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So what are y'all anons WIP projects for the weekend ?
Mine finally arrived and can't wait to paint this beauty.
>>44640350
Oooh, what's that anon?
what's a good coloured citadel wash to use on gold and bronze?
>>44640368
Nepharya, Necro Priestess
from Raging Heroes
some anon many threads ago gave me the glorious idea of using one as a warpsmith.
>>44640350
my friend gave me boxes of spare nid parts, so I made a spare nid
>>44640369
Sepia works nicely on gold.
If you are going for a worn look verdigris goes with bronze.
Hey /tgitz, WIP of my three big tanks from my tank boyz army, Mek Grimgobz Steel Fists.
Just a little more riveting and they'll all be ready to paint for their first game (bar the dakka-junka) tomorrow.
>>44640391
kek
>>44640483
EXQUISITE
>>44637729
I had been told that an air brush was a good way to go. Can you or anybody else recommend a relatively inexpensive starting kit?
>>44640616
Got a Master's kit off Amazon. They are cheap but work well enough. Better to start with something cheap so if you fuck up it's easy to replace.
>>44640645
>£221.62 + £4.98 UK delivery
JUST
>>44640645
>2 unnecessary extra airbrushes and a book
Why?
>>44640890
Meh. I have an extra siphon airbrush for priming and basecoating large batches of minis or vehicles. To be fair I don't do much else with my airbrush anyway because I just don't like the style.
Help me out here, fa/tg/uys
I bought myself aspace marines starter painter set about two years ago
I've only opened a couple of pots once, and its been left sitting since then. I just opened my imperial primer, and after stirring the goop inside its grainy as all fuck. Is the consistency supposed to be lke this, or has the paint just dried out?
>>44641272
primer is like that, its meant to provide a more surfaced grip for your paints. even fresh primer is clumpy as fuck. i try to scoop out a clump and mix it with water and mash it in my pallette to get a workable paint
for all your paints, give em a good shake before use, they tend to seperate
>>44641295
I see. I don't actually work on minis, just needed the paints for some detail work.
I was thinking of using the imperial primer as a substitute for black paint, since I only have lacquer black, but I guess its not happening.
Thanks.
>>44641295
Acrylic spray paint primer only. Never look back.
Telling a newbie to paint with clumpy paints is like...
Well, anon, since you're a newbie, just get some decent paints to give yourself half a chance to liking this hobby.
If you stat with some fucked up stuff to begin with, you're just giving yourself a headache and will discourage you.
>>44641380
I build scale models andgundams, but since my question was about citadel paints I figured I might as well ask here instead.
You should try Mr surfacer 1500, never look back.
>>44641438
How is Mr surfacer 1500 better than your average matt black acrylic spray paint?
>>44641490
works as a putty for microabrasions, the number corresponds to sandpaper grit size
Reposting my shitty cobold, cause I need an advice.
I decided to paint over that "wannabe steel armour" pattern and paint a carapace similar tyranid one (with diagonal stripes). What colour would fit to that mini (which is mostly jade green, and brown). I was thinking about either red/orangge or pale blue.
What are anon opinions/advice.
>>44641490
It leaves a mostly flawless surface with a very fine grit(1500). Great primer and dries fast. You'll need a surface like this to do candy coating.
>>44641928
>You'll need a surface like this to do candy coating
Interesting, but I doubt candy coating would look that good on most wargaming models.
>>44641928
>>44641985
had to look up what that was in relation to models, candy coated eldar or necrons when?
gundam modeling looks pretty cool from what i've seen from the pics in the plamo threads on /toy/ but they look like they cost a fortune
>>44642065
That varies quite a bit, depending on the "grade" of the kit. There are cheaper lower detail kits, and super detailed kits that cost hundreds of dollars each. Most aren't that expensive for their size, as they are mass-produced and in plastic.
>>44641985
>>44642065
Its really just personal preference, but lacquer based primers bonds with the plastic better or so I've heard, curing to a more resistant surface.
>>44642065
Its probably really cheap in comparison to GW models, but if you live anywhere outside of Asia shipping will probably bump the price up quite a bit.
Same guy from last night. Just did some basing for the first dildo jet.
>>44642310
Forgot pic
>>44642322
Mmmh always love me that Martian IronEarth
>>44642292
Buying gundam models from Amazon.us and shipping them to finland is cheaper than your average GW model
I figured I'd post the start of the inverterra army. Most of the models will feature the zandri dust, so I'm going with a predominantly mephiston red bulleteers.
>>44640248
>tfw felt so negatively about my paint
job yesterday that now I am motivated to do more to them before my game in 8 hours.
I also have another actual bike squad (no more Dark Vengeance bikes, ever.) to put together and ten terminators on the way.I have to get shoulder surgery next Friday and I will probably be unable to paint comfortably (or play) for at least a month
https://mega.nz/#!b9IXgCzK!rdhvbACQ9CwRvPg-Zi-COHNhtjDe5WManV5v_4fH54U
Skitarii painting guide up.
>>44643183
>look papa Sammael, no hands!
Gotta be honest though mate, and I'm not trying to be an asshole, but that colour scheme is atrocious. The models all look less than half-painted and you didn't even bother to 'weld' the gaps on their front mudguards and that literally takes 4 scrapes with the hobby knife.
>>44643312
Just in time for my 'Start Collecting' box. Thanks mate.
>>44642065
They are $10-30 if you get the regular kits.
>>44643444\
>tfw my Sammael lost a hand as well.
Yeah I already realized I messed up this army. I like the color scheme myself, just wish it was painted better. It is fun and my own.
As far as modeling goes I dropped the ball big time. Part of wants to go back and fix the mold lines, the other wants to push onward. Any paint besides the command squad, IC and purple on 1/2 of the Landspeeders are only one coat.
I have to do all the tires as well. The guy at my LGS said a heavy black wash over grey primer makes the tires look fine but they look like shit so am going to make them black and wait till I decide what base I am going to use to drybrush them.
>>44642322
I seriously love those jetbikes, shame they're so expensive.
>>44643731
All's fine as long as you like it.
I'm currently in the process of repainting a lot of my Ravenwing and adding to it so I know that it takes a lot of resolve to put your minis into the cleaning tub.
>>44643881
You can always buy dragon dildos for €20, slice them in half and mount them on flyer bases. But yeah if I played 30k I'd have them as well.
At least I've got the only hoverbike available in 40k.
>>44643731
With tyres.
Start black, drybrush blueish grey, dust with pigment, then rub off pigment on raised surfaces.
>>44643927
>dragon dildos for €20
Hah, not even in the used bin do they go that cheap.
>>44643948
The Teeny Weenies might, but none of the normal ones do.
>>44643962
>>44643948
>>44643927
/tg/
Can't play or paint worth shit, but leading experts in the field of anthropomorphic dildo's.
>>44644006
Always Anon, always.
>>44644006
Don't pretend you aren't a renowned connoisseur of artificial mythical sex organs yourself.
>>44643962
Wouldn't want a 20 incher as a jetbike anyway.
>>44644205
Way hard to get into cover, exactly.
>>44643927
These are actually for my Star Phantoms army. They fit in with the "Strike Hard and Fast" kind of ideals that they hold.
So can someone give me the rundown on glazes? Am I supposed to apply the glaze while the paints still wet and mix it around, or apply the glaze after every coat of shading so that it mixes them together after it dries?
>>44644885
You glaze the donut after its done baking.
>>44644914
Dont be mean anon, I really need to know
>one year in hobby
>still can't prepare a proper wet palette (I proably never made a good one since paints've been drying same day I set it up anyway and water was sucked form them instead of getting hydrated)
>can't thin my paints properly, it's either to thinned and runs form details I want to pick (or it's barely visible and looks like a watermark) or it's too thick and I can't paint a single straight line because it stays on brush
>still can't figure out how to use glazes properly
>still can't figure out how to drybrush properly
>I consider it my hobby but it usually drives me crazy and l end up dissapointed instead of beeing chilled, happy or acomplished
>I'll probably throw away all my minis and gib boxed one to some paiting studio to have something to put on shelf
I just wanted to say it to someone, no need to reply
>>44644951
He is technically correct though. Glazes are applied after the paint is dry. You're not wet-blending them.
Though you probably could, and it might look awesome.
>>44644962
Besides the drybrushing and last part, are you me?>>44643183
I can't post a WIP without everyone telling me my colors are awful so I get no real critique on anything technical (blahblahblah Color Theory is technical. No shit but I have heard it all already.). I find it is best to admire but not envy the artwork you see here. I am glad to field an Army that I put the time into, even if it doesn't look the best. It does hurt my motivation to continue work but in the end I figure I have to finish it and learn my lessons before trying again on my larger Necron force.
My last four games were against grey armies and they can't talk say anything. Even my poorly painted three color, heavily washed army adds something to the table. When I am standing above the table I know which units are mine and they stand out.
>>44645113
Keep in mind that this is the internet, and everyone is anonymous (or is it Alpharius?).
Wanting critique to improve your technique is commendable.
But unfortunately, this is still mostly the internet, and 4chan at that.
As long as you enjoy your army, then that is sufficient.
Most of us are not grand-master painters, even though we like to pretend we are.
>>44640369
Always Agrax, all the time
>>44644962
>still can't prepare a proper wet palette
Make sure you aren't using waxed sheets
>can't thin my paints properly
Load a different amount of paint on the brush, if you're using synthetics get real brushes
>still can't figure out how to use glazes properly
See previous point
>>44640369
Depends on what you are doing. Seraphim sepia nad agrax are solid choises both
>>44645437
all kind of baking paper I can get is either waxed or have a thin layer of silicone on it. Where can I get a proper paper for it?
and when it comes to brushes I have a medium shelf ones, some from GW and some form AP, and one kolinsky sable I got in AP bundle.
Is it worth to upgrade to fabled W&N 7? What sizes should I get?
>>44644753
Are those forgeworld or recasts? Can't wait to see them completed though, I love me some dildo-bikes.
>>44645437
>using synthetics get real brushes
Not him but are citadel brushes "real"? 7/12 of my brushes are Citadel.
I took shit care of them too I really should just buy a whole lot of new brushes instead of one at a time. Then I just use the nice new brush till it gets frayed.
WARNING: BRUSH GORE
Has anyone had experience with an ultrasonic cleaner to prep resin models? They're about £25 on amazon and I was thinking about buying one.
>>44645618
That's fuckin' grody m8
How about buying some fucking mineral oil instead of a new brush every six hours.
>>44645623
very constuctive, fuck off back to /b/
>>44645618
Buy some paintbrush cleaner/preserver or just use shampoo and run them under a warm tap, always make sure you're keeping the tip pointed.
>>44645618
You put too much paint on them. they fray like that when the bottom part gets too much paint it in and it solidifies and thus expands between the base of the bristles. take less paint on them and clean the well in water. also dry them well.
>>44641582
Orange would be a nice contrast
>>44645659
May get some. Didn't think of that. Would Isopropyl Alcohol 91% work?
>>44645707
Does shampoo work? Probably after I clean them with above.
>>44645708
I always overthin my paints and the brushes suck it right up. I am horibly guilty of neverevercleaning them properly.
>>44645772
IPA will get the paint off, but it'll also dissolve the glue keeping your bristles in. So you may not want to do that.
Brush soap is quite mild, it'll take the paint out, but actually condition the bristles a little bit.
>>44645617
They're from forgeworld.
>>44645772
Isopropyl might damage some brushes, I've used Shampoo since a friend of mine said she uses it to clean makeup brushes after work, I use actual paintbrush cleaner and preserver now but it worked wonders before.
>>44645834
What shampoo exactly. Face, body or hair shampoo?
>>44645618
I should really get paid for all the shilling I'm doing. Get this, use it, never look back.
>>44645552
Acrylic film from masterson is something that is intended for wet palettes but it's obviously pricier than parchment paper.
I'm not familiar with army painter brushes, but in my opinion there's no point buying a cheap brush unless it's for drybrushing or liquid masking etc.. Sizes 0-2 for infantry models.
>>44645618
I've never had good experiences with citadel brushes, but at least (some) of them are natural hair ones. IF you're going to buy the new GW brushes get the layer brushes, the "glaze" and "shade" brushes they have are synthetics.
Clean your brushes with brush soap every time you're done painting.
>>44645893
I used Johnson's Baby Shampoo but I'd also recommend what >>44645949 is saying and buy that.
>>44645954
I mite give it a shot, will probably horad a few packs of this paper, because getting free shipping with 35$ order is cheper than buying one and paying for shipment.
Anybody here try Testors paint? How has it gone?
So I finished painting my hormagaunts in Leviathan colors. They're not bad and I've gotten a few compliments. But they still have a clay-like texture. Will a final wash make them smoother? What color should I use?
>>44646610
apply this shit liberally with your hands. Ditch the brushes.
Golden demon in no time!
>>44646969
and make sure to use a hot glue gun when assembling your models.
>>44646655
A picture might help. And compliments from non wargamers don't count.
Kitbashed a Chaos Sorcerer from Posessed, GK, and Terminator bits. He'll be using Biomancy, hence the mutation, but any suggestions on how to paint his tentacle and fleshy spider legs? I'm using a blue, green and silver Alpha Legion color scheme.
>>44647092
Maybe a tan or other warm orange-brown colour.
>>44640248
Just finished building and priming 20 ork shoota boys.
my first 3 are neatly painted but nothing really sticks out on them, what should i do to spruce them up?
>>44647455
pic?
If I had to shoot blindly, more contrast and/or brighter.
>>44647455
What you should do is post pictures. Can't help you otherwise
>>44647455
Paint using more contrasting colours? Use glazes to brighten up colours? It's hard to say without actually seeing them.
>>44647011
How are the Citadel Air range as a paint? I know the pots are shit, that's easy to fix, do they spray well and have good coverage?
>>44647611
>>44647668
Anything to do for these guys or is this the best I can expect?
>>44647611
Thin your paints a bit, also try a wash of carroburg crimson in the recesses. I'd honestly suggest not going full on white but rather using an off-white colour for the skin. Also, your paint lid isn't on correctly.
>>44647689
>>44647689
>>44647668
>>44647611
paint is a bit thick, a wash on the white might help abit
>>44647611
Lord Duncan does a tutorial on Tyranids' Maleceptor, he does the same scheme as you, just scale it down.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJaW_rQIS_s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gevL5Rvn0Jc
>>44647611
You can try giving the chitinous parts a thinned gloss varnish and I can't really tell from the image, but don't paint pure white. Use offwhite, light grey for the basecoat and progressively whiter highlights.
>>44640248
anyways here a pic of the boys
ignore the shitty bases
>>44647784
right away, way to dark needs more highlights on the metal and the skin
also
>mold lines
>undrilled barrels
>>44647784
Nice, although I'd suggest drilling a hole in the guns just to finish off and deal with the mold lines. Tidy that little white mess up, too.
Like I said though, looking nice!
>>44647784
Highlights on the skin
Highlights on the weapons
some more highlights on the armour
Drill your barrels
Remove moldlines
On the plus side, you paint looks like it was thinned down ok.
>>44647784
Work up to a lighter skintone (and maybe lighter leather) to offset the darkness of the black and metal. Plus older and stronger orks are canonically the darker skinned ones.
>>44640248
I also picked up a tervigon for super cheap off a guy (30$) and i wanted to spruce it up a bit.
ideally i want the model to have a non black carapace. any suggestions?
Hey /wip/, I made these mek guns (custom mega-kannons). They're my first ever conversion if only because the price of the normal guns is out of control.
What do you think? Are these be acceptable as stand ins for mega-kannons?
>>44647862
>>44647862
Looks good to me.
DESU they can stand in for nearly anything short of a lobba or bubblechuka,
>>44647859
I recommend you apply paint to the areas you want to have a different colour.
No but seriously, if you want it a lighter colour, paint a brown, grey or whatever basecoat over it and layer up. Or just strip it outright because that looks like literally basecolour+wash, no highlights and a very sloppy carapace.
>>44647862
>shootas sticking out of an Eradicator barrel
Love it.
>>44647967
It's a mutilated multi-melta, not that it's really possible to tell anymore.
>>44647859
hive fleet kraken has red plates with white skin
hive fleet behomoth has dark blue plates with red skin
hive fleet leviathan has purple plates with white skin
no black in the main fleets
but most people will paint the chitin dark, almost black, but that aint no thang since you can do them bright if you want to.
but you can always say fuck it and make your own hive fleet (im a sucker for murky green plates and tan skin)
I am not trying to start a fight but i have to know why people cringe when you say you are going to paint metal with non-metalic paints? this just happened when I went to the GW shop to get my paints.
So how does /wip/ drill it's barrels? Whenever I do it they end up off center, even after drilling pilot holes
>>44648104
Because most people can't do it right. He probably thought you were going to paint guns grey or some shit.
>>44648150
I do it right.
>>44648104
Because it is really difficult to pull off properly
>>44648104
non-metallic metal is very tricky, and incredibly difficult to do well.
There are certainly painters that can pull it off, but it takes a lot of practice to get it right.
>>44648104
why? doing nmm(non-metal metal) is considered by most to be neat/10 but is also very hard to do well
What's the best way to clean my brushes? Mineral spirits or alcohol?
>>44648198
I use liquid hand soap, does the job really well.
>>44648150
Use a knife to mark a hole first, with things like bolters it's hard to make it seem off centre since you have so little room to drill anyway.
>>44648198
a proper brush soap is the best otherwise liquid soap or mineral spirit
using strong alchols like isopropyl alcohol can fuck up your brushes
>>44648198
A 50/50 mix of Windex and water.
Just got my first Malifaux box for Christmas. I've finished all the assembly.
Is there a "starter kit" for painting that you all would recommend? I've never painted a miniature and I'm not sure where to really begin.
I've seen that Army Painter has a kit with paints and brushes. Is that recommended?
So the youtube guide guy uses lots of Rakarth flesh for his tyranids. I have Kislev flesh. Would this be roughly equivalent if I mixed it with some white or would it look silly?
>>44648427
Do you not live near a GW store, or any FLGS that sells citadel paints? The Kislev is a more flesh coloured paint while Rakarth is a pale-white tone, it's probably eaiser for the sake of consitency to just use that if you can.
>>44648533
Nearest place is 30 minutes away, so I don't want to go down there for just one paint. But I can just put off painting until I need something more.
>>44648198
see
>>44645949
It costs next to nothing and will last a very, very long time.
>>44648671
>Nearest place is 30 minutes away, so I don't want to go down there for just one paint
FAT
A
T
>>44648671
>30 min
>far
Fuck dude, that is some premium sloth
>>44640350
Some smelldar
Shit it's been awhile since I painted anything. More Blood Angels.
Still wip, not sure if I like the highlighting on the black...
>>44646610
>>44646969
>Testor's Enamal Paint
oops
>>44648748
>>44648859
are you clowns in the boonies? where a half-hour drive is something to look forward to, to relieve the monotony of your grey lives? a fucking 30 minute trip in the city needs to be JUSTIFIED, you're either elbow to asshole with the unwashed masses on public transpo (which will also triple your travel time to 1.5 hours) or starring in your very own mad max sequel. walking distance, I could see your point.
>>44649344
halfway to greatness. you've got depth and a fairly clean paintjob, now all the colors just need some two step highlights
>>44649389
Oh god seeing it up close like this those highlights are awful. PURGE.
>>44649389
pretty much the poster child for why it is important to get well-lit photos of your minis. some blurry/grainy/dark pictures people post, you can tell it's shit anyways so who cares, but it looks like there is a legitimately good paintjob on the other end of the camera here.
>>44649476
Thanks mate, I need to get some wash for the blue on the armour before I can start it, and I still need to glaze and glosscoat the helm. Gonna try those decals it came with.
Think I'll buy another box of these guys, having a lot of fun with painting them. But fuck gluing those arms on, that was hard.
>>44649389
I like it, drill your bolter though. There's a few spots missing but since it's WIP I won't nitpick too much. Have you tried using screemer pink and pink horror for your wax on Blood Angels? It helps them stand out from the red on their armour.
>>44649514
Don't worry too much, you're never going to see it that close. It's going to be a few feet away on a table, unless you're going for showcase quality but clearly you're not.
I love it when I'm starting to paint a difficult section of a model and my dog starts to loudly slurp his balls.
>>44649613
Something like that would only serve to focus me more.
can someone repost the dark souls mini
>>44647455
>Just finished building and priming 20 ork shoota boys.
I read that as 'ork shota boys'. It took me a second...
>>44650109
>>44646610
>Anybody here try Testors paint? How has it gone?
It is not at all suited for use on miniatures for wargames.
>>44650202
Thanks! going into my inspiration folder
>>44648748
The nearest one to me is an hour and a half away. stop your bitching.
>>44650202
Looks dope. Does anyone recognize that helmet? Doesn't look like WHFB to me, although admittedly I wasn't big into the game for long.
>>44650293
Guy from the previous thread said it was an oldschool squatting Khorne berserker model if I remember correctly.
>>44648328
Anyone?
Any guides for cool poses to make with a regular tac squad box?
>>44640391
This seemed appropriate as a response
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv1mXXzZPMU
>>44650208
Or someone's not at all suited for painting miniatures for wargames.
>>44650293
>>44650372
Late 90's Chaos Warrior, actually. First of GW's turn to poseable plastic units instead of pewter.
>>44650793
THESE GUYS
http://www.ebay.com/itm/WARHAMMER-FANTASY-CHAOS-WARRIORS-REGIMENT-GAMES-WORKSHOP-/221988095494?hash=item33af858606:g:sjwAAOSwJkJWjeXU
>>44650398
Anyone?
Orkin' up a rhino into a Looted Waggon, to join my looted russ and bassilisk.
Still torn between using a battelwaggon turret or the predator one.
Predator to reinforce the looted look, BW turret.. because the predator turret has puny little guns, unworthy of bein' called a Killkannon.
>>44651576
I love what you've done with the doors.
I wish I had some spare cash to throw on rhinos and leman russes. Looted wagons are great.
Starting work on a Sentinel. I hate painting these damn things.
How do you guys clean your airbrushes between colors?
>OOP METAL Eldar Phoenix Lord Jain Zar Storm of Silence Pro Prepared
>Pro Prepared
>It's an Eldar Warlock with singing spear
Are you fucking kidding me
>>44652325
flush with airbrush cleaner (brush remains off with q-tip), then flush with water to get the cleaner out. Load new colour, brush away.
>>44652258
Never painted one, they look fun though, blocky models are my jam. Could use some paint thinning though.
Robes. Fucking kill me. Got 9 more of these cunts to do.
>>44640391
Awesome. Need more pictures of this.
>>44651576
That's pretty mad looking. Very nicely looted.
>Still torn between using a battelwaggon turret or the predator one.
Use the Predator turret but add like 4 other barrels to it. Make up for it's lack of girth, with a excess of amount.
It's the proper orky thing to do!
>>44652526
you'll probably need brighter highlights on that green so it doesn't look too dark/muddy next to robes that white. nice work on the robes though, they have a nice sense of volume (beyond the obvious fact it's a 3d object)
>>44652526
This is as good as i can do on robes. if i try to highlight then the paint always gets into the recesses and fucks it up.
>>44652749
I've found drybrushing robes works pretty well, I'd get a picture but I'm not at home. It comes with the downside that you either need to be neat or do the robes first which you then risk fucking up when painting other parts of the model.
>>44651615
Ta, there's at least one plus of my compulsive purchasing over every pre-owned ork lot.
>>44652526
Thanks, I figured I had to go heavy as the rhino chassis is pretty monolithic in design and not receptive to light handed conversions.
>Use the Predator turret but add like 4 other barrels to it. Make up for it's lack of girth, with a excess of amount.
That's a possibility, it's already got the mounts for double heavy bolter so I could do a mini mammoth thing.
Posted this in the Age of Sigmar thread but it may be more relevant here.
Just got into the hobby and painting. Looking for some tips and improvements going forward for the rest of my Khorne Bloodbound,
Hey Anons, does anyone have How to Paint Citadel Miniatures: Imperial Knights? If anyone does could they post pictures of the house Cadmus instructions?
>>44640350
So, how's the quality on Raging Heroes resin? I always tend to buy their shit in white metal due to me being nostalgic.
>>44652526
Looks pretty solid anon, hang in there, you can do this.
>>44653027
Really good for someone who started recently. You can easily improve that paintjob by giving his skin a thinned down wash with reikland flesh. Also a few careful highlights on his pants and weapons will look great. Try your hand and this, be careful and take your time, that's the most important part of any paintjob.
I'm still busy with me ECs, my progress is painfully slow. At least it'll be hopefully be done by monday.
>>44652343
>Same pic form the GW store.
>>44653027
Thats one of the best first miniatures I ve ever seen.
Anyone have the guide of how to paint white?
The one with the sanguinary priest?
Thanks in advance.
This Vargard Obyron was half off because of a damaged box and this warped staff so I scooped it up. Any tips on fixing this?
>>44653027
Very solid first minature. I'd probably give the horns a wash of something like Agrax Earthshade and then highlight with a lighter colour and this is more of a nitpick but the shade of red feels a bit too bright, Khorne Red with highlights of Kindleflame might work better. Also, no BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD technical paint for a Khorne army? Shame.
>>44654104
Hot hot water and some heavy weight on a flat surface.
>>44654104
Soak in hot water.
>>44654104
Dip it into hot or boiling water. Resin becomes bendy and malable when exposed to high temperatures. Put it into the shape that you want it to be and wait for it to cool down for about 5 minutes.
>>44653813
Don't paint white.Try using off-white colours, stuff like Ulthuan Grey. I think even the new Ceramite White isn't actually white but a slightly off-white. Also THIN YOUR FUCKING PAINTS.
>>44652643
Hey, thanks. I had intended to just leave the green the way it was. Kind of plain and dull looking, as bright, polished armour doesn't mesh entirely with how I picture the Dark Angels in my head.
But I definitely see what you're saying about it maybe looking to dark/muddy compared to the much lighter robes. So yeah, maybe the green does need a lighter highlight just so it doesn't end up looking to black. Cheers for the advice.
>>44652749
>if i try to highlight then the paint always gets into the recesses and fucks it up
This is the exact problem I was expecting to run into with the robes. I think I managed to avoid it well enough on the legs, but I need to fix up the chest a bit.
What kit is that power fist from? It's not one I recognise. (I do like the two tone look you went for, as well. Might have to steal that.)
>>44652991
I look forward to seeing what you come up with.
>>44653027
Good start, for a newbie. You can paint within the lines neat enough, so well done.
I think the model would benefit greatly from a wash of some description. Especially the helmet. After that, some highlights would really help bring your model up to the next level.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00YEMI8ZY/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
Some kinda sale or pricing error but either way $100+ brush set on sale for $17.50
>>44653756
I know Marines always look silly, but this dude...
>>44653027
I'm painting these same miniatures and your post inspired me to post my progress aswell. Started painting last fall, hope to get some feedback.
>>44655192
Back
>>44655035
exclusive space marine from when they relaunched the site
he's always beena big guy
Alright, one foot in front of the other and you call it walking!
I was a bit bummed out yesterday because my lack of interest in the hobby had dropped. But today I manned up, and just took a bite!
Did 2 legs now, and finished one of all the magnetized weapons. Already had the front finished, and will now turn and do a corner + another leg tomorrow. Just one step at a time, and Ill get back in to it I hope!
>>44655393
That looks amazing already.
>>44650202
Fucking nice.
>>44655474
Thanks! I'm keeping the spirit alive by doing one set somewhat finished at a time. This way I get an idea of how the finished model will look when all ready.
When loosing focus and put down the brush half way in, as I have on just about every project during the past few months, its hard to see the end result doing one color at a time. This trick lets me have some of the good feeling you get when you finished a project, yet still keep on painting!
>>44654531
Thanks, so I doubled down and bought five. doubt this will be sent but who knows.
>>44655192
Looks good overall. A full 20 man squad of this standard would look totally ok.
>>44655585
Looks pretty baller, what's the main color on the panels?
>>44655862
Its German gray from Vallejo on a black primer, highlighted with light gray from the same, and finally nudged with 50/50 white/light gray, I swabbed the whole tank in nuln oil and water mix, and later Ill ad some edge of almost pure white, and silver on the thorn parts.
Its all painted with the hairspray technique, doing a base of different browns and rust colors. Then "re-basing" with black after 2-3 layers of hairspray, working myself up to the gray I want. When dry, go over the whole miniature with a wet (and not in use) toothbrush, working with a small wet brush in between, and you get a great realistic weathering effect.
>>44655731
Only problem is they're going to take until March/April to delivery supposedly. But the seller is Amazon itself so if it fucks around I dont think a refund will be difficult.
>>44645281
FUCK YOU DUNCAN
It's not done yet.
I hate painting.
>>44653756
>>44653782
>>44654133
>>44654356
Thanks guys, I'm gonna grab some washes at my FLGS tomorrow and start a new one. I tried to improvise some of the colors but it just didn't work out. Seems I can't escape having to buy citadel paints if I want my minis to be truly awesome.
>>44655192
>>44655215
Those look awesome dude! Glad I inspired you to post.
is it possible to have 40K world eaters that are ranged fluffwise?
>>44650202
Man, stormcast look legit with proper helmets.
>>44656792
I got you senpai
>>44656792
>>44656792
Khorne just wants the blood to flow nigga
>>44655035
I like how this takes the already eagled-the-fuck-out intensity of the original mini, and with one headswap takes it over the line. aquila overload
>>44655393
almost too pretty. take a pic with shitty lighting so we can see what a fantastic paintjob looks like underwater
>>44656967
this dude needs a character series model so bad
Working on these Mage Hunters. The cloaks are almost done but I dont know if I want to paint a pattern on them. Thoughts?
WIP Ork biker boss, regular biker boy for scale
>>44653813
>Anyone have the guide of how to paint white?
>The one with the sanguinary priest?
Do not waste what The Emperor provides!
>>44653813
every thread.
you'd think everyone would have it saved by now.
>>44657990
Fine for display and interesting concept. Tabletop however the dimmensions are too far off for me, yet again it would be at your loss.
He would probably crush his legs turning.
MSpaint the plan for other bits?
Kwesschun:
The two kits GW has out now for making Warbosses (that aren't Ghazz or Badtoof) aren't all tjat great.
Tell me, knowledgeable anons. What Ork kits would be good for bitz to make a proppa Orky Warboss? I'm thinking Nobz and Flash Gitz kitbashed together at this point....but I want some outaide opinion.
>>44656621
Is that a kitbash of a Crisis and Commander suit anon?
>>44658866
ebay grukk
flashgitz would work, I guess
>>44658716
Don't really have a ms-paint plan, gotta cover greenstuff with armor and add smokey-bitz to the back end, and other than that, decorative bit of the front and handlebards for the warboss to hold on to.
>>44658866
If you are cool with Mega armor you could probably easily make the models look a little bigger by adding a few mm worth of plasticcard between the parts.
Would be the easiest way to make a bigger than usual warboss.
Aside from that I'd look into 3rd party Ogres and similar miniatures with a hunched posture that you can tack a GW ork head on.
Depending on what exactly you want of course.
>>44641582
Anon, they're just kobolds. They spawn in waves and die in one hit. Don't burn yourself out trying to paint them all to golden demon standard; your friends will not notice even if you did.
Like you said, their models are basically shit. So paint them to a tabletop standard and move on. Save your effort for heroes, minibosses, and bosses. The 16-bit's can get a bit of attention, too, I suppose.
tested out my first Sister today, made a bit of a mess of it. any tips at all? I know I fucked up the bolter something terrible
>>44641582
Late as fuck but which model is that? I want to get a few kobold models with personality, kind of like yours.
>>44659779
again from the back
>>44659779
Try highlighting the face. White is always hard to do because it is so fucking chalky. Maybe just prime them white, wash, and rebase?
>>44644962
I've been painting minis since 1998 and there are people itt who weren't even born when I started painting and can paint better than me. That's just the way things are dawg. We can't all be born prodigies but I'm convinced everyone can learn to be good enough to enjoy painting.
It honestly sounds like you're just trying to move too fast. I still haven't tried using a wet pallette because it sounds weird and scary, when I'd only been painting for one year I was still doing a single coat of each colour over white primer. Just focus on basecoating your minis neatly, that's step one. Practice until you can do that well. Throw a brown wash over the entire thing and you're "battlefield-ready". Once you've production-lined fifty plastic dudes to battlefield-ready, think about doing a midtone/highlight.
If you aren't a prodigy then you can't rush it, it's like trying to do a guitar solo before you know how to play chords.
And don't post pics of anything (literally anything, your bike, your dog, your short, whatever) on 4chins if you aren't prepared to receive at least one awful, mean-spirited, not even remotely constructive comment, that's just the name of the game.
>>44659934
I used that Prime > Ulthuan Grey > Agrax wash > White Scar that Duncan used in that video, and to be fair, it's the best white I've managed sofar. is there anything I can do to the white scar to help, perhaps mix it with medium?
>>44656104
Holy crap putting together Skitarii infantry is brutal. You've gotta put everything together just so.
I mean holy shit they're some of the most beautiful plastic kits I've seen in a while, but goddamn it's tricky to make the cloaks line up right.
>>44660184
also makes them al look somewhat samey after a while. they're beautiful kits, but they lack variation
>>44660221
This has been a problem with GW kits since the late 2000s and it's only gotten worse with time imo, more detail, less customizeability. A duncie video made me look at DE models on their webstore and I was disgusted to note that they didn't even have head variants for plastic hq kits
>got a daylight lamp like /WIP/ suggested
>painted under it for a while
>it's nice
>it's so nice
>don't want to turn it off
>try to find some way to get it set up on my battlestation that won't blind me while I'm browsing
>fail miserably
Guess I'm just gonna have to paint to get it back on.
This lamp gives me the warm and fuzzies. Thanks, /WIP/.
>>44656104
>>44660262
>>44660221
Yeah I've found that the arms at least can be swapped around with little issue, which is helping somewhat, but goddamn there's a couple things, like the wicked sweet looking arquebus, that definitely look samey.
I mean, it is admech so if there's any army I can get away with having uniformity, it'll be them, but still.
Makes me wonder what I've gotten myself into since I'm only about halfway through the initial 30 and have 3 "getting started boxes" that will be showing up soon.
Also, anyone know where I can get mechanicus decals in Red? I'm making metallica and their accents are red on white robes.
>>44659057
>>44658866
Hell, I remember one of the White Dwarf staffers (Adrian Wood???) made his warboss out of an ogryn in the late 90s, so you
could even try that.
>get on facebook
>open up the Warhammer 40k group page
>Find the post by "Ric Standing BearCat Fernandez"
>The one of the video with the knight on it
>wonder how /wip/ hasn't figured out how to troll a new guy with this yet.
I wish I could post a direct link, words cannot describe what I just witnessed.
Literally takes a blowtorch to an imperial Knight as a painting technique. I'm not fucking joking, he fucking torches it.
>>44644962
Anon a year is nothing for the average person. I've been painting miniatures and models since I was 7 years old and I love to look back at my old models and see how far I've come over 15 years of painting. If you wanna improve quick in painting, work on patience. If you want some practice just grab a well sculpted figure and just practice techniques on it, like glazing and shading and NMM. After your done strip him and do it again. Its gonna take time. Alot of time. If you stick with it and practice you'll get to a point that you will like your work and you can improve past that. Also I find painting and prepping therapeutic and enjoyable, just finding time is hard. Stick with it friend, you'll do fine
>>44644962
>been in the hobby for 5 years
>Still don't have a wet pallete,
Don't feel too bad about that one buddy.
How good is purple power at stripping plastic glue? I'm gonna be stripping my first hive tyrant soon and the wings are glued on really poorly.
>>44660764
Which fucking "Warhammer 40k" group there's a bunch with that same name and most of them look closed.
anyone have good experiences with shittily painted minis from ebay? any before and after pics? Should I worry about the mini being shit under the paint? And how easy is it to remove things like arms/weapons
>>44660973
The one called "Warhammer 40k" with like 23 fucking thousand people in it, aka the 40k group.
And yeah, they're almost all closed. It's the only way to keep this shit from popping up on normal friends newsfeeds.
>>44660974
so I've done this. and to be honest it's a risk, my advice is try to keep it as cheap as possible.
Metal is always the easiest (and everyone knows this as a quick dip in turpentine an you're good to go) but can go for higher and plastic can be tricky. I love people who use the black primer and super glue on plastics they are the easiest to clean and the glue can just melt away sometimes leaving very little trace it was ever there. White primers are difficult because it is actually a primer and can be a complete pain in the ass, plastic glue needs to be broken off and does not dissolve in alcohol like super glue.
I have these scouts plastic kit that has had three different layers of paint two of them gw paint but the first coat is this really stubborn and thick stuff that needs scraping to remove. I also had a metal dread that was painted in enamel.
My method is really focus on local sources, those will give best prices <$1 per figure I then separate the ones I want, and if its a group like tactical, I test clean one. If the test goes easy I keep the group, if not I really have to consider how badly I want them. Most of the time the hard to clean get sold on auction, and let someone else deal with it. there are some auctions that for whatever reason go unnoticed and I pick those up but you really should study the market so that in case they are a pain you can easily recoup your money.
So far all of my models have been secondhand and if you count sales I've paid very little for them. sure, I lose out on custom stuff sometimes but they still look pretty good. also I stay away from finecast like the plague.
>>44654104
Or you could just leave it and pretend he's bending his own staff as a display of strength before the enemy.
Chaos Lord (still very WIP, haven't done any tidying or anything) first time I've really attempted to do black armour with anything other than edge highlighting, trying to go for the traditional Chaos Warriors black armour with gold + silver details.
I tried my hand at a bit of lighting which I think went okay, but when I started adding the yellow and gold to the armour the contrast made the distinctions in the black harder to see.
Now I'm worried that the black and the gold will just look like ever hobbyists' first crappy attempts at black legion rather than a nicely painted model.
Should I just give up, paint the armour silver and wash it black a few times?
>>44661592
Just to reiterate- I know the detail is sloppy and unfinished but I'm asking about the black.
>>44660692
Back when WD was the Kool Kidz Klub ;_;
>>44661592
eh, the black highlights look strong enough to me in that particularly pic. Lame though the answer may be, I'd have to see the final model to tell you if the contrast is messing it up.
If you feel that it's too strong a contrast, just wash the gold with brown or sepia until it's not too much of a contrast
painting two more Vostroyans. The model behind them is one I finished earlier. The furry hat of the one I painted reminds me of Golden Gaytimes
>>44650768
Don't talk to him like that, faggot!
Ok so I have the IPA and all my models ready. Is it literally just a case of submerging them and scrubbing them after an hour?
>>44662005
And does anyone know perchance if isopropanol will react badly with finecast? I have some mangler Squigs to strip too
>>44662017
it technically shouldn't. It's a fairly potent solvent, but not a particularly aggressive one.
Try it on something expendable first, but I don't think it'll harm it.
>>44645949
This stuff is great
>>44651103
So I'm thinking about painting a Flesh Tearers army.
Sice I know there's loads of people painting BA here, do you guys think it would be possible to use the new kits for BA to make FT, with replacing the pauldrons the biggest step forward or is the winged iconography too present on the models and I'd be better off with standard marines?
>>44662421
I think a good idea would be to mix bits from both,or atleast thats what i did
>>44657431
Just do a simple line along the bottom for starters.
