WIP thread: Secret Santa Edition 3
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>Painting guides, Uniforms & Heraldry books, Painting Videos, Visions, ebooks and White Dwarves:
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>Painting Videos
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>>44265321
>>44265333
>>44265349
Reposted the already received gifts
Jesus guys, the guy said the price limit was 10 bucks
Now I feel bad for what I sent out
>>44265366
If no one gets a dragon dildo, I will be sorely dissapointed.
>>44265440
Better participate yourself next year.
Is this a legitimate GW miniature?
>>44265518
i have never seen the other pieces attached at the base bar in a gw metal mini, ever, but i've also never bought dark elves, so double check with some other people. pretty sure that would be fake, given my experiences
>>44265607
Yeah, that sword is odd, and i also can't remember dark elf nobles in metal back in the day when there were metal minis.
>>44265518
Yup, OOP (female) Dreadlord with Additional Hand Weapon
>>44265660
The bare metal looks even better than this, but thanks for helping me.
What is the usual price for an OOP mini like that? 5-7GBP?
>>44265689
You can ask for 10 and will still find a buyer.
Rare stuff goes for even more but this one isn't the case.
>>44265607
>i have never seen the other pieces attached at the base bar in a gw metal mini
I have, multiple times. Could be real.
>>44265321
Wait, that really happened? Are you telling me there really are nice guys out there??
You are mining my estabilished idea of humankind here anon.
>>44265307
This seems as good a place as any to ask: /tg/, by your combined neckbeareded experience, what are some good looking (in your esteemed opinion, of course)female28mm (or similar) miniature lines? I need proxy minis.
>look through the old stuff of my father gave me
Neat, shame Im not into WW2 models.
>>44265816
What scale is that? If 1/48 or 1/35 you can probably build some ork or guard vehicle out of it.
>>44265806
There is only one right answer:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/dungeon-sisters-miniatures#/No seriously, check this link and you should find whatever you need. No need to order from that store, just google the minis you like for other sources, or just ask here http://thedicebaglady.net/believable-female-miniatures-all/
>>44265871
>1/48
But Im not into Orcs either, only IG army I would play would be Elysians and I think the model fits Deathkorps more.
Well, might get 15€ on ebay for it.
>>44265753
Apparently Secret-Santa-Anon didn't scam everyone by giving out his own address only.
>>44265908
>Not playing orks
>Being in a WIP thread
>>44265925
Look, Orcs are an amazing race for custom vehicles, I get that, but I just dont like the waagh and that makes me quite sad, because some people have amazing conversion going on.
>>44265806
Proxies for what in particular?
>>44265944
Don't worry Anon, i don't like Orks either.
>>44265901
appreciate it
>>44265944
Just some banter mate I don´t play orks either.
>>44266084
HOLY FUCK that makes me moist, I do LOVE some nice egyptian skeletons.
Shame Khemri are still plagued with old ass models and wont get updates anywhere soon because end times and nagash
>>44266084
>wrap some shit around skeleton horse
>it looks awesome
congratulations
FW sent me a duplicate of my last order. Nothing I really need, but still merry christmas to me from FW!
>>44266101
>and wont get updates ever
ftfy
>>44266084
fuck off with your "banter"
Took a long break from painting, finally finished my second batch of 10 guardsmen.
>>44267161
Older batch on the right. Let me know how the colour scheme works.
World Eaters are best eaters, white is hard to paint but rewarding in the end.........sometimes.
>>44267161
>>44267175
>>44267250
I like what I'm seeing - are you gonna fill in some of the nooks and crannies with a wash near the end?
Hawkshroud knight is coming along, working on the armor plates now. God I hate paining yellow, Terryn or Mortan would have been easier but Hawkshroud fits the fluff of my dudes better
finally got my first knight formation painted. Knights looked a little different back then …
>>44267680
Reveal to me the Secret of Yellow. In preparation for my FW Imperial Fist shoulders, heads, and torsos I grabbed one of my ancient snap-fit marines and tried to paint it as an IF.
The yellow came out super-splotchy despite me basing it with Averland Sunset.
>>44267822
I hear a lot of good things about priming in yellow.
>>44267822
Bell of Lost Souls posted a very nice Heresy IF tutorial a few weeks ago.
Perhaps give it a go?
http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2015/11/tutorial-heresy-era-imperial-fist.html
It looks easy enough to follow, and the yellow looks really nice and bright.
>>44265472
I'd participate but I was too lazy to find out how to send things to people. Yep.
>>44267822
Prime in white or grey and layer yellow washes, with some blending / drybrushing at the end.
>>44267943
Are you 12? Wtf man.
>>44268542
No, I'm lazy. I never had to sent anything but big boxes and postcards, and every time I get back from work I don't want to look up how to sent some sprues efficiently.
Ok so I decided to paint the boots black and I tried dry brushing the fur with some white. It looks "OK"
The sword and shield are based in black. I'd probably do a a brown coat on the wood then a standard wash. Then dry brush the metal parts with the metallic silver. Plus the sword.
I'm going to try to paint the gloves a reddish color. Then the cape a deep red maybe.
>>44268656
I'm actually speechless
>>44268766
>>44268749
It starts to look nice. Did you paint the base? Or is that unintentional?
A red cloak will add the necessary contrast color to the mini.
>>44268776
I was reffering more to the kind of post, nor te packaging.
>>44265016
>>44264858
Hey, i'm glad you liked the stuff. Nice to see it arrived in such a short time.
Also thanks for the correction.
>>44268826
Lol the base is a mix of paints and wash out black. I did paint it sort of but with a very light black that had a bit to much water. i'll probably go over it once the other parts are done.
It does look pretty interesting though. Thanks :)
I'm doing my best. Sadly I came down with a cold recently so my progress has been stunted.
>>44268844
That packaging was the post you retard. You write the adress like you would a letter and then bring it to the post office so one of the grown ups can help you send it.
>>44269025
That's never the most efficient one, when I sent big boxes that was more expensive, by far.
>>44268844
USPS if you're sending from the US. Their website has tools to figure out prices, and you can even buy and print the shipping labels there.
>desk lamp burned out, only 'warm' lighting left
Anyway, progess.
>>44269209
Looks awesome! Does these motorcycles come with decals. Maybe try finding some biker symbols and putting them on the front wheel chasis.
>>44267161
>>44267175
>>44267264
It's a quite dark scheme and usually I'd bitch about that kind of stuff but I think it fits Guard pretty well.
>>44269264
Isn't that their standard color scheme. Those looks fantastic though.
>>44269262
I considered putting some ravenwing iconography on it, but I think it'd look too busy.
>>44267762
Those look great Anon. How big are they in comparison to a 'normal' 40K mini?
>>44269287
It isn't
>>44269355
those should be 25mm bases
>>44267822
When i've based in black then I do two coats of Averland and about three coats of yriel with some drybrushing over the top at the end to blend it together. Do thin layers and build up the colour slowly.
For the knight I used a light grey spray primer so I skipped the averland step. It's not perfect but I'm gonna weather him up lots so it doesnt need to be.
Started on the red bits now...
>>44269264
I am curious, what is wrong with darker colour schemes?
>>44268943
The letter was a nice touch, actually felt a bit emotional, and your English was great.
Merry Christmas to you Germanon
>>44267250
You seriously need to invest in some mediums for blending
>>44269851
I hope you're aware that almost none of the people in these threads are actually from English speaking countries? Not mad or anything, just saying. It's funny because most British people these days are less competent in English than the Dutch and Germans.
>>44270105
The note said 'ps hope my English is readable'
I speak French, but not as well as his English.
>>44267264
The cloth pieces look really really sweet
>>44270509
>>44269287
Thanks, when you stare at it for so many hours it's hard to be objective anymore.
>>44263315
Dunno if the Anon with the neato thousand sons is here, but for the Krylon Metallic Silver Paint+Primer he recommended, is there a difference between the following two? I was thinking of getting the first one.
http://www.krylon.com/products/dual-superbond-paint-primer-metallic-finish/
http://www.krylon.com/products/colormaster-paint-primer-metallic/
>>44270105
I don't think almost none of the people in these threads are actually from English speaking countries. Well, it's true in my case, but still.
I'm trying to get the materials ready to make silicone moulds as per the casting PDF but I'm having trouble finding glycerol for the silicone additive. All I'm finding is glycerin.
Must I get glycerol itself or does Glycerin work as well? Google's giving me conflicting reports.
>>44265607
Not too uncommon. Everything seems to check out, even if I'm not so invested in WHF as to know this particular model.
Does anyone think the dark overcoat and bright fatigues clash too much on my general?
Finished my kans. Tried them in a game today, got lucky an obliterated almost a squad of necron warriors before they got glanced to death. fucking gauss. Made back their points, fun little guys
Also a quick mek I kitbashed, didnt try much but I like him.
Also, anyone got any warbuggys made from the trukk kit?
>>44273288
Any thoughts on what weapon would look best on my general? I used to have a master crafted bolter, but it was a SM bolter so it looked stupid huge.
>>44274146
>>44273288
>>44274146
Out of those that middle one, the flamer (?) imo looks best to me.
Im planning on basing my models using the tutorial GW put out (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdLETvgf1DM), after I finish the base do I just glue the model in or is there something else I should do?
>>44274146
The top one, the flamer implies he's at the front line getting shot trying to use a flamer, which is not what a commander should be doing.
>>44274202
I thought Duncan put too little stuff on the base. I get his thing about the base not overshadowing your mini but imo urban bases look better with more rubble and other shit on the base.
wip on my Thousand Sons sorcerers of obliteration (Obliterators)
>>44273713
Nice kans.
The little bastards can be really effective with their grotzookas, but you have to actually get them up the field first. My deff dreads and kans almost never make it to combat, and I actually have a close combat dread that my friends and I call "the ork statue" due to the fact that he's been immobilized every single game I've fielded him in.
>>44274205
Ya thats what I was leaning towards. I like the old school flamer, but the laspistol seems more suiting... and it also won't cause anger from any autistic WYSIWYG types I may face.
>>44271016
>>44274349
>Dunno if the Anon with the neato thousand sons is here, but for the Krylon Metallic Silver Paint+Primer he recommended, is there a difference between the following two? I was thinking of getting the first one.
>http://www.krylon.com/products/dual-superbond-paint-primer-metallic-finish/
>http://www.krylon.com/products/colormaster-paint-primer-metallic/
I am sure there must be some sort of difference, but it is the second one (ColorMaster) that I have purchased and used on my Thousand Sons. I would guess that the first one would bond "better" than the second (re: probably just as well for painting purposes, but probably hard to remove with Simple Green, etc).
Personally, I would probably have grabbed whatever was the cheapest at the local hardware store/walmart. I find proper Spray Paint procedures are what give you the best results. That is, shaking the can VERY well for at the very least 60 seconds, spray in low humidity, low wind conditions, and ideal temp (5-20 degrees C), and shaking often between your short sweeping bursts of spray paint about 12-15" away from the model(s).
So i'm starting to get into airbrushing and was wondering what I should get for a compressor. I want one of the quiet ones but dont know where to start looking. Any ideas?
>>44274349
I have been long wondering what I wanted to do about their lower halves as these guys are a composition of various bits I ordered from Bitz Barn a couple years ago. The legs are from loyal terminators so I had to remove loyal icons, but the legs just looks so bland.
I have decided to give them a "robe of a Thousand Scrolls." That is, I will Green Stuff many, many hanging scrolls in the style of my Sorcerer Lord that used the dark apostle as the base model. Just, a thick layering of hanging scrolls that emulate a robe around the waist of my Sorcerers of Obliteration.
I then have a bunch of bits from my Chariots of Tzeentch I will add.
>>44274146
Nice old boltpistol, but the laspistol would probably be best.
How would I put tears on a miniature?
>>44275604
Think of all the wrong decisions in your life that brought you to this point, and hold the miniature under your eye as you softly weep.
>>44265307
How do I paint my chapter color scheme in the same style of FW's simple yet gritty marine paintjobs?
>>44275241
Also curious as to what kind of blue you are using. Loving your work btw. Looks great!
>>44275816
Lets go tear drop hunting, boys and girl!
>>44274168
What head did you use on your general?
>>44276419
I think it is a tempestus scion head, I had to trim down the rounded region at the neck so it would fit in a guardsmen chest.
>>44276455
Thanks for the heads up. The biggest thing holding me back from finishing my guard army is that I would really like to have a general who is distinctive.
>>44276521
I actually wanted the same thing, this guy was the closest I could find to General Castor from Dawn of War II. You might consider looking at Empire/Bretonia models, I bet there are lots of old-guy-with-a-mustache heads in those sets.
>>44275905
Anybody? Really desperate to learn Forge World's secret HH techniques. The only book I can find is their IA stuff, but I don't know if that includes the same HH painting style.
>>44276715
Post some examples. If you're trying to imitate the showcase pieces they put up on the website then its not really about finding the secret... those things are painted to a superhuman level of detail.
>>44276521
>heads up
Hah!
>>44277043
Wow I have lots of old-school AK47 bolters, but none of them look like that one. Do want.
Fuck, trying again.
>>44277088
Is his hand glued to the correct position? It looks like the handle should be much closer to the butt of the gun.
>>44277063
Bought about 30-50 old beakies off a guy and he threw in a small bag of extra bits.
>>44277112
Yep, I placed the termies grip where I cut the old grip off.
>>44275321
There are bound to be stores that specialise in airbrushing in your area. Probably not for miniatures (they're usually into auto-detailing and helmets and such things), but they'll happily provide advice on airbrushing and what compressors are good for your purpose.
Who knows, they may even offer courses.
One other thing to remember, quiet compressors, especially Oil Compressors (which are almost whisper quiet), are a fair bit more expensive than normal ones.
I own an oil compressor (a Eurotech A20 to be precise), and you could get about 3 normal compressors for the price of this thing.
But it's so nice and quiet, that it's worth it in my opinion. The sound is comparable to a refrigerator motor.
Have some cleanup to do. Mabye spruce up the base too.
>>44277689
>>44277726
can really see the red through the paint. Magnetized him so I can use him as whatever.
>>44277088
Why a boltgun? Is that even an option with terminator armor?
>>44277965
It's the Primarch's Wrath relic.
>Wash
>Highlight
>Fatfinger and get paint where I don't want to
>can't cleanup because original color doesn't match after washing down
Bleh, I really should do it in reverse at this rate. Eventually washed the pants with Earthshade again to deal with the splotch on the front.
>>44278156
And have a big ass pig while we're at it.
>>44278172
Dassa big pig.
>>44278156
I gotta ask. How many piece did Ulix come in?
I love my Somer crew, but the thought of assembling more of the little buggers has stopped me from getting any more.
>>44278399
>prime black
>edge highlight dark grey
>sponge on some boltgun metal
>>44278518
That's it to get the weathered look?
>>44278399
>40k DA
>retarded pansy robes and shit
>30k DA
>AWESOME HELMS
>>44278286
Ulix's box isn't too awful from an assembly perspective, especially compared to the hell that is plastic Bayou gremlins:
-Ulix is 7 pieces, and the only thing to watch out for is making sure the bowstring lines up.
-Wild boars are about 3-4 pieces each, and the pieces are cut so that the joins are hidden by the fur texture for the most part.
-Penelope is 3 pieces.
-Old Major is probably the worst: he's only 6 relatively large pieces, but his head's split in two so filling/smoothing out the join going down his neck is hell.
>>44278677
What you got against robes heretic?
True scale blood angel ready for primer, I'll add pouches/grenades/etc later.
>>44278872
The head doesn't look like BA, but overall the conversion is great.
>>44273737
Yeah, you either need to greenstuff the gaps or make them into badly sutured wounds or something next time.
>>44278172
I love the smell of bacon in the morning, smells like victory!
>>44277748
>>44277689
I don't wanna be an asshole, but all the metallic parts look like shit. Especially in the side view. Half the understructure isn't even painted, and it doesn't look like you used any wash at all.
>>44278872
I'd change the exposed head to a regular helmeted head.
The exposed heads are quite frankly too large, and make the marines have giant bobbleheads.
>>44279079
I would assume he's going to wash them after coloring everything in for some strange raisin
>>44279272
In truescale this works somewhat better but it still looks strange.
>>44279276
Not that anon, but i do that. I color everything first before washing vs basing some parts and washing it, then basing a different part and washing that , etc.
>>44279325
That's normal for smaller minis. But in that case it's simply bad unless you don't plan on drybrushing the metal skeleton afterwards.
I mean I don't know, but looking at the sideview of that Knight in >>44277748 I can't begin to understand where he is at in the painting process. There are parts with decals already on them, parts with what looks like micro pen shading, just basecoated parts like the plate under the head and then, half basecoated parts where the red shines through the metallic paint completely unpainted bits.
And it's not like it's a big secret on how to paint Knights. The goddamn Emperor of paint, the Duncan himself has made an hour long tutorial.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njhLv_nyP_s&list=PLEaPE4sLDA7s6jGafUb-0qBtek7KcIs_g
>>44271802
Glycerin is fine.
I like the look of furioso dreadnoughts, but don't play BA. So I've mocked up a regular dreadnought with the arm off BA dread with a small assault cannon underslung, and I'm kind of liking it.
>>44271802
I don't know what pdf you're talking about, but if you've got regular-ass RTV silicone caulk and are trying to use it to make a mould, just use a drop or two of regular acrylic paint.
Hardens the silicone as well as anything else, plus you can easily see when it's mixed in, because it's fucking paint.
You should have some on hand if you paint minis.
Tfw missed /tg/ secret Santa. Maybe next year.
Still playing around with pink horror colour schemes, hopefully one day I'll find a pink recipe which I'm happy with.
>>44279696
It's like skittles, only toxic!
>>44279625
I'm going to head-canon that the AC rotates backwards when punching because that looks cool.
>>44269355
>>44269547
yeah, just on regular 25mm slotta bases
started on 4 thunderbolts as well, just testing the blue
>>44279774
>not gun-fist punching while shooting
It's like you hate fun.
>>44279625
Dude, really. At least hold a white sheet of paper in front of your light source to dim it a bit.
>>44279696
Why bother with one scheme? It's tzeentch, the more visually fucked up in a good way it is, the better. Daemons aren't supposed to be uniform in their color schemes. It's just hard to sell paint guides with large pages of cool models and for instructions
DO WHATEVER THE FUCK YOU LIKE
LOVE, GW
My knight almost finished, thoughts?
>>44279696
They looked horrbile as a thumbnail, but they are amazing at full size. They really look like they just stepped out from the warp, and phasing in- and out of reality.
I am absolutlely impressed.
>>44280214
I dont like knights, but thats splendid work.
Drill the barrel though.
>>44280214
Just as the machine god intended.
>>44280214
I would perhaps give the metals a wash and highlight to improve their definition somewhat, but beyond that it looks pretty good.
Nicely done Anon.
>>44280260
>metals a wash
Im pretty sure he did that, look at the feet
>>44280233
Yes barrels will be drilled, white fixed up, and properly based once I finish moving house.
Side note, I love the liquid gold paint, but damn it's a pain to use in Australian weather.
>>44280266
The silvers yes, but those golds haven't had one as far as I can see.
>>44280269
>I love the liquid gold paint
the stuff from GW?
Also, why not drill it before painting, I would imagine you have to repaint the drilled holes.
>>44280276
oooh, gotcha
>>44280266
>>44280260
I just dry brushed the silver over black, the gold though I'm not sure how to wash and highlight it best as it's the Vallejo liquid gold paint.
>>44280295
I imagine a light wash with Seraphim Sepia (for a more orange shade) or Reikland Fleshshade (for a warmer redish shade) will work quite well, and then add some of that Vallejo alcohol-based gold back over it. It should cover quite well.
>>44280324
Will note this down for when back to painting!
Making my first gaming table, primarily for Infinity, but also for Malifaux.
I'm going to get a lot more scatter terrain and lots more rocks. I think I need vegetation too. Any recommendations for trees/bushes?
>>44280363
Great to spend time on terrain anon, how it gets so neglected is beyond me. When you look at a game going on you primarily see the table after all. Are low visibility zones still a thing in 3e? I still only really know second edition. If so presumably hedgerows and clumps needn't be able to be seen over and still have a cool effect in game.
>>44280388
>how it gets so neglected is beyond me.
This, but i can am no expectation though. somehow its more exciting to paint a mini or a vehicle than a ruin or something.
>>44280363
Given the industrial/futuristic theme i don't think vegetation fits in there well. Maybe some kind of crystal formation instead of trees?
If I want to turn a citadel wash into a nice, uniform glaze for shading, would I just need to add a good deal of lahmian medium to it?
>>44280441
So the theme is a forward base storage base on a barely colonized planet, that the factions in infinity are "fighting" over to mine super special metal(tm).
I'm thinking dark green foliage or autumn foliage, can't decide...
>Found the stash of warhammer I accumulated when I was a kid some time ago
>never got into it enough because everything was fucking expensive
>60€ rulebook fuck that
>there were some valuable metal minis in the stash
Maybe the next year I'll split it and send it to you guys.
>>44280584
WHEN YOU WERE A KID...
HOW Who the fuck buys that much shit for their kid. Hasn't 40k always been super expensive?
Please explain I've never seen Warhammer as something most people would be ohh look this is for kids.
>>44280584
>>44280638
I had a few warhammer minis myself when i was a kid, but it was expensive, even back in the pre-euro days. Since my parents were opposed war-toys, i never got any minis from them, but all the army books and codices because reading is good for children, no matter what it is.
There should be some metal terminators and a squad of steel legion in my parents basement somewhere though.
>>44280638
They used to run a monthly magazine with a few models included to get people into it, talked about rules/painting techniques and stuff like that,
even had a few comics in it.
A coworker of my father got into it up to a certain point and then sold it to me for like 50€, btw those are not 40k.
But I did find these in it, probably bought them when I visited the game workshop the first time.
>>44280658
Well shit maybe it was the pre euro days, or probably that period where we had both currencies printed on things.
Could anybody point me in the direction of the best way to paint a SM Chaplain?
>>44280789
>Youtube
>Warhammer TV
>tutorial for black templar armor
>>44280363
>Any recommendations for trees/bushes?
I'd have a serious look at aquarium/terrarium decorations or plants.
If you have a look at some of the tree decorations you can buy for those you'll find that the look would be pretty easy to replicate with the plastic deco plants you can buy pretty cheaply when you glue them to a branch or something to make the trunk.
You can also get some pretty funky colors and plants for coral reefs and stuff like that if you want something more alien for Infinity.
I don't know much about Malifaux, but I think Bonsai (pretty popular in that area)would fit well to Infinity due to the anime influence, but stuff like that wouldn't be about of place there either since they have some eastern factions as well iirc.
>>44279696
Man, those are some sexy colour transitions.
>>44280709
>>44280658
Sorry I over reacted.
What bolt pistols do people give IG commanders tg? These are my options unless anyone else has good suggestions? Las pistol for scale.
My brother just suggested infernus pistol but I'm pretty much a 'you get what you see' modeller
Thoughts?
>>44280363
>Any recommendations for trees/bushes?
Blast from the past
>>44281087
Give him the pistol that doesn't look like it belongs on a Leman Russ sponson.
>>44281087
Aren't the actual IG bolt pistols smaller than those SM ones?
>>44281118
Slightly. These are scout ones. You get no bolt pistols with Elysians though!
It would be modelled in both his hands like an SMG at that size anyway.
>>44281132
The scout ones are bigger because of the long muzzle break though
I think the old chaos pistols are the smallest:
http://www.bitzbox.co.uk/product_info.php/chaos-khorne-berzerkers-bolt-pistol-p-2725
>>44274202
Duncan looks very rosy cheeked in this video
>>44281159
I'll dig it my chaos bits then. None of the, look right so far.
>>44281116
Kek
>>44281175
He's been rosy cheeked throughout the advent calender. Methinks he's been on the sherry.
>>44281185
>kek
He has a point though. Bolt Pistols look huge (and retarded if you ask me) on regular Cadians/Catachans. Elysians are way smaller than those. I doubt it will look good with any regular bolt pistol.
Maybe you can scratch build a bolt pistol in the right size somehow. Its not that its design is very complicated.
>>44281231
That's the problem I am having. I'd like to avoid having to build one if possible but I did consider it. It's just that the captain will be a centrepiece to the army until I build my colonel. I know I won't ever feel 100% satisfied with a scratch built one. I'm going to my parents later, I know my brother has cadian command squad bits there. How much smaller exactly is it?
>>44281293
pic related. the difference in size is barely noticeable.
>>44280638
>Who the fuck buys that much shit for their kid. Hasn't 40k always been super expensive?
Parents?
I've got a tool chest stuffed full of old 90's Space Marine Warhams that I never ended up playing, the lot is full to the brim with shitty painting and badly made vehicles because hey it kept me busy.
Of course that shit was expensive, it was only every now and then I got bought stuff and I even went to a Saturday warhammer club with £5 pocket money.
Nowdays I grew out of Ultrasmurfs and moved onto Orks, then Warhmachine, now Gunpla.
>>44265607
>i have never seen the other pieces attached at the base bar in a gw metal mini, ever
C'mon m8... it wasn't even so long ago! Now *everything* is plastic...
>>44281417
Thanks anon, I'll see what else I have around
>>44279696
Keep paiting them like this, looks absolutely fab. Would be jelo/10 if I played against them.
>>44278172
>And have a big ass pig while we're at it.
That's some pig!
>>44281516
>plastic
you are talking about failcast right?
besides, most of the times those attached pieces would break off if the blister was shuffled a little to much.
>>44281616
>you are talking about failcast right?
No, plastic. These (>>44281516) models were "Space Marine Veterans" before GW decided to designate them as Sternguard (shooty) or Vanguard (choppy). Citadel briefly sold a set of these models in Finecast, but they, too, got replaced by a plastic box of Sternguard Veterans (pic related).
>besides, most of the times those attached pieces would break off if the blister was shuffled a little to much.
Can't argue with that. These ladz came in a box of five rather than the regular blisters, though.
>>44281650
Huh... got that scrambled. This set *was* labeled Sternguard. It's the Mk I and Mk II Veterans sets that were *not* labeled as such and are still available via the webstore.
I know this Sternguard set was available in both metal and Finecast, though, because I have examplars made of both metal and resin.
>>44265871
>>44265816
Hey, I've read through your conversation and this seems like a great idea. Let's say I'd try and build a bike/wartrack from the Kettenkrad (forgive me if I spelled it wrong). Which scale should I choose? 1/35 or 1/48? Also, which size should I pick if I were to use a german halftrack (sdkfz 251/2/3) for an ork truck?
>>44281706
1/35.
While 1/48 is closer to the average 28mm scale, it looks to small compared to the rather bulky heroic scaled warhammer minis. Especially orks.
>>44281739
i disagree.
I'm building both, the 250 and 251 halftrack at the moment. The scale is 1/48.
I made you a pic so you can compare the size with a cadian soldier. The guy next to him is an 1/48 german crew member. Those halftracks weren't that big in RL.
1/35 would be huge compared a warhammer miniature. It could work as some kind of out-of-scale orky vehicle though.
>>44281706
Pic related
I decided to my paint my bad moons with blue jean like paints and yellow helmets and shoulderpads with a black torso piece
I just realized after I finished my first 2 they look like gay construction men strippers.
>>44281990
They WAAAGH! hard and they party hard.
>>44281990
Work with the theme anon. And post pics.
>>44282099
I just basecoated them, ill post them when theyre done
>>44281837
I want one.
NOW
Like holy shit, why did we get the taurus instead of this
>>44282150
Because that's called a Salamander, my friend.
>>44282150
That conversion looks like 1/35 btw.
Have a converted 251 too.
>>44282199
Salamander is Forgeworld only and not a halftrack though.
>>44282199
Uh?
I thought its called Taurox
>>44282201
Where are those tank tracks from?
>>44282201
Is that a necron head under the helmet?
>>44282233
I think its this one:
http://z11.invisionfree.com/Work_In_Progress/index.php?showtopic=2918
I consider this to be done.
I've spent like 4 days painting this guy.
I don't think I want to press my luck any further with him.
I only have krylon gloss topcoat.
I think the cape came out alright. I based it with a dark purple. I was trying to get a dark red. and then when over it with red and pink.
>>44282401
>>44282411
Looks pretty good. You could give the sword a proper edge highlight though.
Besides that: What is the green point on the front of his cloak?
Also clean the edge of the base. Paint it in brown or black.
>>44282216
What difference does it make if it's tracked or not?
>>44282233
Tauros and Tauros Venator are the FW buggies with 4 and 6 wheels.
Taurox and Taurox Prime are the GW trucks with snow tracks.
Salamander and Command Salamander are the FW Chimera based, open topped scout/command vehicle.
>>44282443
He has a little button on the front of his cape.
It's not much but I wanted it to stand out.
This is the first mini I've done a proper layering process with. This mini seemed fairly difficult there's a lot of close corners.
I have some minis from mantic. Ork, skeletons ghouls and zombies.
I'm intimidated by their construction and I think I need superglue.
I'll do that with the base. Should I use white on the sword for an edge? I've never painted a sword and wanted to keep it simple. Should I just do grey?
Thanks for the advice.
After using the Plate Mail primer from Army painter on my Necrons should I wash the recess now and then do their armour and detail or wash after everything is completed?
Any good guids too power weapons? Like the swords and scythes they use I want to be of blue or green energy.
Should I do a slight OSL effect on the gauss weapons with their translucent green tubs?
Some of these models have very slight recesses and I think they would look much cooler filled in with green then the usual black or brown wash i use.
Is there a good way to do that or do I need to find a brush composed of a single strand of nose hair.
>>44282485
halftracks look cooler in my opinion.
>>44282494
Do you have a brighter silver metal color? If not you could wait with it until you get one.
Just keep going. You'll see, next mini will be faster.
>>44282529
I have Tamiya stuff, But I'm planning on stopping my use of that.
So for army painter all I have is their metallic plate mail color.
The metallic color is merely dry brushed on there.
>>44282503
As a person with two WW2 armies packed with all manner of half-tracks, sure. But they're bit of an obsolete technology post-WW2.
>>44282411
>I was trying to get a dark red
You got pink. Be a bit more restricitve about where you slap on oyur highlights. And follow the flow of the fabric better, in many cases here the few dark btis left don't follow the valleys, they're just thrown out as a few splotches here and there in the alleys.
>>44282563
So the first coat I did was a wine colored purple.
I had mixed black red and white.
It came out pretty good.
I then tried to shade the cape. This didn't work to well.
After that I tried painting it red. But I ended up thinning the paint to much with merely two drops of water.
So it came out fairly splotchy.
It looked alright so I decided to try to drybrush on some pink.
I considered going over it with solid read again, but i was worried it would cake on to much paint.
I don't really have a proper dry brushing brush. I need to get one. The brushes I do use thin and not flat. So my results aren't that great.
It's all coming from my own inexperience.
My next step though it to build the mantic minis
>>44279696
Woah, those are crazy! Really good job there mate!
>>44282546
you could try to use it on the edges, it might work.
>>44282559
40k tank techology is right at the middle of ww2 though. At least their design philosophy and tactical doctrines are. Halftracks would fit in perfectly fine.
>>44282619
When you go shopping for super glue pick up a cheap flat brush for $1 to use it for drybrushing only.
>>44282694
Yeah, no. Those are glue brushes. Not suitable for drybrushing.
>>44282840
uh?
>>44282892
A rigid drybrush will also splatter paint all over your room. Sable drybrushes are much better because they are soft and follow the shapes of the model better while not catapulting pigment onto your ceiling.
>>44282675
>40k tank techology
Design, not technology. Even a lowly Russ has auto-loaders, engines that run on any combustible liquid, laser targeting systems, high-energy generators, warning systems, etc.
Reason for half-tracks was that early tanks weren't so good at turning in motion (it was more of a stop, turn, go system), so the front wheels do the turning while the tracks provide the traction. Past that we've managed to make tanks with far more advanced systems to turn them, thus negating the need for half-tracks.
>>44282918
How much paint you use when drybrushing?
>>44282619
>It looked alright so I decided to try to drybrush on some pink.
Drybrushign works very poorly on smooth curves and surfaces, like flowing cloth.
It works better on highly textured surfaces (fur, mail, etc).
>>44282932
>Reason for half-tracks was that early tanks weren't so good at turning in motion
Reason for them actually was to allow the infantry to keep up with the tanks in difficult terrain where regular trucks couldn't drive.
>>44282963
Enough to get the effect, using a sable brush
>>44282918
What?
Maybe it'd be best if you explained what you mean by 'drybrushing'. Because if we are talking about 'applying paint' or as the kids call it 'painting' instead of using minimal pigment on the bristles of a stiff brush to easily highlight edges, raised parts, ridges and such, then yes, you want brushes that follow the shape of the model.
>>44283061
Drybrushing, the exact same technique we've been using for 30 years now. There's a guide somewhere in the OP I think.
>>44282918
If your paint is splattering all over the place then you have a) to much of it on your brush and b) its not fucking dry!
>>44283015
I'm talking about the technology. Half-tracks existed way before the SdKfz 250 and M3 transports and the need for motorized infantry transports. And the reason for the design was that it enabled simple and nimble design that offered the mobility of a wheeled vehicle with the off-road capabilities of a tracked vehicle. Once tracked vehicles were able to operate more nimbly, they replaced the half-tracks.
>>44283098
Well then enjoy your shitty ass brushes and your pigment flying everywhere I guess.
>>44283141
I never encountered that problem and i have no problem with my drybrushing brush being anything but a shitty ass brush for $1.
>>44283212
Congratulations on defying physics I suppose, have a nice day.
>>44283280
Congratulations on drybrushing wrong, have a nice day, m'lady.
>>44278592
Try to imagine a miniature and their gear as real functional stuff. Look for areas that might get reasonable wear and tear, mainly edges and exposed areas and start weathering lightly and progressively til you are satisfied with it, depending on how "gritty" you want them to be.
You could start with just some light flaking of the armor on exposed areas and work it up to large areas of base metal showing after some serious combat. Also, add bullet scars, oil smears in the joints, char, and blood or smoke on plates work for a grittier combat look.
>>44282619
You can try going for a deep red ink wash instead of painting over the pink. It'll be thin enough to not clog up the detail and correct the colour somewhat so you can add highlights again
Keep in mind too little highlighting can be worked up, but too much highlighting looks fake as fuck and is a bitch to cover up.
>>44282497
To add to this I am using Warplock Bronze (a dark brown metallic) for their armor and weaponry. Drybrushing the armor and vehicles with Hasnut Copper.
I am leaning towards the Agrax Earthshade brown wash to dull the bright steel and give them a worn/rusted look almost.
>>44283755
Agrax should work fine, it will give them a slightly brown tint (over the platemail), but if you want them to look dusty and worn that can certainly do the job.
>>44281175
>>44281221
It's what happens when you spend a lot of time outside.
>>44283648
Whats a good way to highlight red. All I have are the basic colors, so if I do mix red and white I usually get pink. Unless adding more red helps?
I will defiantly do that though. I only have paint and no actual red wash. So I'll think my paint down a ton.
>>44283929
Don't go add white straight away for highlights on red, pink is the inevitable outcome. A bit of orange then yellow on the very edges does the trick better.
Check this out, it might help
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP-nu6aOJH8
>>44284005
Thanks I haven't touched the cape yet. So I'll be watching this.
>>44278937
Space Marines aren't pretty
>>44284005
I'll try with orange and purple, but I do not own any variations of red like that. So I'm stuck to mixing paint.
>>44284027
This guy's red is awesome too. Try practicing a new technique on a flat surface first, then on textured objects before going for the mini. Time and paint spent practicing are never wasted.
>>44284101
Some are
>>44284213
Durr, missing link
http://fromthewarp.blogspot.mx/2010/04/blood-angels-how-to-paint-red.html
>>44278872
>>44278937
>>44284101
>>44284229
It is worth pointing out that the portraits posted are from Space Hulk, so they are BA veterans. At the same time you got characters like Tycho who went nuts because an Ork bbq'd his face.
So while yes, Marines are not pretty, by default and their years of service don't make them prettier either, it stands to reason that being 'pretty' is more important to them than other Chapters, considering all the recruits start out as radiated Mutants on Baal and undergo a symbolic transformation in a coffin into the angelic space marines during their Initiation.
Interesting topic in this specific case actually.
>>44284409
Yeah - in their case, their beauty would be as much a part of what made them a marine as their strength and new organs. The Blood Angels have always been kind of artistic anyway.
You might be able to argue something similar with the Ultramarines. They like to be great speechmakers and leaders as much as warriors, and thousands of scars aren't necessarily a great trade-off for them.
So this is happening
>>44284575
Is that going to be a cardboard Grey Knight suit?
Mh could be HH as well.
