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First for slow night and subconsciously drawing dicks on your minis while half asleep
>>43580839
Previous thread.
Executioners sergeant again, now with marginally better light.
Just primed the dreadball xtreme starter set.
Sry for file size.
>>43608648
>Executioners sergeant again, now with marginally better light.
I was the one that asked in the last thread (>>43596036). Looks *really* nice! Bet those yellow parts were a real pain, huh?
>>43608648
Small pic, still looks sweet.
Looks clean, can't wait to see more
(want to use them as allies for my DA)
>>43608648
I get this weird feeling that you used the wrong base tone for the skin...or maybe the wrong wash. He just looks sort of...pallid. Pale, or something.
I use Vallejo, and my army is guard, so maybe that's what you were going for? It looks odd to me.
>>43608732
I should make an addendum to this. Besides the face, that looks EXCELLENT, and I WISH I could get fabrics as smooth as that flag.
>>43608674
Positive feedback is always nice, so thanks! And, well, it's yellow, so that's pretty much a given. The circle on the banner needs a few more coats.
>>43608698
Thanks, would like to get better pictures, but a camera is kinda out of my price range at the moment, so I'm (and by extension, you) stuck with my cellphone.
>>43608732
I was actually just trying out the "new" GW flesh colors, and I'm not entirely happy with how it turned out, so I'm probably going back to my old recipe. Pic related, the light's a bit shit but you get the gist of it. Still pale, but it just looks better to me.
>>43608749
The black flag was probably the easiest part, besides the armor... It's just a vallejo german grey highlight ontop of black primer, another highlight of vallejo london grey and a black wash on top of that.
Yellow needs a few more coats and I might touch up the red, not really satisfied with it at the moment.
>>43609091
The skin tone looks great, don't listen to that poster.
>>43609091
I quite like these guys, though the yellow could use a highlight and the lenses could be a little brighter but that might just be the lighting
Anyway, I love space wolves.
Dark Angel guy back again
Half way through my second bike, this is a Champion. Not sure how I want to do his sword with all the runes inscribed.
The skull alter cabinet thing is tough, and there arelittle wires leading into the back that blow my mind.
Followed some advice and did the eyes before everything else and it turned out better there.
How should I go about doing the headlight? I was thinking of mixing my brighter yellow (not the golden one I use in the scheme) and mix it with white for a pastelish color so it looks like its bright? No idea
I also need a brighter blue to highlight the plasma I am going to do.
My third will be an apothecary and I have a question about their color scheme once I take a picture.
>tfw money itching to spend
I wish I wasn't a poor jew.
Trying to non-metallic metal on a bladewithout the use of an airbrush.
Help.
>>43610145
You'll get over it at some point. I mean, you could die at any time of every day so to avoid that crushing reality you need distractions right? There's no point in saving money, very few people actually make it to a "happy old age" and most of those people are miserable anyway. Better enjoy life while you can before it stomps on your nads and leaves you crying in a pool of your own vomit in a damp dark room without anyone to console you.
Think of that next time you hold a box of minis you really want. Happy thoughts, have a fun day!
>>43610145
Both my hobbies (this and fashion) are ridiculously expensive. I'm trying to build up my Astra Millitarum army but keep dropping money on clothes when I probably can't afford to be doing either.
Oh well...
>>43610027
My question about the apothecary (left) is in the picture they are almost a negative of the usual ravenwing biker colors on the right.
So with my yellow/purple/white color scheme should my apothecary's armor be all yellow instead of purple?
Today I'm gonna poorly finish my already poorly painted IG crew because I'm motivated as fuck and I already fucked up what's already glued on so its too late to redo everything
I'll put on The Touch and be filled with determination
>>43610388
Apothecaries are always white
I just spent ten minutes trying to find my biker champions face to no avail. Why do I paint near so much shit.
>>43610497
I can try and make that work but it may blow over a gray primer.
I heard white is pretty hard to work with and showing details may be a nightmare.
>>43610623
You're supposed to make it mostly grey with ivory (broken white) as your main color and white highlights. Going all white is just unsightly and frustrating.
>>43610623
are you not the anon who just posted a pic of a RW champ with a white robe you painted? white can be tricky to get smooth, but if you're patient, many thin layers will get you there
>>43610623
What >>43610654 said, go for ivory and light grey and only use pure white for the top highlights. It should feel white, not actually be pure white. As that is really tricky to get right. :)
>>43610697
yeah thats me but I was able to use othercolors, they are saying (and the picture shows) all the apothecary's details are white.
>>43610705
2advanced4me
Pretty sure I am just gonna make the Apothecary yellow so I don't have to go get an Ivory and Grey just to mess itup.
>>43610466
Actually I buy the most fucked up IG on a regular basis, you just need a razor saw to take them apart and some greenstuff to fix them up. I've made entire regiments on the cheap like this. Good time to pin and repose stuff too.
>>43610827
Sounds like a good idea but it's actually the fact that I put on the canteens and stuff
Here's what I've gotten so far
All I've added to far is the white conscript things
>>43610926
Yeah not to be mean but I'd hack those apart, even the canteens are quite easy to remove with a saw. There's thick paint all over, as well as mold lines. Seriously though, a good saw costs like 10 dollar and will save you hundreds are you cut apart ebay rescues to keep this hobby affordable.
>spray with Army Painter Matt Black primer
>ok
>3-4 coats of Mephiston Red with an airbrush
>smooth as butter
>Nuln Oil wash
>lookin good
>highlight with appropriately thinned Mephiston Red
>brushstrokes everywhere
> (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
>>43611001
So angry I forgot the pic
>>43611001
>appropriately thinned
Flow improver + matte medium?
>>43610979
Yeah at this point it seems worth it
I'll keep the guy with the flamer as he's pretty much done save for the arm
The rest
Yeah
They're pretty much dead
Also completely confused at how arms work
They keep seem to be hanging off pretty far
>>43611032
I'd start off by grabbing a nice cold beer and sitting down to watch some pro painters at work on youtube, like buypainted, duncan (gw painter) and other pros.
That should give you a feeling on how to use colors and techniques properly.
>>43611073
Thanks
The only problem so far is the saw you mentioned
I'm still new to this so I wanna know what kind of saw you're talking about because I'm clueless
>>43610358
Do you post your fashion stuff around at all? I had a bf that used to do that stuff and it seemed fairly nifty.
>>43611113
I have one of these babies, they are great for starting out on small stuff. There are also jeweler saws but they're harder to use because of their less static nature, though they are better for cutting up huge models. For everything else, this is my main saw.
http://www.ebay.nl/itm/ZONA-ULTRA-THIN-RAZOR-SAW-35-050-EXPO-76060-CUTS-WOOD-PLASTIC-METAL-/311479035145?hash=item488598e509:g:HI0AAOxyY9VRUdje
Be careful not to saw your hands, tables and the elbows of your minis because sawing off an arm takes about 3 seconds. The first time I tried it on a berzerker shoulder joint and I accidentally cut through his gun on the front of the model as well.
>>43611023
Just water, but if flow improver helps with brush strokes I'll definitely use it on the more troublesome colors.
>>43610824
Don't take the easy way out, your bikes have looked alright you should attempt the white paint job mentioned >>43610705
>>43611167
Thanks
I'll pick something similar up soon and start getting to work
Now to figure out where what was
Well
Probably a nice bath in the everything remover
Also is getting just one model professionally painted ever worth it?
>>43608563
Where could I get some more Jhonny Space marines? I am looking to get a few of them.
>>43610564
Update: Head still gone. God is dead.
>getting a cairn ship and two harvesters for 60 bux
BFG here we come
>>43610824
>2advanced4me
This is how you progress.
Also, simple green and dettol exist.
>>43609091
This pic is much better, no need to buy expensive cameras when this is just fine.
>>43611225
It is if you manage to snag rare models you want on display
>>43611180
Good news, that is literally the reason flow improver exists. The matte medium makes it more transparent, allowing you build up your brightness where you want it
Galleria and panduro are my favorite brands
>>43611119
What, like a blog or on here? I post on /fa/ a fair bit and post my pieces and fits on Instagram but apart from that nothing really. Thinking about starting a blog but I want to write about painting guardsmen and fashion and they don't really mix, haha
>>43612181
Play pretty marines instead
I'm going to paint some Black Templars, but I don't like Black color schemes because you can't shade it so it looks less interesting than other colors.
So, I was thinking that maybe I can paint them dark gray instead, so I can give them some more details, is it a good idea? has anyone made it before?(pls post pics if yes), will people end up asking me if Grey templars are some kind of homebrew chapter? What colors would be the most appropiate for it?
>>43612770
While it's true that black armor can't really be shaded, there's a number of techniques you can apply, such as using Eshin Grey to highlight edges.
As a Raven Guard player, I know how frustrating it can be to take everything you know about painting and throw it out the window because everything's black.
>>43612770
Don't go with grey. If you want to try to do shading, mix with brown. Personally, I do my edge highlights in hoeth blue and everything else in drybrush astronomicon. Rounded surfaces actually look pretty good if you just do light gray drybrushing.
The bigger part you're probably going to have a problem with is the white. One of the reasons why we mix with brown is to tie into the pauldrons. Stepping through grey tends to look horrible, so most of us go through brown, starting with a foundation, then ushabti, then into white. It cuts down on the number of layers and tends to look smoother.
soviet cavalry fucking done!
Is it a bad idea to paint before assembling? Will that make it impossible to put together?
>>43613255
WWII cav is my fetish
>>43612770
You can use skavenblight dinge or vallejo sea grey over black to creat lighter spots on the armor but be aware this is really hard to pull off well. If you do, you can make really cool effects with it such as OSL and armor damage
Should I highlight the black areas? I'm always on the fence about that
>>43613490
Painting before full assembly is the norm, just assemble as far as you can while still being able to reach everything with a brush properly
>>43613490
It depends on the model and what you're doing. Generally, if a piece blocks access to another, it may be wise to paint in pieces. Skitarii, for instance, are practically made out of brush obstructions.
>>43613490
>Is it a bad idea to paint before assembling? Will that make it impossible to put together?
not impossible to put together. the reverse. assembling before painting makes it impossible to paint all of the mini
>>43613517
>Should I highlight the black areas? I'm always on the fence about that
they already look highlighted
>>43613612
that's just the lighting
Hey /tg/ got a rough conversion done for force commander/true scale. Satisfied with the posing etc. needs a little more work and I also feel like it needs something on his back. Thoughts?
>>43611522
>>getting a cairn ship and two harvesters for 60 bux
>BFG here we come
C'mon alien! Show me what passes for fury among your misbegotten kind!
>>43611333
>Where could I get some more Johnny Space marines? I am looking to get a few of them.
We covered this in the previous thread. See >>43605109.
reposting here since last thred dead
how do i overcome painting fatigue? it's not that i don't want to paint but for some reason it gives me distress in-between minis, like an anxiety to engage in another one
i thought it'd be a comfy feel at first leisurely doing them but i find ways to procrastinate, NEET here
>>43614386
also yeah i know the barrels, anon informed me of it and have just realized that barrels are required baka
>>43613794
>I also feel like it needs something on his back. Thoughts?
Well, a later-edition backpack makes sense. One thing you'll have to be carful of is the shoulder pauldrons that have the raised edges often interfere with the exhaust vents on normal Mk VII backpacks. You might have to select a different model (Mk III or Mk IV), or else customize it so it sits some distance from the normal attachment nub on the model's back.
I myself am partial to back banners, too, but I know a lot of folks who started later in 40K's evolution find them stupid-looking.
The skellington cannon is starting to come together. Fleshy flesh. Metallic parts not painted yet, and the brown will be brass.
>>43614386
Put on music. Drink.
>>43614386
Totally normal hobby behaviour.
Things that help most imo:
>keep your work area neat. If you got to clean for half an hour before doing anything you won't do anything.
>Keep your finished stuff in sight and your unfinished stuff out of sight. Good for motivation.
>Make hobby time a habit. Everyday half an hours or so will get you incredibly far. It's also the best way to overcome the initial hesitance to sit down and do something at all.
I managed to have a model on my desk for over 5 years without touching it, when I did those three things I mentioned above though I painted ~50 minis in a month.
>>43610497
>Apothecaries almost always have white on them
Fixed.
Some rare situations have apothecaries that aren't majority white. E.g. legion apothecaries, unorthodox chapters, etc, who just use shoulder colors or arm colors to show their position. So an EC apothecary would be purple and gold with white shoulders/helm/arms.
I can't think of any canonical examples of an apothecary with zero white on them but it may exist.
>>43615107
That's pretty cool. The base and pose are great. The rust looks reasonable.
>>43614386
>>43614386
Why the fuck would you advertise youre a NEET? Id be really embarrassed.
What should I paint next? I'm truly at lost...
Nurgle - Most fun to paint
Space wolves - Most fun to play, my army with the most points
CSM - Friends army i'm painting for freeYou don't wanna see my to-do shelves.
>>43615712
If you are painting to pass time/have fun: Nurgle.
If you are painting to play: Space Wolves if you need certain SW units, otherwise CSM so your friend can play with you and you can both enjoy prettier games.
>>43615712
Tha would be a fun game, post your entire backlog, let /tg/ guide your brush.
>>43616013
You make valid points! Makes me wanna paint those khornes even more since having unpainted minis is my friends biggest reason to not play.
>>43616069
I really like that idea, i'll post all of them tomorrow and see how it goes (Early work on a friday? HERESY!)
>>43615678
Dug up my old stash, have not painted in more then a year. Primered all my minis in black too like a dummy. Scared to get started again and fuck shit up. Pls don't BTFO for posting boxes of scale models.
Old metal Bayou Gremlin from Malifaux. I spend way too much time per model for tabletop quality.
>>43613517
These look great. What paints did you use for the robes?
Knight Atrapos arrived today. My first Cerastus. It's going together a lot easier than I thought it would. Zero warping, which is impressive, but some minor bubbles and misalignment. over all a great cast. It's so fun to put together.
I may have gone too far in a few places
>>43618073
Looks alright, but I think he might need a few more swords.
>>43608199
Airbrush users
I've got a generic chinese airbrush, but they sent me the wrong model.
They sent me the AF186, but I ordered the AS186.
Can someone that knows what they're doing when looking at compressors tell me what the difference is and if I should return it or not?
All I can tell is there appears to be a black box on the top of mine, whereas there isn't on the AS186.
>>43618112
I always lol'd at how his unicorn horn was a sword too. And his tail, apparently. Make his back chimneys swords IMO.
Flying Swarmlord with wings made out of swords.
>My Tau Commander was supposed to be here today along with codex and data cards
It better fucking be here tomorrow...I NEED to paint something.
>>43618073
I love the sabre on the tail. Thought about adding a second sabre to his head like in some of the good art?
Various things I'm working on. Some possessed, a few cultists, a counts as bike forklift.
Cleaning up some old projects
>>43618413
>forklift on treads
>counts as a 200 mph super motorcycle
I can get behind this, only if its fork raising is equally insanely fast, allowing it to gut people and fling them into the horizon, or smash things into a paste, or gore someone and shake them so hard their insides liquify.
>>43618432
>counts as mauler fiend
Drive up fast
Hit the lift
Flip that bitch
>>43618286
I wasn't planning on it until you mentioned it. That picture of the swarm lord is what made me want to play nids and behemoth
>>43618413
And my custom daemon prince of khornestruction. His belt and them arm bits need paint.
I've got some wings in progress but took one off to paint the backpack easier.
I'll be making those blue plastic tarps as the wing material
>>43618594
Alright, that is pretty damn cool. You really need some kind of chaos spawn. It could be fun as hell to build them with that theme. Also, they're disastrously good. Better if Nurgle, but whatever.
>>43618655
Thanks anon.
I got 5 spawn but I've modeled one for each God and a unaligned.
I never run them though, rhinos are the same price and can give me faster deployment of zerkers. And still give blood points
>>43614386
>>43614417
Bruh, get more light in your photography area so we can make out your models better.
As for painting fatigue, that's easy. Do something else for a while. I keep math and physics books around for when I'm too tired to paint. I'm also learning japanese because arabic was too annoying. It also helps to have different kinds of models around so you can do different color schemes. Painting grots is a personal favorite.
>>43616567
Not that I want to get into this with you but work is actually fun most of the time. It feels good to have people need you and having too much free time is just depressing.
>>43616622
Start with some cultists. Black isn't a problem if you use citadel base paints or vallejo's heavy range.Seriously though, what kind of mega autist gets angry over models you plan on working on in a WIP thread
>>43616567
8 hour work days was invented by Ford to increase production or economy or some shit. It used to be 6 hour work days, unless you were a farmer or some shit in which you basically lived and worked simultaneously, so while you may have had 12+ hour work days, you weren't exactly "on the job" non stop 24/7 and were basically self employed.
>>43616567
How does the guy on the right afford anything? Also more money = more wants is false. I would definitely not work if I could just have no bills that I'd have to pay, but life doesn't work that way. And when I have more spending money, I just basically buy what I always do. I have noticed some power creep in my spending desires though. I used to want Magic cards and video games which were all under $100, then I went up to computers and 40k which are measured in hundreds to one thousand, and now I have to deal with cars and shit which cost a shit ton. If I won the lottery I wouldn't magically be buying mansions and lamborghinis. Never understood how lottery winners go broke.
>>43616622
Primer black helps with shading. Primer white gives you the opposite problem. Now your have to use washes or some other way to prime.
Priming black is correct unless you're advanced enough to know exactly why you want to prime any other color.
For instance, a white robe, should be primed white. All other colors, black.
>>43619630
I've seen plenty of stuff about 6 hour work days having a positive effect on productivity.
>>43619669
I wouldn't doubt it. Also, 3 day weekends increase productivity and happiness as well according to one dude's article about productivity and work enjoyability, even if it requires working 10 hours a day for 4 days.
>>43619652
>guy on the left
>>43619652
>I have noticed some power creep in my spending desires though.
Well there you go.
I remember reading something about how the rise of women in the work force and "strong independent woman who don't need no man" has led to plenty of dudes just not give a shit anymore. When they're living for themselves and don't need to git gud to pay for their wife and family, they get by quite meagerly and don't see the reason the strive for excess of wealth. Doesn't mean they're lazy, they just don't need to impress anyone else and do what they want.
>>43619630
I wish 8 hour work day was still a reality, but there's not a single fucking job in my country outside of unreachable gov jobs that give you 8 hour work day.
>>43619702
>Well there you go.
Except I'm not buying Benzes or vacations in Cancun.
Going from no car to a modest $30,000 car isn't nearly the same. The BRZ is pretty much the cheapest new hobby car you can get, since $20,000 gets you garbage like Civics and Corollas. Old cars like S2000 and Supras cost a lot of money and banks won't finance such old cars. And if you're one of those "hur dur just drive a $800 beater car" faggots, then don't even bother to respond.
>>43619702
Don't pretend like poorfags don't have the same desires as buying a nice car. They just know they'll never have one so they don't think about it and mentally block it out.
Like how everyone would want a mansion or a Ferrari, but know we can't so we just don't dwell on it. But once we CAN afford it, that's why people buy expensive useless shit.
If the jobless basement dweller could afford expensive shit he'd buy it too. He's already playing video games and buying weight sets with zero income. Those are things he can't afford.
>>43614019
>roger young
you
i like you
>>43619740
>But once we CAN afford it, that's why people buy expensive useless shit.
But having it or not having it does not make it anymore useful, now does it? Sure, if I were a rich man (ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum), I could buy a fuck ton of shit and probably would. But do I NEED it? I get on by with that I make, find enjoyment from my job and free time, etc. I can live without Ferraris and mansions. I prioritize my expenses and save a little to do all the things I really want to do. Like take trips abroad or something like that.
>>43619784
>mad
Not really. Try not reading too much into stuff and calling everyone mad on /tg/.
Of course an adult's spending habits are higher than a child's or teenager's.
>>43619915
>Try not reading too much into stuff
Try not to refute someone's argument with "hur dur faggot, don't bother to respond." Especially when that's not even close to what I'm saying.
>adult's spending habits are higher than a child's or teenager's
I'm talking about adults.
>>43615642
Back in my day apothecaries were always white, techmarines were red and librarians were blue. Gorram kids with their new-fangled variant colour schemes.
>>43620112
Dat's raycist
Seriously though, I have like 4 different chapters of space marines because I get bored of painting the same things real fast so generic works better for me.
>>43620112
As early as I think 3E, Codex Approved was showing crazy ass shit like a Raven Guard Terminator Librarian who was all black except for a blue shoulder.
I JUST WANT SIMPLE, CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO PAINT MY ARMY IS THAT SO HARD GW
Don't even get me started on that bullshit "Terminators have cruxes on their left and power armor has it on their right".
>>43618073
Nah man, looks very nice.
>>43613255
Some of these blue trousers look way to bright. Besides that they look awesome.
One minor thing though: Wearing a steel helmet on top of a horse is not really a good idea. (in RL)
And personally i would have used the shorter carbine version of the soviet nagant rifle they included in the sprues, or at least used the rifles without bayonet.
>>43620174
Joke's on you, over time chapters change their markings and color schemes to keep enemies from recognizing it
>>43619759
>>roger young
>you
>i like you
>I was so full of it that I couldn't talk about it, so I studied the lists. Whew, what a lot of ships! They were posted by types, too many to locate otherwise. I started reading off the troop carriers - the only ones that matter to an MI.
>There was the Mannerheim! Any chance of seeing Carmen? Probably not, but I could send a dispatch and find out.
>Big ships - the new Valley Forge and the new Ypres, Marathon, El Alamein, Iwo, Gallipoli, Leyte, Marne, Tours, Gettysburg, Hastings, Alamo, Waterloo - all places where mud feet had made their names to shine.
>Little ships, the ones named for foot sloggers: Horatius, Alvin York, Swamp Fox, the Rog herself (bless her heart), Colonel Bowie, Devereux, Vercingetorix, Sandino, Aubrey Cosens, Kamehameha, Audie Murphy, Xenophon, Aguinaldo -
>I said, "There ought to be one named Magsaysay."
>>43620174
>As early as I think 3E, Codex Approved was showing crazy ass shit like a Raven Guard Terminator Librarian who was all black except for a blue shoulder.
As early as *First* Edition, variations in paint schemes were common between chapters. It wasn't until Second Edition that the studio ladz began to move towards the "every librarian is blue and every chaplain is black" thing. But all along there have still been exceptions.
>>43620180
$30k on a car is just pure masturbation. My business partner bought a 35k BMW only to sell it 2 years later for half that because it was so damn expensive to drive. Unless it's a rare car used as a show model, cars are horrible investments. You're better off with precious metals, property you can rent out or stock from large dividend paying companies. There are perfectly safe, drivable and affordable cars where you don't pay a tons for the brand name and performance that's useless on public roads.
Almost anything has a better ROI than a brand new car. Even miniatures are more value steady. On that note, what are you guys working on right now? I've just finished cleaning 5 skeletons but I'm stilk thinking of using the armored chests instead of the ribcages.
>>43620904
steel helmets were actually worn on horseback.
also there only are 2 carbines on one sprue. so unfortunately I only could equip two of the riders with them. Wish I had more. I do.
Does anyone know how good the quality is on the Raging Heros line of minis? I'm considering getting some to use as proxies for Sisters, but would like to know what I'm getting into
>>43616567
Sometimes I work 90 hours a week but I wouldn't change it for a 9 to 5 job. Ever.
It's just so compelling, my job avtually interests me, no day is ever the same, and I'm always learning.
Sure I work a lot, but I get the adequate salary, and I work happy, knowing that I will never be in the position of saying no to my kids for something they deserve, like a place in a good university, because daddy couldn't be arsed to work more. It would break my heart to have my kids get a place in a great Uni and then be forced to have a crippling debt when they get out, or worse, not being able to afford to going to Uni, because that would be MY fault.
Also
>The world is dominated by the Jeeeeews
What a way to argue.
>>43621919
Whats your job anon?
>>43621965
Corporate Lawyer in asset management.
Now that I said that, I realise that I'll probably be pictured as that terrible father that works without looking at his family, and then realises it too late.
>>43614674
back banners are NEVER dumb looking.
>>43622690
Modern kits come with those so I really don't see the problem unless they're on a bike. In which case you need three and an eyepatch to make it work.
>>43622807
>three and an eyepatch
Whelp, now I know what I've been doing wrong this whole time. thanks anon.
>>43621992
>Now that I said that, I realise that I'll probably be pictured as that terrible father that works without looking at his family, and then realises it too late.
And as a Jew.
>>43621992
if can already realize it, it isn't happening
I'm using coarse sand I bought for bases, because I did much liked how the fine sand that can be found in my area looked. But now it seems everyone on the Internet is using fine sand for bases.
Which do you prefer, tg?
>>43614386
Go to your backlog and build stuff, do basing, or heck even play the game!
>>43613255
Nice work anon. On a side note, can I get the dimensions of that truck in the back? Especially the front part
>>43618539
>when the chaos hits you
>>43623506
Depends on the effect your going with imo.
Personally, fine sand for when you want a sand base, as coarser sand can end up looking like gravel or a pebble beach. Use coarser sands for the stuff just mentioned, or as something to bolster up the base a bit which can then be painted on.
But that might just be me...
>>43623590
You Live to Work, you don't Work to Live.
I pity you.
>>43624526
Because I love my Work. I don't go there kicking and screaming.
Granted it's hard, and exhausting sometimes, but it's still really interesting and new everyday.
There's no routine. I can't stand the routine.
>>43623506
Im using sand I got from the beach in Cuba, so whatevet that is.
>>43624736
So if I gave you 100 million dollars would you continue working?
>>43624867
I guess so. I know a lot of guys that are millionnaires and are still working their ass off. That's just who they are.
And I think you keep a value of money this way. Otherwise you're just another lottery winner that's broke after 2 years.
And again, I love my work. My wife loves her work as well. We're both happy as it is, and honestly, having even more money wouldn't make us happier I think/hope.
>>43621183
I was doing the classic drinking while painting anon.
Gives a -30 to my resist bait roll
>>43624997
>drinking while painting
I usually do that but I need to stop once I lose my aim.
>>43625036
Read that as "lose my arm". I was about to ask what the fuck you were drinking and how you managed to cut your arm off with a hobby knife.
>>43613794
>it looks a bit like he's named his dick Titan
>>43613794
Also Something small on his back like one of those Iron Halo things would probably look pretty good. Decent conversion anon!
I am still working on my mechanicus force and i risked a look into old admec like models i could use.
There are some really cool ones i would love to have in my army like the admec skullz reward promos from GW or the 2012 adepticon promo construct. But DAMN this shit is expensive.
Why are there no recasters for limited edition models around.
>>43625986
Yeah, those guys are extremely rare at this point. They easily go for 25 bucks a model. The enginseers are available in finecast though.
>>43625986
This is probably small consolation but both Micro Art Studio and Hi Tech Miniatures do some pretty good Admech stuff.
>>43626013
25$ would still be fine with me actually.
They want the equivalent of 50$ for one around here.
So I cleaned my FW resin bits by soaking them in warm water, then brushing them with soap and rinsing them off in clean water, finally letting them dry for several hours. They still look fairly glossy and give off the slightest hint of greasiness if I rub them.
Are they good enough or should I give them a more thorough scrubbing?
Is it necessary to paint space marines in sub-assemblies?
I'm getting BaC tomorrow and I've never painted marines before. A lot of people seem to keep bolters separate which I'll probably do, but what about shoulder pads and backpacks, or smaller accessories like pouches, grenades and combat blades?
>>43626452
Does water run off those surfaces like they're hydrophobic?
>>43626452
Soak the mini in simple green if you can't get rid of the mold release otherwise.
>>43626552
Marines are probably fine as complete models, just without the guns.
If you want to do detail painting on the shoulder pads you could leave those off as well.
>>43608199
Who or what is Agrax Earthshade even named after?
>>43626783
Kind of, but it's hard to tell the surface tension on such small bits. I'll give them another scrub, better safe than sorry.
Can anyone tell who manufacture those fellows?
They dosen't seem like any of GW kits.
>>43627515
Looks like Avatars of War to me.
>>43627515
If Google didn't lie to me, I'd say it's a modest conversion from these guys: http://www.avatars-of-war.com/eng/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&prodcode=pl01&prodname=Dwarf+Berserkers+of+Bj%C3%B6rn&id=118&Itemid=143
http://www.avatars-of-war.com/images/minis/aowpl01/aowpl01_blister.jpg
>>43608670
Thats on my to do list to, have fun!
I'm not sure if I'm done so much as tired of looking at this one, I might come back to it later.
I'm trying to get some terrain work done over the next few weeks, I have a big burial cairn doodad and the gw dreadstone blight kit in the queue still.
>>43627752
Here's the backside, It's a bit barren but I don't want it to be nearly as busy as the front. I'll keep staring at it as I work on other things.
>>43627752
>>43627769
DOHVAKIN DOHVAKIN NUNUNU NU NU NUUUUUMassive terrorist attack ongoing in france btw
>>43613055
If you like to read, there is a huge tutorial about black on Massive Voodoo
Just search for "painting the colour black" yourself, because 4chan is being an ass again.
>>43614674
Back banners are stupid looking, eh?
>>43627804They still haven't said anything about their skin colour
>>43628042
Yes they have, watch the french news. It's muslims at it again. I'm thinking of making an ISIS diorama to celebrate. Some guardsmen standing near a trench, executing eldar.
>>43628095
Nothing unusual then
>Some orks standing near a trench, executing eldar.
Fixed it for you
>>43628139
But orks use slaves and specifically eldar to build tellyportas
>>43628182
Maybe 'Nids?
All they do is destroy
>>43608199
>>43608199
I'm flipping through this week's White Dwarf and I see they suggest you try using what they call a spray stick (tape your models on a stick you hold to spray paint them). Has anyone tried this technique?
>>43627959
>Back banners are stupid looking, eh?
Somehow ...
>>43614674
>I myself am partial to back banners, too
... didn't sink in. For whatever reason, some other people - including some uv da studio ladz - have a problem with them. Brother-Captain Tycho is the only infantry model photographed in the Fifth Edition Blood Angels codex with a back banner (there is also an unnamed Death Company Dreadnought sporting one on page 74). There are a handful of models shown in the Seventh Edition book, but it's nothing like the good ol' days.
>>43628523
This guy >>43608670 did it, its popular with a lot of people because it's easy to get all over even coverage that way.
>>43617801
Thanks! Incubi Darkness (gw), 50/50 with white for the edging
How did I do with my kitbashed EC Captain?
>>43629172
>scope for holding the gun sideways
>>43629217
I thought it was a laser dot thing, that's just how the gun came with the Iron warrior event exclusive model.
>>43629217
>>43629274
It's a targeter. Basically a laser sight. In older editions that would give you +1BS with a single weapon.
Been tinkering with some bases for my Raven Guard, and here are my test pieces. I'm planning to go with the second one from the left (Astrogranite + Abaddon Black + Eshin Grey drybrush). I have half a dozen resin basing pieces to put on some of them, but I'm going do be doing 40+ marines and I'd like to have more than just colored astrogranite. Grass doesn't seem appropriate, so I'm looking for suggestions. Help me out, /tg/!
>>43629595
>black marines on black bases
that.. might not end well
>>43629650
It's not as black as it looks in the photo, but you make a good point. I'm not really a fan of brown bases with Raven Guard though, and snow/ice is out because I want to differentiate them from my Imperial Guard. I'm open to suggestions.
>>43629763
Why not go desert? Yellow-tan ish.
You can even play with crackle effects.
Blood for the blood god. Too much? Do I need more on the skulls for the skull throne?
>>43629763
Martian red.
>>43629172
Be careful and round out those pointy ears. Wouldn't want him blammed for heresy.
>>43631015
Don't worry, it's post heresy EC, we can just play it off as a warp mutation. It'll be our little secret, mmkay?
>>43630984
Other picture.
How much detail do fantasy warriors have under their cloaks? I want too use some for some conversions but I'd like too not have the cloaks. I expect they'll not have backs on the torsos but how much leg and arm do they have?
>>43615712
>>43616069
>>43616373
I promised I'd be back, so I am!
Here's my entire backlog! You guys decide what I paint.
List
Chaos space marines;
10 Khorne berzerkers
9 Chaos marines
Space Wolves;
9 grey hunters with various special weapons.
8 Grey hunters
5 Wolf guard terminators
3 Thunderwolf cavalry
1 Whirlwind
2 Drop pods
Nurgle Daemons;
1 Nurgle Herald
1 Daemon Prince
10 plaguebearers
3 Plague drones
so.... Cast your votes, you can make a list, or just name a unit or a faction.
I'll start painting the selected unit in 30 minutes. Go!
>>43628523
Do you spray your miniatures one at a time or something? That's wasteful as fuck, unless you use an airbrush. And even then it's still less efficient than batch spraying.
Just go down to Lowes or Home Depot or some other home improvement warehouse and grab their free paint stirring sticks, buy a pack of poster wall mounting tack putty and go to town.
>>43629763GOBLINGREEN
>>43629763
Here are the options I would consider for RG:
- Dark base, to go with their camouflage theme. Cons: Makes models hard to see.
- Light base, such as desert or ice, to create contrast and let the models stand out.
- Base that matches your table/other armies.
- Generic brown/urban base as it will be the most common type of table in stores/other peoples' houses.
For my army that is a dark color, I chose desert as it is my preferred location for tables, basing, etc, and it created contrast with my dark miniatures. I also love recreating desert areas from video games like Diablo II, Diablo III, Ragnarok Online, Borderlands, etc. Nearly every video game has a very cool desert area. Many 40K locations are also deserts or wastelands.
How's the face? Why do I feel like it is too cartoonish?
>>43631157
This makes it look like too much blue, but it may be suffering from "The Dress"
>>43631456
Just paint something from each. I'm thinking the 9 chaos marines, then a drop pod, then the herald. You get to do something different on each of them and they're all different types of models.
>>43618594
I feel like that blue needs some work to be on par with the green which is excellent
>>43624986
Or you could just invest it, and spend your time on other activities and not be a moronic slave.
>>43629763
I definitely wouldn't go with a light base, you don't want to draw the eye to the bottom of the model with high contrasts.
>>43632668
>invest your money to make more money instead of spending it and enjoying it
To what end? This logic is basically "invest every spare penny you have to make more money, but never spend your money on anything". That defeats the entire purpose of money. It's meant to be spent.
>>43631558
>GOBLIN
>GREEN
You say that like you're joking, anon.
All smiles
>>43632821
Glorious
Just finished my first Horde miniature for personal use.
Pretty damn happy with it.
>>43613794
>>43614019
So pretty much changed the whole model a bit, then primed, then got a base down, and did a small amount of shading/blending. Still got a lot of work to do but how she goin so far /tg/ ??
>>43633117
also, my camera fucken sucks lol.
>>43631811
A large part of the cartoonishness is the total mirror-imagery of the features at the midline. Second cause may be the prominent unfilled gap at said midline
>>43632739
This logic presumes that you will survive past your useful working age, or have offspring (for which you would want to provide a financial windfall).
Starting on converting my Calth sets up, going to go pre dropsite Nightlords, this suckers going to be dripping in chains and shit once I am happy with his pose.
>>43633208
>offspring (for which you would want to provide a financial windfall)
Must be nice, trustfund kiddies. If this logic worked why wouldn't we have our own money from OUR parents?
>>43633117
Ease up on the trigger when you're spraying that primer. You've laid it on way too thick.
You don't NEED a solid coat of white, and if you do, make sure it's not so thick as to lessen details. You can tell the paint is very thick by the depth of the fingerprints you've left and how it's clogging and glooping on the basing material.
It's not "oh god thin your paints" thick but it's already beginning to ruin finer details like the groin pteruge studs.
Why aren't there any Kings of War gens up? I thought it was fairly popular
>>43633505
Nah it's not the primer too thick, well it is on the base. But most of the parts used on this were old/stripped. Was only after priming it that I realised some parts needed more work. I've spent so much time on the mini that I was like "fuck it, I'll scratch those details out later, I just need to see this with paint on it"
Although, I accidentally hit the right leg with a bit too much primer, looked OK after drying though. And yeah the base was primed separately and thicker.
Keep in mind I've been out of the hobby for ages. This is technically my first conversion/primed/painted model (was practicing without primer, for easy stripping) in years.
>>43633117
looking great dude
>>43633843
Looking at the mini, I can say that the marine itself seem to be primed ok... but I agree with anon that the base is really really thick. Like... it looks like plaster.
>>43631157
Just the right amount of blood IMO and the blue is fine to me although it definitely looks intentionally emphasized, i.e. like you wanted the blue to be particularly noticeable/a prevalent part of the scheme so hopefully that's what you're going for.
>>43633485
presumably because "you" didn't have parents who made life/financial decisions based upon logic, or who did but did not care for/about the relative ease of your adult experience
>>43633996
pretty much what happened to me. parents assumed all of their kids would be retarded and amount to nothing further than community college
>>43633996
You realize it's not normal for your parents to fund everything for you well into your late 20's right? Get a job, nigger.
>>43633331
and one with fists, really happy the models themselves are very modular and hardly any mold lines at all.
>>43631456
Convert your fucking demonprince some, asshole.
If you're doing Nurgle, make him look the part some.
>>43634522
How many arms do they come with? Should I bother magnetizing?
>>43634611
3 arms each. 1 assault cannon, 1 melta, 1 power fist
>>43634634
Cheers. I'm getting my boxes tomorrow.
>>43633117
The blue you went with is really nice, anon.
Reposting my destroyers, still havr hazard stripes and pistols+holsters to go
>>43634845
>>43634133
Nowadays it's pretty normal to live with your parents until you're about 28. Living expenses are just too damn high. Not even talking from experience, just alot of my friends went to college and are unable to afford an apartment and loan debt.
>>43634896
I doubt their parents foresaw that 30-40 years ago and set up a bank account just to siphon money to their adult children though.
>>43634909
As a theoretical "adult" my parents charge me rent, since I have a job.
My WIP Killteams army. One Xenos inquisitor and henchmen with Deathguard.
>>43634919
How high up do you have to be to get Saint Fucking Celestine as one of your henchmen?
>>43634949
She's my inquisitor lol.
>>43634961
Oh. I figured your Inquisitor was the commissar-looking dude behind you.
An Inquisitor who used to be a Sister makes sense, but wouldn't Ordo Hereticus be more reasonable?
>>43629595
could do up the bases like a city road?
light grey with some yellow lines on it.
>>43634983
I was considering it, but I went Xenos instead. I mean she can /be/ a heretic us...
>>43634919
>dat old metal ven dread
those are so sexy man.
>>43635005
I'm actually working on it for my father, who's swapping over to Templars instead of Ultras.
>>43634961
>>43634996
For reference, my Inquisitor, Ordo Malleus.
Still gotta paint the demon head in his hand and do the barrels of his custom combi-plas.It's a plasma pistol hacked up and glued to a storm bolter
>>43635041
Nice...
I'm running the combi-plants as well. Put a plasma pistol on a bolt pistol.
Here's a close up of the inquisitor.
>>43635055
If you cut the grip off a plasma pistol and stick it to the bottom of the hand of a model holding another plasma pistol, it looks sorta like the plasma rifle from Halo. Good way to use up all those damn PPs and get more Plasma Guns in your army.
Pictured: Another Inquisitor(w/ swanky cape)
>>43635102
>>43635081
>>43635041
>>43634919
We Inquisition General now.
>>43623680
>>43623680
>Nice work anon. On a side note, can I get the dimensions of that truck in the back? Especially the front part
its an 28mm miniature. 35mm width 40mm length.
>>43632829
That's adorable.
>>43635041
what is it with the boots? they look pretty much unfinished.
a mans style stands or falls with his shoes man.
>>43635167
Huh. I think I missed them when I put the wash on.
My painting stuff's all in storage, or I'd fix them up.
Note: Original model here was the sword-and-shotgun Cultist from the Dark Vengeance starter. Hacked off the head and arms and replaced with various Grey Knight bits.
>>43635128
Nobody expected this!
>>43635231
Notice that I most definitely went for Nice Red Uniforms.
>>43632885
The missing angle... it's where the light comes from so it's not really impressive.
It's for a comp, so if anyone spots any mistake maybe I'll have to fix 'em before presentation. Thanks.
>>43635151
Awesome, thanks!
>>43633331
Mmm, snazzy. No mold lines either! I'd personally drill some holes into those gun barrels. No deeper than 1/8", just deep enough to catch some wash and LOOK deep.
So I didn't like how short and ugly the back of my Praetor's legs looked so I tried GSing a cloak to cover it. This is my first time ever doing anything major with GS so please...give me all your...tips~
