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Previous thread, for those keeping track: >>43608199
I hope it will not go to worst paint job fund. Hate this little fuckers. They like half the size of warmachine minis that i have painted.
Repostin' from last thread, lifta droppa wagon mk.2
>>43643842
One from behind.
>>43643842
awesome
>>43643859
Is it for gaming?
Why make it wider than a Rhino?
>>43644155
Mounted on a battlewagon so it needs to be bulky to be fair, the range of this thing means i won't be moving it much anyway
So I was looking at the Leviathan, and I saw this.
I wonder, have they painted some very elaborate thing, or simply slapped some texture paint and painted over it to havr that nice cracked mud look?
>>43644354
It could be painted on. If you look at the back, you notice the cracked paint doesn't lift off the leg and is just flat and 2D.
It's not hard to paint 3D looking chipped paint. The hard part is manually making the crack design and getting such tiny black lines to highlight and shadow the 3D effect.
Look here for how to do it. Simple steps and looks realistic: http://handcannononline.com/blog/2011/07/25/tutorial-advanced-that-one-hurt-painting-battle-damage/
Alrighty WIP boys and girls, what are you painting, converting, or modelling this weekend?
I'm going to finish my Death Korps Platoon Command Squad and then get started on some allies for them out of the Battle at Calth boxes.
Looking for someone that is more versed in modeling than me, what would be the best material to use to create yurts/tents? Would greenstuff be my best option? Looking to create some nomadic structures for my Khorne Bloodbound army. Also looking for suggestions on what structures would fit with a Khorne theme.
>>43644811
use balsa wood dowels for the poles and some sort of paper soaked in white glue for the cloth, drape it over the structure, texture to your liking. you could also try using thin cloth instead of paper. greenstuff is just overdoing it
>>43644844
I have lots of plasticard and rods at my disposal as well. Sounds good, didn't know if using actual cloth or fabric would take away from the models (since everything else is plastic). Is there a certain paper that would work best?
>>43644942
honestly, i have no idea, but paper is cheap enough to experiment with whereas greenstuff would kill any budget you had
>>43643842
>>43643859
looks awesome but put some smaller rivets on top of the bigger rivets so it looks less like lego
>>43644512
>Alrighty WIP boys and girls, what are you painting, converting, or modelling this weekend?
Wishing I had the Betrayal at Calth game. Man, that's a fun game, and it comes with a truckload of sweet-looking models!
I think we'll have to wait and see what Santa can afford to bring us this year...
>>43644512
I'm torn between stripping and rebuilding some thunderwolves I saved from eBay or finally building and painting a stompa I've had boxed for about 4 years.
Dubs decides which I do.
Trips tells me to build something else ork or Wolf related.
>>43645795
Leave this thread with your /b/ material.
>>43644512
About 15 nurgle models. 10 plaguebearers, 1 herald, 1 beast, 3 nurgling swarms.
I'm also working on a GUO conversion from a Slann model, but I've never done this much greenstuff work before, so he'll likely look like shit.
Pic is the general color scheme I'm going with. It's not super complex, but for the level of effort I put in, it looks fairly nice.I've since done a few touchups on this model, so its not indicative of the finished product.
>>43644512
My 500 points worth of SoBs.Have had them sitting on my desk for so long, going to finally try to make myself pick up the brush tomorrow.
What would be a cool alternate color for Red Scorpions? I just got the BaC box and want to play them, but not sure I want to paint them grey or black since my other army is grey (knights). I was thinking a dark red body with white shoulder pads and white helmets on the apothecaries. Sort of like the Word Bearers color but with more white. Any ideas?
>>43643627
tfw couldn't find a Johnny on ebay
>>43644354
It's crackle paint/medium.
You can get it in all kinds of different variations.
Some you just mix into the paint some you have to paint over before the paint shrinks.
But it's 100% crackle paint.
It'd be an enormeous waste of time to do trompe-l'œil if you can get the same result for a few bucks in a bottle.
Here's an example of a guy who even used the GW paints and painted over that before working pigments into the cracks iirc.
>>43646429
Doesn't look the same. It's more random and less purposeful looking.
>>43644512
30 Germans, 60 Russians, 25 Brits. I'm trying to get into Bolt Action and I'm gonna drag my friends with me kicking and screaming.
>>43643859
>giant battlewagon
Won't last more than two turns on the table.
>>43646493
Oh, wow really?
Man... First of all the crackling depends on the paint/medium you use. They are formulated to look a different way. There's a paint branded 'natural' that produces super regular patterns. But it also depends on how you apply them. Where the paint is thickest the crack will be deepest and will usually run in a concentric pattern towards the thickest areas of paint, if you have a lot of 'height variation' in your application.
Which IS a pattern you can make out in both photographs.
As for how 'purposeful' it is looking, well it's no easier or harder to influence that than when you are using a sponge for painting. There's some randomness to it, but you can use that if you know how.
>>43646640
>As for how 'purposeful' it is looking, well it's no easier or harder to influence that than when you are using a sponge for painting
That's why you don't use a sponge and just paint the damage in manually, either with paint or with chipping medium. Did you not realize that was an option?
>>43646671
This is why WIP threads are a double edged sword, man.
I can't tell if you are just denseokay, to be fair maybe just not very knowledgeable about paintingor trying to troll.
Either way if you are trying to help this guy with advice, just don't. You'll do more harm than anything else.
Crackle paint is old as fuck and hardly a new thing. Just use google and look up some tutorials on the subject from historical/military modelers.
Those guys are not subjected to GW's misinformation and creative incest. Crackle paint is hardly a new thing nor a novel idea to use on miniatures and models. GW just recently started selling it in conveniently available, but overpriced packages for wargamers.
>>43646640
>sponge
FW doesn't use sponges either. They're weird like that.
>>43646771
You realize that the photo being posted isn't crackle paint, right? It's completely flat and there is shadow where light should be, because it's painted in.
>>43646771
I know what crackle paint is. But FW didn't use crackle paint on the Leviathan, because crackle paint doesn't crack like that.
>>43646844
Since it's FW you can just email them as ask.
Unless you work for FW and painted the thing your opinion is no more relevant than anybody else's opinion. So please don't state opinions as facts. That's how rumors and misinformation spread.
>>43646982
Ironic, coming from the guy raging and sperging at the drop of a pin and claiming people don't know what crackle paint is when the entire discussion started with crackle paint.
>>43646982
Haha, what a hypocritical faggot
>>43646771
>>43646640
How about you learn to press the enter key more than once before getting on your soapbox about opinions when you're the only one shitting on everyone the whole time.
>>43646982
There's something called using your eyes and looking at the evidence presented. According to your logic, why are you posting at all since anything you say is equally invalid?
>>43646495
Are they wargames factory figures?
>>43646311
>tfw couldn't find a Johnny on ebay
Yeah, pretty scarce right now. You might check wiv da sharp ladz at Bartertown or the Oldhammer forums.
>>43645592
Calth Box is lots of fun bro, sell your ass on the street and get one. Night Lords incoming
>>43646311
What's the name of Johnny's model anyways?
>>43647745
Did you cut the waist on the dreadnoughts before or after you glued the two halves together? Still working out how to make mine look cooler when I get around to building it.
>>43647930
Make sure you cut the arm, legs and waist joints BEFORE assembly. Makes it soooooooo much easier.
>>43647854
Brother Craig
>>43648199
>2.50 for 3
>>43648199
>BROTHER MEREDITH
Why does he have old lady's name
>>43648335
tfw 2.50 for 1, by today's prices.
>>43648199
Brother Kitt has my name. I need this.
>>43648335
>>43648387
Were metal minis that much cheaper?
>>43648387
Now compare gas and coffee prices.
>>43644354
Heres a quote from Durham_red (the artist) on Heresy 30k
"The Off white was a basecoat of Tamiya Desert Yellow applied with an airbrush, this was then covered with a layer of Tamiya Deck Tan (Airbrush again) leaving the Desert Yellow in what would be the darkest areas. This was then highlighted by adding Tamiya Flat White to the Deck Tan and picking out the lightest areas with the airbrush. This was then given an all over gloss coat of Gloss varnish (I used Halfords Gloss Lacquer) This did two fold things. It stopped my fingers from rubbing off any highlights and it also allowed me to wash Agrax Earthshade in to the recesses without staining the base white colours. After I've finished with the shading I'm going to go back in and highlight the very edges of the armour with Skull White to help define the shapes abit more :)
The Rust effect was a really simple method. After priming the Model Black, I painted on Agrellan Earth (Martian Ironearth would do the same job) and let it do it's thing. Once it was dry and had cracked, I primed it black again and then got on with my airbrushing. After I had glossed the model to protect the white and do the shading, I washed various Oranges, and browns in and around the cracks till I was happy.
Hope that explains everything.
If there is any other questions, Please feel free to ask.
DR"
>>43648476
Don't make up shit, you faggot, that's not the FW painter. Here's Durham_Red's Leviathan.
>>43648354
Batman actors.
>>43648744
Got a feeling that's the same dread anon.
>>43648744
He looks like dirty toilet or fridge on legs.
>>43648764
The cracks look like they match up.
>>43648354
>>BROTHER MEREDITH
>Why does he have old lady's name
Because ...
>>43648745
>Batman actors.
Yep! Burgess Meredith, who played The Penguin.
>>43648395
>Brother Kitt has my name. I need this.
He's named after Eartha Kitt, who (along with Julie Newmar and Lee Meriwether) played Catwoman.
>>43648744
Well I thought in the thread it was insinuated they found the model that looks similar...maybe I'm reading it wrong.
Picked up some cheap snowy pine trees from Michael's. 21 of various sizes for $13. Just throwing the tip out there in case anyone else is working on a winter table.
>>43650187
Starting to come together...
>>43650187
What section were they in? I did a Michael's run a couple days ago, but eventually got lost in the candles section and had to evacuate
>>43650345
With all the Christmas stuff. Like the little christmas town train set and all.
>got lost in the candles section
dril is that you
I need help guys, I want to repaint my dreadnoughts with this scheme, how would I do the grey parts? Should I paint the plates with grey or silver and the mechanisms with a different silver? Help me out bros.
>>43650389
I would do Leadbelcher and a black wash or two. That is most likely what is going to represent that image best.
Or alternatively if you want something that looks EXACTLY like that image, you can find a grey that looks similar to that and drybrush or highlight with silver but you would have to do some blending NMM techniques on the grey to make it look dull and metallic like that image.
>>43644942
I would advise using baby wipes soaked in watered down PVA.
The Terrain Tutor has a tutorial on his youtube channel -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZrfsH1ETko&index=19&list=PLohbeH3fTP1ukLXKz_wOPD9-jK6RmMfqU
>>43644942
You can try using baby wipes I heard those work pretty good for that
>>43649285
So it IS crackle paint! Lel upon ye anons getting mad at the anon who told you what it was.
What's the best manufacturer of 28mm knight miniatures? Hands down.
So in the dark vengeance box, there's a chaos spess marine with a backpack with four vents on it, and I think it looks the business.
Is there any similar model backpack for loyaleests?
>>43651254
Everyone was getting mad.
>>43651281
You can easily make it by yourself.
>>43646799
Sponging and stippling is pretty much the same thing but with a different method of transferring paint
>>43651281
Just grab this one, the bits/models from DV are virtually worthless due to the flood of them on all sites and how static they are
>>43648744
Didn't know adamantium rusted.
>>43647399
not that guy but, they look like it. I think he said so in the other thread
>>43648402
they're more expensive
and now to start on the edge highlighting...........send held..........part of the ship, part of the crew.
>>43651962
>Airbrushing everything
Seriously though, good luck. I never try to do that many at a time.
>>43651591
Good job you just ruined every DG player's army.
>>43652046
There's a difference between rust and dirtyness fortunately. The good DG pre-heresy I've seen were dirty with chipped paint. Not rusty.
>>43652035
got another Calth box + a shittonne of NL forgeworld heads/chests/shoulders coming in about 2weeks time and will have to do it all again, woo woo.
>>43652062
Wasn't there something about Death Guard having unpainted armour and the white is the ceramite of the armour, or something like that?
>>43652116
Depends on who you ask. I read something I liked about how they painted the front of their armour white and left the back unpainted for speed and because it's pretty much unnecessary as they never retreated.
>>43651614
They look good. Very crisp detail. Kinda bummed i went with warlord. Wonder how they'd mix together
>>43652130
That might be right. And it might be in remembrance of their days as Dusk Raiders, where they always fought with the sun in their back.
>>43644354
That's definitely a freehand.
>>43652156
Here you clearly see that the back is dark, but painted.
>>43652170
I wanted to do some Mk III like this style, but all of FW's models show the back painted same as front.
>>43652170
Well that's cool. Too bad I prefer loyalists for my 30k.
>>43652329
Since there were loyalists and traitors in every legion, you can have pretty much whatever you want.
>>43652170
This one seems it could possibly be black on the back.
>>43652210
Just do what you prefer man.
>>43652379
What happened to muh image? Let's try that again.
>>43652366
Yeah, I know, but since my 30k Army is a HH era version of my 40k Guard, it feels weird to be allied with traitors, even if they're a group that stayed loyal. It'd also be cool if I could use the models in 40k as well. And lastly I'd want to legion that's in the same segmentum as my Guard (Obscurus).
Only ones I can think of are Iron Hands, DA and SW. Iron Hands I'm not so fond of and DA and SW don't have much in the way of rules at the moment. SW would be nice, since I did think about them way back when I was picking a 40k army and I find some nice conversion potentials there.
>>43652329
Half the point of 30k is that you can now play the traitor legions as loyalists...
The other half is smashing Apocalypse units and Primarchs through hordes of marines like it was Dynasty Warriors.
First finished unit of Trenchers for Warzone. They aren't that bad for their age.
>>43652403
Why does the bottom of the dick plate need rivets?
>>43652465
>Half the point of 30k is that you can now play the traitor legions as loyalists...
And people give GW shit for lifting limits to boost sales...
>>43646578
So... a normal battlewagon then?
Haven't had a chance to touch it yet, but reposting from last thread. Made another little one (not pictured) today. Waiting for some thinner balsa wood to come in the mail, to start making tiles for the part of the roof not collapsed.
Anyone got some good suggestions for terrain for mordheim?
>>43652804
A hanging stand.
>>43649285
what kind of dread is this?
>>43652851
Leviathan.
>>43652851
It's this week's new release. A siege dread, meant for taking down fortifications in a hurry.
>>43652466
>First finished unit of Trenchers for Warzone. They aren't that bad for their age.
Not bad ... I think I have a unit of Wolfsbane Commandos kicking around here somewhere ...
>>43652870
it's really points heavy isn't it?
>>43653022
285 points base in 40k, 270 points base in 30k.
So it is quite pricey, however it is rather sturdy with 4 HP and armour 13 front and sides.
>>43652834
As in a place to do hangings?
>>43653101
it's a place where you hang around
>>43653101
It's pic related, yes.
>>43653121
I like your humour.
>>43653121
"This swing of mine rather rough is,
for only one rope it has"
>>43653178
attendance for this place seems to be dropping off
>>43653332
I know, last time I was there, people left me hanging.
This is my current WIP.
A Tau XV-8 to XV-88 conversion.
Basically instead of the new arm weapons I am going to put the weapons on the shoulders like the old one. I removed the thrusters from the back and they will be covered by armor plating(plasticard).
The XV-88 will be in entrenched mode so half of the feet will be cut to simulate going underground.
And in general all the battlesuit will receive armor plating to bulk it up.
does anyone have the image of how to paint white from the sons of sanguinius book?
The colour scheme for my AL. Just started building the BaC tacticals.
>>43653566
This one?
>>43653178
Oh okay, I gotcha. Always thought they were called gallows.
>>43653121
>>43653332
>>43653433
Kek. Thanks for the laughs anon.
>>43653750
Gallows is probably a thing as well. English is just not my first language.
>>43653573
Need some green finish to not look like ultras.
>>43653799
>suppose to infiltrate
>cannot look like someone else
wut?
>>43653685
Yes it is thank you
Just primed these bastards w/ Army Painter Platemail.
Any advice on painting the chest pieces with the rune?
>>43654102
Use paint
Any fellow Europeans here? Recently I've been trying to get my hands on some of the Pegasus Hobbies stuff.
For some reason it seems to be rather rare these days. It used to be everywhere.
Same thing goes for the Galeforce9 Battlefield in a box stuff.
Anybody know why that is?
>>43654331
I assume you mean in FLGS? Because it's definitely findable on the intertubes
>>43654273
Don't listen to him, semen works best!
>>43654369
Dunno, had no luck on amazon either. And the usual suspects, whereI order online are all out of stock and/or seem to have taken the articles out of their catalog.
Maybe I just had bad luck and my paranoia is acting up.
>>43653573
the thumbnail looks good, can we get a zoom out, non giant pic?
Did a test of the stone colour I am planning for my Age of Sigmar terrain. Pretty pleased with it.
>>43654523
The paint looks fine, but that is some lazy god damn CAD work.
>>43654523
>Age of Sigmar terrain
How much dosh was that?
>>43654633
This is the old dreadstone blight. Don't recall how much it cost when I bought it (years ago)
>>43654633
>mfw you can get gothic deco that looks just like AoS stuff and only costs half the money
>>43654667
>This is the old dreadstone blight.
That was WHFB scenery. Not AoS.
Which is why GW doesn't sell them anymore...
I want to make an orky mug for a gift to my friend.
My 1st thought was to:
>buy plain white mug
>cover inner part with tape
>maybe add some plasticard spikes/plates in places he won't hold his hands or make gubbins with GS
>spray primer
>paint some checkers, skulls, paint some parts as metal, add rust etc.
>spray several coats of satin varnish
what do anons think about it?
adding flashy ork conversion form WH:V to grab some attention
making some terrain for my Bloodbound army. Basing it on the realm of Ghur. Going to paint the rocks and the dirt today. Should I add more tufts of grass too it?
>>43654421
Which kit are you after?
>>43654675
It has rules in age of sigmar still.
>>43654102
eh anon, depends what dynasty you're collecting (or maybe starting your own). Gold plate with with shiny glyph is safe way to go, but I saw some amazingly painted marble pattern glyphs, shiny green/blue/orange ones.
>>43654702
less is more, when you're thinking about adding more and you're not sure - it's da moment to stop.
I think you're good atm.
>>43654784
he did a vid for necron warrior and lord, showing how to paint glyph there, check it out, just pick your own colours.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUaUTcWasMQ - i'm recommending this one since he use more colours here.
https://youtu.be/eWzmdA96bho - also nice necron guide
>>43654699
>Buy 5 mugs
>Smash all
>Construct ramshackled mug using broken pieces held together by other broken pieces and strips of rusted metal
>Attach choppy and/or dakka
>kill friend and keep mug for yourself
and dat's 'ow you do it
>>43654872
Thanks m8.
>>43654883
10/10 a present I woulddie for
>>43654702
>making some terrain for my Bloodbound army.
From the thumbnail, I thought this was a plate of chocolate-covered bacon!
>>43655105
weirdly enough when I took it outside to dry my roommates thought I was bringing them brownies. They were very disappointed
>>43654715
Just the plain old gothic ruins from Pegasus. Closest thing I can find is usually abroad with about twice the price it used to cost. I'm in Germany btw.
And the Galeforce9 stuff also had some pretty cool ruins, but those seem to be gone from their homepage too.
>bidding on some LotR models + bilbo
>bid on multiple lots expecting to win none
>win them all
Fuck, just needed a few as presents for my best friend's Tolkien fan dad.
>>43654699
Wasn't that model from some anon that used to post here?
>>43656556
>about to buy a SM command squad NOS for $12.50 with free shipping
>asks for my PayPal information to pay right away
>by the time I put it in, someone else bought it already
I remember when I almost bought some LotR stuff when I was younger, even though I wasn't a fan of the movies/books. I remember the Uruk-hai units were neat.
>>43656556
I recently though about buying their stuff to use as generic fantasy stuff.
Like the Corsairs or Umbra soldiers. Would go well with some of the eastern inspired Reaper sculpts too. Or some of the Hell Dorado stuff.
Either way there are a lot of great minis in the LotR range.
>>43656748
Yeah, I never played the game but I have the fellowship on a plank in my room just because they were cool models.
Did I fuck up are these guys supposed to lean forward this much?
ork nob wip
>>43657976
you're fine, they're just very leany models
>>43657976
you didn't, they are just that way
>>43657976
Yes.
>>43656638
I'm almost 100% that's my local gw managers
>>43658401
>>43658406
>>43658414
Thanks guys, I was pretty worried. The armored chest is to make a champion right? Since this is the first of 5 boxes I plan on getting some specials out of the way. Also enhancing some with grave guard bits, good idea y/n?
>>43643627
Guys, I'm in dire need of a 50x100 chariot/monster base. Where can I buy them cheap?
>>43658855
chinaaaa
>>43658855
You can still get them from GW, though 4€ or your local equivalent are not really cheap. You can however get that size from most aftermarket sellers that do resin bases.
Failing that there is always renedra, though I'm not sure if they do that exact size and mdf bases, which usually only cost a few cents and should be pretty easy to find on ebay.
>>43658855
I have like 10 because of all the seeker chariots I use for 40k.
Guys, do you know if Bitzbox replenishes their stock often, if ever?
I was actually looking for the new eviscerator of the assault marine squad, because apart from them and Seth, I'm not aware of any other double handed Chainsword for a marine.
>>43656670
that really sucks man
Is there any way I can "clone" parts with greenstuff?, I don't feel like buying a whole pack of bitz only because I'm missing an arm.
>>43650287
Festive as fuck.
10/10 Would deliver gifts to
>>43660876
Lo and behold, I come with news.
Look up blu stuff by Master of the Forge.
Works fukcing perfectly to make small molds. I use it all the time to make helmets, arms, weapons, and so. Biggest pieces I make are SM legs. Never tried bigger.
Make sure you read all his written tutorials on that and his 2 or 3 videos about it tl avoid any mistake.
A question forbtge fantasy chaos players.
How easy would it be to model chaos warriors without the cloaks. I asdume I'll have to rebuild the back of the torso, but what about the arms and legs?
I like it, but is it too much? No turning back, either way
Raven Guard captain/chapter master to load with relics..
>>43651256
Anyone?
>>43663695
it looks awesome, but the far left bird is too much imo
>>43663310
the arms are socketed into holes on the cloak so you'd have to rebuild the arm bits as well legs are fine though
>>43663695
Birds need some purity symbols.
>>43663721
Unfotunately it and the bird supported by his powerpack are molded as one piece - I might be able to separate them. Thanks for the heads up!
>>43663696
Perry bros
>>43663695
I'm not a big fan of the falcon on his arm. Seems really static and fat. The rest looks pretty cool, if a little silly.
>>43663734
Sweet looking Ravenguard captain dude anon, but what is he?
Sternguard sergeant?
>>43656748
>>43656556
Ministorum Priest and Crusaders for my Inquisition
>>43663812
It's a pretty retro model, from the old Njall Stormcaller metal model. And I will completely own up to this model in particular being pretty silly. That's okay to me as long as it actually LOOKS like he has a bunch of birds flying around him. Is that effect achieved?
>>43663865
I have a lot of spare bitz given to me by friends, so I've been building different captain models to fit different lists.
This guy is gonna be a vanilla captain with a speciifc Raven Guard relic from the Kauyon supplement; Ex Tenebris, a bolter with the following profile: str4/ap5 Assault 3 Rending, Precision shots. I'll run him with a squad of Sternguard or with a command squad, possibly.
>>43663871
Absolutely.
And yeah, I know he's retro. Shame I can't really think of any other birds-on-arms to suggest.
>>43663911
>>43663911
New Njall's raven is lovely, but I've had troube coming across one and would never buy the model just for the raven.
Although I have wanted to make an all-terminator marine army to represent my homebrew neandertal marines, and Njall would work pretty well for that...
>>43663969
Problem there is the new njal raven is fucking huge.
There's the bretonnian hunting falcon, but I think that's for the wrong arm, so you'd have to chop the head off and spin it around. There's also that wood elf character's bird, but it's already in flight.
Is there a way to re-soften greenstuff/kneadatite once it's hardened?
>>43663723
Ok cool. I can probably find alternative arms easily enough.
>>43663909
gives me old Dante vibes, love captains that are more shooty then melee beatstick.
Anyone got that Word Bearer color tutorial from WD?
>>43663763
Are they not a bit on the true scale side instead of being heroic?
>>43664673
Left to right: Perry with GW parts, GW LotR, Perry, Warlord Celts
Guys, do you prefer to put your models together first and THEN paint them, or do you paint first and then put them together? I'm new to 40k and conflicted on how to go about doing this.
>>43666400
Generally you want to have as much of the model together as possible before painting, but weapons that cover the body, shields that get in the way or whatever else that would be hard to paint around are usually kept off and paint separately but at the same time.
>>43666465
Yeah, that's what I've been skeptical about, since I'm putting together an IG army and they all have their lasrifles over their torso.
>>43658855
cut your own out of plasticard
>>43666510
I've painted some snapfit guardsmen that were completely assembled and it wasn't too much of a problem. Took longer to get base colours down for sure, but that's not a difficult job anyway.
Just prepared these for armypainter dark tone. let's see how it will work out...
>>43666400
It depends on what kind of mini it is. Some are easier to paint when fully put together, with some minis it is better to paint the parts before glueing them together. Do what feels the most comfortable and easiest for you.
>>43666812
And here's after the "splashing on"
>>43664114
Soaking in dettol softens GS slightly, to the point that you can pull it off and start again. But I'm not aware of anything that returns it to a reusable state
>>43663695
> Why do birds, suddenly appear
> And they shall, know no fear...
In all seriousness he looks great.
Going to buy some K'daai Fireborn and recast them.
Need 15 along with 2 character variants. Fucking kill me.
Death guard praetor, with a completed sergeant.
Do the fantasy weapons look stupid? I have heaps of spare blightking sprues so I'm adding them in everywhere. I imagine them as daemon weapons and trench weapons as it suits late heresy death guard.
Also should I keep both the axe and underslung chainfist? Or get of one of them off the praetor?
Does anyone have any experience with Vallejo primers that come in a bottle? I don't have an airbrush, so I'll try applying it with normal brush. Does it need thinning? Can you thin it with water without side effects or does it need some special medium?
>>43667730
It can use a -little- thinning, and water has worked just fine for me. The stuff is pretty amazing, actually, I won't go back to spray primers after using it. Even laying it on thick with a brush doesn't kill detail. Here's some gnolls I pretty much slathered, no detail lost.
>>43663695
>>43663734
DANK AS F
>>43667812
looks nice. thanks.
>>43653178
So this was my attempt at a Gallows. Obviously not done yet, but that's more or less the finished skeleton of the thing
>>43667927
Already looks pretty dope!
>>43667971
Thanks. Any suggestions on what to add to the base? Right now it looks a little bare and I want something to break it up instead of just a bunch of sand and dust
>>43668017
A trough under the gallows to catch feces, vomit, and blood expelled before, during and after the executions.
Maybe a signpost in front espousing a particular message to the commonfolk intended to witness the executions, like "Those who commit [crime] shall share the same fate!"
>>43668079
>A trough under the gallows to catch feces, vomit, and blood expelled before, during and after the executions.
Ehhhh maybe, but going under it'll be mostly unnoticed and not really add anything
>A trough under the gallows to catch feces, vomit, and blood expelled before, during and after the executions.
Now this! This is a fucking awesome idea. I could have a sign fallen over saying "KILL ALL HERETICS!" with maybe blood splattered over it. I love you anon
>>43668100
Obviously the second point is meant to quote
>Maybe a signpost in front espousing a particular message to the commonfolk intended to witness the executions, like "Those who commit [crime] shall share the same fate!"
>>43668017
A bunch of skellingtons or decaying corpses would be apt.
Does anybody in the UK have the bits from the carnosaur/troglodon kit for a spare rider? I bought one second hand to show some love and give as a gift, but either the rider went MIA in transit or the guy burned me. Either way I need a saurus rider dude, fuck
>>43653121
>>43653178
Is this what they callgallows humour[\spoiler]?
First test model, no lightning bolts yet. Might do those once I have cranked out a unit.
>>43654699
Buy a steel canteen mug from a military surplus shop & a cheap rivoter, rivot stuff to the mug.
>>43668323
Needs rooster crests on helmets.
>>43668322
Oh my god yes.
>>43666843
Pretty good actually
>>43667812
Black and ghost grey are my best friends, living in the netherlands is hell for spray priming during most of my days off. I never paint more than 5 models or 1 large model in pieces at a time anyway.
>>43667927
Do add skeletons to it, like skulls hanging off nails or a limbless, legless skeleton torso hanging from the noose.
>>43668323
Fuck me, I held on as long as I could /tg/, I'm getting two or three of these boxes. Maybe four or five. I wonder how much my car will sell for.
>>43663695
Make sure the paint scheme involves bird-doo for added realism...
>>43658855
They're $5 each on Games Workshop store before shipping, or you can pay about that much with shipping of you buy on ebay.
How many do you need?
>>43660555
It's pretty easy to extend the length of a chainsword by cutting up multiple chainswords.
>>43660876
Oyumaru is the product that's repackaged/overpriced in the west called instantmold. You can easily buy a lot of it on ebay instead of paying $13 for three bars of it. (and you need plenty of oyumaru if you ever plan on recasting bigger parts, or want to set up batch-molds for a lot of different things.) Unlike Blu Stuff, Oyumaru is easily reusable, so you don't have to just throw your molds out when they start to break down.
>>43667482
You might be better off buying some thirdparty fire elementals and adding bits, since those look kinda assy as far as fire sculpts go.
So, I'm looking for that kind of shoulder pads, because they're so dope. Alexis Polux uses one, and I think the company champion has 2. Any other I should be aware of?
>>43668727
>needing more than sixty tacticals and ten cataphracts
>>43668893
What if he's going to make a chapter?
>>43668892
Bigger pic dude
>>43667599
Praetor looks perfect, wouldn't change it, though that Sargeant's cleaver looks a little too big, but still looks good too.
First attempt at barbed wire
>>43669485
Couldn't really do better than that. Good work anon.
first time poster on these threads no bully pls
>>43669655
NONE PURER
still deciding if i want to put any on the head or not
>>43669655
>>43669681
I wish you trimmed some of those moldlines.
However, I'd say use a more decorated head vs putting seals on it. If you have a laurel bit, definitely add that onto whatever head you pick if it doesn't have one molded on already.
>>43669681
Maybe just give him an eyepatch seal like the referenced marine.
>>43669655
For a moment I thought model was showing power thumbs up.
>>43669757
I think he means this one
>>43669681
I'd say no.
Here, he looks funny. If you put one on his head, he'll look goofy.
>>43669708
ive got this one
>>43669846
thats what I was thinking
>>43668323
nice job!
me, I can't decide between Word bearers or Iron Warriors, since I love both just as much!
>>43669655
Is he a Thousand son?He looks like a mummy
>>43669979
its actually a ghillie suit
>>43663911
>>43663969
>>43664049
Have you looked at using the eagle from Inquisitor Coteaz?
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Grey-Knights-Inquisitor-Coteaz
Any of you chaps got the 4chan recasting guide pdf to upload ?
>>43668892
What's this, a space marine pic for ants (or epic 40k ants)?
Opinions and advice on this? My raven guard vanguard
>>43668992
It's in your filename dude. Those are the pads from the Chapter Champion that comes in the command squad.
Got an airbrush today, how does this look?
>>43670713
Looks awesome!
>>43667599
Nah, the fantasy weapons look great for DG (as does your paint job, btw, your weathering is amazing). Especially since the BaC Cataphractii Praetor is gonna be kinda ubiquitous, the damage you've cut into him and the axe you gave him go far to make him unique.
>>43670722
Thank you very much anon, I've still got a lot of work to do on the rest of him, but I'm glad the shield looks cool
>>43670675
Oh I know. I was just asking if there was any other model that came with them.
Otherwise I'll just have to scourge ebay I guess.
>>43670659
Black looks very flat, you basecoated the black after priming,right?
Brush controle could be better, I'm seeing some slips here and there on the back of the jetpack, the eyes, and for the love of god use some washes on the metal parts.
You missed spots while edge highlighting, again on the back of the jetpack. When on very steep surfaces, ise the side of your brush, not the tip.
Claws are not bad though.
>>43668877
>suggesting 3rd party fire elementals would look better than FW
Good one goyim
>>43670734
Thanks for the (you), I put abbadon black on another model after priming to test and I couldn't tell the difference. Am I a bad person?
>>43647745
>>43645592
Are there any scans or the game tiles, cards, tokens, etc? I have like 50,000 points of models between various armies (including various SM Chapters) and don't really need anymore....
>>43670659
invest in a cleaning tool or knife to get rid of mold lines and sprue scars and maybe some wash on the silver and red parts
>>43670873
Well the primer might flake off after some time, and the fact that I saw that something was wrong immediately with my shitry eyesight would tend to say yes.
It's also much easier to paint on paint and not primer.
>>43669485
Blimey. How?
>>43658813
yeah, the armored chest is for a champion.
If you still playing WGB, make sure they can go on formation, if not, just put whatever you think it suits the models.
>>43670934
does the primer really flakes off? ive painted for 10 years and never heard of that, though ive never painted something with blac armor.
does still flakes if varnished?
>>43670985
Not if varnished.
What also happens is that primer loses its property after a few days in the open. Your paints won't stick very well on it afterwards. Basically prime, and paint at least the basecoats before leaving the model for as many days as you want.
>>43671235
>What also happens is that primer loses its property after a few days in the open.
I already learned taht the hard way, thanks.
>>43667599
Left looks good, right looks weird
>>43671235
Wat D:
hes primed boys
>>43671674
>Not white
>Like snow
>Which is as pure as him
One job
>>43670659
Try to find a really dark grey instead of going flat black.
>>43671674
Looking forward to this anon, keep us updated!
>>43671884
im probably going to paint him green like the rest of my marines
>>43671235
>>43671360
>>43671432
I don't think these guys know what they are talking about. I have been painting for over 20 years and have left models primed for years before coming back to them and had no problems what so ever. I have never ever ever ever had primer flake off either. I've never even varnished a single model in all those years.
>>43671688
For someone other than him of course you would have to be white to come off as pure. However, you are not this guy. This guy makes black purer than pure white. Purest Black.
>>43672115
they could be using a different/cheaper primer
>>43670879
Most people are buying several of these kits and throw out the cardboard inside. I'm sure you can buy it off a local for a fiver.
>>43668893
That poster here, yeah I want to make an Imperial Fists legion army. Going to need minis for the vanguard, sternguard, regular infantry, personal guards for Dorn when he finally arrives and of course Sigismund with a bunch of templar upgraded brethren.
Probably also going to so Alexus Pollux in the future with his own squad with red power fists.
>>43672136
No, they are probably using expensive model primers and doing it in poor conditions (much less forgiving for humidity levels as the mist is finer) and the can should be shaken much more frequently. A waste of time and money.
I am >>43672115 and I have used the cheapest primer I can get at the hardware store for those 20 years. The only times I have had a problem is with Army Painter that I returned to them and they found the product to be faulty as well. I have used their Dragon Red and it worked fine, but I have since got a Rustoleum that is virtually the same colour and 1/3 the price. And paints like 2x the models per can.
If you are buy an expensive can, you are throwing your money down the drain. Grey, White, Black, rustoleum and krylon work great. Even metallic silver as you may have seen on my metallic Thousand Sons WIP posted on Reddit recently (and 2 or 3 WIP posts ago here).
>>43672291
>The only times I have had a problem is with Army Painter that I returned to them and they found the product to be faulty as well.
I also had to strip the paint off of my metal Grey Knight army because of that.
>>43672228
Yeah, I suppose that may be a viable method
>>43670659
Okay guys, I varnished with abaddon black and added wash and more white. Does this look better? Any more tips?
Also, how can I smooth white paint? Seems very chalky and hard to work with
>>43672867
>how can i smooth white paint
dont
use a light grey with highlights
>>43672867
>varnished with abaddon black
White is generally a bitch to work with. And in general you should avoid using pure black and white anyways.
>>43672930
I noticed that administratum grey leaves a much smoother finish than white scar, and is only a few shades darker
>>43668892
It is the emperors champion shoulder pad from the space marine command squad box.
sorry for low quality I promise the final one will be better
>>43672867
>varnished with abaddon black
What are you trying to say?
Your model is looking alright so far, but you need to work on brush control and staying within the lines.
>>43672867
Bruh, just follow the color scheme on the back of the Sternguard box and clean this guy up once you know what you're doing.
>>43672115
Well, I primed one large batch of miniatures, painted the first 5 the same day, and a week later the paint didnt seem to adhere the same way.
I use an airbrush and vallejo primer, so I dont think someones that says "I use the cheapest primer" is going to tell me that i dont know what im talking about
>>43673543
I always wash my models with dishwashing soap water before priming, then rinse them off. Never had problems with vallejo primer as I'm the one shilling it here the hardest because it is so good. Not that I'm getting paid for it unfortunately. I even buy models directly from GW stores because I like the manager. I have 130 GW paint pots, but I really like vallejo primer.
>>43673634
Maybe it was dust or some shit idk, but I tend to don't prime minis that im not gonna paint the same day.
I also buy minis from my local gw 'cause the manager is chill as fuck
>>43672867
Isnt abbadon black a base paint?
>>43673543
I don't have problems with my primer sticking. But the GW paints do not stick to Vallejo primer at all.
You can rub that shit off very easily.
>>43673699
>but I tend to don't prime minis that im not gonna paint
aaaarrgghhhh my fucking braaaaainnnn
>>43673813
sorry if i didnt phrase that well, im not native.
how should it has been?
>>43670951
Excuse me?
>>43673234
NONE PURER.
>>43663695
Where did you get the birds from?
>>43673994
Looks like the razorwing flock? If you search for rw flock alternatives, hundreds pop up on google.
>>43648199
>brother ward
Anyone have any tips for painting Iron Hands? here's how mine turned out.
>>43674100
Get into converting them with augmetics and for them you really want an airbrush because manually highlighting them is a bitch. You could try directional drybrushing with medium mixed with skavenblight dinge followed by administratum grey but it's so hard to make black look good.
>>43674100
you dont need tips friend
>>43674100
http://www.anvilindustry.co.uk/The-Armoury/Bionics
http://bloodofkittens.com/blog/2013/11/18/40k-buying-guide-building-iron-hands/
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-NL/Iron-Hands-Tactical-Squad-Upgrade-Pack
>>43674100
An alternate method is to do some highlights in silver. Look up a guy who goes by Rev's Iron Hands, they're very nice.
>>43673924
How did you make the barbed wire?
previous feedback received, and I'll maybe add the tl;dr versions to the side bar.
I'm kind of debating it though, as if you're too lazy to read what amounts to a few pages of text containing a wealth of information about your relatively expensive hobby you're not really worth helping anyways.
>>43670713
Those inner lines need to be completely black to break the perfect gradient.
>>43670713
...airbrushed. It looks airbrushed.
Is that supposed to be OSL or something?
>>43674651
GLUE VAPORS BEST VAPORS, BRIAN DAMAGE IS MYTH
>>43674589
Spin two wires together using a drill. Then make loops using pliers like you see in the picture. Put some glue in the bases of the loops and cut them to form the barbs.
>>43674925
I remember that guide, it was pretty cool but I lost it when my old harddrive just died and I didn't want to pay ridiculous amounts for data recovery when the only thing I hadn't backed up was my 4chan folder. If you have it, I'd love to see it again.
Not that you care about the reason, I just type really fast.
we're getting there
>>43675746
>we're getting there
I like where this is going, anon.
>>43675746
What will be the chapter of this very pure marine?
>>43676428
dunno im just painting him to match my other marines
>inb4 muh edgy oc chapter
he's a chapter of his own
>>43676491
so the last pic's filename being "totally_not_dark_angels.jpg" was actually true?
>>43670751
Reaper has ones that don't look like pillars of fur. It wouldn't be hard to add axes, chains, and armor to them.
>>43676554
yes im also sending these to my friends its an inside joke about my color scheme
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>>43675746
Almost done
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