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>>94615023Just getting around to posting this. You really outdid yourself. Really funny Christmas card, too. A real keeper. Thanks so much.
remember when drybrushing was an actual thing you were supposed to learn before moving onto more advanced techniques
>>94615151Yeah. Unfortunately it's been co-opted by artis opus to try and fit a square peg in a round hole.
>>94615167Didn't citadel tried to push drybrushing as a valid highlighting technique before artis opus channel became a thing
>>94615196Yeah, as a beginner technique. Base, wash/shade, drybrush. they never pretended that was how they did 'eavy metal.
>>94615167To be fair the results the AO guy gets are a cut above what you typically associate with drybrushing
>>94614449>>94614423What did you do to make these casts anon?
>>94615133Fuck. That reminds me I wanted to go to the asian grocer and see if I can get some of that curry mix.I was really disappointed looking up japanese style curry recipes only for all of them to be like>fry some veggies and then add this packageI still want to find out what's actually in it.
>>94613877>Actual modeling knives can cost like 6-10x as much as a scalpel in some countries,only if you dont have access to aliexpress, you can get a handle and 100 blades for like 6 bucks and are more stable, more rigid and need no tape, I doubt scalpels are any cheaper
>>94615482Have you tried looking for "Japanese curry from scratch"?
>>94615501scalpel in my local pharmacy goes for 1.70€t. eri
>>94615501>>94613877>Actual modeling knives can cost like 6-10x as much as a scalpel in some countries,Am I missing something? X-Acto brand knives found at an arts supply store are approximately $10.
>>94615536i have used these for over 20 years nowthey are cheap and sharp
>>94615601I'm going to need a tetanus jab after looking at this pic
I wish women would like me for my personality and not for my painting skills.>OMG, can you like paint my army for me? Pleeaaaaassseeee teehee :DNo, bitch.
I very much regret not painting the heads of the kurnoth hunters off of the models. These branches are a huge pain in the ass.
>>94615671Felt the same way about ork kommandosThere are sooooo many obstructed/hard to reach parts which made painting a pain in the ass and twice as long.Maybe painting while still in the sprue IS the way to go
Some old ass squigs, to bring me up to 40. Metal fucking sucks with paint chipping constantly on the upside I can use these as projectiles if my opponent is playing like a tourney fag.
>>94615531with how many blades
>>94615682>Maybe painting while still in the sprue IS the way to gogod no>>94615671Most of whats difficult to reach wont be visible anyway, you don't have to be super neat about it
>>94615501>>94615536I have an old metal scalpel handle with a retaning screw that I got for a couple bucks while I was overseas, and blades run literal pennies a piece. I prefer (and use) my exacto now, but a good all-metal one still costs $10-15 on the shelf here and I've seen them sitting at the equivalent of $20 or more in Central America and SE Asia when a scalpel is a few dollars. And incomes are tiny.
>>94615709Generally I'd agree but it's not really occluded like a bolter in front of a chest, it's layers of details that you can actually see. It's not that big a deal as long as I'm rough with the base coats, it's still a pain though to get decent coverage on both sides, there are like 4 layers of branches.>>94615682>maybe painting while still in the sprue IS the way to golet's not go crazy here.
>>94615700one (1) bladedont get me wrong im not interested what blade is better or cheaper i just use what im used to
Finally someone smart enough to realise all I wanted was some space marines for my blood ravens army and some sweets. I lived in the UK for a few years, 10 years ago and the packaging and sweets reminded me of that. The only thing that could have made this present better is a starbar. Thank you buddy and have a Merry Christmas.
>>94615796>I lived in the UK for a few years, 10 years ago is it true they have english bars with warhammer tables instead of pool tables over there
I think I'm pretty much done with this guy now. Going to try and paint the other 2 up faster and better-planned. Then I'll do their weapons together, I still think I want to add some color to the weapon but I don't know what I want to do yet.
gf finished her first mini
>>94615662I've had 3-4 dates with women coming over to see my miniatures on an exhibition/competition. Had a long relationship with one of them and was going to propose to her right about now, but she left me. So yeah, miniatures can be made into something interesting to women who like art. Not sure about Warhammer tho.
>>94615999Thats pretty good.Kys though.
>>94615999Nice. Looks good. Girls always seem to be better at mini painting than guys do until you get to the higher level autism stuff.
Do you guys have any colour scheme ideas? I'm thinking silver armour with grey blue cloth under the chest plate/around the shoulder/between the legs. Black shoulders. Not sure.
>>94616058by all means go for it any way you want and post the resultsbut if you want to post just plain 3D prints there is a thread dedicated to it
>>94616088Did you see my post?
>>94616058grey metallic base for the shoulder, boots and helmet and then a blue/green glaze on top. brown/ black for the fabrics under the armor and pouches bone for horn and skulls.Bronze and metallic grey for weapons bright green to glow from the helmet slits
>>94616106yes i didwhat color did you prime them with
>getting a little better at painting>but I'm starting to fall into the "one little mistake ruins the whole thing and now all you can see is how far you have to go" rut again Is it because I've only been painting fucking power armor for the last few months?Also my edge highlighting is pretty dismal.
Is there a better way of washing large chunks of resin than a toothbrush? I'm tempted to buy an electric toothbrush just to speed up the process
>>94616119That sounds interesting. I'll try it when I get home tomorrow.>>94616121Black, and then airbrushed them all silver. Also thinking of copying my kasrkin scheme.>>94616143Ultrasonic cleaner
>>94616143I wash stuff with a big makeup brush. It's probably not that much better or different than a toothbrush, but it's better for working the soap and bristles into deeper areas with the softer bristles, and it's not like I'm trying to scour a model.
Do i attach this pulse rifle to my drone controllers base (lean it on a rock or sinilar) or do i just attach this pistol to him and leave the rifle?
>>94615999Next time do a proper basecoat and it will look really impresive for a beginner.
>>94616160i like your style, i have ig army just like that only i didnt bother to paint them that good
>>94616173I'm not sure what you mean? Just that it's a bit thick?
>>94616167Put the rifle on his side/hip, aiming downward, simulating a sling. You can, of course, go full mad lad and then actually make the sling.
>>94616190can that be done with milliput? I’d need some greenstuff for that right?
>>94616167The front of the rifle looks like an angry face, put it as its head
>>94616222too late….
>>94616226Looking at VR booba
>>94616015My girlfriend genuinely likes artsy stuff, including painting miniatures, but she hates violence and everything associated with it, including science fiction toy soldiers. So she rather dislikes my Warhammer collection, because it's a bunch of mean looking guys holding guns, but she loves the astronaut cat 3D print I made and painted for her.It is what it is, as long as she quietly tolerates a mans hobby and lets him do his thing, it's all good in my opinion.
>>94616300You are a good advertisement why to never get a gf. Why the fuck would anyone want to live with someone who graciously "tolerates" something you love? also, post WIPs.
>>94615662>>94616015>>94616300i made earrings from my spare tyranid bitz and gifted them to my girlfriend
>>94616313I ain't a tourist bro
>>94616319https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKxdc8KEvYg
>>94616313>t.autist that thinks its possible to find a 100% compatibleleave your house sometime and stop watching anime
>>94616339100%compatible woman*
WIP org blood bowl tokens and color test for the team. Going old school with the yellow because it's fun to paint. Thoughts on a tertiary colour?>>94615299NTA but silicone form and plaster of Paris would be relatively easy
>>94616339Nigga, if you think you can base a long-term relationship with someone who has to "tolerate" something you love, then I'm not sure who is the autist here.
>>94616373Sounds more boomer than autist: "The wife puts up with me motorcycle" kind of vibe.
how about everyone agrees you should not mix tabletop with tomen because they only bring troublejust drill ya barrelsthin ya paintsand get a nice fine tip on ya brush
>>94616436>tomenwell i tried
>>94615299It's been over a decade but I put three panels together and put olasticard over the windows. I then made a mold out of silicone and cast many dozen out of two part resin.
>>94616443Definitely giving this a go since GW seem pathologically averse to selling terrain these days (Marginally less profit per fon of plastic?)
the collection grows
>>94616486Casting experimenting? If so, do you use some kind of vacuum chamber to get rid of bubbles in both mold and material or you deal with that other way?
>>94616549>Casting experimenting?Not really, they're just rough casts that are going to get covered in slop and turned into terrain one day.>do you use some kind of vacuum chamberNah, it's just plaster and paint into 1 part thermoplastic moulds and a bit of scrim tape poked in afterwards. No vacuum pot, I don't even bother shaking 'them down to settle the plaster, just mix, pour, go and fuggedaboudit. I'll probably break a few of the worst looking ones on purpose, so a bubble or a missing nose here or there isn't an issue for me. Got another dozen or two of the little ones to do before I'm happy.
>>94616486From the thumbnail they looked like rubber pussies.
>>94616701Had the same thought really. Zoomed in they look pretty damn creepy though, for some reason
I don't really feel like looking up more decapitation videos but I feel like the neck hole looks off. There should be a stump but if you look at the head it's got a good chunk of "root" thats come with it, like the eversor mucked the job on purpose.
>>94616486thanks, i hate it
>>94616723>I don't really feel like looking up more decapitation videos
>>94616723Mutahar?
>>94616701Uh yeah that's the next terrain project, I'm just waiting on a "willing donor" to mould up.
>>94616723There's plenty of general viscera and blood that gunks up the hole so it just looks like meaty goop.
I know it’s stupid, but I finished one of the nobs for my kommando kill team
>>94616755I smiled.
>>94616755What's stupid about it? He looks cool, I'm assuming the comic book style is intentional.
>>94616755Am I imagining things, or did you paint him in Sneed's colour scheme?
>>94616755Looks 2d and comic-book-y in a way that I assume is intentional. Your close-up is unflattering, he probably looks much much better when framed against a crayon drawing as part of a minimalist 2.5D cell-shade-inspired diorama. Anyway, cool model, thanks for sharing.
I'm quite new to using an airbrush, I've only used it to prime and run ink through it for a zenithal highlight. For acrylics (in this case AK paints) what level of dilution and pressure settings should I be using for it? I tried using an off white about a week ago and it was a fucking nightmare, was getting clogged every 15 seconds
>>94616467I made a lot of repressors and arbites in other years
>>94616847reposting incase my santa didn't see my reveal posts. Love everything, even the sigmar stuff I'll have to figure out a use for. Ate way too much of that almond nuget stuff, very nice
>>94616723Put some thin plasticard/styrene tubes into the neck hole. Bent them with heat. Add one thiccer and longer one to simulate the spine. Good blood/gore effect paint will do the rest.
Finally done with these, didn’t enjoy the assembly at all
>>94616987you better be painting these guys in the classic ochre scheme
>>94617100nta, what makes you say that?
>>94617109because it's the coolest tau scheme
>>94615695New sculpts don't have that wacky soul to them anymore, looking forward to seeing these done.
>>94617131>following premade schemes
>>94617131Fair enough.I like the white one too but I don't know why they switched to it being the official one when the ochre one was so iconic
>>94617154post minis you painted in custom schemes you came up with
>>94615834A light purple that leans more red or a saturated blue would probably go well.
>>94616167>>94616222Pistol goes on the neck roger-roger.
>>94616313
>>94616486The Night of The Eclipse draws near Struggler.
>>94617170NTA, but are you pretending that's rare?
>>94617100i was going to do a camo scheme and put them on jungle bases :(
>>94617243Tacticool Tau the best Tau, simple as. Do the camo.
>>94616723Unfortunately I have some experience, there really isn't a "hole" left. I'd fill that hole in a little more to leave a smaller indent, and leave it rough on the inside. You can gore it up as much or as little as you want and it'll looked mangled. Also depends on how sharp whatever did the severing was, a cut looks a lot different from a shear or crush wound.
>>94617235No, I just want to see the schemes he came up with and if they're any good or if he's just larping to stir shit up.
>>94616755>who dat git?>iz Squigachu!
>>94616373My girlfriend loves cooking shows, I don't give half a shit about cooking shows. We've been in a great relationship for 22 years now, which will probably last the rest of our lives.
>>94617264There is a difference between not caring about something, and between "tolerating it because you hate it."
>>94617277Okay, I think cooking shows are boring at best. Most of them have annoying hosts and vapid commentary. She likes looking at the pretty food, and that's fine. I don't have to share that interest.
>>94617303>I can't readClearly.
Can all of my in progress models simply *be finished* all of the sudden?If it could be done by the time I get back, that'd be cool.
>>94617277No, he's right, if your loved one loves some form of media that you don't then you will frequently be exposed to that form of media, and you will tolerate it because you love your loved one. That doesn't mean you're a bad match, having different interests can make you better for each other, even though you'll both have to tolerate things you don't like you'll also get to benefit from having someone with a different perspective who is so close to your heart.
>>94617332This but with assembly
I really wish 40k wasn't the only thing played in my area, it's not like I hate it but I don't want to fall into the trap of having to constantly buy new product and speedpaint my models because if I take my time my units will already be outdated before I've even finished painting them
>>94617364I'm a codex behind on my new army already and I haven't even finished painting the starter set I got from before Leviathan was available.
>>94617341I’ve legitimately considered paying someone to assemble my models for me. I enjoy building models if I’m kitbashing something cool, but batch assembling is my least favorite part of the hobby
>>94617388>>94617341I love assembly myself, but painting is a pain
>>94617383If you don't have the time to basically commit yourself to it as your only real hobby it just doesn't seem feasible. But there don't seem to be many options if you want to approach the hobby more casually.
>>94617341i would asemble your models, for free even, mold line free
>>94617340Are you niggas retarded? The anon literally said that she hates but "tolerates" it. As another anon put, that is the definition of the miserable boomer marriage archetype. If you can't see the difference between "She is okay with it/she doesn't care (because she loves me)" vs "She hates it, but tolerates it" then there is no helping you.
>>94617332Same>luv me assemblin'>luv me primin'>luv me base coatn'>'ate finishin' modelsSimple as
>>94617464Wait there are people who enjoy base coating? Fucking hell between that and assembly it would have to be my most hated part of this hobby
>>94617472The jump from gray tide to minimum table-able quality is big enough to make it enjoyable
>>94617445Your love life sucks because you're a pedantic tit. Obviously she's not seething with hatred at his fucking mini's, she just doesn't like violent stuff.
>>94617510>doubles downno helping lmao
>>94617472Completely depends on paint's coverageIf it requires more than 3 coats to be opaque it's extremely painfulOtherwise I quite like it
>>94616486You good bro?
Question for the spess marine fags.I'm in the process of making a big batch of purity seals from epoxy putty, that I'm going to have to super glue on at some point.Is it worth me gluing them on before priming and potentially flicking them back off when I get the drybrush out (I am going to be drybrushing about 80% of whole paint scheme, doing Grey Knigs), or should I paint them up separately and stick them on later and just trust in the CA? (The easier sounding option if you ask me, but the most likely to fall off)Does it really make any difference, in your experience?
>>94616755Yellow dude lookin goofy haha
>>94617472Same brother. It's really painful for me because I won't move on until everything is neatly basecoated. I probably spend more time than needed on it, too.
>>94617472>>94617538>>94617558Buy an airbrush
>>94617544Anything glued to the primer or paint will only have a bond as strong as the primer/paint to the layer under it. You'll either need to glue the seals on first and prime them together or gently scrape down to bare plastic to glue the seals on later. As long as the purity seals aren't flowing in the breeze like hair in a shampoo commercial they should be able to stand up to some drybrushing.
>>94617562>t. space marine brained individual
>>94617568Airbrushes aren't only useful for space marines and vehicles
>>94617562I have an airbrush I tend to paint stuff with a lot of detail so it only really helps for getting the main color down. Can't exactly paint very fine detail with an airbrush
>>94617563Yeah that was the answer I was expecting. Damn it, I don't want to make more seals!
>>94617594If consoooming isn't a problem there are sellers on etsy selling sets of seals. Bought a couple boxes for my word bearers and I'll never need to buy more.
>>94617562I fucking have one but no one ITT wanted to answer my question about it
>>94617609I could get some printed if I twist my print guy's sack about it, but it'd put me behind on my proper print schedule and he's up late with marriage courses and I don't want to bother him, if I don't have to.I'm down to the last crumbs of an ancient pack of milliput that I've been meaning to get rid of, so we're doing things the old fashioned way and sculpting them one by one.They're for a pair of dreadnoughts, so I've got a ways to go before they're sufficiently tarted up to my liking.
Vlad von carstein, mostly been working on the coat, added some UV fluro paints to it so hopefully they look good under a black light, also put abit of glow in the dark paint on the eyes
>>94617644what was the question
>>94617674
>>94617675>>94616819
Have any anons here experimented with using real cloth on your models? I have an idea of getting a wedding napkin company to make me custom linen napkins (essentially that fake silky linen material) with inquisition logos on it and cutting it to make capes and drapery for my knight. I have been painting it in a black color scheme to show that the knight pilot's house has been REDACTED and it looks visually boring and I think that deep rich gold and red robes would really accent the black color extremely well and keep it from looking to much like a Black Legion knight.
>>94617704oh okay I missed that. Good general rule of thumb is to thin the paint 1:1, you might have to adjust that for different paints though. I usually go between 20-30 psi but you should always test on a piece of paper if it's coming out smooth and adjust as needed. Oh and clean your nozzle properly if it got clogged before.
>>94617674>>94617682Is he okay?
>>94617722what do you mean?
>>94617706Gonna have to be really fine fibred stuff or the threads are going to be horrendously out of scale. Paper, metal foil, etc is what's traditionally been the materials of choice here. Or just roll out a real thin sheet of green stuff.
>>94617753Ah, excellent point. I hadn't considered that. Maybe silk would actually be a good (but expensive) option?
Putty work on the csm putting some meat back on their legs after scraping down mold slips
>>94617719OK ty anon, it took a while to clean that white out when it was getting clogged. I'm going to be mostly using the AK rust set so I'm hoping it's not as bad. I'll have to up the psi as I was just using 20 for everything. Do you mix in flow improver with thinner?
>>94617794Yes, 1 drop of flow improver per 10 drops of thinner. I pulled that ratio out of my ass though so do check if that works for you. Most important thing is to test the paint before going onto the model, after you have the thinning ratio and pressure down it's smooth sailing from there
Hunk of junk I made from bits and card, looked too plain so I put pinups on the side there.
>>94617834sexy krieg women and mud is one way to distract from the other parts of the model. Looks good.
Old paint finally gave up the ghost after 1.5 months, only ones that were still usable were magenta and india yellow. New palette set up and ready to paint.
>>94617888what kind of witchcraft is this?
>>94617888what colors are you using? as in manufacturer
>>94617902Oil paints. Palette is a piece of cardboard with a piece of parchment paper glued down with a few dots of elmers glue. Its sitting in an old army painter wet palette case, when I'm done for the day I put a piece of aluminum foil over the top and put the lid over that, then the rubber band around to whole case to hold it together. Whole palette goes into the freezer, takes about 15 - 20 minutes to thaw the paint back out and it'll last for 1 - 1.5 months that way. Its nice that I can mix colors up and keep them usable for several sessions. Once a part dries I can either mix new paint on top of it or gently scrape it off the parchment paper with an old gift card, when the project is done the whole piece of paper gets folded and tossed.
>>94617951Are you painting the minis with oils, or just doing washes and stuff? What do your results look like?
>>94617914Left side are opaques, top and right are transparents and semitransparents.Opaques, top to bottom:>titanium white - winsor and newton artist grade>lamp black - W&N>terra rose - W&N>brilliant yellow pale - williamson>phthalo yellow green - W&N>radiant blue - gamblin>silver - gamblinTransparents and semitransparents, left to right curving down the right side:>zinc white - W&N>ivory black - W&N>payne's grey - W&N>naphthol red - gamblin>india yellow - gamblin>winsor yellow - W&N>yellow ochre - W&N>olive green - gamblin>sap green - W&N>prussian blue - W&N>indigo - W&N>magenta - W&N>madder purple - W&N>dioxizine purple - W&N>van dyke brown - W&N>burnt umber - W&N>>94617973Yarp, here's the last kommando I finished, all dry now. The blends on the eye lenses and blue shirt are pretty muddy, tried to go back and forth too many times and blended too much. Still learning how to paint with the oils but I'm enjoying the process. I've got a fucked up back and hip, when I get a muscle spasm only thing I can do is lay on the floor and stretch until it loosens up. Being able to stop painting, lay on the floor for 20 - 30 minutes, then get right back to painting and blending is one of the main perks of oils for me.
Okay, finished (I think) bases that are supposed to represent ocean or other water platform. I would really appreciate opinions or suggestions on how to improve them next time.
And these four.
>>94618023>>94618031those look good I love industrial bases
Ogre WIP, does the cheat hair look ok? I'm going to add some varying streaks of dark brown to try and break it up to more hair like
Also I'm trying to figure out how to paint the gourds(?) on his back. Are they just waterskins?
>>94618019why do people buy 30 tubes/bottles/pots of slightly different shades of the same color instead of just mixing especially if you're already using single pigment artist paints
>>94618088Mixing decreases saturation, if you want good looking colors there's unfortunately no way around dropping a grand on a wall full of paints
>>94618088Depends on what you're painting. Sometimes I want a lot of blending and mixing, sometimes I want a more consistent "clean" color. When I was first learning I didn't have that many opaque colors which ended up making a lot of my highlights just color + titanium white which washed out the final look. I'm sure a master artist can get away with just the zorn palette and make minis look amazing but I am by no means a master artist lol.
>>94618031>>94618023the stencil'd letters are a very nice touch. but imo the raise pipe sections don't really sell well to me. as someone who served on a us navy ship for years so things you might see on a pier or navy deck that might work as dressing for a base:>barrels>pressurize gas cannisters>cardboard boxes everywhere>cheap wooden pallets with stuff staged on them>paint cans>rope>power lines
>>94617843Steel Legion even
>>94618140>barrels>pressurize gas cannisters>cardboard boxes everywhereAny suggestions on what cheap stuff could I use to imitate them?
>>94618088Because they are lazy and pots of paint cost next to nothing.
>>94618221Fair enough, I usually have to pay 4-5 euros a pot even for the cheaper brands so I tend to be a lot more selective with what paints I buy
>>94618171I did a shipyard period when I served so this was the shit I saw basically every day. I would assume you could get cheap heroic scale barrels/boxes online almost everywhere as scatter terrain. Then just paint them solid dark colors and add rust. Pallets should be easy to do with popsicle sticks cut and shaped to size and let you play with elevation. Are the models guardsmen? You could post them taking cover behind all the random industrial stuff. If you have a 3D printer or a printer friend you could easily scale and print pressurized canister racks.
>>94615017I think I'll be done with most of the model by the end of the week.
>>94618225Yeah, that would be GW prices. But for 2,55 for a pot of Vallejo, i rather buy 2-3 more pots of paint to hit free shipping, rather than paying 5€ for shipping cost, even if i do not really plan to use those paints in the forseeable future. Its always good to have some interesting paints.
>>94618324>Yeah, that would be GW pricesStores here charge the same for vallejo and army painter, it's made me consider switching to higher end brands if stores are overcharging for the "cheap" shit anyway
>>94618331What would those brands be? There is no "best" brand.
>>94618324>i rather buy 2-3 more pots of paint to hit free shippingI do the same and now I have like 20 pots I've never used. But hey I'm sure they'll be useful someday and it's still better than paying for shipping
>>94618331Where is this? Either way, just buy 'em off the net then. Two fiddy a bottle.
>>94618358>and it's still better than paying for shippingAbsolutely.
Which of pic related do you prefer?Left leg, right upper torso/shoulder and right side of the backpack in blue?Or Left leg, right upper torso/shoulder and left side of the backpack in blue?Official art shows both versions, pic related, but there are more of those pics from various past editions.
>>94618702I prefer the 1st and 3rd, personally. I think the middle might look cool with the kneepads and shoulders swapped though. Wouldn't be official though I guess
>>94617544I've glues seal over painted miniatures and never had a problem with them. They are not heavy parts. Unless you are using the kind that sticks out a lot and could get hit or tangled with something, gluing them with super glue is more than enough
>>94618239Thanks for tips. Models themselves are not guardsmen, not WH actually, I was making bases for Infinity guys, lore-wise operating on ocean planet.
>>94618803They do it with Terminators it seems. At least the knees.I think i'll go with the middle one, as its the oldest i found. Might steal that quartered knee from the left one for some veterans tho.
>>94616486Is this...the land of the gods?
>>94618846
Fucking hate painting eyes
>>94616871Glad you like it anon was unsure if you would like it
>>94618881light wash of a darker color around the outlines and you're good.
>>94618881Well painted but gay as fuck model.
About 80% done on the sneaky grot from my kommandos. Waiting for the shadow pinwashes to dry, then I'll go back and blend those in and adjust highlights. The lenses are only half done, waiting for the indigo at the top to dry more, then I'll blend where it meets the turquoise and put the white reflected dots in the top corners.
>>94615999Anon, having a gf is gay.
Finished this Castellan recently, gonna be stomping with the boys over Christmas.
>>94618992Excellent freehand, the leg plate is fabulous.
>>94618992>>94619001Derp
>>94618976William, everyone on Earth is homosexual.
>>94618992This is impressive anon, good job>>94618321I really like how he's looking so far
>>94619026...how do they breed then?
>>94618992Fantastic job. How did you make the concrete for the base?
>>94618992>>94619009These look fantastic, anon.
>>94619078It's a 3d printed base.
To NH Anon, FL Anon here.I have received your package, but I plan to open it on Christmas since I'll be working that day
>>94619058You mean, why do all the soldiers under Mandela's command look vaguely Filipino, and how do they all claim to speak English but he has a hard time understanding them? Anon, I don't want to spoil it for you. Joe Haldeman's The Forever War is one of the books you can substitute for Starship Troopers on the Space Marine required reading list.Next, yer gonna expect to explain how a Stasis Field works!
>>94619098Where from?
>>94619106God I love Armor so fucking much
>>94619115Unreal wargaming studios.
>>94619125neat, thanks anon!
>>94619125>Don't sell STLsRee.
>>94619106I mean, I recognize the story, I was aware of main plot ideas but I sadly lack the time to read story books, I read about them instead. Does not mean I can't or don't know the important works (I often buy and gift books for my mother since she enjoys reading but takes any pessimistic ideas badly, hence my utter care for finding optimistic stuff instead. I once gave her "Canticle for Leibowitz" and she felt really depressed about ending, which I myself considered optimistic instead), its just that my work and required reading (science aritcles, textbooks, etc) exhaust my capabilities in this field. But recently spotted Baxter "Raft" at antique shop so I grabbed it and finished in one day. Probably because I found whole idea of high gravity universe interesting, being sciencist and all. And Scalzi "Redshirts" to make sure mom will like it. Funny book..
>>94619168cuz they're casts
>>94619187They'd still have 3d files
canadapost if you lost my KDM coomer mini while you were on strike you're going to regret the day you were born.Also:>somebody asks question in online community>give answer>other person gives the same answer immediately after>"Thanks other person!"wtf
>>94618702Having the backpack be opposite the torso and helmet looks better from the front, but from the back won't really look like a quartered scheme.
>>94619211So does GW.
>>94619176If you want Marvano's adaption, it's a fast, fun, easy read. Haldeman himself liked it:aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWdhLm56L2ZvbGRlci9mbm96U0tiUiNfUGJLV0FtY1E5NldmNUE4UEk5TjNBThey can't make Redshirts into a movie because Galaxy Quest already exists. Can't do Old Man's War either because of Avatar. Darn!
>>94619176>>94619464My mother and I both enjoy Scalzi even though the protagonist is always the same smart smouth, sarcastic, competent guy
>>94619464Is that Mega link?
The red man is coming together.The black armor looks much better with a warmer gray (still looks slopy because of the camera tho).What should I freehand on the left shoulder? or at least try...
Assemblin
>>94618960Good enough for now, about 2 hours of hands on painting time. Letting it dry and matte over a couple days, may change the color of the bed roll later.
>>94619498google base64, newfriend-kun.
>>94619464I don't recall forever war being particularly long. What does this adaptation do?
>>94619498I'll let Leeloo explain.>>94619670>What does this adaptation do?It helps you imagine what the war against the Taurans looked like. Bonus if you're into the ligne claire style.
>>94619510Very nice anon, great style. No idea what to freehand, I don't know Space Marine details.
>>94619794These guys always look so fun to paint, looking forward to the updates.
>>94619746Does 4chan delete mega links?
>>94619892Some faggots report them so we encode them to slow them down.
>>94619794AoS has so many models I love but no one plays it in my area and I refuse to overpay for models for gameplay value I'll never get to use
>>94619991I havent played a mini game in almost a yearI just like painting and have leaned more into painting dioramas or one offsAlways wanted a slann
>>94620033I'd probably do the same but I just can't stomach GW pricing
>>94620033>>94620036Or rather, I can't really stomach it if I'm only gonna get half the value out of my purchase.
>>94620055I just think of the hours i get out of it painting them and the enjoyment of the finished product
>>94619892unironically people get paid to take the links down. post a link here and it will get taken down in less than 20 minutes max.
>>94620195Paid by who?
Do you guys have something you coat your mini’s in before you actually play games with them? Wondering if it’s overkill or not.
>>94620679Other than varnish?
>>94620679Cum
>>94620679Lube always makes the process easier
Hey /wip/! I got the bases, and the blood for the blood god effects done on these Jakhals! The unit is done! Time to shift focus for a little bit. I am signed up for an RTT in January, and have some marine reinforcements needed for the list I want to bring!
Base colors only so far but he was fun to paint. Excited about shading and highlighting him.
>>94615601I prefer to use my files as shivs.
>>94615601When your local homeless crack addict is a mini painter.
>>94619106It;s like how in ringworld the main character is a gold plated racist caricature of a chinamen old scifi novels are hilarious. also Joe Haldeman is a faggot. his "wife" is literally named Gay Haldeman, looks like a man, and they have no children.
>>94616436I'm not gonna drill my barrels. They're too small.
>>94621938i saw a cool idea on the orange website. someone said to superheat the end of a paperclip and use that to bore your gun barrels. haven't tried it myself yet but sounds like a decent way to make holes
>>94621952My models aren't plastic so that won't work anyway.
What is the point of models being cast in metal other than making them a huge pain in the ass to work with?
>>94619561Most of the bodies I'm using are done just some backpacks need cleaning before I glue them on
>>94621956That is quite a camera you have there.
>>94619746>>94619622I learn something new everyday.
What's a good drybrush colour for AK's Dark Earth texture paste?
>>94622228That all depends on what you want. You just want dirt? Any lighter brown leading into light greyish.
>>94622249>lighter brown leading into light greyish Got any specifics? Doesn't have to be a Citadel colour. I'm thinking of Warm Grey or Rock Grey from AK because my LGS sells AK. It also sells ArmyPainter and Vallejo too.
>>94621970>What is the point of models being cast in metal other than making them a huge pain in the ass to work with?Low startup costs, proven technology, high durability, the material's non-toxic and infinitely recyclable, and you can get and keep much finer detail without compromising the sculpt. Resin setups have huge curing and labor times. Not to mention the wastage percentages even with a vacuum pot. Metal is very cheap to spin up a run or a new sculpt and requires less-skilled labor at pretty much every step of the process except sculpting/parting. Molds are easy to make and cheap to replace once you have masters on hand. The skyrocketing price of tin and improved fidelity of resin printers is finally challenging it, but for a long time metal was the only way to mass-produce models without laying out hundreds of thousands of dollars for injection machines and plates. Compared to a couple thou for a spincaster and the rubber plates? Even now the reason Siocast is so popular is that it largely behaves like metal and uses the same machines. Also there are two big companies in the US (IWM and Reaper) plus a couple dozen in Europe and the UK that do contract production runs in metal. You can shoot your masters over there and have them cut molds, print blisters, spin up your models and ship them back for a shockingly low price compared to dealing with it yourself.
>>94622268>Got any specifics?Nah you don't need to worry about that stuff. Paint is paint, eyeball the colour you want. Needing specific colours is a trap. Slap some brown in your palette and mix til you get what you want.
>>94622281Fair enough. >specific colours is a trapI need to get back into paint mixing but I have a kind of autism where I can just sit at the hobbydesk mixing colours and then the time goes by real fast.But I get your point.
>>94622297Yeah it's fun. I feel like it helps you break a wall as well. Once you start working out what colours you want and how they are formed, really helps when you're picking colour schemes. Also helps your wallet so you don't need to be 10 different shades of the same colour.
>>94622280>without laying out hundreds of thousands of dollars for injection machines and plates. Millions Anon. Millions
>>94622417Fair, I should have said "plates and injection machine rentals". There's only like six companies mad enough to set up full injection gear on their own premises and at least two of them (WGA, Para Bellum) are run by people who are independently wealthy wargaming nerds.
Okay WIP. I'm a broken man now.I can't find a colour similar to Agrellan Badlands so I'm gonna buy a Citadel pot of the stuff to find the closest paint equivalent to Agrellan Badlands' colour for all you sand basers.
>>94622442i have never seen anyone have so much trouble with basing
>>94622501Well remember what website were on. Autism is rampant. At least he has plans to be helpful in a way.
>>94616119I tried that and I don't think it was as gritty as I was hoping.I came up with picrel which I think is pretty cool but its not viscerally gripping me.What do you guys think?I want the little tilt shield to have a different coat of arms for every squad.
>>94622576Also note I'm gonna do dirt, tuft and snow bases like >>94616160
>>94618113Lol what? how do you think your colours are made of not by mixing?
>>94616058>>94622576where'd you get these anon? nice and chunky. a bronze/verdigris look could be interesting
>>94616486>>94616610Sounds like it's gonna look awesome.
>>94622990Bodies from reptillian overlords lazknightsHeads from saint decent sallet pack.
>>94623142Also update
>>94622429You can look at the various Kickstarters done by WGA and Archon to get an idea how much an individual mold would cost.Even if you double the amount its far away from hundreds of thousands.
>>94622429>Para BellumProduced by Archon in Poland.
>>94615017Next project over the christmas period is to get this regiment done so I can move onto building my goblins Turns out building one unit & painting it before moving to the next one is a great motivator
A cheap set of makeup brushes or one 30 dollar artis opus dry brush?
>>94623328When i've used makeup brushes they've been fucked after 1 use.
>>94623340as with everything there are grades of makeup brushes, i have a 3€ one that words fine>>94623328if you don't want makeup brushes buy the rosemary&co ones, they are 98% the same as the artist opus ones (they make those too for him) and half the price
>>94623307Can you explain why you have primed them white?
can someone give me an easy idiot-proof wood recipe? i have wooden plank shields to paint and idk what im doing.heres a finished necromancer
>>94623378Darker brown highlighted with a lighter brown. You can drybrush if there's wood grain.
>>94623388I did a base of mournfang and a highlight of steel legion and it looked really flat and bad
>>94623463nta butdryad bark - gorthor brown - baneblade brown for neutral dark wood, TTC has a neutral brown triad which looks A LOT better imomournfang brown - skrag brown - deathclaw brown for a warmer, orange-y woodrhinox hide - doombull brown - tuskgor fur for a reddish woodeavy metal recipe for sylvaneth was steel legion drab shaded with dryad bark - baneblade brown - ushabti bone
>>94623463alsohttps://eavy-archive.com/?s=wood
>>94623516ty…I think a problem is also technique, like how to paint wood grain and stuff. This helps though, I’ll watch some videos
Can I also post here when I do terrain/ battlefields out of lego (clones)?I'd say yes, it's not any different to other terrain building posts.
>>94623732surewhat kind of silly warp born lego planet are you making
>>94619576It's definitely not an approach I would personally take for painting, but I do like how your oil orks have been turning out. It's a unique look.
>>94623751I have lots of desert-brown + "sci fi" grey bricks, as well as vehicles,mostly Lego Star Wars and Halo Mega Bloks. I'm playing a Firefly / The Mandalorian feeling solo campaign of Five Parsecs From Home right now, space western, and want to mix it up a bit. I got "proper" tabletop terrain from Battle Systems, but I think I can upgrade it with my existing lego (clone) pieces a lot. Funny thing: lego and Warhammer minis are the same size, so vehicles and stuff fit pretty well.I'll post a picture later, looking forward to my maps looking more diverse and busy.
>>94623664this is what I doput all the browns you have in front of youbase with the darkest or second darkest onedrybrush with a midtone one at randomadd some variation on some of the grain by hand with any ligther tone, repeat with another light tone tooslap as many browns in there until it looks goodrepeat with any combination until you find one that you likepromptly forget wich combination you did so next day you start over
Only tangentially related. But getting some models primed and finishing up a gift for a friend's Christmas visit.
>>94623905Shit
>>94623911I give up
>>94623926Good try at least.
>>94623926you tried, that's what matters champ!
>>94623926
Time to strip the marines i got for secret santa.They are a mix of Crimson Fists, HH Emperors Children and Salamanders for the most part.They will be bare plastic until Christmas i hope.
>>94623781ty barding anon. Do you use washes on your wood?
>>94624117>ss spends countless hours painting them only for them to be stripped immediatelybrutal
>>94624170To be fair, some of the space wolves were painted quite well, and i intend to keep them. But the rest was in a rather sorry state, some of them already stripped and only hues of former pink EC armor visible.Pic related, i think you can see what i mean.I am sure my Santa will forgive me that i use his gift to start a new little army.
>>94624117Glad your getting use out of them ! There should be some space wolves too! There was rune priest but he is just the regular ol metal libarian I was using >>94624170They were marines that I was never going to use, better they go to a good home where anon will paint them rather than sitting in my pile of shame >>94623363Its actually grey, I just prefer building up from that, my chariots i've done were sprayed the same
>>94624199>There was rune priest but he is just the regular ol metal libarian I was usingYes they are there, but i am not stripping them. Firstly because i cant and dont want to use the Space Wolf specific marines for a UM successor chapter, and secondly because they look nice.
>>94624188Aw anon, course I forgive you as I said >>94624199 they were just gathering dust Also thanks for the comments on the space wolves, they were actually my first army that I started when I got back in the hobby in 2010 I think I sent you my old long fangs too, which were actually stripped from my old 40k salamanders army, so they are probably as old as the OG plastic devastator kit
>>94624213Too kind anon, but you do you, they're your models now Also I'm hopefully going to be moving house in 2025 so if i end up having to trim down my pile of shame even more, ill send it over to you?
>>94622046Trim Gang rise up, what colors for the armor? Keeping them alpha legion?
>>94624344>Trim Gang rise upTSons representing
I started playing rogue trader and now I want to buy admech guys. What a disaster.
>>94624364wym, admech minis are great. Even if you don't like the davinci/cowboy aesthetic you can just get tech priests and skittles
i painted something todaydidnt realize i forgot one layer from termie lord armor until i put it next to something ready
>>94624354
>>94624228I wont say no to more marines, but you really have not to do that.
>>94623732>>94623778Alright! It definitely took way longer than expected, but I am very happy with the end result.
>>94623926Crop before saving the image, 4chan deletes metadata
>>94623761Thank you kindly Anon.
>>94624736>No Gurls or Heretics Aloud
>>94624410
>>94624364I almost started this hobby by starting an admech army because of the mechanicus game, decided to buy into killteam instead
>>94624912Still don't know why we don't have a cogboy kill team. A few skittles, some robits, maybe a techpriest leader.
>>94624923oh my god fund it, I need this so bad
>>94624923>>94624938we’ll theres the hunter clade which is Skittles + Sicarians but it supposedly sucks (you also have to buy 2 (two) separate boxes) and doesn’t even include a tech priest (is GW stupid?)
>>94623781I think that actually has dark wood speedpaint on top of vmc flat earth as a base, and a dark brown ink mix pinwash on the separations of each plank and the contours at the very end, but that is completely optional and the speedpaint is so dark that is probably undistinguisable from a solid dark brown base colorfor the very top highlight on the corners I went with a touch of good old bleached bone, I can remember that muchI put so many stuff on my leathers and woods that half of the steps don't make any diference at the end, but that's mostly because I never write down the recipe and keep putting stuff on it until it looks right
>>94624963>>94624122maybe actually respond to the right post
Next steps on the road bases. Primed in dark neutral grey, indigo oil wash, light drybrush of pale yellow. The saturated indigo and desaturated pale yellow cancel each other out leaving a bluish grey. Most of it will be blended out a little bit, then some lighter white highlights on the edges. Also need to add some "oil stains", paint the dirt and mud, and add some road striping on a few of them. A couple will also eventually have tufts, but only 2 or 3, I really don't like having the same "ornamentation" on all of the bases.
>>94624885Corporate memphis marine.
>>94616819It depends on the paint and pigment you're using, as well as the size of the needle/nozzle on your airbrush. I usually airbrush acrylics around 20 PSI, but offwhites probably contain a lot of Titanium, which is a pretty thick chunky pigment. That's going to be the case for most pastel and brighter paints, so you need to thin them out more or they're gonna chunk up. AK paints usually airbrush well. If you're thinning it with just water and you're committed to using that paint, try getting some airbrush medium to thin with like Golden High Flow Medium.
>>94625013Mmmm, delicious mini blue waffles. And straight out the oven too!
>>94625013you bases would be great with some whipped cream mhmmmm and hot cherries
>>94624885kek
>>94625527>after spending 6 hours making sure every gap and seam are all perfect.
>>94624344Yeah, gunmetal then drybrush silver then something turqoise/cyan over that
>>94625013Setting them aside for now to dry and set. Should have put down strips of titanium white before I put down the yellow on top if I wanted the yellow to be more vibrant, but I think as it mattes out it'll look alright. Some spots of magenta and purple in the oil slicks to add a little variation to them, once I put the models on I'll go back and deepen the shadows under the mini and do final highlights.
>>94625527I will never understand people that do these>I ONLY HAVE 24 HOURS TO PAINT THIS ARMY>PAINT A MINI IN A FUCKING ATTOSECOND OR YOUR DICK EXPLODES!painting should be fun no?
Painted up a bunch of Star Wars minis for my brother's D6 game, as a Christmas present (he's had a hard time finding stormtroopers in the right scale/for a decent price so I went and bought some prints of Etsy for him....may have gone overboard...)Sorry there's no in-progress pic, but I did these all in a marathon session to be done in time for Christmas. Not the greatest work, but I think it hits table-quality. Also realized about halfway thru the troopers that a neutral base would probably be better, but oh well.
>>94625769I don't get it either. I'm sure there are people that don't much care for painting and just want to get their minis done for tabletop, though.
Is there any way I can make my base paints lighter?It's dark as fuck. Would a completely white undercoat help or do I have to bite the bullet and get white primer? (I use black now)I tried some ghetto ass medium, but it did nothing.
>>94625769I actually want to fucking play, man. I wanted to play my army 8 fucking months ago.
>>94626084Use lighter base paints, thin your wash.
>>94626084>Would a completely white undercoat helpyes, but you will have the same problem to apply it over black unless you airbrush o spraycan it
>>94625769Fast and fun are not mutually exclusive concepts.
>>94625771What if they come in a different door?
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