Work in Progress, "Short Stack" Edition>Full-on /WIP/ OP Links Pastebin:https://pastebin.com/BE42AEcD>WIP Tutorial Images Megahttps://mega.nz/#F!TvQFCaLb!w8WZKCcOsTRasxrI0JWezw>Saint Duncan's "Six Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Painting"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufP8ka3KGno>Saint Duncan also explains thinning your paintshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxWgsqSf74s>Paint thinning 102https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBDVPoNXyVI>4 EASY Chipping Tricks For Beginnershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku4comhKHJM>Decal Like a Prohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYKLiEW7p9c>How to Edge Highlighthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoRbYuAfbEk>How to use contrast style paintshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhholrozptI>How to Paint with Tremorshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqp76vAJu9g>Airbrush Priming and Thinninghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkntrSBvXxEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGjBQzoukFghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00JVUxABe44https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEqT_R41JX8>Who's Johnny, she'd say, and smile in her special wayhttps://1d6chan.miraheze.org/wiki/JohnnyPrevious threads:>>94359305>>94342474>>94324889>>94310480
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>>94373802G.P. of Steyning, your package is now in transit.
C.B. of LindsayYour package is NOT in transit yet, but I have most of your stuff ready, just waiting on some overseas items. Rest assured you aren't getting grinched though.
JB in Boston I AM IN YOUR WALLS I AM IN YOUR WALLS I AM EATING YOUR DRYWALL I AM IN YOUR WALLS
>>94373931Could you hardwire some ethernet routes while you're in there?Not him, it would just be nice I guess.
>Entered the secret santa>Been extremely excited about it ever since the sign-ups were open, literally counting down the days>Nuclear-levels of bad shit happens to me, I will not be able to send a present (and therefore do not wish to receive one, since it wouldn't be fair)>Have the decency to write to the Secret Santa organizer to let him know, so my dude won't get grinched>Apparently he was able to reschedule stuff, so everything went well>See the anon open his package last thread>Devil on my shoulder tells me I should have just stayed quiet, grinched the other anon and received my packageI don't regret my decision, it was the right thing to do, but I admit, it crossed my mind just now
>>94373945How did you know who the other anon was if they were receiving a gift from a different person?
>>94373945We all have bad thoughts anon, what matters is if you act on them.
>>94373945I was almost in the same boat as you anon, I had almost no money once SS opened due to bad circumstances but I forgot to do so.I was panicking but I came into a pretty good amount of money and I'm going to spoil my anon a little to pass on the good that happened to me.You did the right thing and it's okay to have bad thoughts, it's part of being alive.
>ordered my SS gift>Leaf Post went on strikeGot ready a Christmas package for my parents and in-laws today too.
>>94373956I'm sorry, I don't understand the question. I only know of the anon I was supposed to send stuff to. I do not know who -my-secret santa is. From the sound of it, all went well.>Hi Anon,>thanks for letting me know. I hope all will be well for you.>I'll re-arrange things and it should work out.Thanks, SS organizer and sorry for the inconvenience again.>>94373960Most definitely. >>94373977You did the right thing and it's okay to have bad thoughts, it's part of being alive.Thanks, anon.
>>94373977>>94373956>>94373945Damn I was spending some time in 40kg lately and I forgot there's decent people in this place.
>decide not to open my SS till Dec>guy already opened one in threadthis is going to be tough to resist
>>94373986A war broke out once and my parcel still somehow arrived in russia, you might be alright
>>94374014don't worry, me too. I haven't gotten mine yet - also haven't sent one out either.
As a lurker and ocassional asker of painting tips, how much do y'all spend on SS gifts usually? Might participate next year, because this looks very comfy from an outsiders perspective.
>>94374014The package will be talking to anon like the Green Goblin mask LMAOhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq2UpLXYvmY&pp=ygUnZ3JlZW4gZ29ibGluIG1hc2sgdGFsa2luZyBkcnVuayBkcml2aW5n
>>94374019I'm participating for the first time this year and I've spend about $100. That's only because my guy asked for stuff from a fairly cheap game though. If I got a GW request I'd probably spend more desu
>>94373956He means he saw the anon opening it and thats what gave him the thoughts, not that that was his anon.
>>94374014>>94374034Gonna feel real stupid when Pinhead comes out
>>94374019About 170 usd here
>>94373945Lmao poorfag BTFO
>>94374018I also forgot what I wishlisted, oh well I don't think there should be any crossover when relatives buy me stuff. I feel kind of bad that my gift will be comparatively cheap but the stars aligned and I had stuff to give from my backlog.
>>94374042>>94374070Holy shit.I spent 40€ on miniatures, 10€ on snacks and 3€ on a post card, plus maybe 5€ on miscelanious stuff.My anon is gonna be pissed, lol.
>>94374087pls don't be my santa.... pls don't be my santa...
>>94374087I'm doing the same but I'd be fine if the same is done to me. It's a secret santa with random people from 4chan, I shouldn't expect hundreds of dollars dropped on me.
What's the SS equivalent of buying a super-expensive Olmec head gift that no one needs?
>>94374111Super expensive forge world kit that gets squatted next year.
>>94374099>mfw all I send is a free ministure of the month which I already painted, two empty speedpaint bottles, a completely busted used and abused brush and a single condom with a note saying "1 year supply of condoms"(Just joking of course)
>>94374123If I don't get a warlord titan I'm going to be pissed.
whats the best tool for removing burr marks and cleaning up models? I use trimmers to get them off the sprue and a hobby knife to clean, but I'd like something to smooth even further.I've heard fine grain sand paper but not really sure how you could use that on small models effectively.
>>94374111hell you could buy someone Smaug
>>94374132*gets Titan-sized wooden HMS Victory kit, a packet of butter biscuits, a jar of jam and 5 packets of Earl Grey*
>>94374111A Manta?
Gdrrna
>>94374014OPEN IT
>>94374019Whatever I can afford and hope the other anon enjoys the gift regardless of monetary value. I also expecylt nothing in return, and honestly the only thing that would annoy me would be something vindictive, like a box with empty sprues, empty paintpots, ruined paintbrushes, dulled exacto blades, activated greenstuff shaped as a cube, gluepot glued shut, real grass grass tuffts etc..
Got my Lex Luthor head attached, the print was a little big for the body, but I think it looks pretty good. On to the next project!
>>94369781I had never really thought of this until reading this. Good point, off to watch some youtube shit on this to have myself influenced.>>94372478N E D E R D R A A DEDERDRAAD
>>94374087Chill out anon. I'm spending this much because I want to and I'm content making someones day better. I'd be super happy if I got your gift and I'd be happy with just a handwritten card, too. Also I literally don't have anything to spend my disposable income on since I've decided to not buy anything until I finish my backlog. Might as well use it to be nice to someone
I've been thinking about ideas for pranks in the secret Santa gift. Something maliciously innocent, that will get laughs but not ruin the gift, like including a scan of my cock or a cum sock or something hilarious. Any ideas?
>>94374302Wanna send me a gift too?
>>94374315>cum sockI think that would literally be illegal in many places.
>>94374315I know you'reprobably joking but I can picture someone this autistic posting here
>Finish 11 miniatures>Ahhhhhhh... yep, that's a job well done! My backlog is truly getting smaller. I should reward myself>Buy a Stargrave Crew set (20 minis)
>>94374325>It's just a prank bro
>>94374361>rewarding oneself for doing the bare minimum True reddit behavior
>>94374315are you trying to one-up the /k/ meetup cum brownies or something?
>>94374361The problem with recursive backlogs. I paint slowly and for every model or squad I paint I buy 3 more.I have 19 quintillion kits at this point.
>>94374361>I should reward myself for doing something I'm supposed to be doing for fun
>>94374315A box with request depicted on outside, but inside is a 3 part 3D printed sprue, 2 balls and 1 cock.Greenstuff, 1 part premolded into the shape of 2 balls, 1 part moulded into a cock.A regular request box, with proper content, but after the 2nd page the instructions transition into how to construct 2 balls and 1 cock.The entire gift(s) are in a postal box, but on openining this box there are two paper mache balls and a paper mache cock, the gifts are hidden within.Paints, but they come in 2 ball reservoirs with a cock shaped dropper.Several brushes, but the handles have been replaced with a cock, and 2 balls to rest on.
>>94374484>>94374315Why does everything have to be about cocks and balls? I swear you guys are all such fags
>>94374484anon you seem a bit obsessed with cocks, are you okay?
>>94374499Kek
>>94374484
Is there some logical explanation as to why so many people here persist in the hobby if they don't seem to particularly enjoy painting and it feels like they have to practically force themselves to do it?
>>94374484>>94374315
>>94373945>I don't regret my decision, it was the right thing to do, but I admit, it crossed my mind just nowAnd thats fine. Its not the thought that comes up thats bad, its what you do afterwards that defines you as a human.
>>94374387>cum brownieshold on, what?
>>94374637/k/ guy fed everybody brownies at a meetup and then posted his process of baking his cum into them after the fact.
>>94374577I enjoy having a painted army, also enjoy conversion and building models.The thing that kills my drive is the set up since currently I lack a place where I can simply close a door a do not worry about it. So I need to do set up and then put everything away when I'm done.On a side note the newer GW models are just a chore to build, like why the hell does this model need to many parts to build a single torso or pair of legs and the worst part is not like you get extra bits almos the entire sprue is used.
>>94373986Haven't they been on strike last year too?Or was it Royal Post?>>94373945As others said, you did the right thing. There is always a next time. >>94373956He does not know. I just asked the person that were supposed to him to send to the guy he was supposed to send something to. Basically skipping him in the chain. That Anon agreed, so its np for him to step out.
>>94372430this poster needs to be my gf
>>94374484This anon is hoping to be the one receiving the cock surprise >>94374577Mental illness
>>94374577sunk cost fallacy, lack of other hobbies and wanting the final product
Any White Scars fans?
>>94374315>Something maliciously innocent, that will get laughs but not ruin the gift, like including a scan of my cock or a cum sock or something hilarious.that is not malicious or innocent, that just childish, edgy and unoriginalcrochet a cumsock but without the cum and fill it with condensed milk portions or something
>>94374751I don't much care for marines in any shape or form but these looks nice, the cherry blossoms are a nice touch and the weathering is solid. Nice job anon. Expect to be called out for not drilling the barrels though
>>94374577it ain't gonna paint itself
>>94374766>condensed milkI had forgotten how a bunch of twats during school filled condoms with condensed milk and started throwing them at people.
>>94374782not gonna lie that's actually pretty funny
>>94374751>Any White Scars fans?One of our ladz made a White Scars Johnny out of modern plastic bitz.
Painted a rather easy mini today and I gotta say, I had way more fun than painting one with lots of little intricate details. Call it cope, but I think I prefer nice, easy, quick minis to paint, it's way more satisfying and calming.I tried to give his robot eye a very bright, vibrant green, but it didn't work out too well. I guess just putting the color there is not enough. Any tips for giving it that "green night vision goggles" look?
gonna try oil washing this one tomorrow
Another terrain bit hacked and sanded out. The flat side of the hill will have a rock facing. Probably just gonna texture it and dry brush the results.
>>94374484>the instruction manual ideaActually not bad
Is this what reactivation looks like? I can't figure out these speedpaints
>>94375301That bald spot on your spoon happened to my model just now. Spend 3 hours airbrushing. Let it dry overnight. Apply a very thin agrax wash. My airbrush job starts peeling. All paints used GW. I had to go back and spend another 2 hours fixing it by hand in such a way that it matched the airbrush job surrounding it, then carefully reapply the wash to that area only, again matching the surrounding, then varnish it just to make sure, a step I usually leave to the very end with Vallejo paints. GW, never again.
>>94375276rude in the world of mono-pose over complicated bullshit GW does nowadays.
>>94373757Source on the gobby lady in op pic?
>>94375336Gotta be a twin goddess thing, right?
>>94375320This was over vallejo model silver, some vallejo gloss and then a small wash, I don't know if it's something I'm doing with the speedpaint 2.0 or if this silver has a weird peeling issue because it peeled quickly off my skin when I was washing which I thought might be weirdMaybe it needs to dry more? I have no idea. It started to happen on another test spoon when the contrast paint started mucking up and I tried going back over it, I just reapplied the metals back over it and glossed and put it down for the day
>>94375301v1 or 2.0?first version reactivates, either mix them 1:1 with contrast medium, learn to live with it or trash them2.0 should not reactivate
>>94375347Can’t find it.Anyone know? It would be perfect for my post apoc space game
>>94375349it's because of varying hardness, the gloss finish is a lot harder than the speedpaint when it dries, so any friction will rub off the speedpaint first.
>>943753822.0, mainly starts when going over itselfMaybe it had a bad reaction with the wash? I'll try again later
>people unironically talking about sequels to a paint colorMaybe paint some things instead of inventing complexity.
>>94374771Thanks man. I've been telling myself "I'll drill the barrels later" for 14 years and 6+ armies now. Here's another pic.
Tidying up the wash after it dries, a tad enthusiastic with it in, in hindsight, poor lighting. I do like the silver look as opposed to black. So thanks to the anon who recommended it. After tidying it up going to glue them in and then satin varnish it (shoulda probs done that before the wash, but I'm still learning, wash on other parts will be done after the varnish). Going to leave the arms of as the way they attach makes getting to certain parts near impossible, same for the shield and the boosterpacks (which attach to the arms anyway)
>>94375414This, BTW, also applies to a lot of paints applied over metallics. Metallics tend to be hard and, on a microscopic level, coarse once dry (makes sense if you think about it, essentially just metal particles in paint, it isn't like it is being forged or anything). So if you apply paint over that, that top layer will peel of pretty easily if you just slap a wash on it afterwardsw ithoit being really gentle. You have sandwiched your paint between metallic on one side and a sticky wash on the other which your are "rubbing" on. That paint is just going to come of like it's nobody's business. Either varnish first or be extremely gentle with your wash application.
>>94375301Which paints this happens to? Only AP speedpaints or other brands like vallejo xpresscolors?I mean, technically all paints reactivate but some like AK and Atom are very sturdy to the point that they don't reactivate after an overnight soak.
>>94374751Holy agrax earthshade
>>94374577I love painting but sometimes it's hard to get it going. Generally because of some bottleneck like having to prime or setup the airbrushing station.
>>94375620Didn't you say last thread this one of your first GW models? Kudos on the neat technique/seperation of the varnished(?) feet and the rest of the leg, that ain't easy.Have you done a gunpla/historical in the past? Because going for metallic "realistic" look is something I'd expect from them more than from us typical GW mini painters (primarily because doing an entire army in this style would be a nightmare, 2k points worth of minis masked so you can have it part gloss part non-gloss is just a hard pass for most).
>>94375652Is gloss varnish best or something like satin so it grips?>>94375673AP speedpaints 2.0, though I didn't wait very long before the second coat
>>94373802>some guy gifted 60% of a Thousand Sons army last yearFancy.
>>94375620I'm curious to see how these silver parts look on a finished Farsight.
>>94375673This >>94375620 is me using GW air ageron red (spelling? I usually work with RAL designations) over AK aluminium. I applied about 10 layers of the red with an airbrush (2:1 paint:medium). Hour dry between layer, followed by 24 hour dry.I then retouched the aluminium on the leg overspray, let that dry several hours. Then I went in with agrax/nuln mix wash on the metal (the one I overdid and want to tone down), that was nicked the round "joint/ankle) on the bottom leg and to my dismay it basically instantly stripped it down to the AK metal. I very carefully had to dry it and apply the red again by hand (you can see it doesn't look as neat as the top leg one). Kinda had to do what >>94375320 described. >>94375706I'm new to GW yes, and yes came from doing historicals, although I wouldn't call myself a veteran at that. Half a dozen tanks, some auxiliary vehicles, a diorama or two and two planes (all WW2). No varnish as of yet, the red just does that when applied over the AK metallic. Though after the peeling I am going to varnish before continuing. Despite it not being the hue of red I was aiming for, I still like it and its effect a lot, and it was a bit of work, so I don't want it coming of everywhere that I decide to work on the model, as I do want to apply some panel lining, some small highlights and the white stripe tau patterns.
>>94374315Bootleg tcg cards. The shittier the chinglese translation the better.
>>94375620The historical crowd are something else. Don't get me wrong, eavy metal looks cool and takes a lot of skill, but it ultimately follows an easy enough "algorithm", again, bot tryibg to downplay skill to do it justice, but the historical crowd come up with all sort of shit to get their details "just right". They are also more daring (for lack of a better word), I have seen them intentionally apply diluted glue to tank panels to roughen the texture like cast steel, like, you get that wrong and your model is now a puddle of plastic at worst or is morphed beyond repair at best.That being said, it doesn't, imo, work for army building, it just takes too fucking long. I can build and paint at least an entire patrol in the time it takes the historicals to build a kit.
>>94375787Nta, but with that shade of red and that metal, it's going to look like mr farsight has traded the greater good for the machine spirit.
wish me well Brothers
>>94375905That space marine is gigantic wtf?
>>94375908>He doesn't know about Prime Primarislmao
>>94375897Praise the motive force.Yeah, I dont think I jazz with the silver.
>trying to clean up the mold lines and flash on a wizkids mini>notice it's actually pretty slipped as wellman I'm about to just say fuck it, hit this fucker with some sloppa, and move on with my life
>get good at using chinesium (have two, 1 top fed, other bottom fed)>treat myself to non chinesium>don't notice a difference other than the trigger being less jigglyWelp, I guess I can just split my airbrushes into primer - metallics - regulars. Won't be falling for the premium airbrush meme again, tell you that much, feel like a mug.
>>94375918Is it the greytide or prepainted version? I just dunked a prepainted pentadrone I had in nuln oil, fixed the shitty eyes and called it a day.
>>94375931Which non-chinesium did you buy? Also, which nozzle?I have a .3 for priming and base coating but it clogs on me quite a bit. I'm thinking of just getting a chinkoid .4 instead of a good one for this task and maybe eventually upgrading the .3 (or nah)
>>94375917I kinda like it, but then I don't really like how a lot of T'au gets painted to look like toy plastic soldiers. I reckon that's going to look more warhammer'y (I have the popular unpopular opinion that T'au look cool, just don't fit in with warhammer in the manner they usually are painted).
>>94375918Probably the best option. WizKids models can be pretty bad.Their larger monsters are all right, but I don't bother with the PC models since I once got one with only the vague suggestion of a face
>>94375962Well, we will see how it looks once it's finished. I dont like the idea of metallic/pearlscent Tau but I've seen some painted with tamiya white enamel and it looked pretty damn good.
>>94375908>>94375915Well actually I just 3D printed a bunch of models that I think look cool, I don't really play, I like to display themThats supposed to be big Roboute G Man btw
>>94374315A wooden puzzle box with a useless object (so as to make noise when manipulated) inside.
I like these new valkir trooper models a lot. What would you use them as proxies for? I might use them for a TC warband, new antioch maybe?
>>94374577I don't think that it's so crazy or unreasonable to enjoy steps 1, 2, and 4, but not 3.
>>94375014I'd say make 2 different emeralds, one darker, other lighter. Have the lighter one make a more full fill in the goggle lense, while the darker one is like a crescant shape more to the side. Repeat on other lense with the same directions of dark/light lense
>>94375998I recognized the sword and fist and felt like being a dickPrints look clean tho
>>94376046no problem Anon! I just started painting 40k, and I couldn't tell a necron from a tyranid.I printed them with an SLA, the quality of detail is very high but the direction in which I print them also matters, here for example I have some annoying layering that I hope to be able to cover with the other layers in addition to the blue base coat
>>94376071>that I hope to be able to cover with the other layers in addition to the blue base coaDon't bet on that. Those lines will show up even after you paint it, with primer and all. You can apply some sort of putty on the surface and then file it down but you will lose detail. You need to figure a way of minimizing print/voxel lines. Either by lowering layer height or using AA.
>>94375947Iwata eclipse gravity cupped. It is quite obviously better made (which is why the trigger is less jiggly), but it doesn't do a better job. I use .3 for basically everything, anything that requires more detail is brushwork, anything that requires less detail is usually larger (and cheaper) stuff like terrain which is getting a rattlecanned or plantmister applied to it. On the noncheap large stuff I'll swap out the needle, sometimes I do canvas stuff for fun and do want finer detail and will swap out for that too. Otherwise .3 all the way.Clogging is going to be a "skillissue" that I don't believe is going to be helped by a different brush (barring some really dodgy design that is trapping paint in the nozzle in a way that it clogs no matter what). I run cleaner through my brush before and after every use. I run thinner through the brush before use (kinda like lubing up the brush in a way). Thin the paint down to cream (why people say milk is beyond me) with water 3-2:1:1 paint:water:thinner/flow improver depending on paint used. 25-30psi and away we go. I try to never pull back the trigger without air flowing, you're just introducing paint down to the nozzle which is going to splatter the moment you DO introduce the airflow and/or dry and clog up your shit (basically you don't want excess paint going out of the cup unless it is being blasted out the business end). My chinesiums do that just fine and I regret getting the expensive option that adds essentially nothing, could have gotten myself two killteams and corresponding paints instead, would have been a much better buy.Maybe if you are doing some extremely detailed fine art work you'll notice a difference, but that's not what I (or nearly everyone else) do on my minis.
>>94376107thanks for the precious advice! you're right, the primer has not already covered it , so it is difficult for the paint to do so. since I will already have to print other things, given that it will be a display model, I will take this opportunity to follow your instructions
>>94376071Sand it down and enjoy your free moob enlargement.
First time painting with citadel paintsFor their trios of paints, do they all lean warmer for the highlights? Or do they step up neutrally?Im trying to paint moonlighted space marines and i wonder if i can mix them with a bluish white for the highlightIm using Incubi darkness, kabalite green, guassblaster green
>>94376147Citadel comes in triads? I always thought it was just sloppa. I wouldnt know, I don't touch their base/layer stuff.
>>94376154How about the trios for army painter? Do they go warmer? Any saturation changes?
>>94375932I got the unpainted dwarf paladin. Figured I clean up bits of mold lines on primed minis pretty often so it wouldn't be that bad but it's really not scraping well at all.>>94375974>I don't bother with the PC models since I once got one with only the vague suggestion of a facedamn. I just impulse bought one because dwarves are neat. It's at least looking like I can clean up -enough- to get one decent angle to display him from, but if anyone ever picks it up to look closer they are gonna see some real fuckshit lmao
>>94376147I have several CIT paints, gotten either in boxsets or when I want to follow a tutorial/guide. I don't care for any of them. I don't like how they look vastly different when dry. I don't like how behaviour varies widely between one colour and the next of the same range. I don't like their dumb pot designs. I don't like how the majority behave like ass when airbrushed requiring some voodoo tier minmaxing to get the mix just right for it to work nicely. I in fact can't think of a single good thing to say about them, other than possibly the convenience when going for specific warhammer(tm) approved schemes, but this is offset by the paints being useless outside of the fantasy setting (ain't nobody painting German camp with citadel). Honestly, Vallejo/AK are superior in all ways and are flexible to boot with options for other types of minis/scales.
>>94376164No idea. The only one I can opinate is TTC, which is a bit all over the place in terms of saturation within a triad. Maybe this can help: https://youtu.be/s_CjRO1BIpUI Mostly use AK but their paints aren't organized by tone/brightness at all, much how I thought citadel worked.
>>94376108Adding to this, don't black flow air into the cup to mix. Stop being a lazy retard and mix beforehand, or use a soft brush and mix in the cup. It isn't a wine, it doesn't need aerating, you spend most of your time avoiding needlessly putting air into the paint, why the fuck you doing it in your airbrush of all places. You are drying the paint before it has left the brush. Worse, you are drying it all along the needle while at the same time clogging the nozzle by sticking your fat sausagehand into it. If you did it to vigorous you are now going to also have airbubbles in your mix large enough to cause your spray to splutter, blowing wet paint raspberries all over your model, mocking your shit mix technique.
>>94373757Missed opportunity to place helmet face up with gobbo planted on top of it.
>>94373945I would be disappointed if I got grinched. Not because I got nothing, but because the other anon seemingly didn't care. Like, send me a letter or so.
Any idea where one could get hip plates like those on this model?I think mk8 deathwatch have them (Primaris as well) but these are all stuck to the side of the space marine so would require a lot of cutting.
>>94376346>decide to not take part this year due to astronomical bills>learn anon would have been happy with a letter
Made some progress on the termie. Needs a bit of tidying up but I have to leave that for tomorrow
>>94376362Out of all the things you can GS, this is going to be one of the simpler things, easier and cheaper than butchering upper echolon SMs.
>2 Weeks ago I didn't know how to use Blender or any CAD software>I have now designed from scratch something that four (4) people have downloaded within 24 hoursI don't think I'll make any money from it but it's fun to learn to design things. It's taken over my painting time
>>94376383What is this? OF tease? Show design.
I had this wall of fire by happenstance in my lightbox and it cast an unintentional OSL on this black primer.
Why does erebus get so much hate when typhus is a worse asshole?
>>94376560Whoops wrong general
>>94376406It's nothing unique. It's a shitty dice with a logo on the 6. It's a cube with dimples in the side. Now I know the method I can put it together in less than 10mins. I'm just happy I made something that somebody wanted.
Converted a HYLAS Rotary cannon because $24 for the bit on ebay was bonkers.
Any suggestions on how to paint these zombies? I have never done anything rotting like this.Should i prime them in black?
Looking for some advice, been using a fdm 3d printer to build a 1000 point Tau and space marine army. Space marine """sternguard""" on the right was my first attempt at painting/printing. Farsight on the left is the last mini I "finished" as well as the last of my tau army.I know you need to thin your paints with water, I thought I was doing a decent job, but taking a picture showed me how absolutely caked these guys are. Any tips to getting that golden ratio with paint thinning?Also, any notable tips that I might find helpful?
>>94376362>Any idea where one could get hip plates like those on this model?The new 10th Edition Primaris Kit for Lemartes, Guardian of the Lost, has two such plates that are separate bitz.One has a pair of grenades attached to it, and the other has a small scanner.
>>94376841Base coat them in various shades of gray. Wash some with a green, some with a cool blue. Dry brush some in a light gray and some with a light gray mixed with your brightest fleshtone.
>>94377042Carefully wash around the eyes with a dark brown/black for definition. Paint the eyes dead off white, fingernails brown or black, muddy up the hands and knees and feet. Add fresh blood if you want.
WIP Krashrak the Stalker
>>94376864Well at least this answers the question about metal legs on farsight.There is no golden ratio, too dependant on the paint. I have had paints that I could just dampen my brush and paints for which a near 1:1 mix was needed. You want it to flow but not pool. On the palette I want to be able to pull my brush through the paint without it leaving a textured brushmark trail, but not so thinned that the trail is instantly filled again. You don't want mud, you don't want a puddle, you want silk, you want that delicious gravy train, that rich demiglaze, that smooth sauce anglaise.When inn doubt, paint a small section that is not noticeable (underside of stuff is a good place), paint it, then let it dry; THICC? Thin it. Tidemarks/coffee stains/splitting of pigment and medium? Unthin it (add paint).Biggest tip, paint more, no tips are replacement for experience.
Cold weather is coming so I can't prime and/or varnish outdoors. Have to learn how to use an airbrush without clogging the damned thing but I'm retarded. I feel like shit, /wip/.
>>94377071Utterly based
>>94376864Wear glubsNo flash photography, everything looks terrible in flash photographyGet a form of magnification (glasses, headband, attached to table, take your pick)Go back and tidy up models, e.g. the gold trim on the smurf has blue on it (magnification helps avoid/fix this)I am guessing this wasn't subassemblies, for starters keep it simple, no need to have every rivet separate, but it helps to have the model not be in 1 chunk. Farsight especially is a pain in the fucking ass to paint fully assembled, even just leaving his boosters off helps a ton already (when you this, remember that you either need to use superglue or scrape away paint in the connecting points, paint on paint cannot be reliable glued with regular old plastic melting glue).
>>94377071Based
>>94377071I posted about this the other day but I'm a daydreaming failure.I'm actually working on other things though - custom inquisition parts.
>>94373757Who got the dick lizard last year?Was it posted painted?
>>94377042>>94377064I'm not sure how my tester is coming out
>wife denying me sex again Looks like I'll be getting a lot of painting done
>>94377071Impressive
>>94377806Maybe you shouldn't have slept with her sister
>>94377806rape her, then paint
Gonna call her done.>>94373757Thanks for the OP pic, OP>>94375336Minigames Miniatures. Should be a free stl too
>>94377917Started on a new gobbo
>>94375673Xpress will reactivate when you paint over it with a wash. Some colours are worse than others.
>>94373802Vancouver anon your package is 90% assembled, just waiting on a retailer to get their shit together. Also, fuck Canada Post
>>94378009Yeah, is Canada Post Striking? That might be a pain.
>>94373802C.M. of Seattle:Half your stuff is being delivered to me and redbubble pulled the chad move of splitting my purchase into 3 deliveriesAlso a Rogal Dorn which has taken ALMOST 4 WEEKS to get shipped but that's not yours lolI hope you like Applebee's motherfucker
>>94378064>be crown corp>strike>get privatised>get assfuckedStick in bike spokes.jpg
>>94378009Thank you, m8. My wish was all over the place, apologies if it got confusing.There are two Vancouver anons I believe so maybe I'm not your anon.
>Wanted to participate in SS this year.>far too autistic to mail something on my own. Would need mother to help.>she'd be mad at me for being on 4chan. Again. All I can give you guys is a merry mass :/
>>94378255I am LITERALLY autistic and living with my mother and even I can do this shit without being handheld by her
>>94378260I shit thr bed last night because I wasn't sure ot was okay of waking someone up to go to the bathroom. Not saying tou don't have but I do. I'm not great at talking either and can only passable talk with text. You and I in same room you would look bormal.
>>94374042I spent less than 5£ on my gift.Mind you, that is mostly because I have a ton of games workshop stuff I got from various convention gifts that I am never going to use. Now you deal with my pile of shame, mother fucked.
>>94378303>>94378260>>94378255Real talk. I'd rather be ignorant of all this, so I can continue to pretend I have a normal hobby and spend (some of) my time interacting with well adjusted people online.
>>94374315One year someone included a picture of the recievers family iirc
>>94378255>>94378260With enough money you can solve any problem. You need to capitalise on your skills.
>>94378394>think I'm normal>sit down to paint>suddenly realisation kicks in>"I'm 30 and painting plastic while sharing it with a bunch of anons on a platform I have been on for over half my life, what the fuck am I even doing"So ya, I think I have indeed become one of those weird train people someone posted earlier and I wasn't even aware of it.
>>94378260>>94378394Sorry. I'm not good at talking. Even with text I have to type everything out in word to spellcheck before copy pasting here to make sense. If I don't it's not very good. It takes long time type. I just wanted to let you guys know that I wanted to participate but my condition makes it hard. Posting here let me feel not bad because I am not treated with fake feelings. You all treat me like anon and it makes me feel good. I felt bad not giving being able to send someone my santa skeletons I made.I didn't poop the bed last night. I almost pooped the bed.
>>94375349But what did you the silver on, because the spoon doesn't look primed (many primers chemically bond with the plastics used in minis, so it can't come off short of sanding it down). So what you have essentially done is laid down a tarp without anchorpoints, bolted a sheet of steel to it, and then be surprised when it blows away with the wind. I.e. your gloss is on a layer of paint that isn't attached to anything. Yes, varnish can be used to "seal in" paints, no it won't magically make stuff stick in place if it isn't doing so itself to some degree already.
>>94376864You know, it wouldn't look half as bad if you go back and correct all the "I colored outside the lines" mistakes. I mean, there is red all over the silver parts in the tau. Even its prominent chest crest has silver on it... The thickness isn't even THAT bad, all the details are still visible.
>>94375086Terrain WIP's are always nice to see, though I was wondering are all of your tiles in a pre-configured format? The roads from the last pic you posted and this one might be misaligned if you didn't have a pre-set plan...>>94376513Kino. I always thought models with flamers getting modelled fire looked awesome>>94377917Cute and sexo! Very well done anon. I really like the green you went for with her skin, and the graffiti on the helmet is peak kuso gob behaviour. now where is the pic of her from behind>>94377941I like her boots!
>>94378421Do you prefer the alternative of sitting in front of a TV with a beer, watching soccer or something, while your wife/gf who gets fatter every day, eats chocolate while swiping through tiktok?
>>94377073I was somewhat afraid that was the truth behind thinning. I do have a rather large supply of scrap material from failed prints/supports. I'll use some of those to practice and get a feel for what (my) properly thinned paints should look/feel like>>94377136I've been painting everything after I get it glued down. Ironically, the only exception to that was farsight, because I wanted to print clear-ish plastic supports to put him in a cool pose. Do you have any particular process for when deciding what to paint separately?I'm also definitely going to figure out a way to magnify my models. Or at least scan through it using my phone inbetween coats. >>94378499Well, thanks for the minor ego boost. I'll probably go ahead try to get rid of those mistakes once I think I've got thinning "figured out" in order to avoid making it too much worse. Would you consider the blue energy blade something that should be "colored inside the lines" or would that be an exception?
>>94378167>Also a Rogal Dorn which has taken ALMOST 4 WEEKS to get shipped>but that's not yours lol
I am a retard. An anon suggested Vallejo glazing medium to me to improve thinning but I still struggle with incredibly thin, watery paint after just one brush-load of water being added to 4-5 drops of AK Interactives. I add one drop medium, four drops paint, one brushload of water. What'm I doing wrong?
>>94377798That honestly looks really good for like, waterlogged decomposing flesh anon. Good job. The undertones of bluishness look like real livor mortis/cyanosis imo.
>>94376346>Dear anon,>This is Mr. Grinch>Suck it, loser! Hahahahahaha!>By the way, I got a Combat Patrol box!>Better luck next time, bro>Yours truly>The Grinch>PS: I know where you live
>>94378756What you're doing wrong is not dabbing your brush on some paper before you apply. You want thin paint, not watery paint.
>>94378781Yeah that's a good point. Should I do the aule technique of pooling some water on some greaseproof paper, or atop a wet palette and mixing it slowly by hand?
>>94377941Is there an archive of the rest?
>>94378520Here's her butt.>>94378789Sorry, rest of?
>>94378785Not how I do it. I essentially make a wash and then suck the moisture out before I apply. I don't really use glazing medium though, so it might be slightly different if you do.
goblin girl sex(i used the last 2% phone battery for this post)
>>94378802>Sorry, rest of?NTA, he means the rest of your goblin girls.>>94378821>admitting to phonepostingZoomers, not even once.
>>94376381Fair point! Worth trying.As I was typing this, the guy who made this informed me they came from the new Terminator kits, as I suspected. Not going to buy Terminators just for that so Greenstuff it is I suppose.
>>94374315>He doesn't know about the sacred lizard or the pony jar or Cho Aniki Custodes/Horsecock Elf GuyTruly you are insufficiently-educated and require a trip to the imgur galleries. Be funny or at least incredibly weird, not gross>>94374484I've done the cock-and-balls paper-maiche thing to my brother, bought him steel and brass pin stock, an old flintlock cock, and a bunch of spring wire. >>94375014Brightness needs shadow around it to make it stand out. Try washing it with a very dark green, putting some black or green around the edge of the monocular, and then picking out just the center with bright green and a tiny dot of white.
Why didn't anybody tell me Kingdom Death had such good minis?
>>94378838Cause the bare-bones base game is $420.
>>94378838We did. KD is one of the most popular mini makers.
>>94374136My preffered tool for this is sanding sponge/foam. You should be able to get it in DIY shops for fairly cheap. Or from mini hobby related places for not so cheap. You can also check stuff called sanding sticks. There is a variety thats maybe like 5x5x150mm in a pack of 20
>>94378802>Sorry, rest of?Dem green hoes.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE_ypjR2V0wI refuse to believe there's multiple goblin girl painters in these threads. That'd be too based.
>>94378863Tbf, you can just buy just the minis on their own. They are pretty expensive tho.>>94378823>>94378917I dont have an updated pic. But I can take a family pic tomorrow or I guess later today.
>>94378838The quality is nice, but too much of it falls into coomhammer. Nothing wrong with a "sexy" model, but their models take the piss, like someone had a long hard look at "imagine the smell" memes and used it as inspiration for minis while forgetting the humour/irony.
>>94378928Cute fucking gobs.
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>>94378928"Very well done", I would compliment you on both the paint job and your win by forfeiture as I leave the LGS, feeling too uncomfortable to make eye contact with someone who so clearly has tugged one out over their models.It is like the difference between implicitly knowing someone watches porn, and that someone coming along with a printout of their bookmarks containing all their favourite fetish videos.
>>94378928More angles of blue haired one. For reasons.
>>94378959Actually, I've never fapped to any of my minis or drawings. But I'll still make direct eye contact with you >>94378969Here's a repost from my x
>>94378930speak for yourself, I guess. Some of it definitely does, but there's a good range, and a lot of stuff in the normal sexy category as well as just cool normal models.
>>94378743Half the regulars at my LGS only do 2k games and it'll bump me to exactly that.
>>94373802W.C. from what I think is california, your gift is mostly assembled, I am waiting for one last box for it, and on saturday I will try to go and get some extra minor greeblies from my local random stuff stores.
>>94378959>probably plays a game with copious amounts of violence>gets triggered over a half-naked goblin girlI will never understand you people
>>94378980You're based
I’ve been posting my wips of some of this stuff the last few months. Here is how the result turned out
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>>94379329>>94379324>>94379317>>94379313>>94379299>>94379297>>94379284looks absolutely fantastic anon, great job
Yep, very cool, anon
>>94379271Based. Very based indeed.
>>94379271Are those... aquarium plants? My immersion!
>>9437951540kg had a small meltdown about aquarium plants last thread, was mildly amusing watching those autist argue about that
>>94379271Oh man the dyed carpet is still looking fine, great work dude.
>>94379523Mostly just one dude couldn't deal with them, because they don't look real.
>>94379538What's the alternative anyway? When I searched for videos on YT about it, I saw lots of videos either start with with "take 3D printer..." (I don't understand this whole approach, as if everyone and their mother have resin 3D printer nowdays) or advertising paper plants that cost fortune. Searching on DuckDuck gave me one guy drying actual plants but I don't really think it's good idea.
>>94379572It was extra funny because he did not object to these at any point.
>>94379583probably because those are officially approved by Games Workshop™
>>94379590So are aquarium plants, but that didn't matter.
>>9437960040kg is an absolute dumpster fire, going there will have negative impact on your mood and overall enjoyment of the hobby. Just stay the fuck away
>>94379600I tried getting aquarium plants for bases but all of them are in too big scale, hard to find or are absurdly expensive. Zoo store girl suggested that's because of their low popularity as everyone now seems to use natural plants. Bummer.
>>94379614Friend got some Ikea FEJKA Artificial potted plants. They even come with 50mm textured bases. They're large, but they work nicely as some big jungle bushes. Then there's stuff like:https://www.ebay.com/itm/166440596330Makes great foliage. Either take them off the sprue and glue them onto bases, or plot it down as is.
I stopped working on this glottkin a few months ago and while I've been hammering away at my projects and selling most of my backlog/unwanted stuff, this glottkin has kind of turned into a tumor for me (no pun intended). I like the model, I like the lore, and I like the idea of him leading my slimy stinky boys. it's always in the back of my mind. it's a really cool model but I lost the motivation to do a super tryhard job on it. I never tried any of the "big monster" techniques like drybrushing or contrast paints. I just airbrushed it and then highlighted all the folds and muscles by hand. I'm considering starting over and just spraying it all black then a heavy boney drybrush and spraying it again with mantis warriors green, or spraying it down with a strong green then drybrushing it with a muted green or yellow.Any tips bros? I've never painted anything this big before and idk what to do to get it done. I want to get started on the details already and it's been sitting there eyeing me while I work on other stuff. can I still this guy without starting over? Anybody know any guides for big monsters? This guy has some texture to it but not as much as a GUO. tldr: I've lost my inspiration for this glottkin and I need some tips on how to get it done quickly to a presentable standard from anybody with experience painting lots of big things>>94379271damn, that looks awesome. the paddies look like brownies. brings me back to the spring of '68.
>>94374577I hate painting CSm with a passion but goddamn it feels so good holding a finished one in my hand. also painting all my models gives me an excuse to buy more...I hope to slowly stop painting mostly GW stuff and just paint agnostic 3d prints or RPG minis.
>>94378928>>94378980super cute gobbos>>94379271seeing stuff like this makes me want to eventually play tabletop one day>>94379682in all honesty I think it will look fine already as long as you paint the face details>>94379692very clean hazard stripes, looks great so far
>>94379071I do not. I rarely vidya, when I do it is something along the lines of dwarfortress, which I suppose is violent in the strictest sense of the word, but a bunch of ascii characters duking it out isn't exactly postal. Most of my hobbytime is spent on models.
An anons made a post last thread about how he enjoys painting more comfy minis more and I gotta say, that shit made me think.Games Workshop builds their model with maximum details in mind, which is fine and all, but painting it can most definitely be a massive pain in the ass because of all the small, little details. I remember painting my first SoB, it was genuinely not enjoyable at all, so when it comes to mini designs, I prefer those that actually considered the painters too and are more chill to paint.
>>94379271I finally realized why tabletops always look a bit off, more zo then I'd expect thema to (they will obviously never actually rivaal reality). I used tot think it was something about the scale, or the texturen, or the lack of detail, but yoir helos made me realize what it is (at least for me). It is the lightning, barely anything had a shadow, only massieve objects ir things very close tot the ground cast a shadow andere then it i s a ps2 era shadow due tot the several lightsources.You could argue the same would apply IRL with a Bright sun at noon, but the thing about that, is that a noon sun is fucking BRIGHT, room lights are usually not, they are lichting everything because, again, they are multisourced.I reckon if you tot a single Bright licht source placed moderately far away from the taboe things woukd look a lot player (not ideal to play on I suppose).Anyway, great landscape, all of the above is is no way meant tot take away trom that.
>>94378980How'd you do the green? That is soms amazingly subtle effect on that skin, the kind of thing that is so subtle you barely notice it, which is really quite the skill. e.g. a paintjob that instantly registers as metal VS a paintjob that reads as something that is supposed to read as metal, the former rarely gets commented on because it is subtle and just looks so natural your brain kinda glosses over the fact that it was done by hand. Same here with the skin.
I think I've begun to realize that I like the idea of miniature painting more than I like any miniatures actually being soldMaybe I should just switch to historicals or something
>>94379854>Maybe I should just switch to historicals or somethingWE GOT ANOTHER ONE, BOYS!
>>94379854Maybe look for prints that you actually like and either print them yourself or pay someone to do it for you? I've never bothered to look but anons here said you can get stuff on etsy, too
>>94379854Kinda same, I noticed that a bit too late because I want to finish the kits I already have. Don't get me wrong I like a lot of even GW stuff but I'd much rather just paint like max 5 of the same dudes and move on instead of having to do 10. I'll probably look into busts or some alternative companies that make minis/figures designed with painting and displaying them in mind
>>94379799This is why I like oathmark minatures. Enough minatures to be nice but not so much that it's a pain to paint them.
>>94379874I'll admit I'm still a beginner but in my case I enjoy the painting process but don't feel anything for the end result most of the timeI've considered painting display models instead but I'm still pretty new and bad and the learning curve there is very harsh
>>94379572I use real plants, or parts of it. I dry them and the set it on glue/resin to stop the decay. I usually am after the shape. E.g. the trimmings of pine(like) trees make for excellent mini trees. Just trim and shape, hot glue on a base, tree done. With Christmas coming up you can just collect this from wherever with all the trees being sold. Bonus point for it actually smelling like a tree.
Im looking for some painting literature and am zeroing in on the minipedia collection by scale75 (not the whole bundle, just 4-5 of the books that interest me).Does anyone have them and can give some insight wether its worth the price or not?some other book recommendations would be appreiciated as well.
>>94379874>>94379891I don't actually care that much about tabletop playability since I don't have a local scene anyway, I only ever bought minis with the intention of painting them and putting them up on a shelf, but the subjects just kind of do nothing for me most of the time
>>94379854That's the point where you should actually start looking into sculpting, if kitbashing is not enough for you.
>>94379854This is why I only paint display pieces. I like tzeentch lord of change, because I like birbs. The rest of the army is absolute dumpster tier IMO, and the idea of painting 2k points worth of turquoise/purple blobby things is really off putting (which is why I don't)
painted a bunch of random minis, no idea what for really. maybe some Frostgrave or such.
>>94379948That looks like some fun mordheim scenario waiting to happen
>>94379271>>94379284nice to see someone who actually puts love into their setup.
>>94379891It is a solo activity, the learning curve is as steep and long as you want it to be. When I was 12 I painted a b72 stealth bomber. It was black, just the whole thing black, and then I put some real oil (I was 12) around the wheel wells and exhausts, which you couldn't see because the plane was fucking black. I plopped on the transfers as per the manual and was done. That was literally a days worth of modelling for kid me. Currently I am eyeing a tamiya F4 phantom for a challenge.I can recommend some kits if you let me know what interests you (era, type of vehicle, nation, desired complexity/fidelity and price range)
>>94379903>buying booksI mean. If you really want to support the author, sure, just make sure it is actually the author you support and not the griffter publishing companies.
>>94379932How do I get into painting display minis without going broke buying a billion paintsIt's a lot easier with armies where you're going to paint most of your dudes in similar colors but not only do display minis demand way higher effort, you also need a completely different set of colors for each one
>>94379932>LoCI've loved that mini ever since I first saw it in that old gw painting guide they were handing out at lgs. I bought it a while back but was waiting to improve a bit more till I paint it. Think I might be at a level where I can do him some justice now, maybe I'll get to him soon
>>94379989I already do planes and mecha actually, I think I just find the majority of minis too grotesque
>>94379903There's the two volumes from angel giraldez IIRC, but I think he goes deep into using an airbrush, so I'm always on the fence about getting them.
>>94379995Several factors at play:I am single with a stable job and aside from the food I eat and the roof over my head I have some insurance/utility bills to pay and that it is, the rest of my income is disposable. I treat the single models I get as a project which sometimes last me several weeks. And the project has a plan and paints. Gotta remember, 1 model doesn't eat your pots, so the shelflife is very long. For example one of my earlier projects was a German stug tank, I did some background research on the tank and how I wanted it to look. I then got the required colours from Vallejo and AK. Primer rotbraun, certain yellows browns and greens for the camo (got it as a set), a pigment or two, a panel liner, some rust and oil staining and done as I didn't want to go overboard. I already had an airbrush/compressor, a one time investment. The kit set me back a whopping 25 Euros iirc, and all together I got 10 paints/pigments or so for 40 euros give or takeand another 10 for the priner. Done. I recently got a hannomag (the German half track), cost of kit was 10 Euros (on offer). I still have the rotbraun, I still have the yellow I want to paint it as, I still have the pigments, I bought some paints for the figures and for some of the wood that is part of the model. Done.What I am NOT doing is getting a random massive GW mini once a week along with their app recommended 25 different paints to make it "parade ready" @5 Euros per pot. That would set me back about 8 times as much for something I don't see the point of. I'll get specific models I like the look of (I have a squad of smurf), or what I usually do, is get a KT which I find are far more reasonably priced, is a format Ia actually enjoy playing an and usually takes me about a month or two to complete at my pace (so the cost of the exotic weird paints I might need to do something like e.g. eldar, is a financial "impact" on a 2 month period, which is completely fine).
>>94380022If you haven't yet, the Messerschmitt from airflix is a doozy and one of the best price/quality things I have ever bought. It is my go to model advice for anyone new, returning, or simply looking for a relatively small project. It's price point makes it so you don't feel like you fucked up something expensive when you make a mistake. Literally a tenner at my LGS, and 13 Euros on Amazon.I forgot to sign up for as this year, but if I had it would have found its way into the parcel as a bonus gift along with the required paints. Hell, I'ma order myself one right now.
What are the best non-GW speedpaints?I've found the vallejo xpress line need two coats a lot of the time.Seems really difficult to find a good orange.
>>94377071Love the bits list you provide for yours stuff, conversion anon
>>94379329Daaamn anonThis is some fine work
>>94380213The Army Painter isn't bad. Picked up their official Battletech set at my local cause they had a sale on.
>>94380121Mecha stuff can get really expensive in terms of paint, I've seen models where it's pretty much impossible to realistically get below $200 in paint. 30+cm tall models you have to paint entirely in multi layered high reflectivity metallic coatings, that kinda thing.
>>94380274My bad. I meant more what are people's favourite colours in particular.Like I think Xpress Orc Skin is the best orc skin although really one coat's not enough. The GW ones are too dark.
>>94380275>gunplaYa, no idea man, the gunpla crowd are weird.
>>94380275>200 dollars worth of paint for 1 modelExplain, this doesn't make sense in any way whatsoever. Unless this is a scenario in which you are brand new to the hobby and have 0, at which point 200 dollars is a one time upfront cost, after which you just buy new as it runs out. I don't believe you're using 200 dollarseorth if paint PER model every single time.
>>94380341It was admittedly the most extreme example, and I don't fuck with models like that myself, but in that particular case it's a massive model, 30-40cm whose paintjob requires around 5 layers of different paint.
>>94380341Large gunpla models have like 500 parts that a lot of people will paint individually. 200 dollars seems like a stretch, but you could easily get into the 20-50$ range for an MG in paint USED, so it's not completely unbelievable.Compared to minis though it's true that when you get paint for a gunpla project it's more of a>I'm buying this pot for this project and don't really expect to have much left afterwardsrather than minis where you buy a paint because you need to use 4 drops of it.
>>94380596I think the worst I've ever had was going through 4 or 5 pots of multiple paints just for 1 color on 1 model but that's because the recipe for that color was clear silver, then dark clear blue, then 50/50 clear purple with medium, another layer of clear silver, and finally clear white to lighten the color and adjust the saturation.
>>94380121Advice for paints? Can't really go wrong for 10 yuropbucks.
Anons might shit on me for this slopjob, but I genuinely had way more fun with this 20 minute paintjob than a 4 hour ork kommando.The design is so simple and chill to paint and you can do it so quickly, way more satisfying than hard to paint crazy detailed GW minis, lile SoB, Admech or Orks.Gonna immediately paint another one.
>>94380732I like him. Fuck the police; he cute.
>>94380688Man I've built a couple scales with my dad when I was a kid, now you're making me want to give it a shot.
>>94380732it would be better if you had scraped the moldline
>>94380213>need two coatsThats a good thing, because not always you want a full coverage. Many of the 2nd batch of the GW Contrasts fail at being translucent, and they just cover, with almost no contrast effect. I am a fan of GSW's dipping ink "Black dip", but it also does not cover completely with one coat. I use it a lot of times over a white zenithal to achieve a worn black look, and it is my go-to paint for any kind of dark gun metal. I use it to paint over metallic paint instead of nuln oil/any black wash to shade the metallic paint. Bonus is that its dirt cheap in that it comes in a 60ml bottle for less than a pot of GW contrast.Other very good ones:GW Dreadful Visage (a very pale and light purple tone, its also more like a wash). Very good for pale faces/skin.Xpress Landser Grey: Just a good paint to quickly paint military uniforms. Name suggests its a German WW2 shade, and it probably works for them, but it is generic enough for everything. Xpress Velvet Red replaced my GW Flesh Tearer Red when i ran out of it. Both are equally good, but Xpress is just cheaper.
How's this flame look? I'm not brave enough for OSL just yet, but I can try my hand at a flame.
>>94378472The silver is on a layer of gunmetal and it's primed with rustoleum painter's touch grey
About stripping paint from resin minis. Is any all purpose cleaner work fine if i can't find simple green or purple cleaner stuff?
>>94380732>mfw people complain about GW minis being overloaded with detail and I chose to paint admech and tsons
>>94380732So quick... so simple... so satisfying... I'm sorry bros. I'm going to slopmaxx (open for other name suggestions). Am I going to win sny prizes with this, fuck no. But as someone who paints to play and wants to get done with a variety of minis for my solo RPGs, this seems to be the best way for me: neat, simple, humble minis without a ton of details. I can paint ~8 of those instead of one ork kommando. A nice palatte cleanser after doing 10 of those. >>94380902I bought a Battle Sisters box and straight up just gave up immediately after further anslysing the minis lmao.
>>94380827>Many of the 2nd batch of the GW Contrasts fail at being translucent, and they just cover, with almost no contrast effect.That's because they shouldn't have been called contrast paints. They're single pigment paints that cover excellently and make difficult colors like bright yellow easy.
>>94381046>open for other name suggestionsIdon'twanttopaintism
>>94381101Imperial Fist does have a mild contrast effect, though. It’s that other yellow that is just a flat yellow all through. And ironjawz yellow has a great, super noticeable effect.
>>94380884Probably, but test on a few minis you don't care overmuch about before you dump the lot in there. Probably best to let the test pieces sit for a week or two afterwards as well to make sure there's nothing delayed going on.
>>94381046>slopmaxx (open for other name suggestions).It's just called speedpainting
>>94381046If you spar some matte varnish on this it will instantly become 70% less sloppy. That’s some serious gloss we’re seeing right there.
>>94381129I wish 3d printed resin was as resilient as cast resin, I can dunk my cast resin figs in hardware store lacquer thinner to strip them with no damage to the model
>>94381101This doesn't even make any sense.I agree that contrasts are basically just regular paint at this point but how does that explain GW not being able to make a yellow paint until that one?
>>94380852>I'm not brave enough for OSLMost OSL are out of place, anyway, considering that most people assume that the armies fight on daytime.
>>94380902I spent like three hours per Kommando on my kill team. I love how they turned out, but I'll be the first to admit that they have an insane level of details
>>94381152Because it explicitly needs to go over white.Over black this would be basically invisible.Their existing yellow paints aren't pure. They'll have white pigment for coverage.
>>94381152Niggers were incapable of priming any color besides black until they were specifically told to for contrasts
>>94381159Realistic lighting on minis would be boring as sin, they'd just look completely flat and dull with washed out colors for scale effect
>>94381191where the fuck did the black undercoat/primer meme even came from? It only works for really dark schemes and metallics, for literally everything else you'll be better off with neutral grey or off-white/white
>>94381237it was standard advice back in the day. I got into the hobby in like 2004 and pretty much everyone would tell you to prime with black. I guess the idea was that if you missed a spot it would likely be in a recess and therefore the black would be like a shadow but obviously we've evolved since then.
>>94381101>That's because they shouldn't have been called contrast paints.Yes. It was weird move by GW to release those paint under the "Contrast" label instead of grouping them into their own type.
>>94381265Who the fuck misses a spot while base costing? Shit is deadass simple. I always hear people say it’s because of a “shading effect” but sobe never seen that work out unless you use a zenithal highlight or something like that.
>>94381295GW should've just called them what their competitors did - speed paints. In the beginning those faggots tried to push those as a 1 coat alternative for basecoat+wash so calling it something along those lines would be bad for marketing. People quickly caught up that gave shitty results though but it was too late to backpedal on the name I guess so it stuck
>>94381305It was a simpler time
>>94381237>>94381265This.It was a standard thing to do, and afaik it comes from the days when people would not use a wash over the whole miniature. If primed white, and no dark wash to tone everything down, there would (most people are just not great painters) always be some bright little white spots left over, in hard to reach spots etc. So basic knowledge for every new mini painter: prime black, so if you miss a bit of primer somewhere, it wont be noticable. And it worked.White rattle cans being shit helped to sell "prime black" too.Once Agrax and Nuln Oil became standard, it was no longer "necessary", but people just kept doing it until the whole Zenithal+Slapchop thing became more or less a meme.
Any tips for using the Orruk Flesh base paint? I'm finding it to be very thin and patchy and requires quite a lot of layers to make it smooth. For a base paint it acts a lot more like a thin layer.
>>94381305IF you are a good painter, you can use a black primer to leave outlines. Kinda create a cellshading effect. If you suck at painting, which most beginners do, it helps to hide mistakes.Simple as.
>>94381330I'm always close to popping a blood vessel when someone unironically uses that retarded ass GW nomenclature.
>>94381318Fuck.. i want this crashed aquila lander sprue so bad.. Thanks for reminding me that it sells for 80+ on ebay.
>>94381237GW's white primers have historically been impossibly bad and had like a 50% of ruining your model regardless of what you do in preparation.
>>94378917There are a few of us at least. Twin Goddess has contributed immeasurably to my mini painting enjoyment.
>>94381330Thin it and glaze it over a yellow basecoat. It will take 2 or 3 coats but will look nicer in my opinion.
>>94381365I'll give it a try, thanks.
>>94381357Gonna have to watch some shortstack porn now, thanks a lot
>>94381386>China's national anthem starts to play
>>94378917>>94378928>>94378945Bros knows dat goblin 'hoes da way ta goes
Whats a good paint and tool set (that isn't bundled together) that you'd recommend? Its my birthday today and my aunt sent me $100 on Amazon>has to be from amazon>goal is to not spend $100 total on the paints so I can get another mini
>>94379515>>94379523Are they really that controversial? I remember the 4th Edition books having plenty of aquarium plants in them.
>>94381340It's literally the name of the paint thoughIs he supposed to say "GW's idiotically named legally distinct name for Orks Flesh paint?
>>94381449https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/B01GHA6C7GHas all the essentials.
>>94381497I meant the "base" and "layer" bullshit
>>94378774After coming back to it today, I think it's the base that is really throwing me off. I also want to figure out like 2 more tones for the other zombies so I can break up the color and not make the overall models look so grey.
Shit. I fucked up somewhere and am looking for advice. All 3 models I primed with demonic yellow and painted then put a gw brand ink wash on the middle one to get an orange look but I can't remember what I used. I know it's not fyreslayer because that's what I put on the 3rd model to make his gloves look like leather. It's not watered down fyreslayer because I tried that already. Any idea what it could be it's definitely gw that's all I use.
>>94381545See
>>94381644Forgot pic
>>94381659Are these 3d prints? They look off to me for somer reason.
Holy shit 1 hour to coax this broke threading out
Slapchosbros... they're making fun of us...
>>94381813>Slap Chop?! More like CRAP CHOP!!!
>>94381813>german
>>94381813rope yourself please
>>94381813every technique that doesn't involve putting a color specifically where it belongs is never going to produce more than mediocre results. Contrasts/speedpaints can be good for some more nuanced base coats but the idea of pre-highlighing with slapchop and that all just working is fundamentally flawed.
>>94381651See what?
>>94381698yes, the helmets are also 3rd party so that dosent help. Not a fan of the nasa helmets
>>94381846Should I sell my airbrush then
>>94381846JuanHidalgo does pretty fucking stellar slapchop that probably looks better than your regular stuff.
>>94380275Does any of that apply to 28mm minis because some of that sounds cool as fuck.
>>94381846It works for dome surfaces, it's a tool like any other just people use it where it's not appropriate.
>>94381896>some of his recent videos didn't even break 10k viewslmao, serves him right for being a sellout faggot
>>94381920Some surfaces and fucking hell
>>94381907I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be able to make out any details at that point
Is it possible to somehow salvage this absolutely dogshit slapchop highlighting or can I perhaps even continue painting or should I just strip&repaint?Gonna use speedaints, if that matters.
>>94381925Sorry you are retarded, anon.
>>94381846The best part about slap chop is that it gets results that beginners can be proud of, hopefully getting them more interested in the hobby.
>>94382010It gives them false expectations, they should learn how to paint properly and if they find that too slow or tedious they're in the wrong hobby and should quit
At tabletop distances your 5 hour mini looks the same as my 1hour mini.I enjoy painting, but I mainly paint to play.And as an adult with limited time, I choose the quicker option right before hitting the point of diminishing returns.
>>94382032>At tabletop distances your 5 hour mini looks the same as my 1hour mini.not really, kinda depends on the quality anon.
>>94382020I mean painting is and always was why people found getting into this hobby intimidating. That's the whole reason gw was so desperate to come up with something like "contrast" paints and why slapchop is so popular
>>94382020>EVERYTHING MUST BE PAINTED AT TOP COMPETITION STANDARD!>YOUR ENJOYMENT IS WRONG!
>>94382056>I mean painting is and always was why people found getting into this hobby intimidatingPainting IS the hobby
>>94381846What a silly take. That will make none of your minis look organic ever.
>>94382084>takego back
>>94382081I mean it probably is for a lot of people in this thread but there's a good number for people who just want to play the game. Why the fuck would there be so many greytide players otherwise
>>94382081Playing the games is the hobby. Learning how to paint is so that you can put bad ass looking minis on the table that make all the other nerds jealous.
>i'm a photographerwhat fucking photography has mizzy done?
>>94382020Huh, sounds like it is you who is in the wrong hobby. There is a general dedicated to historical/scales where your argument holds more water. Warhammer and the like is a twofold hobby, you paint tabletop, any other approach to the paint job makes you a secondary and someone who, like all the influencer ilk, seems to be hellbent on making the hobby worse. If you want to be a sillygoose and do the whole "I'm an artist, the mini my canvas" nonsense be my guest, but realise you are just that, a guest.
>>94382126This, there is a reason it started with 3 color armies. Painting was a means to an end. That there are now people who enjoy painting in and of itself is cool, but they are wrong to think that is the norm and they should really get out of their airraid shelter and play some IRL games to see the average armies people use to play. The majority of people paint to play with pieces that look cool on the table, not to have their minis scutinized under magnification.
>>94382126This is only true for actually good game systemsWarhammer has great minis and shit systems, so why neglect the former to get more out of the latter
>>94382084>That will make none of your minis look organic ever.Say it with me:"Skill""issue"Imagine thinking the only way to paint organics is with washes/contrasts and drybrushing. It's like you guys don't even know traditional art exists. Have you ever seen a painting?
>>94381935Oh sweet, now you have my attention. Good true metallics are hard to come by since the sad retirement of boltgun metal.
>>94381846Every technique hyperfocussed on painting instead of creating presentable armies in a timely fashion is wrong. The goal is to minmax time spent painting against the quality of the result.
>>94382094Playing the game and painting are two separate hobbies. Ofc, there is a huge amount of overlap, but you can do either of the two and not bother with the other.>so many greytide playersIts different from region to region i think, but a player absolutely can enjoy painting. Its just that it takes forever to paint an entire army. I personally know someone who loves to paint, but it takes him a months or so to finish a single figure (he mostly paints busts these days), and he just will never be able to paint a full army, so he does not even try.
>>94382189Nta, but I find that using a bright aluminium followed by a satin varnish followed by a transparent color of choice works quite nicely to get a metallic look. That is quite flexible in the use if your paints.
>>94382189If you want good metallics you're going to have to learn to deal with lacquer fumes.
>>94382181Warhammer has over engineered and overpriced minis. The fuck are you on about. Sure, it has some cool minis, but if you truly only care about painting showcase models and 0 about playing, GW is the wrong company to be getting your stuff from.Now if you are only looking at minis with an accompanying system, then sure, GW is toptier, but now we are back at square one: the system is primary to the painting.
>>94382195True for army painting but not mini painting in general.
>>94381317It's crazy because contrasts are often noob traps unless you're like Juan Hidalgo.But the non-contrast contrast paints are fucking awesome for vibrant colours. They're like the opposite of the fanatic line which is so pastel because they've put so much white pigment in.
>>94381941>Is it possible to somehow salvage this absolutely dogshit slapchop highlighting or can I perhaps even continue painting or should I just strip&repaint?>Gonna use speedaints, if that matters.If you're using speedpaints then yeah, you're gonna have a bad time. Laying in a little less harsh shading with brown or dark grey just following the fold lines and such could help a bit. In future unload your drybrush more and dampen the bristles before you pick up the paint, you're overbrushing real hard. You can see clumping on the fingers and dusty chunks everywhere.>>94382189P3's Boltgun Metal equivalent was really good, not sure what'll happen to it now that the company got sold but I bought a couple pots just to be safe.
>>94382243>if you truly only care about painting showcase models and 0 about playing, GW is the wrong company to be getting your stuff from.Pls gib some alternatives. Especially with western mechs.
>>94382186Imagine thinking paintings were created with a dotmatrix ensuring every drop of paint went exactly where intended. Imagine believing it is either atmoic precision or baptising in a river of nuln with no nuance.Are you per chance German? You have an engineer's approach to art, and it's sad.
>>94381813I don't miss the slap chop era of youtube where every youtube had to put their own spin on it.There's a guy called Miniature Hobbyist who does nothing but slapchop videos. Always chalky white. Always white straight on top of deep black. Never any grey or zenithal. Always uses a brush that's too small for speedpaints.It's infuriating and he's got 90k subscribers.
>>94382246You are in wip, most people here paint to use their pieces. /smg/ is for models for the sake of models. It is why 40k is the most prevelant stuff you find here, it is the most played system bar none.
>>94382291Where is this /smg/?
>>94382302over at /toy/
Guys, I think the OPR fantasy Empire faction has neater models than Cities of Sigmar...
>>94382266I actually can't think of anything that doest western mechs right.
>>94382354show an example?
>>94382243>GW is the wrong company to be getting your stuff fromWhere should I be buying from?
>>94382354Yes, but now I have even less people to play with, essentially 0.
>>94382359Some are better, others are worse. The main with with CoS is that half of the army is from the early 2000s while these are all new. The wizards, for example, are terrible. >>94382366Doesnt matter, you can use these as proxies in AoS with no problem. Mix and match with GW models to your content in either system.
>>94382355There you go. Warhammer mechs get closest, especially if you kitbash.
mechs are stupid anyway
Another day, another group of plastic soldiers but I probably need to leave mistakes fixing for tomorrow. What truly worries me is how my eyes are getting tired faster recently and how my minimum focus distance slowly but steadily increase.I'm scared.
>>94382399>Warhammer mechs get closest, especially if you kitbashhow much kitbashing we talking? Because I kitbash to get good western mechs out of warhammer models, but I'd say it's a lot to expect from your average hobby modeler
>>94382430>What truly worries me is how my eyes are getting tired faster recently and how my minimum focus distance slowly but steadily increase.I'm new to the hobby but my eyes have trouble focusing on the brush tip, to the point I have real difficulties putting the brush down where I want it to. I might have to give up unfortunately.
>>94382363I have been quite happy withhttps://www.blacksunminiatures.co.uk/product-category/shop/For anything historical our jap friends are my go to (tamiya, trumpeter dragon etc.).
>>94382363japanese garage kits if you want anything of a size actually worth displaying
>>94382479For truly small details like eyes I already use magnifying glass on "third arm" stand so I recommend this. Also, I'm aware that with age minimum focus distance increase (absolute minimum is around 10cm) as eye gets less flexible but I'm still worried. Especially since my mother have problems with eye pressures so I'm in risk group.
>>94382399No, no "there you go" warhammer has no western mecha. The dreadnaught is more one man battlesuit than a mech, T'au is anime, knights are whacky fantasy. Closest thing you can do is the sentinel, but honestly that's a scout walker and barely better than the dread. You are 100% better of getting something of etsy from a battlemech bro.
>>94382509>>94382479Have you tried using those magnifying head contraptions that jewellers use?
>>94382393>you can use these as proxies in AoS with no problem.Big assumptions regarding my LGS autists "nooooo, I can't READ YOUR UNITS". I have for the longest time just want to ditch warhammer for OPR. Better and more flexible rules, and their minis are cool to boot.
>>94382522Knights without armor plates is a good basis for kitbashing western style mechs.
>>94382509>>94382526It's not a matter of size, I just have trouble with the spatial relation of the brush tip to the surface, so I can't tell how far away I am from it, or if the brush is in the right spot, etc
>>94382538>crazy elemental wizard guys>big guy on griphon>magical wagon that shoots shit>big cannon>van helsing>NOOOO I CANT READ THEM HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO TELL WHICH UNIT IS WHICH?That's some terminal mental illness your buddies got over there.
>>94382526I got one that's supposed to be held by your face muscles, from my grandfather (he also gave me quite a lot of various tools, he appreciate my creative modelling hobby) and I sometimes use it for checking small details but I have serious trouble painting with it as it have extremely shallow depth of filed.
>>94382526Nta but I have. Never gone back. Painting without is like my model becomes a "pic for ants". Everything becomes easier. Mine goes up to x4. It is my most valued tool, more so even than the brush, which is simply the most necessary tool.
>>94382393Man, I love the AoF Human Empire, but the weird Octopus motif in the cannons/gunners/etc seems so strange to me.
>>94382546That's a symptom of VOC exposure. If you weren't new to the hobby I would blame it on resin, licking paint or smelling fumes.>>94382581I got perfect vision. Can even qualify to become an air force pilot. But even I think of getting one of these things for comfort. >>94382564Yeah, the ones I'm talking about come in a headband. They are probably much more comfortable to use.
Speaking of kitbashing mechs
>>94382291>most people here paint to use their piecesI wouldn't be so sure about this one
>>94382556Man, I got shit for proxying my crisis suits (which I had left in their cabinet spot) with some "crisis smurf lieutenants". It was the only thing proxies on the table, it is fucking blue, thematically they are even kinda sorta comparable, but nooo. "Anon, this is so confusing, I keep needing to remind myself that those aren't actually smurfs!". If I come in with an entire army proxied, they'll have a meltdown and likely point blank refuse to play me.
>>94382291I've never played a game of any tabletop game in my life and I post half the wip images in these threads.
>>94382614That's pretty cool.
>>94382635>halfI know you're exaggerating but which ones are yours
>>94382639Thank you, anon!
>>94382653I can't tie my complainposting to my minis, but also I've barely posted in this thread, it's been a slow week.
>>94382634Meanwhile I proxy a riptide with a gundam and no one bats an eye, kek. GW paypiggies are laughable. Around here people have maybe 20% of their armies in official GW plastic. The rest is all recasts and 3d printed proxies.
>>94382612Is there a way to compensate for it or am I fucked? It's a problem I've had since childhood as far as I can remember
>>94382663What kits did you use?
>>94382635I think I'm one of the more active posters here and I also have never played a tabletop game in my life. I don't plan to either because I don't like anything that involves being competitive with other people. I'm fairly sure there's a good fun of it.
>>94382705I'm fairly sure there's a good number of anons here that only paint for the fun of it.* deleted too much of my post somehow
>>94382677Depends on the cause, it's a neurological condition. If you had it for this long, chances are it's congenital and there's nothing to be done. But it could be shit like ocular hypertension.>VEP may be abnormal in optic neuritis, optic neuropathy, demyelinating disease, multiple sclerosis, Friedreich’s ataxia, vitamin B12 deficiency, neurosyphilis, migraine, ischemic disease, tumor compressing the optic nerve, ocular hypertension, glaucoma, diabetes, toxic amblyopia, aluminum neurotoxicity, manganese intoxication, retrobulbar neuritis, and brain injury.Etc, including solvent intoxication.
>>94382677At the scales we work at it is notn uncommon, especially in poor lighting, when fatigued, on low contrast area of the mini etc. Start worrying when you go to grab your drink and instead you knocknit over despite being sure you "had it". As to VOC's, unless you are spraying mineral spirits and whiff glue for good measure you're fine. A day out in a moderate city will have you breathe in more VOC than painting minis indoors.
>>94382705What about competitive painting?Are you nadeshiko anon? that seems like a thing nadeshiko anon would say.
>>94382679The legs are from Paladin, but I would recommend Castellan/Dominus instead, since you don't have to saw/cut so much stuff. The torso is from Stormhawk (that is generally a pretty good kit for kitbashing mechs, as you can use both cockpits). The minigun is warden, and the yuge rockets are from the Hammerfall bunker. The leg extender is printed.
I want to buy one of every single one of the christmas battleforces.
>>94382677Do you happen to have a "lazy eye". Doesn't even had to be full "looking in two directions", but does your vision have a preference, i.e. do you see (considerably) better out one eye compared to the other?
>>94382746Appreciate the tips, anon.
>>94382751You might be in luck because I sell this stuff as a side gig and am in the process of ordering some. I don't live off this so I can put them online for some nice discounts, usually sell them through a friend's accounts
>>94382768I see a fair bit better out of my left eye than my right, yes.
>>94382734lol you got me. By competitive do you mean like painting contests? Can't say I'm too interested in that either. I entered my mini into a small online one once but it was more because I was curious if it was good enough to be noticed. I don't think I'll do that again
>>94373802Still filling up my anon's parcel and looking for the cringiest christmas card I can find, but should be good to go next week. Ne brini, hrvanon.
>>94382355>I actually can't think of anything that doest western mechs right.Define "Western Mechs" because we can move on from there. Death Ray, Black Site, those Polish dudes doing knockoff Battletech, Ground Zero Games, Impact Miniatures, C.A.V., Kryomek.. there are a fuckton of people doing all sorts of more industrial and tank-like mechs all the way out to bizzare shit like Maschinen Krieger>>94382543I'm not paying over a hundred bucks for multple GW models when there are much better-looking alternatives. Including paying my brother to 3DP stuff for me.>>94382677I have serious depth perception problems (massive astigmatism in one eye) but you can compensate for it with habits like physically indexing your brush. Basically hold the model in a clamp, cup your hand around it while holding the bottom of the clamp with your ring and pinky fingers, and use one of your other fingers to touch the back of your brush hand or index finger. It takes some getting used to. Hard to use for larger models. On the bright side it also dramatically reduces the effect of a hand tremor. For big stuff (and carpentry/calligraphy) you can put on a glove and use the middle finger to touch off on the workpiece to keep a constant index distance. Still gotta worry about smearing but it's better than going in blind and rawdogging it.You can also set up a strong light source on one side of your painting area and use the distance between the brush and its shadow to determine the tip placement. Then set up more diffuse lighting on the other side to check the effect.
>knock over open PVA bottle>knock over my paint water glass in my annoyed attempt to contain the PVAnami>this is when I find out I have run out of any sort of absorbent tissue>use TP>it disintegrates and basically paper mached my deskI'm so tired bros...eyes heavy, I think I go sleep.
>>94382831>when there are much better-looking alternativesSuch as? I'm genuinely interested.
>>94377917The checker pattern on the tights is a nice touch, gj. I would add a bit of cheek blush to the top of her booblies, but it looks good as is.(I also have a magazine for her to handle hurr hurr hurr)
>>94382796Et voila, you have what I have, a lazy eye. This can affect depth perception depending on its severity (mine for instance isn't too bad, I still score 20/20, but I can tell my left is the better eye) when I paint when very tired I notice my depth perception gets worse. Other anon already gave tips on bow to compensate.
>>94382853>checker patternI think those are supposed to be fishnet stockings anon
>>94379271Takes real dedication to light your terrain on fire like that, gj anon
>>94382874Anon, look higher, where the boner is made
>>94382965o shit, my bad, didn't even notice that
>>94382874Not at the top band for the fishnet stockings, bud
>>94378917Here's all of mine. These are the finished ones. My fav is still the cleric with the white robes with the paizuri hole. But seeing them together makes me realize I really need to set it up, because I have so much unfinished>>94379842I mostly airbrushed them. But for deeper or finer shading, blush, and the ears it's just a matter of blending using thin layers>>94382430Nice, anon! I heard about varuna. Sorry for your loss.>>94382853I simply copied kabewski's art, anon. I can't take credit for that
>>94382705I must admit that I also don't play, except one "introduction" game at shop but thats just because Im too scared to ask anyone. Local scene use solely facebook, too.
>>94382705I also don't like competition, I've thought about picking up KDM since it's cooperative, is it good?
>>94382430I had to stop painting with my lamp on recently, but I think it was just due to sensory overload (I hope it's nothing worse). Take a break for a while, and if it keeps getting worse maybe check with a doctor. Hope you're ok.
>>94381941What the fuck are you doing, man.
>>94383137I think it's a fun "dark souls meets monster hunter" game with nice models. It's far from the most complex game out there, but some might find it difficult. Games can also last an afternoon if your village is wiped out or turn into days-long campaigns with the right decisions/rolls.
If kingdom death could actually begin the shipping process for my order that'd be cool.
>>94383240>>94383276They do sales on black friday don't they? I need to remember to grab a couple of their minis then
>>94383295I don't really care, I just need it to ship asap so I can send my SS out and it's just been in like "store is preparing your order" shipping status all week.
>>94377941Okay, so I decided to work on the skater gob instead, since she's already partially painted. I was stuck on what to paint on the bottom of the skateboard, but now I'm not sure if I should freehand anything on her shirt.
>>94383321Here's what I went with for her skateboard design
>>94383325cute
>>94383325heh. Dead Kennedys or "gams" in the style of the Vans logo could be good.
New thread:>>94383664>>94383664>>94383664
>>94381318>tfw I got this for $20 at a yard sale
>>94382614really good stuff anon, is that custom plasticard armour too?
>>94381941I'd say try it and see, since the worst outcome is you're gonna have to strip anyway. Might as well use them as an experiment.
>>94382302>Where is this /smg/?I want to say /k/, but they don't have one and it's a crying shame. No, I'm too lazy to make one.
>>94382430>Another day, another group of plastic soldiers>plasticAnon, what kind of shit recasts are you using?
>>94382581Post link or make/model, I'm interested in what kind people use.
>>94382634Make an entire army list that's nothing but a convoluted sequence of proxies, bonus points for unit A proxying unit B while unit C proxies unit A which actually has minis on the table but you have an appropriate number of C. Of course there's no written key and everything's explained aloud, repeat the [whole] explanation every time they ask, be perfectly polite every time but with a quiet sigh and a discreet eye roll.That should be enough to kill your buddies by way of brain aneurysm.
