40k-minis-and-armies

[turbid meadow]

I hate painting heads now

Everyone will wear a helmet

Helmets protect the head

[finite rain]

i recently satrted to love painting heads actually XD

[dark violet]

i gotta do my first head painting today

[turbid meadow]

I actually don't mind it, I just wish I had sticky tack to slap the head on a stick

It's hard painting heads when I'm pinching the bottom

[atomic rose]

Pinvice, paperclip, superglue

[finite rain]

the current wip

actually i am batch painting my heads right now xD

[finite rain]

cork, toothpick, handrill

and just 1 drop of tamiya into the drillhole so its sticky enough to hold, but easy enough to pull it off again

and of course

as always https://memestatic1.fjcdn.com/comments/Two+thin+coats+_afa0e75427777f026512325ff6826ded.jpg

[turbid meadow]

Love the visor shine

[finite rain]

yeah happy with it, took some tinkering

is the first one of those tac goggles i did

also i dont have any golden demon amibitions, i just want to have an army to play with but that looks okayish

xD

[odd tree]

Thanks

[dark violet]

What's the specifics on technical paint btw

[finite rain]

Technical Citadel paints?

[dark violet]

Yes

Like what's special about em

[finite rain]

They do other things besides just covering. For example Blood for the Blood good has some additive that makes it "gooey" like. Astrogranite has some Grit partticles in it so it drys looking rocky. Or is supposed to

[dark violet]

Ah so for example nurgles rot is more goopy maybe?

[finite rain]

yes

[dark violet]

Thank you

[finite rain]

best not to use ur good brushes if you use technicals, at least if you dont know their exact consistency yet.

cause if they are grittty, you dont want that in between your bristles

l

thats blood for the blood good, the additives it has makes it always look kinda wet still basically

[dark violet]

Looks really good

[finite rain]

i shall let the wifey who painted it know 🙂

[dark violet]

Sororitas tank I take it

[finite rain]

yeah, sororitas rhino

[dark violet]

I see rose and French flower whose name I never remember

[finite rain]

fleu de lil

[dark violet]

That one

[finite rain]

*fleur

[feral spade]

Fleur de lys

[atomic rose]

Also known as royal lily

[feral spade]

yep

[dark violet]

Sororitas flower

[wooden pier]

Sorc of birb in cat armor almost done. Tatical move-crate placed in replacement for tactial Smited ultramarine corpse.

[teal wolf]

That's wicked!

[rare hornet]

Cataphractii armour, immediate like

[azure fulcrum]

congratulations, enjoy the shortened life expectancy

[rare hornet]

I’ve drunk so much leadbeltcher I think I’m in the negatives for life expectancy

[copper siren]

Ur on sudden death mode

Hardcore

[copper siren]

#40k-minis-and-armies-and-paint-drinking

"Baal Red, stirred not shaken"

[atomic rose]

I am up for some dirty down rust martinis

[rose hedge]

My painting area is well ventilated and I wear gloves whenever I paint so yeah I'm gonna live to 150

[edgy jackal]

something wrong with them?

[rose hedge]

Wait a second that isn't even a thing

The only hazards I can find anywhere are "flammable" and "don't get it in your eyes" along with the average message about not huffing it.

[bold copper]

this is a very good combat patrol

[teal wolf]

Much excitement

[dark violet]

yay 4 more colors arrived in mail now i got white and skin color to continue working

[plush swift]

Dirty Downs contains xylene, Even with a well ventilated area you are going to be inhaling it. Xylene is known to cause lung scarring and numerous health issues.

Not only that but it is a very heavy carcinogen, And you need an actual chemical respirator when using it, Even their MSDS says this.

Don't just look on the website look at their MSDS.

Oh yeah also xylene can cause blindness from the fumes in some cases, so where goggles just in case.

[copper siren]

Sir yes sir

[plush swift]

legal warning this is a joke, do not drink your paint water as it contains heavy metals and polymer products that are known to cause cancer in California

[copper siren]

Paint water? Thats like putting ice in beer, you have a perfectly fine paint pot. Citadel makes them in shot glass sizes aswell!

[dark violet]

i love that "known to cause cancer in california" drink it anywhere else and it wont cause cancer (note also a joke as some people take stuff a bit too seriously)

[plush swift]

Prop 65 is a legal disclaimer that I don't fully agree with but I love the fact that toast is also prop 65

[dark violet]

technically everything ever can cause cancer

[plush swift]

Yes, even wholesome people can

Like seriously they can

[dark violet]

buy some of them "known to cause cancer in california" and just slap it on everything you own

[plush swift]

I have a bunch of those stickers actually

[dark violet]

Did you know this space marine over here... is known to cause cancer in the state of california?

[plush swift]

I should put that on all my knights

[dark violet]

i wonder if california still exists on terra

[twilit token]

I am starting my build journey tomorrow, wish me luck

[rose hedge]

What are you on? Xylene is not known to cause lung scarring, it is linked to stuff like hearing loss if inhaled in industrial amounts and it makes you high if inhaled in large amounts you need something like 200mg/kg to have any serious effects. Unless I am >1kg and the entire bottle is the stuff I am safe unless I use it as eye drops or a drink

[plush swift]

It actually does have links to it. And as someone who works around it a lot, even small amounts are bad. Not deadly

It can cause your lungs to inflame and the membranes to rupture

which can cause scarring

you need way less to cause effects on you than 200mg/kg, the moment you start getting a headache or dizziness, its a sign to stop what you're doing and move to the outdoors

[rose hedge]

Can you corroborate this is are you basing this off of "trust me bro" principal because literally nowhere did I find anything about scaring from any amount other than what can be found in an industrial area

[agile junco]

🥹

everything's starting to look coherrent

[plush swift]

Literally on its hazard labeling

[rose hedge]

What dynasty

And is that a skorpehk lord?

[agile junco]

custom paint scheme and yes

[rose hedge]

I've been looking for one outside of that one $150 pack, but I no longer trust ebay

[agile junco]

if theres a local tabletop discord for you check that

i sniped mine off someone from the lgs i go to to buy shit

[twilit token]

Necrons??

[rose hedge]

I'll see if there is one

[agile junco]

heres a front view of senor skorpekh for you
minus his basing

[twilit token]

ah

[agile junco]

yeah

was painting up 1k pts i had lying arohnd over the past few daus

[twilit token]

looks like a whole lot of no to play against for me XD

[agile junco]

lmao why
i actually havent played a game of 40k yet

i just like painting

[twilit token]

I play Templars and am very melee focused. necrons have deadly guns and the void dragon.

[agile junco]

im torn between making them more melee focused or saying fuck it we ball and spamming doomstalkers

the model is so cool

[twilit token]

it do be looking crisp

[agile junco]

i also have blood angels so my bias towards melee is there for a reason

[drifting dawn]

Getting a blood ravens army printed, primaris or first born you think?

My buddy who paints and sells is doing me a small army gratis 😭

[edgy jackal]

I would recommend whatever you think is cooler. Rules come and go, cool minis are far more long lasting. Primaris are probably more future-proof though.

[lilac moth]

man mode and make it 2k point army with 1000-1500 points being only nekron warriors!

[agile junco]

the silver tide rises

[lilac moth]

On your turn you can just declare "i shoot you" while yeeting a 50kg bag of dice on the table!

Now i want to make chaos space marine army consisting mostly of cultists 😄 AbbyDaddy + metric heresyton of melee and ranged cultist squads

[agile junco]

ork bucket of dice moment

[plush swift]

first born are being phased out

[floral wind]

Big shame

[twilit token]

BT are mostly Primaris at this point 😦

[plush swift]

I think grey knights are the only first borns left, but they might be primaris now for some reason

[rose hedge]

Are they as good on tabletop as they look on B-Scribe?

Firstborn probably won't be gone from codexes until 11th or 12th edition if they get phased out at all, so you'll still be able to use them for a few years

But firstborn are still a thing in lore too

[plush swift]

not really, they cost too much, they also dont get access to res orbs, they are just a buffer for elites so you lose out on a lot over the other options, its effectively a melee unit that has to sit back with a bunch of long ranged units or get killed in melee since its a bit weak in combat in the current meta

[rose hedge]

They're still hanging out but they are slowly being replaced by the bigger better primaris

I should test it in a tts game later, I bet it'd be good with that gauntlet relic that does a mortal on a 6

[plush swift]

you'd need to bring skorpekh destroyers which are already very meh for the necron elite slot

there is just better options like flayed ones

[rose hedge]

Yeah if I ever got the Lord I'd probably just make a destroyer themed army

I like their lore and as a custodes and knights player I'm accustomed to elite armies

[plush swift]

destroyer themed armies are a bit weak at the moment because of the amount of things with blast

the recent CP change helped a bit but not enough

[rose hedge]

Wouldn't that be an advantage because of their low unit numbers?

[plush swift]

its 3-6 and you'd want to bring 6

but you have to lower it to 4

which means you need more battalions to fill an army

Plus the only units that get its bonus are the Hexmark Destroyer, Skorpekh Destroyers, Ophydian Destroyers, Lokhust Destroyers, Lokhust Heavy Destroyers

[rose hedge]

Unless they update the old lokhusts they're out

I'm a painter first gamer second

[plush swift]

lokhust arent bad but they are long ranged, making other HQs better for buffing

they did update them

but that might have only been the heavies

[finite rain]

5x20 necron warriors, 2 reanimators, 2 technomancers, lord with orb

all u need XD

[rose hedge]

The heavies would still get use, I like them a ton but the old lokhusts ain't it

[plush swift]

Naw TSK makes the army function currently unfortunately

yeah the old ones suck

the oph destroyers are also meh

they are just worse wraiths

[rose hedge]

It would be cool if the destroyer cult was a sub faction instead of a couple units, but they look cool so I'm going for it (eventually)

Probably a bad idea talking about getting more models with my backlog of like 8 things

[plush swift]

only 8?

thats easy to bust through

[dark violet]

The three I am most proud of from my 4 painted ones. Still missing one or two colors to Complete them.but nearly done with what I can say I am happy with for my first time

[mint dove]

2nd set of boys are almost done

[mint dove]

Not bad, especially since gold is such a finicky color to paint, it's the reason I don't play custodes

[limber widget]

Nice Im. Gonna probably to my local gw store this weekend

[floral wind]

Speaking of I might get some Deathwatch marines next

[azure fulcrum]

Gronk awakens

[floral wind]

Do GW no longer sell the Reiver set with full skull helmets? Ive looked on their online shop and Forgeworld and cant find any

[brisk vapor]

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Space-Marines-Primaris-Reivers-2020?_requestid=38190341

[floral wind]

Ahh im stupid. I couldnt tell from the box art or images that there are some full helmets in the sprues

I mistakingly thought they all had just the facemask

[azure fulcrum]

Afaik you get 10 bare heads and 10 helmeted ones

[floral wind]

Oh okay thats handy to know thank you kindly

[brisk vapor]

you can see the sprues themselves on most items GW sells

[floral wind]

Im aware but when the option to zoom is clicked it doesnt zoom on specific areas you wanna look at it just enlarges the pic itself and its not often clear

[azure fulcrum]

I honestly like to use bitzbarn to look at the sprues cause they (usually) have higher quality images of the individual pieces

[azure fulcrum]

You used to be able to zoom in and actually inspect details but for some reason they changed that years ago

[brisk vapor]

you can get pretty close if you open the image in a separate tab

[agile junco]

no idea never played a game but auspex tactics says theyre the fightiest generic necron character so take that as you will

[limber widget]

i think that i gonna buy a other greater daemon or an titan

[rose hedge]

Your poor wallet

[limber widget]

i know

than i wil go paining again with my mom

[limber widget]

i did bought some expensive like 2 anime figures

and some games

[plush swift]

SDL is an HQ

[rose hedge]

Well I have between $400-700 in unpainted models

[limber widget]

damn

[rose hedge]

I don't even want to think about my unopened paint collection

[limber widget]

my ever expensive model was a greater daemon of slaanish that costed 110 euros

[plush swift]

I'm sitting on 50k in unpainted models and lets not get into my paint collection

[limber widget]

and i bought small set of chaos marines and tau battle suit

[plush swift]

considering I have a 10ml jar of pigment thats worth $3500 and thats not even my most expensive pigment

[limber widget]

and some new paint

[rose hedge]

I have 6 of the big 170 usd models, only half of which are painted

[limber widget]

most of my paint was dryed up

[plush swift]

life of an artist, unpaid and over charged

[limber widget]

than i needed to buy new paint

[plush swift]

you can fix a lot of tried up paint honestly, its not that hard

[limber widget]

they were exteme dryed up

[plush swift]

yes

[limber widget]

hard like stone

[plush swift]

I know

[rose hedge]

I still have to open the sylvaneth Christmas box

[limber widget]

i boughht some new ones that costed me around 30 to 40 euros

[atomic rose]

Pile of shame is called that for a reason. You are supposed to be ashamed of it. 😅

[plush swift]

You can fix dried acrylic paints fairly easily its just requiring a few tools and some medium

[rose hedge]

And I should probably start building my first commission (Bosnian themed imperial knight)

[brisk vapor]

pile of opportunities mind you

[plush swift]

pile of I should have gotten a different hobby like knitting

[limber widget]

i still have a lizzardmen stater set box that barly even touched since 2019

[rose hedge]

Yeah I've just had a primed wraithknight on my shelf for almost 3 years

[dark violet]

My first marine has been somewhat painted in a meme scheme

[limber widget]

and i have an small eldar set i havent also touched since mid summer of 2019

[dark violet]

because why the hell not i now have a bad dragon marine

[atomic rose]

Now freehand that insignia.

[limber widget]

my first ever model was a gondor archer from my first time at my local gw back in 2015

[visual cliff]

WIP grenadier squad

[limber widget]

nice

[twilit token]

this is 100% a Slaanesh legion

[dark violet]

what if i told you he was a loyalist

[twilit token]

I find this disturbing

[dark violet]

hes ready to fuck shit up. in more ways than one

[floral wind]

He's ready to serve the Emperor

[dark violet]

very thoroughly

[brazen silo]

Bruh

[dark violet]

pfffffffff

[brazen silo]

Why

I can’t think of a thing to say atm

[dark violet]

gooooood

[twilit token]

Going to go give Nurgle some Sloppy

[brazen silo]

Not if i do it first

[dark violet]

nurgle the unclean or nurgle the clean one?

[mint dove]

Went a bit softer on the wash this time, not just gotta highlight and base

[dark violet]

nice

[twilit token]

The great clean one

[brazen silo]

ill lick him clean

[dark violet]

https://tenor.com/view/furry-kill-all-furris-warhameer40000-40k-gif-26446836

op wrong one lol

https://tenor.com/view/warhammer-40k-gif-23199856

[brazen silo]

I gotta stop

[plush swift]

thats always the correct one

[twilit token]

purge the furry

[dark violet]

i think i know the face on the psyker lol

[lean snow]

Its not my place to say but Id take 15 minutes to just touch up that pauldron and below the eyes if it were me

[twilit token]

would yall recommend doing a burnt effect on the tip of flamers?

[lean snow]

I wouldnt go for like a flame glow because Im not that talented yet but maybe a black drybrush to look like soot would be cool

[brazen silo]

I would recommend setting the god emperors corps on fire

[twilit token]

https://tenor.com/view/warhammer40k-no-no-40k-gif-24271093

[azure fulcrum]

did someone say slaanesh?

[brazen silo]

Oh god

[plush swift]

I do PB15:6, PV23, PO48+PY150 with a PB15:1 base all heavily thinned down with high flow medium

[brazen silo]

Pigment names scare me

[azure fulcrum]

When you ask for a little help in the painting channel and Corpse starts spitting geological coordinates at you

[snow harness]

Just finished painting my first mini just need to do the base plate

[plush swift]

its easier to say pigment names than what the fuck ever the chemical company is calling it today

[azure fulcrum]

[mint dove]

I touched em up a bit but the paundron is kidna messed up because I was a little overzealous with the primer and I hadn't noticed until it was too late lol

[brisk vapor]

the pigments don't really help when the hobby paint companies don't list their pigments on their pots

[lean snow]

Happens to the best of us. You think you're doin a good coat and then she starts to pool

[mint dove]

She's a fickle beast

[brazen silo]

Talk in hex codes

[azure fulcrum]

GW lists whats in their paint but its some kind of fucking secret code or something

[brazen silo]

I can understand those better

[azure fulcrum]

Im 100% certain its not standard pigment codes

[brazen silo]

#ffffff is my favorite color

[mint dove]

I think my 3rd one turned out better so far

[brazen silo]

Not actually

[brisk vapor]

where? actually curious

[plush swift]

considering you need to use transparent stuff for the effects a lot, most use washes and its easy enough to just look them up and go "oh that looks like nurgle crotch rot blue"

[azure fulcrum]

back of the pots

[brazen silo]

008080 is my favorite if im remembering the code correctly

[plush swift]

thats not pigment, thats a biocide

[azure fulcrum]

huh

non-toxic they say

[lean snow]

Tfw you paint your dark angels dark green but you are red green colourblind and can barely see the green on the black primer

[brisk vapor]

yeah no colour codes on any of these pots

only variance between the pots are names and barcodes

[brazen silo]

Don’t

They don’t taste good

[brisk vapor]

(some do)

[lean snow]

My friend is a brush sucking degenerate

b-but muh perfect tip

[brisk vapor]

gotta lick that brush to get a good tip

[lean snow]

NO

[brisk vapor]

gotta

[lean snow]

Give er a nice twirl on some paper towel

[plush swift]

ASTM-D 4236 is a product standards thing, CMIT:MIT / Cas No. 55965-84-9 is Methylchloroisothiazolinone, which is a biocide thats heavily regulated in the UK

[lean snow]

With grace

[plush swift]

you should do a color blind pallet and a custom chapter thats a successor to dark angels.

[floral wind]

Agreed

[brazen silo]

If a reptile race ever gets added to 40k im buying that shit so fast

I love geckos

I own 2

[brisk vapor]

too bad they're extinct

[brazen silo]

:((

[lean snow]

Nope just gonna be incredibly stubborn

[brazen silo]

I don’t want the AoS ones because im not gonna copy my teacher

[plush swift]

I'll wear you down one day

[plush swift]

kroot

[brazen silo]

?

Dead ass?

On god?

[plush swift]

I mean they are avian so they are a type of dinosaur

[brazen silo]

I guess thats close enough

[brazen silo]

Damn

[dark violet]

they have some neat models

[brazen silo]

Oh god i need to get a job

[plush swift]

then get one

[brisk vapor]

yeah they also just got a updated basic troop set

[plush swift]

i need to find a job too

[dark violet]

same

[floral wind]

^

[brazen silo]

Ima apply at my local game store

[plush swift]

the company I'm working for is closing in 6 months

[brazen silo]

Right now

[azure fulcrum]

Enjoy the wait time

Every neckbeard wants to own or run their own store

Your average hobby store probably has more job apps in reserve than your mcdonalds

[plush swift]

wow the Krootox on the GW store looks awful

[brazen silo]

The only neck beard at my local gameshop only goes on fridays for the mtg drafts

So im probably good

[plush swift]

I wish I would work at hobby stores some days

then I remember they dont pay dick

[brazen silo]

Discounts tho

[plush swift]

not working for minimum wage, I'm too old and pissy

[brazen silo]

And from what I’ve heard my game store is one of the nicest in the state

[brazen silo]

Yeah thats fair

I still have a bit before im 30 so money isn’t important yet

[azure fulcrum]

You work for below minimum wage mf

[plush swift]

exactly, thats not minimum wage

[brazen silo]

Lol

[wanton basin]

Not at all 40k, but first mini painted. Also really quite uh...blocky I know. Fine motor skills aren't a big one for me

[brazen silo]

I like it

[limber widget]

https://tenor.com/view/team-fortress2-soldier-smug-gif-24658892

[dark violet]

question

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/01/13/how-to-paint-saint-celestine/ why is this broken where the instructions :(

[wanton basin]

It seems that the actual instructions are the YT video

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

[dark violet]

thank you

[wanton basin]

No problem

[edgy jackal]

Just skipped through that video, GW doesn't make glaze paints anymore

[brazen silo]

I ated them all

[edgy jackal]

You'll have to find an alternative for the blue glow on the sword and eyes (maybe an ink or a thinner contrast like aethermtic blue)

[dark violet]

i think im gonna skip the blue glow for now

i am making a list of the paints i dont ahve yet for her and order them together with her

guessing he sprayed her with retributor gold

[plush swift]

they dont make glazes anymore because they can sell over priced bottles of medium

for the same price of a pot of medium they sell, you can get an 8oz bottle of a vastly higher quality one

[dark violet]

okay i definetly wont need to do the red shading and highlighting

not as visible and major

[brisk vapor]

they've sold mediums longer than they did glazes, no?

people just didn't buy the glazes when you could just get the same results with a good mix of water

[dark violet]

my grey knights steel looks better in my opinion than his silver

[mint dove]

So I'm looking at the back of my friends cadian squad box and I noticed the colors, what does it mean when It says "layer"?

[brisk vapor]

paint type

there are base, layer, shade and contrast paints

base paints are the most opaque and layer paints let more of the colour beneath through

[mint dove]

Ahh okay so when I paint blood angels I'm gonna paint with actual citadel paints, is there any reference I can use for base/layer/contrast paints to use for em?

[brisk vapor]

their youtube page is one resource for that

[atomic rose]

Download the Citadel Colour phone app

[dark violet]

ofcourse they have an app

[mint dove]

If I'm gonna paint an entire army of the same chapter of space marines it would probably be in my beat interst to buy one of their spray cans yes?

I see they make a spray mephiston red

[atomic rose]

It will definitely speed up the process.

[brisk vapor]

it'll speed up the process

[dark violet]

are there no 200ml spray bottles only 400?

[mint dove]

Cool I'll just do that. Any of you know what I should buy if I wanna play blood angels?

Besides the codex that is

[brisk vapor]

although I found the endless recess shading a pain with coloured sprays so I went back to black basing after like a hundred ultramarines

[atomic rose]

Whatever is in the codex and you think looks cool

[dark violet]

retributor spray seems very expensive for me atm and dunno if i need 400ml

[brisk vapor]

about the codex you'll probably want the base space marine codex plus the blood angels supplement

and the 9th edition is probably close to it's end so if you're not planning on getting some games in like within a year you might want to wait till the new releases on those

[mint dove]

Would it be fine enough to get the combat patrol + Mephiston?

Or .maybe dante

[dark violet]

wow citadel makes no 200ml bottles

sad

[rare hornet]

What you painting gold anyway?

[dark violet]

celestine

and well gold spray better for my sororitas aswell than black

[mint dove]

Supplement it with some primaris marines from the recruit edition

[atomic rose]

You really don't need a spray for a single model.

[rare hornet]

You may be better off with the paint pot?

[dark violet]

yeah can try that aswell i mean even the 12ml is alot since you dont use much

[rare hornet]

Yeah it’s mostly trim

[plush swift]

I remember the glazes, i only know of the mediums as of more recently. But I also remember the old inks too.

[brisk vapor]

inks are older yeah, but I'm pretty sure lahmian medium has been around as long as glazes

[plush swift]

I think they released that around the same time as glazes maybe? i just dont remember ever seeing it in stores though

[brisk vapor]

probably

[plush swift]

I dont remember anyone ever mentioning it until a few years ago too

then again it was only a few years ago when youtube started to get used for paint tutorials

[brisk vapor]

seems both were introduced in 2012

[plush swift]

i wasnt off in my head

I was thinking it was around 2013 or something

[brisk vapor]

https://youtu.be/jPC7CsW53GU

or 2011

[plush swift]

I'm old enough to think 2005 was only a few years ago

[tiny jay]

Got a fairly big bottle of matte medium from my art store and ordered a few paints from Vallejo. anyone got a good non-citadel alternative nurgle's rot or typhus corrosion?

[plush swift]

Yes, get gloss medium and baking soda

nurgles rot is just ultramarine blue and yellow mixed in gloss medium

which yellow? probably hansa or ochre

i'd have to find the bottle I have

[tiny jay]

Gotcha.

[plush swift]

corrosion is just baking soda in brown paint

[tiny jay]

Nice

I was gonna use something like nurgle's rot for the lenses of the Moebian's masks.

Also maybe some dripping fuel from the flamer.

[plush swift]

also remember, student grade paints are the same as hobby paints, but they generally arent pre mixed colors

so if you want to save a few bucks, mixing colors will go a long way

there are also color mixing charts out there

[tiny jay]

Also managed to isolate the various arms with Hellguns from the Stationforge Traitor guard set in blender. So I think I can cut away the leads and maybe shorten them slightly to make regular Kantrael style lasguns for the blooded models instead of the Kreig lasguns they come with.

I honestly wish I could find a pack thats just a bunch of lasguns.

[atomic rose]

https://www.thingiverse.com/search?q=lasgun&page=1&type=things&sort=relevant

There is quite a few

[tiny jay]

Yeah, just got to talk to a friend who knows more about printing than I do. I can use blender but I've not got a printer/don't know how to support etc.

Either that or I could honestly just cut off the cables and use these as regular lasguns and make the ones I want to be hellguns longer.

[drifting dawn]

Sorry for the late reply but thats no biggie, not like im actually gonna play 9th edition i have some standards haha

Using them for display/OPR games primarily

3d printed so going into a GW with the army would get the inquisition on my ass. Currently for my GF fireteam set (skirmish scale game) im gonna have a set of primaris, and then once i get more time ill build out a more full army of firstborn i think. Let the primaris be the elite guard mostly

[tawny topaz]

This dude came out so meh lol

I’ve done better, the yellow never really came out right so I just said whatever

[plush swift]

chalk+yellow always makes yellow worse to use

[lapis karma]

My first ever mini (taking a sec to send)

Gonna finish up some edge highlights on the gun, his pistol holster, and the bootknife and then I think he's done. Will prob touch up on the visor too

How did I do?

[dusty nimbus]

For a first mini

This is actually amazing.

I'm genuinely impressed, many first minis are blobs of paint. With this all the details are painted in and you can even see some crisp edge highlighting.

[wanton basin]

The knife pommel on his left leg looks really quite good, especially with how close it is to the leg itself

Same with the ammunition on his arm

It's really good

[mint dove]

Bought these for my blood angels. Is there anything special about using these?

[agile junco]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/621405055374852106/1063587378981249024/20230113_163451.jpg

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/621405055374852106/1063587379346161765/20230113_163446.jpg

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/621405055374852106/1063587379757195274/20230113_163441.jpg

doomstalker

[azure fulcrum]

You can just buy generic spray paint it will be the same quality and cheaper

[lapis karma]

@dusty nimbus @wanton basin thanks so much guys!! I really did my research and i was nervous at first, but once I got a good flow going I was really absorbed into it

[midnight siren]

Poor reivers that will never see any play on the table.

[mystic shard]

They look great though

[lean snow]

Thats a clean white for all that black.

How many layers of white did it take to get it that clean

[lean snow]

So the left is a contrast paint. Its kind of like a wash. You wanna do a dark prime and then a highlight with grey before using that.

You can highlight the grey with a rattlecan, drybrush, or airbrush

Id honestly just looknat contrast tutorials. I just started using them to speed up my army building

[plush swift]

One of you use professional grade white. Not joking I will show you

[midnight siren]

@mystic shard Thanks, all that's missing is something to make them good.

[plush swift]

I could tell you buy you probably don't want to go buy a lot of new materials

One of them is a bit pricey

[lapis karma]

Two. I didn't thin the white as much

The hardest part was not fucking up the goggles, which I ended up doing anyways lol

[round plinth]

I mean, i can suggest you turning this one into the Moebian 6th Scab gunner kitbash, the rifle fits it already. Same with the other gear.

[azure fulcrum]

Friendly reminder that everyone's models are TRASH because they do not contain enough pink paint, leather BDSM gear and glitter.

[plush swift]

No they are trash because they arent painted only with musou

[azure fulcrum]

Not know what mouso

[plush swift]

its the blackest black on the market

[azure fulcrum]

Ah

[turbid meadow]

That's a big rocket pod

I like it

I finished assembling the rest of my dudes, going to prime and paint them tomorrow and I'm excited

[azure fulcrum]

Wanting to start a slaaneshi CSM army but not wanting to use the current noise marine kit

[odd tree]

Thanks

[odd tree]

Custodes nice

[lilac moth]

how do you use contrast paints on larger flat areas? Or should i just swap to a regular variant of the same color for those larger patches of flat area?

[mint dove]

So I brushed on the blood angel contrast paint but I feel like it doesn't look right or settle as neatly as the pictures. I was told to use it untainted straight out of the pot. Did I mess this up completely or do I just need a 2nd coat?

I also bought berserker bloodshade shade paint if that'll fix it. This is my first time working with anything citadel

It just looks really thick in places and thin in others and I'm not sure how to fix it:(

[plush swift]

Contrast paints tend to not look really good on big, flat surfaces like on SM's

[mint dove]

Dammit

So I'm just kinda stuck with this finish?

[plush swift]

I mean you can just add coats until it's an even finish, or just paint a normal paint over

I recommend (it's what I do at least) to keep the contrast paint for areas which have a lot of edges (like the backpack, helmet and gun) but paint the rest like normal

[plush swift]

nope, this is closer to the style of paint I use, its all about the method of application

[mint dove]

For the future, how would you apply it? So I don't goof it up again like this one

[plush swift]

hard to explain, one of those muscle memory things

I'll get back to you in the morning

[mint dove]

Okay thanks I appreciate it, I've seen space marines look cool with contrast paints but this just looks like when I went too hard with the wash and looks bad

I'm gonna take a walk for a half hour and see what it looks like once it's fully dry. Hope it's better

[lilac moth]

I prefer to use contrast for things with texture and edges/recess shadowing while resorting to normal and layer paints for bigger flat areas. Contrast tends to run quite a lot so it wont give you a "proper" finish without a lot of extra work

[mint dove]

Okay so if I were to use contrast paint on the chest backpack and legs and then use mephiston red for everything else would it look weird?

[lilac moth]

Nah, most likely gonna give you a good looking backpack and legs and a smooth finish on the the flat planes

[mint dove]

Okay, well at least I know now, I'll try to salvage this one. Thankfully the store I bought it from had some lrettt friendly staff who said If I need help painting to just come back and they'll show me. And I gotta go back to get mephiston red anyways

[atomic rose]

Never used contrast paints, but from what I gather, you are supposed to really slother that thing on thick. There needs to be enough for it to self-level. You then go back and remove the excess from the areas where it pooled too much.

It id dries before it self-levels, you get that coffee staining effect.

[azure fulcrum]

Take this with a grain of salt but my local GW owner said to treat them like a mix between a base/layer and a wash, try to get an even coverage but let it soak into recesses and what not

Given the name it's not really a contrast if there's no, well, contrast.

So what he said makes sense there.

So my brain just translates that to it's a thick wash/glaze that you can use for base and layer too

[mint dove]

Ahh alright that's where I went wrong, I did it sparingly. But someone told me what I could do to try to save it is heavily dry brush the area you fucked up on in a base coat of red and try to cover some of the stain

He said his process normally with contrast paints is base coat>contrast paint>dry brush base coat>highlight

[mint dove]

Saved it

[odd tree]

I tried making the cloak have checkers the top I seemed to succeed but the front and back look like dots so I might repaint this and make the checkers look bigger

[mint dove]

What's the standard blood angels color scheme? Is it just red all over but paint the Aquila black? Do they have any different colored linings on the shoulders like ultramarines?

[brisk vapor]

think heavy support have blue helmets, sergeants black shoulderpads, fast attack yellow helmets or something

[plush swift]

Is it just me or are the yellow and blue just awful

[brisk vapor]

nah it's a classic look

[plush swift]

🤷

[sterile grail]

white is hard but i think this turns out nice

[lean snow]

Oh lord

That white is

CLEEEAAAAAAN

[cursive gyro]

Two friends

[limber widget]

Great I wanted to go the gw store today but the weather so absolute shit the 3 days I needed to schedule it for next weekend

Fucking hell

Aids northern European weather

Can't have shit in Detroit

[hearty bear]

What country? Norway?

[limber widget]

The Netherlands

[hearty bear]

Niceeee

[limber widget]

It's joke

Cant have shit in Detroit

[hearty bear]

Ik

[limber widget]

It's been shit weather the past 3 days

Alot of wind and rain

[hearty bear]

The weather where I’m at is bipolar

[limber widget]

On Thursday it was code red

Due strong winds

[hearty bear]

Can’t paint without some sleet bashing the window

[limber widget]

That sucks

I live not that really far from the sea

I sit in the northwest part of the country

[copper siren]

which shop?

Rotterdam

[limber widget]

Alkmaar

[copper siren]

they have a shop there?

[limber widget]

Yes

In the edges of the city

Living In northwest Europe is. Not really fun you get alot of sea storms

Around autumn and ealry spring

And the weird part of. My country it rains for 20 mins than it wil. Be Blue. Weather and half hour later I wil be Gray clouds again

[brisk vapor]

Maybe some variation in between skeletons

[copper siren]

should I wait for 10th edition to get fully into the hobby?>

and get the starter kit?

for 10th?

[lean snow]

Buy some basic marines or mooks in the meantime to practice painting

Or a combat patrol pack and pray to the emperor that your guys are relevant in a few months

[copper siren]

I'm thinking about the Reiver lt.

sick pose, cool mask

[lean snow]

Whatever you do dont buy a full army right now

[copper siren]

yea

and for the reiver lt. i only need like 2 extra paints

maybe only the paint starter kit and flesh paints

[lean snow]

Collecting paints is a hobby in itself

[atomic rose]

Corpse_starch is typing...

[lean snow]

Corpse starch coming in hot to tell us to get PB003F6TS80 pigment

And Im like HOW BOUT THIS NICE CALIBAN GREEEEEN

[plush swift]

That's not a pigment there is no PB3, it jumps from 1 to 9 to 15 for some reason

[copper siren]

is the paint bundle a good deal?

i already have a bunch of those paints

[plush swift]

No

[copper siren]

i got them with the 3 marines + paints kit

[plush swift]

The citadel bundles are rarely good deals

[copper siren]

30 euros is a pretty good price for all that paint and the tools

[plush swift]

You can get a case of more paints from Ara that are larger for cheaper

Hell, Vallejo is a better deal

Though Ara is pretty nice but hard to find

[copper siren]

no clue where to start with those

[atomic rose]

The tools are crap and one of them (the moldline remover) is completely pointless as well.

[copper siren]

velyo

there is a store that supplies them

[atomic rose]

Anything with a citadel stamp on it is repacked shit quality stuff sold at premium price. You can get better tools for cheaper.

[plush swift]

Oh boy Yes, most hobby stores will contain those crap paint bundles from hobby companies. You can also go to an art store and get a bundle from a student grade line which will be vastly cheaper for more paint which will be the exact same thing as hobby paint because hobby paid is nothing more than overpriced student grade.

The only thing the hobby paint is use for is pre-mixed colors and convenience when you're buying models, they're not some high technology paint that some painters want to claim it is and the pigmentation is not good for what they are.

[copper siren]

the thing is

valejo paints is 2,90 and citadel is 2.99

at the store i b ought my starter marine kit from

[plush swift]

Vallejo is also a 17ml and citadel is a 12ml

[atomic rose]

There is also 30% more paint in the vallejo bottle - 17ml compared to GW 12ml

[copper siren]

i see

[atomic rose]

It also comes in a dropper bottle, which is way superior to GWs pots

[copper siren]

is there a chart that gives the citadel equivalents to valejo?

[plush swift]

And a student grade is 2,00 for a 60ml

[atomic rose]

https://redgrimm.github.io/paint-conversion/

[plush swift]

Yeah there's a lot of charts out there for that actually, you can also easily mix them if you want to learn. Mostly what citadel paints are is they take your bass color and they they mix various shades of gray into them

That's also little paint are as you mix in gray with them and then you got your signal paint, with a few exceptions here and there like the yellows, which they just mix in white and chalk with

[copper siren]

i-i-i just want to make blue space marines

[atomic rose]

As for the tools. Go to a local hardware store and get yourself a pair of flatjaw nippers, should be costing you about 8 bucks or so and exacto knife and some spare blades. Even nobrands will be higher quality than citadel.

[copper siren]

i have a small pair of snipper

and a file

though i didn't do a great job despite my tools. i shat my pants as i overshot my file and damaged the pauldron a bit

[plush swift]

Call it battle damage

And paint it silver

[copper siren]

i call it a brown line in my calvin kleins

[plush swift]

Use a glass file though if you're worried

[copper siren]

a glass file?

[plush swift]

Yes

[copper siren]

my mom has one of those for her nails lmfao

[plush swift]

Yes, the tools for nails are the same and cheaper than most hobby tools

[atomic rose]

Yeah, and we drybrush using makeup brushes. Just because someone tells you a thing is meant for something, does not mean it can't be repurposed. No reason to invent the wheel over and over again, is there.

[copper siren]

i did loot of these as a drybrush

[plush swift]

Have you seen the specter brush yet?

[copper siren]

no clue how to start dry brushing though

looks like a very finneky technique

[plush swift]

You take your paint you don't thin it down you make sure there's very little bit on your brush, And then you just slap it on

[dusty nimbus]

The gun is modified

[atomic rose]

It's really not complicated. Takes a little bit of practice, but it is very easy. Destroys brushes tho.

[plush swift]

I don't know why hobby companies are trying to reinvent the wheel with tools by the way, a lot of their ideas are really fucking stupid

[atomic rose]

Oh the last line of citadel tools is just the grossest thing.

[plush swift]

I'm still confused by the specter brush.

[dusty nimbus]

Also converted these guys with parts from anvil industries

[dusty nimbus]

Yeah

[plush swift]

They were waste of raw resources

[dusty nimbus]

I went to my lgs and was talking about tools, they let me open a pack of the tools and god they feels so cheap

[plush swift]

UK should have a law against products that are below a minimum standard.

[dusty nimbus]

I liked the original gw clippers with the brass coloured grips

[plush swift]

Those clippers were also bad

Get a pair of hakko clippers and it will be way cheaper and vastly superior

Those are still some of my favorite clippers to date

And I own a lot of clippers, by a lot I mean I probably have 200 or so now

[dusty nimbus]

I just use the clippers electricians use.

[sterile grail]

damm time to trim

[lean snow]

People will tell you "dont get this, get that instead"
But literally all you need is a hobby knife and even some walmart acrylics. You can upgrade over time.

And if you are beginning, most of what you do will be "bad" to begin with anyway even if you buy the best tools and paint

[plush swift]

well there is a point where you are just fighting with the tools more and those tools will cause more issues

like a bad brush wont do the job nearly as well as a meh brush

[lean snow]

Yeah but if you're a beginner your paint job is gonna be shit no matter how good your tools are

[edgy jackal]

That's true, you don't want to be fighting your tools. It must be said though that cost for quality doesn't scale linearly, which is why people advise against buying expensive tools when just starting. The typical advice I heard was "buy a cheap/serviceable tool, and when that wears out, get a better one"

[lean snow]

Like my buddy spent hundreds on name brand stuff and his paint job is... absolutely garbage

Just awful

Looks like a dog was fed playdough and then brought over to puke on a space marine

[plush swift]

a good tool wont make you good, it will just lower the amount you fight with it

thats all they do

very few tools will give you a better outcome without skill

[lean snow]

And for a beginner, the skill level is already low

[plush swift]

I think you're missing my point

[lean snow]

And you mine

[plush swift]

Not at all

I know exactly what youre saying

[lean snow]

Im telling him just go pick up some cheap stuff so that way if the hobby isnt for him he isnt cursing himself for spendig 50+ bucks on hobby accessories

[plush swift]

I'm saying dont buy the cheapest thing because even as a beginner, all you will do is fight with it

[lean snow]

Its pretty hard to fight with a basic hobby knife and clippers tho

Unless you got two left thumbs

[plush swift]

join me on a video call then

I will show you clippers

and different cheap tools

[lean snow]

I mean this in the most respectful way I can say to someone on the internet

[plush swift]

all come from harbor freight

[lean snow]

I dont care that much

[plush swift]

I'm just saying dont buy the cheapest thing, this is bad advice

like the cheapest brushes are those plastic bristle brushes that no one likes

[obtuse laurel]

Buying a cheap product doesn't necessarily mean buying something cheaply made

[lean snow]

Just dont buy dollarstore tier stuff

[plush swift]

or harbor freight

$10 for a clipper is reasonable

[lean snow]

Walmart tier is acceptable if you're just painting like... cheap reaper minis

But once you go down the rabbit hole of 40k, like deep into army building, you will finally want the good stuff

[plush swift]

I'd spend a little extra and get apple barrel over walmart

apple barrel craft paint really isnt that bad for craft paint

[atomic rose]

Bad tools are one way to absolutely ruin your interest in a hobby.

[plush swift]

its a drastic improvement from the wallmart stuff

these are the brushes I was talking about

[atomic rose]

If you constantly struggle because your tools are crap, you won't want to hobby again.

[plush swift]

you know the ones

[lean snow]

This is the stuff I started out with. Now I just use these and sticky tac to hold my models

[plush swift]

I see people get those brushes all the time because someone sayd "get cheap brushes"

[atomic rose]

You don't necesarrily need to go to the high high end, but get something servicable.

[plush swift]

dude that stuff isnt actually that bad of paint

[sterile grail]

im a beginner,
invest in your tools and take your time with it. I wasted more minis than my tools lol

[lean snow]

Oh bro, anyone buying these for warhammer should be slapped

[sterile grail]

especially the small brush they save me alot of pain

[lean snow]

Yeah any beginner should have at least 1 good brush

[plush swift]

Yes but the advice of buying cheap in most cases leads to that because hobby companies sell them too so instantly they think this is what you mean

[dark violet]

i think i have one good one?

da vinci brand from harbin kolinsky no clue

[plush swift]

A good beginner set is something like a royal and langickel or a windsor and newton cottman line

[lean snow]

A nice 5 dollar paint brush set from walmart yup mhmm

[plush swift]

I'd argue a $10 set from a name brand would be better in most cases, also brush soap

$10 sets because the cheap fine detail brushes royally suck

[dark violet]

when i first saw brush soap i was baffled at its existence

[plush swift]

brush soap is important even for synthetics

[lean snow]

It changes the game and the lifetime of your brushes grows exponentially

I have had two fine tip brushes get their life extended due to the miracle soap

My favorite brushes too

[plush swift]

I think brush soap is probably the one thing everyone can agree on with tools

[dark violet]

dont have any yet but i also only have 2 brushes here at home atm

[plush swift]

if you're using a sable brush without brush soap, rip that brush is dead

[obtuse laurel]

Brush soap should be a first purchase

[atomic rose]

I should be using it, but I honestly can't be bothered. So I just buy cheap disposable brushes instead.

[lean snow]

The only problem with brush soap is now my brushes are living longer and I dont have a steady supply of brushes to use for glues and stuff anymore

I used to just use my old worn out crappy brushes for so much stuff

[obtuse laurel]

That's why I buy cheap brushes, for drybrush and such

[lean snow]

I went and bought a makeup brush set for my drybrushing lol

[obtuse laurel]

I've been meaning to pick one up or just get used ones from relatives

[lean snow]

I was gonna steal from my fiance but i figured she'd rather I didnt use her fancy brushes on my plastic dolls

[plush swift]

I went and stole some brushes from a large streamer at a convention after he mocked my painting method as wrong

I use those as dry brushes

[obtuse laurel]

If it works for you can it be wrong? Heh, silly streamer

[atomic rose]

I am really hoping I won't end on Corpses bad side.

[plush swift]

that wasnt even my bad side

[lean snow]

I almost said there is no wrong way to paint your minis but... sometimes people post their end result and it is very clear that something went terribly wrong at some point in the process

[plush swift]

There is no correct way to paint

because always are wrong

[atomic rose]

Yeah, but sometimes the way someone paints just hurts my soul.

[sterile grail]

hey guys hows the white?

[torpid wing]

Finally got around to making Centurion pads for my Deathwatch.

[lean snow]

I like to thin 15000 years ago our ancestors were crushing up pigment to paint rocks and play caveman wargames that way

[lean snow]

Clean but blurry

[plush swift]

I know.... There is this guy from this one discord with a drowsey picture... Hurts my soul everyt ime

[torpid wing]

If you're using a phone for photos you can pinch the screen to zoom in before taking the shot.

[plush swift]

this is actually still true, most natural pigments are just crushed rocks

[sterile grail]

i tried

camera is so crisp tho

[torpid wing]

Much better.

[sterile grail]

i hate the fact it can point out every atom in my paint

[torpid wing]

Shade should make the details pop.

[sterile grail]

i dont have grey damn

i have white scar but this thing ruins my other minis last time

[atomic rose]

That almost sounded like me for a moment. Thanfully my picture is actualy Drowtini and my paintjobs are amazing. Objectively.

[lean snow]

As still some of the base coat showing. That'll be another 50 coats of white im afraid

[sterile grail]

Yeah i already spend all day on this just this

[plush swift]

I just use one coat of golden high flow

maybe 2 if im feeling crazy

[sterile grail]

i dont mind taking my time because the moment i fcked up, I lose my shit

[lean snow]

I spent 1 hour just painting the inside of my chaplains cloak bone white. No one will ever see it

[plush swift]

or I use my white paint

[sterile grail]

Like i actually would get a breakdown and stop painting for a while

hobby rage

[plush swift]

the fuck is a drowtini? I havent kept up with pokemon since the 90s

[lean snow]

Drowzy and dratini banged

[plush swift]

still not the most cursed one ive seen

[atomic rose]

Yeah, there are worse. But this one was a gifr from a friend.

[plush swift]

that makes it not cursed at all then

[lofty bridge]

made the baseplate out of shale and astrogranite debris

[edgy jackal]

Just a heads up, citadel white paints (white scar and ceramite white) are really bad (greys are serviceable imo), I would recommend some other brand (like the artist paint corpse starch recommends). Every line has good and bad paints, pure white paint happens to be a bad product for citadel.

[jaunty trail]

Yeah Citadel Whites are a problem... got a bigger can off "air white" this one is ok

[plush swift]

Their whites also arent white

its a white pigment, but not titanium white

[turbid meadow]

Yeah, I wish I knew white scar was bad before I got it. I've been making it serviceable but..

Its so CHUNKY

[lean snow]

Mmmm chunky

[turbid meadow]

I've got to shake that paint for ages to get it decent

I do, do a layer of Celestra Grey into White Scar which helps a ton, but it's annoying

[edgy jackal]

Thankfully you can make things read white by using pale greys, with true whites being used only for the last edge highlights.

I too made the rookie mistake of trying to paint white by starting with white at one point

[plush swift]

add a little corn starch

its an old trick for craft paint

[plush swift]

unless youre me then you read those light greys and off whites as light greys and off whites

[sterile grail]

looking to buy AK white paints instead

corax white is fine (not amazing) but i have learn to thin it as to avoid rough texture

[atomic rose]

Oh you fucked up. xD

[sterile grail]

yep i give my seargant away cuz of that

[plush swift]

Not if you care about their controversy

the serious one at that

[sterile grail]

does their contro affect my paint

[plush swift]

It affects morals

mostly

[lean snow]

Of those I have none

[sterile grail]

well i might feel bad but im here for painting

its the least of my concern

[plush swift]

It is honestly if you arent a holocaust denier

or wont want to fund white supremacy

so...

yeah the controversy is really fucking bad

[sterile grail]

eh

[plush swift]

also their paints are very meh

[lean snow]

Oh man I just looked at the controversy. Thats hilariously tone deaf

[sterile grail]

to be fair i just need good white paints

[plush swift]

look for golden titanium white

[sterile grail]

that wont make ugly texture

[plush swift]

high flow is an ink like one, soflat is matter

[sterile grail]

and is smooth

yeh

prob matte white

[plush swift]

I showed @azure fulcrum the high flow live, it dries completely smooth

and it can one coat black

[pastel grotto]

This mini looks like those hard skeleton memes
"I go to bed at 9 instead of 8"

[sterile grail]

not sure if they have golden in my country

[plush swift]

what country?

I know art stores and products in most countries

[sterile grail]

nice bone did u texture it with wash and highlights?

[pastel grotto]

Yos

[sterile grail]

mainly aus

[plush swift]

They do and its actually fairly cheap there. Also you guys do have mattisse there which is one of the top artist paint producers in the world, aus has some of the best domestic paint

like Aus is a country I have to go to for work a lot because of how influential their paint industry is

[sterile grail]

mattisse? i will have a look

[plush swift]

Derivan Matisse, I like the fluid line but its a bit glossy for a lot of my uses, but its durability is nuts

Golden is still my go to for quality and ethics, also they sent me a mug once

[turbid meadow]

Very well, I can trust a guy who's name is corpse starch to know the benefits of all starches. (for real will try it though)

[plush swift]

I use it every day because I'm a paint nerd

[turbid meadow]

Damn I want a mug

[plush swift]

i love this mug

its dorky

it has a health and safety label on it after all

[sterile grail]

cool ill take ur word and order it some time in the future, will see how it performs (since my guys will use alot of whites)

is it airbrush compatible?

[plush swift]

yes

[sterile grail]

nvm its acrylics

oh do i need to mix it

with some medium

[plush swift]

the high flow doesnt need to be thinned

[plush swift]

not all acrylics are airbrush compatible

Some pigments can not be airbrushed at all, some because of how they work, some because of toxicity. Even with a fume hood and a mask, they are too risky

There will be that symbol on the side of the bottle if it's not airbrush safe

thats a cadmium btw

[sterile grail]

strange, photos not loading for me

[plush swift]

could be discord being discord

you can open it up in a tab

but its basically just a circle with an airbrush in it and a line striking through it

[sterile grail]

ah i see

well i would probably need to consult you before i airbrush anything

dont wanna kill myself while brushing my minis

[plush swift]

Yeah feel free, my dms are always open too

[sterile grail]

especially when im in an enclosed room

[plush swift]

I will say, get a respirator for even basic stuff

the polymers arent good for the lungs either

[sterile grail]

regardless, here's my achievement for tonight. Might not seem much, but its something.

[sterile grail]

is regular mask going to work?

[plush swift]

depends on the type of mask

a covid mask? not really but its better than nothing

[lofty bridge]

me in my poorly ventilated room with my minis that just got sprayed with metallic primer drying in the corner

[sterile grail]

true, one time i sprayed, i enhaled the smell. was very dizzy and i get headaches, idk why i was doing that because i was experimenting. was very dumb of me

[plush swift]

yeah dont do that, the mica particles are known to cause lung cancer, also the solvents in them can cause you respiratory harm

[plush swift]

a respirator is pretty cheap, around $20~ aus so they arent a huge investment

I should go on vacation in aus again, I miss it. Going into the ocean and screaming at bogans for throwing vb cans at fish

best vacation ever

[sterile grail]

also, i tried out both tamiya and mr surfacer primer, from my personal opinion, i feel like Tamiya is better quality

[plush swift]

Tamiya is a weird paint

So their paints are very low in pigmentation, but they are properly mixed

so they arent a high grade of paint, but they are well made

[sterile grail]

yeah well, i dont clicked with the paint (spray cans). I do really like their primers though

they are the least likely to damage my models

[plush swift]

all spray cans contain acetone, but yeah they aren't super likely to fuck with the models

[sterile grail]

tried spray tamiya white on my models, lowkey regret that

[plush swift]

for spray cans I just use automotive paint

same with varnishes, my varnishes are all automotive things

[slender ridge]

I am quite happy with how this turned out

[lofty bridge]

I love the gold, what paint do you use?

[slender ridge]

Retributor armor

Base

And a black primer underneath

[lofty bridge]

Im gonna get some of that for my models

Thanks!

[lean snow]

If you want a gold that really pops Ive found doing bronze and then gold is the way to go. Gives it a richness. Then you can add either a brown wash to grim it up or a red wash to get a rose gold tint

[twilit token]

Buzz lightyear of The imperium

[lofty bridge]

pics that go hard

[dark violet]

taking to infinity and beyond to a whole new meaning

[rare hornet]

The crusade is eternal

[mint dove]

I think I fixed my contrast mistake. How he lookin?

[rare hornet]

He's looking good

[plush swift]

Looks angry

[obsidian tapir]

Space marine with a trench raider style

Only just realised that the shoulder pads don’t quite sit right and allows for some un painted parts to show through

[rare hornet]

Where did you get helemt?

[obsidian tapir]

3d printed it

[rare hornet]

awwww

[obsidian tapir]

Yeah a bit sad if ya don’t have one

[rare hornet]

Shame, that's a very good look for Iron Warriors

[errant fulcrum]

My friends guard vs another friends salamanders.

[left egret]

What warp fuckery is this you are a fox again? Did the gellerfield stutter? @rare hornet

When in doubt blame tzeentch

[rare hornet]

Mwahaha

[dark violet]

plans within plans

[left egret]

Yeah. The confusion tactic works brilliantly.

First you get used to a foxgirl that gives good paint advice, then the foxgirl becomes a genetically enhanced supersoldier leading a grand company. And when you get used to that the supersoldier becomes a genetically enhanced foxgirl leading a grand company.

Long live chaos, let chaos reign
frantic handwaving in air

To bad I can't employ this tactic. It's bitterboy or shield for me 🥲

[dark violet]

mine also wont change. royal cat for me

[left egret]

Yeah my base one is a wooden shield with a bloody helmet mark. Have used it for years now

[dark violet]

got mine as a gift from a friend plus i love their art style

[left egret]

Funnily enough mine is too 😁 (not the iron warrior that is just a gif from the datastream 😐)

Which reminds me I should probably go look for the original file

It is somewhere on my pc

Ooh found the updated version I forgot about

[pastel grotto]

Not enough baneblades

[mellow bridge]

Agreed

More baneblades please

[agile junco]

finished up necron force

[azure fulcrum]

Gronk

[dark violet]

https://tenor.com/view/warhammer-40k-you-tube-heresy-gif-19386225

[azure fulcrum]

Drank too much grog last night. Head all hurty.

Need lots of rations.

[compact umbra]

KNIGHT

[azure fulcrum]

Man the firstborns really do look fucking goofy as hell nowadays.

The fact that say 5 years or so ago I would have actually thought the tactical marines were super cool is mind blowing.

[plush swift]

hit head with hammer

[azure fulcrum]

Keep in mind I'm purely talking about the sculpt not your actual model.

[azure fulcrum]

Need more rations

[mint dove]

It's even more apparent having an unpainted primaris on my desk

But he is done, painted the hose, skull and parchment on the power fist

[azure fulcrum]

Now try painting yourself some bitches

But fr that looks like a decent tabletop standard

[cursive gyro]

Now imagine saying that with current day Mortarion mini or the Chaos knights

Cause it's gonna happen at some point

[tawny topaz]

I just finished testing my wet palette and painting probably my best mini by far

[wanton basin]

With the scale you're working with, I'm very very impressed

Was there any texture/detailing for the eye augment lense before?

[hollow moon]

well, time to start an Alpha Legion army

[tawny topaz]

Nope, I meant to use one of my smaller brushes but I got so hooked into it I forgot to change

I saw a quick way to do eyes by putting corax white then tesseract glow on top as something easy

[ebon panther]

Redoing old models

I like where its going just need to finish the rest

[drifting forum]

New-ish to 40k, just ordered a Vanguard Veteran squad

Gonna paint them BA

[ebon panther]

BA? Bonus action! Steady aim, full action shoot my short bow, I hit and use my steak attack due to my advantage and deal 27 damage and kill the goblin!

[bold copper]

welcome to the Heresy

[jaunty trail]

Already seen the 2023 Munitorum MK I sheet? Nearly every Troop choice i made until now got 10-15 pts cheaper (playing Black Templars) xD

[pearl onyx]

Mods are asleep post fantasy minis

[sterile grail]

got my right hip plate done, its not perfectly smooth but i think visually its getting there.

[brisk vapor]

https://youtu.be/A8_5fPlfSek

[brisk vapor]

looking good!

[digital jasper]

the emperor is dead only the truth matter

[lean snow]

The army grows (marine assault intercessors of shame in the back)

[pastel grotto]

Scab gunner here

Also fuck man, you've convinced me

Time to figure out how to Traitorise these dudes

[digital jasper]

join us mate stop obey à dead emperor

[lean snow]

[floral wind]

So basically im soon to get this SF command squad but im not sure how im gonna go about painting the flag as its just a flat piece with no ornate details. Any ideas on how I can tackle this?

[dusty nimbus]

Use transfers

[floral wind]

I am considering that the problem is im not sure how easy it is to acquire them separate from the sets

[dusty nimbus]

Many people make their own transfers

That you can buy on etsy

[mint dove]

So I bought the tactical marine squad, painted 3 as ultramarines before I got bored and started painting blood angels, I've been told that to make this army playable for games all I need is a Lieutenant and it'll be good but my question is can I use the space marine squad as a blood angels unit even if 3 are painted as ultramarines? As long as I specify "hey those count as blood angels"

[brisk vapor]

yeah should be fine unless your opponent is being an ass

[plush swift]

You can't in tournaments and that is it. In casual play it doesn't matter if the player cares, fuck that person

[lean snow]

Just dont play with super sweaty players, ez

[mint dove]

Ahh okay cool:) from what I've seen/been told the guy who runs the warhammer store by my house has like 0 tolerance for neckbeard sweat players in his store

[lean snow]

The only people I have to play with besides immediate friends are mtg degenerates so you best believe I aint playin with those sweats after playing them in cardboard

Too many adult tantrums

[mint dove]

Exactly, it's why I quit MTG, not wasting my free time watching a 40 year old man lose his mind over a game

[obtuse laurel]

Just say those marines washed their armor, Blood Angel's have been blue the whole time 😅😅😅

[lean snow]

Or that the ulrtamarines decided to stop being the posterboys and wanted to become edgy vampire larpers instead

[unborn pebble]

He getting there

[dark violet]

eldrad or however you spell him?

[unborn pebble]

Yeah, we also accept Eldad

[dark violet]

was gonna write that first lol

or El-dad

[brisk vapor]

very nice colour scheme

[unborn pebble]

Ty, it lacks the white most of my army has, but I am piviting away from it as a whole. Can't stand painting white.

[dark violet]

i dunno how to make the hair of my sororitas look more like hair aswell and not just a white helmet lol

[unborn pebble]

Very thin layers

You could also use a small scalpel to try and put more seperation in the ares the hair parts

[dark violet]

i am still super proud of how my first paintjobs turn out atm

[unborn pebble]

Yeah, just gonna make my sisters hair black or red

[brisk vapor]

hair is very difficult, took me a long while to learn to do it even remotely good

[plush swift]

Look for watercolor hair tutorials, a lot of the time its just working from light to dark which is counter to the typical mini painter thing of working dark to light.

[lilac moth]

Any tips to make the "flames" pop out more?

[atomic rose]

They blend in with the rest of the mini because it's the same color scheme. Some highlight would make them brigher, but they will never stand out because of it.

[lean snow]

Add another shade of orange to the red of the flames

Like a new shade that hasnt been used on the flames yet

Not another coat of the same paint

[left egret]

Muahahahaha have done it. I have bought 2 kill team legionaries boxes just for the burning magic, the 2 handed chainaxe and the reaper chaincannon.

I can now run 2 dedicated melee legionaries squads backed up and buffed by 2 shooty psycher legionaries squads ahahahahaha.

.
Yes I have gone insane

@rare hornet is this actually viable or am I just shooting myself in the leg with this?

[lilac moth]

reaper chaincannon goes BBBBRRRR

doesnt it have like barely under 10 hits or something like that=

[left egret]

8

[rare hornet]

To be fair, there's no wrong way to make a list

[jaunty trail]

Current trooo deployment

[plush swift]

What are you trying to do with the flames?

Are you trying to enhance the green or you trying to make a transition between the red and the green?

I know a lot of people are going to suggest fluorescent colors but you know me I'm not going to suggest something that fades very quickly also

[last stratus]

Becoming better at painting is so much easier now with all these videos out there, 15 years ago it was all White Dwarf basically

[mint dove]

Someone in my other discord found an old passage from a blood angels book that I can use as justification for my Blood angels/ultramarine army

[atomic rose]

We had a mini painting club led by one of the teachers back then. It was when I first tried to hobby and quit on it since the teacher was a dick. Has not taught us anything but endlessly complained about our results. Like...I was 10, how was I supposed to know I need to thin the paints?!

[mint dove]

It wasn't even in the proper Chapter colours, having come from the Ultramarine's armoury a generation before. Bare metal showed in several places. Levi, however, like many of the suit's previous users, had refused to let the Techmarines repaint it. Every time its Ultramarine colours had been hidden, the suit's wearer had been killed. Levi maintained that the suit knew it was only borrowed, and even the Techs had come to believe the same. They had given up trying to persuade him to have it repainted in the proper colours.

[warm eagle]

Penitent egine I did last week

[jaunty trail]

I like that used and "unclean" battle look... is a thing that always annoys me by citadel/gw photographs of minis... they are to clean xD

[last stratus]

Have to be

Its for showing the product clearly

Also 15 years ago we didnt have resin 3D printing, its getting me back into the hobby since I quit in my teens

So much good stuff out there

Way better than GW

[atomic rose]

I intentionaly do not weather my space marines. The super grimy dirty look just does not fit for them to me. They are geneticaly modified relentlessly trained super soldier. Every scratch is a weak point, sand and dirt in joints and gaps slows you down, leftover gore is a safety hazard. And you don't need to be a techpriest to use a welder and a belt sander or some sort of epoxy. I like to imagine repairing these artificial flaws in their armor is one of the first things they do after a mission.

[plush swift]

Looks amazing dude

[last stratus]

Repairs will look diff to brand new though

[atomic rose]

Not really if done competently.

[warm eagle]

thank you ❤️

[dark violet]

nice i was also thinking of getting one but instead i might just only get actual sisters for my first army with a bunch of major characters :D

[cursive gyro]

First time doing Tau's and so far, i'm proud

[plush swift]

Basics has become way easier but getting any information past that has become way harder and its filled with disinformation when you do. Plus you face this issue when you get into the higher end where you are forced to do the same style as everyone else or dont get anywhere and getting information on methods that are different dont really exist because its all influencer driven now, then you have people with zero knowledge trying to give you unsolicited advice on what looks better IE copying the same style as X painter because its influencer driven. It's a double edged sword

[sudden notch]

I wonder will gw make combat partrol for all chaos gods demons

[tough moat]

the loadout these fuckers have is brutal

[cursive gyro]

I paint 40k, I do not play 40k so I have no clue and I'm gonna take your words for it

But it does look mean

[tough moat]

take my word for it

https://tenor.com/view/fedora-tipshat-mlady-melady-athiest-gif-7191305

[cursive gyro]

https://tenor.com/view/soldier-bucket-running-away-expiration-date-inhuman-thoughts-gif-21691393

[gilded salmon]

what white paint did you use, as me and my cousin are heaving trouble with his tau?

[cursive gyro]

Ceramite white

Abaddon black for base color
Then Ceramite white, let dry
and paint over the parts that aren't evenly colored
(Hopefully my english isn't too broken)