Work in Progress, "Ded 'Ard Ladz" 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:>>94418736>>94397861>>94383664>>94373757
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>>94429408Most up to date version of the collage, I'm sure theres been some suitable candidates but i've been slacking recently
>>94429418>>94429408Are these supposed to only be goofy looking faces, or just any face close ups?
>>94429418Looking at this always makes me feel like I'm painting just as "good" as everyone else, and always gives a a chuckle
>>94429418im honestly suprised no one has painted their own face to look like one of these and get in the picture
Time to buy authentical Russian Kolinsky brush, White man. Cheaper and absolutely no quality control. You could buy size 1, size 2 and size 3 Nevskaya kolinsky with the price of 1 W&S brush
>>94429259How do i join secret santa bros.. i used to do a lot of r*ddit secret santa and i enjoyed giving
>>94429686I think its way too late bro
>>94429698When does it start next year?
>>94429704october is when the guy harvests our data to assign matches
>>94429662ok, where
>>94429686>redditGenuinely fuck off, youre not welcome and I don't want a gift from you
>>94429686>one guy gets $250+ in gifts and the redditors come begging to get in on ittoo late
>>94429722Im sorry i wont join
I don't care if I get 20 dollars or 200 dollars worth of stuff all I care about is if I made my SS happy.
>>94429793Not my intention but you dont have to worry about it
>>94429793I use reddit and I've been gifting every year kek
>>94429850Everyone does
Finally moved in, put my painting stuff away today so it's starting to feel like home. Had a run of bad pain days probably due to the weather so I've been slow getting everything sorted out. I'm going to try painting tomorrow if I'm feeling up to it. Pic unrelated, dinner I made for my wife and I last week, katsu curry.
>>94429905Based and katsupilledIm also feeling winter pains
>>94429793I literally join to get stuff. Last year i sent my recepient some infernus marines from leviathan, he plays tauI look for the cheapest crap i can find and slap it into an old amazon box and stuff it with crumpled junk mail [yes that was me]
>>94429905Glad you're comfy anon! I hope things stay comfy for you.
My first attempt at making my own terrain. Giant spider eggs. I glued beads together and covered it in a dryer sheet.Thoughts?Also, do you think there is a good way of sealing everything or should I just accept the fact that it's so fragile?
>>94429985You can harden it with varnish but thats about it
>>94429905>bad pain days probably due to the weatheThis actually happens to people in real life?
>>94430004When you get much older your body doesnt warm up as well and shit like artiritis feels worse
>>94429937Based
>>94429985Pva glue + water.
>>94430105Do I really need the water? I have given it a couple of coats of modge podge and was going to finish with a spray varnish
>>94429722>>94429793>implying you don't have multiple plebbit accounts with several thousands karma on each
>>94429698>NTA butMan I remembered Secret Santa, came to check, skimmed the thread and found your post. I have some models I am okay with giving up still in their packaging (from Reaper) that I mostly bought during the Covid lockdown.
>>94430150I used something awful then 4chan exclusively. I do not own a facebook, reddit, nor instagramI am also a high school dropoutI play iron hands
>>94430150If you have positive karma on reddit, what's the appeal of 4chan?
>>94430196Shitposting i only come here to post insane shit and be rude
>>94430196banter
>>94430196See>>94430227>>94430235
>redditors come here to ruin my site instead of adopting board cultureBros.......
>>94430227yeah you are a redditor for sure
>>94430196reddit is a shithole, I only go there to farm some dopamine from upvotes on my models, this place is much better
>>94430254>not using discord for that
My buddy says that metallic schemes on a large model look bad because it comes out so flat and even with oil washes it doesn't get much better, does anyone here have suggestions? My only thought is to try stippling the base on for a less even application.
>>94430273Do a lot of highlights and scratches with silverAdd rust or copper patina if youre into weatheringOil stains
>>94430245Many such cases
>>94430196ShitpostingScreencapping green text to post on twitter
>>94430196I screencap green text stories to post on knowyourmeme for likes
>>94430323>>94430335>screencapping green textwow even I'm not that pathetic and that's really saying something
>>94430323>>94430335My mom started doing this shit after getting into qanon. She doesnt know i use 4chan
>>94429905Clean your goddamned keyboard jesus
>>94430114>asks for advice>gets advice>asks if he should follow advicePlease just fucking grow a pair of balls
>picked up last items I needed for SSNice, gonna wrap this stuff over the weekend and send it next week. I hope you'll enjoy the gifts, Hungary anon
Basecoating fucking sucks
>>94430497The water is just for the flow of the glue, right? Like, I'm not losing some extra bit of protection by mixing water in with the pva, correct? So I get the same protection by just brushing the glue straight on but am creating more texture? I'm not a fucking scientist.
>>94430609I agree, most tedious and boring part of painting minis. Sometimes I have trouble sitting down to paint just because I know I need to do all the basecoats first
>>94430609That's the first fun part after the abhorrent tedium of assembling them.
>>94430609>>94430621honestly it kind of depends on the mini and colors youre using, can be fun if you dont have to put 10 bajillion layers on because the paint has shit coverage. definitely beats assembly though
>>94430609what paint did you use for the trim and weapons?
>>94430265I'm over 30 I have no fucking clue how to use discord
>>94430748SameIm 45 and it looks like a weird chatroom / instant messaging hybrid.
>>94430764>45holy shit we really are here forever huh
>>94430767/tg/ is full of old fat guys but i think even the zoomers on /v/ and /tv/ are gonna be here forever
>>94430764>>94430748And yall know how to use reddit? Reddit confuses the fuck outta me. I dont know how to read that shit in order. Im used to forums and 4chan where text is sequential
>>94430273>metallic schemes on a large model look baNot necessarily true but yeah you pretty much have to do some weathering to make them more interesting, there's a reason why scale modelers go so heavy on that. Sponge some chpping near edges, add oil/grime near vents/exhausts and maybe some rust if you feel like going that way. In all honesty though I myself enjoy the look of clean metallic paints so if you like it the way it is I wouldn't change it just to please someone else
>>94430777Checked. I don't browse the place, I just post my stuff in relevant subs. I tried going to some other subs a couple times but I couldn't stomach the constant circlejerking and sterile language
>>94430609>painting all of those plague marines in nmmyou must be efficient as fuck anon, one of those would take me forever
>>94430804NTA but theres like zero fucking discussion on subreddits. I just post my pics for (you)s too
>>94430823>tfw I've seen stuff posted here on top of some warhammer subsI mean good for you guys but aren't you worried some schizo here will latch onto you
>>94430857I am, it happened to someone from here and they posted his mom and aunts facebook pics on a cock tribute thread on /b/ and linked it /40kg/
>>94430663man, assembly is zen
>>94430869If he had his socials linked to reddit or posted something he also posted on facebook here he has only himself to blame
>>94430273It looks great, with the caveat that you are going for a factory-new look. Otherwise I'd suggest just edge highlighting everything, including rivets, with silver to make it look like the paint is peeling a bit. The only bad thin are those freehands. I'd suggest adding a few more layers and then fixing blotches by painting that green colour on them. Also I guess you could add 1 more green, unsymetrical line on its chest.
>>94430869> cock tribute threadwhat the fuck is that
>>94430909People post their girlfriends or friends and other guys post their dick over their photo
>>94430883if it werent for mold lines i’d agree
>>94430938THIS. FUCK moldlines and sprue stubs on round parts
>>94430938>>94430943Is there really no way to cast plastic without mould lines nowadays? I feel like someone should've figured something out at this point
>moldlines on plasma rifle coilsWhoever thought this was a good idea, i hope they jump into a woodchipper
>>94430955>moldlines on ridged cables
>>94430944not really, but it could be a lot better than our usual model kits, look at any good bandai/gundam kit
What is the sweet spot for base sizes in your opinion?How much breathing room do you want around your minis? I've been looking at a few different sizes here for this reaper dragon and all of them kind of make sense if you take the wingspan into account, but the long oval seems slightly too big imo and the 60mm is where it starts to look cramped.I don't have any 90mm or 80mm, but those might look nice as well. I've seen that there are 90mm oval bases these days, so I could try out as well, but I'd have to order those sizes first. I myself like the footprint to account for the wings as well I think.On a somewhat amusing side-note Reaper sells this as a large dragon which in DnD terms means it should fit on a 2x2 square grid, i.e. 50mm base max and it's one of the medium sized dragons they sell.The 75mm would make this huge (3x3 squares) and 100mm base (4x4 squares) would already put this into the realm of a gargantuan dragon as per the rules, which is the biggest creature size possible.The 120x92mm is the size that goes under the GW Mesbg dragons, that's why I tried that out here for comparison.How do you guys pick and choose for minis that don't come with a suggested base size?
To the Anon I sent this package to last year; >J H in Ledyard,I just wanted to inform you that I had to move down the road. I only mention this because you had stated your intention to send a return gift this year. I'm not expecting you to by any means (please do not feel obligated), but I wanted to be sure to let you know not to send it to the original return address if you did intend on sending me something. I hope your year has been a good one! I'm not participating in the exchange this year, but hopefully if you are someone will one-up what I sent last season.>-T F in Nampap.s. If, by any chance, you have already sent something my way then I will make arrangements to pick it up from my previous address.
>>94431016100mm for army games60mm for d&d or tactical games120x92 looks too big
>>94431016No bigger than 100, no less than 75. I'd go square rather than round, however.
>>94429262Participants, what is your personal budget? Did you end up overspending?
>>94429662https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_3fLHl5rBo> India tried to pass mongoose hair as kolinskyIndia, can you please try not to shit up the world for five fucking minutes?
>>94431075I spent around $100 without the shipping cost which is what I initially thought I would. My SS requested stuff other than warhammer though, if I was buying gw I'd probably would've spent more.>>94431083>squidmarunironically kys
>>94431075Last year I spent maybe a hundred dollars...? Probably less. Luckily, my recipient wished for a lot of stuff that I had sitting on my shelf already, so I didn't feel too bad about not spending as much as I could have.
>>94431090>unironically kysI'm bored at work and letting Youtube autoplay whatever, so I am close to doing that anyway.
>>94431075around 50-100 with shipping I think, didn't really keep track because I was also buying stuff for myselfbut planning handmade stuff too which is obviously priceless so there is that
>>94429387neat
>>94429262I ordered my main gift and considering what to send as my side gifts.>>94431075Just spent $70. I'm thinking maybe I should stop while I'm ahead.
>>94431102There really is a glut of shitty miniature painting channels. Squidmar, Miscast, Midwinter, Miniac (I wanted to see past his cringe, but I just can't do it anymore), Goobertown and his pet troon etc. The only ones I consistently look forward to watching new content from, off the top of my head, are Eric's Hobby Workshop, Duncan, Peachy and Devs&Dice.
>>94431115Man I wish Duncan did some more advanced stuff and not only GW "parade ready". His videos are really enjoyable but I don't really have much reason to watch them anymore except for using them as asmr
>>94431083Nevskaya is a legit Russia brand though
>>94431115>Squidmar, Miscast, Midwinter, Miniac, GoobertownThose guys painting tutorial are so fucking crap i've never learn anything worthwhile from them
