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
Guy from the last thread here, is this set good? because it has the 0 2 and 4 it fits the recommended sizes
Why though? Just buy a pack of cheap synthetic brushes and one size 1 kolinsky for small detail
>>94429431Goofy.
>>94431217>>94431213this exactly. Buy 1-2 good brushes, but do the majority of your paintjobs with something like pic related.
>>94431217>>94431227I followed this advice and bought some cheap synthetics but most of them hooked after literally 1 or 2 small minis. I'd rather just buy a cheaper natural bristle brush that will last a while instead of this garbage
>>94430612NTA, but diluted PVA flows into cracks and saturates materials. Way better than just covering it in PVA.
>>94430196Not having to tiptoe around far left moderators at all times. Reddit as a whole leans far left, so anyone that doesn't agree with their doctrine or just wants to be free to speak their mind is downvoted or banned. 4chan is true freedom of expression within the confines of the law.
>>94430638Assembling is where you get to be creative with poses and conversions. Best part.
>>94430196I can actually trust you guys to be honest without walking on eggshells.
Not sure if going from scales straight into farsight after painting a single smurf was the best idea...Having a lot of fun, but the precision required is higher thans with scales which surprises me. The oftentimes smaller details in an already generally smaller model and with less room for errors due to all the weird feonetry is hard
>>94430196Comments being in chronological order, rather than in reply chains for starters (sure you can hide them or use extensions, but that's a pain).Not having a bunch of randoms dictate the (in)visibility of my comments.Having hands-off mods/Janis, who, despite the memes, really only intervene if you actually are breaking common sense rules, not simply disagreeing with their belief system.
>>94431343Looks nice, but where's the rest?
>>94429262Huh, last year I gave my SS a model that didn't get reprinted this year. I must have given him one hell of a Christmas. Hope all is well, AS.
>>94431343This reninds ne of what bothers me mkst about this nodel, not a remark on your work, but on the model design. Why in godsname did they decide to make the two parts of the jet in such a way that the joint runs along the intake vent? There isn't even a way to fix it because you can't really stick spruegoo (or equivalent) into there without mucking up the piece, and even if you did manage, you can't really reach it to sand it down for a nice finish. Iirc not even on the boxart did they work away that seam.
>>94431343>/smg/ does mini>nice airbrush job>"huurr ThIs is hArD / mY pAIntJOb lOokS sHit"Every time. Wtf is the standard over on /smg/?
>>94430807Will have to see, my excuse right now that's it only for kill team 7 models and that's it.Also it's a pretty sloppy way of doing nmm.Just 4 colours and no glazing what's so ever. It's still very striking though. I'm in love with the effort to result ratio.
>>94431520Picrel, very much wip. Right now I get 15-20 minute paint sessions here and there due to business in life, so it is slow going.>>94431540It really bothered me as well, and I considered filling it with plastic cement and then sanding it, but like you say, the intake is basically impossible to do without that becoming a project in and of itself. It would take hours of sanding down with a toothpick sized bit of sanding materiak, and any fuck up during that process would take even longer to correct. So I decided to leave it as is. The best option would be to simply cut it out entirely and replace with a selfmade mold.>>94431549I mean, I don't think it looks shit, I am really pleased with it so far in fact. I was just remarking on a difference between scales and minis that took me by surprise. It sometimes feels that small details are made almost impossible to get to, e.g. the area between the "crotch" and the upper leg, the hip joint if you will, is high impossible to paint, the area around is is equally hard to tape of, I am more or stippling on the metal paint taking great effort to not nick the surrounding parts I want to keep red. It is something you find a lot less of in scales IMO, parts are either much easier to access or they are much easier to MAKE accessible. My 2ct blogpost take on it anyway.
>>94431343Ya, I wouldn't call farsight beginner friendly AT ALL, if anything it is one of the more advanced/harder models of the GW catalogue, in part because it is quite a "clean" model so mistakes will stick out like a sore thumb, and in part because it is (I feel) overengineered with too many fiddly bits, we are starting to see more and more if it as CAD gets better. It may look nice at zoom factor 20 in blender, but it doesn't always translate we'll as a mini
>>94429985If you're gonna use beads with holes, you might wanna model a tiny spider that's just crawled out of its egg.
>>94430196It's a human thing, you wouldn't understand.
>>94431825Scalebros area really used to doing stuff in shitloads of subassemblies aren't they? The metal looks great anon, I'm very interested to see how this guy will turn out. You plan on doing some stuff like edge highlighting or are you all in on a more sm approach?
>>94430114Yes. The watered down pva will seep into the cracks and crevices giving far more structural integrity to your model than just brushing modgepodge or pva on.
>>94430777>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 sequentialOh it's easy. Just use the main post and ignore all comments unless it's a direct answer to a question being asked, at which point it will be the most upvoted reply (if it's not, it means it's a shitposting sub and you can forget it exists)
>>9443074836, still trying to figure out how to delete a server I made for a Dark Heresy game ages ago.Why the fuck is there no right click option to just delete them. I refuse to believe you can't delete them.
>>94431901it's in server settings, like two clicks away instead of just oneyeah I don't know why it's not on the list when right clicking, but that's the least of the software's problems>>94430764it's IRC with bloat
>>94430764You used IRC/AIM right? It's a more graphical version of that with a ton of extra shit piled on top.
>>94431901>click server name>server settings>bottom left delete serverdid you even look?
>>94431969>>94431946man IRC was fucking garbage, how did something similar to it make it big
Leading from the back.
So...what are the essentials to start out with oils? Just some tubes, white spirits, and a couple of brushes? For colors, should I just start with some black and brown and try out washes, or jump in?
>>94430955>>94430962For these and knuckles they get a very light sanding stick then plastic cement in the direction of the coils to melt the rest and smooth it back out.
>>94431227I bought that exact set and I tossed them in the trash after 2 minutes. Just get some large decent red sable brush to be your workhorse.
>>94432064gloss varnish helps too. The oils will stain more matte finishes and you won't properly be able to clean them off.
>>94432060Brave skaven to a man
>>94432086You mean when I varnish the models after they're done?
>>94432110Oh, then no. Qtips maybe, or the tiny makeup sponges on sticks you can buy in bulk are also good.
>>94429259Oh neat, my lads made the banner image :3
>>94432123Yeah, I was just checking online, I remembered about them after posting. How are brands? Should I start out cheap to get a hang of it, or go all in with some nice stuff? I fear that getting the cheap, subpar stuff at first might then force me to throw out most of it when I upgrade, is that the case? Or is even the cheap stuff usable?
Painting a felgor ravagers kill team. Only have one painted, still need to base it. Zenithal sprayed, but I’m wondering if I should be zenithal drybushing instead of spraying, I feel like I’m not seeing enough of the contrast from the contrast paints, at least on the fur. Otherwise I’m using these guys as a testbed for skin tone contrasts and contrasts over different base coats, and mixing colors. Flesh tearer red mixed with screaming bell makes a nice metallic red
>>94431075Didn't have much stuff this year to add that was home made, so went double my usual budget.
>>94429259Box wrapped up and packed, however, much to my annoyance is too heavy for my scales, meaning I might need to pack it in post, which means...gonna take a bit longer to get it ready to be sent out.
>>94432177Cheapest artist grade oil paints like winsor & newton is fine, especially for darker colors. Student grade paints tend to have weaker pigmentation and the pigments arent ground as well, so you get little chunks of pigment in the paint. The little chunks can rip your paint or smear, so for $2 a tube more you can ignore the problem entirely. Colors like ivory black, burnt umber (desaturated brown), van dyke brown (little more saturated and warmer), dioxizine purple, or indigo all make good oil washes depending on what colors you want. I'd start with a black and one of the browns, they should also be easy to find given they are common colors. I never liked qtips and found them harsh, I prefer bulk makeup sponges (foam wedges). Each wedge gets cut into 5 or 6 little squares or rectangles for easier getting into small spots. For brushes I prefer white taklon synthetic that you use for watercolors, softer than golden taklon with less snap for softer corners and less "scraping" the wet oil.
>>94432232So synthetics are better for oils?
>>94432256The white spirit is really harsh on natural hair brushes, so you can use natural hair but be prepared for them to not last as long or need some extra TLC. If you get more into painting with oils then an old natural hair brush is fabulous as a blending brush. Something like an old round that doesnt hold a good tip anymore or a filbert that is slightly splayed are really nice for blending. Another brush that is nice for oils is a liner brush, size 1 with a good tip short or medium length for pinwashing.
>>94432284Ok, thanks.
40kg seems more concerned about the gameplay atm so I'll ask here.Would this scheme applied to a whole Chaos Knights army look absolutely fucking awesome and at the same time good on the tabletop as a unit?Is it too gimmicky across an entire army?
>>94432388It may be me, but works like that usually catch my eye and make me say "oh, neat", but then I get bored of looking at it soon after. I imagine that a whole force of models painted all in the same way may be the same. It's like you have a whole army made of singular spots that clash against each other to get your eye's attention, and you end up filtering them out completely. Like ads.Do remember that the juggernaut is just the mount to the real character on top of it.
>>94432388What, the cooling magma look? It would look great on a handful of CKs, maybe a Rampager and some Karnivore buddies but it'd get old across an entire army.
>>94432388I don't know how well the effect would really hold up when viewed from above in a well-lit room
>>94429686>i used to do a lot of r*ddit secret santa and i enjoyed givingFuck off, plague spreader.
>>94429418>>94429431Some of these are objectively good paint jobs but still funny>>94430196People will give detailed critique of your paintjob here, as opposed to telling you its good even if it isn't. Also there are some occasional cool threads about Bionicle or deep-sea creatures. This is the only good board on this entire site. I stopped using reddit when they forced my phone app to not work.
>>94432402Those are my concerns too, and when I look at these images I mentally block out rider.>>94432425I think it all comes down to how much contrast you create on the model.I'd imagine this guy looks good form all angels and boards.
>>94431969>It's a more graphical version of that>with a ton of extra shit piled on top.So, IRC with two drawbacks?
>>94431239These Synthetic brushes are for basecoating, washing, metallic shit, of course they will be hooked after a few times. You don't need sharp point for basecoating
>>94430273On that color. 50:50 nuln agrax wash then stipple it in with a large round brush.
>>94432464>I mentally block out riderThat's probably because he doesn't pop enough, even in opposition to the juggernaut that is fairly plain outside of the hot spots (pun partially intended). A more saturated red would have been better maybe, but I see what the tried to do with the palette.
>>94430944Depends on how chopped up the model is. Good engineering can mean mold lines only on edges or straight parts of the model, but may mean more assembly. Kingdom Death is quite good about this if you look at their sprues. You do have to align the mold plates somewhere, so there will always be a line.There's really no excuse for what GW is doing now though, its mostly laziness, and them trying for minimal assembly required. A lot of their snap-together stuff still needs to be glued anyway and has gaps in weird places.
>>94432487It seems that's a sacrifice you have to make, the darker and duller the miniature the better the glow.
>>94432502The push fit stuff requires you to cut the pegs down to avoid those gaps which kind of defeats the point of making an easy to assemble model look good
>>94430609Stop basecoating like a Noob
>>94431865Ya, if I could it would have been in more subs, but then I'd have had to drill holes to glue paperclips in to hold them by and I wasn't up to that.For edge highlight I am not sure how to tackle that on a model like this. I considered leaving the edges as is, I have considered going in with a bright red to make them pop comic bookish, and I have considered going the route of weathering (so making the alumium undercoat show through with a focus on edges and corners). Haven't decided yet, so any input is welcome. I'll be busy finishing the bright aluminium baselayers for a while anyway.
>>94431528That might be me. If you're my gifter from last year it was amazing, I still need to paint what you sent but I'll be posting here when I do.
>Finally get my 20 neophytes to a point were I consider them ready to field>There's only 19 of them
>>94430857Latch onto what exactly? My name which resulted from literally (no really) rolling my FCE over my keyboard? The temporary 24 hour throw away nondescript email? Or maybe all my down voted to oblivion posts from when I call fake stuff fake?
>>94432558Watch your back anon, you don't know where he'll get you
>>94431972>>94431946Oh why the hell does it not show up in the right click menu and need to click and scroll down to even show up. Is not like you can delete them by accident.
>>94432564this might be a bit overkill anon but better safe then sorry I guess
>>94432577Oh shit, and it must be one with a flamer or a webber too.
>>94432521Wait is that an airbursh without the massive refrigerator compressor?
>>94432601Yeah portable recharge compressor, work fine for priming and basecoating, vanish
>>94432064Check out some scalies on youtube (WW2 planes nearly all get SLAPPED with oil).Then get, if you want to go with the cool kids, Abteilung. If you want to primarily weather, blacks, browns, yellows and greens. If you want to go minimal, black and burnt umber.A big gallon jug of spirits for oil paints (called different things around the world).A metal cup/palette for easy clean upSome brushes dedicated to oils (get a finetipped one so you can be precise with the initial application, oils isn't only about using old brushes to feather with)Personally, and this is the biggest barrier to entry, I wouldn't bother unless you have an airbrush. You generally want to have a highgloss before you oil weather and then another varnish (which depends on the look you want) to seal in the oil.
>>94430664They are just unpainted for now, after a zenithal highlight with mephiston red>>94432521yes because i want the Green in all the dark parts of the model. Might take more time this way but it will look way better.
>>94429418Dope, I see mine in there lol
>>94432686>that's mephiston redwhat the fuck is wrong with your lighting lol
>>94432699Over black, and very thin mind you.
>>94432064As usual I'll link some James Wappel vids, he does long form oil painting stuff on twitch and reuploads to youtube. He is a fantastic repository of knowledge but its given in such a meandering way that it can be a little hard to follow him. He'll be talking about a movie he watched the night before and in the blink of an eye do some black magic blending making you rewind a couple times to see what he did. He uses a lot of different paint colors but there's no need to match one for one, getting a basic starter set and messing around with it is a good first step. Oils have their own quirks that are different from acrylics, so its just learning a new approach. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A00M2kduKE4&list=PLAj7SgXbhwS_KFyF9yAzVcCPavrU_T6ls&index=153https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXUhqvXjEj8&list=PLAj7SgXbhwS_KFyF9yAzVcCPavrU_T6ls&index=112https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_TVuft3sGg&list=PLAj7SgXbhwS_KFyF9yAzVcCPavrU_T6ls&t=1shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaoNb4nb1Vo&list=PLAj7SgXbhwS_KFyF9yAzVcCPavrU_T6ls&t=1shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hom7dSz4siw&list=PLAj7SgXbhwS_KFyF9yAzVcCPavrU_T6ls&index=30https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFJO869Y_Dk&list=PLAj7SgXbhwS_KFyF9yAzVcCPavrU_T6ls&t=2shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxwY_8CsclI&list=PLAj7SgXbhwS_KFyF9yAzVcCPavrU_T6ls&t=1s
>>94432745Much appreciated anon, off to work now so will watch them later.>basic starter setAs in? The usual primary triad and black/white? Or something with more colors? I see sets go from a handful of tubes to 48 different ones.
>>94431075I found some very interesting pieces for quite cheap (15€ for a nice trio of OOP metal minis), but alas I was too late to participate. I'll keep them warm until 2025 when i'll hopefully be less retarded.
>>94431075I spent about $60, but I also included another $60 of stuff that I just had in my backlog but I was never going to get around to if I'm honest
Working on my space marine scheme and it feelskinda underwhelming, idk why maybe because gun is black?Also what base would work with this scheme?
I don't paint, but sometimes I pop in here to criticise someone else to provoke a reaction. That is how I get my dose of human interaction. I do the same elsewhere as well.
>>94432519because their push fit design and/or moldmaking is actually shit, there are plenty model kits out there that don't need glue and have a near perfect fityet is an order of magnitude more expensive
>>94432856>gun is blackIs my monitor broken or yours?
>>94430955>mold lines through any form of rough clothingJust fucking kill me already
>>94432862That’s sad but to be expected in this day and age. I post my minis and leave, never reading anyone’s comments. Here’s your one and only reply from me. Find some way to love yourself anon, you may find less bitterness in your heart.
>watch an artis opus video on drybrushing >get intrigued by the brushes he sells>check out the basic 4 brush set>140 AUDFucking christ alive. Are there brushes out there that are similar to the ones he sells in those wooden boxsets that don't cost a fortune?
>>94432862
>>94432913Opus is 110% conartistry. Just get a pack of brandless makeup brushes.
>>94432916
>>94431868Ok.What's a good ratio of pva:water?
>>94432754As long as you have a good mix of colors and (more importantly in my opinion) a mix of opaque/semi opaques with transparents and semi transparents you're good to go.https://www.dickblick.com/products/winsor-newton-artists-oil-colors/?item=00461-1010&This is the set that I first started with a grabbed a few other colors to supplement it, this will give you some good workhorse colors (ivory black, titanium white, yellow ochre, burnt umber, indian red) that you can build off of depending on what you want to paint. Other good workhorse colors are zinc white (semiopaque white for mixing, titanium white can get real chalky when mixing), lamp black (opaque black), terra rosa (opaque orange red, great starting point for rust or skin tones), magenta, dioxizine purple (desaturated) or madder purple (more saturated and warmer), and van dyke brown (warmer brown). I would honestly start as cheap as possible since oils are a different approach and some people don't enjoy the process. It takes a couple days for the paint to fully dry and maybe a week before you can seal with varnish, and you'll need to let paint sit for a little bit before you blend it in. Some people don't like the waiting time but it works great for me with my fucked up back and hip. If I get a muscle spasm and need to stop and stretch I can put the model down for a bit or pick it up the next day and can still work with the paint. I also keep my oil palette in the freezer between sessions, opaques can last for a month - 1.5 months and I've had transparents be fine for 2 months in the freezer if sealed well. I can mix custom colors and have them usable for the entire project.
>>94432913Small eyeshadow brush, the went n' wild brand is sold in lots of grocery stores for $1 - $2 a brush. The small size is perfect for guys with the large brush for vehicles. Since they're so cheap you don't feel bad about abusing the fuck out of them.
>>94431227Nah I’ve bought those, they’re fucking shit. Spend $30 and get picrel along with 1-2 really good brushes. They’re workhorse brushes that are actually usable, and you get enough of them that you don’t have to be too upset about ruining one
>>94432913I am quite sure they just use rosemary&co with their own brand stamped onto it, stuck into a box and then upmarked by x2 the price.
>>94432862Oh don't worry, we know. I'm fairly sure I could even point some of your posts if I was autistic enough to dig through the archive. So you're not very schrewd if that's what you believed.>>94432913Don't fucking buy that set it's an absolute scam. If you want a "premium" set get the rosemary and co ones but I shit you not a soft bristled make up blender brush will work better than either of those.
>>94432856Yeah, the gun is too dark, it's sucking up all the attention.
>>94432913Literally any 10 for $10 makeup brush set will do.
>>94432913Everything about him is full of shit.
>>94432927>>94433006>>94433133>>94433166>>94433273>>94433288Thanks lads, I'll try get a set of make up brushes today
>>94433288I mean he's probably the best guy to learn from when it comes to drybrushing. AO are massively overpriced though. People say they're the same as rosemary and co but that's not entirely true. Might be made in the same place or whatever but the actual rosemary brushes have a fuller belly and longer bristles so they're actually superior to AO.
>>94433304ELF small eyeshadow round at target is $2. It's great for dry brushing.
>>94429387Yooo that's dope
>>94429418New year's resolution 2025
>>94431016I'd say find your average dude, keep the rim of the base just on the inside of his arm span (not including weapons), and then keep the same general ratio for the bigger models. Obviously, this won't work for stuff like that dragon or any vehicles (which have substantially more/less reach by comparison). I know people care about game balance and all that when it comes to base sizes, but aesthetics always seemed more important to me.
>>94429985I would spray varnish before the webs, add a bit more goop around the holes (I'd say green) and when you're putting the webs on, add a bit more on the left side and maybe some broken strands.10/10 looks like the start of a horror movie tho
>>94432856The gun kinda seems like it's stolen, doesn't fit the scheme very well, since it's dark purple contrasting against a brighter white/teal combo. Certain colors will always work, like black and white, but if you're combining two widely different colors like this, they should still be a similar level of brightness/saturation, imo. If you did make the gun a lighter purple as the base, or even made it actually black, I'm sure it'd look fine.
>>94430273It works for a "very clean" look or like other have suggested, do some weathering with sponges. If you still want a clean look without weathering, mixing in a brighter/lighter metallic paint like gold or silver with your base metal works really well as you apply it like a volumetric highlight, especially if it's finished with a wash
Does anyone have experience using those cheap airbrushes that aren’t hooked up to a compressor?I’ve got some vehicles I’ll have to paint up and I’m half tempted to buy one so I can give them just a quick basecoat and simple layer highlights. I’ve heard they’re “not great” but having no experience with airbrushing I’m not sure if that means “yeah they aren’t good for a longtime thing” or if it means “these are a scam don’t use them”.
>>94433479Compressor is only 50 bucks for a good one.
>>94433479Yeah, some assholes got the bright idea to bring them into our LGS and spray them next to the tables, with no overspray guard, while people were playing, without warning anyone. This has happened multiple times now. Don't be like them.If you're not going to be traveling with it, just get a small compressor, it's not going to cost much more and will be easier to use.
Almost done with this guy, just need to add a bonefish to the girdle plate, maybe a black star to the back of the cloak, and redo the fur.I'm thinking of doing a leopard print with a dark purple wash, and the fur as well. What do you guys think about the color, would it work?
Also I'm trying g to decide the armor color for this guy. Thinking teal, with fuschia colored ripped cloth
>>94433617I like his pants
Why do my layers always come out looking kind of splotchy? I just want my paint to look smooooooth!
>>94433799stop using contrasts/speedpaints
>>94433799Let the first layer dry before you paint another.
>>94433822I'm not. I'm trying to thin citadel layer paints and the coverage is just never good, I can do super thin glazes in a million layers and they're okay as long as I let them dry completely between layers, but layering slightly thicker paint is never as clean as I want it to be and idk what I'm doing wrong in order to fix it.
>>94433652Thanks!
sisters done. not sure if im going to finish the squad or paint sacresants for a change next
>>94433875Well those "layer" paints are supposed to be put over their corresponding "base" paints for optimal coverage. If you put them directly over a primer you may run into issues.
>>94431075Not quite finished yet, but it's probably around $150 before any shipping. I've been blessed in recent years and just want to share that with some lucky Anon.He sure didn't make it easy, though. Would rather someone put too much on the wishlist rather than not enough. I can only hope he likes what I picked and has a Merry Christmas.
>>94431075about $170 - not including me shipping it to them, or shipping the stuff to me initially - but I also ordered stuff for me in those orders so it's not really fair to include in the cost.
>>94433799>>94433875nobody can really diagnose the problem without looking at the mini or what you are doing.>>94433875>I can do super thin glazes in a million layers and they're okay as long as I let them dry completely between layersthis is how you are supposed to paint a miniature.>but layering slightly thicker paint is never as clean as I want it to be and idk what I'm doing wrong in order to fix it.Literally don't do thick coats. Doing thick coats is what is wrong. That is the problem. If the paints you have do not have sufficient coverage for what you are trying to do you could try a different approach (prime a color that helps you out with coverage or do another base color first) or try paint from a different manufacturer (similar colors might use different pigments or pigment densities or mixtures, so opacity can vary).
>>94433875You fell for the citadel meme paints by the sound of it, where they mess with pigments and medium so the paint can do one thing very well and all the other things poorly. Layer paints are for adding layers, not for base paint, not for painting over other colours, not for shading, not for contrasting etc.. If I've uktrasmurfs you can use the layer range of blue paints to add depth to the blue baselayer. You can't, however, take a red layer paint and use it to make one of the ultrasmurfs shoulder red, the coverage will be shit.
>>94432745NGL, I don't like any of those, I think they look messy and have 0 colour coordination.
Is there a real difference between liquitex basic and professional matte medium other than one being a third of the price?
>>94433617Makes me think of Asterix and Obelix, great look
>the last time I painted was when I was 17>that is 18 years ago>paint for a first time since then todayI love painting minis so much, bros.
>>94434576Welcome back. How are you managing? I find that after years of not painting, or painting horribly, models as a kid in my craze for playing, I went back to the painting side and was much better. It's strange to see how much just a difference in mindset changes the results.
Post your current paint tracks:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HhZaHf8RP6g
>>94434576fuckare you me? I'm in the same boat right nowlmao
>>94434576Show us what you did, bro.Here's a pic of my old 3rd edition ork mini next to the first tau minis I painted when I picked it up again after like 15 years.
>>94434607Thank you, anon. I love it. When I was a teenager, I chased the result like a dumbass. Now I can literally see the learning process under my hands, and that is something I find myself valuing more and more the older I get. Learning new stuff is the greatest. Learning new stuff where you have an immediate visual response is even better. It's such a fantastic hobby, man. >>94434637lel. It is what it is, bro. >>94434647Nowhere near done for tonight.
>>94433617Flesh looks great, how'd you do it?
>>94434620ENTERhttps://youtu.be/V1ckMBf5E7A?si=PM3aEpdfFcb-2E11
>>94433479I don't see the point of this. If you aren't travelling, why pick a small capacity instead of a normal compressor for a few bucks more? If you ARE travelling, why do you need to bring your airbrush, you are travelling, leave that shit at home.
>>94434620not particularly exciting but I like to think of painting as a form of meditation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVRbAL03GIs>>94434576>>94434637super nice seeing new anons here, I hope you'll be sharing your progress
>>94434620ELO, Glen Campbell, Rainbow, Supertramp, etchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_RSZH3Hsfk
>>94434665TFW never experience 80s Miami in my prime cruising around enjoying the sunsets.
>>94434665I like this. I'm in a protomen phase again.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgGYwXYt3J0&list=PLD033022B56A44FBD&index=2
>>94434694The pain and suffering of the realization.
>>94434576>>94434637Good shit lads, welcome back. What are you working on?
>>94434709IG, and then some Gue'vesa I kitbashed. What about you?
I'm trying to be strong by not posting the model I made for anon. Sending my package out soon.
>>94434720I'm sure he'll love it!
>>94434709Orkz
Been a while but here are a few more dark elves. Should be done in time for the league.
>>94434736I want the middle one to sit on my face
>daft punk>elo>Miami vice>protomenWe boomerin in herehttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LCg_EyrD27o
>>94433976I'd do some brass/gold on the barrels of the meltas and paint the tube pipe things. They look a bit unfinished as is.
>>94429686Go back
>>94430275>copper patinathis trend is as overdone as tactical rocks and loincloths, is every single piece of copper not maintained?
>>94434620Lake - been listening to albums Lake 2 and Ouch! latelyChurch of the Cosmic Skull - first 2 albums, got a bit too pop for my tastes afterBill Fisher - singer/songwriter for Church of the Cosmic Skull, his side project is music that's more in line with the first 2 albumsSamsara Blues Experiment - End of Forever, Long Distance Trip, Waiting for the FloodLiquify - whatever album comes upMy Sleeping Karma - whatever album comes upAlso been listening to a lot of 80's citypop, colder weather puts me in the mood I guess.
>>94434674Nice, my new bedtime track, thx
>>94434544Thanks fren
>>94434713>>94434732Same for me with some kommandos, been doing some test models to get my skin recipe down.
>>94434662Start with a tan base coat, then bright red followed by several glazes of rosy flesh, skin tone, and several mixes, some with more red to add to a screaming effect. Final highlights include a ceramic white with flesh tone to showcase brightspots, making sure to end with a glaze of rosy
>>94433976Those faces look pretty good given how the bare headed Sisters usually turn out
>>94431075I spent $85 on the shipping cost alone. And on that note, Valencia anon, your country is bullshit and wouldn't let me send you taffy. But it's in the mail anyway.
Did the airbrushing today, ended up going vibrant red and bright cream for the big dino. Will have to do some cleanup obviously. I tried a pale yellow and pale orange for the belly but I liked this the most
>>94435038The test ork skin, oil dried on the satin side. This guy started from olive green as a base, I'll do a couple variations of the skin with this base mix on the other boys and a base mix of sap green on the other half to get some nice variety in the unit.
>>94432856It feels that way because your color scheme is shit, learn color theory. What the fuck is that, icecream?
>>94432856Thanks doc.
>>94432856if the gun actually was black it might work better. Gold, teal/green and white works for sons of Horus.A white marine on a white base is also not gonna look that impressive. Give him a base of any kind or even just paint the space between his legs black to really see the marine itself better. You might be surprised how much of an impact the base has on the finished result.
>>94419238I got it!Thanks Anon from Pico RiveraI'll share what's inside on XMas Day
>>94431213Red Sable and Kolinsky Sable aren't the same thing. Kolinsky has more stiffness/flex and return, red kind of squishes more and returns to shape less.
>>94434620https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XD8yUW1Yvc
>>94435678that is some good taste right here
>>94433867When is it dried?
>>94434620https://youtu.be/UQhnB8zZoc8?si=lJ7Gb_JlEVZCr-5ZI play orks
>>94436024https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIacAO4Ttyki also play orks!
>>94435307Color theory doesn't actually exist.
>>94434620https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGvY2FbwoJo
I am trying out a new kit with a test model, Please vote:>Push through and do a full guy in one night's work>Get started on one guy and also some vidyaNormally one guy would take three nights (1.5 hours each night) if I had never painted someone from that kit before. Once I get used to a kit I can go faster.
>>94436307What's the kit that takes 1.5 hours to do 1 guy
>>94436314It's Perry Afghans, I'm just a slow painter. When I get the feel for a kit I can go faster but I've never been good at speed. I have been getting better the more I paint if nothing else.
>Line across the entire cableSurely there's an easy way to clean this
>>94431151Squidmar is objectively a very good painter but his channel is click bait and maximizing profits, very shallow. Midwinter is annoying as hell and there's something off about him, just a veneer of face niceness about him. Seems like a smug cunt. Same thing with Goobertown, I genuinely wouldn't be surprised if he had bodies hidden on his basement. Miscast I can stomach just about. Miniac is a very stereotypical soi millenial who is an above average painter, but also not as good as he thinks he is. Very cringey, though not as bad as Goober who I just fucking despise.
>>94436383Sandpaper and plastic cement
>>94435662HELL YEAH! Nothing inside will expire so you should be good.
Drybrush bros, are any of these brushes good for drybrushing?
>>94436505Are these brushes perchance... dry?
>>94436307Vidya can wait. If you don't get the thing done now, it'll likely get shelved for an indeterminate amount of time. >>94436359I know the feeling. I've definitely gotten much faster, though. My speed painting is at an acceptable level for tabletop quality if I do say so. (Picrel. Worth noting, I did go back and black out the eyes of the helmet later. I had forgotten to do so when I took the last picture.)>>94436505Yeah I'd use any of those desu. Makeup brushes are my go-to for batch drybrushing 28mm mooks, vehicles and terrain.
>>94436574>follow my flow chart for the most soulless minis you can imagine!Thanks, anon!
>>94436574>Vidya can waitI'll do terrible things to you anon. But only after I've painted my boy.
>>94436574Some other minis I did with the same technique. I do a lot of painting at work, so I try to be quick about it.>>94436576Eat my dick, gayboy. I will kill you with a hammer. Chinless fat bastard.Also, I made the flowchart in a desperate attempt to convince my friend to actually paint some of the models he has. His pile of shame is immense, and I don't think I've ever seen him paint a model.
>>94436574>>94436588May as well post some of the other things I've painted recently.
>>94436619Oh, and this guy too. I think he turned out pretty well.
>>94436574>>94436588>>94436619>>94436625Nice minis anon, I really like the white guy that looks like a Khezu. Was he sculpted with greenstuff or is he a print?
Kept getting advice from pro painters that I needed to "push contrast", and today I think it finally clicked on what that actually means with these capes. Looking forward to trying it out on skin.
>>94436839Thanks. He's a print of a Shambler from Quake. Khezu is my favorite MH monster, though.>>94436929Dangerously creamy. Well done!
>>94436929Wow, very nice contrast on them.Might try a light red glaze to bring them back closer to red but the orange contrasts well with the blue power weapons and cool black armor.
I did a third head practice. I unironically think it's worse than the first one, I think I didn't do enough of the midtone and the creases are too dark on the front of the face. but I'm trying not to spend more than about an hour on any of these so I'll just try and do better next time.That said - how autistic am I being about this? I included a series of shrunk/resized images that are a bit more realistic in terms of how they would ever look to the eye even close up. I'm not sure how harshly I should judge my blending and shit on a camera where I can zoom in so far I can see the decal printer resolution start to get jaggy. Not to say there isn't room to improve, but if you zoom in far enough you'll always find something to complain about.
>>94437068These look really good to me, though the Tau is a bit monochromatic and the nose on the 3rd one is too segmented.I'd say you're being autistic unless you are trying to go to a competition level.
>>94436505Looks fine to me. This is the one I use.
>>94436383>the line cuts straight across the corrugations all the way down the tubeThis is fixable for sure but I want to chime in to say they're gigantic niggers for laying it out this way and I almost assume they knew exactly what they were doing and cackled about it. O, the fuckers.
>>94437068What colors are you using for the tau? looks great
>>94434874Its grimdark
>>94436063BASED
The boys are having a feast!
What stage do you guys normally apply shades? First models I’ve painted have been pretty plain on purpose, but I want to be a bit more ambitious the second time around.
>>94437068>>94437089I actually like the Tau head quite a bit. He looks suitably alien, and I dislike when they are painted bright blueberry. The drab tone suits him.The third head is the only one I'd be critical of. The highlights on the face, forehead, mouth and nose are just a bit too stark. It works well enough for the sides and back of the head, but it looks a bit too segmented as anon said.
I got six of these spider egg nests made.The glue isn't completely dry yet but i think they look pretty cool.
>>94437068>angry marine noises
thank you Kapiti santa. I appreciate the classic Australian greeting. The D100 made me laugh.
SART recasts look great so farI hate superglue/10
>Buy magnets and a magnetic sheet for a simple storage case>Test a magnet out>Sticks>Flip it>Sticks???
>>94437702Some of those sheets aren't magnetic, they are just full of iron so it sticks.
>>94437708Oh ok. Could I rub a strong enough magnet to "straighten" it out? I feel like I've seen that somewhere as a kid, rubbing a magnet on iron to polarize it
>>94437068That's a very cool-looking Tau head. What colors did you use?
>>94437723To be honest, I prefer steel and iron to magent for model transport, magnet on magnet often is much much weaker hold then magent on metal.
>>94437702magnetic sheets are stripes of n/s poles close together for strenght, that's why they stick to eachother and 'jump' if you slide one over another, also why a magnet can stick to it no mather the sidepic related is the one on my printer with a magnetic ciewing film
>remove moldlines>use magnifying glass and a spotlight to check if I see more>looks clean>prime mini>moldlines everywhereAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH
Using WHF bits to slowly build my spider themed CSM army.
>>94437866Neat, have you considered finishing paper or something to smooth out those plates?
>>94437327ye they look proper disgusting
>Get box for mini storage>One is slightly too big for the box>Next biggest available is triple the depth I needFuck me I guess
>>94437768I just go around every piece following the mouldline to make sure I don't miss anything
What's the better way to paint a lightning patter?White outline and paint over it with bright colour or build up over couple of layers?
Tips on putting nonDKoK heads on this body? Any easy way outside of just cutting and sanding 60 dudes?
Does anyone have any experience painting tiny Iron Warriors, struggling to get a simple scheme that makes them stand out. Tried a gunmetal primer as well but think I'll go back to black and undercoat a dirty metallic on.
>>94438061thats a touching story anon i hope you can keep us updated lmao
Does anyone know where i can get some decent ruin bits? I want to base my Parhfinders in some jungle ruins but i just cant find anything decent
>>94438061I dont know what youre looking for exactly but i recently bought 2 acrylic cases from revenant miniatures and besides the missing locking mechanism (or lack thereof) and the fact that his stacking screws are still out of stock I’m pretty happy with them
>>94437299Cute. The beer looks great.
>>944381983D print?
>>94438198For basing single minis? Lizardmen bits for decoration, carve some sprues in rough stone brick shapes. For something bigger you can look at aquarium ruins.
>>94438273Thanks, it's actually the snow gel by AK with a slight touch of orange.
>>94436929This looks realy fucking sick. The way the cape is done, the contrast with the swords. holy shit, you could have done a sloppy job on the main armor panels and nobody would notice or care. Well done you.
If I want to give interesting bases for sci-fi commando team that mainly operate in aquatic environments, what other options I have than artificial metal platforms?
>>94438746You mean like underwater? Rocks and sand, but they might come off as beaches, so you can try with coral. No idea how you could pull if off without sculpting. Maybe some aos sea elves bits.
>>94438761Not exactly underwater but I simply wanted to avoid generic bases that would fit anyone and do something that would make someone looking at one think "yea, these guys are from ocean planet". Troops in question are literally named "amphibian intervention team".As for coral, I think that dried up wine/grape stalks or something sponge-like could work as replacement, however.
>>94438804Just put them on a beach, right? Driftwood, seashells, rocks, seaweed.. on a sand base. You can show the edge of the ocean on a couple bases if you wanna get fancy.
>>94437327These are sick as hell
>>94438746Metal platforms which are rusty, and also covered in detritus like seaweed and shells?
>>94438828>>94438842Alright, thanks for suggestions.
>>94437327I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
>>94439009>proceeds to be sure without the nuking really doing anything
I've done the suboptimal thing and gone with a Neptune 3 for wargaming printing. I was looking at resin printers but the extra cost and post processing required was probably outside of my effort range (I'm far from a active wargamer).I'm mainly interested in printing things for Gamma Wolves, which has a larger scale than most miniature wargames. Does anyone have any tips or good resources to start with for printing models and terrain with a filament printer, or even just ultra beginner friendly process guides?
>>94432601>>94432618you can also use a hose with it, still works fine
Slowly getting vizzik done, anything I should do to jazz up the scarf? I'm trying to keep it a pope theme
>>94439131You could try to do some metallic freehand similar to this and replace the christian symbolism with skaven runes
>>94439131>>94439187Just do this, but with metallics. Easy.
>>94437235>>94437749Just night lords blue, calgar blue, and blue horror. And a little bit of a wash step with leviadon blue.If I'm feeling up to it I might go pick up some sisters to add them into the head practice rotation. Making those heads look good is going to be the true test of skill.
>>94439233Thanks anon, appreciate it!
>>94439225Holy fuck.
Ok I've been trying out glazes and it's really cool compared to just layering more opaque colors, if time consuming, but what I don't get is: if I can have smooth transitions by glazing, why and in what situations should I wet blend? Seems like a whole lot of additional trouble for similar results.
>>94439347It's theoretically way faster since you're just putting down two colors wet at the same time, getting the look you want and then waiting for it all to dry once instead of doing many thin layers and waiting for each to dry individually.
>>94437299Thanksgiving bringing everyone together.
>>94436619>>94436938that's a fantastic sculpt of this guy. somehow the zombies were the enemies that scared me the most as a kid, I just found these guys adorable.
>>94437299>Warhammer boys playing a game of Normal Life TTG>"Your party exits their honda civic, and enters the Ikea.">"roll contested strength to see who gets the last floating shelf unit"
>>94438145It'll be greenstuff and cutting/sanding work for each guy. The head ends at the rim of the helmet, I wanted to trim the sides down on mine but there really isn't anywhere to trim without leaving a big gap.
>>94439439Somewhere around here I also have Sarah Kaiser's Thanksgiving print from when she came to the Citadel a few years ago.
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>>94434620https://youtu.be/AqFVB03CbpA?si=sZA_L46nOCPB6GI_
What colors do I add to red shadows to make them more interesting? Blue, purple?
>>94438005>>94439009>>94438835Thanks guys. Like I said previously in the thread, I made them specifically for the spider nest scenario in rangers of shadow deep but I wanted them to be modular enough that I could use them on basically any table, fantasy or sci-fi. I was definitely thinking of aliens
>>94439596You already asked this and I already gave you a detailed answer.
>>94439596depends on what other colors you're using and if you want to lean warm or cold
>>94439627Wtf, did I? I remember asking about turquoise shadows some time ago but maybe it's Alzheimers kicking in at this point, jesus christ
>>94439688I mean, unless you're a different guy with the exact same question and phrasing. Anyway, just go with purple.
>>94438061what kind of box
>>94439454Yeah the zombies scared me too. I think it's the noises they make. Still not as bad as the screaming Daggerfall skeletons.
>>94439770Where to actually get that kind of box or just that kind of sponge? I only saw something similar in photography store and of course, it would cost arm and leg.
USPS says SS package was delivered 3 days ago, hope GP of Steyning actually picked it up.
>>94437904I'll give that a look. I don't mind the rough texture, though, since it might actually look like the guys tried to pry off their old insignia, you know?Hopefully I can find some space bits to put on there. Maybe have spiders crawling around....I could do a whole Thousand Sons bit, but the army is filled with spiders...
>>94440119NAYRT, feldherr or battlefoam are the "name brands"
Whats a decent and affordable airbrush (+compressor)? i’m starting to go insane trying to basecoat over black
>>94438607Yeah i’m going to try out my dad’s printer tomorrow, dont know how it will handle detail though>>94438626yeah, single minis - guess i’ll try to get my hands on some lizardmen bits.I’ll give the sprue bricks a try too
Wanting to do some ruined asphault and rubble for my bases, what thickness is about the right scale? Unfortunately I don't have anywhere nearby to go in person to look so I'll need to order.
>>94440614Master g233 airbrush is a great workhorse learning airbrush. Comes with 3 needle/nozzle sizes and uses standard fittings, somewhere around $30 - $40.
>>94440793Irl, the thiccness of asphalt on roads is usually around 3-4 in.
>>94440814>>94440793I am not a clever man, I meant to ask about what thickness of cork sheet should I get lol.
>>94440835Well, I'm not a clever man either, doing the math is beyond me. Sorry, anon.
>>94440119this one is from aliexpress, comes as is with the precut foam, I paid less than 10€
>>94439562>Sarah Kaiser's Thanksgiving printThis one.New thread:>>94441499>>94441499>>94441499
>>94440814>>94440835that would be ~2mm thickness. Should be easy enough to find. You can sometimes find thicknesses like that in hobby/crafting and one dollar stores.If you apply some wallfiller to the cork and let it dry you can introduce some gnarly looking cracks. To widen them up and weather the road so to speak you just need a toothbrush or wirebrush.godspeed, anon.
>>94441897Hugs and kisses friend, thank you kindly.
>>94440808This was my first airbrush, I was pretty rough on it but it was great for priming and some detail work. Have a badger now for detail but would highly recommend those master brand ones for beginners.
>>94432388I think different colors would be best for a varied look.Blue, green, red, yellow, purple.Centered around each chaos God and their color.If it’s a straight khorne army it would be that red which is great for leaders but would be tiring for the whole army.
>>94432856Buzz light year is my favorite warhammer
