>Citadel Painting Guides:
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/drb4mezm6792i/not_citadel_nothing_to_see_here
>Painting guides, Uniforms & Heraldry books, Painting Videos, Visions, ebooks and White Dwarves:
https://mega.co.nz/#F!OgpwzAKS!a5eVE6pOagTTOWEr5tEaEQ
>Painting Videos only
https://mega.co.nz/#F!XEJSFDCL!9ZZKiLi6M_wguI1uTpyjPg
https://mega.co.nz/#F!WUsUlSLb!556OumKLhusFd9Fw5dBMdA
>DIY Lightbox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyxzC5kqbyw [Embed]
>How to Moldlines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4LZ8iCSkeU [Embed]
>Fuckin Magnets how do they work?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Tkw7ttTIo [Embed]
Does anyone have this guide in full, or just pic related in much better resolution?
Started on the red and metals. And yeah I know it broke.
>>46436895
Whats a good method for painting tattoos or scar tissue?
>>46437196
thank you!
I picked up an airbrush at this thread's recommendation and have been having a good deal of fun.
I'd like to try painting a 40k knight with a similar dark armor to pic, what two colors would folks recommend I get to get a similar effect?
>>46437403
Looks similar the knight of the guy from the church base meme. Anyone got pics?
Dwarf Warden King I've just kit bashed together, currently only tacked.
>>46437891
I like it alot, anon. What colors are you going for?
I've gotta paint the inside of a dude's mouth. Pic related is the miniature.
What colours can I use to make it look natural and not too red?
Should I go with white for the teeth or would that be too much of a model smile on a dude like this? What would be a better alternative?
>>46437891
I wish Space Dwarves were still a thing....
>>46437977
I'd say something like Pallid Wych Flesh from citadel is good for slightly off white teeth color, just put that on, then a very thin wash of something like agrax earthshade, then put a little of of why fleh on the tips of the teeth, maybe mix in a little pure white if it's not looking bright enough, and for the mouth itself, you could always mix a little purple into the red to bring the tone down a bit
just reposting the one i did yesterday, thinking about buying another mini
>>46437977
>I'm painting this exact mini today
Holy shit, post progress please
What is your list like? I have never played before, but someone told me Lucius sux shit -- so I said CHECK PLEASE and want to make him eat his words.
>Brush care
My brushes are starting to fray at the tips, any advice for straightening?
>>46438030
they are forge fathers from mantic.. quality is worst then gw but models are fun
>>46438315
Sweet. Thanks dude. Any ideas on what sort of red or purple would work? I'm just starting out and shit at colour theory. I'm scared to death of picking the wrong colours.
>>46438547
I'm a new player also! My list focuses on strong firing lines and displacement into the firing range of those firing lines. Though I'm worried it'll probably be too static when it comes down to play. Gonna have fun playing it though. I'd go more indepth but as much as I'm jonesing for Malifaux discussion, I don't wanna ramble on about offtopic stuff.
As far as posting progress: I'd love to! But the paints I need are on their way to me currently and I'm still unsure what I'm going to paint other bits. Also I'm not that good. I've only painted one model before. So if you're looking for a good guide or anything, perhaps look elsewhere? I can post stuff when I start painting him. Was going to do it for critique and advice anyways.
Anyone have the heat effects picture? For a flamer etc
>>46438959
This one Anon?
>>46439044
Not him, but thanks; this is neat.
>>46437977
Inside the mouth in black or /very/ dark red is probably fine. Teeth want to be off-white, rather than white; GW's bleached bone or rotting flesh works.
>>46439071
Happy to help Anon.
>>46437235
I've used some of the tips here (http://www.bushido-thegame.com/articles/painting-tattoo) to good effect. Mixing your flesh base color with the tattoo color(s) works great.
Aside: where's a good place to start reading up on techniques to get better? I've just cruised along at my skill level for many years, but I want to try to start getting better so when I get those cool minis I want to treat right, I can. I just do lazy ass painting usually like prime -> basecoat -> wash -> highlight -> highlight. Wet blending if I really want to make something look good.
>>46438379
Do it. Painting minis is fun, and Bones is cheap as shit. Can't get better if you don't paint anything.
Dark eldar anon from yesterday - finished off the squad of 5. Do they look alright, colour wise? If there's anything that looks iffy or needs to be changed I'd love to know so I can fix it
>>46439044
Yup thanks!
Tried the gem guide that gets posted all the time for lenses on death company dread, gotta say it turned out better than expected. One of these days ill make a light box. ..
Anyone have tips for highlighting the hard edges for the black parts?
Working on a chaos dread/helbrute. I think the actual box model for them is actually pretty great, but its too bloby and daemony for my warband.
>>46439481
Maybe tighten up the horn on the guy on the far right, it looks mushy. Other than that they look solid and ready for the tabletop.
>>46439481
Dang, those a pretty. I especially like the guns.
Simple Green ain't done shit in 72 hours.
What do you lads use for stripping?
>>46439707
Castrol Super Clean
>>46439707
>What do you lads use for stripping?
Tina Turner - Private Dancer - it's a classic.
Seriously though what are you working with?
Metal, plastic or resin? And which continent are you on?
>>46439707
non acetone nail polish remover. Shit cannot be beat. Also has the benefit of being available pretty much wherever in the world you are.
>>46439707
Dettol- tried stripping for the first time this week on my old eldar, undiluted Dettol worked a charm.
>>46439707
>Simple Green ain't done shit in 72 hours.
Did you take your model out and scrub it with an old toothbrush, or just let it sit?
>What do you lads use for stripping?
For plastic? Non-acetone Nail Polish Remover (NANPR).
Tried making a power sword and it just ended up looking as a multi-layered ice cream.
Maybe i should just paint in one colour
>>46439783
Plastic models.
I live in the US.
>>46439806
Might see if there's some at the CVS near me then.
>>46439826
Yeah, I took 'em out every 24 hours to see if anything happened and nada.
With the NANPR, do you soak it in it, or dip your toothbrush in it and go to town?
>>46439830
Gotta blend those colors, anon.
After 3 weeks, they are finally done.
Now they can finally drop down, blow their load and then die instantly in the very first turn.
>>46439906
>drop down
So, you're running these as counts-as Sternguard then?
>>46439935
Wolf guards
>>46439481
I'd sugest using aggrelean earth or martian earth GW thingy on base to bring some contrast to mostly dark miniature.
>>46439830
Very, very gradual blending anon.
I like to go in thirds. So, in increasing brightness A-> B -> C -> D, apply two layers of each:
A
2/3rd A 1/3rd B
1/3rd A 2/3rd B
B
2/3rd B 1/3rd C
1/3rd B 2/3rd C
C
2/3rd C 1/3rd D
1/3rd C 2/3rd D
D
Pic related is some fur done like this, although I only used three colors and probably could've used a fourth to make it more gradual. I also only did one layer each, which led to some weird wave crest effects where each layer is sharpest on the edges.
>>46439860
Dip toothbrush, scrub enthusiastically, rinse after. Wear gloves.
>>46439830
Hi, >>46439481 here
The thing with power swords is how to vary them from a regular weapon - while it's perfectly valid changing to shades of purple as you have, a key element is to place your highlighting and arcing energy in specific places.
For instance, as I did in this picture (only power sword within reach), I did dark blue on one side of the sword toward the hilt, while on the other side it was toward the point. Blending is also really key. So invest in a wet pallette if you can.
>>46440074
Got anything of the finished mini?
>>46440146
Sure, though the lighting isn't as good unfortunately, and the mini was a job for a friend so I no longer have it on hand to retake the pics.
>>46440171
Very nice, thanks for posting.
>>46440146
>>46440171
This collage was before I fixed the eyes. Don't do eyes without a reference. I don't know what I was thinking.
>>46440200
She's seen some shit, man.
>>46439044
Sorry for shit pic. This has been a day of firsts for me.. first time 'making' a glaze,
Made glazes with medium and the "wrong" paints.. used what i had that was close. Altdorf guard blue, warlock purple, mephiston red, wild rider red and averland sunset, then did a semi wet drybrushing of leadbelcher back up to the tip to clean it up a bit. Quite pleased with the result. Id imagine it will look even better with a wash and some weathering around the area
>>46440319
Can't see shit, read photo guide in OP and try again please.
>>46440074
>>46440140
Thanks anons, i'll study this and blending in general later
Anyone have any suggestions on how to albino trollbloods
Fucking....
I am never using a color primer again.
>Used Army Painter Dragon Red on a tactical squad and an assault terminator squad a month ago
>Decide to change paint scheme
>Simple Green and NANPR won't remove the shit
Gonna have to try and paint over it with a thin enough black that the actual paint scheme doesn't look wonky...
>>46439481
Holy shit we had the exact same idea for the guns
How would I achieve a chrome finish like this? I want to paint a Thunderbolt like this.
>>46441159
The closest finish I've seen on a model is this Forge World Canoptek Stalker which I saw in person at a Games Day a few years ago - the chrome was incredible and genuinely looked like metal
>>46441159
check out the Vallejo Metal colour range.
There's review of people on youtube using them to paint planes to a similar finish
>>46441159
An airbrush can do that pretty easy with most metallic paints but that's probably not an option.
Working on a Karchev conversion.
>>46437881
The what?
>>46439044
Are there other scanned pages?
I would love the guide to the lacquered red armor.
>>46441733
Sorry I didn't really explain that well.
A guy painted a really nice forgeworld Imperial Knight, but it turned into a meme after he got massively autistic following comments about his base.
My point was that his knight looks pretty similar in colour to that picture you posted, so I was wondering whether anyone had pictures.
>>46441838
Oh! Would be interested in seeing it then, yeah
What can I do to base a miniature and make it look like they're standing on concrete? Anything more than just painting them grey?
![b3ikTFu[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/IU6mBDX.jpg "b3ikTFu[1].jpg")
Apart from some more rivets (on the window panels, mostly), does anyone reckon this needs anything else? If not, it's finally priming time.
1/3
>>46441932
One thing I'm noticing is a severe insufficiency of dakka.
![giKTX8L[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/3yM7Ptf.jpg "giKTX8L[1].jpg")
>>46441932
![aPdWt9b[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Nww3JUo.jpg "aPdWt9b[1].jpg")
>>46441963
>>46441961
That's a weakness of the codex, I'm afraid. Technically a trukk can only have one rokkit, but this git's a bit ambitious.
The boyz that will be in the back will get the dakka covered, though.
Does anyone have a good dipping tutorial?
>>46441260
>>46441637
Thanks, looking like I'll have to invest in an airbrush then
Done the bases - hopefully they don't clash too badly with the models. Should match my eldar and harlequins so I can do a freakshow without it looking ridiculous
>>46442319
Those go really well. I think they'd clash if you hadn't tied the helmet lenses/weapon affects so well together with them.
>>46440200
>>46441859
>put pvc glue on base
>pour fine grain sand on it
>let dry
>prime/paint black
>drybush blue if you want very 'cold' concrete
>drybrush grey if want neutral concrete
>>46442319
looks ace mate
>>46441637
>>46441260
>>46441159
>>46441201
Vallejo VMA - Duraluminium or Chrome
>>46442319
Really pretty bases, but you should have went with a contrasting color from the miniature, rather than blending the two together.
>>46442639
>Mix concrete
>Put concrete on base
>>46442927
lolno
Okay, but seriously how the fuck do I get an even coat? I thin my paints, I don't put too much paint on the brush, I use delicate strokes.
Do I gotta buy the Citadel Hand-Holder for eighty thousand dollaridoos or what?
>>46443150
Oh fug
>>46443140
Thinning paints means it'll take more than one coat to evenly cover, usually 3 or 4.
>>46443140
Multiple coats. Don't expect to do it all in one go around. Especially on the base coat.
It sounds annoying but it feels super satisfying to do when it starts going on clean.
>>46442040
>Does anyone have a good dipping tutorial?
I have this one.
>>46443247
Thanks
>>46443199
>>46443238
Thank you, I was worrying that I was doing something horribly wrong.
>>46438886
yeah well I was seeking discussion more than instruction
I am about to begin some WIP test shots right now, plan to post in the thread when I have a substantial amount of work done.
Cheers
>>46443253
?
>>46443277
Looking forward to it man. What're the shots of?
>>46441682
I love me some Warmahordes
Looks good so far, any Updates?
>>46443253
I hadn't realized Death Korps greatcoats were buttoned back. I might have to be a total Francofag and stick Adrian helmets on them.
>tfw fucked up two squads to the point that they're better off being broken down and used in bases of other stuff
c'est la vie.
>>46443715
How can something be that fucked up?
>>46443732
Like this.
>Forgot to get my meds refilled on Friday
>Decided to paint anyways
>Held primer too close
>too much got on model
>Retard brain thought it would be a good idea to quickly rush to the sink
>Made it worse
>Can't get the primer to come off
I'm down a Tac Squad and an Assault Terminator Squad.
I'll replace them eventually but for now I'll just... think about what I've done while in class.
>>46443771
strip the paint ?
>>46443617
do it, love me some frenchie death korps
>>46443918
>Can't get the primer to come off
What do you think that means?
>>46443771
Use one of the countless methods of getting paint off (Simple Green etc). If the primer is black, remember that you can actually scrub all of the primer off and the model still look like it has it on, because it tends to stain miniatures even when stripped.
>>46443993
It was Army Painter Dragon Red, I believe, and after ~2 days of a Simple Green bath, there has only been VERY slight chipping of the paint.
I'll leave it in for a full week and see if that changes but I'm not very hopeful.
>>46443955
what the fuck are you using to strip with if it can't get the primer off ?
>>46444058
>Simple Green
> 2 days
There's ya problem.
Simple green is too mild for primer. You will either have to leave it in there for longer or use a stronger compund (with risk of softening the plastic )
>>46444425
I'll just leave it in there for a week while doing classwork and see if they're able to be re-used by next weekend.
If not they can stay in there until the end of the semester.
>>46444688
Sounds like a good plan anon.
Though i doubt they'll have to sit there for a whole semester.
>>46444688
if it doesn't work, try 99% isopropyl alcohol, that should probably get it off
>>46431613
As I said, I don't really consider myself a professional yet, so I'm not really sure on what advice I can give. I got into 40k in the summer of 2013, intending to build an Ork army, as kustomised as possible. I started slow, with simple conversions, swaps and a bit of plasticard here and there and just kept expanding experimenting. Tried simple casting, then greenstuff, etc. eventually making more and more complex stuff.
I guess you should just start small with simple things and small additions to existing minis and go from there. Once you get comfortable with something, try to push yourself to try something new on the next model. Hell, my first greenstuff was just gap filling and then some simple straps.
Also reposting the trukk. And 4chan still breaks my colours.
>>46445051
Semester ends in May, I'm sure a month won't kill 'em.
>>46445160
I'll have to try that next, thanks.
>>46443918
Vive l'Empereur, Vive l'Imperium(?)
I did some looking and it turns out their heads and gasmask tubes are all part of the model rather than separate bits, so that might be problematic. But hey, if push comes to shove I'll just grab some helmeted heads, bog-standard/Cadian IG and some greenstuff.
>>46446158
Well, i know it would a be a troublesome method of doing it, you could get some recast steel legion figures and use their heads+ a small bit of greenstuff to make a bigger rim and making the ... arch thingy along the top
Hi guys, working on the first of hopefully not to many knights for my admech/mechanicum force. He's and ex freeblade from a dead knight house that took up the mantle of the mechanicum whilst keeping his identity. I wanted to have a heraldry that stands out in comparison to the soon to stand out purple.
Almost there, just finishing his bolter now.
>>46446417
Your heraldry on the tilting shield would benefit from using masking tape to get a clean line, and from thinning your paint to avoid visible brushmarks.
>>46446427
Very nice.
I need to work on taking it slowly like this. I get very impatient and rush ahead.
Like today, I actually managed to do a good base coat for once and I ruined it by rushing right into the layer paints.
>>46446369
If we're going all-out with the Le Poilu aesthetic, having a couple of Steel Legion for flavor would be fine, but they French didn't often not have their coats buttoned back. It's one of the trademarks. Obviously you could probably saw the coats up a bit and slap some greenstuff on there to combat that issue, but I think it might be a bit too much work.
The heads would work fairly well for it, though. Goggles notwithstanding.
finally got a crimson hunter and starting on the paint job
>>46446635
Well i was talking about just using the heads from the steel legion, and putting them on death korps bodies.
And of course, shave off the goggles and aquilas.
>>46446763
Wouldn't it be way easier to just use historical miniature heads?
>>46446763
Oh, well! The heads are the easy part. West Wind sells Adrian helmeted, gasmask wearing heads that should fit Death Korps bodies, and I can find non-masked heads as well should I want those. My reservation mostly comes from the fact that you have to saw their heads off as well as their gasmask tubing; so really it's just me concerned I'd absolutely fuckin' botch it and cleave through their collars and torsos.
That being said, I like the idea more and more. Might have to go searching around for some cheap-ish Death Korps to decapitate to try it out.
>>46441932
Always add dags, anon. Make some little similar sized triangles and glue them on in rows on the more bare patches. Rivets are a necessity, but a model still looks bare with just them them.
>>46439830
What I do for my power weapons is I paint it with my silver/steel color than I use a wash paint over it to give it the tint of the color I wanted. For example I want the sword to look like it's got a blue glow to it I use Guilliman Blue from the GW paints, and I like how it looks.
I know there are way better ways to do it that look much better but this is simple enough that I can't fuck it up and it looks okay.
>>46446935
>>46446945
Well seems we're slowly coming up with a solution on how to make these glorious pseudo frenchmen !
Gasmask tubing should be super easy to fix with a bit of greenstuff.
>No Captcha! Cactus is not food !
>>46446427
>Almost there
Stay on target!
>>46447049
This Captcha picture choosing shit is literally digital cancer. I was once stuck on it for a minute because he tried to tell me that there were, in fact, only four squares with a street sign in it.
Anyway, back on topic; I wouldn't want to give them -too- many gasmasks, so it wouldn't be all-out "Mort Corps of Guerre". Well. It -would-, but they have to have beards mixed in there, or they simply aren't Le Poilu, are they? Gasmasks are great and all but they don't really let you show off that 'barbu', yo'. Could go with Gripping Beast's French heads, but I'm not sure how many have beards as opposed to mustaches the size of Belgium.
So, uh. Anyone have a tutorial on greenstuffing beards?
>>46447360
>So, uh. Anyone have a tutorial on greenstuffing beards?
Seems like hair would be easy to greenstuff, but we wouldn't know anything about facial hair. It's the smooth surfaces that are hard.
>>46447360
>This Captcha picture choosing shit is literally digital cancer.
Couldnt agree more, had to identify 24 (yes i counted) pictures of bodies of water, before it let me post
> greenstuffing beards
From me experience it's very similar to greenstuffing fur, wich there should be plenty of tutorials about.
>>46447431
Guess I'll just stare at Space Yiffs for an hour and hope that I get a better idea of how to sculpt beards. Actually, better idea; there's a generic Marine veteran that's bald and bearded, right? Guess I'll just use that as a reference and hope it doesn't wind up looking like a tumor/massive, deformed jawline.
>>46447289
>>46446427
Done except for basing (obviously), but that can be tomorrow's thing.
Some parts I'm happy with, some I'm not. Gotta keep practicing freehand, and I think I'll pick up some more brassy paints as the copper on the bolter isn't that different to the gold- there's a difference, but it's probably too subtle.
Happy with the cingulum (crotch-danglers), the various gold wings, and the laurel wreath.
>tfw been trying to sketch up a decent chapter symbol so i can make my own transfers for an hour now
no wonder graphic design is an actual career, shit's hard
>>46447523
Know the water. Love the water. You must learn to be the water. Only then will you truly achieve apotheosis and transcend the need for The CAPTCHA.
>>46447612
That's god damn magnificent. I do have one criticism, however; the gold/brass/yellowy-metal of the gun throws me off. Maybe it just needs a wash (or another) or something, or maybe my eyes are just garbage.
Anyway. Again, is pretty fantastic.
>>46447612
is this a deathwatch smurf?
>>46447833
>is this a deathwatch smurf?
Yes. Vael Donatus, the Ultramarines marksman from Deathwatch: Overkill.
>>46447870
Ah, I see.
Looks pretty baller.
>>46447778
It's not helped by the lighting, but yeah- if I pick up some darker brass paints this week I'll probably re-do the bolter.
Nice trips.
>>46447833
Yeah, it's the Sternguard, Vael Donatus.
I don't have DW:OK, but I play Ultras, so I picked up this guy and Cassius.
I intend to give Cassius a combi-flamer so I can use him as Old!Cassius with a less butt-ugly model.
This guy will be a Sternguard / Tactical Sergeant when I need one without a Combi-Weapon.
>>46447907
I need to paint some Sternguard.
But my skills are very poor at the moment, I'm only just recently getting okay at basecoating and I don't want to ruin those models.
Hopefully I can eventually do the details as sharply as yours.
>>46447897
>Looks pretty baller.
The badass of the squad is is Rodricus Grytt of the Imperial Fists... the guy carries around freakin' frag cannon!
>>46447968
isopropyl alcohol removes paint but not primer in less than 5 minutes without harming plastic. You can get in it your grocery store near the medical supplies.
so be very careful to make sure the primer goes on good
then paint
then give it a bath
then paint again, and bathe again
until you are satisfied
>>46448023
Should I get a brush on primer then?
I feel like I'm not always doing a great job with spray primers.
progress on my painboy. posted him last night, did washes today. critiques appreciated
>>46448056
just gotta git gud at it. Spray from further in multiple coats. Always start the spray away from the miniature and sweep.
>>46448056
shake the can a lot, spray about 12" away, make sure it isn't too hot, too cold, too windy, or too humid. Make sure to spray from multiple angles and two thin sprays is better than one thick one.
GW spray primer is really particular about its usage for some reason.
If using brush on primer just make sure coat evenly and not too thick. Also don't miss spots or it will be very visible.
>>46447998
I'm just so unhappy with that servoskull that will fuck up the backpack if you take it off.
>>46448118
I'm using Army Painter which says I want to be 20 cm away at max.
Should I switch to a different primer?
>>46448134
sweeeeeeeeeeep
woosh, woosh, woosh.
>>46447968
If you keep at it, it shouldn't take long: I only picked up a brush again after about 7 years out of the hobby this January.
This is just a not-a-total-moron painter taking their time on a model.
Fine-tipped brushes, thinned paints and a lot of time are the tips I can give you, although I also watched a crap-ton of painting videos on YouTube.
I particularly enjoy Doctor Faust's Painting Clinic.
That said, my Sternguard are all still on their sprues.
I'm going to give them all character-level attention and they're going helmetless (one will have Sicarius' head), so I foresee those five marines taking quite a while.
I can't entirely recommend >>46448023 - I, at least, have a ton of models that need painting, and when I'm not trying to get something painted so I can field it I try to make each mini better than the one I did before it. Painting something, then stripping it, then painting it again would destroy me, given the time investment per model.
>>46448056
Get better with spray primer.
I mount each subassembly on a stick, and make sure to do very quick passes with the spray.
>Start spraying
>Quickly pass spray over mini once
>Release spray
>Repeat until all surfaces have a satisfactory coat of primer.
>>46448134
army painter is just fine
just make sure to shake the can really well
>>46448153
>>46448168
>>46448181
Alright, thanks lads.
>>46442319
you're making me want to play Dark Eldar
>>46441988
oh look, another orky war rig XD
>>46443140
just more layers fool
>>46440200
You say "don't do eyes without a reference" but... I'd say you had just never seen an eye before...
>>46448900
It was actually my first time ever painting eyes. I realized halfway through that it wasn't going to work, but then the situation went all pic related.
>>46448842
Zog off ya ponce.
Just finished a Lord Commisar. You guys want to just GG now?
>>46449830
You people and your damn phones.
>>46449878
Came out crooked huh? Shit
>>46449898
There ya go. Looks pretty good anon, though I feel the base drags it down a bit.
>>46449939
wow thanks bro. ill put something cool on the base, like a severed ork head or something. with the detail of the camera you could see my last paint stroke on the face.. wow
>>46448063
clean out of 10, what color are his pants? or is that just blood? Blood for the Blood God is actually a really good technical paint for blood
>>46449939
>>46449960
it's mainly the sand I think
real sand on a base makes it look like he is standing on extremely coarse gravel
superglue and baking soda on a base work well for representing sand or dirt, though these days there are also a wide selection of very excellent texture paints from many manufacturers
I want to make a Warboss that looks like this guy.
Any suggestions for some models I could rip some parts from?
>>46450266
wow, ill try the baking soda. normally i use citadel Astrogranite texture paint. for this model I ran out doe
>>46449898
I agree with the other anon. Really nice model but boring base. I'd say paint the rim black and add some stuff to the base. Maybe have him standing on some rubble with some plants sticking out?
>>46450586
what I usually do is coat the base in superglue, then sprinkle baking soda on it
the glue hardens really fast after coming into contact with the baking soda. By tilting the base while sprinkling you can create some interesting ripple effects.
also note that it may dry slightly clear, but you'll paint it of course
>>46450658
will try this. thanks anon
>>46446417
Church
>>46438030
Scibor make these amazing Dwarf Marines, I use them for skirmish games as proxies just because they're amazing
>>46443299
>Now sold to a private collector of modern art for $1,000,000
But seriously it looks dope.
>>46447360
>>46447523
I've done some beard-scuplting, pic related. Can't really give much of a tutorial, other than to say that it's very similar to any other hair, you only need a tiny amount of greenstuff, and you should do beard first, then moustache when that's cured, and any hair last of all.
>>46446457
I know, I just wanted to mock it up. I will tape it when I'm ready to commit to a pattern
finally did the last couple of bits on my khorne banelord beetleback warlord
>>46443150
>>46443180
Perfect
>>46453415
it's like poetry
it rhymes
>>46443340
Well I have never painted ghost or flame effects before, so I am testing out a whole bunch of different techniques on my endless boardgame mini hoard. Old heroclix, a few LOTR fellowship minis and Zombicide; just a shit ton of unpainted fodder. It's giving me the chance to test some really bizarre techniques on mooks that I just don't give a fuck about, so fuck yeah.
Good luck on your Dashal, mine just finisged priming tonight.
>>46453121
Those look great.
also
>harpoons with chains on a fucking reel in warlord titan size
Good job, chaos engineers, that'll surely work out great.
Got fed up of my friend's Eldar mangling me in the Psychic Phase, so I made a Librarian for my 30K Iron Warriors. I figure he'll use Telepathy; it's a lot easier to plan where to bombard a fortification if you can just rip the schematics out of the castellan's mind.
>>46452764
How was that volkite made?
>>46452764
I'll keep this in mind. Also; that sword is hype as fuck.
>>46452764
I fucking love that power flamberge. 10/10 on giving him a real medieval knight feel
>>46453491
Sweet conversion. You did a good job removing all the sword iconography
Guys I want to work some purple into the nooks and crannies of my model, but I want it to be quite subtle. I have purple paint, and brown/black washes. If I was to apply a wash, then add small amounts of heavily watered down purple paint on top of the still wet wash, would this give the kind of look I'm after? Pic related, the model I'm working on.
![74076_Despoiler_WEB[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/w3TDFmz.jpg "74076_Despoiler_WEB[1].jpg")
>>46453976
Pic is the kind of look I want for his head.
>>46453976
>apply a wash, then add small amounts of heavily watered down purple paint
This will result in a mess.
What you want to achieve >>46454002 is to buy a purple wash, use it, then layer on the raised areas to bring them back to their current colour.
>>46453436
I've been looking at ghost flames for my death marshals. The paint for that is on it's way also. I've been looking at tutorials so maybe this will be helpful to you also?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T86-A0aSbI
There's also one for doing green flames on this. I think the effect is nice but it's really bright, I may add in a darker blue for the tips though I'm unsure. My dusters and hats are all Spanish inquisition red, don't want it to be too loud. Though the darker tips may help with that? I guess I'll find out.
I'd like to hear how your experiments go, if you'd like to share.
>>46453976
Additionally- did you read the photo guide in the OP? This photo makes it really hard to even see the texture.
And what are you taking photos with, a webcam?
For further tips, I don't know why you're skipping around between colours- it looks like you did the red on one area, then the gold on that area, without finishing the red on other parts of the mini.
For a mini like that, I reckon you'd be best doing all the skin (obviously you stopped to ask about washes), then all the red, all the gold, and after that you can skip around between paints to do the details.
>>46454071
http://www.waylandgames.co.uk/warpaints/16938-warpaints-purple-tone-ink?search_query=purple+wash&results=11
"Purple tone ink" just means wash, right?
>>46454245
That's what you want. You might want to play around with diluting it, but I don't have any experience with army painter inks, so I don't know how strong it will be straight out of the bottle.
>>46448130
>I'm just so unhappy with that servoskull that will fuck up the backpack if you take it off.
The only thing I could think of right away would be to sacrifice a spare Third Edition backpack, saw the matching exhaust vents off of both, and replace Grytt's with the "blank" one.
>>46454293
I'll take this opportunity to buy someKolinsky brusheswhile I'm at it.
>>46454323
If you're splashing on brushes, make sure you stretch to brush soap as well.
No point paying through the nose for nice stuff if you don't take care of it.I just use synthetic brushes and replace them more.
>>46454519
Yeah I got some masters brush cleaner a while back. I think I've just been a little too rough with my brushes since the bristles quite literally just fell off my "insane detail" brush, and the tip on my general use brush keeps splitting the instant I try and use it.
>>46450002
mephiston base with an agrax wash over them, that's why it's shiny. two friends of mine who also got start collecting boxes are doing their HQ's up as showpiece models, and we're gonna have a competition. so i'm doing it with a painstaking amount of effort.
sup /wip/
How do I paint castle walls white like the minas tirith/high elf walls? White -ink- white? I have to paint one of those old eight piece GW fortresses and I settled on that with no actual Idea of how to do it.
>>46454923
prime in white
basecoat in a semi-dark grey
wash in a black wash
layer in a very light grey
highlight or drybrush a white
thats my novice opinion
Chapter master for my homebrew. coming along nicely - finding working on the white undercoat better for layering, and forcing me to be more methodical covering the undercoat. Black undercoat made me lazy, sloppy and impatient.
>>46454923
Do you have a pic?
For white walls I'd look at drybrushing Celestra Grey into Ulthuan- they're cool greys, and Ulthuan is very close to white. Actual white should probably be saved for any details you really want to stand out.
If you're going to wash, I'd thin Nuln Oil with some medium and get a big old brush.
Dependent on how textured the walls are, you might get some splotches on large flat areas, but drybrushing over that should blend it in so it's just a bit of colour variation.
>>46455015
Coming along nicely indeed! If the white primer helps you then all the better- I started on white, but now I've gone black I'll never go back.
I'd suggest changing the eldar heads to a colour not used on the captain himself, it looks a bit weird as-is.
>>46455025
>drybrushing Celestra Grey into Ulthuan
I can recommend this, it's how I paint my white armour
I then use whatever the fuck skull white is called now for highlights and a nuln oil wash into particularly deep recesses
>>46455066
They'll be much brighter and more of a teal in the end to match my main army, just used that darker blue for the base. I think/hope it'll turn out okay, and if not I'll just go over it as your suggested.
>>46453491
Where did you get that hammer from? I need something similar for one of my Space Viking conversions
>>46455274
Looks like the hammer off a Sigmarine with some GSing to make it more Iron Warriors.
Dang, it's about time they did this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hx9TO4Tao8
Was getting caught part of your plan?
>>46455491
that's a big marine
>>46455025
>>46455491
You've been here long enough to have read the photo guide several times, please put the mini down and use a backdrop.
This guy is really out of focus,
most layers done on Painboss Gutcutta.
sorry for bad angled shot, i have poor lighting conditions and have to tilt it up for photos
>>46455569
Yeah, go with Celestra -> Wash -> Ulthuan, you can pick out features like the archway with some actual white highlights.
That texture is dense enough that an all-over wash should work well.
Is hex lichen the greatest color?
Y/y
I've been waiting a while for this to come in. God damn is it a sexy deep purple. With this and my tomb blades arriving, my Negrons will be finished soon
>>46455614
can anyone tell me how to fix up his eye? i had it a nice red before i did my washes, but theyve dulled it, and i'm scared of trying to dab a new layer of paint in there.
>>46455590
Ok senpai
next time
>>46455660
Get small brush.
Repaint eye.
>>46453505
Front parts are a plasma pistol with the very tip cut off, back is from a bolter. Copious greenstuff. It needs a bit more work to tie it all together a bit better.
>>46453527
That's what I'm going for, so I'm mightily heartened to hear that it comes across. I got most of the way done, and then got distracted painting a contemptor. I need to get better at finishing projects off before I start the next one.
>>46455660
that's the problem with washes, it's hard to fix up anything around it since any mistake is a pain to hide
you could try masking the area around the eye with masking tape or a thin piece of blu-tak and repainting it?
Dwalin is now done, so here is Dwalin with Balin and Thorin. Just got Thror and Thrain to complete then this mini hobbit project is done
>>46456333
nice work on those blues
>>46441770
I could snap some pictures if you like. That's all that page is.
>>46447612
Based up and I'm calling it finished.
I need to set up a real lightbox / get a real camera.
Should World Eaters be a vibrant red?
WIP terrain. Supposed to be a kind of war memorial.
Thinking black marble for the pillar, white marble on the skull, with brass or copper details.
>>46456660
How would you describe your process while working on this?
![EternityGate-lg[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/AlhrsYP.jpg "EternityGate-lg[1].jpg")
>>46456660
Number of the beast.
Gives me a John Blanche vibe, interested to see how it turns out.
Stupid question of the day:
What do you use for pins? Just a bent paper clip or wire coat hanger?
>>46456682
>Got old floppy drive holder from friend, use as stairs for Necromunda.
>Found big skull in friend's bitbox
>Figure it would be a cool monument
>Figure it would look cooler on top of huge stairwell
>Figure it would also be useful to have stairs themselves too
>Cut up piece of old plastic piping and pad with GS
>Get plasticard for base
>Found flags to make it look more like an actual monument
>Glue the "stairs" open
>Smash together
>???
>Profit?
>>46456750
Didn't even notice the satanic numbers, heh.
>>46456799
>Just a bent paper clip or wire coat hanger?
Paper clips are about the right size for man (or Space Marine) sized models at 28mm scale.
>>46455274
Yep, >>46455310 has it right. It's from the Paladin Retributors set; a friend of mine had a spare, since he was building them as the ones with the sword-stave things instead. The skull and square-spiral detailing is Green Stuff, and the cable is a short length of guitar wire bent into shape.
>>46456813
>>46456682
>>46456660
Also, forgot to mention, the white plate on the top with the monument comes of, to just give you a long stairwell.
>>46456799
Paper clips for pinning joints.
Drawing pins for pinning to bases.
>>46456813
sigh
oh, nevermind
>>46456660
Needs rows of witch elves from the cauldron of blood kit dancing down the steps.
>>46441770
Red Base Coat of the Styrix 1/5
>>46441770
Red Base Coat of the Styrix 2/5
>>46441770
Red Base Coat of the Styrix 3/5
>>46456799
Paper clips. I can imagine a situation when you would need coat hanger for something couple centimeters in size, but it's not a nice picture.
>>46441770
Red Base Coat of the Styrix 4/5
>>46441770
Red Base Coat of the Styrix 5/5
>>46441770
I imagine it's on Scan Anon's list, but the Red Book likely takes priority.
Is it worth learning to paint with an airbrush asap or should I learn how to get the effects I want with a hand brush first?
I want those gradients and metallic sheens but I'm still relatively new to painting
>>46457144
You're not going to get airbrush effects out of a normal brush.
That said, you have a lot of training ahead of you to get good with the normal brush, and you need that to ever be good.
A decent airbrush setup ain't cheap either.
>>46455614
>poor highlights on skin
>no blood in vials
>no blood splatters on claw and whole body
still much to do anon
>>46457326
yeah, it's not finished yet. i'll be doing the vials and the blood, and i havent done a layer on the apron yet. i'm following this-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UGTWemTDCI
>>46457050
You're a total bro for putting these up, and god does that look sexy as fuck.
>>46456870
What? Was there something you wanted to know specifically? I could answer most things about it if you wish.
>>46456660
remove the banners. they are too stiff on the stairs and yet still look as if they were blowing in the wind standing straight.
You'd be better served scultping your own banners with green stuff so you can drap them over the steps.
Looking great otherwise!
>>46456799
wire coat hanger? lol, what are you pinning, small children?
>>46457831
I've used similar gauge for pinning dreads and stuff to bases, but yeah, for regular use that's total overkill.
>>46457831
>wire coat hanger? lol, what are you pinning, small children?
First thing I thought of when he said coat hanger was this beast. I've never actually seen the sprues, though, so I don't know how necessary pinning would even be.
... and then there's Citadel's old "Chicken Dragon".
>>46456973
The fuck?
>>46457812
The banners are supposed to go on the plinths on the top. I've just got to drill holes so they're flush, so they're not supposed to be draped across the stairs.
Heyho begginner here again, meant to post this a while ago but forgot about it, this is my progress so far, i know its pretty scrubby but yeah still my first mini in ever.
also thanks to the guys who told me to contact GW at my problem with the leadbelcher paint, i got them to send me a new pot for free that should arrive in the next days
>>46458140
Try to avoid getting tiny bits of hair on your mini, it looks super nasty.
I'd paint the bottom of the shoulderpads gold as well as the rim.
>>46458113
Presumably it's a FW airbrush paint.
>>46458140
That's pretty good for a beginner. The paint is a bit thick, there seems to be some paint where it shouldn't be on the shoulder trim and the whole thing needs some depths with highlights and shades, but it's not bad for a beginner. Some more colours, a few washes, some nice edge highlights and you're golden.
Try to keep hair away from the mini though.
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