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Our WIP thread is saging! Emperor's Teeth! That's HERESY!!!
>Citadel Painting Guides:
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>Painting guides, Uniforms & Heraldry books, Painting Videos, Visions, ebooks and White Dwarves:
https://mega.co.nz/#F!OgpwzAKS!a5eVE6pOagTTOWEr5tEaEQ
>Painting Videos only
https://mega.co.nz/#F!XEJSFDCL!9ZZKiLi6M_wguI1uTpyjPg
https://mega.co.nz/#F!WUsUlSLb!556OumKLhusFd9Fw5dBMdA
>DIY Lightbox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyxzC5kqbyw
>How to Moldlines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4LZ8iCSkeU
>Fuckin Magnets how do they work?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Tkw7ttTIo
>Previous WIP Thread:
>>46462306
FIRST FOR IRON HANDS
![VALKIR_HEAVY_TROOPER_INSTRUCTIONS_3a8371c5-020d-4cb8-bcec-b0c6f4f816ae[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/anGRE8Q.jpg "VALKIR HEAVY TROOPER INSTRUCTIONS 3a8371c5-020d-4cb8-bcec-b0c6f4f816ae[1]")
Does anyone have Eisenkern Valkir unassembled as well as some 40k bits?
I'd be interested in seeing the front and size profiles of their torso part next to space marine torsos, both their halves and completed/dryfitted if possible.
I want a singular mini for D&D, and my friend will probably also be getting a singular mini
What is the price difference between buying a prepainted mini and buying an unpainted one plus paint? Also, what's the time span of the learning curve?
>>46489763
>Also, what's the time span of the learning curve?
Just shy of 25 years, and I didn't really get that much better in between.
>>46489804
Whats a good site to browse prepainted minis?
>>46489595
I don't have the kit, but here's a size comparison pic
>>46489763
>>46489856
If you paint regularly is goes a lot faster than 15 years...
But if you have no interest in painting as a hobby it's a moot point to try and get into it. If you just need singles I'd recommend looking into commission painting. I.e. you paint a guy to paint your figure for you.
For prepainted ones the only ones I can really think of are Clix miniatures. They tend to look like shit though.
How should I paint shiny alpha legion? Like metallic blue/green. I don't have an airbrush so I can't figure out how. Suggestions?
>>46489912
>15 years
25 I meant.
>you paint a guy
pay him is what I meant of course
Damn.
>>46489916
Have you thought about using inks? Stronger pigment than a wash and no surface tension. Great for tinting.
Some people just apply mutiple layers of GW washes over metallic base paints though. Works too. You can also buy irridiscent or metallic pigments and mix your own special recipe if you are into that.
>>46489804
>I was born and turned 19 in that time span
Jesus.
>>46490017
>I was born and turned 19 in that time span
>Jesus.
I have Space Marines older than you, and I bought them when they were new in the blister.
>>46490054
Being a 20 year old guy at my LGS, I often wonder if any of he models I'm playing against are older than me.
So I started to so some guardsmen in a color scheme. I wanted to do something with bright and proud colors instead of the dark earthen colors that I've been doing for a while now with my guardsmen. Made half a squad to see how much I liked it and I think it came out pretty good, to my standards anyway.
My big question is how to paint a Leman Russ with these colors. I've been doing the Cadian 8th colors and pretty much been painting my guys like they are on the cover of the box until now. I think a Leman Russ would look terrible if it was all blue or black and the camouflage stripes don't make any sense with bright line infantry colors.
>>46490125
https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLaJuuApwmi6OiiuNQe2VBYiU1-obJuMom&v=WzWFNOZSjC0
Herald of Nurgle, went for speed - took a little less than 2 hours with the help of a hairdryer. Just trying to get this army on the table.
>>46489983
Where do you suggest I buy inks or metallic pigments? I live in Hong Kong so I'm a bit starved for choice. My flgs has Vallejo model air and citadel paints, but if I only need a few then I'll buy the paints from overseas. What websites are good?
Also, are ink washes different from normal citadel washes?
>>46490125
They remind me of Mordians.
>>46489912
While useful for their general heights, that doesn't so much help with comparing the size of their breastplates.
For context: I plan on making a custom chestpiece for the valkir, but I don't currently have their kit in hand.
>>46490322
Thanks. I was thinking of doing something loosely based on Prussian line infantrymen but they had white pants and white is a bitch to paint so I just went with full blue uniform.
>>46490228
Thanks for the advice.
I ordered a couple forge world knights (atrapos and magaera for reference) and I'm looking for ideas on the basing. I've done one knight before and posted it on /tg/ for critique, especially on the basing. I'm looking to get better at it as it's one of the spaces I can get really creative with.
tldr good imperial knight basing ideas?
>>46489916
for a clear shine you could use a gloss. Get a metalic blue and a metallic green and then gloss it up for the extra shine. Does occasionally have the side effect of looking wet/slimy kind of shiny though.
>>46489804
Just hit the 19th year here senpai.
Glad to know I'm not alone.
>>46490269
>>46490301
mmm blueberry jam
Looks good though anon
>>46490067
I'm just shy of 21 and I know for a fact a lot of my guardsmen are older than I.
>>46489912
>But if you have no interest in painting as a hobby it's a moot point to try and get into it. If you just need singles I'd recommend looking into commission painting. I.e. you paint a guy to paint your figure for you.
I asked at my LGS if they knew of anyone and had a single guy they couldn't vouch for.
Any of you guys near MSU?
>>46490292
>Hong Kong
Oh wow, okay. That's pretty far from where I am.
But any ink - actual ink for writing - should work. You can thin them too of course. I believe the old GW paints were windsor and newton ink rebranded.
You should be able to get Tamiya clear just about anywhere though.
The other stuff I mentioned are products by Liquitex. Pic related are two of their interference mediums mixed together.
>>46490375
>I plan on making a custom chestpiece for the valkir, but I don't currently have their kit in hand.
Wouldn't it be better to buy the kit and then use a breastplate as basis for your master then? That's just about the only way to get a 100% accurate fit anyway.
>>46490550
>inb4 church
I personally like really elaborate, diorama-style bases on Knights. What about a knight striding through a shallow-water ruin? Or a knight in a subterranean cavern?My dream list of 6 knights will include one of each
>>46491072
Ooh that's exactly what I want. Thanks for your help!!
>>46491108
The water ruin sounds interesting. I don't think I could do a cavern though, not quite at that skill level.
Previous knight I did was straddling a rusted out pipe that was leaking radioactive goop
>>46491089
It's ordered, but won't be in my hands for at least a month.
>>46490550
>>46491108
I'd do something like this (minus the pigment so you can actually see what's going on, maybe some blue paint/ink/wash instead would work.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjKx08dpkzo
Now that you said ruin and church I had to think of a piece of scenery by puppetswar though. They got this thing here to the left for pretty cheap.
Should last you for 6 big bases. If you sculpt some stalagmites into the water pools that should give you the look you're going for.
>>46489595
are those the ones people are using to make sisters of battle? Pretty large copared to marines no? Amazons of battle?
>>46491294
Thanks for the video man, water effects have always seemed out of my league so I always love to learn about them
>>46491332
>water effects have always seemed out of my league
The stuff he uses is Vallejo still water. You just squeeze it out of the bottle and you are done.
As long as you are not trying to fill a whole lake with it you should be good. From what I read it tends to shrink a little if used in larger quantities. If you use it to add a little polishing to your bases you have nothing to worry about.
Posting my Malifaux Mansion again. I'm kinda stuck at this point as I don't have enough of the tile matting to floor the 3rd floor with. I need to go check Riteaid to see if they even still carry it.
>>46491416
I'll have to look into that stuff. Most of the tutorials I've seen involve painting your coloring in, with all the swirls and such and then glazing it for a shine. but something that comes out of a bottle seems way easier
>>46490269
Great effects on the guts real slimy like
>>46491469
So cool. I would kill to play on terrain this good. It's in the early stages still, but the ambition and the craftsmanship that went into it already are obvious; it's really going to be something special when you finish it, anon.
>tfw still haven't bought a 3D printer
>tfw not printing off entire dungeons for the party to adventure through
>>46491993
Thanks, I plan on making some special windows then molding and casting them, then I'll be adding slatted siding for the outside and using some scrapbooking paper as wallpaper for the inside.
>tfw found an unopened box of tactical marines in my closet
ayy one less squad i have to replace
>>46492170
How about finding these unbuilt in your closet?
>>46492372
The back with stats (including the long lost "M"!).
Wanna make Gorgon Terminators with Storm Shields, and also need sternguard.
Would it be plausible if I bought the Medusan Immortals, took their shield and gave them only bolters to be sternguard, and then give the shields to the Gorgons?
>>46492444
>1992
>USA $24.99
>Hand Crafted In Fine Pewter
>>46492372
>How about finding these unbuilt in your closet?
Most of da squadboyz were in a drawer until those wire racks arrived from Staples. The closet was for the bigger stuff.
>>46492703
gib drop pod
i need 10 of them once i actually build my full army
>>46492742
have fun building and painting those fuckers
>>46492764
i'm already dreading it
i need to buy 2 battle-demi companies, a chaplain and 10 drop pods.
im gonna die.
>>46492764
They take me about an hour to paint, use an airbrush or you're just giving your time away.
>>46492170
>>46492372
>>46492444
>>46492540
>>46492703
I will never understand how you can buy something and not build it...
>>46492838
>>46492764
To build a drop pod without any issues without attaching the fins close all of the doors on the engine, they have the little nubs and will hold in place. Do one fin at a time, either sliding in the fin or opening a single door and putting in the adjacent fin, then closing the door when setting.
I did this process on my very first drop pod and it closes correctly as well as the doors pop into place on the engine so they won't just fall open.
>>46490269
bit much verdigris, and the blue around the guts doesn't quite work
>>46492916
I bought it and put it aside and forgot about it.
It's nice because I had a mishap that ruined a lot of models so that's some models I don't need to replace.
>>46492934
>Wanted to run a bunch of drop pods for a campaign
>Realized I had to paint and assemble a fuckton of them
They look so annoying.
>>46492982
they are the worst models ive ever assembled bar the Ghostkeels
>>46492982
It wasn't too bad with that method since the interior was all painted before the fins went on, and like >>46492884
said, use an airbrush and it will go much faster.
>>46493001
I'm almost considering shelling out the stupid amount of money to commission them.
>>46493015
Or getting an airbrush.
This is foam from a cooler, any suggestions on whether or not to coat this with something before priming?
Work continues on my Thousand Sons!
Current WIP status of my Sorcerers of Obliteration (count as Obliterators - they know specific set of spells of destruction so well they get into a trance and harness the power of the warp with ease).
>>46489912
>>46489595
I seriously want to pick up a set of these fuckers to play as White Scars on bikes with power lances and storm shields.
>>46494118
Silly goose, women can't be Space Marines, you know this!
>>46493734
I don't know about that kind of foam, but when I work with pink foam I always coat it in a thin layer of PVA glue before spraying/priming it, due to the fact that the foam melts from the spray
Two questions:
1. Painting with washes mostly/only. How do?
2. Where could I get ODST-like heads for 28mm scale (to plop onto Cadian models)?
Blood axes is da best orkz.
How do you get the panel texture effect like in pic related? I know the blue is all one solid color, but it feels like it has more depth than just multiple layers, or a I just fooling myself?
>>46495138
The light blue looks like it's slightly darker in the center, blended with a lighter color at the edge. It's most visible on the panel at the far right of the image. The rest are blended almost from a black to a lighter color.
I hope today is the day the paints I ordered arrive to my doorstep
he's my 3rd model i've ever painted and he's a roadmap of fuckups T_T
>>46495164
Thanks anon; so I'm guessing a proper way to do this would be a basecoat of black, and maybe 4-5 layers from the base blue to a lighter blue on the main panels, and then from light blue to white on the edge of the lighter panels?
>>46490125
What with all their equipment being black, it's suggestive to me of a kind of police unit. Why not consider going down that road? Like a swat unit sort of a feel, something like pic related, with things like white hazard stripes, chequering, or stripes. Bonus points for writing things like 'RESCUE VEHICLE', 'SERVE AND PROTECT', or 'PARKING ENFORCEMENT' on the sides in huge letters.
>>46495225
Not bad for your third figure, but yeah, there's a lot of room for improvement.
I'd suggest working on keeping the edge highlights neater, and maybe use a light grey for them rather than that white.
Also, you might try painting the eyes with a gem effect. It's really easy to do and it looks great. Pic related.
>>46495118
Looking sharp.
Dark Mechanicum War Convocation WIP
Week and a half to go before a tournament, getting there. Still missing one un-assembled Helbrute to convert into a counts-as Kastellan. Now one of my BL brutes will have to proxy for it.
>>46495481
Why did to bring your models to your work space.
>>46495543
*did you.
>>46495543
Going to the flgs after work to get a game in, light was better here for taking a picture.
>>46495573
do you paint in the dark?
>>46490269
Blend some purple into the blue regions for a necrotizing bruise effect.
What are the golden rules when it comes to making a good symbol/banner/flag/etc.?
>>46495481
Mil-Surp and hobby shop combo??
>>46495627
I told you last thread, dude. Just copy from the Matoran Alphabet.
>>46495707
MilSurp, security and Airsoft.
>>46495708
No. I don't even know what this Lego thing is all about.
>>46495481
Varusteleka?
>>46495752
Close but no.
>>46495721The joke is that Tau symbols look exceedingly similar, and someone who wasn't versed in either would have a hard time telling them apart.
One of my four commissars, finished.
>>46495925
And rear view.
How'd I do guys?
>>46489595
>Valkir
Sorry, only got the lighter Stormtroopers.
>>46495970
Some dark wash might be good idea.
But the real question is: What the fuck is going on with the bases?
>>46496039
Wow, and here if it was me replying I'd be screaming toTHIN PAINTS.Yeah I agree though, don't know what the fuck the guy was thinking with the bases, especially how that...material, whatever it is goes all down the sides of the base too. Also sorry, I didn't actually do those minis, I just bought them second hand. Kinda scared I'll lose that whole hand flamer-thing when I dunk them.
IW Centurion. Still early wip. 1/2
>>46495970
>>46496067
Congrats on the secondhand Van Saars. Sneaky little bastards with their techno and shooting skills. Never trust a Van Saar.
Anyway, strip them. Looking at them is making me sad.
>>46495925
Looking good, but a little out of focus. He looks a little glossy for my taste.
>>46496644
Congrats? Van Saars are pretty easy to get a hold of right now, they're kinda uncommon but not in high demand. You can see in that photo I've also got a box of shiny new Van Saar that I picked up second hand, I just got the shittily painted ones as extras because I won't feel too bad about chopping them up and slapping on some special weapons.
Magus 1 (of 2)
Posting shit from when I was 10. Fuck me some of this shit
>>46496822
Ghosarr Magus, still in progress.
He's still missing the ... front part of his robes and I had an accident while painting the face, my arm fucking spasmed, and I gave his painted left arm a fresh coat of flesh coloured paint which I panicked and rubbed off with a piece of wet foam which is why it's a bit dusty,,,
>>46496822
gorgeous, especially that red and the face
Any good recommendations for what ype of terrain that would fit a R&H army that hail from an agri world?
>>46496871
Neat, what's your formula for skin?
>>46496895
Thanks bud!
>>46497076
I tried something new this time, it's a base of Rakarth flesh and then applying layers of Druchi Violet / reikland fleshshade + lahamian medium in the crevices, (
1. Base of Rakarth Flesh
2. Druchi Violet / reikland fleshshade + lahmian medium in the crevice
<dry with hairdryer>
3. Druchi Violet / reikland fleshshade + lahmian medium in the crevice
<dry with hairdryer>
4. Druchi Violet / reikland fleshshade + lahmian medium in the crevice
<dry with hairdryer>
Then it was a blend of those two washes and pallid which flesh for the highlights
You can ignore the part where my spastic arm failed widely and jammed my Windsor and Newton S7 into the models already painted left arm
>>46497085
You're shading and highlighting that's good, but in future I'd like to see your paints watered down before being applied to the model.
Nice to see an old school terminator.
>>46495481
Your titan is weird looking
>>46497203
It's been posed differently, the camera makes it look wonky in that photo, true.
>>46497222
Your Titan isn't weird looking
What are those helbrutes supposed to be?
>>46492764
+1 to 'Fuck building and painting drop pods', most boring and tricksy model.
>>46497243
Kastellan robots, hence why the other one has a ton of machineguns. The other one is proxy as I wait for another unassembled brute to chop up and convert.
>>46495970
>How'd I do guys?
>>46496039
>Some dark wash might be good idea.
>But the real question is: What the fuck is going on with the bases?
>>46496067
>Wow, and here if it was me replying I'd be screaming to THIN PAINTS.
C'mon, ladz...
>>46497319
You didn't read the second bit of that third post, did you?
>>46495970
I love the caviar basing.
The guy who's doing the aquatic admech should take note
>>46496067
Non-acetone nail polish remover. Dab toothbrush in it, and brush the paint away. Don't dunk it in, it might melt. Also, do it outdoors or in a garage or something, as it gets everywhere.
https://discord.gg/0vhztUCQWDoXziLH
It's a wargames discord I made for the WPSG community. A few people have started to join it. I figured I'd share it if anyone is intereted.
There's channels for Age of Sigmar, WH40k, Flames of War, and warpath games.
All are welcome if interested :3
>>46497402
Can't you just dunk metal minis in metho or similar?
>>46497188
These were done a long time ago, am thinking of just stripping them to save embarrassment when playing
>>46497487
>Don't dunk it in, it might melt
>>46495481
>that walker on the left with the old metal sentinel walker legs
Man I miss those, they were wonderfully silly looking
>>46495481
Nice cams
Gonna dump some pics of my semi finished, yet still WIP Badrukk. CnC are most welcome
1/4
2/4 of Kaptin Badrukk
3/4 of Kaptin Badrukk
4/4 of Kaptin Badrukk
>>46497338
>You didn't read the second bit of that third post, did you?
Totally missed the second sentence.
>>46497788
>>46497799
>>46497811
>>46497820
Photos are good, cropped and collaged versions would be better and make the thread easier to follow.
Your reds and yellows are clean, but look quite flat, edging them with a highlight or metal could help with that, and picking out the rivets in your light metallic would add a lot of interest.
Feather and skin look good. Can see what you're going for with the effect on the sword, but it looks too uniform. Might be better with the scratches focussed on the belly of the blade, especially around the notches, and more layers of wash close to the handle where it sees less wear.
I saw a picture guide for making white armor work, is there such a thing fro black armor? Trying to make black terminators
>>46497565
Yeah, got it in a bits box, was sadly missing the gun and driver but at least I found some use for the silly bugger.
>>46498411
For black armour, you highlight with dark greys.
You can then put some layers of black wash over to soften them if they're too harsh.
The Paint Splatter for Deathwatch black armour basecoats in Abaddon black, then highlights to Eshin Grey and Fenrisian grey.
>>46498576
thanks!
So more or less finished with that one just gonna do a bit of touch ups
>>46492053
Hirst Arts, man. Custom scenery making molds with plaster. Cheaper and easier to use, good for tiding you over until you get your 3D printer.
>>46498644
Purple-brother!
>>46498644
Highlight the blue lights mixing the colour with white
>>46497788
Loving all the colours
Need advice is my model good.
>>46498834
>(7.86 MB, 3057x2448)
>>46492703
Hahahahahaha! Amateurs!
>>46498834
>Nearly 8MB image
>Out of focus
>'BigGuy.png'
>>46498834
Where is the model, Anon?
>>46498869
>>46498864
>>46498859
What did I do wrong should I post it again?
>>46498883
reuploading
>>46498883
>This is why I post this image every goddamn thread
If you are not a troll:
>Read pic related
>Take a better image that has the model in focus and in shot
>Crop and resize it to a sane size. Make it a .jpg
>Reupload
Then we will mock you a second time.
>>46498912
so epic, so so epic, I tip my le fedora sir.
>>46498912
I changed my advice.
>Go fuck yourself
>Fin
>>46497788
>>46497799
>>46497811
>>46497820
>>46497820
>>46498834
This is an example of how to do pictures right. I don't have the pic guide (hoping some kind Anon will post it) but its the right direction.
>>46498915
Not sure if your kindness was wasted or not, but keep at it.
You are part of the reason these threads are so great.
>>46498915
Thats easy. It should be in the OP
>>46499020
Shit. Trying again
>>46499040
Next time for sure
>>46498668
Im glad im not the only one, some in my GW are really pissed off about that because thats not "realistic" too the lore.
Fuck them seriously ill beat them with my purple Skitarri
>>46499057
>"realistic" too the lore
not familar with said lore, but the imperium is big. Surely there can be purple skitarri?
>>46499051
by the looks of it, the model needs highlights, also, you can use paint to resize the image, that makes life a lot more pleasant for all of us. 8MB is a lot for those of us on mobile connections.
>>46498915
>Tried doing this
>Photos still look like shit
Does the Galaxy S4 just have a terrible camera?
>>46499114
Thanks appreciate it.
>>46498861
>Hahahahahaha! Amateurs!
Yeah, but are they *painted*?
The Predator boxes in >>46492703 just hold spare parts (tank and arms/backpacks, I think) now. The original contents are part of my army.
>>46499121
I take mine with the camera on my tablet: they're not super high quality but they work.
Light is important.
>>46499174
Every time I see you post this model, I love it more and more.
>>46499174
As I read your post on my tablet-laptop hybrid thing, it dawned on me that it has a camera.
I'm fucking stupid.
>>46499087
Meh, some only paint by the colour schemes they get in the Codex
>>46495225
I like the blue
>>46499174
And here's what happens when you open that pic in Photoshop and click on "Auto Color".
>>46499203
Thanks a lot! I've tried to refrain from spam-posting it, but I'm pretty proud of it.
Going to try to do my Sternguard to the same (or higher) standard, so expect more once my dissertation/exam hell ends.
Have a progress shot from maybe 2 months ago to now.
>>46499334
... I might need to pirate me some software. Thanks anon.
>That fucking mold line on the scope
>KillMe,jpg
>>46499339
>tfw a 25 page research paper has prevented me from working on my sigmarine to marine captain conversion
FUCK BLACK HOLES
>>46498834
Had a hearty kek. This is so going to trigger the picture autist.
>>46499396
If I start ranting about my dissertation I won't stop.
Fuck other people's code.
>>46499375
Also try these.
>>46499396
>FUCK BLACK HOLES
Godlike suction to be sure.
>>46499508
Saved, ty
>>46499525
Glad I bailed on physics to become a CompSci tbqh.
>>46499525
Man, I hate physics.
I'm taking this physics of black holes class to knock out a few of my college's requirements and I'm this confused as fuck English major in a room of science nerds.
FINALLY done with this absolute bastard. This was one of the hardest models in my 20+ years in the hobby - the Sigmar box is certainly not for beginners! Took me weeks to paint this one.
I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, though.
>>46499174
You need to tidy up that gloss varnish on the lenses, because right now it looks like he's crying.
Gloss on the lens = good
Gloss in the recesses = bad
>>46499604
looks good indeed, nice work Anon.
>>46499174
>>46499622
Was about to post the same. You let the gloss varnish pool in the recess.
So I realise a lot of you has expiriance with forgeworld plastic/resin.
Whats it like? is it hard to work with?
Does it have a lot of mold lines?
Is it brittle?
I am really curious.
>>46499719
>expiriance
dammit
>>46499663
>>46499622
Thanks- I was actually trying to use Bloodletter over the white for the glowing effect.
Won't be doing any more on this guy, but I'll bear it in mind next time I'm doing a big-effort helmeted dude.
'Ardcoat's relatively thick out of the pot, isn't it? Might pick some up for that.
>>46499719
Resin is hard when fairly thick, but quite brittle if thin. It will flex a little (hence sometime needing to bend it strait with some warm water if it warped). You'll need a small jewelers saw to get the channel blocks of the larger pieces. Beyond that, cleaning mold lines is much like plastic, except the dust isn't particularly good for you.
As for the quality of the casts, that varies. They've improved their quality control a fair bit since I last ordered stuff (I have new HH stuff, before that it was like 5-6 years ago), so there's less mold-slipping or mold-lines in general. But the age of a mold makes a big difference.
>>46499719
>Is it hard to work with?
>Does it have a lot of mold lines?
>Is it brittle?
Yes to all. It's generally a bit of a pain compared to plastic, but if you're patient and careful, it'll be fine.
>>46499780
>>46499967
thanks. As long as it isn't anywhere near "finecast" level I might consider buying some.
>>46500176
from what I've heard, FW has excellent customer service in case something does fuck up
>>46491072
Did you mix 2 liquitex AND some other paint or just 3 liquitex? (Which ones by the way? That's a very nice and tall AL.)
>>46500176
It's nowhere near as soft and squishy as finecast.
It's trickier to work with than plastic, but in general it's not too bad. And, as >>46500240 said, FW customer service does not make a fuss when something is f-ed up, they'll fix it for you.
>>46499483
If you guys want to do some work on French contract law, Constitutionnal law, Contract Law, and European Law, be my guests.
>>46500240
>>46500402
thats a relief
>>46500478
I can help you out with australian consumer law if you really want
Hi. I want to paint my ghouls like GW's and I'm trying to figure out the steps. What I have so far:
1. Base coat Celestra Grey
2. Carroburg Crimson wash on legs, hands and other bits
3. Flayed One Flesh? layer
4. White highlights
5. Eshin Fur on hair, highlight Celestra Grey
6. Bones...
Is Flayed One Flesh right? Is it more yellow/flesh than the pale skin of these ghouls?
>>46493734
So i might use Plaster of Paris
>>46494545
>>46500811
Sorry, only the damn common law, and I'm onto repudiation, agreed damages and remedies.
Fun times.
Thanks though.
>>46495448
"Sir you are aware that you parked your demon engine in front of a fire hydrant"
Clicks pens and opens autoscribe
"Sir I'm going to have to give you a ticket for this and if you aren't moved from the loading zone when I get back, I will have to boot your demon engine. Thank you and have a nice day"
>>46495627
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnv5iKB2hl4&nohtml5=False
>>46501020
Sorry as a writefag I have failed to be consistent. I have failed.
What's the best instrument to cut and modify existing models?
>>46501125
A buzzsaw
>>46501125
tuba
I posted the unprimed version of this little terrain piece yesterday, and here it is sprayed and ready to be painted
I need help picking a paint scheme. These are just a test so they got a nasty drybrush, no washes, and no details.
They're both getting a dettol bath but picture:
- Left: much darker brown boots, gold tyranid emblem, much darker gun, dark blue wash on all purple. metal dulled down. flesh will be normal human skin with a light purple wash.
- Right: light black wash on everything but the skin. Skins staying pale like corpse, Built up grey fine-lining rather than drybrush.
Also finally: what colour for claws, and for the lamp?
>>46501167
French horn, bud
>>46501208
Sorry about that, here is the picture on the right side
>>46501217
Right looks better but I would consider making the loincloths and robes a different colour just for differentiation. Claws are usually black or bone, black would probably look better here. Lamps can really be anything, maybe a green or a yellow.
>>46501125
but really, a razor saw, jewellers saw, retractable exacto blade with lots of replacement blades (a dull blade is very dangerous), a set of different shaped hobby files, and the finest grit sand paper (black, 800 iirc), and finally green stuff.
>>46499604
hawt
>>46500851
I don't want to get lost in the shuffle. Could someone take a quick look at this and help me out?
>>46495466
>>46499299
Thanks! I just started playing 40 in November, so this has been a rocky road lol
>>46499604
Good job. And yeah, incredibly complex model to put into a starter kit, just the area to be covered is an exercise in patience.
>>46501248
It looks like a piece of sprue, a couple of turds and two randomly placed scenery bits. At least try to put some effort into it.
>>46500851
>>46501310
Try it. If anything you will be a shade off and it will look similar, yet unique. Be the opposite of afraid to experiment.
>>46501779
Go away, you are of no use here.
>>46500851
i'm willing to bet you'd get better results just doing Rakarth flesh as a base.
1. rakarth flesh
2. flayed one flesh.
3. red wash. maybe some watered down purple wash as well if you wanna go crazy.
4. really really watered down brown wash
5. I don't use GW greys so I can't help with fur
6. bones - ushabti bone, brown wash, ushabti bone highlight
>>46501809
sorry what i mean is use a really really watered down brown wash on the whole model. then do your final white highlight.
>>46489218
Anybody do any cool Kroot conversions?
If I ever make an Inquisition army, I'm thinking of fluffing it as a Rogue Trader and using a mostly-xenos warband. Maybe give a Kroot some power armor and make him a Krootsader.
My guy needs a base now.
>>46501903
The back.
>>46501853
throw one of those 3rd party 28mm Predator models in the mix.
>>46501853
>Krootsader
Shouldn't a Krootsader have a power weapon, flak amour, and a storm shield? What you're describing sounds more like Taucolyte.
>>46501930
Well that was quick
>>46502223
too much
>>46502265
I had the base made. Thought there was more to do on it. But I can touch it up with the guy attached.
>>46502293
there is too much going on and it's just too large for gaming purposes
>>46496871
Holy fucking shit, nice!
>>46502092
Don't crusaders have 3+/3++?
Huh, no they don't. What does that even do, other than weaken grav attacks? There's no instances in which invul would be ignored and armor wouldn't, is there?
I still think it would look cooler in power armor since Kroot are larger than normal humans.
>>46502402
You always take the invul save, I think the flak is just there for fluff reasons.
Anyone have tips on painting gold? Ive been trying a brown base then gold metallic over but something still seems off.
>>46502425
There's a few weapons that can ignore invulnerable saves (like Vindicare Shieldbreaker Rounds), but most of the time those weapons will tell your flak armour to fuck off jsut as easily.
>>46502441
Wash with either brown or a flesh wash.
Extreme highlight with silver.
Any pics? Can't tell you what's wrong if we can't see it.
>>46502441
well, what do you think of the gold on my Thousand Sons above?
What the fuck is wrong with Necron Compound? I picked up a tub of the Necron Compound drybrush, and it was literally unusable garbage, as the paint was the consistency of hardened rubber, and I couldn't get any of it on my brush.
What the fuck is this shit, it's bad even for drybrush paint! How do I redeem this damnable paint?
![3748bc3e8d92c61fff41ad463d41369c[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/D3nDj60.jpg "3748bc3e8d92c61fff41ad463d41369c[1]")
Does chrome NMM actually look good in person? I was thinking about trying my hand at it but I don't want to bother if it's something that looks like ass except from a specific angle.
Not as over the top as pic related, of course.
>>46502348
The game sucks. I don't care.
When it comes to Dire Avengers, what's the usual paint scheme for them, by the fluff? Are they always blue, or are they done in Craftworld colors sometimes?
>>46502601
1) Horizon Chrome NMM is exceptionally hard to pull off.
2) Unless executed extremely well, it'll look silly from a number of angles, as the NMM is very directional for chrome.
>>46489983
>>46491072
WHATS A GOOD SUBSTITUTE FOR RED INK 61-64
im all out and i regret not buying another 10 of them when i was a boy.
tell me, how does one paint Warhammer Mini's and not use red ink? better yet how can anyone use the new bullshit paints before the plastic pot breaks and dries up all your paint?
>>46502700
let me see if i got it right this time
>>46502601
I'm not sold on a lot of NMM, and "True Metal Metallics vs Non Metal Metallics" by arcanepaintworks covers it pretty well (can't post link as 4chan thinks it's spam). Metallic paints have their place.
Your example shows as well as his that it makes the subject look like they're all alone in a vast wasteland, rather than in a crowded battle.
Hey whats a good thing to use to stick optional parts together that isnt blutack or magnets?
>>46502732
>>46502700
Just upload to somewhere else, then re-download.I am so bloody triggered by misaligned images today, but at least it's not 8MB.
>>46502619
alrighty then
tactfulness aside, I also just think it looks rubish
>>46502637
Hmm, I see what you mean. 2 and 4 don't look nearly as good as 1 and 3. Is it purely a technique for display pieces then?
And how about less reflective stuff like this? Is the difference between the apparent light source and the actual light source significantly less apparent or is it still strange from most angles? I guess it's pretty telling that I can only find NMM pictures from one angle usually, but I still wish people would post multiple angles just to give a better feel for what they've actually accomplished.
>>46502700
I've done some experimenting lately with tubs of "Blood for the Blood God" as an alternative for Red Ink, and putting it on top of red paint. It works pretty well for making a sort of shiny wash.
I'll post pictures later of my experimenting.
>>46502402
>What does that even do, other than weaken grav attacks?
>>46502425
>I think the flak is just there for fluff reasons.
When Crusaders were first introduced as part of Inquisitorial Retinues in Third Edition, they were equipped with the same medium armour (4+) as other "Warrior" henchmen, but the large shields they bore were suppression shields, not storm shields. This made them invulnerable (4+) and also made them count as having an additional hand weapon (+1 Attack). Citadel sculpted the Crusader model with a power swords and large shield; while their description at the time said they were armed with power *swords*, it really didn't matter: in Third Edition, all power weapons (sword/axe/spear/plunger) bore an identical profile.
Im going to start painting my recently acquired Grey Knights this weekend and was wondering if my backstory / reasoning for an alternative color scheme holds water. I'd be painting them with the usual scheme but with white/blue instead of red.
The backstory would be that my guys were alerted to a chaos scheme on a frozen fringe world that houses mostly ecclesiarchy stuff. Apparently the Sisters of Battle there are guarding a recently found artifact and chaos wants to fuck shit up as usual. As the brotherhood enters the world's atmosphere a terrible warpstorm of plot levels envelopes the sector and ends up crashing them on the planet.
Now stranded on a frozen planet with a very minimal military presence and unable to communicate with the rest of the Imperium they have been fighting a hidden war with demons and the like for almost ten years. Having understood that they might have to spend time on the planet for longer than expected the brotherhood grand master has ordered the brotherhood to wear a different color in order to masquerade as a regular space marine chapter, in order to ensure that no word of the Grey Knights would leak through the local population in case the warpstorm suddenly subsided.
The whole thing would be a nice setup if I end up expanding my army to have some Sisters of Battle at some point. I could try and use this whole stuck together for 10 years thing to push them having a similar color scheme all around. I know a backstory like this might seem a bit too much but I really want a lore-friendly explanation to alternative colors and possibly the non-GK units.
>>46501791
>>46501809
Thanks, guys. I thought I found some Rakarth Flesh when I was looking at the colors in MS Paint. Maybe it is in there.
I don't have any paints yet, so I want to make sure I get exactly what I need.
Thanks. It looks like I'm on the right path.
>>46502895
>I'd be painting them with the usual scheme but with white/blue instead of red.
Just paint them like that. If you do it well, people will go 'Cool colour scheme'. You literally just have to say 'I felt like doing something different from the studio scheme', people understand making your army your own.
You don't need the fluff, and
>how do you explain them fighting anyone but Chaos if they're supposed to be stranded?
>Stranded away from the imperium and they prioritise changing their colour scheme
>If they aren't imitating an existing chapter and still have =I= all over their gear, and still have loads of force weapons and psychic hoods, who the fuck are they fooling?
Also this probably belonged in /40kg/
>>46502856
same ive tried mixing my own red ink using the new washes (which are crap on a crap cracker) and also combining different red ink with the washes but in all my years of painting ( both miniature and canvas ) ive never come across any ink that worked, smeared, dried, or mixed so beautifully with the acrylic based citadel paints which gamesworkshop should have never ditched.
and ive looked online but just seems there is no more red ink 61-64 which does make me genuinely shed tears sometimes.
How do i stick stuff together without magnets, glue etc? Like so I can remove it later?
>>46502993
I guess you're right, Im overthinking it. And sorry for posting that here, I thought you guys would know best how people handle color schemes like that.
>>46503171
You can use poster putty or whatever its called
>>46503192
Fluff Qs I'd put in /40kg/, and desu people get colour scheme feedback in there too. Your question was a lot more about whether it was fluff-friendly than about the scheme.
Wip can tell you if the colour scheme works and to thin your paints once you've started painting them.
>>46503223
>>46503246
>Mold lines, so many mold lines
>Better pictures in a collage plz
>>46503223
>>46503246
so this dude is still WIP but some backstory originally i wanted to make him some kind of noise-marine-biker like an eternal ghost-banshee who speeds across wastelands but being this was my first ever bike i decided to stick with something more simple.
so i made a tzeentch-worshipping dude, the impression his machine is ever changing and refusing to be motionless, so i gave him a autocannon barrel-grenade launcher contraption as well as some tyranid scythes that i could spare that are puncturing out of the chasis to impale anyone who tries to scratch his ride.
and i hope thats what ive achieved with little-to-no red ink.
>>46493734
Yea you'll need to seal it, I generally use latex house paint on foam. It protects from spray paint and gives it a bit of a skin to toughen it up.
>>46498912
Uploaded from Australia I see.
>>46502799
Great critism. I'll just remove the rubbish along with your shit post and it will look great.
>>46503171
>>46503210
sticky tac
blue tac
>>46503429
Someone saying your base is too over the top and it looks tacky and poorly done really hurts your feelings, eh? C&C: remove it as it was a potentially neat idea that came out bad.
Don't want feedback? Don't post it.
Don't want negative feedback? Share it with yo momma.
>>46503429
Let's keep it civil.
>>46502223
Is this a base or a diorama?
If it's a base:
>It might cause trouble for gaming
If it's a diorama
>Figure has had a lot of effort put into it, scenery looks like a mishmash of bits
Either way, it doesn't do the mini justice.
For a gaming base, you could go clean and use your mesh to cover the base so it looks like he's standing on a deck, possibly with a gap and a beam to break it up a little. Simple, but effective.
For a diorama, assuming this is what you want: The meshing is fine, but the wall lacks detail and is just a big black void providing no contrast to the miniature and no visual interest.
Consider using a panel from a scenery piece with plenty of details that you can pick out.
I'd also avoid the wall being black, with so much black on the mini. Brassy colours can work for imperial scenery very well.
The railings don't look great either: it looks like some dowels glued together, again there's no interest or detailing. You presumably want it quite open to show the base of the mini, so a fence with cocktail stick bars could provide that, and reduce the weirdness of the railings.
I'd also add some support struts below the decking: Imperial architecture is big on flying buttresses and gothic arches, even in practical places, so they would be a good tie-in to the aesthetic.
Nice enough mini, but the base is definitely letting it down.
>>46503429
Calm down man, he does have a point. Not practical enough to be used in a game, not good-looking enough to be a diorama. Either scale it back or give it context with surrounding scenery.
>>46503347
Main feedback is once again: Mold lines.
If you're old enough to miss red ink how have you got this far without learning to remove mold lines, especially ones as obvious as on his backpack and between the spikes?
Hard to critique the paintjob with these pictures, >>46498915 is a good guide to follow- happy to say more with some more in-focus shots with less busy backgrounds.
We 3.5 edition now!
>>46503621
You an idiot. Your first critism was two words with no context, your second critism is irrelevant since I'm not playing with it and you last critism was "it's rubbish" again with no context. I didn't even know you were talk about the base for two of those. I can take critism and it's not hard to rebase since it's glued with super glue. My issues is your critism is basically irrelevant shitposting and not helpful.
>>46503742
>Standing on top of a vehicle that will have significant recoil
>With spikes both in front of and behind you
Oh Iron Warriors. When will you learn.
>>46503727
i know my phone makes those mold lines abbhorently clear.
you should see my other models.
>hard to crtique paintjob
ypu're looking at it dingus
>>46503866
It's not getting impaled on a tank, it's mobile entrenching.
>>46498668
Wew, there's three of us then at least. Sup Bros?
Working on a new warband for mordheim. The old empire militia box is surprisingly good!
>>46503742
Nice chinashit.
>>46499174
What is that thing he is stitting on? Just a piece of painted wood?
I should pull the lathe out and turn out some nice bases like that sometime.
>>46503940
Too bad it's gone, or will be atleast. Get it while you can!
>>46503988
It's the only thing left for the Empire stuff...
I hope they are just updating the Empire stuff, I don't want them to leave
>>46503973
It's a primed but unpainted resin plinth from HiTechMiniatures, I need to paint it up to look like marble one of these days.
It's about 45 mm diameter at the base and 38ish mm on top, so I'm not so keen on using it as an actual base, which was what I planned to do with it.
Guys I need help , i'm trying to look for paint , cause i want to return to that hobby but , I can't find the same colours that I used to have , like Green Goblin or name's like that , what kind of paint should i use now?
Anyone have tips for painting Orange?
Right now I'm starting with a dark red and working my way up, but I'm looking to see if there's a method that doesn't require 4+ layers to make a decent coat.
>>46499604
I want to paint one of these now.... dammit
>>46499160
Some of it is, not enough though....
>see this thread while scrolling for another /tg/ general
>remember I have some High Elves I painted when I was 11
Turns out I have three boxes that are unopened, one war eagle(?) and a mage.
![m2320032a_Citadel_Conversion_Chart11[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/NyBxiqu.jpg "m2320032a Citadel Conversion Chart11[1]")
>>46504304
Didn't take long to google, friend.
>>46504304
>I can't find the same colours that I used to have , like Green Goblin or name's like that , what kind of paint should i use now?
Do not waste what The Emperor provides!
See also http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Paint_Range_Compatibility_Chart
>>46504367
Oh damn , didn't look in english imo , thnxs anon
>>46503988
Gonna buy one from a FLGS. I only got witch hunters and orcs, so making some regular mercs would be nice. I think those mantic flail women minis might name decent sisters of sigmar minis.
>>46504088
Nifty. If you know a woodworking nerd you could probably get him to turn out a smaller version of that with his lathe, not too hard if you know what you're doing.
How come you paint figures after assembly? To me it would seem much easier to paint invidual parts first, then assemble.
I don't know much about painting, just curious.
>>46503832
Calm yourself child
>>46504601
The fit on kits is never perfect. During assembly you have to glue and fill gaps, which will oftentimes be rendered difficult or impossible by prepainting. People often partially assemble their models, for ease of painting, but it's pretty rare to see someone paint parts individually, just because it's a huge pain in the dick.
>>46504601
>How come you paint figures after assembly?
Because:
you didn't think through your subassemblies
you were bored and just wanted to do something so you assembled them
you don't know better
they're only going to be tabletop standard so you don't really care and you save time and effort
there's going to be a gap to fill and there's no point painting when you'll have to apply putty and sand it down later.
>To me it would seem much easier to paint invidual parts first, then assemble.
Sure is, to a certain extent. There is usually a certain amount of assembly that it makes sense to do, as it doesn't limit brush access, and often that means you put several of these subassemblies together, prime and paint, and then glue together in the end.
>>46492916
for me it's usually a case of a shit i'll have to paint parts of that before i assemble it
e.g. the valkyrie+ FW vendetta kit that i've had lying around for a month and a half
>>46503866
>Power armor getting impaled by some slightly sharp decorative metal
Also the dude isn't part of the model...
>>46503572
>>46503210
anything other than that?
>>46504837
You can break superglue easily enough if you want it semi-permanent.
You can try just pinning it and not gluing one end of the pin in.
Magnets are the real truth, though.
>>46504870
>Magnets are the real truth, though.
Agreed.
>>46499604
Even though a sigmarine, I say time well spent
How would you magnetize ball joints so that they're fully articulate?
Put a magnet in the socket, and then core-out/replace the ball joint with a ferromagnetic sphere?
>>46504358
That's actually not bad for 11 year old painting. I was definitely worse than that at that age.
>>46503866
Nobody ever said that being a traitor astartes was a safe occupation, fuckers wrangler Defilers for god's sake.
>>46503957
Isn't it? :^)
>>46504671
As an Ogre Kingdoms player, I always paint before assembly, primarily because some of the parts are IMPOSSIBLE to plaint after assembly. Specifically under the arms. Most of mine are noticably grey in the gap between their arms and thighs, because it's impossible to get a paint-brush in there, without brushing their trousers as well. The easiest way to fix this is to paint before assembly.
With a nice cloak and the backpack on, could this be a good captain for my own BA successor chapter?
Some kid at the local GW store left the bits from a dracoth set and I said why not.
>>46505199
Yeah, sure
>>46505199
The head's the only bordeline part for me, I think I'd also like to see a tabard.
>>46489218
Someone photoshop that picture so that the Smurf actually holds a Johny.
>>46505199
>With a nice cloak and the backpack on, could this be a good captain for my own BA successor chapter?
Looks boss, but why would you want a power axe *and* a power fist? They are both Unwieldy, and the power fist is a Specialist weapon, so you don't gain +1 Attack for having an additional close combat weapon.
>>46505199
Ax looks great, but I'm undecided about the head. It sort of pushes it into too much Sigmar territory. What would the color scheme look like? That could save it.
Finding a bunch of old Empire models on ebay. Might want to paint some handgunners as I like the models and never got to paint them back in the day.
>>46505276
He could be using it as a Power Lance for hitting MEQ's at initiative on the first turn, then, the second turn onwards using the fist.
>>46505260
He already is...
>>46504601
Gluing painted surfaces together is weak
You can't gap fill after painting
Handling the parts to paint is difficult
If you can't get brush access to an area you probably can't see it well either.
>>46504601
Because you cant tell exactly where light and shadows are supposed to be until the model is assembled. There are some cases where leaving a piece off of the model is the best way, but doing this as standard practice is amateur hour, and will prevent you from developing your skills. My apologies if I hurt the feelings of any sub-assembly painters, we all have our preferred methods. But yours is wrong.
>>46505260
>Someone photoshop that picture so that the Smurf actually holds a Johny.
The ophthalmologist's office phoned the other day, and reminded me that it's time to get my eyes checked again, but looking at the OP's picture ... isn't that exactly what he's doing?
>>46505277
Scheme for tactical marines is a dark red (Think of the flesh tearers red) for the armor and beige on the helmet and kneepads, with some golden details like the edge of the pauldrons and shit.
I'd probably paint the helmet red on this one though.
>>46505276
I don't play much 40k so it was more of an esthetic choice. I think it gives him a really nice pose.
>>46505237
Agree on the head, but i wouldn't be able to make a Tabard. What about a loincloth?
>>46505443
>I don't play much 40k so it was more of an esthetic choice. I think it gives him a really nice pose.
Point taken. We Blood Angels are all about aesthetic choices... it's not like we're actually out to win or anything!
![Space%20Marine%20half%20tabard%20finished%20sculpt[2].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/5y3LXwr.jpg "Space%20Marine%20half%20tabard%20finished%20sculpt[2]")
>>46505443
>Agree on the head, but i wouldn't be able to make a Tabard. What about a loincloth?
Half-tabard, loincloth-thing, One of these
>>46491469
Looks like an N64
>>46490550
I used a mix of Cork, filler an some MDF doors
>>46489218
Working on some HH stuff, some WIP ultramarines, thoughts?
>>46505984
Are those just based blue and the light is naturally highlighting it, or is it airbrushed? Looking really good
>>46505984
They look a little easter-y for my tastes. I think a light wash would do them some good.
>>46506220
Airbrushed saves some time if all the blues are done.
>>46506257
Tone of them should change a lot after the blue is glazed down a bit, don't want to go with a wash. 2 dark and they wont stand out on the table.
>>46503940
>small but vicious dogs
>>46506855
>small but vicious dogs
I picked up a couple of those for my Witchhunters warband, and they are tiny! They come as accessories on the sprue with the Bretonnian bowmen.
>>46501248
i like the re-bar wires sticking out
Clone troopers best troopers
More Gorkamorka
>>46506911
Verily, your men will dominate the fields upon which they do battle with such ferocious weapons of war.
Also, a moment of silence for the Bretonnians. Gone, but not forgotten.
>>46507215
Any option for them not to have identical heads?
>>46507040
What are those from? And what scale are they?
![matoranAlphabet[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/Z34h6cX.png "matoranAlphabet[1]"){kind=small}
![58321040[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/woE7ZGq.jpg "58321040[1]")
![IMG_0544[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/yXkLbiR.jpg "IMG 0544[1]")
![SENMM[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/HbrrIL1.jpg "SENMM[1]")
![image[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/jEgjWxX.jpg "image[1]")
