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No WIP thread on /tg/?!? Emperor's Teeth! That's HERESY!!!

>Citadel Painting Guides:
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/drb4mezm6792i/not_citadel_nothing_to_see_here

>Paint range compatibility chart across manufacturers
http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Paint_Range_Compatibility_Chart

>Painting guides, Uniforms & Heraldry books, Painting Videos, Visions, ebooks and White Dwarves:
https://mega.co.nz#F!Wl5DAbCb!TYxZG4CgX_x-NJu7JBwbZQ

>Painting Videos only
https://mega.nz/#F!fkcliY4L!mhdmIs2lT3mFG3VwoLO8Qw
https://mega.nz/#F!XEJSFDCL!9ZZKiLi6M_wguI1uTpyjPg
https://mega.co.nz/#F!WUsUlSLb!556OumKLhusFd9Fw5dBMdA

>DIY Lightbox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyxzC5kqbyw

>How to Moldlines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4LZ8iCSkeU

>Fuckin Magnets how do they work?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Tkw7ttTIo
http://www.miniwargaming.com/magnet-guide
http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/297605-tutorial-magnetisation/

>List of mini manufacturers for converting and proxy
http://pastebin.com/p6bVhGsg

>Stripping Paint
http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Dakka_Modeling_FAQ:_How_to_Strip...

>Ventilate, motherfucker
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_solvent-induced_encephalopathy
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg273.pdf

>I am the hammer! I am the point of His spear! I am the mail about His fist! I am the bane of His foes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjaYW5Cnr5k

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>>48200877
Sorry, it's really hard to take a good picture.
Here's a better pic of my nob
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made a start on Zoraida for my malifaux stuff. skin on the face isn't quite done yet but should give a rough idea of the shade i'm going for.
I'm not really sure how i'll be painting the rest of the model yet, just sort of making it up as I go along.
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Vallejo white primer is nuke proof.

I give you this warining, since 20 models are gone to shit due since I can't strip the paint out of them.
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>>48201515
You mean you can't get it off at all or it just leaves behind a very slight layer?
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>>48200863
What do you think. Made changes from my last post.
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>>48200635
Isn't it the Valkir and not the Stormtroopers that most people are using for conversions?
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>>48201618
Can't get it off.
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I have a shitton of the old style Lizardmen (that used to come in the starter box). They're really boring and all look the same.
Pic is what they all look like.

Anyone have any ideas of how I could give them some variety? Some ideas for using green stuff or maybe even affordable bits I could order?
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>>48201792
forgot pic
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>>48201749
Heavy trooper, Storm Trooper, and mono pose marine from black reach.

The problem with Storm troopers, is that 40k guns are way to huge for them. Heavy are too bulky for SoBs but easier to use 40k bits and guns (reason I'm using those)
Storm come with weapons, but look very tinny, the heavy come with heavier looking guns, that work on storm troopers.

Now I have 20 Heavy Troopers, that Vallejo white primer fuck me over.
10 Storm Trooper that will be "count as" for priest, and simulacras.
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>>48201290
I miss her 1st Ed floppy tits
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>>48201851
I was thinking of getting the Grishnak Battle Sisters when they come out, with RH Icariates as Seraphim and DF Valkir as Celestians (using the /tg/ fandex that makes them baby Terminators). I'm just worried that they won't look cohesive enough, even if I use the same heads across the army.
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The Dark Vengeance 40k box they sell for cheap.. Are the space marines in it purely Dark Angel branded or can they safely be used for any other chapter (like my Ultramarines).
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>>48202040
File off or cover over the winged sword emblems and they can be anything.
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>>48201749
>>48201851
Had a thought about Sabbat helms. With a little trimming and greenstuff, I think Skiitari Vanguard heads could work.

>40k guns are way to huge
Would sculpting on sleeves help circumvent that? It could add more bulk and allow for some creative repositioning.
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>>48200863
You may remember this guy from the previous thread...
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>>48202238
Oh boy, do I.
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>>48202238
Well, the good news is that much improvement has been made.
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>>48202260
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>>48202260
Nice recovery
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>>48202332
lol thank you
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Converted Renegade Knight for my Necron army. C&C welcome.
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>>48200863
>Slowly building up our own OP image by the combined effort of anons.
Glorious.
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>>48200981
Teehee

Not too bad. Got to work on those mould lines and drill your barrels though.

Make a light box and use 2 lamps.
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Hey, /wip/ I'm going to hobby lobby Monday, and was wondering what useful things I could get from there?

I'm 99% sure they'll have a drill bit small enough to drill barrels and to make holes to pin with, unsure if they'll have any sort of wires to pin with, and unsure if they'll have any "Good" brushes to use, not the $5 cheap packs.


Also, what paints should I use for a mud base and rocks? I know Stirland Mud for the texture paint, but I don't know what else. I'm going to be using small clipped off pieces of sprue as rocks on my bases and was thinking of using Celestra Grey with maybe Ulthuan grey or Pallid Wych Flesh as a small layer over them? Unsure really. I've also heard that drybrushing the Stirland Mud with Terminatus Stone is good, but I don't know about that either.
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>started in 2010
>never finished
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>>48201792
Weapon changes from the current or previous sets. Different shields.
Feathers and head dressed perhaps. Little bits of metal, learher and hide armour.

I actually think these guys are great lizardmen models. Just need a little variance.
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>>48201851
I'd hunt down 1st and 2nd edition bolt guns ans weapons they tended to be slimmer.
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>>48202546
>photo sideways
>not cropped
>flash obscuring some details

learn2photo/10
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>>48202260
>open book
>no dickbutt

disappointment
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>>48202546
Hard to tell with that shitty lighting, but it'd probably look a lot better if you made those big fucking lenses more glow-y. Or not blue.

Better yet, not blue and glowing.
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Just started assembling the models in pic related. I've never done anything like this before, up until now the only thing I've done is paint Reaper minis. I can't imagine doing this ad nauseam for fuckhuge armies. I'm already discouraged and ready to quit with my lackluster fifteen soldiers.
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Finishing up a Hearld of Nurgle...

You mad Tau fagz??
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Anyone seen or know any good conversions of this guy?

I'm tempted to get the new heroes pack but I'll never take a captain equipped like him.
Just the fact he's so uncustomizable is a big turn off, especially when you're paying so much for him.

Also, anyone know if I can attach a standard jump pack to the chaplain like normal? Footslogging chappies are useless to me and everyone else.
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>>48204460
Sadly no, the left shoulder is locked in place and the gun is fused with the torso front, so it's really a lot of cutting for a small payoff.
Maybe you can shave off the gun and put in a left hand bolt pistol with the barrel pointing into the air, then do a simple head/arm swap after that.
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>>48204404
It gets better
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>>48204460
I'd use for a vet serg. My armies vet sergeants are all old games day captains and shit like that though.
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>>48204404
b-but assembling miniatures is one of the most fun things about this hobby.
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>>48204714
I'm with you buddy, painting is when the work begins.
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>>48204865
depends on what you are painting desu.

Pic related is what i consider the most annoying part; gluing sand onto the bases (and later painting it brown)
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>>48204714
Assembling sure, but I find cleaning the mold lines to be the worst and most frustrating.
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>>48204944
protipp: listen to a nice podcast or audiobook while doing it.
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So I got some Vallejo air paint and the stuff is amazing, it just seems very easy to work with.

Can someone inform me what the difference is between the model, game and air paints in the range?

If there is no difference, i'm not gonna buy another citadel paint again.
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>>48205479
model and game are about the same
there is model air too btw

air is pre-thinned (intended for airbrush as the name suggests) thats the difference.

model colors are more "realistic" colors for military kits mostly. greens, browns etc.
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Please excuse the sub-par photos, I really can't into skills right now. But here's my Cadre Fireblade WIP. Since he's an infantry leader with a bulkier chestplate, I stuck a spare CSM torso front to a Necron Praetorian backpack with the bulbs removed. Details filed down and voila, a barrel-chestpiece with gorget and big cowboy beltbuckle to paint the Fire Caste symbol on. Then stuck an antenna on the back so the orb acts like a communications device.

Milliput work is not finished yet, not happy with how the chest looks.
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>>48205515
Is there any reason against using the air stuff just for normal brush work? surely it being prethinned is a good thing?
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>>48205538
relatively speaking it's a little more expensive (as it is pre-thinned, rather than you adding your own thinner), but other than that there are no significant downsides to using VMA over VMC or VGC.

For certain applications I can see VMA having a few downsides (drybrushing is trickier as the paint is so much thinner), and you'll have more control by thinning it yourself.

Other than that they are all good paints.
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A fast painted miniature. Now I'll just add something to the base.
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>>48205538
One important note, there is also Vallejo Game Air now, which is basically an Air variant of the brighter range of Game Colors.

Very useful for us Tabletop gamers that don't want to use realistic military colours exclusively.
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>>48205538
anon here >>48205605
names a few good points since i'm lazy i always buy the air version if both exist.
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It has risen again! Sir Daniel Fortesque, see? The Hero of Gallowmere who fell at the first charge! The fog of war and the shrouds of time conspired to turn the arrow fodder into the saviour of the day..

But we knows better.
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>>48202340

That was sarcasm
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>>48201701
His face cries for mercy, really, looks like a transgrender on gay parade. And sword glow looks wierd.
Rest seem to be fine, just thin yer paints and use smaller brush for highlights.
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>>48205765
dude, neat
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>>48203488
Wires to pin with? You mean paper clips that you can get by the hundred at the corner store for a dollar? That will be the perfect size for your pin vice drill bit?
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>>48205768
Ah, one of those people that insists people are one hundred percent sure that they are a twat.
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>>48205941

I don't speak Brazilian, sorry.
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>>48206066
Clearly you can't read English either. Your attempt at humor also just make you look stupid.

Your mission to showcase that you are a stupid twat has been a success!

Now you can leave a job well done. You have done all that you are good at at life. You can rest for the remainder of the day.
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>>48206169

The model still looks like shit with nothing with zero salvageable parts though, as far as I can tell from the extremely bad photos. If you're going to troll /wip/ at least put in some effort.
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>>48206241
Then say that or say nothing.
Not everyone is a PRO like I am sure you are.
You lack tact or any useful information, but it seems that is a badge of honour to you so you won't change that attitude any time soon.
You clearly come here to vent your frustrations at the futility of your own life.
Congratulations at being a useless stupid twat.
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Finished the Space Wolves Grey muscle definition for the first 10 of 20 of my Tzaangor Cultists. And then their 2 Shaman Champions, but they are mostly red robes with only a tiny bit of blue showing.
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>>48206283

If you can't be bothered to paint within the lines, maybe it's time to put down the coloring book instead of bothering people eh?
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>>48206303
Love them!
The second from the left... His name is Bob.
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update on drycha
how should I paint the hair?
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Pulled these ladz from the broth this morning. If all LotD squadboyz have "Flaming Projectiles", which grant them the Ignores Cover USR, what's the point of giving them flamers?
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>>48206767
chuck it in the fire that model is rank! My trypophobia is pulsating like a womb
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>>48207055
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>>48206767
>>48207055
should point out you're a good painter its just beehives give me the heebies
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>>48206977
>what's the point of covering the entire enemy unit with templates?
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>>48207099
see here
>>48207100
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>>48206977
Templates can hit a lot of models, Wall of Death when getting charged, and roasting people in Open Top transports I guess.
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>>48207156
SoB player here. Templates are love, templates are life.

When in doubt bring Heavg Flamers
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>>48205765
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>>48207116
>>what's the point of covering the entire enemy unit with templates?
>>48207156
>Templates can hit a lot of models, Wall of Death when getting charged, and roasting people in Open Top transports I guess.

I was just thinking that since the LotD automatically ignore cover when shooting that it might be beneficial to give them weapons that take advantage of that such as a graviton gun, plasma gun, or missile launcher - the kind of weapon that might already deny you an armour save. Now, with "Flaming Projectiles", you couldn't take a cover save, either!
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>>48207295
Well, apart from the Sergeant taking a combi-grav, LotD can't take grav guns/cannons. But you're right about S7 Ap2 Ignores cover being pretty good against a lot of things.

So you can take a Heavy Flamer+Flamer+Combi-flamer, and abuse the fact of a Deep Striking Heavy Flamer, or abuse the slow and purposeful with Plasma Gun+Plasma Cannon+ Combi Plas or other weapon combos. Whatever you want really.
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>>48204342
It's 2016.
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>>48206324
Hey fuck you, I like coloring books.
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pssssst

/tg/

what about this . . .

an "ork" army of the green pigs from angry birds?
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Working on Aenur, classic Brian Nelson sculpt. Pretty standard colour scheme, getting the transitions right on the cloak is a challenge.
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>>48205765
that is pretty great, love that game/character and a shame he doesn't get enough love. will always be a classic in my book.

since chaplains wear skull masks, it would be cool to make a chaplain version of sir daniel fortesque. sculpt his normal skull head, shape his power armor to be like his knight armor a bit, maybe make the handle of his sword have a crozius shape to count-as his crozius arcanum, slap on a backpack and you're good to go.
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>>48208006
Current year? Well ok then.
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>>48200863
Hope this posts the right way up.
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GBP is weak and I want to place a FW order and get free shipping.

Thousand sons are my dream and there isn't enough available unless I order dozens of helmets/shoulders/torsos or like 5 contemptors

Fuck

Anyone live in Seattle?
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>>48208599
nice bulge
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>>48208661
I have 18 ksons I picked up as part of a lot that I don't need, they do need stripped but

I'm in the dirty south with no inclination to spend time/money on mailing them
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been doing some work on what's ended up as my favorite metal armor attempt so far, and a nice little Iron warriors-esque warband!

this Terminator is finished...
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>>48208817
...and this guy is halfway done.

what do you think, did it end up alright, or is it just me eyes playing tricks?
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>>48208817
>>48208835
looks pretty damn good m8

am I the only one who prefers indomitus pattern TDA over cataphractii tho?
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>>48208835
Pretty nice. I like the wrecked bare steel look they have.
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>>48208873
I like it just fine, it's just that Chaos Terminators are a mix between good and a bit silly. parts are great, but mostly I's not the best.
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>>48208955
it's mostly the retarded tusked helmets that do them in IMO, here's an old WIP of mine without the tusks. squad has been done for a while but can't be fucked to take a new pic atm.
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>>48208673
Thanks, I get that a lot.
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>>48208817
>>48208835

I think they look fantastic, don't really have anything to add that would improve it.
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>>48208835
>>48208817
Well done.
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>>48208753
Sorry for the meme, but this was exactly what I felt
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>>48208247
>>48207293
>>48205900
Thank you! That's a pretty nice idea, I may make a power armoured zarok for a csm sorc!
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>>48209124
sorry bro, if I wasn't already a broke college student who shouldn't be playing 40k anyway I really would just send them to you
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>>48206324
>bothering people

At least they post wip instead of *just* bothering people.
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>>48209096
>>48209075
>>48208873
>>48208908
thanks guys!
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>>48209179
>>48208247
Also, I think the black Templar's champion model would be better, since his armour looks more knightlike right off the bat!
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>>48206767
That flesh tone to her wraith is giving me the heebies when combined with the bee hives.
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Further progress on Cassius, just the combi-flamer and a couple of odds and ends to go.
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>>48203531
Anons how does one accomplish such a glowing effect as this

Im about to assemble and paint 3 treemen without an airbrush so no airbrush stuff

Going to do green or blue glow-y bits for the engravings on their bark
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So what'd be a good starting point to get into paintfaggotry?
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>>48208835
Excellent painting. My only suggestion would be to use less blue. You're using it for cloth, soft armor, and eye lenses. The eyes would be the easiest to change if you felt inclined.
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>>48209181
Don't worry man, just graduate.

Then wind up like me with a job that pays enough to order FW. Except maybe choose an army that actually has a few releases to choose from.
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>>48209358
Uhh painting miniatures?

Seriously, no matter how many guides I read, I only got better at painting by painting a lot. And I'm very middling in skill.
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>>48209358
depends on what you want to paint i guess.

do you play a game already? do you intent to buy an army? or do you just want to paint for the sake of painting?
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Rhino with two pintle mounted devstator multimeltas glued together and an IG heavy weapons shield as an immolator?

Artist's rendition.
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>>48209371
i think a glowing red/orange would look even better.
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>>48209371
>>48208835
I liked the blue eyes though, anon
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>>48208164
What technique did you use on the cloak for this? It looks great.
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>>48208164
Noice.
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Damn I really love these new base packs.
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>>48209358
I mostly play 40k so I'll use 40k as an example

>decide what army you like, do a little reading about how you should equip them before assembling some retarded squad with mismatched weapons that aren't even legal. don't worry about it too much tho, the important thing is to play what you like (within the rules of course). try asking around on 40k generals.
>buy 2 troops and an HQ
>DON'T BUY ANY MORE MODELS UNTIL YOU'RE DONE PAINTING THESE. SERIOUSLY THERE ARE NERDS ACROSS THE WORLD WITH WORKBENCHES FULL OF UNFINISHED MODELS, IT'S A DISEASE
>stuff you'll need: primer (vital, you need to prime a model or the paint won't stick on), one base brush, one detail brush, a file (please remove moldlines), 3 main colors of paint that your army will be, a couple washes/technical paints, and something to base your models with. also you need either super or plastic glue to assemble to models themselves. you could just put elmer's glue on the bases, cover them in sand you found outside, and paint the sand
>watch youtube tutorials that are for your models or close enough to what you want, games workshop has some pretty good tutorials for beginners on youtube
>you'll need a bowl of water for cleaning off your brush, and a palette of some sort. consider a wet palette. USE THE WATER TO THIN. YOUR. PAINTS.

Once you get some experience on the basics, you can go as far into painting as you desire. Converting up your own unique dudes is a great part of the hobby and over the years you may end up with hobby saws, greenstuff, sculpting tools, an airbrush, etc. but for now this should be a good start and is perfectly fine for any army if you don't want to go further. A hobby drill ($7 on ebay) may be needed to drill the barrels of guns, and is needed for pinning. Pinning will save you lots of hassle.

I feel like I'm forgetting some essential materials needed so maybe somebody will help me out here, I'm tired.
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>>48209609
they're pretty nice but at GW prices they should be included in the damn box with the minis
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>>48209674
Disagree, they'd get in the way of doing conventional basing and would be a PITA.
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>>48209371
well, I wanted a soft "cold" color to be the spot color to my mini. I generally keep to three colors, and this was Metal, Gold and light blue. I see your point though about the eyes.
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Hey there /wip/, it's me, anon. I'm busy writing my thesis so i didn't really have much time to spend on my dudes, but whatever time i could spare i spend on redoing my nurgle marines into proper death guard conversions.

Pictures are a little shaky, new phone isn't all that great.

>>48209609
People told me they could be a tad too flat. I probably would've bought them myself, but all of my armies already have a theme going on. Looking good btw.
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>>48209688
fair enough although . . .

. . . at those prices they could also give you regular bases with the option to glue the textures on top of them
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>>48209708
Also bikes. Yay.
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>>48209755
And a a lord/champion to go with those bikes.
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>>48206767
Smoke maybe? going from dark grey to an offwhite?
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>>48209702
I like your soft eyes as well, that green is too jarring. No homo.
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>>48205768
Don't use other's comments to troll, anon, it's rude kthxbai :) :) :) <3 <3 <3

>>48202260
On a serious and more fleshed out note, yeah it ain't perfect, and the eyes don't look quite as good as the second photo you posted, but having my own experiences of "huh these eyes don't look even lemme just fix this oops now there's a gins black blob," you did alright with what you've got. The white on his belt thing looks thick and chalky, and there's moldlines on his hand, but as far as I know it's Bones. But you're mostly staying in the lines, basic shading is done, could use some highlights, overall, tabletop quality.
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>>48209772
Radical / 10
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>>48209772
Champion or Nurglite Doomrider?
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>>48210380
The latter!
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Not quite sure if this is the right place to ask, but I'm looking to paint a mask (It's a bug head for a LARP) so that the surface looks like pic related. How would I:

Simulate that sort of dotted texture?

Do that sort of uneven painting of brown, where there's random bits of black it the brown parts?

Paint that graduation between brown and black?

Or is this too complex for a beginner to tackle?
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>>48210767
fuck up your primer like I did. And you'll get that grainy texture.
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>>48210767
>Dotted texture

Try stippling with liquid latex.

>Uneven painting & graduation

Drybrush brown, build up on the areas you want to be browner.

>too complex for a beginner

Maybe.
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>>48209551

Thanks!

I tried to use the technique used here. I feather on the highlights and the use glazes to blend it into the base colour.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2G9CEdURNQ
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>>48210767

Primer in humid conditions and spraying from a distance.
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>>48210767
Mix pinture with cocoa powder till you have even color paint with lumps
Dry brush with a lighter colour
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Here's me nob and an incoming boy
How'd I do?
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>>48210767
If it's a mask that doesn't move check out your local artstore and hve a look at the medium section.
After you primed the maske you can use a medium to apply a texture (of course if you have the right size you can use sand in your paint too) then paint the whole thing the way you want it.
Say you mix some sand in a brown paint then take a black spray can add the gradients and the varnish the whole thing in gloss varnish.

Stippling paint or using a sponge for application will give you a similar texture, but since that is just paint it might not hold up as well to wear and tear you'd expect a mask to go through.
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>>48211116
>>48211096
prepare yourself for a tide of
>drill the barrels
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>>48211148
No, don't waste time preparing, just drill the barrels.
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Any advice for a beginner? I'm just now painting my first models. Doing Black Templars space marines
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>>48210864
Thanks, that may come in in handy
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>>48211096
DRILL
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>>48211233
Thin your paintings, is the best advice, in case you fuck up you can paint on top without messing much. Also, crevices are darker, sticking-outs are lighter.
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>>48211233

Just try to be neat in the beginning, keep your colours within the "lines".
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>>48209394
That could work.

OR buy Exorcists, use them to make Immolators, and use the spare pipe parts to build giant cathedral organ terrain pieces
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>>48208599
May I ask what the fuck this is?
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>>48202546
WHY DOES HE HAVE A FRONT-BUTT
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>>48204460
He's honestly not hard to convert. You just dig out the left arm from the body. It isn't connected to the cape.
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>>48211475
>He didn't make Davian Thule...

Nice conversion anyway.
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>>48204460
Then magnetizing him is also worthwhile.
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>>48209391
I don't already play a game and I'm torn between focusing on Sigmarines/Seraphon or Warmahordes models currently.

Not really trying to play them at the moment, just get somewhat less bad at painting.
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>>48211499
Davian Thule was what caused this.
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>>48204920
What are these models for/from?
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>>48211383
It's Charlie big potatoes.
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What's a good cheap source to order flock and static grass in the USA?
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>>48211831
Gale Force 9 is pretty reliable, they also have entire sets for basing for like $18.00 before S&H.
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>>48211943
I'll check into it, thanks.

To clarify, I'm looking to make one of these
https://operationwargaming.blogspot.com/search/label/Terrain%20Mat
http://tobispaintpot.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-new-horizon-tutorial-for-flexible.html
So need a lot of flock
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>>48209339
take 2 shades of the same colour or harmonious colours (e.g dark green and light green or green and yellow)
start with the darkest colour, thin it alot with CLEAN water and apply it to the largest area, use multiple layers if required but shouldnt be
add more of your lighter shade in as you go, reducing the area you apply the thin coat over
use a mixture thats mostly the lighter shade to highlight the edges as you see fit like in my picture on the rune and blade-guard
a wash can be applied to 'blend' the colours together
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Just got some marvel miniatures game models. Do the Batman Knight Models minis have flash issues? This guys shins were a bit of a mess with it.
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i'm starting some necromunda terrain. i based the silo's on carboard and platforms will be added, i 'm going to use the lowered piece of prometheum pipe on a bridge to another high building
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>>48205765
hot
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>>48205929
Shhh, I'm stupid.
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>>48211475
Since when have Captains had access to heavy wargear?!

I wanted to make a Davian Thule like three codices ago.
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The begining of a marksman with a hochland long rifle, for an oldschool lanchknekt empire army
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>>48212606
Since they picked one up. They are the Captain. They can use what they like.
Don't limit your imagination to the limited Codex.
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>>48212606
They don't, I just run it as Primarch's Wrath, that salvo relic bolter and shove him with heavy bolter devs because close enough.
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>>48206767
Why is there a Nurgling on her base?
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>>48208661
Dude, make a list first, then buy what you need for said list.

I'd also wait til Friday for the new Red Book which iirc, has all the new updated stalines and profiles, as well as all the legion tactics that are already in-game.
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>>48212663
nurgling vs sylvaneth fairy
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>>48212607
>lanchknekt

Were you trying to say Landsknecht?
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>>48209314

Very good, but his pupils should be a little bigger and rounder because now he looks like a lizard.

Good on you for doing the eyes, too many millennials crying about it's haaaard these days when they don't succeed the first time.
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>>48212136
much thank anon
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>>48211619
Looks like Bolt Action.
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>>48205765
Let it alone! Fate has given it a second chance.

>tfw read everything in the gargoyles voice

Inspired conversion, looks kickass too!
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>>48210767
Liquid green stuff it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK97CLGFwY4
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finally got the red highlighting done after about 5 hours of tedious brushing, now onto the black armour parts.
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>>48213047

Millenial that I am, I'm going to chicken out on touching his eyes again until I've done the 5 Sternguard that I also have to do this month for this diorama.

Finishing up the combi-flamer now, pic of the finished model, but not base(base gets done with the others), soonish.
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>>48211233
watch this but replace the colours for what you are using, obviously.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_odi1c7ErCg
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>>48213374
thank god that he has a great voice
Somehow, all the videos I seem to find are either super bad, and/or the guy speaking has either a shivering "scared" voice, or just speaks way too low.
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>>48211831
>>48211943
http://www.sceneryexpress.com/Static-Grasses/products/1046/

way cheaper than GF9
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>>48212519
Nice, looking forward to seeing updates.

Necromunda was the first wargame I ever bought
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>>48204944
Everyone feels this. Start listening some music, play some (painting or assembling) videos in the background, quit when you dont want to do it, or you'll get frustrated and only do bad to your models. Think about when the army is done. Working hard on your models pays off in the end.
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>>48213404
Are you the exorcists dude who painted that glorious dreadnought?
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What's the best way to highlight the black on Iron Hands?
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>>48214098
The correct but likely unhelpful answer to you is probably "don't start with actual black".
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>>48214098
Fuck highlighting. Just Drybrush stormvermin fur and wash with nuln oil.
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>>48214098
Grey, some little white parts if you want
>>48214124
That's for shading, but it's true, it's not a better idea to start from dark grey so you can shade
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>>48213404
For a second I thought the helmets were made out of milliput
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>>48213457
As promised. 1 down, 5 to go.
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>>48214048
if you mean this one then yes

i painted basically nothing since then though because i'm a lazy so-and-so, so my friend bullied me into making progress. after about 5 months of doing fuck all i'll try and paint a few units at least. hope this unit turns out as nice!!

>>48214293
I just basecoated them so they showed up better in photos. i can't sculpt for shit
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>>48214131
No.
Don't "just dry brush" space marine armour.
It will look shit and you know it.
Edge highlight with Dark Reaper and then again even finer and more sparingly, Thunderwark Blue. Then finally, even finer and even more sparingly, pure White Scar.
After that, I might recommend an incredibly thinned Nuln oil was over the entire model (thinned 6:1 Lahmian Medium to Nuln Oil).
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>>48214505
>I can't sculpt for shit
Me neither, but they can be cloned with oyumaru rather easily. Just recently I cloned the mirrowed helmets of Deldar for a friend and he's satisfied with the outcome
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Which company makes golden primers for miniatures in spray ? I though I would find one on Army Painter but they've got nothing like that.
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>>48214657
GW have gold spray, but iirc it needs to go over a primer and, naturally, costs loads.
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>>48214703
Thanks but I'm specifically looking for a primer.
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>>48214657
those are some cool-looking marines
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>>48214657
>them ballerina poses
sensible chuckle
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>>48205817
I think this is the best post ever
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How do you guys think he turned out?

Is it worth buying some tins of flock to base better? Also, my LGS is selling Malifaux minis 20% off (with a standard 11% reward discount as well) so I'm thinking of buying some of those for D&D, any experience with them you want to share with me?
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>>48214834
amii the only one who hates models with so much metals on them? they look silly to me
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rate my dinos pls
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Alright. I've finished everyone now, haven't glued any of their arms and the Commissar's legs aren't glued to his top. Going to pin everything later when I get to priming and painting them.

Also, I'm about to start working on my Leman Russ, going to make it into the Exterminator, any tips for working on it/vehicles?
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>>48215161
And I forgot the pic, again.
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>>48215133
lrn2photos
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>>48211148
>>48211292
But how does it look paint wise? Scheme and technique and all. Still learning
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>>48214657
i really like this colour scheme
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arent these lil niggas just the cutest
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>>48215525
especially the big titty one
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>>48215202
your layering is great, just needs more edge highlighting really
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>>48215161
some people like to paint the treads before gluing them on.

if youre adding sponsons, dry fit them first to make sure you've trimmed them right since you have to hold a couple pieces at once while the glue sets
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>>48215525
I almost bought a set of these before I stopped myself because I have no real use for them
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>>48215561
Alright, thanks mate.

>some people like to paint the treads before gluing them on.
I've still no idea how to do treads. Keep them on the sprue, prime, paint then glue? Or glue them on and then paint them?

Thanks for the sponson tips as well, I thought that might be important to do.
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>>48215627
>buying models for utility
you monster
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>>48215627
I bought some probably over a decade ago now, when GW still had the bits order and would still sell classic models.
Now after all this time Frostgrave came out and I suddenly have real uses for them.
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So what are you guys working on? Just finished basing my 12 snakebite orks, liking how they turned out.
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>>48215896
Basing some of the 2nd generation genestealer cultists. And trying to decide how many I should try and paint at once. Usually I paint one miniature at once but they are all so similar I might try 5 at once.
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>>48215959
Yes, groups of 5 are good.
I am batch painting the 20 blue beastmen above, but it's subgroups of 5 at a time. 5 Ungors, 5 Gors, 5 Ungors, 5 Gors and then the Beastman Shaman to break it up a bit before going on to the next colour doing the same 4 groups of 5.
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>Haven't ordered recasts from Z in about a year.
>remember it takes about a month to arrive
>get tracking# on the 5th, gives me time to finish current project before stuff arrives
>decide to check tracking to see if it's left China yet
>It's in San Francisco, It'll probably arrive Tuesday
Fuck me, he stepped up his game

Guess i get to pant my Skaven wolfrats sooner than i thought
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>>48215959
regardless, take regular breaks.
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>>48215896
>Just finished basing my 12 snakebite orks, liking how they turned out.

I like them too. Just remember that tradition has it that every newly painted unit invariably gets it's ass handed to it the first time on the tabletop. (Apparently the dice gods hate fresh paint. Or perhaps the fumes affect the dice lice that live in the dice pips.)
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>>48216408
By the time my army is complete I doubt the fumes will be present. I'm aiming for 60 boyz but my goal is 100 and run green tide
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Today's work, kaptin and da boyz ready fer dakka
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>>48216408
>>dice lice
I like this.
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>>48215085
>Is it worth buying some tins of flock to base better?

Depends on what you think of the aesthetic. I personally think flock is "lazy mode", but at the same time, I have nearly an entire Blood Angels Battle Company based in it, so there ya go!
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>>48215362
>i really like this colour scheme

>>48214657 is Celestial Lions, right?
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>>48217037
>Today's work, kaptin and da boyz ready fer dakka

Looking oood! I was thinking about something like this earlier today.

If the Eldar can take Windrider Squads as Troops choices, make them objective secured, and then issue scatter lasers/shuriken cannons to every man-jack of them... why can't Space Marines takes squads of ten Space Marines heavy bolters, jump packs, and stabilizers (suspensors?) that grant the "Relentless" special rule as Troops choices for only +13 points per model.

Seems like it would be a fair all around.
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>>48217281
yes
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>>48208873
I'm a tartaros man myself
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>>48205521
very close to being a master piece tho anon, just keep up the work and sculpt some features on the front.
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>>48215896
>snakebite orks
Imagine my disappointment when I open the picture and it's not a neon explosion of greens and pinks
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>>48214657
I would look into the Krylon Primer+Paint Metallic line. I use their silver as a base for my Thousand Sons before washes of blue.
In fact, the silver followed by washes of Gryphonne Sepia is also what I use for my Gold and it has a lot of depth this way. I am not sure how Agrax looks, but Army Painter's brown wash is supposed to be GW's old Gryphonne Sepia.
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>>48210380
Plaguerider
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>>48217513
No Ork made that, and that isn't the Snakebite logo.
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>"now remember, it's easy to apply too much paint with yer brush, so it's always better to do thin coats, instead of a thicker one. now as you can see we've finished the axe, and you wouldnt want to go and touch that now, would you? perhaps you'd like to come here, and touch me instead
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>>48217586
They call him "Bareback."
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>>48217366
Thanks! Anon, you tempt me - jump pack heavy weapon specialists are super cool IMO.
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>>48217693
and the guttereth shalleth runneth overeth with bloodeth
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>>48217473
Agree. Love the tacticoolness.

Cataphractii: superior lightning claws look
Tartaros: superior combi bolter look

That said, horus heresy dangle cataphractii are hot hot hot.
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So here is some of my converted cultists turned desert raiders. So far one pair of binoculars can make two raiders eyes are and then greenstuff is used to make head wrappings.

Also desert commissar or priest with power axe.
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>>48217513
I tried it, doesn't work with new orks. Sorry gramps
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>>48215133
openthedoor/getonthefloor
The blue skin could use some smoother transitions.
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>>48208599
where can I find this model?
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>>48211426
>FRONT-BUTT

Sir have you never seen a mecha-mega-cunt before?
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>>48217252
what counts as pro-mode basing?

I do have a near endless supply of sheet aluminum I can cut and bend into like, discarded armor and weapons and shit. Trying to think of what to do there.
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>>48217481
Really? Thank you! What kind of detail though? He'll have a fire caste symbol painted on the circle already and I want to avoid tassels if possible. Maybe simple segmented armour plates?
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Regular Cadian legs or Greatcoat legs for my Blood Pact infantry, what do you guys think?
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>>48218715
I can't decide which one I like better and a mix would look less "Chaos" and more hodge-podge.
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>>48218265
>what counts as pro-mode basing?

More interesting bases use textured paint or medium, sand of various grit, chunks of slate, gravel, or cork, and different methods of attaching static grass. Then you have resin designs with various kinds of terrain (factory floors, spaceship hulls, ruined temples, etc.), volcanic bases that look like they have lava in between the cracks, and some with clear plastic or resin that look like water/slime/swamp.

There's almost as much to basing as there is to painting models. I've moved up a step from flock (painted sand plus static grass - pic related), but I really need to concentrate on making the models look nicer - and painting more of them!
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>>48218816
So what you're saying is, buy some aquarium sand, glue it on, sculpt with texture paint, and apply bits of grass. That's doable.

Now can I get your two cents on the mini?
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>>48218757
I think I like the Cadian legs for blood pact. BDU pants is more what I think of for them.
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>>48218757
i thought those helmets on the middle two in the bottom pic were just really detailed buttocks for a second
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>>48218892
Thanks Anon, I think you are on to something there.
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>>48217037
Wow, that's a lot of 'heavy bolter bastards' right there. My nids would NOT like that unit very much. :)
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