WIP - Work In Progress General

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Repostan Chaos Johnny WIP from last thread. Legs aren't posed quite right and the posture isn't slumped enough, but I think I got the arms right. Still have to order the pauldrons I need though.

>>54897919
All Marine pauldrons are compatible with Primaris

>>54897932
That's a big Johnny.

What color should I make the robes for my NL sorcerer? I'm thinking some kind of red maybe.

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>>54897932
This thread is now Johnnies

>want to make a rubric Johnny for my Thousand Sons
Do I do it, anons? Now I wish I saved the TS beaky head from the ES kit instead of using it for my main sorcerer

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>>54898026
For you

>>54898121
Do the AOS blood warriors come with WoC heads or did you get them from a WoC box? I wanna convert something similar but the blood warriors heads are too ornate for me.

Anyone got any advice/guides for how to weather properly, specifically roughing up decals?

>>54898146
The Blood Warriors box does not come with them, unfortunately. I collect WoC for Sigmar so I had a bunch left over.

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Not so much WIP as WPP, but some daemonettes I just finished a few minutes ago. Haven't painted more than a few models here or there for the past few years, so pretty proud I got a whole unit done.

Ignore my big dumb finger in the upper right.

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Close to done

>>54898192
Lookin' pretty crisp anon, good work.

>>54898179
or, I suppose they're called Slaves to Darkness now...

>>54898002
Thank you. Are they the same size or merely compatible in the sense that they will fit on the primaris marines?
I just didn't want to drop cash on them before I knew for sure.

>>54898231
They're the same size, heads and pauldrons are the two things that didn't change size with primaris.

>>54898101
Do it, we will blot out the sun with our Johnnies.

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This is my first go at trying to paint warhammer figs of any kind. Critic my tau flesh

What's the best recipe for shiny red Thousand Sons? I know that Tamaya Clear Red is good for it, but what goes under that?

>>54898302
Usually a metallic like leadbelcher or something like that.

>>54898302
a metallic basecoat of your choice, the shade of red you get will depend on said basecoat, for a more pinky shade go silver for a deeper red go gold.
Also ghost tint paints are an alternative to tamiya

>>54898281
Alright, will do anon. Guess I'll have to make due with one of the normal rubric heads instead, unfortunately. Will still work hard though.

>>54898192
That is undeniably the biggest and dumbest upper right finger I have ever seen in my entire fuckin life

Looks good
The minis not the finger

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>>54898192
Here's a Genecult duder I did as a test model, too.

>>54898207
Thanks! A couple of them look kinda rough since I was figuring out what the fuck I was doing. Those are hidden in the back.

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>>54898402
Don't worry about it man, I always use camera angles to my advantage to cover my mistakes.

For example, I angled this photo so you wouldn't be able to tell that I didn't clear the mold lines on this guy.

>>54898455
>I didn't clear the mold lines on this guy.
You monster

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>>54898470
I also sprayed the primer on too thick

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>>54898485

>>54897880
How do you highlight a staff/pole/rod? Do you just....not?

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I want to make a Chaos Lord that looks similar to Executioner Smough (the fat guy(, and I'm wonder what parts I can use and how much Greenstuff will be involved. Would using a Stormcast Eternal head as the base for his helmet work?
Any other tips on parts I can use to assemble him? Especially so that he keeps a little bit of the 40K and Dark Souls-"vibe"

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>>54898156
i like to sponge on the basecoat, but im not really good at it to be honest

>>54898995
Look at the Nurgle chaos warriors, dude

>>54898995
Buy a Smough recast?

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Finally starting work on my primaris apothecary. Decided to use Ulthuan Grey as base and washed the red with Druchi Violet.

Famalam. I have my Bob Ross support pop, but painting my army of daemons is still so painful. How do you motivate painting your armies?

>>54899471
Wanting to see them colourful and finished on a painted table with finished scenery after x amount of time for it to pay off.

>>54898156
chip on some basecolor and dark grey on it.

>>54898995
Get a Smough recast, give it larger pauldrons, make the flower patterns eight pointed stars, alter the tabard so that it's longer to alter the silhouette, amp up the spikes on the shoulders and head a bit, add black as a secondary accent to the bronze.

>>54899507
>helping me solidify buying a sheet of plywood and spray painting the flocking it tomorrow

T.thanks famm

Also for applying a lot of flock should I use wood glue or something else? My plan is to use wood glue then a disposable paint roller to spread it evenly followed by a healthy sprinkling of flock material.

>>54898192
not enough dicks and tits

>>54898101
Order another head from a bits site.

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Hey Wip planning out a Crusader conversion. Mind telling me what you think of these poses?

>>54898288
anon you should just look up a painting tau skin guide and go from there

The black recesses are too dark and dont match the skin tone at all

You wanna use a wash or three on this guy too

>>54899694
>no dual shield guy
>no dual sword guy

It's alright, but for real they're solid poses. 3 looks a little uneventful though. Maybe have him point his sword up like a commanding unit or something?

>>54899694
4 or 1 imo. 5 looks the best, but having the sword in the left hand is something I could never abide by

Shieldwall crusaders are a neato idea, keep us posted, you loyalist dog

>>54898204
hot

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>>54899985
>>54899898


Thank you for the feed back.

>>54899898

Like straight up, or straight out?

>>54899985

I will probably be keeping a few left handed ones to be honest, but I understand that isn't everyones cup of tea.

Those are five different poses for a squad, not different iterations of the same model. I'm open to suggestions on how to change them up if there are any you think are particularly egregious.

If you don't mind i'd like to ask an opinion. Huge pauldrons or no pauldrons?

>>54900193
I was thinking pointing the tip like a 45 degree angle

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I'd like to make this girl here an inquisitor, any suggestions on where to get inquisitorial trinkets and the such? Was also thinking about attempting to make her a coat from scratch, to cover some of the armor and darken her a bit. Yeah, it's a bit off scale, dont care that much, i really like how this model turned out

When you hightlight your model, do you highlight every available vertex/edge like GW do, or do you do source-highlighting?

Which do you prefer and why?

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Boy was it hard to get pics under black light

But anyways here's some updates on the typhus

>>54900193
His head looks a bit too large without pauldrons so I'd say yes for pauldrons

>>54897880
Stop painting and go to bed /wip/

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Thoughts and opinions on this guy?

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>>54901030

>>54901030
Do you want bland formless praise or do you want real criticism

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>>54901030
why does he look so WET
jesus christ i dont even know what part of him is meant to be the head

>>54901030
>>54900948

>>54901030
Fucking terrible.
Why is it so shiny?
Why the Gene Simmons face paint?
His hair looks like feces.
The rope on his necklace has no definition.

I wish I was at home so I could photo my paintjob on that mini so you can see how well it can be done.

>>54901067
Real criticism. The part I think turned out there best is the cloak. Beyond that I know it's not great.
>>54901086 idk why it looks so wet in the pictures, definitely not like that in person

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Would you call the shadows around these wings too extreme? Should I repaint in between them white and try a less extreme wash?

>>54901277
Depends on the rest of the mini to give us some context for the rest of the paintjob.
Looks okay, will probably look very nice from a distance.

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>>54901295
I can't take a pic of the rest of the mini right now. But it's done in the style of this. Though I went a little harder with the shadows.

Any of the Ork hobbyists here know how big the plastic Flash Gitz are compared to the rest of the orks? Like, compared to 40k Nobz, or AoS brutes?

>>54901329
40k Nobs

>>54898288

Constructive criticism incoming:

1. thin your paints.
2. use vallejo/PR/citadel paints.
3. use washes

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>>54900275
You know those are worth a decent chunk of change right?

Reverend Moiras are cheaper and already have the whole nun thing going on. You would probably just need to cover their ass a bit then put on some skulls or something.

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>>54900603

Sorry for being a dummy, but why take photos under black light?

>>54899694
I like 2, 4, and 5. I'm admittedly a left handed biased piece of shit though...

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>>54901683
Which too would require a bit of work, and i dont like their pose very much. Besides, got her painted and varnished already, so it's just a matter of making some conversion bits. Made an attempt and seems really promising.

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Post Progress

>>54901993
Well be prepared to trigger some people because that is the only really good Joan model and it is a pain to get your hands on.

If I didn't already have two due to fortuitous circumstances I would be seething right now.

Good luck regardless.

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I am thinking about stripping these skitarii down and painting them again, this time without so much rust, what do you think ?

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>>54902434
this is before I did bases and all the effects

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>>54902434
honestly, if you have the time and better skills than when you painted those, then yeah, do it. they look okayish but definitely not really good.

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>>54897880
how do i not suck ass

>>54902471
that was few days ago

>>54902434
>>54902467
Also, this is de facto the first squad I have painted, as in Cherry popping first

Question

Is it better to assemble a space marine whole and paint around the aquila or leave the arms off paint the aquila then apply the arms/bolter

>>54902678
leave off the arms
optionally, the head and backpack as well

>>54902678
I personally go with 'if the brush won't reach it, you won't see it' but leaving the arms off if you are patient/dont want to play straight away is probably the better strategy

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Not sure whether to do anything more to this. Kind of thinking it looks good now and it's already weathered as fuck so no need for mud, dust, soot and rust on top of that. On the other hand, maybe it could be better...

>>54902483
Practice, practice, practice.
Remove mould lines, and cut cleanly. If you damage the plastic (it happens) then work around it by making it look like battle damage. But you must be diligent with mould lines because there's no hiding those.

>>54902190
Clean your moldlines. Get rid of the nubs. Other than that, looks good.

>>54902434
>>54902467
They look better with less effects. Less is more.

>>54902808
I like it anon. Salt chipping, or hand weathering? Either way, it looks great.

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>>54902190

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>>54898231
>Are they the same size or merely compatible in the sense that they will fit on the primaris marines?
>I just didn't want to drop cash on them before I knew for sure.

These are Citadel pauldrons and heads rather than FW, but the fit does not offend my sensibilities - and these aren't even from the flexible multi-part kit!

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>>54902502
shit man. than do it if you have the time and will to do so, but thin your paints on the coat.
and check how to paint lenses.

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>>54902190
Left is around 2005 when I picked mini painting back up and right is this week. Unfortunately my actual first attempts from middle school are lost to time

>>54903331
This is what years of practice looks like.
Excellent work.

>>54903385
Thanks! it's a really gratifying hobby, except for the constant desire to drop cash on yet more piles of minis I'll take years to get to

>>54902808
I'd wash those TL shootas the grot is manning, and do more with the exhausts (which look like they may still just have a basecoat) otherwise it's pretty awesome

>>54902993
Salt and masking fluid applied with a sponge. I think most of the actual chips were from the masking fluid, because most of the salt seems to have either dissolved after a couple of coats of paint or just been covered and stuck in place. Should have probably used coarser flakes or sprayed less paint on top of it.

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Hey /wip/. I just started working on my painboss conversion using a demon prince as a base.
Going to be focusing on fixing up the musculature for now then I'll be moving on to making his kustom shoota.

>>54903500
>except for the constant desire to drop cash on yet more piles of minis I'll take years to get to

That's an easy trap to fall into. I believe I have completely unpainted, complete armies/forces from 5 games lying around here. Armies completed: 0.

>>54903714
Sounds like my first attempt at salt chipping - I decided to use different sizes of salt, in different patterns, trying to figure out what looked natural. I rapidly discovered that, unless you're painting a wrecked vehicle, that less is more, for sure.

It's an entertaining process though. Have you tried the hairspray method yet? That's a fun way of weathering as well, although much more labor intensive.

>>54901560
I'm doing all of that.

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>>54899804
All I have is a black wash and I've already hit him with two washes (thus the dark recesses) why would I do more an just make his skin tone go from this blue to a dirty grey.
Pic somewhat related the dude in the back was more or less one I tested what a full body wash would look like.

>>54898379
buy a beakie Tsons head off ebay.

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>>54902808

> Orky T-28

Zog me itz byootiful

>>54901192
>muh paintjob is so much better
>but can't show it

Brah I wish I could show of my paintjob of that Mini to you, to show how much better it can be done. But I totally won't show it because I'm currenty on the outer fringes of the solar system.

>>54903769
same, unfortunately. I've been painting these fucking dark eldar for almost 12 years and I still have - 5 scourges, 8 khymerae, 4 venoms, a raider, 2 ravagers, a voidraven, 2 boxes of kabalites, and the contents of gangs of commorragh yet to even basecoat. its a good pain though

>>54902678
I always leave the arms and backpack off.

Sometimes the head too. You may not see it, but you'll know it's there. Better to spend an extra hour painting something than to spend another 20 stripping and repainting.

>>54901030
I'm sorry but that's a horrible paintjob...

Shake your damn washes and don't use gloss ones, your colors are flowing over other colors, You seem to have made no effort to highlight.Don't use gloss varnish, why is he so fucking wet/shiny

>>54903869
>only having one color of wash
>only having what appears to be one tone of blue

its looks decent for what you got then matey
you will want to invest in more paints as you go on though.

looks like you are only painting with one tone of white, which is a no-no because it lacks depth and there is no way you can highlight bright white

theres an infographic guide floating around WIP that shows a much better way to paint white armor building up from grays


i'm mirin that gundam marker and glue in the back tho friend
you coming here from /m/ too?

>>54902434
>mechanicus investigating planet Chi-toh for lost STC fragments

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>>54902434
how did you base these dudes?
I love the bright color of the dirt and would like to base my own dudes this way (though I would use less dirt on the actual models)

Looks like it would give my very bland and gray models a lot of contrast

>>54902808
That's fuckin gorgeous. Set it aside, see what it looks like in play, and then decide if it feels like it's missing something.

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Is pic related a good airbrush/compressor set if I just want a cheap but decent airbrush for priming and basecoating that could maybe do advanced stuff later if I wanted to? If not, what would be?

>>54905089
get the neo airbrush separately and buy yourself a compressor with an airtank!

>>54903331
Nice but she is lacking eyes to see.

>>54904438
Yeah I did the classic path gunplay to models. I'm thinking that a purple wash for the blue skin would do well.
Yeah I need like an egg shell, if I was to redo it I'd do a far sight enclave color a skeme less to mess up. White is so fiddly when your working with such small surface area.

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I want to make araghast my black legion chaos lord and eliphas my exalted champion.

I'm a bit fresh to the csm range- can I get a bit of help identifying bits? I think most of araghast except his trophy rack should be in the terminator lord kit- eliphas I'm not sure which head would be best or where that wheel of chaos comes from.

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Meant to post original image instead of rad conversion.

>>54905370
That's a spot on job there

>>54905370

>tfw on the last mission of CR on Primarch difficulty

excellent job anon, everything about it is 10/10

>>54905089
>>54905185
I wouldn't recommend buying an airbrush at all if all you want to do is lay down primer and crude blocks of colour. I have a good compressor, a crappy spraygun and an OK airbrush but I still prime with aerosol cans because it's simply better than airbrushed primer.

>>54902808

is my work and on that one I decided to use airbrush primer because I wanted to get to work on the paint job quickly. Even though I varnished after applying the primer and base coat, I still had a lot of issues with it chipping during painting. I'm going to have to give it a hefty dose of varnish once I'm finished with it, which will detract from the paintjob. I don't think I would have those issues if I'd used a spraycan primer.

In my opinion, an airbrush is only worth getting if you really want to do proper airbrush painting and are willing to invest a big chunk of cash into it.

>>54905431
Right? If I can come anywhere close to that I'll be happy.

Would actually be rad to convert the whole cast of chaos rising to black legion as Bad End mode. Raptor Thaddeus would be tight.

>>54905476
Oh, sorry if I was confusing. That ain't me. That's the model I wish I could be.

>>54905503
I tried doing the same thing a few years ago

I was bad at it back then and didnt convert that faithfully but when im not travelling i will try and remember to post my example

I just used regular CSM seargent parts and a berserker chainaxe for eliphas

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>>54902190

Stopped painting at twelve and then had rapid progress when I started again at twenty.

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A crusader for my WIP Inquisition army. Sorta happy with it except I plan on changing the head to the crusader heads made by puppetswar. Not sure about the shoulders. I have some shoulder pads but they make the model too bulky imo. I also need a better source of right handed power swords.

>>54901735
his miniature glows

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Any tips for doing highlights with shaky hands? It's difficult to get narrow ridges so I've just been leaving them at base coats with earthshade here and there.

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>>54902190

>>54906005
Practice using a normal pencil on paper.

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Dungeon sculpting anon back, finally. Sorry, I didn't think this one would take me so long... got stuck on the damn hinges.

Anyway, here's what I did:

Mostly the same method as last time - template on paper, rolled out the clay (BeesPutty) and cut out the parts very carefully, detailed them with wood panelling and then baked them. The big flat one is the lid - I had an idea that didn't exactly work out.

After they were done baking, I took the lid into the bathroom and held it under hot water to soften it up a little - I had the idea that I could shape the lid, without losing any detail, into a curve that would fit the side panels. Of course, what actually happened was that it split right down the line between two planks.

"Okay, I thought, I can work with this."

So I carefully cut the lid into individual planks and spent an hour carefully cementing them into position against the side panels. Then I assembled the bottom of the chest - much easier.

Ensuring they more or less matched, I baked them, and then began adding the metal bracing that would not only add interest, but cover up the seams.

Bracing done, I added smaller braces, joining panels on all corners, and a small lock. The panels and lock were detailed with tiny screws/rivets using something I thought up on the spot - pressing the end of the tube from a bottle of Humbrol Precision Poly Cement into the clay, very gently. I think it worked rather well.

Now I sanded the interface between the bottom and lid, and it was time for the hinges...

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>>54906059
I tried about three different ways to do these (with many broken failures, pic related), and I'm STILL not sure about my final method.

Method one: I attempted to make "clickable" hinges that would mould well and then clamp under the tension of the plastic itself once cast up. Basically a pair of cylindrical nubs that would have fitted into two sockets when pressed into place, and then stayed there. The problem was, the clay is too brittle to use this method and would crack or crumble.

Method two: I attempted to make a little claw-shaped clamp on one half of the hinge that would have fitted around the piece of toothpick that, in this version, made the axel of the hinge, and stayed there under its own tension. This *might* have worked, though it was fiddly and tended to break, but I decided the claw-clamp would be too difficult to extract from the mould without tearing it.

Method three: I moulded four cylindrical sticky-out-bits, two on the lid, two on the bottom, around a pin. Two were done first, and then neatened, then I did the other two and baked lid and bottom as one, carefully separating the clay afterwards (it doesn't stick well to previously backed pieces unless you finesse it, so this was less difficult than it sounds). It too about four tries until I finally got a set that seemed sturdy enough. Neatening them up a bit more, I tested the movement - success!

>>54906059
>>54906081
However, I'm not sure about the fact that this method will require people to use a pin vice drill and insert a pin or piece of florist's wire. I think I preferred the easy assembly of the first "clickable" one. The idea is to sell casts of these, so I don't want to put people off.

What I could do is take this one, hollow out one set of the sticky-outies, then add a nub to each of the other two. Then, I can cast them without doing more than an eye-level check, and neaten up any fit on the more flexible secondary resin master using my tools and some putty.

What do you guys think? About the piece in general, and the hinges in particular? I'm open to suggestions.

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My 8th guard

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I went a little cartoon villain with the colour choices. And I hate the purple hood on the sorceror more and more by the second but yeah, these guys are almost done.

>>54901735
Ah my bad

So I actually used some fluorescent paints and wanted to get a decent image of them

It's just the gold trim,
The entrails,
And the jewels on his armor that's fluorescent

>>54906298
>>54906298
Lookin good, if you can keep this standard up through all the models you need to play guard you're already above the average for most game stores. The first thing I'd consider for continued improvement would be edge highlights on the black. Drybrushing low details on the chest and using the edge of the brush for sharp corners like those on the gun should make this pretty easy to master. Keep working on maintaining a steady hand, and maybe consider adding a very thin highlight of another lighter color on the most raised edges of the khaki to really get it to pop. Also consider grabbing some shrubs, small sticks, or rocks to add some variety to the base (cut up sprue or dry sticks/rocks from your yard sealed up with pva glue should be paintainable without issue).

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>>54906492
Thanks lad. An anon from a previous thread said I should use Ushabti bone for the edge highlights on the khaki. What kind of grey should I use for the highlights on the armour and the gun ?
(Also I know the modlines don't look good on the radio model, they look better on my other models but I should get a real lime)

>>54906352
Toxic Crusaders! I like em a lot

>>54906368
Anon, how long have you been painting for? You are on so many levels of next level advanced techniques and it looks great but god damn, how did you get to this level?

>>54906690
Wow i did not proofread that post
I said level way too much but my point still stands

How u get so good nigga?

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>>54906596

Ushabti bone sounds reasonable for khakis.

Highlighting black can be done a bunch of different ways including with colors (especially blues/teals) to give the armor a subtle shade.

If you want to keep a stricter non-chromatic consider a first pass of Eshin Grey, then a very thin highlight of Dawnstone. If you want to keep it to a single highlight for ease of painting, something more in the middle like storm vermin fur could do it.

The guys I'm currently working on have a pretty similar scheme. The process for the dudes in the picture are Steel Legion Drab -> Desert Yellow -> Karak Stone for the exterior Coats, Steel Legion Drab -> Karak Stone -> Ushabti Bone for the interior coat corners folded open, and a mix of Chaos Black and Eshin Grey, washed with nuln oil, then highlighted straight Eshin Grey -> Storm Vermin Fur -> Dawn Stone for the blacks.

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>>54902190
About a years worth of painting

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So I got this set at a flea market. It's from 1990 and all the paint bottles are still sealed and liquid. There's no way they can still be used, right?

It also came with a compressor and a Badger airbrush though so I guess that should still be useful.

>>54907021
>lamenters
>quartered scheme

A true masochist if I ever saw one

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>>54902190
>Post Progress

This took about 25 years. To be fair, there was a 'ooge break in the middle during which no painting occurred.

>>54907100
All that's left now is for me to paint a quartered yellow color scheme which incorporates a black checker pattern

>>54907069
if the paint isn't chunky it should be fine - but check it out on a brush first

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>>54907189
Good idea. Yellow and black look fine but blue looks completely fucked. I'll try them this weekend.

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>>54902190

Montage!

>>54907115

also, hello!

>>54907461
>that sneaky git

oi, I'm laffin'!

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>>54907461
>also, hello!

Hello!

Fantastic work, Beckenham-anon. Say, is it hard for you to get Coffee Nut M&M's where you are? What about Pocky? My family and I wanted to thank you for all the Cadbury stuff you sent at Christmas.

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day's progress, mostly basecoating, done the white areas and applied wash, tomorrow tidy up and highlighting and then done

>>54907503

Nice Santa Marine!

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>>54907461


here's a close up!

>>54907503

Oh that's too kind haha, Not a big fan of Coffee, but I loved PEanut Butter M&Ms when I was in the states :)

>>54907569
Paint your ork nails

>>54907156
Please paint up some drukhari this way to really complete the cycle of madness

>>54907784
Dark Eldar are actually my other army

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>>54902190
Between 2007 and 2017 I did no painting or collecting whatsoever because I hated the way GW changed the DG, EC, TS and WE legions with the 4th ed CSM codex. I promised I would come back to the hobby if GW ever went back to having proper traitor legions codex, and they did finally release one with Traitor Legions.

>>54907852
Nice one on keeping the same keyboard for 20 years :^)

Uggo tau guy back with more of a lore question that has to do with modeling.
Do you still the end of tau guns? I thought they were lazguns so arent the things on front more emmitors and not barrels?

>>54907908
I time travel a lot and always take my keyboard and meguca mouse mat with me

Uggo tau guy back with more of a lore question that has to do with modeling.
Do you still the end of tau guns? I thought they were lazguns so arent the things on front more emmitors and not barrels?

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Started on a salvaged raptor. I'm unexpectedly finding the baroque, extra detailed chaos models much more enjoyable to paint than the old plastic csm troops.

>>54907852

9 year old you had that 'Eavy Metal edge highlight theory down

>>54907521
>excorcist vets

>>54906352
Can this purple meme end already, sick and tired of the same scheme every single day.
And there's not even a reasoning for the color apart from muh complimentary colors...

>>54907908

Maybe he kept all his old models and took the pic at the same time, brainlet.

>>54907831
ABSOLUTE MADMAN

Man anon, how much do you enjoy pain?

>>54908215
:^)

>>54908215
>tfw to inteligent for time travel

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The part I marked with red, I don't know how it's called but how would you paint this "hair"?

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>>54906824
Your dudes look great. I like the Armageddon legion look (that's why I took this color scheme)
I think I'lll try Ushabiti bones and Storm Vermin Fur highlights for my next squad

>>54898073

I liked yours the best on the OP image.

You done good jewel eyes.

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>>54899898
>>54900227


Tried re-positioning 3 like you had suggested. How does this look?

>>54908388
Aren't grenades usually the same colour as the camo?

post goblin avengers

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>>54897880

I just backed something silly on Kickstarter.....

So... Guess I'll be getting into Necromunda then...

>>54908366
That's a topknot. You can either paint it as hair or just in a way to match/contrast your armor.

>>54908500
Now that you mention it ...

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WIP on my Crypt Flayers

>>54908247
It takes me so long to paint models that I don't overspend and buy too many. It's a flawed system, but it works

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Finished Crypt Flayers

>>54902190
There are several eras to my painting with significant 3-4 year gaps in between

1. 2003 to 2004 - the age of horrible conversions and unprimed paintjobs, just started to learn what drybrushing was

2. 2008 to 2013 - Now know what drybrushing is, applied devlan skill-in-a-bottle to miniatures so they started to look alright

3. Two weeks ago - Earlier today - After along break of painting and playing 15mm and 6mm historicals I got dragged back into 40k, stripping and repainting all my older stuff before I cave and buy any more. Enjoying Citadels new technical ranges.

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>>54908730
Reposting because the first image was fucking gigantic

>>54908776
Nice! Those most recent Orkz are beautifully shaded. I'd recommend a more exciting base though to bring them out fully.

>>54908704
>>54908662
>>54908624
v nice

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>>54902190

>>54908854
The bases are just black primed resin at the minute, I cant decide which colour of deserty wasteland I like best or how to get there.
Maybe I'll give the new agrellan badlands stuff a try on the plain bases and paint the scenic ones to match.

>>54908937
kek

>>54908211
paint some the way you like them and show us

Is it OK to go more than two thin coats if it isn't quite solid colour yet? Still new to this and my Skitarii robes and skin on some other models might need some more coverage.

Plan for the skin was Duncan's Rakarth Flesh/Reikland Fleshshade Wrack skin tutorial and going a little easier on the highlights, but I'm worried I may be thinning too much since it's kinda flowing into recesses.
Can I add a bit less water and just do another coat over the top?

>>54909046
>Is it OK to go more than two thin coats if it isn't quite solid colour yet?
Of course. The two thin coats is just a guideline.

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2nd Adeptus Arbites test scheme almost done.

>>54900603
Damn nigga that shit is crazy.
Would you paint a whole army to that standard or would you an hero from perfectionism-related stress if you tried?

>>54909046
Yea, more than two coats is fine. You may be overthinning your paint if you need more than two, but on some colours like bone or white you'll need more.


If your paint is 'flowing' you have too much on the brush. Stroke it against your palette to get some of the liquid out before applying it to the model

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>>54908395
Thanks anon

Sup' WiP.

Is a Dettol water mix still the safest mix for stripping models?

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>>54906352
Should have painted the hoods black or bone like I suggested.

>>54909068
>>54909097

OK then. TY for advice, I was wondering what I was doing wrong since it seemed OK on the pallette. I'll try that out on the Kairics tomorrow, since I suspect painting under bright orange light is a poor idea.

>>54909245
fuck you nigga, those pimp hoods look dope

>>54909384
They remind me of the oversaturated picture of Mortarion.

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Some new stuff and paint for my Space Elves

Craftworld is currently unnamed, not sure if they're a true craftworld or corsair group yet either (using CW units/rules for the moment, fuck ynnari)

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and the centerpeice for the army, going saim-hann style warfare, bikes/jetbikes/flying stuff

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Added a couple of glazes to the red. How's it look so far?

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not a great picture, but the fire prism I used as a test model for full scheme, main blue/green color is 1ksons blue applied by airbrush, nuln oil to line the recesses.

>>54909463
Lookin' good!

Is that Kryssa in the back? We don't see enough WarmaHordes around here.

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better picture.

C&C welcome, I'm trying not to overdo it and still need to do transfers

final list of models for the army for those that might be interested:

1x Jetlock
2x Jetseer
1x Vyper /w Bright Lance
15x Windriders with Shuriken Cannons
2x Wasp Assault Walkers (both dual AML)
2x Hemlock Wraithfighters
2x Fireprism
1x Nightspinner
1x Scorpion Type II

then probably some custom shining spears once I figure out how the fuck to make lances for them that aren't shit

>>54909463
Yikes, bro. That mold line on the hip vials is rough.

>>54909463
Red looks good but it could do with 1 more edge highlight

Tips for painting tanks without an airbrush? I'm facing three leman russ and a baneblade and I fear I might kill myself painting them

>>54909520
Yeah, it's her. Having a hard time with her though. Gotta strip her again.

>>54909605
Coloured primers, army painter and plastic soldier company do greeny browny sprays that should work for guard tanks.
Failing that just buy a gravity-fed airbrush and a compressor, it'll cost you far less than that baneblade did and you'll never look back, you can get into modulation and shit which looks sweet for large vehicles and aircraft.

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>>54909605
use a heavy drybrush to do the base paint layer, it gives a smooth finish without brushmarks if you do it properly.

use masking tape with a heavy edge seal (aka make sure its really well down) if you plan to do patterns and use the same technique, then do details once your base solid color and/or camo is done.

airbrush isn't so bad though, you can pick up a basic airbrush and small compressor from harbor freight for not too much. or a car detail sprayer if you're doing citadel base paints and are worried about clogging (see pic related)

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>>54909664
Pic.

>>54909605
Basecoat with the biggest brush you own, wash, drybrush basecoat heavily, drybrush highlight, paint details

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>>54909689
lets try this again

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>>54909689
>>54909687
>>54909703
I'm aiming for this paint scheme. Should I get an airbrush or is it possible to do well without it?

>>54909770
you could do most of it without, the part that would trip you up would be the chaos star.

the best way might be to do the grey and camo striping first with heavy drybrush and masking tape, then get a can of spray red and make yourself a custom mask cutout.

this guy: http://heavytankbuilder.blogspot.com/2013/10/forge-world-scorpion-type-ii-saim-hann.html

does his with an airbrush, but you could achieve the same effect using a rattle can.

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>>54909530
and a windrider WIP.

color/placement criticisms welcomed, I feel like they're missing something but I don't want to make the scheme too busy, and the airbrush I have doesn't like the GW paint very much (dries and clogs before I can get much done)

>>54908607
>topknot
Wow I ain't the brightest one. I'll ask then what kinda colour do you think would match the armour, dark greenish?

>>54909850
Thanks anon. The chaos star will go on the baneblade and I'll definitely invest good time painting him. It's going to be a fun challenge

>>54909605
theres these. Be warned this technique doesnt always work. Tried it last night with watered down paint and it looked shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI6Y3JV9nX8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjTS1l_GWdQ

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Got bored of working on endless marines and thought it was time for a change up, bought me some Mierce axe drunes, currently paining them up as slaaneshi warriors of chaos. I think they are turning out well!

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What would you guys think of something like this as a Ministorum priest with power maul?

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>>54910269

Nothing says 'join our happy family' like wearing some other dudes skin as a cloak. Chaos needs to get back to basics.

>>54909964
>>54909770
You should get an airbrush anyway 2bh

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SwitZer-AS18-Airbrush-With-Compressor-Double-Action-Air-Brush-Spray-Kit-Paint-/262787237714?epid=1018704323&hash=item3d2f570752:g:SaQAAOSwKtZZkx7B

Trust me lad, you might think its a big, serious investment but compared to your monthly warhams expenditures its nowt, and they come in handy very frequently.

>>54910287
Honestly I'm not a fan of power weapons without some kind of power generator on them.

The rest is nice, though. Shadow warrior helms are too good for crazy religious dudes.

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How can I achieve this red?

>>54910320
Agreed. Anyone planning on doing a lot of vehicles or horde armies should consider getting a cheap airbrush. Fuck, as long as it's double action and has a tank, you can't got wrong for basecoating, pre shading or applying stencils.

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converted my primaris gravis captian into a chaplain

>>54910482
Ok.

Why? The actual Chaplain is a great model imo - in fact it's the only Primaris marine model I bought. Why would you feel the need to have one with a beer gut and that stupid fucking 'cowl'? Also, your halo has a few bent spikes.

>>54910482
REEEE ILLEGAL MODEL
REEEE CHAPLAINS CANT WEAR GRAVIS
REEEE

The torch head is a tiny bit crooked but other than that bretty gud

>>54910516
I just didn't care much for the standard gravis captain so was trying to make mini alright.
also didnt notice I bent the spike I'll fix that.

>>54910320
Is that an ok airbrush? I don't plan on doing anything too fancy

>>54910565
There's no such thing as a bad dual action airbrush. As long as it has a dual action trigger and topfed paint cup it will work fine even if it's a $20 Chinese piece of shit. What you get with the more expensive brushes is smoother and lighter trigger, more delicate and fine components, and a more attractive an well built fit and finish. It's basically like a race car you built yourself or built in China vs. the same race car engine put in a Ferrari. You're still going to be going fast either way.

>>54910565
See those crypt flayers up thread. I did those using that airbrush. Had the airbrush for over a year now. So long as you clean it after use etc it will do you grand for basecoats etc.

>>54910565
Any gravity-fed, double-action airbrush is likely to be perfectly fine, that kind of compressor are fine too, in my experience a tank isn't necessary, it just takes up more space.

Im sure iwata and badger airbrushes are better at some things, like if you wanted to try panel lighting on a grots toenail, but for basecoating, vehicle modulation, soft-edged camo and 99% of the stuff you'd use it for a £10-15 brush will do just fine.

Since we're discussing aribrushes, anyone have advice for getting the GW bases and layer paints to spray easy? I've been using Tamiya X20A as a thinner, but the problem I keep having is the crap dries up inside the airbrush before I can get anything done. Using a gravity cup on a relatively inexpensive airbrush (pics incoming soon as I can find where I put it last)

>>54909894
I think using black as the spot color is sort of letting the scheme down - the painted examples all look great from an execution standpoint, but they don't pop. Something warm/hot as the triad color might help

>>54910627
>>54910644
>>54910700
Thanks anons. Any recommendations on airbrushing for beginners? I think I'll get the one you showed me when I have more money

>>54910766
Shit aint thin enuff nigga. I use Vallejo thinner and have no problems. Maybe a little slo dri in there might help

>>54910627
>It's basically like a race car you built yourself or built in China vs. the same race car engine put in a Ferrari. You're still going to be going fast either way.
As an /o/tist this shitty analogy is triggering

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Hi guys, would need some advice here
Some friend commissioned me to paint his Mices & Mystics heroes. I've spent roughly two to four hours per miniature, and I had to buy about ten paints for this. I believe the quality is slightly above tabletop, how much is it fair to charge him ? I've never done this before.

The picture is kinda shitty but I can't really do much better with no proper camera and no proper lighting, sorry.

>>54910320

>no tank
>shit tier starter airbrush

You must buy an airbrush with a tank. Those without tanks are worthless.

Also if you get a shit tier airbrush you will hate it and will have to buy again.
Get a badger velocity or a badger chrome.

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>>54910333

Good point. How about this?

>>54910929
Don't involve money where your friends are concerned, cause you lose the money or you lose the friend.

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>>54904531
He probably used a different method but here's another pretty good one:
https://youtu.be/vLsteSBHEcM?t=16m7s
In case youtube fucks up and doesn't skip to the time in the link, it starts at 16:07.

>>54911205
This Poster would suggest that the power unit be affixed to the base of the maul's head instead of by the hand.

>>54910929
As
>>54911232
Said, money can do weird things to friendships, I'd charge cost of materials and be happy that I got some nice new paint and a chance to practise my painting.

>>54911232
Sounds like you have shitty friends.

I'm not that Anon, but good friends pay eachother for art services whenever possible.

>>54905370
>>54905395
Terminator lord/sorc kit, the stretched flesh on the trophy rack is greenstuff, left pauldron is from the regular CSM termi kit.. Helmet I have no idea, might be an old chaos bit, might be a slightly converted one. Although honestly, the regular terminator lord helmet should suffice

Power armored one is CSM legs, plasma pisto;, possessed torso. Backpack is a regular csm one with gargoyle heads from any CSM vehicle kit, the trophy spike is also from the vehicle kits, the half circle is from the daemon prince plastic kit. Head I think is loyalist SM, chaos kits don't give any heads like that.

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>>54902190
I don't know when I painted the skaven but I think it was 2003-4ish, it's not my first model but it's the oldest I can find.

>>54911078
Both my airbrushes were/are cheap Chinese shit and they're both great, the only reason I bought the second is because the nozzle o-ring on the first dried up due to maltreatment and it was cheaper to buy a whole new brush than order a 1mm rubber ring from Germany.
Tanks are gay, you get like 2 seconds of silent spraying out of them before the compressor revs back up, a pressure regulator and air filter are all you need

>>54911264

This poster is unfortunately not that good at conversions.

>>54911232
>>54910929

This, you shouldnt have involved money in matters of friendship. If he is only an acquiantence its fair, but a friend, no.

If he is your friend just give him those for free , if he is not an asshole he will make it up to you in the future with a gift etc.

>>54911320

Not sure what kind of backyard tank you use but with a heavy usage mine lasts atleast 15 minutes of nearly constant spraying. If you add into fact that most of the time you will spray in stage and will do brush work in between it will last more than half an hour without you hearing the compressor work.

>>54911232
>>54911267
Well, it's a acquiantence more than a friend, yes... It's a co-worker with who I'm in mostly friendly terms, but then my intership end next week and I'm leaving the country afterward. Beside it was agreed from the start he would pay me for it.
Or are you tactfully telling me I still need to git gud before getting asking money for that ?

>>54910929

You should have agreed on pricing before doing the work

>>54911395

I would pay 50 bucks max for that.

>>54911332
Cut the shaft from the hand guard
180 it and reglue so the power unit is towards the end of the weapon.
reglue the spikey head on the end.

Fairly simple.

>>54911484
Couldn't advance a price when I didn't know how much of his stuff I could paint and how long it would take.

>>54911578

>what all do you want me to paint?
>OK that's gonna be $__
I would charge $10 per model for what you painted

>>54911578
Don't take commission then

>>54911395
I would charge solely for materials and maybe 10-20$ on top of that if you're feeling brave, it doesnt look like a $75+ commission to me

>>54907852
You certainly have improved. Watching some Duncan videos might help further, but I've noticed that Eshin grey, (and some fenrisian grey on the strongest highlights) is perfect for black armor, while that looks to my eye like mechanicus standard grey and dawnstone, which I think is a tad too bright. Reel back the edge highlights a little, I'd say, but you're doin good!

>>54911608
>>54911609
Uh. Okay then.
Seem like too much trouble for what it was worth.

>>54911671
Welcome to the cutthroat world of commission figures Unless you're very talented, its not remotely worth getting into.
If you can't pump out 9/10 figures in a day you shouldn't be charging for paintjobs
Feel free to disregard our advice, but don't bitch if he tells you to fuck off when you charge him $100+ cause of your poor communication

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>>54902190
Started with BFG way back. Wasn't the first model I painted, but close to it. Getting better, but I still have a bad habit of rushing towards the end of a paint job. And yeah, I finished the base on the Dominus, but couldn't be arsed to take a new photo.

>>54911671
Unless you are a real pro tier painter like jeremie bonamant, ernesto reyes s. or at least jennifer haley you wont be making back your hourly work.

Still, think of what you have done as a practice.

>>54906025
How come this is the first time reading this.

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>>54910482
I used Gravis parts to make a captain-esque character. I should really finish him.
pls no bully

>>54911751
His left arm is attached too far down his torso, it doesn't line up with his shoulders.

>>54911815
Aye someone else pointed it out to me too. It'll get fixed though. Just finishing more Hell Blasters first for my Plasma Spearhead. This guy is just a unit on the side.

>>54911751
Is this from the Phoenicians Resurgent? Your conversion looks much nicer than big belly gravy armor.

>>54911751
I like it, looks way better without the tard hood

>>54911874
Indeed it is. Even though the arm is off, like >>54911815 mentioned, I do like it more than the big belly.

>>54911888
Thanks anon!

>>54911751
What helmet is that?

>>54911932
The Captain in Gravis Armour.

Model making custom parts /WIP/?

I'm looking at kneadatite but I saw greenstuff and beesputty >>54906059 mentioned in the thread. Not a huge fan of baking but I wanted to get custom part and model makers opinions before I start trying to make some things.

>>54911721
Dominus is going to be a bitch to paint , i realized that after i already assambled him.

Also for those thinking about buying him, the gw does not do justice to show its true scale, dominisu is about 150 percent taller than a regular guardsman.

>>54910429

Prime horribly, then basecoat with with a 50/50 or 75/25 mix of black/dark red (say, Khorne Red). Zenithal drybrush with Khorne Red, then highlight with Wazdakka Red, and finally with Evil Sunz Scarlet or Fuegan Orange.

>>54908042
Yes. They shoot pellets that are energized or some shit.

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>>54911969
>Dominus is going to be a bitch to paint
My Domina is going to be fun to paint because she looks like a murderous bitch.

>>54908582

I...i want this. Where anon? Where?

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Sorry for Potato Quality picture.

Is there a better way to get this mirror sheen effect without an Airbrush, or do I just need to get better at blending?

>>54910893

It's like...buying a used riced out 350Z and a brand new Q35? There isn't really an auto equivalent due to the inherent differences between how cars work and how airbrushes work.

>>54911340
>if he is not an asshole he will make it up to you in the future

yeah little protip by this definition everyone is a fucking asshole

>>54912079
get better at blending. too few distinct layers, ned more smoother layers

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>>54911969
Correction 50 percent.

>>54911997
Showing nipples is a chessecake level too far, my techpriestess is far superior.

>>54912079
Would have been better if you left the clear acyrilic panels alone.

>>54912082
Why so? If someone does me a favor i will try to return the gesture.

>>54912188
Ehhhhh the nipples don't bother me and I plan on filing 'em flat anyway. Yours looks like femecha-Mortarion

>>54905851
Kids are pretty impatient. Not being an impatient fuck helps. Now if only i could learn that lesson.

>>54908211
>And there's not even a reasoning for the color apart from muh complimentary colors...
Well, your painting them. They're game pieces not real soldiers. Aesthetics should have a high priority. Probably over realism to a degree.

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Thinking of doing my Arco-Flagellants in this style. What do you all think?

>>54908211

When will aesthetelets learn that just because color theory approves of a combination doesn't mean it'll actually look good.

>>54912356
I like it

>>54912356
Do it anon. Don't forget to post pics.

>>54911281
HERETICAL THANKS

Man, posessed and daemon prince, huh? I -thought- I recognized that from somewhere.

>>54912356
All I think of when I see that is those inflatable flailing arms guys outside of used car places.

>>54912581
wacky waving inflatable tendril waving tube flagellant

>>54911969
Yeah, sub assemblies are practically required to paint it effectively.
Guy at my shop built Cawl completely before he painted him. Guess how that turned out.

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>>54906023
>Red shoulder rims.

Yeah, bud!

>>54912188
You lost when you picked a Raging Heroes shit-design model.

Does anyone have a tutorial on how to paint faceted gemstones? I can only seem to find one for circular or oval ones

>>54899437
Man, primaris gets all the cool bits. Maybe if their kits are ever expanded to include bikes and manlet weapons I'll get some. That drill arm is sexy.

do you have to wait for primer to "cure" before painting? Ive got a black spray primer that goes on a tad thick and stays very slightly sticky for a day or two but dries to handle within the hour

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>>54911332
If you have some spare wire you could do like I did on this sergeant.

>>54912915
Which is have the power pack be on the belt and have some wire connecting them.

>>54912890

Most primers cure within a couple hours. It's only shit like Vallejo that takes days to weeks. Don't spray your primer on thick next time. Stynylrez dries within 15 minutes and is sandable/paintable, and cures within 24 hours. Army Painter cures within seconds.

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>>54912729
I get the raging heroes hate but some models are not half bad at all, especially iron empire ones. Granted their sisters series suck and their minis are generally overpriced.

>>54912634
That is why magnets are awsome, you can magnetise sub-assembly parts to make them both easy to carry around and possible to play with without painting.

>>54912890
24 hours is pretty standard for generic rattle cans. You'll notice most tutorials say they let the models cure overnight.

>>54913005
>I get the raging heroes hate

I don't. Their sculpts aren't bad.

I'd get it if people hate them for their shitty wait times and lack of delivering what they sell.

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Can someone recommend a better right arm?

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>>54913142
>pic related
You know its the right thing to do, anon.

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>>54913007
>mfw I usually start painting within half an hour of priming

Nothing has gone wrong so far, but damn, 24 hours? I've been fucking up for like...15 years.

>>54913292

As long as it's dry enough to paint on you're fine, it'll just cure underneath the paint.

>>54913005
That's just a shittier version of a Big Sister from Bioshock, and even then it's lame bondage bait first and "cyberzombie" fourth.

Their notSisters are a meme because at the time no one really offered a suitable alternative before the Valkir conversion got popular, and it turns out that after that more people wanted cool bolter bitches over Korean-bootleg Sexy Space Nuns that Raging Heroes pitched. (Then they died even harder when Russian Bootleg Sisters became accessible)

They excel at things where the theme fits, like dark elves and their notslaanesh lustelves, where the quality for the content is ACTUALLY in-demand.

They fail at basically everything else because they force themselves to only go halfway on a theme to compromise for the sexualization aspect.

>>54913038
It's the designs that are the unfavorable aspect, not the sculpt quality.

>>54913725
>Valkir
>Russian Bootleg Sisters

Those are both uglier than RH.

>>54913916
See the Valkir I can give you the excuse of subjectivity on, but the Russian Bootleg Sisters actually look like Sisters of Battle and are good quality sculpts, which makes them objectively superior of the off-brand Sister of Battle models compared to the RH ones.

>>54912435
probably about the same time marines players learn that just because GW made up an elaborate color system and heraldry scheme for dozens of chapters doesn't mean the majority of them aren't eyesores. So, never, to answer your question

>>54914019
They still have the angry manface problem.

>>54914038
as opposed to the pigeon-toed, knock-kneed, "oops-i-dropped-something-let-me-bend-over" problems

>>54914072
Yeah, compared to manface, that's a good problem to have in women. That's the entire point of SoB, right? That they're females? But if you like manfaced women you go ahead and do you.

>>54914072
>ugly
>vs. slutty schoolgirl

How is that supposed to help your argument? The whole nun thing is already deep in "oops-i-dropped-my-rosary-let-me-bend-over" territory.

>>54906352
What kit are you getting all these flies from??

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>>54914038
The two helmetless heads look like white women in their 40s, the yelling sister superior head looking particularly war-torn.

Try going outside some more.

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>>54902190
This isn't my first as I tried to strip with bleach so it's more like my 30th model compared to my 150th or something ridiculous.
Also this was before my valhallans which I post here sometimes

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>>54914252

Lol really nigger? Get the cocks out of your eyes, and the Russian cocks out of your mouth and ass while you're at it.

>>54914317
Why are you so mad about Russians

>>54914360
They hacked the molds.