WIP - Work In Progress General

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Chaps, what size/type of base is traditionally used for a defiler? I hate it free standing.

>>54837612
The 170mm oval base Imperial knights use, or possibly the base 130mm base Dunecrawlers use?

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How do I go about converting this guy's head? Or is there a head that already looks like him?

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I have 5 boltguns and 5 stalker pattern boltguns. Question is do I mix my primaris vets into my normal ones, or do I keep the squads seperate? If seperate who gets the stalkers?

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Made this for my primaris dreadnought, posted as a last-poster in last thread though.

Thoughts?

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Finished and submitted... time to go to sleep...

>>54838231
Peter, careful when you paint your minis, aunt May might be watching.

>>54838231

Well it sertainly twisted my perspective a bit...

>>54837793
What does a primarine look like with a MkVIII DW backpack?

>>54838524
It looks odd. Hence why I didn't use them. They are not really much bigger, but they are a different shape and style which made it look odd.

>>54838554
You wouldn't happen to have a shot? I don't much care for the primaris backpacks, too bulbous, and been looking for alternatives.

>>54838624
Sorry bud, already glued them on.

>>54837742
There isn't a single head that closely resembles Cyrus' grizzled Fabio face. It's so uniquely outlandish on a space marine.

You can get one of the space wolf heads and slightly convert that (minor greenstuff work for longer hair) to get close.

>>54838231
Crikey guv'na, that's some roight noice beauts ya got there!

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>>54837742
This conversion used a BA head.

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>>54838851
This one.

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When pinning plastic parts, what's the best glue to use?

Should I put the pin in with no glue to hold it and then just bond the plastic with styrene cement? Or use superglue on both the metal pin and the plastic bits? Or superglue on the pin and cement on the plastic and not worry about them mixing? Something else entirely?

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What's the best way to fix the rotors on black reach deffkoptas? I've built a couple and had them snap the blades when they fell over (which happens a lot with flying bases). They just generally seem very fragile. Would a plasticard bracket under each blade be enough, or do I need to drill a brass rod into each one?

Some WiP on one of my tanks.

>>54838231
you painted her upside down anon

Noob here.
How do I make black armor look good ? Theoretically, I could use some edge highlighting, but I just can't make it look right. Is there a good dry brushing technique that makes black armor look decent ? I'm painting some BA Death Company minis.

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Can anyone help me out in choosing a color scheme for my Death Guard?

I was thinking heavily worn Heresy era colors but I'm also considering bronze or a mix of vomit browns and slight greens.

I'd like to paint them with washes and drybrush if that helps

>>54839443
Paint them a very dark grey/blue rather than straight up black, this actually allows you to get some shading in recesses.

>>54839294
Pin them.

>>54839443
dont just paint the main armor Black, but rather stick with a dark grey and a wash

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>>54837793
Since no one was interested in helping me out I made the decision myself. Primaris get boltguns. Just incase anyone whines about me using them as vets. Here is my first one. Pretty happy with it, although the left arm positioning was a bit annoying because of the head on the belt. Can live with it though. Few mold lines to clear up too.

>>54839478
Could do mixed metal colors with green/vomit ooze coming from the joints, like they've just been slapping their armor together all these years. You could mark out your elites or HQ by having a few chunks of pre-heresy colors and maybe even a shoulder insignia.

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My first scripture. I think it's just about legible. How'd I do WiP?

>>54839725

Thin those highlights

>>54839725
Fantastic

>>54839725
Looks great.

Bought a test of honor samurai warband but dont know which clans colours to paint them in. Anybody got anything on that kind of jazz

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When it comes to primers, you want to use a flat color right? Not some sort of gloss or satin thing right? Heard pic related is good, just wanna make sure I'm grabbing the right type

>>54840037
Is it sandable? What's the drying time?

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Novamarines starting up for the Dark Imperium

Base colours on, wash done, tidy up and hilights next

>>54840091
Touch 20, handle an hour, "Completely" in 24.

Not sure about sandable, what effect would sandability have

>>54840037
Generally yes, however a gloss black primer will make metallics way more shiny and reflective, and is essential for the "true" metallic solvent based paints like Alclad makes.

>>54840162
Should be fine then. You want to be careful of the ones which dry in 10 mins or less, I find they aren't as good. If it's sandable that means after priming you can still clean up mold lines you missed.

>>54840180
Since the main color I'm painting is gonna be white, doesn't really apply, but I'll keep it in mind. Thanks

>>54840198
Cool, thanks for the input. I'll do a test when I get home to see how well it holds up to what my friends have said watch me fuck it up

>>54840261
If you really want to be safe, spray a sprue, then try to scratch it with your fingernail after 30 min and after 24 hrs.

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>>54840037
That's not the primer, that's just the normal spray paint. The primer one says PRIMER straight on it.

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First time poster with first time minis. How did I do?

>>54840574
Needs a wash and some highlights. Seems fine enough for a first time basecoat, but you should practice painting "in between the lines" per se.

>>54840574
clear the mold lines before painting, learn to drybrush, shade, and wash
and for crying out loud, do your bases properly

>>54840547
Not all cans that say primer on them actually work as well as proper sandable lacquer rattle cans.

>>54840574
German Uniforms were never that green, if you can apply a wash of brown over the whole model it should show off all those nice details

>>54840610
I used some home made black wash on them, guess that's not enough then. Trying to improve on my shaky as fuck hands.

>>54840614
They are unbased. They are going to get their bases later. Thanks for the drybrushing tip, I looked up on it.

>>54840660
>German Uniforms were never that green

That's what I thought. Fucking Italeri, the box on the back said I should use their medium flat green. Do I have to buy specific brown wash or can I make it with watered down brown acrylic?

>>54840574

If those're the first minis you've ever painted, pretty good (first time ever is NOT for layering paints, save that for second attempt). The rifles look a little sloppier than the rest and the second guy from right has a gray smear on the back of his hand.

>>54840714
Really watered down brown acrylic will work. We're talking 1:10 paint to water. Italeri are shit for paints and callouts, I've done a Lynx Helicopter in the wrong grey before because of Italeri's incompetence.

Vallejo 955 "German Grey" is the exact shade of WW2 German uniforms and what I use

>>54840714
>Trying to improve on my shaky as fuck hands.
Try bracing your hands on your desk AND on each other as you paint (elbows on the table and your hands together holding the model and brush). I got shaky hands too and this is the only way I can steady myself. It takes some getting used to but it's how I do everything now.

>>54840792
Elbows on the arm rests, wrists braced against the table, sometimes fingers bracing against each other works pretty well for me.

>>54840770
>Italeri are shit for paints and callouts

But I just bought 6 different paints from them. Well fuck. I'll see if they sell Valejo paints in this shithole country. In the meanwhile guess I'll have make do with these paints for the rest of the germans, see if I can change the tone or some shit.

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>>54840630
>Not all cans that say primer on them actually work as well as proper sandable lacquer rattle cans.

Yes, that is true, but >>54840547 is talking about a specific product made by Rustoleum that is well-regarded here in /WIP/.

>>54838016
looks amazing

>>54839478

Some I've been considering:

Mould and verdigris; paint the metal all dark bronze (black base drybrushed up) and the soft parts in a warm grey-brown. Then do green-blue washes over everything.

Super rusty; start with a brown base, drybrush dark silver, paint over the non-metal parts with white, apply lots of orange and brown washes.

Slimy slug; brown base, grey drybrush, block metals in dark brown with silver highlights, many washes of nuln oil gloss, pick out teeth and such in white, gloss varnish.

Bright; base white, metal parts get a coat of dark brown followed by copper, yellow wash over everything, bit of pink on the fleshy parts, thin sepia glaze to tie it all together.

Radioactive; same as bright, but after doing the copper, glaze with yellow and green and highlight eyes and such with yellow.

Mushroom; grey, light grey-brown drybrush, details in very dark grey, dark brown wash.

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Working on an Iron Hands, I'm happy with the base

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Next time I post this faggot he will have an iron hands-style shotgun.

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Sorry for shit quality. Does this thing need a ram, or is the basic shape OK as it is?

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I'm not SM player... but I love dreadnoughts and IH!

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Hey, I'm trying to do a wet stone effect like pic related, and I was wondering if nuln oil gloss over mechanicus standard grey or something darker would create this effect? If that's not the method I want to use, what would you suggest? Thanks.

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>>54842046
Teeth lookin extra front armor(pic related)

>>54842320
I'd suggest black ink and gloss varnish.

>>54842320
After all paint job done, use a gloss varnish(spary is better) paint.

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Well, how does she look boys? Any problems you can spot or did I do a decent job? Obviously not painted yet, but does the tabard and pose and whatnot look alright?

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So long story short, I wanted some metal lictors and only could snag one unassembled, so I'm dealing with premade models. Pic related was horribly primed and I'm going to remove the base to give him an acetone bath. Do I need to freeze him first and unassemble him before I do the stripping?

Also the stripping paint guide on the OP doesn't work

>>54842624
Acetone will dissolve (most kinds of) superglue, but if it isn't able to get to it, it might just eat away at the edges and make it weak, which would be bad. Probably best to freeze and pull apart (actually, if it's metal, try just pulling first, you might not need to freeze) so the acetone can get right at the glue and give you a nice clean mini to work on.

>>54839725
you using paint or a tiny marker for that?
looks great and very neatly done.

>>54842495
Looks really cool. Now give her justice with some paintjob

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>>54842704
Alrighty, into the freezer he goes! He's even waving goodbye.

>>54842776
put him on a plate or something Anon, it could well fall apart, don't want to lose parts.

>>54842495

Very cool, but shouldn't she have those big round exhaust spouts on her backpack, similar to a marine's?

>>54842826

I experimented with those, but ultimately I decided I personally like the look better without them. They kinda messed up the mini's outline. That and they were a pain in the dick to try and make.

>>54842046
Handsome job. Too many people doing loot conversions overdo it but this one is lookin good. A little ram couldn't hurt though

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>>54842820
Ah yes of course. So how long will this scamp need to be in the freezer for? Hopefully not long

>>54842865
there are some bugs in your freezer anon

>>54842882
That's normal for a nid player

I wanna convert an ork vehicle that I can use in 40k, preferably with good rules.
Any idea?

>>54842937
Make a lifted trukk

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Has anyone ever used textured rolling pins like the ones from Green Stuff World? Are they worth the money?

>>54842937
take a Manticore and some grots which strap one or two of the rockets to their Backs

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Thoughts on this scheme?

Dark red is brownish and shiny.

I think it would look good with all chaos god marines as well

>>54842865
20 minutes to an hour or so, the cold needs time to work on the water molecules bound in the glue.
It's a metal miniature, so it should cool down fast, so probably closer to the 20 minute mark.

>>54842495
That cloth looks kind of wrong to me. Too symetrical, wrinkles too narrow, not forming proper tubes.

The books in this link may be helpful for you:

https://mega.nz/#F!rk0WgaiK!nkKKBBLiQHaok9deS9vjIQ

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>>54842998

Can work for SM as well

>>54840630
A shrinking primer is always preferable to spray paint.

>>54842998
not sure if trolling but isnt that literally the WordBearers colour scheme?

>>54842973
Yes I got the cracked ice / dry earth one and I wasn't impressed with it. The texture has a kind of grain in it, presumably from the tool which cut it out and it's pretty visible in the final product. Also, I found that most putties tended to stick to the pin as much as the base and often tore or curled when being rolled. It's a bitch to keep clean and just generally not very helpful. Since cracked earth is possible to achieve with different methods, I pretty much gave up on it.

For a pattern which wouldn't be easy to do any other way, I might consider it. Lube it with vaseline and use a good putty like procreate and it could work, but it will be a pain and you may well have to do some tidy-up on the texture.

>>54843149
It's their pre-heresy scheme (red with black should pads) with gold trim on the chaos added trim as far as I can see.

>>54843149
Word bearers have silver metal and a lighter shade of red.

>>54843052


Thank you, I appreciate it. I'll be sure to give it a look before I do the next one. I've got a lot to go, so by the end hopefully i'll be able to do it well.

>>54838231
Are you from Australia?

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Update on the little lictor that couldn't. The guy who built it used green stuff instead of pinning. No wonder it looked terrible. Time for a bath

How am I supposed to use acrylic Skin Tone Tint Base? When I bought it I thought it was gonna be like regular acrylic paint and it mostly acts like that, but I'm having a hard time coating stuff with it.

The grey marks on the hands in >>54840574 is caused by black priming and applying said skin tone tint base on it.

>>54842973
Wonder how many people put one of those up their butt...

>>54843825
Tints aren't so much paint as concentrated pigment, you mix them with paints, rather than painting with them on their own.

>>54843876
I have got light flesh tint. What kind of paint do I have to mix it with to have well sticking flesh color?

>>54839725
Relictor or Reviler?

>>54839478
Off white blending into pale greens and dark green/brown in recesses. Blend red around any mutations.

Google search things like wound erythema, wound infection, telangictasia for inspiration.

t. A Doctor who would do it himself, but its too much like work.

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Does anyone know where to get some Fulgrim-esque Head Bits? looking for something along the lines of the Sgt. Head from the Stormcast vanguard Hunters kit.

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hey /wip, i was wondering, do you ever paint/model while drunk or high?

i like to smoke some weed while painting somtimes but when i'm modelling i like to stay sober or otherwise i'm searching for my tools and getting destracted by the music. i'm not a drinker

>>54844125
I like to lick my brushes and sniff my glue until the Models start talking to me to get into the mood for a session

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Looking for colour scheme suggestions for Ynarri. Mostly harlequins and a few craftworld guys (including a crimson hunter and a wraithknight) plus the triumvirate. No DE yet, but might get some scourges, since they look pretty cool.

Is there anything that would make pic related actually look good?

>>54844356
for starters, remove the swirling cheese
if you insist on leaving the swirling cheese on, paint it like fire: with the highlights in the recesses, and the dark colors on the edges

>>54844169
I keep OoE at my desk when I work, the fumes make him talk like wrex and tell me to do better. I feel as if the hivemind is calling to me.

>>54844415
How physically possible is it to remove all that crap? Seems like a huge amount of resculpting would be needed.

>>54844520
you'd pretty much be better off sculpting over a different model

>>54844125
I like to paint while Im doing adderall, Doing it while buzzed is also pretty good, but if you are drunk drunk its gonna look like shit, obviously.

>>54840547
>>54840969
I actually have much better results with the cans labeled "paint + primer in one!" Than with the straight primer cans, which give me a much grittier finish. Good for terrain but less so for detail. Still generally acceptable

>>54844125
I find that 4-6 beers or a few mixed drinks put me in a relaxed and creative mood, and actually help steady my hand. The problem is that after a few I tend to want a few more and sometimes have to throw in the towel and just read a book when my highlights get sloppy

>>54844356

My personal inclination would be to go for a very misty look with softer, muted, pale-gray-with-a-tint colors. E.g., light blue-gray armor and greenish-silver... er, ectoplasm or whatever the heck that stuff is. Or, yes, maybe give it a glowy effect.

>>54842731
Micron black pen. It's an absolute dream compared to a fine brush.

>>54843938
Neither, actually. Homebrew marines I've posted on here a few times before. Grey main colour with codex compliant trim colours for each company. Arthurian knights themed.

>>54839761
Will do, thanks.

>>54839795
>>54839802
Appreciated.

>>54839210

I often use superglue on everything. I feel that it works great on metal and resin, and just as good on plastic. I will admit that plastic glue will hold for a lifetime of abuse, but... That's just it, I don't abuse my models.

>>54842675
the ellipses are part of the url, every single thread someone moans about this, learn to read please.

>>54845061
Click the link. it says the thread doesn't exist.

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>>54845088
odd, works for me.

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I just spent 25 dollars for some 300 skulls so I could convert eversor assassins out of dark eldar wyches.
I'm gonna have to justtify crazed killing machines having titties if I can't file them off like I hope I can.

>>54845157
I don't see the issue with busty eversors

>>54845204
crazed murder machines don't have need of tits so they would be removed

>>54845157

Wow, where'd you find that pack of skulls?

>>54845157
>Wyches
>filing off titties
The plastic Wyches have male and female torsos.

>>54845261
6 female torsos, I'm making 10 assassins

>>54845239
I don't see why, other assassins can have breasts, why not eversors?

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>>54845253
pre orders from GW
>86 human skulls with jawbone
>86 human skull without jawbone
>86 human jawbones

>>54845313
okay it wasn't 86 human jawbones but this is silly
- 82 human skulls with jawbones;
- 86 human skulls without jawbones;
- 15 human jawbones;
- 60 assorted damaged human skulls;
- 2 giants’ skulls;
- 1 Morghast skull (in 2 components);
- 1 beast skull (in 2 components);
- 4 small horned skulls;
- 4 medium horned skulls;
- 3 large horned skulls;
- 7 bird skulls;
- 2 Chaos beast skulls;
- 6 plaguebearer skulls;
- 6 Bloodletter skulls;
- 10 T'au skulls;
- 5 Kroot skulls;
- 6 alien skulls;
- 21 Genestealer Hybrid skulls;
- 20 Ork skulls without jaws;
- 5 Ork jawbones;
- 7 Ork skulls with jaws open;
- 7 Ork skulls with jaws.
I was having a chuckle with the store manager over this

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>>54844125

I don't like to drink anything while working, because I consistently mix wine/coffee with my paintbrush and take sips from my mixing jar.

>>54845353
It's honestly a rather impressive bits kit. It's a shame my DG are already based.

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Well, today was a waste of time. Tried to do a base Zandri Dust/Layer Ushabti Bone on my Knight fist armour pane; but it just turned into an ungodly mess of everything because the ushabti was too brushstrokey and the agrax recess shade didn't go at all well. Probably just going to strip it tomorrow and retry.

How do you do layering properly, anons? Do I need to THIN slightly less, or just mark everything out more clearly? Zandri Dust went on fine on one of the shoulderpads and the nameplate panel, so that's not the problem. Trying to get pic related colour, but I'm thinking I should just go with Zandri Dust, highlight Ushabti and recess Agrax rather than trying to darken down Ushabti with agrax, since that also didn't work at all because washes. Managed to get the Knight skeleton to black metal with nuln oil, but I can't get a correct AND consistent colour on this to save my life

>>54845353

WOW. And here I thought that my shopping list of assorted mini stuff was getting long. Hmms, varying the jawbones will make for better variety of bases... oh look, I've gotten Ideas.

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Trying to do battledamage on my iron hands. How's it look so far?

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>>54845353
The first thing I thought was that this is great for everybody doing an undead army.
Buy cheap Mantic skellies and put nice GW heads on them.
Even works with historicals. In a box of perry minis are over 40 minis usually.

>>54844125
I'd sooner drink and drive than drink and paint.

There was a wall of shame back at GW, where people put models they painted while drunk.

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>>54844125
Painted this guy completely wasted a month or two ago. Only mini I've ever painted start to finish in one sitting. Was bored and thought fuck it I don't have any use for this cultist might as well paint something that's not in my army's scheme. Was fun to just pick whatever color
I'm always high when I paint tho but usually only a beer anything more and I can't highlight/paint in the lines. 1 or 2 helps calm my hands
weed+ painting is dank, I get all into it and I feel the workload nature of this hobby helps to keep you on track focused and not just sit around stoned and do nothing. I can feel more accomplished if I paint something high than if I just sat around watching tv/video games.

>>54845659
the scratches look fine, but on the shoulders, that secondary trim is very off-putting. Aside from that, they look good

>>54845913
Should i just get rid of the secondary trim?

>>54845659
the battle damage is great but the highlights are kinda thick anon they detract from the rest of it

>>54845943
Not him, but it looks tremendously out of place.

Remove it

>>54844125
Gin and Tonic is the only way I can work on models now.

I honestly think I've Pavlovian'd myself

>>54845943
Right color, just the wrong place/too thick in my opinion

I got too excited with stripping that lictor. I threw another lictor on top of it and waited an hour. The paint was coming off but not in the details. On top of that, I ran out of acetone. I'm going to have to dry them and bag them up for later.

>>54845997
>>54845981
Got it. Anything else look out of place?

I'm seriously considering doing my sisters in Dark Angels colors. Good or bad idea?

>>54846089
If you ever build more Intercessors once the boxed set comes out, you should put more mkIII armor on them

>>54844125
i paint while smoking a very small amouth of weed, just enough to get a buzz and go full zen

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Got the base for my Leviathan ready, still in the process of sorting out the big guy himself but hopefully I'll get him all gap filled and ready for painting soon

>>54842273
Same. Bought 2 leviathans because i love robots

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>>54846242
>Basing before painting

>>54846320
because the feet are sunk into the ground slightly so they need to be on there, the rest isn't attached.

>>54846338
I suppose that makes more sense, seems messy though

>>54846320
Before GW started selling overpriced textured mediums nobody would have questioned this.

Priming your basing material with the rest of the minis is way more convenient than painting it by hand.

>>54846465
>seems messy though
Not anymore than applying the basing material and painting it after you already painted the mini.
The only difference is between where you could accidentally get paint, the mini or the base.

Is it an abberation that Reaper Paints are this durable out of the bottle?

I had a few sample smears on styrene plate and I found that they managed to be wet sandable starting from 320 grit.

I'm amazed that this is more durable than anything Vallejo I've had so far. Is this normal for the Reaper paints?

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Posting a thing from /m/

>>54846964
>3 marines standing in front of a primaris marine

>>54846964
We need more /m/ here.

Looks awesome

>>54839294
I magnetised mine, all you have to do is cut the peg off and stick one in its place.
If you do that you can take them off and lay it all flat for easy transport.

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Main weapon on my russ done. Pretty happy with how it came out; should I clean up the wash around the rivets a bit?

>>54840714
>drybrushing
But don't drybrush cloth or uniforms 2bh, it looks a hell of a lot better if you learn to highlight it, even if you just wash the mini and then highlight raises with the original colour.
Drybrushing is fine for metal and fur though.

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progress on that 76 from last week. not a lot though i'm afraid but i thought you might like to see how it looks with some gold on

>>54843159
Wonder if waiting until the putty is half dry before rolling would work. Just needs enough remaining pliability to take the dents the roller makes.

>>54847582
Honestly, fuck what every one else says about this not belonging here, I think this fits just fine. Good luck on the paintjob, hope the commissioner likes it.

>>54847612
thankyou :)
the guy is a close friend of mine, so he's staying in close contact with my updates, and he's very happy with it so far. he's arguably one of the best competetive players in my country/region, so when it's done he's going to show it off on his twitter and streams and direct people through to my page, so hopefully it'll take off

>>54847612
OVERWATCH REEEEEE NORMIE GET OUT

Seriously though, looks fucking excellent man. should be proud.

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How noticeable is my fuckup on these missle pods?

>>54847786
I don't know what it's meant to look like but it doesn't jump out and scream wrong to me

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>>54847786
you're going to hell

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I got some chaos warriors for free so I'm painting them as slaanesh so I have an excuse to buy an army of boob-demons.
Only for tabletop and I have a fair few to do so the detail needn't be mental, but should I re-do his shield with some panel lighting or modulation before I continue? Or would the lo ghter pink gradient look odd next to his purple armour?

>>54847582
Looks good so far. Are you going for an alt skin or default?

>>54848007
golden skin with the golden weapon

>>54847786
It's so small, but it's all I can fucking see.

Fuck my OCD

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Tried to paint a glow effect for the first time, how'd I do?

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Is this the default chimera length or has it been extended? Cant really tell

>>54848528
Too rounded

>>54848528
Looks like an extended russ side panel, not a chimera's.

>>54838016
Beautiful mate.

>>54847786
is one of those an australian missile pod

>>54844125
You can get a nice high by filing down some Forge World resin and sniffing the dust.

>>54845157
>I'm gonna have to justtify crazed killing machines having titties if I can't file them off like I hope I can.

They're drugged up cyborgs trained from childhood.
I don't think gender matters that much.

>>54845157
My friend made some female bloodletters with skulls for tits so it's not too crazy.

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working on a corrupt governor (for use as an assassination target and soforth), still a lot of bulk and detail to go, but I wanted to show off what I've done so far.

Anyone here using regular/non-premium acrylic paints here?

Planing to start buying minis soon, but citadel paints are expensive af.

>>54849015
Krylon primer

Will be around 4-8 bucks depending on line you get. Works well enough.

>>54849015
you get what you pay for, crap paints make for crap minis.

>>54849015
Vallejo or Army Painter are a bit cheaper and still decent

>>54849015
pick whatever brand you like, so long as it's specifically for miniatures.

>>54848527

... I'm honestly not sure. Why would the edges of your guy's leg armor be glowing?

The brightest line of highlight is a bit blobby.

>>54849283

Well to be honest it started as a sort of dark angles look. You know how they have those bright edges with the dark armor? Just running a line of warpstone glow along the edges didn't quite seem sufficient, So I played with it a bit. No good? I'm just kicking around paint schemes at this point. I'm new and i've never really done much with hightlighting so i'm just trying to figure things out.

>>54849316

Ah, I've never had much use for the Dark Angels.

I dunno how well it would work on an area that small, but maybe this guy's "wet blending" technique might help? (Imagine it take some practice)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGYt6YTXqzg

>>54837503
Hello WIP. I just bought my first scale model, a B25 bomber. I am a 40K fag with mostly citadel paints.

Why do scale modelers seem to favor enamels?
Any tips on scale model painting?

>>54849456

I'm actually just jacking the paint scheme for my sisters. I think it's a cool color scheme.

>>54849489

Because enamels are old school, like scale models. Good acrylics didn't even exist until the 80's and didn't become widespread until the 90's and didn't become this easy to use until the 2000's.

>>54843159
You're just an idiot who doesn't know how to use greenstuff.

You have to keep your sculpting tools damp, and if you're using stamps and rollers that includes them as well.

>>54848649

Be honest did you notice right away or did you scrutinize? Because I already took a saw to chop off the missile attachment and set it strait, I'm debating to do it again...

>>54838773
>guv'na

You fucked up.

Anyone else super OCD about rivets on armor?
GW seems to want to put rivets on every thing related to space marines and I can't stand it when a rivet is squashed or sheered off by rubbing against sprues in the box.

GODDAMN GW MAKING ME BUY MORE BECAUSE YOU PACKAGE LIKE SHIT!

>>54849926
I noticed immediately, but probably only because you asked to look at the pods specifically.

personally it would bother me enough to swap it, but I am also severely autistic about stuff like that

>>54849985
Heh ya I noticed immediately also but even when I explain it to my wife she doesnt see it at all. I think if I take the saw to the seam I might be able to flip it ok, I guess I'll see if I can contain my autism about symmetrical pentagons

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This is my counts-as leviathan because fuck forgeworld and honestly I think the chad-dread looks better.

>>54849163
>>54849210
>>54849212

thanks, but I'm planning to buy acrylic paints literally form the nearest art shop

I guess, just need to experiment a tiny bit with my tank models before with the minis

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>>54850321
dont say we didnt warn you

its to do with pigment size

>>54850261
>honestly I think the chad-dread looks better.

shit taste

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Quick question. Trying to use a Dark Angels like color scheme, does the style of edge highlighting on the backpack look alright? And do you think the bronze goes alright with the dark green power armor and the Ivory that will be going on the robes. Thinking about using it for some details on the mini.

>>54850343

Every forgeworld dreadnought looks like something any reasonably good modeler could make out of plasticard in an afternoon.

>>54850388

Bronze and dark green are great, but that pic is waaaay too blurry judge the edge highlights.

>>54850478

Fair point, my apologies for the poor pick, but the general idea, the colors at least, are alright yeah?

>>54850343
the movable helmeted head dreads are a dumb idea, that's giving yourself a massive weak point where a metal slab sarcophagus makes more sense

>>54850505
>massive weak spot

It's not a real head.

>>54850338
yeah, I did some readings

but we'll see

thanks a bunch again

>>54850492

Yep, dark green (as long as it's not really blue) works well with most metallic colors, and ivory will work well with both bronze and dark green.

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>need to paint rhino for Konor by 9am
>its currently 2:45am
>rhino is only base coated
>mfw

Hey WIP any idea where I could get an appropriately sized mini of a bear to convert a beast claw from AoS into a bear rider?

>>54842273
Sweet church on the base!

>>54842704
Not entirely accurate. Acetone will work fine on virtually any superglue, what it won't dissolve very well is those two part epoxy cement glues. Those things are virtually indestructible.

Putting the model into an acetone bath would have been fine and only required minor cleanup around joints with a hobby knife, but putting it in the freezer isn't overkill and is acceptable.

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>>54842273
>tfw I thought that was a Mech Warrior

>>54842273
you went a little overboard with the sponge. Less is more when it comes to weathering and chipping.

>>54850261
Should have put heavy flames instead of the storm bolters and a melta gun instead of the little fist onslaught cannon. Then you'd be good for a count as leviathan. Easy conversion too.

>>54844415
>>54844520
You could just leave a small amount of it coming off his side and get rid of the majority. It would be fairly easy to model the cut off bits into the ends of flame type shapes. That alone would be a huge improvement.

>>54849015
I use basic 99 cent acrylic paint u just gotta thin them

not much of a paintfag, definitely way more of a playfag.

how butthurt would people be if I didn't paint EVERY detail on a model? Like maybe leave the random excessive leather belts unpainted (just base coated), minor/small-ish things like that?

>>54851149
Most people don't even paint anything.

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last model i 100% finished

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>>54851169

>>54850338
I mean it really isn't that serious

If you are a decent painter you don't need anything too fancy u can use basic 99 cent store paint

>>54850415
Please show us your results.

>>54851158

thats...a good point.

Honestly I was one of those people for a long time. But I bought an airbrush and did a little bit of learning. I figured if I do the old fashioned base coat, a few details, and a wash I'll be better than a lot of players.

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>>54850548
Yeah it is. Have you not built one of these? The head is directly attached to the pilots torso.

Possibly it helps with whole going insane problem since he's not seeing world purely through artificial sensors.

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>>54851259
the contemptor/leviathan/MKIV dreads have much larger, more protective heads

They're not really any less sturdy than the plain sarcophagus. It's just the ven dread that has the marine's actual head poking out.

>>54850261
fuckin beastly, I've got a couple 8th legion contemptors coming in from uncle Chang. Going to magnetize the butcher cannons and claws. On another note, what is the best way to make a regular SM drop pod into the chaos variant? Stick defiler/other crab like legs on them?

>>54851339
That's still his head though. They just game him an up armoured helmet (sensible).

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It's been forever since I painted metal models. Fixed up this ol sorcerer with a new arm and fresh look. Hes coming along well I think.

Since my warband is entirely made from unpainted, broken, gluey first-army syndrome messes I acquired from a friend, I think I'm gonna name them The Reclaimed.

>>54850261
Why would you do this to me, now I've gotta get something from the primaris line, fuck.

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>>54842320
>>54842394
>>54842458
Tried this, looks great. Really happy with how it turned out, thanks.

painting GK, based with Vallejo Gunmetal (closest equivalent is Leadbelcher I think), is there any color that might be worth dry brushing over the model?

Noob here, a lot of 3rd party weapon bits don't have any wands with them, how am I supposed use them?

>>54851858
*hands

>>54851339
>Can't even see over his gorget
That looks fucking stupid.

Has anyone tried or seen anyone else try to mix & match the Primaris Dread with any of the old dreads? Box/Contemptor/Siege

I quite like the primaris legs, the arms aren't half bad either, I just fucking hate the body, prefer ol' boxy

>>54850261
Fucking Dokken.

>>54851488
>>54851339
According to Betrayer, the 'head' in contemptor dreadnoughts and similar patterns is not the marine's actual head. It's putted there to give them the same sensation as their old body

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Some.chads almost ready to go.

Any basing tips? I was going to go for generic rubble but then thought an earthy/agri world base would be better but the shade I use looks like actual shit

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Finally finished this build. Going to start painting it after lunch.

>>54852405
dats a lot ov dakka

>>54852342
Fix their eyes please. For bases you should prime them black and paint them with drybrush and washes

>>54852342
just leave the eyes red dude

>>54852405
U'll paint it red roight? Red goes fasta! Dakka dakka dakka dakka!!

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I bought the core set of rune wars and exchange my waiquar part for the daquan one of a friend.

First mini ever finished, what do you think ?

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>>54852491

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>>54839725

Those highlights aren't too thicc for me

>>54851245
As long as you get the basics down then people will not care too much. For Spess Mehrens and Tau it's as easy as picking the armour colours then giving it a wash and painting the eyes in.

>>54852491
Really nice but the grey needs a bit more definition, maybe put a wash over it or manually paint in a darker shade on the undersides. Not too thickly mind, just enough to make the mini really pop

>>54851612
I love it, it reminds me of a Power rangers villian.

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>>54852491

>>54852524
Who doesn't love some THICC lines. Nah, but seriously, while I don't hate slightly stronger edge highlights, I do realise I need to refine my technique for the "45 degrees run along the edge" stuff. WiP has been pretty forgiving with my stuff though, seeing as it's babby's first squad.

>>54839443
I'm painting mine at the moment and enjoying using dark reaper/thunder hawk blue highlights. No pic as I'm not at home now, but I'm happy with the blue-grey effect.

Anyone have cozy beats to share while I build my trukk?

>>54852548
Wash or higlighting ? Both ?
In anycase i must do what kind of wash ?

>>54852611
If you like The Beatles then check out their "Love" album. It's a reworking of their greatest hits and it's fantastic, only just discovered it recently and have been listening to it nonstop

>>54852611
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBOVkptjJhE

>>54852611
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Puky9v7V89k

>>54849980
Not exactly, but I'm not a fan of how they seem to intentionally put sub-millimetre-width rivets right on mould lines.

>>54851178
>>54851169
nice, what chapter?

>>54852342
what happened to their arms?

Not sure where this belongs but

I was putting some primaris space marines together and as i was glued on the wrong base size 40mm instead of 32mm

Some are base coated and some are not

Will this cause issues with games and is there a way to remove the bases without damaging the models

>>54852800
if its superglued, pop em in the freezer overnight and all the joins will seperate easily.

if it's plastic glue, you have to burn down your house and flee the country. i'm sorry.

>>54852800
Just take a hobby knife to the feet and try to cut under it. The bases are a gone though.

If you fuck up their feet don't worry about it too much, you can always cover it up with grass.

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How would you get this rust effect in the grooves of this weapon?

jokaero Orange thinned down with matte medium?

>>54852800
Put both thumbs under the base and flex it upwards like your forcing your thumbs through the base. The base should bend a tiny amount, shattering the glue bond. Or just push the mini off from the back of the base. Primaris have thick legs so won't break. Shit like skeletons, elves etc are stuff you can't do this too.

>>54853116
Dude its a shitty paintjob

>>54853116
Paint it rust as the base

>>54853196
It's a rushed paint job. There's a difference between rushed paint jobs by people who know how to paint well and poor paint jobs by people who can't paint for shit. Post your stuff though.

>>54853196
>>54853207
>>54853234
I asked what colour to use to get that rust effect.

I already can see its a shit paint job ( like highlighting red with pure white)

>>54853303
Brass Scorpion mixed with some kind of orange

>>54838016
Nice one anon

>>54839725
Nice text but on an unrelated note the shade/highlight is too thicc imo

>>54841655
Base looks good but model shade is messy and highlight is thicc

>>54842273
Nice details but a little too much wear imo

>>54848527
Imo the edges should be bright, not glowing
Also, they're quite thicc and wobbly

>>54849015
You get what you pay for so non-premium quality will net a non-premium result.

>>54850261
Base looks so empty tho

>>54850388
Take several photos and upload one where you don't shake as much.
Seems to be a bit too much constrast imo tho it might just be a matter of thiccness, try painting the highlight thinner and see if it looks better

>>54851169
Looks overall really nice but damn that highlight on the front wheel cover

>>54851259
I remember it the other way around, that an artificial head gives a more 'alive' feeling compared to constantly looking through a slit in the armour which helps the psyche.

Just Google'd it;
>Another interesting aspect of the Contemptor Pattern was the design of the Dreadnought's head. The oversized metal helm possessed the precious cargo of sensor nodes and visual Auspex and pict-finders linked to the foetal corpse curled deeper within. The Contemptor was fashioned with the simulacrum of a head to focus its pilot's awareness forwards. It helped to create an impression within the corpse's neurological sensory input/output that it was still alive, for it saw the outside world just as it had seen it in life: from a human perspective, albeit from a much taller vantage point than in the wounded Astartes' previously organic form.

>>54850505
So an artificial head with sensors is a weakness compared to a slit anyone can shoot through with say a flamer, directly onto the driver?

>>54851612
Looking good so far anon

>>54852342
Highlight is thicc tho and where's the shade? Eyes look creepy af

>>54852405
Nice one anon

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>>54850734
Fuck everything. I did it. I fucking did it.

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>>54853618
First time with the free hand besides the lighting because I'm a crazy bastard apparently.

>>54851612
What's that head and chest made of?

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>>54853618
Fucking nice. Take them points from the Emperor

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>>54853600
First time my post was too long

>>54852491
Looks clean and great! Try adding some shade/highlight tho, specifically to the gold but at least some shade to the stone body as well

>>54853618
Really nice job, especially in such a short time.
If you can still bother, maybe highlight the hatch, missile launcher and clean up the highlight on the front side
But yeah, great job anon

>>54853651

Yea. There's still. Lot of touch up I want to do. Basically everything you just said, actually. However, that's for when I'm not sleep deprived. Thanks.

>>54853641
Yea boi. Gonna try and get the touchdown with this fucker.

>>54853702
Holy shit just found out there's a GW an hour away that opens up soon.

I just finished my dakkajet so gonna try to make it there today

>>54837503
>all this shit for painting

i-is it really that hard

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What's the best base for NMM gold armour?
Pic related

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About to start a Death Guard army (really, a Chaos Army with a Nurgle bent), was wondering about how to customise and make my models unique.
I was thinking of buying a pack of Blightkings, but other than that I'm stumped.
I love seeing the way people customise and made the Chaos armies their own, but I can't think of a whole lot of ways to do it for Nurgle armies.

>>54853807
You've just gotta know how to remove moldlines, prime, thin, highlight & shade. Drybrushing, basing etc can wait until you've finished a unit or two. Magnetising and converting can wait until you've finished the earlier steps.

Watch Duncan & OP videos, practice on some minis & post here for feedback. Once you've eventually mastered the brush you can look up stripping and strip your first models to redo them.

>>54853896
>stripping your first model

Why not keep it in order to remember where you came from?

>>54853910
Because you're poor af and need to save dosh wherever you can? A picture is a cheap way to both remember and to save a model

>>54853940
So you either live in Europe or never finished school eh?

>>54853600
>You get what you pay for so non-premium quality will net a non-premium result.

I beg to disagree.

It's all on how one can do his work.

Can someone post a pic of /wip/'s brush cleaning product that everyone uses?

>>54853958
I shouldn't bait but uh what's wrong with being economic?
>University in Europe

>>54854029
Even if a chef can make a great meal with shit products, you'll still taste the difference between frozen and fresh ingrediences. Of course a skilled artist can make wonders from shit but you don't want to spend hours painting then get limited by the quality of the paint.

>>54846964
>tactical arrow on his mecha-penis
k

Update on the Repulsor, I've done the white, just need to polish the red around the doors and then finish the marine and i'm done.

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>>54854205
Derp, I should post the image.

>>54853880
>step 1

Throw it in the trash.

>>54854268
Alright, done.
What army would you suggest now?

>>54854220
Damn that's a really nice, rich red. Very Blood Ravens.

>>54853896
thanks anon i'll watch OP vids

>>54852405

Very cool. What is it based on? Some Japanese tank?

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>>54854285
You should see how the infantry look. That's a test for a darker theme which is going on vehicles only.

>>54850548
Counterpoint: Murderfang and his stupid fucking wolf face.

>>54853896
Is there any painting stuff for LOTR shit? Or just Warhammer? I'm guessing the same principles apply anyway

>>54854456
The base principles of painting apply to any model. Thin your paints, apply a clean, consistent base coat and work towards understanding how to mix colors and layer them. Sometimes you need to add tiny, TINY amounts of paint to a base paint to gradually build a highlight, sometimes paints just magically work slapped one on top of the other.

>>54854456
Did a quick search and can only find Duncan vids on Warhammer Fantasy but should be the same principles for shading/highlighting, choice of colours, brush handling etc

Don't know much about LotR names and such but OP vids at least include board videos like how to paint faces, preshading etc etc

A shame there's no specific colour scheme vids for LotR but you can probably ask anons here for tips or modify a Duncan scheme from WH Fantasy

>>54853880
Buy nurgle's green stuff or an epoxy putty for plumbing (the play-do like thing plumbers use for sealing). When it solidifies it gets rock solid like me reading nakadashi tag on nhentai

Does one normally drill the barrels of Stormtrooper lasguns? I've never done any IG stuff so I'm not sure what the guns are supposed to look like.

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>>54854365
T-28 medium, a russian interwar tank with three turrets.

>>54853116
yeah it looks like an orange/light brown that's been turned into a wash with medium.

>>54853880
Get some sculpting putty. I recommend ProCreate, but kneadatite yellow/blue (AKA green stuff) will work OK too.

Identify the bits of the models you don't like. In my case this would be the large spikes on the newer plastics.

Do a bit of research and thinking about the various ways someone can be diseased and decaying and choose one for your theme. You might go with parasitic infestation, bloating, withering, flesh falling off or any number of other afflictions. I'm going to go for fungal growth.

Remove the parts of the models you don't like and bits which don't fit your theme well. Replace them with bits which fit your theme, either from other kits or made from putty. For example, you could mould maggots and worms coming out of all the holes in their flesh or make their fleshy parts skeletal with bits from an undead kit. I'm going to sculpt mushrooms growing out of them wherever I cut off a bit I don't like (or just add putty over bits I want to cover in some cases).

Base and paint in a way which complements your theme and there you go.

Alternatively (or additionally) pick an environmental theme to do their bases in. For example, a swamp, muddy battlefield or ice world. You can add little details to make the models seem to fit into that environment, like suitable camouflage, or bits of the environment attaching to them (icicles forming from their slime in an ice theme, razor wire wrapped around limbs for a muddy battlefield, etc.)

>>54854785
I actually was thinking, and realised that I've never seen any models going for the decaying flesh look.
Infected, swollen, inflamed, etc.
But never dead, with the black of rot, and the blues brought on by vivianite, and the white of dead flesh.
Trying to think if that'd work well or if I should keep thinking.
And thanks for the ideas also, I was thinking of cordyceps too, but I've never done any of this sorta stuff before, so greenstuff is a bit nerve wracking.

>>54853809
Snakebite Leather.
The holy grail of golden NMM.

Sadly doesn't have comparable versions in newer paints.

>>54854405
What makes the vehicle so sex is the bright orange/yellow highlights.
Please do this for infantry too.

>>54855419
army painter leather brown is somewhat similar

>>54839587
Are those regular power armored arms? If they are, are they close in size to the primaris arm sizes?

>>54855490
Not him but those are Deathwatch arms.

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Have been working on my ogre butcher, but I don't know what to do with his right arm, thoughts?

>>54855578
Giant dick mutation

>>54855578
make him hold a fork, or a big ladle.

>>54855578
Make his arm a tad bigger than the other, cut off at wrist and attach a giant meat tenderizer.
Chef-points!

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>>54855578
A big cleaver.

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>>54855419
>>54855482
Thank you both. What was the quality of Snakebite, the exact shade or warmth? I guess suitable replacement can be found depending on the gold hue wanted.

>>54855645
>>54855692
Big ass cleaver in or as a hand, I like it!

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Ditched the covered look in the end, needed a break in the red/white/blue. Would like to get some armored tracks for the russ, but I'll have to check if my local can order the vehicle accessory sprue in.

just a small handful of models to go for this army, unless I decide to beef up my ogryn and crusader units

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>>54855829
>he didn't get the wheel conversion kit for the Taurox

>>54856014
wheels are heresy, m8

>>54853634
it's the old metal stock sorcerer

>>54854616
any cheap kits of that around?

>>54854616

Cool. I'm familiar with that tank.

>>54855729
It had a perfect yellow/orange-ish hue to use as base for gold.
Other browns require some blue/yellow/grey mixed into it to replicate the effect.
Obviously you can replace it, but I think 'convenient' is the word here.

So many other nice colo(u)rs destroyed by GW's incompetence too.

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>>54855578
big metal triangle like a dinner bell he's ringing

>>54856141
£40 is all I can find for brand new, it's a pretty big tank. I guess eBay might have cheap ones pop up now and again

>>54856141

There's a Hobby Boss kit that's reasonably cheap. There's also a Russian company named Zvezda that makes a T-35 in 1/35 that's somewhat similar. Might want to check out Meng's Char 2C also.

>>54856188
>>54856307
thanks. I might steal your idea, I've been wanting a grot mega tank. Not even caring if it's good

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>>54855445
How's this one look?

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>>54856551

>>54856551
very crisp razer logo

>>54856572
>>54856551

I recommend you look at your pictures before posting them. Because all you really need is a folded sheet of paper as a backdrop and the chances of producing blurry shit go down dramatically.

>>54856620
>>54856587
How about now?

>>54856551
>>54856572

>>54856587 Now we found out where your inspiration came from!

Looks very nice, you'll probably want to darken the deepest shadows on gold to make it stand out more.

Also >>54856620