WIP - Work in Progress General

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Is pic related possible without airbrush ? Is there any guide ?

>>54284872
You can do something similiar but it will require a lot more time, blending, and freehand.

>>54284872
No. It looks fucking awful anyway

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>>54284872
kujo painting has some nice guides on blending and such. but getting something similar to that is going to take hundreds of hours of hard work, its not really worth going for something like that without an airbrush, unless you're going on a smaller scale like this.

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Continuing work on a predator. Looking forward to getting mud and muck all over it soon.

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>>54285314

>those moldlines on the guns

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I'm doin it

>>54285314
>Looking forward to getting mud and muck all over it soon.

Don't get too heavy on the mud

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>>54285388
Fucking Disciples of Caliban badge was a nightmare

>>54285314
Nice anon, is that a schurzen?
I can't wait for the weathering, it's quite uncommon on marines vehicles

>>54285388
>>54285412
I-is this all freehanded?
And here I am, having trouble drawing a straight line.

>>54285596
Yeah man. The trick is to thin your paints and to use many layers, even with shit like this. The whites were minimum 3 layers plus touchup. I mark out anything I can with a big + in the middle of the pauldrons and use that as a frame of reference for positioning and build basecoat to topcoat like any other piece.

Just need to take it slow as fuck and be ready to fix and tidy up shit with the colour you painted the entire pauldron with.

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Reposting

>>54285871
>the briefing never mentioned Space Marines or horns on their heads!

>>54285934
>>54285871

>When the commissar dies

>>54285349
Its gaps, dog. I was lazy. I'm sorry. >>54285394
I'll try. I went a bit overboard last time.
>>54285477
Sure is!

>>54285412
>>that griffon badge
Sweet Christ. What a nightmare that must've been. Looks great though. How many floors up would you jump from if you grabbed it with errant paint on your finger from a leaky pot while painting the rest?

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I never actually posted the finished version of roboute after I painted him a while ago.

In retrospect, now that I've gained some experience in blending and glazing, I could definitely have done better on the sword. Weakest part.

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>>54286246
I sure did learn a lot while painting him though. Gotta practice for the day they eventually bring back my real gene-dad.

Butt.

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>>54286015
>when the commissar tells you to run and hide

Also, just so I'm not purely shitposting:
>Got this
>what do
I feel like those bases miss something. Then again, they're just bases and shouldn't take away anything from the miniatures anyway.

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>>54285010

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Colourblind Anon here.

Could anyone tell me what paint was used on the rim of these bases?

>>54286216
It actually wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it'd be, since I just opted to use a marker to make the eagle. Comes out shiny as hell but I topcoat all my models before doing metals since I've had really nice badgework and the like just eaten away by regular handling and transport. Takes the shine out and makes it look real nice.
I did ardcoat the Iron Lord one though, since I realized I chose three chapters with a black background and needed some kinda variety. Still unsure how to differentiate the Black Consuls marine I'm making.

>>54286353
Looks grey to me.

>>54286278
>I feel like those bases miss something.
Maybe some oil puddles or scratches?
Look fine as they are though.

>>54286353
Probs mechanicus standard grey. Looks a bit lighter than skavenblight.

Any tips for colorblind painters btw? I'm trying to help my friend with his. Hes red/green (and painting salamanders. The madman)

>>54285314
Thanks senpai, I'll gladly steal that scheme.

>>54286353
if I had to guess, I would say Dawnstone (a darker, warm grey).

>>54286402
Any idea on which specific type of grey?

>>54286423
Do it, bro. Two coats of yriel over white, reikland recess wash, dorn yellow edge highlight.

>>54286404
Guess I could add some. Thanks anon.

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>>54286392
Godspeed.

Ive done the same thing a couple times in my squads. On vets you can just mix it up with chapter color, company color, and silver as your trim color to add some variety, but its harder with terminators.

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Emperor's Children Resurgent are at 75%. Going to pick up an Emperor's Children Contemptor and some Phoenix Terminators to add a bit of pizzazz.
And I painted the first Death Guard mini from Dark Imperium.

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>Wash off my brush in some dirty paint water.
>Go to put the tail end in my mouth to free my hands for the next mini.
>Put the brush end in my mouth instead.

>>54286420
Use a lot of light sources when you're painting. I'm doing Deathwatch marines atm and if I don't have a shit ton of lights on them I can't see the highlight colours at all.

Also I just follow guides for the most part, mainly Duncans. If I want to paint a red cloak for my Deathwatch Captain I'll just copy the guide for the Admech Vanguard cloak. Takes away the guess work.

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>>54286553
Drink some water anon

>>54286525
Yeah simply not having the shoulder trim is killing me. That and the only terminators I used were Deathwing and the vanilla kit. Have a Blood Angel and Space Wolf on the way but the rest of the guys it was extremely hard to make them look representative of their chapters.

Seriously I'd buy the shit out of an updated Terminator box if they made one. Though considering how things are going we'll get Primaris terminators and the old kit will be left to rot forever.

>>54286420
>red/ green colourblind
>painting salamanders

Your friend might also be retarded.

>>54286420
>>54286428
Cheers lads.

>>54286586
Masochistic at the very least, that's a terrible scheme to try and do when you can't properly distinguish two of the main colours used.

>>54286566
That's how I got into this situation.

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>>54286661

>>54286586
No, it's okay. He's definitely retarded. I have informed him.

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>>54286580
Ugh. I know, dude. We'll never get new regular terminators and it's awful. I really want to use a gorgon terminator for iron hands, but don't want to buy 5 from forgeworld. I have a crimson fist, blood angel, dark angel, space wolf, imperial fist, and salamander.

>>54286821
>I really want to use a gorgon terminator for iron hands
check ebay, there are always a few bits stores that also stock FW bits.

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Any pointers? Apart from basing of course

>>54286899
Just keep practising.

>>54286868
Holy crap, they have the whole kit essentially ala carte. Ace call, bro.

>>54286899
first mini?

>>54286549
post emperor's children

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>>54286553
>Using your mouth at all when painting

You filthy swine

>>54287109
>He doesn't apply Agrax Earthshade with his tongue.

How else are you supposed to get into those tight spots?

Filthy casual.

>>54287129
>he doesn't pour Agrax earthshade into his foreskin and let it run down the model after a few minutes of letting it seep into the skin
actually, that's foul, I apologize.

>>54287039

First batch

>>54287215
>He doesn't chemically replace his semen with agrax earthshade then ejaculate onto his minis.

>>54287237
>He hasn't already had his testicles filled with hot-glue.

my first minis are these skitarii rangers. how the fuck should i fill in the gaps in the cape? theyre so annoying. what ratio should i mix for greenstuff? it comes out way too hard to properly fill in the gap and i can get barely fit anything in there to sand or scrape so its gotta go on mostly smooth

>>54286899
If you use nuln oil to paint thin lines where the armour sections meet it'll give it a bit more depth and quite easy to achieve. The vids on the warhammer channel showing how to paint various types of power armour explain it pretty well.

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Current progress on my ultras, aside from a few obvious moldlines and my shitty edge highlighting they're coming along nicely.

Just got the four characters and the Inceptors left.

Has anyone here mixed a little Nurgle's Rot with Blood For the Blood God?

I'm looking for new ways to represent freshly burst Nurgly bits.

>>54287386
What made you want to paint them as Ultramarines?

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looks like my genestealer cult is getting a second limo

i found this in a second hand toyshop this weekend. the chassis and the engine where already built and the box is not that great so i got it for €5,- not bad for nearly 50 years old plastic crack

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How should I paint this guy? I'm not interested in doing any sort of chapter since I only have two primaris and aren't interested in more, but I don't have a color scheme for it

>>54287552
Give him chaos bits and make him a Night Lord.

>>54287579
Why do you faggots do this

>>54287552
remove barrel
drill moldlines

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>>54287471

I like em, despite their reputation around some places.

Hopefully this is a better picture, I don't have the best lighting set-up.

>>54287629
I dont want to give you shit about them or anything. I think They have a nice scheme but I dislike their lore. They're looking pretty gud anon, I dont know why but I suck dogshit at edge highlighting space marines.

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>>54287502
first cuts done, wish me luck /wip

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>>54287654

Oh no worries my man, no offense taken.

Here's a closer look at one of the sergeants before I fixed him up a bit.

Seems a bit thick.

>>54287698

I like your style anon.

>>54287629
Consider using stormhost silver or liverator gold to highlight your gold bits.

Most of your edge errors look less about confident brush control and more about maintaining the right consistency of the paint. Make sure you aren't overloaded or too thin right when you load up, that's the prime moment for your paint to bone you. Dont hesitate to just wipe off the paint with your finger while it's wet and thin if you goof.

Also a brighter color in the eye lenses and a highlight on the sgts hair would be good.

I'm always jealous of ultras. Best transfer sheets.

>>54286899
Remove moldlines/sprue connection points and try to thin your paints a just a little bit more.

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>>54287040
Emperor's Children Resurgent*
1/2

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>>54287789
2/2

>>54287789
>>54287799
I am a fellow admirer of the Emperors Children, but I think you should make a chapter name that is a little more subtle

What's a decent starter airbrush? I assume I could probably stop by harbor freight or something for the compressor.

>>54287743

Hey thanks anon, yeah I had a feeling that I wasn't consistent enough with the paint when highlighting, I found myself going over some area more than once. But yes gonna brighten up those areas you mentioned too.

>>54286015
>>54285871
When the commissar shoots himself

>>54287698
Am watching this with interest.

>>54287838
>Emperor's Children Resurgent
Resurgend.
adjective
1. Rising or tending to rise again; reviving; renascent.

Seems pretty fitting to me, given that Cawl got his hands on the original Genes of Fulgrim. Like the Phoenix from which they originate, they rise up and make a splash. Subtlety was never a strong point for the pretty marines, unless you're talking about based Saul Tarvitz or equally based Solomon Demeter.
You can be damn sure that my Contemptor is going to be named Rylanor, the Second Ancient.

>>54287975
>Resurgent**
I hate phone posting with a passion.

>>54287975
Im aware of the definition of the word, I just think they wouldnt want to flaunt their traitor origins and draw ire, they are your dudes however and you can do whatever you want.

>>54287799
>>54287789

Oh hey it's the Soul Drinkers.

>>54288022
I don't think of it as flaunting, more a case of taking rebirth of a phoenix a little to literally.

>>54285707
fucking inspiring

>>54288055
How about the "Children Resurgent", the current name doesn't flow too well, that rolls off the tongue much better.

>>54288141
Children Resurgent? Then you could just call them the Sleepy Heads. The connection to the traitors is key.

Phoenicians Resurgent

"Not Traitors (We Promise)"

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>>54288187
This, I hadn't considered.

>>54288141
>>54288169

Emperor's New Groove

>>54288169
The connection exists from the colour scheme and the implications of the name, you don't have to match the words to create a connection.

>>54288187 I think this guy's suggestion is stellar honestly, you should go with that.

>>54288208
heh

>>54288224
>The connection exists from the colour scheme and the implications of the name, you don't have to match the words to create a connection.
Ehhhhh, I don't think I agree completely with that. But >>54288187 is pretty baller.

>>54286278
highlight the edges of things

>>54287876
>What's a decent starter airbrush?
Any of Iwata's double actions; everybody sells HP and Revo parts.
>>I assume I could probably stop by harbor freight or something for the compressor.
Just because you can doesn't mean you should; their compressors are horrible. The 1/5 HP Master comp with the tank is good for about the same price.

>>54288187
This is a fucking perfect name for them, throw in some tiny amounts of Carthaginian shit on them and youve got the perfect secret identity.

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To Imperial army veterans: how much flexibility do sentinel's legs allow in their posing? I need this for a conversion.
I have to attach two pairs of legs to a flat surface

>>54288786
The legs are pretty flexible. Its a ball joint on one end and a rotating socket on the other, so as long as the hip join lines up, you can do a lot with them.

>>54289096
Thank you, anon. For example, could I build them almost flat, squatting on the ground?

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Based, redid a lot of highlights, and changed out the rock for one more like the base

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>>54289183

Pre-updates

>>54289136
Should be able to. Took another look at a couple of mine to double check, but they have 4 joints to the leg: hip, the two hing joints for the knees, and the ball and socket at the feet. As long as you aren't afraid to do a little bit of modifying, you can get a sentinel to sit pretty low. If it weren't for the fact that I glued most of the joints on mine like a newfag, mine would be doing some pretty deep powersquats.

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>>54285871
I fucking hate you and your minis. Stop trying to force your retarded meme models.

>>54285707
That's the same thing I do with my free hand, it's not nearly as good as yours but I noticed my free hand improved considerably when doing that

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>>54289671

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>>54289671
>he shitposts on /wipg/

>>54288786
>>54289096
>>54289136
if you buy the new ones.
If you come across old stock, the old kits don't have joints in the legs.

Is anybody working on khador stuff?

>>54289183
>>54289223

Any advice or critiques?

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Just working through the primaris

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What do you guys think about this renegades heavy weapon team that im making for a friend who didnt buy one

>>54290029
No obvious ones.
A simple but well done paint job.
Crystals look a tad thick, but the style works.

>>54289671
Man that dude helps keep this place rollin, you'd be lucky to have a vahalla anon in your 40k community.

>>54289671
>>54289814
>>54289778
I like to think that this is the same guy furiously shitposting to himself

>>54289183
Much better with those updates.

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5 down, 5 to go...

>>54289671
Post your inevitable tragic garbage then chief

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And these basisilk loaders, gonna tear off the tabs and glue them on when I finish the thing.

How's the backdrop working btw?

>>54284872
yes

oil paints do that

>>54290343
Srsy?
Is there actually any benefit to using oil paints?

>>54290374
painting like that

>>54290449
Fascinating.
But what I meant was what noticable different effect do you get with using oil paints, that is not found in acrylic? Such as how it applies, how it blends, how it dries?

>>54290660
>>>/youtube/

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>>54287733
>>54287965
ty anons. i'm not sure how it's going to look when finished but i have a general idea of what i want to build

i just cut out the other side panel, not to the correct height yet but i'm done cutting for tonight

>>54290104
Looks awesome, anon!

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I find the BA terminator commander head awful. Some helmet or faces ideas for this guy?

Has anyone had any success using Spiritstone red or the other gemstone technical paints for non gemstone uses? I want an effect similar to metallic flake for a Protectorate Starfighter I want to paint and I was wondering if this would produce the desired effect.

>got a bunch of Orks to paint
>it's too hot to prime
>when it's not hot, it's too humid
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

>>54291391
move to Ireland you can prime on the hottest day

>>54291391

Do it inside and just wear a paint respirator until the fumes clear out

>>54290337
Not well honestly it's very busy and distracting

>>54290660
Basically all three. It applies, blends, and dries much differently than acrylic

>>54291509
>I live alone

>>54291560

Prime them in your room and close the door, poorfag

Anyone working on terrain lately?

>>54291637
i have a board im working on but ill spare you the horror

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What's the point of even finishing my Space Wolves if they'll be replaced next year by chads?

>>54291391

Use brush on primer.

>>54291906

Start painting SW chads.

>>54287799
>>54287789

'The Crown Royals'.

>>54290951
thanks i still need to carve in a nurgle symbol into the shield thing on the gun and i need to paint them up all disgusting and rusty

>>54291381
Curious about this as well want to use the blue soulstone color on the dashboard of my necron stalker. Or maybe the red, or maybe all 3?
I figured if the dash looked like it had gems instead of screens it would seem more ayyy

>>54291532
Well shit. Gotta find a better one then.

>>54286899
a wash would do you a lot of good, some nuln oil would make it look rel sexy, this vid gives a good idea of what it can do for you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dttCzGy4sQw&t=18s
I know its flesh tearers but it could help a lot

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What does wip think of my reapers?

Where can I improve on them? For reference they're about 90% done. I just have to do hair on 3, finish the soulstones, and touchups.

>>54290319
I wish i had old cadians ; _ ; .

>>54291637
I've been working on an armies on parade board, but it's not really at the point to show it yet.

>>54292332
Try some nuln oil in some of the crevices like near the gems; not a lot, just enough to get a bit of a darker hue.
This your blue a little, a looks a little thick. I'd probably like the skulls more if they were clean and not dirty/washed look.

>>54292385
>nuln oil near gems
Well I'm going to hate doing that but it's a good idea. I'll try it out
>thin blue
i mean it takes 3 layers already but i'll give it a shot. thinning paints vs making colored water is a pain in the dick.
>clean skulls
possibly. I'll see if I can mix up a color that actually looks good. Bleached bone looks terrible.

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Almost done. Need to clean up some things like where the wash pooled. I'm scared to highlight cause I've never done it before and I like how this is turning out.

>>54292462
If you're using citadel paints, dont only use that bright blue over black. Use a base paint first them layer over it.

Or prime in white

>>54285871
Is this Victoria minis or old cadians ?

>>54292332

These base coated in black? I don't care what anyone says, it's a fucking horrible idea in most situations.

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>>54291381
I'm using it for some marines I'm doing up, that's two coats over retributor gold

>>54292487
Painting skin is tons of fun. That skin tone will be difficult to highlight as it's already so pale, so I wouldn't worry about it too much. Just patch up some of the shaded areas as I'm sure you plan on doing and it'll look great. If you want to brighten up and highlight your red a little, try adding some orange into the red you use for a slightly natural brighter tone - not enough to turn orange, but enough to change the hue a bit.

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>>54286553
There was a guy at the store the first time
I went to main GW in Sydney's city center, So it was gonna be interesting to see whether the hype was real about this 'battle bunker'. Once I got there it was on the whole underwhelming and weird. The main thing i remember was the awkward school arts desks and tables with their benches attached all circular, forcing everyone to sit extra close with no space and awkward sitting all the cases on the table. One 'pro' painter I sat next too was constantly; like as if to take a quick inhale of his paint brush, took the hair of the brush and licked or like pursed the end between the sides of his lips just after dabbing it in thinned out shades. he did this every brush stroke, I suppose he was trying to 'clean' the brush of its shade, he did it in such a nonchalant manner I figured it was an actual practice of painters. I left the store rethinking whether the hobby was for me. I like the models but I hate the community why does something like this have such an incredibly confronting level of autism among its members.

Are you supposed to enjoy sipping the end of a shade off your brush like its medicine? What was it all about?

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What weapons should I arm these with?

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If anyone ever needs MKIV space Marine arms for shit like Calth that only has bent bolter arms, I HIGHLY recommend Alpharius. It's worth trying to find his info. These are nearly perfect.

Pic related.

>don't want to paint the arms because I'm going to magnetize it
>don't want to buy a dremel

Oh no

>>54291593
>I live with my parents

>>54292779
This is the worst WIP picture I have seen in a long time.
>>2.99 MB, 40,000 pixels. Out of focus, in shadow, upside fucking down.
I don't think cameras are for you, buddy.

>>54292693
Healthy young child goes to garage, gets pumped with massive dose of rattlecan fumes, doesn't feel good and changes - AUTISM. Many such cases!

>>54292518
The gun is the only black on the model. The rest of the dark color is Incubi darkness (Dark blue-green).
>>54292544
Black->Incubi Darkness->dat blue
Only thing that wasn't covered in incubi darkness was the hair and gun.

How do you make white work?

You'll notice the white war walker in the background, I've primed a few models in white and it just doesn't work out when you're moving to dark colors. I had 9 coats of a darker color and it still looked white with a wash. It's actually what made me give up on getting green tanks.

>>54292693
Licking your brush is a quick way to reintroduce moisture as the paint dries on the tips of the bristles. It also happens to be disgusting and generally unnecessary. Some people find it saves them time though, so its a preference thing. As far as the autismo quotient, "social games" of all types that have written rules (most all of /tg content) appeal to people with deficient social skills because it provides a venue for them to interact (which most autistics crave, despite appearances) which also has a rigid system devoid of nuance which they can clearly understand, and also satisfies their need for restricted/repetitive interests

>>54291391
Louisiana here. I know that feel

What colors would be appropriate choices for an Iron Hands Primaris Captain's cloak?

>>54292844
how do you find the catalogues? Ive found some emails for a few of the re casters but ive been unable to find some catalogues. and any i do find im worried that theyre out of date. Should i just send an email off to them asking for an up to date one?

>>54292693
I often re-point my brush tips with my lips, sometimes use my tongue for quick moisture. I don't typically do this with paint on the brush although I have.

Most painters don't do this kind of stuff, but there is a sizable minority of us proud brush lickers.

>>54292970
annnd just like that ive found Alpharius most up to date one...derp

>>54292957
White, Cream, or Silver.

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Did a couple more details on my lord of contagion, hands still need another layer I think, and then I've still got the smoke, and the brass and gold details on the banner, but I feel like I'm finally making progress

>>54293056
Also some other dudes I've got in the works for anyone interested in seeing the steps for the white

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>>54293138
>>54293056

Might help if I attach the image

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>>54293166
teach me senpai

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>>54292535
Old cadians!

>>54293056
Looking great so far - you seem to have a solid handle on brush control, clean layers, and neat highlights.

>>54293222
Just shed a tear for the hobby-that-was

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>>54287552
Roll fucko.

>>54293330
Rollan for what i'll do with the primaris from the smallest set once I pick it up
storm wardens or i'm removing barrels and drilling mold lines

>>54293378
White panthers. BLACK AND WHITE HERE WE GO BOOOOOOYS

>>54292994

It really is that easy. If I can find it, anyone can.

>>54293330
rolling

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>>54293207
I got you senpai.
Spray corax( don't fuck this up please)
Base coat pallid wych flesh(thin layers)
Recess shade Seraphim sepia(my hands are shaky and I'm bad at this, pic related)
Layer pallid wych flesh( super thin layers, do less layers around recesses, do more on flatter areas or areas you want to be brighter white)
Paint the rest of the nurgleman

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I'm hoping the paint on the test model (right) isn't complete shit. And that it translates okay to the left.

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>>54293470
Love your work, anon.

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Just started building a storm trooper squad.
This is the first to be born to the table.

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Also in progress on a budget Storm Chimera

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Suggestions on what else to add to this torso as a template for my Iron Warriors army? Plan on using mark 3 legs, converted helmets, and Chaos shoulder pads. Does the torso need anything else or do you think it looks good as is?

>>54293166
very nice

>>54292779
>What weapons should I arm these with?
boomerangs mate

>>54293523
Nipples.

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Working up a new IG regiment, no idea on the lore. Just using Brettonian/Empire bits. All the stuff I've seen with extra medieval IG seems pretty meh. Worried it won't be cool, but I have all this shit lying around and Freeguilds are stupid.

any ideas for lore or how to make these guys cool?

>>54293452
any recasters that generally handle just standard GW minitures? seems most of his are forge world bits/conversion parts. Im basically just looking for a standard squad so i experiment with different colour schemes for my new dudes

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>>54293644

>>54293662
this looks cool as fuck

>>54293222
I want some Mordian updates. But also I fucking hate how Mordians all have shoulder tassles so they all look like officers. Only officers should have the shoulder tassles.

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>>54293662
bonus backlog

why do i never finish anything?

>>54293504
Anvil Industry and Puppetswar right?
Why not taking the new, customisable range from AI? Too expensive?
>>54293521
And where is that from? Looks fantastic I love it.

>>54293523
I mean, it's well made and all, but you're making it hard on yourself when FW and recasters litteraly have the same thing but in a whole squad.

>>54293644
>>54293662
>>worried it won't be cool
But anon, it's already SO cool.

>>54293662
>>54293644

very cool start. Make some neat rough riders. Lore could be a feudal world that had imperium tech introduced to it late. Make them super stuff around other guard, slapping them with gloves and challenging them to honor duels. the shields on the HBs look great btw

>>54293644
These are actually so sick

>>54293757
>Commissar hasn't quite gotten used to the idea of a power fist, tries slapping regimental commander with it to challenge him to a duel
my fucking sides

>>54293710
I'm thinking I'll make a bluestuff stamp and just mass stamp and then clean em up. But is there anything I need to add you think?

>>54293776
that's great. Make them offended when orks and tau ignore their commands to surrender via vox and run like a mob of 30 rough riders

>>54293757
thanks anon

The thing is I have a lot of these dumbasses too, as well as Brettonian peasant bowmen, so lots of my dudes are gonna look scraggly as fuck.

>>54293787
boss AS FUCK. great job dude

>>54293787
That's a niiiiice green. For some reason when I was like 13 I came into possession of a pro-ish painted Ghaz that is is reminding me of super hard.

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>>54293787

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Hey there /wip/ friends, really cool to see what everyone is working on as always. >>54293056
and >>54292487 are looking pretty sweet.

Since I don't play 40K/AoS (though I'm kinda interested even if just to paint some guys) I've been scrounging around for things to paint. Recently its been minis for D&D and I had the idea to drag out the MtG Arena of the Planeswalkers game that I've never opened to maybe paint some of those dudes up.

Decided to go with the pummelroot elementals to start with (2 others besides the one in the pic), so I'll be watching some Sylvaneth how-to vids. The sculpt on these leaves a little (a lot) to be desired. With black primer on they look more like spawns of Hedorah than tree-like elementals. You can hardly see where the moss/greenery begins and ends but oh well. Anyone else painting up any board game minis?

>>54293797
so run a consript mob with lasbows (could be an interesting conversion)

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>>54293779
Maybe additional platings or rivets. I could see additional horizontal plates on the nut protector for example.
Cog borders are more IH technically but you can make it IW as well.

I have a knight lancer coming and a Yiff Dreadnought that I want to make a diorama out of.

Do I

Have the Dreadnought impaled, lifted towards the knights face, while reaching out in a futile attempt to swing

Have the knight simply skewer the dreadnought on the ground and advance like nothing happened

These were I liked from a few other ideas, but if you have something else I welcome it

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Standard squad of termis for deathwing. Also a random multi melta and drop pod for my Dark Angels. And a culexus.

>>54293330
rollin

>>54294039
Glorious.

>>54294004
The first one sounds like a better diorama piece, but honestly, you should decide.

>>54293695
>not using Victoria Miniatures Tannenburgs

>>54293330
Rolling

>>54293644
Just have them be a regiment drawn from a renaissance planet of warring hive-city states.

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>>54284858
>ordered Kingdom Death's Ammo Slave recast on ebay

Here's to hoping the quality is tolerable

>>54293330
rollo

>>54293330
>>54294571
>Brotherhood of a Thousand

Brotherhood of a Thousand WHAT!??!

>>54294595
Chapters are 1,000 strong, you silly billy.

>>54294595
>>54294624
>Thousand Sons

>>54294595
Battle Brothers, obviously. 1,000 loyal, steadfast battle brothers, who would gladly, and have, lay their lives down for the sake of humanity. To think of anything else is heresy.

Anyone have a good paint bundle recommendation? I just getting into it and want to have some alot of options without having to constantly run to the store.

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Lesson learned, blue as base does not let green shine.

>>54293521
Where is that one from?

>>54294821
Maybe a few more coats, could help?

>>54294821
for alpha legion?

Tamiya clear green watered down and washed over tamiya light blue metallic spray works wonders.

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>>54294821
Try silver next time.

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>>54294821
You might want this.

>>54294821
>>54294870
>>54294889
Metallic marines are tiresome. Alpha legion looked better when they were flat blue and green.

>>54295011
their classic, almost violet blue was pretty sweet

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>>54295003
>>54294889
I've been using krylon silver. Don't know how good that is.

>>54295011
But they're so cool.

>>54295078
>krylon silver
Shit, that looks fucking good for Krylon. Now I got an urge to spray a whole mess of marines, dip them in some quickshade, do a drybrush, and call it a day.

>>54295078
Something you might want to do next time is using Lahmian Medium for your washes. You can also add just a tiny bit of Ardcoat, to make it shinier I heard.

>>54295078
>>54295137
Adding Medium to your washes that is. Not too much, just a tiny bit. Try on sprue first, I might be talking out of my ass, I simply read it and never tried it.

>>54295078
for a moment I thought this was pewter and wondered how it was cast with such smoothness

>>54292970
I have the catalouges and ordered from ccon and z in the past but never managed to find the email of alpharius. Anyone that can point in the right direction, and no i looked at leddit before.

>>54295137
>>54295162
Just use gloss shade :^)

>>54295347
Technicallu it could work I guess but they only did those for Nuln Oil and Agrx Earthshade tigh?

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Just finished my trygon WIP. trying to get better its alot better then my first few gaunts though thought and critiques. I may go over some of it again at a later stage. Got a case of the shaky hands and just tried tonpower through

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>>54295611

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Putting together my Primaris captain.

Just simple little bits of converting here and there but he'll be an Imperial Fist soon enough.

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>>54284858
I wish I lived near a GW so I wouldn't get raped by their shipping prices

>>54295648
just hold off and order enough for free shipping

>>54295663
That's what I have to do, but damn it makes getting new minis take months

>>54295648

Even with free shipping you're being raped by paying full price instead of 20% off at a third party retailer.

>>54293330
rolling

>>54294822
not him but it's from ramshackle

>>54293523
you could always get the IW brass etch and throw the occasional symbol on a torso where it fits... if any of those are small enough

Widowmakers (Epic Armageddon Rulebook) or Tarantulas (Xenology)? Two untouched successor chapters of Space Marines, one of which I'd like to poke at, but which one and how ham should I go with the spider imagery?

It feels strange to me that you have all these chapters of marines with animal themes among them but no spider reps outside fan creations like pic related.

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>>54295796

>>54295796
don't go full ham on any theme, it turns them into gimmick marines rather than space marines

That's why the rainbow warriors are better as RTB01 badasses rather than jaguar warrior losers.

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>>54284858
Can you assemble this bitch with a helmet on? Fucking hate the no helmet look

>>54295908
you have to slice the helmet off his belt/fill in that gap, but that's not especially difficult

>>54295921
Better than nothing I guess. Thanks

>>54295908
The two unhelmeted models are probably what bothers me the most in the DI box. I feel your pain anon, fully concealing helmets all day every day, every force and every game.

>>54295908
>>54296000

me 2 anons...im starting a new raptors army so having guys without a helmet on because of 'muh honor' is completely against the fluff for them.

Speaking of...are badger paints absolute trash? I want to buy some cheap paints to experiment with the colour scheme until i have my camo pattern and painting technique nailed down. I understand i wont be winning any paint comps using their paints but $4 for 30ml seems like a pretty good deal for some tester pots

>>54295625
The one handed bolt rifle looks dumb desu

anyone have a tutorial for painting cloth? Khaki-ish color. The easier the better.

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>>54293330
I've been meaning to paint a Marine one of these days

>>54296187
Have you tried looking through the mega and Duncan's videos?

>>54286549
Could be cleaner, but I would not be mad about playing against an army painted like this.

>>54295625
Ignore that, the bolt rifle looks fine enough.
(Although, I wonder how it would look modified to be a bolt pistol?)

>>54295611
beautiful anon.

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How do you think your paints? I always feel like mine is globby, or completely watery and can't figure out a good mix.

>>54296148
I don't know anything about their quality but aren't those airbrush paints?

>>54296187
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enUqWuU-Nns&index=83&list=PLEaPE4sLDA7s-26V0v6SepDFiznb3y6hx

>>54296390
Thanks m8, just a flyrant left and then thats my backlog done

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What if someone likes their figurines subtly painted? This one, with very symbolic of orange coming onto white of the gun, to symbolize how Space Trooper mixes with his gun.

>>54296589
>adjusts monocle

Mmm, yes, a certain sense of refinement and elegance. Quite.

>>54296589
Even if that gentleman does like it that way, he should haste and clean the fucking moldlines

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Finished up converting my iron priest, will start painting in the morning

>>54296531
>a single model backlog

You don't love the hobby then. You need atleast a full army waiting unpainted for you

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>>54296599
Thank you, kind sir - I do value comments from gentlemen able to appreciate subtle combinations of colors applied with diligence.

>>54296635
After I clean that mold line on the servo arm

It's amazing how easy it is for me to miss mold lines on resin models

>>54296393
on a palet, or on a wet towel/papertissue (not toilettissue since it disovles)
if you cant work with water then get a retardeder from vallejo. its a gel which allows you to work with paints on a liquid level. it dries very slowly so you can perfectly use it for blending.

>>54296642
Kek nothing worse then trying fight the grey tide with your brush. Generally i try to paint things before i buy anything else. But this was probably my biggest backlog in some time time. Carnifex flyrant warriors trygon 32 gaunts and 16 genestealers

>>54293330
Roll

>>54285871

Awful as always

>>54289671
this

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Anyone knows any way one could get some small "chainmail" that could be used on miniatures? For capes or tabards, like pic related.

>>54296769
>>54296782
Yeah we get it. At least he's actually posting miniatures and wips.

>>54297043
Chainmail is one of the most easy things to greenstuff. Make a flat area, wait for it to dry a bit and then poke the greenstuff with a pointed utensil untill you get yourself rows of rings.

>>54297129
>>54297043

Here's a helpful tutorial.
http://elementgames.co.uk/forums/sculpting-chain-mail-t220.html

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My friend talking me into getting back into 40k the other month since the faction I've always wanted to play (genestealer cult) are actually playable now.

It occurs to me that I don't really know what I'm doing with the cultist's skin tone.

>>54297260
I dont know what youre doing either, but those models look pretty rad.

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so, I've been messing about it photoshop as to try and see how different colors work with the new Nurgle models.
I like this blue that I managed to get, but I'm not sure how I'd manage to get it down onto a model.

should I use The Fang, for instance? I need advice.

>>54295212
Fucking hell me too. I emailed some emails for Z and CCON but never got a response. Does anyone have the apharius or the new Z ones?

>>54297392
only z email i have is the idk one but thats definitely not current. Only question is whether or not he still reads it.

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>>54289671
Post models

>>54297422
I heard from le Reddit that he checked the idk one but not much. But emailed him and never got a response so maybe that's changed.

>>54286392
What marker do you use? Looking to get out as I can't into freehand.

>>54297260
No clue either, but please keep doing it!

>>54297379
>I need advice.
Sometimes seeing the color out of context can be quite helpful.
Colorpick the dark, medium and light colors and just paint them in a blob somewhere so you can see the colors. It's kind of like the thing with the blue/black or white/gold dress, our brain sometimes does funny things.

I'd also say nay to the green flesh. The sickly flesh like on the guy to the left works way better with blue.

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I have hypoglycemia and my hands shake awfully. I really want to make my own 40k minis. I was able to put together my first squad (some Tau Pathfinders), but I don't know how I'm going to ever be able to paint them. My hands just shake too much.

>>54297379
The fang would probably work but I'd say you should probably prime white to get it looking a bit more pale.

Also no to the green flesh, regular sickly flesh complements the blue very well.

>>54297469
>>54297620
thanks fellas!

>>54297585
You might be able to achieve passable results with just basecoating them and then dipping them in quickshade. Although tau are fairly bad for that, what with all those flat armor panels.

>>54297585
check out alternate painting techniques that work for you then.
Look into working with washes and drybrushing for example.
That way you can let the sculpt do the work for you.
Armypainter has a bunch of interesting material on their dipping methods. It's pretty easy to do and gives solid results too.

>>54297585
airbrush them, you can even set highlights with airbrush depending on what angle you spray from. for shadows use either airbrush for big shadows and for small ones army painters quickshade.
you can mask the parts you dont want to airbrush with putty or tape. for small details like eyes you need to ask someone i guess.
but the quickshade from army painter is really well. see results here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMOTmOchKyQ

>>54297452
90% certain that for first time contact on the idk one you have to email an order to him then he responds with the real one.

But even then ive heard that responce rate is 50/50

>>54297744
Does anyone want to share the alpharius contact? I want to get some Chinacast goodies and I hear he's got the best quality going at the moment

>>54297866
you wont find anyone willing to blindly post it here. from what ive heard alpharius is one of the best atm and hes customer service is excellent. Just go on yoyhammer faq thread and look up how to search for contact information.

Im still waiting to find a decent chinacaster that does basic GW models

>>54297585
A few suggestions.
1, sheer bloody practice. Whilst you may have an actual medical trait, sometimes a fuckton of practice can actually help with this.
2, Find a painting technique that suits. Basing, maybe a layer or two, washing and dry brushing alone should give good standard tabletop models. Not everything needs to be overly complex (In fact, I would avoid this).
Start simple, and if you feel confident, try something new. (When I started, my Tau were just all black, with a few leadbelcher components and red eye lenses. But now I have gotten better and re-done them, they are now much better looking Chaos Tau.)
3, wrist/hand support.
Any Veteran painter will tell you this is the only way to ensure a semblance of control. Elbows on table (So the model is at eye hight, or what ever is comfortable), hand braced against hand/model (apply enough force to avoid shaking, but not in a way to break the model). Just do whatever helps control your hands.
4, mind over matter.
Whilst cliche, I personally find that calming myself through Meditation or some other means helps greatly with all motor skills, even the fine ones required to paint. This could help for you as well.
5, patience.
Like shooting, don't just wipe the brush on there, but wait until you are satisfied you have it. If your hands shake uncontrollably, just 'reset' your position and try again, eventually making a suitable stroke.
Painting mini's takes quite a while, so expect a while to be needed.
Just go ahead and try, and don't give up.
Please post pics?

>>54296610
God I hate the minority of mold-line faggots who go into nipple-twisting conniptions over nothing.

>>54291552
You also need to thin it with an extremely toxic substance instead of water. Good job on trying to get anon to kill himself.

>>54285010
Agree, it's just exagerated reflections and lazy stencils everywhere. He probably did it in about 4 hours.

>>54298084
No problem, I was aware that special thinners were required as oil paints are not water soluble and that Oil paints (and related painting liquids) are in fact hazardous to ingest.

>>54298084
You're really scared of White spirit?

>>54295611

This looks awesome but I wish the base had just a little more texture

>>54296148
Don't use testors paint anon, it's really not worth it

>>54295611
>>54295619
please be in London

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work in progress horrible mutation of demon prince's arm, mix of muscle and metal that takes form of axe/mace/something hurtful
Now how do I make it more menacing?

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>>54298442
Sharpen the edge?

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a Nurgle deamon prince with wings

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>>54298629

>>54298272
That's shit is dangerous man.

People here start screeching when someone recomends brake fluid to strip models, well this is even worse.

>>54298613
it's supposed to be meaty

>>54296769
>>54296782
Stay mad

>>54298719
The fuck are you on about.

>>54298442
If the spikes had gone through to the other side it might have worked.

Which white spray primer do you use?

GW is expensive and Army Painter somehow always clogs up on me.

>>54284872

That paintjob would take great skill even with an airbrush.

>>54293330
roll

>>54298345
Yeah still have to base it properly just ran out of the glue to do it and gonna pick some up tomorrow and finish it properly
>>54298384
Im an Ausfag in Perth WA. Why you want me in london anon?

>>54300245
It's a meme you dip

>>54300275
I dont know this dusty meme bro

>>54300297
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sites/fit

>>54300297
It started in timzs immemorial on /fit/. Whenever a girl waw posting (or at leasy pretending to be one), a very sad and lonely anon would ask in the way aforementioned if she was in London, i the faint hope a tiny sliver of love (and vajayjay) could be had.
4chan being what it is, whenever there's a femanon, people will start spouting
LONDON
O
N
D
O
N

Or any other city where they reside, to perpetuate the meme.

should I:
>finish paiting 10 tzaangors and 3 guys on dics
or
>build Mega Dread form based recaster I've just recived

>>54300396
Paint the Tzaangors and then treat yourself with the Mega Dread
Who's the chinaman? Based A.?

>>54300379
>>54300394
Thanks for enlightening me i guess lads

>>54298629
>>54298647
failcast/10