WIP - Work In Progress General

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>>54215156
WIP of my inquisitor for Shadow War. Made from lots and lots of bitz and gubbins, I wanted to make her look like a walking reliquary. I also like the idea of a non astartes being entombed in a slap dashed, custom power armor. Thoughts?

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>>54215156
WIP of Geigor Fell-Hand, the discount Bjorn.

Painted my lieutenants' power swords with stegadon scale green for the start of a power field; where do I go from here?

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What can I do to the torso on my shit Art-Scale marine? also what to put on the sides of the knees?

>>54215320
You can start by posting your pic, anon.

>>54215220
I like your idea. Not so sure about the left arm though. Holding a cane looks a bit out of place with the pose you've got. I'd have gone for holding a book/skull/gadget or something along those lines.

>>54215220
is only 1 of her arms covered in power armor?

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Nothing special about this model. Put together with shaky hands, following the instructions exactly without any deviation or addition of extra bits.
It is however the very first model I've ever put together and holy shit I'm so proud.

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>>54215397
Yes, she's an inquisitor and she does whatever she likes. Also I have a hard on for impractical asymmetry.

>>54215378
What bothers you with the pose? I like the fact she's too important to be battle ready. But I must say I also hesitated between a non power armor arm pointing forward or pic related.

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Remember that no matter how bad you are right now, you can always improve.

>>54215405
Congrats on your first model, anon. I advise you to paint before assembling models where the arms cover the chest area like yours. Painting his chest will be a chore with the rifle in the way. But he is your first model, and you don't alter your first model.

Posted in the previous thread. Reposting hoping to get more feedback.

>>54212330

>>54215478
Yeah, I did consider that issue actually and thought 'oh man maybe i'll regret this actually', but basically ended up figuring that sod it, I just want to get at least one model assembled so I can say i've done it.
That and I looked up 'how to paint pathfinders' and first video I saw had a guy who had assembled one and then also didn't prime it or thin his paints, and if he can paint them then I sure hope I can.

>>54215405

Very nice, anon ! I picked up the Pathfinders for Shadow Wars about a month or two back and I've been autistic about every little detail since they were my first ever miniatures.

I'll probably post mine later, though his arms aren't assembled cause I'm also autistic about the smallest details, even if they're not visible after assembly.

>>54215444
fair enough. i asked because the first thing i saw is a big fuckoff sword thats taller than her and only 1 arm in power armour to wield it. but like you said its your thing so you do you. Model looks pretty good

>>54215444
Hard to put into words, it just looks "off". Possibly a combination of the pose of the arm combined with its t-rexiness because its unarmored ends up triggering my autism.

I think holding the helmet would look cooler. I'd try that.

>>54215546
Thanks! I also just got a pine vice and magnets in the mail after assembly, so i'm pretty much ready to put together everything if I want. I might hold off for now though until i'm more certain of how things will work out for the rest. Intend to magnetise three of the pathfinders minimum so they can switch between ion rifles and rail rifles as desired.

>>54215371
I'm not at home so can't :(

>>54215471
This guy looks so sad.

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An update for the anon who gave me ideas the other day.

The right is the mini I was struggling to find inspiration for and he suggested autumn colours. I fucked around for ages and ended up just slapping some shit on it and calling it done. That was my forth mini done after a 10 year hiatus, and for posterity the big fucker Gnoll next to him is the third mini I painted.

Just show to show how much a solid plan can help a model and how shit it can turn out when you just wing it and make shit up as you go along.

>>54215620
I've just realised his hands aren't even holding the bolter.

Why is Mechanicus Standard grey spray so gritty? I don't know what's going on, my regular Chaos Black spray gives a much smoother finish.

>>54215630
It is made heavier by the disappointment of the Emperor.

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>>54215605

I decided to completely load up one of my Shas'ui like he's a one man army.

I've been meaning to learn magnetisation. I've already built 2 rail rifles and 2 ion rifles with the rest running carbines.

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Relatively new painter here and would like some tips. I normally paint bigger models so I found my custom nurgle warlord quite challenging. Specifically those tiny ass hoses on his face and chest, any advice on how to do them? Apologise for shitty phone camera that keeps flipping the pic

>>54216251
Just like to say, as another very very beginner painter, dang that's really nice looking.

>>54216232
Oh nice. I like the placement of the bonding knife actually, hadn't thought of that. I was honestly too afraid to deviate from instructions.

>>54216362

Cheers dude. I definitely prefer painting the bigger ironjawz and nids though.

>>54215368
Buy Primaris, nerd.

>>54216251

You can always refine your technique for it to look cleaner and always use more paints and washes and highlights.

Also gloss varnish for the guts and parts where there's fluid.

>>54216251
The hoses look fine, they don't stick out as a problem area. I assume you just followed the tutorial so my main advice would be to branch out and think about different ways to achieve nice effects or even simply try different colours while otherwise following a tutorial. I don't want to say I'm sick of seeing Warhammer TV tutorial miniatures because it's a decent starting point for new painters, but man all those shit stripey sworded Guillimans got so tiring.

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Working on my primaris marines now. Fuatrating but having alot of fun.

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Finishing up my Xiphon.

You think I would have stopped painting yellow years after my Lamenters.

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>>54215405
I get ya. Just finishing up my first miniature since I was a kid (back in 2nd Edition 40k).

What do you guys think for varnish? Satin skin, nothing on sword, matt rest?

Bonus points if you can identify all paint brands.

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4 mostly done, 6 to go. Don't think I could paint any more slowly if I tried.

>>54217088

9.5/10

Missing .5 for the highlights on the helmet, right middle

>>54215471
Chaos stands no chance to this evil

>>54217088
>30k Dark Angels
I see you are a man of culture as well.

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my favourite Poxwalker so far.

>>54217464
>i pooped a little.jpg

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Quick question.

I'm thinking about cutting the head off the far left one, and replacing it with a bunch of flies. It looks bad now because it's blu tacked on. I'll be getting rid of the circular nub at the bottom and the flies will be going directly into the neck armour hole.

like the plague marine is hollowed out and just a bunch of armour moved by flies.

yes/no?

>>54217464
Dr. Poxwalker's Discount Plague Emporium.

>>54217658
Definitely very nurgle. Only issue i can think of is not a thematic one, but the fact that a bunch of flies flying around is not very easy to do modelwise, and can easily look bad or misleading... You seem to be an okayish painter/modeller though, however. It could still be hard to pull off.

Cool idea.

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Finally getting some time to paint so doing another unit of plaguebearers before I jump into plague marines. Anyone know when the easy to build set is being released? I want to do some conversions.

>>54217464
I like the job you're doing on these guys but I wish you would paint the eyes before dotting them. Just black around them with a black wash then white the eyes then dot them as you're doing. Would really make them pop. Same for the teeth possibly.

>>54217088
Smart.

>>54217658
Going to suggest no. Not a fan of those fly swarms they keep modelling, end up cutting them off whenever I can. Maybe if the flies were coming out of his armour it would make more sense than going in though.

>>54217658
Love the idea, would be hard to do. Might be hard to make it work with bits of flesh exposed (Like on the stomach there) but that's not an issue if you want it to be a marine with his body being shoved around by flies or actually a bunch of flies in the armour. Do the flies fit well into the neck hole or will you need to file them down a bit? I've not got my hands on any of the new models so I can't have a fiddle myself.

>>54216816

You reckon I could use citadel "ardcoat" on his guts to make them look shiny?

>>54216251

I think the model looks a lot cleaner without the huge icon and all the smoke everywhere. Didn't like the nurglings either that's why he's standing on a marine head. Hope they give us a new thyphus.

>>54216400

>placement of the bonding knife

Actually got it from the front of the box. Don't worry man, I was terrified of cutting let alone deviating from the instructions but they feel a lot more personal now.

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No your not watching horribly gone wrong NMM.
Im trying to do a retro color scheme on my Ultramarines. With added "modern" painting techniques but still using the classical colors.

This is still very much a wip, but how do you think he looks. I personally was a bit surprised on how good I thought the yellow looked in comparison to the grimderp gold that´s on the "so called" ultramarines now days, but perhaps that's just me having bad taste heh.

Am right in the midst of a gloss varnish, will ad wash, and decals on top of that, do some weathering and slap on a dull coat.

>>54217728

Great looking models you got there! Nurgle looks surprisingly good in purple, who would have known?!?
Im saving this if I ever go to the dark side!

>>54218300
looks promising.
Be sure to add white checks on your marines, yellow/red flames on your plasma weaponry and don't forget the danger stripes on powerfists and lightning bolts on vehicles.

The only thing I feel like commenting about is that the metal around his boot soles kinda makes them look like sneakers or something. Maybe you could tone that down a bit.
Otherwise pretty neat. Thumbs up from me.

>>54217088

Looks great anon. You could improve on the cloth highlights, but you nail the highlights pretty darn good on the sharper edges on the armor! Especially like the text on the guys leg (far right).

>>54218359

Thanks for the tip. Yea, I hope the boots will blend in nicely with the base once I ad some weathering powder to them. That is sure to tone down the metal at least.

>>54218300
Noice. What's with the green though?

>>54217088
Tip top painting job, DA-anon.

>>54215471
I'm surprised that none of the Duncanite sycophants in this general have done up their marines in the Void Bringers colour scheme.

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>>54218300
Looks good, but the blue and red are too dark IMO

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>>54218976

>>54217464
I never would have considered purple as a Nurgley colour till I started seeing your Poxwalkers.

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My Dark Angel Lord Executor.
Only the armour is finished so far but it's going pretty well for now.

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>>54219459

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>>54218976
>>54218300
If anything he's too dark even by modern standards.

>>54219459

>Feathers in front of air scoops

Retarded

Anybody have any recommendations for a dremel?

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>>54218976
>>54219544

The dark color is definitely by choice. I tried to go for a grimderp meets 2ed colors. And I had no intention to go >>54219122 if you catch my drift. I think I wanted to give the models a modern feel, the more of a dark blue you see a lot of painters use on their Ultramarines now days, but still keep the classical theme of them using a lot more colors and less metallics.

So as I said in the original post, its a "blend" of two styles.

>>54218640

I didn't want to paint the Iron Halo in metal, as I thought it took away from the oldschool idea of "colors everywhere". In the end I also implemented some green on the capes end-pieces, the once that are metal in the photo.

Here he is almost finished but in a rush-photo. Just wanted to show how the decals came out. Also did some minor scratches on him, and used some weathering powders to make him blend a bit better with the base as >>54218359
suggested.

>>54219475
I actually really like those edge highlights, makes him look electric

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Does this base look fine or do I need to redo it? Asking for a friend ;_;

>>54219824

That's cool

>>54217728
The new easy to build stuff is coming out the 15th

>>54219730
He looks a lot less dark in that photo. Maybe the lighting is cooler?

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Work on Geigor continues. Still need to highlight the gray, then assemble the subassemblies, and move him to a real base.

>>54220088
Looking good senpai.

>>54219824
Looks fine to me.

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Progress on my Contemptor. I think he's just about done!

>>54219824
how does the back of the green thingy look?

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railings will be bend back when dry

>>54220349
I don't know, it looks a bit dusty.

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>>54220356
T_T

>>54217088
Would you mind giving a quick rundown on how you're doing those plasma coils?

I'd love to be able to emulate it!

>>54217059
There a reliable place to get this mini? I love the sculpt but I can never find it anywhere since the game it's for is dead as fuck.

>>54220392
you may want to do something with that

>>54220392
what happened?

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>>54220470
Sure, but I gotta warn you. I paint my plasma coils the 'wrong' way with the ribs being brighter than the recesses.

It's basically just a basecoat and glazes.
>temple guard blue over black primer basecoat
>baharroth blue over that
>glazes of teclis, temple guard, baharroth and guilliman blue
>finally a fine edge of White Scar towards the top

It's quick and lazy if I'm honest, but it works ok. If you want to do it right, use pic related.

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I'm trying a design for lasgun for my veterans, got this one I like so far. It's missing a tactical scope from anvil industries that are yet to arrive. Going for 30-40 lasguns, if not more in the future, so wanted to make something quite "easy" to make multiples of

Fuck. These BA termies have more gold chain than Busta Rhymes.

>>54220748
Pretty solid effort, simple yet distinct.

>>54220729
Nice thanks man, it really looks like it glows!

Anyone have suggestions for a point-and-shoot camera that's good for photographing miniatures? I don't want to drop DSLR-levels of money on it but I'd like something better than my phone and the clip-on macro lens I got for it.

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Ideas for basing my Death Guard?

I feel like desert or something like that would be easy but not really their theme.

Also I've never based anything before so I'm not confident enough to try anything fancy. Suggestions for a compromise between the two points of view?

>>54221155
Idk dude, unless your phone is complete shit you can compensate for almost everything with lighting, backdrop and gimp.

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Just started a new commission today. I'm pretty excited to see how it comes together.

>>54217899
Yes, that stuff is explicitly a gloss varnish.

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>>54221990

>>54221932

How about a toxic base?

Dunc makes it look pretty easy too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na26t36C7X4

>>54219595
>blasting out singed feathers from your jump pack

that or it just explodes

>>54220088
Did this guy get like a bio with BoP? Is there a reason they couldn't use Bjorn, and instead of creating a new character they made Totally Not Bjorn?

>>54222016
Hmm looks good.

Could also be good to have Nurgle's rot on some miniatures, though I'm a big fan of Blood for the Blood God atm.

>>54218976

I miss red gun Ultras

>>54222081

They're both really handy paints to have especially if you want to make your dudes look super gross and disgusting (in a good way).

I added some nurgles rot to my pox walkers on the blisters and some BFTBG to make it look like some of them popped open.

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Hail, fellow 100% loyalist space marine brethren. What seems to be transpiring in this thread?

>>54221932

I'm doing mine with the martian Ironearth as I want a high contrast base to the greens and browns of their armour.

>>54222158
Whops, I forgot to drill the barrel. Done now the ugly black dot is no more.

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How do I get the results I want out of my yellows? I'm doing Mantis Warriors and their mouths and pauldrons are killing me. I either get it too thin and then there's this effect like water currents in it or under thinned and there's clumps in it.
I'm even basing in averland yellow first before using the yriel. Any help would be appreciated.

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Been working on these over the last 2 days. Just realized I could put the cacophone on the bike too. Rate pl0x

>>54221932
Do a desert base with cracked earth, but put Nurgle's Rot in some of the cracks, like drying mud over a toxic water table.

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>>54222158

>>54222158
Looks like any other ultramarine posted since mid june now, also the sword looks stupid.

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Finished painting an Exalted Hero of Chaos. I was thinking about naming him Krodgar, but I've got a barbarian I'm going to be naming Krodgar so I might come up with something else

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>>54222414

Any Anons have a Cerastus Knight Lancer?

I have a question about the Dimensions of the lance

>>54222158
I like it! Alfa legion or a metallic Ultra?

>>54222562
Which, indeed? Mwa ha ha.

>>54222158
Cool looking Grey Knight

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A Kastelan I painted up, the model is finished but this was a WIP picture.

>>54222785
Dayum son

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>New White Dwarf includes fantastic tutorial for Iron Warriors

>>54222785
Very nice.

From Forge World Faust?

>>54222834
The Iron Warrior Plague Marines they had looked awesome.

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started to work on kitbashing a captain

>>54222785
That blue is dick throbbingly nice.

>>54222961
Right? I'm tempted to paint mine like that but I am too autistic about keeping my Iron Warriors fluffy

>>54222961
>>54223104
Do you have any pics?

>>54222258
yellow has always been a fucker to paint in pretty much any brand, best advice is a white undercoat and a tonne of thin layers.

Mr Hobby Aqueous Colour has the best yellows I have found so far

>>54222785
I feel like that robot needs a butterfly sitting on its thumb to really get that inert machine of death look.

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Found my new favorite sculpt
Can't wait to paint this guy, gonna use him as my junior officer.

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>>54223104
I'd say Nurgle Iron Warriors is fluffy.

They aren't opposed to all Gods. Perturabo unleashed some plague on a forgeworld according to the fluff.

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So, if I were to base my models by adding sand of my choice and then priming it, should I add my model onto it before or after? In the past I used to paint my model, put it on the base, and then do the base, but I can't really do that now since I'm going to prime the base. I felt like if I did the base separately, I would have trouble gluing the model to the base.
Any opinions/ideas?

How does Badger's spray primer (Stynylrez) compared to Vallejo's surface primer, except for the stupid fucking name?

I've got a Badger 105 patriot and the Vallejo stuff works fine for me, but I was wondering how Badger's is. Does it need to be thinned or is it good out of the bottle like Vallejo, is it as durable as Vallejo, etc.

>>54222957

Dr Fausts painting clinic, used his guide

>>54223048
>>54222833

thanks!

>>54223221

I've been using both Citadel Astrogranite and Vallejo White Pumice for bases and I've been doing the base before gluing the model on without issue. Not sure how it would go with sand, though.

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>>54223114
>>54223212

Also this

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>>54223278
>>54223114
>>54223212
Weird. Phoneposting error?

Meant this

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Decided to standardize to conventional colors with the Primaris squad.
Do they work ok together?

>>54223425
>Sons of Johnnydusa

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>>54221932
>>54222016
>>54222081

I went with Toxic Bases for my WoC Nurgle Warriors and I like the end result. It was also very easy to accomplish.

>>54223425
Jesus Christ, my eyes.

>>54223221
Either pin the model to the base after they're both done or mask the footprint of the model before basing

Fuck doing bases attached to the model that shit is fiddly and inefficient

>>54223458
What is that base again?

I saw it at the store but forget its name. Looks grey.

Few very beginner questions. Can anyone recommend what brushes to get to cover all my painting, third party? I'd rather not pay the GW premium for everything.
Also kind of minor but are there any tweezers anyone recommends? I barely have the dexterity for some really fiddly parts and I've been told tweezers make life much easier for those, but best not to use normal, everyday ones if I don't want parts being sent into a dark corner of the room with a pinging noise.

>>54223473
If it helps, it might be astrogranite. Or possibly astrogranite debris but I think that looks chunkier.

>>54222134
Can we get a pic perhaps that sounds great

>>54223191
It wouldn't be too hard either using a nurgle fly or something.

>>54223473
It's Stirland Battlemire.

>>54222016
Posted the relevant Duncan-tutorial.

>>54223526
Army painter brushes are alright for beginners. Or just buy some 1€ ones from your local craft store. I ve utterly raped and am still mutilating my brushes after about a year. Any kind of tweezers will fling stuff if you're not careful but you should get the ones with a flat end bit not the ones shaped like a kitchen knife. Try forcing yourself to never cover more than the top half of your brushes with paint to prevent their timely demise also always wash them out cleanly but never forget them in water

>>54223526
you'll want flat edged tweezers, any with a sharp point (like ones for plucking eyebrows) will ping shit across the room. Cheap and cheerful here, check eBay and amazon, as long as they are flat edged it's fine.

As far as brushes it's whatever is cheapest in your country. Here in the UK I'd say grab a Humbrol #000, #1 and #4. Covers all the basics (fine detail, detail, large areas/basecoating). Just ensure it's a synthetic brush if you are using acrylics (which you should be) as natural hairs don't like the carrier

>>54222158
>>54222363
Think the sword is the best part! The rest is pretty passable is it finished or are you gonna base that mothafucka?

>>54223677
>>54223655
Thanks muchly, that's really helpful, especially the specific brushes. For this three brushes will I need one for drybrushing and shading too or will they do fine enough for that?

>>54223753
Drybrushing completely fucks up any brush, for years I used the starter brush I got in a £4.99 Airfix starter kit. So the cheaper the better here really it doesn't matter. Again just make sure it's synthetic.

They'll handle the shading fine though

>>54223806
Ah, I had wondered about that. Been Duncan binging and noticed how roughly the drybrushes got treated even just getting the paint on them.

>>54217464
WE FORGOT THE PLAGUES, GROMIT!

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Think I'm starting to figure out how to get the greens right for this scheme.
Immortal from 2 weeks ago, Scarabs from 5 minutes ago. I'm trying to be more subtle with the shades, only in recesses now and less highlights. Did they come out too bright?

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technical drones!

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any clue what this kit is from?

>>54224838
nope

>>54224838
It's from one of the World Eaters sets on ForgeWorld, don't know which one specifically

>>54224930
well iv already gathered that much...

>>54224961
I think It's a kitbash
Pauldrons: https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-US/World-Eaters-Conversion-Set
Torso: https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-US/World-Eaters-Legion-Rampager-Squad
Don't know about the arms or legs though, can't seem to find them

>>54215523
It can definitely be done.

It will just be exceptionally annoying.

>>54224832
Dones are cute CUTE

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Got my hands on a sentinel and spent the day magnetizimg and posing it.

And of course put cadian side plating. When i should have put on Armageddon plating. Turned into a clusterfuck.

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>>54215156
Currently painting some 'osgiliath veterans'. Haven't finished the base and not happy with one of his eyes

>>54225112
Yeah, I'm guessing that at some point I'm going to at least briefly think 'you know, I only really need nine pathfinders'.

>>54225287
Where do you get your magnets?

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Gunna' dump some shit

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>>54225552

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>>54225567

>>54225567
Some of those alclad metallics are nice, especially that chrome

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>>54225591

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>>54225617

>>54225613
The Chrome and Aero Vision Space are GOAT

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>>54225640

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>>54225673

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>>54225691

>>54225444
Ebay

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>>54225731

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>>54225769
And now for KAAAAOOOSSSS related things.

>>54223727
Basing later but yes. Its still A WiP.

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>>54225795

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Painted a test hellblaster

Thoughts? This amount of detail takes me a while, im not the fastest painter, this alone took 2 hours

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>>54225822

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>>54225840

>>54225840
>>54225878
I think it looks really good and clean. Why ultramarines though?

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>>54225849
Forgot to post this one, and the last I'll be posting in the dump.

For the record, this is absolutely possible on miniatures. You should probably practice on something before you put it to a model, but I've had pretty good results.

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So 8th Ed got me back to finishing my 40k units, touchups details and basing.
Here are the aspect warrior conversions I'm going to finish.
Well the scourges are no longer going to be swooping Hawks. So the second unit is going to be painted more scourgy. How can I adjust the color and wings to do that.

For the dark reaper and banshee, as well as the scourges I'm deciding if I want tan or grey for the basing

>>54225892
Typically play dangles so i just wanted to change up my scheme, always appreciated the blue and gold

>>54217003
Crit?

>>54225840
looks fine

hate the thick base, though

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>>54222055
>Did this guy get like a bio with BoP?

Yes.

When The Emperor ordered the Space Wolves to raze Prospero, they battled the Sons all the way to Tizca, their stronghold. Geigor, who was a member of Russ's own Einherjar, personally requested that he be allowed to lead the assault. Prior to the events leading up to the Heresy, the Wolves and Sons had fought side-by-side as brothers. During the Droggorn Campaign, however, the Thousand Sons had gotten wind of a precious cache of mystical artifacts, and abandoned their objectives to hunt them down. This cost the Imperium a tactical advantage, and more directly, hung the Space Wolves out to dry. Geigor's pack was killed, and only he survived. When it came time for revenge on the Sons, he wanted it!

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>>54215156
Newb here. Should I just give up now?

>>54226557
if you don't practice you'll never get any better, you may aswell finish them, learn from mistakes and get better next time

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>>54226651
I've done some others, which I can't say I'm proud of.

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>>54226734
Not sure I'm getting any better really.

>>54226754
Did you even try looking up tutorials or thinking about how you thin your paints? did you ask how to paint white?
There is a learning curve to painting that requires practice but that shit is just lazy.

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Still need to do the sword

>>54226783
There's a specific way to paint white? Damn. I haven't watched any tutorials but that's probably a good idea. I try thinning with water but to be honest this is the first painting I've done since kindergarten so not very familiar with techniques and so on.

>>54215497
Looks good. Not sure about he command laurels going down vut I can see why you did it.

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>>54215156

My 80-90% complete angels of absolution. I've started higgliting a few, but damn it's hard

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Ive written some names for this successor chapter in the bottom right, help me narrow those down.

On another note, I want these dudes to look like a Space Marine chapter as with the space wolf theme, not just space wolfs, any advice? I think removing the zig zaged black on the shoulders might help but what should I replace it with?

>>54226557
see >>54215471
compare with his current painting skills

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp_gc8Dw0lI&list=PLEaPE4sLDA7s-26V0v6SepDFiznb3y6hx

>>54226806
thats an LED light right? if not thats some fucking amazing light play man

>>54226901
Just an LED, no special painting required

>>54226882
I like those stripes on the bolters, im stealing that.

>>54223004
I like it a lot. BT?

>>54226734

nigga you gotta prime your models

also you gotta make your paints less watery when you thin them

use a pallet and get the right consistency before you apply it to the model.

also you gotta do two coats, sometimes three on the lighter colors

>>54226889
God damn

>>54226854
Yes you have to work your way up from a darker grey to a lighter grey before you put white down, the paint tends to be a bit transparent so colours like yellow or white are harder to put down.

>>54226882
My vraks-nigger
I always liked the Angels of Absolution since seeing them in the 3rd Siege of Vraks book

your dudes look really good, especially with how much of a pain painting in white is

>>54220729
Is the guide that picture is from in the mega? Interested in the actual gun, not the plasma.

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>>54227010
I tried spray painting them first this time around but I think I killed some details.

Just read a page on primer but not really sure what it is. I'll look into it more. I'll watch a couple of tutorials before attempting my next batch - namely the poor suckers in pic related.

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Are there any tips or guides for painting Kasrkin camo pattern?

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>>54227107

you are spray priming, which is standard practice and not bad

if you are losing detail, then you are spraying too close and need to move the can further away when spraying

personally I take a regular paint of whatever color I need,
(though I stay away from the weaker yellows/whites because they are very streaky and transparent)
Then I take a big glob on a larger brush and dip it in some water, then I mix it in my palate until i have a really milky paint that maintains its color but is very fluid and drippy

then i slather the fuck out of the model I am wanting to prime until it is completely covered in paint

then i wait for it to dry

when it dries, if everything went right (which is about 90% of the time), I get a nice even coat of paint on the whole model, with no streaking and very very minimal detail loss if any.

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what do you think of my mockup for a scratchbuild IG Primaris Psyker, Wip? any improvements you can suggest?

>>54227236
pls paint him as an african witch-doctor
the model is perfect for that, pimp cane and all

>>54227236
Interesting use of the hanging decapitated head bit.

>>54227324
>>54227266
thanks. i didnt have anything else i thought would make a good primaris head.

>>54227158
Base color, some other color you want your camopattern to be, make thin borders on them.

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Finished the head, not too fond of the Tyranid Colour scheme but I am trying to keep it Hive Fleet Leviathan seeing as they were the ones who attack Baal. Also what do you guys think about moving the carapace on the leg like that? Also I decided that I will scoring the right shoulder pad to make it look like a nid scratched it.

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What does /wip/ think of Winsor & Newton Series 7 brushes?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnIovyB5jY8

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This is my WIP Lord of contagion. Almost everything is base coated and washed so far besides the cloak which has its first set of highlights. It's my first time painting white and doing gross nurgle stuff so c&c is more than appreciated.

>>54227783
They're fucking incredible, but I've found(probably not taking proper care of them) that the bristles wear down REALLY fast. I'm on my 3rd one in about 8-9 months. I use soap on em, too, but it seems I'm applying it improperly or something because every tutorial I've seen cleans them differently.

>>54227457
I'll be honest anon I really don't like the Tyranid crest on the thigh at all, it looks out of place

>>54227783
bad.

those are watercolor brushes. not good with thicker paints. plus the super fine ones are too short hair for thick paint; it will take no effort to draw paint up into the ferrule and fuck them up easy.

get some tamyia HF brushes and a tamiya pointed brush

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>>54227783
everyone and their mother, and their mother's six cats, is about to respond to you in ways that could only more literally be sucking Winsor & Newton's cock if they were literally gobbling a dildo with the logo on it

>>54227836
jesus.. doesn't seem right. Im using Raphaels. Theyre breddy gud. I've been thinking of getting a couple of the WN to try. Also Scharf is good. I've also been thinking of trying the Dick Blick kolinksy line.

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>>54227849
>those are watercolor brushes. not good with thicker paints.

>>54226854
>first painting I've done since kindergarten
So you finger painted this, that explains a lot.

>>54227892
sable brush hair gets FUCKED by acrylic solvents. It's meant for watercolors nigga

>>54227783
They're ok. using it doesn't really feel much better than army painter shit which is significantly cheaper.

>>54227844
Looking for honesty, thanks. I'm having a hard time finding a use for the carapace so I think I may as well just finish off this model with the ideas I have already then see when it's all done if there is anything else I could add to improve it.

>>54227457
Have to agree with this guy>>54227844

But it might look different when it is painted and actually look good. Who knows...

>>54227920
I thought acrylic miniature paint didn't have (that much) solvent?

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Be honest, would you strip these and start over?
I've done it like 6 times now but i want these to actually look good.
Tried to do and oil wash but even with 2 coats of gloss varnish i managed to rub the paint off in some places when cleaning up with a cotton tip and the end result looks kinda messy.

>>54228056
They're not winning nay competitions but I think they look fine. Only serious complaint I have is that they look a bit glossy.

>>54228056
What is there to fix? Look fine to me. Trick I found with vehicles that if you fuck up a small area just try and make it look like battle damage.

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Is pic related good? A few guys at my lgs said it was crap. One was the owner of the store. If it is, what would be a better option?

Also, where can I find cool spears?

>>54228070
Well they're not done it's just a basecoat, decal and a wash. I'm going to hit them with a matte varnish once i'm done.
>>54228073
That's not a bad idea and i'm retarded for not thinking of it.

>>54228082
It isn't convenient to apply. Tamiya plastic cement is an example of plastic cement done right.

>>54215405
First one is always special. I still have my original space Marine that only came in two pieces

>>54228098
I've been squeezing it out onto some plastic that it doesn't melt, and using a tooth pick to apply it. I've tried using Tamiya's extra thin cement, but I can't get it to stick together anything that isn't perfectly flush. Is the normal stuff better?

Has anyone painted or seen the Dark Imperium Death Guard painted in the Black Legion colors

>>54228137
Never tried the extra thin stuff. Their regular cement works like a charm, you can apply a bit, wait a few seconds and when you attach the bit the cement won't drip off.

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>>54228082
get some of this ish right here

I use the non-miniature versions and the size 1 and 0 are great. I don't use them for everything but for painting detail and freehand they are far better than the hobby brushes I've tried due to much larger reservoirs and better points. I haven't had problems with apparent acrylic solvents eating the bristles, that sounds like bs.

>>54227836
Are you getting paint in the ferrule? Three in nine months seems way too fast.

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Hey guys, newbie here

Any tips for my GUO? It's a WIP, once I get the wounds colored how I like them im going to put some 'ardcoat over them to give a slimy feel.

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>>54228082
I like this one. It wont kill you.

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>>54228365

>>54228365
I don't really like advocating looking at gore, but the model does a remarkable job at portraying fatty tissues and the like. Which would be yellow in coloration rather than red. So with that in mind I would still recommend looking up some references.

I've seen one of those painted taking that into account, and the guy who made the thing even added single black hairs to the most prominent warts on the model's back. Genuinely made me feel ill. Was a first for me.

>>54228365
Id darken the shadows a bit with a wash, then hit it with the slimecoat.

>>54222292
Paint job is meh, don't really care for the backpack stuff you've done to the biker, speaker on the front is cool though. Rivets could use painting and edge highlights and a wash would help a lot. GS that wheel so it doesn't have a gap. CSM bikers are a pain to build

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>>54228348
Not actively, and when I am I'm making sure I try to get it out of there asap with brush soap. But the bristles stay stained with the paint or I may not be doing a good job of cleaning them with the soap. Pic related is brush 2 and brush 3, I left brush 1 at a friend's house but it's even worse than brush 2. It's bristles come to a flat head so there's no point what so ever. I understand I may have not gotten some of the paint out of the ferrule, but that shouldn't be what's causing them to wear away so fast.

>>54228449
I appreciate the compliment, and what kind of hairs should I use if I went that route?

>>54228457
What color wash do you think?

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Haven't played since 5th edition and needed to restart my Tyranids. Been awhile since I've done a big kit

>>54217658
it might be hard to paint them so they read well as flies

but the silhouette is amazing. just fucking doooo it.

>>54228511
Get rid of the sprue nubs and gaps before you continue. Your primer looks awfully grainy too.

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He's almost done. Last I posted him, people suggested not doing white on the hooves. I didn't take the advice, but I did go back and forth a few times before deciding against it. Base is hopefully going to have a good mix of colors, so the white -shouldn't- get lost.

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Sup dudes. I'm working on building and painting my first ever Knight. This is what I have so far. Carapace armor isn't glued yet, just resting it on the back for the pic.

I'm pretty happy with it so far! The whole project was easier than I thought it'd be.

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New to the painting scene here, but I had a lot of fun working on some skeletons. The real unfortunate thing is that these were reaper bones and I made the mistake of adding a primer. It didn't adhere and was just a mess to deal with.

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Enginseer for my urban/winter style steel legion.

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>>54228365
i like it, i'd recommend making the sword contrast with the body, though, to help it stand out.
instead of green on green, maybe make it a really dark, almost black rust with bright orange on it

>>54225567
Damn, you got any more of these? I know there's some floating around with colour combos or already on minis, but I like the fact it's up-close-and-personal and you can see the colours very clearly.

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WIP.

Making wraithbone-style bases for 30 Eldar Guardians.

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>>54227236
finalised and glued. overall happy with the design.

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Anyone have the actual /wip/ model based off this comic?

>>54228874
Nope, sorry dudeman. I found it on google a little bit ago when I was looking for images of metallics and saved it to share with /wip/.

>>54223212
they could be a little bit more rusty, but still look nice

>>54224769
looks ok to me
only the "axe" could neet a little bit more improvement (but can't say how)

>>54225840
>This amount of detail takes me a while, im not the fastest painter, this alone took 2 hours
still faster than I
also, model looks great

>>54226557
doesn't look that bad so far, but still needs some work

>>54226887
Raven Seers
Seer Wolves
Nails of Wodaz
about the whole "Space Marine Chapter with a Space Wolf" theme, some anon did Mark3 (or was it Mark4, not really sure) Space Wolves, who doesn't have the usual barbaric/viking/tribal look of Space Wolves. Maybe check them out.

>>54227236
thewarpovertakes/10

>>54227791
nice, his right hand could need little bit highlights

>>54228056
I don't see a problem with them, they look fine

>>54227791
Please tell me the colors you've used, because this is exactly the scheme I wanted to do.

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hey guys new to the hobby here, what do you think about my first marine?

>>54229225
I think you need to cut your nails, tubby.

>>54229225
thin your nails

>>54229225
needs a lot of work, but it looks like you understand the basics. keep it up!

>>54229225
>>54229240
yeah they told me that on reddit too. why tho? its not like it matters.
>>54229251
thanks!

>>54229258
meant to link >>54229250 not my own

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>>54229258
>they told me that on reddit too.

>>54229258
>>54229266
those nails could get in the way when you're painting
thin your nails

Those Nurgle Iron Warriors reminded me of an idea I had a few months ago for Iron Warrior Rubric Marines. It's not really fluffy, I just thought painting the stripes on their helmets like hazard stripes could look cool.

>>54229277
on the contrary, it helps me grip the mini better. it's also for guitar

>>54229285
>it's also for guitar

Uh, or you could just buy finger picks and not walk around looking gross as shit?

>>54226876

Yeah, having the laurels beneath the head looked weird and I couldn't think of anything else that would denote the whole "command" look without it being too complicated.

>>54229285
>strumming with your nails
>says he plays acoustic for the sound. It's really because he can't afford a decent amp
>doesn't use a pick because he wants to look diferent
>doesn't pluck the strings

>>54229301
it adds to my mystery. men normally don't have nails that long so when people see it they stop to think why it could be. then: ah, he must play the guitar

>>54229339
That also tell me you don't finger any girls anon.

>>54229335
It's his left hand you cripple, it's not for strumming.

>>54229372
that's what the other hand is for. and my cock.
>>54229377
i strum with my left. never had formal guitar lessons (self taught) so i guess i learned it differently.

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>>54229225
>that hand
>those nails

>>54229396
Ah you're good to go then.

>>54229396
>strums with left, tabs with right

I'm assuming you're right-handed, right? That's funny, I'm left-handed but do the opposite.

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>>54226806

Great job man. Did a LED light experiment for my Mordheim terrain a while back. This is "the tree of woe", the light wont show as much in daylight as your´s do, but its still pretty nifty I think.

>>54229377
And you don't play guitar. I knew he played southpaw because fingernails get in the way of the fretboard. I bet he chews his right hand nails off as he practices

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I have way to many Ork Nobz, and I'd like to convert some of them into meganobz. What's the best way to do this?

>>54229564
I'm pretty sure those are Killa Kan pieces on the Nob in your picture.

You can use plasticard.

Maybe also consider getting Orruk Brutes from AOS and sci-fi-ing them up?

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who ever made the joining point for daemonette arms should be necked

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Progress so far. Long ways to go but it beats the monotony of gaunts

>new Tervigon spawning requires points
Mutherfuckers

>>54228499
Look at the bottom brush, you have paint in the ferrule. Also those brushes should be fucking spotless if you use masters soap before the paint really sets in. You just arent cleaning them properly, and are getting paint way too high in the brush

>>54229657
replacing models that a unit has already lost does not however. They have to be flesborer units, but still, healing 10 wounds a turn on a big blob is fucking awesome

>>54229657
>>54229766
Remember the faq now out days replenished gants get to keep adrenal glands and toxin sacs.
Having a Tervi sit behind a brood of 30, 20 of which have devourers, has been a nightmare for opponents to dislodge

>>54229041
He looks he's high af. Love it!

>>54215478

Yeah, I wish this had occurred to me before assembling all ten of my kabalite warriors.

Considering that I am completely new to the hobby and have never painted anything before I don't even know how I'm going to manage.

>>54229865
>I don't even know how I'm going to manage.
If you've modeled yourself in a corner so to speak you can still try to paint the hard to reach places first.
So you'll probably do the armor on the model first anyway, cause it's covering most of the miniature, so just paint that to finish before you continue with the rifles.

It's not the most comfortable way to work, but it can be done. In general the idea of painting 'from the inside out' is pretty helpful. I.e. first all the hard to reach places and recessed areas, before moving on to the raised and most outward places. Saves you a lot of possible accidents.

>>54225049
right, thanks for trying anyways :)

>>54220748
Learn to get that shit smooth and tidy since its gonna be the focus of the model

>>54223212
>been painting me nurgle plague marines in a bone color because I didn't wanna go with the Standard green
>see this
>instant regret that I didn't paint them grey and gold

why does this has to happen every time I try to paint something? I start painting, get relatively pleased with what I'm doing, then once I see something else I go "shit, now I feel bad" and can't even repaint them?

>>54229074
A better question is does anyone have a good model for the pretty boss? Could use a new boss

>>54226806
Is that...weed?

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>>54222055
Because the novels decided Bjorn was a nobody bolter tactical on Prospero. Apparently they wanted to give his character a bigger arc from n00b to boxnought during the Heresy, rather than have him start off as a veteran on Prospero like Collected Visions implied. So they took a model with all the visual elements of the Collected Visions Bjorn and gave it to OC donut steel.

>>54229796
this

>>54229657
they had to do it because of demons really, I would play games were the dude would shit out like 3 demon princes out of nowhere or bring like 100 letters to the field out of nowhere

if you want to blame anyone blame chaos, because like always they ruin everything.

>>54226754
Don't buy expensive kits if you don't know hot to paint. Start with the basics

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Help me with my glowing brain, /teegee/. First attempt at such a thing. I tried to emulate the "plasma gun glow"

>>54222292
Looks like a good start anon,
I would suggest just touching up the bike model with greenstuff (or some other similar substitute) to remove the gaps, and also add some depth to the colours, such as the purple armour panels or the white hair.

>>54225795
You deserve a medal for this glorious discovery!
Thank you kind anon.

>>54229225
Looks sweet for a first marine.
Steps to go from there are basically twofold.
Tidy it up, and add depth.
Eg, run black around the side rim of the base, to keep it looking slightly tidier, and (carefully) using a wash to pick out the detail of the crevices, such as between the fingers or bolt shells.
Really, time will improve your skills. Just keep going at it.

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Started my squad of tac marines. First time I've picked up a brush since I was about 6, so plz no bully. Looking for some constructive criticism, as I have no idea what I'm doing, beyond watching 100 Dunc vids and trying to emulate.

>Bonus points if you can work out what old tg the floor tile they're standing on is from.

Colour scheme for MyGuys is grey armour with codex compliant company dependent trim (1st company white, 2nd company gold, 3rd company red...). Lenses, power weapons, etc. are bright green. Standard weapons I was going for an industrial type steel and brass look.

>>54230759
bretty good

should clean up gold a little more and and highlight is too thick on corvex dude imo

besides that solid job.

>>54230769
Cheers anon, beakie was one of the first I did, so his edge highlights were all a bit wobbly. Will go back and sort them. I've also just noticed that I didn't add any gradient in his lenses.

Any tips for the gold? It's the colour I struggle with most.

>>54230759
No need for bullying, they look perfectly nominal for a tac squad. Paint work is fine (highlights look a tad heavy in some parts, but not really that bad an effect).
However, they do lack a great deal of detail. Whilst this is fine for a Tac squad, it gets a bit boring if the entire army is similarly bland.
Working on anything else now?

>>54230823
Yeah, that's a fair point. I was a bit scared of adding many embellishments on my first guys, because I've no idea what I'm doing. I was thinking of going back and adding some fine white squiggles as scripture to some large armour plates, and perhaps adding a few seals etc. thoughts on that?

Up next is either 2nd company command squad, or a veteran vanguard squad (if I can figure out how to paint a nice white). Hopefully those guys will be a bit less plain. I want to field this army with units from lots of different companies as well, to make them a bit less monotonous with the trim colour.

I've also decided since starting this squad that the fluff for these guys is going to be Arthurian Legend style knights, so that should give me a few more excuses to decorate. Any tips for the best ways to add a knight look that's a bit less grim and crusadery than the Black Templars? I was thinking of getting a few big shields for officers, to be painted up in their own colourful heraldry. Also some fur-lined cloaks if I can find any.

>>54217088

Awesome job brother

>>54230871
Personally I would probably avoid decorating the Tac marines much, as they are the main mass. I would suggest just customising the more significant models, as these models should look great without decorations.
And for finding knightly kitbash material, grey knights, grey knights, and maybe some stuff from Blood angels and Space wolves maybe?

>>54230871
https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-AU/search/searchResults.jsp?Nty=1&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntk=gwsearch&N=3147362208&Ntt=head&qty=64&sorting=plh&view=table&categoryId=undefined

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Just finished up my test model for my BA tac squad.

Now onto the rest of them.

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>>54230943

also post your painting station

>>54230918
You are a star bro, I've looked on Forgeworld before, but I stupidly only looked at 40k loyalist bits, avoiding chapter specific because of chapter heraldry. Some of the legion bits including traitor legions are fantastic, and not even plastered with logos. I think I'll get some of these for officer heads/torsos.

>>54230962

inb4 shill

http://maxmini.eu/fur-cloaks-bits

https://anvilindustry.co.uk/Cloaks-and-Loincloths

>>54230592
Maybe add some glow to the eye/s. Brain glowing that much probably can push some light trough eyesockets aswell. Looks awesome nonetheless!

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>>54218300

There, it will have to count as finished by now. Im fairly pleased on how it turned out using the classical colors of the Ultramarines but with a grimderp interpretation blended in.

Its still not showing the exact IRL colors, but I did my best to brighten the photo up a bit so you get an idea on how it actually looks.

Have since photo started on the first squad of regulars.

>>54231125
Fuuuuck, mirin. That's the first ultras paint job I've loved in years. Way less derpy than the old, way more eye catching than the new. Personally I like brighter colours on power weapons, but can't fault the technique. Made me nostalgic for the days of goblin green bases, would admire again.

>>54230981
The second link is great, although the first link look a bit too Space Wolves for what I had in mind. Thanks a lot man. Hope I've got something a bit cooler next time I post.

>>54231372

First of, thanks for the feedback!

The power weapon was one of the issues I actually had with the finished model! I was literally thorn between painting it like a red lollipop, just scream of classical "red-era". Same goes with the base, I was really thinking of putting a goblin green rim on the base, just to point out so much further that it follows a classical theme. But in the end, I still wanted to keep my basing technique to the standard of the rest of my models, and I simply chickened out on the sword.

>>54229219
The white was spray corax, basecoat pallid wych flesh, recess shade seraphim sepia, then layer and tidy up with pallid wych flesh. Bronze is warplock bronze, with Agrax wash. Green is castellan green and Agrax. Obvs there will be highlighting for all these colours eventually but I'm not quite there yet

>>54228607
This makes me want to make undead space marines