40k-minis-and-armies

[azure fulcrum]

afaik duncans are better than most hobby paints, but they are still hobby paints

as much as i love duncan i would be surprised if he genuinely knew what actually makes a good paint a good paint

the whole point of hobby paints is that generally they are just doing some of the extra work for you (like washes) but you pay at a premium. They are not some holy grail of specially formulated secret sauce paints. Its literally just that you are paying for extra steps you could do yourself, quite easily, and affordably. And arguably to a much better standard of quality control.

[atomic rose]

Yeah yeah, I've sat through enough Corpses comments.

You do not have to regurgitate his lessons upon me.

[azure fulcrum]

But hobbyists dont want to learn that they are wrong and have been spoon fed lies and deceit. Like loyalists they want to remain fat and content upon their lack of truth. Blind and bloated.

[atomic rose]

That being said, not all people want to learn all of that stuff. They don't want to learn how to mix colors, what the difference in paints is and how to make their own washes. They want to sit down after their 8 hours shift, grab the 3 paint pots that are mentioned on the box of the cool mini they bought and were next to the mini a just slap that paint on.

I think that is valid.

I am not a fan of citadel paints myself, but that convenience is something they do provide and a lot of people are thankful for that.

[azure fulcrum]

I get that Corpse can come off as insufferable and uptight to some, but he's genuinely not wrong.

Hobby products are a scam. They are overpriced mediocre crap. It does not take much to learn why and how to make better products. And the hobby scene is RIFE with misinformation about paints and other stuff.

[atomic rose]

I KNOW. I've been reading and watching his stuff for a while now. I do not doubt his expertise.

But I can relate to people who want to buy hobby paints.

Heck, I've been using them since I started.

They might not be the best paint out there, but they got the job done?

[azure fulcrum]

And those hobbyists you mentioned still would have watched painting tutorials, they bought those hobby paints because they were told they are the best of the best.

[atomic rose]

I have paid premium, sure. I paid premium because I did not have time nor desire to research that stuff.

Tell me and be honest. Would you sit down and study pigments and paint composition, if it was not spoon fed to you by Corpse?

[azure fulcrum]

Actually it wouldnt be that hard to find or research the basics if it wasnt for the fact that 99% of Hobbyists who give painting advice or tutorials werent also completely misinformed.

My eyes have been opened. We were all lied to from the beginning.

[azure fulcrum]

No because no one had opened my eyes to it before Corpse.

If I had still become disillusioned I likely would have tried to eke out that information.

[pliant kite]

I think the thing is, people who care about that, will actually do some research. Those who don't, well, hey, their money, their choice right

[atomic rose]

https://tenor.com/view/all-of-this-pointing-up-there-see-this-gif-14720503

[azure fulcrum]

No, we should topple the bloated corporations that prey upon those too fat and stupid to think for themselves!

[atomic rose]

Protecting people from themselves is a thankless job and one noone wants done in the first place.

Trust me, I am a lawyer.

[limber widget]

i almost wanted to buy plauge boy motry

[azure fulcrum]

It is time for a new era in the hobby scene.

The Hobby Heresy, and Paintmaster @plush swift is the one to lead us into the true enlightenment of disillusionment.

[limber widget]

one of these 2 i almost wanted to buy before i choiced the blood thirster

[plush swift]

The problem is the information about paints is entirely controlled by mini painters now. You have artist paint companies, art supply stores, etc dealing with phone calls from mini painters constantly who will ask for info then get mad because their favorite painter was wrong about something then argue with the company about them. Plus when you do research nothing exists but lies from 10+ years ago

[azure fulcrum]

Get a keeper of secrets. They wear thigh highs.

[dark violet]

instantly sold

[limber widget]

i already got one

[dark violet]

get another

[limber widget]

nah

[azure fulcrum]

Then get more.

[limber widget]

im fine for now

[plush swift]

Not going to say what company it was, but one of the larger paint companies I was in a call with discussing a future product line with said "James Wappel is one of the biggest problems we have because he gives advice to these novice painters that causes the paint to flake off, then they call/email us to complain about the product being bad, then argue with us because James said something different like Acrylic varnishes will bond to oil paints just fine"

[limber widget]

i just want other models to build and paint

[plush swift]

the premium hobby paints offer easier accessibility and a new path for people to start their artistic journey. This is all well and good, my issue is with the companies marketing and people believing marketing bullet points which I will call out high tier paint brands like Old holland on too

Or that oil washes take at most 3 days to fully cure when they take years to cure

like the comparison of best paint is a moot point because its based off philosophy of the paint

[brisk vapor]

Blacking out the details at this step just works wonders

[plush swift]

Old holland funny enough got into some major shit over their marketing once because they were advertising higher pigment loads than other brands but they were doing it with pigments like cadmium

Not the safer ones, but the expensive toxic ones

[limber widget]

looking realy fucking good the horus model

[brisk vapor]

thank ye

[limber widget]

np

[atomic rose]

My hobby journey started with citadel paints. Why? It was convenient. I bought a box and on the back of it was a list of paints I am gonna need. I eventualy learned how to mix them together to get new colors, which was great. And they always got the job done. Never had issues. Some of them were more difficult to work with than others, but I managed. Could it have been done easier? Probably? I dunno. I switched to vallejo since I did not want to buy GW products after the animation ban. And even after Corpse hammering his knowledge into my skull...I'll probably continue buying them. I am just fine with using them, they work, they come in neat dropper bottles. I could buy your artist grade acrylics, but the smallest one I've seen are 60ml and I honestly have absolutely NO USE or storage capacity for that much paint. I may consider using something else for the tricky colors like white and yellow...but even then I am just fine working a bit harder with inferior paints, if it means I won't have to store a bucket of paint under my desk.

[limber widget]

did you bought on forge world the horus accend model ?

[brisk vapor]

I will later

[dark violet]

question

is there a magnus the red model where he isnt in his daemon prince form?

[brisk vapor]

yeah

[dark violet]

no chest nipples and such

[brisk vapor]

his Horus Heresy model

[dark violet]

me want

spice boy

[plush swift]

some brands do 30ml bottles. I mostly suggest going for the white and yellows paint as hobby white and yellows paints are really bad. i also suggest reds because the reds hobby paints use have fading issues, but thats less of a concern

[dark violet]

hmmmm the pose

[limber widget]

most of the traitor primachs are half daemon and half primach

[azure fulcrum]

You can get golden in 30ml dripper bottles.

[dark violet]

i know but i mean not the ugly face version :D

[limber widget]

i want daemon perty and daemon lorgar model

and daemon corvus

[dark violet]

damn hes too expensive

[limber widget]

yeah

[dark violet]

and only one website showed up with the horus heresy model

[limber widget]

by me daemon magnus cost like 120 euros be me

[brisk vapor]

yeah they're only straight from GW/FW

[limber widget]

fw are always prety expensive

[dark violet]

thousand sons magnus costs 110

but ugly

[limber widget]

the higest priced model in my country is achron

with 140 euros

this model is 140 euros in my county

[dark violet]

123€for me

[limber widget]

germany right

?

[dark violet]

its jsut the website i use has best price garantee

[limber widget]

ah

that makes sens

[dark violet]

if you find it cheaper anywhere else they lwoer price

[limber widget]

the thing is i dont buy much stuff online

like models

[dark violet]

i cant get em in stores here very well

the one main warhammer store is in a town my ticket doesnt reach

id have to pay for a ticket each time

[limber widget]

thats sucks

[dark violet]

plus that shop has like everything in stock from warhammer to i dunno star wars even

[limber widget]

i have gw store 10 mins away from me in the main citty

i live at the near edge of the big city

[dark violet]

oh damn

the website even has fallout wasteland warfare

only recently learned about that existing lol

i sooo want a liberty prime one

[limber widget]

damn

i can go less than 5 to 6 mins in the city

[dark violet]

yes

[limber widget]

and the gw store is also not that far from my work

[limber widget]

i never saw that before

[dark violet]

there is so much

ahhhh liberty prime is 105€

[limber widget]

damn

thats almost expensive as the greater deamons models

[dark violet]

hes big

234mm without the base

[limber widget]

nice

[azure fulcrum]

Always remember that Democracy is Mandatory.

[naive umbra]

As someone who just started building Tau, magnetising is a lot less scary than it seems at first. Tips I'd give:

use a slightly smaller drill bit than the magnet, you can then use it to slowly grind away the edges of the hole until you have a perfect snug fit.

And the best thing to avoid breaking the mini is to twist the drill back and forth, since the drill bit will naturally want to pull itself deeper than you want to go, and it's hard to control if you keep just rotating clockwise. By turning it back every twist you sorta reset the thread to keep it at the same depth.

Mine are in a shoe box

[floral wind]

My grimguard command squad arrived, washed & cleaned just tidying for rn

[plush swift]

you're more likely to break the drill bits

[edgy jackal]

Depends on how where you drill. On a dreadnought it's not bad, you might not even need to drill anything if you use ring magnets. It all depends on your approach, it gets harder when you get to kill team weapon option level.

You have to remember that you're drilling a PVC miniature with a metal drillbit, so you have to worry about centering the bit (you can do this by scoring with a hobby knife point first), slipping with the bit and heat from friction. Just go slow and steady, and it should be fine.

[rare hornet]

class

[left egret]

ah yes, the neverchosen

[daring ginkgo]

Frank is a monster

[left egret]

wait... why didnt i think of keeping my models in a shoe box, i have been buying a bunch of icecream for the boxes

[daring ginkgo]

Ive got like. 350 ish minis for fallout. No liberty prime tho. So why live

[dark violet]

hand them over

[daring ginkgo]

Play the game with me

Only reason i play warhammer is because i cant get them to play fallout xD

[dark violet]

if i could i would

love fallout

[daring ginkgo]

Fallout is my favorite

I have a deathclaw with a tophat and monocle, mini gun for a hand

[dark violet]

weird enclave experiment

[daring ginkgo]

Yes

And i lost a bet, friend got to play a deathclaw in my rpg if anyone ever made proper minis for it

He then proceeded to be a total coward, and never stayed to fight anything lol.

Happy to share pictures of them when i get home!

[limber widget]

fk wrong channel

[left egret]

lol

[brisk snow]

I bought the Chronomancer off of eBay and the seller threw in 2 wraiths! How lucky

[limber widget]

how scary wil it be that an warthunder leaked the nuclear lauch codes

since they already use classfied military vehicles docs for their game

from many countries

[light tiger]

Won’t matter since just about every nuke silo that matters is completely isolated from public networks entirely and requires some manner of physical mechanical interaction to initiate. They’ll just grumble and have to make up new numbers which they do on a regular basis anyways and someone will have a nice free friendly trip to their local CIA office for a chat ^^

[limber widget]

i know

[brisk snow]

Wtf are y'all talking about?

[limber widget]

i poseted a warthunder meme by mistake in here

[plush swift]

the bits are still more fragile a lot of the time, the smaller they get the more likely they are to break

[edgy jackal]

Yeah, it really depends on your size and the surface you're drilling in. I recently magnetised my kill team orks, and there I didn't risk drilling both sides with a drill.

Now that I mention it, there is a big pain about magnetizing, and that's lining up your magnets properly

My current method for weird joints is to drill out a larger hole with a dremel (or equivalent) tool, put a little brown stuff (Greenstuff world) in that hole, and put the magnet in it. Do the same for the other half, and press them together to the intended final position, let the brown stuff cure. Works most of the time for the 2.5mm magnets I used.

[devout lake]

any ideas on how to make these guys look more nightlordy for 40k?

[edgy jackal]

Bits of stretched out skin and peeled faces on the legs or pauldrons. Bat wings maybe

[weak oak]

Those look fantastic. What did you use for the bases?

[finite rain]

Thanks 🙂 Cork

Cork, black basepaint, drybrush several greys, white/grey edge highlight, and white sponged on street markings

[nocturne geyser]

Would any of you absolute primarchs be able to give some tips on thinning paints/knowing when a paint is thinned just right?

[plush swift]

Use an ink, then you'll know how think you want it to be

just remember thinning it that much will cause durability issues and possible issues with paint flaking off in the future

so automotive varnish is highly recommended

[tawny topaz]

Does Games Workshop make Noise Marine models?

[cursive vector]

Making yet further progress on the squad

[cursive vector]

They do, but they’re quite a bit dated

[tawny topaz]

damn

[limber widget]

I basically got 2 noise marine 2 times

I did ordered an noise marine model in midn November before Christmas of of 2020 but it didn't arrived by my local gw store due covid delay times than my mom bought me an new one but the original noise marine that I ordered 1 years earlier came at the gw store and still got like 2 noise marine models

[plush swift]

LADS AND LADETTES
Have my second khorne SM

[limber widget]

I did totally forgot that I had ordered a noise Marine the year before

[plush swift]

Boy, he's dripping. Khongratulations

Thank youu

[north scroll]

what did you do for that base gray color? its got a parelencens to it in this pic, with the blues and bronz.

im a bout to do a iron hand worrier and id like anything i could do to make the gray more interesting lol.

[feral valley]

Got my doomhammer done!

[azure fulcrum]

Currently have gone 3 minutes without drinking any paint. Absolute torture.

[brisk vapor]

Black prime, white zenithal highlight, base the armour with Corvus Black, quick volumetric highlights with it mixed with Fenrisian Grey

Glaze the armour with flat blue, then work the highlights with Black, Corvus Black, Fenrisian Grey and White for a better contrast with the shadows and highlights

[north scroll]

ohhhh glazing iwth blue after the fact.

I never realy got glazes, i was a bout to jsut mix the blue into a gray. maby ornge if im feeling saucy thanks ill try that.

[brisk vapor]

No problem, just keep the paint very thin and don't have too much of it on the brush and it should go fine

[undone steppe]

So if you know anyone with a 3d printer they can print night lord pads including terminator ones. Otherwise general blood coated claws, some skulls or heads on chains, a few sacks that could be grimy. They use terror and horror as a weapon.

[north scroll]

ya i had made a simmilar color for a werblewind a while back.

what threw me off was in that picture of the shot of the back, the gray pannal seemd to pick up bounce light from the surrounding bronze, witch made me wonder if it was matalic.

[brisk vapor]

I see yeah, it was probably caused by my painting light which is a bit too warm in tone. Over all I'm not that happy with the tone myself yet and need to darken it a bit

[north scroll]

hmmm well im not sure the contrast is grate! ill def be going for somthing like that.

[brisk vapor]

I'm going for a similar black tone as I did for my Reavers and I should've probably waited for the glaze to be the final step as I did with them

[north scroll]

ahhh okay ya that is pretty difrent then.

i shold show the blue gray i came up with for my "farus manus" that i never finished.

[mint dove]

How's he looking boys?

[brisk vapor]

very nice

[mint dove]

Better than the others?

I messed around with shadows and highlights

[brisk vapor]

ye, your technique is getting better and better

[bold copper]

World Eaters terminator

[hollow moon]

1st mini done, 89 to go

[lilac moth]

Rawr

[turbid meadow]

I just need to base them!

[atomic rose]

Pillar men theme starts playing

[turbid meadow]

I think I'll finish the bikes in my combat patrol, then work on the sisters

[rare hornet]

Incredibly well done, he’s clean

[mint dove]

Thank you! I tried messing around with shadows and highlight this time around

[rare hornet]

I can tell, a world apart from before

What you might have to experiment with is painting the belt a light silver before you put the arms on?

[brazen silo]

Is there a term for when you buy bulk of something and loose interest because of the bulk

Because thats what happened to my nids

Death guard maggotkin and sylvaneth are still fine I’ll paint them when i have motivation

But my tyranids just sit there

I still have like 35-45 left to paint

I think if i ever finish them i might start painting them and wanting more

But idk

No matter how motivated i cant paint them

[rare hornet]

Sounds like you’re suffering a burn out friend

[brazen silo]

Damn

How do i unburn out

[rare hornet]

Just take time to do something else

You’ll naturally get motivated to do it again

[brazen silo]

Like finish my other armies?

[rare hornet]

Yeah or just take a break from painting for a bit?

[dark violet]

Take a walk. Spend some days reading or playing games instead

[brazen silo]

I still get motivated for my other armies

[dark violet]

Burn out sucks ass and can hit you hard sometimes

[rare hornet]

Yeah paint them if you’re still motivated to do so

[brazen silo]

I actually started my other 3 army’s before my burn out and im not burnt out with them

[dark violet]

Hmm then that's goood

[rare hornet]

Give them a bit more of a spotlight attention then for now. Let the nids have a back seat for a while then you’ll get back into it

[dark violet]

^

[brazen silo]

Alrighty

[rare hornet]

I’ve got a warpsmith model that’s been half painted since Christmas

[brazen silo]

Thanks you weird furry pfp and cutely colored furry pfp

[dark violet]

I got one sister lying about that I havnt bothered with for days atm

[dark violet]

Which one is which lol

[brazen silo]

You’re the color one

I can’t really tell whats going on in yours cuz i don’t have my glasses

[dark violet]

It's just my sona as the queen poker card

[brazen silo]

Oh cool

[rare hornet]

I really need to get back into painting, that last one I did was ages ago 😅

[left egret]

This may be the anthropological part of my studies shining through. And my ADD getting in the way of the rational part of my brain stopping me...
But I have always wondered why people choose to become furries. Like what is the personal allure? Is it the community? The making of personas? Or some else entirely?
This quite fascinates me from an academic point of view (and no, not making fun of furries. Genuinely interested)

[rare hornet]

Well I think it varies depending on who you ask

[azure fulcrum]

They just really like having bodyhair.

[rare hornet]

But to be fair, I can’t entirely explain it. As shit as an answer as it is. I just sorta did?

[dark violet]

How's progress going on finding a color scheme for the adeptus furricus lol

[left egret]

Shush let the furries talk 😝

[azure fulcrum]

I was watching something recently and I think its to do with the dehumanization. It's kind of like wearing a mask, if that makes sense?

[rare hornet]

Working on it, but work’s getting in the way. Tomorrow I’ll be able to work properly

[rare hornet]

It is a form of escapism

[left egret]

Actually a valid answer. Humans do some things on instinct without knowing why

[dark violet]

I just really like the visual style of furry art plus like 90% of the people in the Fandom are super nice

Plus humans boring lol

[azure fulcrum]

Thats what I meant by dehumanization. Not in the derogatory sense but in the sense of throwing off ones humanity.

[dark violet]

Brings more variety to character design aswell

[rare hornet]

It’s the small majority that ruins it

[dark violet]

Yep

[rare hornet]

Yeah no worries, I knew what you meant

[dark violet]

Along as you don't act.like some people in meme chat you are fine lol

[azure fulcrum]

As someone who has an unhealthy fascination with masks I can get the appeal behind having a fursona and having an interest in art that depicts non human faces and bodies.

[azure fulcrum]

Considering I am a slaaneshi degenerate very loyal pink Space Marine, I can't really judge anyone.

Except khorne fans. Fuck khorne.

[dark violet]

Also just imagine you can make a character how you want it to look without being limited by human design restraints

Endless possibilities with design

[rare hornet]

Everyone has their own personal reasons for it. And not everyone enjoys the same parts so really it depends on the person

[azure fulcrum]

Well there has been a few times I've looked at a character design and thought "You know what that needs? A good ol horse c- tail."

So I get that aspect of it.

[dark violet]

There is a song about that

[left egret]

Yeah I also get the appeal behind suits. Being hidden beneath armor is oddly liberating

[azure fulcrum]

Ah yes the horse tail song.

[dark violet]

Yes

From the well known brand

[rare hornet]

I still find them unnerving

[dark violet]

Not so nice lizard

[dark violet]

Most are

Plus insanely expensive

[azure fulcrum]

I'd like to do a keeper of secrets cosplay at some point.

Just need to do HRT and then slice off one boob.

[left egret]

Say that after trying hema. Half the appeal of khorne is losing yourself in melee combat

[azure fulcrum]

Boooo, booo, boring. No.

[left egret]

I agree, but I get it... to a degree

[azure fulcrum]

HEMA is about perfecting ones craft and becoming a living weapon. Not being some mindless braindead brute.

[dark violet]

I want to do 2 cosplays.
Susie from dbd and a sister of battle

[left egret]

Don't judge it until you try it. Adrenaline, fear and aggression is one hell of a drug

[azure fulcrum]

No I have quite an interest in HEMA I mean khorne is boring.

[rare hornet]

Yeah, to each their own. I just roll with it how I am

[azure fulcrum]

Exactly, who needs a full on suit when a tail buttplug and a pair of clip in ears can do the trick?

[rare hornet]

Exactly

[left egret]

Yeah, let people be themselves as long as it isn't a danger to others

[azure fulcrum]

The only thing I don't get is otherkins.

I had a pair of those weirdos at my old highschool and they seemed like the kind of people that would eat rocks thinking that they would give them special powers.

Then again they were also those kind of tiktok users that try to collect disorders and labels like they are pokemon.

[rare hornet]

The world is a weird place, just best not question it

[dark violet]

Furries are on the much much much much much more tame end of "weird"

[azure fulcrum]

I try not to judge people as you probably already know, but these two were the definition of quirky main character snowflakes.

[left egret]

... yeah I joined a server that had quite a few of them and got a public reaming for not addressing someone correctly... it was the first time I interacted with them... I actually checked if they had a preferred pronoun listed somewhere... they didn't. So I use my gender neutral term of dude. When in doubt I have found that dude works... and then they yelled at me 🥲

[azure fulcrum]

They just had to be unique.

[dark violet]

Some are genuinely too sensitive

[azure fulcrum]

Oh no otherkins arent like, non-binary (like myself) or really anything to do with gender.

These guys genuinely think they are animal souls trapped in human bodies. The type of mfs who will unironically start growling or hissing at you if you offend them to the point where you can't help but get second hand embarrassment.

[left egret]

I guess, was still pretty shocked. Tldr got kicked form a server for calling someone dude. Like I couldn't even defend myself or apologise because I was muted ... so 30 minutes of being labeled a monster and then banned

[azure fulcrum]

I'm all for a bit of weird and possibly kinky roleplay but if you overdramatically leap up and cause a scene because I "sat on your invisible tail" I'm gonna stare at you like this

[dark violet]

You monster lol

[left egret]

I know right

Horrible human being is what I am 🤣

[azure fulcrum]

Again as someone who is very much from the whacky gender scene, sounds like a place I really would not want to be a part of in the first place.

To reverse the "its the current year" meme, its 2023, pretty sure its common knowledge now that dude is a gender neutral term.]

[left egret]

Oh yeah totally agree. Was a dnd discord server that looked interesting but man am I glad I dodged that bullet

[azure fulcrum]

Echo chambers are insufferable places.

[left egret]

My stay there lasted a whole 3 days and by day 2 there were already red flags

[azure fulcrum]

Probably an ironic statement for me to make though given my own server is a haven and safe space for trans, nonbinaries, etc etc

But at least we dont get up in arms over the slightest things

In other news, I bought Killteam Nachmund today

so now its just 6 months of painting lessons from Corpse and I'll be ready to do the prime before not wanting to touch them again for fear of not painting well enough yet.

[left egret]

No I get you. My policy is and remains let people be people, but enough of this tomfoolery and let us talk about painting

[azure fulcrum]

Realistically though I probably just need a few more paints and some mediums, plus I need to order a bunch of mica powder to make a "galaxy" black metallic from scratch.

Galaxy is like, black with a bunch of rainbow sparkles in it

You've probably seen a few things like rubber bouncy balls that have it at some point

and a quick google search finds me exactly what I want

https://www.harryandwilma.com.au/products/pearl-pigment-mica-powder-30pc-set-of-30-10g-each-bag?variant=40144341237952&currency=AUD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gclid=Cj0KCQiA8aOeBhCWARIsANRFrQHVZ7RU3sAcqrviR4Dj8ZpF0HKyH8tRhsk36WPCT9jAuErr-HKJslsaAmIGEALw_wcB

[deft fable]

Any tips to realize this effect in contrast paint ?

Luxion purple is just ink pen

[brazen silo]

That plague marine is hot

[atomic rose]

Dilluted a lot. Glazed carefully.

[brazen silo]

Yeah do that

[deft fable]

Far from over

[brazen silo]

Damn

[deft fable]

What about adding white ?

[limber widget]

I want to cosplay as an chaos undived guardmen

[atomic rose]

You wont really get that gradiant with opaque paints. You start with white and you glaze the paints towards the edges to darken them. Then you put pure white back in the middle.

[deft fable]

Oh I see

Thx a lot

[steady dune]

I really want to cosplay a tech priest someday

[opal patio]

Well I bought the damn £10 getting started thing

Time to practice painting for the first time in like 6(?) Years

[limber widget]

Wel gl

[bold copper]

Nice

[brazen silo]

Thats too much detail

I aint doin all that

[bold copper]

One of the heresy kits I was most excited to see come to plastic

[rare hornet]

I love the Horus stuff for the amount of small details they have

[brazen silo]

Is horus stuff just 40k but primarcs look clean as fuck

[rare hornet]

The Horus heresy is like 40k but set 10,000 years before during the war which basically lead to where things are now

[brazen silo]

Ah

I like the big models

They look really cool

[rare hornet]

The models are so much cooler looking

Primaris are cool and all, buuuuut leviathan

[finite rain]

Content of Horus Heresy is mainly Space Marine Legions vs Space Marine Legions.

Dont play Hours, but i think it does not have any Xenos, there is admech and imperial army butt that is pretty much it. Also no chaos demons i believe, - could be wrong here though.

[rare hornet]

Yeah at the moment it’s all about the imperium, demons are starting to make their appearance. Or soon to at least

[finite rain]

at least talking tabletop and mini wise.

yeah, lorewise different thing of course

🙂

[rare hornet]

Well yeah. I’m just happy to see it get some love

Because the models are so awesome

[finite rain]

i like the books

[rare hornet]

They are very well done

So long story short. I’ve ended up with 15 Cataphractii terminators, I was thinking about using 5 of them for 40k as relic terminators, anyone know what they like?

[jagged sparrow]

Is thattttt Luna wolves?

[rare hornet]

Technically the sons of Horus at that point

[jagged sparrow]

Luna wolves. Sons of Horus. Black legion. All the sameeeee

[rare hornet]

Technically the Luna Wolves are still a loyalist legion

[jagged sparrow]

Details details

[atomic rose]

Everyone is a heretic. Innocence proves nothing.

[rare hornet]

During the Istvaan III massacre, the SoH forces that were sent down declared themselves as Luna Wolves before they fought off their own legion that came to kill them

[jagged sparrow]

Istvaan 3 is Trazyns favorite human Event

[jagged sparrow]

So Luna wolves are those that declared themselves loyal?

[rare hornet]

Yes,

[jagged sparrow]

Dropsite massacre was my favorite though

[dark violet]

all wolves are loyal

Loona wolves space marines

[jagged sparrow]

Who would have guessed all the legions with edgy names would be traitor

[dark violet]

tells that the ravens

[brisk vapor]

weell... Blood Angels

that's pretty edgy

[jagged sparrow]

Shhhhh. Don’t bring counter examples up

Night lords and world eaters. Case closed

[rare hornet]

Dark angels

[jagged sparrow]

Shhh guys. I said don’t prove me wrong

[rare hornet]

Mmmm edge

[jagged sparrow]

We can all agree the ones with shitty childhoods turned traitor

[rare hornet]

Mmmm thousand sons and emperor’s children might have something to say about that

[jagged sparrow]

Stg

most of the ones with shitty childhoods went traitor

[errant fulcrum]

I know it’s unlikely but I hope they get a data sheet for 40K

[jagged sparrow]

White scars would be ecstatic

[rare hornet]

You could use the bikes the custodes get? If you don’t mind home ruling

[errant fulcrum]

Well I was gonna run them w/Black Templars so idk if I could do that

[rare hornet]

I mean the kratos got 40K rules

[jagged sparrow]

God of war Kratos?

[errant fulcrum]

That’s why I have hope they will but I heard jet bikes are almost non existent in 40K lore wise

[rare hornet]

Yeah you may be lucky though, but you might just have to expect to use outriders

[left egret]

I heard we were talking about my baby, the leviathan dreadnought

Oh wait, we just talking 30k in general

[jagged sparrow]

Contempter or nothing

[left egret]

Leviathan siege dreadnought with the big guns

[jagged sparrow]

Yeah. But Rylanor

[lavish spruce]

id like the Redemptor more if they decided to just put some Chapter Specific bits, like an Arm thats decked out in Space Wolve runes and shite ending in a claw, or maybe an Imperial Fist arm that has like a giant Clenched Fist. Just feels like a missed opportunity.

[left egret]

I play Iron Warriors.

[jagged sparrow]

Peter turbo

[lavish spruce]

https://tenor.com/view/warhammer-40k-gif-18200364

[left egret]

Yes the one and only Mr manchild

[rare hornet]

I just prefer the look of the Iron Warriors, I feel like I can personalise them more with field mods

[jagged sparrow]

Necron supremacy

Skelly boys best Bois

[left egret]

Is this a 30k thing?

[left egret]

Go back to your nap metal bones

[jagged sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/palmas-gif-26050611

We were the galactic power first, advanced monkeys

[lavish spruce]

you know what I want for an awesome Armored Sentinel proxy? These things

https://tenor.com/view/rda-avatar-amp-suites-amp-suite-war-gif-24937677

[jagged sparrow]

Yes. We need more mechs

If only the TAU would use them for damn melee

[lavish spruce]

well come to think of it thats about the size of an armored sentinel yeah?

Well id use these models for sentinels as the Chainsaws are actually pretty good nowa days

[left egret]

Don't care about such politics. There are worlds ro burn and skulls to take

[ivory vortex]

Tau Melee battlesuit coming soon

[rare hornet]

I do actually have a few imperial fist models, they was my first chapter before I switched to Templar

I got iron warriors as it made sense to have them for chaos etc

[opal patio]

I liked imperial fists when I was like 13, cut forwards 6 years and now I prefer EC

[rare hornet]

My squad of dev centurions for them

[left egret]

Wait you have fist in your collection rose?

[rare hornet]

Still love the models

[rare hornet]

Back when I first started collecting marines yes

[left egret]

Those look purdy good I have to say

So they were your first faction?

[rare hornet]

Technically guard was but I put them on hold for a while

[left egret]

Yeah. All my stuff is chaos... save for Gazhkul that I just got gifted and my killteam kriegers... because krieg

[rare hornet]

Fair

[left egret]

Probably going to buy the WE when they drop... even if I hate how limited the roster is.
Gib meh RED BUTCHERS GW!!!!!

[pastel grotto]

Adorable.

[left egret]

No, its Dadorable now

[rare hornet]

Best space marine models

[left egret]

Dorn adopted boy later in tts

[pastel grotto]

Magic pain glove.

[left egret]

🤣

[feral valley]

Fake af

[brazen silo]

I bet you aren’t the real big smoke

[feral valley]

Shit, you right

[pastel grotto]

Big smoke finds the shit cube

[ivory vortex]

its definitely real, in a way

[copper siren]

So gravis and centurion armour is GW abandoning future termies?

Have there been any primaris termies so far? Even in the books?

[vocal imp]

Finally built my shelving unit today woop free desk space xD

[opal patio]

God press fit models feel so wrong

[atomic rose]

Nip the studs away, glue them like normal models

[urban harbor]

those things where sick, literally took the whole planet saying fuck you get out to beat them

[plush swift]

I find it odd how they designed them to look human

like they even have a butt stock on their rifles

[plush swift]

contrast paints are transparent and you can easily get that effect by using that property, the more you layer the color on the darker it gets.

[opal patio]

I finally based my damn models

took me way too long cause I had to spend like half an hour finding all the shit I needed

[limber widget]

GLORY FOR THE FIRST MEN TO DIE

[brisk vapor]

Upped the contrast, lot better now

[plush swift]

May I ask why the three goff rockers

[vocal imp]

1 to paint 1 to keep in box and 1 to sell later

[plush swift]

Does the sell later one cover for all three

[brazen silo]

Im not the only one who keeps their boxes?!?!

Thank the gods

[vocal imp]

i keep my boxes

[brazen silo]

My boyfriend called it silly and strange

[vocal imp]

and itll only increase in value as the item remains off sale

[brazen silo]

That shows him

[plush swift]

I keep the majority of mine

[brazen silo]

The only one I’ve thrown away was my resin cast ine

[plush swift]

I keep boxes for one specific reason, warranty information

weird habit but its been useful

[brazen silo]

I like the designs on the box

[opal patio]

Painting this necron assembled was a terrible Idea

[twilit token]

Horus?

[brisk vapor]

That's the guy

[twilit token]

Nice

[opal patio]

I tried drybrushing and fucked the whole thing up

[edgy jackal]

Maybe it's salvageable?

[azure fulcrum]

I know someone who has a very good video on dry brushing

[pastel grotto]

Hello sir would you like to discuss our lord and saviour the blood god

[pastel grotto]

Just spreading the good word of our lord

[lilac moth]

"Have you heard of our lord and savior mr abby daddy?"

"Here to talk to you about your flagships extended loyalist warranty..."

[opal patio]

Well

the marine is done

it's shite

but done

[rare hornet]

Eh good ‘nuff

[opal patio]

I think I'm literally incapable of doing eyes

my hands just aren't stable enough

there's also a necron but I kind of fucked that one up

[azure fulcrum]

If you really need to you can fill in the eyes first and then clean up around them

At the end of the day it all comes down to practice

[opal patio]

yeah that's the problem

practice isn't exactly cheap

[azure fulcrum]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, stop buying hobby paints then

And practice on a sheet of paper

Just keep going until your line work gets finger and finer

Practicing freehand on paper is a really great way to get good at details

Try writing your name or the alphabet over and over until it's as tiny (but still legible) as you can get it

[pastel grotto]

Oh wise and mighty #40k-minis-and-armies

Do I get a baneblade or rogal dorn

[azure fulcrum]

After one day I can write using the tip of a non detail brush like it was a byro

[azure fulcrum]

Second one looks cooler imo but I refuse to call it by it's name

[opal patio]

yeah but my handwriting is dogshit lmao

I'm just not good with my hands

[azure fulcrum]

Then practice.

Unless you have parkinsons or arthritis, it's literally just muscle memory.

Muscle memory is taught, not inherent.

I know I'm not sugar coating anything for you but honestly why would you want me to? The harsh reality is that you cannot expect to be decent without first doing boring rigorous practice.

As for writing you dont need to do cursive, you can stylize it any way you want, it just needs to be consistent.

[opal patio]

believe me I know

[azure fulcrum]

Thw style I mean, general consistency will improve overtime.

[opal patio]

I ain't wrote cursive in years cause it's barely legible by default

also I now have a severed ultramarine head full of forbidden soup

[azure fulcrum]

Yeah cursive is stupid.

If anyone writes me a card or letter in cursive I force them to read it to me out loud because I refuse to learn how to translate those child scrawlings into legible english.

[dark violet]

Sooo

The retributor armor paint I got today has a different cap on it that's harder to open

I'm guessing some may already see where this leads

Gold shade for my arm rest

But hey it looks dope as hell

[bold copper]

Time to get to work

[dark violet]

New one done

This time retributor armor gold

[muted token]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZMyS8D58o0

This is what has convinced me to make a necron army

[dark violet]

should i try my first ever wash with some auric gold layering or with something darker?

[digital jasper]

A new friend is coming to Fight those liars

[dark violet]

i do like the idea of my shiny celestine sororitas

[dark violet]

that base looks so neat

and he looks like he took a mud bath right now lol

but cool model

[mint dove]

How do you guys go about thinning citadel paints? I use vallejo droppers usually so it's hard to gage how much water:paint I need. The paint usually comes out too thin and then then I try to thicken it up it just globs on

[digital jasper]

well its a traitor guard like darktide

the undercoat i made is way too heavy XD

[azure fulcrum]

I learned today that Golden High Flow acrylics are basically the exact consistency you want for model painting

[unborn pebble]

Getting closer to being done.

[azure fulcrum]

So maybe grab one of their titanium whites and use that as it's a REALLY good white, better than any hobby white. And you'll begin to get a feel of what consistency you want for other paints

Just don't use it for airbrushing unless you wear a respirator. Titanium white is carcinogenic. So also don't lick your brush.

It's also a pure pigment so it's going to be better for mixing than a hobby paint white as those generally have extra shit in them like chalk

[naive umbra]

I see the apprenticeship is going well

[devout lake]

I have 1750 points in chaos marines rookie numbers I know

[plush swift]

you can easily strip the paint for cheap

[plush swift]

if the paint is coming out too thin, shake it more

[median flume]

This is looking so clean

[azure fulcrum]

Learning about which paints are the tastiest.

[azure fulcrum]

That reminds me, I assume I don't want to be shaking my goldens too much?

They have a disclaimer on there about it causing foaming is all.

[plush swift]

ive never had an issue with foaming, but I also dont shake them for as long as I do with hobby paints

[bold copper]

This is a very good kit

[azure fulcrum]

Very keen for when DP is available in Australia

[desert wyvern]

Rubrics are coming along nicely.

[wispy walrus]

Classic assassin

[mortal hound]

Just getting started

[azure fulcrum]

It begins.

[lilac moth]

How much was that set in total?

[azure fulcrum]

Bought separately, probably came to about $300 total in Australian. 30ml and 118ml bottles of high grade artist quality paints.

You'd be paying probably twice that to get the same amount of paint from citadel or Vallejo

Grand total is 892mls of paint.

So around 75 bottles of citidel paint.

So going at a base price of let's say, 10 dollars AU per citidel bottle

That'd be 750 dollars of rebranded house paint.

@plush swift does that sound about right?

Might actually go find my receipts and then look on the GW website to work out an exact comparison because I'm now curious

[plush swift]

$5USD for a 12ml $50 for a 120ml

Is those were all 118mls, it would be around $900 USD

[azure fulcrum]

I wish they were all 118mls

[mint dove]

It's not the best but before I started painting I wouldn't had believed I could even paint something close to this good

[azure fulcrum]

You have come a long way, young one.

Although -points for not cleaning up your mold lines.

[atomic rose]

But bonus points for barrel drilled

[mint dove]

Yeah I realized you're supposed to do that AFTER I primed them. I'm gonna take more time with my combat patrol box

[azure fulcrum]

I'm assuming the tactical marines have just basically been practice minis?

In which case you've done decent work

[mint dove]

Yeah these were just so I could get a feel for painting, I never painted a mini in my life and didn't wanna blindly paint my first squad

I'm gonna buy the Dark angels combat patrol and paint them as blood angels

[plush swift]

you do get bonus points for the drilled barrel though, so take that as a huge plus

[dark violet]

nice job in that still

[mint dove]

Thanks! This was my last one I drilled some of the other attempts...didn't survive lol

[mint dove]

Thanks! Everyone here has been a massive help in improving my skills

[dark violet]

behold of the mighty pigment master corpse starch

[rare hornet]

Not long now until you’re drilling in bullet holes to your marines

[dark violet]

good looking lad over there

bulky

[rare hornet]

Thicc

[dark violet]

iron fists? no! iron thighs

[rare hornet]

Thunder thighs

[azure fulcrum]

As I mentioned to someone else, try practicing some freehand as well.

[turbid meadow]

I've officially made it

My credit card got locked for suspicious purchases because I bought too many minis

On the brightside I got an airbrush and compressor for free

It's locked at 58 psi so it's a little harsh. I'll probably use it for base coats only, and maybe for terrain and large stuff?

[azure fulcrum]

Just make sure to always use a respirator.

[rare hornet]

So I have a question for space marine players. Has anyone else made up their own lore for their army?

I don’t just mean custom chapter, things like stories of why this person is a captain or such also count

[dark violet]

oooh intreresting i may plan something like that for my sisters

[rare hornet]

It can be quite fun

[dark violet]

my squad of celestines chosen lol

[rare hornet]

I have a chaplain who has just been taken from the sword brothers. So he’s all about getting stuck in and hitting you with a relic crozius as that’s what he’s so used to

[dark violet]

i still need a real canoness model i think

but first celestine and why she is actively helping my squads

[rare hornet]

I’m keeping with the idea that terminator characters are the real big guys

Despite the actual models being somewhat meh on the table

[dark violet]

yeah terminators are big bois

deathwing portrayed them decently

[rare hornet]

Yeah. I actually have a terminator chaplain model which will be fun

[dark violet]

i am thinking of getting either a mechanicus squad or tempestus scions for support

[rare hornet]

He’s going to have a cohort of relic terminators just to hammer home the elite status

[rare hornet]

Scions are awesome but really fiddly models

[dark violet]

gotten to like the scions because of tts lol

sisters are also very fiddly

their arms are so annoying

[rare hornet]

Although I’m dying to try one of their beret heads on a marine

[dark violet]

"its a tanky bugger aint it"

[rare hornet]

The idea of a space marine with a tidy moustache and beret seems fun

[dark violet]

what was the lore behind scions again anyway

[rare hornet]

Think something like SAS

[dark violet]

elite troops nice

love em

[rare hornet]

Yep

[dark violet]

https://youtu.be/1sjawxV-ZKA such a good episode with the actual tabletop match

also dope sisters of battle in action

[rare hornet]

Currently working on a joint game of space marine vs chaos hunt for the fallen

It’s over 2 games, the first is Templar and Dark Angels deathwing vs Chaos and the second is the deathwing vs chaos

[dark violet]

ooh neat

[rare hornet]

The marines are going in through Land raider and teleport deployment

[dark violet]

just tell the dark angels the enemies are in cahoots with the fallen

[rare hornet]

The Templar are there to clear a path

With plenty of use of the high velocity Templar delivery system, also known as the landraider crusader

[dark violet]

the white scars would be proud of you

[rare hornet]

We also have a home rule that primaris can get in a landraider but gravis takes up 2 models

So suddenly having 6 aggressors jump infront of you is certainly a sight to behold

[limber widget]

Best ep

I nearly cried when the star child theme came

I don't know why

[azure fulcrum]

I did that with my old renegade warband I was making years ago but lost the file I had everything saved on

[mint dove]

Finished. I tried highlighting the weapon but it's such an odd shape and I'm absolutely dogshit at highlighting

I tried to play around with dirt and rust too but I feel like it didn't come out very well

[rare hornet]

You’ll get the hang of that

The trick with stuff like that is adding very tiny amounts and let it built up rather than too much in one do

I have a primaris blood angel somewhere I made because I felt like it

[mint dove]

It's really difficult, I'll get. A small line and think I'm getting the hang of it then it just grabs a bunch of paint off the brush,

Everything I've seen says to do it with the side of the brush but that always just dumps a big chunky line of paint

[rare hornet]

It’s a lot of trial and error

[mint dove]

And I'm trying to improve but I feelclike it woukd have looked better had I not tried at all to highlight

[rare hornet]

Nah don’t sweat it, everyone struggles with their first attempts

[copper siren]

will any of the 9nth edition starter set be phased out in 10th ed?

because according to rumors 10th ed starter sets will be nids, and i dont like nids. love necrons though, and marines is a bonus

[mint dove]

Any advice on how to not fuck it up next time?

[rare hornet]

To be frank with you, it’s all about going back and forth applying the paint

[dark violet]

i dont even know how i manage

my hands shake so much when trying small details

[mint dove]

Whaddya mean?

[rare hornet]

Make sure though that you’re using a clean fine brush and use very small amounts of paint, should be just no more than the tip of the brush

[dark violet]

yes never really dip it into the paint

unless you really need to cover large areas with one color

[rare hornet]

As told to my by @atomic rose you apply the highlight then go back and fix the original colour then fix the highlight and keep doing this until it’s how you want it

[dark violet]

plus you will continuasly think of new tiny details to change

[rare hornet]

It might be that you need some new brushes if you’re having issues

Army painter is a decent brand for fine brushes

[mint dove]

I'll look into it, I'll try again next time and let hopefully do better

[rare hornet]

Also try to put a few drops of water in your paint to thin it out a bit

You will most likely need to add a few layers to get it looking right but it will help stop the pain clumping up and such

[dark violet]

i am actually planning to try my first color wash soon

[rare hornet]

What one’s that?

[dark violet]

i got myself retributor armor

gonna try a wash with auric gold for some highlights maybe

[rare hornet]

That’s a good gold, you will want to make sure to put a few layers it can be a bit thin

[dark violet]

well i painted all my other sisters armor in auric gold

cuz i dindt have retributor

so some are now more shiny than the new one

i still need retributor spray for later projects

but thats expensive

[rare hornet]

So the pendant on his belt it retributor with Reikland Fleshshade washed over it

[dark violet]

god that looks good

[rare hornet]

I need to go back over the imperialis as I didn’t have the right wash for that

And the same again for the bolt round in the boxes

[dark violet]

ahhh i hope i can do such good paintjobs myself

i am already very proud of my celestine themed squad

[rare hornet]

They are good

[dark violet]

lil golden girls out there ready to spread heresy there imperial truth of celestine

[rare hornet]

Only recently found that I had a seraphim sepia

I don’t remember when I bought it

[limber widget]

That is an beautiful dark Templar

[rare hornet]

Thank you, I do want to go back and clean up some of the white now I have a wash that works with it

[limber widget]

It looks really clean

No extra thick paint layer

What mostly happens with painting

[rare hornet]

I have a relatively thin black paint

[limber widget]

Good

Mostly people by mistake do an extra thick layer of paint than it wil look a bit ugly on the model

[rare hornet]

Oh yeah. I mostly keep it thin so you don’t see the brush marks

[limber widget]

But that dark Templar looks smooth as baby skin

[rare hornet]

And also makes the paint last longer

[limber widget]

Ah

Makes sense

[dark violet]

just made a makeshift pallete for painting

am gonna try washing now

[limber widget]

Gl

[rare hornet]

Good luck

[limber widget]

I have bit of an hand disebillity when It comes with painting or glue the models

[rare hornet]

Oh yeah? Can we have a see at some of them?

[limber widget]

?

[rare hornet]

Models

[limber widget]

It's not really that serious

Ah

[rare hornet]

It’s been a long day

[dark violet]

dayum

[limber widget]

My mom mostly helps me

[rare hornet]

That’s sweet

[limber widget]

My brother did It first and got tired of it

[rare hornet]

Those puss bubbles must have been time consuming

[dark violet]

Dunno if you can tell much top one without wash bottom with

might have thinned it too much?

[rare hornet]

You can definitely see it

Do you have a nuln oil?

[dark violet]

no

[rare hornet]

Aww

Because put some of that on the silver

[dark violet]

i can try putting some auric gold layering on without thinning it down

like tiny bit

[pale edge]

Or any black-wash / quick-shade

Just to get the nooks and crannies blackened

[dark violet]

only have abbadon black

[rare hornet]

Don’t worry then

[hearty bear]

What order is this

[dark violet]

my own

or atleast i think

i style them to celestines theme

[limber widget]

My brother helped me with this one before he stopped helping me with glue and painting the models

[dark violet]

they are her own little army

sororitas that appear and fuck shit up in her name

[limber widget]

This is basically a repost

I did posted it before

And the 2 greater daemons

[dark violet]

if celestine ever appears and "which is never really likely" needs a bit more firepower than her own she brings my sisters

[limber widget]

Of the many factions I can chose to. Paint I only do chaos

[dark violet]

choas

[limber widget]

Chaos chan

[rare hornet]

Chas

[limber widget]

Let the gaxaly burn

[rare hornet]

A disco infernos

[limber widget]

I'm really interested in the concept of daemons

Even im not even religious

[dark violet]

SKARBRAND HATES being categorized

[limber widget]

SKARBRAND IS AN PROUD MEMBER OF SOCIETY

[dark violet]

love their charactarization of him

[limber widget]

yea

[dark violet]

hate incarnate but also civil

[limber widget]

My fav tts characters are magnus skarbrand and the emperor

[dark violet]

spice boy

[limber widget]

https://tenor.com/view/tts-emperor-hey-gif-20433717

[copper siren]

SKARBRAND IS UP TO DATE ON HIS VACCINATIONS AND HAS SCHEDULED A PHYSICAL AT THE DOCTOR

[dark violet]

https://youtu.be/xneStb5jN_4

love it

i want a magnus miniature

[copper siren]

not so mini

[dark violet]

but not the 40k version

i will also take a full size magnus pillow

[limber widget]

https://tenor.com/view/if-the-emperor-had-a-text-to-speech-device-no-gif-14921935

[pale edge]

I want an Alpharius

[limber widget]

I want angron model

[dark violet]

i want tts dorn model

in the centurion armor

[limber widget]

https://tenor.com/view/warhammer-40k-rogaldorn-gif-10829755

[copper siren]

There should be rule on tabletop that whenever Alpharius is killed you can roll 3d6 and if they are al 6 you can say "aha, you killed alpharius, that was a ruse! this tactical marine is Alpharius!" and replace that small mini with Alpharius

[pale edge]

(but this of course is a lie)

[dark violet]

or a rule that you could have as many of alpharius on the field at any time

[copper siren]

5000 dollar army

[copper siren]

of course, I am Alpharius

[dark violet]

okay so do i try a wash with thinned down abbadon black

[rare hornet]

I am Alpharius

[dark violet]

I too am Alpharius

[rare hornet]

Nope that’s going to end horribly XD

[dark violet]

okay

[pale edge]

I would just wait to purchase some nuln before making homemade nuln

[dark violet]

i did some highlighting with auric gold as good as i could

but i barely see it lol

well time to put together the next one

[pale edge]

Like assemble and glue the next one?

[dark violet]

yes

[pale edge]

How do you ignore the urge to make the entire box at once

[dark violet]

i only have 11 miniatures

id be done too soon

[pale edge]

Yes

[dark violet]

plus motivation

[rare hornet]

To be fair that’s how I do it. I have so many still on the sprues

[pale edge]

I normally assemble and glue the whole box, prime them in batch, and then paint one and run out of time and have an unpainted army on my shelf for 2-3 months before buying a new box

I'm sorry blood angels combat patrol I will finish painting you one day

[rare hornet]

Laughs I’m never finishing first ever box of intercessors

[dark violet]

ijust saw a chainsword in my unused parts

and an arm that holds the boltor under the arm carrying it

i have idea

sadly no dual chainswords

[weary nexus]

Started working on my terminators again. Yey for inspiration.

[rare hornet]

Ooo funky

[limber widget]

Nice wich legion is it

[weary nexus]

The terror legion. The cowards.

Nighty bois

[limber widget]

Night lords

The demi gods space terrorists

[weary nexus]

Indeed

[limber widget]

Ave Dominus Nox!"

[weary nexus]

In midnight clad.

Trying to go for as little corruption as possible for the normal astartes. While the higher ups are hypocrites of the highest order. Embracing all the powers they can get

[limber widget]

The true terros of the imperuim

[dark violet]

her legs have been assembled

[rare hornet]

Horus here’s models might be a decent choice if you want more normal armour?

[limber widget]

The sons of the night lord himself and the lord terror konrad Cruze

The midnight messiah

[weary nexus]

Aye. Doing a lot of stealing from space marine kits as well. Keeping the pirate theme going

[rare hornet]

Fair enough

I’m using all heresy models for my chaos army as I don’t want all the spikes and such

[weary nexus]

A smart choice. Going for a lot of kitbashing and conversion for mine to appease the creativity gods.

[dark violet]

have i ever mentioned how i find the plasting wielding effect of the glue amazingly funny

glue that doesnt really glue stuff

[rare hornet]

I plan to add my own additions here and there for the models. Been experimenting with a reel of plastic barbed wire and want to use that in places

[weary nexus]

Melt it all!

[limber widget]

Konrad would Definitely listen to hard black metal in his room of screams

[rare hornet]

Been thinking about using the idea of anti boarding spikes around crew hatches on tanks similar to the Sherman’s in the pacific

[weary nexus]

Oooh. Love that idea

[dark violet]

you dont like the lines of the plastic being together?

MELT IT

want some plasma injury look?

MELT IT

her ass has been assembled

[rare hornet]

The Spartan tank is going to be lots of fun with kitbashing extra stuff

[weary nexus]

My conversion/kitbash +3d parts of harkan to get a jump lord.

The fact that jump pack is not a part of the lords setup makes me cry

[rare hornet]

Oh just and FYI Mark III helmets and shoulder pads can go into the heresy Mark VI marines beautifully if you wanted to spice up your legionaries armour look

[limber widget]

Ooooooh such an beautiful night lord I'm with in love with it

[rare hornet]

Found the example

[weary nexus]

Oooooh that is noice

[weary nexus]

Ty dude. I am realy happy with him

[limber widget]

Np

[weary nexus]

Another 3d printed piece. "Cain, get the heavy bolter from the ruble."

[limber widget]

You get my praise for those beautiful nigh lords models

[weary nexus]

Gonna be adding rubble to the base to realy sell the image of him just looting the dead mid battle

Because no crime is to low for the biggest a holes of em all

Cant be forgetting my -can't believe it's not Talos- Chosen

[limber widget]

It woud be cool a successor chapter of the blood angels called the black angles instead of the lamentors

The black angels have black armor with black bleeding heart on their shoulder plate as their original founding chapter and their battle cry is LET DRINK THEIR BLOOD OF THE ENEMIES OF THE GREAT ANGEL AND FOR. THE MIGHTY FALLEN ANGEL and it mostly a fleet based chapter

They are specialized in long and close combat as their original founding chapter and they have like black angelic wings

Their gene flaw is getting into berserk rage and blood rage like the black rage

When they fight to servere

[lilac moth]

Y is that damn weapon such a bitch to get looking even slightly ok...

[edgy jackal]

IDK, looks pretty ok to me.

Depends what level of quality you're going for

[lilac moth]

Kinda want it to look a bit better than the backside currently looks

[limber widget]

That necron looks great

[lilac moth]

First time trying to salvage a failed model. Was one of my first minis

[limber widget]

Ah

[lilac moth]

I think the 2nd time will end up looking better than it looked like until last night

[weary nexus]

Yes. It is gonna be great

[lilac moth]

For some fucking reason i am trying to avoid starting my work on the armor/gear of these guys... Dont know what it is about these tiny guys that makes me so nervous

[edgy jackal]

fear of messing up?

[lilac moth]

Tinyest details for me so far. Everything is so much smaller than on space marines

Planning on doing silver-ish plate with gold trim but the trim part barely exists in this reality

[edgy jackal]

To quote adventure time, sucking at something is the first step to being sorta good at something. Go for it, it'll look way better when all the colours are on there.

[dark violet]

Should I cut off the scope of the plasma pistol?

she will be holding it down by her hip

[slim oak]

Anyone know what household items work as a pallet?

[dark violet]

i took some tinfoil and wrapped it around a piece of carboard

[pale edge]

I use wax paper in a Tupperware dish with a tiny bit of water under it

[pale edge]

Worse case worse you can glue it back on!

[slim oak]

Thanks you two 👍

[limber widget]

@weary nexus question how many night lords models do you have

I wana know

This woud be me when I see a beautiful night lord model

https://tenor.com/view/albedo-gif-19864325

[dark violet]

i need help with a decision

do i add red or some greenish to the top of the chainsword for blood detail

[limber widget]

Red is always the best option

For an chainsword

[dark violet]

yeah did choose red

[limber widget]

Most enemies the imperium fights. Are enemies with red blood like traitors and most xenos with red blood and sometimes blue and green blood

From tau and orks

[pale edge]

Mulched ork

[limber widget]

Like that

[dark violet]

or just anything nurgle

[limber widget]

Yea

[dark violet]

add like ripped flesh to the chainsword

if i could

[limber widget]

Perhaps

It's always an hard choice

[dark violet]

i have ideas

like alot

but not the ability

[limber widget]

Iike buying between xenos or human models

[dark violet]

nearly done with a nice sister of battle

but i wont be able to work on her over the evening

[limber widget]

I had it between mortarion and changer of ways and the blood thirster when be'lakor and skarbrand were out of stock in the local gw store

It was an hard decision

But I went with the blood thirster

I want my greater daemon collection be done

I only need now the changer of way in the near future again

Than after that I wil might buy mortarion

The plauge boy

[lilac moth]

WHY ARE ALL THE PARTS SO DAMN SMOL?!?!?

Fuck this lil dude and his whole posse of smol friends... im going back to building cultists 🤡

[pale edge]

It looks good so far

[dark violet]

try makin a sororitas arm lol

those damn things are so annoying to glue on

especially if you wanna do poses that arnt in the way they were made to be

[lilac moth]

Have no trouble with small arms etc after i did my kill team kroot bit god damn i went too far with the armor trims on the breachers...

[dark violet]

gotta wait for the arms to fully wield together right now

god i really need that thing from citadel to hold up small parts with

[atomic rose]

Or you could get a pair of tweezers

[weary nexus]

I Shall put them all together to see.

[limber widget]

Ah

I. Understand

Take your time

[weary nexus]

I am only going for the painted ones tho

[limber widget]

Alright

Amaze me than

When you are done

[lilac moth]

30€ and ill send this part assembly tool for you

[dark violet]

that would end horribly

[atomic rose]

Why would it? I use them to assemble my small minis.

[dark violet]

dont you love it when you have to add more of the glue into a tiny gap cuz they just dont want to stick on

[dark violet]

cuz im not good with em

[lilac moth]

Brotip: Reverse tweezers

[atomic rose]

Get a pair of reverse hold tweezers.

They hold the part when you are not squeezing and release when you do.

[weary nexus]

24 finished models. Which includes. Converted abaddon to terminator lord with pclaws. Daemon prince proxy. Jump lord. Chaos lord. And a chaos techmarine

[atomic rose]

And if you want something to hold onto while painting not atached small parts, just drill a 1mm hole into the joint and superglue in a piece of wire (I use paperclips)

[limber widget]

https://tenor.com/view/nice-good-excellent-awesome-smile-gif-16563805

[limber widget]

nice abbadon

have you seen mine

[weary nexus]

Show me!!

[limber widget]

@weary nexus

here

[glossy hawk]

Hey so I’ve mostly been on the side of lore and vidya in 40k but I’m looking to get into miniatures and maybe, in the future, actual games. Right now I’ve got my eye on a set of Ork Boyz and 3 Killa Kans, do you guys have any advice?

[atomic rose]

Get what minis you think are cool. Do not buy citadel stuff.

[glossy hawk]

Citadel stuff? Is that a brand or..?

[dark violet]

its GWs side brand

[jagged sparrow]

When it says D3 for damage I would roll a D6 then divide by 2 and that’s the damage?

[atomic rose]

Yeah, it's games workshop brand for mini painting. It's cheap crap sold at premium price.

[glossy hawk]

What would you suggest?

[edgy jackal]

https://www.muco.nl/de-werkplek-hulpmiddelen/145685-derde-hand-met-vergrootglas-410329203160.html?search_query=vergroot&results=14

Have you thought about something like this?

[weary nexus]

Looks like a good baseline start, pop some shades on there and finish the base and he will be fab as fuck.

[obsidian tapir]

Oh god I’ve got like 25 terminators to paint and some vets

[weary nexus]

That is not nearly enough terminators. you need atleast 50

[obsidian tapir]

Yeah lol

[weary nexus]

Or a hundred, make it first company.

[atomic rose]

@glossy hawk Get your brushes from an art store nearby. Ask them for cheapish acrylics brushes to start with, since you will innevitably ruin them before you get the hang of things. You want about 2-3 brushes of different sizes, ranging from roughly 0/5 to 2, possibly even larger if you want to paint large models. Sizes are not consistent between brands, but they should be close enough that it does not really matter.
Tools like snippers, pinvice etc. you can grab from a hardware store or a store aimed at old school modelers (tanks, planes, dioramas and so on).
Paints are problaby the most understandable thing to buy from citadel. Even tho they are overpriced piece of crap, as @plush swift is more than readily available to hammer into skulls of anyone mentioning them, the fact that you get the paints you needs listed on the back of the box, is quite convenient when you are beginning. You can get ~same/slightly better quality paints from vallejo for cheaper and there are some conversion tables online you could use. But as you learn how to work with colors and mix paints, try to move away from hobby paints towards artist/proffesional acrylics from your local art store - much better quality paints for cheaper.

[limber widget]

the model was already finished

back in 2019

[weary nexus]

AH I see!

[limber widget]

and i also was done with greater daemon of slaansh and nurgle

[edgy jackal]

With Citadel paints you mostly pay for the amount of support/integration the paint line has with the rest of GW's products

[plush swift]

Everything you said is excellently put however I would add 2 things, a reminder that brush size isnt universal between brands and that they should also but a flat brush for surfaces

[weary nexus]

I wish to see these daemons.

[glossy hawk]

I’ll send you pics of my first mini when I finish painting him @atomic rose

[plush swift]

Hobby paints are convenient and easy, but you pay extra for that. Opacity is way easier to deal with as a novice too, while transparency can give you better effects but its way harder to deal with and takes a lot of practice

opaque paints you work dark to light, transparent you work from light to dark

yet the most common complaint of hobbiests is how a lot of colors dont want to cover dark things, yet they still work from dark to light... which is confusing to me

[glossy hawk]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Prexz0xPplU
Is this a good brief guide to painting?

Well it’s not necessarily a guide but it seems like an easy way to paint for starters

[plush swift]

I personally dont think so, but I have a doctorate in art so i am heavily biased against those guides because they lack a lot of information i would suggest, so my opinion may or may not be of value because of what I firmly believe a beginner should focus on. Those videos will also contain bad habits and some wildly bad info on occasion like putting acrylics over oils, not saying that one does but be careful of that type of thing

[limber widget]

sure

[glossy hawk]

Kk

[limber widget]

@weary nexus

[atomic rose]

Might be a good point to start, but rather than following a guide, try learning different techniques, what results they give and when they are aplicable. Find a mini you think looks nice and try analyze what paint goes where etc. That will give you "tools in the belt" rather than hard rules.

[glossy hawk]

Holy fuck that’s an awesome Nurgle daemon

[limber widget]

thanks

[plush swift]

If you have any problems or needs advice feel free to ping or DM me, I am always down to show new painters some things

[glossy hawk]

Thanks guys

[plush swift]

Once again, putting things really well

[weary nexus]

I am a simple man, I see daemons, I get the sudden urge to pray to the dark gods.

[limber widget]

always pray to the dark gods

[weary nexus]

But never tell your subordinates about it so that you hog all the power to yourself

[limber widget]

yea

That's true

It's like playing among us

Trying to blend In with the population

While doin secret Sacrifices till the local inquistor find something suspicious on the planet