40k-minis-and-armies

[rare hornet]

At the end of the day though, as long as you’re happy with it then doesn’t matter what you do

[atomic rose]

That. Look up some minis or pictures of the thing you want to get done and analyze it. What color is the shadow, where are the highlights placed, what is the "texture". Then try to replicate that on your mini.

[rare hornet]

Like this, I took the idea for only the armour armour being yellow from a model i’d seen online

[tawny topaz]

Nice

I’m looking some of them up right now

Well I wanted to keep most of my mechanicus army the same but I wanted to do purple as oppose to red, mainly a personal preference for them

I was told yesterday that as long as they’re all the same colors you can still use them but they don’t have to be what’s on the box

[rare hornet]

That would work, if you’re going to try that I’d just start with a simple skitarii just in case it doesn’t work

[tawny topaz]

Gotcha, I bought the skiitari too but I’m just putting the robots together first

[rare hornet]

You don’t want to paint up something like one of the kastelans then decide that it doesn’t work. Saves you plenty of frustration 😅

[tawny topaz]

I believe it lol

[atomic rose]

Also, since you are painting an army, focus your efforts in the centerpieces.

[tawny topaz]

I only have a purple layer paint too right now as oppose to a base

[atomic rose]

Layer/base generaly do not matter. They behave pretty much the same.

[tawny topaz]

Good to know

[rare hornet]

If you dip your brush in some water first before putting it in the paint, it will make the paint thinner. Meaning you’ll probably need to put a layer or two extra on but makes it much smoother

Otherwise you can sometime end up with brush marks (not always)

[tawny topaz]

Gotcha, that’s another problem I’ve been having too

Either I thin down the paint too much or not enough

[rare hornet]

Well too thin is still useable, but if that does happen just give the brush a quick wipe on a piece of tissue and try again

[atomic rose]

I generaly go with 1:1 water/paint ratio. But every paint is different and may need more/less. Test the paint on your fingernail to see how it behaves and dilute accordingly.

[tawny topaz]

Got it

[rare hornet]

Or you can tell by the taste

[tawny topaz]

Delicious lmao

[rare hornet]

(Don’t actually try that)

[tawny topaz]

Nahhhh I wont

[rare hornet]

Washes are fair game however

Always like to keep a few bottles of Nuln oil in case I get a bit peckish

[tawny topaz]

Same here

I been using that very little on my ork

[rare hornet]

There’s no wrong way to paint really

[tawny topaz]

True

I just don’t want it to look like a 5 year old did it mainly lol

[rare hornet]

As long as you don’t drop it in the paint pot you’ll be alright

[tawny topaz]

Yea

[rare hornet]

First model vs latest model

[vague halo]

First model to be fully completed with base and transfers, started about one and a half weeks ago

[rare hornet]

Looking great

What box did you get that plasma pistol from?

[vague halo]

It's in the Recruit Edition

[rare hornet]

That would work for my Iron Warriors

Hmm I’ll have to have a look

[vague halo]

Next will be these 2 bad boys, Iron Father Feirros and the Lieutenant from the Recruit Edition

[rare hornet]

I have been tempted to get Feirros, slap on a different helmet and call him my forge lord/siege breaker for HH

[vague halo]

I can see that work

Ive actually just been getting him bc im an Iron Hands simp and his design looks great

But apparently he's decent on tabletop too

[rare hornet]

No clue how he performs, I just know he’s quite popular to make master of the forge tech marines

[tawny topaz]

Those are all amazing

[proud pawn]

Time to paint these darktide minis

[tiny jay]

Mine are still in the mail, I ended up just getting some pre-printed from etsy that a friend reccomended.

[proud pawn]

yeah thats what i got too, but i only got these 3 instead of the whole kit

[bold copper]

so basically this is a modified horus heresy crusade detachment. i'm ok with this

[brisk vapor]

Finished

10 more to go

[ebon mango]

mark III power armor my beloved

[rare hornet]

That's actually Mark VI with a Mark III head and shoulder

[muted token]

This actually makes it really easy to stack bloodthirsters

[errant fulcrum]

Would it be heresy to paint clone troopers in the scheme of iron warriors?

[edgy jackal]

Your dudes. If you think it's fun, go for it.

[rare hornet]

Technically Iron Warriors are already heresy

[errant fulcrum]

Lmao true

[desert drum]

Imperial Fist model I did with the new beakie marine kit

[dry torrent]

My new little house for my guard 🗿

Size

[formal vector]

Now I’m not the best painter, but I think these came out pretty well:

[dry torrent]

You think you Just can post you fig after my BEAUTIFULL WALL OF APOCALYPSE

[formal vector]

I don’t see any imperial fists on that wall!

[dry torrent]

Delet or you are delet

https://tenor.com/view/the-office-office-dwight-schrute-sniper-gif-25130487

[formal vector]

[rare hornet]

They're looking pretty good, I want to grab a knight one day

[formal vector]

I put together an entire Knightly House of four, plus an entire houseguard army using Van Saar and Mechanicus Skitarii bits. With those Ambull filling the role of my Ogryn

I was regularly having to face off against a deathwatch player who liked using me as a punching bag or training dummy for tournaments, whereas I just played to have fun with.

[rare hornet]

Exactly, I prefer to have a narrative element over a competitive list

I mean, I play Iron Warriors, arguably one of the least competitive legions

I've even made part of a story for my warsmith character

[shy wagon]

I like those last two helmets, are they 3D prints? The fly head looks especially filthy

[rare hornet]

That last head is from a venerable dread I think

[silent pasture]

ANOTHER ONE

[median thistle]

theyre from the plague marine set

[formal vector]

Honestly my Guard forces are still my bread and butter. 1st Erusian Guard, Steel Legion doctrine

[median thistle]

thats a big block of butter then

[formal vector]

Two super heavy tanks, six Stygian Destroyers, 1 Chimera, 8 Guard squads

And two Valkyrie

[hearty bear]

Holy shit moon knight

[formal vector]

Nothing makes me happier than going into a game that’s just for fun, and watching three knights take the field

[rare thicket]

Both come with the regular Plague Marines kit actually

[rare thicket]

Anything looks better with paint than without - and that knight is looking pretty good!

[foggy path]

Anyone remember the game Inquisitor from back in the days with the 54mm miniatures? I played it a lot with some friends back when and I made a Nurgle cultist warband. Considering the setting Darktide is set in I thought some of you would appreciate there old guys. Fatshark: I'm a Stockhom resident and if you want to use some of them for inspiration just let me know and I'll drop by the office. 🙂

I also got a squad of guardsmen. Two marines and lots of other figures.

[simple agate]

Pew pew

[pine yacht]

ooh glowy bits

[inland pier]

Shadowsword/Banesword

[bold solstice]

are those third party?

[wet hull]

yes and yes

codex cover is uncovered by logo (if I remember correctly) and hte box is only out for a little bit

[tawdry canopy]

Got one of my Knight Armigers from the Christmas box assembled. Space Marine for scale.

Biggest project I have completed. Took nearly a month from starting assembly to fully painted.

[tiny jay]

The molten bases are dope.

[tawdry canopy]

Thanks!

[marble stag]

Did you make that or order it?

[naive umbra]

The breach looks sick

[granite vapor]

Mordian Super Heavy Detachment sadly my las cannons broke on the shadow sword while moving

[slender zodiac]

Oh they did break
:(

You tried gluing them back on?

[sage idol]

Hey anyone have the new rough rider minis?

I've been thinking about kit bashing them with admech

But I wanna hear for some that has built them before getting any

[brazen notch]

Are they out already?

[granite vapor]

I couldn't find them

[granite vapor]

You can make your own. I used victorian miniatures for lances and anvil industries for curiasses and helmets to make a napoleonic style Lancer

[sage idol]

I mean the horse

[sage idol]

I mean I know they are in the new guard codex

[dry torrent]

I dont exist now but its bigger he have base like primaris motor bike

[dry torrent]

No its order lol i dont have this capacity

[marble stag]

https://tenor.com/view/shades-bitch-where-meme-gif-7409952

where did you order this

[dry torrent]

Its my friends he create that for this space marine but space marine suck so i take this big wall for my guard

https://tenor.com/view/imperial-guard-warhammer40k-astra-militarum-battle-march-march-gif-25117763

I think i add turret or canon on tower

Like this

[slender zodiac]

yoooo its the dow1 heavy bolter turret

[marble stag]

Hot

[sudden notch]

I know what chapter ill paint my sphess marins into

[slender zodiac]

salies?

[sudden notch]

Blood ravens

[slender zodiac]

the magpies
good choice

[sudden notch]

And then proceeds to equip them with shit from other chapters

[slender zodiac]

im still salty that the canotical ending of dow 1 is spess maween victory

fucking magpies

[sudden notch]

Now i know

I get rhino

Paint it partially blood ravens camo

Then small area of ultramarine blue with their icon

[slender zodiac]

or or or or hear me out
paint most of it red
but where the logo would be be half a um and the other half red
they were almost done with repainting it

[sudden notch]

Give captain lysanders thunder hammer

[naive umbra]

It's a cute wall, but needs antigrav hover engines for my Fire Warriors to be really interested

[slender zodiac]

has a severe lack of heavy bolter, hydra, and earthshaker emplacements
and cant fit a baneblade
and you said it was for guard

[muted token]

I've actually been considering just painting some blood ravens where like, you can see other chapters symbols and stuff all over their wargear

Because klepto marines

[brazen notch]

Like the Marines Malevolent

[muted token]

Like, "That's an Ultramarines shoulderpad badly painted red

[brazen notch]

(To some degree the Charcaradons during Badab War)

[muted token]

Or "Are you sure that's your rhino"

"You little shit isn't that guillemans sword"

[sudden notch]

No this is not custodes terminator armour

We discovered it

[muted token]

"Murderfang? never heard of him, have you seen our new power claw dread"

[sudden notch]

And this dark angel sword? Ive had it for years!

No ko thats not grey knight sigil on land raider

[slender zodiac]

bjorn's dreadnought casually painted red

[sudden notch]

Its our reserve companys icon

[muted token]

This could be fun actually

[slender zodiac]

just say the blood ravens are the new deathwatch

stop asking questions inquisitor

yes we are now deathwatch. yes all those random marines are from different chapters

[muted token]

No this is our lost chapter relic

Never heard of the forge hammer

Who's vulkan

[slender zodiac]

no thats not a clone of fulgrym made by fabius bile. thats our new chapter master

[sudden notch]

Sanguine guard? Never heard of those. Did you meet our honour guard?

[muted token]

I need to stop going to general chat and expecting an engaging discussion when I only get "No it's bad*

I will now exist mainly in the fun miniatures channel

[brisk vapor]

muting general on launch day was the best decision

[muted token]

It really is full of people who have maxed one class and assume they know everything, I wouldn't mind it if they actually had played and experienced all the classes levelling (Not just saying that because I've sunk too many hours in and have 4/4 at 30 and 3/4 at close to BiS gear excluding blessings)

[brisk vapor]

yeah lots of self declared experts in there with no sway in their opinions

although can't be bothered with them besides some times saying something silly in between their arguments

[muted token]

I only have 3500+ in VT2 and 350+ in DT, I'm a novice

[brisk vapor]

I only have 175 in DT but all maxed out for a while

[muted token]

Yeah the tide games are kinda my jam

I maxed them all in Pre order xD

I had time off work and just, went ham

[brisk vapor]

same, but VT didn't really snap for me before WoM dropped. Owned it since release but didn't play it for a couple years for some reason

[muted token]

I can't hear you over the sound of how good chaos wastes js

[brisk vapor]

oh that's true

[muted token]

I'm eagerly hoping we get that in DT

[brisk vapor]

by WoM I didn't mean that I'd play weaves

it was shit

just didn't play the game at all

[muted token]

Yeah weaves suck super hard

[sudden notch]

If weaves didnt require leveling up again id try them

[muted token]

I mean if DT gets chaos wastes, don't think I need another 40k shooter?

[sudden notch]

Or its done with disguise of deepest underhive

[muted token]

Yeah the whole, weaves only weapons are the main issue I have with them, the actual weaves aren't amazing but they're not bad

I would actually like the DT chaos wastes to be like "OH SHIT ITS A SPACE HULK"

"THAT SEEMS FUCKY WUCKY BETTER INVESTIGATE"

That'd be sweet

[slender mantle]

hand reveal

[simple agate]

Bet

[slender mantle]

https://tenor.com/view/shocked-gasp-cats-gif-5762916

[eternal gyro]

something gone wrong....

[sudden notch]

https://tenor.com/view/rock-one-eyebrow-raised-rock-staring-the-rock-gif-22113367

[plush swift]

Yes, seems you're missing the rest of the flamer

[slender mantle]

Hand reveal

[simple agate]

Almost finished

[slender mantle]

Straight up that wash

[simple agate]

Don't worry it's empty ;-; I need more, hopefully the hobby stores open Christmas 🥴

[hearty bear]

Good fucking luck finding any

[simple agate]

It's alright I'll just use Vallejo sepia if all else fails 🥴🥴🥴

[plush swift]

you can make it pretty easy too

genuine sepia is super easy to make too

you just need to get a cuttlefish and squeeze its ink sack a bunch

[simple agate]

😂😂😂

[visual cliff]

How hard is it too learn airbrushing?

[dry torrent]

Hello all heretic

[tawny topaz]

I finished putting the robots together

[plush swift]

Easy for base coating, hard for high detail, but its only considered hard because you need to build up muscle memory for it

[silent pasture]

Them plasmas Bright

[silent pasture]

Best robots

[brisk siren]

eviscerators go brrrrr

[tawny topaz]

Yes

[silent pasture]

Damn they're... exposed

[eternal gyro]

The upper part is shit :c

[rare hornet]

They're looking good

[slate hill]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/909465022839791616/1055873135485927595/IMG_20221223_163708.jpg
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/909465022839791616/1055873135804698695/IMG_20221223_163728.jpg
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/909465022839791616/1055873136060547162/IMG_20221223_163743.jpg
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/909465022839791616/1055873136442220625/IMG_20221223_163751.jpg

Trying out a nice silver primer, very noice

[dusty nimbus]

Lord solar proxy, Sandbag is just there to prop it up for the picture. And a little shovel

[tawny topaz]

Thanks

[round crystal]

Tossed some magnets on my wife’s eldar, xenos scum

[hazy meadow]

Tried priming for the first time today. I see some spots are more grey than the wraithbone prime, so they probably weren’t hit good enough. Should I do another coating, or does it look okay?

I also mightve overdone it, like I said first time, new to all things crafty lol

[naive umbra]

Looks good to me for a primer coat.

Just finished assembling my Breacher Team. Now just gotta get some sand on the bases and prime up for painting

[muted token]

Primer seems fine, all primer is, is a layer of paint that paint sticks to better than the plastic

That sentence made sense shut up

[naive umbra]

I asked Kairos Fateweaver if that made sense and he said "No" "Yes"

[muted token]

We should always never listen to that guygirl

[hazy meadow]

if there are any areas not coated as well should i do another coating? hard to get a good picture of it with my lighting but there are some almost plastic areas

[muted token]

He she is always accurate wrong

[hazy meadow]

You can kind of see the chain mail isn’t as primed if at all

[muted token]

I mean, you can if you want, nothing wrong with it, but be careful not to lose detail with thick primer

Just do like, a quick sshhhttzzzzppp

[hazy meadow]

My favorite unit

[naive umbra]

I tend to do my first primer coat held in my hand so I can tilt and get into obscured areas, but yeah like above you don't wanna get too close/thick and lose detail

[muted token]

(look I'm going slightly insane right now but I'm not wrong)

Blightlords are pretty great

[hazy meadow]

I’ve got this guy for later

[muted token]

Not as cool as plague toads of nurgle though

Back when they were a thing

[hazy meadow]

But I want to make sure I can paint well enough before I tackle morty

[muted token]

You probably wanna paint Morty in sub assemblies

He's got a lot of crap that gets covered by other crap

[hazy meadow]

Yea unfortunately I didn’t think about it until the wings were ready to come on

The wings and the other nurglings I have off but

[muted token]

I mean, you can take it apart fairly easily

[naive umbra]

That at least seems manageable to paint as is

[muted token]

Just, firm not hard

Or there's stuff that you can get that like weakens glue

I'd personally have left the arms off

[naive umbra]

Few tricky bits with the hanging parts, but nothing you can't work around

[muted token]

But that doesn't seem too bad

[hazy meadow]

I can't even draw a stick figure so itll be an experience. I think I'll at least try to paint the terminators and some regular plague marines before I attempt anything with him anyways

[muted token]

Death guard are good for first tries

Because if you don't thin paint enough and it looks all goopy

[naive umbra]

With models like that as long as you paint from deeper spots outwards, you're not likely to ruin anything you've already done.

[muted token]

Free detailing

[naive umbra]

The most likely spots you'll accidentally get paint on the model you don't want is the chains, so the chains are an exception to that rule. It's easier to paint all around the chain parts first, then do the underneath without getting any on the chain

Mortarion is a very popular model though, so you'll be able to find plenty of paint tutorials to watch for it

[tawny topaz]

What colors do people typically use for blood? I know the obvious answer is red but I know there’s different shades

[naive umbra]

There's a citadel technical "Blood for the Blood God" that is pretty great for blood

[muted badge]

so, i had two dumb ideas for miniatures/sets of minis
-Armiger Freeblade with a huge Ion Shield and Power Sword held by gauntlets
-Astra Militarum army, but they're all made of LEGO

which sounds worse?

[naive umbra]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TRBq7GVnJM

You can check this vid out, shows how it looks pretty well

[tawny topaz]

I’ll check it out since I plan on ordering some more paints soon, thanks

[naive umbra]

I'm tempted to say the first one is worse, just coz I really wanna see your LEGO Guard haha

[tawny topaz]

That looks amazing

[muted badge]

also i asked a family member to get me a Questoris Knight for Christmas as well as a few modifications, but they only got the base one, so imma just work with that

maybe i can try making it akin to my knight in that one mobile game?

(which i installed a cracked version with infinite resources because i just wanted to make a cool looking knight)

[dry torrent]

My new discovered a box in very good condition of a squad of arbites

the figurines not built and in perfect condition 🗿

[round crystal]

[vocal imp]

Recent finishes

[dry torrent]

I find this CHAD COMMISSAR

[muted token]

That's from waaaay back when commissars could have actual boltguns

Don't quote me on this but I'm pretty sure they're limited to bolt pistols now? I don't really play guard

[dry torrent]

NOOOOO

is can use laser pistol. Plasma pistol, hot shot pistol , bolter pistol

[dry torrent]

What is that

AOS 30k 40k ?

[tranquil elk]

both i guess. made it from a few models

[dry torrent]

So is not gameworshop ?

[tranquil elk]

its made from gamesworkshop models yes. celestine and i dont remember the name of the other main one and then some bits i had

[dry torrent]

https://tenor.com/view/heresy-detected-gif-25567321

[muted token]

MUST BE OFFICIAL GW KIT ASSEMBLED EXACTLY AS THE INSTRUCTIONS SAY OR YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PLAY WITH US IN OUR CLUB HOUSE

[tranquil elk]

damn, you will really hate my marine army XD

[muted token]

I was pretending to be a TO

I genuinely 3d print everything

I have genuinely been spoken to like that by TOs before

I just wanted to use my cool MK3 iron warriors I made

THEY HAVE SATURNINE TERMIES WITH THE SHOULDERS

Yeah I'm salty

[dry torrent]

What ?

[muted token]

I paraphrased a TO as a joke, I don't think it landed

[plush swift]

I DONT COMPLY LOOK AT MY KITBASH

[dry torrent]

No is on rule you can use EVERY pistol guard and one hand weapon like chainsow power sword power axe etc

[muted token]

Yknow what, never mind I'll stop making jokes

[dry torrent]

NEVER JOKE WHIT COMMISSAR

[plush swift]

No keep doing it

[dry torrent]

https://tenor.com/view/40k-commissar-chainsword-gif-19397214

[muted token]

Just I think people assumed I was being serious

[plush swift]

I knew you werent, only GW and dumbass TOs talk like that

[muted token]

To be fair, I am pretty wiped, just got off a boat

Because, sure I wanna go to Shetland

Why not

She lied

[dry torrent]

https://tenor.com/view/confused-wth-wtf-really-meme-gif-17151805

[plush swift]

what kind of boat?

[muted token]

I don't know one with an engine and goes in the water

[plush swift]

ahh, so a floating one then

[muted token]

Yep

[plush swift]

Good because the other type is sinking

[muted token]

Definitely floated

[plush swift]

the sinking kind is very wet

a sinking boat is just a future submarine

[muted token]

I mean, yeah I actually can't argue with that

I don't want to say you're right but you aren't wrong

[plush swift]

it just will never surface again

[muted token]

But what if we take the ocean

and push it somewhere else

[plush swift]

then its a wheelless carriage

[muted token]

The ocean?

Pretty sure it's a large body of water

[plush swift]

It carries fish and doesnt have wheels

[muted token]

So it's a bucket

[plush swift]

Yes

The ocean is a bucket

or is the earth a bucket?

[slender zodiac]

earth is a wet rock

[shy epoch]

I got a starter set and some stuff for painting after I finish with these where’s a good place to find more

[rare thicket]

This is the way

Sanguinius has been sitting on my shelf for two years, I should give him a pop later today tbh

[slender zodiac]

big mood

[silent pasture]

wip
literally im painting it as we speak

[silent pasture]

So far

[brazen silo]

First model

Most recent

[tawny topaz]

How’s he looking? I’m pretty proud of the face, bones on the helmet and the cloth that has the agrax earthshade

I hate the base so badly though, gotta cover it up

[vagrant pier]

Im doing 10 more btw

[slender zodiac]

that mug be looking heretical

[plush swift]

if its not a golden skull, its heretical though

[naive umbra]

My Earth Caste engineers appear to be developing a new prototype weapon

Should be ready for deployment in a few tau'cyrs

[verbal swan]

My first mini

[compact umbra]

The chadest faction

[gritty topaz]

Two squads ready for the table

[slender mantle]

hand reveal

[twilit cliff]

Oh nice, hopefully ill paint some gretchin today too

I made these a while ago

[cinder nebula]

I miss my old school Tau stealth suits.

[prime scarab]

https://youtu.be/8TiqiOexD-8

Lets sing

[vagrant pier]

Yes

[twin fable]

Got a new phone. Still no paints or proper hobby tools, but now Djarqa looks better on camera.

[full karma]

Been a couple years since i've painted.

[tawny topaz]

Thanks, yours are great

[twilit cliff]

Aw thanks

Still haven't started painting 😛

[atomic rose]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/537694606368964608/1056190226164355072/ob999vtsao781.jpg

Have happy holidays everyone!

[compact umbra]

WoOo

[shy epoch]

Are there only the patrol kits and individual kits for tyranids I’m looking for collecting not an army

[naive umbra]

I think most of the "Start Collecting" line are slowly being phased out for Combat Patrol

[pastel grotto]

Yes

[naive umbra]

At least with a quick Google I could find a few for sale in local stores. Doesn't seem too rare for now.

[shy epoch]

Couldn’t find a tyranid patrol set at my local store should I try online?

[naive umbra]

Online is probably your best bet.

[naive umbra]

Finished putting sand on all my infantry bases. Pretty sure I got a little high off all the superglue fumes 🤪

[tawny topaz]

Tau?

[light hatch]

Yeahhh! FOR THE GREATER GOOD!

[naive umbra]

[muted token]

No

There will be no space weaboos

Purge them all

[high star]

Didn't want to paint a bunch of black, so I did something a little different

[steel elbow]

Other side of shelf will have my tyranid army when its done

[compact umbra]

thatss uepr cool!

[steel elbow]

The horde will grow this christmas

[dry torrent]

You dont paint you fig ?

[river ivy]

i do, just have a lot that i have to paint

[dry torrent]

First paint the baneblade

Is the most important things of thé WORLD

[pastel grotto]

O ye

[plush swift]

Incorrect, titans are

Titans > baneblade

[dry torrent]

Shadowsword>titan

[plush swift]

Void shield > shadow sword

[dry torrent]

Two shoot of shadow sword > everything of the univers

[plush swift]

Multiple void shield > two shadow swords

[tawny topaz]

I finally finished putting all my minis together I bought recently

Gotta prime them soon, but I still don’t feel confident enough to paint so I’ll keep practicing on my orks

[barren vessel]

slap chop em

guides for it are on YT. very fast paint method that produces superb results.

[tawny topaz]

I could try

It’s not a method I heard of before but I found a couple vids

[shrewd gust]

just finished painting my first ever mini, what y'all think?

[barren vessel]

you can get really good results while managing 15min/model

[tawny topaz]

Seems very simple

[barren vessel]

it is

[spark peak]

I can now run a proper 2k list without spamming Legionaries

[barren vessel]

dude i love the tracer round every 5th cartridge on the belts

[cerulean smelt]

Oh that's such a cool detail

[tall swan]

I was stoked to see some Steel Legion rep in the game, I’ve been running some Armageddon-adjacent Guard as my Kill Team for a little while now.

[plush swift]

its just multitoned dry brushing with a fancy name from a youtuber

[tawny topaz]

Ahhhhh alright

[plush swift]

multitoned dry brush then you ignore hobby paint mentality and actually use transparent paints

Ive been doing this for a decade and everyone keeps telling me "this is the wrong way to do things"... Then a youtuber does it and its correct

[floral wind]

Which model is that?

[cerulean rose]

W

[obsidian fjord]

Horus Heresy Lion El Johnson model

[floral wind]

Ahh looks dope

also thank u

[obsidian fjord]

Np, it's a really cool model

[simple agate]

Nothing better then drinking too much and painting models....might seshout some darktide 😩

[smoky vapor]

Got my hands on a majorkill krork, was a lot of fun to paint, stompa as well. Love painting orks.

[floral wind]

Looks sick! Cant wait for mine to arrive

[naive umbra]

All sand bases now primed, I can finally start painting them

[tight pumice]

Did all this during a loading screen.

[floral wind]

What game took that long to load?

[tight pumice]

Darktide

[floral wind]

Fairs xD

Looks neat tho

[tight pumice]

Thanks. "slapchop" undercoat and contrasts with some layering up. Super quick. Im actually at about 2 in a day.

[smoky vapor]

Fun pic of ghaz against my mates guard, was not a good day for them.

Like a really not good day.

[torpid niche]

Anyone got any advice for starting a collection?

[smoky vapor]

You got a faction in mind?

[torpid niche]

Want start my mini collection sometime next year and nl idea where to start

I do like the Astra militarum

The everyday Joe military fighting super OP opponents

[smoky vapor]

That's a good point, guard are hardy lads considering the world they live in.

[torpid niche]

I only know of like 2 armys(?) Of them the one in the jungle and the death korp krige

[tight pumice]

I suggest picking up a small box of troops and see if you'd like putting together and painting many of them afterwards

[smoky vapor]

^

[torpid niche]

Fair fair

Tried many years ago but it was terrible timing. First bought the space wolves around 2014 but I got shipped out to deployment

[smoky vapor]

Also if you've got a hobby shop near you, its easy to find other people that can help choose things to start with as well. Teach you the game and other hobby stuff. 40k has a good community for it.

But yeah what Han said, I started with just a box of Ork boyz and went from there myself.

[torpid niche]

Nice. Currently in Layton/clearfield utah and been watching battle reports and reading the darktide game.

Long time friend pushed me to actually start an army lol

[tight pumice]

there's a lot of vocal hate for 40k as a game online, but it's honestly nowhere near as bad as you'll read. Im super new and having a blast.
For a low buy-in: Krieg Kill Team.

[smoky vapor]

Yeah you get good value for the krieg team, cool models too.

[torpid niche]

I'm researching more militarum sub armies other than the jungle one and krieg

[tight pumice]

I started with Kill Team. Once I bought most of the teams and played many games, I started to look at 40k and got hooked

[smoky vapor]

I've only been doing the tabletop for about a year, tried to start when I was younger but nobody was into it where I lived. Had chaos back then but I never really grew attached to them.

[torpid niche]

WW1 or Vietnam astras lol

[smoky vapor]

Steel Legion are a fun Astra regiment.

[torpid niche]

Aren't they the ones who say "iron with iron without" or something like that?

[tight pumice]

keep in mind, they're your plastic army and you can paint them however you want.

[smoky vapor]

^

[torpid niche]

Omfg.... thank you

[smoky vapor]

You can choose to follow a scheme or go nuts, theres no real rules on paint style.

[torpid niche]

Was a little worried about like a community unwritten rule

Lmao

[smoky vapor]

Nah, like I've got friends that paint their orks however but run them under Bad Moons klan rules. It's perfectly fine to be creative.

[tight pumice]

I dont care about lore, so I create my own faction fashion and run with whatever factions fit my play style

[smoky vapor]

I play goffs because I like rushing and brawling.

[torpid niche]

I... am... in love now

[tight pumice]

My CSM are Red Corsairs cause I kinda like how they just hang out trolling the Imperium

[smoky vapor]

Red Corsairs...that's Huron's crew isn't it?

[tight pumice]

yup. Dont even run him cause I have no bikers. But some of the strats are super piratey to use

[smoky vapor]

Huron would make a better warmaster.

[tight pumice]

Abby is kind of a punk anyways, from what Ive read.

[smoky vapor]

Still have an old Abby steelcast model somewhere.

[torpid niche]

Wow found the Chem dogs

[tight pumice]

I like the memery of Alpha Legion though. But you have to be super sure of what you're doing to pull of the strats

[torpid niche]

Thugs of the God emperors? Hell yeah!

I'll just paint them to be akin to Chem dogs but I'll find some current book to use the numbers

If that makes sense

[smoky vapor]

Yo I saw someone doing conversions of militarum models into the cultists from darktide, that was cool as hell.

[tight pumice]

the problem Ive run into with being super new (6 months in) is that everything is interesting and looks fun.
I picked up the Sisters battle force and can't wait to make it my main army. They're going to be the Sisters of Sigmar. They believe the Emperor is Sigmar reborn.

That way I can pick up some Stormcast for kitbashing and conversions

[smoky vapor]

That’s actually a cool idea

[torpid niche]

I love hearing the lore of homebrew armies

Saw a YouTube video of someone turning their sisters into a punk rock version with bikes and flamers

[torpid niche]

Any books or codexes you guys recommend for a starting army?

[hazy meadow]

First time ever painting anything in my life. Any ridicules to help me improve? I already made the rust less blaring and better blended but besides that

I also know i need to make the contrast green i used more smooth

[hard sand]

Awesome sword

[true fjord]

MERRY CHRISTMAS PRAISE THE EMPEROR!!!

[edgy jackal]

One of the tips I read a while ago for beginning mini painters is to paint within the lines before trying to paint outside the lines. Try to get the armor panels and trim to be distinct from one another, focus on brush control.

[barren vessel]

man every time i see another chaos marine it makes me want to do chaos marines more

like tacticool iron warriors in a more blackish scheme.

or some khorne berserkers

and also grots

[turbid meadow]

I painted my first model today

I'm gamin'

I'm truly the Warhammer 40k now

[slow egret]

is-IS THAT A XENOS?!?

[turbid meadow]

No sir they are a simple skitarii making their way in the world

[slow egret]

ah carry on then lmao

pretty good for your first model tho @turbid meadow

[grave wyvern]

https://tenor.com/view/rsx4-gif-21328683

[plush swift]

Don't leave the brush soaking in liquid, it kills the brush. Also leave them to dry flat.

[quiet stump]

I also want to do that but the CSM models I feel don’t fit the aesthetic of the iron warriors so I’ll probably do a primaris marine army painted like the iron warriors using the imperial fist doctrine

[muted token]

This is one of the creepiest things I've seen in a while

and I fucking love it

[bold copper]

very solid update of an old classic

[plush swift]

Any other ways to paint chaos space marines to look khorne-y?

[marble sorrel]

I need someone to take a pic of their basilisk if they have one

I need fire support later tonight 😫

[barren vessel]

3d printa

[quiet stump]

Me no got

Expensive

I think it’d be funnier to do what I said and upset the imperial fist fans

After all iron warriors are superior to imperial fists

[rare thicket]

A tip for a cheaper painting experience - when highlighting, honestly just mix the base colour with white. Looks good on most things.

[atomic rose]

That is just color theory. And not always white. For example greens are better lightened with yellows. So are most reds, unless you want to make it pink.

[hazy meadow]

Ignoring all the other mistakes on my first paint attempt I posted last night, do you think just a base death guard green would look better than the contrasted green? It seems really pooly in areas and light in the others. I did forget to mix with a medium so I’m not sure if that would make it look as smooth as a base would or if the base would just be cleaner

[atomic rose]

Contrast paints are supposed to work that way. They pool and created darker tones the receses and only tone the white primer on the high points. As a result, it will generaly look splotchy. Used that way, they are supposed to give you mediocre looking miniature quickly. You trade off control and precision for speed and convenience. Standard paints will generaly give you more solid colors (may need more coats), but you need to place the shadows and highlights yourself.

That being said, yours does look weirdly splotchy, even for contrast paints. You are supposed to kinda move the paint where you want it, if it pools in weird places.

[plush swift]

contrast paints are transparent, the more layers you apply the darker it gets, so if the initial coat is splotchy, it will always be splotchy

transparent paint is an insanely useful tool when used correctly, the problem is there is a major learning curve with them, hence why lazy painting methods exist for contrast paints

its mainly just undercoating

[plush swift]

its sort of color theory. color mixing is around less than 1% color theory as weird than it sounds, the majority of color theory is a study of physics and chemistry(IE mixing red and green pigments to make a blue as thats highly unconventional and has to do with human color perception and colors that arent real). Even the entry level color theory books will be primarily about the physics of light. Weirdly enough, white is only part of the high-low chroma and not really much else.

Its honestly one of the more interesting things I had to study in school.

the end result is just knowing how to mix colors, its really bizarre

[hazy meadow]

Yea I moved it as best as I could but I think I might’ve had too much on brush OR because I didn’t mix with contrast medium. Might just stick with a base paint for now seeing as I’m looking for a cleaner look

[plush swift]

adding in contrast medium will just dilute the color and cause the same issue

[torpid niche]

What is a kill team in regards to table top?

Is it a faster version of the normal game?

[plush swift]

No, its a fair bit different in a lot of ways.

wargear is a major thing in killteam while its lesser in the main one, plus a lot of the rules are different

[torpid niche]

Ahh gotcha

Just shopping around for my first astra militarum army to buy and build

[plush swift]

for the most part the models work in 40k, i dont play kill team so I cant 100% say they do, just know a lot do

[visual turret]

got some votann friends for christmas

painting them like some familiar faces....

[wide canyon]

The grandfather is most pleased

[ornate bramble]

Open to suggestions for which configuration I should make

[pastel grotto]

fuck it, stolt gun.

[plush swift]

All the above

[pastel grotto]

Melta gun

[ornate bramble]

I'm torn between melta gun or magnetizing all three

[cerulean smelt]

What's magnetizing exactly?

I've heard of it a few times but I dont know what it is

[visual turret]

exactly as the name sounds iirc

fitting magnets to allow things like rotation or hotswapping

some people do it to their knights for articulation, for example

others to tanks for barrel rotation for posing

[visual turret]

Trying to decide for a wash/shade - nuln oil comes to mind, perhaps

[atomic rose]

Nuln oil does not really work on bright colors. Use some brown/orange wash instead.

[visual turret]

I don’t have many

Trying to think

[wooden dock]

Sweatshirts and Warhammer for Christmas

[atomic rose]

You can make your own "wash". Just dilute the paint a lot. It will work similarly.

If you do not have Agrax earthshade, just take some brown paint and dilute it about 4-5:1 with water. Test it on your fingernail and if it is translucent, you are golden. Carefully apply that to the recesses.

[visual turret]

Oh I have agrax I’m stupid

It’s not one of my taller pots so I missed it

Oh yeah Agrax really makes that look better

grubby-s up the armour perfectly

[lilac moth]

how the fuck do i paint kroot

my brain is having hard time understanding this shit -.-'

[mild flare]

Just opened my first lot of paint, someone tell me what this is for?

[pliant kite]

Mostly to remove the mold lines on your minis usually if I'm not mistaken

[tepid field]

For scraping of mould lines. Not an amazing tool but safer than using a knife and GW probably put them in there so kids don’t hurt themselves and parents sue GW.

[floral wind]

I think its pretty nifty with practice

[tepid field]

Nuln oil looks better on metallics. Nuln oil gloss works ok. I used a 50/50 mix on my ravens.

[naive umbra]

A trick I've seen with Nuln oil if you just want to get it in the panel lines without dirtying the panels. Use a brush with just water to fill the cracks with water, then load up with nuln and touch the tip of your brush to the water line. The Nuln then flows along the line with the magic of osmosis/fluid dynamics giving you a nice detailed panel like but keeping the panel itself clean

[tepid field]

Of which I will find a photo eventually.

[visual turret]

I mean i kinda wanna go for a dirtier look

[visual turret]

making 4 of my 10 Hearthkyn warriors the deep rock dwarves, and Driller i'm expecting to be a grimy dirty armoured lad

god i wish I could paint that well

[naive umbra]

Otherwise yeah, agrax is your go to for grimy detail

[naive umbra]

I don't usually like marines for some reason but these are pretty fancy

[tepid field]

Yeah agrax is great for a dirty look. I just don’t love it on metal which should have a slight dark oil look.

[naive umbra]

Yeah, nuln great for metal

[tepid field]

I don’t either. 😂It was a little speed paint project. Grab all the cheap easy to build units and paint them up over a week for a display in by hobby room.

A very easy paint scheme.

[naive umbra]

Nice. It's something about the huge shoulders that normally gets me. A bit too "Blood Bowl" for my tastes, but you did a great job

I say that, but then picked T'au who are all about having one huge shoulder plate, so don't look for consistent internal logic in my tastes 😂

[tepid field]

🙏

Haha

[limber widget]

There is an chance that I gonna try to make an simple imperial titan with my mom

Perhaps an Chaos titan

Im more of an Chaos fan

[vagrant pier]

What mini is that

[tepid field]

Its a larger scale mini, the Wrath by Black Crow minis, and I just noticed now when I uploaded the photos it cropped them. That's annoying

https://imgur.com/gallery/tu0kVXV

I got clever with some effects paints and made the base myself. Black crow makes some great stuff. I did another mini by them as my lock down project a couple of years back.

[vagrant pier]

Ty it looks cool af

[naive umbra]

Fireblade assembled. I really like this model, looks great

[hearty bear]

Thinking of painting novokh necrons, can somebody give me a list of the paints I need?

[tawny topaz]

I put down some astrogranite on an ork base then put some corax white like a snow affect, dunno how well my camera picked it up

[brazen notch]

This GWs like apparent recommendation for it

[rare thicket]

Those would problaly work with highlights to be fair

[knotty walrus]

I have same colour scheme except instead of bronze I use nuln oil I also use evil sun's scarlet as a highlighter. The gree though I would add moot as well

[brazen notch]

ill post the highlights too

[atomic rose]

To replicate the thing in the picture, you're gonna need red, orange, dark and light green, bright and dark silver, copper, obviously black and white and probably black and brown wash. Does not have to be citadel paints.

Try learning how to identify colors used in the picture, rather than relying on guides, that are not always what is actualy used to get the results in the pictures. It will open other paints brands to you as well as an added bonus.

[rare thicket]

It might work for sure - I would personally use some additional highlights

[rare thicket]

Shadowvaults killteam?

[knotty walrus]

The reason I don't use warpstone is because it didn't exist when I first started and I'm not repainting nearly 5k worth of suff

[atomic rose]

This is exactly ma point proven. 🙂 The red highlights clearly go to pure orange, greens occasionaly go up to pure white. And there is a huge difference between the gun silver and body silver, yet the guide for them is the same.

[rare thicket]

Did my Kasrkin like this (basing was WIP when I took the picture)

[knotty walrus]

Nah cryptek that came in one if multi boxes

[rare thicket]

Thought he only came with the shadowvaults set!

[knotty walrus]

Maybe now but this is a model I've had for a few years 😅

[knotty walrus]

Impressive work though

[rare thicket]

Thank you!

[limber widget]

No that is more the iron warriors space marine legion who. Say that and they are part of the amry of chaos not really imperial guard

[muted token]

IRON WITHIN IRON WITHOUT

#FuckDorn

[limber widget]

Iron within Iron without brother

[limber widget]

https://youtu.be/ph_IvjfSw-w

Best tribute

Same for the night lords

[muted token]

I am really considering instead of starting another 2k army printing just going up to 4k of IW

[limber widget]

With midnight messiah

[muted token]

Print more and more vindicators

[limber widget]

Nice

[muted token]

Because that new detachment means I can just run terminator's and tanks

[limber widget]

I like the night lords and iron warriors lore

[muted token]

Which sounds super fun

I specifically dislike Conrad kurze

[limber widget]

I see

[muted token]

He's so edgy even thinking about him nakes me bleed

That joke makes sense fuck you

[limber widget]

Lol

But he is basically a victim of his own vissions he basically he foresaw the horus heresy when he met horus for the first time

[muted token]

It just makes him kind of uninteresting to me, because it's literally his entire personality

[limber widget]

He even beged his brother sanguinius to. Kill him to. Be free from his tortured mind

[muted token]

Kinda proving my point

[limber widget]

Yea

[rare hornet]

I have been summoned

[muted token]

I was wondering when you would notice

[dusty nimbus]

Working on this, I decided to get rid of the gunners seat (To me it looks stupid). But I now want/need to have an artillery lanyard, Does Anyone know where I should attach one?

[hearty bear]

What site is this ma brotha

[atomic rose]

Citadel colour phone app

[lilac moth]

I both love and hate that app. Makes keeping inventory of what you have so easy. While also giving easy access to standard color schemes. But at the same time it allows wishlisting and anytime you visit a shop that stocks citadel colors, you simply go broke...

[compact umbra]

About to get some horus heresy minis

[lilac moth]

Seems kinda fitting for heretic brain power

[compact umbra]

Really any 40k character brain power

/30k

The only characters that actually made a good decision is those who don’t want to associate with the imperium or chaos lmao

[lilac moth]

Where are my "Amish Marine Legion"?!

"Fuck Horus and fuck daddy E, lets go farm some potatoes and shit with efficiency never seen in the galactic history!"

[compact umbra]

Caliban lmao

Except add monster hunter to it

[lilac moth]

Just imagine how good farmers space marines would make... "No need for tractor, we have Steve! He once shoveled a field for 3 months non stop!"

[compact umbra]

A hand full of fallen are literally doing that and it’s great

[atomic rose]

I used to like it. Then I realized they often straight up lie in their recipes. So I learned how to recognize the paints (or at least close proximatons) by myself.

[lilac moth]

Aint battleforces basically just bulk buy discount in a box?

X% cheaper than getting the figs in their own boxes?

[edgy jackal]

They have some of the best value for money out of 40k sets, but quite a few of them also include a big centerpiece, which may not be ideal for a beginner.

[plush swift]

I got a bunch of models for Christmas and zoned out to building my goreblade warbands

So any tips for painting flesh? And maybe blood splatters?

[plush swift]

Flesh is easy, you start off with a mix of burnt umber and orange, then slowly add in white, mix a little yellow ochre in for more variances like asian, etc. ultramarine violet is great for shading too. blood is tricky, for the easiest just get PR177 anthraquinone red or PR264 Diketopyrollopyrolle rubine(sometimes called synthetic carmine) and just believe it looks like blood.

You can also do the PBr25 benzimidazolone brown mix, but thats hard to find

[tiny jay]

Citadel have “blood for the blood god” in the technical range that’s pretty good too.

[errant fulcrum]

Blood for the blood god also makes for a good red lens glow

[plush swift]

blood for the blood god is also just anthraquinone red in a gloss medium for an insanely huge mark up

[plush swift]

Okay sick

I'll update y'all as I finish them

Oh and I also got all my ultramarines done as well

Just gotta base them

[arctic sierra]

i must say
i am heavily disappointed in the lack of Bayonets available in the Cadia Stands Boxset

[jade junco]

I play this game

What a great game

[obsidian tapir]

Contemptor that I recently painted

[bold copper]

Very nice

[sudden notch]

New white scar box looking dope

[floral wind]

Finally completed my first miniature. Not perfect by any means but it's practice in the making also apologies for the camera quality

[unreal chasm]

I like the new field gun, I really do. But I hate that for 20 years GW and BL pretended there were no field pieces other than Basilisks. But suddenly they will pretend like these smaller field pieces have always been a part of the lore.

[dusty nimbus]

Yeah

[scenic gust]

I want the minis and big emphasis on maybe play tabletop, do the minis become obsolete will I have to buy new ones or something like that?

[glacial panther]

is the ig 9th edition out yet or is that only with pre ordering that one box

very new and wanted to get their codex and apparently the 9th is out but i can’t figure out where to buy it and don’t want to buy the old one just for the new one to come out immediately

[naive umbra]

Not out yet from what I can see. You can tell by the logo. 9th ed stuff has the red white and blue logo

Older will be this

[glacial panther]

i see, thank you

there was just a bunch of reviews on it that i saw

i guess pre-release

[naive umbra]

I was actually quite confused when I was checking out the Guard on the 40k site, since they don't seem to have any standard "infantry squad" boxes, which to me seems like it should be the bread and butter of the Guard. All they have is special units, like Cadian Shock Troops (with Cadia Stands box) or Catachan Jungle Fighters, or if you look to FW line then they have the Krieg squad. But no regular guardsman infantry box.

[glacial panther]

yeah it was confusing for me too lol

[sudden notch]

https://youtu.be/foNgNSaNr4U

White scars had me laughing

Bikes

Just bikes

[hearty bear]

Your imagination is far too broad

You need to think small when it comes to the white scars

[sudden notch]

"Can i have bike too father?"
"No you are too fat"

[hearty bear]

r o g a l

[plush swift]

Just bikes is so thematic

I love it

[sudden notch]

The captain will need to jog after them

[plush swift]

I thought Kor’sarro Khan had decent movement for on foot

[sudden notch]

I dont know

[plush swift]

I like the Imperial Fist box because of all the gravis armor

I really like the gravis

[sudden notch]

Wonder why you cant mount him on bike

[plush swift]

Because his model

He doesn’t have a bike model

He used to though in the past

[sudden notch]

I want blood raven box with multiple psykers

Ultramarine box seemed really unintresting

Matt ward surely will rechoice

[cloud gorge]

Hey, that's a good looking first mini

[sudden notch]

Im still torn on what i wanna paint my space marines as

I like scars bikes, i like iron hands as chapter but like blood raven colour scheme

[cloud gorge]

For your entertainment, here are my very first miniatures ever, painted over 14 or so years ago

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/750582430414536754/767367780633935873/20201018_144534.jpg

Best part is the half paint-covered decal and the "freehand" one

Different times

[sudden notch]

Howdo you make decals?

[cloud gorge]

You use them from the transfer sheet, if you have one

[sudden notch]

Are they like tiny stickers?

[floral wind]

basically

[cloud gorge]

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/h2UAAOSwpspbdRmw/s-l640.jpg

They look like this and work like those temporary tattoos you probably got as a kid

[floral wind]

speaking of what solution do you need to apply them or is it simply water?

[cloud gorge]

Water is mostly enough, just keep them soaked a bit. If you're super serious, there's some sort of decal solution

Nowadays I just use water and cover it with one or two layers of varnish of choice after it's dry (satin, mostly)

There's also this guid video with helpful tips in the comments. They mention vinegar there, which seems worth a try

https://youtu.be/Y2N9PTCsuJw

[sudden notch]

About painting. Is some layer spray mandatory or can you just go straight with normal paint

[cloud gorge]

You mean priming? It's not really neccessary, but if you handle the miniatures around a lot it does help. Goobertown hobbies did an (insane) durability test

[floral wind]

Thank you much appreciated

[cloud gorge]

If you have 7 minutes to spare or simply are curious, here's a video on the topic. Great channel btw for learning about the hobby, not just how to paint

https://youtu.be/WS4bOtXeKGI

[brazen notch]

GW recently said that its not necessary, you can use Base Paint immediately on the plastic but you need to carefully build up the thin coats for it to work

[tawny topaz]

Anyone know who would be a good HQ for adeptus mechanicus? I wanna do belisarius but idk actual specifics of him and the rest

[compact umbra]

Honestly, they are all pretty good, most people I see run the fat guy, cawl, and the marshal if they have alot of skitarii

But they all are pretty good

[tawny topaz]

I was thinking of running a lot of heavy, tank type of shooters and some fast melee units

I know HQs typically try and support what’s around them?? Still new to the gameplay mechanics of it a bit

[plush swift]

Primer doesnt help protect the plastic at all or paint at all, I can provide sources for this actually. Lots of them

heat from the hands causes damage too, so the temp of your hands will in fact invalidate all results

[brisk snow]

Hey guys, just picked this up, starting the journey. Not forming official armies yet. Just saw stuff I liked the appeal of and went for it.

[tawny topaz]

nuns with guns, one of the coolest lol

[grizzled jolt]

Painted up my first ogryn. It's also the first time I have painted non-green skin.

[turbid meadow]

That's fire

[brisk snow]

Very well done!

[turbid meadow]

I just finished my 8th mini and I think I'm getting the hang of this

[brisk snow]

I really like the weathering on the armor/gun

[turbid meadow]

I'm never painting faces again I don't know how you guys do it

[brisk snow]

No one likes painting faces xD

[turbid meadow]

+1 on the weathering, the mag on that gun is amazing

Anyone have tips for bases? Or should I just.. pour glue on one and rub dirt in it

[brisk snow]

Look up some guides for bases that you want to imitate! That's my best tip.

[atomic rose]

That really depends on what base you want. Glue and dirt definitely works. If you want something more fancy, there are guides all over the internet.

If you happen to have a 3D printer or know someone who has one, there are tons of gorgeous bases out there as well.

[ornate bramble]

Raptors chapter?

[turbid meadow]

Cool thanks

[turbid meadow]

I didn't plan on having it be raptors but the color scheme does kinda match!

Someone gave me a bunch of camo paints and I wanted to try using them, since I'm new to painting minis

I have these, and then 6 citadel paints from the Necron starter set

[grizzled jolt]

thank you

[grizzled jolt]

thank you

[atomic rose]

My little exercise in painting skin is going well I think

[muted token]

Is that based on kerrigan

Because it's giving me super Queen of Blades vibes

[atomic rose]

I have not made the file, but I can't deny the resemblance

[plush swift]

Slaanesh?

One of my bfs is into slaanesh. Any tips I can send his way? He's newer than me

[low cape]

first time back painting since battle of macragge days

[atomic rose]

Just a lot and lot of glazing.

[plush swift]

Ah fun. Lol

[sterile grail]

can't wait to paint these when i have the tools

[plush swift]

Dats a lotta space marines

[muted token]

I do have to ask

Have you actually bought 6 codecies

[pastel grotto]

Jesus Christ

Not even assembled??

[loud imp]

having that fire coat of primer will make your paint job stay on the miniature long term so there is that, but if you have some kind of aversion to using a spray can for any reason like it is to cold or you just don't like using spray cans there is always the option of using brush on primer

[copper siren]

Wish me luck

Black coat, blue layer, gold trim, white insignia, then wash

Right?

I think so

[brisk vapor]

if youre going for an all over wash you might need to revisit blues to make the colour more even after it but yeah that ought to do it

[copper siren]

Isnt wash supposed to make it uneven? To add detail?

[brisk vapor]

yeah to all the crevasses but then the flat blue areas might look a bit splotchy, but you can leave it as so to make it look a bit more dirty as well

[atomic rose]

You want to revisit all the ares after washing anyway. Unless you do targeted washing, the wash will dull the colors down. So you go over the mini again, leaving the wash only where it pooled. And a layer of highlights on top of that.

[copper siren]

I know and accepted I am going to botch one of these guys

But its gonna be fun

[atomic rose]

There is no botch. It's just about how much time and effort you want to sink in.

[copper siren]

According to /tg/ i was supposed to get a complimentary mini ? At the shop? I was in a rush for other shopping so I just picked up my package

[brisk vapor]

probably meant the mini of the month? did you visit a GW store or a 3rd party games store

GW shops give out a different free mini each month

and probably asking for space marine or a stormcast as a first timer would work too

[copper siren]

GW Rotterdam

Not that I mind

I will be coming back for the Reiver Lieutenant when I finish these 3. The reiver lt. is badass

[atomic rose]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/914226650823131156/1057282276515389460/IMG_20221227_140138.jpg
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/914226650823131156/1057282336426840185/IMG_20221227_140150.jpg

This is done.

[plush swift]

That's what I've done

[naive umbra]

Making good progress on my Ghostkeel

The next question plaguing me is whether I bother painting this cockpit detail that's mostly just gonna become invisible once the pilot is glued in and the suit is closed up

But if the controls aren't painted then how can he pilot it!?

Argh!

[atomic rose]

The answer to the question "should I paint this obscure detail noone is ever going to see?" is always "YES!"

[plush swift]

Magnetize the cockpit, take off parts to simulate damage, that way people can see the painted inside

once I start painting my dreadnoughts how should I paint them? I have a contemptor and I'm pretty sure a venerable dreadnought. I'll take pics once I get home

[edgy jackal]

What do you mean? Do you have an existing army for them?

[naive umbra]

It does already have the frontal hatch that opens, but you'll only be able to see those side bits if you tilt the mini sideways and squint with a torch pointing in exactly the right angle. I doubt most people will bother to look that closely haha

[plush swift]

I will.

[plush swift]

Anyways you want, pick your favorite color and paint it that

[naive umbra]

This is the sort of angle I mean haha

[atomic rose]

Now you are just looking for excuses why not to do it. It does not matter noone will ever see it. You will know. And it will bother you and you'll hate it. So do it now, when it's easy so you don't have to do it the hard way later.

[naive umbra]

Shhh let me drag it out a bit longer before my OCD batters the tattered remains of my willpower down

[plush swift]

I said I will. I teach art classes on the side so I will deliberately look for flaws at the tiniest detail

So paint it for extra points from me

An egotistical artist who seeks the impossible perfection

[plush swift]

You better be ready for a green contemptor then

[plush swift]

If you mix in a tiny bit of red to the green it will darken it down without removing it to and tone too much.

Really? I didn't know that

[naive umbra]

Or you can do what I do and just buy a pot of every conceivable shade of green you will possibly need

[brisk vapor]

Speaking of, I should finish the insides of my Gladiator

[naive umbra]

Oh god, does every tank have a paintable interior?

[brisk vapor]

most do yeah

not all

[naive umbra]

I'll be getting a Devilfish too. Fingers crossed it lets me be lazy haha

[brisk vapor]

I did paint all of the inside bits of my Spartan

[naive umbra]

The rear hatch opens. I'm doomed!

[naive umbra]

Oh god, there's a top hatch, both side hatches, and also a separate pilot cockpit that opens. What have I gotten myself into?

[brisk vapor]

[naive umbra]

Those are some nicely weathered insides

Although the Marine who forgot to close the doors when the sandstorm swept through ought to be reprimanded

[brisk vapor]

cheers

[muted token]

I have like 5 vindicators with inside stuff that I printed, all of the insides are probably painted better than the outside and you'll never see the insides because they're superglued shut

Yes.

[atomic rose]

https://tenor.com/view/the-wolf-of-wall-street-clap-clapping-clapping-hands-leonardo-dicaprio-gif-22829304

[naive umbra]

New idea. Superglue everything shut, learn how to paint a "welded" effect and pretend my Fire Warriors welded it shut with their plasma rifles to defend against a swarm of tyranids.

[atomic rose]

Or just paint the damn cockpit

[naive umbra]

I'll paint it haha, I'm just having some fun

[atomic rose]

For ultimate badassery, toss the outside panel and make a cover from acrylic sheet. 😤

[naive umbra]

And paint a holographic HUD on the inside of the acrylic too yeah?

[atomic rose]

Absolutely.

[naive umbra]

Maybe once I have another 10 years of mini painting under my belt

I'll be lucky if I can get the buttons of the cockpit done cleanly

[atomic rose]

As I am thinking about it, it does not sound that difficult to do actualy.

[naive umbra]

The tricky part will be making the actual acrylic piece imo, since it's a curved and specialised shape. My acrylic experience is about good enough to make a rectangular box that closes almost flush

Unless I get my mate to 3D print something with clear resin

[atomic rose]

I can't imagine the sanding you'd have to do to get the lines out and make it see through after

[naive umbra]

It's a cool concept to dream about one day doing

[atomic rose]

Tau are probably the best faction to do it with. Might work with craftworlds as well.

[naive umbra]

I think something like that would look badass on Sentinels too

Afaik the "open" models don't actually have glass panels right?

[atomic rose]

Look like just a cage to protect the pilot while toppled over. Like you might see on buggies and stuff.

[naive umbra]

Yeah, so I picture like a similar deal, make the cage have all these clear glass panels with cool hud effects on them

[atomic rose]

That does not really work for me. The sentinels seem to crude for that.

[plush swift]

color theory is weird

[naive umbra]

Although that might be more expensive than the Imperium would spring for the Guard haha

[plush swift]

but that costs money

[naive umbra]

I only do it for my favourite colour though (which happens to be green)

Every other colour I have 2 pots max, usually like a light and dark version. Green I have like 7 different shades

[atomic rose]

Personaly I find green difficult to mix to the tone I want, so I just have a lot as well. 😅

[plush swift]

it'll be very hard with most hobby paints, most hobby paints are hanza yellow and ultramarine blue red shade

[naive umbra]

I find it hard to get the same shade I mixed once before if I paint across multiple sessions, so if I'm mixing I try to get it all done in one session

[plush swift]

its just practice

[naive umbra]

Especially with flesh tones

Thankfully Tau are blue so I don't need to worry about skin as much

[plush swift]

start with orange, add in burnt umber, add in white.

[brisk vapor]

I love painting skin

vallejo has a couple good preset tones

[tight pumice]

I use Kislev Flesh, then a contrast over it

[plush swift]

I personally dont like the premixed stuff as I like to match my own skin, which doesnt exist as a paint

[naive umbra]

I usually end up just adding various amounts of flayed one flesh to cadian fleshtone. More for lighter, less for darker

[brisk vapor]

I usually add to those presets some different red, brown or purple tones to add variation

[plush swift]

(I'm also not scared of cadmiums so painting flesh is easier for me because of that)

they arent toxic

you wont poison yourself with them

just dont airbrush them

[naive umbra]

Or else you receive the blessings of Chaos

[plush swift]

yes, lung cancer

the particles are small enough to cause it

which btw, if hobby pigments were the "correct size to scale" you wouldnt beable to buy them easily, the "correct size" is highly carcinogenic also wouldnt have any color to it

[muted token]

I mean if you inhale it you'll have issues

Just don't snort cadmium

it's not that hard

[plush swift]

wear a respirator and use a booth

easy as that

[plush swift]

but its so much fun

[muted token]

Look, I am well aware I sleep next to a resin 3d printer

I can't talk

[plush swift]

I mean so do I

so I cant blame you

[copper siren]

With a little pocket knife and sweats of fear i made my first guy

It has a file, scissors and knife

[naive umbra]

Nice!

[plush swift]

hey, if it worked then it worked

better tools just give easier results, with a few exceptions like the spn120 godhand

[copper siren]

The filing is a little rough

But few coats of paint and you wont see it

[round crystal]

Even in death I still serve.

[plush swift]

even if you can, just call it battle damage

[copper siren]

Xf

Xd

[slender mantle]

Hand reveal

[brisk vapor]

😳

[slender mantle]

Hand reveal

[ripe saddle]

nice dred

[copper siren]

Screwed up

Cant file this off anymore

And its preventing a clean fit

I didnt see it

[atomic rose]

Well, you have learned a valuable lesson of dry fitting your stuff. If you have not glued it yet, you can take it apart and fix it. If you have glued it...well, you're about to get another valuable lesson of filling gaps with greenstuff/miliput

[copper siren]

These entry models are push to fit

Not glue

[atomic rose]

Even then they are better glued. If you have not glued it tho, you can just take it apart.

[copper siren]

Im affraid to do so

Its really quite snug

[atomic rose]

No need to be. It is pressure fit, but it won't really damage the model to do so.

Or you if you are really scared, you can just go and buy some greenstuff to fill the gap in witrh

[copper siren]

Greenstuff

?

[plush swift]

its an epoxy putty, there are many on the market, green stuff is just the most rubbery. The cheapest and the one that gets used for fine art sculpting is apoxie sculpt

I typically mix apoxie sculpt with green stuff

10/10 mixture

[atomic rose]

2 parts kneadite. You knead the two parts together and it forms a putty you can use to fill in the gap. It then hardens and you can proceed. You need some basic sculpting skills to make it work tho.

[plush swift]

I just wish you could easily buy 2kg tubs of it easily

its just so expensive for me who can go through 400 grams a day

[copper siren]

Fully assembled you cant see it

But it put the fear of god in me

turns out my pocket knife is sharp enough to knife it off

fit is somewhat better now

Proud

[finite quarry]

Do GW still rebrand and sell Kneadatite at like 10 times cost?

[copper siren]

going to the paint store tomorrow for touch ups for the living room, any stuff from that place that would be handy when working on minitatures?

[shrewd loom]

Just use wall paint /s

[tight pumice]

stir sticks are always useful

[rigid portal]

Please drill out those flamer barrel holes...

[edgy jackal]

Multi-melta, but yes, they could use a drill

My tip for centering the drillbit is to make a cross marking with a hobby knife, that way the line intersection would be in the center.

[rigid portal]

...I'm going to claim I was traumatized by the lack of barrel holes and not take responsibility for how bad it was to not notice that.

[plush swift]

actually you can, they are chemically identical. not joking

[shrewd loom]

I've never tried lol, I just didn't want to be lit the fuck up like this is reddit

[plush swift]

Fun fact, citadel paint is made by a company that only makes automotive and house paints, they just dont use an alkyd resin in them. Also I will totally do a video of my painting a mini with house paint if I need to just to prove a point to the paint elitists in the hobby that they know nothing about paint

shit, i'll make it myself even, I have all the stuff including the alkyd resins, nitrocellulose and polyvinyl alcohol

[plush swift]

depends on the country, but things like LA's totally awesome/ biostrip are always good. Grout and spackle are what those texture paints are too, also PVAc glue is always a good thing.

[plush swift]

I dont think they do anymore

[pastel escarp]

I have a question, so for 40k, the kill team skirmish game, are you allowed to use normal 40k units?

[rare hornet]

There's less to pick from most troop choices are a safe bet, what did you have in mind?

[pastel escarp]

i was just wondering if you were restricted

or if there was crossplay

[tawny topaz]

My brother might start a necron army

[copper siren]

telling myself ill start painting tomorrow

in reality im scared stiff by all the "thin yer paints" models

[tawny topaz]

I been struggling everytime to thin my paints but I still paint anyway

[plush swift]

Its not hard, if you want I can convert one of my classes into a video format. Been teaching art for a number of years

a lot of the guides out there really dont go over it well

technically you dont even need to thin your paint, its just easier to do so

try a 1-1 mixture, this is the easiest

I know a lot of the "higher end" painters will suggest something closer to a 5 or 10 water to 1 paint ratio but they work in glazes mostly

but this is super hard to control and not all that beneficial

you also face some serious durability issues

[tawny topaz]

That’s typically how my consistency gets and it makes it really hard to get anything covered

[plush swift]

yeah, youre not doing 1 to 3 coats, youre doing closer to 20. I honestly dislike this method of painting

[dark violet]

Tabletop store owner gifted me this today when I bought a 40k book there as a small start to my future hobby x3

Got no paint though

[tawny topaz]

Get the 50 dollar paint kit

[dark violet]

cant afford that atm thats why future hobby :D

[tawny topaz]

Ahhhhh gotcha

[plush swift]

dont buy that paint kit, I think that was a joke

[tawny topaz]

it wasn’t I bought it myself