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Note to self: don't fucking plastic glue guys to bases anymore.Cutting these off with a hobby knife and spooked it's gonna slip and slice a finger up
I'd just like to say "thank you" to all the people who are being constructive and supportive ITT. It really helps me to get positive mindset about painting, even if 99,9% of the time it concerns somebody else's work.
>>94100788I attach most minis to their bases with plastic glue right after assembly
>>94100815I usually do but I'm putting these guys on cork to give the bases a bit of extra height. I think maybe a tiny dot of superglue in the future would be enough to hold them while I prime and paint but much easier to separate later on when I'm basing
>>94100829If you're consistently using cork base-toppers, couldn't you drive pins into the feet in addition to the superglue for extra stability.
>>94100829How about drilling feet and inserting tiny brass rod? That's how I hold them to plastic bottle caps for easy hand picking.
>>94100788Just using a knife and brute force to pull them? I have old Chaos Bikers on cavalry bases I want to rebase, but used plastic cement.
>>94100994Sure. But this is only the second squad I've used them on, and I built them ages ago without intending to use the cork. >>94101402That's what I did, but it involved a good amount of force and I was just scared the knife would slip. Worked out fine though.
Repostin' for the new thread. Did the sword.
Say I want to make a floor for the new kill team terrain, what material would work best without elevating it too much or being unable to stand some basing work?
Tearing flesh
>>94101556Red looks a little flat despite the highlights. Black panel liner could help a lot with the definition of individual elements.
>>94101556i like the cartoon look
>>94101532extruded polystyrene if you want something somewhat thicker, foamex if you want something thin but hard (but still workable with a knife)
Any Florida /wip/ Anons in or around Tampa, you have to pack up your army guys, and your supplies and get out of town. Everybody in Tampa is going to die and the emergency response will be bad because it's already stretched due to Helene.Good luck to you. I need you to be alive to send me SS gifts, so make sure you don't die.
Behold!
>>94101556That's just me and I know gw does this but those dot highlights look really off. If you're dead set on keeping them I'd use a darker color at least
>painted today for the first time in months
>>94102093Really like the skin, and print lines make for a cool effect.
>>94102148And you won't even show us what you did? Come on anon don't blue ball is!
Is there a main seller of extra tau bits? Like you know how space marines have tons of extra little shoulder pads, helmets, weapons, etc. that you can buy or print? How can I find like a tau bitz pack?
>>94101599Painful because it's 3 types of red through an airbrush then highlighted>>94102124I'm kinda set on the pink but I may keep it just for battle scars.This was the initial test model which I feel has better depth. Gotta practice with the airbrush
Got some build and paint (Black Reach) Orks and decided to make them freebooters for some reason. I've not actually built a model in a few years so it's nice to mess around with little details kitbashing
>>94102294ebay sellers sell lots of specific bits (10x Rifles 20x shoulder pads)But I don't think anyone sells a lot of random shit
>>94102202>blue ballAppropriate. Still drying so the shine is throwing off the camera, should be dry enough tomorrow for better pics. Wanted to ease back into painting with something fun and simple, so a test squig for the skin I'm going to do on my bomb squig. Once it dries and mattes out I'll see if I need to go lighter on the highlights or not. I half assed the teeth and eyes, not sure if the magenta on the lips is enough or if I need to make it more saturated before the highlights.
>>94102493I like the Boss's hat, good work.
>>94101470Neat I like it. I think a very tiny white ish highlight on the yellow would really pop
My Hive Tyrant’s Bonesword turned out rather keen once I settled on the gradient look to have it better match his horn; I really enjoyed painting it and I’m happy to have it paired up with his shiny new carapace. He’s now been returned to his protective carrying case, both for his safety and to keep my hands off of him.I’m glad I was able to get so much painting done this past week, and on one hand I’m very proud of everything that I’ve done.
>>94102711But on the other hand I’m beginning to remember why I kept putting all of these guys off because these Tyranid Warriors off because I can’t so much as put one down next to another without someone deciding to take a swan dive into the surface they’re standing on and snapping another part.
on Aliexpress I saw these nail-art "rivets" that seem to be metal. Has anyone tried these? Would they be good as little studs for space marine armor?
Got the rest of my clankers done for the 14 man squads.
Update on First mini. Touch ups and a wash later. I am pretty happy with it.
>>94102711He looks awesome, anon. I love the glossy effect you went for, as well as the highlighting on the purple carapace sections. Great work!
Excited to crack this open and see the quality of the minis. I'm hoping to do all the new minis assuming the quality isnt shit
>>94103283Ah shit this is not promising
This guy felt way harder to put together then a Rubric cause it feels like I have to eyeball things to line them up. Also gonna be a bitch to paint so I'm thinking I might have to paint pieces before assembly.Love the Khopesh and their guns though
