Imperials parts? Imagine the tank with the tyranid parts with the leftovers of an imperial saint for example.
Westwind miniatures also has some specimen tanks like that.

Another easy thing may be to just put a miniature up as statue on a pedestal with benches around for people to pray and worship and stuff like candles, coins, prayers etc strew around the base as offerings.

>>54037224
Oh Venethrax. First model I saw from Warmachine, got me into the game. Wish it hadn't gone to crap. I still have my small Cryx force, but it's hard to find a game around here anyway.
Nice job though. Gotta love that Cryx green glow.

>>54037547
Looking good man. I'd use FW's decals instead for the spcripture though

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>>54036682
Looks nice man, keep the updates coming!

>>54037252
I feel you man.
Now I'm thinking of making a unit of Nurgle Marauders inspired by the red robed acolytes in the picture, which I absolutely adore. Would you guys agree that Skaven Plague Monks would make excellent basis for such conversions? Their woe-staves can easily be turned into Flails and Great Weapons which I'll probably be mixing freely within the unit so that either weapon set up is availible for games. Regarding the model itself snipping off their tails and adjusting/converting/replacing the heads should be sufficient to accomplish my goal.
What do you guys think? I'd love to hear any input you might have be it from the point of fluff, gameplay or actually wip-related.

When would one want to use a flesh wash instead of just basic shading/highlighting?

And how much quality would I be sacrificing if I substituted Army Painter for (along with using in tandem with my existing) Vallejo Game Colors?

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>>54037655
Started to paint these before I got the decails.
Got 5 finished.

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>>54037682
Here's a picture of the Skaven Plague Monks for anyone who would like an easy comparison.

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-SE/Pestilens-Plague-Monks

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>>54037587
>puppetswar church
Oh wow, that looks very nice, although it is maybe a bit big for the thing I'm thinking at, although it may add character. I was basically thinking about a was moving imperial chapel built on legs or tracks and half-sentient. So the smaller the actual building the easier it is to convert.

>You could maybe use some of the Sector Imperials parts
Didn't think about that, I'll check it out.

Thanks for your input :)

>>54037573
Thank you. I went back and reread, and they are indeed non-GW pieces for conversion use.

>>54037700
>When would one want to use a flesh wash instead of just basic shading/highlighting?
It's not really an either or decision. You can do both.
Start with the wash and take it from there.

>And how much quality would I be sacrificing if I substituted Army Painter for (along with using in tandem with my existing) Vallejo Game Colors?
None or maybe a tiny bit depending on the colors you replace.
Saying one brand of paint is superior to another entire line is just not right.
That line has good yellows, that one good metals etcpp.
From a brief talk to the guys from my FLGS it sounds like the Warpaints are pretty popular, so I guess they are alright. On their recommendation I picked up the golds from armypainter, haven't used them though.

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Same guy from last thread, how's this looking now? I realised I used a pot of Agrax so old it's practically sludge but the effect is alright so far.

>>54037957
Its screaming out for highlights

>>54037957
Looks nice but I think you missed some spots on his bonesword hand and under the carapace shoulder region

>>54037980
All in good time, I still need to clean up the skin.

>>54038006
Thanks for pointing that out! I will fix that up right away.

>>54036244
Which guide is that picture from? Is it in the mediafire?

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>>54036682

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Working on silver tower, hope it's a good game.

>>54037081
Is this bait?

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Question: I want to paint up my Convergence force in a Borg-like color scheme. How do I make a predominantly dark scheme like that pop? The glowy bits will be the typical Borg green, but it seems like it wont be enough, and I don't want them to look bland.

>>54036886
Some nice traitors you got there

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Since DX4 technical drones are good now, and they're also coincidentally no longer sold, I'm thinking about eventually building some earth caste builders to stand in. Some guy is apparently way ahead in this regard, and made this.

I already know most of the pieces (necron arms, cut in half drone case, etc), but the piece in the middle eludes me. I feel like I seen it before. It seems to have ridges on the side, a central ridge on top, and a hinge in back. I thought it was a cut down old-style Tau battlesuit thruster, but those are flat in back. and don't have hinges or ridges. Anyone have ideas?

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Would you consider basecoat+wash+one highlight to be acceptable for Ork boyz skin? (Like pic related)
Obviously for Nobz and characters you could add more highlights, but for the 30+ boyz you have to paint would that be acceptable you think?

>>54038773
looks a little bit like part of an eldar gun platform

>>54038728
Borg are a mix of pale skin, black rubber, gunmetal grey, and their glowing green, but there was a Borg drone in Voyager that had copper as the basic metal of its mechanical bits rather than iron, so you could try that.

>>54038959
Yes definitely, dont burn yourself out

Do I need to thin washes?

>>54039135
depending on the results you want, yes/no/sometimes.

>>54039178
What results should I expect for thinning them vs not thinning them?

>>54039023

eldar gun platforms look like drones from below. That looks more like an imperial or chaos support of some kind.

What's the best rattlecan white primer you can get?

>>54036244
Keeping true to this generals edition theme:

/tg/, I present Louis, the Lobster.
Say something to him. Don't worry, he doesn't bite.

>>54039496
Shit, forgot pic

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>>54039496
>>54039533
Twice, even.

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>>54039533
Wtf why isn't this working

>>54039496
>>54039533
>>54039550
>>54039552
Are you okay Anon? Should I call someone for you?

So according to Duncan, all I need to do for Carcharodons is wash some Nuln into the recesses and paint the face a lighter grey? Like, can I just use a grey primer and call it a day?

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>>54039563
>>54039550
>tfw your model is so terribad that not even /tg/ wants to see it
>tfw need to upload it three times before it finally works

>>54039596
The head looks really good bro, now you just need to learn how to upload pictures and you're set!

>>54039614
...I also need a better camera...sigh

>>54039552
just lay it on your desk, rearange the light and make your camera study

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1/2
rifleman for cygnar

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2/2

Can someone explain drybrushing to me. I can never seem to get a perfect coat on ridges. Should I just stick to manual highlights?

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How would I go about replicating this gold color? From what I understand Burnished Gold and Shining Gold kind of switched places so I don't know what gold would match closest.

>>54036244
wetbrushing is a meme
>its like drybrushing but the paints wet
paints already wet its a liquid and you apply it like a drybrush. GW have renamed heavy drybrushing to wetbrushing

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In honour of the new edition I'm finally starting a proper Imperium army with a mix of Guard, Ministorum and Mechanicus. For the Guard I'm planning to paint mono-colour uniforms, then rough highlights, and then abuse the fuck out of washes, then another set of minimal finer highlights to get about a 2-3 hour turnaround on each guardsman.

Pic is two versions of the prototype guardsmen schemes and to the right is a very old model I painted as a kid, repainted to some degree. Also if you notice the mold lines and clipping marks on the guardsmen I've had them built and primed in a box for about 7 years, finding them and some other miscellaneous Imperium units really turned me onto the idea.

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Been working on some ttcombat dungeon tiles and undead hordes to inhabit them for an AoS heroquest session i want to run.

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>>54040300
Got these 5 skellies painted up in about 2 hours, Which for me is a new record.

>>54040147
People used to call that overbrushing.
I understand a heavy drybrush to be drybrushing until you have applied more paint than usual.
That is an important distinction to make since the wetness of the paint matters.

Anyway, there is no official committee that decides what to call what technique, so it's not like the evil corporate overlords in GW HQ have any influence what people call it, aside from what they put into their tutorials.

>>54037081
Like who dunk-Roos his downy brother?

>>54040229
I like the color palette on these.
I think the Cadian would benefit from more contrast between fatigues and armor. Maybe go over one of the two with another wash? Or paint a different base color before washing.

Completely monotone is gonna look a bit boring, especially if you got a whole lot of these next to each other.
Unless of course you are gonna add some kind of markings on them. I could see that working.
Just the regular old numbers and regiment badge would do a lot to spice the guy up.

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Has anyone ever seen or have a picture of an actually decent Squiggoth/Gargantuan Squiggoth. I want to get some going for my feral Ork army at some point

>>54040589
You mean like the ones Forgeworld sold?

>>54040589
excuse me a scratchbuilt/conversion of one. One that isnt a plastic dinosaur toy

>>54040608
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ork-Supa-Stompa-Warhammer-40k-Reaver-Size-21-x-21-x-12-w-Custom-Gargant-Titan-/371989980870?hash=item569c54a6c6:g:FUwAAOSwuAVWx1SI

>>54040962
>$200

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>>54040962
There is a limit to what you should do for scratchbuilds
this hit the limit a long time ago

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>>54041015

What I'm not sexy enough for you?

You may not like it, but this is what peak WAAAAAAGGHHH looks like.

>>54040589
>>54040608
>One that isnt a plastic dinosaur toy
so you mean a count as model rather than something that looks like a squiggoth?

Cause a dinosaur toy is the best place to start.
If you want to sculpt a model that big from scratch you are better off looking at the portfolios of professional sculptors, because for hobbyists that is not really viable unless they plan on casting it and selling a garage kit.

Not sure what you are after.

Or maybe the operating words in your first post were 'actually decent', but then it's the same thing. You need the skill to sculpt the head at least, that's not really something you can get around.
Maybe if you build an armored head with some kind of breathing apparatus... Would look odd if the squiggoth was wearing one and the orks surrounding it dont't.

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painted some boyz. Are there any good options for cheap drills I can use for the barrels?

>>54041104
It's called a paperclip

>>54041117
And how the fuck is that supposed to work, just try to push a normal paperclip into hard plastic?

Anyone know a good color for dried blood? I'd like to use it to spice up some Weeping Legion death guard.

>>54041237
just like pick your nose until it bleeds or something

>>54041237
Dried blood is just brown. It basically looks like mud.
So use whatever you use to do you mud or rust effects. A Dark brown with a red tint. Rhinox hide for example.

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>>54041104
>Are there any good options for cheap drills I can use for the barrels?

You want a pin vise with a handle that turns on one end - the tool in the middle here. The one with collettes on both ends *seems* cool, but that wears off very quickly when the back end starts digging into your hand.

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Working on some guys for my D&D campaign. Be gentle; I'm new at this.

>>54039852
>>54039838
i don't like the scheme at all, but very well done.

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>>54041960
Alright. I actually went ahead and looked around at my local game store and found an Army Painter pin vice and bit set for $13. Working great so far.

>>54042007
what the fuck, broccoli man is a gorgeous model. what's that from?

>>54042088
just saying if you are poor you can just buy a drill point of the desired size and use it manually. It will be ok for plastic models.(consider i once read an anon saying that will fuck your hand up)

>>54037081
>Be anon
>Buy Terminators
>Assemble one
>Cover it in wood filler
>Post on /tg/
>Guaranteed replies

>>54042131
Only if you keep it in the drill and turn it on.

Working on my Thousand Sons exalted sorcerers, any suggestions on what paint I should use for a jade green color? I want to color the scarab beetles appropriately.

>>54042105
He's a Reaper bone

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>>54042105
>broccoli man is a gorgeous model

He's nutritious.

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How's everyone going with making primaris marines match thier current army?

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less potato quality photo

>>54042916
I bet they're some really fun guys.

>>54042954
i hate you

>>54042995
I'd get some, but I don't have mushroom on my shelf.

>>54042916
i love those models, your shrooms look like they've seen some shit though

>>54036520
3

>>54043078
I dunno, that one is just whistling a happy tune without a care in the world.

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>>54036244
How does my WIP Black Legion Lord of Contagion look so far, lads?

>>54038959
Fuck of course man. Boys are a pain in the ass to paint, worst than Cadians. I'd probably be fine with a base and a wash.

>>54043067
I tend to store my extras up above mycelium, in the attic

>>54041150
not the anon, but just spin the sharp end on the falt area I presume.

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>>54042916
THAT TREE MAN LOOKS LIKE THAT SKYLANDER.

>>54043143
edge highlight the black.

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>>54043160
>mfw I actually enjoy painting boyz

>>54036520

If you don't want him to look like a candy cane, pick 3 or 4.

>>54039205

Thinning them just makes the results very slight (as if that wasn't obvious). I find the only times I thin a wash are when I've shaded white on a lot of models or want a bit more texture to metal without a lot of layering.

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Early progress on a small SoB group I picked up. Good to actually start painting again.

>>54041237
Khorne Red is always good.

>>54043143
I think this is the part where I point out that the Lord of Contagion is a <Death Guard> legion unit. color scheme looks cool on it though.

>>54039838
>>54039852

Very nicely done. Fun to see an alternative take on the colors as well, not to common amongst Warmahorde players.
+1 for our highlights on the back of the cloak, they really lift the model from good to great!

>>54043221
I know, hence the WIP part. How's it looking otherwise?

>>54040326

Underrated post. This picture is great! Im not saying its top quality on the paint job, even though it all looks really nice, what Im saying is you did a great job taking a superb photo!

Great job getting the feel just right anon, keep it up.

>>54043297
death guard would pay homage and debt to Black Legion for the crusades. But ultimately hes just making his own mans.

>>54043297
I know that, he'll be running as either a Termie Lord or Sorcerer depending on the list. The model was just too good not to add to my collection, especially when I got it for a pittance. Maybe I'll grab some new Plague Marines in a while and let him lead his full warband.

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>>54042916
looks like pepe

>>54043307
I think the metals and clothes both look really great for the look youre trying to get. I think the handlebar wrappings is a bit too bright for something that shouldn't be a center of focus on a darker looking mini. Also the flames should be more of a distinct colour from the flames. Those are just my opinions though and really nothing to do with the technical aspect.

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Latest few Orks I've finished. What do y'all think?

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>>54043358
!

>>54043384
>that old Big Mek with KFF model
Damn you, that was one of my favorite sculpts but I never picked it up before they discontinued it.
Black could use some highlights, but looking good otherwise.

>>54043407
Thanks! I got that old mek from a friend who used to play Warhammer when he was like 12 and had a bunch of old models and sold me a bunch of them for cheapo. He actually came primed white and really thick so I stripped the primer off really easily since it's metal and did him black like I usually do.

just getting started, bought a space marine paint pack, got some brushes and paints, readed some guides and watched some videos, and well, trying to git gud

trying to balance between budget and some dudes for practice before getting an 8th ed box set (some primaris looks great imo), so any suggestion?

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>>54043550
woops, pic related

>>54043560
Make sure you use some wash on those pauldrons, it smoothes out the ridges quite nicely. Also I'd recommend painting the arrow on the pauldron and the iconography on the guns, to add more visual flare.

>>54036682
Damn those look good

>>54043560
I can't tell if the dark splotches are the primer showing through or nuln oil
I would suggest cleaning that up

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4th and final trueborn for the time being, experimented with some black granules for the base, not as good as I'd hoped but ah well, I'll just have to carefully scratch it off and try again

>>54043859
it's not a mouldlien i know, but am i the only one who sands the darke ldar's legs slightly? that perfect line running down their legs perfectly really irks me.

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Anyone have a preference for brushes? I'm kinda new and hope there are cheaper brushes than what GW offers.

>>54044095
GW makes good brushes, not my favorite but provided you clean them well they do good work.

I'm partial to the Army Painter brushes for really small details, they hold a tip really well for highlighting and tiny details.

>>54044095
i, like many people have a windsor and newton series 7 size 1, you can use it for everything and it will last many years if you don't beat it. It's definitely worth 10 euros, but if you want something cheaper i believe Da vinci, rosemary(not sure on this name) and raphael make other brushes which are pretty good indeed and cost slightly less.

>>54038081
Anyone?

>>54040127
I think base with Retributor Armour and then layer Auric Armour Gold with an Agrax recess wash would closely resemble it.

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Making Raven Guard, getting back into it after a few years.

I'm trying...

>>54044358
Do you use your windsor and newton to drybrush, and wash?

>>54044533
Different anon. I use W&N size 0 and 1 for everything but drybrushing and applying technical stuff. Don't really do much drybrushing. I don't use the miniature brushes just their normal ones, you get just as good a point on them with a really nice size reservoir, which is great for washes.

>>54044489
The more you do the better they will look, Keep goin my man.

>>54044489
simple but good.
I love how pleasant they look on that all black scheme

>>54036886
Love the kitbashing. 1st from the left is my favorite.
They all have their individuality, well done.

>>54043143
don't forget the gold on the legs anon-kun

Can Anyone please put old space marine arms on a tall marine? im curious

>>54044616
How are the windsor paints? Are they as good as the brushes?

Also what paints are good that are affordable?

>>54044660
I'm trying to add what color I can, but it does work. I'm making it with black, then a black/fenrisian gray, followed with nuln oil. It gives a neat little bluish glow when in person, helps it be less boring.

Anybody got the Combi-Plasma conversion made out of Cataphractii bolter+plasma pistol?

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Do these look good enough for tabletop? Obviously barring the unfinished bases, I haven't figured out what I'm going to do for those yet. What should I do to improve them with tabletop quality being my goal?

>>54037453
>What should I put in the sanctum? A book, a sarcophagus or something more bizarre?
if you want something bizarre, but a box in it, which holds nostrile hair of the Emperor inside

>>54039552
to cheer you up, your model looks nice, could need some washes tough

>>54042007
>>54042916
for your first ones, they look nice

>>54044095
beginner by myself, but I would say Armypainter

>>54044489
looks good so far, but the green, white, and red on the shoulders... thin your paints a little bit more

>>54045245
blue highlights, maybe

>>54040127

https://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Paint_Range_Compatibility_Chart

always helped me

>>54045282
>blue highlights, maybe

Hmm, I did highlight the blue. I guess it's too subtle, maybe I can try to brighten it up.

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Are these sort of enamel weathering washes just oil paint?

>>54045282
Already improving on it, these paints are about 10 years old (except the fenrisian grey and nuln oil) and I've tried to reconstitute them. I've finally gotten them back I think.

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almost finished with my first Plague marine, how's he looking?

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My first attempt at completing model in other way than shown in guide, because I find the big goad taser pretty retarded (for some reason the little ones on Infiltrators are fine).

Should I buy some greenstuff to fill in the little gap between two blades, or is it small enough for primer to take care of it?

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>>54045520
also almost done with a tiny buddy for him. Just need to highlight the pants, some few parts of the skin, ready up the weapon and base him.

>>54045526
Why even care

>>54045397

It's just a wash. GW has one too in the technical range, along with Typhus Corrosion, Ryza Rust, Blood for the Blood God, etc. Don't know it's name though.

>>54045617
I'm pretty sure GW only sells acrylics.

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She finally arrived.

Now I just need to clean her up and re-base her since she is pre-owned.

Another still in blister one should be coming from Spain in a few week or so.

>>54045245
Need to paint the beaks a bright cover, then you are good to go

Right now the eye is drawn away from the face of the mini which is what you don't want for tabletop quality

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Poxwalkers done.

1/2

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>>54045984
2/2

Now to do the other 14. The next lot I'm going to play with texture paints like crackle paint like their skin is molting and flaking, and maybe glue some static grass on, chop it short, then colour it like fungus and mold.

>>54046005
>>54045984
that's pretty nice!

>>54046005
>>54045984
>those eyes
>nope.jpg

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By the Emperor!

>>54045933
What would you suggest? Yellow, since it's a complimentary color to purple? My initial plan was to leave the beaks darker than the flesh and hit them with a gloss coat after using a matte varnish, but I guess that probably wouldn't work with them as they are now.

>>54046198
scuba marines ?

>>54046226
Diving into Methylated Ethanol

>>54045397
Yes. Long drying times and solvents to thin. The streaking effects paints are thicker than the mig washes though and the pigment in them is not as fine so it almost has a grainy effect that looks suitably grimy.

>>54045617
They're nothing like GW acrylic washes.

/WIP/

What is the correct way to paint FIRE?

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>>54046287
>paint FIRE

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For anyone, like me, who wants to do Primaris Iron Hands but lack bionics, I asked Anvil Industry if their actual large bionics (for terminators) would work on Primaris.
I also asked if they were planning on making Primaris-scaled kits, something that would be much better than using terminator sized kits.

Good news on the horizon, they are one of the best 3rd party providers imo. I can vouch for their Chainaxes.

>>54046258
does it not attack the plastic ?

>>54046421
doesn't seem like it, no

weeabork update:

finished a knife ashygyaru, almost finished the one with the shoota but I want him to have the gloved hand but I only have one left that's reserved for something else.
Mostly finished another katana boy's body, was gonna give him a helmetless head with a samurai topknot but I think a helmet would be more fitting considering what the armor looks like. Gave the *unsheathes kataner* boy a unfinished helmet.

primed a couple more boyz and put some layers on em, though only the skin has more than 1 or two latyers (I swear the photo makes the shoulder pad look chunkier than it is)

got a cork bulletin board for the bases but the strip of cork was really thin, though it still makes for a decent concrete look and I can always layer it (not like I;m going to do it too much since these models are for SWAG)
anyone know where I can buy some miniature sakura leaves? Putting tiny bits of green stuff on my cutting board and flattening them gave me mixed results

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>>54046537

fuck I forget the actual image

>>54046549
>pssshh. Nuffin' pershunel, git.

>>54046549
You're naming the leftmost one Samuro. You don't have a choice.

>>54046592

But I already have a Saburo (as well as Jiro and Taro)

Any decent animal skulls for 30mm bases? Trying to get a desert wasteland thing going but have trouble details to litter the base with, other than rocks and sand.

fuck I have too much of a backlog
rolling for next thing to do
1,2 firewarriors
3,4 ghostkeel
5,6 crisis suits
7,8 riptide
9,0 hammerhead

>>54047317
uh...rerolling

>>54047317
>>54047335
Going on a tangent, but that's exactly what I do when I can't decide what to do. Flip a coin, do a random roll and then do whatever it was I was hoping for the instant before the coin stops spinning.

>>54047256

VC skeleton horses?

fantasy orcs have that big cow skull for their banners

Just a heads up that Bitsandkits are having a half-off sale in case you want some extra stuff!
http://www.bitsandkits.co.uk/dark-imperium-shipping-now-c-1094.html

>>54047688
almost everything sold out already, but thanks i guess. It would have been a great deal.

I wanna paint some orange scheme thousand sons but I'm not sure about further layers. Spray black, base averland over, then I'm not sure. Suggestions? Considering Zamesi desert or Yriel yellow, and shade with... TBA. Please halp, I can't put a scheme into colors :c

I'm desperate for a pair of small ravener talons. Every bitz store is sold out of them. Short of buying the whole box what can I do? I need them to replace the small ones that came on the old broodlord model as I lost those. Any suggestions?

>>54047718
I'd spray white, or hell, they even make an Averland spray. Layer with Fire Dragon Bright with gold nubbins. Maybe shade with Seraphim Sepia.

>>54047797
Thanks. That's a good idea. I was considering just spraying averland from the get go. Seraphim sepia is probably a good shade too, thanks!

Considering going for the black and then retributor gold spray of everything and then just adding FDB or some other orange on the armor, what do you think about that?

>>54040300
those lilypads are great

>>54044042
I actually really like it, helps with highlights and directional light

>>54047879
cheers. Just painted printer paper put on top of the water effect and sealed with a second layer.

>>54047837
I've never tried it, but if you want the orange to be less earthy and more electric, maybe try shading with Casandora Yellow instead.

>>54040326

>tomb of giants.jpg

>>54047990
I'm going for earthy and egypt-ish looks so I think sepia's fine. What do you think of the gold base approach?

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>>54047781
>I'm desperate for a pair of small ravener talons. Every bitz store is sold out of them. Short of buying the whole box what can I do? I need them to replace the small ones that came on the old broodlord model as I lost those. Any suggestions?

Bartertown has a sub-forum specifically for the buying and selling of bitz.

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So the paints a little thick in places but I've finally gotten the right look on the grey.
Trying to decide on what colour for the bolter at the moment.
Also need to design a chapter badge

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>>54048413
>Trying to decide on what colour for the bolter at the moment.

The wise-ass in me wants to suggest Second Edition red, but I think that would take away from the other places you've used red on the model. Maybe Black would be best.

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>>54040127
>IW with bright silver armour and shiny gold trim in anything but 30k
It's a meme, don't fall for it.

>>54036244
Is there any way to redeem GW's lighter grey colours? I ended up switching from Ulthuan Grey to Army Painter's Gorgon Hide because I was so sick of it congealing (even Duncan can't make Ulthuan Grey go on smooth), but I was hoping that Celestra Grey would be dark enough to not go on chalky after getting a pot recently. Went to use it tonight, and even trying my hardest to avoid it, there was still some lumpiness.

Could adding medium instead of water help, maybe? Or should I just avoid any GW greys lighter than Dawnstone?

>>54048483
Weapons work best when they're not painted too similarly to the armour, IMO, so not so sure about black. So maybe just full metallic?

>>54048529
You should alway use medium on anything lighter than dawn stone, even then, you can't add too much or it'll still chalk up. It's a bastard either way.

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>>54048413
black with yellow kill markings?

>>54039121
Hrm. I'll have to throw together a test model and see what it looks like. My only worry is having it look too much like Cryx, which would look not only lazy but be an affront to the lore.

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Saw this posted elsewhere by someone back into the hobby after a 4 year hiatus. The more you look, the more crazy shit you'll find. Enjoy.

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>>54048506
>Tfw FW discontinued that dread
>Tfw now all I have is the wierd Helbrute that looks more suited to Word Bearers than Iron Warriors, since IW cut off mutations and chaos shit and only usually have robotic and cold hard edge designs

>>54040127

I'd say Gehenna's gold for that bright sort of orangish gold

>>54048711
It's a fucking incredible model, and I'm trying really hard to do it justice. There's a red LED mounted into the head as well which may not even work anymore since I installed it 10+ years ago.

>>54048758
Carry on my fellow bitter son, pray tell. I hate the Chaos Space marine models because they don't fit the motif of IW at all. Should I just buy Mark 3 suits? And if so, do you have any tips on adding those Chaos arrows?

>>54045526
>All that clutter
That's gonna be a bitch to paint without doing sub assemblies.

>>54036682
where do i get those?

i cant find them on GW´s site

>>54048840
I think they're in the new 8th Edition starter.

>>54048802
>Should I just buy Mark III suits
I say yes

>>54048840

Should be able to pick them up on ebay for real cheap. Otherwise GW are going to be releasing them as a 6 figure pack in the near future.

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>>54048840
>where do i get those?

Right now, you get 20 Poxwalkers in the new 8th Edition starter set, "Dark Imperium". Eventually, I'm sure GW will release them in a box by themselves, but when they do, they'll have to be different models; the sprues in Dark Imperium are designed to cram as many models into the box as possible, so some sprues contain bitz for multiple units.

>>54046421
polystyrene plastic isn't really bothered by most forms of alcohol, you need more volatile solvents for that (like acetone).

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Tried to take the critique from yesterday into account and worked on it a bit more.

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>>54049025

>>54048040
Having a metallic base with non-metallic layers on top of it is kind of tricky. You don't want the recessed areas to stand out by being more reflective. Retributor Armor and Auric Armor Gold work best on top of some kind of earth tone.

>>54049025
the paintwork looks good Anon, I dislike the model itself, but that's not your fault, that's GWs design failure.

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>>54048802
>And if so, do you have any tips on adding those Chaos arrows?
Sadly not, I kitbash because I'm a horrible fucking sculpter and scratchbuilder. Best I could manage for the siege drill was a few trophy racks, some spikes and the chain.
>tfw I have a leviathan on the way I need to figure out how to Chaos-ify

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>>54049070
yeah it's a (magically) flying brick.

Rhino.

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>>54049133

>>54049133
>>54049164
It might be the lighting, but the top of the brick up there looked better, this one is a little on the dark side.

>>54048917
Huh thanks for the elobarate info

Just one more queston are the models in the starter set monopose or not?

really considering here getting it to have a start into 40k

>>54049249
>Just one more queston are the models in the starter set monopose or not?

They're highly detailed, but definitely monopose. About the only option would be rotating the marines' heads ever so slightly to show them looking in different directions.

>really considering here getting it to have a start into 40k

It's a good deal if you can get someone to buy the models you're not going to use. The rulebook that comes in the box is the full-sized hardcover edition instead of the little paperback pocket jobs we had last edition.

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>>54049118
That's the annoying part is figuring out how to do proper Iron warriors. Spikes look fine on them, but anything organic like demon flesh growths or tentacles looks off. Also trophy racks even don't seem to fit imo. They seem like quite the anti chaos chaos, like they use it as a weapon rather than worship it. The only chaos motif I can think of that fits is the chaos star and arrows

>>54049430
Thousand Sons here - sitting in the same boat.

So I have 2 secondhand Tauroxes. Should I paint them in my Taurox Prime scheme or my normal Taurox scheme? Which is better on the table.

I have none of either at the moment.

>>54049524
It's a frustrating pain and it wracks my brain just trying to think of how to make it work

>>54036682

not a fan of the poxwalker models but these look more suitably nurgley than the GW stuff, nice job!

>>54049629
>>54049524

Different Thousand Sons reporting in.
My solution was to make anything that's supposed to be a demon engine into a kind of reanimated undead monster with guns. And for hellbrute/ dread I'm planning to chaos up one of the Osirian Contemptors a bit - not that it needs much.

>>54037081
>first attempt at edge highlighting.

where?

>>54036244
So I've managed to bash together a Ven Dread, Contemptor Dread, Termie and normal Captain, +15 Tac Marines, and 5 Assaults. Was thinking about getting some MkIIIs off Ebay, a Dev box, and a Tac box to make a full Assault and Dev squad. Yes/no?

>>54049430
I play the trophy racks and spikes by ear. Individual soldiers may worship Chaos more or less than their brothers, and skull trophies may be displayed simply for the psychological impact.

It's a neat and easy way to tell squads apart too. I have a footslogger squad meant for camping my backfield and taking potshots with their autocannon which are more 'classic' Chaos Marines with horned helmets and spiky trophies, and another squad buttoned up in a Rhino which are generally carrying more gear like grenades, pistols, and extra ammo, as well as lacking more ostentatious decorations like horns on their helmets to better fit in their dedicated transport.

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>>54049838
>>54049524
I bought some 3rd party Thousand Sons parts (combination of Scibor parts and Wargames Exclusive) and heavily modified a Dark Vengeance hellbrute. In universe he was put into stasis mid mutation, and post Heresy he was placed into a hellbrute and continued to mutate.
I also got lucky and found 2 old metal chaos dreads for cheap at my local store that are going to be done in a similar manner.
It's hard being a TS sometimes, even with all the cool new stuff.

>>54050427
I like that fluff background. Personally I can get behind flesh mutations with both legions, IW mostly because oblits were the thing that I first saw (and made me fall in love with decimation), and TS because flesh-morphing mutation is right up their alley.

Though on a second thought, TS-proper probably wouldn't have flesh, right? Aren't they all dust? I guess I'm thinking Tzeentch-aligned CSM, or did they retcon some TS to be (((regular))) people now?

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>>54050496
You are partially right. Outside of the most powerful sorcerers they were supposed to all be turned to dust. I'll just say the brute was a sorcerer who avoided the great dusting. Anyone else got more feedback or ideas? I love to figure out the lore for my armies.

>>54046005
Those holes on the right hand guys chest are disturbing.

Question, is Macragge Blue spray paint a primer? Or do i need to prime with black first then blue? Never used a color other than black before

>>54050496
Any TS with even latent psychic talent survived the Rubric with their bodies intact and their powers greatly increased, and range from fairly mundane Aspiring Sorcerers babysitting their dusty Rubric brethren, up to Exalted Sorcerers that have grown extra arms and tear around on their own Discs of Tzeentch. That has pretty much always been the canon.

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Anyone know where i can get dog-beast models like these to use with my sisters of silence ?

>>54050699
You can get a three headed cerberus like one from Avatars of Wars.
If you are going for a cybermastiff rater I'd recommend the maxmini necrohounds.
If you are just looking for dogs there are quite a few places to look. Crooked Dice, and Warlord are good places to start for that.
Reaper has a lot. Regular dogs, undead dogs for that cyberzombie look or more monstrous creatures like the cerberus type deal.

You can also get armored fighting dogs for frostgrave, malifaux, and warmahordes.
Carnevale had some too I think, but the minis may hard to find.
You can still get the Rackham dog handler from Cadwallon.com though, it's a beautiful set.

If you rake a regular dog and plopp a few cables down here and there and maybe the odd lense to suggest a bionic eye you can also make your own cybermastiffs.

Three headed cybermastiffs with vials on their back are probably gonna need a bit of work.

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>>54036244
doing terrain for my table

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>>54046363
If you're talking about the legs then they're pretty much perfect. This miniature is a little bit taller than a Primaris but the scale is the same. I've changed the model a bit since then re helmet and replaced the gun with a Techmarine beam.

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Not sure what to do with the eyes.

Do you prime "green stuff"

Can it take acrylics well without priming?

>>54050699
they will prob make models for them eventually

>>54051021
yes and yes. I did 250 camo cloaks of greenstuff for tanith. it can take it

>>54051021
Always prime.

Why would you even ask?

>>54051021
Yes but my experience is that it takes acrylics way better than plastics. Always prime though.

>>54050820
>maxmini necrohounds
Straight outta Blanche.
Another Anon, but thank you

>>54050644
Anyone? I want to know your opinions, because Duncan and the website never seem to specify.

>>54051043
Thank you!

>>54051216
>>54051053
Because I'm doing a "slime " for my soul grinder of nurgle, and sticking out of that slime is going to be a baby-doll head.

I can't prime it with the baby head in there. .. can i? Would painters tape work?

The slime/green stuff is going to be green anyway, albeit a different shade

Sing with me, lads!

9,999 bits with lines to remove, 9,999 bits with lines! Shave one down, drop it in' mound, 9,998 bits with lines to remove!

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Does anyone know where you can get a really big oval base? I'm converting pic related to a gargantuan squiggoth and it needs something about ten inches or so long to stand on.

>>54050820

I havent managed to find the dogs on avatars of war?
Aside from that maxmini necro hounds seem to be the most appropriate for the setting even if they have different head shapes and single heads.

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I'm trying to find suitable GW friendly parts to make [pic related] themed cultists for a Fallen army.

Current plan is Black Ark Corsairs for the body, arms and legs
Sicarian infiltrator machine pistols
and Eccentric miniatures great helms

Does anyone know how they'd compare in height with MKIII and MKIV space marines?
And if anyone's used any eccentric miniatures helms do you know if they'd look ridiculously over/under sized?

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>>54050699
Dire wolves I reckon,

They have chains included already on some.

>>54051593
Chains are the easisest part desu. They can be made and connected to the sister easily. The hard part is the armored parts and vials for the 40k look.

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>>54051449
>I havent managed to find the dogs on avatars of war?
It would seem they are no longer selling it.
sorry for the confusion, here's what I meant.
It's more of a monster type creature anyway. It comes with a 40mm base iirc.
I bought one a few years back with the intention of using it as chaos spawn I think.

If you would be interested in something like that you can get a cerberus from the archeron faction from cadwallon too though.
Not dog sized either, so probably not.

>>54049025
>>54049044
The fact that GK fly in a pleb tier SM flyer while DW get their own super special flyer feel off.

>>54048917
>Eventually, I'm sure GW will release them in a box by themselves

>Dark Vengeance
>Chaos Cultists
>multipart Chosen

>>54051971
Cerberus looks very good, but unfortunately as you have stated looks a bit big. I think i will go with the necrohounds. That image with the sisters are so iconic and so 40k that i want to replicate it as much as possible in miniature . Posing the sisters shouldnt be that much of a problem.

>>54052231
Or ork helicopters from the set before that.

anyone know how i paint black skin?

>>54052496
You never paint black, you paint grey.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lm_5NEPV-g

>>54052531
ah ok thanks

>>54052231
Eh.
In this case, they've already announced poxwalkers are getting a box.

>>54052496
>>54052531
shit i mean like black people.

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>>54052496

>>54052568
ah right ty. gonna go paint my we wuz khorne and shit army

>>54049025
Way more visual interest. Nice work!

>>54050644
>>54051245

It's not a primer but you can use it as one if you want. It'll just scratch easier. The website straight up tells you it's only for basecoating. If it doesn't say it's a primer anywhere on the description of website why would you think it's a primer? The website never specifies if it's a unicorn either.

How would I make a wound dial?

>>54052496
Dark brown then wash with nuln.

>>54036520
4

>>54053048
With a fair bit of difficulty, I'm afraid. Cutting perfect circles without specialised machinery is very difficult and you need to get them just right for most designs. Probably better to just buy them.

That said, you could try using GW flying bases. They have a convenient hole to fit a peg through right in the centre and are transparent so you could maybe make a window to show the numbers.

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Are there any painting guides for Tyranids? The only good one I have found is Duncan's Leviathan scheme for the Maleceptor but its missing the technique for doing fleshy bits like the wings and sacks like on pick related and and like the Tervion's brood chamber.

>>54053264
He has a couple winged models he's done that could help, also the purple/pink wash for flesh bags

>>54050962
Eyes look good, armor and bases too.

They aren't supposed to be brown though.

>>54036682
Don't drybrush the metal. Instead take a very dark chocolate brown and stipple it onto the weapons. It will make them look completely rusted rather than small patches of rust on an other wise shiny metal.

>>54036682
Incredible, they radiate joy!

>>54037081
Looks bretty gud, maybe do some edge highlighting on the armour as well?

>>54044358
Don't recommend new painters expensive brushes, they will just destroy them and have to buy more. What he needs is some Army painter brushes.

Rosemary and co are okay intermediate brushes but not as good as Winsor and newton

>>54037723
I think they would do good, provided all the acolytes would be hunched.

>>54044836
Vallejo paints are the best miniature paints out there and very affordable. All of their lines are good for airbrushing or hand painting.

>>54037957
Looks nice but you should at least paint over the most exposed (as in exposed to light) areas again with the same basecolour, and highlight the carpace and boneswords.

>>54050699
Mantic have 3 headed dog models in kings of war. They would fit perfectly.

Anyone else /shitatpainting/ here?

>>54053883
99% of the people here are shit at painting and the good 1% don't post their shit as they get no replies to it.

What color would you paint a Grox?

>>54053883

Pretty much everyone.

>>54053303
Wasn't there a Tyranid painting guide book? I am not seeing anything for Tyranids in the mediafire link.

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I unfailing put up my pics 10 posts before thread dies.

>>54054119
>>54054143
>>54054162
Well I'd say it looks good, but according to
>>54054016
>>54054092
It's shit

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>>54054119

I'm aiming to make squads drawn from a couple different noble houses to give me an opportunity for some varied conversion and painting. I'm thinking of picking up some of these for the next batch. I might also try different legs or weapons? I dunno how much of this do you think is swappable before it loses cohesiveness for IG if I keep the uniform colors and some of the heraldry?

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Finished my second model. Could you help me with advice how to unfuck teeth/not fuck it in the first place? Criticism is welcomed. Also tell me what you think about this colourscheme (dark blue+orange/orchre)

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>>54054248

>>54054248
You want to paint it black, then paint the individual teeth, so the recesses between remain dark.

>>54054248
>>54054269

First pic's too dark to tell much, try getting some light on the front of the model,

Second looks decent. Color choice looks fine, consider looking at some of the painting guides in the OP or Duncan's videos on youtube, the blue would really benefit from a brighter highlight.

>>54054248
Stop trying to paint all the teeth and only touch the front of each tooth individually, leaving recess dark.

>>54054226
>I dunno how much of this do you think is swappable before it loses cohesiveness for IG if I keep the uniform colors and some of the heraldry?
I think the important thing are the colors and the theme.
As long as you keep those consistent you should be fine.
Kettle helm vs Sallet is still in the same ballpark imo. If you paint them both in the same style,, i.e. black with the red stripe there should be no question about coherency.

There are a few big things like completely changing the silhouette of the minis. Fully clothed and rebreather wearing guys like yours are gonna look odd next to half naked catachans for example.

If the other guys represent veterans or scions or something like that the helmets may even make sense and serve as identifiers.

Big fan of your army btw. They look great.

>>54052563
What?

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>>54054269

>>54054390
>>54054367
Is it better to highlight with white/grey or bright blue? and what do you mean by highlighting, put bright paint at edges or mix it with a lot of water to put in on a dark blue base?

>>54053883
everyone is shit when they start out

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>>54054482
Also what color scheme is better in your opinion?

>>54054465
he means like how to paint figures to look like africans

>>54054482
I can't help it but those guys always look like green Mongols to me

>>54052563

You could try Duncans tutorial on the subject:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukcg7vS-GTE

Or this, rather more extensive tutorial by CMON
http://www.coolminiornot.com/articles/1310

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>>54054482

There's not a hard and fast rule for what color highlight to go with what base. Yes Brighter colors on raised areas/edges is the most commonly used highlighting technique and a good place to start.

Consider this chart and what you want your blue to look like. Keep in mind the relative ratio of how much is highlighted vs base tone can also impact the final look.

Regarding the teeth as is right now, maybe a brown wash than dab a highlight on their very most raised edge to give them some depth.

Has anyone ever tried using normal matte varnish spray made for drawings on models? I have a bunch of it and my GW varnish is running low.

>>54054735
thanks for the advice! I'll try that tomorrow

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Soo, please welcome me to the hobby. Here is the first mini I painted, there's a lot more effort in this than you think. At earlier stages it proobably looked nicer but then I started messing up and tried to create an intentional rugged-snowstormed feel. I guess I'll meme it as tabletop quality.

acrylics ok for MDF?

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>>54055085

>>54055085
welcome to the hobby
first step: 2 thin coats. water down paint a bit, apply a coat, let it dry, apply another. then you won't have that issue.

>>54055234
Thanks. That's actually what I tried to do. I guess I'll have to experiment with the right consistency.

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Finished these guys up the other day now just got 20 grey hunters to go through to finally finish my first army

>>54055085
You've unintentionally created a HH World Eaters figure

>>54054500

Oh. Right. The last part confused me is all.

>>54045520
>>54045529
I quite like em, good job anon :)

Does anyone have that gif showing how to paint SoB faces to look more feminine?

Anyone know where I can easily buy #2 x-acto knife blades without playing a huge premium for shipping?

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>>54055085

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Trying to get a table top quality scheme going for Raven Guard.

Comments would be welcome. Never been a good painter put trying.

Quick we need a new thread

>>54051449
>>54051971
That thing is a huge pain in the ass to assemble and has terrible gaps, the maxmini hounds are much prettier and are closer to the size you're looking for.