Work in Progress "Out on the streets, that's where we'll meet" Edition>Full-on /WIP/ OP Links Pastebinhttps://pastebin.com/BE42AEcD>WIP Tutorial Images Megahttps://mega.nz/#F!TvQFCaLb!w8WZKCcOsTRasxrI0JWezw>Saint Duncan's "Six Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Painting"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufP8ka3KGno>Saint Duncan also explains thinning your paintshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxWgsqSf74s>Paint thinning 102https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBDVPoNXyVI>4 EASY Chipping Tricks For Beginnershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku4comhKHJM>Decal Like a Prohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYKLiEW7p9c>How to Edge Highlighthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoRbYuAfbEk>How to use contrast style paintshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhholrozptI>How to Paint with Tremorshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqp76vAJu9g>Airbrush Priming and Thinninghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkntrSBvXxEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGjBQzoukFghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00JVUxABe44https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEqT_R41JX8>Who's Johnny, she'd say, and smile in her special wayhttps://1d6chan.miraheze.org/wiki/Johnny>Previous Threads:>>96523001>>96491381>>96464185
Repostin for an answer. Does anyone know either a good paint mixture or a straight paint that I'd be able to make something close to this range of colors with? I want to make eye glow this color but I'm having trouble finding cyan paints. The closest I've found is probably Pro Acryl Turquoise or the Thousand Sons blue family of colors, but they're not quite a right match. I'm also noticing that most of the cyan/turquoise colors I'm finding lean more blue than green for some reason.
This kind of weathering is pigments, right?
>>96552654Streaking grime and or oils.
>>96552662Thanks
>>96552654There's like 6 different kinds of weathering in that picture. You'll need to be more specific.
>>96552667The tracks the streaks and the grime on the doors mostly. I figure the stuff on the edges is sponging even though I don't know how they got it so fine
>>96552692Just finer sponges, but yeah the tracks has to be pigment or some sort of texture paint.
First time trying NMM - aiming for a night time chrome look..Is it reading at all?
>>96552544Nihilak oxide feom citadel can have some effect like that, but it acts like a futher watered down contrast.
>>96552544Check turquoise and teal green herefiles catbox moe/s13y93 pdf
>>96552986I was skipping through the images in the thread and thought this was nicely done metal before I read your post so i'd say yes
>>96552654>we have Nightshift at homeOn one hand, it's nice to see something that's not eavy metal meme. On another, it's a shittier copy.
>>96553825>every weathering ever done must be to nightshifts level
>>96553845Completely missed the point. Which is that this thing is an attempt at copying his work. The same exact color scheme, same exact type of weathering used, also HH armor, etc.
I just watched the Vince video on sharp, thin lines. Can lahmian medium achieve the same effect as flow aid, or are they two completely different products? I want to get some very fine lines but they've been coming out thicker than I want.
>>96554022Lahmian medium is literally just a gw paint without pigments in it, it wont do anything but thin the colourThe flow aid is for reducing the surface tension and is very different.A very very dilute amount of soap or laundry detergent can be used to help get the effect if you want to just use things from your house.A quarter of a teaspoon of detergent in a litre of water should be enough
Finished this assassin. Learned a tonne and I'm going to do another to keep practicing
>>96554047Reading this back I would like an AI wow
>your shitposting, my lord
How much effort do you put into your movement trays, or are they just utilitarian pieces to you? I thought of just magnetizing them and place models on them so that the magnetic tape is not exposed.
>>96554275Paint a little 4chan thread on the screen
>>96554149Shouldve left out the tactical rock.
>>96553856I think Iron Fists were yellow before Night Shift opened his youtube man.
>>96554585That's a bit of a cope you are doing there, anon.
>>96553856>he same exact color schemeYellow, black and some metal for IF? Yep, totally a ripoff, GW have never done IF like that before!> also HH armorGW, using HH armor to show off their new HH armor kit? Yep, again, totally as a ripoff, no other possible reason for it.The best thing is that we don't even need to think about how unique this or that application of weathering is, because by including these two bits of absolute nonsense you've clearly marked the overall quality level of your observations here as utter bollocks.
>>96554847What a dumbass, damn. I'm sure Citadel/GW will appreciate your staunch internet defense of their bootleg.
last time i gave advice on priming i was told i know nothing of painting and for some reason the biggest idiots in this hobby are also the loudest
>>96554885I think we have some trolla again, honestly
>>96554878I think his point is that this is how scalebros weather their stuff, it's not exclusive to Nightshift.
>>96554885Well, what did you say exactly?
>>96554894Of course it's not. I've never claimed that. But considering that you can pick basically an unlimited number of paint schemes, hundreds of types of armor weathering, dozens of possible mud pastes, and enamels/oils to use, etc., and they somehow selected the same exact everything for it, one would have to be mentally deficient to not see the obvious "inspiration" there.
Painting some historical figures for a friend and it's been fun.I have some more research to do into victoriana and Edwardian walking dresses for the women but not much has changed in the way of mens suits.
>>96554912I mean this picture is from an article where this tank is painted in 5 different color schemes and 2 ones other than that yellow have this type of weathering. Anyway it doesn't really matter lmao
This is your super glue, right?The control is worth it
>>96552654How do they get that chipped paint look?
>>96555102I mean it could be worse, but actually good control straight from the bottle ain't happening. For that you put a drop of glue down on some sacrificial surface, then use a toothpick/mutilated needle/fancy-schamcy CA applicator thingy to pick some glue off the "palette" and apply it where it should go.If you think that's unnecessary then go play around a bit with 1/700 ship models and their photoetch upgrade kits. You'll learn.
>>96555130https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwI80Bv9BGk
>>96555102I like using this one
>>96555102i basically buy in bulk from hardware storenot every cheap superglue is good but when you find the brand that works you are basically set for life
>post on Instagram>lose followersLelLike I'm not bothered, I'll never be an "influencer" lmao but it would be nice to connect with people more, have people I look up to message me y'know that kind of thing.
>>96555309>I'm not bothered>let me whine about it on an anonymous japanese pottery forum
>>96555309Just feels a little bit like my face (or lack of) doesn't fit whilst basedboys and women and """women""" post sealed boxes and get hundreds of upbotes
>>96555323Can you fuck off?
>>96555309If those people expect different kind of content then I guess it makes sense. Personally, I both photograph my models and at anime cons during summer as well as various other topics I find interesting. I had no account before but people at cons expected one and encouraged me to make it so I did. Now, of I would post plastic tanks instead of cosplay shots, they wouldn't be interested or wouldn't want it to show on their main page or hoe it's called in IG. Likewise, if someone else would want to see kitbashed plastic mecha, they wouldn't like being notified about some cosplay. At the end of the day, if you are not really about monetizing IG, you shouldn't really worry and consider it solely as communication platform.
>>96555309Go outside and fuck off.
passion project continuesthis paint one model everyday thing works great so far
>>96555130There's like a million easily searchable tutorials on the topic
>>96555518Cracking stuff lad. Love seeing "Firstborn"
>>96555309Honestly thats what i use this place for and it made me a much better painter because I know if it's shit, this place will tell me. Unlike reddit where you could blast a model with diarrhea and people will just praise you. I only post on Instagram under a pseudo name so I can post progress photos for friends without spamming personal inboxes. If your doing all this for some sort of fame then post some models here, anons will let you know your worth real fast.Speaking of, im getting these first layers on, going to move him to a new bases soon and then get the gold trim/faces painted. Im a shit painter but damn kingdom death has some really fun models. It's way more fun to paint single models then 10 of the same 40k unit.
Is this camo looking okay or I messed it up? Used sponge for that, plus brush where sponge couldn't reach.
>>96555946I know jack shit about armor camo but at first glance it looks good
>>96555946im no expert on historicals but you could even out some of the edges with basecoat before washing, otherwise looks good to me
>>96556065Even out - so camo should be sharp rather than resembling sprayed?
>>96556096no i mean these partslets call them overspray
>>96556111Okay, I will try to do it before applying wash.
Hello WIP; I was wondering if anyone got a custom mat printed by a company. I know many companies will print whatever image you want; my issue is how do I find or, better yet, make my own picture for them to print? Nothing too fancy, something fairly generic such as picrelated
>>96556325>google-fu or camera>upload>pay>winrar
>>96556470My only issue is finding images that are good resolution. I will have this printed on a very large mat (400x220cm) and wanted something that would not stretch unsightly
>>96556550anon wtf kind of games are you playing on that table; that's 13' 1" x 6' 6".
>>96556676was about to say bots dont play games but that is all they do
>>96556550for random textured terrain like that shit one in the pic it would be an actually good idea to use aiyou could also look for videogame textures, either ripped off or free ones, if you find tiled ones you can just tile them forever as big as you want to keep a good resolution and reasonable variationmight want to ask in /hr/ or /3/
>>96556732that's actually not a bad idea, will give it a try
>>96553035I had considered Nihilak, but it's definitely too thin and dries pretty matte compared to other GW paints. I've found a couple that might come pretty close to the darker color I'm looking for TTC Legion Green or Jade Green. I think my best bet might be to mix Baharroth Blue and Sybarite Green and their family of colors.
>>96554548You know I will
>>96557109Anon why the fuck are you posting screenshots
>>96557289Look at his painting, anon is clearly disadvantaged.
>>96557956post yours, rembrandt jr
Bretonnian warband done for Mordheim
>>96558132Was this photo taken 40 years ago?
work on tomb guard continues
>>96558132photo is so poor i cannot comment on anything but pretty big group for 500 gold>>96558212they look good keep it up anon
Necromancer is done. Only part I'm really proud if is the face. I feel I could've done better on the cloak but I'm not really sure how. Feel free to tear him apart and tell me what I could've done better.
>>96558132Mordheim revive when? I want my rats to come out again. (Need a new Pic, this was the band unfinished and without their leader)
I've been painting a chorf blood bowl team and it occured to me that old, hand sculpted models were easier to paint because they had very pronounced creases. Sometimes you don't even need to use shades, just layer the model and it would look nice even without fancy techniques.Anyway, discuss, post your retro old old stuff etc!
>>96559195another thing to consider is that anywhere the sculptor could get his modelling tool in, you can get a paintbrush in. for that reason there are almost never any hard to paint spots on a hand sculpted model
Been working on some word bearers saturnine. Feeling pretty good about them so far, I'm newish to sculpting so I've been using possessed to learn. Going to carve runes into the leg plates tomorrow
>>96559195>post your retro old old stuffI should probably take more modern pictures with better lighting.
>>96558495I think it looks very good already. If you want to make the cloth pop out more you could add a tiny line of bright gray on the black and light brown on leather.
I've got a lot of tomb kings to paint, mostly highland miniature printsI am going to prime them and then maybe do zenithal highlighting with a boney colour but not sure what to do next?What kind of wash would you recommend and who makes a good one?I plan to go over it with the boney colour and then do a single highlight because I'm painting masses
>>96560242Skeleton horde contrast paint is designed specifically for this job
Raided my bits box to build a lord of change proxy
working on my kinashed teleport homer.Does it look like her robe is wet? I want her to look like she's drenched in oil as she's being burned alive, how can I achieve that look?
>>96560613simplest way would be a bit of satin or gloss varnish to give that wet shine. or a ery light sepia wash depending on what kind of oil you're going for
>>96560613Yeah it looks wet. Well done.
Have some NOS 3E Warriors (from a sealed 3E battleforce I managed to score cheap!) which I'm building for use in 4E, gonna be running them for melee with leaping legs. Built the first one, still needs his toxin sacs though. Mostly 3E parts, with the exception of the adrenal gland and the rending claws, both of which are from the newer kit. The gland just fits better on the Warrior carapace and the old rending claws, aside from being only one pair per three Warriors on the old kit, are kinda oversized for them IMO.
>>96558276Apologies Anon I don't know why that picture came out so shit.
>>96558664Nice rats!. Mordheim is great. 6 of us now playing it for the coming Winter.
Do you use metallics?
>>96560801Yes. Leadbelcher washed with nuln oil is my absolute favorite "look".
>>96560801Sure I do. I like putting some more effort into them when possible with simple volumetric highlights and I really like the results. Anyone saying you can't make TMM look good is a dumbass
>>96560805what a koinkidink thats mine too but unironically
>>96552544Carribean Blue by Scale 75 is pretty close. Used on this guy
>>96560832Damn, very nice. Is that yours?
>>96560839Yeah, wanted to add some Harliquins to my Drukhari force and thought a solitaire would be funny zipping around.
>>96560817Metallic paints just automatically make anything look like a toy
>>96561029skill issue
>>96561029So they make toys look like toys? Woah
>>96554918Progress
>>96560371Cool idea anon, I'd like to see more vibrant colors though.
>>96561121interesting and very nicealso kudos to watson for his leg day, dude could propably pistol squat a truck
>>96561029They look perfect on scale model and gunpla though
>>96554918>not much changedWell you know other than the hat, the shoes, the suit jacket, the tie knot, the cut of the suit, the color choice, and the fabric used!
>>96561223Not much at all really
>>96560760they're a one-size-fits-all part for multiple morphs, the same piece comes on the hive guard sprue.posting my Tyranid Zoat bash.
>>96561339
>>96561339so a metric ton of magnets or no magnets
>recently picked up a whole lot of pic rels>absolutely phenomenal, they even come with a stirring ball already inside>they're really watery yet have amazing coverage and a nice tint>realise all my other metallics (Citadel/Vallejo) are really lumpy insteadHave I been doing something wrong this whole time or is this series exceptionally watery instead? Genuinely feels like I'm using magical dirty water with these>>96560371Real fokken neat, but I agree with the other anonKeikakuman feels like the best faction to use a vomit of bright colours
>>96561393>metal vallejoCan you show results, please? Since Vallejo discontinued pic related, I haven't found anything as good.
>>96561383you'll have to just imagine the shitty reddit anton ego meme>I don't MAGNETIZE my models, I GLUE them>and if I don't LIKE my choices later, I LIVE WITH THEM
>day 456 of painting skaven clanrats
>>96561393they are watery because the range is optimized for airbrushingalso colored metallics (i.e gold) in this range are fucking dogshit in my experience
Protip to anyone here, the new(?) Kaleido varnishes are genuinely worth the hype. Picked the matte and gloss up along with their white primer- the primer is very good, if a bit finnicky, but the varnishes are honestly worth their weight in gold. Ready to airbrush out the bottle, don't run or spiderweb at all, and don't reactivate even chemically fragile paints. I airbrushed some of the gloss over some Molotow Chrome and whilst the shine was dulled a fraction, it didn't fog up or react in any way.I've heard these things described as water based acrylics that behave like lacquers and the varnishes at least honestly are. If they bring out coloured clears that behave this well I will buy every single one.
>>96561213>They look perfect on scale model and gunpla thoughThey look even worse there, at those scales metal surfaces are just going to look matte realistically
>>96561665good to know i quess but are there any anons who are actually so gung-ho about painting that they actively follow painting news and productsi imagine most just visit their flgs and local hardware store once a month to stock up and thats it
>>96561701trying too hard
>>96561707I don't have a local store so I buy everything online, thus I tend to do more research about new products since the selection is larger with no convenience tradeoff.
>>96561707Probably not, I just figured it was worth mentioning. In my experience aqueous acrylic varnishes can be an absolute bitch to spray, and solvent based ones can damage acrylics, so having the best of both worlds seemed like something that would be nice for a lot of anons here.
>>96561731I've been using AKs for a while and had no issues whatsoever when thinned 1:1 and these are acrylic too
>>96561744I have heard AKs are very good. These are pre-thinned which may be a plus or minus depending on your preferences; I like it because I can't fuck up the thinning ratio myself but anyway. They're definitely a very good retard-proof option if like me you're used to airbrushing lacquers, but need something that won't destroy delicate paints.I do need to check out AK's paints though, I hear they're very good. I've been moving away from Citadel onto other brands, mostly the new AP stuff and also Golden Hiflow acrylics which a friend of mine recc'd. The latter are very good, though a bit glossy and very expensive, though they're monopigment and extremely high quality, and you get a fair bit in a bottle so eh.
>>96561701>use auric gold layer paint in my shell drybrush>hit it with a few thick layers army painter strong tone after, always brushing in one direction>gloss varnish the whole thing>looks like cockroach shell, as intended
>>96561770dunno about cockroach but agreed it does look pretty realistic
>>96561770pardon the blur
>>96561770That guy is baiting, ignore.>>96561764AK are my go to acrylics along with TTC, I recommend at least trying them. I do need to check proacryl at some point but its pretty hard to get in my country, even online.
>>96561802the photos can't represent it properly, but when you turn it in the light it looks like jasper, I'm very happy with how it turned out and then I almost ruined it by rushing the varnish
>>96561770>>96561803That looks fucking fantastic anon. Seen a few attempts at metallics on 'nids but that's the best one I've seen.>>96561809Thanks anon, I will give 'em a shot. I do have their black and white paint markers and they seem pretty good. Any colours/sets in particular worth nabbing?
>>96561825I dont buy sets but I really like their olive greens, very vibrant. Grey-blues are my go to for blueish white and mahogany browns and turquoises are beautiful as well. The quality is very consistent across the range, too. Just all around solid paints, as much as acrylics can go at least.
>>96561853Aight, good to know, thanks fren.Topic: WIP Slaaneshi spear chick from Underworlds (Dread Pageant?). Trying to get better at glazing. Attempted to go for like, a sheer yellow on the trousers and a nubian skintone. I think I zoomed in a bit too far, this looks far worse on the screen than it does in person. I know everyone says that but seriously.
>>96560613Here it is mostly done. I hope the wet dress effect is still on with scriptures written on it.I will put on gloss like >>96560624 said.
>>96561891From the back. In hindsight, the attempt at see-through fabric on her posterior looks a bit, uh, not what I intended, but hopefully I can fix that.
>>96561764AK is good but you definitely still have to thin them. They are just thinner than the chalk heavy citadel layer shit.I don’t like pro acryl because of the way their pants flow. It’s hard to describe, but they just don’t stick to minis very well. And I’ve tried multiple paints over different primers, so idk.
>>96561825thanks, I use a combination of army painter and citadel for the most part, the assimilator was auric gold and army painter green, but I've settled into a more consistent combo of 1:1 auric gold and thunderhawk blue layer paint.basically just shake the bottle, dab my palette knife into the thunderhawk, apply to palette. Wipe the knife well with a damp paper towel, dab into the auric gold, mix well.congrats, you have a nice metallic blue that glints gold in the light.
>>96561934>dab my palette knife>Wipe the knife well with a damp paper towelwhat is a palette knife and why not just use the brush if you are going to wipe most of the paint off and waste it
>>96561934easier to see the gold on this wipgotta say, I like the changes to the genestealers. they finally have a proper separation of shell and flesh, and a full batch of 10 tentacle heads means I don't need to painstakingly brush on all their nasty little pug-faced grins.
>>96561965No, you wipe as much paint as you can onto the palette, then collect as much as you care to onto a brush, and/or wipe back into the bottle.you wipe BETWEEN putting it into the gold, or between the gold and the thunderhawk if you're a barn yard animal like me so that you don't contaminate your paints with metallic flakes.
>>96561934niggas really be doing all this shit instead of transferring their citadel paints into droppers s m h
>>96561988>spend money on dropper bottles (and if you do this you may as well get the bearings too)>VS.>using my dollar store palette knife to mix my paintsUh oh guys, I'm almost out of McDonalds napkins, better go out and spend $40
>>96562023craftsperg-tier logic right here, congratulations
>>96561988i dont like dropper bottles with all the burping and puking they dont save any paint compared to new citadel pots imho
Does anyone want to have a go at another collage of undead for october?It's been a while
>>96562052now that's an opinion I can respect, even if I personally disagree
>>96562034I do what I want.
>>96562109i mean when i need paint i need it right now, i dont want to go trough this complicated system of banging the pot into the table, asking it to be nice and muttering a prayer every single time experiences may vary but these are mine
>>96561393They're all airbrush paints, but work surprisingly well with a brush, yeah. I use Duraluminum, others use it as a basis of colored mixes with inks.>>96561588The gold is quite desaturated, but it works for a more gritty aesthetic. Vince Venturella mixes it with the copper in the same range, as well uses gold pigment from GSC to infer a much better gold, so those two are not entirely hopeless, weak as they are alone.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26_1W7zR-cA
>>96562052>>96562143My god, imagine having citadel paints on a dropper bottle. Not even a machine would mix it properly.
ANyone know of a goo tutorial for painting glowing eye sockets? Pretty much everything I find is for models with actual eyes or eye lenses. Not much for skulls or making a glow coming out of a hole.
>>96562174Different anon but I tried mixing gold pigment with that range gold paint but mixing in pigment was problematic due to dust and when I tried to make more to save for later, it all dried up even in closed dropper bottle.
scale 75 decayed metal with moonstone alchemy highlights is my favourite gold. sepia or dark skin shade wash optional (pref before highlighting).
>>96562259>thinning paint? never heard about it
>>96562293I heard it was a bit hard to get right, and so would probably be a pain to remake each time - so yeah that's fair. Still, I used the gold on Custodes as-is and it works alright, will post pics after bed but nothing amazing
>>96562174I have more of a problem with it separating fucking instantly once it stops being shaken (besides the color not being gold) but maybe i just got a bad bottle
paint not thinned down enough? Or perhaps I should have avoided touching up some areas with a 3rd thin coat?
>>96562373Looks like the upper layers reactivated some lower layers with the tan paint.
>>96562383Mhm so it is a question of waiting longer before adding the 2nd coat, 3 minutes is not enough I presume?
>>96561393Vallejo metal color are alcohol based like Tamiya, might as well just use Lacquer
>>96562388It’s a feel thing and depends on the paint and how it has been thinned, when airbrushing we aim for 15 minutes, but it can be less with the brush.
>>96562407Thanks for the headsup Anon.
>>96562107dunno if this counts but i managed to almost paint an entire spoopy vampire counts army this yearsry for the crappy picture i dont have the room to lay them out properly because i have my 40k table set up
>>96562405u ok brah?
>>96562107Would you guys be down to paint stuff for collages like those again? /40kg/ has been doing it for like 3 months and it's a lot of fun.
>>96562425Sorry, the liquid metal are alcohol based, not metal color. Fuck Vallejo and AK though, too many paint lines
>>96562425You see, the terminology with this kind of paints is a bit retarded. Mr. Hobby Aqueous entire branding is about being water-based but it is a mixed solvent thing like tamiya, with acrysion being the traditional water based acrylic.Of course, these paints are much better for using with the brush because of longer drying times.
>>96554275is the hood on that navigator conversion sculpted or a bit from something else?
Current progress on tonk. What do you think?
>>96562434I would, yeahWe did like 3 and it fell apart
>>96562508much better good job
>>96562434Yeah, sure. Maybe having a deadline will force me into motivation.
>>96562508I think it's very cool and I'm happy to see scales here!>>96562419Lovely army anon>>96562138Those metal parts look really interesting, I like em a lot.>>96561896The sheer effect is fantastic!if anyone happens to be interested Alter is rereleasing the 1/10 Rin with scooter figure, it's up for pre-orders :)
>>96561891>a nubian skintoneSlaanesh is supposed to be sexual, erotic and attractive.Disgusting is the realm of Nurgle.
>>96562558you need to go back
>>96562558You need to go back, craftsperg.
>>96562569>>96562570And the reddit anthem rings in chorus.Lead by example.
>>96562556>>96562549Cool, so now it's just about painting few lights in blue/red and waiting for it to cure before varnishing.>scalesTo be honest I bought it because I wanted to give airbrushing a try but in the end only did base green with it (rest like camo was done with sponge and drybrush) because I honestly thought that changing colors involve taking apart airbrush for whole cleaning procedure and I really disliked how much time it takes. Maybe next time then.
>>96562645last night you were about to wash it and now you are skipping straight to varnish
>>96562716But I washed it today, then drybrushed and now added few missing details. It's small tank, 1/72 scale so it was not very time consuming.
>>96562477Its from the old deathwing knights kit
is a .28 needle good enough for priming or is it more fit for detail work?
>>96563914You can prime just fine with smaller needles, it'll just take a bit longer to cover everything. I think people usually use .2 or .15 for detail work.
>>96561404>Can you show results, please? nta, they are the best water based 'grey' (skip the gold and copper) metallics you will find
>>96563979i remember the beat up metal anon and his tutorials
>>96563979What would be the best gold and copper? I'm generally pretty happy with how Retributor gold comes out, especially if I undercoat it with brown to help it cover better. And I just got a couple of Duncan's copper/bronze colors but haven't had a chance to use them yet.
>>96564085can't really give advice there, since i got the metal color ones i make do mixing the gold with copper and gsw gold pigment as vince suggested (its a pain tho)>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26_1W7zR-cAthe crown in picrel was painted with that, it's not the usual saturated yellow/orange gold, but it looks goodsummoning black templar anon, iirc he uses the pigment by itself
Working on the test model for my Knight House footmen, quite pleased with how the blue and gold/brass colour works together.
>>96564159That wight king is immaculate. The chest and thigh armor is really well done. Is that also gold of some sort or something different?
>>96564283it's vallejo game color bright bronze carefully shaded with ap dark wood speed paint, highligthed back with the bronze mixed with a bit of pale burnt metal
>>96564386How do you control metallics? They turn into glitter water if I thin them, impossible to glaze or layer.
>>96562107Sure, sounds like fun.
>>96561029NMM makes everything look like some gay capeshit comic.
>>96561029>>96564911Both me btw.
In a Witch Hunters Inquisitorial Retinue, what are some units you would expect to see?
>>96564944Preacher priest with a flamer, a hunchback in a hood carrying a huge book, either a psyker or a null in painful-looking bonds, crusader-looking hard dudes in armor and with mancatchers.
>>96564834i don't glaze them, i mix them, stipple and feather vigorously with a broken brush when needed, shading and weathering does the restyou could try medium instead of water if you really want glazing but i never felt the need
>>9656495140k, not fantasy.Although aside from the mancatchers that all seems fitting.I've got an Inquisitor picked out, a couple arco-flagellant, a repentia, a few sisters, a servitor with multimelta, cherubim, servo skull and a priest too.The cherubim is carrying a sororitas stamped bomb which I figured would be an exterminatus weapon on hand, repentia and sisters because of the art on the witch hunters codex and flagellants to go with the servitor as some visual hint of churchly suffering.I want to keep it to 10-15 models, less is better.
>>96564989Stippling with metallics, huh. Interesting, thanks anon.
>>96562434>/40kg/Yuck
Am I on the right track with this?
>>96565945What colour are you going to paint the background?
>>96565945I'd say yeah, from what I can see in the photo.
How would you achieve a white and gold that looks sort of worn out, sunbleached paper or simply worn out or tarnished? Like something once pristine exposed to light for too long.
I'm not very knowledgeable about vehicles, so hopefully someone can help me here. Do tank guns get the muzzle discoloured from shooting a lot? I did some research and the answer seems to be no, but I've seen some armour modellers who do that effect.
>>96566371They don't really discolour that way but it's more visually interesting to paint it on, so people do it.
Okay these are probably ready to send to Germany to get put into an extremely autistic terrarium
>>96566371>Do tank guns get the muzzle discoloured from shooting a lot?Yes, they do. However, they get cleaned a lot after shooting too (and worn out barrels get replaced very quickly as well). In general, tanks are very often weathered way to much, completely ignoring routine maintenance. It always should depend on what you want to show in your model. A tank that is currently involved in intense and more or less constant battle for a week? Or one that is on the way to the battlefield?
>>96561393Yeah hands down best metallics out theremade for AB but easy enough to brush
It's funny how many "woke" types actually post(ed) on here for their start.Suggers, Simpsom miniatures, the OPR guy, Mammoth miniatures, more I can think of
>>96554275Post moar of your Inquisitor crew
>>96562434>>96562524I think the reason it fell apart was a combination of coomers and trolls. When you end up with a theme the actual participants don't want to do, and the guys who abused the flawed natures of online voting where never going to do, enthusiasm dies fast.
>>96566752We had next to no coomers though, you are just making shit up.
>>96566753Here's the march collage.Sadly I could not find one for may, only the poll data after coomer stuff was removed early on as an option, and turn around between voters and participants was abysmal.
>>96565003check this>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsgFPMsnAKE
>>96560801YesStone me>inb4 noobI know
>>96566796These were pretty sick and I stand correctedSeems like the coomer stuff wasn't a problem then if people were happy to participateThere was another one that was all cooks and chefs i think?
>>96566855Only three, unless you count the one where a lot of people made the same wizard.Skellies, Tits, and MaritimeThe collage for maritime may never materialized, and no one organized another vote. The vote over the coomer theme was more of a mess though, and was removed as an option afterwards, because there are also plenty of people who don't care for those types of models.
>>96566882There were more than that, we had the fungal queen/gobbo chef one that was also a contest for some reason.
>>96560805this but agrax earthshadegives it a nice oily rusty look
>>96566796reminds me of another anon's neurothicctor
>>96566796weird i have no memory of this let alone the 2 other times it apparently happenedthen again i have been hitting the bottle pretty hard for a decade so i might have even participated
>>96566941Right, that was a predecessor, before it was switched from a specific miniature to a more open theme. I can't remember the time frame for those, so I won't bother searching the archive.Not everyone can always get a specific model, and someone messed with the vote to try and get his model through. Entirely possible that I am mixing up which voting had the most issues, but online polls on 4channel are always prone to being a mess.
>>96566941This was the gobbo chef
I'm trying to strip a large model with IPA but the paint is really tough. The top layer came off easy but revealed an older paint job underneath that doesn't seem to come off much at all.Do I just have to soak it for days or will I have to upgrade to acetone?>>96554516How large are the crimson court vampires?I have a vampire army of mostly models from before the recent refresh, but the AoS models seem quite a bit bigger than the fantasy battles ones.
Is there any point to painting NH without contrast paints? Seems like a lot of work for not as good a result.
>>96567701Depends on what quality you're aiming for I guess? You can obviously paint better shadows by layering or whatever but it will definitely take longer and I feel like NH work really well with contrasts. If you have an airbrush tho you can quickly spray some simple transitions and then paint in the shading. I painted picrel as a one-off thing and didn't use any contrasts, for example.
>>96567701The result depends on the amount of effort you are willing to put in.
I wish he'd actually fuck off
>>96567855I wish you'd fuck off, you demented faggot.
>>96563337>>96562477just to clarify: i meant the hood on the blue model, not the obviously dark angels gimp
>>96567855>watching sloptubers
>>96568014
kitbashed half of an urukhai box. may have overdone it with the spikes on a few of them
Stupid question but - does it make sense to keep separate cheap airbrush solely for primer/varnishes or it doesn't really matter?
>>96568391I don't really see a reason to do that honestly
>>96568391would be cheaper to just use rattlecans
>>96568503I mean, I was told that primers or varnishes are more aggressive and harder to clean from.>>96568529The whole point of picking airbrush in first place for me was to save on rattlecans since they use up a lot of material and run out quickly. And how all can varnishes I tried have their own issues (like Vallejo refusing to dry even after a week or Army Painter forming carpace-like layer).
>>96552458Just finished my slann model. Really happy with how it turned out. I kind of scrambled eggd his left eye but oh well.
>>96568585I wish I could be as good. Amazing job.
>>96552544Vallejo game color range has some that look pretty similar to >pic related
>>96568615Thanks. I tried mixing inks into my highlight paints for the first time and I like the result. I noticed that all my colors were turning dull and grayish when I mixed with white and it helps
>>96568715Well, it makes sense - adding (pure) white desaturate colors (and shift them - red turns towards magenta, for example). Personally, I add "sunny skintone" instead.
Tonk varnished and finished. Leopard 2A7 reporting for duty.
>>96555102best boy comin thru
>>96568864Very cute tonk!>>96568585Looks great, nice job. I need to get one of these frogs for myself.>>96566590Now that's something you don't see here everyday, very cool.>>96565945I think it looks good so far!>>96564249Nice scheme indeed, feels fitting for knights.
Noob here - how long to do I need to wait to paint a model after priming it?
>>96569386Kinda depends what you're using as a primer. For GW rattlecans 30 minutes is enough, if even says so on the package. For actual primers it's usually recommended to wait 24 hours but I've painted over Mr Surfacer and Vallejo surface primer after an hour or so without any issues.
>>96569386Always safe to let it cure overnight.
>>96566313Looks like the sin eater is is mostly very light shades of brown/ peach colors. So a range of peach to very light yellow might work to get that tone of white
>>96569386Most are usually dry enough within 2 hours, but take a full day to cure. I usually wait the day since I'm never in much rush to get things painted. As evidenced by my glacial pace on individual models.
>>96568585Very nice frog. If I decide to dip back into lizards and paint the bastilodon I've have sitting for 4 years I want to get one of these.
Anyone take pictures using an iPhone? I tried taking pics in a lightbox but it looks like I've applied a paint daub filter over the mini.It's like it's doing some fancy processing that's doing a bit too much work.
>>96569502Most camera apps apply a filter when processing the imageSee if you can download OpenCamera and give that a go, it wont apply any post processing
>>96569502>It's like it's doing some fancy processing that's doing a bit too much workThats exactly what it does. In your phone you have very short lens trying to focus light on very tiny sensor. In order to have higher resolution material, it just have to make lots of tricks. Your best bet is to use some third party software for photo taking, on Android you have Open Camera but no idea what iPhone have instead - Im sure that it DOES have something.You can also try to take RAWs and edit them on PC yourself but it kinda kills the whole point of using phone instead of, you know, actual camera.
>>96569502>iphonetry this, i don't have an iphone myself but it should be the best app you can get>https://apps.apple.com/us/app/project-indigo/id6742591546
>>96569546>>96569522>>96569517Thanks, anons. I'll try out that and Halide
>>96569558No problem, it's a common issue people have in here and isn't really something that's noticeable until you start trying to take photos of something so small.
>>96569522>You can also try to take RAWs and edit them on PC yourself but it kinda kills the whole point of using phone instead of, you know, actual camera.The main problem with using an actual camera isn't that bit, but having one in the first place. So as much as I'd recommend a proper camera with a decent macro lens here, shooting raw in the phone is at least something and will be very accessible for most.
On this topic - what's a reasonable camera for photographing minis that's also better than a phone camera for like day to day pics?
>>96569602I feel like phone cameras are more than enough unless you're trying to take like professional pictures.
>>96569586Is the post processing why certain details and highlights get washed out in pictures? I notice a lot of more subtle highlights I put on don't show up much in pictures.
>>96569602Any point and shoot digital camera is going to have a better sensor than a phone>>96569883yes, it's exactly whyThe post processing makes images look "prettier" but you sacrifice fine details to do it
>>96569602To be honest, for minis or scale models it mostly matter of macro lens (which is usually costly), for body it can be one of those reasonable APS-C like Nikon D5300 since you don't need good low light performance - your subjects are stationary and can stand as long as you need so as long as you use tripod or similar gear, it doesn't matter if you have few seconds long exposure time with some tiny aperture like f/16.Or Im just biased since I also do photography as a hobby.
>>96568100awesome. cheers
>>96555102Piece of shit clogs up after 5 uses, but yeah, it's cheap and does the job.
Speaking of cameras i remembered this retarded comparison i did a while back and the booba changing size
>>96569990Left to right makes me feel like I'm looking at one of those old fashioned magic eye pictures where it's "3D".
>>96569990>500mmYou mean beast like this?
>>96570029It wasn't the bigma, sadly. Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6 on a d500.It's like holding a toddler
I’m trying to figure out which blue I like best for my Night Lords. Which one do you like?
>>96570053This ones too bright for NLs I feel.
>>96570042Still looks like something that would cause panic in public and make police officers ordering you to put it down.
>>96562373>>96562383Thanks for the tip Anon, this time I spaced it well enough and the final result looked better at least to my novice eye.
>>96570053bro wth is this. Thin your damn paints.
Another one done
>>96570630Great work on the writing.
>>96562107Gives me an excuse to pick up a Nighthaunt kit. Which one? Big bride lady is pretty cool.
>>96570684yeah Olynder is pretty fun to paint, you just need to be a bit careful not to break anything lol
>>96562107I'm getting into undead so that could be fun. Maybe I'll do karlina von Carstein next.
>>96562107I have an Ushoran sitting under my desk that I could probably fish up.
Where do I see all the previous collages? I don't see them in the OP.
>>96570630Damn, you're going through them fast. Great job, as always.
Has anybody tried this kind of verdigris effect? Tutorial: https://nstarmagazine.com/OATHMARK_SKELETONS_FROM_SCRATCH_1.htmI mixed an AK light green paint with Les Bursley green wash recipe and didn't quite get what I was looking for.
Does anybody have a simple bronze nmm recipe I could try?
>>96571082sorry, I meant brass. It's for this guy.
>>96571114They are using metallic paints in that picture and it looks pretty good.
>>96571143yes but my question was about nmm
Is 3D printed resin generally safe to dump into 99 percent iso alcohol for paint stripping?
>>96571218Isopropyl is what you use to clean prints, so yeah.
>>96571231Alright thanks! I'll give it a shot tomorrow.
>>96571248wasn't satisfied with the claw on my "zoat," so I added a couple fingers.Going to add green stuff to blend a bit, and I'm going to get rid of those mold lines, but otherwise I think it looks pretty good.
>>96571193But NMM is hard. And not good hard like my pp.
>>96571286oopsie, didn't mean to reply>too lazy to hit reply to thread>too lazy to delete quoted post
>>96571286Is it a 3D printed miniature that you're speaking from experience can be paint stripped without losing detail in 99 percent iso alcohol?Anyways it is looking pretty good. How did you get the gray texture on the scales?
>>965712971 part stormhawk blue layer1 part auric gold, basically a drop of each mixed together, makes a lovely "scarab gold"
>>96571304Thank you!
>>96571304no prob, for the shell I drybrush from the bottom of the shell up, so that I hit all the ridges along the way
>>96570718Sold out but I'll track one down.Any other cool kits from the Nighthaunts? I have a hard time with the ghosts telling which sculpts are good vs. which paint jobs are doing the heavy lifting.
>>96570029>>96570042Off topic, but one of my biggest regrets is not picking up a Takumar 800mm when I had the chance to get it for a couple hundred bucks, not realizing what it was at the time.
not quite done but there's the basic idea.
>>96571615
Finished the third damned legionary.
>>96570053Magic Blue from vallejo
Working on some terrain for kill team. My chipping is awful, needs to be more subtle but will learn from it and try better on next pieces.
Update on the big ostermark rebasing project.
>>96571623>>96571615It looks great.unrelated, but i think this is the first time i actually see someone post a Tyranid Guard ITT. They are criminally underrated models.
>>96571218No it absolutely is not safe, it will dissolve the printed resin and at the least you will lose detail and at the most you will turn the model into sludge.The reason you clean prints with it is to dissolve any uncured resin, you dunk it quickly.
Working on artelw grotesques but I have given them proper liquifier guns and greenstuff for the pipes. The official guns look really basic. Too bad they getting squatted for now.
>>96573690
>>96573429these threads are low on nids in general
Started work on this guy that I've had sitting around for ages. I want to get faster so it's gonna be pretty quick and nasty. Still took like 2-3 hours to do just this though.
>>96574233Very smooth blends on the green for a rushjob, anon. Good shit.
>>96573620>, you dunk it quicklyUNCURED RESINI leave prints in the cleaning jar overnight.Don't spread lies, faggot.
>>96574196Because there are no women here.
>>96574520I don't keep up with the chudthink so I just like bugs and don't worry about how it affects my masculinity.
Speaking of Nids, I put together this take on the sexy Neurolictor fad for a laugh, and also to use up some crap from my bitz box. Needs some putty of course but coming along quite well IMO. Purely a display model, it's way too unstable for tabletop use and also I hate big base elements on gaming piece models.Recipe BTW:>Pyrovore flamespurt (nozzle cut off)>Biovore carapace>OOP metal Venomthrope feeder tendrils (sawn off the main body, ironically you might be better off with a Finecast one as it'll be slightly less topheavy)>Carnifex head (cut down significantly)>Venom cannon feeder tube>Venomthrope head>Psychophage tongue>Tyranid Warrior chest (I used the Prime version specifically)>Tyranid Prime adrenal glands>Tyranid Warrior scything talons (talons themselves removed at the wrist)>Plague Drone limbs (balljoints cut off and boils lanced shaved away)>Last-gen (4th edition) plastic Genestealer lower arms (the smaller ones with daintier fingers, one hand cut and reposed)>Last-gen (5th edition) Ravener tail (I suspect this will be the trickiest component to source once they're discontinued in favour of the KT set)>Dustback Helamite back legs (inorganic elements shaved off and base connector platform cut down)>Parts from bootleg NECA Alien toys off Aliexpress (I believe the smaller part is a Scorpion Alien's back spine and the larger part is the Snake Alien's head; they're pretty damn cheap and make for great bits for larger Tyranid bashes such as terrain or biotitans)>40mm base
>>96574651From the side. Really pleased with the head even before the sculpting, especially given the eclectic mix of parts.
>>96574658Back. Not sure if I want to add a stinger to the neural tentacle/head tail or keep it as is (with a bit of sculpt refinement) and paint it as a disgusting and oddly phallic looking gooey tentacle tip.
>>96574669And the other side.Not sure how I'll paint her. My hive fleet is a mix of different colours, partly as a tribute to 2nd edition and partly because I get bored painting the same colours over and over, so there's no real restriction beyond what looks good.
>>96552458If I'm only going to use an airbrush for simple basecoating, is it a good idea to go with the cheapest option? Anything in particular to think about when it comes to maintenance? All of my friends have had problems with the "needle" or whatever it's called inside the airbrush. I will have access to a friend's compressor.
>>96574651>>96574658From some angles the head looks like a dragonfruit.
>>96574651>>96574658>>96574669>>96574675>[horrible chain smoker hag voice] "Hey baby. Ya lookin' for a good time?"I love it.
>>96574742>[high pitched voice] "Oneechan~!"
>>96574763>astropath in the choir, sorting telepathic communications from the stars>one day you hear a voice, as if from great distance, call your name>"KYON-KUN, DENWA!">go insane as you bleed from every orifice
>>96574741Actually, that gives me an idea for colours. Thanks anon!>>96574742Kek, now I can't unhear it. Appreciated regardless.
>>96574781I imagine the hallway to Slaanesh' throne room in the warp is made of writhing lolis squeaking ITAI! YAMETEEE! as you step on them.
>>96574839Nah. That's just Konrad.
Why are the GW orange contrast paints so off?Gryphhound is brown, Magmadroth Flame looks red in real life.
>>96575049>anon discovers shades of orange
>>96575059Yeah, but I don't understand how they only have a single contrast-style paint and it's brown.Mag Flame is single pigment and doesn't even look orange.
Just started these things. I picked up some hellions, another unit of wyches, a couple venoms, and 3 more jet bikes to complete a gang of 18, and then I'll call my space drow complete until I find or make something to be a Tantalus.
>>96574535>how it affects my masculinityWrong take, women like tentacle rape monsters with dick guns, men who haven't been exposed to this fact based tyranid/women meme don't see rape monsters.
>>96575076Because contrast isn't for serious painters, it's watered down newb bait.
I watched this videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwI80Bv9BGkAnd absolutely loved the look and want to try and paint a Predator in a similar style. One thing I want to know is about he flame cutting marks, how do I know where they should be? I assume they're marks from how the steel gets cut at the factory, but where should I place them? This is the tank in question.
>>96575049>>96575076They only look this way because you're comparing them side-by-side to other shades of orange. When used as the only orange paint in a scheme, those paints are very clearly orange. Just look up examples of GHO and MF being used on actual models.
>>96575344You'd have to kind of make it up as you go along but if you imagine the tank being built they'd be placed along the edge of a large panel, where it was cut out from the stock metal; it's kind of hard to explain but try looking at photos of real tanks for inspiration.
>>96575344Just FYI, he has video tutorials about flame cut marks, and I'm not entirely certain, but I think he explains where they should be, too. Also, post pics when you are done, scale model stuff does wonders for Warhammer armor. Speaking of, reposting my Dunerider.
>>96575331Contrasts/speedpaints are a tool like any other. You can use them as washes, filters or glazes instead of what they are advertised for(quick basecoat+wash in 1 coat). They work pretty nicely for that.>>96575434It was fun following your progress on this some time ago, turned out really great.>>96575300Did you do slapchop or is it a slightly grainy primer? There's a bit of a texture on the mini I feel. The colors you used are very nice though.>>96574233The cloth looks really solid for such a quick paintjob, especially from behind.>>96573238I don't know what bases these had before but the minis are really nice!>>96572246Very cool, just like your previous ones. Those bone motifs are great.
>>96555518I love this gun plattform. Do they still sell it?Lovely dudes too, How many will you do for that army/project?
Looking for some advice here, if anyon a would like to help. I'm gonna do some blue squares for a checker pattern on the yellow of this guys shirt. But, I don't want to mess it up so I'm looking for tips and tricks for the linework and straight lines over folded cloth
Also I'm repainting the chimera! For the lips are they too dark? Should I add some grey or some purple to it, just a faint amount? Thanks in advance for the help
>>96575316>implying my kink isn't consensual genestealer cults>"REEE I AM HYPNOTIZING YOU WITH MY ALIEN MIII--">"Yo shut up and get that weird alien dick up in me">"W-WELL NO THE WHOLE IDEA IS YOU GO OUT AND FIND A HUSBAND WHO--">"with a tentacle face?">"WHAT?">"does my husband have a tentacle face?">"N-NO?">"then WHAT IS HE GOOD FOR!?">"JESUS, LADY!"Genestealers are masters of stealth and subversion, to help them avoid detection by white women.
>>96575874With a sculpt that cartoonish it really doesn't matter how you paint it.
>>96576128fucking useless post
>>96576128Thanks champ
>>96576179It is not useless to know that no color of paint or amount of weathering/etc... is going to give that sculpt anything to stop it from screaming "playdough"
>>96576244>no color of paint or amount of weathering/etc... is going to give that sculpt anything to stop it from screaming "playdough"unironically skill issue
>>96576276No, look at the tooth on that lion head. no amount of skill is going to make that balloon level of "detail" look good.I feel bad for anon having that in their collection, it's mere presence is going to lower the apparent level of anons painting skill and it's got nothing to do with anon, it's all on th sculpt.
>>96575352Shoot. Good point, thanks.
>>96574511Post them then
>>96576335It is a goofy sculpt, but that's what I love about it. There is a certain charm to things done well even if done poorly, that people like to call soul. E.g. a lot of the pen drawings by Vonnegut are amateurish, but have a certain something. Or like a dick drawing made in someone else's notebook that you tried to give life too.Also that's two teeth side by side in that lions mouth, the angle is a bit bad for that
Dunno if this is the right thread but I recently painted my first mini
>>96577368Sweet job for a first mini, dude.
>>96575591>turned out really great.Thanks anon, you are too kind. >>96577368Good stuff for the first mini. All is there, now it's only about refining it.
>>96577368Not bad at all, the subtle glow around the gun tubes is quite nice for a first try.
>>96577439>>96577448>>96577471Thanks, guys :D
>sugs thinks heating up a metal mini with a hair dryer will 'soften' it to bend things back into place like a resin miniAdorable.
>>96575591Fuck, I should rewatch Yuru Camp. It's so cozy.
>>96577737A powerful hair dryer can get up to 93 degrees centigrade and lead melts at 327. Wouldn't it get at least a little bit malleable?
>>96577742it's peak comfy, definitely worth a rewatch
>>96577368Far from the worst thing I've seen for a first mini. Looks a little thick in places but you at least understand the concept of thinning paint. Keep him forever and use him as a benchmark for your improvement.
>>96577368WELCOME, ANON!Nice little necron dude. I wouldn't want him to shank me with his bayonet.
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