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>Fuckin Magnets how do they work?
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>Ventilate, motherfucker
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>Previous Thread:
>>47809043
Picked up that bloody loota box.
Going to turn the burnas into more looted guns so I atleast get a reasonable amount of mans out of it.
from the last thread on the topic of stolen models;
in my house I keep my minis on a shelf of a bookshelf in my loungeroom, and the owners (we're renting tenants) are selling, so they've been having open homes.
during one of the open home days one of my two commisars went missing from amongst the fifty-odd guardsmen i had sitting there
just the commisar
pocketed by some shitlord, from my own home.
also update on my nearly finished Custodes
>>47835139
That's fucked. I don't know how people can just take shit from someone else.
I had one of my chaos bikers stolen back in 3rd ed days. We were showing some kid how to play at the gaming club and he must have pocketed it from my casualties at the side of the table.
Get some shade into that red. It's looking aggressively flat. The swords could use a little something too. A bit flat and too shiny looking.
>>47835120
>not getting some shitty snapfit AoBR boys and riding across the field with a box filled with flamers
>>47835195
i was doing a watered-down shade on the red, it was wet when i took the pic. it's dried now, but it pooled and fucked up, so i'm going to try another wash and after that, i'll highlight it. the sword i'm going to do the detailwork in a gold.
i picked up that retributor gold paint, and it's amazing to use after trying to layer up to a consistent gold through the other paints.
size comparison of the model again for anyone interested.
>>47835139
>>47835195
Seems there's just scum in the hobby. My local redshirt tells me on average two sets of clippers disappear from the painting area each week.
>>47835207
Been playing since second ed man. I already have about 30 of the metal burnas.
What I don't have is lootas.
>>47835210
You've got to apply it really sparingly in many layers otherwise you're just hoping the surface tension and capillary action is kind to you.
He's a good termi size.
Not sold on the weird little arms on the dread looking thing.
Why isn't there a wip general op image with based Duncan as the emperor?
>>47835281
yeah, the bigga boy is a bit silly. I was hoping they'd be good primarch stand-ins, but theyre just lil' boys in big armour.
but for $9AUD i figured it's worth it just to paint for fun
>>47835334
>9 dollarydoos
Nice, are they from a particular company? I wouldn't mind having a look at what they've got.
Grabbed a ka-bu-ki steel knight to convert into an iron father during the combat company sale last week.
>>47835398
the mini is from Scibor miniatures, some euro-based company. that model usually goes for i think 35 euro, but my local shop is clearing them so everything is under cost. the painted one I posted i snagged two of for a dollar fifty each.
http://www.thecombatcompany.com/
>>47835398
haha whoops i didnt even see that you knew the site
my reading ability has gone downhill today, i'm going to bed.
heres my skaven conversion i quickly did up tonight, might run him as thanquol and boneripper... might change the angle on the ball, any ideas?
>>47835445
forgot pic
>>47835139
I had a dead pile during a game of fantasy and some guy pocketed a night goblin, because I couldn't find him anywhere after
Just one night goblin, out of like 150.
I was confused
>>47835285
>Why isn't there a wip general op image with based Duncan as the emperor?
Because until now, that had never occurred to me. See, I already did the one with him as Ollanius Pius; he seemed like more of a regular guardsman who, through his heroic action, should be revered as a saint.
That, and I could crop and rotate his head to fit the flag pretty well.
>>47835285
Oh, and of course, there's this one. Somebody with (obviously) much better editing skills than me.
>>47835661
someone should totally do a guard army based on that pic.
>all have goggles/sunglasses
>grey and black tiger stripe
>yellow stripe on helmet
>red bandana
also, here's Mr. totally-not-inspired-by-rambo finished.
>>47835842
so I'll say this for cheapo jewfag acrylic paints being used for painting miniatures:
1) light colors suck. Like green, flesh colors, beige, etc. Shitty coverage. For painting faces, I'll probably invest in some good quality flesh colors.
2) dark colors like black, brown, etc. are great. awesome coverage, but they don't water down to make great washes because when you water them down, then they start to get patchy. I'll probably also invest in a good quality black and brown ink/wash.
3) metallics are nice. Work perfect. good coverage, work for drybrushing, etc.
Overall, I'm happy. You're not gonna be winning any competitions, and I can definitely tell the difference in paint from when I was using Citadel ones years ago, but if I knew someone was just starting out and wanted to buy lots of paints, I'd totally recommend it. For a beginner who isn't going to be painting eyeballs and blood veins, they are fine, especially for army-level paint jobs.
Now, my real motivation for getting back into the hobby is Epic Armageddon. For those 6mm minis, I'll probably have to buy good paints, because the minis are so fine and small. But I might be able to use these to paint the titans and vehicles.
>>47835842
That reminds me a whole lot of the dad from that 70s show.
question for everyone.
Can anyone recommend any decent, no-frills 28mm skeletons that dont have any extra bits on the models? I'm thinking of doing a terrain/diorama bit, of a graveyard that's being eroded by river/flooding, and some of the graves have been washed open.
just not sure whats available in the way of really plain simple skeletons that'll work for that purpose, I've not done any modelling for donkeys' years.
>>47835625
So, you lost it and instantly accuse someone of theft.
Forging the Narrative even outside of the game. Good job?
>>47835285
Because you are too lazy to ever start the WIP thread?
>>47835625
ive had single bloodletters stolen on 3 seperate ocassions, i now have to proxy 1 for apoc formations.
dafuq
Any ideas for what this could proxy as with more work?
Took to bits that look like they fit and they kinda did.
>>47835234
Fuck me and clippers. Stuff like that could be just accidental during packing up, has happened to me many times. I've always returned them, though since who the fuck needs two?
Currently working on Asterion Moloc, Ivanus Enkomi (which are 100% super thin recasts) and a Tech Marine for my Minotaur army.
> How important are servitors to a TM?
> I'm going for the "fresh, clean, well maintained" look for this army, should my TM and scouts be the exception since they have the dirty jobs or keep them clean as well?
>>47836456
I think you could justify dirty on those few guys. As long as it isn't too much otherwise they will look a bit out of place.
I made the rest of the bases with the new style.
>>47837356
Then glued them and applied a wash to the white because it was too plain.
Now they are truly finished, back to the wave serpent.
>>47837356
I like these way more.
>>47837384
Don't forget to seal them.
Looking great man. They've come up nice.
>>47837433
Don't worry they already have a nice coat of satin varnish on them.
Could anyone give me feedback on how to improve the front 2 terminators? Also ideas on how i can go about the sons of medusa icon? The circle i can manage, so i only really need a guide how to easily freehand a skull
>>47837476
The heads need more shadow to give them definition.
Sadly though white undercoat is much easier to work from it really robs you of a lot of the nice shadow and definition. It's almost as much work to go back and add it as it is to work up to bright colours from a black base.
This is the first time I have used green stuff this way. How did I do on making a hood for my desert guardsman?
>>47837840
I really like it, anon
>>47837840
Looks good, did you change the barrel as well?
Does anyone have that image showing how to paint burnt iron on a knight weapon?
>>47837840
Looks freakin' great, anon.
Here's a similar guardsman with a GS hood I did a few months back.
Phone pic sorry guys. Still have to clean these guys up and highlight a few details. Oh and the bases. But almost done.
Commander and Medic for HoR Kill Team.
>>47838003
yes, lasguns are standard issue in the guard.
What do you guys think of my objective markers
>>47835139
Did you tell the owner about it?
>Hey, some fuck heads you had in here stole some of my shit, can you please keep an eye on the strangers you have going through my living space?
>>47838215
Sorry, closer picture
>>47838024
Looks a bit plain what with everything being brown.
>>47838358
>mold lines
come on m8
>>47838215
Markers for what? Candyland?
>>47838508
Slaaneshi demon world
>>47837840
So I think I'm done with 4 of them, Should I continue to make 6 more? Or should I make a whole platoon's worth?
Just about done with my Magos, need to touch up a few things. I'm happy with how the base turned out, my first time basing anything with more than just a coat of paint.
>>47837476
There's a skull in a circle on the transfer sheet for Space Marines.
Unless the new ones look different, but seeing as those are the 2nd/3rd edition termies, I figure you should have a few spares of the old transfersheets.
The icon is in black, but you could apply it and paint over it in white. You'd just have to add the spikes around the circle to finish the halo of the icon.
If you want to freehand it, just draw a circle, put a little box underneath for the upper jaw and add two smaller circles/triangles for the cheekbones on each side where the circle and the box meet.
Then just paint the eyes and the nose on top of that.
Also take a look at these guys. >>47837384
Damn.
>>47838358
>>47838563
Look like buttplugs so they fit perfectly
>>47838211
You can still see the auto gun mechanisms. You should trim those down and fill in the ejection hole if you really want lasguns.
>>47838583
Platoons worth. With heavy weapons.
They'll make sweet ally units.
>>47837840
>>47838583
That's a really nice conversion.
Definitely looks convincing.
If you want to avoid doing that for a cohort of conscripts or something like that you can also get 3rd party bits for desert themed armies.i don't mean to imply you should stop converting or anything like that, just wanted to point out the option. Puppetswar also have heads like that.
When do you guys apply your transfers/decals? Before or after washes/highlights? the final thing before the model is 'finished'?
>>47838839
I'd just leave them with the guns as-is.
Of the gajillions of guard regiments out there, I'm sure some still use autoguns. They also look cooler. Fits with them being like desert-warriors or insurgents or whatever
>>47836214
Necron spectre maybe
Finally getting around to painting a second Assault Marines squad for a full Battle Company. Been putting them off for half a year now.
>>47839815
Dude.
These are beautiful. Nice work.
What do I do if the paint comes out of the pot too thin?
>>47840469
shake it
>>47840469
Did you shake the pot long and hard enough?
So lads, any tips for doing battle damage on white power armour?
>>47840545
Sponge on Rhinox Hide, paint interior of larger splotches with grey or silver.
Just finish my second carnosaur. Not too happy with the rider's shield but meh, I want to move on to something else. How did I do?
>>47841023
Shield looks lovely and clean, but I guess that wasn't what you were going for then?
In general looks like very nice work.
Help I keep buying Leman Russes and my backlog is ever growing
>>47841054
That's what I was going for, but it looks quite thick in person. The picture makes it cleaner than it actually is.
I have an ultrasonic cleaner and some Super Clean but I am worried about safety.
I've got 50 pairs of nitrile gloves and some eye protection, but the strongest acid I've got laying around is some old wine.
Has anyone stripped with super clean before? What steps would you recommend for staying safe?
I've also asked in the Warmachine general and gotten nothing, and I probably should have started here in the first place:
I'm putting together a Convergence Axiom. It's my first Colossal, and I'd like to do something special with it. Just a little conversion to set it apart from all the other Colossals that are built exactly the same way. Any ideas?
One person recommended having another faction's Warjack dead and dragging by one of the Axiom's tow cables, but I was thinking more a change to the model's actual look rather than just an extra bit of flavor.
Halp /wip/
what do you all think about a guardsmen priest based off of the Russian orthodox priests?
>>47842092
I am just going to put on some gloves, eye protection, and be as neat as I can.
Will post back if I get seriously injured, or not, if the injury is really serious...
>>47842204
Valhallan Ice Warriors regiment?
Update on my Neverborn for Malifuax.
I've gotten most of the stuff I need for a tournament at the start of July painted up now, just a few more models to so i'm pretty happy with that. I'll need to go back over a few and touch some minor stuff up but for the most part i'm pretty happy with how everything's looking so far.
>>47842257
no sorry, i'm the guy with the desert guard >>47838583, I just wanted to kitbash a priest because I think the games workshop ones are to monk like and not catholic or orthadox priest like.
So I was thinking I could use my cadian command bits to make a priest who is holding a scroll and reading from it as a bolter and medpack hang from his back and his right hand would be a powerfist. Then to make him look priest-like I was going to make a nrck piece thing from this pic >>47842204.
Thoughts?
>>47842222
who the fuck designed that bottle damn super clean bottle wtf the moment I pour it flows fucking awful because of the airflow, spills fucking everywhere
first time I've ever had a bottle of wine on hand as a safety precaution I'll tell you that much
Infinity Merovingian Weapon crates
>>47842465
and then I accidentally stab myself with a sculpting tool while I let the stripping fluid do its thing
today hasn't been a good day
>>47842333
I love these every time you post them. They don't like like something you would play a tournament with though, they look more like display pieces or something.
>>47843431
i nicked myself with my hobby blade, and in suprise I dropped the knife and it fell into my foot :(
>>47843735
been there done that, I feel your pain bro
>new, still low on supplies
>Only primer is black (going to go through it and buy better quality stuff than rustoleum)
>get to the mini's face
>Want to do Cadian Flesh+Agrax
>Cadian out of the pot is so thin it can't be applied directly to primer without capilary action
>works okay with a base coat first
>don't have a basecoat that doesn't make the cadian look nightmarish
Fuck
>>47843765
bugmans glow, then reikland fleshshade, then cadian, and if you obscure too much detail with the cadian do another thin wash of reikland
i know your point is you dont have the paints, but theyre the ones you're gonna want to get
>>47843796
thanks anon, you got a picture of the end result of this?
>>47839815
Coming along well, keep it up
>>47840469
Clip a piece a sprue, a nice little cube, put it in the pot and shake like a madman
Why do GW paints dry so fast? I can't even paint before it's dried up. Vallejo stays liquid for ages while Citadel dries up on my brush. The only Citadel paint I like are their reds since the other citadel paints are faulty. I'm looking forward to my order of new Vallejo paints and a new set of brushes that aren't from GW. Everytime I paint with GW products there's a 50% chance the miniature will either look good or like shit.
Most of the painting is now done on the trench networks.
Now for my army of washes.
Nearing the finish line.
C&C welcome
>>47844028
looks like lava desu
>>47844076
Or rust.
>>47842092
I used those yellow dish washing gloves with Super Clean Concentrate and had no issues, though I did go back to those gloves well over a year later and they were kinda melty. I did have some skin contact too and had no irritation but I'm sure it's best avoided. Definitely wear eye protection with the sonic clearer so it doesn't fling droplets or some shit.
>>47844013
I admit I haven't bought any of the newest paints yet, but I had a different experience. I felt like the Vallejo paints dried faster.
>>47842182
>>47842182
bump
What kind of masks do you guys wear when working with resin?
Ive been using n95 masks but I was wondering if I should upgrade to a full respirator to help against glue and activator fumes as well
>>47838756
Are they ever going to sell these again?
>>47844028
>>47844076
>>47844108
Have to say, combined with the grey, volcanic looks stones, it really does look like lava.
>>47838756
is he from the matrix?
>>47844374
Hello /tg/
I don't usually post in this board. I used to post a bunch on DakkaDakka.com, but haven't been there in a long time either. I just put the finishing touches on my Warlord Titan (3rd revision). I started it in 2012 and haven't had a chance to play it in a long time.
What do you think?
>>47844405
Anyway, the up coming washes are intended to tone down the brightness.
>>47844574
Looks nice, but pretty flat,i hope that's what you mean with finishing touches
>>47844405
cool. Well i'm telling you what it looks like. It looks like lava.
Probably because its too much rust, nothing that big is 100% rusted.
Think about where water would flow etc.
>>47844574
I think that, now that there's a real Warlord out, yours might have been impressive once but it's wimpy now.
>>47844574
Does that thing like kill everything in a game? How does that even work?
>>47844828
me again, to clarify what you've done is very cool. just the contrast between the grey and the orange makes your mind thing lava.
I'm sure you can tone it down
Finished filling in the cracks on the wing joins with greenstuff on my hawkies tonight, tomorrow comes the paintin'
>>47838022
He's a big guy
>>47844828
>>47844998
I am not going to lie, at one point during the paint I thought, "hey, that looks kinda like lava. neat."
water would flow directly over those drainage grates that are the most heavily rusted.
I do appreciate your input, but that of course means I will address those criticisms.
I would image relatively ancient trenches left to the harsh elements would be pretty heavy rusted over in it's entirety.
Make sure to comment again once I post after the washes have been applied.
>>47844853
That is still pretty impressive.
>>47844797
I was going for something like the titans on the cover of titanicus. Although I admit I have always been intimidated of painting something so big. I don't want it to turn out gaudy.
Opinions on my Librarian?
>>47845641
sideways/10
>>47845641
it's quite messy, especially on the backpack. consider going back and touching up where the paints gone where its' not meant to.
Also it looks like you didn't prime the model first either, you'll get a better coverage if you do.
>>47845641
Appears to be primed in white. No highlights or washes. Paint not even remotely in the lines. Could be good eventually but right now it's solidly in the shit tier
>>47835625
Sounds like something a kid would do. Probably a kid.
>>47845641
Nice and clean, good colours, perfectly playable! I'd be happy to play against him!
For things to work on next, I'd look at adding some highlighting - just some sharp lines on the edges of armour plates, and the icon on his backpack. (helps him stand out on the table) If you've not done much before, maybe practice on some regular guys first (simpler models to correct if you go too far).
Highlighting really brings out the details in the moulding, and once you've got the hang of it, is a strong, fast technique to improve your models.
I'd also highlight /Drybrush (carefully) some lighter grey onto the base to draw out the texture.
>>47845704
I did prime, just grey.
>>47836214
Add some skitarii bits and it could be a magos tech priest. Like the the priest boss.
>>47845843
Thanks for the advice, I haven't done any highlighting yet, might try an Agrax Earthshade wash on some tacticals.
Finished my Space Marine HQ's, where on the Chaplain should I highlight the armor with grey? All the edges?
>>47844028
rust needs to be toned down a bit, looks too bright for the scenery...
>>47844574
Looks great, anon. Do you have a size comparison pic? Preferably one where I don't have to break my neck to see?
Pic rotation aside it really does look awesome.
I love the Lucius pattern Warlords. The Mars patterns just look too much like big Reavers.
>>47845988
Thin your paints.
Seriously, this isn't even a meme. You have some decent technique, but the paint is borders the ill side of too thick.
>>47844998
>>47846011
Also doing some wear and tear to the rust with a graphite pencil.
That, with the washes should help break it up too.
>>47845988
>Finished my Space Marine HQ
thin your paints with a little bit of water on your pallet
also looks like you've only just done a base coat. Try doing a wash afterwards, then a layer to bring out the color, and finally a highlight to make the details really pop
>>47846037
Oh jeeze, now that I look at them, you're right! I was focusing too much at getting better at detail work and not on paint consistency.
>>47844190
Buy a cheap milsurp gasmask. Proper respirators are a waste of money when you can get something like a GP5 for 10 bucks.
>>47845641
Fucking mad/10
Why do you people jump into painting your expensive miniatures and even post them without ever reading a guide, googling for some tips, or even just ask somebody how to paint? Why do you feel the need to fuck the miniature up and brag about it too?
Guys, someone please tell me this is a bad idea
But I kind of really really want to make the monmusume cast in minis and use them.
>Implying I even have a game right now
>>47845147
Some washes might help. The thing is, sure, "pure" rust is that color. But these grates are deep in the mud. It's going to be sludgy and muddy and bloody water that's flowing into those grates. You're going to get a much darker corrosion kinda thing going on.
idk, just when most people think trenches, they think "mud", not "rust". Like that rust is fine, but it needs a fuckhuge thick layer of mud and grime layered on top of it.
After testing stripping with super clean and an ultrasonic cleaner my findings are that as dangerous as it is to work with, super clean is pretty much the ideal solution for stripping paint with an ultrasonic cleaner
a few hours of soaking and 30 minutes of ultrasonic and simple green took a ton of scrubbing to get 75% of the paint off
a few hours of soaking and 30 minutes of ultrasonic, models came out pristine bare plastic, no scrubbing needed.
>>47846288
as long as you don't do a bad job executing it then go for it.
>>47846259
dude, calm down. It's not THAT bad. It's not 'Eavy Metal quality, but for fucks sake it's decent, and certainly playable and table-appropriate. In the few battles I had years ago at my stores, I never saw anyone's army painted significantly better than that.
Is Chaos Black actually a primer?
Two guys at my FLGS were arguing about that during their game.
First timer 40K'r here. Time to start stripping. Also went shopping for supplies. Next is paint.
>>47846313
That is all wood.
>>47846320
>ultrasonic cleaner
explain? I just bought some acetone nail polish remover to strip my metal minis, and while it works well it doesn't get the crevises well, and I have to go through them with a needle that only does so well. I was going to go down and get some super clean tomorrow, to try on my metal and plastic minis since I heard it works better and doesn't kill plastics.
>>47846342
It is not even tabletop quality, basecoating is not enough, he didn't even wash and drybrush, that would have been lazy. But what he did is not even a finished model. He didn't put any effort in it and he didn't even try to cover it up. He butchered the models.
>>47846313
This post has the right idea
>>47846071
jeez, that pencil idea is great, but yeah like >>47846313 you need to add some mud and grime to it, stuff like texture paint, typhus corrosion, spak filler, that little something will make it much better
>>47846259
wow. Sorry, ProPainterDay0 is here guys!
>>47846350
What does that even mean? Gw sells a black spray primer called chaos black, it's all in their site and written on their can too, what was the arguement about?
>>47846288
That's a bad idea anon
>>47846447
One guy was insisting that it is not actually a primer and is literally just a black paint and will not hold your paint to the model like a primer like Army Painter's does.
The other guy insisted that USED to be the case but it changed a while back.
These two will argue over anything.
>>47846447
There is a different between spray primer and spray paint, anon.
Me thinks there are some angryknownothingitalls on tonight.
GW actually sells "Chaos Black Spray" and it says "primer" no where on that page.
Hence them asking if it is *actually* a primer, or just a regular paint used for basing.
>>47846447
the difference between primer, which binds to plastics and also creates a surface for paint to stick to, or a black spraypaint called primer
>>47846424
like I said, calm your shit.
If you were in your FLGS and there was some newbie there painting his first models, would you talk like that to them? No, because someone would punch you out and the store would ban you. So STFU and give constructive feedback like >>47845843
Note how he basically said the same thing as you, he just wasn't a complete tool about it. Grow the fuck up.
>>47846414
yes it is. Wood is the most common way trenches were made. But even if there isn't as much wood, it's all brown mud. See pic.
Don't take this the wrong way, I like the terrain, and I'm looking forward to seeing the look after the washes
I'm calling it quits and leaving it here. Applied some lahmain medium and got rid of the shine. How'd I do?
Gonna dump some other pewter bastards I finished as well
Second attempt turned out better. Picture's a little cruddy due to low light, I apologize.
What do you guys make of him this time?
>>47846398
simple green is a very strong base and can cause chemical burns, but I'll be darned if it doesn't do a great job at removing paint
>>47846422
it is a device you put the liquid and the miniatures inside. It vibrates.
See:
https://youtu.be/baSn9vydlfY
Here are some warlocks I'm working on
And this bad boy
>play my first 2 games of 40k with my eldar
>first game he dies turns 1 to grav cents in a droppod
>second game he dies turn 2 to some strength d flamers in a wave serpent
Off to a great start...
Armies fun as fuck though. Never listen to w40kg about what army to play, playing footdar and having a blast.
>>47846603
an... Assault Lemon?
>>47846498
>angryknownothingitalls
Why? I was asking for explaination. Yes i was wrong with the primer thing, i thought gw actually called it primer, instead it seems they are the only ones who don't.(i wonder why)
>>47846504
If that's the official difference chaos black sticks pretty nastily to plastic, i have never been able to strip it.
>>47846634
Do not insult the glorious Eldar Dreadnought!
>>47846634
lol it's true, the texture of the head is the same texture of a lemon.
>19 years in the hobby and assembling my first drop pod
Boy, am I sure glad Ihave a scalpel handy 'cause I'm ready to nick a fucking artery
Should have glued the fucking thing shut.
>>47846712
>Should have glued the fucking thing shut.
I'm probably going to do this just because my retard ass somehow had trouble building a fucking RHINO.
>>47846679
>I thought
Yet, said with conviction as if you had actually seen it with your own eyes. Your tone is pretty "you're an idiot for even asking" that is why.
>>47846712
Literally everyone I know just plays with the center sections.
>>47846743
You'll get called a WAACFAG because droppods now block Los so if you close the door it's a free lock blocking vehicle
>>47846712
fuck I hate that model. After scratch building one with foamcore and thin cardboard, they came out with a plastic one, and assembling it is a royal fucking nightmare. Everything gets all crooked, etc.
>>47846756
just the center sections? You mean leave the doors off?
>>47846572
which one do you use? that looks like it could be expensive
>>47846762
I only play with some of the lads I grew up with (for now, at least).
But I guess I should just get it over with.
>>47846762
didn't they always block line of sight like any other vehicle??? And isn't that a major part of drop pod tactics? You split the enemy, and use them for cover against the part of the enemy you're not fighting?
>>47846544
>No, because someone would punch you out and the store would ban you.
I wouldn't because irl i follow irl rules, on the internet i am anonymous and vent without following them. I explained my reasons to be mad, you can think it is not a good reason, but someone not trying as hard as that, not even finding the time to read a couple pages on what he is doing so as to learn makes me mad.(also wow nice argument). Also you seem to be confusing the tone of a post with how constructive it is, as you said the other anon said kind of the same things as i did, the fact that i was mad doesn't make my post less informative. Seriosuly how can you get into an LGS and buy paints without noticing there are those strange things called washes and that some paints are called layer and some base? It doesn't take much to understand something from there.
>>47846790
I use one I bought off amazon for like 30-40 bucks free shipping
I have no idea what brand it is, but looks pretty much like the one in the video
it works great
>>47846825
>being a dick because lol anoneemoose
like I said, grow up.
>>47846748
Yes i was sure about it as everyone calls it a primer, so i asked saying it is called a primer to understand, but i was wrong. Have you never been wrong?
>>47846021
I don't have any bananas, so soup for scale. It's about 26" tall. It you look carefully, there is a tech marine among it's feet.
>>47846572
Can? Like if you have sensitive skin? I got a little on my hand when pouring but quickly washed it off with soap. Time to wait. When I scrub these I will do it on Monday when I get some gloves from work.
>>47846825
You're such a badass dude. Post your models so I can remember which ones belong to the badass. ;)
Newbie here, stupid question time. What brushes should I get? Should I just get the Citadel set or is there something better someone can recommend?
>>47846843
>you have to follow society's rules in a non society
Grow up lol
>>47846766
No, just the base without any of the fins and doors. It's the only part that matters from a rules perspective. Well, apart from the Storm Bolter, but who gives a shit?
>>47846825
I bought a dry paint without knowing what a dry paint was and got home wondering why my paint was all chunky, then proceeded to dump water into it to try to fix it which didn't work so I posted on here about it
>>47846792
before the doors were ignored
now the doors count as part of the vehicle
this means you can do cheesy things like leave some of the doors closed (to block line of sight) and have some of the doors open (to grant cover and prevent enemy movement)
>>47846876
super clean very much can. A tiny amount is probably fine, but if you rinse your hands in it you will regret it.
simple green says it can irritate skin too, but in my experience it just smells bad
>>47846876
other guy here, I used SG for a year not knowing it can apparently cause burns, but it's never hurt me. I stuck my fingers in that shit all the time. not sure if he's talking about simple green (as he said) or super clean
>>47846897
oh. Well fuck that's grade-A retardedness.
Shit like this is why I wish 40k would get Age of Sigmarred.
>>47846922
What, I love the smell of SG!
>>47846922
So no worries then. Great!
>>47846881
Feel like I am in this question too. I went to Hooby Looby today and found some nice small bushes on sale along with some brush cleaner, but I know fuck all if they are good or small enough for detail. Quarter for size reference.
>>47846944
yep
by lining up your drop pods with doors open to the left and right you can now form a wall that the enemy can't move through, and by having the other doors on the drop pods closed you can provide some good cover for your dudes too
>>47846941
I mean I feel you. I work with guns all fucking day long and I use break cleaner or engine de-greaser all the time and apparently that shit is supposed to burn too, but I have never had any problems.
>>47846959
they will be fine
>>47846881
citidel brushes are good, but pricey
>>47846634
>an... Assault Lemon?
No, those follow the same rules as frag grenades.
>>47846880
My models and painting skill are far beyond /wip/'s, so no. I won't waste my time.
>>47846881
Any brush is ok except citadel, they are considered overcosted. For 3 € you can buy army painter which are comparable quality. The brush dimensions you should go for are between 1 and 000 if measures. Try not to go on discount tier of cheap though as those brushes don't hold their point. I usually buy my brushes at a fine arts store and pay them 1,50€.
>>47846894
Did you have internet when it happened? Why didn't you google for tips and maybe see if it was a common problem?
>>47846880
How about you explain instead of "baiting"?
>>47847023
Actually citadel's are ok too, just overcosted, i was a bit too rough
>>47846854
I have no problem admitting when I am wrong.
"it's a primer just like it says on their site"
If you don't know, don't answer a question. And don't pretend your rhetorical questions are actual questions after the fact.
>>47839528
>When do you guys apply your transfers/decals? Before or after washes/highlights? the final thing before the model is 'finished'?
Most of the time, yes, it's the last step before sealing things up. Occasionally, though, because of a model's unusual pose or the arrangement of special equipment, some transfers will need to go on and get sealed before final assembly.
>>47846989
>citidel brushes are good, but pricey
>>47847059
>citadel's are ok too, just overcosted
That's OK, I'm used to GW stuff being sometimes unreasonably expensive. Thanks for the help guys.
>>47847064
Damn i am sorry i lied mr inspector, you won, you know me too well
>>47847111
despite the cost, if anything is worth it, it's the brushes. The best brush I ever had was a citadel fine detail brush. For everything else I used cheap shit brushes.
>>47846881
I go to my local art supply shop (Micheals for me) and buy the brushes with gold paint on the end of the handle. I call these gold standards. They're basically a pack of every size brush you need that hold up really well for professional use but cost half professional brush cost
>>47847136
It's unfortunate you are too childish to actually learn something here.
>>47846762
>Drop Pod army
>No really, Drop Pod army: 50 Drop Pods
>Drop one on each objective and the rest to wall in your opponent
>Shore up your wall with more drop pods as they come in from reserve
>>47846922
>smells bad
nigga I cleaned my nugget in it for two days straight and I loved every moment
Time to go huff some hoppes #9
>>47846959
I've never used brush cleaner before. I've always just used water. With other kinds of paint I'd use odorless paint thinner. I wonder how bad it would be to use that with acrylic to clean brushes and thin paint though
>>47847303
muh nugga
I'll be really happy when these are finished. It's hard to keep the highlights consistently thin, and the finish is a little fucked-up anyways. I'm hoping a shot of gloss with dullcote over it will smooth some of the panels out.
>>47847217
Got a pic? I'm using some Golden Taklon brushes from Walmart. They're ok, but the ends of the bristles don't stay pointy for too long.
>>47846550
>>47846561
>>47846575
>all ignored so we can talk about assault lemons
>>47847346
Well it says with works with oil, acrylic and other paints so I wouldn't see why it would harm it. I just see people post that shit all over the place if you want to keep brushes nice and neat.
>>47847430
Everytime
>>47847430
If you want feedback, they're sloppy, they're too dark, your paint is too thickly applied, the dip or wash or whatever the hell that is was way overused, and your layers are uneven. Totally acceptable TT standard, but they don't look nice
>>47847633
Those are two different people dude
How tall are the Skitarii chicken walkers?
>>47847633
Maybe that knight but the eldars are fine, don't go generalizing so much
>>47847749
They're all "fine", but none of them are good
>>47847767
So post yours then.
>>47847749
>Maybe that knightIt's just bad lighting, I swear
>>47847530
I'm not entirely sure. I'll play around with it. Bob Ross swore by paint thinner for anything paint related.
>>47847419
I can't find the EXACT brushes online, but basically its a kit of 20 brushes that come in a tube, they have a wooden handle with gold painted opposite of the bristle side. Cost about $20
Here are some brushes I found that are similar though
http://www.michaels.com/princeton-art-and-brush-co---real-value-brush-set---%2412.99-brush-set---6-brush-golden-taklon-brush-set---round-1%2C-3%2C-5%2C-shader-2%2C-4%2C-6-%28lh%29/D015534S.html
http://www.hobbylobby.com/Art-Supplies/Brushes/30-Piece-Teachers-Value-Pack-Brush-Set/p/27587
http://www.hobbylobby.com/Art-Supplies/Brushes/12-Piece-White-Taklon-Gold-Handle-Brush-Set/p/9210
>>47847879
yeah. The way people talk here, people talk like being an award-winning miniature painter is the standard/average around here.
>>47847884
So take a better pic.
I have a feeling he's thin your paints meming and shitposting
>>47846428
The pencil is pretty fun (if not eventually tedious at this scale of rust weathering).
It's an opportunity to add a last bit of creative it, tho. Bullet holes, areas of heavier wear and tear because maybe there is heavier traffic, troops might jump over that object at that spot, claw marks,etc.
>>47847977
gimme a sec to steal some desk lights
>>47847879
I just did, the raiders. I'm not even saying that I'm so great, just being honest.
>>47847975
Well, i think the models are good, so show me your models I can compare your good to mine.
I mean, they are good right? This is a wip thread you know
>>47847999
I honestly think the eldar are on par in terms of quality with the deldar just being a bit more messy but fine none the less
>>47848000
I'm not amazing, but I consider myself above-average, at least back when I was painting a lot. Haven't painted minis in a long time other than re-starting in the past days. I'll try and get some pics of my best ones.
>>47847977
I apparently have a few touchups to do.
>>47848115
hey just keep it up, and you'll keep improving
>>47848158
so, the problem I had with this mini was the shape of it made it a pain in the dick to prime with a spray can, since so much was sheltered, so my blobby Bones mini ended up slightly blobbier from the primer, and then looked like that after just enough base coat that I wasn't seeing the the primer color anymore (applied a couple times thinnly as needed) and then a thin styling color (the naggaroth night on the skirt for example) and then a wash to try and blend the colors and give it a nice hue.
And it still just kind of looks messy
Ignoring that I just kind of threw in the towel on the shield and like an idiot forgot to paint the neckline of his armor
Related question, anyone got a good tutorial for painting burns? As though the shield had been hit by firebreath?
Are you supposed to add a bit of soap when doing washes? A website said to add a bit of soap to your water to break up surface tension but when I apply a wash the corners of paint on the figures seem to come off a bit (I suspect the soap is responsible)
>>47847633
>WIP
>hurt feelings edition
>>47848115
The armour looks black instead of metallic but his cloak/cloth/ skirt looks fantastic. Both the base color and the edge color and the wash look amazing on it
>>47848356
I was thinking of trying to drybrush some runefang silver onto the armor to give it a bit of shine while still looking dark, because I kind of like the black armor, but yeah, not quite enough metallic to it.
Also, fuckin' thank you man, eases the heart to know I've made progress since staring two weeks ago.
>>47848345
more like
>WIP
>Salt and shitposting edition
>>47848319
>the corners of paint on the figures seem to come off a bit (I suspect the soap is responsible)
Maybe, but let me ask you this, anon: are you handling the miniature while you paint it?
What you really need to do is mount the model on something, and handle it only by that thing, taking all precaution not to touch the model wiff yer grubby mittz as you work. If you think soap can be detrimental, I guarantee you the combined action of friction from your fingers and the oil from your skin will rub that stuff right off.
I posted this picture of the old "Space Marine Captain with Terminator Honours" that was the basis for Captain Centos in our last thread as an example of how to mount a model on something to handle it by - in this case, using blue-tac to stick his base to the lid from a medicine bottle. It's also an example of rubbing paint off when I was careless though, too; can you see the bare metal on the side of his helmet?
>>47848529
I'm the same anon from the last thread and got some poster tack (ended up being too sticky but I used it anyway) for my guardsmen and mounted him on an old pill bottle for painting. I admit I might I've picked him up once or twice when cleaning my desk but when I was painting I'm pretty sure I didn't touch him
So I tried to make a ministorum minister/priest.
thoughts?
>>47848529
I may be a scrub, but I want to vouch for hemostats. Clip onto the edge of the base, hook it, fantastic control of the orientation.
May cause slight damage to the base.
>>47848648
the head doesn't really scream priest to me, I like the pose you've got going on though.
>>47848529
Shit, I've been touching my models so much.
How should I clean them up before priming them? Warm water with dish soap?
>>47848684
I agree, it was the only head I had that was suitable. when I get a more suitable one I will replace it.
GOD DAMN
Is there any reasonable way to strip this bitch without destroying the dragonhead? I actually like how the dragonhead turned out but JESUS.
This is what i get for trying to paint her more naked than the model was designed.
>>47848734
>How should I clean them up before priming them? Warm water with dish soap?
Honestly, if you haven't primed yet, I find that step unnecessary ... except in the case of resin/Finecast models. There is inevitably mold release somewhere (perhaps all over!) on the resin models that will mess with your paints when you least expect it, but for metal or plastic, it's never really been a problem for me.
Damn, CAPTCHA... again with the store fronts? Give it a rest!
>>47846215
Do I spy another /k/ommando fa/tg/uy?
>>47846215
>>47849186
If he is then he should know that GP5 filters are often asbestos, you'd prob be safer just breathing the resin tbqh familia
>>47848796
You seem half way handy with greebstuff. Why not cut the hat off and sculpt some wild looking hair?
>>47849304
Its not that hard to switch the filter for a modern one. Still cheaper then buying a respirator specifically for paint. Literally any mass produced milsurp gasmask will do, I only mentioned GP5 because its what I've got. [/spoiler] little bit of asbetosis never killed anyone
>>47849453
Fair enough, I have one too, but because I'm an ausfag it cost more to import it than just to buy a respirator at bunnings, also I dont think the russians gave much of a fuck about health and safety at the time.
Just finished this. Only 3 more to go.
how would i kitbash together a captain aphael i have the captains backpack i just cant figure out the arms to use or the sword.
>>47849374
I understand what I am trying to create with green stuff but I haven't the practice yet. Although perhaps I could try to make one of those tall Pope hats or something.
Is it possible to thin a paint too much?
>>47850243
Yes.
See: Grey and Red Marines guy.
anyone know what this is? catachan for scale
>>47850249
>See: Grey and Red Marines guy.
I don't know what this means.
>>47850258
looks like bits from an old WHFB dwarf cannon
>>47850258
warmaster dwarf cannon part
>>47850388
>>47850432
cool thanks
