WIP - Work In Progress General

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Thank god, I was starting to feel the itch
Still haven't gotten around to ordering the Pauldrons I need, but in the meantime, do you guys think I should put a pauldron on my Aspiring Champion's right shoulder or leave it bare because Tough McManBeef?

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reposting these niggas from last thread

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WiP Minotaur. Still need to clean up the highlighting, and pick out some more details. First marine I've painted in almost ten years. Arms and backpack are separate, to make hitting chest easier. Not sure what I want to do with the pauldrons - there are no Minotaur transfer sheets, and my freehanding skill is almost nil.

Excuse the mess in the background, working on some house stuff.

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Mods are asleep
post Tau

>>54997035
I dig the scarves.

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>>54996841
I think he looks cool w/out. Bonus points would be to find a bare leg of the right scale to convert a modern equivalent of this classic eyesore

>>54996848
lookin good! nice combination of bright parts and filthy washed out parts

>>54997022
nice! whats your gold scheme?

>>54997138
I do like the look of the bare arm, but I don't know if I'm going to go so far as putting on a bare leg...

>>54997170
I actually followed Duncan's scheme for Minotaurs verbatim, and it worked out quite nicely. Quick and easy too:
-2 coats Balthasar
-Drybrush Runelord Brass
-Wash Agrax Gloss
-Drybrush Runelord again
-Edge highlight with Stormhost Silver

You could very easily get a squad done quickly.

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>>54996848
>>54996848
Updated family photo

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More heads. Is it weird to use the heads that come with a dreadnought on normal Marines?? Because they're awesome looking... I'm thinking that beefy steel one will be a heavy weapons bro.

>>54997337

The beefy one is really large and too heavy looking, but I've seen people use it. The skull head one is an awesome head and a lot of people use it as a normal head because it has a cool faceplate. It's the exact same size as a normal helmet.

>>54997337
I know the one on the right fits on marines because I put it on one, but I don't know about the one on the left, you might have to scrape a little off the front of the bottom to get it right but other than that it should fit fine.

>>54997337
From the thumbnail, I thought that was a picture of some odd insect.

Touche haha, doesn't even fit in fully. Welp... Guess I'll just keep him around for moral support.

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Forgot image:

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First models I've painted after a 2 year hiatus.

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More kommandos coming out, I'm casting some pouches and tankbustas bombs for the guys which I'm gonna add. Once again thoughts?

>>54997458
You're going to have a lot of trouble getting to fit the dread helmets and pretty much any helmet that isn't a DW Vet helmet on those torsos since the collar is in the way. GW specifically designed the helmets in the DW Vet kit to fit on those torsos because the normal ones don't. I tried to put a normal helmet on one of those torsos it didn't fit very well even with a bunch of scraping and chopping.

So I am making some AoS Chaos Warriors out of Stormcast. Does anyone have a suggestion for heads besides the standard horned Warrior and
Knight heads?

>>54997510
Oh snap good to know.

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>>54997510
You can make some pretty tacti-cool rubrics with the termi heads

>>54997543
If you still want to use the dread heads you could try chopping up the torso backs a bit to fit normal marine torso fronts, without the collars, onto them and that should make it easier to fit the heads on.

>>54997502
Greenstuff sculpting 101:

Get some cheap clay sculpting tools. You can get like a dozen tools in a set for like $5 (you might end up only using two of em for most things starting out)

Use water to damp your tools frequently while sculpting.

Careful to avoid fingerprints, and you can polish out fingerprints and fold marks using a damp tool.

Subtractive sculpting is a thing, so if your shapes are a tad blobby you can cut and carve away at them after curing.

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Just finished my first Skin and Moans. Need basing stuff but was excited to post him.

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>>54997502
Tight.

Only thing I'm working on now is my new Khorne army, pictured.

>>54991667
Pledge on BitzBox's patron a certain level, and you get bits and other goodies in the mail monthly.

Somethings they're themed, sometimes not. On your first bag, you can somewhat direct him on themes to work with, and he'll accommodate the best he can.

>>54997675
Already done those a good half year ago, I was looking for more of suggestions to add details and where the sculpting is lacking and needs more work on it

>>54997723
>Buddhist khorne
I dig

>>54997702
top work, m8

>>54997702
nice color choices! the flesh areas could really use some more contrast though

>>54997729
what kind of content do they create with their patreon?

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>>54997458
>putting the mouth armor head on a fucking collared torso

You're a complete retard.

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>>54997740
You have a lot of visible fold marks and blobby shapes still.

You can reduce the boxyness of the bags by using a bit of greenstuff on the corners to make it a more rounded transition. Then, you can put a THIN indent going along the length of the corner. This will make it look like there's a seam on the inside of the backpack. (the clever grot who sewed this realized that this helps prevent the bag from ripping)

>>54997337
>>54997458
>tfw your posts made me realize where my company champion got his head from

I dun put a dreadnought head on him all those years ago when I originally assembled him and a bunch of other dudes

I'll link/post a picture of him to this post in a bit

>>54997949
Gonna try sanding it down when it dries, but I'm gonna do that bag thing, looks cool.

>>54997791
Painting and modeling videos as well as battle reports.

The guy also runs the bits store by the same name. You also get free shipping on the bitzbox store for the bitsbag pledge and some of the lesser pledges.

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>>54997035

How'd you do the scarves?

Also, photo of my GSC with deceptive lighting. I'll try get a picture with daylight at some point

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>>54996737
Beginning edge highlighting on the Warpwalker. My hands are kinda shaky today though, so progress is slow. Doesn't help that my ceiling light is starting to dim either

Should I do any kind of markings on his shoulder to denote his old chapter? What kind of homebrew chapter could I do? Maybe something based off of Dark Souls, like something and gold with a wolf or sun as the chapter symbol?

>>54998035
If you're going to go with Dark Souls heraldry then a sun would work, since Gwyn was the god of sunlight and his children and himself represented it. Fire would also work, as it is a strong theme in the game, maybe a dwindling flame or something along those lines.
In terms of color, I would go with a muted tone to represent the decay of the character, another strong theme in Dark Souls.

>>54998107
These are good suggestions. Since Artorias is the wolf knight you could try for a custom wolf sigil, but that's probably too close to, well, you know. Warriors of Sunlight would make for a cool chapter, could probably do a color scheme based off of Solaire (green, white, chrome, big, outstanding heraldry). Not terribly original, but I think it would look cool and be a nice homage.

>>54997486
MOLD LINES

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>>54997960
Still very wip company champion using the same armoured head

>>54998257
its such a huge pain in the ass for so little reward
his figs look great

>>54998257
I know, I'm lazy with limited time but, yeah, I know.

>>54998268
Thanks! I haven't had an opportunity to field them at all yet, hope they look good on the table.

>>54998107
>>54998161
I'm not too keen on the Solaire inspired colors as it'd look a bit too cartoony on an overall serious model. Besides sunfags are the worst. Darkwraiths 4lyfe

I'm kind of leaning towards gold trim with a flame symbol. Not sure what to do for the pauldron's main color though

>>54998416
Black or a deep blue to contrast the warm glow of the flame. Another theme of Dark Souls is the dichotomy of things in the universe, particularly Dark and Light

>>54998436
Maybe a small golden flame in a black pauldron? Like the small bit of flame with the abyss slowly encroaching around it

>>54998416
That's fair. A darkwraith themed army would be awesome, all black with bright red highlights, red eye orb as the heraldry, and at least one model in the "well what is it?" pose.

Given that Artorias is all chrome, blue, and black, I'll second >>54998436
and go with the dark blue that will fit the character theme and make the flame/sun pop.

>>54998473
That's perfect

>>54998484
>>54998497

Artorias in my army is called the Warpawalker. He's set to be my Chapter champion. Due to fluff reasons, his senses have been dulled by the Warp and is being manipulated by my chaplain, who will actually be Darkwraith themed, to fight for my renegade chapter despite his undying loyalty for the Imperium. It's tragic really, and I love how it ended up

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>>54998543
Pretty Soulsy, if I do say. I dig it a lot!

>>54998543
It's starting to sound like the Legion of the Damned but with less fire and more dark

>>54998543
Ooh, is he chaplain Kaath?

>>54998604
>>54998605
>>54998625
Might not be his name outright but Kaathe is actually his WIP due to the strong connection. Still need to do the chapter master before the chaplain so I've got time to work on something

For those who've been in /yourdudes/ threads, is the Dregs Fatalis, a renegade chapter comprised of survivors, POWs, and deserters guided by a warmongering turbocunt of a warlord. His efforts overseeing parts of the Primaris testing procedure combined with the theft of key machinery and supplies thanks to the chaplain, they ran off and began recruiting/kidnapping to build an army. After vanishing for a while, they recently resurfaced in a massive Space Hulk, which they use to reprocess new marines into primarines with a grudge

The only rule the Dregs follow are answering to certain commanders and to gather stolen/salvaged loot. Other than that, they're free to run rampant, fulfilling their own agendas and generally causing trouble for the Imperium

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>>54998697
Dregs, you say?

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How's the lenses look?

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>>54998808
Let's try this again.

>>54998827
>>54998808
I give up. Not gonna spam the thread with images.

>>54998794
That reference was accidental. An anon here gave me the basis of the idea.

>>54998035
are you edge highlighting the converted parts, or doing a drybrush on them? they are scrungy as hell

>>54998808
>>54998827
they look good overall, but the horizon effect or whatever you were trying for with the white doesn't read as well as the classic dots would on an area so small

>>54998931
Not sure yet. I might've roughened them up too much. What would be better?

>>54998035
10/10 concept
tabletop standard execution

>>54998968
You'll probably have a hard time edge highlighting such rough surfaces. They look a little odd next to the smoothness of the chad model. Not familiar with the video game source material so no idea what you are going for, but an allover drybrush might serve you better and be much easier.

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>>54997035
WIP trying to clean up/highlight

>>54998808
>>54998827
Spectacular.

:3c

>>54999071
His shawl cape thing is all torn up in game and I had planned on adding weathering to the smoother parts after layering it was done

>>54999057
Well the painting just started and this is only my second attempt at sculpting so it's fine for what I had hoped for

>>54999075
I think you should consider carrying the orange (or a similar tone) through more of the details. The painting here is very clean and well-executed, but the stark blue/grey scheme needs something to liven it up

>>54999153
other then lenses and the vents in the back, i'm wary of having too much orange on it as it contrasts so much with blue, that putting it on any larger area would clash too much. Currently the only other place i can see adding them is the little dot in the tau emblem, or the disc things on the side of the jetpacks.

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>>54999257
Paint bands of the thigh armour orange. Just one or two per guy. Something like this.

I mean if you still think that'd be too much that's fair enough, but I think it'd look okay.

Might be a bit more visual variety when you get those guns painted anyway.

>>54999075
Did you glue on those missle pods? I hope not.

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>>54997035
>Those scarves
I give them 10 edgy anime protagonists out of 10. How'd you do them?

>>54998861
Hey, it totally works! Dregs are abyssal in nature, so roll with it!

>>54997035
>Breachers without antennas
I was thinking of doing exactly this. I think it makes them more visually distinct.

Scarves look pretty solid. I'd have maybe made them a bit less chunky but it's nice work.

>>54999075
WELL, WHAT IS IT?

>>54997022
https://www.shapeways.com/product/J799HEPEL/60x-minotaurs-shoulder-insignia-pack?optionId=62992021&li=marketplace

If this isn't out of your price range, may be an option.

>>54999478
Yes...

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>>54997723
Nice dick

>>54999530
>https://www.shapeways.com/product/J799HEPEL/60x-minotaurs-shoulder-insignia-pack?optionId=62992021&li=marketplace

That is perfect, thank you anon.

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>>54999664
>BAD DRAGON

The thought of having to scrub 60 tiny resin arms is making me question life. Please send help.

>>54999616
Whyyyyy
They're shit and magnets are a Tau player's best friend anyway

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>>54996737
i'm trying to get to a better standard, slowly but surely i'm getting there

>>54999784
just started out, was experimenting with them, and didn't start magnetizing till just recently. Honestly having them their just looks cool. currently had success in my list having a suit squad of triple flamers, and 1 squad of triple FB.

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>>54996737
Had a thought while I was painting >>54998035
. Should I keep his helmet silver as it is in the picture and paint the eyes black? Or Paint the helmet the same blue as the shawl and paint the faceplate black to simulate Artorias's shadowed face? Complete accuracy isn't a requirement but I'm wondering if it'd look better than the silver helm I have currently

>>54999822
Deepstriking flamers suck balls because they can't hit anything after they land.

>>54999940
Stealthsuits and Homing Beacons solves that problem quite easily.

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>>54999751
Uuuggghhhh

>>54999940
They're good for screening assaults. Your gunline looks a lot less appealing to assault when the enemy has to charge past 9D6 overwatch hits.

>>55000017
Get an ultrasonic dude.

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For the life of me I could not get my camera to focus but got 6 of these done tonight and wanted to post them. I swear they look better in person. For basing I think I want to add an Easter egg to the ones leaping forward

>>55000205
Idk what that is

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Also while I didnt paint this recently I was asked to paint this for a friend and was very happy with the results.

>>55000205
ultrasonics work for scrubbing resin?

>>55000238
Ultrasonic cleaner. Uses cavitation to clean parts. A lot of people use them to strip second hand minis but they're also super useful for cleaning resin.

>>55000247
You'll probably still have to give them a quick once over with a toothbrush but it won't need any real scrubbing.

>>55000251
Sounds expensive as fuck

>>55000261
Like twenty bucks on ebay.

>>55000282
Huh. I'll look into it.

Also, how do I know when this shit is clean? This has been soaking for 24hrs and I'm hitting then with the brush. Is that enough?

>>55000000

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I forgot how much I hated these Chainglaives....

Can someone explain feathering to me please. It just looks like blending to me.

>>55000553
arms just don't line up good?

>>55000553
>chainblades on sticks
but
but why
konrad you a dumb motherfucker

>>55000017
Last summer I ordered 3 leviathans from Miranda Irene. One for me and one each for a friend.
I courteously went through and cleaned all the parts of release agent so when my friends came over we could crack on with building straight away.
Fuck me it took ages.

>>55000553
Into hot water it goes.
I'd be tempted to skip magnetising and just go with rule of cool on these guys. Exotic chain weapons can be power weapon equivalent in my eyes.
Depends on how cool your opponents are.

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>>55000725
Horrendously, actually. It's a nightmare. I've only done 2 and I remembered why I stopped there.

>>55000752
>he doesn't want his chainsaws to reach extra far
Also, I think they were more of a Nostromo thing.

>>55000778
Hot water didn't work. I wound up twisting the joint straight off, which kinda worked out I guess. It wss a pain in the ass regardless. The magnets are more for if I want to use them on something else, or if I want to actually put the lightning claws on them.

I'm just about to start painting some new space wolves models and I've been watching some paint tutorials. Do I really need all these different paints? How much would I lose out on if I just used a few different colours? I don't wanna spend 150$ on fuckin paint

>>55000956
Also, is it better to use the citadel paints or is there other cheaper brands that people would recommend?

>>55000956
>>55000979
Buy vallejo paint.

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>>55000956
>>55000979

Go to hobby lobby / michaels, half as expensive (2$ a bottle of acrylic paint ) for double the size (of bottle). They even have metallic paints for your armor needs.

>>55000956
Vallejo and P3 are vastly superior to the GW paints and cheaper. Over time your going to build a large paint selection honestly bite the bullet and pick up about 10-15 colors you plan to use on your project.

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Thoughts?

>>55001016
>>55000993
I'm looking at the website right now and I'm honestly a bit lost. Do you have any idea which set would most closely resemble the space wolves armour colors?

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>>55001027

>>55001033
Well Ive never painted space wolves watching this video should provide you with a list and idea of how to go about painting these guys. Dont sweat that he uses an airbrush you can do all of this without one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WayXmdyRI9Y

>>55001033
Should have included it in this post >>55001060
but I just realized he has an exact paint list in the description.

>>55001027
It's pretty amorphous.

It's a staff embedded into the floor with a bit of horror torso tacked on with horror arms and a screamer head?

More like a spawn than a herald...
You'd have been better off greenstuffing a robe over wire armature with the horror arms coming out and a hooded robed head that it covered.
Maybe holding the staff with the two left arms that have closed fists and keep the right arms with the book.

>>55001076
Thats awesome, thanks. It looks like not all of his paints are Vallejo and it doesn't look like this is one of their pre-packaged paint sets. I'm hoping I can get away with less colours desu

>>55001081
Thanks for the advice!

>>55001093
Use Amazon, The Warstore or Miniature market some 3rd party to get the paints and just pick what you want. Like I said though you should honestly save a bit and bite the bullet.

>>54999938
Anyone want to throw a hot fresh well respected opinion at this for me? Not in any rush but I'd like to cement my plans while I'm still early in the painting

>>54999938
>>55001171

silver helmet, blue shall, blackhole face.

>>55001224
Should the eyes be black too? Or a different color?

>>55001262
I would say black eyes, yes.
Glowing eyes would make him looks more menacing, but you're going for the ''sad hollowed and corrupted warrior''-look

>>55001280
Alright, thanks anon

>>55001008
How's the pigmentation though? All acrylics are not created equal, and for all their faults when it comes to gay pots and highish cost, citadel are generally pretty good.

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Pls rate.

This is the first time I've done any work on a resin model before.

>>55000243
The blue is GORGEOUS! Works so well with the brown tones.
Left arm-guard could use some black/other contrast color.

>>55000770
what adhesive do you use for resin?

>>54995044
Supreme improvement with darklined scratches.
Helmet/lenses work fine, don't change a thing. Red also works as a spot-color well, you can add it to whatever details on further boyz.

>>55001093
Get a lot of white. You can mix up colors for shading just by adding white to stuff.

>>55000881
you're making me really glad I decided against getting the fw ones, kitbash instead it is

>>55001484
Superglue.
Make sure you dry fit and are happy with posing first, it can be fucking tricky to get a couple pieces apart to repose compared to plastic because it is softer.
Use Bluetac to test poses etc.

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>>55001630
Fuck it. They're done. I now have 5 counts as warp talons. Next, I either build 5 more, or I start to build my Raptors, aka MKIV assmarines, which will be significantly easier.

>>55001323
He said they're $2 a bottle, they're obviously going to be shit. It's not a problem if you're broke and have time but most of us would rather just do 2-5 thin layers of high quality paint than try to get a solid cover with 10 layers of shitty cheapo paint and pray it doesn't chalk up.

My death guard army wip. Really happy with the progress thus far. Full album in link.

The biggest issue I've encountered this far; army painter spray varnish. ruined a model I worked 15 hours on. Don't risk using this shit. The benefits of using this shit are far outweighed by heartbreak of it going wrong.

Other than rhus; paint tentacles highlighting with "horizontal" stripes. Gives a very realistic fleshy bulging effect. Much better than the purple shit I tried on the first few.

https://m.imgur.com/a/yeTkt

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>>55001723
> forgetting the image

>>55001723
I'm always so apprehensive about spray varnish because of this. Is it really worth it?

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>>55001668
Here's a prototype Raptor. I like it.

>>55001723
What's your problem with the varnish? Been using one can for years without apparent difficulties.

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>>55001737
No. Not worth it. Just don't manhandle your models. The extra longevity is outweighed by the risk.

I've sprayed 20 models without an issue but after I ruined a guy last night I vowed never to use it again. Imagine painting one of the best model's you've ever done, then some guy comes along and drybrushes everything white. That's what happened to me last night. Never again.

>>55001762
I think the issue was I sprayed just around sunset and it started getting darker/ colder, so dew started forming, you know how the grass starts getting wet at twilight hours. I left my model outside for the spray to dry.

My model attracted a lot of dew it seems and it caused the spray to go foggy and appear like a heavy white drybrush all over the model. At least this is my theory.

So unless you can always be sure of weather/ humidity and temperature I don't think spraying is worth the risk.

>>55001723
>>55001730
You may be able to save that model; try spraying it with some gloss. If everything goes well, it'll fill in the microscopic pits the matte creates and even the coat back out.

>>54997545
Nice.

>>55001763
Just use varnish from a bottle you daft nurgling.

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About 1/3 of the way done with my last Crisis Suit, then I can move on to other stuff finally. Edge highlighting is a bit thick and sloppy, might tidy it up a bit.

>>55001781
Well that just applies to all spraying, not spray varnish specifically. Don't go doomsaying, as said I've been spray varnishing without problems for years.

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No basecoat? You can just paint right over the grey?

Is the basecoat meme finally dead?

>>55002482
Isn't it base-coated grey? It looks very matt for uncoated plastic

>>55002482
>>55002504
The base coat is when you start blocking in the colours.

The word daddy apparently fucked right out of your heads is primer. And if you want to paint without primer then go ahead, but don't come crying here if half the paintjob has rubbed off after your first game.

>>55002362
Yeah fair enough. My point was that the risk x The cost is greater than the benefits.

Unless you work in a cleanroom with atmospheric control I wouldn't risk it again. If it backfires once that outweighed 1000s of successful varnishings. The expected value is too great for me.

>>55002555
as long as you get a decent coverage it's fine, I mean you guys varnish your minis before you play anyway? right?

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>>55002555
>not using coloured primers so your base coat IS the primer

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Any anon know what green this is?, I went to a store for help but we were still just pulling straws.

>>55002555

huh, so the point of the primer is to hold the paint to the model, otherwise it just rubs off?

>>55002633

Does this work? Or do you still need a primer?

>>55002701
looks alot like Death World Forest to me

>>54999353
Is it possible to magmatize the shoulder mounts?.

>>55002701
the only definite way to know is to e-stalk the painter of that mini and find his recipe on a painting forum or whatever.
Due to this being a photo, there are dozen of different ways even including your monitor calibrations that may result in best guesses that are all just basically "pulling straws".

You can look at GWs painting guide thingy with the color triads and pic a recipe that you like though.
Unless there is some reason you need a 100% accurate color match that shouldn't be a problem.

>>55002754
As in the backpack ones, or the actual shoulder balljoints?

If the backpack, yes, with great ease. Barely even need to drill.

If the actual shoulder, yeah, but it might be a bit fiddly.

>>55002704
It works fine, and it's really great if you are trying to paint nuisance colours like yellow, but make sure it's actually coloured primer (army painter do nice ones) rather than just regular spraypaint

>>55002736
It's not, I've tried, Loran forest, Castallan green, Waagh flesh, Death world forest, Straken green, Elysian Green, I think that's all of them, Kek Castallan green is semi close.
>>55002755
I just like the colour, just wish it was easier to find it, https://www.flickr.com/photos/64148866@N05/albums/72157633115374357 There even was a thread on some tau fourm about it but I can't find it.

>>55002881
You might be so unfortunate that it's not a GW colour.

>>55002881
>>55002915
Found it, he said

Edit: Green color is Vallejo Model Color REFLECTIVE GREEN 70890. To light mixed with Vallejo Air SAND YELLOW 71028 and GW Krieg Khaki. , It's never easy is it.

>>55002881
http://www.advancedtautactica.com/viewtopic.php?t=20281

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Almost done with my ghoul king. Might add a spot of grass on the base still.

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So I'm doing a DA Deathwatch marine and wanted to do his shoulderpad in company colours. I'm supposed to do the sword and wings in white for any company other than the 1st but that would look trash with the white half of the shoulderpad. What colour should I do it in?

>>55003269
Dark grey. Always work

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Is the left hand on the Blood Angels Death Company thunder hammer suppose to be bionic or what?

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Working on long beards, was trying a two tone scheme on the breastplate but it's looking a bit dumb now. Any opinions on whether all dark or light grey would be better? Will be adding silver highlights.

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>>55003330
Non-Panama version

>>55003294
ye

>>54997035
Thin your paint.

>>54998268
>its such a huge pain in the ass for so little reward
It's such a huge blemish that can be eliminated with such little work.

>>54998808
>How's the lenses look?
Sinistral

>>54998827
Dextral They look good to me. Maybe a different color then green next time to contrast with Orky skin?

>>54999813
Seeking to improve is the most important part of getting good.

>>55000243
Dat blue/10

>>55000247
>ultrasonics work for scrubbing resin?
I'd be wary of Finecast. It might melt in the slightly warmer then room temperature water.

>>55000979
The biggest advantage of Citadel is that you can follow Duncan's instructions word for word. Other then that, most other wargame or artist grade paints are just as good/bad.

>>55001360
Looks good to me. I don't really care for static grass, but that's just my opinion.

>>55003693
>It might melt in the slightly warmer then room temperature water.
Just keep the cycles short and change the water each time, but yes an 8 minute cycle might warp them a little

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My exalted sorcerer WIP. Going for a "living flame" look

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need some feedback for my wip kataphrons, I feel like theres something missing to make it good.

C&C greatly appreciated

>>55004620
recess washes and neater highlights

>>55004634
yeah, highlights will be fixed today

recess washes? like only in the corners?

>>55004634
this

>>55004670
>>55004667
thanks btw! was a test paint more or less, so the thick layers of paint will vanish in future models..painted over another paint scheme I didn't like

>>55004667
Like where the gold trim meets the chest plate and every similar detail.

>>55004620
The skin needs a lot of work, personally I'd do it rakarth flesh as a base then add white to it if you're going for a grey/dead tone

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>>54996737

spent all night working on my ogryn and assassins for a wednesday game. Almost done, I think, need some detail work

>>55004738
how the fuck did you spend all night base coating, washing, then drybrush-highlighting a few bits of 9 models?

>>55003891
Honestly, you aren't quite skilled enough to pull it off. Read up on object source lighting.

>>55004620
1. Thin your paints.
2. Touch up mistakes.
3. Practice edge highlighting.

>>55004966

ouch. back to work I guess.

>>55004966
some people are just slow at painting, takes me several days for a standard infantry sized figure and even then it looks average at best.

>>55005195
This. My painting comes in fits and bursts - I can go weeks without, and then suddenly get an urge and spend 6 hours straight on some project or another.

>>55004966
I can't speak for that anon, but I really like to take time with my miniatures, even the ones that there are many multiples of.

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>>55004966
>mfw people are saying that 9 models in one night is slow and it's gotten to the point where it takes me two days to finish one guy.

>>55004966
I can spend 20-40 hours on a single 28 mm model if I really try

>>55003891
Good start!

>>55003891
Really loving the face on this guy, looks good.

>>55005261
>>55005285
>>55005407
The difference is that anon didn't really do anything with that time. There's no real detail on the model. It's literally just a base coat of one color, a wash, and a drybrush highlight. They're all mostly black, too.

Yes he might be a slow painter but I don't understand how you can paint that shit "slowly". There's basically nothing to what he did.

>>55002482
Bases are Black plastic anon.
That base is Grey.
It's been sprayed with a Grey (mechanicus standard grey) to prime it.

Is Duncan on holiday or something? Shouldn't there be new Tips of the Day now?

>>55005586
probably forgot to upload it/late upload, they most likely film these things way in advance

>>55005604
Yeah but there wasn't one yesterday either, was it a holiday in England?

>>55005658
Bank holiday is next Monday.

>>55005586
He's probably escaped, he could be anywhere right now.

>>55005776
>"Local man comes home from work to find all of his miniatures painted with two thin coats of Citadel paints"
>"Man tells police he doesn't even own Citadel paints, and prefers Vallejo"

>Codex Deah
th Guard: First Look
>we saw the codex before, in the codex announcement, making this the second look
GW please

If GW maintain this codex release schedule, they will have released 12 codexes by the end of the year, not ten.

Which makes me think that one or two codices are going to feature new models or massive rule revamps as part of a campaign.

>>55006216
>>55006234
I think you might be in the wrong general buddy

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>Spend all day doing highlights
>It turned out like this

God fucking dammit.

>>55006419
You absolutely need to shade that model for highlights like that to work. Even then, the highlights are far too sudden in step change, and they are too thick.

>>55006419
That's ... a bit rough, my dude.

>>55006517
They're not too thick if he wet blended them.
>>55006419
Either try a wash to even out those colours, or learn to wet blends.

>>55006717
>They're not too thick if he wet blended them
But he didn't, so you're making a moot point.

>>55006419
>>55006517
>>55006717
Probably should have mentioned I've not washed it yet, I just couldn't be arsed after hours of painting.

Suggestions as for which colour wash?

>>55006812
Nuln Oil.

>>55006812
Agrax Earthshade

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Scythed Hierodule guy here.

Applied the Nulin Oil, and it's looking really nice. Perfect shade of grey, and the unevenness with the dark splotches makes the thing look more organic.

Now just gotta apply the Administratum Grey Highlight and I can move on to figuring out how to make my Macragge Blue/Necron Abyss carapace more interesting.

>>55006771
My point is he should have blended, not highlighted.

>>54996737
Hey, does anyone have pictures of the conversion work an anon posted a while back, the one where he took a Dwarf Cannon from that russian toy maker, Tehnolog, and turned it into a Heavy Mortar for Imperial Guard?

I got a couple of them and would really appreciate some insight on how to Imperialize them

>>55006812
depends what you're going for - adding a little black to the base grey and thinning it way down could work, or a nice rich blue wash could make it look cold/icy. dont know what the mini is/is supposed to be

Is "imperial primer" the same as "abaddon black"? I ordered this paint set. The website said "abaddon black" but the box came with "imperial primer" instead.

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/40k-Essentials-Set-2017-USA

>>55007397
No, not by a long shot.

Imperial primer is a rather shitty brush-on primer while Abaddon Black is a black base paint.

>>55007397
>https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/40k-Essentials-Set-2017-USA
it's likely they substituted the paint when they ran out of AB and hope nobody will notice

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>>55007239
It's the treeman in the bottom corner, was going for a silver birch type bark.

>>55007434

GW Tzeentched me!

>>55002993
Nice job on the blood splatter. Just enough without going overboard.

>>55006812
>Suggestions as for which colour wash?
Vallejo 76515, 76516, or 76517.

>>55007397
Demand a refund.

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Tried a greenstuff press mold for my kommandos gear, I think it turned out fantastic.

>>55003294

Power armour gloves

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>>55007666

>>55007666
>ammo pouches and tankbusta mines

Zoggin' Mork I had that exact same idea!

So all the youtubes I've watched about greenstuff are terrible and most either just show "here is how I did this detail" or adding little bits.

How do you full figure with greenstuff? Do you add a little, cure, then keep going (feet, toes, knees, ankles) or do you sculpt some major structure and then add? Legs than torso or all together with a wire frame?

Second my greenstuff is like shitty bubblegum. On all the vids it's more like modeling clay. Did I use it too soon after mixing? Do you let it cure before working with bigger pieces?

Speaking of, what is the actual working time? Google says 1.5 hrs working 24+ to cure. Some of the vids they're mixing up a rice grain sized portion at a time and others they're like bum rushing the modelling like it's superglue drying. What gives?

Any other newb tips (like dip everything in water)?

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Gonna post the two Warlocks I did for grymkin. This faction rekindled my interest in the hobby side of these games.

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>>55009257
My favorite warlock for the faction The Dreamer

>>55008837
The best thing you can do is practice.

>>55009257
>>55009341
Love that purple cloth anon. I find the contrast between the hair and the skin a little boring tho, but thats just my opinion, its still very well done.
Also, the bases are kinda weird. What are they supposed to be?

>>55006419
I don't know if it's anything close to what you were going for but I quite like it
>>55007666
Breh aren't there like a gorrillion of those little pouches in your bits box? Recast something a bit rarer

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Just started an Elysian army for 8th. here's my test paint scheme

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Startes some work on this mini, can I get some C&C, especially on the potential flame mantle.

>>55009617
>
They are resin basis from a farmland set that was recently made for the grymkin. Ive received the same criticism about the hair before and somewhat agree but dont know how I could keep the sketchbook appearance where every part of her is supposed to be a grey tone otherwise.

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>>55009698
Fucking cellphone bullshit rotating my photos. It looks normal on my desktop, the fuck.

And the first squad.

>>55008837
just have water on standby and dip your fingers / tools in it before touching the green stuff. It should work pretty much like modelling clay. My advise for large sections: Try, if you can, to scaffold some sort of skeleton with bits of sprue, iron wire or toothpicks or whatever you have lying about. It'l make putting on the green stuff much easier.

I always try to guess how much I'm going to use for something and try to mix about that amount before I begin, but I always have leftovers. There are ways to make little press-moulds and base reliefs and such, so if you have any left over try and use it for that.

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Bought hobby masking tape from Kmart of all places (apparently it's for scrapbooking)

Time to go Nova

>>55009711
>They are resin basis from a farmland set that was recently made for the grymkin. Ive received the same criticism about the hair before and somewhat agree but dont know how I could keep the sketchbook appearance where every part of her is supposed to be a grey tone otherwise.
Maybe give the hair a very slight bluish taint at the base near the head, and then have it flow out into pure white? Or just make the hair a much brighter white? I can't really give any correct answer here since I dont know anything about "grymkin", so I'm just looking at it from the perspective of color theory.

>>55009720
It's probably a compatibility bug between your phone's browser and 4chan.

>>55009783
In the studio scheme they are just normal humans with normal skin tones but thematically they are story book monsters so I thought it fitting to make it look like they came out of a story book.

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>>55009782
Best of luck, anon. Quartered color schemes are a whore.

Pic related, one of my Howling Griffons.

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>>55009854
Brave, brave anon.

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>>55009854
Thanks anon, now I know how I want to paint my poor little beakie.

>>55009648
I need a good 20 or so, I usually use all of them anyways

>>55010024
I've found it a bit better to make molds out of silicone caulk mixed with corn starch. This video has an explanation. To make the green stuff softer and easier to press, you can mix it 50/50 with Magic Sculp.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fwytA5r2Mw

>>55009902
>Female Commissar
>Killing Guardsmen without a reason
>Helps Xenos and Heretics more than the Imperium

Pick all.

>>55001668
The wings on his head provide stability

>>55009709
Anyone?

>>55010520
skintone and armour are too similar in colour, the mantle doesn't really look flame like to me, just an over highlighted orange cloth.

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Does anyone know where I can find pic related? I'm looking for the paint splatter for Cypher. I'm just trying to find a good guide for painting his armor really. Duncan did a tutorial on doing Fallen armor, but I dint care for it. Anyone know where I can find this book and/or a tutorial that doesn't involve air brush?

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Hey can anyone help me out who knows his colors?

What paint would you use for the tabbard and the hydraulic parts between in the back of the knee? Also how does the rest of the color choices look to ya´ll

i know some parts are chunky i´ll probably strip this guy when i have painted the rest of the squad

>>55010427
Yours goddamn right they do. He flies straight as an arrow and uses his superior spessmuhreen neck muscles to steer himself with his helmet.

>>55010659
personally I don't like the washed out pastel look you've got going on, it's ok just not my scene.
As for the tubing I'd suggest either black or really, really dark metal

>>55010333
nice digits
bad post

>implying female commissars are a problem
>implying you know that there was no reason to kill those guardsmen
>implying its not just a meme image and is even deserving of any kind of comment

pick all :^)

WIP is a no bully zone; non-constructive negativity brings shaky hands and thicc paint which displeases Duncan.

>>55010659

Very nicely painted, though I think he looks like an easter egg

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Not a skilled painter, but this is my first pretty much finished Novamarine Terminator.

Any thoughts?

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what do i do to make my genestealers look all aquatic like and reef fishy? Any suggestions? My current cultest theme, aquatic/moon themed.

>>55010990
Look up "deep ones" from Lovecraft- make them look slimy and almost frog-like, maybe replace some of their feet with flippers. Try sculpting little fins.

Also, give your cultists gills/scuba gear depending on their generation?

>>55010978
>neat looking quarters where they should be
you done good anon

>>55010990
I like your edge highlighting anon
gives it a slight cartoony look that works with the sculpts well

>>55010978
that looks fuckin great man
fuckin quartered schemes are a nightmare but you did well

>>55010978
get some bright highlights on just the very edges. I'd do Ulthuan Grey, White Scar, Pallid Wych Flesh, or whatever 3rd party equivalents of those colors.

>>55009709
>>55010541
I disagree about the flesh/armor, I think it looks good. I agree that the flame is unconvincing, and needs deeper reds/blacks to make it. I would also really like to see a less pixelated picture

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>>55011178

>>55010333
maybe they died defending the holy works of the emperor and she is exulting in the blood of martyrs

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>>55011199
Still struggling to come up with a striking colour scheme for the red guy's bolter. Any suggestions? I don't think sticking with the red theme of the armour will work the way it did with the white/gray model.

Any input is appreciated.

>>55011178
>>55011199
I was really really not sold on the white/grey when you first proposed it and advocated a more traditional scheme for these enforcers, but I have got to say left appeals to me a lot more than right

>>55011159
>or whatever 3rd par
The armour is Ulthuan grey and I did Valleyos Dead White highlights, but it might be not so vissible with that light setup tho.

Thanks for the comments guys since its like the 10th model I painted in my entire life.
As It was a bugger to paint Imperial Fists color scheme due to the intensity of the color depending on the number of layers I had to put, painting Novamarines is sooo much more fun, and the quarter stuff wasnt difficult to paint at all. I just did a few decisive and fast brush strokes and everything went well.

>>55010628
the dark blue shading/outline whatever looks very inconsistent. if it's supposed to be weathered and faded it's too uniform for that. Really it looks like he took his armor into some Tijuana chop shop and then interrupted the lazy mexican who had just stripped the easiest parts.

I like the light blue and gold, it's good work but that dark blue just doesn't work for me, whatever it's supposed to be.

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>>55010541
>>55011167
Here's an updated pic, still trying to make the flame work

>>55011239
Yeah I had low expectations but it kinda grew on me. Unless the boltgun really brings out the best in the red/gold scheme I'll probably just go with the white/gray scheme.

>>55011381
Try some OSL using a yellow/red glaze mix thinned down with acrylic medium on the chest/arm to hammer home the incandescence.

>>55011623
First time doing OSL, any advice?

Do snotlings exist in 40k? I have some old school ones from warhammer, probably from 4th edition. I want to put some on my orks bases.

>>55011692
yeah lorewise, no rulewise

>>55011785
Sweet! I'll shove some on the bases then, maybe convert their spears into bullets.

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Thought I would share how my painting has improved since I got back into it after a 8 year break for working for GW part time during undergrad. From bottom right clockwise, PP Trollkin I painted in 2012 when I got back into the hobby, Rackham Aberration Prime a year later to sate my wait for Kingdom Death, and most recently, my GW Crypt Flayers.

>>55009698
What colors are you using here?

>>55012054
Damn fantastic work, Anon. Did it feel like your skills degraded at all during your break?

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Rate my shitty light box.

>>54996841
> leave it bare
That's how Kharn does it baby

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>>55012195
I need to get some more lamps.

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Bought my first rhino recently
Did I already ruin it.

>>55012175
Cheers.

Degrade. Perhaps not. Just slow to get all the muscle memory back. Working in a GW and teaching basics of painting for 3 good years builds all the theory in. So getting back into painting was more about building up the fine brush control.

But a break certainly mean coming back into it meant I more than likely forgot some shit habits.

>>55012195
>>55012216
you kind of missed the point

overlap your paper towards the back or better yet cover that whole bottom with a portrait sheet

I mean you did all that just to have a giant seam of cardboard immediately under your fig

>>55012241
yes

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>>55012216
>the eyebrows

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>>55011692
>Do snotlings exist in 40k?

What do you think they fire out of Shokk Attack Gunz?

>>55012241
Yes.

Technically speaking, your free hand is not bad. The general shape of the eye, pyramid, and mouth are pretty well defined. Some clean up, like layering the green again to cover the bits of blue and tightening up the rainbow would make it (subject not worth standing) pretty good.

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>>55012425
>(subject not worth standing)

I sure hope you did that on porpoise.

>>55012457
Hey, posts like mine are a diamond dozen.

>>55011660
I learned from this guy back when he did Vader for Imperial Assault, and he recently did one for Luke in Legion
https://youtu.be/1OVnCFq1j04?t=31m3s

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>>55012258
Thanks, is this better?

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>>55012508
For all intensive purposes your just proofing my point for me. In fact I've just been biting my time waiting to have this little talk. Before our time is passed I want to be clear- lettuce not mince wards, I will put you down. I will hit you so hard you'll die of eternal bleeding and they will have to give you close casket barrel in hollowed ground- for you will have past on in a most unsightly manor.

pic related

>>55012673
That's some smooth white anon, good job.

>>55012312
oooooooooh yeaaaaah!

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>>55012673
looks great

needs eyebrows tho

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just got small details left.

>>55012697
It helps that it's a shitty picture. My recipe is zandri dust basecoat, shade with agrax and layer ushabti bone.

>>55012706
I'm considering giving the next one a mustache.

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>>55012673
Give it eyebrows, make your skellies grim fandango characters.

>>55012898
ahha holy shit I was writing out that same thing!

>>55010659
>dark shading in corners of pauldrons
Ahh, I am not the last of my kind...

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Is the snotling too much? Maybe put it on something bigger?

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This will probably be my last post for a while. After this it starts to get tedious and boring and there's not a lot of stuff to show off. Gotta do buckles, straps, little grubblies here and there.

See y'all in like five goddamn weeks because apparently i'm possessed by some autistic spirit.

After this I had some Bullgryns planned with the same conversion method. I'll probably build them...next year...

>>55013164
They're gonna look great when they're finished. Good luck, Anon!

>>55013164
i'm trying to greenstuff some stuff (green) at the moment.... fuck i'm terrible, what is your secret wizard

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>>55013323
Tools and oil.

I roll it flat using a cup with some rubber bands wrapped around it as spacers, then cut the resulting green pancake into whatever shape I need. My rolling surface is just a bit of plasticard.

I do fine shaping with tools similar to pic related. You don't have to buy expensive, as long as they're steel.

The real secret is to lube up. I get some vegetable oil on a bit of paper towel before wiping down my roller cup, my rolling surface, my tools, basically anything the green stuff will be touching except the model.

It's sticky stuff. use the stick to your advantage.

>>55012216
>Angry skeleton eyebrows
Beautiful

>>54997035
Will using just green stuff archive this? They look badass.

>>55013154
yeah it kinda disappears - needs a model with some contrast to its skin

>>55013323
>>55013429
If you don't mind a randanon chipping in, there's one other hint I'd say is worth mentioning. Use small, repeated movements when shaping, packing or removing the stuff, else you'll end up bending the piece out of shape more often than not. Common beginner's mistake, in my experience.

>>55013429
Awesome thanks

>>55013499
Hmm yeah you're right, cheers anon.

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>>55012216

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Finally able to start working on this thing again. Does the head on the tail spike look silly?

>>55013938
I like the idea but you should have used one of the yelling Guard heads.

Him sorta just staring off into space resolutely after being decapitated and impaled is indeed a bit silly.

>>55011153
thanks
>>55011045
I like alot of color on the board, so i might want to go with shiney fish like, or colorful stripes. I want reef fish to be the first thing to come to mind. I will still look into a more "creature of the black lagoon" style of genestealer too.

>>55012673
back your camera up a bit senpai

>>55014017
Good point, I'll see if I can find one

>>55014149
Maybe pose it at an angle, as well. Looks a bit weird how it implies the tail has passed up through the guardsman's torso, as-is.

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>>55013164
those belts tho
nicely done

>>55013323
water water on everything
once I wet my fingers and tools everything went 1000% smoother
also don't start on anything you want to keep lol
>I'm an expert I've used 1/4" of my tape already!
also don't buy tape buy sticks

>>55013429
careful buying these on amazon, I got some bargain ones and the blades are all rough shaped so I'll need to sand them all.

also people recommended pic related, shaping brushes or something. I might try a set since I'm underwhelmed about my stainless tools.

>>55013938
it's too straight I think. hard to take seriously. should go out an eye socket and screaming like the other guy said

either that or use a skull and add some rotting flesh

I mean the idea is great it just needs a little more randomness

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>>55010990
After doing some research, I found a couple of fish that still match my theme. A quick question, would doing different patterns for different squads make a decent amount of sense or would that be ghay?

>>55009709
I was always under the impression the way you do flame is shade/later it backwards i.e. the dark bits are at the end and it's brighter inside.

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>>55013938
That guardsman on the tail is like
>Let me tell you about Cadia

>>55014259
I'd be thinking school of fish, so no I'd go with the bulk the same and then unique if you have bigger units.

>>55010990
the rain slickers could be more yellow, need nets, seaweed, barnicles maybe. I do like the school of fish idea though.