Work in Progress, Corsair 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:>>97292334>>97278881>>97264748>>97249117
finishing assault marines
Repostan the scout
>>97307836>toxic masculinity marines
>>97307836I like these guys a lot.>>97307876Also nice. The camo is surprisingly clean given the size. I think highlights on the bolter's grip could be a little more intentional and directional.
>>97307876How did you do volumetric on these guys?Those sponge makeup aplicators?
>>97308054Airbrush. It's just basecoat and two gradually smaller/brighter highlights. Then darker oil wash from below.
>>97308097>>97307876Looks sexy, any special technique for the camo? Apart from patience and brush control of course.
>>97308112My only take from that experiment is to worry less about specific colors, since you can just use a filter on it later. I originally painted fairly color accurate (new) tiger stripe, but it was too bright for the rest of the scheme. So I just sprayed a few layers of biel-tan green over it. I'm pretty sure you could probably just do it in greyscale and then just use contrasts over it. Also, chances are that some scale modeller autist already developed a perfect simple way of painting that specific camo scheme, so googling it helps a lot.
>>97307962>I think highlights on the bolter's grip could be a little more intentional and directional.That's a good idea, thanks anon.
>>97307789Thanks for building us a new OP. That's the very model I was thinking would make a good spot for us in the catalogue!>Jingle Bells!>Jingle Bells!WIP Secret Santa archives>2025https://imgur.com/a/I2xxkxJ>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 Rebuildhttps://imgur.com/a/YmQGN1S>2018[UNDERGOING RECONSTRUCTION]>2017https://imgur.com/a/qS7PH>2016https://imgur.com/a/1fxhq
How the fuck do I stop this from happening? It happens with all my brushes, literally after like a couple minutes of using them.
>>97308261Curled tips? Major issue for synthetics, I don't think it can be fixed.Buy some nice natural hair brushes and make sure to treat them with love (and brush soap)
>>97307789Eyyy cheers!Started work on the weapons platform crewman as the starweaver arrived. It seemed a crime to not convert this guy so the armoured crotch gets put to use. Still waiting on the bits order for the arms though.
A last picture before I finish the lenses and go to town on the weathering. I always worry I'll bugger it up
>>97308312
>>97308261You have to embrace the hook brush painting style.
I'm painting some normans and their doggies, I've never really done grass bases properly and don't have a static grass applicator. does the grass look really bad? I might just add some tufts later if I find them to hide the grass -that I must've bought as a kid 15 years ago. Also I hope that doggy reads as white fur
>>97308312>>97308323feels like it belongs on a racetrack, not a battlefield
>>97308384>>97308312Feels Ghibli-esque with how festive it is. Reminds me of the planes from Porco Rosso which were ostensibly warplanes
>>97307836these look pretty nice, if the yellow is contrast paint, your paintjob hides it pretty well and the pooling giving this high contrast looks cool.
>>97308312i remember some anon hated the cast iron look but i like italso there is something about seeing a basic clean even paintjob for the longest time
>>97308312I know this feeling all to well anon.It took me a YEAR to force myself to come back to this project and make it ready for oil washes.Speaking of oil washes, how the hell am I gonna handle same of those parts when they're all greasy?
>>97308399Those planes were actually colorful, they didn't really bother with camo in ww1.
>>97307962>>97308411thank you and at first i was sure i could pull off painting one model every day for the rest of the year but getting this much done in 3 months is pretty good too>if the yellow is contrast paintbasecoat is imperial fist yellow and sadly it really shows on the vehicles standing next to infantry, they look too bright and clean imho
>>97308686If that's a problem then don't apply the wash to the entire part in one go? Once whatever thinner you've used has evaporated the dried oil wash that remains shouldn't be very greasy, otherwise I'd guess you used a massive amount of it and skipped the "draw out excess oil step of preparing the wash. Sure, you might still get some fingerprints here, and smudge some excess to where it shouldn't be over there in the initial cleanup phase, but that's kind of the beauty of it, you can just fix that too towards the end when there's not really any extra left around to make a mess with. (All said and done I didn't have any issues with handling the 1/32 Viggen I built during the wash phase, so that titan should be entirely manageable.)Now if you do have sections that are supposed to have a coating of oil-based stuff that are large and open enough that you may end up smudging and ruining them even when it's all finished, then seal that part with acrylic varnish before moving on to the next section.Much of this you may already know of course (what's in your pic doesn't exactly look like little Timmy's first model), but since I don't know what you know exactly...
>>97308794oof yeah, still looks greatI don't know the million 40k marine versions, are these 3d prints?
>>97308712Ah that makes sense. That movie took place between WW1 and 2 iirc
>>97308712>>97308399>>97308712>>97308872NTA, but it's a mix, and not because of the colours. Some are real military aircraft, but then we Curtis and Ferrari flying around in Schneider cup racing airplanes that someone somehow found the space to cram machineguns into, and some are just straight up fictional.
>>97309021I wish flying boats were still a thing
I finally finished my test model squad>>973087945th edition army? Looks fantastic. Lovely work
These units should be on 50mm bases and are basically useless on the tabletop. I doubt my opponents will have issues with the base sizes for heavy bolters
>>97307876this is SICK. Top tier camo work as well.
>>97309128Thank you, anon! Luv your heavy bolter team.
>>97309134I can't achieve the quality you're painting at so I'm working with what I have. The imperial guard traitors have 150~ infantry so I'm trying to keep it dirty and quick. I'm basically dumping pigments after I finish the sponge weathering and washes. The models look great without the 2 colors of dry pigments but I like the warmth the orange and light brown bring to the tabletopBack to the meat dragon this week. I want it finished before end of month
Got the acrylic rod sorted along with all the cleanup and gap filling for the starweaver.
>>97308261Don't buy low cost brushes, literally
>>97308834thank you and they are called imperial fistsalways wanted to own a vanilla marine chapter but didnt want to go the basic ultramarine route>>97309108thank you anon and i like your grimy lost and the damned>5th editionour group went trough 3-6th again for nostalgia and settled on 6th edition for the time beign
>>97308834They look like regular old marines.
If I want to get acrylic paint from non-hobby sources, what kind should I buy?>heavy body>fluid>soft body>professional>semi-transparentwhat's most like hobby acrylic paint?
>>97309447Never looked much into it and I don't really know what brands would be considered non-hobby, but I'd go with heavy body acrylics that you can just squeeze out and thin so you get a lot of value out of the tube. You can always thin paint if it's too thick, but it's much trickier to fix consistently if it's too thin to begin with.That said, isn't non-hobby paint not that great for hobby uses?
>>97309282bro, mine is an artus opus, I literally spent hundreds of dollars. Also happens with Windsor & Newton Kolinsky as well.
>>97309447I don't get it, why not just buy hobby paint at this point? It's not like they're difficult to find or anything
>>97309513Do you press the tip onto the model or just brush it to let the paint flow off?
>>97309515Maybe he can only get supplies from standard paint/do it yourself shops?
>>97309515i was just wondering. there's a huge selection of other acrylic paints on amazon, while the hobby selection is limited or has big shipping fees. my local game store doesn't do a good job of keeping their shelves stocked.
>>97309582Why not get the paints directly from manufacturer? I think pretty much all of them ship nearly worldwide.
>>97308828Yeah, I figured most of that stuff, but thanks for the advice nonetheless anon. Maybe I'll work my way from bottom to the top and just place all the parts on top of eachother once I'm done with them.
>>97309582In that case you can get some sets from amazon, but if you need a smaller selection of pots you can't go that wrong by buying from reaper, their range is pretty nice and they have a good pure white on top of that, plus you can squeeze in a few cheap minis to buff out the order and get free shipping.
Working on some blueberries.
>>97309727awesome and even the table is colored retro green
>>97309582Well Bezos forbid you'd ever buy paint online in a way that he won't profit from.>>97309727Chapter symbol on the right pauldron?
>>97309861They got a japanese copy of the codex, please understand
>>97309861>Chapter symbol on the right pauldron?Just like it better that way.
That's the crewman done sans arms that haven't turned up yet.
Repost
>>97309861>Chapter symbol on the right pauldron?That would be correct if you were wearing Mk VI Armour and had a left pauldron reinforced with molecular bonding studs, but for Mk VII ... yeah, it's backwards.>>97309937>Just like it better that way.They're Your Dudes. Can't fault a guy who otherwise paints 2nd Edition style (red bolters!) and puts them on Goblin Green bases.
tomorrow i will drive to the big city far away for my monthly visit to the flgsi will buy brushes and i will purchase paints then im going to shoot the shit with the clerk and the owner while we show each other what we have painted in the past monththen i will leave the big city as a happy new man ready to paint all my worries away again
Won't even come close to finishing the Starweaver today, but the underside's nearly done. Won't really be seen anyway but gems are enjoyable to paint.
>>97310391>molecular bonding studsis that what they call the dildo bumps?
>>97310661genius. Fuck magnets.
>>97311046They were a small-time punk band that used to open for Black Flag and Devo depending on the show.
>>97307789adding some more knights to my collection.
>>97310200Did you dry brush the brown/tan?
>>97307836They look lovely anon, very nice yellow.>>97307876As always, great weathering and volumetrics.>>97308312>>97308323I like the red a lot, can't wait to see it after you dirty it up.>>97308344Very nice! I think the grass looks fine, I mean it's standing upwards and that's all you really need, right? Doggos fur reads as white/bright grey but I think using darker grey for shadows would work better.>>97309162Pretty gnarly, I like them!>>97309727Sweet smurfs, anon. >>97310072Looks great, I like those transitions on the blue.
>>97311404a replier to the reply-less, a hero. thanks anon
>>97311404We love hair-down Rin.
I've got six or seven eldar corsair kitbashes to paint, plus a wraithlord, that's been sitting on the shelf primed for months. I want those all done by the end of the month let's see if I can get all my primed models painted by February. This fella has been languishing for a year now.
okay what the ACTUAL FUCKtrying to assemble these fucking shitass miniatures is driving me insane. every piece only fits with the exact right other pieces and the torsos are this stupid 3 piece thing that assembles into a hollow cylinder thing? They only gave me the exact right number of heads for the models so now I have a single saurus who has a stupid goatee? like what the shit????how do you anons kitbash these things? do you cut them up after their assembled or what?I got all the arms and heads on them and all the bodies together, and this is just like... way not how I remember this stuff being? I messed around with a carnifex and some thousand sons and gray knights in 2008~2010ish and I distinctly remember being able to pose stuff and do cool fun things with greenstuff... and this is just ratdicks in comparison?????am I doing something wrong or what???
>>97311784yes anon vast majority of GW stuff is now monopose
>>97311784Yeah, only way to make those noob friendly models work is by cutting down the parts to fit together how you want them to.As for the goatee, just clip it off.
>>97311784bro you're supposed to paint the plastic not your hands...
>>97311793WHY IS THIS POPULAR!?!This is fucking antithesis to hobbying and creativity? like??? and the fucking stockholm syndrome shit with the paint by numbers GW paint recipes? like oh my Seraphim cock sheathe and kroxigor nuts suck my ass bitch cunt FUCKWHY DOES ANYONE ASSEMBLE AND PAINT THESE>>97311807yeah but cutting them before I glue them together seems ???????? noob friendly????? I'm just gonna hack them apart later ig honestly retarded that anyone buys this shit. 200$ for the kit and each pot of paint is 10$ and I despise the stupid pots (but admittedly some of the paints are quite nice, even if I spill them out they turn into clumpy goop 1/2 way through using them because I can't figure out how to close the pot correctly) like is this just me getting filtered or is this actual garbage or what
>>97311784Most of the kits now are as kitbash-averse as humanly possible, yes. The quality is also very inconsistent; the detail is better across the board, but in multiple cases it's WORSE than it was before. That said, you can still kitbash a lot, but be prepared to sculpt/print a lot if you are into natural stuff/monsters.
>>97311852Anon, limitation breeds creativity, you can get as many if not more poses out of the models now, if you're willing to put in the work, which I assume you do since you want to get into the hobby and already have kitbashing in mind.>like is this just me getting filteredAs things look now, I'm sorry to say, it looks that way. The first thing I can suggest if you want to get into the hobby relatively seriously is working on your patience.
>>97311852>like is this just me getting filtered or is this actual garbage or whatIt's just monopose push-fit crap meant for idiots, because that's the majority of their audience. If you wanna get creative, you need some of the older sets they still sell or take the next step into conversions.
>>97311852In my opinion unfortunately it's just the natural progression of miniature "quality" if quality is more accurate poses. I haven't messed with those kits but kits like Tzaangors are egregious with that kind of monopose thing. But what it allows if for accurate musculature and muscle transitions. On "naked" fleshy creatures you kind of have to do it like this otherwise they'll look like action figures because their pectoral muscles aren't displaying the right action for lifting their arm for example. Kits like the new cadians that are wearing clothes are better for posability and kitbashing because the designer didn't have to be subservient to muscle action. But even still they are a lot more monopose than the older cadians.If you ever see a victrix model I think they do this kind of monopose way better. You get the benefit of the well modeled movement of cloth and muscles with some amount of modularity because there are options at the wrist joint or flat jointed arm. But overall I agree, it's a lot less fun and I prefer the old models in a lot of cases. But having also built and painted the old lizardmen (seraphon) warriors I think the new ones look way cooler. And they simply couldn't look as cool as they do, getting the accurate neck joint and muscles, if they were as "action-figurey" as the old models.You kinda fucked yourself by clipping off the entire sprue instead of following instructions per body.
>>97311784git gud tranny freak
Months of watching the stalker sperg flip out ITT, todays talk of synthetic vs natural and non-hobby acrylics and me being in wal-mart got me to make this small $15 purchase of supplies to give this craft paint thing a try. This guy has been in my bitz box for I don't know how long and tonight he becomes a lab rat.
>>97311852Holy shit calm down you sperg. It's common knowledge most modern kits are monopose, you should've done your research beforehand. >is this just me getting filteredyes
>>97311852Man, I remember when everything was monopose, and basically all infantry models were one or two pieces of pewter + shield&base. Yet somehow we managed the apparently Herculean task of making conversions out of those.
>>97308312>>97308323I like this idea and want to do something similar for GSCbasically repainted IG surplus.
>>97311852It can be done and still let you adjusts poses, like the tyranids lictor kit.
>>97311980Hey, maybe it will come out better than the fallout girl, craftsperg.
>>97309935kek
>>97312103yes anon who clearly went out and bought all fresh paints is definitely the guy who posted pictures showing he has years of paint already stockedwhen's the last time you got laid?
>>97312217>getting this mad over being called outlmao
>>97312226keep describing yourself anon
>>97312226nta, SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU PATHETIC FUCKING ARGUMENTATIVE NITWITHOLY FUCKING SHIT EVERY FUCKING THREAD YOU JUST PICK AT EVERY FUCKING PERSON FOOLISH ENOUGH TO POST PICTURES THAT PROVE THEY ENGAGE WITH THIS HOBBY, ALL WHILE NEVER POSTING ANYTHING YOU'VE PAINTEDSHUT THE FUCK UP, YOU DON'T POST MODELS, YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO AN OPINION
>>97312239take your meds bro
>>97312250shut the fuck up, and get the fuck out.
Should I give the tilt shield a checkered pattern? I feel like it should have a checkered pattern. Also is there any model, doesn’t have to be Warhammer, that has a phoenix sticker/transfer sheet? I was to put a phoenix on it as its knight house’s heraldry uses one.
>>973122634 quadrants, with opposing quadrants being checkered
>>97312263https://www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/high-elf-realms-transfer-sheet-2025?queryID=061ddb5047d00c91ae5d8c6ca9340ed8
>>97311868>>97311887>>97311895welp, I've always wanted to practice my sculpting more. I just remember the kits being easier to work with. I guess that makes sense tho given most of my previous kitbashing was space marines>>97311963What you said about the muscles makes sense... and for what it's worth they do look pretty cool. >You kinda fucked yourself by clipping off the entire sprue instead of following instructions per body.Eh, I'll figure it out. I already got all the bodies I clipped off assembled.>>97311980I have a bunch of craft paints I like a lot. weirdly enough the (discontinued) Martha Stewart craft paints were really high quality.>>97312001No.have some cool looking bugs. went to the insectarium and stuff over the holidays and got some neat inspiration for colour palettes.
>>97312293Awesome, thanks.
Got this and now im torn between ulthwe and biel-tan.
How long does enamel wash like Tamiya Accent take to dry, so I can try cleaning/wiping the excess off?
>>97312474Varies a lot with how much you slapped on, how deep into crevices and such it went, etc. As a rule of thumb come back tomorrow.
>>97311375Yes its really bad tho its my test model before I do the rest.
>>97311784Seraphon are a pain in the ass to build, I had the same experience
>>97312563unironically a skill issue, I had 0 problems assembling any of the refreshed models
I want to risk priming but it's 40sF and wet where I am and I don't want to risk it
>>97312474Accent is a bit more thinned enamel, more than streaking grime, right? In which case, you DON'T want to wait until tomorrow as other anon says. You want to apply it, wait ~20-30 minutes and then clean/wipe the excess. Once dry, you will be only able to clean it with white spirit.
>>97312627I do have AK odorless enamel thinner, but not sure if that's the same thing as white spirit
>>97312320I've heard good things about the apple barrel, but I also picked up the same 4 colors in this "folk art" brand that's a literal who to me a well.Initial thoughts are that the mediums are both very thick, watering down was needed for that and the paint (surprising no one I'm sure), just about to put a second "primer" coat of black on, had to go help a buddy pull his truck out of the snow so I'm not going to get far with this tonight.
>>97312627>you will be only able to clean it with white spirit.Well, yes. That's the plan. When stuff's half dry instead... I've never even hard of anyone doing it that way, but would the stuff we want to get rid of (a thin layer sitting out on flat surfaces) be what will have more or less dried then and so refuse to just be wiped off without solvent, while the stuff we want to leave on the model (deeper pools in the recesses) are what's still liquid and so can be removed without solvent? Seems a bit backwards all in all.
>>97312690Dunno if it's the same chemical soup exactly (neither enamel thinner nor white spirits are specific chemicals), but for our purposes here it's effectively the same thing.
>>97312627isn't the usual process to put it on, let it mostly dry, and then wipe it off with enamel thinner or lighter fluid?
>>97312690Should be the same thing.>>97312717>>97312777I'm not an expert, but generally speaking, both ways are viable; it mostly depends on the application and what you are using for cleaning. People who cover minis with streaking grime and similar enamels mostly do the apply > wait roughly 20 minutes > cleanup with a makeup sponge or something. I sometimes do that myself, because for smaller minis, it's a lot faster than doing targeted pin wash like with a vehicle or something. For example, here >>97307876 I did an overall oil wash with warmer brown oil wash (for all intents and purposes, the same thing as your Accent enamels), waited about fifteen minutes, wiped most of it with a makeup sponge, then let it sit for about an hour, and finally fluffed it around the darker spots/shadows.In my experience, this is faster and simpler than waiting for it to dry and then fighting with it with a solvent. BUT, if you are doing something large, like a vehicle, and you are doing a targeted pin wash, I would say waiting until it's somewhat dry might be a better approach. But I still wouldn't wait an entire day; a few hours at most. Alternatively, you can take a blow dryer and make it dry to the touch fast. You can experiment on a piece of plasticard, too.
>>97312820>wiped most of it with a makeup sponge, then let it sit for about an hour, and finally fluffed it around the darker spots/shadows.Well, if you're doing a two-step cleanup I guess doing the first one a bit earlier is reasonable. Though I think we should be careful about wash vs streaking&grime here (and filters for that matter). While they can at times be combined into one step they're really different things, calling for more or less different approaches.
>>97312609Wow thanks for telling me how shit I am. Great contribution to the thread. I bow to a chad like you.
>>97311852Your fault for not reading instructions and clipping everything off like a retard.
>>97312950Anon these models are really easy to assemble, unless they were your first I really dont know what to tell you
>>97312820there's no way you're completely removing the enamel without using solvent though. like if you were panel lining a white gundam and just wiped it off after 20 minutes it wouldn't be white anymore.
Took another break for the holidays. Finally got around to finishing my daemonsmith, though.Had to repaint the flames like 3 times to finally get them to look halfway decent.
>>97312694Okay wow, the ale barrel paints are absolute garbage, I don't think I even want them for terrain they're so shit.The folk art ones though aren't bad, so I'm going forward with them.As for the big bottles the black is beautiful, good coverage and a nice satin/gloss finish, the white on the other hand is almost chunky and smells like a bucket of house paint.
>>97313020With gloss varnish and not waiting until it's dry, I would say 99% of the enamel is gone with you swipe it with the makeup sponge. Might be different on white, but so far I've used this technique on green, gray, and red, and it never really left any coloration.
>>97311980>and tonight he becomes a lab rat.He isn't primed and primer takes a day to cure. I am concerned.
>>97313124I used that black paint as a "primer".Also I only just started utting on some red and some brown and I'm done for tonight, got food and vidya to attend to.
>>97313135I don't like how you put primer in quotes like primer isn't real.
>>97313149Well a big bottle of acrylic black isn't primer, so in my case it isn't real.Anyway, ribs are on the go so I'm out.
>>97311852>WHY DOES ANYONE ASSEMBLE AND PAINT THESEThere's no point getting mad at it. I don't know why anyone plays or paints GW stuff. There are many many space marines in these threads, so people obviously like it. I'll never understand, but also there's loads of good miniature companies out there so I don't need to understand. I can just buy their stuff instead. Northstar minis are my jam. Everything I want in a kit.
Painting my Phobos Kill Team as Raptors. Any tips for the upcoming camo?
>>97313299>fellow Raptor enjoyerBasado. Lore-wise, anything works, I think. They change it depending on a circumstance, so I would just pick what you like the most.
>>97313149don't say it you'll summon him
>>97311630Woah, awesome build. What is it supposed to be?
>>97313343Who? Hobby primers aren't actually primer-anon?Insufferable as the repetition may be the statement does seem to be truth, the better hobby primers are just extra matte and extra medium which gives them a better stick to the plastic/resin and a better surface for the following acrylic layers to adhere to.
>>97312292A Jan Michael Vincent only has enough time to get to one quadrant.
>>97312364I'm a sucker for the good ol' biel-tan white, though honestly I'd just say "fuck these craftworlds" and homebrew my own scheme, but you do you.
>>97313414>Excuse me, Apothecary? Can you take my temperature?
>>97312293>$36.50 for a single transfer sheet Jesus Christ
>>97313149Primer is gay. Just glorp on the paint then double dunk in gloss. Been doing it over 25 years and I aint had a problem
>>97313575I can see a problem
Made some improvements
>>97313725
>>97313575I really like how you brought that horse to life in that it looks like it wants to kill itself
>>97310200Did some work
>>97313366It WAS supposed to be an irad cleanser proxy but they don't get those anymore.
I finally finished my swamp boat! I used some dirty down moss and damn that stuff is strong. I tried some on the croc as well, but it didn't really come through on his legs.But fortunately for said croc, it looks like he's about to get himself a new boat
>>97308247Santa anon, just a thought but have you considered putting up a mailing list that gets posted in the sticky year round so that way when the time comes you can send an email to everyone on the list and go "hey, it's that time again, check the thread if you want in".
>>97308261>>97309513Huh. Try conditioning it with brush soap.
>>97313868SOVL
>>97308261Swirl in water to clean when painting, and scissors sometimes
how do I upgrade my metallic painting game? I usually just do a metallic paint then a wash and call it done. I rarely paint highlights on metal. SOmetimes I paint it black or brown or verdigris then drybrush it. Looking for any suggestions.
>>97313106i think that looks amazing, anon, the repaints on the flames took a long ass time i'm sure but the end result is really pleasant!
>>97314058use better metallic paint
>>97314129I'm already using Vallejo metal color and TTC
>>97314058
>>97314058i'm pretty lazy with metallics myself, but one thing you can do is edge highlight the sharp edge of the blade with a bright silver or lighter metallic colori would also maybe add some shading on the part of the blade where it connects to the square heft of the axe, just to give it a bit more distinction
>>97314058I don't think highlighting alone will significantly improve the end result. Metallics benefit a lot from weathering, so I'd look into that.
>>97314148yeah that's why I said to use better metallic paint>>97314166>anti-nmm tutorial>but it still follows nmm principlesuh oh the clowns have arrived
>>97312364Alaitoc.
Painting a Death Commando
>>97314485very sick, love seeing trench crusade minis
>>97314058it's all about contrassthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsgFPMsnAKE
>>97308344Looks good, grass is fine
>>97314058This anon >>97314601 is pretty much right. You can either make your mettalics look better with weathering or you can put more effort into shading and highlighting them. I often take a picture of my mini after basecoating metallics with light coming from the angle I want and use that as reference.
>>97314058I recently accidentally discovered just how much of a difference a coloured undercoat makes for metallics. Try painting different colours before the metallics, it works kinda like a colourshift after only 1 metallic layer, and still makes a noticeable difference after 2 layers.
>>97313868Super cool stuff. would ride boat down the river/10I couldn't seem to get dirty down moss to "work" at all though? With their other paints I've found I really need to shake them like crazy, and getting them a bit warm by keeping them in my pocket for a bit.>>97313858Neat! What's on the shoulder pad?>>97313725I like this, but can't help but feel the gold + skin tone + red gems are all competing for my attention and kinda preventing me from seeing the details? >>97313575b8... but priming IS a meme. i use random inks or craft paints to prime all the time and my minis look fine and dont chip.
>>97315078go completely crazy and do a NMM undercoat and then put a metallic all over it
>>97313575>I aint had a problemoh, you have at least one, totally unrelated to painting tho
Got most of the Starweaver done, just the pilot's head and gun to do now. Annoyingly made a flame stencil with masking tape and even after making it less tacky, a bit of glue remained on the model afterwards which has left a small amount of texture by the flames.
>>97315871I would've thought you could freehand a simple design like that
>>97315878I probably should have but I wanted a neat flat coat from the spray. Live and learn.
>>97315871can you just rub it off?
>>97315910Tried but didn't want to go too hard and remove underlying paint. It looks less bad now it's been touched up and varnished at least.
>>97315871I really like your scheme anon, that color transition is lovely
>>97313858Always love to see the guard.
>>97315871Very clean, looks great
How should I go about painting the Jazz pattern on something? Stipple like crazy? Use a sponge?I specifically want to reproduce that crayon texture
i'll paint more imperialis in the near future, the knights are FUN sized
>>97316306a sponge would probably work best if it's for a large part of a model, otherwise the best way to do it would be stippling i imagine, yeah
>>97316327It'll be on a van for Gaslands so it'll be a decently large surface to work with. Time to go to walmart for some cheap foam brushes
>>97315639I did have to shake the bottle like crazy, and I also cupped in my hand so it heated up a bit. Basically shake until you hear that roller ball really clack.Also I did thin passes with a very slightly damp brush. The double passes didn't turn out as well
Question to anyone who worked with polystyrene before - any way to deal with that electrostatic dust that is produced along sawing/sanding of this stuff? I absolutely hate how hard it is to clean it, as it tend to stick to fingers or tools.
>>97316523No, but replace the saw with a hot wire polystyrene cutter and you'll at least have a lot less of it.
Slowly working on some possessed.
>>97307789I recently got back into mini painting after like 10 years. Got a bunch of Skaven on the cheap from a friend and I’ve been trying to get back into the swing of things. Here’s my Rat Ogre I’m working on.
Chubbster just needs to be based and hes tabletop ready
>>97317093The weathering on the pauldrons look great! How’d you do it?
>>97317136Base coat with speedpaint broadsword silver wash with rust tone washstipple waterd down skrag brown into and around pits and crevassesApply pigments with water into the skrag brown parts
>>97314622thanks anon, im not too sure still, I think the red blades of grass annoy me
>>97317367I felt the urge to do this.
>>97317523This one doesn't have the same punch, but I still got a chuckle out of it.
>>97317367the flowers are so cuteowo
>>97317796I think I figured out the freehand on the predator, thoughts?
I've been trying out glazing medium, but I think I'm doing something wrong. The problem is that the paint ends up really streaky with more medium, am I also supposed to add extra water? It just seems to be hard to even get the paint off the brush with extra medium.
>>97317844looks good
>>97316073>>97316283Cheers guys!Not too much more progress, but got the canopy and underslung gun done, plus the base weapon platform. Not too much left in the project now, just 3 arms, platform weapon, some kind of gem thing for the top of the starweaver since a gun there looks bad and maybe a couple of extra models.
>>97307789Does anyone got stahly's latest comparison tool with the new vallejo metallics?
please. I beg of you all. Stop using paint comparison charts.
>>97317779>>97317523I realise now that that particular head guaranteed was for someone resting their cheek on the crossbow and aiming with one eye and not just shouting.
>>97318195Yes, use Stahly's swatch, since that is the only relevant one. >>97318135I'm not 100% certain, but I think he's selling it extra. I only have access to the 7-in-1 tool. t. leaker anon
>>97318232>I'm not 100% certain, but I think he's selling it extra. I only have access to the 7-in-1 tool.Thank you for checking anyway anon
I didn't realize that people would actually pay money for paint reference charts and it would fund essentially just having all of the paints. I know what my next hustle is gonna be.
>>97318421You already tried this bait before, retard-kun.
>>97318421When you have like 10 different brands of hobby paints such a tool is pretty convenient
why is basecoating such a chore bros
>>97318480How do you mean?Frieren cute.
>>97318480Haha, airbrush go pfffffffft
>>97318090This is radical af>>97317844Cool, but I don't really get what's going on with the one on the right?>>97317093that bonsai tree is cute! some flocking?I have some testors gap filler / contact putty I'm gonna use to crack fill? pretty relaxing to assemble but I'm really bad at it :3I got some bits I am thinking of using. might give one of the krox a hat and some bling
wrong picture
>>97318568>Cool, but I don't really get what's going on with the one on the right?Skull behind a sword.
>>97318580those new Kroxigor are so fucking cool
>>97318492I just spent like 2 hours basecoating gold on a mini. I'm not even done and I still have to do another coat.
>>97318628post another frieren gif
>>97318662I don't think I have more
>>97318568Cheers!Got the gun painted up, turns out the crystal is bloody hard to get to.
>>97318673Oh, that's too bad. I have one though.Anyway, I guess you've got to do the airbrush thing. That will help, unless you're talking about basecoating specific parts on a mini.
>>97318725I'm just complaining because it's a lot of detail, don't mind me really
>>97318480basecoating tends to be a very boring part of the process for me as well, but it's good to look at it as the "foundation" of all the layers, shading, and highlights you'll be adding in, so it's a job worth doing wellas a question, do you zenithal prime your minis at all? when it comes to lighter colors like yellows and whatnot it's much easier to paint them over spots that are already either gray or white instead of black
>>97318984Nowadays I usually spray basic volumetrics of the "main" basecoat over grey primer. I used to do zenithals before I got an airbrush and I agree it makes picking out details a lot easier.
>>97319045amen to that, i use a sponge to add grays after priming in black to make the details show up easier while painting, ever since GW did a model refresh for clanrats there's a LOT more details to worry about now lol
>>97318709the pink on this one really clashes with the blue body.At first I thought you were doing that synth retro coloring, but now I'm wondering if you're trying to force a trans flag thing.
>>97319104go back
>>97319111Sounds like I called it right.
>>97318606ikr. I've been so bricked up building them >>97318709that's so cool. gj
>>97319104It's intended to be bruised wraithbone. If that makes you think trans flag, ok.>>97319134Cheers man.
>>97319261dried out bone isn't pink, cope on being called out some more.
>>97319267trying too hard
>>97319267>triggered by 3 colors
>>97319267>>>/pol/
>>97319267Dried out bone isn't pink or bruised, correct. It's probably not also psychoactive but here we are.
Whew, all this flak and cope? Firing directly on target.
>>97319104>>97319116>>97319267Is this your strategy for todays shitstirring, craftsperg?
>>97319285It makes sense that you're pro-pedophile
Wouldn't the teal/blue, purples and pinks be closer to the bisexual flag?
>>97319290you need to get your eyes checked if you see teal anywhere in any picture of that project yet
>>97319288Sounds like I called it right.
>>97319297you think everyone here is your craftpaint boyfriend.If you /ever/ call it right, it won't be because you're perceptive.You should suck start that shotgun instead of posting with it.
>>97319303cope on being called out some more
>>97319314>no uthe "depth" of your intellect is.... absolutely expected and unsurprising.
>>97319296Highlights are brighter sure, but the shadoes are pretty close aren't they?
>>97319326Can't get the last word on wit, gotta be passive aggressive in hopes of not being noticed?
>>97319322>teal>blueI mean, pick one? it's specifically neither blue nor green but halfway between both.
>>97319322Actually quite a bit of dark turquoise going up a bit towards aqua?
buncha fairies itt. the only colors I know are the ones that come in the small crayola box. ultramarines? blue. night lords? also blue.
>>97319402basado
>>97319402>buncha fairies ittthey're all defending fag flags, you don't need to call it out, they're proud of it.
Same guy at this time of day just saying random inflammatory things that he doesn't even believe in. Pathetic transparent routine that gets called out every time by some anon. Get some fucking friends, it's depressing just imagining the person that enjoys attention in this manner every single day, instead of you know posting models in a model posting general. I've never interacted with him but I see the anon that calls him out and I appreciate it.
>>97319457Not everything is a fag flag. We need to take our colors back. The rainbow flag was a Christian symbol first.
>>97313858Okay, the first one is done. Do you like the result? If so, I might do the rest of the patrol.
>>97319462Theres at least 2 of us calling him out btw, despite his schizo coping
>>97319552I think it looks nice. Very muddy and trenchy
>>97319552I do like it anon, I especially like how you're making different textures using the same paint but applied differently, drybrushed etcetera. I think just one tiny pop of color would make them look even better, but that could be on one model in the group, maybe the leader has a colored helmet. Or you could add a little colored symbol onto all their helmets. But that's just what I might do, they look good and interesting right now.
>>97318709Good color scheme and is looking fresh, but you might want to do a couple more passes in the white flames.Some spots are a bit thin and you can make out brush strokes barely
>>97319552Looks good and works for Krieg.
>>97319597your multiple personality disorder doesn't count, schizo.
>>97319462>same guyNo you fucking moron, THIS IS THE WEBSITE KNOWN FOR RACISM, BIGOTRY, HOMOPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA, NAZISM, ETC...If you don't like any of that THEN GO TO THE WEBSITE THAT DOESN"T LIKE ANY OF THAT.inb4>but that site is overmoderated!It's that way because moronic jackasses like you fucking made it that way.If you hate bigots DON'T HANG OUT WHERE THE BIGOTS ARE
>>97319958and the same guy has the same fake melty for attention with all caps each time too, I'm tired of it, why aren't you tired of doing it?
I tried to make crackle effect with paint and white glue, but it took a whole day to dry and ended up looking like shit. What did i do wrong?
>>97319989>I'm tired of itYou can always leave, faggot.
>>97319991>but it took a whole day to dryI mean most texture pastes do. They have volume so so layers beneath the surface need to dry as well, so that part wasn't a failure. I can't really say what you did wrong without knowing the process you were trying to follow. Is this something people do normally? Did you watch a video on it?
>>97319552very cool. maybe some more mud up the legs / splatters elsewhere? red eyes?
>>97320016the constant deflection and sad resigned affirmation that you're a pathetic attention whore is telling. Sorry that someone made fun of you once anon, I wasn't here for it. I'm sure being a retard every single thread will make them pay.
>>97320022>prime base>base coat base>thick coat of pva glue wait for it to become tacky>then a thick coat of black paintMy issue is this white glue stuff isn’t crackling like citadel, gsw crackle paint
>>97319991how did it go wrong? isn't that what it's supposed to look like?
>>97320091>My issue is this white glue stuff isn’t crackling like citadel, gsw crackle paintBecause it's glue, not crackle paint. You're not going to be able to replicate it perfectly. Still it's a cool idea, so keep trying.
>>97319642>>97319652>>97319723>>97320030Thx guys for the feedback. I Did a little bit of touch up. Hope you like it !
>>97320016>>97319958post models
Any suggestions for the medallion?
>>97320289Green like the eyes. Paint a vertical iris on it as well.
>>97320116I suspect his plan is/was for the paint on top to crackle due to the glue underneath shifting as it dried.
well, the battery for my cheap compressor no longer holds a charge. i guess I need to spend a lot more money now because airbrushing was actually really useful.
>>97320405Buy a hardware store compressor with a tank and install an in-line moisture trap, it will be much better than a desktop compressor. If you're a fellow burger, Lowe's sells a 60db small compressor that isn't unbearably loud.
>>97320444>Not just using a bike pump, and a beach ball.BAKA Anon.
I guess I forgot to take a picture of my Ruststalker, but here's a Serberys I stuck on a Necromunda bike so I don't have to use the ugly horses
>>97320444i assume I'll need some sort of adapter? most of the ones I see on lowe's website are for nail guns and stuff.
>>97320532you'll probs need one to go from the compressor to the hose, yesthey are very easy to find though
>>97315925Paint legit takes a week to cure. Try again then, and consider a mild 70% iso solution for a quick wipe, but dont soak it. A hot soapy washcloth might do the trick.Love your corsairs anon. I painted these a long time ago but seeing yours makes me want to pull them out of long term storage.
>>97317984Would have helped, if you posted a pic of an example NGL. Let me guess - you are using paint + glaze medium mixture as if it was a normal paint using "fully loaded brush". You should wick most of the mixture and use it with semi dry brush in very thin layer 15 million times over and over. Vince probably has a vidoe about it somewherePost pic of how it looks on a pallette and on a mini, then you can expect better answer
>>97320461Really sick conversion anon.
>>97317984Think of the medium as transparent paint. You mix it in to make your layers more translucent, but you still need to thin it with water like normal.
A second large lad
Another Poxwalker down. Maybe I'll get to move onto the Plague Marines like >>97321155 someday.
>>97321271Thats a funky freaky guy right there
Finished oil washing this guy earlier.I cannot stress enough how useful this microfibre cloth was for getting rid of excess oil paint in this case. Just remember to give it a solid gloss coat beforehand.
>>97321345>Finished oil washing this guy earlier.he sure looks pretty clean :)
>>97321348Weathering has just started, got sponging, various effects and streaking grime still in the pipeline.
I ordered grey-blue, because the color on the bottle pic seemed very similar to artillery grey, but now I looked and it actually isn't. Damn :/
>>97320736Cheers, good to see some of the fw corsairs too. Guessing by the shoes, Ghost Spider themed?
>>97321358oh that was not supposed to be an insult or anything, he looks great already
>>97321375Pay the stahly toll or be ready for fuckery
>>97321628I don't think stahlys tool has any of the "military" lines
>>97321633You are correct, or mine is just outdated I don't know. Either way, if I had taken a look at the color's sample picture on AK's website and not just the image of the bottle I would have noticed the fuckery.
Finished my Sisters of Silence, here posing with their big bros.Its insane how small most minis are after painting an army of custodes
>>97321646>Its insane how small most minis are after painting an army of custodes*groans in Eldar*
>>97321646Very grim yes… very dark yes…
>>97321668*groans in Quar*
Finished. Brought out the good camera for the occasion, and as always when I do that... holy hell that's a lot of mistakes, excessively coarse blending, etc.
>>97321646After assembling Custodes first, I've found it a bit liberating on how much faster other infantry can be to build.
>>97321708The more I see some Quar, the more tempting it is to make a small little force of them with a Squeedle tractor as support. Lots of grime, weathering and marsh vibes.
>>97321884I wonder if anon that I gifted some Quar for SS in 2024 painted them yet
>>97321155You should gloss up those entrails
>>97321890I was just about to get back to them now that I have a friend to play with regularly.They were my first minis and I boldly started batch painting around 40 of them as soon as I could which combined with my lack of confidence made me burn out after basecoating. Also thanks, you spared me from having to buy the specialists and command boxes that came out since.
>>97322037Nice! Lovely little dudes. I'm happy they're actually going to be used for tabletop. I'll be waiting for wip pictures of the Raider!
>>97322071>the RaiderI recently got a Corsair and Kabalite box to go with it, but man that big thing scares me. I'll get there eventually
>>97321155it looks like the gap between his armor and the helmet should be meat colored
>>97322491You got this anon, I believe
Got a test Quar built, added some depth to the base for a little resin after painting, going to go for marshy vibes.
Gonna be painting Greek pottery style black on red for my Telemon. Thank God for .003 microns.I dont know what other Emperor scenes I can do for the other 3 panels of the shoulders.Also what else to put for the shield faces.
Apparatus of Kwalish (D&D sub), homemade for my kids' Savage Tide campaign, from a Talenti container, some bits and pieces, and a couple of LEDs. And yes, that's a couple of pieces of LEGO. :P
>>97322983>Apparatus of KwalishIt probably wouldn't surprise you to know that there's someone here who knows what that is.
>>97323073is that you spoonyi feel honored
>>97322783Cute
>>97322783I'm stealing this idea
>>97322828Why did I never think to use micron pens, I'm an idiot. That looks really good anon
>>97323100Some of us are just *that* old, anon.
>>97321378>ghost spiderYup you got me. But I really liked how the color pallet and placement turned out so I don’t feel to bad. But I need a faster way to paint grey bodysuits than stippling.
>>97323122>Why did I never think to use micron pensMaybe you didn't get that memo?
>>97320219 very cool anon, red makes them look malevolent
>>97307789Trying to buy some empty paint bottles to store some particularly nasty GW/S75 paints, amazon just gives me some extremely cheap looking, semi transparent stuff meant for nail stuff or whatever the fuck. When can I find something sturdier?
>>97323073Yep, I have that same book and may be even older than you (my kids are in college). There's an official model for the Apparatus of Kwalish but it doesn't have windows (portholes?) or lighting. I wanted something more fun and immersive (pun intended). :)
>>97323179Dunno what exactly you found on amazon but I bought some cheap droppers(like 100 for $30 or something) from aliexpress and they've served me well for years.
Recently found a slightly damaged Black Reach Warboss, added some greenstuff to the powerclaw and painted him up. What do we think?
>>97323159I'm not here very often, but I'm glad I learned something today
>>97323109>>97323114Cheers, it'll be good to see a few more camouflage quar.This guy took longer than expected for a dud so small, took ages fussing around with the base as I've never really done marshy before.
>>97323200Just be careful; the ink from the Micron pens will smear if you touch it before you get a chance to seal it. They also work well for scribbling tiny unintelligible litanies on purity seals or are those CVS receipts?
>>97323122Micron pens are magic. I use it to do scriptures and to "clean up" freehands by maiking sold lines.Just note that you may need to use them like a tattoo artist. Meaning you need to "dot" the shapes, a pixel at a time.For the tiny .003 pens, you may have trouble dragging a straight line on painted surface.
>>97323268>>97322828sick
How do you guys think the gold on this rhino was achieved? To me it looks like mournfang glazed with yellow/cream tones, but a friend of mine thinks it's an airbrushed wash over retributor due to the sheen when it moves around on the timestamps below.https://youtu.be/A9Cx3f81JtE?t=563https://youtu.be/A9Cx3f81JtE?t=1301
>>97323387that looks like orange to mei miss youtube before half of the battlereports were censored behind a paywall
WIP of my bretonnian battle pilgrims who escort the gral reliquae (also WIP). Also my first try on some candles with OSL.
45 fucking bongbuck, this better be worth it.
Thanks Anon!, This is fucking sexy. Holy shit there's a fuckload of nice miniatures in this game and the tanks nice too. Once again thank you, but also fuck you! that Liquorice is fucking lethal!
>>97324259Get ready for 20 pounds of pussy and ass
The card. And yes, the commissar got here safely but he is currently in many bits>>97324273Looks like you're not far off.
But wait, Theres more!I wasn't expecting to get a gift back from my recipient.Thanks Okinawa Anon you crazy ivan.
The other card.Have a good 2026 WIP and try to finish at least one miniature this year.
As a complete skill issue I've forgotten to join the last 3 secret santas. Sad times.
>>97324420Could've been worse, at least you didn't end up autistically shitposting about SS every single fucking day of December
>>97324420SS is honestly one of the most exciting events of the year for me
>>97324302>But wait, Theres more!Indeed!I have a side deal going with OKC-anon, and his gift arrived today. I'll have to notify him separately, as he is pretty busy these days and might not make it in here to see my post. As I was opening it, I grabbed one of the See's Candy bars and was about unwrap it and eat it when I realized if I did that, I wouldn't be able to take a picture of it.So I ate it shortly after taking this picture!
... and a close-up of the most excellent card!
>>97324272Glad you liked it commissar-anon. I was getting cabin fever waiting for you to post since the last thing I heard was that it arrived in your country on the 23rd. >that is not all!Speaking of that. Wasn't there one more thing? Something that arrived early on?
>>97323208very cool lil dude, anon
>>97324272As someone who has built that tank: don't chicken out on the camo. (And do study it a bit, lines should often continue between fields.)
I need your opinion - in terms of aesthetics, which option, left or right, would look better? I honestly can't decide. Sorry for not tabletop, hence the spoiler, but its "work in progress" for sure. White left parts are made out of polysterene.
>>97324894Don't know the mini, but looks Gundam-esque.I think the one on the right looks better in that contexts, the left looks comparatively chunkier and lower tech
>>97324894Right, the more slender feet match the slim shins better. Right would likely work better if you added some more amrour to the lower legs.
>>97324894The feet on the right are more in line with the IBO aesthetic of the legs. Left could match with some more work, like breaking up the shapes on the front "claws"
>>97324926>>97324933Okay, got it. Initially started with right but wanted something more like Tau battlesuits feets, too bad that it ended up visibly "chunky" as you said. Can always use for other project later I guess.>Don't know the mini, but looks Gundam-esqueIt's custom project, made out of spare/optional parts and indeed look "Gundam-like" due to both parts coming from Bandai kits and because this particular series was designed by same guys who designed a lot of Gundams (Ebikawa among other people, if I recall correctly).
>>97324894desu I think I've seen a lot of models not for gaming get posted and no one cares, busts and stuff, if it's cool it's cool
>>97324953What exactly would you suggest to fix left project? I'm not sure I properly understand the suggestion of "breaking up shape".
>>97325001Scribing and/or sanding down sections of the sides. For instance, if you refer to the other pair of feet you're using, you can see where there are recessed areas on the sides of these triangular shapes.
>>97324738Cheers!Got a Squeedle printed, based up and grimed. As a tank it doesn't really need a base, but it helps make it a scene.
>>97324272Try the liquorice anon, do it.
Working on a snek, love the model
>>97325061...grime before overall painitng?
>>97325088Yeah, like this guy >>97323208Seen it a bunch in turnip28 stuff.
>>97325061jelly, my hunger for quar has only been kept in check by my lack of access to a reliable printer
>>97325048Alright, I think I understand what you have in mind. I guess I will try to improve with left option before leaving right as final, just for the sake of trying.
If I put glossy glaze medium on top of other paint, will that just make it look similar to putting gloss varnish over it?
>>97325376yes, but it won't have the durability of varnishI'd recommend thinning it with water too, since medium is thick like paint.
>>97324637>Speaking of that. Wasn't there one more thing? Something that arrived early on?Indeed, The Commissar has been very busy watching over the other commissars while i died at work..>>97325068I did and in almost killed me, how do they make salt taste more salty?
>>97325500>how do they make salt taste more salty?Probably the mix of regular salt (sodium chloride) and salmiak salt (ammonium chloride).
>>97324894What's the kit, anon?I like the left more, it makes more sense.
>>97322828Emperor repairing a knight with a single touch.
