40k-minis-and-armies

[autumn sinew]

Don't trust the sellers... varients one and two have the same image

😦

Mate got them in town for me

[ionic canopy]

Forbidden planet, huh?

[autumn sinew]

Aye

They sell all the other mcfarlane range

They also sell them unpainted if you would prefer to do them yourself which is nice

Since I plan to keep these boxed got the preprinted.

[distant fox]

Those are cool as heck! Why is there no announcment on these bad boys?

[autumn sinew]

I had a search, it seems all the toy collector channels where talking about them about a month ago

but yeah complete silence from the gaming and tabletop side

currently wave one is Veteran, Ogryn, Mobian Sixth Guardsman Variant 1 & 2, all have unpainted versions and Ogryn is £40 other three are £25

[distant fox]

Wish I had the money for all of them. I have a video idea for the future, and the unpainted ones would rock socks.

[vivid wind]

I’ve painted a few grimy ultramarines in my time

[opaque snow]

Can I ask you something ? Like why would you keep it in the box ? I am genuinely curious and never understood this...maybe slightly when a figure is worth several hundred but for something so cheap, I just can't see it.

[autumn sinew]

display

[opaque snow]

See here is the argument I see often but makes even less sense...like is it not more pleasing to have it out of the box in some cool pose or whatever than sitting wrapped in carboard and plastic ?

[plush swift]

collector value is the correct reason

the first gen ones sky rocketed in value, same with some of second gen, third gen are half price

never know what will spike

[opaque snow]

Excuse me if I can't exactly get it...like of all the figurines I have bought and stuff, I don't think I'd ever sell them even if they end up being worth a lot for god knows what reason. But let's say I would be willing to part with them...I'd just be careful unpacking them to not damage the box and when it's time to go, back into the package as it was.

[shell hare]

feels like GW really dropped the ball not releasing a special Darktide Kill Team for the release

just the number of strictly DT players who would buy it to have and then get sucked into the mini side of the hobby would more than justify R&D

[plush swift]

I have a spawn figure in perfect box, it sells for around $1200 currently. Open box its around $250, no box it's $25~. Collectors are just weird, thats all you need to know

[torpid pawn]

Like how GW dropped the ball in killing off Warhammer fantasy only for the mpst popular non-40k media being Total Warhammer and Vermintide?

[opaque snow]

I agree with this because I really want it...like when I get more budget to dump into minis, I defo want to make the standard DT team

[opaque snow]

Yeah, this is an other part that is very weird...I can understand the price being lower if "used" but this is just insane

[plush swift]

The older it is, the less perfect mint in box items exist, this makes those collectable. Open box is common so its less rare

its like finding a factory sealed atari 2600 is one of the holy grails of collectors

[opaque snow]

Eh, guess this kind of collecting isn't for me then

[plush swift]

its not for everyone

I just like hording things and selling them for a lot later on because I need money to fund my pigment collection

obsolete pigments and discontinued pigments are expensive after all

[unkempt cliff]

Here's my kasrkin

Hopefully we get access to hotshot las like the scab gunners

[brazen badger]

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-EU/Combat-Patrol-Dark-Angels-2020?&Pep=prod4210289,prod4960250-prod4210345,prod4210377 Can someone help me figuring out what color was used to paint the primaris chest insignia.

The listed colors don't seem to match quite right. At least not to my logic.

Idk if it's corax white and seraphim sepia or rakarth flesh and agrax earthshade...

[plush swift]

thats not corax, they dont use their own paint weirdly enough

[proud crown]

WOAH

[plush swift]

but its gold with a try brush of silver then some redfish brown wash

[proud crown]

those power plasmas and the power sword

damn

[brazen badger]

https://tenor.com/view/wojak-gif-21991855

Fantastic

[plush swift]

If i knew hobby paint knows I could tell you better, but I only know the pigments used in them unfortunately

[winter kestrel]

I’ve been working on a brotherhood of nod inspired GSC army. I haven’t added to it lately but I need to get back to it.

[rain brook]

My lightbox arrived today!

[opaque snow]

They look really cool but they do tick my OCD because of the snow and stuff being on the rim of the base

and the fact you can see brush strokes and such

[steel mountain]

Just made this while being absend for 15 years, I'm kinda proud 🙂

[plush swift]

brush strokes are where the art comes from, just look at it like that. Unless you're using paints like mine, you'll always have brush strokes

[opaque snow]

I can't...like I am used to seeing nice clean rims...especially when you look at the minis themselves, which are in fact immaculate

[plush swift]

you can still see brush strokes on them, mostly around the flesh tones, but to me thats irrelevant

[opaque snow]

It's too small to be noticeable

[plush swift]

its not, but I work in fine art so that might just be my bias talking

also those bases honestly strike me as 3d printed for some reason

the "brush strokes' are really incredibly straight

I dont think those are brush strokes actually

[opaque snow]

Whether it's my teachers (I did basically have to cram 2 years worth of painting lessons into one a few years ago) or my own weird bias, I usually don't like when you see brush strokes

[rain brook]

The base rims are 3d printed, yep. I couldn't find any slotted 28mms, so I opted to extend the 25mms to 28 instead of trying to pin

[plush swift]

Figured, brush strokes are never that perfectly straight unless you were aiming for that on purpose

if so that would be an impressively steady hand

[unkempt cliff]

I dig the plasma glow!!

It's a long shot but anyone here into epic 40k?

[rain brook]

Thanks! You've got some pretty glowy plasma yourself! I like the electricity you've got going on your power sword too

[jaunty trail]

Done my WiP guy

[hazy narwhal]

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck6M1iFOASX/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

ch_miniatures

Was inspired by Darktide to make The Moebian Sixth. Tried some rusting and lighting in the eyes, happy with my progress.
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[unkempt cliff]

Oh stop it

[opaque snow]

So.....I kinda fucked up, first I made the wash way too dark....and I tried dry brushing the fucker on the left...slapped him with a lot of paint and put him under tap water which also peeled of the top of his head

anyways guys, rip me a new one, thank you very much

[plush swift]

yeah sepia is hard to make

its like 30 parts pbr7 to one part pbk6/pbk7 or 15 parts pbr7 and 1 part pbk9

carbon black overpowers everything which is why its not really used in modern color theory

[lean bloom]

Cums

[unkempt cliff]

I'm confused what the goal colors here are

[lean bloom]

[unkempt cliff]

Are you trying to weather them or something?

[plush swift]

colors dont need a goal, they are just figments of your imagination

like seriously, they are

[unkempt cliff]

Nah, that's not really true

I think it's good to have an idea of the colors you're trying to achieve

Otherwise it looks like nothing dunked in thick brown wash

[mortal shell]

Im about to yeet this boy into some nuln oil rn

Btw since when do astartes get pipboys

[plush swift]

It is though, colors are imaginary. Setting goals for what you're after is very different that a color having a goal too.

[jovial siren]

Remember: one dip equals one sip.
Tasty stuff
But appreciate the after dipping result, if possible

[mortal shell]

[plush swift]

If you don't use a gallon of nuln oil on every mini,are you really a mini painter?

I have 4 bottles on nuln oil. Never opened, will never open.

I'm not a real mini painter

[mortal shell]

Can I fry my corpstarch on nuln oil?

[oblique herald]

Not finished 🥲

[plush swift]

Yes.

[slender zodiac]

yoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
THATS dope af

[compact umbra]

Everyone’s chaos knights scare me.

Like they are unironically the only models that Make me uncomfortable

That and

That one nurgle rhino tank

[fickle dagger]

The one with butthole doors?

[compact umbra]

Yes

[plush swift]

that's a pile of shame
luckily that's your next project and you won't buy anything else meanwhile and start to paint it
Right?
...
right?

(that aside, I really like that knight)

Speaking of piles of shame

How's the state of everyone's pile of shame here?

I'm proud to announce I got the habit recently of forcing myself to finish a project before buying a new box

it took me some time to catch up with my former pile

[west wing]

thats sick

[lean bloom]

Erhhh

I'm gonna puke

[marble sorrel]

lookin good king

[opaque snow]

Oh, I wanted go primarly have green pauldrons with a mainly white body...but I fucked up big time trying to make a sepia. Kept going thinking it would fix itself...

[vivid wind]

The new sentinel is awesome to build and paint

[brisk vapor]

Tasty

[wispy finch]

While I think I still like the boxier appearance of the previous sentinel sculpt more, I do love how they've updated the chainsaw to be a proper arm attachment now

[hazy narwhal]

Killteam bloodied is pretty much it, just gotta paint them more like darktide

[crimson root]

Another sneaky guy finally done

[trail crag]

Quick tip on molotov burnabottles.. If you add a blue scope you get lucky throws and aim better

[summer shale]

I am so pleased with how this turned out, as a newbie to the hobby.

[jaunty elm]

My krieg bois soon to be washed 🙂

[summer shale]

Yo that looks dope 😄

[urban harbor]

damn Krieg looks good in red

[lean bloom]

Holy shit that Is awesome

[lean bloom]

Renegade guardsman?? Based af.

[lapis valve]

Where kitbashed Skaven Imperial Guard army?

[lean bloom]

@lapis valve nada

[opaque snow]

How did you achieve the white stripe on the skull medal ?

[jaunty elm]

good brush and thinned offwhite paint

a lot of people go for cheap brushes when going for a decent one really makes the difference

im using those, the stripe was made with size 2

[plush swift]

just remember brush sizes are not universal, they are only for that specific line in that specific style for that specific brand.

On a minor note, those brushes are banned in a few countries and have gotten exceedingly expensive in places like the US because of it.

[jovial siren]

love that its still slightly longer than the plasma gun, so the damage potential is quite small and sentinel stays true to its t-rex short arm syndrom

[jaunty elm]

raphael brushes are banned? what?

[plush swift]

Yes, all Kolinsky brushes are banned in the US since 2014 due to a misunderstanding of what a kolinsky brush was made from(they thought it was a type of mongoose, but the brushes are made from a Siberian weasel) in the US which means several countries just simply can not get them easily or at all because of that.

And currently most countries have a trade embargo with Russia due to the war, where the vast majority of those brushes come from, with the inferior product coming from china... Which a lot of countries have a partial embargo on.

Red sable is the legal one and the exact same thing, also cheaper

[jaunty elm]

good thing my lgs has hefty supplies of raphaels then 🙂

[plush swift]

they are probably the red sable version

Been trying to get the 8408 line direct from the manufacturer but they arent really producing them because they arent rejecting as many from the isabey line due to shortages

Isabey is the superior version of raphael, but its also more expensive.

[autumn sinew]

Well they arrived...

Honestly I feel like GW should do some specialist miniatures for games like they did with Warhammer Online. I suppose we got a Gabriel Angelos Blood Raven.

Just need to pick up my traitor guardsman from my mate and thats wave 1 done

[marble carbon]

fully agree, though the next issue of white dwarf does have a darktide conversion article in it

[autumn sinew]

Oh sweet will give it a gander when it lands on Warhammer+

Honestly I hope 10th gives us traitor guardsmen so we can make the Mobian sixth

[brisk vapor]

Elf wip

[devout lake]

Based? Based on what?

[white stag]

Well being renegade guard I'd assume 25mms, unless they've increased the base size for guard lately

[mortal shell]

32mm ⌀ base

[slim geyser]

Daily reminder to thin your paints

[plush swift]

why? you dont need to thin them at all, just get paint without chemical thickeners

[brisk vapor]

most people painting minis don't use professional grade paints and thinning the acrylic paints most have is a very good idea and I think you know that

[plush swift]

I dont, Im very new to painting minis

Community has been pretty hostile honestly, joined a few painting discords and got banned when i said I worked in fine art

With one community calling my place of work to try and get me fired

[brisk vapor]

oh that's rough

[white stag]

That's insane

[plush swift]

Oh it gets more insane, I went to the last adepticon and someone punched me in the face over some twitch drama, one person showed up to my house because I brought up the AK interactive controversy in a local group too

[white stag]

Fine art folks can do some amazing things with minis in my experience.

[plush swift]

We just go under the figure painting tag rather than miniature painting

[mortal shell]

they did what

[plush swift]

some just call it mini painting because thats the colloquial term for it, but I cant as I'm working towards museum curation after I complete my conservation training

[plush swift]

its a whole thing, I have a police report and talking to lawyers about a slander lawsuit against an influencer

[vivid wind]

You might like Marco NJM, he works with more fine art techniques than the usual mini painting techniques

[autumn sinew]

I REFUSE!!! AHRAAAAAHHHGGGGGGG

Honestly can you imagine if some dude won a tornament with a thin your paints army?

Tactical genius and good rolls but unable to paint 😦

[plush swift]

I've seen him, and I don't. It's nothing really on him, but he has made a lot of very incorrect statements about paint chemistry, which is my focus currently, and did things which just annoyed me as someone with a PhD in art history like overly simplifying the Zorn pallet into basic colors. I do appreciate him calling out artist opus on multiple occasions for their deceptive marketing tactics though.

He was one of the better ones over all though

I'm just not his target audience is all

[vivid wind]

Fair enough

[summer shale]

So update: I made a small white photo-booth out of paper and glue. I'd say it gives a small flair to it.

I still need a better camera for it. But eh.

[vivid wind]

Very nice!

Something you can do to up the quality of the photo is quickly bump up the expose and contrast if youre using a smart phone

Like so

[summer shale]

I'll toy around with it for a little while :) Thanks man 👍

[vivid wind]

No problem, great work on the mini!

[pastel grotto]

Hm

I should try that

[brave sleet]

One day we'll get a codex I'm sure...

[distant fox]

Dubstep Knight?

[brave sleet]

Gotta have some tunes blasting for a noise marine army. Why not from a knight with speakers!

[distant fox]

Fa sho! Bet the noise marines love this guy!

[brave sleet]

It's an ongoing project, I keep getting sidetracked...

[primal bobcat]

Forcing myself to paint to kill time for the big day tomorrow

[marble sorrel]

i may do the same

days before something great are always the slowest

[novel jasper]

thats a very nice red

i like that red

good red

those are some very nice stripes

i like those stripes

good stripes

[primal bobcat]

In ork logic, makes them go faster

[marble sorrel]

do you free hand your stripes?

[primal bobcat]

Yeah just slap some red, do the blend then clean up with some black 😂

Waiting on transfer sheets to add to the right, but fallout hobbies is taking it time with the order

[plush swift]

You can also use some painters tape or a credit card if you get sick of waiting

[distant fox]

Just curious how you apply your transfer sheets. I found a really great way that gets rid of the transparent crap behind em.

[warm badger]

Just finished kitbashing this bad boy. Very please with how it came out, and can't wait to get painting.

[dark moss]

Ayo is that BT-7274?

[plush swift]

im trying to kitbash a chaos sorcerer onto a jabberslythe instead of the usual manticore

but i suck with greenstuff

[humble hedge]

whos trying to help a brother out with his 2k blood angels list

[left ingot]

https://youtu.be/2UIKgFC9uaM

[barren valve]

Has Cavil actually done one video on warhammer?

[plush swift]

yes, he did an instagram video awhile back supposedly

[barren valve]

Pretty hard to find any video. Every Google search is just "Henry Cavill wants to talk warhammer"

[plush swift]

I dont follow him on anything, I met him when I worked in props and have avoided him since

[barren valve]

Oofers

Not a Nice guy?

[plush swift]

I just remember someone posting some instagram thing of him painting a while back

[plush swift]

just a player. He kept hitting on several of my coworkers and my SO at the time. He was perfectly nice though

[regal iris]

Slow work on the murder clowns, 6 like this so far

[barren valve]

Oh

[oblique fulcrum]

Wip for my galaxy castigator and Morvenn Vahl

ignore deck clutter

[plush swift]

I think that cloth is too shiny for this camera

[golden plover]

That’s 50 Boyz done, only another 14 more models to go before Dec 3rd 😵‍💫

[honest spruce]

Those knights are some of the best models I’ve seen lol, love em

[whole cedar]

im very new to this, here is the 2nd ever mini i've painted

[vital plover]

[brazen notch]

[acoustic forge]

something like this would fit weaponized "music" more https://youtu.be/2cpFEaKKhek

[long tiger]

Thinking of going with Leagues of Votaan or Orks for my first army collection. I really like their styles and designs. But which would be a better fit for first-time, beginner painter?

Waiting for The Old World to come back before I delve into Fantasy.

[plush swift]

I dont have any 40k stuff (due to be a college student and money being tight/I intend to get some soon) but i do have some fantasy stuff id love to share. Black ORKS

[brazen notch]

Orks because you kinda just need Green, some leather colours and a metal colour

That and most Ork Models now looks fantastic even if simple

[long tiger]

You see, that's what I was thinking as well. You don't have to be super precise with the painting, and any goofs can be waved off as Orks being Orks.
I really dig Votaan's lore, though. Maybe once I have some more paints under my belt.

[edgy jackal]

Between those two I don't think there's much of a difference in visual complexity, and there are easier to paint armies out there. Granted, I just looked on their website, one of the starting paint sets also includes orks (AoS orks, but still). Maybe one of those starting boxes works for you?

What's annoying is that GW products can disappear from their store page if you're in a different delivery region, making it hard to recommend something if you don't know their delivery region.

[orchid jungle]

there is too much light

[brave sleet]

Haha, definitely fits better. I was actually going to have Ambient "40k battle" audio running for the whole game like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4vvRgQEbo4

[summer shale]

My humble attempt to paint a face. And on my last figure i said that hands was the hardest thing to paint in my opinion. I take it back.

[plush swift]

whats funny is that the only light in that area is a lamp on the other side of the room and from my monitors. I dont like working in light for some reason.

[feral zealot]

Nice

I started an Imperial Knights army lol, I choose Hawkshroud house

[acoustic forge]

neat idea honestly.

[golden plover]

I'd say Orks too as others have said. They are really forgiving for beginner painters. If youd like some ideas for painting ork skin, my recipe is just Gutrippa flesh contrast paint and then a dry brush of tyrant stone
https://paintpad.app/recipes/2453-beast-snagga-boyz

[pastel grotto]

Krieg in cadian colours

Blursed

[opaque snow]

Not Cadian lmao but soviet winter uniforms

[daring forge]

Started off with AdMech, it went okay.

[opaque snow]

The coat should get the tint it needs once I wash it...hopefully I don't fuck it up again

[pastel grotto]

Ah, green armour and khakish cloak threw me off

[opaque snow]

Yeah, I know

[opaque snow]

Oh I SEE

But hopefully, the tint on the coat will be slight, like on the actual uniforms

But I need to wait for the putties to dry up since the paint I used for them is very watery

Also bit of a random question but does anyone ever bother more than this with "text on paper"

The box art shows a fully painted map but no way in hell I am doing that

[compact umbra]

Fuck yeah!!!

[austere sphinx]

ORKS IZ DA BEST

[slow verge]

Hope we dont meet him in game

[daring forge]

Luv me cogboys. And Mechanicus is exceptional, though kinda tapers off a bit I think.

The flying units are a little odd, yeah. Don't mind 'em all that much though I suppose.

[bold copper]

very boring looking head upgrades. which i suppose is kind of in character for the ultramarines

now this just leaves the word bearers, thousand sons, salamanders, raven guard and alpha legion to get upgrade sets.

[golden plover]

Keep hoping for the salamanders stuff so i can convert from Pyroclasts

Those UM heads are pointless, save your cash and use the standard heads heh

[bold copper]

here's the worst part of it: i actually do like the ultramarines. but good lord these heads are bad

[tiny prism]

finished just in time before darktide takes over my hobbying time for a good while

[edgy jackal]

I'm always impressed when large models get done in such detail. It must have taken quite a bit of time

[marble sorrel]

I like the ultramarines helmet crest seen on some captains

[tiny prism]

Knights are decently easy to paint

[plush swift]

its actually faster weirdly enough

[tiny prism]

bases are gonna be done when i finish the army

[plush swift]

the super small details get lost on the larger ones so you generally dont notice if they are there or not

[golden plover]

Killing time while a work report runs so here’s some of my salamanders.
Doing a plastic kit only (with conversions) 30k army

[plush swift]

are those just the normal helmets with an upsilon on them?

[bold copper]

pretty much

[plush swift]

and hasbro is being targeting for over printing mtg cards in an attempt to increase profit...

its gameplay is from one of the older editions but modified to be faster

[tawdry nacelle]

Finished Russ recently!

[bold copper]

it's based off of 7th edition 40k. so no stratagems. but there are quite a few special rules and vehicles operate differently with armor values & hull points instead of wounds. plus flame weapons/blast weapons use templates instead of a range value

[golden plover]

Also its fun to just play thematic missions from the heresy

[plush swift]

I thinks 7th from what I was told, maybe 8th? I dont actually play the table top because I found 9th to be so incredibly boring after I game in with a necron army vs a necron army and spent over an hour in deployment

[bold copper]

it's meant to be more of a narrative game for sure

[golden plover]

an hour!? holy moly haha

[plush swift]

we each had over 100 models as it was silver tide vs silver tide.

[edgy jackal]

Ah, templates, those were good times.

In terms of rules though, I remember keyword bloat, it's always been fairly bloated post 5th edition.

[bold copper]

they've also added in a reaction system similar to AoS

[golden plover]

The reactiosn are ace

I really hope 10th ed 40k has them

[tawdry sentinel]

Painted these guys years & years ago.
Funnily, look at the scheme for my guard and look at the guards on the ship in Darktide.
Had a good laugh when I saw them.

[plush swift]

I hope they bring back armor angles mattering

[bold copper]

almost forgot as well. they've removed the psychic phase and just baked the psychic stuff into the different phases

[tiny prism]

this is fun and all when the angles are clear

[golden plover]

One of my favourite things at the moment in 30k is ramming vehicles into units

[tiny prism]

but complete misery with xenos vehicles

[plush swift]

thats what attracted me to the game in the first place honestly

[bold copper]

the biggest reason why i finally got into heresy was seeing all the new plastic stuff

[golden plover]

Its great. I've done my fair share of resin kits and im sick of it. Plastic forever!

[bold copper]

i think i also prefer the way AP works in heresy as opposed to 40k

[golden plover]

I like both but its certainly a bit simpler in 30k most of the time

espeeeecially with armour of contempt in 40k

100%

I play a lot of 40k (got over 170 games of 9th on the ITC app haha) and yeah every new codex is sooo overpowered

[plush swift]

dont say that on reddit, they'll say 9th is perfectly balanced and a good game

God I wish people gave me free models, instead people just throw mine at a wall

[vale dagger]

Kill Team v2 is a lot of fun (imo).
I have a group of friends I play with so I can understand the worry of playing with random people.

Do you have any Warhammer Association/Clubs(?) around your area?
If so you could try and drop by and show that you might be interested in hanging out a little and play.

I can't see that many Warhammer players would be against new people wanting to delve into the hobby and think most would be helpful with new people.

ah, bummer.
yeah there will ofc always be some rotten eggs in every community.
but don't lose hope.
perhaps there are some "Looking for people" on Facebook or anything.
Perhaps your local gaming store knows anything about people looking for others to play with as well.

and hi there.
only 2-ish hours left +dowload.
Excited to no end.

RL can be such a joy killer sometimes. ^^'

[brazen notch]

Old man in his wheelchair

[untold stirrup]

I made a terrain piece a little while back

It was already beat up and badly painted, bought on a secondhand site.

Fixed it up as best I could and decided to just do this with it

[lime sail]

Just need a chaos knight putting one foot on it now :D

[untold stirrup]

Nah

I'll use it for killteam

It'll contrast nicely with these bois

[lime sail]

Eyy I like those

[untold stirrup]

Thanks. The sorcerer is just a kitbash with Exalted Sorcerer bits

I figured that if I'm going to make a killteam, he might as well look more unique

I also replaced my icon bearer's tactical rock with this

The actual parts are made of milliput pressed into a bluestuff mold

[orchid jungle]

well that is weird indeed

[brisk vapor]

Almost there

[lime sail]

Like what you've done with that, kinda wish we got more bases like that.

[orchid jungle]

dope

[random comet]

My recent work on Necromunda gangs.

[primal ocean]

Those are cool

Now make them kill each other

[twin barn]

g

[grim burrow]

dont

[raw glade]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDJ6VV9Wdhc

[plush swift]

More

[grim burrow]

he did it

[golden plover]

Warlord fiiiight

[compact umbra]

This sure is the ultra marine to ever ultra marine

I genuine thought that this was just a normal HH marine

[cursive gorge]

Ultrabeakies

[compact umbra]

Sorry I had to see what the difference was between the default helm and the new helm

Holes?

And microscopic ultra marine symbols

[cedar relic]

The Blooded - Kill Team

DoK Kill Team

[daring phoenix]

Anyone got some good tips for painting Necrons?

[small flume]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRQyLAKe/

[untold stirrup]

The best part about basing is that you can do whatever you want with them.

[untold stirrup]

Depends on the colors you want to use

[reef skiff]

how'd you get that glow effect?

[upper blaze]

Just finished these for a client, diamonds were a big job 😂

[cedar relic]

airbrush and fluor colours

[cedar relic]

ufff... I would go nutz with all thes diamonds....That´s definitelly a commission I would skip. 🤣 But good job. 😉

[upper blaze]

@cedar relic ikr! thanks!

@cedar relic your kill team is sick

[plush swift]

question, why do mini painters use fluo colors when they have a LF rating of 5? Im ignorant to a lot of things you all tend to do a lot

[cedar relic]

thank you. 😉 I do a lot of them in the last time... but most of my clients want SW Legion stuff

[cedar relic]

what´s a LF rating of 5?

[plush swift]

Lightfastness rating, 5 means they start to fade within 6 months of UV exposure, 1 means they can last at least 50 years with direct 24/7 exposure

[cedar relic]

never heard of that. good to know. i just wanted to try them out. ^^

[plush swift]

yeah its a lake pigment effectively, they are dyed polymer particles. The only ones that last longer are blue ones and they dont last that much longer, around a year

[cedar relic]

here some OSL with normal colours... newest comossion finished today, so no cool pics with black background. 😅

[plush swift]

definitely one of the more interesting ones ive seen

[shut seal]

Chin

[cedar relic]

thx, if this was meant for me.^^

[plush swift]

yes it was

[pastel rune]

My commssair

[dense spire]

Beautiful shading on the light sources!

[past bramble]

My black Templar Fellblade/Baneblade kitbash

[slender zodiac]

Yooooooooooooooooooo

Poggers

Thats fucking sick

Also nice scheme
Red black and white
I wanted to do that but i suck at painting so I ditched the white

[past bramble]

Thank you! I was super happy with how it came out and it’s definitely going to be played at some point if at all possible. Don’t worry too much about white especially on larger vehicles as on flat sheets like the front there you can typically go pretty thick with the Corax without a lot of issues

[slender zodiac]

Well one i dont use citadel paint
Two its that i wanted to do a tricolor camo scheme. So blotches and/or lines of 3 colors. But i suck so I went with a black base with red camo

So this with white as well

But thats a super sick baneblade
Wish I wasnt intimidated with mine
That thing scares me

[past bramble]

That’s a really nice looking Leman russ though! Probably the best advice I have ever heard from anyone in the hobby is to never let a model intimidate you especially during the painting phase. There’s a point in most projects where it seems like something is messed up right before everything comes together and everything turns into something you can be proud of. Probably the only issue I’ve ever had with the baneblade kit would be the tracks but that’s pretty manageable with some patience

My girlfriend did a baneblade for her first model and did something similar to my paint job because she really liked it and came everything came together pretty well

[slender zodiac]

Thats what I heard
Just do it dont be scared
But i feel like my level of painting is
"look and dont touch so you can look closer, please dont look closer listen man i tried my best these are the first models i painted please dont look closer no please stop theyre not good please put them down and lets play stop looking at them please just roll the dice ill let you go first if you put down my leman tank please no"
And im kinda a perfectionist where I notice very small unpainted/messed up parts and it triggers me
So the baneblade being a big centerpiece amps that up by 10.
I know im better and i need to calm down but I get into my own head easily

[past bramble]

Yea it can be pretty easy to fall into that trap a lot of the time. If it helps at all the vast majority of the armies actually being played are not going to be painted so by virtue of being painted even with a novice paint job your work is likely to be appreciated by your opponent especially if they themselves have a painted army

[slender zodiac]

I feel like thats wrong cause younget a free 10 points for painting your army
Not painting is an actual disadvantage
But I only played like 3 games on TTS so ill take your word for it

[quartz viper]

WIP: Starting a custom knight house army. I know it looks like Hawkshroud, but it's my family coat of arms colours.

[slender zodiac]

widdle knities

cute

[lofty gyro]

making a chaos space marine army just for this game XDDD

[cyan vapor]

Just a few of my Guard models for the cause

[exotic linden]

currently a WIP

[feral zealot]

Lovely

[pastel grotto]

Posting guard are we

[cedar relic]

Some painted Kill Teams reels with music:

Navy Breacher KT

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cjig8U9AnVO/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Sister Novitiate KT

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CiI2u7NAVrE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

The Blooded KT

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CjvdJp0gIf8/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

[wanton saddle]

The paint hurts

[cedar relic]

why you have pain?🤔

[compact umbra]

Hell yeah! I love it, and don’t worry about your knight colors looking like a cannon one. There are a metric shitload of knight houses lol

[wanton saddle]

It's horrible not yours tho

[cedar relic]

I don´t get it. 😅 I just thought it was meant for me, because you posted it after my post. My bad.

[wanton saddle]

My brother in Christ.. you totally get it wrong. I didn't even bother clicking the link you give

[plush swift]

I have some paint that hurts, its made from arsenic

[edgy jackal]

Out of curiosity, does that paint have special properties, or is it just an antique recipe for a paint?

[plush swift]

Antique recipe with a unique color that you can't really match, like vermillion and what not. Believe it or not, they are still sold to this day, the most common is genuine vermillion.

Vermillion is a bright opaque red

[edgy jackal]

I can believe that. I saw real blue pigment in an art store, it was really pricey compared to the other pigments

[plush swift]

That's the original blue pigment

Blues can be dirt cheap or very expensive, no in between

Also there are no opaque blue pigments currently available for mini paints

So if you have an opaque blue, it has a ton of filler in it

[edgy jackal]

Oh, I didn't know that

[plush swift]

Technically there are a few that are but I'm not counting them due to toxicity

You have cobalt and cobalt stannate as the most available, supposedly yinmn is opaque but it's way too expensive to you around with and put into mass production

But none you'll find in mini paint

[edgy jackal]

4k euro per kilo, damn

[sweet meteor]

clean ur keyboard Azumgi!

[plush swift]

Can't, that's paint

[pastel grotto]

I have hired this batallion to stare at you

[blazing spruce]

Mine?

I’m a tad confused haha

[sage matrix]

The grey grows

[wanton saddle]

I didn't say any names bro

[blazing spruce]

I know

I was only asking

[wanton saddle]

I enjoyed your votann tbh the brown scheme fit just damn well

[wanton saddle]

Like they just finished mining a desert cave love it

[blazing spruce]

Thanks, tried to use simple techniques and it really paid off

[hollow trench]

~2700pts of Emperors Children

[sullen raft]

oh shit is that the ghosts? Thats awesome! Which one is Mkvenner?

[scenic pasture]

He is sadly not in this kit

[sullen raft]

As long as none of those models are Lijah fething Cuu i'll let the lack of Mkvenner slide 🙂

[rain zenith]

While i wait for the servers here is a wulfen converted wolf lord if anybody like space furries

[pastel grotto]

Bored, gonna make a darktide diorama without knowing a single thing about darktide gameplay

Should the darktide gang be fighting Tyranids, necrons or heretics

[haughty stream]

Tau

clearly.

[pastel grotto]

I don't have t*u

[formal violet]

thats epic i love it

[pastel grotto]

Love the NPC's too

Not sure about necrons tho

10/10 DLC

[acoustic hare]

Hello Guys, I am starting to get into the building of miniatures. I bought a starter colour set with the age of sigmar period (starter brush etc) I wanted to ask a question about painting my first miniature. I wanted to start with a base blue, then move to the decals and then apply some shade. I know that the colors are not the right ones for ultramarines, but I wanted to hear from you experts, if that is the right order to do it. I am thankful for every advice 🙂

[rain zenith]

You should start with a prime first its still a base like abaddon black then do your blue

[acoustic hare]

Ok, i have abaddon black here, so coat the full model in black and then start with blue ?

[twin fable]

Follower of Trazyn the Infinite

My camera suck

[acoustic hare]

Grey gang

[wanton saddle]

absolutely need some color.....

[wanton saddle]

Who won?

[proper tapir]

The knights... Handily

[twin fable]

Yeah I know

[hollow trench]

Thanks, it's about 3 years of work now

[wanton saddle]

Send afterwards and I'll judge 🥺

[twin fable]

I don't have any paints, so it'll be a bit. But when I get some I'll be sure to send.

[wanton saddle]

gw not having to give free paint package is a greedy strategy not like not like indeed

[wanton saddle]

lmao clapped

[twin fable]

I bought the mini off Ebay anyways.

It cost me $10 bucks with free shipping, so I think it was an alright deal for an Overlord.

[plush swift]

you can also use white vinegar, which is basically what microsol is

microsol is effectly white vinegar and soap, with I think something else but it works all the same

[acoustic hare]

Ok I will check that out, thank you very much !! 🙏🏻

[golden plover]

Used to hate doing transfers until i got microsol and microset, love it now

[zinc hill]

Very smart indeed, unlike some bozo who directly order from high pricing website knowing that the integrity for the minis is still the same

[zinc hill]

Love this.

[twin fable]

Ebay definitely has some good stuff at times, plus its good for poors like me who want to get into the game or just like the minis themselves

[bold copper]

i quite like these

[trim hemlock]

Lewis Jones, still killing it

[bold copper]

i am quite sad no red butcher termies. but everything else is great

[trim hemlock]

I do appreciate the pile of dead stormcast on the BOC codex

Squig on a stick and the gobbo equivalent of a jezzail, I love it already

[zinc hill]

So you're telling me angron did kill yarrick for this one huh? New guard codex and world eater..

[rustic token]

Guard need plastic psykers

Aand better scion support

[trim hemlock]

Interestingly enough, he's not a daemon prince or a daemon of the Four. He's demigod hailing from the Forge of Souls itself and is gunning for godhood while playing arms dealer to the Four.

[slender zodiac]

Astropath isnt plastic?

[zinc hill]

Recycled necron

[compact umbra]

Oh.I really like gloom spite, those guys do not look gloom spite

They are really boring lmao

[dawn cove]

Lol, Lmao even, that son of a bitch is as metal as the two advisors he comes with.

[karmic robin]

I need a metal model, maybe I should try and track down some of the OG sisters of battle ones

[dawn cove]

I hate metal models, it's easier than forge world resin but by God I just want plastic these days.

[karmic robin]

Oh no I know they're shit but I just want em because look at those faces... the dialogus is legendary

[whole cedar]

Plastic crack my beloved

[slender zodiac]

Huh
I thought the Astropath was that plastic model that came witn the officer of the fleet and master of ordnance
Guess everyone proxies that as the Astropath

[whole cedar]

I can't stop buying minis and gundam model kits I have 2 separate plastic crack addictions

[slender zodiac]

Rip brother

[dawn cove]

No all three of those are metal mate, that IS the astropath

[slender zodiac]

Bruh maximus

[dawn cove]

Tell me about it lol, I'm glad I already own those 3 now that they are becoming more useful in the new codex, though I'll miss my astro denying cover.

[karmic robin]

Never owned any gunpla but I need Aerial bad

[whole cedar]

Too bad aerial is sold out everywheeere

I need aerial and lfrith

[bright basin]

Some veeeery old minis

If I remember correctly, This was early 2010s late 2000s, Built by little me and my father

We later sold this army : )

[brisk vapor]

Great stuff

[zinc hill]

[karmic portal]

not mine, but a guy in my blood bowl group has this kickass nurgling

[zinc hill]

Glad to know some people enjoyed Horus heresy

[plush swift]

this is the castellan of the black templars

[compact umbra]

New faction, new sub faction, or just an agent of chaos?

[plush swift]

Hes just a little guy

[dry obsidian]

chaos

[compact umbra]

Honestly he freaked me the fuck out when he wsd revealed, I was expecting him to be more cartoonish like angron

[plush swift]

Is there a release date for the new daemon prince yet? Without the box set

[left egret]

Heretek?

[compact umbra]

Im@super happy for more demi god rep in 40K

[noble meadow]

Hoping one day for my boy Praetorians in games. Maybe as models

[azure fulcrum]

Actual traitor guard models when. I want to be able to play as proper chaos, not just Chaos Space Marines with some cultist chaff, I want traitor artillery and chaos ogryns, the whole bloody lot.

[vagrant pier]

the best we have is the blooded killteam ( i want one btw)

[azure fulcrum]

I really only want blooded killteam for the Ogryn honestly, but they are alright despite being pure monopose afaik.

[cold gyro]

They are like the krieg kill team, bodies are monopose but arm swaps are possible

[azure fulcrum]

Thats the other thing, sick of cultists or the traitor guard we have being monopose, like, they are supposed to be fielded in mass, so I gotta have a group of 50 guys with like 5-10 sets of clones

oh they are hybrid? didnt look like it from what I saw but thats decent

if only we can finally get some decent cultists too

even the old grot kit still has more customization

[vagrant pier]

wished my country wasnt fucked

with a kt costing 2x the GW price

[plush swift]

sounds like the gw price of your country

[vagrant pier]

nope

gw price + tax

[azure fulcrum]

cheapest games workshop model basically puts you into mortgage

[vagrant pier]

i can afforge the price on other places

[dry obsidian]

use third party sellers

[vagrant pier]

but arround here

[plush swift]

thats not much different than my country

[dry obsidian]

they honestly do better for gw in the long run

[vagrant pier]

im trying to gather 400 usd for the court of the crimson king

[vagrant pier]

they charge the same here

[azure fulcrum]

i cant remember the exact details but the fucked prices for other countries was due to some shipping tax i think lots of years ago, then when that tax or whatever issue it was went away they just never bothered to lower the prices again

[vagrant pier]

i usually see people on the groups selling HQs for 90 usd here

[dry obsidian]

laughs in british

[vagrant pier]

im not talking like guilliman

like warpsmith for 90usd

[plush swift]

I wish I had stores around me that sold 40k stuff that werent nightmares

[azure fulcrum]

watch that your teeth dont fall out

[dry obsidian]

I have to travel for a bit to go to a store

[azure fulcrum]

[vagrant pier]

well like i said

i will need to get +400 usd for the crimson king

[dry obsidian]

can you afford to

[plush swift]

why not just get someone to ship you stuff from another country?

[azure fulcrum]

my country has free medical so yes i can

[vagrant pier]

need to actually know people

[plush swift]

laughs in a $75,000 medical bill I just had to pay

[plush swift]

there are shipping companies

[vagrant pier]

they fuck up declaring stuff

[azure fulcrum]

luckily my partner is british so i can get them to ship me models if i really wanna get 'discounts'

(ruins my day every time i remember where they come from though)

[vagrant pier]

then my government snatch it

100% tax on product

[plush swift]

this sounds like romania

[vagrant pier]

welcome to braziru

[plush swift]

oof that was my third guess

[azure fulcrum]

My condolences.

[vagrant pier]

i guess the god emperor give his hardest battles to his toughest guardsmen

[plush swift]

thankfully brazil became its own planet in the 41st millennium

pleasure planet

pretty nice place honestly

[vagrant pier]

i just hate here because im a fucking nerd that cant do what i like

because its not always im out there drinking poison

[plush swift]

Im a nerd and full time artist in the US, I cant afford a bag of cheese

[azure fulcrum]

Being an artist was your first mistake.

[plush swift]

My second mistake was teaching art

[azure fulcrum]

[plush swift]

my third was getting a doctorate in art history

[azure fulcrum]

At least you can paint some sick ass warhammer models that you cant afford.

[vagrant pier]

paint my mortarion

[plush swift]

I mean I have several titans

[azure fulcrum]

But do you have a house?

[plush swift]

lol im a millennial

[azure fulcrum]

Stable living and owning warhammer titans is mutually exclusive, we all know this.

[vagrant pier]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/504333283174252544/1002914399998185503/IMG_20220730_085628.jpg

[plush swift]

to be fair I didnt buy the titans at full price

[azure fulcrum]

Average Titan collector going home to his cardboard box behind the game store after a thrilling night of gaming.

[plush swift]

that would cost around $300-500usd

[vagrant pier]

💀 the price of the court of the crimson king

[azure fulcrum]

Ok so we have Mortarion, Magnus, and Angron too I think? Or we're getting him, plus all these new fancy actual legit Thousand Sons/Tzeentch, Death Guard/Nurgle and World Eater/Khornate models

when the fuck are we getting Fulgrim and ACTUAL Slaanesh models.

One of my biggest irks in 40k is that the only actual Slaanesh thing we have is the fucking noise marines.

[vagrant pier]

keep that way

good

[azure fulcrum]

No, I want my fancy Chaos Marines clad in extravagant armour.

[plush swift]

There is a titan

[azure fulcrum]

Hmm, Slaanesh approves of whatever degeneracy you forgot to crop out of the top right corner.

[plush swift]

you should see the left side

[azure fulcrum]

Also to be fair thats a Warhound Titan

I mean like the BIG fuckers that cost like 3k

[plush swift]

I sell those pretty quickly

[azure fulcrum]

Oh so you paint them up and resell?

Nice nice.

[plush swift]

yes sometimes

i dislike the fact I have to stick to GW official schemes for them to sell

anything unique is verboten

[azure fulcrum]

Well I can kinda understand it, anyone who isnt using a boring old premade chapter or warband scheme wouldnt want a custom paintjob that breaks thematics

[plush swift]

yeah but the legios are nothing like their chapter honestly

like wildly different

tsons? its violet and white

also covered in chains and skulls

[pastel grotto]

HE IS COMPLETE

[plush swift]

let the galaxy burn brother

[hollow trench]

gotta love the red corsairs

[pastel grotto]

... crimson slaughter

But go on

[pastel rune]

Emperors children are supposed to be the next big army update after world eaters just wait my fellow flesh pleasure drug addict we will get our due

[azure fulcrum]

Hopefully we get some slaaneshi cultists too

[pastel rune]

Maybe but there already cultist kits so I wouldnt count on it

I'd hope for some more crab lady models though

[proper canopy]

I just hope the models look good.

[summer shale]

My blooded kill team gunner. The beard/face was a pain in the bum to paint.

[compact umbra]

Ah yes daemonettes, the worst models to ever exist

They work with the cannon because assembling them is a flurry of emotion

Of mainly sadness and pain

[sullen sedge]

My Marneus Calgar and Necron army

[hollow trench]

My mistake, red corsairs have a fist as their symbol

[pastel grotto]

yos

[slender zodiac]

calgar gonna use the pylon as a weapon against the necrons?

[sullen sedge]

maybe... he'll need it

[slender zodiac]

i mean he did it before
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxzfdkZij8oZuq1YvOLniAF9VZ3zDMCi3r

[sullen sedge]

true

[iron grove]

Working on this

[craggy swan]

Obligatory cat vs AdMech picture

[slender zodiac]

Foul fleshy beast

[hollow trench]

what sort of Tyranid Bio-Titan is this?

[craggy swan]

The best kind

[white stag]

My money's on the cat

[fleet dome]

same

[swift berry]

Don’t even have all the AoS Slaanesh. The twins are AoS only

[hollow trench]

at least we have Syll'Esske

[lapis sand]

Prussian Themed imperial guard

[misty dragon]

Will shitpost here, painted in the time windows of game not working

[primal gull]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/910895911926919188/1017845566866214963/rn_image_picker_lib_temp_9fd22243-eacd-483d-b214-57af078cb99f.jpg your cat looks like mine 🙂

[orchid jungle]

that's a weird mini you got here 😂

[primal gull]

She is the size of mini 🙂

[orchid jungle]

Now i want to pet it ^^

[fleet dome]

i want to put a fluffy cat on my head as a hat

[cedar relic]

Rock & Stone forevaaa 🍻⛏️

[pastel grotto]

MUSHROOM

[tight jolt]

Babies first combat patrol. Basically armageddon steel legion proxies witha DKOK paint job.

[compact umbra]

Have to say, the Gobbapalooza is the best kit gw has ever made

https://www.games-workshop.com/resources/catalog/product/920x950/99120209054_GloomspiteGItzGobbaPalooza01.jpg

[burnt river]

My contribution

[raven veldt]

DID I HEAR A ROCK AND STONE?!

[true spindle]

The doctor will see you now

[drifting lion]

Painted some plasma recently.

[cedar relic]

that’s pretty clean and cool, mate! I like the effect.

[edgy jackal]

How did you do the lenses? LED's behind a custom lenses, or some special paint?

[plush swift]

lenses are etched, leds are in the roof of the cockpit, lens material is a Polypropylene sheet.

[drifting lion]

Thanks! I was pretty pleased myself. There are some great tutorials out there that go through the process, basically just lots of layering and blending with glazes.

[edgy jackal]

Ah, that's pretty neat. How did you curve the sheet to fit the lens shape (does the polypropylene sheet become malleable during etching)? Or do the lenses only look curved?

[plush swift]

just heated it slightly and pressed it on the cockpit eyes on the inside

etching is just a knife, nothing special

[edgy jackal]

Ah, ok

[orchid jungle]

Well that's some serious OSL need to try that somedays

I also love the base with lava and glowing shroom that's dope

[cedar relic]

thank you. It was an entry piece for a painting contest in my local GW store.

I was thinking about doing a whole squad or army in this scheme, but this would be a lot of work.😅

[willow sonnet]

I like clumping my marines up like the covers of HH novels

[quasi copper]

Vigilator Squad and Aleya

[heady lotus]

First terror marine wip.....be scared

[willow sonnet]

Terrified

[slender zodiac]

Looooooong stick

[errant swan]

My first time painting

[bold copper]

https://tenor.com/view/american-psycho-американскийпсихопат-кристианбейл-american-psychopath-christian-bale-gif-17867735

[cedar relic]

realy good job for the first try! 👍🏼 always trust in the process and enjoy painting. 😉

[warped token]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/989498037338525749/1044016836754284744/IMG_20221120_172914.jpg?width=526&height=702

today's project.

Dragon Ogre karka lord

[zinc hill]

Jesus

[zinc hill]

Aughhh I would want one

[zinc hill]

Make it longer

[zinc hill]

Thin your paint

[crimson dove]

Painted this boy a while back

[unreal roost]

My first paintjob since before the lockdown

[zinc hill]

Fucking sick

[abstract herald]

I sososososoSOOO want an offical Emperor figure from GW

I hope we get one now that we have THH

[abstract storm]

Suffer not the alien to live

Deathwatch colab in Darktide when?

[slender zodiac]

anti chaos sounds more of a GK or templar thing

[abstract storm]

Bring on the xenos. For the emperor

[slender zodiac]

unless genestealers
then deathwatch would sprint into darktide faster than a slanneshi daemon and a viagra factory

[rare thicket]

Blood for the blood god, Skulls for the skull throne!

[willow agate]

this game has given me so many ideas for custom models, I wish GM would do more with chaos cultists, and also certain extra units for 40K, pox-bursters would make a really cool new unit to add to plague bearers or other such units

[marble carbon]

the shades of blue on that hound titan are kinda making me hungry

[velvet venture]

Crunchy Titan Hull snack?

[fair burrow]

I love going to events, and conventions, just wish everyone was required to put on Speedstick.

[ionic spruce]

Guys this is my first miniature I've did, with the help of a friend who guided me in the beginning so I can learn how to thin the paint and how to repair some slight mistakes. What do you think? I absolutely love this and I'll buy myself a starter kit and the primaris intercessors pack. Thinking of going for a Blood Angel chapter after having done a little bit of research.

(glue was still drying up on the leaves, didn't have patience to wait until taking a pic; also did not have transfer sheets for salamanders)

[novel jasper]

this is like… REALLY FUCKIN GOOD it may not be a major thing but those flames are really nice

[ionic spruce]

Oh those are actually leaves; Thanks :D! I don't know why the leaves came out so bright on the picture

[novel jasper]

well then those leaves are really fucking nice

[radiant geode]

God butcher

[warped token]

Yeaaaaaaah dude!

[hushed tangle]

@Einherjar#9027 I love the ratguard

[barren seal]

Get in losers, we're going to Tertium!

[rare thicket]

Bought the Shadowvaults set today - turning the terrain into Tertium and Kasrkin into inquisitorial stormtroopers

[jagged sparrow]

Me and the boys turning ourselves into a clown car

[left ingot]

https://twitter.com/fuckedupcars/status/1594701673574051840?s=46&t=dFwvVPfwokcluzYtwXgmnQ

fucked up looking cars (@fuckedupcars)

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Twitter · Nov 21, 2022, 2:38 PM

Me when i buy too much evil sunz scarlet

[round sphinx]

not minins but i did it
#1 psyker

[left ingot]

why are u posting in the minis channel then

[quiet ferry]

they posted it in pretty much every channel 😄

[left ingot]

@round sphinx yeahhh thats called "spam"

[quiet ferry]

let them have it. prob need it too

[left ingot]

@mods

[crimson dove]

Thank you!

[crimson dove]

That looks amazing for your first time! Would you like CC tho?

[ionic spruce]

I don't mind CC, I'll look at more chapters but I mostly went for the armor look, either red of black. I'll buy some chaos warriors as well in the future

[crimson dove]

No, I mean constructive criticism lol

[ionic spruce]

Ah lol my bad, of course

[acoustic hare]

Thought of sharing my first abomination 🤣

Sadly not the right blue for ultramarines

[lapis sand]

What kind of blue is that it’s be perfect for the pants of my guardsmen

[acoustic hare]

Let me check quick

Kantor Blue

[crimson dove]

On the gun, it looks like you painted the gold first and then tried to avoid it with the silver. In my experience, don’t be afraid to temporarily cover up details. You can always go over details last so you can avoid that.

[warped token]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/880838967954641010/1044258527352463432/IMG_20221121_092948.jpg

Karka Lord progress

[ionic spruce]

it's right I did went for the gold first, but I initially wanted to add silver to make it look it had more wear and tear, though I added a bit too much silver

But I will keep this in mind in the future, I had some moments where I was afraid of covering the details with base color as to not have them look weird in the end

[crimson dove]

Oh yeah, don’t be afraid. It’s spooky to think you’re gonna mess up your minis, but you just gotta dive in

[plush swift]

there is no technical correct blue for ultramarines, the color formula has changed close to a dozen times now. Also Kantor blue was in fact, one of the correct blues for ultramarines.

mccragg blue is just one of the blues in a sea of blues used for ultramarines, over the years its gotten less and less blue, using cheaper and cheaper pigments

current one is pb29 ultramarine with a grey mix

[acoustic hare]

Yeah, I was in GW on Friday and bought my first paint set and Beginner Set. I am familiar with painting ships and stuff, but so far I gotta say that I am quite happy with my outcome and my first marine. But I want to wait till I get Tesseract Glow for the necrons.

The paint and brush set was from age of sigmar, because the 40k one was out of stock, so I thought: fuck it, i can work with that.

[glossy tusk]

Re painting my first ever model

[drowsy spear]

Yet to be painted, but this is my assault intercessor sergeant for my Primaris Carcharodons Kill Team

[novel jasper]

mmmm zenithals

[lyric nova]

Just started the hobby about 2 month ago, started collecting a Sister of Battle army. Here are the one that I didn't butcher too much:

Celestine and her 2 geminae

My Zephyrim Squad

[lean mango]

Beautiful

[lyric nova]

Still struggling a bit on faces, but I'll get there

[lean mango]

Faces are easy if you dont look your minis in the eyes haha

[lyric nova]

Eyes are the worst (one of the reason I prefer to assemble with helmets 😅 )

[limber haven]

Can’t remember if I posted by 1kpts up here

For tanith, for the emperor ✊

[torpid pawn]

Womder if Tanith amd Gaunt are still around in M42

[limber haven]

Probably not 😦 they were 700s m41

Still no final ending to Sabbat crusade, cmon Abnett get the lead out ☺️

[rare thicket]

Lovely!

[limber haven]

Cheers

[rare thicket]

Honestly, pretty good for that time in the hobby

[torpid pawn]

Regular humans can fairly easily be around 500 years old. Iirc Ciaphas was 200 at the start of the 13th Black Crusade

[rare thicket]

Know quite a few adepts who are no where near that

[grim oriole]

My experimental homebrew Deathguard sub-faction. Aptly named the Frostblight

(Older picture, his base is complete with snow now)

[lapis karma]

What's a decent place to start with Minis? I've been interested in a witchhunter unit for a while now

Or even a necromunda gang

[sonic gull]

Necromunda gangs are great because they have a lot of detail and character, plus you only need one to start playing Necromunda or Kill Team (If you want to run them as Guard or Cultists)

[grim oriole]

@lapis karma I started with Ultramarines. Not a full force, but a couple minis to get me introduced to painting. Three to be exact, and then I moved on to Deathguard. Much of your painting time is spent on correcting your inevitable little mistakes you'll make everywhere. I watched a ton of painting tutorials prior to actually ever starting to paint as well, so that probably helped a lot.

A few things you need to do when you first start painting:

1: THIN. YOUR. PAINTS. I cannot stress this enough. even if you thin the paint too much, oh well, add some more. It's always easier to go back and add more than to add too much and fill up fine details.

2: Get a wet pallet. They're cheap, easy to use, and save you money by keeping your paint wet for long periods of time. They can keep paint wet for several days.

3: Do NOT compare your minis to others. It will kill your satisfaction by comparing your painting to someone who's been doing it for many years. I learned this the hard way, but now I just push myself to try different techniques or styles to improve on my own skills. I still have much to learn, but it's your hobby. Don't compare it to others.

4: Have fun! It's a state of zen to paint your models. Paint them any way you want. Your time, your models, your decision. Enjoy it!

[lapis karma]

There's a really cool tabletop store in my area that has a bunch of necromunda and arbites models that piqued my interest

[edgy jackal]

If you have a GW store near you, you'll probably be able to ask them to paint 1 space marine. If not, then I would recommend one of the starting paint sets, depending on what general colours you want.

What notice?

Ah, that one

[lapis karma]

I'm used to building and adding decals to figures since i collect gundams lol but painting is new to me

[ruby pilot]

Vallejo isn't meaningfully cheaper depending where you live

[edgy jackal]

Actually, scratch that, the starting sets aren't that great now that I've looked at them

[ruby pilot]

my advice if you're just starting now is not to fall for GWs shit and overspend on their hobby accessories

[lapis karma]

Any way I can get decent Minis and paint without breaking my wallet?

[ruby pilot]

a lot of it is dubiously useful even when it isn't overpriced

[edgy jackal]

Define decent minis. Minis per currency, best value for a GW set, highest quality minis?

[lapis karma]

Just in terms of ratio of quality to Economy lol

[edgy jackal]

Duncan rhodes is also releasing his two thin coats paint line soon.

[ruby pilot]

Depends what you mean by quality really

If you like GWs IP and design they are the highest quality in terms of detail, mold quality etc

[lapis karma]

Master grade gundams are anywhere from 80 - several hundred so i imagine i'm in that ballpark for good quality models

USD**

[edgy jackal]

Maybe the starting kill team set, it has some nicely sculpted minis, a whole gameset with basic rules and accessories.

[ruby pilot]

gw plastic models are very very well made

[lapis karma]

I'll head up to the store and ask if they can paint a mini for me

And then try to use that as a point of reference for my own

[barren seal]

All the boys in a family photo.

[lapis karma]

I was gifted a few ultramarine minis a few years back but they werent the best quality

[edgy jackal]

While the start collecting boxes from GW are relatively good value for money relative to standalone kits, I can't recommend them in good faith to anyone just collecting for fun or just starting the hobby. You don't get a good idea of what it does if you're going to play with them, and you might not enjoy the aesthetic or painting of a particular army after finishing a set of basic infantry.

[lapis karma]

As for the rules, are mixed unit armies allowed?

[wet hull]

First ever minis I've painted, they're kinda scuffed but they're not terrible for generic infantry

[ruby pilot]

Not a Valkyrie in sight just people getting indirect fired in the moment

[lapis karma]

Yeah this place is called third eye

They're pretty well known in the annapolis area of maryland

[ruby pilot]

Nothing says beloved cadia army like conversions on the heavy weapons teams

[lapis karma]

I'll call them up first and ask if they can paint minis, they were the ones who got me into my gundam craze

[edgy jackal]

I think allies need to share a keyword (imperium, chaos, aeldari, etc) or something, haven't played in years.

[lapis karma]

Okay, so I could have guardsmen with sororitas and inquisitors for example?

[ruby pilot]

If you just want to paint you can do whatever you want

[lapis karma]

But to play?

[ruby pilot]

You can definitely ally guard and sisters

I'm not sure where they have inquisitors squirrel away right now

[midnight marsh]

Gundam kits are awesome in terms of build and pose-ability. Totally different than GW kits

[lapis karma]

It's a totally different itch to scratch with gundams, but there's overlap

But I enjoy my gundams and my dad and I love 40k so it'd be cool to collect some models and show to him

[brisk vapor]

Now just the base

[lapis karma]

So i called, they dont offer commissioned painting but they will give me a little crash course on painting at the store

[edgy jackal]

That's a really nice skin blend

[lapis karma]

They have over 3000 models too. Shit is cash

[plush swift]

get student grade paint from an art store. mini paint is the same in terms of pigmentation but lower quality

[plush swift]

I know that place, i used to live near there

[plush swift]

most stores dont, commission painting is a VERY expensive thing and you have a lot of problems with doing it

I do a lot of commission painting and a lot of clients are absolute nightmares, its generally not worth it for a store to do

[lapis karma]

Oh sick a fellow marylander

[plush swift]

Born and raised in howard-shaw dc

[lapis karma]

Born in arizona, but been living in maryland for a while now

[plush swift]

moved out almost 10 years ago but I still have the blue crab old bay ego

[lapis karma]

Downtown annapolis is still my favorite place to be

[plush swift]

its a good area

[edgy jackal]

Wait, you mean the generic acrylic paint sold to schools for art class?

[plush swift]

No technically, Its a grade of paint, you have craft/classroom, student, artist/professional and the unlisted one is restoration/conservation/premium

student a cheap way for art school students to work on projects

IE my student grade oil here was $20 for a 200ml tube, but the one I use for work was $170 for a 150ml tube

but thats a conservation/super premium grade

[edgy jackal]

Huh, I'll have to look into how that's called here

[plush swift]

what country?

[edgy jackal]

the netherlands

[plush swift]

the professional grade is called studio there

[edgy jackal]

Oh, thanks

[plush swift]

sometimes its called artist depending on the brand

but those brands would most likely be from the UK

The only store Ive been to in netherlands was van beek, they had theirs listed as First quality(artist/professional) and study

For brands I know that are good in the netherlands, Lascaux has the best metallics I've ever found bar none, their normal paints are good too, we use them a lot at my office. Golden, but it can be pricey and not worth it outside of the US, Lukas is stupidly good for the price, amsterdam isnt bad for the price but its not going to win awards for its quality

im also jealous of how cheap yall get lascaux studio bronze for, its €43,87 for a 500ml, and we pay $100 for a 250ml

[edgy jackal]

Thanks, I saved that. I'll keep it in mind next time I visit a van beek.

Any opinions on liquitex or amsterdam inks?

[plush swift]

liquitex was the first company company to sell acrylics, but they havent really changed much. Their inks are ok, I dont personally like them because they tend to reactivate when i apply water to them, but that can be useful at times

Amsterdam inks are slightly better but they do a few unforgivable sins

I'll grab a picture in a moment because it'll make more sense once I do

Amsterdam vermillion on the left, genuine vermillion on the right.

its even wrong when you reference the hex code of vermillion

also its transparent, genuine vermillion is opaque

Their quality is fine but I can not forgive them for the sin that is their vermillion ink.

[edgy jackal]

oof, yeah, kinda wrong to call it that then. I personally only planned to use them to tint things using transparent inks through an airbrush.

[plush swift]

they'll work great for that. My personal go to for ink brands is holbein but holbein is VERY hard to find and can be very expensive

[edgy jackal]

Like using a sienna colour to tint an olive green so I can get closer to the colour of sphagum moss

[plush swift]

thats a good idea

I use quinacridone gold... but thats umm. kind of hard to find

[ruby pilot]

What brushes do you use

[plush swift]

For reference

[plush swift]

for synthetics I use a lot of different brands, though i like the cotman line from W&N, for sables I use a mixture of a few brands, mostly Escoda and Isabey

i have a few raphaels here and there, but I only like the 8408 line, which is near impossible to find anymore and isabey is just the superior line in the companies product stack anyways and it covers that

the only series 7 I use is a spotter and thats just because it fits a very strange niche because of its size

synthetics are weird for me because I have a lot of dirt cheap ones that have lasted years, but most of my good ones died within a few months

it just comes down to a very specific type of material working better for my workflow

[ruby pilot]

Don't like the series sevens?

It's just a hobby for me so I do most of my painting on cheap synthetics and save a series seven for when I need it

[plush swift]

No one in the professional art world does, they cost way too much and dont have nearly as good quality as they used to

you're paying a lot of extra money for a brand name that lost all meaning about 10 years ago

[ruby pilot]

How long ago are we talking for the decrease in quality

ah alright

[plush swift]

they were the best around 15 or so years ago

but the master brushmakers have all retired, died, or got hired by a different company

[true spindle]

Grenade Garry

My old coworkers models

[boreal anvil]

My first ever model

[rare thicket]

Not pretty by any means, but proud happy with my 5 minute terrain pieces for my upcoming Killzone Tertium inspired event

[plush swift]

this was my first ever model too

it was the thing that actually got me into painting so they hold a very weird nostalgic thing

[harsh fox]

Finally started painting the first part of my wall of martyrs defence line.

[plush swift]

Watched that video, it’s a funny thing for charity

[hard sand]

I'm also doing this but there's like no good Psyker models that aren't catachan level fugly

[compact umbra]

Do you play world eaters or slaves to darkness?

Ah, hmmm

I honestly think azrskh looks ass lmao

At first I thought it was cool

But

Wtf

oh there

Why is my flat message not sending

OHhhhh

Ahhhh

Well he’s so fucking flat

[quaint geode]

The primaris psyker isn't too bad

[bold copper]

personally as a world eaters guy i think the terminator is better

[hard sand]

Not a darktide themed model tho

[slender zodiac]

vindicare

[quaint geode]

What do you mean Darktide themed?

[bold copper]

i will concede it was a much more interesting choice this time around compared to last years models

i still chose the ork since i hated the assassin, but i will aknowledge that the assassin is an objectively better model

see this one looks way better than the wh+ version to me

[slender zodiac]

this particular vindicare was the WH+ exclusive one

and yeah what thane said

[bold copper]

there is something about the WH+ one that just upsets me

correct

[slender zodiac]

the fact you get a pretty mediocre model for having to sign up and be loyal to a horrible service?

[bold copper]

more so the model in particular

but i agree

[slender zodiac]

howd that go?

last time i check they went like 3 months (i think?) w/o a new animation

[bold copper]

it offers me just enough to where i will stay signed up. but i don't think the service is particularly that good

i do enjoy some of the animations though

plague song is a stand out for me personally

i do quite like angels of death

[raven sedge]

is it the huge arse model being on a 25mm base? thats what upsets me

[novel jasper]

i love midwinter minis

just look at the price of grimaldus 🥹

[oak jewel]

Here's an accurate reenactment of the darktide experience

[unreal roost]

Not untrue. Although from my experience, psykers in DT can be only as good as their team is. Or, to quote a poet, PRO'ECT THE LITTLE 'UNS

[pastel grotto]

Rock and stone or something idk

[halcyon wave]

Im debating with myself

When the kasrkins drop for the public, should I keep their original helmets or use the heads from the new cadian shock troops to sort of make some Imperial Guard Special Forces

specifically the heads with the caps

[pastel grotto]

Give then all masked helmets for maximum stormtrooper

[zinc glade]

Having a helmet is nice to have in combat. It protects our most important organ.

[rare hornet]

My attempt to make Iron Warriors with the Mk VI marines

[burnt epoch]

Where did you get the head on the left?

[rare hornet]

Tortuga bay

Let me check the name of it quick

They are specifically called M3 helmets

[burnt epoch]

Thank you

[rare hornet]

No worries

[sweet meteor]

Most badass Furry there is

[rare hornet]

Haha, thanks!

[burnt epoch]

true

[vagrant pier]

agree with your statement

[rare hornet]

Thank you, aside from them I had a test of a Cataphractii Terminator and currently building a contemptor slowly

[pastel grotto]

Hey guys I'm trying to make my cadians stand out from other cadians whilst still being cadians

Should I replace their green armour with some black armour instead

[icy warren]

that would still be cadians

[pastel grotto]

Yes but not vanilla cadians

Trying to combine my death Korps and cadians with the new model releases

So my first idea was black armour

[icy warren]

when someone tells me "I'm really bold and wild with my ice cream choices, I don't like vanilla!" I don't immediately think their next choice will be chocolate

[pastel grotto]

Ok but do you think that it would look bad

If the guy on the left had black Armour instead of green

[icy warren]

No the black looks way better with the brighter colors, better contrast without puke

[pastel grotto]

So what about a single black pauldron then

As a unit marking

[icy warren]

lack of difference* (correction) of unit may make it harder to identify though

hm

Asymmetrical always bothered my ocd

[pastel grotto]

Yeah that's what I was worried about