Work in progress, Thursday Night 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:>>97683543>>97666487>>97647829
>>97699858and this is how much chipping I got after attacking it with the hobby knife for a while. I think it held up pretty okay. still not convinced you need primer or varnish, even on metal minis. I used all tamiya/mr hobby/a really gay brand that only sells girly pop pastel flower colours>>97699814:D ty! <3
>>97699837Based baker san.
>>97699898Is this a kitbash? Looks cool as fuck
>>97699890go back to btg and stay there nudeposter
>>97699907Yis, I made many
>>976998377 more to go to complete my runt biker gang
I fucked up my souffles
>>97700047Do they taste good? If so then they're rustico!
>>97700047Some of you take basing seriously.
>>97700059
>>97699890tapping it with the blunt edge of an exacto knife doesn't really prove much. if you put masking tape on it will any paint lift up when you peel it off? will it craze or chip if you drop it off the table onto a hard floor? if it does chip will it continue to flake off?
>>97699890>still not convinced you need primer or varnish, even on metal minisIf you don't have primer you're just going to have to prime it with paint. If you don't have varnish you're just going to have to fix the pain job eventually. It's not mandatory but it's just rational to use to save time and sleep.
>>97700432>If you don't have primer you're just going to have to prime it with paint.how many times does this have to be explained?
>>97700059I was genuinely shocked the first time I baked specialty bread according to the recipe and it legit looked like RPG art of breadCooking is the exact same kind of fun as model painting
I have been working on this prop for like 2 months now. I am ready to go back to miniatures.
>>97699935What's the coat guy on the far left from? I might need to make another techpriest in the near future. I made a spider themed Ruststalker Princeps, but I've hit burnout recently and haven't gone further than this.
>>97700522>>97700635>based renaissance men on my /wip/
Ghost assassin progress. Decided to do the hair first since I'd have to touch the body parts to paint it properly and I'd probably screw up some of the paint.>>97700635Turned out pretty good after cleaning it up.>>97700522Nice
>finish models>no collage>rest for a couple days>collage
>>97701048stop bitching nigga
Last but the best secret santa gift.Kentucky anon went really insane on this one. Thank you very much
WIP of my zombiedragon. Always nice painting a big model without a deadline
What would be a good source of decals for SF themed customs and models? When I checked store with modeling supplies for decals, they had absurdly huge selection of very specific WWII era planes and tanks, mostly German (why it's always WWII and why it's always German, holy shit), kind of "this specific battle group operating in this particular time and place", which does not fit my needs. There are also Wh40k decals but these cost way too much.
>got three weeks to paint a vehicle and 8 troops when I haven't painted all year>too busy at work to paint at lunchtimes, gf steals all my personal time, training for a triathlonaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
>>97700635Your lack of cable management disturbs me deeply
>>97701457you can get custom made ones but they are expensive, still less than gw ones usuallyor if you have a good printer get some paper and print them yourself
>>97701459where do I unsubscribe
>>97701479I can easily buy decal paper for laser printer but there is a serious problem of lacking white ink. And from what I remember even if you buy (very expensive) white ink cartridge for laser printer, it replaces black, creating another set of problems.
>>97701491yeah if you need white is a bummer, for somethings like shields you can make do by basecoating white and covering the whole thing, that's how the victrix shield transfers work, but it's not idealhowever there's a bunch of things you can do with flat colors and no white, a lot of picrel have no white on them
Does this look like enough like a powerfist or does it need more gubbins?
>>97700689Cool kitbashed The cloak is from freeguild command corps cities of sigmar
>>97701519I think it looks like an appopriately-sized powerfist. Maybe not as big as a marine's but it does the job.
>>97701327I’m just glad it arrived
Finished the model itself, now I just need to complete the base.
>>97701614Other angle
Which line of contrast-style paints would you rec for someone who's never had anything to do with? I'm generally speaking fan of vallejo paints, and I hear that speedpaints 2.0 have a bunch of issuesin general.
>>97702091speedpaints 2 are fine if you want those kinds of paints, you'll see a lot of complaining about them largely just because they're contrast style paints, not because there's anything actually wrong with them.I would recommend speedpaints 2.0 in theory, but depending on your location it's possible just getting contrast paints would be better or more easily accessible at least, but they're also fine. ProAcryl just released its first line of contrast style paints, but the lineup is quite limited. If you wanted more options to mix colors rather than a large lineup of specific individual colors that might be a good option, but I've never used them, so can't recommend, they're probably fine though.
PROBLEM SOLVED ! Sooo, you remember when I said oil wont dry even months later ?The problem was my oil paints all along.Solution ? Let the paint dry on paper towel for the night, mix 1:1 of oil paint and liquin, and then dilute it with mineral spirit.If you want to be sure, mix in more liquin.No varnish needed, it dried under couple of hours completely. And if you want even more to be sure you wont have my problem, DONT BUY ARTIST GRADE OIL PAINTS TO DO OIL WASHES (mine was Daler Rowney Georgian Oil Colors).
>>97702156I haven't used enamels since I was a young kid because testors was the default, but maybe this is why enamel effects are the norm and not oil products. They still reactivate easily for adjustments and cleanup but also actually dry unlike oil paints that need to oxidize to be properly dry.
>>97702156Weird, I use Talens oil paints for washes and they worked just fine.
>>97702212>I haven't used enamels since I was a young kid because testors was the defaultI chose Blood Angels for no better reason than I had several bottles of Testors Flat Red Enamel paint handy. We didn't even get our own rules until 1996.
Only one more guy for my unit of ogres, then its washing time
repainting over a very bad yellow, going with freehand to take focus away from the extra paint layer
>>97702350
>>97702354backside
>>97701327>and a little sip of faygo too~
>>97702354The freehanded roses are nice and well done.Shame about the nazi stuff.
Has anyone ever actually eaten the homemade food they received in a 4channel secret santa?
>>97702413Twice in a row I've gotten cookies that smelled like bleach but whatever it's free food.
>>9770052210/10, would eat.
>>97702413The shit I make is legitimately good. The motherfuckers that receive it better eat it.
>>97702407Funny how it's never me that brings up politics.
Death Watch Terminator WiP
>>97702448t.
Batching the next three
>>97702920
Tried out some nmm with a makeup sponge.
>>97703004Rough, but probably looks decent from a distance. Good basis for glazing smoother transitions if you wanted to.
>>97703014Not the biggest glazing fan, I guess I smooth it out a little bit more.
First time using contrast paints...They'll require a lot of clean up.
>>97703429
>>97702413I've seen the /k/ greentext, so no.
>>97702254I guess you're just being lucky.From what I gathered, Artist grade Oil paints tends to be a lot more oily.
>>97702719The cog flange on his knee is a nice touch
Simple gribble done, think I'll go with black (dark grey) and green highlights and some pirate skull on the flat top tips of every ship.
>>97703004Could be smoother obviously but I think it's pretty good!>>97702719Super clean, I especially like those sharp edge highlights.>>97702156Very grimy, looks great.>>97701614>>97701618Nice to see your chorfs again, I like your scheme a lot.>>97701431Those wings look really cool, nice going so far.>>97700909I like your color choices a lot, her hair contrasts very nicely with the blue outfit.
>>97700522>homemade bread on /tg/>not meatbread7/10, looks great but still a disappointment to your ancestors
>>97703550>>97703868Thanks.The cog is a spare piece from an admech box, 2 of the other five have similar adornments. The squad is 3 iron hands, one blood Angel and one Templar. The iron hands are all rocking the shoulder missiles. This is an older wip pic.
this one was quite bad, it broke the walls when i opened the mold and most of the shelves didn't fill properly, also the big skull was a bust, i'm happy with the lack of bubbles thogonna change to a 3 part mold to see if that helps demolding and may make some channels for the shelves
>>97703429>>97703436Not bad. The bad thing about them is leaving brush strokes if you dont know how to apply them, but it looks fine.
>>97704076I think the imperfections make it look cooler
I've found the secrete to properly removing fully cured AP primer.>at least 91% IPA>toothpicks, qtips, and a lot of patienceGod save you if you need to strip a lot or something big.
getting there
>>97701526Thanks man. The middle dude would be a sweet one to use as well.
>>97704076I kind of like how fucked up it looks. Makes it feel like its been abandoned for years and completely neglected.
>>97704733You got it
I suck at trims so i did doggo instead. Hang in there, doggo
These ones raised better, but the sides still cracked and I haven't manage to fix that despite the sides being non-stick with butter/sugar. But I think these are the best ones so far.
>>97703643Looks dope anon.
>>97704709Looking good, the bone looks great.
>>97704828>I suck at trimsShort liner brush, long brush with a sharp tip and a big belly.
>>97705154It's not brushes, it's me being impatient midwit. I know I cannot concentrate for too long, try do it in one sitting and inevitably make a ton of little mistakes. Thanks for the heads up anyways
At what point did you guys make the call that your brushes aren’t up to the challenge anymore? I’ve been using brush conditioner on some synthetic hobby lobby brushes and while they’re surprisingly good and have taken me far, when it comes to details they’ve really started to fall behind regardless of what I do. Feel like graduating them to base coats only.
>>97705616Basically whenever they won't consistently hold a tip anymore. They generally get to a point where they'll hold a tip shortly and you can get a few strokes out of it, but it will quickly get all fucked up, and that can be annoying. That's generally when I either try and salvage it with a more thorough cleaning, or buy a new one and cycle that one into the base-coat style brushes like you do. That's for sable though, Idk, I don't really like synthetic brushes outside of utility purposes.
>>97705616>syntheticif it's too badly hooked, can't form a point, is the bristles or broken or bent. synthetic brushes can't be repaired. When they are fucked up it's over.>sableI've only had to retire sable brushes that were badly abused and 20 years old. Even if it can't form a point anymore, you might give it a bath in some solvents and shampoo it. You might be surprised.
I'm gonna add to what other anon said, since he mentioned hooked synthetics being unsalvageable.If you paint even a medium amount, you should 100% get a couple of kolinsky sable brushes. They last so much longer than synthetics that you'll probably actually save money even if you're just buying really cheap synthetics and not even nice synthetics.But not only that, going back to synthetics for a bit recently, even just for base coats I realized how much worse the synthetics were at maintaining proper moisture in the paint.Nice brushes just make the whole process so much more pleasant. And they last a really long time while actually being properly maintainable, and fixable. Ideally you keep them in perfect condition but it's also not totally the end of the world if you do end up getting paint in the ferrule or whatever - with synthetics just using them normally wears them down in days or weeks, even if you are taking care of them.
>>97704709Good bone and tome
>>97705673For the sake of any newbies in the thread, this is entirely correct, with the condition that you know how to and put effort into maintaining your brushes. Personally I recommend all painters start with cheapo brushes that are disposable because you will more than likely fuck up your first few, even if you're trying to keep them healthy. Once you've learned brush care definitely get some higher quality brushes, it's a no brainer.
>>97705673>>97705777Is there any truth to acrylic metallics fucking up brushes faster than other acrylics?
>>97705795NTA but apparently they damage them due to presence of metal flakes. Some anons here claims it's bullshit but I don't want to take risks and simply use synthetics for metallic paints, so far it worked out nicely.
>>97699890>still not convinced you need primer or varnish, even on metal minis.You sick fuck, just touching my metal minis will rub off the paint and even primer without a thick gloss coat.Mini looks great <3
>>97700047I'm more of a pie guy.
>>97705845Nice, what's inside?>>97705840I think people mostly just worry about accidentally contaminating the non-metallic paints with essentially glitter, you would notice even a single mica particle.I usually do all the painting, base coat the metallic areas in a sensible color, then at the end varnish if I'm going to, and then do the metallics on a disposable dry palette and with fresh water, but I use the same brushes. I just make sure to actually properly clean them after metallics, while I don't always bother to.
Working on this fox. Completely missed the intended skin tone.
>>97705887Hate when I mess up the tone I'm going for. But it looks fine if you just go with it. But you need to smooth out the knees, and deepen the cleavage.I ordered a few copies of that mini and was going to send one to my secret santa. It took literally forever to ship here for no reason, and when it did the print quality was so shitty I didn't even bother sending it and probably won't even paint it myself.It is a nice mini though.
>>97705887What was the intended skin tone? You can probably fix it pretty easily.
>>97705887Definitely need to smooth out knees but tail is fine in my opinion. Keep going.
>>97705887I'm sorry, maybe it's the light but does she happen to have a squint?
>>97705864https://www.seriouseats.com/old-fashioned-flaky-pie-dough-recipehttps://hostessatheart.com/caramelized-pear-pie-filling/Here you go, anon.
I finally painted my first wraithguard. I think it turned out great, im really shocked I got the white on the rune letter of the chest so good first try. Big thing I learned is I really should paint the gold parts in like brown first then apply the gold since getting it thick enough to not have black spots took like 3 layers, 4 in some places. Any advice for how to shade it? Im thinking a midnight purple really thin in the joints, hten like a lighter purple just barely using the edge of the brush on raised parts? And finally the axe head. I really have no idea what color would best suit it. Thanks for advice.
Working on my first freeblade for my army. I'm actually surprised how much I like painting the bigger models
>>97705996Why did it upload sideways...
I rarely do faces but sometimes a random one turns out better than I normally do and I can never catch that high again for several more heads at least. I really need to figure out the process...
>>97706047That's an excellent face, well done anon
First time trying to do color transition with glazes. Think I slopped the off-white on a bit too hardWould another layer of the previous yellow fix it?
Painting up my Red Corsairs box as Alpha Legion. I like it desu.
>>97706047what the fuck is that zoomer broccoli hairvery well painted though nice job anon
>>97705999Knights are interesting, they're surprisingly not bad at all for less experienced painters to do up, while some good ones can go real crazy with them.Also, checked. The moldline on the melta bothers me though.
>>97706738Armor is great, got the blue green shimmer down. The contrast with the cloth and pop colors on his belt and axe haft are good accents.
Think I'm going to try for another pass of white/pink and yellow/green highlights on the freehand.
Has anyone here used sponges for building terrain? How do they react to glue and primer? Today while I was doing my groceries i started thinking if they could be useful material for DIY terrain. Alien plants and bushes for example.
If TSons anon who gave me the gem tutorial is here, just wanna say thanks for an awesome method. This was my first attempt at gems without using technicals and while it's not perfect, I'm super proud
>>97706738Really good metallic cyan.
My gf painted with me for the first time this morning! She just came to see what I was up to, I handed her a brush and a mini. She did so great and I love her so much.
>>97707273I had one of those in my bathroom for a few years. Upon trying to use it recently, after it just sitting for years, it just started to disintegrate. Like how rubber does that.
>>97707172For girly stuff that's pretty badass.
>>97707314Nice gem
>>97706001you missed a mold line on the head antenna and you didn't paint any of the gems.
>>97707273They might work??? I don't know never used one myself for something like that. I'd be worried about them being too soft and breaking or cracking any paint applied to them.
Did some freehand on laserbeak to snazz it up a bit for Adepticon.
Should i do the vines too, or would that distract from the roses?
I noticed that if I try to spray (as base coat) metallics using airbrush, even after two flushing with cleaner there are still visible glittering particles when I add water to test out. How to properly remove that traces, then?
>>97707644are you wiping the cup out?
Almost done with this hydra, just finishing up the crew and then metallics
>Order some relatively cheap brushes on Amazon so I can have some real big round brushes>About half of them in the package are crushed and damagedNot worth in the slightest to send them back since it was less than $8 and at least a few of them are in good condition, but still pisses me off. looks like half the package was left under a heavy box.
>>97707705Yup. I find it quite annoying, however, how it always produce some small dust or freckles released from wipes.
>>97707314No worries anon, looks nice! If you feel like it I think you could do one more pass of an even brighter yellow in the very corner.
>>97705945I honestly don't know. Her eyes are supposed to be big and round, but it's too small for me or m6 camera to see.>>97705943Yep, thanks, fixed the knees.>>97705893I never really had problems with delayed shipping or quality not corresponding to price. Where are you buying at? Etsy?>>97705930Funny enough when I take a picture the skin tone is much closer to what it's supposed to be. But in front of me it looks a lot more washed out with gray shadows. I think it's relatively okay though.
>>97707889>small dust or freckles released from wipeswhat the hell are you using?
>>97707172Yeah, looks good already and will be better with more rendering. But it kind of hard to see the mini, even the highlighted one, you should probably separate the base brown color a bit more.
>>97706738That just looks super clean. What are your paints?
>>97707979Normal wipes.
Finally picked a brush again after a 3 years hiatus.Looks like I have somehow forgotten how to paint, completely.Not that I was a great painter but I was okayish, and now Im back to being garbage.Fuck my life, lads.>t. red paint schizo(AK wine red still is the best red.)
>>97707882I bought that same package, they're garbage. If you're going to order online cheap brushes, try the "Golden Maple Detail Paint Brushes" They are still cheap AF, and there's multiple sets with different shapes and sizes. Still synthetic and I bent the tips over after 20 minis, but I like them
>>97708018like baby wipes? you're supposed to use something like this or old t shirts cut into pieces.
>>97707993Painting over an old scheme, bases were painted a year ago, but yeah might drybrush the mud with a more yellowy or reddish brown.
Wrapping up some characters, they still need bases but I haven't decided who's getting the obsidian rock flow
>>97707273I'd think it would be a poor building material. Too squishy and absorbent. You might be able to soak it or spray it with something to make it more rigid like hairspray or or thin superglue. But at that point you may as well just use a more suitable material like styrofoam.
>>97708095
>>97707384>Coming to /wip/ to brag about his gfMan fuck youWhichever one is hers, good job. I'm assuming the left one because of the thicker lines
Got many little details to do yet, and pigments too...But the major question is, do I freehand some IW symbol on the door black door, or do I print something for it ? >>97707801Very cool and clean ! >>97706738Damn ! >>97703868>Very grimy, looks great.Thx ! Will do my best to push it further (hopefully)
>>97708046Adding a picture helps, I guess>picrel my painting level after the hiatus
>>97708069Alright, thanks.
Did some work on Iron Maiden Guy.
Motley crew 5/20
>>97703709Brilliant use of clothespins!
>>97708105Hehe, thanks anon. It was the one on the left, yes. She does 2D art so she knows light and colour much better than me, but isn't very familiar with brushes yet.I love this hobby and this thread. It's so motivating to see everyone's cool stuff.
Did a Plague Marine inspired by Elden Ring’s Cleanrot Knights. Not sure if I should grunge him up because Nurgle or keep him as-is, or if I want to do a whole army of them, but I’m pretty happy with the results.
Now only 56 other kdm survivors models to paint.
>>97708638Hold on.There are KDM minis that aren't naked girls with giant tits?
>>97708638nj on the face
>>97708666Don't worry, they all have a giant rack, but some wear armor.
>>97708461why not just proxy something i mean it is well painted and all but nothing of that really reminds me of warhammer or that thing you are really familiar with for some reason
>>97708741The thought process isn’t too complicated, golden-armored knights who live in horrific plaguelands seem pretty 1:1 with plague marines in concept.
>>97708775good luck and hopefully someone will get the joke, im pretty chapter illiterate and i would have said minotaurs
>>97706822>>97706155Thanks, he's here on brother Clavicular
>>97708801NTA but there are two kinds of minotaurs marines, the ones serving the high lords and the ones who are a Tsons chapter.So why the fuck would you mistake a death guard model for them?
>>97708889I hate so much that I know what you're referencing.
>>97709026ok now you have to fill us in
I finished the elf upgrade! I followed a recipe for the tartan that worked pretty decently! It started with a glaze over the base coat, and then diagonal stripes of the original color before doing stripes, which really works desu. Pretty happy with the gems too
Side pic
>>97709053Some Zoomer shit. Clavicular is some kind of "looksmaxxer". I think he's the guy who hammers his face bones to look more chad.Anyway,. what's the best way to clean up the squeezed out plastic after you extra thin glue to clean up a gap and squeeze it tight? And should I try going at it while it's still soft or wait til it fully cures?
>>97709155an exacto knife, wait until it hardens
>>97709155wait for it to solidify and then sand it down
I am so glad i didnt end up buying 2 sets of this necron terrain but i deeply regret trying to copy the box style. This is a slog to paint
>>97709223I'm proud of you, Anon
I hate painting leaves.Taking a break from painting minis and this is still /tg/ so I hope it's okay.
>>97709239that looks cool, is that an actual card from mtg?
>>97709244Thanks anon and yes it isI'm just extending the existing art, I probably should have said that
>>97709223your airbrush?
Freehand finished
>>97709359
>>97709359>>97709362These look great Anon. Love the free hand flowers
>>97709235Thanks man! Ive not even finished the base coats on all the pieces. Fortunately not much detail other than the walls, plaster and orbs but its slow going! Some other random terrain i did before.
>>97709342Sadly i dont own one. I undercoated black spray and then heavy dry brushed caliban green, then a lighter green then warpstone green. Then with brush painted the plaster a cream color. Plan is to next dry brush the cream ushabti bone, go over all the cracks with a wash and then fix all the spillover ontl the green and give a final gaussblaster green highlight for the edges on the green walls. The orbs i will redo and work up to a flashgitz yellow instead of a green just to make it abit varied. Also paint some of the bits a gold or canoptek metal color. Without airbrush its taking forever!
>>97709370Thank you, I was regretting my choice halfway through and had to force myself to finish.
Not super happy with how this turned out, but it's been at least a week since I painted anything and I figured this guy could use some paint after collecting dust for 20 years. I was trying out some different things with mixing colors and metallics/inks.
>>97709641It's automatically cool because it's the shoulder railgun broadside.
>>97709423I would rather spend time masking so I could do most of the large areas with rattlecans than waste my time doing it all with tiny brushes.
>>97708007Scale 75 Metallics, Kroxigor scales 1:1 with vallejo xpress medium. Mostly AK 3rd gen acrylics and Two thin coats as well.I use basically every fucking paint range ever, no point in favoritism, they all do different things well.
So close
>>97710155nice edge highlighting right around the rim of the base, but could use grass tufts maybe
