/WIP/ - Painting/Converting/Sculpting General

File: IMG_0176.jpg (476KB, 1528x1603px) Image search: [Google]

476KB, 1528x1603px

Working on the latex suit. I think after that it's attend to the glaive, paint the base, call it done?

File: 20170814_180803-1.jpg (492KB, 1472x2101px) Image search: [Google]

492KB, 1472x2101px

Just posted in last thread, trying to make a chapter master that's a bit more unique

File: nottooshabby.jpg (188KB, 1202x516px) Image search: [Google]

188KB, 1202x516px

hey lads, first time painting minis in about 3-4 years. I'm using mostly acrylic paint as my local hobbystore is closed for some ungodly reason. How am I doing/any suggestions?
Also, what color shall I make the back fin? I have some gold metallic paint, but I dunno if that'll look great. Still got plenty I need to do aside from that

File: 1502753015377.jpg (3MB, 4160x2340px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 4160x2340px

>>54878770
Going for the grizzled old grump look. Pic related is my concept

>>54878770
thats nice! subtle conversion, nice fine texture too! so much so that it might end up looking a little out of place next to the much less detailed hair on the top of his head once painted up

File: face.jpg (132KB, 599x580px) Image search: [Google]

132KB, 599x580px

>>54878657
Test painting skin and the colour scheme, thinking the blue should be brighter?
death skulls

>>54878770
Looks like a grizzled Euron Greyjoy.

Looking good.

>>54878777
I'd consider making the "gems" or nodules white as well, at the moment the big stark helmet kind of throws off the balance. white tabard could be an alternative as well

>>54878799
Hmmm hadn't considered that... Time to fuxx with his head hair!

>>54878804
I like the more muted skintone on orks, looks good.
The blue you've gone for works well with the skin.

>>54878804
definitely a lighter highlight on the blue (and thinner paint!) I also think the lip is a little too red, but that's preference - it doesn't look badly painted

>>54878854
doesn't need thinner paint, considering an ork painted it.

>>54878854
>>54878838
Thanks for the feed back

>>54878893
doesn't come across as intentional to me

File: orkork.jpg (58KB, 468x422px) Image search: [Google]

58KB, 468x422px

brighter blue

Do you think that painting a stormwolf nurgle colors, and replacing the wolf heads with chaos stuff would be enough for it to be a conversion?

>>54879308
could be the better lighting is helping as well, but I like this more - the tones are more distinct

File: EXERT SOUNDS.jpg (28KB, 600x375px) Image search: [Google]

28KB, 600x375px

>moved down to Houston this month
>mfw the weather
How the fuck do people prime miniatures in this constant and unending humidity

>>54879480
I want to run it as a storm eagle

>>54879482
Thanks chum.

>>54879495
Wait for the day after a storm.

File: Skaven.jpg (415KB, 1306x980px) Image search: [Google]

415KB, 1306x980px

Here's my Skaven Packmaster and Warpfire Thrower. I think they look "acceptable" but I'm having a tough time getting the highlighting down. I thin my paints A LOT and if I don't apply enough I give a second coat and I still get those definite lines. Does anyone have any advice on how to stop that?

File: WIP cropped.png (5MB, 1310x3150px) Image search: [Google]

5MB, 1310x3150px

My current WIP. Bought a metal Emperor's Champion body from my FLGS for 3 bucks, decided to put some vanguard vet arms on him. Relic blade is a pain, but the white is coming along. A few more thin coats, then accents on the pads and those will be done. Then it's mostly touch up on the joints, finish the Black Blade, and make his shield look pretty.

I might move his arm down a bit as his current pose makes it look like he's contemplating his sword or something

Also, had to crop this image from a 6000x6000 one, so quality may be diminished.

>>54879985
Image is too big to really give a critique. Learn to reduce image size. The paint also looks chipped or dusty, especially around the helmet. Otherwise the coats look thin and it's a nice base.

>>54879495
>live in what used to be an arctic desert before climate change started shitting wet ocean winds in our direction once every week
I used to have half the year to prime in ezmode, now that time is halved again thanks to it being erratically humid all fucking year.

Not pictured: my pile of fuzzy-primed terrain pieces that got wrecked by thunderstorm humidity two minutes after I primed it in clear sunny weather

>>54880066
The body is using the paint that was already on the model when I bought it, as I liked the purple tabbard.

Here's a link to a better image of him http://imgur.com/qGopdUX

>>54879585
scope "glazing". it has upped my blend game


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2G9CEdURNQ

also i think these rats look pretty good! like that warm gold. it is a bit close in tone to the ratskin color, and the basing material, which washes them out a tad

>>54880112
I love his tutorials. It's how I learned to glaze and highlight metals. His NMM tutorial video is still a bitch to replicate.

Took a break from the raptors to do some work on the matching knight titan I'm running with them. Started on the weathering, how does it look?

What should I freehand on the left (right in the pic) greave?

Torn between a different kind of scroll-work or some crossed chains or some shit like that. Thoughts?

File: IMG_1721.jpg (602KB, 2314x1294px) Image search: [Google]

602KB, 2314x1294px

>>54880224
Ffs forgot pic.

File: DW_Champion.png (146KB, 403x564px) Image search: [Google]

146KB, 403x564px

Making banner designs for Deathwing
any suggestions or reference material would be greatly appreciated

File: DW_Chaplain.png (51KB, 415x580px) Image search: [Google]

51KB, 415x580px

>>54880241

File: DW_Knight.png (196KB, 429x590px) Image search: [Google]

196KB, 429x590px

>>54880241
>>54880256

File: Banners.jpg (601KB, 478x273px) Image search: [Google]

601KB, 478x273px

>>54880241
>>54880256
>>54880278

Was going to use these banners

>>54880241
>1st of the 1st
That doesn't really roll of the tongue very well.
I mean, I get what you're going for, but it sounds awkward.

Fuck. I make myself sad WIP. Can't paint for shit and I'm gonna need to change how I sculpt sleeves cause my previous method looks terrible and has no contours for shading or highlighting. Fuck. I mean I know I can't expect to magically be good out of no where, but every time I think i've got things figured out I hit another snag and it's kind of getting to me a bit.

File: 20170814_123900.jpg (2MB, 4032x2268px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 4032x2268px

Wasp-Anon here.
How's this looking?

File: 20170814_190036.jpg (459KB, 798x1249px) Image search: [Google]

459KB, 798x1249px

>>54880705
Feck. Wrong one.

>>54880730

My painting is even more shit than your so I don't really have a leg to stand on in saying this, but you really need to clean him up.

>>54880730
The green looks a bit sloppy, you should go back and clean up the edges of the armour detail.

Practice makes perfect anon.

>>54880487
I thought it was common military jargon like the 1st of the 506th something like that

>>54880730
You need more layers of yellow to clean that up, don't be surprised if it take 4-5 layers. Which color are you using to prime? You want grey or white for yellow. Yellow is very splotched, are you using a wet pallet or thinning your paints? Rivets need paint, spike on the left leg isn't fully painted. What edge highlights you have way too thick. Edge of the skull on the belt is unpainted as is most of the helmet. Lenses need paint.

>>54878688
Leather maybe, but you'd be hard pressed to pass that off as latex.

Latex is fucking hard to paint and have it look like the material.

File: 20170814_224108.jpg (3MB, 4032x3024px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 4032x3024px

Trying a red and gold scheme for my next Adeptus Arbites test model. I wish I had bought something darker than Khorne red....

>>54880652
Take a break. If you aren't improving as fast as you like it can help

>>54881300
Any suggestions?

>>54880801
Well it was kind of clever because the dangels are the first legion, and the death wing are the first company of the dangels

>>54881113
It's Lamenters yellow glaze over Rakarth flesh.
I may need to build of the Rakarth a little more.
Black primed, I tried white prime on other models I tested this colour on with and didn't like how it came out. Also all the white primer I've tried on my area comes out fuzzy on the models.
I have a wet pallet, and thinning them.
I do need to touch up little details, but that may be a task for another day when I'm less shakey. Might just work on getting the base colours down first.
Not sure how I want to do the eyes. Trying to go for a wasp look.
Suggestions?

>>54881385
The subject of latex has come up before a number of times, though no real results of things were posted.

You could try gloss varnish over paint, you could try latex paint itself. Either way, test this shit on testmodels or sprue.

>>54881480
Moot Green should look nice for the lenses. You need more layers of yellow, not the color underneath. If you are having trouble keeping your hand steady, I've found having a beer helps. Needs some black if you want it to be a wasp so black bands might work

File: warpwalker.jpg (69KB, 756x705px) Image search: [Google]

69KB, 756x705px

>>54878657
Working on who I call the Warpwalker, my first real attempt at greenstuff sculpting. Any ideas for a base?

>>54881674
That's a big sword.


Any more lore you can give us on this guy? Usually basing comes from that more than anything else. Where does he live? Who does he fight? Where do his enemies live?

>>54881674
Plain black base and a ring on his finger.

>>54881674
Maybe just some cobblestone like his boss arena, make it simple so it doesn't distract from the model. Nice work btw, best boss, looking forward to his model in the board game

File: Imperial_Stormtrooper_guard.jpg (89KB, 326x826px) Image search: [Google]

89KB, 326x826px

>>54881336
That's going to make them look inquisitorial. Not sure if that's what you're after.

>>54881674

As someone who is trying to learn to sculpt green stuff and failing at the simplest things I must say your work is great. Where did you learn to do thst if you don't mind me asking?

>>54881696
>That's a big sword.
for you

File: BLACK_BOTTLE_WEB_large.jpg (9KB, 230x480px) Image search: [Google]

9KB, 230x480px

>>54881696
So far he is essentially like an iconic warrior of old, super capable and super charismatic, but due to his prolonged time fighting within the Warp, his senses have been dulled. The chapter master and chaplain of the fleet based chapter, both war mongering psychopaths of the Dregs Fatalis renegade chapter some people might've heard about in /yourdudes/ threads, carefully manipulate what he hears and says through a clever charade of false info to make him fight for them even though he's ultra dedicated to the Imperium.

>>54881726
I had definitely planned to paint a ring on there. Speaking of black, has anyone tried this Black 2.0 for modeling? It's similar to vantablack and the price isn't awful. Would be cool for his base

https://culturehustle.com/products/black-v1-0-beta-the-world-s-mattest-flattest-blackest-art-material

>>54881738
Thanks. I considered cobblestone and a mutant corpse to walk over. I'm also getting the Darkroot expansion so I look forward to painting a proper Artorias, although I'm really enjoying dressing up marines like other characters.

>>54881841
I grabbed some green stuff and went for it. That's it really. It's not perfect but I told myself that I can't get better if I don't try, so that's what I'll tell you. Here's the tutorial on that chainmail I used. Really came in handy. The sword was just looking at references and sculpting from an inner frame of paper clips super glued together

http://elementgames.co.uk/forums/sculpting-chain-mail-t220.html

File: IMG_20170814_231725286_HDR.jpg (3MB, 4160x3120px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 4160x3120px

Thoughts on poxwalkers schemes? I want more contrast on the yellow/orange guys but don't really know how I'd go about it

File: C8YBPS7W0AExyBE.jpg (267KB, 2048x1743px) Image search: [Google]

267KB, 2048x1743px

>>54881907
I have some. It's much more matte than typical gaming acrylics but you will NOT get the "black hole" effect of Vantablack with it. These examples in this pic and video from other people are typical of my experience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW0rJVxnDI0

Trying to do a base of just Black 2.0 doesn't look that great, it's one of the first things I tried. It mostly just looks like an unpainted base.

>>54882150
Ah, that's disappointing. Guess I'll go with the cobblestone and possibly mutant ideas

File: jesus fuck i need to clean this up.jpg (303KB, 926x1226px) Image search: [Google]

303KB, 926x1226px

Everyone gets a helmet. That includes guys with weird artificer chest plates on their Terminator armor.
Besides, this is probably as close as I'll ever get to Tartaros armor in a Blood Angel army. Thanks GW!

>>54879480
>>54879517
Yeesh, my brain was not working earlier. I am going to try to convert a stormfang into a storm eagle because I am cheap. Will people be upset about the cockpit being in the wrong spot or will that slip under the radar? What can I do to a stormfang to make it more eagle-y?

https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-FR/Storm-Eagle

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-JP/Stormfang-Gunship

File: BSR3201.jpg (155KB, 800x485px) Image search: [Google]

155KB, 800x485px

>>54882206
Considered a resin base? "Shattered Ritual" might look cool.
http://www.secretweaponminiatures.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=79_30&zenid=8d2aa4c6078626d97ef9d5df7352a3ba

>>54882271
I'm pretty tight on cash these days (THANKS COLLEGE) so I might have to just make my own in the style. They look pretty cool though

File: blood-angels-new-codex.jpg (46KB, 483x521px) Image search: [Google]

46KB, 483x521px

>>54882218
>Besides, this is probably as close as I'll ever get to Tartaros armor in a Blood Angel army. Thanks GW!

I know, right?

>>54881674
Isn't there dark eldar stuff that looks more like Artorias?

File: nmm.jpg (1MB, 2448x2448px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 2448x2448px

Friend is attempting to do non-metallic metal for the first time and sent me his results asking for advice but I've never tried it before myself, got any tips?

File: 20170814_205213.jpg (2MB, 1436x2119px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 1436x2119px

>>54881613
I cant exactly go back and even out the yellow to easily at this point, but hows this?

>>54882327
Wouldn't know. I only recently got into 40k, mainly just to dress up and paint Primarines

>>54882331
>Unprimed
>THICC

File: community_image_1429044361.jpg (181KB, 811x973px) Image search: [Google]

181KB, 811x973px

>>54882379
Well i would look up dark eldar bits if you're going for artorias.

>>54882002
I am really jealous of your dudes. I am pretty new at this and mine are coming out dumpy and bland so far. I messed up and used a cheap primer spraypaint that left them feeling grainy too. Should I just simple green them and start over?

I saw some poxwalkers with a yellowish look and blackish horns that didn't look too bad at my store if that helps

>>54882331
Looks a little too cartoon-ey, but is a solid attempt. Also tell him to prime his models.

>>54882349
Better in some areas, keep applying more yellow to where it isn't purely yellow. A first layer commonly doesn't give it a perfect covering so it's sometimes a sign of not applying enough layers or paint that's too thick or thin

>>54882331
Needs far more layers of gradient, the transitions between the different shades are far too abrupt. Plus the paint job is honestly just kind of messy (the highlighting on the middle sword). Tell him to get picture of metal weapons and try to reproduce it. If he's beginning or deosn't want to put that much time in painting tell him to use metal paint. NMM is hard and complex to pull off.

>>54882427
Yeah, I saw that too anon. He's mostly just using those to test the effect and stuff (according to him), though I dunno why he didn't thin much there.
Any tips for doing nmm well though?

File: CSMWIP.jpg (136KB, 860x645px) Image search: [Google]

136KB, 860x645px

Working on converting some AoS Blood Warriors to CSM. first time working with greenstuff, a bit finicky but I think I'll get the hang of it eventually.

>>54881674
You have viable fingerprints all over it. Be prepared to sand, and learn to damp your tools while sculpting.

Also, remember to use subtractive sculpting to clean up things like the sword blade and grip.

>>54882531
Funnily enough I'm sanding right now. I keep my tools and fingers damp, even soaked at times, while sculpting, but I get too impatient waiting for it to dry and start handling the model in other areas, accidentally touching malleable greenstuff in the process

As for the sword I'll try to smooth things out. Don't know how well I can file and sand it but I'll at least try to scrape it with an exacto if needed

File: 1489503659054.png (309KB, 635x720px) Image search: [Google]

309KB, 635x720px

>>54882473
>>54882477
Thanks for helping me with helping him, anons!

>>54882576
Fingers are too oily also absorb water, so they aren't the best tools to use beyond prefab, where you'd then want to use a damp tool to gently polish out the prints.

For subtractive sculpting, it's basically whittling and sanding


One of my favorite tools I accidentally upon is a broken exactoknife blade. You can use the unsharpened corner of the blade to carve very fine lines in cured greenstuff or even plastic.

>>54882522
Love it

Anyone know some good resources for painting horus heresy miniatures? A good guide on all the legions would be nice.

>>54882653
Huh, that's a nice little trick. I'll keep that in mind

Fitting to use a broken blade on Artorias, seeing as his untainted sword is only forgable with a broken straight sword

>>54882790
This guy has painting tutorials for a bunch of the Horus Heresy Legions:
https://www.youtube.com/user/Alanduin1/videos

Warhammertv has a few too.

>>54882790
This guy is doing tutorials of all the legions using an airbrush.

https://youtube.com/channel/UCfaTgXEs8SNsCHE5aimgxFA

File: Lamenter Tutorial.jpg (502KB, 1712x1323px) Image search: [Google]

502KB, 1712x1323px

I couldn't find may guides on how to make the Lamenter's symbol besides some on how to do checkers. So I decided to make my own, hope this helps forth those making or considering making their own Unlucky Marine army.

File: 20170815_002709.jpg (51KB, 439x844px) Image search: [Google]

51KB, 439x844px

>>54878657
>>54881674
How's this look for a base? Needs a little slicing up but it's a general idea. Gonna put ruined cobblestone underneath it all

It's supposed to be an Oolacile Bloathead

>>54883511
Looks nice anon.

>>54883667
Thanks. It'll probably get adjusted a bit but the spare tyranid bits my friend gave me are proving to be quite valuable

File: 20170807_184742-1.jpg (1MB, 1096x1595px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 1096x1595px

Been working on my minotaurs for armies on parade. Got my test model done. Ignore the dust, I left it out of its case for a while.

File: 20170813_010347-1.jpg (3MB, 2645x1891px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 2645x1891px

>>54883905
Honor guard are next.

>>54878770
What kind of a name is Soap, anyway?

File: 41019.jpg (58KB, 565x414px) Image search: [Google]

58KB, 565x414px

What's the difference (if any) between "Vallejo Premium Airbrush" and "Vallejo Model Air" paint?

>>54883922
lookin a little T H I C C on the crest there
But otherwise pretty sound

>>54883905

https://youtu.be/JH4OBWpY2bY?t=40

>>54883511
Nice. Is that a converted Intercessor under there?

>>54884805
premium airbrush is shit and model air is really shit

File: IMG_20170815_095857.jpg (582KB, 1600x1200px) Image search: [Google]

582KB, 1600x1200px

So am basing all the woodwork on this terrain piece. I want the door to be green but I want it to look very worn so most of the green paint has worn or peeled off. How should I go about with this effect?

>>54882522
Can I see more pictures please(preferably with better lighting)? I'm planning on doing the same thing next week

>>54884956
Paint to look like wood and then drybrush the green.

Looking great so far.

>>54883922
>>54883905
If you zoom that much any paint looks like shit.

>>54882331
White should be used only as brightest highlight aka where the metal shines.
Right sword and axe look good in terms of reflections.
Use blue with the midtone grey and add more layers.

File: Johnny 1.jpg (320KB, 680x1000px) Image search: [Google]

320KB, 680x1000px

>>54884924
It is. I've taken a kit of Easy to Build Intercessors and converted one into the Artorias inspired Warpwalker and another into Johnny P. No clue what to do with the last one though.

>>54884939
Lol.

How close is Abaddon Black to Chaos Black Primer?

>>54885163
One is matte and one is glossy if I remember it right. You can Chaos Black that and work from it but if you ever have to go back and touch up with Abaddon Black it'll stand out, so it's better to just cover it with a light coat of Abaddon Black anyways

>>54885150
oh shit you're that guy

>>54885150
>No clue what to do with the last one though.
Alpharius conversion

>>54885174
Yeah, Johnny P and Warpwalker are both me. Expect to see them together in a future photo shoot

>>54885191
Not sure if I want to do another big conversion for now. Might just saw off the Mk X helmet on the belt, stick an old school helmet on there, and work on my painting speed, since I'm kind of a slow painter. I had wanted to experiment with a vaporwave/Tron like paint scheme so I may do just that. The Tron one would be easy, with it predominately black and bright edge highlights.

File: Nightmare.gif (353KB, 1280x1024px) Image search: [Google]

353KB, 1280x1024px

>>54881674
Reminds me of this

Been busting my ass on these guys for the last month. Army album in link. Feels nice to see the progress, my edge highlighting has improved a lot. Need to work on flesh techniques and glazing though, those tentacles are kicking my ass.

https://imgur.com/a/yeTkt

File: 20170722_020258.jpg (4MB, 4608x3456px) Image search: [Google]

4MB, 4608x3456px

>>54885211
>forgetting a sneak peak

>>54885205
That's a cool idea for a future conversion. With so many swordsmen for cosplaymarines, I might just use custom Primarines as a Reiver squad substitute or something

File: thumbsup.gif (971KB, 366x229px) Image search: [Google]

971KB, 366x229px

>>54885211
oneday i hope to be that good

>>54885216
>>54885211
Could you give me your recipe on green? It looks sweet

>>54885170
>One is matte and one is glossy
Which is matte and which is glossy?

How about the Vallejo standard black to either of the two? Really I just want a spray that matches the Vallejo black without having to repaint the whole model in it after I've already spayed it.

>>54885302
I honestly can't tell you anon. I haven't used Chaos black in years. Hopefully someone else can come along and help you further

>>54885211
what kind of technique do you use for the blood spray?

File: 17800436_766542673501077_5916625834218971964_n.jpg (10KB, 298x169px) Image search: [Google]

10KB, 298x169px

>>54885310
Thanks for trying though!

File: 1UJv5ml.gif (495KB, 450x201px) Image search: [Google]

495KB, 450x201px

>>54885341
Least you've got a bit of a lead now

File: 20170808_204910.jpg (6MB, 4608x3456px) Image search: [Google]

6MB, 4608x3456px

>>54885265
Thanks bro glad someone likes it. Still see so much room for improvement. I have every model when they're finished because all you can focus on is the mistakes. Even if someone else can notice it you know yourself every place you fucked up and your eyes immediately zoom to that.

>>54885280
Black primer. Multiple thin layers of death world forest to it's nice and even. Next 50/50 death world forest driad bark paint directly into recesses and battle damage as shadow.
Highlight with death world forest screaming skull 50/50 and a 2nd highlight again with more screaming skull . Final highlight with pure screaming skull.

Also don't be afraid to thin out highlights that are too wide by painting more of the basecoat.

Check out "miniac" on YouTube
He has a brilliant guide which a ripped this scheme strait off.

>>54885337
Flick on khorne red with am old toothbrush. Simple and gives a really nice splattered effect.

File: _20170814_203609.jpg (690KB, 1991x2458px) Image search: [Google]

690KB, 1991x2458px

Ditch the gold shoulder pads and go for bronze like the cowl? The lighting is terrible in the pic, but even in a good light they just don't seem to fit.

I think the seals could do with brightening up too.

>>54885398

That blood splatter is a really nice effect man. Good work.

>>54885420
I like the shoulders a lot.
Reds and seals do require further layering though.

File: 99070109003_DeathwatchWatchmaster01.jpg (36KB, 600x620px) Image search: [Google]

36KB, 600x620px

I really like this model but I don't play DW, and my chapter doesn't get its dick sucked hard enough to have any members in such a high rank. Is there any way to make this model work in a regular army as an HQ with a power weapon and bolter or something? He'd have an awful lot of Inquisition I's on him.

>>54885483

Cheers man. The cloak does need a bit of work, especially at the front. Its one of those annoying sculpts where there isn't really much definition to it. No nice deep folds where you can make it pop.

There isn't much around the seals in the way of contrast so I'll just have to exaggerate them a little I think.

>>54885513
Gottas be honest, you're better off using something else. Dude's got Inquisition iconography on almost every piece of armour.

>>54880241
You could do "best of the first" and then translate to Latin. Though admittedly that'd be optimus prime

>>54878770
How did you do the texture on that? Old paintbrush?

>>54885524
Little details/no raised surfaces leaves you room to improve your layering/glazing.
Just try to bring highlights bright as possible.

>>54881336
Carroburg crimson is not a bad way to make red darker imo

>>54885571
could always just convert it to the pseudo latin GW always uses.
''Optima Primus''

>>54885420
I'd probably paint them red

File: IMG_2188.jpg (661KB, 2021x2222px) Image search: [Google]

661KB, 2021x2222px

Painting a plague marine to kill painting fatigue on Blood Angels. Coming along okay I guess, any suggestions?

>>54885699
very nice, maybe a lighter highlight on the shoulder trim like you have on the gorget

>>54885619

I thought that at first, but when you look at the model closely the cowl and the shoulders are like a one-piece thing that drops over his head, with another leather cowl underneath (like a piece of under armour). A flat colour would make them look like football shoulders.

I went for gold for a bit of contrast but now I'm not so sure.

>>54885583

Yup. I think the red might end up having some oranges in there to pick out what little detail there is and then a red glaze to finish.

>>54885712
Yeah I still need to touch up and highlight the arms. Not sold on the green bolster, might go back to black.

I need some ideas for my death guard. Any neat colour schemes? Preferably ones that involve blue.

>>54885513
what chapter? honestly just fluff it out as your HQ got some DW gear for assisting them, or say he's an ordo xenos inquisitor that leads a space marine chapter? who happened to fashion a pole and bolter and power weapon together.

Honestly, I don't know why people get so sorta precise with this kind of thing. it's all power armour at the end of the day right?

>>54885886
Don't marines who served in the deathwatch keep a silver arm or something?

File: Resized Angel done.jpg (3MB, 1200x1600px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 1200x1600px

Painting the wings sucked. Just finished painting the eyes and decided to call the model "done".
Open to suggestions in particular what I should do for a base.

File: received_2020302347995359.jpg (40KB, 1080x607px) Image search: [Google]

40KB, 1080x607px

>>54885211
>forgetting to add your best painted guy to the album

>>54885699
I really like this, very cool.

>>54885937
where is that model from?

>>54885973

Noice!

File: Collage 2017-08-15 07_30_51.jpg (392KB, 1440x2144px) Image search: [Google]

392KB, 1440x2144px

Only a little bit left guys well compared to where I started

Also what ideas u got for the scythe
I've got a couple ideas but I'm also curious
-free hand ideas for scythe are welcomed

>>54886080
>>54885937
Raging Heroes- Toughest Girls in the Galaxy

>>54886201
looks real fucking nice.

File: Normal1.jpg (100KB, 645x860px) Image search: [Google]

100KB, 645x860px

>>54885002
Sure, Here's just one of the normal guys, will post more when I have more time.

File: Normal2.jpg (92KB, 645x860px) Image search: [Google]

92KB, 645x860px

>>54886274

File: Normal3.jpg (95KB, 645x860px) Image search: [Google]

95KB, 645x860px

>>54886278

>>54886201
That freehand is outrageously good.

>>54881800
hmm, it's like a reverse inquisitorial scheme. Maybe I should try doing red fatigues and grey armour, since the arbites are probably closely associated with the inquisition.

File: orks.jpg (202KB, 1600x1200px) Image search: [Google]

202KB, 1600x1200px

started painting my Orks. Still need some washes

>>54885615

Or Optimus prime

Space marines, roll out

>>54878688
'ARDCOAT
R
D
C
I
O
A
T

>>54886644
You also need a smaller brush and acrylic paints?

>>54885781
With glazing I meant to use instead of layering, building up highlights with glazes.
But that should work too, waiting for results!

Anyone have a good guide for painting power weapons?

File: orktimus_prime.jpg (778KB, 1000x1397px) Image search: [Google]

778KB, 1000x1397px

>>54886652
>Or Optimus prime
>Space marines, roll out

Or ...

File: ScreamingOrk.jpg (73KB, 476x349px) Image search: [Google]

73KB, 476x349px

>>54886644

>>54886945
>tfw no megagit to pair with him

File: IMG_2847.jpg (2MB, 4032x3024px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 4032x3024px

>>54878657
Test Iron warriors model to see if I can get a good iron look I like. Currently happy with how this looks

>>54884805
I have premum black and green and they are one of the best colors I have ever tried. Excellent coverage, prethinned, big bottle that last for ages and comes in the dropper formate.

File: Kuarl.jpg (1MB, 1370x1774px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 1370x1774px

Ayup lads, it's me again.
Gonna doublepost today.
Computer's been acting up recently so I haven't been able to put anything up lately. I got some Bloodreavers for conversion fodder, wanted to add some more bodies into my Dark Mechanicus showcase that don't look too frail. I like larger figures, chunky builds, inefficient and crude instruments of heretical murder. Anyway, I gave them some Skitarii and Sicarian parts.
First out is Kuarl, a real friendly guy that has a Skaven warp grinder and a taser goad, as well as a plasma caliver.

File: Crisis Suit 3.jpg (442KB, 737x1019px) Image search: [Google]

442KB, 737x1019px

Second Crisis Suit painted. Not happy with the lenses, might go over them again. Tried out a red glaze, didn't really add much.

>>54887237
That brass color looks nice!

Fucking kill yourself for using baby poop green with it.

>>54887246
The duality of man: The post.

File: Tau Squad.jpg (812KB, 1502x2535px) Image search: [Google]

812KB, 1502x2535px

>>54887246
The green kinda works better on the infantry I think, gotta keep shit cohesive though.

File: 20170815_172801.jpg (697KB, 1492x2752px) Image search: [Google]

697KB, 1492x2752px

posting final greens of my deadly duo before primer.

i hope they look mean/cute enough

File: 1502808195945-1993722918.jpg (1MB, 2560x1440px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 2560x1440px

Newest painted model, got a Ravenguard librarian for week 4 of Konor.

Yes I know it's a dark angel but it's the only librarian I own.

File: Voss.jpg (1MB, 1290x1832px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 1290x1832px

>>54887206
Next up is Voss, truly a friend of loyalists everywhere. He's got a backpack from some Electro-Priests, a very useful kit for cables and other tech gubbins. He's armed with an arc rifle, transonic blade, and a Tzeentchian blade from the Silver Tower box originally belonging to a Kairic Acolyte.

File: blood_angels_librarian_WIP02.jpg (274KB, 1280x1082px) Image search: [Google]

274KB, 1280x1082px

>>54887296
>Yes I know it's a dark angel but it's the only librarian I own.

You don't have to be a Blood Raven to steal models from other chapters.

File: 15028085378431836242183.jpg (1MB, 2560x1440px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 2560x1440px

>>54887329
I've stolen space wolf, dark angel, and blood angel models.

They're uh, on lend.

>>54880224
>>54880240
looks good dude, freehand too.
cant really think anything to paint to them at the moment, remember to post the whole thing when done. i bet its awesome

>>54885578
It was just an xacto knife. wetted, of course, to avoid sticking.

File: 131214251314.jpg (101KB, 800x680px) Image search: [Google]

101KB, 800x680px

>>54883905
>Another Minotaur player
You glorious bastard. You pick up Moloc yet? I'm waiting on a box of Intercessor's to arrive before I start.

>>54887798
Did you know that Moloc was the first Primaris?

>>54886644

>Squad of boys
>Pro-painted
>50$ not including shipping

>>54887816
I would not be surprised. He was fuckheug back when he first came out, and he doesn't look too out of place nowadays.

>>54886284
Cool, thanks. Size seems to be exactly the same, right?

>>54884805
The Premium stuff is technically designed for Lexan (ie. the hulls of RC cars), but they work just fine on most primers and plastics.
It is a fairly limited range, but they're generally bright colours, and also have some fluorescent paints. All in nice large pots, so they're relatively cheap too.

>>54887295
Aren't you afraid they will snap in two? Looks pretty, though.

>>54887966
It especially makes sense given that Minotaurs are the High Lords pet chapter, so I wouldn't be surprised if he isn't Primaris, but has all sorts of extra gene seed shit shoved into him from secret experimental Mars Tech

>>54888036
thanks

that wont be a problem because they have pretty thick round metal bar under all that greenstuff, tails are also thick metal wire.

with all the magnets, greenstuffs and tervigon kit the cost came about the same as real forgeworld dimachaeron but then the two would look different.

>10 models
>20 shoulders
>40 arms
>60 magnets

Why does being indecisive about weapons have to hurt this much?

File: IMG-20170815-WA0015.jpg (212KB, 1599x899px) Image search: [Google]

212KB, 1599x899px

yesterday i asked you which helmets i should give them. i chose the paladin ones, thank you all for your opinions, they helped a lot!

>>54886644

Thought they were made of Lego at first glance

>>54888476
I've learnt my lesson after magnetizing unit of 10 Rubric Marines, never again. I'd rather buy another box to build them alternatively.

File: 1501163679320.jpg (72KB, 680x434px) Image search: [Google]

72KB, 680x434px

>Get back into the hobby 3 months ago after being off and on for about 10 years
>Just now remember that I threw out pretty much all of the Black Reach set most on sprue because I figured I was over the hobby about 9 months ago

I really would've liked that Dread to paint too

>>54888745
you got fresh start, with nothing stopping you from getting new chadmarines.

still tho, old models are always great source of bitz and basing material, don't do it again, donate to LGS or something.

>>54888786

On the one side, I am happy that I can start fresh, I'm the sort of person that wants to finish everything I have before buying anything else

But it would've been nice to get some practice with the old Termies and Dread

I never even considered donating them, I thought my only option was ebay in which i'd just rather get rid of them and save myself the hassle

For someone whos never fucked with Greenstuff sculpting before is sculpting up some tabards/loincloths for space marines a good/ easy enough way to learn?

File: YoureABigGuy.jpg (132KB, 860x645px) Image search: [Google]

132KB, 860x645px

>>54887972
They're bigger than the normal CSM and marine models. They're big guys. disregard the shit paint job on the beakie, first guy I painted

>>54888611
These look so freakin cool. What are you using them as? They seem too big to be used as vanguard vets.

>>54878657
Just put my wolves in a simple green bath. The difference in ability between my older and newer stuff is far too stark a difference and I wanted to move to a pre-heresy darker grey anyways.

Hope this goes well, never stripped shit before.

>>54889022
thanks mate, will post them painted these days. actually i will use them as what they are, inceptors. yes one may argue about wysiwyg, but i think i somehow covered it with the stormbolters to count as the two assault bolters. the ccw are to demonstrate the crushing charge rule of the inceptors.
in the end my group isn't really hard on the wysiwyg.

>>54888911
Oh, awesome! You got me pumped to get them

>>54888911
only thing I would do is try to make the boot not look like it's a leather boot, otherwise great stuff.

File: hmmmm.png (124KB, 374x262px) Image search: [Google]

124KB, 374x262px

Has anyone tried to do bolters/weapons over the shoulder like described here? Wanting to make a mini for some Deathwatch NPCs

>>54883905
>>54883922
Colors used?

>>54883922
>gee brother Billius, why does Moloc let you have TWO power swords?

>>54888869
It's easy enough if you don't got utter butterfingers.
Use some aluminum foil as base, fold a piece couple times over and set it in preferred form (folds and such).
Layer greenstuff over this.

(this is for the free-hanging parts, tabard over model doesn't require anything but gs)

Also let gs cure for 20+mins (depends on your mixture) before detailing and work with wet tools.
Never sculpt anything new over unhardened gs.

>>54887645
Even easier. I'll definitely use that on some of my models so my officers don't look like twins

>>54885513

Swap torso front, swap left arm, swap weapon. There you go, now you have the option of just about anything.

>tfw moved to a new apartment with no area for me to do any painting
I really miss it and it's only been 7 days, I tried doing it at my PC desk but I've got no space either and it's just an annoyance.

>>54890037
I'm in a one room apartment and even I have space for it.

>>54890074
You underestimate how small my apartment is, it's one bedroom but it's closer to a studio apartment with a thin wall dividing it in half

>>54890037

You don't know suffering until you have the prime your mini's in the corner of a room using a small box as a backdrop

File: Fuck this I'm out.png (191KB, 362x460px) Image search: [Google]

191KB, 362x460px

>>54890037
>tfw remembering painting in a literal cupboard

>>54890037
put your keyboard on your lap and type with your cock

File: 20170815_193657.jpg (687KB, 1517x2134px) Image search: [Google]

687KB, 1517x2134px

Iron Hands Capo with axe of Medusa and shield eternal

File: gallery_14033_5574_255217.jpg (216KB, 1556x1200px) Image search: [Google]

216KB, 1556x1200px

>>54887171

contrast anon, learn how to use it.
When you have as much of one primary color as the IW (pure metal), it is of vital importance that you get the most out of it.

Needless to say, I personally think your model lacks depth in the shape of zenintal highlights, this can be achieved with great effect using simple drybrush when working with metal colors.

This picture isn't the best, but it shows clearly how he uses the same color (metal) but still gets a great effect due to darker at the bottom, and brighter on the top.

>>54889829
I wouldve never thought of using foil, thanks for the advice anon!

>>54890311
Damn son, my arbites are jealous of that meaty shield.

File: 20170815_145724.jpg (3MB, 4032x3024px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 4032x3024px

I'm liking the red colour on my second model a bit more now that I've darkened it with a few generous washes.

File: Blanchitsu_JB1a.jpg (81KB, 800x948px) Image search: [Google]

81KB, 800x948px

>>54887318

This isn't doing it for me. Its to random. Its like someone wanted to go blanchitsu only to fall flat because they didn't know what they where doing.

Of course, Im not one to judge you as a painter or hobbyist and you might well prove me wrong with a masterpiece in a few weeks time. But from this picture alone Ill give you my thoughts.

Base (legs + torso) don't match with the remainder of the set. No one this well built would need prosthetic arms and shit for no reason, it looks out of place. This is me saying, had you put the same stuff, using a warhammer Ghoul model as a base (smallish, weakling body type), I would have totally got this.
Second, the equipment that he´s got is also out of place, its to hightech for someone to waltz around with, when you still are wearing blue-jeans and cloth-shoes.
The backpack, its filled with iconography and as you say "useful kit for cables and other tech gubbins"... But for what? What would he use it for?

All in all Id just like to say "less is more". And take in to account, this is just my personal opinion, if you like it its your model and that's what's important!

File: 848586115876573_236825916757631_7784800508023144448_n.jpg (65KB, 640x640px) Image search: [Google]

65KB, 640x640px

How can I replicate this bloody river base effect

>>54890623
I've never personally done it but i would assume you should:

>Cut up pieces if plasticard in the shape you want the raised areas

>cover them with astrogranite

>wash several times

>drybrush with a lighter gray

>then paint many thin layers of blood for the blood god in the cracks

many.
Thin.
layers.

Wavy effect created by uneveness in the top layers

>>54890623
>blood for the blood god
>ard coat

>>54890623
The blood effect looks like it was achieved simply using red paint and a varnish.

I've done something similar on river terrain pieces.

>>54890311
Looks great, always lovely to see Iron Hands.

File: Citadel Paint Guide.jpg (246KB, 564x1966px) Image search: [Google]

246KB, 564x1966px

Does anyone make something like Nuln Oil, but a rich, cold blue-black instead of a slightly brown one? Ideally in a dropper bottle.

File: Ebin.gif (17KB, 500x500px) Image search: [Google]

17KB, 500x500px

>>54890585
All that stuff on a Ghoul model would look fucking terrible, what are you on about?

>>54890714
Christ your post formatting is atrocious.

File: 270ac344356960fa97c0327369ef336e--muscle-fitness-muscle-man.jpg (44KB, 736x920px) Image search: [Google]

44KB, 736x920px

>>54890585
>No one this well built would need prosthetic arms and shit for no reason
I don't think you understand DarkMech or Chaos in general, anon.

>>54891162
Drakenhof Nightshade?

>>54891162
>Does anyone make something like Nuln Oil, but a rich, cold blue-black instead of a slightly brown one? Ideally in a dropper bottle.
Vallejo, Army Painter and Secret Weapon minis all have a range of washes.
If you want a blue black wash you can also always just use an empty bottle and mix black and blue washes in whatever ratio you feel is 'a rich, but cold blue-black'.

>>54890714
>>54890725
Interesting. The weird thing to me is that it ends smoothly at the side but wasn't pooled. I wonder if they used thinned pva glue colored red with food coloring or something, or something really viscous.

Unless bftbg is really viscous.

>>54891443
it might be clear resin. its how most people make water for mini projects.

>>54879495
I live in Sweden, only got 5 months a year when I have even a chance of priming outside.

>>54888877

These are beautiful man.

>>54881336
have you tried mixing with black?

>>54891515
I live in northern Sweden, half the days of "summer" is rain anyway so you're fucked then.

File: _20170815_211335.jpg (665KB, 1771x2334px) Image search: [Google]

665KB, 1771x2334px

Shoulders changed, seals brightened up, cloak glazed. Once the writing is done I'm going to have to leave it alone before sperging out.

>>54891515
I spent most of my life on a tropical island, you don't prime outside there since half the year its torrential rain and the other half is just heavy rain.

Should I use catachans or cadians as a base for some savlar chemdogs I'm converting? I know the catachans have goofy faces but I'll making greenstuff gasmasks for them all anyway

File: IMG_20170815_162047969_crop_1152x536.jpg (460KB, 1152x536px) Image search: [Google]

460KB, 1152x536px

I love orks
I love playing orks
I love ork lore
I love building orks
I love converting orks
I love shading and highlighting and in general painting orks
But I fucking hate basecoating orks.

>>54882218
Man I really like the look of that. Is that just blood angel assault termites with a helmet stuffed inside?

File: 4030e52d548b5968873e1c4d16406534f3cd3f84d195540b69a01516ffbb28e7.jpg (6KB, 255x254px) Image search: [Google]

6KB, 255x254px

>>54878657
>no airbrush
>try sponge camo method
>blister pack sponge
>tank putty
>watered down citadel paint (actually windolene coz heard its a bit better than water)
>apply paint
>looks patchy
>touch up with second coat
>peel off putty
>looks like shit
>mfw

thankfully the AP primer is thick enough it held up against brush and surgical spirit stripping method

>>54886644
sweet baby jesus..............

>Assembling/converting ghostkeel for pins and magnets
>Managed to get everything done except for the jetpack bit
>Pointed down: Doesn't fit in carry tray
>Pointed up: models looks a bit top-heavy and moving forward when the pose isn't moving forward

help

>>54886644
I hope these are getting dipped

>>54891625
I bought a bunch of the DV chaos cultists and some Victoria Gasmask heads to do mine. I also have a shitload of Cadian and Catachan stuff for kitbashing though.
The only right answer for Savlar is to use everything you can get your hands on.

>>54891637
i'm painting some boyz at the moment, it's good fun. I'm used to painting guard.

>>54891612
SHAAAAUUUN

File: SHAUN.jpg (161KB, 1920x1080px) Image search: [Google]

161KB, 1920x1080px

>>54891790
>tfw thats my name

You had me pretty confused for a sec there anon.

>>54879495
Vallejo brush on primer

File: Untitled.jpg (64KB, 632x529px) Image search: [Google]

64KB, 632x529px

>>54890585
Boy, that is a mess of a post. You come across as a schizoid, alternating between angry and uncaring.
>>54891244
I think what he's trying to say is that a physically fit servitor or cultist or whatever doesn't make sense. Chaos guys are supposed to be run-down degenerates, not roid-buffed dudebros.
I do agree that weapons of this size wouldn't fit something like ghouls though, maybe crypt horrors would work? That'd give them a chaotic look, especially that one that has the spine bursting out of it. Pic related.
>>54891345
Exactly, it's a dumb point to make.
>>54887318
>>54887206
I like the idea but the execution isn't great. Like the autist said, the medieval stuff clashes with the high-tech too much. You need to bridge the gap somehow.
>tfw want to get into Dark Mechanicum but can't afford all the ideas I have

File: Vraksian_Renegade_Militia1.jpg (241KB, 697x907px) Image search: [Google]

241KB, 697x907px

I'm starting a Vraks militia army and I have a big problem. Paint scheme is like pic related so as you can see there's a heavy amount of browns and greens involved. In the fluff, Vraks is described as a muddy place with lots of rocks which leaves little place for contrast between the fatigues and the bases. How should I base them then? Should I keep the muddy trench theme or would they look boring as fuck?

>>54891979
Astrogranite with plenty of longbeard grey, use small pebbles as larger rocks. Base colour a drab brown, making a one-two brown pop that will work in your favour.

>>54891587

Looks good mang.
Are you going to use transfers, paint some icons or just spam scribble script?

>>54891979
Just make an executive decision.
Green fatigues, metal armor and muddy bases should work.
Or just do the bases rocky or base them like they are in the rubble of imperial ruins.

File: 20170815_165245.jpg (3MB, 4032x3024px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 4032x3024px

>>54891535
Thanks senpai

>>54891538
My paint dries out so fast that I would have to keep making new mixes and it would start looking really inconsistent.

>>54891861
Oops, good thing you caught what I meant. I've got to replay that at some point.

File: SavlarChemDogs01.jpg (136KB, 1500x650px) Image search: [Google]

136KB, 1500x650px

>>54891768
>The only right answer for Savlar is to use everything you can get your hands on.

Heh! Talk about lending your models an air of authenticity!

File: IMG_20170811_001015.jpg (2MB, 1542x1456px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 1542x1456px

>>54892009
>>54892043
This is my test model. Would muddy bases be boring with that kind of Paint scheme? My Word Bearers already have a ruined city theme for their bases and I want to try something new

>>54892230
Just highlight the mud by drybrushing and you'll be alright.

What spray primer would be the closest to vallejo's standard model color black?

>>54891979
That's a pretty sparse description of a planet. Mud can be many colors depending on what kind of soil its made from. Also mud does not exist alone, look at a swamp shits mostly green. Have fun and make stuff up.

File: The Siege of Vraks.jpg (102KB, 1280x720px) Image search: [Google]

102KB, 1280x720px

>>54891979
>>54892230
Mud, you say?

>>54892030

Cheers chief. I've got a 0.05 detail pen I used to use for panel lining on Gunpla stuff for the writing. My brush control isn't up for attempting writing freehand yet. It'll end up looking like Michael J Fox's diary.

File: Hellfire.png (317KB, 800x800px) Image search: [Google]

317KB, 800x800px

>>54892357

File: IMG_1644.jpg (1MB, 3264x2448px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 3264x2448px

What's a good colour to contrast these guys in a base?

I realize the photo itself is shit but their main colour is their dark grey robes, nearly black, with red lenses and silver/bronze armour.

>>54892504
For those I'd go with snow bases, or lightly shaded gravel.

>>54889316
But I like the leather boots

When painting gold, do I base paint it with silver first or do I begin with a bronze colour?

>>54892653
You used to have to basecoat in silver since the old gold paints were notoriously thin and shitty, the newer ones are better so you can start straight with a gold basecoat and wash if you like. Otherwise layering up from bronze is fine

>>54880730
More yellowier yellow and blacker black IMHO.

>>54882002
>contrast on the yellow/orange guys
Dark red?

>>54882331
Not a fan of nmm myself, but I mistook them for actual metal at first glance so he must have done something right.

>>54886644
1. Stop using thick, glossy, enamel(?) paints.
2. Use acrylic unless you know what you are doing.
3. Prime the whole model, that includes the tab attached to the feet.
4. Thin your paints.
5. Thin your paints.
6. If your planning on playing AoS use round bases. Old Fantasy uses square. Using both is strange.
7. Trim the nubs.

>>54892559
>>54892504
Seconding snow.

>>54886644
Im afraid washes wont help much here

>>54892559
>>54892756
This might be stupid but is there a good way to produce a white ash (ie. volcanic) look?

As nitpicky as it is I love the idea of an ash-blanketed landscape over a snowfield.

File: 1484969801276.jpg (135KB, 720x960px) Image search: [Google]

135KB, 720x960px

>>54892886
The plains of armageddon might be something you could work from.

alright /wip/ I fucked up and now have 82 poxwalkers, whats the fastest way to make them look good?

>>54893182
send them all to me for free

>>54892504
You want a bright colour to contrast with their dark robes. Either snow like the others said or like a Martian desert

>>54893182
How did you end up with 82 poxwalkers?

>>54893289
I traded for some of the DI deathguard cause I wanted the deathguard/drones

>>54893192
I'll sell them at $1 buckaroo each.

>>54893182
Basecoat and dip

>>54892886
Try first building up base as normal (rocks/roads/whatnot) and then covering it with fine sand/flock.
Paint with appropriate colors (dark brown/grey to light).
Maybe even paint the base beforehand, depending on your lore (old/new ash).

Alternatively try some finer snow powders, with aforementioned steps.

File: 99229987012_GreyAsh.jpg (5KB, 230x238px) Image search: [Google]

5KB, 230x238px

>>54892886
FW do a grey ash powder, i don't know if you could base with it
https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-IE/Weathering-Powders

>>54889953
>swap left arm

Try not talking about shit you don't know anything about. Is it seriously that hard to do a google search to look at the sprue image and see that that swap is impossible?

File: two.jpg (134KB, 856x554px) Image search: [Google]

134KB, 856x554px

>>54879308
So after the test I managed to paint two. Two different skins here, but I hope it's hard to tell, think I've got the formula down now

>>54893699
Blue looks great, and the right skin is better

>>54892644
just kinda silly for spacemarines to not have fully power armour legs. I think thats like the area of the armour that helps stabize it the most in lore as it's not just armour but power armour.

>>54891305
thanks you
o
u

I have spent many years
perfecting
>the art
of ironicly bad
yet seri-
ous posting formats

∆
∆ ∆

but on a serious WIP related note: anyone got an infographic guide to painting good water effects?

>>54893182
use some ghoul, zombie, etc bits to help make some variations to the huge blob.

>>54893977
Yeah, but here's the thing, I don't care. I like the leather boots and I'm going to keep them that way. Maybe they're wearing the leather over the armor.

>>54894023
>chaos marine that autistically likes wearing leather boots regardless of practicality

I like this idea and think you should do it anon
thats half the fun of playing chaos
the other half is losing konor

>>54894103
>implying I even participate in Konor
I'm not in it for the game I stay on the hobby side and just play with my friends.

>>54890421
Nah it's by no means finished, This was just me testing how I want to do the metal, and it doesn't have all the rest of it painted.

>>54893944
thanks and shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeet. Left is what i'm going with :/

Whats a good model to start converting an Ork warboss from? The warboss you can buy is some lame monopose shit.

I was thinking a nob but they're too small to be a warboss. Is there a good AOS orc model or something?

File: boss_ork.jpg (56KB, 400x720px) Image search: [Google]

56KB, 400x720px

>>54894303
Absolutely. He costs more than 10 boyz though. Orruk megaboss, I think? If you're good and brave enough (unlike me) you can remove the dragon skull and fill the small gaps.

File: 1499835444205.jpg (361KB, 1920x1310px) Image search: [Google]

361KB, 1920x1310px

Is it heresy to paint over an already painted model?

I got ahold of a secondhand Rhino from a garage sale. It's Macragge blue but I play Blood Angels so I'm going to paint it Mephiston Red. If I'm using a base paint will it have a solid color after two coats? I really don't want to strip it because stripping is a pain in the ass.

Will having a layer of primer, then two layers of the original paint, and then two layers of my paint dull the details too much? I'm not aiming for Golden Demon, just tabletop quality.

>>54894335
ehhh that just looks like a shitter version of mega armour

I want my boss to look kommandoish. What about ogryns for a starting point?

File: nonacetone_results.jpg (461KB, 1600x999px) Image search: [Google]

461KB, 1600x999px

>>54894351
>Will having a layer of primer, then two layers of the original paint, and then two layers of my paint dull the details too much? I'm not aiming for Golden Demon, just tabletop quality.

How much does that grossness offend your sense of aesthetics? I bet you could take off what you need to get rid of with non-acetone nail polish remover. I was able to clean up a Mk I Rhino to respectable levels that way (pic related).

>>54894425
Consider some of the Ogre characters from fantasy, with a headswap they might make a good starting point

>>54894351
if you paint thin enough it doesnt matter too much
like you wont have an award winning model but you should skip the primer layer and just use an extra layer or three of THIN base paint since it will already stick well to the other layers of paint

How do you guys transport big models? Do you have a special tray that's higher than for infantry so big bases can fit on their side or standing up? Having trouble making trays that fit some of my shit.

This is especially frustrating when you don't know if you should even have the model glued to the base. It's preventing me from priming/painting.

>>54894351
these
>>54893699
are painted over someone else paint job. Whatever you are painting over will effect the top coats of course.

>>54894428
>>54894616
>>54894771

Thanks for the replies lads.

I'll just give it a shot painting over the existing stuff with thin layers. Hopefully it'll look alright.

File: 99120202017_FlagellantsNEW01.jpg (43KB, 600x620px) Image search: [Google]

43KB, 600x620px

So Im considering converting some Empire Flagellants into Chaos Cultists but Im stumped on what to use for arms holding guns that would fit well with their ragged attire

>>54894800
catachan arms?

>>54894835
catachan minis look awful though

File: DSC01575.jpg (2MB, 2592x1944px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 2592x1944px

Painting white still absolute aids, more news at 11

>>54894897
what did you use as an undercoat? black I presume?

>>54894948
Yeah, then basecoated Celestra Grey, washed with a 1:1 mix Nuln oil + medium, layer celestra grey, layer ulthuan grey, final highlight white scar
Turned out a bit grey overall but im not unhappy. Now onto the other 4

>>54894897
That doesn't really read as white to me, but maybe it's harshness from the photo. Still, I'd try to go one step lighter on the gray.

File: male-bare-empty-arms_1000x.jpg (33KB, 600x598px) Image search: [Google]

33KB, 600x598px

>>54894800
https://victoriaminiatures.com/collections/female-arms/products/universal-bare-rifle-arms-male

File: CSMWIP2.jpg (124KB, 860x645px) Image search: [Google]

124KB, 860x645px

Got some more work done on my CSM conversions. They're coming along to my liking. I still have to make the missile launcher more chaosy, and I still have to order the pauldrons I need and get some more backpacks, and a special weapon. Then I have to decide what heads to put on who.

>>54895410
Way better looking so far than those ghastly ancient CSM squad kit. Great stuff!

>>54895428
Thanks, I'm having a lot of fun making these guys because they're pretty much my first conversions that weren't just kit bashing. I was hesitant to start collecting CSM because of the old kits but I came across this idea on here and it got me to finally start.

File: Moloc.jpg (135KB, 680x880px) Image search: [Google]

135KB, 680x880px

>>54887798
>Slaps your girl's ass
>Wat do?

>>54895591
get a mop to clean up the mess

>>54895591

Ha, my waifu is Asterion Moloc so joke's on you.

File: doc(2).jpg (45KB, 508x690px) Image search: [Google]

45KB, 508x690px

Made a bit more progress on my apothecary, the armour is turning out a little thick but I think it's ok from a distance.

>>54895672
Looks good Steve, well done.

>>54895621
what's she like?

File: IMG_20170815_2221361.jpg (578KB, 1933x2155px) Image search: [Google]

578KB, 1933x2155px

>>54895672
Not this Anon, but I have an Apothecary related question.

For the shoulder pads, should I leave the shadows this pronounced on the wings or repaint them white and the do a more concentrated wash?

Pic for reference, sorry it's fucked. My phone takes ginormous photos.

>>54894897
>That hair on his left arm
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

>>54895026
That's mostly what I do except no medium with nuln. And i coat celestra on that till it's fucking celestra. Usually two, maybe a third spot check layer.

Then ulthulan over that.

>>54892099
Use a wet pallet. Shit stays wet for weeks.

>>54895410
Boots over power armour always seems so silly looking to me. I know custodes have gloves but somehow that's a bit different.

>>54896000
I get why you don't like them, a lot of people seem to not like them, but I've always liked leather boots.