You don't need to thin your paint edition.
Seriously, always thin your paint on palette, you dont need much water, just wet your brush and start mixing.
>Citadel Painting Guides:
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>Painting guides, Uniforms & Heraldry books, Painting Videos, Visions, ebooks and White Dwarves:
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>Painting Videos only
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>>44374969
WIP imperial fist, look better than his white scar brethren.
>>44374986
Neat I approve of this.
What company are you gonna do?
3rd and 5th look best imo.
Looks like you're airbrushing? White shouldn't be a big deal; start from gray, use white as your highlight.
So what do you guys use for bases on your terrain? MDF board? I've decided it's time to actually make some decent terrain and got inspired by this
Any tips for taking a photograph on a black background? I got a light box with both white and black backgrounds. I can't get anything to look right on the black screen, everything looks washed out
>>44375296
Use flash.
>>44375296
Have something white in the picture for your camera to base it's colour correction on, then crop that out when editing the picture. You can probably leave the flash off too.
>>44375226
No idea, just kind of weido.
>>44375110
Black trim, 5th company.
Paaaaaaaaaainting question.
How would you highlight Fulgrim Pink?
I'm doing pastel pink Slaaneshi marines and I am not sure what to highlight with.
I'm thinking a white, but uncertain.
>>44375560
White could work, or mix white into the pink and highlight with that.
>>44375271
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/8yiclns5lk3xk/Terroir
So I got gifted an airbrush yesterday, and I'm really excited to use it. Am I going to need to pick up some medium to thin paints for it or can I just use water?
>>44375807
You can run anything through an airbrush that you can thin (milk thin, like a wash). Water alone will do, but water+medium would be better.
>>44375807
Airbrush thinner is usually best, as you don't want to interfere with the paint too much.
>>44375848
>>44375857
Thanks anons, is there a brand of airbrush thinner you would recommend?
>>44375873
That question is practically bait. I personally use a homebrewed mix, but plenty of things do the job - water, alcohol are the nirmal go tos.
>>44375873
I use several, but it depends on what is easily available to you.
My personal favourite is the Vallejo Air Thinner and their Premium Reducer.
Should that be hard to get hold of, you could try Scale75, Createx or Schminke Aero.
Especially the Createx stuff is quite widely available, as it's also used in other airbrush applications, not specifically model building.
>>44375913
>>44375906
I can get Vallejo stuff pretty easily, so I'll go with that. Have a merry /wip/mas anons.
>>44375906
My mix, for the record:
- 50% acrylic artist's medium
-10% flow aid
-distilled water to fill
There was someone here yesterday asking about airbrushing. I have an interest in getting into it but don't know what would be a good choice for a set up (airbrush and compressor) anyone have any good tips/recommendations?
first tac marines done minus the sergeant. not too shabby for my first 40k minis, done with shitty synthetics and cheap sables...
>>44376414
A true calligrapher cares not the size of his brush or the quality of his ink. They look really nice friend! I really dig the gold
Commission work for the holidays. Sorry for the crappy lighting
this holiday was a good one
>>44376945
I got 39 night goblins and a shaman for 35 bucks
>>44376408
I can only recommend what I use:
Iwata-Medea Eclipse HP CS Dual Action Airbrush Gun / Gravity Feed https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000BQKFAI/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_BCAFwbY04Q04Y
Airbrush Depot TC-20T AIRBRUSH TANK COMPRESSOR WITH WATER TRAP AND REGULATOR https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0038D38AA/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_uAAFwbZTVQSR5
Upgraded from the Harbor Freight double action (a complete waste of cash). Chose the Iwata over other brushes because of parts availability. Compressor is on the louder end of the spectrum, but hasn't done me wrong.
What scheme should I do my death guard? Im torn between the two here, i love the black but i feel like there isnt enough green on the second one.
>>44377039
why not both? same legion, just folks form diffrent companies/divisions working together
>>44377258
This : I'll end up with a few squads of purple AL as well because of that.
>>44377258
I'm doing this. My 30k Fists are going to be a bit of a hodge-podge. Templar Brethren have a fair of White and Black in addition to the IF Yellow. My vet squads use the ancient Unification Wars colour scheme.
Good times are about to be had
>>44377841
Nice. Open it :3I don't want to spoil your fun, but the "build your army" feature in their online shop is a better deal than the starter army.But you will expand your army anyway, so keep that in mind
So I got pic related for Xmas today and I'm working on reposing the contemptor. Any idea on the best way to sever the torso from the hips? Been going at it with an exact saw but it's too big.
>>44377030
Have you ever used the compressor without the tank? I have heard both that the tank is unneeded, and needed.
Merry Christmas wip, Good haul this year!
>>44378196
maybe a jewelers saw
>>44378265
damn you bro!
didn't get any minis from friends but will spend some money on forge world.
>>44377883
does it work well for pewter only armies?
I'd like to start an italian bersaglieri army.....
>>44378265
I diddn't get any miniatures, got bought a couple of winsor & newton brushes which was nice.
Now to look at my backlog and cry
>>44378313
You get a command squad, 4 squads of infantry (instead of 2 boxes of plastics), a support weapon and 2 vehicles.
Since they are doing a -10% on everything (not on the build your army deals though) with free shipping on top you should calculate for yourself if it might be cheaper to order the stuff individually.
>>44378440
75 pounds for a bersaglieri army goddammit....
are the models good enough on a painting/collection perspective? because there are a few players buyt not vbery muich, and most of them play 20mm
>>44378196
just slowly score the waist and leg joints with a sharp small hobby knife if you don't have a jewelers saw and take your time working through it, rushing it will fuck it.
>>44376408
>>44378251
using it without a tank is cheap and lazy, a tank provides continuous smooth airflow which if your doing anything but base coating is critical. It also provides a reservoir for the air making the compressor work less, overheat less and prolonged the life of the unit. Getting a compressor without a tank is a MASSIVE cheapskate move that will only lessen the life of your purchase and hinder the quality of your work. People who argue against are mentally ill and should be sent to the gulags.
>>44378251
My old compressor didn't have one. A tank is a strong want for a couple of reasons, though:
- Compressor longetivity. Without one, it's running all the time (and wearing itself out while it does so). With one, the conpressor gets a chance to cool off while you work.
- Air pulse. Not something I've encountered, but some people say they have problems with the pulse of the compressor running interference with their spray. The tank acts as a baffle between the compressor and the output (no chance of pulsing).
>>44378313
4 Squads (15 each), command (6) and 81mm mortar (the most expensive support weapon you can pick for 7GBP) bring you already to 73GBP.
With the build your army deal you get 2 vehicles on top of that. Not sure which ones are good so no idea about how much you would save there.
Even with 10% off the "Build an Army" deal wins in my eyes.
The premade bersaglieri army is 97gbp btw.
>>44378471
I can't say anything about the Italian models since i don't have any but from what i saw in the shop just a minute ago i don't like them. There is that "feather"-thing at their hats/helmets that i really don't like. I wouldn't want an army of these.
But besides that the actual poses of the soldiers look fine, and warlord pewter minis are usually very good quality. (i have several waffen ss soldiers).
They should come with seperate heads btw.
>>44375713
>The fantasy battle rages amid the rugged and fantastic
scenery of the Warhammer World. There is only one way to
cover your table-top battlefield with scenery fit for such
awesome encounters: you will have to make it yourself!
What the hell happened GW...and thanks for the link m8
>>44378471
Maybe the /hwg/ thread is better suited for these kinds of questions.
>>44378503
>>44378537
>>44377030
I've read nothing but good things about iwata airbrushes. Any other recommendations? Does anyone know a good kit to go with the compressor and brush so I have the needed tools to hook it up and keep the brush clean?
Black, white, or grey Vallejo acrylic primer, guys?
>>44378690
I see a lot of people use Grey, it's probably better to build colors off of than the other two
>>44378572
>What the hell happened GW
I'm not sure, but I think it happened pretty much like this.
>OI BOSS!!! DESE GITZ BUY OUR PLASTIK TERRAIN!!! AND IT COSTZ MORE THAN OUR TERRAINZ BOOKZ!!!
>LET'Z CUT THE ZOGGIN' TERRAINZ BOOKZ AND MAKE MORE PLASTIK WAAAAAAAAAGH!!! ZONEZ!
>WE'Z GONNA BE SWIMMING IN TEEF!!!
>>44378690
whichever suits your colour scheme best. I personally prefer grey for a neutral base, but that means a little more work doing the deep shades.
>>44378758
Though given the chance I will use an appropriate colour primer from Vallejo.
A FrostGrave warband, made out of the Reaper minatures Bones line.
I am liking the look and detail on these models a lot - and they have a nice price to boot. Not much in the way of customization options (they are single-cast miniatures) but I don't need a lot of miniatures for this game.
Letting the primer dry tonight, then I'll give them a lick of paint tomorrow and see how things go.
(reposted as I forgot to resize the picture and it was ten times larger than the miniatures I photographed!)
>>44378670
In addition, I also hear good things about the Badger Krome.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0078MEXX8?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_act_title_1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
Anyone have opinions on either of them?
I was fortunate enough to get an airbrush for Christmas this year, and i'm super exited to start using it. But before i start painting i'd like to make sure my room is properly ventilated.
Keeping in mind that my room is about 16x16 feet, can i get away with just having a desk fan running and open a window, or would i need to invest in some sort of fume hood/ventilation system?
>>44378670
>other brushes
I've heard good things about the Badger patriot. You're probably OK with alnost anything with a needle @ 0.3 mm that isn't a Chinese knockoff.
>accessories
A catch pot for spraying your cleaners in is a must, along with some brushes:
4 SET Airbrush Spray Gun Wash Cleaning Tools Needle Nozzle Brush Glass Cleaning Pot Holder https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0154HN2NA/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_mNCFwb69NTJM9
The pot can double as a holder. While on cleaners: I use ammonia free window cleaner for acrylics (don't use ammonia based; it'll eat your brush's chrome).
i wonder how this will look, i'm about out of daylight over here so this will have to do for now. assassin, prince, herald, flamers and 4 pink horrors are done except basing.
>>44378917
Open a window and invest in an appropriate dust mask. It's not obvious how much dust you're throwing until you start to clean your table after a session; what you clean is what you're breathing.
>>44379183
This dust you're talking about. I haven't tried it out yet, so i don't know how much of it there is, or how far it flies. But could the mess be contained by simply spraying into an old cardboard?
>>44379317
Not to the point where you're not breathing it.
>>44379317
Buy a $60 airbrushing station with vent hose. From the sound of your questions, you're just going to kill yourself and cover your room in paint otherwise. You obviously can't be trusted to do it properly on your own, so just pony up a couple bucks and buy the easy premade option.
>>44379512
In that case i'll probably go pick up a dust mask tomorrow.
Thanks for the advice :)
>>44378265
What's in the white boxes and blisters?
Sorry for phonecam, but thoughts on colour scheme?
>>44380897
Honestly can't even tell what it is other than red, black, gold, which I like
>>44380897
It may be too blurry to tell, but i think it would look great with some green eyes
>>44380931
>>44380934
Tried to do a fairly generic paint job, will attempt eyes when I get a better brush
>>44378265
Neat. I only (not "only" for me since I'm happy, but compared to your haul) got a box of Necron Immortals and a Lord, but my turns out my cousin bought the Assault On Black Reach starter set that he bought years ago, but never really played or painted and he might as well give it to me if I have some interest in 40k. And next day he did. Those aren't my preferred armies, but at the very least I have quite a few things to paint now.
Speaking of, I'm now debating which chapter to paint the Marines in.
>>44380979
a trick i found for painting colored eyes is to just paint them white then fill the eye holes with a wash of the desired color. When doing it like this you don't need a good brush.
started working on a rail worker, i'm not done with the skin yet, probably going to make it paler and then star doing some red/bruised areas next to the metal plates and limbs
Haven't gotten around to posting a picture of this guy, got the kit last Christmas.
How would you guys go about a copper oxidation look on a vehicle? I'm attempting a repaint of a XWM YV-666.
WIP gaming table, got some hardware vouchers for Xmas and finally going to make the spare room in my house into a gaming room.
I'm getting a small handful of IG, basic riflemen only. It'll be my first time building models in any way shape or form in about 10 years... Any good color ideas for a Texas based regiment?
>>44382445
ten gallon hats, cowboy boots with spurs, lone star of texas as the squad symbol, have a piece of terrain that looks like the Alamo, actually build an Alamo in 40k and use it as a fortification like a bastion. Have A&M and UT be different squads of troops, your veterans are going to look like texas rangers.
How's my posing? These new Crisis suits are much funner to assemble over the old ones.
>>44382261
Hurrah all done! Now just got to wait for my Snow printed battle mat to arrive and get a shitload more terrain. The table itself only cost $40 in parts to make.
>>44383540
I like left and middle one, pose on the right looks unnatural to me
>>44383724
I thought it was a bit unnatural at first, but then I'm like "It's an action pose!"
>>44383840
It looks like they're a 90s rap trio
>>44383897
I was thinking Pillarmen, but that works great, too.
>>44383573
Why wait for the battlemat when you can make your own snow? Buy a box or two of baking soda, and some hairspray. Pour the box over your table, and blow it around. Then when you're satisfied with the snow, cover it liberally in hairspray.
Hairspray is hot-water soluable adhesive, so long as nobody spills coffee on the table, your extremely fast and good-looking snow will stay indefinately.
>>44383925
Probably because he wants to be able to have stuff other than snow once in awhile
What kind of mats are you getting by the way
>>44383925
Baking soda snow is the lowest tier of snow you can actually make, other than not-actual-basing-material, like white felt or paper.
>>44383954
As opposed to an entire table of nothing but crushed glass over crackled glacier tone? It's main advantage is in being cheap, and therefore can be used to make a whole table with it. I'm well aware of some better methods, but they're insanely expensive to do. And this guy is doing a budget table.
>>44383925
Not a poorfag so would rather a sexy removeable mat that I can pack away and take to club events/mates place.
>>44383950
see my pic, from Aus and part of the sale goes towards war vets. TAOR is the guys who do them.
>>44383983
Not doing a crushed glass insane person "budeget" table. I work to hard not to spend some cash on proper stuff.
>>44383983
Crushed glass on a gaming table sounds like a reeeaaally bad idea
>>44384090
Just don't touch the actual table itself and you'll be fine. It's one of the highest tier methods for snow, so done right it would look gorgeous.
Besides, a properly done table should already be only touched by the models.
>crushed glass table
i didn't know that khornates got creative
>>44383724
>>44383897
I just realized I had accidentally shifted his torso to the left instead of the right. His gun is now in front of his leg instead of behind it.
>>44384075
Good those look nice, sad college kid rip
Are there any good brushes to buy on aliexpress?
I know not to skimp on brushes, but can you buy high quality brushes for cheap anywhere on the internet?
Hey /wip/, I "finished" collecting Orks,except Skullhama, Mega/MekaDread, 100 more boyz, etc.and unfortunately all the old citadel paints me and the group shared dried up when we took an edition long break.
Basically I got a bit of cash for Amazon and am wondering if anyone could recommend a set of paints. Vallejo, Citadel, etc. Btw.. its 12k points of Orks
>>44383454
Fucking awesome. I'll have to experiment, then. Browns and tans for base colors, right?
>44384491
I use Vallejo for most colours and Citadel for metallics and their technical line. Citadel also has a larger range of washes and glazes.
Citadel base paints correspond with Vallejo 'Heavy' paints. There's a good guide on Dakka Dakka that shows which VMC and VGC paints match with which Citadel paints and it's fairly on target. I don't think the blues quite match.
Vallejo has dropper bottles, which I prefer since there is zero chance of cross-contamination and it's harder to not close the cap properly like with Citadel. (Seriously, people keep forgetting to close the back half of their Citadel paint pots.)
I think if you're basing in a colour you could do worse than investing in a Citadel or Army Painter spray primer + base. I use Daemonic Yellow to prime my Imperial Fists and it's a decent time saver and near-guarantees me a smooth base coat.
>>44384720
I meant to add that if you're priming in White, Black, or Gray save yourself some money and get normie spray paint from your local hardware store. Krylon and Rustoleum make decent stuff. If you need a colour like Green, Yellow, Silver, etc. you might need to go with a hobby spray paint.
>>44384739
haha yeah all the orks are sprayed in Krylon Black vehicles or White Orks. I think i'm going to grab a darker yellow and then glaze it like GW Orkanaut painting video.
The first picture of my own nonedgy space marine chapter!
>>44384993
Lol are you the blood injected into the guns anon? I like the tubeand I did like your idea of the blood/acidic blood
>>44385017
Yes I am!Thank you for liking the blood stuff!
How do you guys a get a good covering of primer? I always end up having nooks and crannies that aren't primed under the model even when I tip them over and spray their butts.
>>44385050
airbrush, rattlecans are the devil
Imperial fist finished, I got a question, how to apply decal?
>>44385620
New way to paint lens, simple but good.
>>44385620
>>44385637
Every time I see Imperial Fists looking this amazing I want to play them so badly, my favorite chapter by far. And those lens look amazing as well. Please paint my Bad Moonz Orks
Merry belated Christmas tg, not shown is a bunch of infantry I've just primer but have no idea what to paint. I want an urban like scheme for the whole army, anyone got any suggestions for what paints I should use? Been thinking the last few days but I'm apparently quite unimaginative.
>>44385726
GW put out a Urban scheme on their Advent calendar that was pretty good, I liked it because I had never seen one like it
>>44385726
>that white spray
I'm so sorry
>>44385637
looks GW quality desu. seriously good job.
>>44385726
Be sure to test that primer on some sprue first since it's been known to be russian roulette with bad cans in the mix
First step in weathering the iron warriors
super fucking easy, mix 50/50 rhinox hide and nuln oil, then thin that down to a tiny bit thicker than wash consistency and fucking slather that shit everywhere, comes out super smooth, and is perfect for sponging later
>>44385726
mid tone
dark tone
light tone
So, grey/black/white, or blue/navy/ice. Grab an accent color for the markings of the different squadrons and platoons.
Alternatively go crazy and replicate some berlin brigade style camo.
Friend gave me a bunch of badly painted imperial guard. Save or sell? Not pictured is a valkyrie
>>44386624
Jesus fucking christ if you don't want to save them give them to me, no guardsman deserves that kind of hell.
>>44386665
>The Emperor will save us. R-right?
All guardsmen deserve this fate.
>>44386740
Jesus christ it hurts to watch please at least give them a bath in simple green or something. That fucking blue and yellow makes my eyes hurt.
GODDAMMIT THEY CAN STILL BE SAVED! NO MAN LEFT BEHIND!
>>44386772
How babby chimeras are made.
>>44386795
Christ, where do you live? I'll pay bottom dollar if you're near me, no guardsmen should be buried like that
>>44386858
The emperor has forsaken them, do they will forsake the emperor. I need more renegades anyways.
anyone has a idea on how to paint the metallic red like the thousand sons in that horus heresy pic got?
>>44386624
Careful, your friend might be Hitler.
Jesus buttfucking Christ.
>>44386950
Couldn't be, Hitler was a decent painter.
This man is WORSE THAN HITLER
>>44386936
from 2 30k threads ago:
Why guess, when FW answers.
Challenge mode on: FW did not say which clear red, so assume it's Tamiya as usual, or their own Angron clear red.
>Metallic Scheme:
>It is black undercoat, airbrush with Iron hands FW paint leaving the lower parts of the armour plates black, airbrush upper parts of the armour plates with runefang steel as a highlight.
>Then a few thinned layers of clear red are airbrushed all over, waiting for the previous layer to dry before applying the next (so it would be useful to paint large batches of marines at the same time).
>Shade the recesses with nuln oil and then weather the edges with runefang steel.
>The gold is retributor gold, shaded with seraphim sepia and highlighted with runefang steel.
>The brass is runelord brass, shaded with seraphim sepia.
>The eyes are painted black, single line in the centre with white and then washed with FW clear green paint.
>The white on the bolters and legion icon is celestra grey, ulthuan grey and then white highlights. The hollow tactical arrow is from the Iron Warriors transfer sheet.
>>44383983
Use white spackle.
>>44387121
thank you very, very much!
What models would make good Inquisition Acolytes? I'm thinking just buy 5 sets of 5 guardsmen at the local GW, but thats seventy ausbucks. Any better suggestions, or do i either pony up or wait for some unpainted guardsmen to be auctioned off?
>>44380230
White boxes are kairos fateweaver and a cockatricemy new lord of change, the blister packs are the changeling and lokhir fellheart.
>>44386624
Viking burial.
>>44387478
they are semi okay. if you want them with their normal loadout its a big problem however.
>>44387478
Chinaman fellow aus-anon
what are some nice color schemes for vostroyan tanks?
>>44387780
I am planning on having three units of eight acolytes, with a Wyrdvane as a psyker in each. The only problem with IG is the weapons, but i doubt anyone will refuse to play me because they hold lasguns rather than bolters. Will anyone really mind if i paint them with black, white and red, and clearly say what they are? If need be, i could always just do up a big pile of scouts in =][= colours, but thats 40 ausbucks for five, which is too big a hit right now.
>>44387870
nah its totally fine as long as you can show the opponent easily the differences. so both players know whats what.
>>44375271
I don't have a camera, but I'm using the lid from a Kool-Aid flavor powder jar and an old Holiday Coke bottle (the round ones) to make an objective, I just haven't decided on wether or not to slap a large cannon on it and consider it a Laser Defense Cannon for taking out spaceships, or putting a bunch of antenna on it and making it a communications grid of some sort.
More than likely it will be a Laser defense gun, I'm hoping to use it as an objective for a Nid vs. Mechanicus campaign eventually.
>>44386292
What did you use for the barbed wire on the left's base?
>>44388031
...right's.
>OP pic
>everyone is awesome to each other
is this Reddit?
>>44387856
In my opinion, the standard scheme geedubs painted is the best looking.
>>44388218
how do you make it?
>>44387478
Get some scions instead. Only marginally more expensive but they look infinitely better and come with options for command squads.
>>44388323
>Only marginally more expensive
nup, if you mean money-wise they cost as much as scouts-40 bucks for 5 models-and pointswise theyre much more expensive per model, and lack the ten-point psyker available to the =][= goonsquads. I have about 200 points to play with remaining, so any major allied force is out.
>>44385968
Not him but I'm Intrested. Can't find it through. Have a link?
>>44388453
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzWFNOZSjC0
>>44388359
Acolytes aren't goonsquads, they are inquisitors in training.
>>44388470
Thanks anon. God I want Duncan's babies.
Hey WIP, do any of you have a secret source for good 28mm tombstones/gravestones? The only ones I can find that look even remotely decent are the ones from the old GW zombie kit. I wanna make a ghoul army & give em nice scenic bases but holy crap do I not want to sculpt/build that many tombstones.
>>44388680
That sounds like something you could make an easy one piece mold of; model some different tombstones, pour rubber over them, duplicate to your heart's content.
>>44386772
YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN YET BOY
>>44388680
http://www.tabletop-art.de/Graveyard-Set-Grave-Stones-1
http://www.tabletop-art.de/Graveyard-Set-Grave-Stones-2
>>44388751
Brilliant, thank you!
>>44388706
Shit, I wouldn't have even considered that. Smart, anon, smart
>>44388680
http://www.manticgames.com/mantic-shop/painting-and-modelling/renedra/product/gravestones.html
£8 for a shitload of different designs.
>>44388680
Renedra also have a plastic sprue. cheaper than tabletop art's stuff, though their stuff is pretty nice too.
>>44386624
I'll give you $60 for the lot
>>44388472
Yes they are. If you read the codex, you'd know that some acolytes might end up becoming Inquisitors, but most are just hired guns and warriors in service of the Inquisitor.
![53806917[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/xktw5JE.jpg "53806917[1].jpg")
>>44389310
>>44388739
I want to make a Skullhamma out of that
>>44388739
>those tracks
>>44389407
Are they connected by blu-tack or something similar?
>>44389339
Where? All known fluff on the internet says they're inquisitors in training.
>>44379913
Get a good 3M mask, or even better get something with the chemical filter packs. That way you can spray enamel and lacquer paints. Do not use them without a window open and a fan blowing the air out the window, even if you do get a mask.
So, I'm planning to create a really spectacular Chaos Lord, using the GW Chaos Lord kit as a base.
Problem is, I'm not sure what other parts to use with the CL-kit itself, so I'd be happy with any and all tips and/or ideas.
Pic not entirely unrelated, as it is one of my former attempts of making a Truescale Chaos Lord, but it didn't really feel "lordly" enough.
>>44385620
>>44385637
STEP BY STEP ON HOW YOU DID THAT YELLOW RIGHT NOW BEFORE I CALL THE COPS
>>44390097
http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2015/11/tutorial-heresy-era-imperial-fist.html
That is to be pretty close to what >>44385620 appears to have done.
Enjoy.
>>44390062
There's nothing wrong with it as a base. It just needs a lot more ornamentation.
Put some more chaos symbols, banner, severed limb, etc on his body and you'll be good to go. Maybe wrap some tentacles around his left arm.
So I know we had that bout of nail polish remover questions but I have another, should I be soaking the models in it, scrubbing, or rubbing soaked q-tips on them.
Also the models are resin DeffDreads
>>44390462
>deff dreads
>resin
Two sponges and a toothbrush. One to rub off paint and the other to wipe it clean quick. These are corrosives so wear gloves, don't inhale the fumes and don't let it stay on the model.
>>44390614
Very very convincing recasts, couldn't even tell until I lifted them haha
>>44385637
Yellow is easy, trust me.
>>44390143
>>44390097
I use airbrush to achieve that effect:
AV black primer,
AV grey primer zential highlight,
GW averland sunset to grey area,
Apply VGC dark fleshtone to bend black and yellow together,
hightlight with GW yriel yellow,
GW lamentor yellow to whole model,
Paint brush time,
Lining with GW argax holyshade,
edge hightlight with ushabti bone.
Lamenter yellow really brighten up the effect, it is sad that GW discontinue this pot. :'(
>>44391178
>Lamenter yellow really brighten up the effect, it is sad that GW discontinue this pot. :'(
Did they?
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Citadel-Glaze
>>44377841
Hey, I got that one too!
I have a bunch of modells on my backlog but I can't find time for them.
How do I prepare myself for dealing with it?
>>44391433
>but I can't find time for them.
Do 30 minutes a day. Doesn't sound like much but it'll add up, you'll see. Trust me on that one.
>>44384993
Blood vial grenades. Make this a thing you complete cliffhanger. ;)
>>44391344
Only in physical stores. Last time I was at my local GW, they had a bunch of paints in a 'bargain bin' among them Lamenter Yellow.
Guy explained that they are making place for more useful colours.
Curses!
Few days ago someone posted picture of pretty pretty pink horrors. They were really colorful and masterfully painted. But now i have lost the picture... Anyone happen to have saved them?
![1450611616914[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/l6rMfEh.jpg "1450611616914[1].jpg")
>>44392180
not that Anon, but the pictures are in WIP Secret Santa 3.
>>44383925
This method will cause your baking powder to yellow eventually, as the hairspray isn't meant to be a color neutral sealant. Same thing if you use hairspray as a fixative for drawing on paper- it yellows.
How viable is it to prime a model with white and paint it using nothing but shades?
>>44392692
Probably an easy way to make a bunch of skeletons.
Do you have a specific model in mind?
>>44388031
i think its army painter razor wire
dont remember though
easiest way to use it is to wind it around some plastic rod then stretch it out to the desired shape
Hey /wip/, I've received a set of paints, but they seem to be too thin. They're still usable, but they're a pain in the ass sometimes.
Shaking helps somewhat but I've heard ceramic lava balls used as agitators would fix them up well. Anyone have advice?
>>44391344
I heard that some of the lesser used paints are not going to be stocked in store anymore, but will still be available online.
>>44392260
Thank you so much!
>>44392890
if they're settled out, then yes agitators are your friend. The material is not particularly important as long as they do not interact with the paint (corrosion, that sort of thing). I personally prefer glass (received a ton of glass chromatography beads at some point, it'll be decades before I run out), but plenty of people use stainless BBs and other small spherical objects.
>>44393097
Thanks anon!
>>44388739
>>44389407
Guess what? I got my hands on one of those as well.
>>44389395
And this guy has a right idea on what I'm gonna use it for.
Any tips on taking pictures? I'm trying all sorts of shit but its not turning out good.
>deathmaster I painted yesterday, I've done a little more, but this is him 85% done
>>44386027
This
>>44392692
It's one of the faster ways of building an army that's mostly skin (orcs, natives).
Well a tub of Simple Green, some non-acetone nail polish remover, and a parents destroyed wood table finish (send help.) The 6 dreads are striped enough for me to confidently undercoat them
>>44393993
Have you tried not aiming so many lamps at the miniature?
>>44394354
>destroyed wood table finish
Forever happy I can do that stuff on an old stainless steel kitchen counter/sink re-purposed in the garage.
>>44394354
I'm getting ready for the pain that is a Mek Orkz Army.
Always wanted to start one but have been so daunted by the shear amount of fiddly bits to paint.
Got an insane deal on a bunch of NIB orkz and decided to finally give it a shot though.
Thoughts?
>>44394445
...She looks like she's enjoying herself from this angle.
Although I dig the painting. The leather is drybrushed? The face looks a bit mushy and I'm unsure about that bandana, though.
>>44394415
>moved the paper towels and see this
>retarded.jpg
>>44394421
If you love these stupid ass greenskins as much as I do you'll have so much fun converting and kitbashing
>>44394520
I've always wanted to start, hoping I'll like it as much as I think.
Plasticard is next on my shopping list when everything opens up on Monday.
>>44394478
Yep, the leather is lightly drybrushed.
>>44394550
I'm about to order some off Amazon, gunna try to make a dreadnought sized Warboss
>>44394618
That being said what is the "standard" thickness for plasticard conversions
>>44394734
eh, there really isn't one considering different thicknesses work for different applications.
I use .5mm pretty heavily though since it is easy to curve to parts that already exist.
>>44394865
One last question, is plastic glue ok for it or super glue
>>44394983
Plasticard can be glued fine with polystyrene cement, like other plastic parts. Superglue will be okay in a pinch, but plastic glue will be stronger.
>>44394354
Best I can say is take a pic of the wood (the non ruined part) go to Home Depot and in the paint section is a "Restore and Finish" product by Howard for like 10 bucks in several different shades (that's why you take a pic)
>Got an Arachnarok Spider for Christmas because my friend said I needed some monstrous creatures for my goblin AoS/fantasy army
>Open the box
>mfw
They're fucking spiders crawling out of the inside of the spider, and spiders are crawling out of spiders everywhere. Its just a giant fucking spider mother. How the fuck am I going to paint this? I'm terrified. I had the idea of base coating it The Fang, then dry brushing Lothern Blue and doing fine edge highlights with white because my army is winter base themed. Thoughts?
>>44395192
>>44394983
Live da dream ya grotz!
>>44395291
For non-straya anons (i hope)
My general is nearly done, can't decide if hes gonna have an injured arm or a chainsword. Thoughts? I find the sword a little too big, to the point of being comical.
>>44395494
swgger stick every time
but if it has to be one of those two then wounded arm
>>44395337
I expected the skull hamma to be in the current ork codex alongside the stompa. Its omission is just one of 100 things i hate about that codex.
>>44374986
>>44375361
>>44385620
>>44385637
Beautiful highlights and use of darker shades in the crevices. It increases the apparent level of detail in the model hugely.
>>44376414
Very crisp paint job. Don't believe what the GW fanboys say, off-brand brushes and paints will do the job just fine.
>>44388739
What did you do to that poor tank?
>>44395494
>>44395660
I agree if you have a swag stick use it if not use the wounded arm since the big sword with the big gun would look bad.
should i glue on my daemon prince's shoulder and leg armor before or after priming+painting?
Question for ya'll.
Anybody know where this piece of terrain is from?
Found it in a large lot purchase, and it is ballin as hell.
whole thing is foam.
>>44395878
It looks like it is home made with a mold
>stick some stuff on a piece of modeler's clay
>pour RTV silicon on top of it
>gently take out the pieces one by one after it's cured
>fill with resin
>infinite scenery
>>44395660
>>44395812
Ya I think I lost most of my command squad bits. That stick would have looked nice, but I guess I'll go with the wounded arm for now.
>>44395930
the whole thing is made of polystyrene though.
>>44395945
Even the tracks and the rest of the chimera?
>>44395945
Google Image-search is returning exactly 0 positive results on that image.
Which is essentially impossible if it were available commercially. That suggests that it is home-made in some capacity.
>>44395977
the turret is plastic, but the track portions are not, I thought it was odd too.
>>44395986
huh, guess the guy had some serious modelling chops.
suppose I may keep it then
>>44395878
It's part of the old citadel scenery range,I haven't seen one of those for years.
>>44396071
neat, cool to figure out it was an actual citadel product.
>>44395226
Sounds chill.
Enjoy the nightmares.
>>44395878
literally the only picture I could find of one of these things still its packaging, sorry for the minuscule picture
>>44396030
>>44396135
well that proves me wrong then. Guess stuff that is out of production isn't likely to show up in a relatively new image database.
>>44396135
Oh wow, this is their packaging from waaaay back, like early 90's back, isn't it?
>>44395494
with that pose imo the injured arm would look better
>>44396135
This piece makes me wish I had a board, it seems like too cool of a piece to toss, but I usually only play at my LGS, and they have a guy who does nothing but make terrain all day.
Complete novice here, with a question: what setup do you guys use to hold the minis while you paint them? Holding them by hand is obnoxious and gets fingerprints everywhere on accident, plus it's easy to drop and hard to turn. I see a lot of pics of people with the mini stuck on a paint pot with some sort of tack, so I tried something like that with 3M poster tack but it doesn't have enough adhesive strength and the model deflects when I try to paint it. Other posters have some sort of helping hand contraption; I picked one up off Amazon but the alligator clips mark the minis.
So, basically, what the fuck man. How do you guys make it work, and what do you use?
>>44396135
Boner is at max.
Also how do you guys do dark skin?
>>44396262
I usually do skin with
white primer
vermin brown (dont know the new color)
leather brown (army painter)
Dark tone ink( army painter)
re highlight with leather brown.
>>44396251
I usually just stick my models to a cork with a tiny drop of superglue.
Easy enough to dislodge without damaging anything, and rock solid for painting.
>>44378503
>>44378251
Claiming that you HAVE to have a tank is a massive overstatement. If you're airbrushing a harley or basecoating 300 space marines in one sitting, then yes, you'll want one, but for 99% of what the average warhammer hobbyist uses it for, you really don't need one.
I have a nice compressor with a pretty large tank in the garage hobby area, and I still end up using my tiny tiny iwata neo air most of the time, which is a tiny tankless desktop compressor and not much different from the small, cute compressors that they sell for nail or cake decoration and face painting. I can use it for about 30 minutes before giving it a rest for 30 minutes or so, and in that time I can pretty much paint my entire desk Goblin Green if I wanted to, so as long as you're efficient and not sitting around thinking of what to paint with the airbrush in your hand and the compressor running, you're good.
The correct answer is "whatever works for you, anon" and in this case, it's very individual. If you're going to slap some coats of paint on a few space marines or a dragon, the tank is not needed. Just keep in mind that tankless compressors make more noise since they have to work whenever you use up air to keep up pressure (so they make noise while you use them, not a lot though), and that you'll wear them out if you leave them on for too long without resting.
rail workers done now, I don't really like how the skin came out, it's what i get for trying out a new way to do it I guess.
I still have so much stuff I need to get painted by the end of February for a tournament, need to hurry up a bit.
>>44396333
Gonna try that out thanks anonie.
>>44374969
FOR OP
Just a heads up, I am currently uploading the advent painting and terrain guides to my mediafire _https://www.mediafire.com/folder/drb4mezm6792i/not_citadel_nothing_to_see_here
some are a but fucked up because GW's fucking Iphone and tablet fetish, but they still kinda work in adobe whateverthefuckitis.
So merry holidays and shit, cunts.
>>44396678
You're doing Mork's work son.
>>44374969
>>44396678
Oh yeah, and let me know if you want the cunty phone versions instead.
and here's an old pic of my first ever minis. bought off ebay before you mock the dude with the faulty storm shield.
>>44396720
Or possibly Gork's
Just finished my butcher. Kind of scared of facing him in my campaign though, this guy is mad crazy.
>>44396856
So how do you guys paint Deff Skulls other than "blue". Only blue accents? Maybe a "I threw a bucket of lucky paint at it"?
>>44396856
make sure you have someone equipped for as much defence as you can muster (a shield at minimum) and absorb the hits from him. Just stay away from the chain attacks.
Heya /wip/, I was just wondering if I could get some suggestions off you. For christmas I got a big pile of Empire Greatswords, 40 of 'em in fact, because I want to made a feudal Guard/Knight army. I've got a pile of lasguns and the special weapons I need to make them guardsmen, but I'm thinking about different heads, so I don't have 60 bearded old men marching across the battlefield. I'm looking for any decent replacement heads, be them male or female, helmeted or bare, just as long as they can pass for a relatively low-tech planet. I'm open to ideas for them too; I'm thinking about putting my command squads on horseback to make them represent nobles, but I don't know if anybody would get anal over that.
>>44396905
I hope you give one of them a sword, either on the back or one on the hilt.
>>44396961
>>44396977
and so on
I'm having trouble priming with white.
I'm using Vallejo paints, see image for my recent results.
Left is surface primer, came out absolutely rubbish. Any tips?
Middle is normal white paint, slightly thinned. Only a bit better than the primer.
Right is black, no trouble applying this thinned.
Does anyone else have this much trouble priming with white?
>>44397092
Have this stuff myself,just checked, yeah it ishave no trouble applying this with my airbrush.
Did you shake it excessively for like 2-3 min?
Suggestions for black and blue chitin?
>>44397092
If you are hand priming get some Gesso, it's a art product used to prep canvas but works really nice as a brush on primer. It has been to cold to use a can primer and while tedious it has real nice coverage and you get quite a bit for like 12$. If you are talking about using a airbrush I have no clue.
He still needs some work but I like how he's going
