Dork in progress 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=jkntrSBvXxE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGjBQzoukFg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00JVUxABe44 https://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:>>97518323>>97502947 >>97484689
First Deathguard I've ever painted, really happy with how its coming long so far
I was at the natural history museum today and I took some pictures that might be useful as a basing reference. All of the animal dioramas are useful of course but I didn't feel like being there all day.
>>97540070and some gem pictures.
>>97540070very cool, saved
>>97540006Looking forward to seeing how this guy will turn out, that's a fun model for sure.
>>97540073
>baker san didn't think any of our pictures were good enough for a banner image
>>97539946I finished the large lad, took a pic with him and the older Termi captains I have. I realized I’ve done each one about a year apart. It’s nice to be able to look back and see progress even if the older models fill me with revulsion.
>>97540109>my finished model didn't get a single (You) last thread
>>97540109Baker-san went to the natural history museum and took reference photos for your ass and maybe doesn't want to deal with criticism
>>97540137Sorry to hear that, anon.FWIW this is the WIP thread, not the finished models thread.
>>97540172Im a different asshole form who you mentioned, but that’s still a good point. I’ll remember next time.
>>97540139>doesn't want to deal with criticism>posts questionable quality photobaker san...
>>97540229there was no johnny image at the end of last thread, this is a different baker than usual
>>97540250Oh that makes sense. Probably just somebody who had the johnny wip pic saved>not a post filename though, it's an actual filenameHmmm. Still up in the air.
Just got super glue on my finger and the detailed bits of my turret weapon when it flowed through from the contact point Aaaaaaaaaa
>>97540250>>97540276>I have perturbed the deep lore of WIP threadsI will repent
>>97540328People look forward to being in the OP post, you know how it is.
>>97540276It was also made earlier than usual. I spend too much time here
>>97540345>you know how it is.obviously not
>>97540250>this is a different baker than usualCan confirm. I was busy at work today and not following along as closely as I usually do.
>>97540432At least the mystery is solved now.
Replaced the big toy binoculars on this thing with an em4 Space Ranger weapon.Making the mount was a right bloody mess about
>Tried using Macragge Blue sprayHoly Emperor it feels like a cancer getting cured. Why is this so easily applied while some others are pure cancer inducing to use
>>97541179GW sabotage all the other colours to force people to paint Ultramarines
2 more and theyre done
got a lot done on my sisters birthday present today, I got to use a lot of bright colors I never use. Much fun.>>97541440good job on the feet
>>97541440that's a very cool sculpt I haven't seen before>>97540484nice work. What's the plan for the windscreen?I'm still working on retrofitting this ship into carrying a sea platform. adding magnets and gubbins
>>97541540what game are those from?
>>97541540I like these boats.It pleases my autism that they are just the tops, like they're floating.
Painted some Arco flagellants, still need to base them but I'll be doing the whole unit at once
>johnny arrives this week i've never been this excited to paint a model
>>97542128are you gonna do a retro paint job, or the best possible paintjob you can do?
Practicing doing ginger beards. This is with a contrast basecoat and a regular lighter orange highlight. Should I try and push it a bit further with a very fine yellow highlight or no?I am still learning how to highlight well.
>>97542164>Should I try and push it a bit further with a very fine yellow highlight or noon the very top I would give it a shot, But lower towards the belt, I wouldnt do it at all. I'd also start with as fine as you can go, that way if you dont like it, its not so a big deal.
I finished 10 of my jetpacks and primed the last 5 guys. Moved on to my vehicles and spent the night doing the metallics.
>>97542164I would only push harder on the high points like the other anon said. Like the top of the moustache and stuff.
>>97542199>>97542273Should I push the initial highlight harder on the axe side? The shield is the focal point so idk if I should leave it as is or make the highlight more even across the entire beard (left to right).
>>97542286My eye keeps going to the top right spot where his hair meets his helmet, so I guess that side is the side.
>>97542267This one ended up being my favorite.
>>97542307Last one to show a flamer.
>>97542304Ok good. Thank you guys for the feedback. And yeah from that angle for sure. That guy has a weird pose where he’s like thrusting out wish his shield to block. This is them in a group at a distance, you can see what I mean about the shields drawing the eye most.
>>97542315Yeah, but even from that angle, the first thing I see once I look past the shield is the side of the head the shield is on, right?
>>97542337That’s fair and yes. Thanks again for all the help! I am genuinely starting to enjoy painting.
Why is it that whenever I do any kind of airbrush prime the primer has no sticking force. Just rubs off with 0 effort.
>>97542380what are you comparing it to?
>>97542471Anything from GW primer to rustoleum primer.
>>97542476rattlecans are solvent paints. is your airbrush primer water based? you probably aren't doing enough prep work. are you completely degreasing your parts and scuffing them with some kind of abrasive?
>>97542380Did you wash the models with soapy water or alcohol before airbrushing? I also had peeling problems after switching to airbrush because you don't really have to do that with spraycans
>>97540070>>97540073>>97540103Thanks, Anon.
Lost the left hand, so I still need to print and paint it. Technically a WIP. Very happy how it turned out, but any criticism is welcome. I'm always trying to get better. Looking forward to completing a Deathguard Army.
>>97542637fuck, why did it go sideways?
>>97542640Because of the metadata your phone stores in the image. Crop it by 1 pixel to make your phone recalculate.
>>97542615Yea i did.
>>97542653you don't have to do that just right click and rotate clockwise
>>97539946A Valentine's day project I started last year. I need to fix the eyes so it reads like a wink. I'm wondering how I should paint the base, choosing from red, pink and lilac but as it is it looks like a natural earth brown.
>>97542679That's what people are doing and often the result is sideways posts.
>>97542717let me test the original was right way up so this one should be sideways. anyway the way to ensure you never run into this problem is to not hold your phone like a fucking retard when you take pictures. if you hold it like a camera most models even let you use the side button as a shutter button.
>>97542722Not every phone functions the same, we've been having this problem for years and cropping is usually the solution.
>>97542731it doesn't matter right click menu rotate doesn't use metadata so it should always work. you can also open it in mspaint and select all + rotate 90 degrees.
>>97542722how do you guys transfer the photos to post them anyways? or do you phonepost?i send the photos to myself via whatssap so i can open them on the pc and post here, usually via a screenshot really, easier to adjust size on the browser itself with the scrollwheel zoom
>>97542753>how do you guys transfer the photos to post them anyways?with a usb cable? what are you some sort of luddite?
>>97542753>Posts it to himself on whatsapp and then screenshots the pictureActual real life retard.
>>97542753Same but telegramI hate phones too much to do anything on them, even resize photos. I find it easier to transfer files like that and then alter them in gimp than to use phones>>97542764nta but it doesn't work for me, probably something broke
>>97542764a wat now?>>97542772it's faster than opening whatever to resize it or resizing in the phone itselfhell i even do that in paint sometimes, open in paint, change the zoom, screenshot and paste again>>97542776>I hate phones too much to do anything on them, even resize photos.this guys knows
>>97542789Brother is on a lower tech level than my 70 year old mother.
>>97542789>a wat now?I was about to inform you that google exists, but that might not mean as much to you as the average person.
>>97542753Easy enough to grab them off my phone via ADB (not the GW one) over USB.
>>97542790>>97542797who would have tought i work in IT, right?using a usb cable is arcaic, you add cycles to the connector for no reason, takes longer, physical space...i don't see any advantage over sending it wireless, be in whatsap, telegram, google drive or whatever>>97542799what even is the gw's adb?
>>97542789>Opens in paint and then zooms in and screenshots itFucking christ you are retarded.
>>97542753I airdrop it to myself then open it in preview and save it again. This fixes any rotations issues. I have also found that so long as I double check the camera app UI text has properly rotated to match the orientation Im taking the photo in then it works properly, it can be particularly stubborn when trying to aim the phone downwards. I make it a habit never to rotate photos on my phone so I never get mixed up.
>>97542831show me something faster
>>97542708I'd put flowers on the base and paint the edge a similar colour.Otherwise brown is fine but I like pink the most
>>97542876why
>>97542821>what even is the gw's adb?Aaron Dembski-Bowden, current head of narrative and the most notable Abaddon self-inserter. Notably worse than the Android debug bridge.
>>97541540Going to have a big black dome windscreen to match the troops it's with. I use Vallejo Deep Sea Green which is a dark turquoise to make a bit of a gradient
>>97542933if i'm retarded for doing that it must mean there's a better method>>97542940thanks, that's some information i didnt need
>>97541609dystopian wars. here's an island I've made recently
Need help deciding my paint scheme for my eldar corsairs. They are going to have red armor since they are from the Sam-Hainn craftworld. But I cant decide the color of their helmets. I could just paint them white, but since they are exiles it may not stand out from the craftworld scheme.
>>97543558There's a million options. What vibe do you want them to have?
This is mental illnessThe official GW Votann colours aren't anything like the box-artThe Eavy Metal archive suggests absolutely insane mixesHow is anyone supposed to accomplish this?
>>97543861It's because they're a newer faction. Painting has progressed and the archive is telling you what the studio painters literally did. In this case it's just so many steps because there is volumetric highlighting. and not just regular 'eavy metal 3 stage edge highlighting.
>>97543908I get what you're saying, I think, but my problem is more the army's colour scheme is impossible to get without these crazy mixes.Like Deepkin Flesh/Rakarth Flesh 5:1 for the off-white.The faction's iconic green as well requires mixing too.
>>97543955Two colors is not a crazy mix, it's a regular mix. Just pick something close if you don't wanna mix.
Beaky boi
>>97543955>exact ratios of 2 paints>crazy mixesAnon please. Anyway yeah get the stahly tool and try to find something close from a different manufacturer.
>five drops of paint A>one drop of paint B>mixwala
>>97542128I'm excited to see what chapter you will choose.Somebody here was working on a Mantis Warriors Johnny, but I haven't seen in an update in a while.
>>97544161F O E?!?
>>97544247nta but man I need to replay EO games at some point
>>97543691I am very open to ideas. I am thinking either black, green or maybe just red like the armor.
Pretty happy with these so far. Once my hands have uncramped I'm going to pin all the metal sisters in place and then glue on the cut up plastic sheets for the stained glass >>97544037Peaky Boi
I received an old Space Marine Landspeeder as part of a trade amd I'm stumped on how to convert it into something I can use for my Chaos Space Marines. I don't think I can turn it into a Helldrake due to the size discrepancy, but I'd like to make it some kind of daemon emgine. Any suggestions?
>>97544406Just add a spike with a space marine helmet, and some greenstuff blobs and tendrils to part of it (maybe with an eye like a resident evil enemy).
Is there any White Dwarf article or anything that provides the color scheme for Armageddon Ork Hunters? I'm at a loss
>>97544247>>97544302Jeez, nostalgia.
>>97544337Well, I like red+purple.Black goes with anything, full red works but needs an extra color on the details, red+green is very loud but can work.
>>97544451They probably didn't even use citadel for all of it.
>>97544302>>97544247>even at /wip/, FOE!
>>97544451The roolz for Armageddon Ork Hunters got reprinted in Chapter Approved: the Third Book of the Astronmican, pages 19-21. There's one photograph showing models painted in the appropriate paint scheme.aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWdhLm56L2ZpbGUvcUZvWGlMcFEjTVVLNEljbS1mQllUNVZsdFB4dE90T0c2X3UwbWVpZGpacVB1RXM1WFFmQQ==
>>97544551>>97544455>>97544302>>97544247God we're so old
Decided to dust off an old unfinished project and try to get back into 40k, but I'm not sure what colors I want to paint them. I don't just want to do black and white, or black and red, or white and red, but those are really the only things that are coming to mind. Something too colorful just doesn't feel right. I've got a few test minis primed to try out potential schemes, any suggestions?
>>97541440Cool looking model
>>97541440>titanium dioxide strikes again
>>97544823How about Infinity Military Orders style aka dark prussian blue with red or white elements? They often look quite cool in my opinion.
>>97543558>Sam-Hainnwouldn't they just be red armor with white helmets? Why do you want different helmets?
I repainted part of one of my titans in prep for Adepticon so it matches proper legion uniform.
Unusual question - something around year ago I got some set of miniatures for intention of making a diorama. However, turned out that minis themselves lack rather crucial belts and such (as you can see, they basically hold weapons with them) and modellers are apparently expected to make them themselves. Any idea how could I make such belts?
>start using milliput, greenstuff and mix more and more instead of just gapfilling>looks amazing>months pass>that shit swellswtf? I thought once cured it stayed that way, now it bloats and is ruining paintjobs. It's weird because milliput says it cures even underwater, so humidity shouldn't be a problem, right?
>>97545026Well-tested way is to just use masking tape for belts/seatbelts/etc. You can also layer them if you need more thiccness. You can also use green stuff, but that's a bit more work. Thin brass strips, too. Finally, seeing your dudes in ponchos, you sure you wanna do give them belts? Belts + rainwear don't mix that well, anon.
>>97545041Belt as in weapon belt. You know, what helps you carry a gun over your shoulders. As for masking tape, I do have some thick, 2mm one, should fit then. Gonna try, thanks.
>>97545030That's not how epoxy putty works, anon. Once it cures, it should be stable, maybe shrink a little bit during curing process but not expand. Either your stuff was wacky (expired, whatever), you didn't mix them completely or it's the paint to blame instead.
>>97544994That is pretty nice. I'll give it a go on one of the test minis. Ty Anon.
>>97545060That's a gun sling, anon. But yeah, masking tape is your fren.
>>975450756-7 months is too much?I have them inside tupperwares (separed on plastic bags too) away from sun, hot and humid places
I've made no progress in painting thos escher gang for months fretting that i can't make the outfits black and look like shiny leather, but now I'm thinking I switch to an urban camo scheme instead, which I know I can do, seem fitting? tge 3 of my 30 that are as scantily clad as this will be slightly more challenging, but still doable.
>>97545276I mean, they could lie on shelf at shop for quite long before you got them. Still, that's most likely explanation since, like mentioned and like you noticed yourself - they shouldn't be affected by humidity while curing and once cured, they are chemically stable so shouldn't deform. Only other explanation I can think of is constant stress from parts but only pure GS is still rubbery, mix or pure Milliput remains hard and rigid.
>>97544480Thanks anon, I will prob do black helmets with red armor. Also a great time to practice painting black
Holy shit I can not paint to save my life. Fuck.
>>97545549Like when you do it sucks or you just can't start?
About those scale models of actual soldiers - I honestly don't understand why various companies keep making such minis in rather poor quality. Technology marches on, even GW is making rather good quality minis with minimal seamlines while various WWII minis not made for gaming still require tweaking, filling, adjusting and so on. I understand that somehow some old boomers won't mind removing mold lines from sub-mm tiny details but come on.
>>97545558When I do it, it sucks. And I hate that it sucks. And I know I have to practice to get better, but it hurts my fucking soul to ruin my minis with my shitty painting.
This might be stupid, but I was thinking the other day that I should get a pingpong ball, or something smaller probably, and use it to practice painting NMM onto with more interesting reflections and blending.
>>97545016Purple+white always looks very nice!>>97544350These are the ones you made with a roller, right? I like them so far.>>97542637I think he looks very good for the style you were going for. Maybe for starters you could try some subtle volumetric highlights and shading?>>97542267That's some nice OSL, very moody.>>97541688These are nice, I really like how you did the skin.
>>97545575Like with everything, there are good companies and there are shitty companies, anon. No reason to buy shit, and if you do, it's on you.
>>97545590>but it hurts my fucking soul to ruin my minis with my shitty painting.You can always strip them and repaint them as you improve. Hell, take some before and after pics to motivate yourself while you're at it
>>97545549>>97545590You cannot hope to improve at something if you're hesitant to failYou recognizing that your paintjob isn't what you want it to be already shows you have the awareness to improve on it if you put in the practice and study time to learn and reflect on what you want to do betterYou can always strip models and retry if you get texture built up when painting, though I do always urge people to save at least their first painted model so they can have an example of how far they've come
I wish this general would talk less about stripping models. It's almost always a worse option than just buying more models or painting over your existing ones. They would have be be extremely badly painted to justify stripping being required.
>>97545735Is this bait? I really can't tell anymore
>>97545590practice on plastic spoons until you're confident enough to try on a miniature
>>97545741No. I think the amount of times people recommend stripping models and time spent discussing it is WAY higher than it should be.
>>97545735>>97545741He's right. You can buy miniatures for pennies second hand.Maybe strip the odd horror story but repeatedly stripping and painting the same miniatures is Sisyphean
>apply varnish over shield>blue pigment reactivates and the yellow turns greenThankfully I managed to save it but holy shit, never had that happen to me before.
>>97545775spooky.
>>97545775What paints did you use and what kind of varnish? I've only had fully cured paint reactivate when it was speedpaint 1.0 and polyurethane varnish
>>97544994>>97544823Alright started on the first test mini. Two thoughts.1. Laying down gradients first then going in with contrast is not working anywhere near as well for me as I've seen it work for others. How do i do that and not have it end up either blotchy or visibly uneven? Anyone know? Or should I just give it up as a shitty, method that produces bad results?2. Red white and blue immediately makes me think of either A. The American flag or B. The crimson fists. I don't hate it but I'm not sure I love it either. It is nice and colorful though.
>>97542821>who would have tought i work in IT, right?>using a usb cable is arcaic, you add cycles to the connector for no reason, takes longer, physical space...i don't see any advantage over sending it wireless, be in whatsap, telegram, google drive or whateverEnjoy letting anything and everything not only have wireless access to your phone and potentially what you send such as pictures, but opening a whole can of worms in exploits and vulnerabilities.
>>97545653I wish I could run into good ones instead of shitty. That MiniArt ones is obviously low quality, even if guys behind it are quite good fellas. I simply thought that next step is at least attempt at making one diorama but wargaming minis are often very "battle posed" instead of something more tame.
>>97545840whenever i basecoat with contrast I'm accepting I'm mostly doing so to help the coverage of the actual basecoat while skipping a later shade stepI like how it indicates which areas are to be highlighted later as well, but I'm not relying on keeping a highlight effect visible from the actual contrast paintWith flatter surfaces/panels like your pic, I would expect to going over most it again with thinned regular paint, or as a few glazes, to iron out the blotches. Leaving the contrast in recesses, or other areas like the bottom part of the knee pad
>>97545840Thin your contrasts with contrast medium, ratios vary paint to paint but 1:1 with medium is a pretty safe starter when using them on flat surfaces like marines, go one section at a time so you can see where things are pooling and use a wet clean brush to pull that extra pigment away not to shill but look up eons of battle's black templar contrast recipe videos, he has a mix that works extremely well on marines
>>97545840You are supposed to apply layer over contrast anyway. But I also saw people often further thinning it, which probably also improves flow. I also recall one of local stores where owner was quick painting army for Conquest game and he was using primarily contrast (as he put it, he wanted his minis to be "good enough for table" instead of high quality paint jobs) and he was apparently applying it in small areas, making sure it spreads evenly. Probably it's easier when you apply it over small spots at time.
>>97545796Mix of Vallejo and AK, mixed AK ultra matte varnish with some water and the AK blue activated again.
>>97545955oh weird, I've not heard of that happeningHow long did you let the paint dry before varnishing? Also I would recommend thinning varnishes with medium over water, I find water can make varnish fog up more
>>97545963Ye, it's never happened to me before. But that blue paint is extremely thin and needs plenty of shaking. I haven't had issues with using water but I have ordered a new medium. Not been liking Vallejo mediums.
>>97545893>having whatsapp or telegram is a vulnerabiltyyes, and nobody cares
getting there, needs some touches on the face and bracelets and finishing the scepter
Finished my merry men
How do I make this less flat? I think my agrax earthshade would ruin it
>>97546437oil washes.
>>97546437this >>97546449 and then drybrushing
>>97546449This. Gloss varnish > mix your own oil washes.
>>97546449>>97546462>>97546466Are there any you can recommend to make the green bluish colors pop? I haven't tried very many washes yet.
>>97546479a prussian blue oil thinned with spirits
>>97546492wtf do ghosts have to do with this?
>>97546479Drybrush the blue with a cyan and the green with a close to yellow green. Mix for the in between part.A dark blue wash to finish it off.
>niggas itt would rather invoke spirits rather than use oil washesbaka my head
>>97546437If you find oil washes too daunting, you can try using a weaker citadel wash like athonian camoshade or drakenhof nightshade.Or just dry brush or edge highlight with a lighter paint.
>>97546522>>97546492>>97546499Thanks for the advice. I'm just wondering what the advantage of oil is compared to just buying some citadel wash. More bang for your buck? Does it look better?
>>97546598Oil looks better but requires extra steps and is more time consuming.
>>97546598it has a different look, settles into recesses better and is easier to clean up staining afterwards
>>97546598oil washes have really strong capillary action compared to acrylic washes, don't stain as much, and are a lot cheaper too. The downside is that oil paints take literally weeks to fully dry to a point where they can't be reactivated.
Game tomorrow, 2 more heroes to finish tonight
>>97546657I thought they dry fairly quickly when thinned to wash consistency?
>>97546672it's quicker yeah, dries decently quick to be safe to touch, but still takes a long time to fully dry
>>97546598The biggest draw of oil washes is that with gloss varnish prior, you can literally clean them up with no trace. So, you can experiment as much as you want and if you mess something, just clean it with white spirits.You can also smooth them out for perfect easy gradients, let them dry a little and then fluff them with a clean brush for nice smooth transitions, etc. tl;dr once you learn how to properly use them, you won't use acrylic washes again. >>97546657>weeksWat. Most premade oil/enamels are okay to varnish after like two days, even my homemade ones from cheap ass oil-heavy oil paints take like three days max. >>97546672Yes, yes they do. There are even enamels that you can varnish over in a few hours. Artist grade paints with less linseed oil will also provide a lot faster drying. You can also help the process by doing a lot of stuff, like getting rid of the linseed oil by putting them on a piece of cardboard or something. You can even use hair drier (though check how to do that first).
started working on second chicken robot
>>97546697>homemade ones from cheap ass oil-heavy oil paints take like three days maxmaybe I used the wrong thinner
>>97546721Thinner matters, but it shouldn't be too drastic. I usually just wait for ~2-3 days, then varnish over it just fine. The worst thing that can happen if you varnish too early, is that you might need an extra varnish layer later, because the spot with oils will be still a bit glossy.
>>97546727lmao oil that gets covered when it's not dry will literally never dry. I had a blob of blo that skinned over and was still liquid inside half a year later.
Hi, /tg/. After 12ish years of being interested in the WH40k setting I finally decided to try painting my own minis after seeing my friend without many skills when he got into it produce passable results pretty fast. Here are my first ones. They aren't very good but I have seen worse and I'm a little proud of myself.
>>97547188Looks good anon. You'll pick up more nuances as you paint more, so no worry.
>>97547188Good work, anon. Good to have you.Our ranks grow stronger by the day.
>>97542128>>97544161He's here and my God he's beautiful. I'll be painting him Crimson Fists
>>97547427God, just look at him.
I found a johnny at a model swap would it be gauche to paint him up in donut steel chapter colors
I should get a johnny so I can make resin copies of him.
>>97545010Because I am painting corsairs and not craftworld
>>97547212>>97547216Thank you anons...
I know its pretty common to gloss varnish a bit before using a decal then matting it after.Would it also work ok just using satin and then another coat of satin?
>>97547769No, that makes mustard gas.The idea is to give your decal a slick surface that can't be disturbed by products like micro sol and then dull the surface back to satin and permanently locks the decal in place. Satin > satin is less slick than gloss > matte but accomplishes the same thing with fewer products.
>>97546437Don't paint it all one flat colour, then. Look at reference images of Bantam roosters, they have a similar color pattern that you seem to have.
I've got most of the paints i need to start painting up some of the mcp models I have, but what fucking paint do I use for wolverines brown? On the cover it's more of a reddish brick brown, but then in the actual comic it's whatever red orange shit they have going on here. Maybe I'm being autistic about it but I wanna use something more like the comic itself if I'm gonna do a comicstyle/cellshading painting with the marvel models.
>>97547188Well done anon, thin thine paints a little and you'll do better.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBDVPoNXyVI
>>97548193That's just red, innit?
>>97542722>A black man readingMuh immersion.
>>97545606>These are the ones you made with a roller, right? I like them so far.Yes they are and thank you!I pinned them to the new bases last night and did the stained glass bits this morning.I am thankful I never have to do a batch this large ever again
>>97548407I like the stained glass thing, never seen that before.
Question you guys might be able to answer;I recently bought the Army Painter hand drill and drill bits. Playing around with it, it seems like not all the drill bits actually fit. Now, I'm aware that you can pop off the back to get the other collets to change over for different size bits, but that doesn't actually solve the problem.I tried the 0.7mm bit in the smallest collet and the drill bit was still too small to get a good fit, meaning that it slips out and doesn't drill properly. The 0.9mm drill bit fits the smallest collet fine. The 1mm bit from the drill bit set was a really tight fit and hand to be pushed in to the smallest collet, while the 1mm bit that came with the drill went in fin with only a little bit of pressure. The 1.4mm and 1.8mm bits that came with the hand drill went into the next 2 collets up fine. However the 1.2mm bit from the bit set is too big for the smallest collet and too small for the next one up. The 1.5mm, 2mm and 3mm are fine. But the 2.5 is too big for the second largest collet and just a fraction too small for the largest collet.Is this normal? Or am I missing something?
Lads I think my batch of sand (not color forge asbestos) grains are too tiny I found locally.Whenever I paint and dry brush it looks like texture paste.What am I doing wrong with my paint or am I going to have to adventure out to find sand deposits with larger particles at a farther location?
>>97548536Both the drill and the bits from AP are just rebranded chinese products, I'm not super surprised they don't go together very well.A lot of people start with AP things and then quickly move on to better brands or even generic things.I have had the same problem with small bits and I got it to temporarily work by wrapping some kitchen roll around the drill bit before inserting it
>>97548536>APYes, that's normal. Their paints are serviceable (with multiple more or less hidden quirks), though rather overpriced for what they are. Their acrylic washes are nice. Everything else is on the garbage spectrum, from okayish garbage to irredeemable dogshit garbage (like their rattle cans of wet palette). AP is excellent in one thing, and that's marketing. Nearly everyone who starts with the hobby fails for it.
>>97548584did you get sand or dirt?if you mix it with water and you get mud... that's not sandin any case you can sieve, winnow or filter it to separate the diferent sizes
>>97548613>though rather overpriced for what they are.What are they? How are they worse than whatever other brand? What's a good brand? Strictly speaking of basic acrylics for painting with brush, not even contrast/speed paint.I've been using army painter because it was the simplest option to just buy their fanatic starter setI bought a few AK AFVs sold at the same price and I'm not seeing a difference. Granted I am a beginner, but that's why I am asking why it would be a good idea to switch from AP and to what.
>>97548689It is sand.I can’t provide pics because I’m not at home and won’t be for awhile but I figured now was a good idea to ask because of the colour forge asbestos sand problem.Generally I’m wondering if I’m doing anything wrong.Am I using too much white glue?Did I not dilute my acrylic paints enough?I dilute my acrylic paints to the point where it kind of “spreads” across the base when applied.I just want to know variables that could be causing the problem before I am forced to accept that my sand grains are too small.
>>97548613>Nearly everyone who starts with the hobby fails for it.Can confirmSource: me (hold me bros)Their washes are great and I’ve had good experiences with diluting their washes with a 50/50 mix of the wash and speedpaint medium.I saw posts talking about it and one mentioned the sonic sledgehammer channel which I like now.I have seen Ak interactive put out their own acrylic washes in proper droppers now.And with their own version of speedpaint medium I am wondering if a similar affect can be made.
>>97548713AK official price is 2.75€, Vallejo is ~3€, AP warpaints is 3.69€, even if they aren't worse that's some differencewhere do you live that AK is the same price as AP?
>>97548713AP uses more white pigment to increase their paints' opacity which causes them to lose some saturation. Supposedely white spirit can reactivate them as well so if you're planing to use oils/enamels you need to varnish beforehand. You should be doing that anyway honestly but with other brands you can sometimes get away with not using varnish.
>>97548732you woud have to completely slather the thing in glue to drown basing sand, but can just look at it before applying and compare with any pic or video online, the bases will give you a common scale>accept that my sand grains are too smallthat's probably the case, as i said sieve it or something
>>97548763When I get back home I’ll try using my sand batch again and dilute my paints even more to rule out what I am concerned with.Then I’ll look into sieving it.The paint+drybrush effect I am ideally looking for is GW’s painted sand basing that is nearly always used when presenting their models in their web store.Which I find weird because they don’t sell citadel sand and just advertise texture paste now yet still use glued on sand.
>>97548748>where do you live that AK is the same price as AP?Hungaristanhttps://tuan.hu/en/Modelling-and-painting/Painting
>>97548786just use a strainer to pick out the biggest pebbles and make a mix that pleases the eyeive been filtered like 6 times from posting today by that new impossible captchat. eri
>>97548790>Hungaristancan't you buy literally anywhere else in the EU with no extra charge? or are customs different there?that site has supidly low shipping costs tho, but at 1€ less per paint ordering just 10 would already offset it
>>97548713Well for one thing, AK (and pretty much every other normal acrylic paint) won't get btfo by oils and white spirit like AP does. Most of their range is fairly desaturated compared to say AK or Vallejo or even Citadel. The dark & vivid colors are extremely limited with AP (their Blanche sets correct it a little, but the selection is still laughable compared to others). AK/Vallejo are also a lot more consistent when it comes to mixing and coverage. Airbrush application is another thing: I can just mindlessly do 1:1 with most of the AK/Vallejo/Citadel paints and be sure it will spray more or less fine.That said, I'm not saying AP acrylics are BAD. They are just worse than others, and often ask for same or higher price, which is just stupid. I can buy AK or Vallejo for cheaper/about the same price (Czechnya). >>97548743Buying some AP garbage is like a rite of passage. It's really is a testament to their marketing. >>97548790Why not buy directly from AK?
>>97548806>new impossible captchais picking a triangle between squares impossible or is it different for you?
>>97548820Not all of us learned about advanced shapes in math class, retard
>>97548845
>>97548850Aiiiieeeeee
Was applying gloss varnish through my airbrush only intending a light coat, ended up going pretty hard with it because the model just wasn't looking wet as I sprayed.Does gloss varnish only get glossy after it dries? I'm worried I went too thick on it.
>>97548866In my experience it is glossy as it goes on and stays that glossy as it dries
>>97548818>Buying some AP garbage is like a rite of passageLike spilling a nuln oil pot when first in the hobby?>testament to their marketingIt sure worked on me a long time ago.I’m part of the cattle I am not unique I am not immune to propaganda.
wtf happened to metal model prices on ebayI was looking for some old metal 2nd edition blood bowl orcs to fill out a team, any model in my country (australia) is like $50+, and anything outside of it has some insane shipping cost tacked on top instead
>>97548903Something something recession and trade wars.
>>97548814>>97548818>can't you buy literally anywhere else in the EU with no extra charge?>Why not buy directly from AK?I didn't know that AK paints or other are cheaper so I never looked into it. But yeah it seems like ordering in bulk would offset the slightly higher shipping price. There shouldn't be any customs price for in EU shipping.Or I'll just line up my next paint purchase with my next visit to the capitol and go to a store there in person.Although even at an order of 10 bottles it's not that much of a difference, if I didn't slip with the numbers.>that site has supidly low shipping costs tho6,60 eur? used to be like half but some new law adding admin costs made it double
>haven't bought any new minis in like 6 months>urge to get something as a treat increasing despite still having shit in my backlogfucking consoomer brainrot man
>>97548368He's exorcising daemons
>>97548613>AP is excellent in one thing, and that's marketing. Nearly everyone who starts with the hobby fails for it.I just went with it because it was the cheapest option, all things considered, on all the sites I normally buy from. A couple of them did have Vallejo drills for slightly cheaper then the AP drill, but it didn't come with any actual drill bits, so I figured AP would be "better value". Otherwise it seems to work well enough for my current needs, it's just that the 0.7, 1.2 and 2.5mm drill bits don't fit.I've also had a look around eBay and I've found a cheap no-name hand drill that uses... whatever you call it when little claw like things screw out to hold the drill bit in place (like a power drill) and not collets. So I might get that in the future. Or what about the Vallejo drill? Is it any good? I do use Vallejo brushes and some other tools and I'm quite happy with them.>Everything else is on the garbage spectrumWhat about their basing stuff, like they're flock and static grass? Is it any good? I'm just getting back into the hobby after a number of years out and from what I can see, it looks like the type of stuff we (or at least I) had back then, ie: 1 colour of static grass, 1 colour of flock and a couple of different types of sand. Now it's all kinds of weird and not really that weird, coloured sands and grasses and honestly it's a little overwhelming. I mean, fuck, back in my day if you wanted textured paint, you had to mix sand in with paint yourself. Are they any good, or is there better alternatives?
does the black red split faceplate work
>>97547427I think i still have the STL of him.I'm between projects right now so i might print 5 of him off and go wild.
>>97549002fuck
>>97548974When it comes to tools (drills, knives, etc.) Tamiya is your fren. Reasonably priced, their stuff is not THE best, but it usually just werks, and is often built like a tank. If you wanna splurge and go fancy, something like DSPIAE is a good choice. >basing stuffFor texture pastes for terrain, once again AK is my choice. Vallejo makes some pretty cool texture pastes, too, but it's a bit more situational, imo. I would also mention VMS, it's a little known Polish brand, but their mud paste is easily the best mud I've ever worked with. Especially if you need to model the wheels/tracks/human or animal tracks for dioramas and shit. >flock/static grassImo, this is one of those things that you can just buy in bulk from Chinks. It ultimately comes down to your workflow; I just buy the cheapest grass available, and then just airbrush/wash over it. But if you want some specific color, you can either go with Chinks for the cheapest price, or something like GSW, if you don't wanna deal with the Chinaman.
>>97548472Thanks anon, I don't think I have seen anyone else do it either.I got a pack of coloured plastic overlays and cut them into tiny pieces for it.I think they were originally meant to be for dyslexia or something?
>>97548954Word. I just ordered some more Warcrow guys even though I haven't started the box I bought last month.
>>97549030How’s gamer’s grass?Any drawbacks?And what specific chinamen aliexpress stores offer the biggest bulk of static grass that would last me a lifetime?I know green and beige yellow are common but what are some keywords to find something like gamer’s grass burned tuft?
>>97549149NTA but all gamersgrass stuff I've tried has been very solid. Their tufts are really nice and those laser cut plants or whatever are pretty neat as well.
>>97548942>6,60 eur? used to be like half but some new law adding admin costs made it doubleit says ~3.4 here or am i reading it wrong?6.6 is around what i would expect yeah, and around double that for international inside the eu
>>97549209>it says ~3.4 here or am i reading it wrong?it says at the top, second line "Packaging and logistics costs: ~3.1 Eur"that's an extra to the shipping cost, and now looking into it I'm not sure why is that there actually. I'm reading something about webshops having to offer the official Hungarian Post as delivery option now, and that's somehow adding extra cost to other options like GLS delivery??At the same time looking at a different hobby store's webshop and they don't add this extra cost to the order. Weird.
Anons, I'm looking for some paints with good opacity in a single layer over black or dark grey.The colors I need are:1. Red (dark-mid-highlight)2. Green (same triad)3. Blue (same)Any particular brands that stood out in you years of painting?On a related note. How are foundry's paints? Anyone tried them?
>>97549531>a single layerThat's not how this works.
>>97549531The "Green stuff world Opaque" paints offer nice coverage with a single layer, but once dried up the colors are dull.Still useful as a base/undercoat but if you want nice colours there is no shortcut, you'll have to do multiple layers no matter the paint.
Is painting Necron Blades easier via Airbrush or by hand?Airbrushing should make bleding a whole lot easier, but masking, properly thinning the paints, edge highlighting witht he brush anyway I'm unsure if it is the better method
>>97549173Thanks!I want to buy a load of them for a lifetime supply and also as “pity purchases” from the lgs to support them and be allowed to use 3d prints.But if gamers grass goes under I’d need to know what keywords can be used to find close enough looking tufts to their burned tufts.
>>97549602I can see why people would want to, but I don't really think it's worth it with all the masking. Maybe if you had to paint a ton of them and were going to batch them.The larger blades like on destroyers are good places to practice your blending by brush anyway I think.I would add though, you can speed up the masking by mostly just wrapping the model in plastic wrap and only doing a little delicate masking around the blade itself, and even then if you haven't already painted the other details on the weapons overspray doesn't really matter that much since you'll just paint over it.
>>97549602>is painting X with airbrush easierYes. The answer is nearly universally yes. Properly thinning your paint is piss easy. Paint 1:1 Vince's mix (80/20 thinner/flow improver). Mix with some old brush or something, when the drop of the paint just drops without any stringing, it's ready. 90% of paints will require just 1:1 thinning. Nothing is preventing you from edge highlight with brush later. Speaking of masking; look into liquid masks. You can apply them with a brush like a normal (albeit thicc) paint. It makes the entire process even faster. Then spray, let it dry, and just remove the mask with your fingers/tweezers.
>>97549620Yeah I'm painting 1000pts all at once, almost all of it destroyers, so lots of blades.Another problem I see is the sides of the blades facing inwards on some models. Even with masking I doubt I can find good spraying angles.Right now I'm thinking of doing it via brush, then maybe use the airbrush to spray some black/white ink to increase the contrast, and finish with spraying some fluo paint. But at that point I can just fully use the airbrush...
I'm going to build the ultimate miniature painting setup.Money is of no concern.What are some mini painting luxuries I should make sure I add?
I've rebased Jim, he's ready for adepticon
>>97549683google the best minature paints and then buy the opposite of thosepurchase the most expensive wet paletteheadlamp with magnifying glasshandle for your painting handleplenty of legos so you can finally drybrush properlyexpensive deluxe paper to wipe your brush withimported sand 11th attempt at new captcha
>>97549745>When the weapons procurement officer from Elbonia has to set up a miniature painting area that will sabatage the users but not reveal that he's working against them
>>97549745If you don't mind, I noticed that new captcha is significantly easier on phone. Somehow when I use browser, it's 3 or more images to guess, on phone it's always one image to guess and from the "here are square and two triangles, which one stand out" type.
>local hobby shop was selling old stock of the previous gen of Vallejo paints>got five paint bottles for the price of one newToday was a good day.
>>97549745>retarded post>can't even deal with captchapottery
>>97549745>11th attemptwhew lad I know it's annoying but c'mon
>>97549683you want luxuries for luxury shake or actual usefull stuff?look up the redgrass lamp, also get one of those airbrush booths with a waterfall
>>97549874Redgrass lamp is actually good though. Expensive as fuck, but good.
>>97549902>>97549874The redgrass lamp is on the list. I don't know exactly what I'm going to do spray-booth wise. I honestly just don't want to waste the space on one. I'm leaning more towards a general fume extraction hose/fan on an articulating arm like I've seen for solder workstations. I'm not sure I really need or even really want a static booth setup.
>>97549799I'm on PC and I get just 3 as well.
>>97549997You should only get 3 on the first try, or on making a thread? Most are just single checks of the easier ones and the multiple/hard ones are for thread creation.
>>97550011I've not created a thread since the new captcha, but for posting I always get three and only once. I got two in a row like twice when it was just implemented, but not since.
> preorder vallejo paint set> Advertised as to ship on 2/1> 2/1 comes> Seller suddenly revised the listing, now ships on 2/14> Go to other sellers> Those are selling the individual paints> Buy some, they immediately ship If it doesn't ship on 2/14 I'm cancelling. Extremely pissed on the delay.Thank you for reading my blog gg no re no cap fr fr
>>97549799If you use something that protects your id, like an incognito mode or a vpn, you get more puzzles. If you are on normal internet so they can harvest your IP and info, only one puzzle
I was posting scratchbuild mecha parts since some time so I wanted to show them put together along with weapons. I tried to add panel lining on shield but only made it into a mess so I covered them back with putty.Still need to decide on what color selection I will use (obvious red armor with black underparts and white markings sounds a bit too overused but Im not sure) but I want to express thanks to everyone who gave me advice during the process. Your comments and suggestions were very valuable.
>>97550140cancel them regardless, vallejo's new formula sucks ass and bubbles all over
>>97550175with no other reference for scale the rivets that big make it look small, how big is it supposed to represent? building tall? truck tall?
>>97550175gz anon very solid workhelmet, joints and rivets turned out greatfeel free to come back any time and as we say happy painting
>>97550140Who is it with?Element used to do this to me all the time
>>97550175Very nice work anon, he looks cool as fuck
>>97550244>>97550247Thank you. In-lore (since it's based on parts from Bandai 30MM line) these machines are more or less 16-18m tall and as someone else pointed out, these are too big for rivets. I was wondering what to do instead and I decided to leave those as they are - officially they are mount points since machine is supposed to be customized one for ace pilot. I had to add something since otherwise they would look quite empty, especially shoulder armor.
Current wip is trying to deep clean all my nice brushes. My last round of 8404's lost their tips like immediately. And I'm very careful so I don't get it.
One more then i'm ready to game tonight
>>97550261Some place in CA. Funny enough the store that shipped immediately also is in CA.>>97550190It's their new true metallic colored paints> Just use silvers and thinned contrastsI have, and it works fine, but I wanted to try them out, they got decent reviews online. I'm just pissed about the delay
Did a bit of kitbashing with some free astronaut style space marines I found on cults and at some point I'm going to do up this squad in NASA style.
>>97549711trees look nice
>>97551225AIEOU
>>97551273?
>>97551273John Madden
>>97551273uuuuuuuuuuuuu
>>97551319>>97551343Seriously, the fuck are y'all smoking?
>>97551363I think you might be too young for this website
>>97551366I'm 36, zoomer.
>>97551377I don't think you are if you don't know about 16 year old entire-internet-spanning shitposts
>>97551363https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv6RbEOlqRo
>>97551392It may surprise you to know that a good portion of this site and this board are autists unconcerned with "popular" culture.
it's finished
>>97551363>>97551377>>97551401You sound like a barely eighteen year old trying to fake being an Oldfag. Christ alive, Anon, stop bringing shame and dishonor to yourself. Also who the fuck uses "y'all" when speaking online?
>>97551427this was the inspiration btw
>>97551401Considering there are 5 people who know it here and you don't your assertions are provably false
>>97551393Ah, so not just /vg/ shit but multiplayer at that.I wonder why that might be outside the sphere of a /tg/ autist? Truly a mystery.
>>97551514I'm not even the other guy bugging you, but everybody knew about this. Nobody played the game, that video was just a major viral meme at the time.
>>97551569>viralyeah, you're missing me with that shit.
>>975488661) stop calling it varnish2) typically anything you airbrush should be going on wet looking and then flat ones turn flat when they dry
>>97551703>2) typically anything you airbrush should be going on wet lookingWrong. The ideal is a satin-like finish at most when airbrushing. Multiple coats like that are optimal. When you get to a point it starts looking wet, you are using too much paint.
>>97549711Is that a church on its base?
>>97549643why not paint the swords green or whatever before you glue the arms on? then you can just brush paint over the parts that aren't supposed to be green. if you are careful about overspray you should be able to base coat the rest of the arms a different color without masking.>>97549683ventilated spray booth with overhead lighting and lazy susancuring ovenjeweler's visescrew air compressor with 80 gallon tankpeg board for holding tools>>97551720wow you're wrong but so confident about it
>>97549643>destroyers>lots of bladesThis is so retarded.Destroyers are insane. Tgeir particular insanity is a desire to destroy all biological life down to a molecular level.Their guns dismantle things at a molecular level. When they finish blasting all life off a planet, even the bactwria, they gather at beaches and start shooting the water until that's all gone too (true canon shit!).So desteoyers with blades is pants-on-head retarded.Every living thing they kill needs to still be mopped up by a real destroyer, then they can't participate at all in the post-battle planet cleansing that is a destroyers true purpose.They shouldn't exist and you should feel shame for buying into GW's stupidity.Destroyers are crazy, but they're not meant to be stupid.
>>97545590Go buy some second hand infinity models. And a gallon of acetone from your local hardware store. They are metal so you can strip them super easily and as many times as you want. They are great for practicing on.
>>97545735>>97545741Pretty much the only time to strip a model is if you have fucked up the surface texture, be it from a bad prime to blobbing the paint on too thickly.
>>97551427Looks great! I really like how you did the brown.>>97550490I feel like the fur is a bit too close in color to his skin. However the jade details pop really nicely.>>97550175I think you did a really good job!>>97549711Those trees make the guy feel really big, that's pretty cool.>>97549011It's kind of hard to say at this stage, I'd ask again after you've basecoated other details. But I don't think it clashes with your green or anything.
>>97551804>ur wrongwhy>b-because
>>97552044there's no need to explain because you're contradicting something that everyone knows
>>97551804>curing ovenplease explain how this would help?
>>97552067>e-everyone knowsLel.
>>97552044>>97552080nta>stutterpostingfuck off
>>97552100Stay mad.
>>97552072makes your oil and enamel paints dry faster. also you can use bake on paints and then sell them on ebay to troll people when they try to strip them.
>>97552104go back to your containment thread
chicken progress
>>97552195
I fucking suck at eyesPlease advise
>>97552259I find it easier to paint the eyes all black first and then apply white to the corners than to paint them white and try to get good looking black dots in themEven easier if you have them looking left or right so you only have to do one dot
>>97552259There is nothing wrong with that, just hit them with some flesh shade and call it a day.Skipping the pupils/irises if you can't do them is better than doing them when you can't. There is a collage that circulates here dedicated to the results of that.
>>97552259Painting isn't about one stroke and done. You've started, now finish. Painting anything well is about going back and forth with colours until it looks good. You put down white and then add other colors you want, then tidy up edges to make them look the right shape again. It's not a colouring in book.
>>97552259The most obvious thing is to add some shading around them. Afterwards you can decide if you want to paint the pupils, you need some decent brush control for that though. If you do, make sure both eyes are facing the same direction or he'll look really weird.
>>97552259Too white, use a light-ish grey or offwhite, maybe with some red added even (just barely).The outline of eyes needs to be dark, like they're wearing eye liner.on minis at the 40k scale you can just do black dots there's no need to paint the whites of the eyes, and then the real nightmare comes when you need to do the tiny dot of white for the final tiny specular highlight.
>>97547188Yeeessssss, yyeesss, another one has succumbed to the grey allure of small plastic
>>97552212Kiara a cutie
>>97551427Nice orb and wizard
>>97551427Not gold skin, white hair, red robes? That staff is begging for it.
Benis Curtain and Shoulder ChainzY/N?I'm a little worried the benis curtain's links are too big.
>>97552521>I'm a little worried the benis curtain's links are too big.Yeah it looks kinda off
>>97552108schizo
>>97552259can you use a toothpick instead of a brush?
>>97551780we have an old fart here.
>>97552484wat?
>>97552647Thanks, you've just aged me.Raistlin Majere is what I am referring to.
>>97552521I'd either go with smaller chain or mix in bits to the chains to demonstrate that yes, these links are huge. Some skulls or swords or something. 40k's universe has chains the size of buildings most likely in use somewhere so it's not completely unbelievable but you should sell it
>>97552660Don't worry anon I understood. Of course I'm also in my 30s and I have no idea how old you are. So that may not be as comforting as I thought when I started typing this.
I humbly submit my take on Johnny. Just gotta find a backpack for him
>>97552736I need you to find some old GW green flock.
>>97552736Also holy scale creep batman
>>97552544>>97552698How about using the the same (big) chain for the shoulder?I liked the look of the smaller chain at first, but I don't think I'm going to be able to find and links smaller than it anytime soon.
Should I try and paint an entire (albeit small) necron army in nmm? I feel like it might be good practice, but also setting myself up to never finish it.
>>97552957It would take a horrifying amount of effort, but it would definitely be good for practice. Though I'd recommend to start by just buying a necron kill team, maybe pick up some miscellaneous character minis from different ranges afterwards. I don't think a whole army of similar minis is going to teach you all that much desu, it would just be pure mechanical practice at that point.
>>97552757>Daddy, will I be a big terminator like you when I grow up>Only if you kill all your Orks son.
>>97547469yeah a little
Did a second coat for the spray painted parts because the first round was shit. Also got round to starting the trim on the main body (excuse the painted over spill). Plan to do the back legs tomorrow. Not sure if I should go full mephist red or prime them black.
>>97552736Excellent! The backpacks that fit the best are going to be the plastic First Edition ones that used to come on sprues of three with a bosspole.
>>97547469Go wild, anon. The collage currently has 49 chapters in it.Blood Angels (and Blood Angels Death Company)Space WolvesUltramarinesRainbow WarriorsField PoliceMantis WarriorsSalamandersBlood RavensImperial RoguesDark AngelsStorm HeraldsCrimson FistsImperial FistsEmperor's ChildrenSons of the PhoenixLamenters (and Lamenters Death Company)Christmas MarinesIron WarriorsEbon VanguardFlesh EatersAuric PatriciansAlpha LegionRaptor LegionHowling GriffonsTiger ClawsLegion of the DamnedBlack TemplarsRelictorsArchangelsWord BearersPraetors of OrpheusSons of MaliceDeathwatchSons of Medusa (Shield Faces)Night ArrowsWorld Eaters (Pre-Heresy)Death Guard (Pallid Hand)Space Sharks/CarcharadonsThousand SonsWhite ScarsLuna Wolves (Pre-Heresy Sons of Horus)Flesh TearersBearers of LightVoid TyrantsGrey KnightsBloody GlovesNoble WolvesMentor LegionFire Hawks... plus some mystery home-brew chapters and an as-yet-unnamed mercenary unit as well as Chaos, Ork, Tau, Eldar, Hive Scum, and Imperial Guard versions.
>>97553139Also did some small bits for my CSM here.
Finished the transfers and sponge chipping my transports. Next, I move on to oils and enamels. I'm going to try pigment powders for the first time as well. Is it really so simple as dusting the model with a dry brush of powder and then setting it in place with a cotton swab of IPA or something?
>>97553366I resize the image 5 times and then don't actually post it.
>>97552770I don't think it's working.
>>97553139What do you mean prime them black? Aren't they already primed?
>>97553525Forgive me, I had a total brain fart.I meant to say they haven't been primed and that I would use mephiston red, then paint in the necessary details, but I'm not sure what colours to use for the fleshy bits. Didn't have time to do the back legs or the shoulder pieces when I started.
>>97553571Right. Yeah fleshy bits could be anything. People often go with human skin, but that always looks gross to me.
>>97553646>>97553571make them greenskins
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>>97553571You can go with a regular flesh tone and drag it towards a different direction with a wash. I usually do red for mine to get that swollen/inflamed look. Also don't forget about the cabling on those plasma cannons.
>>97553831where's that basing bit from?
For this year's project I've decided my Nagash need a proper army. Going for a classic "army of darkness" skelly horde as a core.First 10 skellys are done, 40ish more to go, just for the chaff. Wish me luck boys
>>97552660>googles itno gonna lie that would be a nice conversion to do, but i never finished any dragonlance book and i think i have 3 or 4 around the houseright now i'm thinking about converting rezo from slayers
Allow me to blogpost for a minuteI posted a few weeks ago with an old terminator librarian I found in a box of my old figures. He was the first "big" model I purchased and painted. I was wondering if I should strip the paint and repaint it with a better paint job. Well, some anons here and my close friends said I should instead just keep him as is and find an unpainted one to paint, for comparison and keepsake. I mulled it over for about a week before caving and buying a sealed one off ebay.What does GW do 3 days after it arrives? Announce a made to order of the exact model. I can at least cope knowing its an actual full metal one, no resin components but im seething a bit. When I saw the made to order announcement I was a bit peeved but didnt feel too strongly, and I wanted to pick up the chaplain termie since its a sick model, but then the actual page went up and theyre only sold as a 3-pack. Thank you for your attention
>>97553522oh well, thanks for taking a look
>>97553366>of IPAno, that's a memeif you don't have pigment fixer use, varnish, medium, or even pva glue very thin, ipa does snothing to fix the pigments, it can help any of the former to flow better thoget proper fixer if you plan to use them more
Warhammer darkwater sucked assGlad i painted every mini o_o
>Battlestation thread>No minis in sightDo people just spend tons of money on paint and equipment without using them?
>>97554406yes, just like people spend time reposting some redditors battlestation as engagement bait
>>97554406>those specks on the monitorand that is why you don't paint at your computer, anons
>>97554406You need to go back.
Where should i place the white highlight reflection something dots on eyes?
>>97554560eyes are glossy and reflective, so just base it off your light source and your viewing angle. Or just put it off to any side, intersecting the pupil at the edge.
>>97554560top corner on the side your light is coming from
>>97554406It looks like it’s a pain in the ass to get the paint up there and put it back in place
>>97554360Hell yeah is this al Malifaux mini?? Id like to get different types of models and minis from companies other than GW but my friends only consume GW minis and to me it feels like a waste of money if I buy anything else and don't get to use them in games
>>97554625isn't malifaux as expensive as gw or more?
>>97548806>use a strainerThanks!I’m planning on using raw umber soft bodied acrylics as the sand’s primary brown color.Not sure what the drybrush color should be but I’m open to suggestions. I’m also planning on buying loads of bases to practice drybrushing on.The name “hooker’s green” made me chuckle because hooker joke when I was looking through the liquitex acrylic paint catalogue.Lastly I read that mod podge can be used in place of pva glue.The source I read said that mod podge can be used straight from the bottle to the base via brush without need of water thinning.Can anyone confirm this from experience?Does this lastly mean that a 50/50 mix of water and mod podge will work as a sand sealant?Any drawbacks I should know of when choosing modpodge over standard pva?
>>97554740youre welcomejust keep it simple and glue on that sand and lock it down with watered down pva like it has been done since forever
>>97554738Per model yeah, but you don't need nearly as many models per game as it caps out at like kill team sizes.
>>97554625Yup it is malifaux (on a gw base)I honestly rly struggle having fun playing any wargameI just love and paint the minisThe most fun i had recently was with trench crusadeIm rly lucky to have found a play group that stresses fully painted models and goes fully narrativeDarkwater SUCKED ASS it was crazy i felt bad for my bros
Is it worth painting troops in sub assemblies, or should I just build them and then paint and accept I won't really be able to paint areas that are blocked by other bits like arms and guns very well?
>>97554919No one can decide that but you, are you the kind of person who's going to be eternally frustrated knowing there's a little bit of visible primer on the back of a gun if you hold the model upside down and backwards or are you the kind of person who'll be satisfied knowing they look good standing on a table or shelf?
>>97554919Depends on your livery and if you think the poses are annoying enough to paint into given areas. Capes can be one such example, Custodian Wardens got those loincloths but they're not as much of an issue if you haven't based yet.
>>97555130I'm trying to accept tabletop quality and get ovef my perfectionism.
So is the texture pallete shit actually make dry brushing less grainy than papel tower?
>>97555221Grain effect comes from losing moisture. "Dry" brush is still supposed to carry some since they whole point is to deposit very small amount of paint to most upper sections of the surface. Paper towel absorb moisture and cause dry pigment to cling to the surface instead. That being said, "texture palette" is somewhat overpriced stuff since you can use anything else - I use cover for old calendar or plastic box from sweets, for example. Exhibit A on pic.
>>97555221no but it includes a useless knick nack which makes is better for some reasonbecause these days things cant just be simple as everything needs an accessory of some sorts15th attempt, you know the drill this is just insane and im not paying
>>97554776Alright I’ll use pva.I better get started on practice bases.Thanks!>>97555292What candies are those?I have a bad phone and probably bad eyes. Can’t read the fancy cursive text.I’d like my future texture palette to come with some sweets.
>>97555432Ptasie Mleczko. Of course you won't be able to read it since it's not just using fancy font but it's also mirrored. Its "E. Wedel".
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>>97554740mod podge is basically pva glue with some varnish in itthickness comes down to water content as with pva glue, some brands are thicker some are thinnerwhen using as a sealant add water and a couple drops of ipa so it flows properly
