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Migrating my questionAnyone have experience with stone textured spray paint that can recommend one for grey stone?I went to my Home Depot and they didn't have grey, just sand and brick colors
>>94799336textured spray paint as in texture straight from the bottle, i had no idea such a thing even existed and it would be pretty revolutionary
>>94799336yes I have experience with them. if they don't have the colour you want, may I suggest you paint it so that it is a different colour? I don't understand what your question is. They look like shit straight from the bottle, imo.
Hacker for Stargrave. As I used a head from an AoS Darkoath model and needed to greenstuff a neck. I had intended for this model to be female, but I ended up using a male torso. To confound this, a slightly undercooked zenithal undercoat gave "her" a heavy dose of stubble. You live and learn. Before you insert a I picked up a dozen heads from the Darkoath range and really rate them - lots of crisp features and slightly demented expressions.
>>94799304they are already primed black and I don't have white primer
Side question - how long green stuff and Milliput really cures? I mean, I consequently get the problem with parts breaking or separating at mold line when I try to drill them. I leave them overnight in mold, take apart at the morning and work on them when I get back from work at evening so it should be nearly 24h. But when I drill, it looks like as if it is still curing.>>94799306So, apparently there was some air, maybe still present water drops (somehow) when I pressed it. That's a problem since I don't know how I could let the potential air bubbles escape with blue stuff.
>>94799587strip them and get a white primer would be my adviceyou had good practice run with the black ones good luck anon
>>94799587might be able to zenithal drybrush a brighter color on to mimic a brighter primer. bright colors have a hard time covering black, could try going from a darker green or yellow first and then the brighter ones on top. dunno how that will affect your neon scheme but that's just how it is.
>>94799354Not sure if this is sarcastic or not>>94799456I think we're talking about different things because it's a can not a bottle
>>94799604greenstuff is way softer cured than milliput is, so greenstuff will still seem kind of soft when you try to drill or sand it. Maybe that's it? Milliput should be like rock hard after 6 hours or so, and definitely after 24.
>>94799380That's great information. If it doesn't bother you, would you mind sharing a photo of them?
My board made thread image, i am honored
>>94799663i had no idea such a spray existed and it even says it wont melt foam you must have a huge project underway if plaster or elmers and sand is not fast enoughi learned something new today
>>94799775it's a very nice feel>mfw 2 of my wips made the thread banner
>>94799778Making a castle for Old World
>>94799663this is literally the exact product I've used in the past. It has a very specific look & texture, neither of which are very good imo. You will need to do something to it after its sprayed on for it to be decent. It comes out looking like what is on that can's cap, so if that's what you want... shrug?I would rather use dirt/sand + PVA + some paint. Because either way I would still want to use a basecoat/wash & then drybrushing, and with dirt/sand I can control the thickness easier & the texture is less uniform. >>94799604Are they in a cold or damp room? If they seem like they're uncured, I'd lean towards them still needing drying time. Bigger objects will take longer, obviously. I put my pieces on one of those desk coffee mug warmers and then into a (food) dehydrator.>blue stuffIn general I've been unimpressed by this stuff when I've used it in the past. Mostly due to the cost & quantity. I've had the best luck with a yellow a 2 part epoxy thing I get off Amazon. This next part is gonna sound stupid, but you can use a silicone 1 or 2 caulking (the one that's 100% silicone) with cornstarch. You could probably find a tutorial for that better than I can explain it here... Wear gloves.... I've also been know to use use epoxy glue and repeatedly paint it over something to make a mold.>how I could let the potential air bubbles escape with blue stuff.Press it to the bottom of your mold first and then gently and gradually work it upwards. There is a trick to it.
Think he's doneWill figure out how to base him
>>94799775>>94799825You ladz put on some wonderful projects. That's an essential part of what makes WIP the comfiest thread on /tg/. It's only right that they should end up in the OP banner.Besides, Johnny shows up plenty of other places. He doesn't have to be in the OP *that* often.
>>94799825>tfw comments on 1 of last 4 pics postedguess that means its decent lol
>>94799921The issue I have with this paintjob is that you're clearly still learning, and you've done the basics well enough. I don't want to criticize you because I don't want to demotivate you, and you also haven't been asking any specific questions.You did well enough. If that's what you want your little rat to look like, then congrats! You did it! Otherwise, I dunno what to say.
>>94799314Started working on another bladeguard. Not going with a white helmet for this lad
>>94800075your BTs are always a treat
Any sort of Nurgle iconography I can freehand on this kneepad other than the classic symbol?
work in progress after a long long hiatus. my old brushes are in much worse shape than I remember
Not much progress today but I'll share anyway. Hope I'm not cluttering the thread too much.>>94800075>>94800119can't help with the Nurgle icon but I really like the marines you two paint
>>94800217Never clutter the miniature thread with miniatures ever again or we'll collectively tear you a new one.
Got one of these resin bricks as a Christmas present for myself. I've never built a resin model of this size, so I'm wondering if super glue is good enough or if I should get better adhesive for it?
>>94800259Super glue is fine. Consider pinning points where you think it might need the extra reinforcement.
>>94799913I'm not sure about silicone thing. It is quite costly (equivalent of around 30€ for 1kg) and I don't have compressor or other tools for making vacuum chamber, which is obligatory for avoiding bubbles. Plus, no workshop, just my room.>>94799664Well, I mix the two in 50-50 proportions. Maybe that's just my imagination. But when I drill, it seems to stick to drill itself so maybe I should give it more than one day.
>>94800267Wonderful, I should have enough superglue and will have my drill on-hand in case it comes up. Thank you anon.
>>94800064If you have any thoughts knocking around I'd love to hear itIf picrel is pointing out the contrast then I'm already aware, the scheme is a reference to something and I was definitely aware that most of the colors were bright and are indeed difficult to tell apart (white or fur or skin vs bone or teeth)I also probably should have worked inside out too, I started with the armor because I wanted to figure out the blue quickly and then realized that was dumb given I was also making the cloth white and could have used that room for error
Almost done. Engine exhausts, tailwheel, underwing instruments, wing mounted gunbarrels and radiowiring. Not too happy about the canopymid section , but it is the best I could do with the oddly warped clear part that came with the kit. Also the radiomast strictly speaking needs replacing because the top 1mm snapped of (snapped in the box already), but I might just leave that as is as you can hardly tell at this scale and if I replace it would have to be a metal part.
Has anyone tried using light adhesive tape (aka not-skotch, but the shitty see-through kind) to cover up details before going to town with a more reckless paintjob? I discovered that a drybrush would do wonders for the belts of my minis, but they are already finished and a drybrush fuck them up real good around the belt and require exrensive fixing. Is tape a solution to leave only the belt exposed?
>>94800109>>94800217Much appreciated boys>>94800119Can't go wrong with a big ol fly or maggot. You can look at death guard warbands for inspo as well.
>>94800119A seven
>>94800320Use masking tape, the clear sticky tape has a good chance of leaving its sticky chemicals behind as residue. Not to be a shill, but tamiya masking tape is excellent, it is inexpensive and comes in a variety of widths. It has never leaked on me and I get clean borders everytime. It also has never ruined an underlying paintjob or decal works. The only thing I am careful with is to not tape it over NAKED, i.e. unvarnished, decals.
>>94800315Nice, not much else to input other than that. I've never managed to get these small scales to look this good. Is that oil or pigment you used to weather?
>>94800315>red band>blotted out swastikaIs this a Russian captured/repurposed plane?
>>94800372Thx, it's all oils. Not the best job ever, but I had less than a thimble worth of spirits left and I wanted to get the oil part done today, so it was done quick and dirty.>>94800401No, the crosses wouldn't have been on it in that case. The red band was ordered as a mark of shame because squadron leader had a Jewish wife, swastika was painted over by remaining crew in protest after said leader was forced to leave (at least that is how I was told the story).
>>94800401Fucking /pol/ in da house, noticing the 10 pixels worth of missing swastika, absolute topkek.
>>94800315Man, the view straight ahead must have sucked a grand titty. How did they not feel claustrophobic as fuck with a canopy like that. How do you even land? You can't see shit out if the sides either with that configuration, all you see is your own wings.
>>94800309With each of your colours, regardless of them being white / light blue, should go from a very low value to the value you want to a highlight. You gotta build up that shadow.imo at least. this what my mini look like before I start painting. thinking... green metallic armour and maybe bright pinks & dark purples?
>>94800446Anon I think swastikas are quite common on german scale models
>>94800434That's pretty cool that you went with a historic design, like with an actual background rather than simply being vaguely historically correct.>>94800446I mean, it's an unusual scheme I'd not seen before. It's not exactly the iconic yellow nosed green bodied Messerschmitt decorated with a prominent swastika on the tail. So ya, I noticed.
its my birthday today yet another year spent sharing silly little models and hobby projects with you anonsi love this hobby
>>94800568Happy birthday anon! Glad to be in your parasocial family.
>>94800568happy birthday
>>94800504I see what you mean. I was trying to use respectively colored washes with ink/speedpaints to achieve the shadows and volumes, I haven't really tried layering or anything since in my mind I'd just be painting over the entire section each time. I have a couple more basic space marines I'm putting together before I get into painting the kill teams I got, I can try learning on those.
>>94800499It's like landing any other plane: angle yourself according to landing gear design and then use your panel instruments to reduce altitude carefully. Landing sucks, man.
>>94800568Happy b-day, anon!
Does anyone know any good varnishes and rattle can primers? I need both a gloss can for protection and a matte can for overcoat, as well as black and white rattle cans.
>>94800568Happy Birthday, Anon>>94800793I like Krylon, it's cheap
>>94799314I feel like a board designed like this would have some gameplay issues and favour the melee factions in TC more.
>>94800568Happy Birthday Anon! Hope you get a sloppy blowjob and a nice day!
>>94800943Dunno never played it. I mostly just hobby craft.Imma mix up joint compound, modge podge, sand, gravel, raw umber paint and thin with water. Gonna be the mud next...
>>94801305>I mostly just hobby craft.Pure soulHobbying for the sake of hobbying
I dunno what I'm doing but I'm gonna keep doing it.
>>94801305I mean it definitely looks good which I think will go further with the game experience than map balance anyway. I'd much rather play on that than a blank table with some blocks and objects placed around.
I call it finished. Do you like it?Keep in mind, this is zoomed in quite a bit.
>>94801352That's the spirit
>>94801569Yeah, I wouldn't normally like a heavy wash, but it works for a well used vehicle like that. Especially on that tarp. Front bags and stuff still looking a bit to wet for my liking, but that might actually still be wet.
I bought this airbrush kit on Amazon today. It comes with one gravity fed and two siphon airbrushes. Will be my first time airbrushing, planning to mainly use the gravity fed brush but am I okay to use the siphon feds for stuff like priming? I've heard they're not good for minis but I can't see why it would be bad for just priming.
>>94801639that's the spirits>>94801569yes. toot toot>>94800568I hope you have icecream
>>94801797I don't see why they wouldn't be fine for priming, yeah. Except I don't see myself disconnecting and reconnecting my air line to a brush just to prime. Changing paints doesn't take that long, and you'd still have to clean the brush after use, just not the jar.
This fucker was so fiddly to assemble
>finally opening necron kill team>each model has two variants>calmly put everything back and stare at the wallMaybe tomorrow night. This is way too stressful.
>>94801569Now on to the next project
>>94802041make the space marines kiss pls
>>94801797Siphon feeds dont really work well for us since you need to mix up a large enough batch of paint for it to siphon up. End up needing to mix a lot more and wasting it. The other master is a little workhorse and should be a fine learning airbrush. Wince your compressor doesn't have a tank be sure to keep an eye on it overheating and give it breaks to cool down.
How the FUCK do I get rid of mould lines? Should I just buy some $10 piece of shit fancy mould line remover
>>94802017Can always ask /ktg/ what weapons play well. Or the tried and true method of whatever looks cooler.
>>94802061try the back of the hobby knife blade if it isn't sharp. I used a shit fancy mould line remover before I could trust myself to remove mouldlines with a hobby knife. Now I passed it on to a friend who at the time was getting into the hobby, and now he is planning on passing the mouldline remover on to another friend who is getting into the miniature painting hobby.
>>94802061>back of a hobby knife or a dull blade. I run a blade along a piece of 2x4 20 or 30 times to dull it down for scraping>sanding sticks or regular sandpaper pieces folded for firmness>if plastic use plastic cement to smooth out scraped areas, knuckles, etc. 4hsxt
>>94802061I just use my knife until it's smooth enough then go over it with plastic cement. I think my knife was dull to begin with or I'd have a couple cuts on my fingertips by now
>>94802074>>94802086>>94802169Will do. Thank you anons
Been trying to make sprue goo and it's not working well as I thoughtDo I really need to get the tamiya extra thin cement for it to be gooey?
>>94802215You gotta leave it for a while. Leave it overnight and then stir it up with a stick. I don't see why mr.cement wouldn't work. Also, probably do want to err on the side of it being on the liquid side, it starts to solidify pretty quick and you want it to actually flow and go where you want it to rather than it globbing on things. But you can worry about the consistency after it is melted.
>>94802215Are you trying to pour it out on something? I'm pretty sure you just dump some cut up sprue up to the same level as the cement
>>94802215>Open air sprue gooI'm almost certain you have to seal it in a jar or bottle. Even if it works just on a tray, the fumes of plastic melting in glue cannot be healthy.
>>94802215If you're just want to fill small gap then UV resin is easier to work with. This shit is literal Green stuff world UV resin but way more cheaper and bigger, fuck hobby tax
>>94802215That Mr. Hobby cement is a mixture of MEK and ethyl acetate, while Tamiya extra thin is acetone and butyl acetate. They're similar, but not quite the same.
need an assassin for adepticon and had this old guy missing his rifle. WIP replacement
>>94802434Nice. I needed a mini to paint for GD and ordered one that won't be here till mid February because I'm a retard.
Wait, you're supposed to use a dull knife to remove mold lines? Ive just been using the sharp edge of my hobby knife.
>>94802452I just lick them a lot
>>94802449that sucks. maybe do a test scheme on a cheapie?I'm running imperial agents with 3 of my buds in the team tourney
>>94802452I use pic related
>>94802452>Wait, you're supposed to use a dull knife to remove mold lines?No? What the hell are you talking about?
>>94802503haha...
>>94802503Is this the most overpriced useless hobby equipment ever made?
>>94802522goofs aside, I actually do like the letter opener because of its heavier "blade" and curved edge, but the back of the knife is still used for tight spots and detailed areas. At it's original price of 18 USD was it good value? no, but I like it>>94802538no, version 2 of that tool is, because it takes away the two good things about that tool and gives a thin flexible piece of useless steel in a flimsy plastic handle that inexplicably costs even more
>>94802538>Is this the most overpriced useless hobby equipment ever made?... says the anon who doesn't have a bitz cabinet full of metal models from the 80's and 90's. Seriously, though, it's gotta be in the running. Citadel's mold line remover is not even remotely worth its pricetag if you operate on plastic or resin models, as 90% of the time you could use the hobby knife you already have to do the same thing.
>>94802331>>94802332>>94802402yeah I left it for an hour and it kinda solidified even with that amount of cement, maybe I have to play around with the mixture ratio>>94802385maybe that's why I feel dizzy lmao>>94802386looks neat, will look into it
Hey WIP, whats a good mini paint set to pick up for someone getting back into the hobby after not painting anything since WH40k 3rd edition?
>>94802734Depends entirely on what army you're painting and what color scheme
Whats the best starter airbrush, and what do i need to get to use it inside?
>>94800943it's almost like trenches are close quarters areas where soldiers are pressed together in a claustrophobic melee
>>94802761>Whats the best starter airbrushAliexpress chinesium airbrush, it's also good for primming and basecoating, topcoating too
>>94802740 Night Lords.
Reivers at home
>>94802761Master G233
>>94802452>>94802511The back of an x-acto knife is so flat it almost has an edge, that's what you're supposed to use. Technically it's not a dull edge, just an obtuse edge.
I salvaged my metal orks from my old army box. I wish I knew wtf I did with the old ghazgkull or my killer kans or dreadnought. I think I'm gonna strip them and keep em around to paint. The mekboy and wrench grot especially.
>>94802734>>94802787There's so many styles these days that "what paint do I use" is a harder question than it used to be.Vintage is in, you could get a warcolours nostalgia set (the Brettonia one seems to have the best colors for Night Lords) and pick up exactly where you left off.
Extremely dramatic contrasting under-lighting seems to be my obsession for the new year.
>>94802877hell yeah. Those old meks make for great spanners in a loota squad
>>94802928I'm gonna put him in golden demon if my actual submission model doesn't show up in time. If I'm happy with the paint job anyway
>>94802927I can see why, it looks good.I can't into complicated lighting, is there a science to it?
>>94802958If you're the adepticon guy I'll check him out in the case when I get there.
>>94802965Fortunately what I'm doing is really simple - pick a color to emanate from one direction, then pick a contrasting (or near-contrasting) color to come from the opposite direction, then just air brush 2-3 shades of those colors in order of rising value from the directions you've chosen. I'm keeping it simple with lighting from above and below but you could hypothetically choose any opposing angles.
>>94802967>Casual 90kg of killer kansStrong table
>>94802991wagh sir, wagh
>>94802997damn that's quite a collection of greenskins. Nice
>>94802997Based.
>>94802997fully painted armies always look great, and cute scarf
Slowly getting through this warband. I think maybe a week more of painting and I can get it done. I sure am tired of glazing purple though. I'll be able to get the leathers/browns and skin done in one sitting probably, so after finishing those bits and the purple, I think just metallics and bits and bobs left and then basing.
>>94803053The bone held by the ghoul on the far left kinda looks like a cock and balls. Cool models btw
>>94803070Lots of things look like cocks and balls when you think about it. Does nature want you gay? Who knows.
I'm gonna strip him and clean the model up properly and start from scratch, but instead of organizing stuff I painted an arm. Done with him for now though.
Reposting basecoated dilanza with a couple questions.1. The head looks too visually separate from the rest of camo-colored parts. I want to add some red to it, but fear that it will become unparseable. What do you think, anons?2. I want to do a desert base. What to use for most of the volume of it? Greenstuff will be too much of a waste.
>>94803076>What to use for most of the volume of it?Go outside, put hand open palm down on ground, close hand, keep closed and bring back inside, open hand on top of base. Now you have volume.
>>94803083That's how you end up with a mouldy base.
>>94803096You mean a very realistic looking mouldy base.
>>94803101The mould will be completely out of scale with the kit anon, what are you talking about!
Aight. I need opinions. Asking here first before I throw it to the wolves in 40kg. I'm doing some substantial edits to my Farsight for /mydudes/; trying to make up the suit as stealthier and a bit more feminine. I think I've done a reasonable job of that, but you can see I've tacked on the normal tassle at an angle. Does the motion look good or do I need to exaggurate it more? The other idea I had was taking the tassle off of the dawn blade to either put it on the other side (letting its existing curve whip around the leg implying more motion) or replacing the normal one with some more volume.The base is going to be in part water, so I can add more movement with splashes and the fusion blade zipping through the water, but I want to get the physical bits working upfront and not have to try and rely on smoke and mirrors for the appearance.General crit is good too. I feel like the codpiece/pelvis might be a bit bare so I'm considering adding another plate or a 'skirt' of armored plates, but I'm wary of overcluttering.
>>94803106Big alien mould.
>>94803073Come on look at it
>>94803114Yeah it looks like a cock and balls. But look to your right, also a cock and balls. Now behind you. Cock and balls.
>>94803076Take terrain snow and color it like sand
>>94803109I think the tassel should be following the movement of the model, so flowing more parallelbut honestly I don't care for it, it looks too much like a purity seal this way
>>94803116God I wish
>>94803109ditch tassel
>>94802927Yeah it's great. Too bad it gets lost if you paint over it.
>>94803096Just put it in the freezer for a couple days, kills everything.
>>94803358>>94803096Or stop bitching and play nurgle. You fucking coward.
>>94803350Not if you don't paint over it ;)
>>94803426It's a cool effect, but it's not cool enough to just leave as is.
>>94800568based positivity chad
>>94800568Happy birthday!What fresh hell have I stumbled into.. Vince made it look so ez.. I can do this..... >.<
>>94801797get a tank
>>94801305Based
>>94801305>Dunno never played it. I mostly just hobby craft.unfathomably based
Any hobby stores I should keep in mind aside from magnet baron?
>>94803070Looks like a rusty dagger to me
>>94803486It'll probably look cleaner and be easier to paint if you only do NMM on the edge, instead of doing NMM over the entire thing. Also remember to thin your paints properly, it's built up some texture now. The blue blade looks nice btw, just needs some work. NMM always looks hella ugly until it starts coming together in the end. Might wanna watch a Vince video on glazing btw, that shit is key for this
>>94803486>>94803608If you paint the blunt edge of the blade black with thin layers, do some blue edge highlights, and then glaze the NMM effect properly, then it'll probably come together real nice. Can probably leave the runes as they are too, or maybe add some tiny lil white dots in there to make it look like a lightning effect
>>94803623>the blunt edgethe blunt part*
>>94803608>>94803623Thank you anons. Hold my coffee... I will make this work. I just coated the whole thing with 'ardcoat to hopefuly smooth out the texture before proceeding. It was a kind of average 3d print cleanup/sanding job tbqhwy. Does anyone know if it's required to wait 24 hours for 'ardcoat (citadel brush on gloss coat)? Or can I paint over it in a few hours and be all good?
>>94803639You got this anon>Does anyone know if it's required to wait 24 hours for 'ardcoat (citadel brush on gloss coat)? Or can I paint over it in a few hours and be all good?Depends on how thick if a coat you applied, air humidity and temperature, the amount of sunlight hitting your model, etc. It'll most likely be dry to the touch in an hour or so but if you wanna be completely safe wait until tomorrow.
Check a Death Guard transfer sheet for horus heresy. There should be some nice symbols you can use
How to tell if two part epoxy like green stuff is "expired"? I heard they have shelf time of around year or something but if I keep them in airtight bags, they should last longer, right?
>>94803704Yeah, and in the fridge.
>>94803711I once put mixed part in the fridge, it still hardened anyway.
>>94803731Of course, once it's mixed it hardens. We're talking about it not spoiling.
And I ask about this expire stuff since I wonder why copied parts keeps breaking exactly at mold line when I try to drill them. Almost as if both halves don't really glue to each other, despite pressing block providing even pressure across entire mold.>>94803741I heard that once mixed, curing process can be stopped when placed at temperature below 5C. Turns out it was not the case.
>>94803581>rusty daggerfar left, anonit's a bone
>>94803755>I heard that once mixed, curing process can be stopped when placed at temperature below 5C. Turns out it was not the case.Can't say I know exactly what the chemical process is, but if it can be stopped it's probably somewhere below zero degrees.
>>94803792lmao it looks like a benis :DD
>>94803581>>94803792Bollock daggers were very common in medieval Europe.
>>94803800Studded for her pleasure.
>>94803704i have worked with 12 years old green stuffboth parts harden with time, the blue one is still usable even if harder but the yellow cures and you have to remove the outer layer and use only the inside that is still soft, when you mix if you see yellow dots in the mix that means you didn't remove all the cured partsit won't be as soft as new gs but will still worksame goes for any two part epoxy like milliput or brown stuffalways store each color in separate bags
>>94803639Getting there...
>>94803819much better, you got this anon
>>94803819Yeah that's some solid improvement, love to see it! Dope to see you took my advice with the all black blunt part. Good stuff anon, keep at it
>>94803755Did you keep the mold under pressure while curing? I always put my blue stuff in a vice
>>94803869>>94803755I am retarded and illiterate, sorry
>>94802734>>94802787Army painter fanatic range is good for beginners, this kit got everything you need for night lords.The one thing that would be missing is a flesh tone and a cream colour, otherwise you're gucci.
>>94802734Don't buy paintsets, you'll end up with many colors you'll never use.Buy some base colors, some base washes, a few colors that are specific to your faction and which you'll use a lot, and a few extras like varnishes and primer.
>>94803823>>94803850Thanks very much!! I'm calling this "good enough". Gotta get on with the rest of the army or else that anon will shit in my paints :(
>>94803960that's very nice anon, beautiful finish with those edge highlights and those little ultra bright spots. Doesn't look like it's your first attempt at NMM at all
Practicing faces
>>94803978Cheers m8. I've done basic glazing / blending / transitions , but never thought of it as NMM I suppose. This process has made me realise i really could use a new brush. Pic related is the only small brush I have atm ;(
Continuing work on my Eldar with a Dark Magician paint scheme
>>94804071>chad Eldar stride
Final photo. Really happy that I have finished my british army.
>>94803960I am watching you
>mfw a guy with 15 years more painting experience than me can paint better than me
>>94804205>didn't start painting immediately at birthit's so fucking joever
>>94804171Congratulations anon, they look great!
>>94804071Nice anon, try to brighten the reds if possible.
>>94804171Fantastic work, anon!Nice to see some historicals
>>94804190;0 , I'm getting out an infantry squad right now !
>>94804171>>94804225Wish I could say something beyond that they're looking good but I don't know shit about historicals. Still, nice job anons and good to have you here
>>94804216But I did.. my mom's a painter so I painted, then I got into Heroquest when I was 8.
>>94804205I have like... 3 years experience? If we don't count the random batch of d&d minis I did a decade ago. Keep your chin up anon. I know I'm not the best... But I try to push myself and I stay silly and have fun.
>>94804225Crazy good>>94804224>>94804231Thx !
>>94804205Just remember to paint with a goal. Being new means you get to enjoy triumphs more often as you "level up" your skill. I've been painting for only a year and am still enjoying the feeling of growth.
>>94803486NMM has a real ugly phase until the last 20% or so where it all starts to blend together. Need to trust the process, and can always adjust later.
>>94804578I don't understand the point of NMM
>>94804980artistic challenge and when done right it looks great on display minis
>>94804980What is the point of painting little dudes?
>>94805015what is the point of life?
>>94805017painting little dudes
>>94805023ok you got me
>>94804980If you think of painting as a skill tree in an RPG, NMM is near the top of skills. Chrome/Air/Sky, NMM, freehand capes/flags that look like sewn cloth, professionally painted faces and eyes, OSL thats actually good, and so on. You can paint to a certain level while learning the basics of minipainting but you have to sit down and work/study to learn NMM. Also there are various styles of "painting minis". NMM can be used for different styles - its not only "Gamesworkshop White Dwarf 3 highlights style" - some of the hyper realism paint jobs, subtle color blends, and competition crystal brush pieces all have elements of NMM
>>94804980I like how it looks better on most minis, so i do it.
>>94805160show us, I don't see nmm here too often and I want to give it a go eventually
>>94801958I had a recast of this shitter in my drawer for literal years, it just seems like a pain so I've never felt the need.Anything I should bear in mind?
Finished this guy and for my standarts, he turned out pretty well! I experimented around with kitbashing and mixing colors.I think the kitbash turned out great, it was one of those free Warhammer minis of the month initially (dwarf with the huge revolver gun). I kept the body and legs but chopped up the revolver and added the barrel of a plasma rifle (I think), so it looks like a new, unique weapon. I especially loved how well drybrushing with silver can make guns look, that blew me away! For his right arm, I cut off the hand and gave him a DKoK or Sororitas chainsaw sword and the head is from a Necromunda sprew. I did not have skin color but on my very first try was able to mix one I was extremely happy with!The negatives of this paintjob process were:Even for a very simple mini (80% is 1 color), it look me forever to paint, something like 5 hours, which is insane.I have trouble thinning the color so it sticks and covers nicely.Overall, I am happy, I experimented successfully and learned new stuff.
>>94805336this ones a bit quick and dirty but you get the point, personally i just prefer the kinda cartoony look it can give since i already paint very bright and cartoony.
>prime minis to take then with me to paint while out of state>realize the entire underside is unprimed (completely unprimed, it's grey)Fuck. Can I still paint them or will the entire underside look horrible or be hard to paint?
>>94800499>>94800600It's not like landing any other plane anon, the 109's poor visibility and narrow landing gear meant it lost literally as many planes in landing crashes as to enemy action
>>94806031Worse is, all of them have their arms raised, so even looking at it from the front, it's visibily unprimed.
>>94805064I actually don't understand NNM either. What if you just... Do NNM but with metallic paints? Like... MM? I dunno.
>>94806070use black paint from a brush.
>>94806031>>94806070I mean paint will eventually stick to bare plastic. It will just be a pain in the ass and I think it will chip way easier. Then again not like you have anything to lose right? You can always just strip them when you get back home if something goes terribly wrong>>94806083I think when people say TMM they usually mean NMM painted using metallics and washes/inks/contrasts? Or is TMM just using metallics and that's it
>>94806018Not going to lie I was hoping to see it on a bigger surface but the bracelet does look very nice and definetely reads as gold. Also painting with vibrant colors is the objectively correct way to paint minis.
>>94806083>What if you just... Do NNM but with metallic paintsI actually do that for my swords! In a very rudimentary, simple way, that is.>>94806091TMM means just using metallic paints, generally
>>94806197Unironically looks better than actual NMM.
>>94803755Cold temps slows down the curing not stop it entirely. It's good for another 2 or 3 days until it hardens completely.
Which right arm looks better? I wish phobos just came with more shoulderpads instead whatever they did for right arms while also attaching the sprue right in the middle of the pauldron
>>94806197that looks awesome
>>94806319I like first one the most
>>94803755Might be some dust, water, fingerprint-oils or similar on the mating surfaces precenting them from bonding properly?
>>94806319either gun or nade, double blades is meh
Hey wondering if I could get some help, ive been pulling my hair out looking for a Saim-hann Rich red recipe, I tried the classic citadel method and found it quite dull, contrast too , also tried my hand using the liquitex inks that were deceptively opaque and hard to thin in the airbrushanyone got a nice repeatable recipe for an intermediate painter?Thank you kindly Khaine for attention
>>94806385These things are unlikely as I use nitride gloves and if I use water (I avoid vaseline due to reasons you mentioned) I gently wipe it before. Like I said, odd case.
>>94806407Upside down khaine apparently rip
>>94806407Do you have a picture of what you're aiming for? Some search result shows it as a bright, orange-y red. Oh and also what you mean by classic citadel method? Basecoat-wash-highlight?
C from Ontario, got the resin models, they are amazing! Will clean, assemble and post soon.Thank you.
>>94806449so the red Im looking for is along the lines of this, by citadel method I meant; mephiston red, carroburg crimson, evil suns scarlet, wildrider red and fire dragon bright, but it just wasnt hitting right. I did mess around with matte and satin varnishes to see if it would do the trick
>>94804205>do not put any effort into improving my painting skills>my painting skills do not improve for yearsIt's not FAIR
>>94805622Paint it before putting it on the base
>>94806509Why is this happening TO MEEEEEEEE
>>94806476Ok this feels similar to how they paint admech robes. Instead of doing wild rider-fire dragon highlights they do troll slayer-tau light ochre. I also think you'll get nicer shading by gradually adding khorne red to your mephiston red and then black to the khorne red, that's how eavy metal does it supposedely. Look around eavy archive, you should be able to find something close to what you want.
>>94806525oh cheers man, Ill give t454dshat a gander
>>94806522is ogre
>>94806197Are the dark parts black or a dark metallic?
>>94806197same and: >>94806290 my opinion as well>>94806772black, I'd guess. Given we're talking about "NMM but with metallics"~
>>94801305MUUUUD
>>94799655tried your idea that, made them look smoother!thanks!i really like this style already. gonna try a bit more to get to a scheme
This is just kinda WIP, but i wanna share it any ways. My Mom being pretty good at sewing, is making a dice bag from one of the GW plushes with me.In short go hug your Mom, if you can.
>>94807057What'd you use for the planks?
>>94807174Popcicle sticks cut and snappedBalsa wood or the crosses and vertical supportsI gotta put on another layer of mud to fully cover the pink foam
>>94806377>>94806398Gun it is then, I wish chainsword marines came with more shoulders, bolter marines get 18 per 5 dudes
>>94807193>Popcicle sticks cut and snapped>Balsa wood or the crosses and vertical supportsThanksI'll be making siege towers this weekend
Is it normal that with Citadel base paints I need to apply a solid 3-5 layers for good coverage?
>>94807171That's way too cute. You have a very nice mom
>>94807225depends on the primer you use, the color of it, and the color of your paint. some paints cover more easily than others and yes in my experience it's not abnormal to use 3-5 layers for a decent coat if it's a lighter shade
>>94807124the lights and shadows look much better already
>>94806772They're just black paints, wetblended with the metallics.
>>94806002>sprew.its spelled "sprue", model looks great though.
>>94806083>What if you just... Do NNM but with metallic paints?I do this when I want to take metal details further than wash + edge highlight and I like how it looks
Do AK, Vallejo, or Army Painter have paints similar to GW's "contrast" line? Or can I get similar result by mixing base paints (like Vallejo's "model color") with something (medium, perhaps)? If so - in what proportions?
>>94807584Vallejo Xpress and Army Painter Speedpaints 2.0idk about AK but you can probably use inks of any type to get a similar paint as well
>>94807584Vallejo has xpress paints, and army painter has speedpaints 2.0.AK doesn't have any as far as I know? AK is more a line for historical modelers who actually know where they want to put a specific color, not people who want to just slop some washes on and call it a day, so it makes sense they haven't gotten into that yet.
>>94807584Vallejo has Xpress color I think they're called, AP has speedpaints and Scale75 also has a similar product but I can't remember what are they called. You can add an acrylic paint to contrast/speedpaint medium and it will behave a bit like those paints - it'll stay on flat surfaces more instead of running straight into recesses like a wash. Pigments used in contrasts are different though, that's where the translucency comes from. You will not get the exact same effect by just adding a "normal" acrylic paint to the medium so keep that in mind
How many of you mock up paint jobs in photoshop (or whatever program/app) before painting?
>>94807752I've done it when I'm pulling a color scheme from something that doesn't immediately translate to a 60 30 10 color distribution
Anyone knows of a mold/way to easily get ammo belts with greenstuff to glue onto models/weapons? Maybe some kind of press?Greenstuff world has a great thing f'to make easy cables, coils and tentacles with greenstuff, maybe something kind of like this? Thanks!
>>94806083>What if you just... Do NNM but with metallic paints? Like... MM? I dunno.do it, many ppl that uses metallic paint just slap it on and wash it, ignoring lights and shadows even if they define shadows and highlights on non-metallic surfaces on the same modeljust shade and highlight metallics with other metallics or even regular paint for shadows, and/or use NMM techniques but with metallic paints, it looks better imo
>>94807814i guess a twin rolling mold could be made like those for candy to just make infinite length ammo belts, probably at the cost of very visible moldlines and flashing just like candy but stillmaybe someone here can print a poc of this? doing the cad should be easy enough, if some anon with a resin printer is interested in testing i could even try doing the modelgsw or any other chinese manufacturer if you are reading this do steal this idea but at least send me a couple
>>94807814Zinge industries have flexible ammo belts.https://www.zinge.co.uk/collections/flexible-resin
What do you guys use to hold your models while you paint them? I've got an old citadel handle I really like (the red ribbed one), but it doesn't hold 40mm bases so I'm looking for a new one
>>94808122Empty spice containers and wooden clothes pegs with blu-tac. Can't beat it.
>>94808122Are you gluing a model to the base and *then* painting it?
>>94808128I've tried blu-tac but it always gets messy>>94808130yeah unless there's some pain in the ass to get to part like a big cloak that the base would obscure
>>94808122I do subassemblies, with bits stuck unto dropper paint bottles with blutack.
>>94808122Rx bottles, use bluetec, double sided foam tape, or the pin poked through the cap and secured from below to hold the mini.
>>94808122For anything bigger than that handle I use an old lid from a citadel spray can. I stick 3 bits of blutac to it and put the model on top because triangles are the strongest shape. I also shouldn't paint after glueing to the base, but I can never seem to get models stable enough if they aren't glued to a base.
Here's my wip. Got biggest part of thr base colors done for 30 of these oathmark revenants. I did a color experiment on the skin of the guy on the right.
>>94799775Its a good feeling, my sternguard made one late last year Currently working on my scouts, just putting off finishing my orc regiment
>>94808122If I'm not just holding by the base, tac on top of small milk bottles from wendy's
>>94799314TC related question.How long does it take for streaking grime to dry/cure/whatever? Will it always reactivate unless I throw some matte varnish to seal it?Should/can I beat over the non sealed model (touch up some highlights and add some other effects).Pic for attention. Thanks for your time
>>94801827nyan?
First attempt at doing contrasts over zenithal priming (just did my first airbrushing today).Not done yet, still need to paint the ropes and eyes, clean up a couple spots, and do some more shading and highlighting, but I think he's looking pretty good for ~2 hours worth of work.
>>94809094I like him. do you think he has a double donger? a hemipene?>>94807866yeah that's what I do. :3>>94807584mix a medium with an ink?
>>94809268>>94809070>>94801827Why do you talk like this?
hey chronomancer, fuck you and your fucking tentacle gap. Im going to melt you down with a magnifying glass
>>94809274anime most likely
>>94809274
Reivers kitbashedNow to figure out the sergeant later
Finally got around to finishing this guy. 1 more for the squad.
>>94809274It's clearly a catgirl posting
I get this issue were I touch my brush to a paper towel after picking up paint, check it on my nail, everything looks good, but then it explodes unto the mini in a puddle. Might be that I'm still not thinning my paints properly on the wet pallet.Otherwise, all the angles on this mini with the legs, the way the rider is positioned, and that damn grapple hook make it pretty hard to get into the tricky spots. I tried doing these weird compound grips to try and brace my hand to mixed results. I'll look at it again tomorrow, but I don't want to become obsessed with getting a perfect base coat, would rather move unto trying some blending and letting it be flawed. On one hand, these skeeters have been a nightmare, on the other, I'm kind of enjoying the challenge as a beginner.On the bright side, I told one of my friends I didn't have a gray in the basic Vallejo kit and he told me about "Chromatic Grays" which are supposed to be akin to MSG, but in color. You can get them by mixing some tri-color combo and then adding white to it(I just used red green blue here). I like it, but I didn't blend all the colors together at once and because of that it's a little inconsistent. Still better then White/Black gray though.
>>94809522>crop photo>still rotated.WYSIWYG is bullshit.
>>94809522>then it explodes unto the mini in a puddleMaybe too much water still in the brush? That's the only way I can think of it exploding out
>>94809522You're overloading your brush or leaving too much water in there. So there's water in your brush, the first time you touch your nail or whatever just what's on the tip comes off, but the next time, the movement shifts the water down and it all runs off. Pro tip to avoid that. >Don't use paper towel >Rinse your brush >Rub excess water on your hand>Put your brush in your mouth to get the rest out >Lick your brush to restore the tip>Dip brush into the paint on your pallet only a quarter to halfway up the brush>Brush excess paint off on the side of your hand until you have a consistency you like>PaintI struggled for years using paper towels before I discovered that.
>>94809551Probably.>>94809562I'll give it a shot.
>>94809581>>Put your brush in your mouth to get the rest out >>Lick your brush to restore the tipYou are being trolled.A paper towel is more than enough for getting excess moisture out of a brush. If you're still unsatisfied just use your fingers to lightly press on the hairs. For getting a good tip just twirl the brush while loading it, that's literally all you have to do.
>>94809599I am not trolling. You clearly don't do it yourself. Saliva keeps the brush's tip better than anything I've tried. Doing this actually helped me over a wall I'd hit.
>>94809599A paper towel takes out too much moisture, skin is better
>>94809535in my experience, if you had to rotate the photo on the phone its not gonna work. But if you make sure the phone UI indicated it was in landscape mode when you took the photo it will turn out correct.That said, I always just open the photo on my computer, rotate it, save it, rotate it back, save it. Thats never failed for me.
>>94809653I just send the photo to myself on fbook messenger then save it on the computer. That solves all these problems. It's the right way up and it's shittily compressed so I don't need to resize the image.
Is there any point of using expensive handle like this compare to regular pill bottle?
>>94809665flex on poors
>>94809665Wood feels good to hold.
>>94809665Not really, no.Nobody serious about this hobby paints minis on a base.
>>94809690>People who make their career out of the hobby painting on basesHuh weird, I guess they are wrong and you are more serious than them.
>>94809688Based hedonist anon.
>>94809721Who, for example?
>>94809688you can touch my wood anytime anon ;)
>>94809755Duncan.
>>94809774He's gonna say Duncan is not a particularly good painter so I'm gonna drop Vince, Giraldez, Latham and Hidalgo. If he's a better painter than those I concede
>>94809789He never said anything about how good they were. He said nobody serious about this hobby paints minis on a base. I can't think of anything more serious than making a career out of it. Anon is here painting 1 mini a month between fingering his asshole while these guys are earning a living painting shit and sometimes that shit is glued to a base.
>>94809774Duncan is trying to show you painting techniques and is making decisions based on what makes a good YouTube video.
>>94809799Sounds pretty serious to me.
>>94809799>and is making decisions based on what makes a good YouTube videoWhy does having a base attached to your mini make a good youtube video? Surely if painting without the base is better he'd do that to show the correct technique to painting?
>>94809816>Why does having a base attached to your mini make a good youtube video?Because it shows the entire mini and gives a clear visual indication of the progress of painting, so you can skip through the video to find the part youre looking for.If he just painted a random assemblage of bits in an arbitrary order that functionality would be lost.
>>94809755I've seen several videos of the process behind Golden Demon winners, and most of them do no sub assembly and paint on the base.
>>94809846>Because it shows the entire mini and gives a clear visual indication of the progress of painting, so you can skip through the video to find the part youre looking for.How does having a plain plastic base stuck to your mini do any of what you just said? I think you've moved the goal posts from>Nobody serious about this hobby paints minis on a base.To>Everyone serious about this hobby paints sub-assembliesCorrect me if I'm wrong though. Also I know for a fact that's not true. I've watched videos of great career painters talking about how much they hate sub assemblies. Hell I think some have made videos about it. Sometimes it's necessary to paint with sub assemblies, sure. Depends on the model. But it's just one of many ways to paint and you should be using all of them in the correct situations. Doing only one method makes it sound to me like you aren't really taking this hobby very>seriously
>>94809665whats the point of the metal thing on the side of the handle
The Dungeons and Lasers NPC kit just arrived and I'm genuinely impressed with how much is in here. it worked out to be like a couple of bucks per miniature and there's a loads of fancy bases in the box as well which i wasn't expecting.
>>94809902It gives you a spot to support your painting hand with a few fingers while doing tiny detail work that requires a lot of stability
>>94803992What did you use for the skin? Looks great.
Not a /wip/ related thing but my enthusiasm is way lower now to magnetize the core game armor kits now that I found out the scale between the core box and post GC stuff is different.Still will probably do it though but not as excited since poots would most likely announce a revamp of the original core game minis.
>>94809962She's a big girl.
>>948099664u
>>94809962I want to be crushed by dem thighs holy shit.
I bought four x Villainy Ink and I've found them really underwhelming. Not helped by the included pipette not working on three of the bottles. Anyone else have experience using them?
>>94810078I'd probably just use oil washes instead. They are more flexible and can achieve the same.
>>94807057what did you use for the mud?? Fuck that's going to look amazing painted
>>94809522if you're already touching them on a paper towel, then start checking if there's a water drop that's clinging further up on the brush. I've had that happen early on quite a bit, then the drop would slowly move downwards while I was painting and when it'd reach the brush tip it would explode a coloured wash on my mini.
>>94807994Thanks!
>>94799314So i just start painting minis today but i don't know what kind of colors i should buy other than black, white, blue, yellow? Also the only paint i could biy in my country is Vallejo, what is the best Vallejo color?
>>94810518Buy colors you need to paint your minis, anon. If you are painting Cadians, you can get the palette needed. If you are painting Smurfs, the same. Check these, make a list, and then buy the colors. If Vallejo are the only colors you can get (which is strange, there is this thing called the internet. You can buy a whole lot of stuff from there), then you can use something like this https://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/paint_range_compatibility_chart to compare between paint ranges.
Mud turned out well, I'm going to apply a black wash and dry brush a highlight before adding some water effects
>>94810103A mixture of modge podge, joint filler, sand, gravel, black and raw umber paint
>>94810569>which is strange, there is this thing called the internet. You can buy a whole lot of stuff from thereThe shipping price is insane, that's the problem. Also Vallejo paint is often out of stock too so i would like to just buy most thing i need in one fell swoop
>>94810781I'm not sure where you live, but AP, for example, offers free shipping above 100 eur/dollaridoos.
>>94810683>>94810678That mud looks really good. Better, natural light and you could think it is real.
>>94810518Maybe find a paint tutorial on YouTube you like as a starting point? That's how I got into it
>>94810803Well, i'm a vietcong so no free shipping for me
>>94809772picrel>>94810683Amazing >>94810518I like red.
>>94811198I would personally recommend against vallejo reds, they've been airbubble central for me. Also to try looking around and seeing if more brands are available in the area
>>94811517I meant like, red in general. the anon I replied to mentioned like... 2 colours and 2 shades? which isn't enough colours.what's wrong with bubbles?
Finished a test Spyre Hunter. Thoughts on how I can improve it? Feels like it's missing something
>>94811592The face feels pretty flat and since it's what usually draws people eyes the first impression is kinda underwhelming despite hair and armor being nice
>>94811545Vallejo airbubbles have a tendency to not pop when drying leaving them visible on the model
>>94811912It's avoidable if you apply their paints thinly but yeah it's still a pain in the ass. No reason to use them over others of similar quality
Slaves to Synthwave proggers. Probably just going to finish a couple more characters and set down the project for a bit, no need to risk project burnout when there's no deadline.
>>94811929Very, very cool. You actually pulled it off in a way that does not look shoddy or overdone. It feels more like just being inspired by colors usually associated with synthwave which is way more tasteful. Nice job, anon.
>>94811929Very cool. what did you use for florescent greens?
>>94812068It's Citadel Tesseract Glow over a white oil wash
>>94811929These are sick
>>94809962Yeah KDM went from a ~32cm scale to almost ~40cm scale after the original core box and 1st expansions were released. That said, it has been at that higher scale for probably a decade now.
Is it a bad idea to use these syringes to scoop out citadel paint?
>>94812447I use regular pipettes, or a hobby / putty knife... Or just a brush.
>>94799921Get some more shade in them recesses, feller!The blue feels like it's missing something, but I couldn't say what. Doesn't quite read as a metal at the moment.
>>94810078I bought two. Just hate them. They are worse than the AK enamel washes they are supposed to replace and have a bunch of random gunk in them. Immedeatly clogged my airbrush and when I tried them on a model it added so much unwanted texture in the gaps, I couldnt' get it all out.
>>94802642Ah! Fine fellow Citi-Block peruser.The red-haired step-expansion for Rogue Trader, and true ancestor or Necromunda.Weird how few Oldhammer fans even know it exists. 's rarer to see than the Book of the Astronomican.>>94802877Also handy for GorkaMorka... Which reminds me... I still have a few Diggas to paint...>>94804225Not one of the Above Anons... but I do like historicals. Sadly, I like weird stuff... so I'd end up doing something inter-war (like a Soviet force with several T-35 or a load of BA Armoured cars) or just plain weird (like a load of Japanese amphibious tanks)... then never play with them because I don't know anyone who plays that time period or scale. They must be out there, somewhere, because I work near to where Victrix has their warehouse and shop.Personally... I blame 4-chan for my rambling posts. Expecting me to wait 15 mins to prove I'm not a bot gives me too much time to type.Also... this Shaman looks kinda fruity...
>>94812464Could a thin flesh wash work? I don't want to make it too dark or get it staining the raised areasAs for the armor maybe it's a little bit glossy so maybe it looks like plastic?
Cam I get youse guys's advice on something? I really want to make my own Rogue Idol, and this guy's video looks like an achievable way to do it. But I want to make mine bigger, like 7 inches tall. The same height as a Mega Gargant because I'd probably be running it as one since the Rogue Idol got Legends'dI've never done anything like this and I'm wondering if the foam and hot glue construction would hold up by itself at that size. Would I be better off building it around a wire armature for stability? Or would that be unnecessary?
>>94811592Much more shading, possibly outright black-lining, of the recesses the armour plates meet.
>>94810781At the minimum you'll want the following (or similar):70.950 black70.993 white grey70.928 light flesh70.983 flat brownXpress 72.477 dreadnaught yellow70.909 vermillion70.809 royal blue70.970 deep green77.7xx Metal Color range of metallic(s), i.e. silver and aluminium (could maybe get a good enough gold by painting dreadnaught yellow over the top)Then you should be able to find a spray can primer and a gloss varnish that'll work in hardware stores. You'd then need:70.522 satin varnish70.520 matt varnishI presume oil paints and mineral spirits are somewhat readily available, so look up oil wash tutorials, which will cover basically everything else. But I'd also buy a purple (70.959), and maybe some of the fluorescent game colours (magenta/blue/green), just for convenience.>>94812685Insulation foam should hold up at that size, but I think I'd want it to be a bit more rigid, either using a wire frame, or sticking in lengths of sprue.
>>94811592>>94812818an extra recess shade on the armor and an extra level of highlight on the face and key armor panels will probably make it really pop
>>94812554>the Book of the AstronomicanHave that one, too, although I only ever used the army lists from WD 105 and the Red Compendium.
Im a Marvel simp
>>94813130oh man I loved playing Omega Red in those arcade fighting games
A pair of big ones done.
>>94813357the jade looks nice
>>94812988I managed to get the last of the RT books last year... though admittedly the Realm of Chaos books are re-prints.Most of the armies I've built were out of Freebooterz, though I did paint up a few Raiders for the Wolf-Time scenario... before I got distracted by RL automotive stuff....
>>94813670man those cover arts are great
>>94813692Yeah. Some of the early White-Dwarf covers were kinda cool too.. and mildly lewd.
>>94812447I didn’t have luck with them. The best way I managed was just cutting off the lid, setting them in a funnel and waiting 2 hours. You can add a few drops of water to get the last bit out, but beyond that you are looking at a huge mess for maybe chasing the last 5%.Also dropper bottles are a meme.
>>94813901How are droppers a meme if literally every single hobby company except gw and old p3 uses them?
>>94813670>admittedly the Realm of Chaos books are re-prints.I grabbed the reprints, too. Somehow, my copy of Rogue Trader is still intact, and it's nice to have hardcover RoC books where the binding hasn't completely disintegrated.>>94813767>Some of the early White-Dwarf covers were kinda coolBack before the Dark Age of Technology, when White Dwarf wasn't an in-house-only magazine, they brought in a lot of artists and either commissioned them for projects or licensed existing pieces.White Dwarf 77 had a big article for GW's Judge Dredd game in it, but the cover is Chris Achilleos's painting of Taarna from the movie Heavy Metal!>Captcha: W40KHoly shit.
>>94813971>they brought in a lot of artists and either commissioned them for projects or licensed existing pieces.GW hired Achilleos to do a piece for Advanced Space Crusade that had the Scythes of The Emperor battling the Tyranids, but in his book Amazona, he says they ended up not using it.>This picture was commissioned for a role-playing board game, but to the best of my knowledge was never used. There is nothing like this particular painting represented anywhere else in this book; a strictly science-fiction piece packing serious hardware. It's a rarity for me to paint such subjects, but it makes a nice change.Looks cool enough to me.
WD81 featured Achilleos's painting "Eagle Rider" on the cover.
The "Ravening Hordes" cover for WD 89 is also (part of) a Chris Achilleos painting.
I.... always quite liked #27
>>94813901>Also dropper bottles are a memeAbsolute insanity, they're leagues better than citadel pots which aren't even airtight
>>94813901The biggest meme is buying paint that's more expensive, lower quality and in shittier packaging instead of other paints that mog them in all 3 categories.
2nd Ed Ghazghkull and Makari finished!
>>94814226Good thing we didn't run out the image limit posting White Dwarf magazine covers. These ladz look great! Thanks for sharing!New thread:>>94814246>>94814246>>94814246
