>>96431984
Yooh it's always a pleasure seeing these. Love this guy's work. They look so nice.

I need to buy a new respirator mask, any advices? I prefer models with no side cartridges.

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>>96431984
Treasure Island is almost done. I've got maybe 5-6 good sittings and I'm calling it finished.

>>96431984
Aawww sweet, I made the banner! Thanks!
>>96432046
Thank you very much! I think one of the best parts about mini painting is when someone picks it up to take a closer look at.

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>>96432455
This is really turning out fantastic, how long did it take you so far?

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I bought a new pot of candy red since my old one got gummy but even then this is so large it was pushing what I could do with it. Medium flat brushes really saved me a couple times.

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>>96432941
I really liked this kit. It's a lot of pieces but the sprue is super organized so everything is right next to each other.

>>96432455
That's coming along really well! I especially like the plaid and the bandana, do you have any tips for painting stripes on curved cloth? E.g. pants with a bent knee, folded shirts

>>96432455
This looks great. The parrot looks off to me though. Like there's no life in those eyes while the two characters look very alive.

>>96432941
Looks delicious.

>>96432770
Currently around 3 months of painting, I would guess 150+ hours so far.
>>96433100
I first paint the base cloth fully. Then you draw the basic shapes and add highlights, after which you finally shade it all together with a mix of purple and black, very thin.
>>96433144
It's not completely done as of now, but also my experience painting parrots isn't massive. I will revisit and add more textures etc.

>>96432669
These are Knightmare miniatures, right?
I've been thinking about getting some. How satisfied were you with them?

>>96432941
Red gives a nice hotrod vibe but you should have used oils like people suggested for those vents, or carefully glazed acrylic layers. Those look like acrylic wash stains.

Is there a good 3rd party bit/3d stl for a chaos backpack like the dark apostle?

>>96432941
>>96433049
Saved for inspiration
What's your red recipe?

>>96432941
>Medium flat brushes
How do you effectively use flat brushes? Any time I've tried the bristles end up bunching together and the paint just doesn't flow well off the bristles.

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>>96432455
Oh thats the stuff, that original greenish yellow undercoat really helped to tie everything together, and the distressed leather and cloth are fantastic.

Is there going to be a WIP Secret Santa this year?

>>96434806
I sure hope so, I participated for the first time last year and it was a lot of fun

Kind of unrelated but I don't know where else to ask. I wanted to buy some hobby stuff from a US based shop on etsy in the next days/weeks.
As an euro, am I going to have to pay some fixed tariff?

>>96434828
Hopefully SS Anon is around or checks in with us
I can give it a shot, I do like Excel a lot so it'd be neat to match people. But it'd be a lot to track and SS probably has a system down.

>>96434955
Tariffs are into the US unless your country has retaliatory tariffs AND that seller is charging you for them.

A lot of non-US people have been eating the tariff costs to maintain business in the US but with the latest change many are no longer willing to. Hell, like 20 companies no longer ship postal to the US now

>>96434955
As a Euro you have better shopping options local to your continent

>>96434806
>>96434828
We will do it again, if enough people sign up. But it's not time yet.

>>96435038
There are some items on Etsy that you can only get from over the Atlantic sadly.

>>96434020
It's just fulgrite copper wased agrax under tamiya clear red. Tamiya does all the work, all you need to do is apply it evenly and let it dry and watch the corners.
>>96433564
I simply don't have oils. Perhaps a heavier stipple would have been more noticable.

>>96435406
>It's just fulgrite copper wased agrax under tamiya clear red. Tamiya does all the work, all you need to do is apply it evenly and let it dry and watch the corners.
Ty

>>96435100
I run into the opposite problem as an American
Everything I want is in Europe

>>96434955
tariffs are usually low if any, but you will definetly pay vat and depending on your country you may have to pay customs/carrier handling too

>>96434806
I would join for sure, I've been wanting to participate since 2024

are there any good viking STL/bits for kitbashing space wolves?
I'm trying to lean into chainmail, boe helmets etc.

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>>96435960
victrix?

>>96435960
Try and search Primal Hounds bits on Etsy or wherever.

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i was the anon last thread how to start, i have painted one boi. still find it stressful but atleast the first attempt has been made.

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Put together this elevated artillery battery this afternoon from concept to finished assembly. Turned out pretty good I think. Another dollar store build.

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>>96436387
Not bad anon, better than my first for sure. Stick with it. You should check out Vince venturella on YouTube, he has a series called hobby cheating and it elevated my painting dramatically in a matter of a single day. A lot of people don't like Vince for various reasons but I don't really give a shit about any of that, personally. He's a good teacher and that's how I engage with his videos and the hobby in general. It's about the knowledge and not the person dispensing it for me.

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>>96434806
>>96434978
>Is there going to be a WIP Secret Santa this year?
Santa-anon and I talked about this. The answer is "yes". It's just not, as >>96435091 (who may very well *be* Santa-anon) pointed out, time for sign-ups yet.

>>96434955
The problem is not with a tariff, as I'd suspect your country probably already charges some equivalent of import duty on things from other countries, but rather that your country might be suspending mail service from the US altogether right now - I know France, Germany, Poland, Spain, Italy, and the UK are doing this, and there are doubtless several others represented here at WIP.

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>>96436553
>The answer is "yes"

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This background is much better for black photos, this one is much better, for a phone pic anyway.

>>96436779
I recognize now that I had a stroke while writing that sentence.

>>96436779
I like your blue tone

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I think its done! the last thing I want to do is cut decals from vehicle names so it can be named Ameno like the Era song.

>>96431984
Can I get some advice here WIP?
I've come across Turbo Dork Metallic paints and I plan on getting the black ice (black metallic), pearly gates (white metallic) and sparkle motion seems to be an "ivory metallic."
I remember a while ago reading somewhere that ivory paint can be better than white sometimes to brighten the color of a paint. Would this apply the same for an ivory metallic brightening up a metallic paint?
I already have a metallic medium for turning colored paints into colored metallic paints.

>>96437432
I would love to give you an answer, but you might have to experiment on this one. The ivory is probably more about it being not an awful white pigment and desaturating less, which I'm not sure matters as much with metallics, but I'm not sure on that one.

>>96437506
Fair enough. I just wanted clarification if the ivory to lighten coloured rule applies to metallic paints as well.

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Evening lads, just wanna check I’ve got this correct before I glue - I’m new to this.

I’m building 5x black Templar initiates
2x will hold a power fist
3x will hold a chain sword
5x will hold a heavy bolt pistol in their off hand
All 5x have a close combat weapon glued to their leg
All 5x have a standard bolt pistol glued to their leg

Is this correct it just seems odd and when I try to adjust the weapons in the 40K app it only says good to go if all 5 initiates have all of those weapons…

Appreciate any insight anyone has

>>96438236
You're talking about army or squad building. I think this would be better asked in /40kg/. Just know that it is a mess down there.

Do you have a list of paints to paint those Black Templars? I don't have the link, but I think someone can link you Stahly's paint PDF so you can find close enough approximates if you like to avoid Citadel paints.

>>96438248
I don’t have a list but I watched that really popular YouTube painting tutorial guy, made a list of every brush and paint. Ordered those and I’ll follow along.
Just gonna practice his method over and over again one model at a time.

I also bought the warsuit so I’ll paint that at some point.

I just don’t wanna go and glue and find out my marines have too many weapons, seems odd the model would hold a heavy bolt pistol and also have a standard one on its hip. Kinda confused.

>>96436943

>>96436943
solid job, mate!

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painted a Blood Bowl 7 Drow (Dark Elves) team.

>>96438302
Very nice job anon!
What paints did you use for the hair and skin tones?

Anyone got that fucked up face collage

>>96438236
you don't need the extra pistol and cc weapon on them, it's kind of weird that they still have them in the profile and those templars have their main weapons chained to their hands so they can't holster and draw secondaries anyway. no one will complain if you leave stuff like that off for aesthetics.

>>96438310
thx. It's black, mixed with neutral grey and sky grey (Vallejo)

Sorry if this is retarded but could you use metallics with an eye towards going nmm? Here is my thought process
>drybrush on a rough blend from your shadow color to your darkest metallic
>highlight your next brighter metallic
>you now have a passable mini for using on the tabletop
>later you can go back, and continue adding highlights and blends with metallics until you hit white
>add a matte glaze overtop to kill the glitter of the true metallic
This would let you get minis looking alright on the tabletop sooner and metallics tend to blend a lot quicker and easier than other paints.

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>>96438316

>>96438537
>mad world.mp3

>>96438494
The retarded assumption you've made is that a scruffy nmm approach is going to somehow look better than shaded true metallics. If you want to do nmm just block in the proper light, dark and mid for your passable tabletop model.

>>96435484
Grass is always greener on the other side i guess.

>>96435960
Check Dakkadakka (stormbringers) and Grey Tide (primal hounds) on MMF. The catalogue there is nice to browse than etsy. If you like some stuff, you can look for it specifically on etsy if you dont have a printer yourself.
Here is another:
https://www.myminifactory.com/users/wargamesprint?show=store&categories=3959

Looking for space vikings or viking wolves gives you some other results too.

>started painting a tank for a painting comp this weekend
>due mid october
>progress feels incredibly slow, not sure if I'll be able to accomplish what I wanted to in time
>doesn't help that I can't turn down any overtime that comes my way, not in a great financial spot
>the other unit I was considering was a terminator squad w/ bannerman
>if I decide to switch streams it has to be very soon

>>96438264
This thread is for painting and modeling, not for game rules. I personally think you should give them all a gun for a head, because that's awesome.

>>96438780
Believe in the me who believes in you.

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Some actual progress on the mordheim artwork inspired dwarf slayer

>need some Yriel Yellow for detailing
>haven't used it in a few months
>shake it a bit, try using it but it's still a bit too fucked
>absent-mindedly shake it again while figuring out which other colours I may need
>tfw hadn't closed the lid
This is a new one for me

>>96439295
post a picture, I'm curious

>>96438236
The initiates just need the chainsword/powerfist and the heavy bolt pistol on. I don't know what that app is going about, you can safely ignore that.

>>96439306
I took a shower, I basically threw a large glob of paint right in the air, some of it ended up back in the pot/around the lid but the majority landed on my arm/legs/bit on my face
Fortunately it was less than half full

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>>96439345
It's accurate to the unit rules as written. Weird but it's been like this for 2 codexes in a row now.

>>96439910
Yeah that makes sense, the app just takes into consideration the bolt rifle replaced by the heavy pistol and the chainsword, and still keeps the knife and bolt pistol as the baseline marine equipment although they will never be shown nor used.

>>96439932
They can fire both pistols at once. Its weird they haven't changed it in-line with basically every other chainsword marine (like the templar sword brethren) but it's a valid loadout with in-game effects.

>>96439295
Reminds me how I once attempted to shake Vallejo "dead white" bottle without realising it was missing a lid. Obviously produced less mess than GSW bottle would but few drops landed directly on face of one anime plastic girl I was building week before. You can imagine how it looked like.

>>96436943
way too much OSL and that background is terrible for taking photos.
Take a picture with a white or black background.

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my first mini painted after over a decade, pls be gentle

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>>96440590

>>96440590
Turning my head is annoying, but it looks like you stayed in the lines but it's kind of bland with it being 90% black robes
You can make the hat a different color which make it more interesting to look at

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My first ever mini what do u think? some tips or sugestions would be nice

>>96440432
You should have left it. Or added to it.

>>96440612
im a stupid phone poster so I forgot to edit the image. I choose him because he's supposed to be all black and I wanted an easy first mini to paint. Here's his example image on the Flintloque website.

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>>96440659

>>96440659
I always send pictures to myself in Discord and crop and post from my PC.
I'm curious about what caused what looks like texture. It doesn't look like your paint was too thick, so I'm guessing a poor prime. But it's hard to tell. Definitely add highlights tho. Since it's pure black you could highlight most of it in a dark grey, then go light grey for the extremes.

>>96440634
Considerably better than my first attempt, well done.

>>96440682
I think a lot of it is the camera, it doesn't look as rough irl. I'm think I prime it a little too light though. This is my first time using speed paints

>>96433380
Thanks, I've never used purple as a glaze for cloth! I was talking more about having the stripe follow the curve or fold naturally though, but that's a good glaze idea

>>96433438
The majority of them are, yeah. I'm very satisfied with them, good sculpts and decent customer service. They have a hobgoblin mongol-esqe warband that I'm going to get next I think.
Creative sculpt studio also has some scrubgly sculpts but he's more of an artist than a businessman desu.
I would take a quick look at old-school miniatures soon, he's retiring some chaos lines and they're dirt cheap atm

>>96440634
Looks unironically great for a first mini.

I'd look into maybe giving the shadows a bit more depth, ex on the mace head and between different areas like the tassets and the cloth
Then it's just minimal stuff like some strategic highlights, maybe some more focus on the little details like the belt etc

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Continued progress on the wyvern, going to do the rider next I think

>>96440634
For a first attempt, it's really good! I would try to add a bit more depth on the cloth (washes and highlights) - watch a couple of videos for help.

>>96440634
You clearly did your mini painting homework and it shows.
Good job anon! I hope you had fun.
>some tips or sugestions would be nice
Maybe water down some orange brown paint to a milky consistency to resemble rust on the silver part of the mace when dried after application?
Video example: https://youtu.be/dvlvzXaEmso?t=570

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>>96434158
These are the ones I use most often. The small one there had a lot of fraying and I had to trim a lot of it. The others I just paint with normally. I haven't had any bunching and once they're wetted the bristles even out and the paint gets dragged out smooth.

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>>96432941
That red is lovely
>>96436387
This is pretty good anon. Try to practice staying "in lines" next time, you got a bit of overspill on his belt.
>>96438302
Very nice! I especially like the skin
>>96439112
I don't know anything about sculpting but this is already starting to look good.
>>96440590
You picked a pretty simple mini which I think is good for some practice after a break this long. Everything is "in lines" as far as I can see and that's always nice. I can't tell how much of the shading you actually painted and how much is because of the lighting though. Overally a decent start, keep at it!
>>96440634
If this is really your first mini that is unironically very impressive. It takes people a while to even try to attempt blends(even if it's done with contrast-like paints) and you got it pretty damn clean right off the bat. Same with the eye glow, more experienced people can struggle with that and yours looks good. The verdigris is a nice touch too. Great job, honestly.
>>96441123
Gonna try asking again - where is that mini from? I really like it

>>96441371
Sorry! I posted and crawled back into my cave last time. It's an Orc Warboss on Wyvern from Warhammer Fantasy. Very old model, I've had it since 2011.

In a previous thread someone shared a website that sells really cheap miniatures which are helpful when first learning to paint to get practice. Can anyone link it again

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Does this look good? I'm not happy with the coat color yet

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>>96441509

How are Pro Acryl's fair skin paints?

>>96441509
>>96441512
Looks fine to me, anon. Noticed a few dust particles on the miniatures though. Got a big brush to dust off the mini so that dust doesn't get trapped under a thin coat of paint?

>>96441486
Are you referring to EM4 miniatures?

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This is the plasticard I just got in the mail for making tiled based. This shit is extremely hard to cut. My hobby knife will only make superficial cuts and I'd never get through it all the way. I had to use tin cutters to be able to get through it easily. Even a pair of wire cutters didn't cut all the way through.
How am I supposed to use this when I need heavy equipment to even cut out the piece I need? I have no idea how I'm going to be able to carve in the grooves for the tile look.

>>96441886
1.5 is pretty thicc.
That said, if you don't have any dedicated equipment (like DSPIAE cutter), you should be cutting plasticard by using (ideally metal) ruler and then doing multiple shallow cuts on the same spot. It usually takes ~three cuts before you can just snap it cleanly away.

>>96441923
I had thought about getting the 1mm, but after seeing how hard it is to cut with just a hobby knife I'm wishing I went with 0.5mm.
I suppose to make the gouges I can use my hand saw I just got. Making this one base did just get way more annoying than I thought it would be.

Is 0.38mm needle size a good needle size for basecoats and detail work if I just switch the air cap to a wider one?
Or if I just want to use an airbrush for basecoats it is just 0.5mm all the way?

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>>96441886
>>96441923
that's not how cutting platicard works

you score the line a few times depending on thickness and you bend it until it snaps, non straight cuts are harder buy doable by chunks in the same manner, for smaller random shapes you can use a jeweler style saw
>https://youtu.be/HMxHTeIGD84?feature=shared&t=33

also abs is not 'polystyrene' and might not break as cleanly, that product description is lying to you, i'm pretty sure abs is cheaper and that's why they sell a lot of sheets of that for hobbying now and try to gaslight you

however if you want the thickness to make slabs or something like that look for 'foamed pvc' sheets, those are soft enough to be cut A LOT more easily and you can imprint textures on it by just pressing on it or scraping to make wood grain, picrel is mostly that

>>96442002
Nah anon, you just need a sharp/fresh hobby knife and a (metal) ruler. It's easy to cut plasticard, even 1.5mm (and thicker), but it needs a little bit of patience. I do it regularly.
You can check Offbeat Builds on youtube, he does some pretty magical things with plasticard and shows most of the important parts of the process.
That said, if you wanted to use plasticard as some kind of cobblestone or something similar, it might be easier to cut it into smaller pieces and then layer it, rather than carving.

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>>96442087
>that's not how cutting platicard works
>proceeds to repeat the same thing I said

>>96441430
Thanks and no worries I figured you must've missed my post.

>>96442102
i didn't mean to contradict you just to add to the conversation

>>96441430
>Very old model, I've had it since 2011.
>most of my models are pre-2000
now I feel very old

>>96440464
Torches are bright and I want my huge plumes of fire to act as huge plumes of fire. That one is just subjective. background is true though.

>>96438292
Thank you!

>>96441509
The color is fine, but I think you're lacking definition and shading on it.

>>96441123
Nice. The skin and base look good. You could always differentiate the scales a little by making them a bit darker or a deeper shade of blue. also the bone spines on the wings, the big ones at least you should probably blend the ivory brown into each other with the sharp lines (idk how to describe it properly but you know what I mean), or just the way you did it on his horns.

>>96440634
Nice start. some basic improvements, I would say add some edge highlights (not full outlining everything, but little bits of untarnished bronze dotted around any angular shapes on the armor and here and there, and on the rivets. Stuff like that.
I see what you were going for with the 'dark red into red' look for the red, but it looks a little strange on the plume of the helmet,, The top of the plume where it bends over should really be a little bit brighter, some of the brighter red just highlighted along the hairs only right on the top of that bend, and then maybe an even brighter red just on the upward bending parts closer to the tips if you want to keep that gradient well defined.
I would also put a a brighter dot of very pale pastel green right in the middle of your glowy areas.
Oh, also the belt buckle isn't painted.
It's pretty good though.

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>>96442087
>>96442088
Thanks anons. I might look into that softer stuff if I plan on doing more bases like this.
I ended up making due with my hobby saw that I'm now really glad I recently bought. Drew straight lines with a micron pen, scored it with my knife, and then dragged the saw across 7 times for each line. I got it mostly to size and shape with the base, but it's good enough. I can't be fucked sanding it down to flush. At least not today.
I'm gonna make a blood splash out of the cup with some resin too. Now I just need to decide what material to make the floor tiles. Not Marble.

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another grogdar painted mostly over a short evening session

went for red ink airbrushed over a zenithal prime this time to see how it came out

>>96441371
thanks friend anon, showed it to my firend last night and they pointed that out and i beleave i fixed it.

>>96442615
Looking good. Btw anon, you can soften the plasticard with plastic cement and stipple a nice texture onto it with something like an old stiff brush. This technique is especially great for coarse things, like cast iron/steel or stone. Stipple the texture, then sand it very gently to make it look more natural and it does absolute wonders when painted.

>>96442732
I tested my glue on a piece just to make sure it was even the material as advertised. I though I was gonna have to soften it and then cut it for a minute. But that texture method sounds interesting. I'll try that if I want to go for a more worn or natural material.
I managed to grout the tiles with some thinned vallejo texture paste. That really fine sand worked better than I thought it would desu. Now I just need to decide if there's anything I want to put in front of where she'll be standing or leave it as is before I go prime it.

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First time posting here, I’ve always enjoyed checking out your works anons.
I'm at my 4th mini, tried some stuff and learned a lot.
I rushed my white and didn’t thin my paint enough and got fucked later on.
Also fucked up my white while trying to practice OSL for the first time, so there is a lot of white particles around some parts...
Anyway, I will do better next time.

>>96442767
Good shit, sounds you have it under control.
Anyway, if you plan on doing more cobblestone in the future, you might like this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQkWP3aIQ-Y

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>>96442767

>>96442767
>it was even the material as advertised
plastic cement works on abs too, maybe not as easily but it does
it won't work for the pvc tho

also from experience, unless you want them to look brand new or like inside flooring, tiles look better if you make each tile individually and glue them together later, the uneveness gives them character, also its easier to wear and tear them that way

>>96442866
In this instance it's supposed to be a fairly wept kept vampire's castle, so this is what I was going for. If I need to cut out individual tiles I'll have to bust out the tin snips again kek

why do paint makers just suck at making charts? what kind of benefit do they have from not advertising the correct color?

>>96443492
You can't realistically advertise the accurate color so there's no point in bothering.

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>>96442802
>gamesworkshop bathroom floor immediately after tournament, colorized, 2025

>>96442774
Every mini is progress and practice with brush control and learning how your paint behaves. Looking good, you're painting "in the lines" and your color choices work, keep up the good work and be sure to ask if you have questions.

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Phew, he's done.

>>96443724
silly good work.

>>96443724
NMM on the blade or just an incredibly light reflective metallic?

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Hello wip, today I offer freehand shields.

>>96443724
Fingerlicking so good. You use true metallics on this right? But just with NMM methods I'm guessing. It's making me rethink dropping them to try and learn NMM if that's true.

>>96443760
It's TMM but painted a bit like NMM? The brighter parts are highlighted with a brighter metallic

>>96443744
Appreciated anon
>>96443772
Yeah those are metallics but with some more shading and highlighting. It's simpler than NMM but I like how it looks

>>96443778
Nice, I love it

Alright, time for OOE's first Carnifex buddy. I don't have a second kit for a second 'fex, but it's probably around the corner at some point.
So, quad-devourers? Quad-deathspitters?
Crushing claws and venom cannon? How should I arm this fat fuck?

>>96432455
This is beautiful
>>96432941
I want to take a bite of this candied apple, does it dry this shiny? It's beautiful
>>96436387
Love this boy, The colors are so good
>>96436416
This is awesome man
>>96436779
The gold looks amazing
>>96436943
Atmospheric dude, the braziers are sick the light coming through the stained glass is awesome
>>96438302
Close ups of the dark elves please they look goooooood
>>96439112
Your Green stuff sculpting is fantastic
>>96440590
I want to know more about this lil guy he looks great
>>96440634
The blending on his clothes is looking so good, I would add a bit of a wash on his weapon to dull it a little and darken the recesses, loving his eyes too

If I use green stuff to flush fit magnets to a standard GW base, would super gluing them before it hardens be a bad idea?

>>96440667
What is he from? I love snowy bases
>>96441123
A beautiful beast
>>96441509
I agree, it needs some more shading the color of it looks good
>>96442087
I want these I have been meaning to experiment with plasticard but haven't yet
>>96442615
Where do you get these hobby saws? I've not seen any in any brick and mortar stores
>>96442628
How are you feeling about the zenithal prime on this compared to other methods you've tried?
>>96442774
Is this infinity? I love this guy's the osl looks smooth! Blue and orange are so beautiful
>>96443724
This looks better than box art! Amazing man
>>96443763
They are looking awesome! My favorite is the second from the right with the stars but the checkered shoes with the crescents looks incredible

>>96444317
>hobby saws
Ordered from Tamiya

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>>96444258
Probably not. I use a similar trick to weight my bases by supergluing something heavy underneath (washers, pieces of pewter, or a huge mess of 2mm steel ball bearings) and then coming back later to seal the bottom with PVA glue.

>>96444381
thank you, these work in any x-acto type holder or does Tamiya have a proprietary one?

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These are my holes. They were made for me

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>>96444700
Did a round of painting on my little kitbashed flyer+pilot.
Looks messier than I thought, in the photo....
anyway, still have some more shading/highlight to do, so it'll be a good chance for cleanup.
Do you think the flyer's too plain? Any idea on how to make it pop more? Don't really want to go for the rusty/grimy look, but I'm trying to make it look like it's well used/maintained.

>>96444700
Didn't realize I'd accidentally replied to your post. In honor of your dubs, I'll say that your holes look appropriately grimy and possibly full of spiders.

>>96444700
i love these

>>96443763
Nice. Simple, stark.

What would be a good highlight paint for vallejo's Brassy Brass. A silver is too cold, gold is just a different colour.

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>>96444317
>What is he from? I love snowy bases
He's from Flintloque, a Napoleonic fantasy wargame. Here are some Elven freebooters.

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>>96445074
The guy in the black cloak is Razputrovitch, a character from the Dark Czar faction which is basically the Napoleonic equivalent of Sylvania.

>>96444595
tamiya saws are made by olfa, and they use 6mm shafts for all they razors, usual x-acto/excel blades/handles and chinesium equivalents are 5.8mm so they don't fit in those

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Starting work on the September /40kilogramms/ collage entry, gonna make a Legion of The Damned marine.
Fit the parts together and glued what made sense to. Going to add bones and flames using greenstuff next.

>>96439112
BOLGORG!

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Hey lads, the local GW is going to be hosting a painting competition, I'm not sure what to submit for the unit category, give me some opinions here. Option 1: some chosen.

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>>96445282
Option 2: other chosen.

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>>96445285
Option 3: terminators.

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>>96445293
Option 4: possessed.

That's all, which one anons?

>>96445293
Its gotta be the terminators man. Everyone fucks with terminaators

>>96445293
these ones

>>96445293
>>96445298
Termies or possessed for me. The termies are clean and simple but I like the flesh, glow and bases of the possessed.

>>96445282
>>96445293
These are the most impressive. Good luck.

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Been a while since I last posted. Progress is coming along nicely but I'm still undecided with what to do with the bases. Any recommendations?

>>96445403
Goblin green. NOW.

>>96445403
Have the red from the guns return, or use a neutral tone like brown or grey.

>>96445424
No :^)
>>96445460
I did initially go for purple to contrast the green, but it detracted too much form the model. Neutral tone it is

>>96445582
Yeah, you usually want the focus to stay on the model itself and use the base as a supporting feature.

>>96445282
>>96445298
For me it's either the first batch of chosen to show some variations, or the possessed, with more area and having both organic and armour together.
Look at them again and decide which looks better painted in person (because I assume they won't be judged by picture).

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I'm trying to channel BT anon with this.
Respect for that dude's edge chipping skills.

>>96445282
I've been a fan of your terminators, but the chosen might be more striking with the colors.

>>96445282
Also voting for these lads.

I am a fan of the older style of
>basecoat
>wash
>basecoat
>highlight
Who makes good washes these days? The last washes I used was gw’s from 2010 or so

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>>96446174
I like this one, it gives everything a nice and dirty look.

>>96446174
I use army painter's dark tone or dark skin shade (a richer red brown for warm colours). Most brands are a bit thinner and less tinting than the old GW washes.

>>96446174
I heard Vallejo's black and sepia ones in the game color range were a solid alternative to Citadel's.

>>96445282
>>96445285
>>96445293
>>96445298
Is there a reason why you would not submit them all?
As far as the quality of the paintjob goes I would say the Chosen show off your skill the most due to their slight theme variation and various details. But also, and this is not your fault, the models are cluttered with shit, generally bad and a bit hard to look at and won't pop well. The same is true with the posessed. This is why you should go with the Terminators. They are far more readable and will be easily seen by both the judges and the audience.

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Is the ashen skin with white armour a misguided choice?

I need to glaze some more color back into the skin but I’m starting to worry it won’t be enough contrast.

>>96446941
You'll have to add a lot of shading in the skin to make it stand out. I actually couldn't tell there was armor for a minute and though it was naked.Maybe it you add a bit of grey to the skin to make it look more like Kratos' skin and glaze some red/purple into the shadows it could help.

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>>96445796
Appreciate it, I think yours is coming together really nicely.

I like the contrast of the silver weathering with the matte black, it's something I always wanted to do but since all my guys have the same semi gloss finish I'm sticking with that, but I think matte can give a much grittier (in a good way) look.

In fact if you want some better inspo there's a painter that does weathered, matte black templars which are probably much better than mine- check out boo's builds on ig, his OSL game especially is awesome and makes me wish I wasn't so stubborn in not getting an airbrush.

Here's the cousin of your swordbro anyway.

>>96445282
>>96446673
I agree with this anon, I feel chosen have the most personality and showcase a more interesting skillset, but termies are a safer bet.

What’s a good type of brush if one wants to just use it for applying washes?

>>96447310
Anything with a decent bit of body and not too pointy.

>>96447310
synthetic size 1 is fine. you don't really need a separate brush.

>>96447330
you do, because washes tend to ruin good brushes.

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Assembled my first mini today, I guess it is a better choice to finish setting them all up before priming it right?

I did not have a hobby knife, but had a small file so I tried to file away any of the excess. This is a fun hobby, I just need to find a way to store these dudes since my shelves are full of books.

>>96446673
>Is there a reason why you would not submit them all?
Max one entry per category.

>>96447503
get a xacto knife
you have to remove the mold lines too (you can use the file for that)

extra points if you drill yo barrels

>>96447526
Oh now I see what you mean, thanks Anon.

What would you recommend to store these dudes too?

>>96447574
some people here use steel boxes, boxes with steel plates or IKEA KVISSLE/HARVMATTA and put magnets on the bases of the dudes

you can also use generic foam suitcases like this
>https://www.amazon.com/CASEMATIX-Shell-Miniature-Storage-Travel/dp/B086MGDYZL
or this
>https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Tools-Funda-r%C3%ADgida-impermeable-almacenamiento/dp/B0CKFHH599

those are just first result examples but you get the idea, you can also buy just the pluckable foam and put in whichever box or drawer you want

>>96447503
Until you get enough minis, you could store them inside tupperwares with foam or bubblewrap, it will be enough for a while.

>>96447574
extra tip, if you have plastic cement,you can dab it after you sand a surface to smooth it a bit more if needed, just dab and let dry

>>96447378
same as any other paint you'll fuck it up if you drown the brush and it soaks into the ferrule, by minimum good sense won't cause any problems.

>>96447822
>all paints have the same capillarity

>>96447932
you are rinsing your brush before paint dries, right?

Had to do a fumigation for bed bugs because my next door neighbor is literally the infamous chris-chan tier hoarder of the building, but i forgot a half-painted daemon prince on my hobby desk, how fucked by the leftover chemical film is it? Do I have to strip and prime again?

>>96448301
If I recall correctly, everything left open after beg bugs chemical treatment have to be washed in warm water and soap to get rid of residual stuff. Maybe just warm water will be enough?

Also, for the future, because I had to deal with bed bugs myself - chemical solutions are no longer favoured since these little fuckers gain resistance absurdly quickly so you need to repeat it with at least three different stuff to be sure. Now, most popular and safest option is to use just hot steam - it was proven (I even have scientific article about it) that temperature over around 50C kills both living bugs and their eggs and even casual steam cleaner device penetrate beds, carpets and the like with ease. Just a friendly tip.

>>96448353
Thanks.

>>96431984
> Knightmare, plus some Otherworld. Maybe a couple old Citadel.
Very nice.

>>96444790
All good anon, I like the retro future model. It makes me think of cowboy bebop. What game?

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>>96447641
>you can also buy just the pluckable foam and put in whichever box or drawer you want
Just made my third "Emperor's Teeth! Everything's on 32mm bases OR LARGER??" case this week using pluck foam and an empty Indomitus box.

>>96448586
I thought his was zone mortalis for a second

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Bought a Barrow Guard box today to kitbash some more Titan Legion Footmen out of Solar Auxilia. Probably going to play Kill Team with them.

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I have four more giant assassin vines to finish for the set, but a rougish rogue is fighting off some twig horrors. Feel like I could have used something other than grass for them, but not sure what. I like the lady though

>>96444317
>How are you feeling about the zenithal prime on this compared to other methods you've tried?

i kind of always go for a zen prime just because I have the airbrush at hand but don't always take advantage of it. in this case i had a can of hyrax brown i used as the base (i actually used this on the first of the kabalites i painted (the modern one)) and it seems to work pretty nicely as a base for a red ink sprayed onto the zen shading (i used some monument bright ivory as my airbrush white has been coming out a bit spotty)