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Matches have gone out. Here are the galleries for previous years:>2024https://imgur.com/a/g7MfJE5>2023https://imgur.com/a/e9QOmJJ>2022https://imgur.com/a/2OWxHpg>2021https://imgur.com/a/TKfeLxU>2020https://imgur.com/a/TeduVrJ>2019[REDACTED]>2018https://imgur.com/a/UWRYKEq>2017https://imgur.com/a/qS7PH>2016https://imgur.com/a/1fxhq
thanks to the anon who recommended pva glue a few threads backworks really well when mixed with ca and spread around a bit
>>96931862
Freehanding some banners, how is it looking?
Doh, posting just before the threat dies. Almost ready for primer, not sure yet if I am going to paint the whole base grey/rock or pick out the skulls in bone color and and make the hill grass/dirt.
>>96931913eye look better than the last wip
>>96931913Looks pretty good so far!Don't forget to overclock your spinning devices.
>>96931906where'd this webm come from, 1986chan?
>>96931962this is the reason you asked me to make a spinny last thread isn't it
>>96931976It is. Yes. I hope that's okay.
>>96931993Of course man, I don't mind
>>96931962As The Omnisiah wills.
>>96931962What sick fuck puts their loyal animal through spins like that
>>96931920That's a lovely dragon
>>96932242>Giant*??
>>96931966It's from a pan-and-scan VHS rip cut to the 4:3 aspect ratio that was common to cathode ray tube (CRT) televisions prior to the dawn of the Dark Age of Technology.
HE FIGHTS FOR HIS CITY, JOIN YOUR LOCAL KABAL (need flag suggestions)
>>96932258Yup, messed that up
>>96932275Just a big fluffy boi looming for love
>>96932296>imagine I made a joke about it being sideways
>>96932302With forearms like that he can definitely climb the wall
>>96932302>>96932296Idk not to have it go sideways?
>>96932353>>96932296I am retarded
>>96932402>>96932353>>96932296>Are ya winnin', son?>*turns around crying while trying to post an upright image*>"No, dad. I'm not winning ;_; "
>>96932417it obv has to do with the polarity of the earth and phase of venus or something
>when you try and post a spinny and forget to apply the force 90 degrees before the direction you want it to appear in.This thread should be single enough to get this joke, right?
>>96932242>>96932258Heh, I was already looking trough my bits and scrap mini's for empire and bret stuff to make a ramschackle knight to go with it.
>>96932455>yfwSorry anon
>>96932477this doesn't hit the same without the sound desu
>>96932353Crop the image.
>>96932275The EA games logo.
>>96932477Okay, well I tried.chatgpt spoils the joke for people uninitiated:it’s a physics joke disguised as a meme about posting media.In physics, especially rotational motion, when you want something to spin (change its orientation), you apply a torque, which is a force applied perpendicular (90°) to the direction of motion you want to change. This is how gyroscopic precession works — e.g., to tilt a spinning wheel in one direction, you apply force 90° ahead in the rotation.So the joke says:“You tried to post a spinny (a rotating video), but you forgot to apply the force 90° before the direction you wanted it to appear in.”That’s a play on that principle — because the image ended up rotated 90° the wrong way, as if the poster “applied torque” in the wrong direction. It’s mock-pretending the accidental 90° rotation is just a physics error in how they “applied spin.”
>>96931806Sheeeeeeeeeei I made banner image again. Honored as always
reminder that probably everyone here owns a turntable that even sits inside a light box
>>96932543Where'd you find the STL of my mother-in-law?
>>96932575can you imagine the filth that will get posted
>>96932575Like that scene from cowboy bebop when he opens the fridge that he forgot about the lobster in for a year.
>>96932575I'm unironically getting my SS a turntable so they can post spinnies.
Just varnished and painting some of the extra ammo tanks and decorations this came with but I'm not completely sold on applying them desu senpai. Might come back for more weathering later but my adhd brain is urging me to finish some infantry I primed last weekendDo you go through phases in and out of the same project? I find I usually spend a week max on a unit and jump around around a lot, for better or worse.
Just recently moved, and got my hobby desk all set up, give me your set up ratings!
>>96932776It looks absolutely fantastic god damnLet me see the shelves in the back on the left though
>>96932776also painted my first mini since the move...a humble Horus Heresy Whitescars Techmarine
>>96931913Ear and her right horn seem slightly off perspective, almost like the corner is closer to the forehead, and the ear is stretched back towards the nape
>>96932776it triggers me to no end that you have such an amazing setup but you still paint with citadel
>>96932669you shouldn't have fallen for the blue edge highlight meme
>>96932841(You)
>>96932795There are three display cabinets, it has all my models, for the first time ever together>>96932839i know right....i did use to use humbrol before Warhammer, and a few years back i did try to move away and tried to use army painter and vallejo...but i came crawling back to GW. They have truly captured me, it is my shame to bear
and then there's the wall display unit with various marine chapters
>>96931913would
>>96932928That's a very old ork buggy you've got there.I only recognize it because I have the same one I think.
>>96932864you have the parts of the tank where it's silver to make it look like the paint wore off there, but then you have the parts that are blue because ???? why go to the effort of realistic weathering if you're just going to paint cartoon lines on it?
>>96932986Yep, 3rd edition orkz, painted these when i was 12 or 13, and my painting skills were a bit primitive. I still like having them out, shows my skill progression in painting.
>>96933087forgot photo...
>>96933087Yeah, mine is in a tacklebox upside down. They're all painted like shit.
>>96932811Yeah, I'm still adjusting that. Here's my reference mockup, I am sort of "tracing" by overlaying the progress pictures over it on photoshop, adjusting transparency and making adjustments accordingly. Is the anatomy on the reference right? I am starting to think the ear might be a bit too far to the left but I'm not sure if I'm overthinking it.
>>96933114nta, right horn is definetly wonkyleft looks swept to the back, right one looks hooked to the right and up
>>96932669It depends on what you are after, naturally. If it is a tabletop, you can call it done, imo. If not, I would say it needs more weathering. What you have is awesome already, but lil things that show that it is an actual vehicle that's being used, like some mud (ideally in the same color as your infantry bases) on those steps, maybe on the turret around the hatch. Some long thin scratches along the sides of the hull when the vehicle went through some particularly rough environment, etc. Maybe a very light drybrush of black/dark brown across the decals to make it look like the paint is getting de-saturated by the environment/sun. Some grime/rust/rain streaks. I would also gently add some fine coarse sand + few bigger rocks around those hover parts, when the vehicle digged into something, which is bound to happen, even with hovertanks. If not rocks, some dried foliage. I would probably add some extra baggage around the tank, it's a BT tank, so it could be neat to have some swords/close combat weapons hanging around. Maybe some reliquaries and other similar to denote it's Black Templars. You know, make it look lived in a bit. Dudes prolly spend weeks or months inside that thing, after all.
>>96932987I get what you mean, I just kinda wing it with not a lot of consideration for realism or planning, I def work in the moment t b h. That blue is what I do all my BT edge highlighting with so I was going for a bit of uniformity with them for better or worse.btw I'm not the anon who responded with (you) that was dregs of the thread stirring shit but it can't be helped
Lancer wip. Did an overall filter wash with enamel through an airbrush today, knocked it back a bit after. Gonna do a few more weathering passes, like rust and some other lighting griming in a few places.I'll do the bright parts then, hatch windows, plus lights on top of shield etc.
>>96933243Hey thanks for the detailed response thats actually really good to visualize. I think I will muddy up the treads and maybe try some scratch marks when I come back to it. I was a bit heavier on the streaking grime at one point but I ended up wiping a lot away because I didn't like it as much as I thought. But some scratches and metal weathering might be more up my ally. Actually crazy how much better that sounds when you depict adding the extra bits like that. I am probably going to ditch most of the ammo crates this came with and dig up some swords and iconography that came from the BT upgrade sprue. Thanks senpai.
>>96933354Lookin sharp af. Is that insane OSL on those eyes or LED?
>>96933401Yeah, they're LED's. Housed the battery and switch in the torso, drilled through the neck/head to house the wires/leds. Drilled out the eyes and glued the leds in place behind the holes - that was teh tricky part, so he didnt end up cross-eyed.
>>96933365People tend to go full retard with streaking grime/enamels in general, while in reality with bigger vehicles like this, you can't just douse the entire thing in SG or something and then wipe and be done with it. It's a lot better to use it in specific locations, use it as a pin wash, of as a filter. Better yet, use it for painting the mud/foliage/debris and surrounding armor panels. Imo, the cool thing about BT is that you can go pretty wild with all the cool shit they use. If I was doing BT tank, I would be tempted to nail an (armored) skeleton to the front (you know, previous tech marine they took with them so he can crusade in death), glue lil skulls on top of those antennas, add sheathed (chain)swords right next to the tank exits, and probably some SoB greebles all over it, to make it look extra zealous. I love your space marines, they are imo the nicest BT I've ever seen and they mogg the fuck out of GW paintjobs, the vehicles should match the flair.
>>96933474I think that's a different BT anon btw
>>96933488Doesn't matter, it's all BT.
>>96932928whos in the cage in the middle?
>>96933474I'm positive you must be thinking of the BT anon from 40kg (I agree I think his are some of the best ever) his taste for bits and color are perfect grimdark style. Thanks for the words of advice either way. I've been posting here about a month on and off but I have posted my BT before, and got good advice on them too.
>>96933647They look awesome nonetheless
>>96933474>>96933488>>96933647That bt anon doesnt post in 40kg afaik, just here, and I might be mistaken but I think he painted a tank as well, maybe hell post it if he sees this.Or if you're talking about the bt anon that freehands heraldry on his marines, he does crosspost in 40kg but I think he doesnt paint tanks, just saw some bikes of his
Makin my boss and team mate these vinyettes of helldivers characters...imma tell them its them 2 diving together....i dont play with them but its all they talk about these days...i'll be the dude launching the nuke from the safety of the fuckin ship
Blocked out this Vanguard's colors and started on his coat. I'm pretty happy with how he's coming so far. I reversed his coat and pants compared to my rangers to keep the color palette, but it made it a little easier to tell what they are since I like the ranger guns more. I'm not a huge fan of the retro future space rayguns. I'm pretty excited to steal the HH skitarii to round out my collection after the reveals, though.
What would be the thinning ratio if you want the Contrast-like paints as wash? ~3 parts medium and 1 part paint?
>>96932953>>96932928
>>96936277Depends on the paint, unfortunately. Imperial Fist stains like a motherfucker so even when watered down a bunch it tints things in ways you don't always want to. 3:1 or even 4:1 is a good starting point that will probably get you 80% of the way to what you're looking for.
touched this d00d up a bitstill a few spots I'm not very happy with but! better! I think?
Basing is simple and relaxing to do>>96937080I like your duder
>>96937113thanks! ur bases look sick! love the cut away pillar thingy
How do you guys think I should go about making mud for terrain and bases? I thought about shelling out for a vallejo pot but the shipping is killer. Current plan is to mix glue and paint and sand and then paint with gloss since I've seen that recommended on the internet. I've also seen people use real mud but I don't know if I quite trust that, I had a silverfish problem in my last place and I am not risking a repeat under any circumstances.Looks-wise I'm aiming for something wet and thick looking.
>>96937421I don't know about mud but I always thought that epoxy with brown dye looks a lot like shit.
>>96937467It's a very fine line betwixt the two.
>guy with knife out has knife on belt toobravo
I swapped arms with the next model. I guess it works out. My first non-booklet units :^)
>>96938160Contrary to popular misconception, a man can have two knives.
here, have a meme
>>96938497Oh I'm going to paint that model all right
>>96938160You're the hobbyist in this context... Could have cut the handle off the knife on the belt but instead you complain about it
>>96938160put an empty scabbard on the other side, he drew from across his body since its pointed up.
>>96932296What the hell is this and where do I get one?
>>96933098Reminds me of my days, of taking my arm into the schools Warhammer club in a toolbox >>96936320Tanks>>96933587Original Commissar Yarrick and Ghazghkull (Plus Makari)
>>96932953very nice
>>96938337>Building Cadians according to the instructions and not just adding arms to bodiesAnon... Wtf
>>96938701monopose has really ruined the entire hobby and everyone's brains.
>>96938337Good job anon. You'll be doing full body conversion by next year.
>assembled all my stuff>want to start painting>remember I don' have a scheme yet fuck mei'm back to pinterest to find some ideas
>>96932953Love the balins tomb stuff
>>96938497I would let her in
>>96938722These models are not monopose at all.
>>96938917Yeah, I'm saying that people are now mindbroken into treating kits that aren't even monopose as rigid 'gotta follow the numbers in the book' kits.
>>96938594>>96932802Oh man these are lovely, super clean. Oh and your setup is fantastic, saving the image for reference if I ever get a chance to actually dedicate an entire room to the hobby.>>96937080I remember this dude from a while back, very cool.>>96933647Your BTs are great as well!>>96933354Very crisp, I love it. That bear freehand is really cute.
>>96939281
>>96938160>two knivesamateurhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q0f6qxhOJI
>>96939548>get home from school>watch episode of SG:AHome...
>>96939380
Maybe a dumb question,Do you guys use any software to mockup metals, reflections, indirect reflections, secondary light sources, etc?
>>96939622Yes. I use procreate on my ipad to do paintovers for NMM, and OSL on things pretty frequently. Also to plan small adjustments. Like I'll paint, take a picture, and then paint things I want to go in and fix before committing to doing it so I can really check if I like it more or less before making changes.
>>96939637No I mean like simulate a reflective metal ball, placing whatever colours next to it, see how they would reflect, a light source...I tried on Blender but idk how to do it and it looks like shit and wrong
>>96939654Oh. Yeah I've done that too. It's less useful imo, too much setup involved. I've taken STLs and put them into substance painter to get some rough materials with HDRI lighting.Something I've never done, but considered was taking a photo of a painted model, lit by the color of the OSL, at different brightnesses, and combining them at different distances to simulate the falloff realistically.But the truth is, the accuracy of this kind of stuff isn't as important as you might think it is.
>Take 3 hours to assemble 6 flawless blades>It's now dark outside so i can't prime or start painting them until tomorrowI guess i could try priming them in the dark
>>96939821There's this awesome invention anon, it's called lights.
>>96939821airbrush and lights
anyone found a good replacement for Vallejo Model Color French Mirage Blue? I finally ran out
*shlurp*
>>96939821patience is a virtue
>>96933096>>96933098I've got several of those buggies, they make great starting chassis. I'm sad the basic "buggy" isn't a unit any longer
>>96939874>inb4 reddit says you can't lick brush waterLittle guy seems like he's doin' fine.
>>96939874
>>96939929a moment of silence to all those who have accidentally taken a sip from their paint water instead of coffee mug
>>96939874imagine the smell
Why the urge to buy new stuff is sometimes so strong? I just got back from hobby shop, buying paints and primer and when I got past Warhammer shelf, I right away felt strong urge to buy at least one kit. "Oh, I could paint Crusader Squad. Or Terminators, always wanted those. Or Commander Farsight or normal Tau Commander. Or...". And then activated inner voice of reason saying "you fool, you have whole box of primed and ready to paint Infinity minis, there will be Secret Santa with at least few minis to paint, why you throw money away when paints already are not cheap?".What cause this? Not to mention that when I was a student at university, I would buy (non-minis) kits two or three times per year and enjoy each and every single one. Now, with job and good income (at least for now) I have literal mountains of boxes and no longer enjoy building and painting them. Hell, I had more fun when I picked up spare/optional parts from previous kits, PS sheets and tools and kitbashed plastic girl kit or pseudo-Battlemech. I honestly don't understand that.
>>96938590>What the hell is this and where do I get one?It's a "Clawed Fiend of the Donorian Sector". GW added them as pets for the Dark Eldar.
>>96939928I bought a chaos predator and I want to install the combi-bolter as a forward hull mount like on those sister's tanks. I will have to modify the existing front of the basic rhino chassis with some sort of plasticard housing for it. How would you go about it, scratchbuild ork chad?
>>96940005You're out anyway, might as well stock up. That way you can paint what you want when you want because you just have an inventory at home.
I wanna call him done but i wanna also go full ballsack
>>96939874I feel like he just ingested 1/4 of his body weight in microplastics
>>96940014Didn't they get shelved officially like a month ago?
>>96940046NEVER GO FULL BALLSACK ANON
>>96940005Your caveman brain just wants the dopamine hit of getting a new thing. This is why rich women buy 200 pairs of shoes.
>>96940005You can trick your brain into giving you the same result but without spending money by doing the same intensive shopping for something you have no intention of buying. Go through the process of researching it deeply, looking at all the alternatives, thinking about all the ins and outs of the different options, fantasizing about it etc, but then just never pull the trigger and buy it. Works like a charm.Your brain wants to acquire new shiny things, but it doesn't care about you having acquired the shiny things. The act of actually getting the shiny thing is unironically the least important part of the journey.
>>96939826I live in the countryside. It's pitch black except for the small light above my porch. Guess i should invest in some yard lights
>>96940096I'm not a neuroscientist, but wouldn't doing that still kind of reward the behavior and build neural pathways or something?
i think this thing looks little bland how about a few bright flags to give it some character what do you think
>>96940163Could work. Could also use some sort of weathering. Those tracks look clean enough to eat off of.
>>96940163Some gradients on the teal bits would be nice maybe.
>>96940096>mini spending cuckoldryNow I've seen everything.
>>96938160I've got a knife on my belt and two pocket knives in my pockets.
>>96939281thank! >>96938594hell yeah>>96939928that's a lot of d00dz. how do you paint the same scheme over and over and not go insane? >>96940046unleash the sperg (looks great already)>>96933354bruh. OwO
>>96940608>OwORope yourself, faggot
>>96939874The hell am I looking at>>96940005Dopamine is hella of a drug
>>96940712It's one of the spiders anon lets drink from his wet palette. There are at least 6 of them I think he said.
>>96940744But why the palette looks like it’s covered in shit, is he a Nurgle follower or something???
>>96940641Go back, you subhuman faggot.
>>96940785You don't get to call anyone a faggot when you're inserting tranny dogwhistle slang in your posts.
>>96940804>>96940785
>>96938497Wonderful, thanks.
>>9694080841% has become 54%, how long until you bring it up higher?
>>96940712>>96940096>>96940080I wonder if I could trick my brain for dopamine shots by picking up boxes I already bought, open them, take out contents, look at them and put them back in. As in, simulating opening package for the first time.
>>96940005Impulse control is a wonderful thing to have. I can appreciate the hell out of all the gorgeous Nurgle models revealed last night but remind myself of the reality that they seem like a colossal chore to paint at the level I want to paint them instantly quells the impulsive desire to buy them. That on top of cementing to myself that I will only buy what I actually want easily lets me enjoy the hobby without amassing a huge backlog. To me, piles/closets of shame are a personal failure to control impulses. The only downside is that I have had long spells of watching other people get excited for stuff while I happen to have chosen armies that have gotten continually passed over for years. Imagine being the last kid to get picked for kickball teams.
How do you nmmI've watched tutorials but its toughThis is just my first highlight I'll try and refine but i dont think I've got the light right yet
>>96940844That depends what exactly makes your brain go “whoa dopamine!!” Is it the act of opening the box with new, neat thing, or is it the act of spending money and then carrying it back home/waiting for it to get delivered?
>>96940871>To me, piles/closets of shame are a personal failure to control impulsesThere is also FOMO, some companies have it at worse than the other. I remember how some sets from Infinity never got restocked at my LGS after initial run and how, at different kind of plastic models territory, many Bandai kits are available in Europe only in very small amounts that literally sells out within minutes (while Japan have same kits stocking stores up to the celling - given that Bandai was very anal about their local shops selling overseas, I assume that they just hate dirty gaijins).
Lena is pretty much done, time to start on Phillip.
>>96941107Really pretty, anon.
>>96940986Its kinda working but texture oh well
>>96941107very cool freehand, anon.
>>96941213Texture can be good, but it depends what youre going for i guess. I add sponged blotches of typhus corrosion at the priming stage all the time. Gives metals a kinda rought iron look, can be cool. Decent colour lay out btw.
>>96941213I think your main issue in selling the effect is the lack of smooth transitions.
>>96941107Any tips on how you freehand? Looking good.
>>96941280I first work out a reference on photoshop like here >>96933114Then I pick a place to start. In this case I measured the relative position of the eyes and the tip of the nose to the sides of the banner on the reference, dotted them with a pen on the actual banner and started drawing out the shapes. After that every once in a while I take a progress picture, overlay it over the reference on photoshop and see if I need to make any adjustments (i.e. eye needs to go a bit to the right, mouth needs to be a little wider, etc). Once I got to the horns and the hair I could afford to be a bit more freeform since it's not that crucial for it to look like the reference.
>>96941107As a pure taste thing, could you mock up what the daemonette would look like with glistening, pure black eyes? Normal eyes on a daemonette seem a little weird.
>>96940021often times I'll see what bits I have that can make the housing rather than from scratch. do you have any kits that might work? havoc launcher shell?>>96940608it's been a long journey but I like to do in batches and I'm not making the same parts all the same colors on all the boys. you mix and match with orks
>>96941245>>96941270Thx guys workin on it!
>>96941469have fun with the details and don't sweat the small stuff. Take you time and try to enjoy painting the bigger/more important stuff
>>96941488what a cool ass figure>>96941495I got a lot of boys finished during covid
>>96939622I take pics of my mins front and back on a white background with my light coming from the direction I'll be painting the lightsource on the mini. Take the pics and up the contrast to see where highlights and shadows should be. For indirecft light I've seen Wappel use a small pen light with a red filter to shine from the direction of the secondary light source to see where the secondary light lands on the model.
>>96939874is paint water good for you?
>>96939874A-asmongold?
>>96941811Probably depends which exact pigments are in it
>>96941811They don't use toxic pigments because then they can't sell to kids, you'll be fine.
>>96941811Absolutely yes.
>>96941811It makes you stronger if anything.Sigmar drank paint water!
>>96941811PR101 tastes like happy.
>>96941488Hell yeah, it’s starting to look real good!
Croatia-anon if you're here could you specify which chapter(s) of marines you collect?
>>96942586Tis I Croatia anonUltramarines
>>96940986realize that it's pointless and just use better metallics
Started to rough the skin in. Not super happy with it though, but I guess that's the point of sketching things in.
Do you think that it makes sense to train using airbrush on pieces of paper or I should do actual painting of the models instead?
>>96942772we are NOT doing this again
>>96942775I find that expression quite funny.
>>96942788The pupils are just to rough in a direction, but I didn't realize that her expression was so serious. Once I do the irises a normal size it might soften the expression a bit.
>>96942787no stop being stubborn and use the technology available to you
>>96942619Nice, thanks
>Anon gets him spacewolves instead on purpose
Do the claws of the jump chaos lord fit on a legionarie's body?Was thinking of using one to give my aspiring champion a more distinct profile
>>96942799I really like it honestly, she looks locked in
>>96932353I like your base
>>96942799I only said I find it funny, not bad. In fact, it's quite on spot as if she just encountered some bullshit moment in game.
>>96942799You could take it further and have her eyes be a little bloodshot to show she's been staring at the TV for hours now.
Hasty pic of these guys I just got table ready.
>>96942976nice colors, they look good anon
>>96931920i like your silly little windmill
>>96942976tummy...
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Troll #1 is coming along. Trying to figure out if I should paint the others with a similar yellow/orange, or if I should opt for variety and give each their own colour.
I tend to go full retard with streaking grime/enamels in general. In reality when it comes to bigger vehicles like this you definitely should douse the whole thing in SG or something and then wipe it down. Don't just use it in specific locations, such as a pin wash, put a filter on the filter, really slosh it on. Better yet incorporate the overall shading/weathering effect across the mud/foliage/debris and lower panels at the base of the model to ground it and place it in an environment,
Ok he’s based now and ready to join his friends
>>96943374weird new admech model but i guess if its got long legs....
>>96942819Don't believe me i was trolling
>>96939961>>96939982>>96940056>>96940754>>96941831i feel like i should clarify that i do change the paper every two weeks or so and as you know it dries completely every daynot sure if i want to be remembered as the spider or mold anon
>>96943507Where is the spinny?
>>96943841I like the spider.
>>96943911You’re gonna have to rotate him in your mind because I’m not sticking him in the microwave
>>96943972Put an old cd on a skateboard wheel
>>96943972get rotated idiot
>>96932275Black fangsBlack fistBlack heartBlack thorns and vines (like that old Biel tan scheme but different colours)Black dark eldar runeBlack sun Black rip or tear marksBlack droplet All on a red flagI duno I'm just throwing ideas out to see if it gets your brain going
Shreveport anon, do you want your Santa gift a few days early or do you want me to wait until I can get some local produce to throw in there for a snack
>mfw microwave doesn't have a spinny
>>96940005Baahaha I was just about to post about being such a weak fool about this. I went into the store today to pick up some paint refills and the damn terminatus box was staring me back in the face, had to justify it as an early christmas gift for myself and picked one up. I think this will be the last large purchase for myself this year at least until 11th edition but Im thinking of keeping a tab of my pile of shame (price and models) in a document so I dont go overboard next year. I *do* steadily work on models and paint but I keep buying combo boxes and bundles under some illusion of saving money longterm.
>>96931862ca?
You are all weak-willed paypig whale soibois with no testicles.
>>96932928>army painter and vallejoAK is the ultimate answer to your sin
>>96944935what makes AK so good?
>>96945213Apart from a couple colors the entire range behaves the same way with the same consistency. Good range of colors with some triads, thins well, brushes and airbrushes well, just an all around decent paint line.
>>96943918Don't encourage him>>96943841The paper itself is not the issue here anon, it's the sponge. It looks like mud from the jungle ffs, you might get actually sick from that shit. I hope you don't lick your brushes
he grew his hair out to be more like his papa
>>96945678i guess i could start using clean water to water it instead of paint waterwouldnt look so nasty all the time
>>96946126He looks like if he likes to sing "no Sisters, no cry".
>>96946500>rasta marinesbased
US Navy/Coastguard Anon (or anyone else who might know) - does the military post office have any extra restrictions than civilian mail? IE are they going to blow up your gift because it contains foreign chocolates?
>>969414011000 hours in paint(nta)
A believe my brushes lose the tip quit quickly. Could there be something wrong with my painting technique? How could I prevent this?from top:>Raphael 8404 2/0 ~50h>Feldherr gr.1 ~150h>DaVinci Maestro 35 0 ~150h
>>96946703I think I can see some paint in the ferrule of the left and right one so that's the first thing you could try to prevent. Don't overload your brushes, don't let paint dry on them when painting and wash them thoroughly after every session. Also, save the ones with fine tips for actual detail work. If you use them to block in basecoats they'll wear down faster, obviously. Just use your old ones or some cheap synthetics as workhorses. People also say you should avoid metallics and washes/contrasts but I use mine for everything and they still last a long time as long as I take care of them properly.
>>96946721is brush soap an actual thing or just a ruse to rid me of my money
>>96946734I mean you could just as well use shampoo and conditioner. Realistically it's not going to be a whole lot cheaper though. A large masters brush cleaner will last you literal years for hobby purposes. Your call, it's just hair after all.
>>96946734I've used the same bar of brush soap for half a decade
>>96946721I use these for brush care. I clean them after every session, and I use bruse restored every 3 mounts. But as you noticed I use one brush for for whole project.
>>96926631The idea to give the captain a yellow cape with black flames literally came to me in a dream.
>>96946774>But as you noticed I use one brush for for whole project.That's the most likely culprit then. Just use some cheap or old brushes for rough work and save quality ones for when you actually need them.
>>96946786cool bad moonz anon
>>96946794>for when you actually need themi wonder when is the actual time because one would just treasure them forever not daring to touch themat the end of the day arent they meant for use, that poor raccoon whatever is spinning in his grave if it died for nothing
>>96946834I mean yeah, of course they're meant for use, you'll just have to replace them more often if you use them for everything. Anon asked how to make them last longer.
>>96946734It's hair on a stick, so hair products work fine.
Cleaning brushes is a scamI never cleaned my brushes and still use the same three I got from GW 15 years ago
quick and dirty shadowsun
Working on a couple warbands from blackscorpion miniatures.
progress on my dread saurian, just finished spraying the stripes on.
>>96932802I admire the highlighting commitment on all those extra techmarine edges.>>96932669>>96933647I think your templars are looking more than fine. Reminds me of when I started them and also used BT contrast, I can recognize that hue, although I used to put two coats to get a somewhat glossy, stronger black as I was never a fan of contrast stained look. Also love the mkVII helmets on your crusaders.Your repulsor is looking super clean too, I'm going to paint one or two as well in the next months but I kinda dread it as I'm not really into vehicles and can never find myself able to put in the same focus from start to finish as I'm able to do with marines.>>96933354The glowing led eyes are really cool, but I'm curious, what's the meaning of the writing on the shield? As a (I supposed) loyalist knight wouldn't they recognize the deity of the emperor in his aspect as the machine god, or as their king/emperor at the very least?>>96934992I don't know if you're talking about me, but here's my impulsor. I sometimes post in 40kg although it has been quite a while and it was just about fluff or game stuff, I haven't posted models there yet I think
Okay so I gave these a heavily diluted black wash yesterday to establish my lowest shadows, but since AP washes are gloss I hit them with a matte varnish this morning. The only remaining step is to drybrush white on the ground and paint the iconic pitch line.On the 2nd half of the team i’m going to do the same thing in a slightly different way which I hope to complete this week since a blood bowl league is starting when the new box drops.
>>96947375I hope you aren't planning to ruin them with slapchop or something like that.
>>96947424They’re staying black and white because I like the look.
thought I'd break up my nid painting and got a shadowseer.is there lore precedent for Eldar Mimes?the coat is thick because I painted it a metallic blue only to decide it looked better white
>>96947464pitch looks little dry you should fire the groundskeeper
Got one more of these vinyettes to finish for gifts for my helldivers friendsHow can i make it better?I might add some pigment powder to unify them to the baseNot tryina go super high lvl
>>96947543>Eldar MimesThey actually exist as a subset of the eldar Harlequins
>>96947602I don't know much about the harlequinns on the tabletop, I bought it because it was relatively cheap and because I've wanted one since I first saw it.I like the idea of the Eldar Black Library being maintained by orders of Mimes.>[finger to mouth] "--."
>>96947636Mimes are harlequins training to take their first role in a troupe and function similarly to SM scouts in that they do scouting and infiltration missions.I do also like the idea that if you make too much noise one just appears from behind an impossibly thin bookcase to give you a silent warning
>>96946126NO. GIRLS. ALLOWED!!!!
>>96946126>*tosses hair* GET THEE BACK, FIVES, A TEN IS PURGING.
>>96946646Oh I like that a lot
>>96947588Done
>>96947895Great base coat.
Based on the dark red skin, what would be a good color for the inside of the squig's mouth? I'm not sure how I'll even be able to get good coverage inside but I'm gonna try to slop the paint in there.
>>96948016A pink/purple mix is always best imho
>>96947895dunno anything about the game but im sure your friends will be really happy for the gifti like the bases and dynamic poses and painting is okay but do scrape those print lines off in the future they do kinda stick out for those who are prone to notice them
>>96946626I live in a normal house in town, the regular post office will deliver my mail!
>>96948003Not everything has to be top tier my fren
>>96948217I dunno, man went through the trouble of putting it on a plinth.
>>96947895I like it anonThis would be a cool gift
do you ever get that realization that you have not hit a wall in your painting you have just been doing the same old safe routine for years instead of trying something different or newold wisdom knows if it is not broken dont try to fix it but sometimes i get little bummed out
>>96941213>>96941488You have the right idea, just have to blend more.
>>96946703You're in my position and I've been painting over 11 years now. Baby the shit out of my brushes and somehow they still lose the tip within a few projects.
>>96948579Part of why I started to paint with oil. I wanted to try out oil washes compared to acrylic ones and liked the results. That lead to researching more how to paint with the oils I had, got some more colors, found out that I really like painting with them.
I had a dream/nightmare that I was doing my first priming, and the black went on good, but then the white (for the zenithal) came out super foamy like foam soap/shaving cream just completely covering it all thickly. I put them upside down in a wash bin to rinse them and then they all looked like a muddled grey... almost like they were back to bare plastic.
>>96948809If you aren't brush-soap cleaning your brushes after literally every painting session you have to go in and clean them with alcohol or something stronger semi-regularly (and this isn't great for the brush). Those brushes could be recovered if you did a couple of alcohol soaks, brush-soaped them and let them dry with the tip formed properly.Things like washes and contrast paints also fuck up brushes, you really have to make an effort to keep the paint in only the bottom 1/3 of the brush if you're using them - but even then you should be doing that with your nice brushes anyway. Never waste good paintbrush lifespan on just painting broad things you could do with any cheap synthetic. Keep your nice ones for eyes, tiny details and fine lines.
>>96948579That... is a lot of semen =/
>>96946853Aren't we all technically just hairs on sticks?
Speaking about brushes, I find it quite stupid that I have literal tons of brushes but I'm too afraid to use most of them, thinking that I would only ruin them with use. Like size 6 or 4 high quality red sable. Cup on the left have all unused brushes, half of them being synthetic and other half natural (mostly mentioned red sable, I never really found actual sable for sale, except maybe that daVinci ones that cost so much I wouldn't even dare to touch one).
>>96949034based weeb anon
A couple passes done on the GOAT.
>>96949042>that smug goatyou just know
>>96948977If someone does a lot of washes or contrast pinlining I can highly recommend getting a synthetic script/liner brush for the purpose. Holds a ton of wash even with a half loaded brush and a nice fine tip make for accurate application. To add to the conversation the josonja brand brush cleaner is also fantastic for bringing back gunked brushes and general upkeep if you see it for sale.
>>96948977I already do everything described, except the soaping every session. But I know it's not a paint in ferrule issue. This is a series 7 brush I bought last year and used exclusively as you described, for thin lines, small details, and eyes/faces. Not metals, no shades. Can't even use it for faces inside helmets anymore. Also, damn, how'd you get such a good picture of the brush? I could not get my phone to focus on the brush to save my life and macro was basically useless.>>96949049I use that soap, it's nice.
>>96949052I usually pick that watchmaker glass and out it right next to phone camera.
>>96949093Ok, that's smart.
>>96949093>twisting the hairsNGMI
>>96949103you really get a good mileage from that twisting stuff dont youis it a real thing anyways
>>96949122Yeah? Just look at your piture vs other anons picture, you've got yours twisted at the tip and he doesn't.Yours hasn't curled yet, but looks like it's a fairly new brush (I notice the exact picture as last time too, not a new pic), while anon's has clearly seen heavy use (just look at how stained the hairs are) yet has no curl at the tip
>>96949033I want you to know I laughed out loud at this.
>>96949042What is she doing with the goat?
>>96949165He's fucking it with his futa dick (daemonettes are astartes)
>>96949145so there is a science behind twisting the hairs and curling tipsalso im clearly differerent anon i dont mobile post and use capital letters
>>96949103But every single guide online advice twisting the brush while moving to either load up paint, remove excess or clean it. Otherwise, tip is turning into flat shape.
>>96949182or anon is pulling this all out of his ass on the fly and it just sounds plausible enough to believeive never heard this anywhere before
>>96949200That's because youtubers are all just endlessly repeating each other and the ones who can afford to keep a channel going can afford to burn through brushes and don't give a fuck to learn any different.
>not twisting your brush tips clockwise around your guide hair to maintain the perfect tipNGMI
>>96949200>>96949182it certainly makes a kind of sense, twisting the hairs gives a curvature to the physical structure that wouldn't be there if you make an effort to keep the hairs straight while loading, cleaning and using the brushbut that also sounds like a hell of an effort to retrain oneself into the habit of
>>96949165She's living deliciously.
>>96949206>>96949235i sometimes do the twist when im finished because it just feels right to put away your tools looking really pristine and sharplike when you sharpen your pencil so its nice and ready when you need it againhavent noticed if it has any effect on the curling
>painting me orruks>finish some elements>looks really good>photograph WIP>looks like absolute shite in the photosI know that dogs start to resemble their owners, but miniatures?!
>>96949304Post shite photos.
>>96949390Already deleted them anon.
>>96949042>>96949042Excellent freehand anon, much better than I could do I think. I would make some suggestions for depth (these are all slight nitpicky fixes): her left horn looks a bit centered on her forehead, if you bring up the center bunch of hair so that the top crosses over the horn slightly, it would help "move" the horn. For her looking over the shoulder, I would raise the shoulder line just a bit over her chin. This would put the head back and the shoulder/arm forward consistent with the overall angle, AND it would help sell a seductive look. The chin tucked under the shoulder just a bit sells a slutty, submissive look on that chaos thot
>>96946862now see THIS is what i expect when someone says tabletop quality.all the colours are there, its got a finished base, and if you wanted you could continue to paint more detail on it later.way better than the average "slopchop" zenithal and contrast paints
I finished all the monkeys! I hate glueing vines on bases lol
>>96949304Photographs immediately highlight any errors you have made and mess up the contrast if the lighting is off. Photographing your minis so they actually look how they do irl is a skill in itself.
>>96949526Nice job on the bases.
>>96949034Brushes, especially synthetic ones, are disposable. Obviously put some care into your things but not using it at all is stupid and you gotta shift to a mindset that they're like paints, there to be used and eventually used up.
>>96949530yeah, it's basically macro photography which is even harder
>>96949530>highlight any errors you have madeThat part is actually helpful, already fixed two crappy sections I hadn't noticed irl.
>>96949526you have been painting these around 3 years so gz for completing themit was clearly worth it
>>96949042And this is pretty much it for Phillip. Time to do the trim proper and add the writing.>>96949488Fair points, I'll try it out.
>>96948579that's when i bust out the FDM printer and make some huge ass game prop or some costume piece.there's something cathartic about being able to sand out mistakes on a larger scale, use ratlecans for fine details (with masking) and literally bust out kids craft brushes for basecoats.plus, when i give the prop away to a friend (because i dont actually want a pile of videogame guns and Armor taking up space that COULD be full of half painted minis) they freak out over them.
>>96949535>>96949577Thanks a lot! I'm pretty happy with them!
>>96949526monke
>wannabe artsy shot to hide me painting crimes
>>96949580Phillip looks good, nice sneer on him! If you're trying the other stuff, maybe add a bit of furry overhand on the top left of his eyeball to slightly push it back into the head
>>96949580what a lovely couple
>>96949706She's not a white woman, anon.
>>96949526Very jealous. I've got files from DTL for Simiax legions but I wanted something more akin to what you've got, very nicely done. Apes together strong
>>96949580The goat looks great but personally I think the woman looks goofy then again it's hard to freehand pretty girls
>>96949548Macro photography is photographing a fly's arsehairs. Telephoto lenses are better for minis.
Dont like named characters in YourDudes-type games, but painted Kal Jericho anyway because hes a cool guy>>96949548I couldnt really tell you where "macro" truly begins, but I never use any kind of macro setting on my camera, I usually get the best results holding it a bit further away and using the zoom
>>96949756It's a lot more convenient for me to do my macro setup and maybe need to do some stacking than it is to set up my FE 200–600 mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS on a tripod down the hallway
>>96949728True true, we must return to monkeysince some of em are from hidden shops,The idol and spider monkey are from crooked dice, the gorilla from otherworld(crooked dice now I think) and the chimps, baboons, and orangutans are from Lucid -eye miniatures.The four armed monkeys are from Fighting 15 minis (ff15 I think?) and the Mandrill chimera is from Langley models, which are pretty jank but have some nice charm to em
I think I'm going to attempt to paint Mortarion at last and I need tips on tackling these sort of large models. Should I glue him fully? I can't see any places where you can't really reach, so I was thinking gluing the body together except for the wings.If anyone has painted him before I'd appreciate things you noticed as you were painting him that would make my life easier.
>>96949756Except telephoto lenses usually have minimal focus range at around 2m or something and in general behave oddly so close up. Good quality normal lens usually have it at around 45cm and that's enough in most cases.
>>96949580>>96949650Good call on the shoulder, she does look a lot cuter like this. It is also closer to the reference image.
>>96950014Forgot picture
>>96950014Glad I could help!
>>96950019Small iris plus very white sclera looks a bit cartoony. Otherwise nice.
>>96949643Make all of your mistakes on the back of the model that way no one knows
>>96950385I told you people before, I don't paint the backs of my models, only what ends up in the photos. But none of you believed me.
Do you guys think red plates and dark red cloth will look good once this is done, or will it kinda blend together too much?Right now it's just mephiston red on the plates and Khorne red on the cloth. Will probably brighten the plates up more with evil sun scarlet so that should help, but I'm still kinda trying to figure out the scheme in my head.Also, I am having a hard time deciding on the metals. I'm thinking bronze for the helmet and maybe more of a brass for the trims.Also, any advice for colored metal plates? I guess they're meant to be painted steel in universe? Is it worth trying to dry brush with some leadbelcher or something to make it look more metallic.
>>96949526What game is this?
Assembled my free mini of the month. I really like how the Chaos Dwarfs look. Once the spearhead comes out I’ll consider going for it
NMM is by biggest weakness but I'm giving it a go, is this passable?
>>96950682is it supposed to be a metal boss on the banner?
I love Vallejo but this is genuinely the single worst paint I have ever had the displeasure of painting with. Just awful
>>96950682looks more like glass than metal to me but it does look good so I wouldn't worry about it
>>96950682What is this weird gay fetish shit
>>96950729(you) not going back to your containment, you smelly faggot.
>>96950679Why not just go for the army box from ebay or an online retailer to get the discount? It's the spearhead itself and I don't think they'll separately rebox it.
>decide to plan a new color scheme>suddenly every color looks like shitWhy does this happen?
>>96949526what miniatures are these? I've unironically searched for an orangutan miniature to paint just for fun. I like the bases, Jungle bases are always hard to do
>>96950904autism, I know the feeling. I've been trying to settle on a single color scheme for my Tau for ages now.
>>96944907cyanoacrylate
>>96950694What's the problem? Bad coverage? Clumpy? Dries too matt?I have 1 vallejo paint that dries super glossy and looks like plastic, weird. I think it must have been an old bottle since I bought it from an online store. Besides the fact that many Vallejo paints dry darker/lighter than the color they go on wet, it's the only bottle I have thats shit.
I suck at color theory if I want to make a Marines Malevolent mini what is a good cape color since its just going to be a black and yellow marine
>>96951496How vibrant, drab, matte and/or metallic is your yellow gonna look? IF tends to go with red secondary/teritary elements, so I'd probably not bother with that. Honestly, brown might not be bad either with the black, maybe a warm shade of grey, violet could work well but might clash with the black or a more grotty piss yellow. Your guys are pretty much wasp-coded in both character and surface levels, so consider looking at some yellow stripey things for ideas too.
>>96951545I see thank you very much anon
>>96951582If in doubt, do paint a test model, and maybe try hue-shifting different selections in an image editor to see what your combinations might look like. Not too many threads ago some anons were talking about some phone app that does most of the work for miniatures by letting you color in different segments.
>>96950729Nta but it's a reference to The VVitch. It perfectly fits the theme of slaanesh, they're all about hedonism, excess and "living deliciously"
>>96951496Earth tone. Brown is really just desaturated orange, so yellow/red/black/blue all go well with it. You have some play between something like a light tan to a dark brown, or even a mahogany that has a little purple in it. Earth tones are usually a safe bet, and black/grey/off white fur is also a safe bet.
They say to put "something" underneath crackle paste so that it doesn't flake off. Is an undercoat of wraithbone spray enough "something" or should I look into a layer of PVA or varnish?
How should I go about improving my workspace?
>>96951810Try it out on some spare plastic or sprue. You might get different crackling between primer, varnish, or pva.
>>96951896move it away from your computer. get a bench vise.
>>96951810I use a thin layer of watered down PVA brushed on. That always worked nice and dries clear. Straight on paint never made it stick for me.
>>96951896get more plushies tbqhfam
>>96951896>Nobeta plushieOh you.
>>96951896Seconding the more plushies recommendations.
>>96947267Oooh that looks perfectly b l a c k. Lots of inspiring components on that impulsor. I have to do something with chains like that, if I do another hover tank with those weird handle things lol. And thanks.I kinda agree on vehicles. I think I started and stopped 4 times on that repulsor just to make infantry units inbetween stages to keep motivated. Even now instead of finishing repulsor bits I started some aggressors to practice hot rod flames hah>>96951896>Nobeta, Touhou, Bang dreamWe have similar tastes, and I'd say we'd get along, except>LeverlessSad boomer is sad. Ill raise you an idolm@ster stick.
>>96951896Introduce a cat to the environment
>>96953199there is cat hair all over already or anon is balding at alarming rate
I fucking love oil paints so much, bros
>>96946734Dish detergent works perfectly fine too. But brush soap is pretty cheap and lasts a long time, no reason to feel bad buying it either.
Does this read as black sclera and white pupils?
>>96953622Looks like black eyes with a gloss varnish and a lucky light reflection.Still cool though.
>>96953670Eh I'll take it.If people ask I'll say it was intentional
>>96953674>If people ask I'll say it was intentionalAbsolute classic take among arts, from painting to photography.
Colour recs for the armour?
>>96953751Black and white chequers. Like a propa' ork.
>>96951896Remove the tranime shit, but obviously you already knew that
>>96953875bait used to be believable
>>96951366Absolutely horrible coverage, worse than cheap $1 Walmart acrylic
>>96942775I warmed the skin up a little bit. I think this looks a lot better already. It could still use some refinement, but I'm going to start to figure out the rest of the colors first
>>96953751>>96953789And don't forget some red jaggies!>>96953622Looks like white sclera and looking off to his right, to me.>>96951896Nice setup. I would (and do) tuck my airbrush compressor stuff more out of the way. Maybe get a few more plushies.
>>96952709>>96953199My cat wanted his own plushie - officially licensed, too!
>>96954475Dog software
New thread:>>96954538>>96954538>>96954538
>>96954475>officially licensedWhy does this matter to consumers? I get why it matters to CEO's, it's money.But why the fuck do you care? As long as the thing looks like it's supposed, what's it matter who made it and who profits?
