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TO DO LIST EDITION
>Citadel Painting Guides:
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/drb4mezm6792i/not_citadel_nothing_to_see_here
>Painting guides, Uniforms & Heraldry books, Visions, ebooks and White Dwarves:
https://mega.co.nz/#F!OgpwzAKS!a5eVE6pOagTTOWEr5tEaEQ
>Painting Videos only
https://mega.nz/#F!fkcliY4L!mhdmIs2lT3mFG3VwoLO8Qw
https://mega.nz/#F!XEJSFDCL!9ZZKiLi6M_wguI1uTpyjPg
https://mega.co.nz/#F!WUsUlSLb!556OumKLhusFd9Fw5dBMdA
>DIY Lightbox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyxzC5kqbyw
>How to Moldlines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4LZ8iCSkeU
>Fuckin Magnets how do they work?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Tkw7ttTIo
http://www.miniwargaming.com/magnet-guide
http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/297605-tutorial-magnetisation/
OLD THREAD? Old thread: >>47303195
To Do List:
>4 Exams
>10 Sternguard
>Terminator Librarian
>Razorback x2
>6 Bikes
>Command Squad
>5 Assault Marines
>2 Imperial Knights
>13 Sigmarines
Been working more on this guy today
>>47341659
Hopefully get him done today, only a few bits and the backpack to actually do.
>>47351473
Do you feel this better represents your miniature?
>>47351518
Sure, what did you do?
White balance?
>>47351473
The Bolter looks bent as fuck.
>>47351473
Is this metal? what model is it?
To do list
>24 Brimstone Horrors (Thanks eBay!)
>8 Silver Tower Familiars
>9 Exalted Flamers
>Herald of Tzeentch
>>47351583
That is why his BS is still 4.
>>47351583
Well he was lost in a cupboard for 6 years so I guess that happens.
>>47351658
It is metal, I think it's a veteran?
>>47351518
Auto in Color->Layers
9 Contrast, -9 Brightness in Color->Contrast/Brightsness
Scaled image to 1400 width
Saved at 50% image quality
I don't even have that big of a to-do list and it seems daunting/taking forever. Been waiting forever on some Zandri dust air spray as well as an airbrush so I just have a wyvern, a chimera and a stormsword just sitting there unfinished. I also have some Flash gitz I haven't even primed yet.
>>47351518
It works better if you take one pic at a time, instead of the whole collage on one go, since each part need slightly different adjustments.
>>47351583
>>47351658
It's fine cast of the stern guard, when i got mine the straps and guns were very bendy and fucked for most of mine and did take a lot of work to clean up. Here's mine done in white scars colours.
>>47351473
Not a fan of the white shoulder trim. I think it breaks up the colours too much. Other than that it looks great, really mirin especially the non-metallic gold on the chestpiece
trying again for some help, i just found an art shop near me, is there any paint they might sell i can use as brush on primer? is there any particular difference between their crylic paints and vallejo and gw paints?
please respond
lads, whats the difference between basecoat > wash > layers
and
basecoat >layers > wash
My current process for my world eaters is a mephiston red basecoat > agrax earthshade wash >mephiston red > mephiston red/blood red 50/50 > blood red > orange highlights
Would I benefit from moving the wash to the last step?
>>47351826
for sure, but I couldn't be assed for a quick example/question.
I do mine in separate windows before combining them.
>>47352043
gesso primer
>>47352043
>is there any paint they might sell i can use as brush on primer?
Acyrlic gesso can be used on miniatures
http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Priming_With_Acrylic_Gesso
>is there any particular difference between their crylic paints and vallejo and gw paints?
Yes, acrylics designed for miniatures have more, finer pigment than most artists acrylics.
Buy miniatures acrylics.
>>47352071
washing last is obviously going to "corrupt" your highlights,but it gives somewhat of a more united look to the model. I think people usually people leave the last highlights for after the wash so they can touch up.Maybe you could try making some highlights washing and then making the last ones.
>>47352071
Take two miniatures and try one method on one and the other on the other.
Broadly, dependent on how you wash, you might get a darker final result if you wash last, and the colour on flat surfaces might not be as uniform.
>>47352133
>>47352123
thank you both
Currently working through Deathwatch box (with 9 more DW conversions), Calth box (all Death Guard), and making all 7 types of Imperial Assassin.
>Eversor
normal
>Culexus
normal
>Vindicare
Infinity model above
>Death cult assassins x 2
Sisters of Slaughter bodies/ Mechanicus ruststalker heads, claws, pistols, pouch
>Callidus
same as death cult but harlequin mask face
>Venenum
no idea yet
>Vanus
no idea yet.
Any one got ideas for Vanus, and Venenum?
>>47352345
Aren't there 4 types of Assassins 3, with 3 models and 1 with 2? The Culexus might have even had 2 old sculpts, making 3 total for it as well. So, 11-12?
>>47352345
No school like the old school
>>47352345
For Venenum or Vanus how about a Dark Eldar Scourge, loose the wings, swop out the head (blank wych helm maybe)
>assemble Tara's crew
>strip paint off of the metal Lady J crew I got on ebay that was primed peach somehow
>strip Legion heavy and remove mold lines that I missed after priming
>use some weird Japanese crack filler on my Kingdom Death Dragon
>paint something
Looks like I'll be busy this weekend
>>47352345
wut? i don't want multiple different sculpts of the same thing (except the deathcults who will be twins like the inquisitor 54mm models)
also theres 7 types of assassins (pic related). 8 if you include maerorus but theres no point.
>>47352956
So... lets see your Vanus and Venenum
>>47352956
that was meant for >>47352645
>>47352043
Yes, you're looking for Acrylic Gesso, I've seen it in Black, Gray and White. Liquitex is a good brand, but even generic ones work as well.
It's really cheap and will last you a lot, I haven't had to buy any for over 60 models, and the bottle (About 2 oz) still has about 3/4.
Gesso really starts to shine when working in sub-assemblies, as any spot of it you accidentally remove or need to repaint can just be covered without having to lose the rest of the paintjob.
It also can be used in pretty much any weather, although compared to spray primer it can take a bit longer to dry.
Speaking of drying, gesso shrinks whilst doing so, making it very hard to obscure detail even with a sloppy coat, experiment a bit and find the ideal amount of thinning on your gesso so it is not too thick but still thin enough to dry in a reasonable tine.
It doesn't take much experimentation to find the consistency you prefer to work with.
Now, for your question on art store acrylics.
Most artists' acrylics aren't formulated for going too thin, so their pigment and medium is somewhat thicker, as they are intended for opacity as opposed to miniature detail.
You could technically use art store paints for minis, I have used them before, but it takes a lot of thinning and fuckery to get them in shape.
The colours may be a problem, as most hues are intended to be mixed by the artist, so if you want consistent colours , that may be a problem
Then there's the stuff that just like everything, the better stuff is usually expensive. Dollar store acrylics may be cheap, but their pigments are of horrible quality and generally not good even for canvas painting.
In my experience as a canvas painter, I'd rather use Vallejo or Gw paints for minis, as it's less fiddly, and good acrylics come almost twice as expensive as most hobby paints.
I'm not saying that you can't paint with other acrylics, but imho, I'd rather spend my time working on my backlog than making my paints workable.
>>47352345
this would work as a venenum
>>47351473
Finished apart from basing now, I think I'm pretty happy with how he turned out. He really towers over the figures I'm more used to painting.
>>47351945
Thanks, though I quite like the white. I think it looks better with the backpack on than without.
Been trying to get through some of my world Eaters. The white never comes out as smooth as I'd like, might also lay off the blood until I can figure out how to make not look like ass. Any thoughts? Apologies for the shitty picture.
>>47352878
I love this mini and his combat sandals.
>>47353698
The pose is great
Nonchalant about the dude who just exploded in front of him
>>47353698
The white looks fine.
The dark eldar sails are the worst to paint. 0 fun involved.
1/3
2/3
3/3
>>47353809
that's a beautiful wood grain, but why are the craft made of wood?
Exodites?
>>47353740
>Woops there goes another prisonner I guess
Hey is FW's Asurmen OOP? I wanted to buy it for display but I cannot find it in their site.
>>47353809
me cummed at the wood grain :3
Really though great job anon. Noice.
>>47353846
Looking good, I like it
Is there a proper FW painting guide that has every legion?
I would be surprised if it was not the case, but everytime, it seems like it's more people that infividually asked the painters.
>>47351402
1 contemptor
1 deredeo
3 rapiers
5 headhunters
2 vexilla carriers
1 apotechary
>>47351402
20-27 Tacticals
2 Contemptors
10 Cataphractii
1 Cataphractii Primus Medicae
10 Phalanx Wardens
10 Templar Brethren
10 assorted special weapon marines
1 Sicaran
1 Whirlwind Scorpius
1 Leviathan
And that's not including the vast hordes of Kriegers or Tyranids. Libera me ex inferis.
>>47351402
>21 Tacticals
>10 Assault marines
>10 Sternguard
>3 Librarian conversions
>5 Cataphractii termies
>1 Chaplain conversion
>1 Termie Captain
>1 Jump Captain conversion
>5 Mor Deythan (Scout counts as)
>1 Contemptor Dreadnough
And lots of converting in between.
Anyone got a good technique for blond hair? Need to keep my Sons of Sanguinius fair and beautiful.
>>47354205
What kind of blonde?
>>47354205
This might help?
I also have a PDF with a painting guide for blood angels, but it's too big for 4chan.
>>47354258
Just generally golden-haired. I only have a small handful of marines with bare heads.
I finally started started painting my rogue trader.
if i ever finish painting it i think i will play it as a company commander or something
>>47353097
Thank you for both answers, i think i will stick to model paints.
>>47353875
Figure AV10.
Why bother with metal? SPACE WOOD.
>start to get to the end of painting first army
>gotten much better
>changed the way I paint/colour scheme so much over the course I want to redo loads of the stuff I've done
>also interested in maybe painting some other army
I think I may have fucked up a bit.
I've got a bunch of models, some with matte varnish and some without. I'd want them all varnished, but how the hell do I figure out which are which?
I suppose I could just add more varnish to them all.
>>47355124
Isn't Matt varnish supposed to change the look of the models?
>>47355074
one of us, one of us...
got 24 of these buggers to paint, does the skin look gobliny or does it need improvement?
>>47351402
40+ ork boys
10 ork nobz
15 grott
5 lootaz
1 stompa
Have I made a mistake by picking up this hobby again /tg/?
>>47355499
looks good. Very nicely painted btw.
To Do List:
>20 BA americans
>12 BA Germans
>1 BA hanomag
>4 Bretonnian knights
>20 VC skellies
>16 ork boyz
>BA farmhouse set
>VC blister
>2 senitnels
>20 cadians
>kitbashed chaplain
>SW blister packs
>Tamiya panzer 4 hetzer tiger wespe hanomag and stug
my to do list just got a lot bigger, it's a bit in a rough state, but all head and weapon variants came with it.
also, i'm not 'upgrading' it to look like the forgeworld one, i like the oldhammer look it has
>>47355499
top notch
>>47355499
what the hell kind of bondage goblin is that?
>>47356550
A LOTR one from the look of it.
>>47355871
Are you Neo?
>>47356653
its amazingly painted but that primer makes it look like something the mistress sics on the protag of a hentai manga
>Snipping some bits out of the sprue
>One goes flying
>It's lost forever in The Warp
>tfw
>>47356850
>gotta cut off a pistol's handle so it can actually be held by the sergeant it's for
>want to keep the grip to maybe use in a kitbash or something
>it goes flying and is too tiny to find
>shag carpet
>>47356850
>>47356876
try tamiya tan coloured pieces on laminated flooring
>>47356918
At least if it's laminated there's a chance you might step on it or feel it with your fingers.
>>47356876
I keep losing the bits that go on the ends of the transparent tubes for my necrons, and then finding them embedded in my foot a week later.
Also lost a toe off my Broodlord.
Does anyone else only really like a single type of unit from a faction?
I don't really care for Tyranids, but I have a soft spot for Genestealers and their related units, as I love both Alien and Lovecraft and they're basically both at once.
>Assembling a tank
>Pushing it together to get firm hold for glue
>Hear a crack
>Panic
>Examine the entire model, thrice
>No signs of cracks
>>47357345
I don't like Necrons much, but I love their Triarch Stalkers and Immortals. I don't enjoy the Eldar aesthetic, except when it comes to Wraithlords - those things are amazing.
>>47357345
I'm not a fan of eldars generally speaking but the Shadow Spectres are fucking gorgeous.
>>47357391
Might be an internal crack?
That or simply a piece fitting correctly in its spot.
>>47354177
Oh boy, I got:
>9 orks
>8 tacticals
>captian
>15 skitarii vanguard
>5 skitarii rangers
>5 sicarian infiltators
>sidonian dragoon
>3 kataphron destroyers
>tech-priest dominus
>>47357429
>>47355775
I have too much to list... I gotta keep dumping that stuff on eBay to clear this never ending backlog.
>>47357426
Trust me, I've examined everything.
>>47355609
10 Burna Boyz
10 Lootas
5 Stormboyz
5 Nobz
2 Deff Koptas
My warboss
A handfull of Boyz
>Just also bought the start collecting orks box
How long until I can play the game with a fully painted army?
My guess? Next year
A stormboy for fun
>>47357401
I agree with you on Wraithlords, though I really like Wraiths in general. Planning on building a Wraith Host for my next army.
>>47357345
Adore wraith constructs from Eldar
Also I rather like kroot, but alas there is probably no support for a kroot only force
>>47353698
lloks awsome!
>>47356682
do you think that's air you're breathing?/i know kung fu
So I realized my color palette is shit. Nearly 50% of it are metallics, washes and technical shit, and some paints for airbrush and pigments.
Most of the other 50% are old as fuck citadel paints and most of them are either browns and greys with lots of them that look nearly the same. Others are simply dead of old age. Lots of ugly greens too.
I think it's time to get a proper paint set. I need a more colorful base palette. Ideally some range that I can use both for regular brush and airbrush alike.
>>47357743
>5.3mb for single git
at least that yellow was worth it
>>47357243
I'm always loosing the heads, having a grey carpet doesn't help much either.
>>47357464
I meant a crack inside the plastic itself. Like small enough that it is contained between the two ends of the sheet of plastic.
Anyone know if Mr strike force is still taking orders?
>>47351402
>5 Tartaros termies
>15 Gal Vorbak
>Lorgar
>5 Ashen Circle
>20 Tacticals
>>47357345
Not a big fan of DE overall, but I really love their jetbikes.
Working on a stormcast chariot conversion, but as is I am really unhappy with the axle. Compared to the rest of the model it looks boring as sin...
Ideas, advice, anything?
Side view, which is the worst prespective. I was seriously tempted to scrap the entire project because of this.
Also, the second charioteer is obviously missing the axe head, and the chariot itself also needs some sprucing up.
How to the hell would I make a Ravenguard Honor guard? I think bling but then it doesn't fit.
>>47351402
To paint list:
10 Death Guard CSM
9 Plague Marines
Helbrute
Typhus
20 Plague Zombies
15 cultists
5 raptors
32 Dwarf warriors
16 Thunderers
10 slayers
To build:
30 Empire halberdiers
20 handgunners
Empire general
2 cannons
Helblaster volley gun
8 Knights
5 pistoliers
10 lizardmen temple guard
1 Chaos defiler.
Built but not primed
16 lizardmen Saurus warriors
Ebay is a damn drug.
>>47356850
>>47356876
>Working on a small piece to clean it off
>Slips from my hand and falls straight down, not even at an angle
>Lose it to the darkness
>A week later find it on the other side of the room, completely opposite of my work station
Someone needs to study the physics of plastic, because this shit is crazy
>>47357464
The crack was inside you anon
You've finally broke
>>47359134
that's really fuckin cool and I'm not even too keen on stormcast stuff in general, if you could find a bit to wrap around where it connects to the chariot and maybe just a simple spiral or something up the rod or some sort of armor plates to cover it up... a pelt to go with the lion head at the front? a mouth at the chariot connection?
>>47359134
Get some bolts in it somewhere? A sheathe around the part where it connects to the chariot?
>>47359275
Get some stuff with Aquilas over it, and that new captain with the funky helmet that gives him a bird-wing mustache.
Maybe some DA bits with more wings on them.
>>47354021
Second. Specifically Minotaurs.
> Capratchii Terminator Lord
> Minotaur Imperial Knight Gallant
> 5 TH/SS Termies
> 3 units Tac Marines
> 5 man sniper scout squad (need to fix one dude. Fucked him up bad)
> Land Speeder
> Convert a Chaplain
> 5 man Jump pack assault unit
> 2 Sternguard Vet Squads
> The Imperial Marine
> Loading Cherub
> Devestator Squad
> Librarian
> Venerable Dread
> Captain
> Vindicator
> 3" tall Limited edition Godzilla Resin figure
and thats not including Goblins for a troll-tastic list, CSM for a project on standstill, Lizardmen, or some random LOTR minis for DnD guys.
< MRW I look across at my shelf of dudes not done.
> Send help. Please?
>>47351402
>4 Galwegians
>Uxia McNeil
>CHA Starter box
>S.A.S.
>various terrain
>>47354021
Nope especially since the old guides were flat out lies. At least there's an official Sons of Horus paint now
>>47361921
kabalite green?
>>47357345
I really like Skitarii and Kabalite models, but there's no way I'm fitting them into my Raven Guard army
>>47359275
For my RG I use individuality and ornamentation to denote ranks, so my sternguard are converted tacticals that look much more battle worn and their gear looks more personally customized.
RG is a stealthy tacticool army with tribalistic origins, go for more of that and less bling spehss monks
Think of vietnam rookies vs veterans in most media, the veterans carry trophies, decoration, they have modified their equipment to better work on the field.
Uniqueness is also a factor in making nicely looking high ranked troops. Maybe a different colored gauntlet or part of the helmet, kill marks on their guns, some freehand here and there, warpaint on bare heads, etc.
>>47354205
I paint bone and glaze with casandora yellow, look pretty natural to me
>>47359134
Do a hexagonal fitting on the chariot end, similar to the head of the axes and hammers, theb some bolts up the length of the beam?
Anyone have any advice on how to magnetize a tank commander for a Leman Russ?
Anyone got suggestions for fixing the baby carrier dreadknight? I'm thinking of getting one but not sure if I should just get a bunch of bits to convert it or get a full NIB one and then go from there.
>>47359134
>playing AoS
>>47364895
Yup tons of people play it despite you posting that comment a million times
>>47357991
just get vallejo game colour and some thinner, some of the colours are pretty thick but they thin down fine for airbrush, i got the like 70 colour box
I usually follow the standard sotek green>temple guard blue scheme,but i was thinking about getting a more greenis colour. Do you think cabalite green would fit these colours? Like would it look off if i just did sotek>kabalite green? Maybe i should mix kabalite and temple guard blue?(i am going to paint armour with this if it makes any difference). Thank you
>>47364393
>>47365015
>all those scratched up parts
Here I was, panicking that I've fucked all my tanks but they all look like that. Building your first models is terrifying.
Got a whole lot of orks to process before I can get to remodeling then painting.
There's just over this many again that have never seen paint that I can get working on now.
Also about 80 necron dudes to strip for the missus.
So much work in those super sweet army deals people sell.
Not sure if I like orange or white better for the heads
White might be too bland, and orange would probably tie in better if I did some orange accents on the bodies
>>47364393
you can do a pretty good fix with just greenstuff, extra parts from the box, and the banner from the grey knight terminator box like mine. Or go with something like >>47365015 and incorporate a dreadnought body.
>>47351303
painted the bottom half. only the top half left for the mini expansions
>>47365115
jesus christ, it looks like a jumbled mess of happy meal toys from the 90's.
Giving myself a break from my Genestealer Cult, working on a potential Necron Colour scheme using some torso and leg sprus I got (no arms) from a huge ebay auction I won a while ago.
I also be playing with different energy colours, the typical for Necrons being green.
Was going to try
Purple
Orange
Blue
>>47365437
I saw some eBay listings for colored tubes and crystals that had all of those options. I'm painting necrons myself but opted for a sweet nihilahk scheme with standard green
>>47365343
That's pretty neat.
>>47365196
>orange
That's red you colourblind bastard!
>>47351402
>exam revision
>not painting
>lamenting about not painting
>>47365481
Nigger I painted it, I know what color it is
>>47365350
No kidding. Look how THICK these bad boys are.
Hard to pass up on stuff when you're paying like 50c AUS a dude though.
>>47365529
love me some puke green orks with lego colored armor. mmmmm
>>47365469
I couldn't find any, you saying that just then made me realise I was searching for the wrong thing, found them, ha!
>>47365490
not that guy, but it actually does look closer to red to me than orange. Maybe it's the camera?
>>47365437
>rusty necrons
stop
>>47365490
>Nigger
Them's fightin' words, boyo!
Also, I opened it in PS and it tells me it's red as fuck.
>>47365587
Its like a bright orange-red
Just started guard but but don't know if I should do Militarum Tempestus or Astra miltarum any ideas
>>47365574
Nope. I'm a winner and winners we don't listen to words like "no" or "don't" or "stop!" Those words are just not in our vocabulary.
>>47365657
Whichever one is normal guardsmen.
>>47351303
>Orks
10x nobz
3 grots (so close)
?many? Boyz
Arachnarok converted squiggoth
Trukk
Boar boys x 3 (gore-grunta conversions)
Weirdboy
>Tzeentch
10x pink horrors
3x converted heralds on discs
1x converted herald on foot
1x blue scribes
Kairos fateweaver
6x flamers
4x Screamers
2x daemon princes
Literally all of the beautiful silver tower models at some point
Thanks for making me write a list OP, I hadn't quite realised how much I had on my plate until now.still looking forward to painting everything though, I like painting a lot
>>47364929
I heard very good reviews of Game Air. The box with the entire range is also cheaper.
>>47365757
I'm trying to teach myself to love it. At the moment I only like the idea of painting.
>>47365757
Are you colorful blending girl?
Is it bad that I've spent far too long looking at images of miniatures making up dream lists of what I'd get it I won an 'army of your dreams' competition? There's so many miniatures that I want to paint but don't want to pay for if I'm not doing an army.
>>47365838
I do the same thing anon, but not specifically for that competition, just in general. It isn't bad. Just think of it as saving money. A hobby isn't supposed to fully satisfy, just keep you going.
>>47365787
>colourful blending girl
Not one I've heard before but I guess thats me, did the extensive tzeentch list give it away?
>>47365862
the combination of orks and tzeentch stuff. Good luck with your backlog.
>>47365657
Astra militarum, Scions don't get 90% of the cool shit that guard get, like any tanks beyond the taurox prime
>>47365862
What will be your job at FW btw? You said you were going to be a designer IIRC? How did you even get the job? That's so cool I must say.
>>47365936
Job will be graphic designer, I'll probably be working on books. I got it by looking at the games workshop job site and applying for the job in question and sending through my portfolio etc. I went for an interview and they gave me the job.
I dunno anon that's about it really!
To Do List:
7 Grotesques
2 Raiders
Haemonculus
Archon
Farseer
6 Windriders
4 Repressors
2 Immolators
17 Sisters
3 Penitent Engines
3 Wyverns
Shit I have loads to do
>>47365486
If I could sack off these exams and paint I would, but that would represent a poor investment of 3 years of my life.
>>47365657
Normal guard with a few Tempestus as allies would be great.
>>47351583
We>>47357743
Love it. Need some black on the slugga barrel though
>>47355871
Is it magnetized ?
How do you carry it ?I have one too, but it's so big and heavy I don't know how to build it.
>>47353300
Hm, while it looks good and all, your yellow comes off very chalky.
This may be the picture quality, but may I suggest you try colouring with yellow washes, leaving the parts meant to be yellow as white until you get to that stage?
>>47365343
and fully completed.
now to get rare overprized mini expansions from somewhere.
>>47366693
sadly i couldnt fit in the catapult anywhere. so i just put it in the tower box and will need to carry that with me as well.
also wtf do i do with all these empty high quality boxes.
>>47366693
Looks like a lot of work. Do you play that a lot?
Will it get expansions?
>>47366731
i mainly started it because the game will be discontinued. it has gotten so big that the mainsteam is gonna play it, like monopoly. and mainstream people dislike simple wooden figure. they want shiny tiles and shiny plastic mini's
basically this means they will make a second edition for normies and slowly redo all current expansions in the coming 8 years. so no new stuff will be coming out for this again. thus i could make a box to fit everything.
except some 50 dollaro expansions of 3 tiles i wont chase.
i myself still need to buy 2 big expansions and i got a shipment of more mini expansions coming in. so all in all i will have it full in a month or so if i can find a few more mini expansions and buy the 2 big expansions.
>>47351402
60 Peasant Millita
48 Peasant Bowmren
41 Bretonnian Knights
2 Bretonnian Lords
1 Orc Warboss
20 Witch Elves
10 Slaanesh Riders
>>47351402
>at least 8 Blood Bowl teams
>6 Necromunda gangs
>60+ various Fantasy models for Heroquest/Warhammer Quest/Song of Blades and Heroes/LotR
>dozens of Reaper Bones to go with them, really struggling with these
This is forgetting armies from my youth that have been stripped or part-stripped and left in the back of cupboards. Probably 3000 points of Tau and a similar amount of Marines, and Iron Warriors from the days of 3.5ed that only have about six painted models. Fuck me.
>>47366955
>no battlefleet gothic
shame on you desu
How do i do the texts on the books to look nice?
This looks like shit, maybe i could start with straighter and thinner lines, but i don't know if that would look better. Also i don't think i have a brush that small
>>47351402
> 5 Devastator mehreens
> Vulkan He'stan
> 7 Skitarii rangers
> Techrpriest Dominus
> Onager Dunecrawler
>>47366955
>about the same.
>just keep buying more and playing more instead of painting.
post your league storage device.
>>47366983
Never really had an interest in lower-scale games, I think I'm a model collector before a gamer now. Used to be the other way around.
Would like to build an Ork fleet like this guy though, one set of cheap Robogear-style "Chemical works" and some plasticard.
Oh, and I forgot, about 100 points of metal MK1 Cygnar. Fuck knows why I bought that.
>>47366989
You could either learn to paint really small with the very tip of your brush, get a smaller brush, or buy a micron pen
>>47367028
For actual games I have one of the metal cases the old Mega Paint Set came in, fits two trays and a sheet perfectly.
Apologies for the shit picture, but, clockwise from top left
>Beastmen for my Chaos team to paint
>Dungeonbowl Dwarfs
>Dungeonbowl Elves (going to double as Wood or Pro)
>Humans for stripping
>Khemri team from old cream plastics and Heroquest Mummies
>Black Scorpion High Elves
>Impact! Gator team
>half-painted Orcs that won't get painted before the new box set releases nice new ones
>>47367112
Actually painted the 2 Warriors, the Mino (not sure about him being terracotta) and a "Lord Borak" proxy as a test piece.
>>47367134
Woah, great idea for a conversion! I have some of those old Chaos warriors sitting around gathering dust, I might do the same.
Anons, how easy is it to make some DIY washes by mixing Citadel/Vallejo paints with Lahmian Medium by GW?
I know it's no substitute for a real wash, but I have some specific colours I want to wash in that don't justify buying a whole tub for.
Will I be able to get good results DIY mixing?
>>47367167
I am going to get started on my first resin miniatures ever. I know that I need to wash them in soapy warm water, but since i am not the best painter, if I need to strip them, can I use alcohol? Acetone? Simple green is not possible since I am a eurofag.
>>47367192
Biostrip 20 is the hot new "safe" stripper over here.
Not sure about it on resin though, I personally can vouch for Mr Muscle Oven Cleaner for 20 minutes.
This is the problem I find with stripping advice, too many different opinions and options in different countries.
>>47367192
Don't use a heavy duty solvent. I would reckon that acetone would stright up eat your resin. If you can get your hands on a cheap Ultrasonic cleaner, some warm water and some dish soap will do grandly. I don't know how things are for automotives across the pond, but if you can get yourself some cheap biodegradable Degreaser, that also does the trick. I would suggest superclean but i don't know if they have that over there.
>>47367167
>>47367192
For the record, I was referring to shade washes, not cleaning the model!
>mfw finally got an expensive quality brush
dat precision
dem strokes
Just thinking about my backlog makes me want to cry:
>Bought pic related from ebay
>Almost done with stripping all of them
>Now I need to paint all of it
>I've got five marauders ready
Also in my backlog
>Regiment of beastmen
>A chaos sorcerer lord
>Elven warband for Mordheim
>Two Spawn conversions
>Scratch built hellcannon, I've got the concepts ready, nothing else
Wake me up (can't wake up)
whats the best way to play warhammer fantasy and age of sigmar with the same minis? what solutions have people found for the round/square base problem.
>>47367329
I wouldn't even bother with AoS, but these exist.
>>47367312
And just stripping these was a pain in the ass because the last owner wasn't that much into thinning his paints... And the worst of these are primed with white and black, so two layers of primer plus thick af paint on top of that...
>>47367192
Chante clair is safe,cheap,reusable and works pretty well. You just
need to let the models in it for a day and then brush.
>>47367167
I think it would kind of work,but you have to give it directly where you want the paint since it will lack washes' properties
(You can also try loading it with water,but the result will obviously be a bit worse)
>>47367351
i was looking more for something i can build myself.
About to paint these Goliath skin heads i had converted out of blood reavers and some other bits .
Kinda wanted to go with the box art style which, i coincidentally made the leader to look like.
Any suggestions as to how i should base these dudes (they are blu tacked on for the time being), like what is a good Necromunda slum/street style for Goliath?
>>47367329
>what solutions have people found for the round/square base problem.
You don't need to have round bases for AoS for starters, as bases don't exist for rules purposes.
>>47367393
You could make it with some low price children putty(how is that coloured thing children play with called in english?),or maybe das.Or if you find little enough magnets maybe it could work.
>>47367434
Are you thinking of 'play-doh'?
Anons, I'm looking for minis.
Minis that would work for being karate bugmen.
Aside from the Red Mantis Assassin that Reaper sells, does anyone have any suggestions for stuff that can be adapted or that should look about right to be a not-Kamen Rider?
>>47367398
I don't have any ideas for basing, but those models look amazing.
>>47367520
I might suggest looking at Infinity miniatures. Could definitely find a few to get near that quality.
got a big list of to do stuff.
120 guardsmen
5 ratling snipers
5 plasma weapon soldiers
5 melata weapon soldiers
10 kasarkin
5 model command squad
2 demoliton charge soldiers
hellhound tank
60 termagaunts
20 hormagaunts
3 raveners
4 biovores
16 sporemines
3 lictors
2 hiveguards
10 gargoyles
1 Toxicrene
1 hauspex
1 zoanthrope
1 Red terror'
1 flying OOP hivetyrant (which I have to make a conversion of first)
8 ripperswarms
4 assault marines (got one done yesterday)
5 heavy weapons marines
I've removed mold lines on all of it. and it's all refurbished models.
>>47367398
Astrogranite base, neatly mark street lines if you want them, then patches of Typhus corrosion.
Get creative with plastic card and some other bits, and you can make curbs, tread stops, and other streetslug variance for your totally awesome bros.
>dead fucking bored all week
>want to do nothing but get back into the hobby and paint after a long hiatus
>no paints left
>next paycheck's still a week and a half away
Your WIPs are the only thing that keeps me alive. You wouldn't want to be responsible for my death, would you? Post some WIPs.
starting on painting my khorne deamon kin army.pretty much finished this prototype mini. Just not sure what to do with the fleshy tube things the DV chosen have. at the moment just left them white but I feel like they need something.
>>47368509
>Scarlet epicurians need another layer of BftBG
>Custom made Grotesques need the entire skin washed twice, then three layer highlights
>50 wracks need just the highlights.
I have more suffering to share, if people want.
>>47368733
>I have more suffering to share
I huff that shit like 100% jenkem.
So If I'm going the classic silver route for my Necrons, what colour bases should I go for?
I was thinking grey but that might look too flat as a whole but I really wanted to try the green crystals (from the energy rod tube sprus)
Kind of new: I have trouble finding moldlines before I paint over them (thus making them super obvious). Is there a technique for finding the moldlines on a model? Like the areas you should always check for them?
>>47368852
I'm making mine orange-red desert, to match the Necron starting area in Soulstorm.
Just follow the mold line. I take a piece of sand paper and lightly rub it across the model to essentially highlight the mild lines make them easier to see. Worst case scenario, if you see one after prining, just remove it with your hobby knife and and cover the bar spot with a paint on primer. You're going to seal the model anyways, so it's not a huge deal.
>>47368859
I can relate. I always seem to miss one or two lines that I only spot when I start painting, despite being very meticulous in their removal.
>>47367495
Yes,thank you
>>47368859
you got to spot them by finding a mould line and following them along the model where it was molded, thats how i find them all without fail
>>47368859
After >>47369201 , if it's just one model then take some pictures of it.
Decent pics are so much bigger than the model that it makes mold-lines really obvious.
I hate painting CSM backpacks
>>47353809
Holy fuck that wood though, how'd you make it?
>>47369339
I hate painting CSM bone protrusions.
>>47369201
How are you sure that you've cleared them away entirely? I've been gently scraping my blade over them, hoping that's sufficient. Hard to tell if that actually gets rid of them, as the scratched plastic just makes them more obvious.
>>47364393
Become the Space Sharks.
Should you only edge-highlight? In all the painting guides for SMs they just apply the basecoat, wash the edges/recesses and then edge/line highlight it, rather than apply an area highlight. Most of the area highlighting I see looks completely shit, unfeathered, etc. Games Workshop storefront models like pic related don't have anything but what I typed above
If you area highlight, how do you are highlight effectively?
>>47367357
TWO LAYERS OF PRIMER!?
Just starting to prime my mutants for This is not a Test. Hope to have them base colored and washed by the end of the day.
>>47369503
Aye, it was bizarre. When I first started stripping them I wondered why on some minis the black primer seemded to go very grey after soaking in soap for a few days. After I gave them a good scrub I found a second layer of white primer under the black one. Now why the fuck would anyone do that?
Also on some of the chaos warriors the previous owner apparently wasn't too happy with his first attempt of painting so the dude just slapped some black on top and painted again... So the best ones had like 5-6 layers of thick paint on them. I wish I could share some pics but am not home atm.
>>47368755
>>47368733
Ask and you shall receive.
>just rounded off 6 raiders, 5 venoms and two ravagers, waiting on the 3rd one from the bay
>contemplating playing realspace raiders with 6 Razorwing jets and 3 Voidravens
>no idea how to store all of this
Please send help, the plasticrack is consuming me.
>>47366679
do you also have the armorcast one?
it has bolts to attach/detach the weapons. i just got it yesterday so pic is a dry fit. i'm not sure how i'm going to build it yet (paintwise i'm thinking biel tan or ulthwe) but you can opt not to glue the wings and the heads or magnatize them. that way you can transport it in pieces
>>47365529
>Hard to pass up on stuff when you're paying like 50c AUS a dude though.
Invest!
So, I'm not getting any replies in other threads, might as well ask as it's tangentially related, as I want to make a ghoul army in a "knightly delusion" fashion, as they themselves believe they are such. What kind of men-at-arms would fit well for ghouls? I was thinking Fireforge or MOM but FF might be more conversion friendly. I was thinking of using ghoul bits and weapons to kind of make a fading illusion-style, so I need some models for the bigger beasts, like crypt horrors and varghulfs. I was thinking maybe using converted Stormcast for the ogre-size guys, and pic related for a varghulf hero, what do you think, can it work?
>>47366989
>This looks like shit, maybe i could start with straighter and thinner lines, but i don't know if that would look better. Also i don't think i have a brush that small
Pic related.
>>47369500
Always area highlight, always feather.
You can see even in that GW pic they have done some feathering before the final hard edge highlight.
>>47369566
Dealing with that myself at the moment.
Bucket of orks guy from above. Some of them look almost melted with how thick the paint is. I'm finding a treasure trove of different colours.
I suspect multiple lazy owners.
>Now why the fuck would anyone do that?
As a kid I got some of the 2nd ed khorne beserkers off a friend. Many were primed white and a few were base coated red. I primed black over the top figuring what's the harm. I know better now. But I assume it is either someone who doesn't know better or just doesn't care.
>>47369909
I'll keep an eye out. Hopefully it's available here.
Going with the tried and true dettol at the moment. Blasting the paint off everything but the 20 year old gorka morka stuff. I suspect they were done with enamel.
Metals are in some turps.
>>47369933
https://www.perry-miniatures.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_62&products_id=3148&osCsid=vrgf9mvu6umlhn3iiqrgsiqtu7
Those perhaps. They look pretty good and there are mounted versions too if you need cav. Pretty cheap as well.
>Stripping paint with a ultrasonic cleaner
Truly this is bliss
>>47369433
make sure your blade is SHARP, thats you you get rid of them without the scratches, after that its all technique
>>47370129
Yeah, I got some perry WoTR, mercs and cav. I was thinking about using something else. Cav won't fit for me because they're not 'monstrous' enough. Though peg knights can work b/c of size, or maybe these as crypt flayers? Yours would look good in between fireforge footmen as unit champs though. Thanks anon!
>>47366693
You inspired me to do this with my Kingdom Death box, since the plastic tray it comes with is too short if you include the card dividers in the trays.
I've got the main tray done, but still need to plan out how I want to do the subsectioning. Hopefully I won't need nearly as much hotglue gunning for the inner walls as I did for the main frame.
>>47370188
Welcome to the good life brother. Models considered irredeemable and subject to the emperors eternal peace are given a second chance to serve.
My most recent project with the thing is cleaning up some horrible Inccubi I scored off the Bay for about half price.
Some shmub painted them up to look like clowns. Truly a day to be alive when i look at atrocity like that and think 'yeah, I could use that'
What are you cleaning off?
>>47370326
>>47370188
I have literally never ever heard of this before... what the fuck!
That size looks perfect! What size, what model, after scrubbing with a tooth brush and my hands stinking of dettol... I need this in my life
>>47369477
Yeah, but the whole army is rad as fuck, apart from their weird ass centurions.
>>47370472
Its all yours for a swell 30$ over at harbor freight or the equivalent.
You still need to scrub, but the results happen a hundred times faster, and its far more effective at getting the crevices and tiny areas.
Often times i throw in a bad model from Ebay and the whole thing will fall apart. As in, The connection points were all done with superglue and it literally disrupted the bonds and broke the thing apart for me. Its been a godsend for recouping Ebay trash.
Pic related was cleaned in just an hour using my hypersonic.
>>47370599
What happens if you leave it in longer? Does it strip it totally clear?
>>47366679
>>47369873
also, why didn't i attach my pic...
as i said it's a bit in a rough state, the left shoulder and leg took a battering. this was specified in the ad and when i went to collect it the seller even had a ziplock bag with the small chips/flakes of resin, so its perfectly fixable
also, it's remarkebly balanced, even with it's broken leg it stoud upright with the wings in place. but i think i will mak a base for it just to make sure it doesn't snap
building/painting it wiil be a nightmare though, i can already see hours and hours of sanding and filling to get it perfectly smooth, i also don't like painting large flat survices. awell it will be woth it when it's done, this was on my want list for ages
>>47370599
>>47370618
Also, how big is your one there, looks a perfect size? What liquid is that? ahhhh so excited!
Finally gotten around to making my Chaos Knight.
But I'm stuck at what to do for the base, any quick tips to make a base that large more intresting?
Have plenty of bits and building leftovers but I dread they'll make him look smaller if anything.
>>47370618
Often the makers have you do it in cycles. Mine is a generic jewlry cleaner, and it makes you press the button every three minutes or so. But thats not really that bad. Sitting around painting or gaming or whatever else you do, just hitting it whenever it turns off and doing cycles of it over and over gets the job done.
Once the thing has ran a couple of times, you will see results much faster than just letting them soak. And yes, the longer you cycle them the cleaner they get. I often find that the cleaning mix gets so gunked up that i clean out the entire rig and scrub off what i can, only to toss them back in for another round.
Pic related looks all jacked like the primer is still gunked, but its whispy thin/discolored the plastic. With a fresh prime coat on it i bet no one could even tell it was refurbished.
>>47370650
I use simple green, but if your A REAL MAN you get yourself down to autozone and get a gallon of SUPERCLEAN.
The one i have is big enough to house a venom, it could probably fit about 30 or 40 mini's at max compacity, and a whole lot of loose bits.
There are other brands out there, and i bet you could find larger.
>>47370696
forgot my pic
>>47370743
sold!
>>47355871
The Old Eldar titan look is beautiful, Never understood why they changed it.
>>47370659
>Finally gotten around to making my Chaos Knight.
>But I'm stuck at what to do for the base, any quick tips to make a base that large more intresting?
>Have plenty of bits and building leftovers but I dread they'll make him look smaller if anything.
Emperor's Teeth, anon, I can't believe I'm the one suggesting ... a church?
>>47371152
Seconded
>>47369873
>>47370639
Aye, I have the armorcast too, but the head and wings aren't that much of an issue.
I was considering magnetizing the legs and torso, but the sheer weight of the resin is massive...
You could try fixing the feets to the base, drill a hole under them and have a metal rod in each leg to slide in to stabilize the legs, but the upper body is still a problem...
>>47357462
post link to ebay account please lets see what you got
>>47367167
First things first.
What you are probably refering to as "washes" are actually "glazes". i.e. changing the color hue of a whole area. This is how GW calls them, they call "washes" to their glazes. Their "glazes" are pretty much the same as their "washes", no real difference actually. Even more retarded, they don't actually use their glazes/washes to glaze/wash. They use them to DIP the model by brush. i.e. putting the stuff fucking everywhere on the model, both into recesses and on raised areas.
Lahmian medium is glaze medium, so for what you want it should be perfect providing you get the correct ratios for each color and that what you actually want is to glaze, and not dipping like GW does with their washes.
An actual "wash" as modelers outside GW's little bubble have always known them is thinned down paint that is put in a controlled fashion into the recesses of the model to shade it and outline it, without changing the hue of the whole area like GW says to do.
If what you want is to make some custom "true" washes you can use plain water.
Watch the section about washes in this vid to get what I'm trying to say, 14:28. Actually I would recomend everyone to watch this vid entirely, it teaches so many useful techniques.
https://youtu.be/gGPH1BM4e_Q?list=PL8tK0W4EZstTz-9-9z67HeEbkylCcF-vv&t=868
>>47370188
Do they work with plastic and resin or do they get too hot?
>>47371414
Thanks anon, that's a great video. What I want is a 'true' wash, yeah, so I'll give it a test run with water. Thanks for the advice!
>>47369500
Highlight the way you want, there are no hard and fast rules beyond the guidelines of how light behaves in the real world.
GW's "Peaks and valleys" style is just an approximation of glossy surfaces in strong ambient light, recesses go dark because there are less ways for light to get in, while edges get bright because they have more possible angles for light to hit them from.
If you want some great demonstrations of more realistic highlights, look up painting buddha
>>47371506
>do they get too hot?
C'mon, anon, it can't be *that* bad!
What methods should I look into to paint black power armor? Pretty new to painting models, but I'd rather learn harder stuff than just spray black, dry brush grays and then paint whites or something.
>>47371611
My old house mate had one for his air brush. It would get scalding hot after a few cycles. Just wondering if his was crazy or if that's normal.
>>47371627
An easy way to make black look better than just gray highlights is to go for a slight blue tint to it instead, kind of just looks darker for some reason.
>>47369500
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2G9CEdURNQ
>>47371627
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb_MSdZhyz0
>>47371663
I paint my models a very dark grey and then use black wash to achieve a black with lots of depth, then I stipple battle damage with metallics and finally use weathering powders to add a bit of depth and subtle highlighting.
Another trick with black is adding details in other colours as to make the focal point something other than the armor.
