40k-minis-and-armies

[gilded salmon]

that is great, i am surprised as the white scar paint was not good and chunky. you definitely know how to work paints

[cursive gyro]

Thank you :o

Also white scar paint is a bit too... blue tinted
Idk how else to describe but this is a more warm white, white scare is colder in it's tones

[azure fulcrum]

a tip for getting good coverage with white

DONT FUCKING USE HOBBY PAINTS

thank you for coming to my TED talk

[plush swift]

What does this mean, use automotive or house paints?

[azure fulcrum]

you may as well if you're using hobby paint

think about it though, would you rather pay say, 8 dollars for a 12ml bottle of garbage quality paint, or 15 dollars for 135ml of student grade acrylic

from what ive learned the best white is titanium white ink

[dark violet]

wait you pay 8dollar?

i pay like 3.40€ per bottle

or 4.20 if it is contrast i think was the more expensive one

[tiny jay]

I think weathering and grime has its place. And it can certainly (atleast in my case) help cover up some shortcuts. Also debris on the lower part of a base ties it into the base well imho.

But I think it also depends on the vibe you want for your army, if they're all posed like they're in the thick of the fighting then more weathering works, But if the're posed less dynamicaly or your headcannon is that they just deployed, thats fine too.

I like poses with dropped mags and flapping slings etc. I cut up some bits of plastic that I'm gonna turn into lasgun powercells..

[dark violet]

nice idea

[plush swift]

Artist/Studio/Professional(they are all the same) grade fluid acrylics. I corrupted Gronk there by showing him what they do and how well they work compared to hobby paint. The whites one coat black without leaving brush marks. No Artist doesnt mean heavy bodied acrylic, artist is a grade of paint not a style of paint.

[tiny jay]

basically just cut up some T track and sanded the wings of the 'T' down so its like a ridge and glued in some tiny ball bearings for the little lugs.

[plush swift]

artist grade** student grade is what hobby paints are

[azure fulcrum]

[plush swift]

contrasts are $7 where I am. you can get a bottle of ink for $4 and a bottle of glaze medium for $4 also, which is what a contrast paint is

[azure fulcrum]

speaking of i cant seem to find titanium white ink on Cavalier

i assume ink would be its own category or would it come under acrylic?

[plush swift]

golden high flow

[azure fulcrum]

oh, so high flow is ink

[plush swift]

yes

they dont call it one because its not water reactivated

and golden's philosophy is that they are similar to a watercolor

which they also sell

[tiny jay]

takes notes

[plush swift]

QoR is their watercolor line

[zinc glade]

Power sword I finished today. Takes some time, but well worth the effort.

[lean snow]

Very nice. Let's see Paul Allen's power sword

[desert wyvern]

May have did a thing today.

[azure fulcrum]

Oh my god, the tasteful thickness of it...

[dark violet]

https://tenor.com/view/magnus-did-nothing-wrong-40k-gif-23218934

[tawny topaz]

COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING???

[cursive gyro]

Marcus did nothing wrong

[tawny topaz]

That’s the coolest shit I seen all day

[cursive gyro]

I pray for a box named "Ol' Bale-eye's revenge"

But it's an ork box

[limber widget]

i go tommrow to the local gw after work instead of tuesday

than i wil eat something

[rare hornet]

Eat the leftover sprues

[limber widget]

and i think that i gonna buy a greater daemon of khorne or an chaos titan or instead a imperal titan if the gw store doesnt have an chaos titan

[limber widget]

nice

[tiny jay]

I mean it wouldn't be that hard to convert a titan to chaos.

[tiny jay]

The shield looks super crisp.

[white trellis]

Thanks

Valdor gold with a very light drybrush of some army painter gold

[tiny jay]

assuming you had to keep the paints super thin to stop the layers doing too much to the detail.

[white trellis]

Airbrush paints yo

They come full of pigment and super thin already

Almost too thin imo

[plush swift]

they dont come full pigmented actually, they literally cant

[tiny jay]

I need to practice more with my airbrush**, I've only used it for white highlights on the base coat and then applying the main colors.

[white trellis]

The coverage is great 🤷

[white trellis]

I just use a brush atm as my cat broke my airbrush

[tiny jay]

I think I've got surface glow down pretty well though.

[plush swift]

its chemically impossible, just remember that. The moment you put flow improver in a paint, you cant put more pigment into it as it will disrupt the binder, which is why why you thin acrylics with water, they face a lot of issues with durability and longevity

[white trellis]

Thanks for the lesson

[plush swift]

acrylic binders can only hold very specific level of pigmentation, and its way less than what companies want to tell you

hence why matte paints have even more issues when you thin them from the matte agent

[lean snow]

That feel when im halfway through a dark angels army but a 1500pt skeleton age of sigmar army is sitting right there still in boxes taunting me

Taunting me for 5 years

[tiny jay]

Still on the fence about the hazard stripes on the Moebian 6th, trying to figure out if they look like something they added later or if they were part of the Regiment Heraldry.

They also have lots of red oxide/dull red stripes.

The Yellow hazard stripes just kind of suit something like GSC more where they're using industrial equipment.

[weak oak]

I'm trying to build a pre-heretical Moebian 6th. Looking at close ups of where all of the stripping is either on their weapons or on their base armor in most cases, I don't know if we'll ever get an official answer if it was after their fall or not, but I thought it would be kind of interesting if it was meant to be a unique identifier for say like it was meant for a mechanized detachment or a more prestigious platoon, same could be said for the red striping. Myself going with the mechanized idea for the army scheme.

[tiny jay]

Same, I'm going with the idea of Mechanized Infantry with a good compliment of shock/assault troops.

Though in my case I'm going post-fall.

[weak oak]

I just really like their design style, I feel like its not too difficult to pull off and the colors I think I would like more than just the normal Cadia colors.

[tiny jay]

I like the fairly dull black armor, the fatigues seem to be similar to WW1 british colors mostly. Definitely gonna use the red stripes on the front edge of the tank sides as a unit marking with a white 6th on it. Maybe a vertical strip of yellow hash marks.

Though most of the yellow stripes I've seen are on Gunners and Maulers + Ogryns. So I wonder if its a stormtrooper/shock troop thing.

[limber widget]

wich medium to large model woud you guys recomend

me to buy it needs to be 40k and fantasy is also okay

[weak oak]

The yellow stripes are also on the "assault" style scab shooter's autoguns and lasguns and also on the Shotgunner's shotgun. So yeah it would make sense to me as shock troops for a mechanized unit.

[tiny jay]

The assault style one being the dude with the bandanna?

That makes sense.

[weak oak]

The shooters that if you use the Vet scan ability with shooters set as a designated target that won't glow.

[tiny jay]

Thats the one, yeah. Ranger or whatever.

I didn't look to see if there is anything on the Bulwarks or Reapers, but it makes sense.

[cursive gyro]

Important update

Apparently they changed the name of Ceramite White for "Corax White"

I know there was some fuckery with name change in paint

[lean snow]

I dont want to paint some of my dark angels in white bros

[sterile grail]

I use corax white. Multiple thin layer, sometimes take hours. I do like 20-30 extremely thin layer on my guys.

for white if you want to achieve like 60-70% smooth surface you just gotta dip alot of water and thin it down. Remove excess on your brush and just glaze one at a time, good thing is that they dry quickly

i have been trying to make it as smooth as possible but so far anything more than that is hard and is time consuming

like this fella i painted yesterday :p

[sterile grail]

pain indeed

[lean snow]

I see you. And I see the cleanness of your white. But you're marine has been at this stage for days now lol

[sterile grail]

sadly yeah 😥, I always come back and fix the white and ended up ruining it. And have to spent more hours fixing it

yesterday i ruined the skull because i accidentally scraped some white outside of it

the hip plate is not helping either

[lean snow]

If it looks like the pic up there you can move on to other parts

Dont sweat the small accidents that no one but you will see (as hard as that is)

[sterile grail]

I scraped this off with my fingernails lol

[lean snow]

Id also scrap the paint off of where the arm attaches

U dont want to use plastic or super glue on paint

No bueno

[sterile grail]

o i see

[lean snow]

I'll say fuck it if Im attaching dudes to bases ive painted

But i really shouldnt

[sterile grail]

does it show any damages so far

[lean snow]

If you look really close you can see where some glue spread

But its one of those things where only I will notice unless i bring it up

Which kills me inside

[sterile grail]

u can paint over it right

[lean snow]

Haha...

Ha...

Ha......

[sterile grail]

🤔

[lean snow]

It gives this bumpy texture which would blend in if i did dirt bases and not clay

I also do this. I use poster putty to cover areas that will be attached by glue once painted

That way i can just take the sticky tac off and not have to worry

[sterile grail]

damn im gonna need some putty

[lean snow]

Thankfully you can just hobby knife scrape the paint layer

Its not ideal but it will work

Id also heavily reccomend plastic cement instead of super glue

[sterile grail]

yeah i got that instead

but it dries superfast

[plush swift]

I use golden high flow titanium white. Its an ink like paint. One coats black. I can post pictures of it later. Most hobby paints mix chalk and zinc into titanium white to stabilize it because the correct stabilization chemical is too expensive for them.

[bold copper]

WIP shot

[azure fulcrum]

Am I the only one who hates how a lot of the chaos space marine hqs don't have a helmeted option and in cases like the Space Marine Lord you literally can't even kitbash one in without a severe level of RIP AND TEAR

[compact umbra]

Hey how are word bearers in HH?

[bold copper]

they do pretty good

[azure fulcrum]

As far as competitiveness? If they are anything like 40k probably decently strong

[bold copper]

really every legion bar maybe salamanders do pretty well in HH

[compact umbra]

ah

anything interesting play style wise?

i might get csm but use them in HH

as word bearers

[azure fulcrum]

I would say WB gets access to possessed in HH because of the Gal Vorbrak

Much like EC gets Kakophonii/Noise Marines

[compact umbra]

Oh okay, I’m not sure how crazy different armies are in HH lmao

[compact umbra]

Man I wish gal didn’t die, I love his model and he’s cool af

I want him in 40k

Oh and Argel tal

But he died under great wings

[azure fulcrum]

Gal Vorbrak isn't a character it's a unit/group, they're the first possessed marines

[compact umbra]

OH I MENA IHH

[compact umbra]

Lmao soryr i meant Zadru

Zadru is a cool character

[sand tulip]

introducing Kurt Klisspen: Escape from Armageddon

[naive umbra]

You weren't there man

I've seen some shit

And some people were arguing that Catachans can't look good

[sand tulip]

[urban nebula]

Still fairly new to craft... But i like to think im slowly getting better xD

[teal wolf]

Looking goood!

[dark violet]

More sororitas nice

[limber widget]

Warhammer fans woud buy every model in existence if we catch and mine this astriod https://blog.physics-astronomy.com/2022/12/if-nasa-catch-this-asteroid-everyone-on.html?m=1

[plush swift]

No we would buy GW so that they would stop screwing over the community

[limber widget]

I aree

Everyone gets 93 bill
Hyper inflation https://youtu.be/pXMkcpJN8QI

[atomic rose]

Actualy, it would get divided between like 100 people and the rest would get shit.

[azure fulcrum]

when you become a billionare overnight but bread suddenly costs 50mil

it wouldnt make anyone rich at all we'd still have the same amount of money due to hyper inflation, which is briefly covered in article E-621, you can google E621 Hyper Inflation to get a better explanation

i dont really remember the details myself

[rare hornet]

You're evil

[brazen notch]

Googles that

https://tenor.com/view/samuel-smile-reverse-reverse-metal-gear-metal-gear-rising-gif-21248744

[limber widget]

Or be this girl from. Twitter and do absolutely nothing and being absolutely beautiful that guys wil. Give you 5000 dollars or 1 thousand dollars

And ask guys on Twitter for their money

This why I rather join chaos to burn and kill shit like this

[atomic rose]

Well, that is rather on us than on her. Where is demand, there will be supply.

[limber widget]

Yea

[atomic rose]

As long as there are simps, there will be girls willing to be simped for.

[limber widget]

I don't know why I follow her on Twitter

It's like following a shittty planetary governor

That only cares from himself and money

While he becomes fat and old

[dark violet]

And boom goes inflation

[limber widget]

Yes

Infateion speed run

[dark violet]

Gotta pay 90mil for one paint bottle

[dark violet]

Don't say that bear pyrocynical lol

[limber widget]

And the most expensive warhammer models would be almost a bill

[lavish crescent]

Buying a warlord titan will be like getting a mortgage or buying a new car

[limber widget]

Yea

[azure fulcrum]

[dark violet]

Hehehe

[limber widget]

And 120 and 110 models wil be much as buying almost 2 teslas

[pastel grotto]

Me summoning a 400 pound Pitbull named Biscuits

[limber widget]

Nice master of possion model

God. Fucking Dammit the gw store is fucking closed on Monday and Tuesday

https://tenor.com/view/the-emperor-tts-warhammer-warhammer40k-gif-21605736

I'm. Feel. Absolutely pissed

Rn

Where is an gun for me

To put an bullet in my God damm head

[atomic rose]

Step back, take a breather, qualm your addiction

[limber widget]

I have been waiting since last Saturday

Due. Stupid European storm from last week

https://tenor.com/view/sad-crying-warhammer-40k-warhammer40k-gif-13597065

And I haven't been the gw store in a long time

[azure fulcrum]

why everyone have a master of possession but me

[atomic rose]

I assume it's because you have not bought one.

[azure fulcrum]

WHERE

[rare hornet]

I don't have one either if that makes you feel better?

[azure fulcrum]

Not really

Granted I'm just going to kitbash one from a possessed box and a chaos sorcerer

but i would also like an actual MoP

[atomic rose]

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1311&_nkw=master+of+possession+40k&_sacat=0

[azure fulcrum]

first listing sold 131 of the fuckers, god damn

[dark violet]

Ez money I guess

[atomic rose]

It is probably more expensive then GW prices, but if you really want one, they are out there.

[dark violet]

Pro painted over 50 bucks

[atomic rose]

The "pro-painted" stuff on ebay is a joke, lol.

[dark violet]

Guessed as much

[atomic rose]

I am nowhere near even decent and I could sell my minis for so much money.

[dark violet]

Also professional just means making money with it

[atomic rose]

True.

[dark violet]

Standing infront of the local gunstore which sells warhammer stuff right now

[atomic rose]

Still, I have looked at some of the stuff being sold there before and it was comparable to my horrible work.

[dark violet]

They have a painted imperial knight on display that my neighbor painted

Knight preceptor canis rex

[azure fulcrum]

I'm kinda tempted to buy this but I'm also a bit skeptical about buying things off ebay nowadays, after yknow, the whole thing about people buying playstation 5 boxes that came empty because the listing was just for the box plus the fact that for all i know this could be a recast

[dark violet]

Costs more than a rifle

Wtf

[brisk vapor]

I'm tempted to do commission painting but I fear I'd lose the fun of it in the process

[dark violet]

An actual hunting rifle cheaper than an imperial knight

[azure fulcrum]

New: A brand-new, unused, unopened, undamaged item (including handmade items). the handmade items seems odd

what handmade items does this mean, the packaging?

[atomic rose]

I have bought few minis off ebay and they always arrived fine. I had one lost in transit, but the guy just gave me my money back after one e-mail so no issues there.

[azure fulcrum]

ask corpse starch about it, its what he does for an actual living afaik

and apparently yeah, its fucking shit work

[limber widget]

I only wanted. To buy 1 model and thats. It

[atomic rose]

It's just a category they have to choose when they are making the listing. Look further down for the descriptions. If the item does not fit those after arrival, you are entitled to get your money back.

[azure fulcrum]

on a different note i wish i could have channel specific profiles and not just server specific ones, since i only roleplay as loyalist gronk in the other channels

[brisk vapor]

Think he does art restoration. If I were to start commissioning miniatures I'd barely have any time left for personal projects

[atomic rose]

Comission is shit work mostly because of the customers who buy it. "Hey, I need these 60 dudes painted to competition level by next thursday. I'll give you 20 bucks for it."

[azure fulcrum]

From what I've heard its more that everyone is just a fucking professional art critic according to themselves and nothing is ever good enough

People also get very angry if you dont do non metallic metals because those are the new shit fad in the hobby atm

[rare hornet]

Only time I've ever painted someone else's mini was because I wanted to paint a dreadnought

[azure fulcrum]

Despite NMM looking like fucking garbage the moment you turn the model by 5 degrees

[atomic rose]

Well, those things need to be negotiated before the commision is taken.

[azure fulcrum]

I'm only paraphrasing the convos I've had with Corpse

[rare hornet]

I just asked if they wanted me to repaint their old dreadnought model from 8 years ago and they said sure

[brisk vapor]

If it's done well enough it won't look like shit

[azure fulcrum]

you can obviously get a more detailed explanation of the experience from the source

[brisk vapor]

Also new emote

[azure fulcrum]

From what I've seen NMM is really only good for display purposes because once you move them out of the angle they are supposed to be viewed at it doesnt look like metal anymore

I just dont get why people are so worked up about it, just use metallics

[brisk vapor]

There's always the golden angle you'd want to do the most prominent highlights but an NMM finish can look good from multiple angels as well

[atomic rose]

I have done one comission kitbash for a friend. She wanted Skarrik from Vermintide, so I kitbashed and painted her one with stupidly complicated base. Spent good 100 hours on the project. There were numerous consultations on the process about what she'd like it to look like and what is and is not in my capabilities.

I imagine if we did not do those, we would not reach a satisfaction on both sides.

[brisk vapor]

NMM is just volumetric highlights turned to the max and those look good regardless of viewing angle

[atomic rose]

That might be true for relatively flat surfaces. It gets stupid complicated on more detailed models.

[brisk vapor]

That's true, although that can be mitigated too with more reserved highlights

[rare hornet]

Actually that brings up a good point, how do people do highlights and keep them neat?

[atomic rose]

It will look somewhat metallic from a wrong angle, but not quite right. For the same reason why bad NMM looks bad. The highlights are not where you'd expect them to be from that angle.

And that is what breaks the illusion.

[atomic rose]

What kind of highlights?

[rare hornet]

Just standard run of the mill edge highlights

I've been wanting to do some for my Templars

[atomic rose]

For sharp edges use the side of your brush, rather than the tip.

For flat edges, you need to use the tip in which case you want to use kinda pulling motion with your fingers and position the mini, rather than the brush

Other than that is just a lot of back and forth when you do the highlight, fix mistakes, fix the highlight, fix mistakes and so on.

[rare hornet]

Right, okay sounds simple enough. I'll have to give it a go then on my test model

[atomic rose]

If you want to replicate the GW look, they use multiple layers of edge highlights as well.

[rare hornet]

The only other thing I want to do is painting faces

[rare hornet]

I'll just keep it simple to start with

[atomic rose]

The greatest way to learn how to paint face (no-lie), is to watch make-up tutorials.

They'll go in details where to place you highlights and shadows.

[rare hornet]

that makes sense actually

[atomic rose]

You just have to replicate it on smaller scale.

[rare hornet]

gotcha

and then lastly it's just about how to do eyes?

[atomic rose]

How detailed do you want your eyes to be? If you are correct to scale, they eyes wouldn't normaly be visible. So it is acceptable to just leave them dark.

If you want to paint the eyes, I first paint them black. Then I go in with the white, making sure to leave some of the black around it. Then a thin black line in the center.

[rare hornet]

right, I'll see what happens

[brisk vapor]

Check out Darren Latham's How to Paint Faces video, he goes pretty in-depth how to approach it

[rare hornet]

sweet thanks

[plush swift]

you will, its soul crushing honestly

[brisk vapor]

So I've heard

[plush swift]

you lower your quality to hit time quotas

and the thing I was saying to gronk about NMM was basically, with the super highend things people rave about, you turn them and they look distorted and bad because they are painted for one angle and one angle only and half the time the backs arent even painted because its influencer driven

Plus TMM is the competition winner of the two

TMM wins more awards than NMM because NMM is a weird trap with them where they make the models look too samey and boring

It was one of the problems with a crystal brush winner the judges talked about

for example

not all nmm is like that

its mostly the influencer and GD ones

[atomic rose]

It is true, I still find it rather impressive when done really well. I remember when I first saw the Rogal Dorn R. Gray painted.

[brisk vapor]

Also imo the best works often utilize both nmm and tmm

[atomic rose]

Thought the guy is a genuine madman for painting Rogal fucking Dorn in NMM

[brisk vapor]

God I adore Richard Gray

His work is sublime

[plush swift]

I dont he's been causing problems for my job for years

its not his painting

its his bs he spews about paint chemistry

Last paint company I worked for, I literally had to deal with 20 hours of calls a week and people would argue and mention his name specifically

saying about how us, a paint company, didnt know anything about paints.

same with the artist supply store I worked for

[brisk vapor]

😄

[plush swift]

hence why i can get a bit aggressive at times

[brisk vapor]

Pretty sure Richard himself states in his videos that he knows jack shit how it all works only that he does what he does because he finds it to be effective. Just paraphrasing though

[plush swift]

I know vince says a lot about paint chemistry which is wrong too

like the whole "hobby paints are milled to the correct scale for mini painting"

which is false

like obnoxiously false

they arent really much different from craft paint in terms of pigment size

VERY few companies will mill the pigments correctly, and those are generally the super highend of the highend premium grade paints like Michael Harding

hence why you pay $15 for the cheapest of the pigments

[atomic rose]

How much would be a 15ml dropper bottle of Corpse_start made paint?

[left egret]

I am wondering if I should play a 40k game on tabletop sim to freshen up on how to play

[edgy jackal]

Isn't that like asking the length of a piece of string?

[atomic rose]

I am aware it depends on a pigment used. Just interested in ballpark numbers.

[plush swift]

smallest I used to sell was 20ml and they were $3-6

both of these are the exact same pigment from the exact same source, the left is Harding oil. The color was vastly changed due to the milling process

[left egret]

It's been a while since I played and I don't think I have enough of an army to field right now

[rare hornet]

TTS isn't a bad idea

smidge more clunky but it works

[left egret]

Aye but you need people to play with 😅
My friends who play ar also pretty new to this but more importantly have never used tts 😭

[rare hornet]

I play against myself

therefore I can never lose

[left egret]

[plush swift]

or you always lose and always win

so its always a draw

[rare hornet]

It's mostly so I have a reason to talk to myself without sounding crazy

[left egret]

But yeah if anyone interested in a tts game hit me up... my old mentor is gone and I need a new one...
He's not dead he is just an asshole and we are no longer on speaking terms.

[dark violet]

Just got myself some brown matt paint at local paint store for some leather accessories detailing

Which means I think I have all the main colors to fully finish my first miniature

[left egret]

I don't believe I have played 9th edition csm codex at all 🤔

[rare hornet]

I haven't played warhammer since about March

[dark violet]

i havnt played the ttg ever

[rare hornet]

I spend more time building and painting than I do playing

[azure fulcrum]

speaking of paints i cant remember which brand it is, I think its Langridge but apparently the guy behind the brand knows literally nothing about how paint works, despite it being an artist grade quality paint

[left egret]

Huh

[wooden pier]

Word berry sorc in catsuit, blessed by bigbirb with accompaning warp pet

[sweet sinew]

I LOVE BLOOD

[brisk vapor]

First steps with Horus

Next up tuning the highlights back with Corvus Black again

[edgy jackal]

Why corvus black and not abbadon black?

[brisk vapor]

it's not pure black

more of a dark blue grey

[edgy jackal]

Ah, a kind of midtone black to the shadow of abbadon black / primer black

[brisk vapor]

ye sorta like that

[edgy jackal]

That makes sense

[brisk vapor]

end result will be close to these guys

[edgy jackal]

looks cool

[brisk vapor]

thanks

[dark violet]

I do believe I have fully finished my first miniature

I left the grenade black but did the pin on it very carefully

[rare hornet]

Looking very nice

[dark violet]

Dunno if you can see the brown detailing

The latches that hold the boltor on her hip

And the belt

I even did the tiny little metal pieces on it

[steep ether]

Old, but here are some ynnari

[steep pecan]

Might as well share my earlier work

[plain bear]

I love how you painted the bases

[sudden notch]

I am intrigued

But my wallet keeps running away

[lilac moth]

https://tenor.com/view/khorne-skulls-for-the-skull-throne-blood-for-the-blood-god-gif-18272573

[mint dove]

Anyone got a good reccomendation for flat brushes? All mine are shredded

[atomic rose]

Yes. Find an art store in your area, go there and ask for acrylics flat brushes in your price range.

[compact umbra]

Oh yeah I need to get that, if you want a stellar demon army get the old and new khorne demon box sets and you will have a good 1000~ army

[plush swift]

Tareios got the correct answer

[mint dove]

Gratzi

[dark violet]

New one done x3

Painted for about 4 hours today on this one with a couple of breaks and did it differently this time one piece at a time before assembling

[rare hornet]

Another good one

[unborn pebble]

What gave you that shine?

[steep ether]

@unborn pebble Folks have commented on that before! I use army painter washes that match the color

[unborn pebble]

Awesome, thank you. Love glossy minis

[plush swift]

You can also use varnish, ideally automotive as that is the only varnish on the market that does protect against the heat from your hands

[dark violet]

thank you x3

[plush swift]

Most acrylic varnishes are just for dusting purposes, a uv protection coat(not all varnishes do this despite what a lot of companies will tell you, in fact most don't) or changing the sheen.
Another benefit of automotive varnishes that it can go over oils and oil washes unlike acrylic varnishes, despite what the top painters want to say for mini painting

[dark violet]

got myself some nice brown paint from a hobby painting store today and its just a thick paste since its matt paint and damn it looks good on one of my models for leather

[plush swift]

Matte does not change the viscosity, you use a very small amount of it in the paint. It's a chemical thickener that does.

[dark violet]

doesnt say alot on it that could really help me describe it besides the name umbra of the color

[plush swift]

You can find Matte inks for example, though they're quite rare

[dark violet]

and ofcourse its components

[steep ether]

@unborn pebble Definitely helped them pop!

[plush swift]

Most paint companies won't, you have to go through someone like me who actually does it for a living to get that information, there's very little information out there and when you do find information it's plagued by hobby companies paying for better search results and the influx of mini painters who have created a very bad dichotomy when it comes to paint information.

Like not joking, I've seen actual "research articles"from places focus on Warhammer, where they are calling a ready bad shade of yellow because it looks red.

[dark violet]

doubt you could also get much from the brand name since its mostlikely a german company

[plush swift]

Or they fact they think heavy body acrylics have 80% pigment in the paint when they don't

[dark violet]

DEKA

[plush swift]

Actually most of the companies I work with are based in Germany, when it comes to pigments they're one of the largest suppliers.

And I know what deka is but they tend to make only fabric paints

They make a few enamel products here and there but I think one or two water-based paints?

They aren't really a brand that I have too much experience with because they're not a high enough grade for testing purposes

[dark violet]

the brown i got myself is atleast pretty neat for my purposes

[plush swift]

I mean it should be absolutely fine, It's pretty much just raw umber from what I know

Could be burnt umber but I haven't seen it in person

[dark violet]

i can only give poorly lit images lol

[plush swift]

I don't expect people to have photography lighting, that shit's expensive

[dark violet]

im just gonna hold the light against a white piece of paper

[plush swift]

That's how most do it

[compact umbra]

Wiat with the new ark of omens shenanigans can you actually include agents of the imperium in your army with out losing all your CP in a Knight army

I’d also say agents of chaos but rip abbadon

Unless you play like 3000 point game then Abbadon and his pet dogs army is gone

[lean snow]

Im going to paint this guy using contrast/speed paints. First time using them really. Should I do another quick drybrush of white before I apply the contrast? Or good to go with just grey

So far he has only been primed black and drybrushed with grey

[plush swift]

contrast paints you work from light to dark, so you want more bright stuff

[lean snow]

So thats a yes add some white over the grey

I did a test mini that im doing for a friends d&d and just the black and grey didnt give much definition

[warm eagle]

Sista

[round crystal]

Really digging that base

lil gobbo I was working on

[dark violet]

sista

i do also enjoy the white armor but mine gonna be all gold :3

[round crystal]

https://tenor.com/view/austin-powers-i-love-gold-goldmember-gif-19735343

[dark violet]

here :)

i also notice i cut it horribly by a SINGLE frame causing a shitty audio spike

[mild canyon]

Just got myself a box, no more broken figure's for me

[sweet sinew]

Just finished this dude

[mild canyon]

Grass green 💚

[grizzled jolt]

Militarum auxilla battalion (so far) It will have ratlings, a commissar, tanks a few squads of humans. Most of my ogryns/bullgryns are kit bashed.

[brazen idol]

Trying to win Best Painted Kill Team at LVO because I'm terrible at the game.

[pastel grotto]

Gents.

[wise shuttle]

First mini in my new adventure into bankruptcy

[severe citrus]

When you gotta help your friend BM the space marines

[mild canyon]

My first ever figures, god I feel a tad bit old

[mint dove]

So is Vallejo bloody red an appropriate base coat for blood angels?

With this one I painted on Blood angel Red Contrast paint. Dry brushed vallejo game bloody red to highlight and cover any imperfections but this time I'm going to try basecoating with bloody red, then contrast, then dry brushing basecoat over it again

[lean snow]

All that matters is that you like them

Me? My first 10 dark angels? Hate em. Got the green all wrong.

[mint dove]

Is that a good shade of blood angel to you though?

[plush swift]

Have a Half assed khorne Space marine

[bold copper]

My world eaters dark apostle

[plush swift]

Ayy

May use this as a refrence if thats okay

[sudden notch]

Love green flames

How should i paint chapter flags on sergeants

[bold copper]

go ahead

[plush swift]

Thank youu

[steep ether]

So good! I should have my carnosaur to show off soon. Just need to do some detailing on the throne

[lean snow]

Yeah man its a dank red. Im also colorblind so not the best judge of reds...

[turbid meadow]

How the fuck do people mount these bikes

I shall pray to the glue gods this dries well

[steep pecan]

Went for flesh gore and warp influence/area

[devout lake]

Are the sides of this model supposed to match the cape in color?

[bold copper]

yes

[devout lake]

Thanks for the clarification the sides kinda look like armor plate

[bold copper]

no problem, but yeah it is part of the robe and not the armor

[mint dove]

Is Tamiya panel liner better than using a wash?

[cursive vector]

Still need to finish the base

[lean snow]

[white trellis]

I disagree entirely

If i am not as good as Andrey Demidov then my models are pure trash and should be melted down

[teal wolf]

Good wisdom. Remember folks. There be grey armies out there

[teal wolf]

Is this nice man off to help another settlement?

[cursive vector]

ready at a minute's notice

I should post my minuteguard sometime

[cursive vector]

Still leagues ahead of those people with grey armies

[lean snow]

Whats worse

Grey army? Or pile of shame?

Because my pile of shame stares at me. Taunting me.

[cursive vector]

Grey ARmy

because a Primed army of shame is still ahead of a Grey Army Deployed

[atomic rose]

But my homebrew SM chapter uses plastic grey as their armor color.

[lean snow]

I cant tell if this is ironic

Painted plastic grey? Alright alright alright. Plain bare plastic being told its a homebrew??? Disgust. Disgust and disdain.

[atomic rose]

They dislike paint, believing too fancy. And they use weapons that look like other type of weapon to confuse their enemies.

[steel elbow]

thoughts on this work in progress?

trying to do a bordelands or comic style

its not done yet i just spent about 2 hours on it and ima take a break for tonight

[atomic rose]

If you are going for cell-shaded look, it needs to be way cleaner to work. You chose a very difficult thing to do.

[steel elbow]

ye its still fun to learn i definatly overdid it with the black ima probably touch that up alot tomorrow

[teal wolf]

Retributors from astartes are grey and they look crisp af

[lean snow]

That black do be a little THICC

[plush swift]

Yeahhh I've got a couple grey armies...

[cursive vector]

paint your models

[lean snow]

There is a hair on his left hand shoulder and it is taunting me...

[plush swift]

In due time. Gotta hype myself up and tell myself I won't mess up too bad

[cursive vector]

you better not

paint em

[lean snow]

Do or do not

It is really fun to have 10 infantry you start on that look absolutely awful next to the rest of your army

Yup mhmm

At least i can use them for like transfer sheet practice and to be like "ahh thank goodness im not that bad anymore"

[boreal escarp]

WIP Night Lords

[teal wolf]

🤯 hot damn

[turbid meadow]

My first vehicle model turned out okay methinks

..then again I just paint almost everything gold

[teal wolf]

Kwispy spear

[lean snow]

You painted everything gold and it looks good. Most of the time when people use a lot of metallics it looks thicc and crappy

[swift shell]

almost done with my funky little guy just need to do touch ups

[steep pecan]

The problem here is color hue, the red is too dark for borderlands style on a miniature

However, this is a good base, if you add lighter layers and blend them it'll look great

I tried something similar with xv8 battlesuits, classic yellow and black outlines, sold em eventually, if i find pics i'll post em for guidelines but theres a yt vid on it which i followed and i got similar results

[marble carbon]

where did you get those sentinels?

[azure fulcrum]

Pretty good, but I reckon the red would look better in a lighter shade, you know, like a lightish red. Maybe some leather and tentacles too.

[plush swift]

If this is slaanesh propaganda I swear lmao

[rare hornet]

It’s only propaganda if you think about it too hard

[mint dove]

Anyone ever dabbled with Tamiya panel wash in lieu of regular washes

[rare hornet]

Drank it or used it?

[azure fulcrum]

Both, obviously

How can one expect to truly know a paint without becoming one with it

[azure fulcrum]

Slaaneshi propaganda, from me?? What? Pfft, no way. As if I would ever!

https://tenor.com/view/memento-mori-unus-annus-gif-19399232

Ooooo you want to wear pink and ingest large amounts of cocaine oooooooo

[atomic rose]

PAINT YOUR TEETH!

[azure fulcrum]

man im procrastinating making a cover letter for applying to a local art supply store cause idk what to say even though people reckon im amazing at socializing and should definitely work in a place like that

how do sell oneself

[dark violet]

i already do one of those things

[azure fulcrum]

[dark violet]

your choice which one

[atomic rose]

Do what I did. Fail at applying for jobs you want till you get stuck in a job you hate.

But then continue and become so good at it that you are irreplacable so they have to pay you well.

[rare hornet]

I’m currently advertising for 100% off but I’ve had no buyers 😞

[azure fulcrum]

already there buddy

[atomic rose]

I am sure glad I am putting this law degree to a good use.

[rare hornet]

https://tenor.com/view/toy-story-buzz-lightyear-years-of-academy-training-wasted-gif-23968096

[mint dove]

Let's uhhh, let's go with used this time around

[rare hornet]

Sorry I’m afraid I haven’t

[azure fulcrum]

why do people keep posting little army men in my paint drinking channel

[atomic rose]

Paint drinking? I thought this channel is for paint superiority rants.

[rare hornet]

We can multitask

[deft fable]

Damn New discord pic

[rare hornet]

I like to keep things interesting

[atomic rose]

I really hope there is an ice-cream cone that we cannot see.

[rare hornet]

I will neither confirm nor deny

[mild canyon]

Ho hoh what might this be? Maybe some light long range trolling,

[rare hornet]

Long range door knocker seems more appropriate

[azure fulcrum]

Reminder to always save your empty sprues. And if you don't want them you can give them to me. I always love free food.

[deft fable]

@hazy meadow I tried to make a glowy purple effect in eyes and I'm testing contrast paint with metallic paints

This luxion purple is just pen ink..

[rare hornet]

He’s looking very good

[deft fable]

Not finish at all !

Grey stains need to be repainted

[rare hornet]

Ah gotcha

[cursive vector]

3D printed army

[rare hornet]

I’ve got my eyes in a 3D printed model

[deft fable]

And I'm thinking about recover it with agrax earthshade

[rare hornet]

Yes a light coat of earthshade can do wonders

The best way to think about what wash to apply where can be if it would be covered in oil then nuln, dirt and grime Agrax etc

I have a model somewhere that is a fairly similar green which was covered in Agrax

Admittedly these are much bigger and flatter surfaces than what you’ve got

[azure fulcrum]

Why don't you try 3D printing some bitches instead.

[pastel grotto]

We do a little senseless slaughter

[rare hornet]

Tried that already, came up with an error saying: pull too weak

[azure fulcrum]

[rare hornet]

Sad times

[compact umbra]

i see you have never searched nsfw on cults 3d

[rare hornet]

Hey maybe they have an acquired taste. Can’t judge someone for knowing what they like

[azure fulcrum]

[azure fulcrum]

Considering I worship Slaanesh I would be VERY surprised if an already niche hobby also... sated my tastes...

[rare hornet]

Don’t knock it till you try it

[sweet sinew]

My first vehicle comes tomorrow

[rare hornet]

What chapter you painting?

[fleet canopy]

I just got the black templars box set for 130! Guess that solidifies the army I'm gonna build

[rare hornet]

Black Templars are fun

Welcome to the crusade

[jaunty trail]

Welcome to the eternal crusade brother! May your crusades be always victorious in the name of the holy emperor!

The emperor protects!

[ivory vortex]

modeled this, maybe one day i'll actually print it at a wearable scale.

[azure fulcrum]

Oh no someone let the Templars in

[rare hornet]

The Templars invite themselves, it’s the rules

[ivory vortex]

i do specialize in heresy outside of darktide . Another model i made, based on a kitbash.

[azure fulcrum]

Therapisticus: "Tau'minators aren't real, they can't hurt you."

The Tau'minator:

[sweet sinew]

Currently I’ve only got the right paints to do necrons and ultramarines. But eventually I want to do Iron Hands and Salamanders

[rare hornet]

Ooo fair enough

So this gonna be a ultramarine predator?

[sweet sinew]

Yeah, I’m finally getting decent at weathering effects so I’ve got plenty of details I want to do

[rare hornet]

Fair play, so this could technically be a test model

Work out the kinks kind of thing

[jagged sparrow]

Gotta finish my flayed ones and 15 other models by Friday

Ignore the mat

[atomic rose]

Wow, what a great mat!

[jagged sparrow]

You mfer

The other mat is one with different vehicles with the names. Like truck, car, boat

[rare hornet]

Show the mat with pride

[atomic rose]

Can we get a picture of the glorious mat without all the insignificant clutter on it?

[jagged sparrow]

I’ll make sure to get a picture of the mats when I’m home

[atomic rose]

Praise be!

[jagged sparrow]

They’re old mats I had as a kid and used them when I started priming models

[atomic rose]

Quality that lasts ages.

[jagged sparrow]

Honestly

[azure fulcrum]

i feel like most people have the right paints to do necrons though, literally all you need is a silver metallic and a black wash

[atomic rose]

And possibly green, if you feel fancy

[jagged sparrow]

If you’re feeling spicy you can add in two shades of green

[atomic rose]

https://tenor.com/view/mindblown-omg-triggered-gif-19814900

[azure fulcrum]

woah, alright, calm down michael angelo

[atomic rose]

3 spiecy 5 me

[jagged sparrow]

Necrons are the faction you can do like two colors and it’s perfect. Orks are the faction where no matter how shitty your paint job. It looks like a normal ork vehicle

[rare hornet]

What colour is green?

[atomic rose]

The one that is not creative.

[jagged sparrow]

Average mephrit player

[azure fulcrum]

i use to do my orks in a borderlands inspired style

wish i still had them, or even pictures

might try doing it again when i start doing my chaos warband

[jagged sparrow]

Szarekh is best paint job

[ivory vortex]

does anyone have some of the JoyToy figures? kinda want a tau battlesuit one

[limber widget]

horus when he was tripping on chaos

[jagged sparrow]

Horus was a whinny toddler

[limber widget]

that more perturabo

[jagged sparrow]

If only big E wasn’t a shit father

[limber widget]

the big E has always been an shit father

he saw his sons as tools

[azure fulcrum]

Reminder to Loyalists that the Horus Heresy was no ones fault except the Emperor himself.

[jagged sparrow]

Necrons see their citizens as tools. Get on their level

[limber widget]

they got tricked by the star gods

[azure fulcrum]

Necron not have wieners. Therefor humanity is the superior race.

[jagged sparrow]

Then we enslaved them

[azure fulcrum]

Checkmate metalman.

[lavish crescent]

Custodes beat all

Fight me!

[jagged sparrow]

Us metalmen can crush your skull with a single hand

[rare hornet]

A’ight

[limber widget]

the nercons where more ultra cancer patients of their own home star

[jagged sparrow]

Now imagine that hand crushing your wiener. Checkmate fleshlings

[limber widget]

https://tenor.com/view/perfect-popcorn-michael-jackson-gif-26271837

[jagged sparrow]

Glory to the infinite empire

[lavish crescent]

I hate the fact that I love both custodes and necrons

[jagged sparrow]

Didn’t y’all unclean have a galaxy wide civil war which empower chaos

All we did was make the warp unstable. Y’all fucked it up

[jagged sparrow]

Isn’t the average overlord as powerful as a Custodes

[lavish crescent]

Warden, terminator or guard?

[jagged sparrow]

Idk the different Custodes types

[azure fulcrum]

piston-powered gorilla grip necronussy

[lavish crescent]

Warden is your big dick custodes, literally leading squads of the bois

Terms can sprint full force, that is all

Guard are your “standard” custodes

[jagged sparrow]

Ah

[lavish crescent]

Yeah

“Standard” is up in arms

[jagged sparrow]

Guard vs overlord

Wonder who wins

[lavish crescent]

Lore wise? Idk

TT overlord

[jagged sparrow]

Cause lorewise overlords are fairly powerful

[lavish crescent]

Custodes are decently strong but idk about as strong as an overlord

4 killed a whole hive fleet

[jagged sparrow]

Jesus

[lavish crescent]

Yeah, wardens are terrifying though

They are the best of the best of the custodes!

[jagged sparrow]

Captain general kitten

[lavish crescent]

A captain general are voted by the wardens

If you think kitten was strong, valdor could 1v1 primarchs

[jagged sparrow]

How powerful is each Custodes compared to a primarch

[hazy meadow]

Looks awesome, how did you get the gritty texture

[deft fable]

Dry brushing

Chaos black primer, then grey dry brushing

[jagged sparrow]

How do you dry brush. I never figured it out

[deft fable]

layers of different grey dry brush

[brisk vapor]

Some glazing for that nice blue tint

[azure fulcrum]

you get a brush and then dry it

[deft fable]

I use a make up brush

[jagged sparrow]

Ah

[jagged sparrow]

Abby the armless

[brisk vapor]

it be his daddy

[deft fable]

cashier judged me

[jagged sparrow]

Gronk, I stg

[azure fulcrum]

why tho

[azure fulcrum]

the best part is im still serious

[jagged sparrow]

Wtf

[unborn pebble]

Has anyone gotten hands on the new Daemon prince model yet

[azure fulcrum]

you get a brush, dry off 99% of the paint, the key here is DRYING the paint off, on paper towel or something, not using a water pot, then you just dust it over the model

[jagged sparrow]

Huh

[azure fulcrum]

the idea is that the 1% of paint you left on the brush will only catch the surfaces

good for when something has a lot of little details and shit

its also 90% of any scenery paintjob

great for stone and other natural surfaces

[jagged sparrow]

Never done scenery

[deft fable]

I don't find the right balance of dry brushing

I'm probably wasting too much paint

[jagged sparrow]

Just dry brush until done. Simple

[oblique cedar]

https://twitter.com/CerberusXt/status/1615299128778424321?s=20&t=rf9kBa6PzaYnt7FcAeER6g more cute rep i saw on twitter

CerberusXt (@CerberusXt)

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[novel tree]

My first fig boisss

[jagged sparrow]

Oooo. Nice

[pastel grotto]

Um

[novel tree]

If you have some recommandation

[azure fulcrum]

bruh how tall is that lady

the gat damn chaos space marine helmet is almost smaller than her actual head

[sterile grail]

death by snu snu is a considerable option in the 40k universe

[atomic rose]

Now what is that and where can I get one? For a friend. Obviously.

https://tenor.com/view/charlie-sheen-hot-summer-hot-angry-gif-12051288

[cursive vector]

Its a 3D printed model, Reptillian Overlords is the STL supplier

[atomic rose]

Got her, thanks.

Sad. She is not on their MMF page, only on their website.

[final rune]

So I don’t know where to put this except here so… I’ve been wanting to get into the table top and I wanted to know how to get into it. I wanna try the Adeptus Custodians or Imperial Guard but I don’t know how. If anyone could help me that would be amazing. Thank you in advance.

[edgy jackal]

Try playing some games on tabletop simulator, I guess. I wouldn't know how people find each other for it, but there are some people in this chat that do it this way.

[weak oak]

Yeah tabletop simulator is the easiest way to play the game if you have friends interested in playing as well. They have a discord for 40k on TTS specifically, but your mileage may vary with who you play against.

[limber widget]

my friends dont even like warhammer entirely but they play wel darktide

[cursive vector]

He’s got better deals on his website

[atomic rose]

Yeah, but I am willing to pay extra for the convenience of MMF library. 😅

[cursive vector]

Do you know if you can insert STL models into tabletop simulator without too much difficulty?

Havent futz’d with it much myself

but I wouldnt want to play guard if they didnt look like my guard, ya dig?

[weak oak]

I have never done steam workshop nor TTS workshop content before so I wouldn't know how hard/easy it was, but considering how much there is uploaded with varying degrees of quality I imagine its not hard to learn

[brisk vapor]

Armour starting to look good

[jagged sparrow]

Ooooo

Looking good

[brisk vapor]

Cheers!

[plush swift]

I'm thinking about getting a Warhammer+ subscription

But I don't really like the idea of having my first mini being from another army

[jaunty trail]

If it's from another army, what about to use it as a casualty on a base of 'ur actual army?!

[plush swift]

It's kinda of a collectionable

[jaunty trail]

Then just collect it and put it in a showcase... problem solved

[plush swift]

Sounds like something my army would do

He also has nice items

Anyways, I can only get 1 miniature from Warhammer+m

?

You get one for free and you get the ability to buy the other I'm pretty sure

Do you guys know if I can save my choice?

By the way does anyone have a promo code?

[azure fulcrum]

Did they release this year's Warhammer+ minis already?

I kind of wanted to get the chaos sorceress cause of all the familiars she came with

[plush swift]

Nop, last year

Have the revelead who this year will be?

[azure fulcrum]

Idk

I don't even know what a Warhammer is tbh

I just drink paint

[atomic rose]

Imagine, paying a monthly sub to a company that hates you so you can watch their ads and get a "free" mini.

[rare hornet]

Wait, what’s Darktide?

[azure fulcrum]

Imagine buying a companies overpriced 12ml bottles of house paint so you can paint their overpriced little plastic space men

Oh wait

[atomic rose]

Just give it some time, lol

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/actually-free-assassin-in-statue

[jagged sparrow]

What flavor is your favorite

[azure fulcrum]

Dirty Down Rust.

I like a good drink that gets stuck in me teeth.

[rare hornet]

Stirland Battlemire. Not a proper drink unless you can chew it

[jagged sparrow]

Nuln oil top tier

[atomic rose]

I like the vintage goblin green. Too bad it's so hard to find these days.

[jagged sparrow]

I just munch on the plastic

[azure fulcrum]

Lacks flavour.

[azure fulcrum]

Look out lads, we got us a connoisseur here

[atomic rose]

A shot of goblin green with a float of Dirty down rust and a springling of vallejo chromid oxidee green pigment powder.

Now that is a cocktail.

[azure fulcrum]

Tasty!

Yummy shit!

[rare hornet]

👌

[jagged sparrow]

Abbadon black mixed with runelord brass and a hint of gravel

[plush swift]

Chill dude, I payed for disney+ I'm already down the rabbit hole

[plush swift]

its easy to mix

[rare hornet]

It’ll never taste the same

[compact umbra]

Oh my god is the primaris impulsor and repulsor the same kit of different kits??? There’s like 10 pulsors and I have no clue what’s just a different kit or a way to build a kit

I thoguht thr impulsor and repulsor was the same kit

[plush swift]

One makes you do things you wouldn’t normally do, the other makes you gag while you do

[ebon mango]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/993657048287952997/1064744480793690313/20230116_221316.jpg?width=384&height=683

[azure fulcrum]

Stinky rat

Go eat some cheese smelly

[left egret]

Heresy

Oh wait that's what I'm all about

[cursive vector]

Truescale Mark 6 Marine and guardsman for scale

I think she may be taller than Fulgrim

[lean snow]

I tried contrast for the first time and I kind of hate it. Gonna do all 3 of my jumpy boys like this but then probably never touch them again for my DA army

Its alright if I wanted to just quickly slap an army together but my perfectionism demands better

[cursive vector]

Doing a Zenithol highlight before may help with the next couple you do

[lean snow]

This was zenithal

Black prime, grey and white on top

[cursive vector]

Rip

[median thistle]

Right I gotta get back into painting so, primer, brush/can/airbrush, what’s the preference

[cursive vector]

Airbrush is king for locking in primary colors and vehicles

plus its way easier to prime models with

[median thistle]

Gotta get gurly man and a lot of ultra smurfs primed

And then I gotta suffer getting my caliban green air to work

[median thistle]

Only downside with airbrush is cleaning it is a little bit of hell

[cursive vector]

eh. The time it saves me is absolutely worth. Maybe try using some IPA to clean yours

[median thistle]

Well it’s my dads, only issue I’ve found so far is there are certain bits hard to get to

Which is only an issue when the citadel air clogs alot

But screw it lol

[lean snow]

I just prime with a rattlecan

[cursive vector]

Bruh just use Vallejo

[median thistle]

I do, never got an opportunity to use the greens the ones I bought disliked me

So I don’t know what kind of colour they are in comparison

[wanton basin]

Goddamn yours are clean

Nice

[median flume]

Loving the process of putting these minis together, pretty therapeutic lol

[sweet sinew]

very new to 40k lore

What kind of armor is that? Good shading btw

[lean snow]

Its going to be a dark angels inceptor

Going to have the same scheme as the dude on the right when its done except the basecoat on the inceptor is dark angels green contrast and the space marine is forest green by greenstuff. I prefer the space marines base coat but this was a good learning experience

[sweet sinew]

Very cool. I like the giant backpack he’s got going on

[feral valley]

"Why yes my super heavy needs camo, why?"

[sweet sinew]

Camo so you can see the white of the heretics eyes before blasting

[feral valley]

Yessir

[sweet sinew]

I’m about to build my first tank this weekend

Ordered me a predator tank

[feral valley]

Brown goes on tomorrow. Promethium Preacher will be tabletop ready by the weekend!

[feral valley]

Nice.

[jagged sparrow]

@rare hornet @atomic rose the mats as requested

[sweet sinew]

I was looking at a bunch of different tanks, and I’ve noticed a bunch of the new kits are hover tanks. I think they look kinda ugly ngl

I have no intention to play the tabletop, I just paint the little dudes who look cool

[feral valley]

Fair, I play, it's fun

Bringing super heavies is always great

[weak oak]

Quick question, how easy is it to set up and use a 3D printer for model making? I'm looking at possibly picking one up since there's a sale on them currently. Are the wash and cures required as well?

[sweet sinew]

Do the Necrons use tanks? Whenever I look up kits all I’ve seen is aircraft and a few large tracked necrons, but nothing in terms of manned-armored vehicles

[limber widget]

Wel I made my choice to wich warhammer model I wil buy the next day it wil be the first daemon prince be'lakor

[sweet sinew]

He looks pretty cool, I think I saw my friend play as him in the fantasy game. I’m thinking about getting a dreadnought after my tank

[azure fulcrum]

Pretty their tanks are just destroyers, I don't really think Necrons actually have any manned vehicles that aren't literally just extensions of the "pilot"

[plush swift]

Yeah or a good paint

[plush swift]

What you did was volumetric and not zenithal, zenithal is specifically directly from the top

[azure fulcrum]

Hobbiests actually using decent quality paint that actually works out as cheaper than the swill they normally buy?

That'll be the day.

[plush swift]

One day... One day

[azure fulcrum]

Apparently hobbiests come into Cavalier all the time looking for good quality paint and then get mad when they are recommended fluid golden or Matisse because it isn't vallejo

Why are Warhammer fans so scared to try something they haven't been lied to about being the best quality

[plush swift]

I fucking told you they do that

They do it all the time and it makes my job a living fucking hell

There are no paints formulated for mini painting, this is an absolute bullshit marketing lie.

The pigment size is not perfectly grinded to the correct scale, The pigment size is not that much smaller than the craft paint either

[azure fulcrum]

I met the owner and after I told him what I know and even told him what kind of brushes and paints to recommend them I think I improved my chances of being hired

Hobbyists are apparently more common in there than I thought

But obviously your average hobbyist doesn't know what they want or actually need and they don't really know what to recommend them cause they are so picky

[plush swift]

They are very common at art stores because they go in looking for paint for their hobby, get mad that they aren't suggesting a mini paint but they're suggesting an actual good paint, then leave.

[azure fulcrum]

So I would be a valuable asset

[plush swift]

Plus you have access to something that a lot of people at art stores don't have, somebody who works in conservation to explain all this weird shit about paint

There aren't that many of us in the world, I want to say there's 200,000 people in conservation or so across the entire world

[azure fulcrum]

I want to disillusion more hobbyists like I have been. And topple the shit paint industry that is Hobby Paint one purchase at a time.

Yeah I've mentioned I'm getting private lessons from an art conservationist.

[plush swift]

Ahh, My student, doing teacher so proud

[azure fulcrum]

I'd be lying if I didn't see a subtle nod of impression from the owner.

[plush swift]

People in conservation are known as pretty fucking deranged know-it-alls but that's because of how much God damn work we have to do to get certified

People think I'm this super knowledgeable person, And I'm basically just a trainee

[azure fulcrum]

Fountains of valuable knowledge

Honestly I've said this before but you seem to know a lot more than most artists

[plush swift]

Well yes, That's because I work in the science of the field and not as the artsy type in the field. There are artists that know way more than me about the stuff as well

[azure fulcrum]

And from what I got told at the store most artists are either self taught and only learned from practical experience or know what they got taught at school

[plush swift]

Like when it comes to oil paints and Michael Harding is speaking to me about it, My job is to sit there shut up and listen to everything you says

He knows more about particle size densities for oils than I will ever know

[plush swift]

And I am mostly self-taught myself, for the first few years I was definitely a d average student

I was completely unremarkable in school, mostly because I hate tests and I'm bad at them.

The things I failed the most were the word essays about what you think the artist intent was with X painting or things like that

And my papers are basically just be The most autistic look at the painting that has zero to do with emotion or anything more of an analytical look at them

The joys of being autistic while studying art

Most people would be like "oh this little stroke at the top left corner drives this passion for the painting you could tell how much the artist was loving the scene in front of him"

And mine were "The fading isn't even because the people in the conservation didn't actually apply an even coat of UVL varnishes on X quadrant in the paints that the artist use were not mixed correctly because of cracking in that quadrant and you can tell that their hand mixed because of the age of the painting because we didn't have major companies making paint"

That is why I got into conservation

[azure fulcrum]

The artists intent was to paint a picture.

Ez

[plush swift]

Exactly

[atomic rose]

It is not exactly difficult, but be sure to check into it a bit before you decide on the purchase, it takes some precaution to do it safely and with as little issues as possible. 3D printing is a hobby in itself and requires a fair bit of prep so when you print you get an actual model and not a flat resin pancake stuck to the bottom of your resin vat. It is VERY messy (holy fuck the resin gets absolutely EVERYWHERE, not matter how much you try to avoid it), time consuming and not 100% reliable (even if you do everything correctly, you'll get a failed model 1-2 times out of 10 attempts because god knows why). The wash and cure station are not exactly required, you can wash in a bucket of IPA and cure by letting stuff sit in the sun. It just makes it so much more convenient.

[lapis crest]

Three generations

[uneven mist]

Do you get the option to give them all helmets?

[obtuse laurel]

@cursive vector Is she one of the lost primarchs? lol

[median flume]

Yes! One helmet and one without

[uneven mist]

:D

[median flume]

Oh I should add that the banner holder, the canoness and flamer don’t come with helmet options but for the rest of the basic infantry they get the option to swap the heads

[uneven mist]

D:<

[dark violet]

Ayy I got tlnearly the same pack. Though I don't have that middle back one

[median flume]

Oh what pack did you get? I got the combat patrol and I’m not even half way done I don’t think lmao

[dark violet]

Oooh I just got the battle sister squad

I don't have the money for combat patrol

Celestine is next for me though

[median flume]

I was lucky and got it on a discount B)

That’s gonna be a fun model to build!

[dark violet]

My latest one I put together

Tried a different base color this time

Rest are all green reqlly

[uneven mist]

I already have Celestine >:D

[dark violet]

Hand her over heretic

[median flume]

Ayyy looks good!

[dark violet]

https://tenor.com/view/warhammer-40k-adeptus-sororitas-gif-14288794

[dark violet]

Thanks doing all of em.in gold red

[median flume]

I’m still deciding on what paint set up I should do. I’m thinking of doing the old color scheme from the 90’s box set of sisters of battle

that gold and red are really bold and great 👍

[dark violet]

They all serve celestine x3

My best 2 fully finished

[summer ermine]

My commissar ready to slay heretics

[glacial stag]

My latest panting session

[uneven mist]

Good choice of infantry

[marble carbon]

i really like the colour scheme

[naive umbra]

Damn, now you got the idea in my head to just buy armies from them and play 40k in 1/18 scale

[limber widget]

Nice

[hot nebula]

Looks like mine

[dark violet]

Nice lol

Also thanks for that detail idea

The little.thing gold on her chest

[left egret]

@rare hornet have you read brutal kunnin? It has a really good Iron warriors segment

[rare hornet]

At the moment I haven’t

[left egret]

I want to say more but I can't spoil it

I will say it happens on a forgeworld

And that it's good

[rare hornet]

I’ll give it a look

[left egret]

I have paid back the book recommendation.

My dept is gone

[hushed coral]

Sorry if I'm wrong, as the photos aren't super high quality, but I'd recommend giving the gold armour a dark brown wash. It's an extremely easy way to bring out a lot of detail and texture. If you don't want to spend money on it, just mix appropriate paint (dark brown for gold armour) with water (around 3:1 ratio of water to paint, it should look and feel like coloured water) and lightly brush the all the armour with it. It will pour into small crevices and gather round small details, creating ambient shadows on the model, and the whole process takes literally minutes.

Silver drybrush would be the next step, but it requires a bit more know-how than washing

[dark violet]

Those are my first models and I don't have the paint for that

The only brown I have is Matt paint that I don't think I can use for that

[rare hornet]

Reikland flesh shade works for me with gold

[dark violet]

I got cadian fleshtone

[hushed coral]

You might try it, and then just dry it up with a paper towel if you don't like it - the purpose of washing is almost like simulating dirt gathering in crevices, so as long as its dark enough and watery enough it might work, and it looks GOOD.

Not my photo, but the rightmost model is with no washes, and the rest are with a single wash pass

[novel tree]

Golden sis it's look noice

[lofty basalt]

How big are the odds of breaking a fig during magnetising the load out? I want to magnetise the arms of my dreadnought, this would be my first try so im a little scared of breaking it

[rare hornet]

What dreadnought is it?

[brisk vapor]

If it's the redemptor dread the weapons fit snug enough to their slots you won't even need magnets

[limber widget]

I changed my mind about get be'lakor instead I wil. Buy skarbrand

[dark violet]

Skarbrand hates being commercualizes

[copper siren]

Commercial trickery is more of a Tzeentch thing

[dark violet]

https://tenor.com/view/skarbrand-warhammer-total-war-kick-gif-24886820

No tts skarbrand gifs sad

[limber widget]

The gw store didn't had skarbrand or be'lakor sadly

But I got this instead

An realy angry daemon

[dark violet]

Does citadel not have a paint case?

Atleast the store I use doesn't have one besides some paint rack

[limber widget]

Idk

[brisk vapor]

nah they only sell figure cases

they used to sell those weird paint boxes some years ago iirc

with the hexagonal slots

[dark violet]

I saw one from.green stuff

But I don't think citadel paints fit in there

[atomic rose]

Go to a hardware store, get some plastic screws/nuts organisers. You should already have a pair of nippers - use those to modify the case to your needs.

[dark violet]

That's the green stuff one

[atomic rose]

Or you could go to a hardware store and get a tools/screws box.

One of these: https://cdn.hornbach.cz/data/shop/D04/001/780/499/276/55/DV_8_5564059_02_4c_CZ_20160708011012.jpg

[rare hornet]

Hardcore warhammer painters use the cardboard box the order turns up in

[atomic rose]

They'll have a large selection of sizes, materials and prices. Just choose the one you want.

[dark violet]

Mine came I plastic bags the paints

[atomic rose]

I used to use that system. But then I got 2 screws oganisers which I bolted to my desks keyboard drawer.

[rare hornet]

The carboard box was just convenient

[atomic rose]

And used my nippers to cut some of the segments out. 😂

[rare hornet]

I read that sentence very wrong

[dark violet]

I need some fake bushes and grass

Any tips?

[atomic rose]

Find a classic model building store. You know, planes, tanks, dioramas etc. They'll have wide selection there. Same thing, way cheaper than miniature painting brands.

[lofty basalt]

The venerable/bjorn/murderfang/wulven one

[rare hornet]

Oh then that one shouldn’t need magnifying for the arms

There should be pegs that let you push them on without glue

[dark violet]

A friend of mine also has a space wolf one and she wants to magnetize it

[limber widget]

i felt bit sad that the gw didnt had skarbrand

[dark violet]

Skarbrand hates disappointed fans!!!

The shop I use has skarbrand in stock

But it's a german store

Fantasywelt.de it also ships internationally

[daring ginkgo]

Got my deathwing blade guard done!

[dark violet]

Nice

Loving the bases aswell

[limber widget]

i wil might check again in the future

the gw owner did ask me gentle that i wanted to order skarbrand online i said nah im fine i can always look for an other model

than he recomened me the blood thirster

[dark violet]

i still have to build that one but i might just skip it

not a big fan of the baby servitors

[spark idol]

By The Emperor do i love mini’s

[lofty basalt]

Is het strong enough to hold ?

[rare hornet]

Absolutely, I would suggest twisting them as you push them on rather than just pushing them, that’ll make sure nothing breaks

The arms that is

[plush swift]

Hemp twine

[edgy jackal]

or sisal twine

[plush swift]

basically twine

[plush swift]

What is a good librarian heavy army?

[limber widget]

online or irl ?

[dark violet]

online

[limber widget]

ah

makes sens

[dark violet]

sadly celestine is out of stock atm

[limber widget]

same for me with skarbrand in my local gw store

[sick field]

all these dreg gunners make me want to try for traitor guard

[rustic portal]

First try in years of painting a soldier

Starting again with an army of the adeptus mechanicus

[dark violet]

gotta love mechanicus troop designs

[rustic portal]

I was always a fan of the mechanicus and Tau

This christmas I was looking to start again with the hobby so... Mechanicus time

[dark violet]

mechanicus and sororitas for me

when it comes to marines i love the design of the minotaurs

[rustic portal]

Hmmmm... The spaces marines... If I have to get one of the marines, probably I'll paint them with the imperial fist colours

[rigid portal]

You planning on basing the model at all?

[rustic portal]

I'm planning in using the mars colours but with more bronce

[dark violet]

i need to continue on my sisters

[rigid portal]

Is the model glued down?

[dark violet]

buuuut motivation

[rustic portal]

Yep

[rigid portal]

May want to do your models and bases separately. Makes things much easier. In general, working on as many things as seperate pieces as possible tends to be best practice. Lets you do stuff like airbrushing/paint splattering/glue pray much more freely.

[dark violet]

i did most of mine while they are already glued down lol

[rigid portal]

Certainly not impossible, it just limits your options because you risk overpainting the model.

[dark violet]

oh i did that but thats an easy fix if its not very thick layers

[rustic portal]

I have to give you the point. So many years without painting I forget how much easy was painting first xD

[devout lake]

Where are all my Crimison fist fans at

[atomic rose]

@plush swift Do you know anything about the Duncan Rhodes paint line? Are those any good?

[plush swift]

I hear hobby painters say they are better than citadel, but thats not saying much. They also say they are good but that's hard to judge since hobby painters know nothing about what a good paint is as @azure fulcrum is learning very quickly

[rare hornet]

No

[dark violet]

Rosehip be a technophile

[versed monolith]

Where my death guard fans at

[wheat root]

"Ah, you're approaching me?"

[sinful crescent]

Isaac the Deathwarden

Kael Pentimentos

[final folio]

Saw this chat. Wanted to post my custom regiments.

[azure fulcrum]

Another day another litre of dirty down Rust to drink

[atomic rose]

https://tenor.com/view/hacksign-dothacksign-dothack-drinking-beer-gif-25711039

[atomic rose]

I've heard those claims as well. I was just wondering if you happen to have a first hand experience. 🙂

[azure fulcrum]

That would involve touching inferior paint, you PEASANT.

[plush swift]

No, I dont have the spare cash to get paints like that

[atomic rose]

Maybe it's actualy good? He said himself he does not know. 😂

[azure fulcrum]

m-muh artist grade acrylic fluid