40k-minis-and-armies

[rapid willow]

I hate that they mad ehim a demon

Gonna make it harder to paint :c

Is cool tho

[frozen basalt]

Belisarius Cawl it's finally done.

[teal wolf]

It's Lorgars fault 🤣

[dark violet]

Looking good must have been a pain in the ass but I want cawl too

[rapid willow]

Did you use a clay for the base?

Nope it's paint outside is hard to see phone

[frozen basalt]

It's a technical called Martian Ironearth

[frozen basalt]

Yes it was,but the final product It's worth it

[dark violet]

Are there any other tech priest models?

Am looking for one or two techpriests which would command the skitarii in my army

Techpriest enginseer looking nice

[proven marsh]

I'm looking at the Technoarchaeologist

Well I want to make a Hadron. Nothing is quite right

[frozen basalt]

I have 2 datasmith,1 Tech-priest Dominus that it's my Magos,1 archaeologist,1 skitarii marshal and 1 enginseer

I started the army only 5 months ago,I only bought the patrol box,the Christmas box and a box of Kastellan robots and 3 characters

[dark violet]

Would you kindly share a picture don't have good internet where I a.

[simple thorn]

I keep wanting to get him but 50 dollery-doo's is fuckin' pricey for him

[dark violet]

Damn yeah enginseer is only like 20

[rapid river]

What paints do you use to dry brush any kind or specific kinds

[plush swift]

I just use the same stuff I use for everything, home made or golden fluid/soflat. Just dont use inks or thinned paint.

[rapid river]

Just wonder if using citadel for example could contrast work or would I need base/ layering

[edgy jackal]

Don't use contrast or wash paint for drybrushing, you need layer, base, or dry for that. Although I would advise against buying the dry line of paints unless you're committing to using it a lot.

[plush swift]

thats an ink in some glaze medium, its too liquidly for dry brushing

[rapid river]

What I figured just wanted to make sure

[cosmic topaz]

Woo grey knights

[glossy hawk]

They are very grey

[lilac moth]

Grey knights have no right to look as cool as they look

[pastel grotto]

Your right they don't have any right.

Fuck the grey knights

[lilac moth]

aaaand you sound like a heretic

[edgy jackal]

Eh, I say enjoy your plastic toy soldiers. Grey knights are a cool faction for beginners and veterans alike, for different reasons.

[rare hornet]

Lead based paint make brain go funny

[pastel grotto]

"Sir the space marine players want to know if there are any daemon specialist chapters"

"Space marine space marines"

"Perfect"

Same goes for deathwatch and custodes

Space marine space marines need to die.

[lilac moth]

I hope you do know that i am a ultramarine player 😄

[orchid jungle]

dread bro seems ready for battle

[lilac moth]

who is the fucking tech priest that looks at a dreaddy and goes "I KNOW, THIS BITCH NEEDS A HAMMER!"

[orchid jungle]

Probably an acolyte of this dude

#40k-minis-and-armies message

[lilac moth]

I swear some of the weapon choices are so damn stupid

[cosmic topaz]

They’ll become a much different grey soon haha!

[cosmic topaz]

Ultramarine, black Templars, grey knights, necrons, I enjoy them all

[lilac moth]

Current collection is mostly smurfmarines and black legion with a sprinkling of nekrons

[cosmic topaz]

Some people just like to talk shit to talk shit, if that’s what they enjoy then have at it lol

Since angron is hanging around again I’ve been eyeballing world waters

Eaters

Hahahahah waters

[lilac moth]

yap.... Fucking angron... Making me regret choosing black legion

[cosmic topaz]

Haha!

[cosmic topaz]

I went with the sword on my nemesis lol

[lilac moth]

Only big boy i have is a hellbrute and he looks sick with his big boy plasma and power scourge

[cosmic topaz]

I’ve got an ironclad dread and a redemptor as well

Redemptor has the macro plasma

[cosmic topaz]

Pic? Love hellbrutes

[lilac moth]

Far from ready atm

actually even a old pic since i have done some more work on it since that pic 😄

[cosmic topaz]

I know the feels

[lilac moth]

my paints are still stuck in shipment purgatory thanks to wifes fucking avatar funko pop...

[cosmic topaz]

Already looks awesome, yea love hellbrutes, think I’m def gonna snag some world eaters

Oof

[lilac moth]

If i didnt add that shit, it would have shipped the next day... now i am stuck waiting for week or 2 ....

[cosmic topaz]

A store opened up in walking distance to me that sells paints, minis, etc super thankful I don’t have to wait on stuff MOST of the time lol

Yea the only time I’ve really ordered paint or anything it was literally here in two day.

[cosmic topaz]

They’re worth it…right?…the wife I mean, haha! Mines working on some sisters of battle

[lilac moth]

Trying to get her to try wh due to her artistic history

But just not succeeding

[cosmic topaz]

It took a ton of convincing

It was the detail of the paint jobs etc that got her finally, she loves to paint etc

[lilac moth]

Hoping my kroot killteam finally pushes her over the limit and gets her to do some of her own models

Agreed to trying kill team with me when we get the time so heres hoping it sticks 😄

[cosmic topaz]

Sweet!

Lemme know how she likes it haha always curious

Have you added guilliman to your ultra’s?

[lilac moth]

Nah

[cosmic topaz]

I had to haha

Couldn’t not snag him a few months back

[lilac moth]

It will come at some point, gonna learn a bit more painting first

Since i picked this hobby up like 3 months ago

[cosmic topaz]

Gotcha haha! I’ve enjoyed warhammer for years but the tabletop stuff has only been about a year or so

[lilac moth]

Been a bit busy couple months tho

[cosmic topaz]

I dig it man, I need one of those cases, right now everything’s in toolboxes or on desks haha

[rapid willow]

Can anyone vouch for vallejo Xpress paints?

[white tangle]

Hey, i'm gonna be painting a knife for a space marine and i want to paint it with that cool glaze that people do for power swords. When doing the glaze, do i go from dark to light or light to dark?

[edgy jackal]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtYIf1ujsUM

citadel does dark to light

[mossy sable]

I would

[lilac moth]

was like 50-60€ on sale in ikea

[cosmic topaz]

Oh snap thanks for the heads up !

Almost done

[glossy hawk]

Oh zog

[dark violet]

The first painted skitarii support of my adepta sororitas order

Combining the gold of my order and steel of the mechanicus

[dark violet]

working on painting my first paragon warsuit now

gonna see how i can do them to look sorty knghtly but also als glorious golden warriors

[rapid river]

I want my dam paints and shit already

it cant get here fast enough

[round crystal]

Finished the metallics this weekend. I’m a little worried the gold is too much on the squig. I’m sure it will look fine after a wash right right?

[wise shuttle]

:>

Can't wait to put these ones together

[upbeat hearth]

are volkite chargers not plasma weapons ?

probably a dumb question

[sweet sinew]

My attempt at kitbashing a captain arm with a power sword onto a regular space marine shoulder

Lots of slicing and gluing

[left egret]

Talon or raptor?

[oak jackal]

So, if I wanted to play the wargame as the Astra Militarum, what would I need to get started with an army?

[left egret]

Yes

[mossy sable]

a lot of money

I think imp guard might be one of the more expensive armies

[left egret]

Not because model cost... but due to quantity

[wise shuttle]

Likely raptors

[lavish crescent]

Fall of cadia boxset or a combat patrol

[left egret]

Good choice

[mint dove]

What's better spray paint, rustoleum or krylon. Does it matter?

Nevermind my store doesn't have krylon, seems my choice was made for me

[teal wolf]

Ive tried both, they are alright but you will wanna spray farther back than with a gw can

[jaunty trail]

Currently working on neophytes..

[lavish crescent]

Or use airbrush primer

[ornate bramble]

Should I take all of the leftover bits from previous models I made and have all the hatches on my kratos have a marine poking out of them

[left egret]

So I had a nightmare and I turned it into the official headcanon for my iron warriors

Dreamt a Warpsmith petting a Maulerfiend .... and the maulerfiend purring like a cat and acting like a needy puppy around this guy. He was surrounded by daemon engines acting like domesticated housepets all vying for his attention and affection.
Then the warpsmith turned, looked at me and in a deep, tired and disdainful voice said: "Get rid of that."
.... and like a fucking switched had been turned those things went from acting cute and cuddly to the murderous abominations that daemon engines are.... and as the maulerfiends jaws were about to snap shut around my head... I woke up
This is the single most terrifying dream I have had ... and now it is canon for the Warsmith leading my iron warriors grand company

[teal wolf]

Glorious

[left egret]

Yeah and it creeps me the hell out

[teal wolf]

I wish I could find some maulerfiends

[left egret]

Daemon engines are not supposed to act like cute housepets. The display was disturbing... that was genuine affection to the Warpsmith (who is the Warsmith)
So out of left field

[left egret]

They are in the forgefiend box, it's the same box for both models. Except you need to build one or the other, unless you got magnets

[teal wolf]

Ohh ya im aware. I just try for used or rescues first. GW and their silly price rises

[left egret]

Yeah. Shits expensive

[teal wolf]

After world eaters my future upgrade is a 3d printer, no shame

[left egret]

Probably less expensive

I just dont like resin... yet I would likely print armies with no regret what so ever

[teal wolf]

Ive worked with a mtn of resin in my hobby life time

[silver skiff]

Waiting for the base to dry on my ork big mek

[plush swift]

kylon has an archival line, making them superior

[upbeat osprey]

anyone doing an astra militarum army lmk as i am currently building one. currently i have a gaunts ghosts, combat patrol, lord solar leontus, bullgryns, rogal dorn, baneblade (stormsword), basilisk. And getting more from forgeworld like a trojan and some deathstrikes eventually.

My buddies are saying in the next week or two kasrkins and more will be revamped designs sooo ill be grabbing all new releases, aka ima be poor as fuck but i mean plastic crack right? right????

[edgy jackal]

What bits did you use for him?

[lavish crescent]

You aren't alone... I literally just spent 400 on plastic krieg infantry support gear. Field guns and transports

[brazen silo]

I might buy the salamander big box

Totally didn’t hide it in my game store

[mystic shard]

I had a ton of extra bits laying around and had the urge to kitbash and paint something tonight. Total project time: 6 hours.

Parts:
station forge space marine proxy body and sword arm,

ventless space marine helmet stl

Imperial knight pintle gun armor (right shoulder)

Cut off inceptor hood (left shoulder)

Chaos terminator combi-bolter

Impknight, Tau, and redeptor dreadnaught bits for debris

Ghost ark warrior body and legs. Warrior arm, and death mark head.

Skulls, pouches, and other greeblies found within my bitsbox.

I’m actually really happy with how this turned out

Apologies for terrible pictures it’s 1:30 am

[dark violet]

Nice

[teal wolf]

What an absolute unit

[silver skiff]

A Necromunda ambot, a Deff Dread shoota and a Nobz head, Jaw and bosspole

[finite rain]

Cadia Stands box atm is a good point tto startt with guard. Gives you codex, datacards, basic units to start with, then you can go from there. guard expensive though since it is a horde army.

[edgy jackal]

Looks pretty cool

[finite rain]

i took 300 pictures last saturday in nottingham :-x

[lavish crescent]

Same here bro, shit is amazing to see

Went there in December

[teal wolf]

I gotta make the pilgrimage someday

[rotund stratus]

Rejects swarmed near extraction zone. Finally finished the poxwalkers from Tertium

[proven marsh]

Sweet

[slate pond]

Awesome!!!

[rapid river]

Ayyy

Hopefully all my painting stuff arrives today

[uneven mist]

Our odds on the table top aren't looking so good

Remind the dice that my zealot is top notch

[rotund stratus]

Thanks guys . A little bit better photo of it all

[naive umbra]

Really excited to have this stuff arrive today. My "I'll just have one army" thing didn't last longer than a couple months haha. I'm still firmly in camp Xenos though, with these creepy crawlies making a nice contrast to my sleek Tau boys

[pastel grotto]

That's life.

[rare hornet]

Get knights

Easiest army to collect ever

[naive umbra]

I promise I won't get a 3rd army until my Tau are painted at least

[edgy jackal]

Good call

[naive umbra]

Otherwise it becomes a trap of just wanting to get something assembled so you can at least use on table (with a friend who doesn't care about painted rules)

And then constantly assembling a sea of grey without painting

[rare hornet]

I know the feeling, although having multiple armies on the go is good for combatting but out

[naive umbra]

That was the theory behind getting nids. Get a funky organic army that will feel completely different to painting clean armour plates of tau units.

[proven marsh]

Yes, that's me. I bet you're all wondering how I got here..

Ughh now I want to build my own Storm Raptor..

[naive umbra]

He's ok because Nurgle moved his brain to the vestigial head next to his big toe

[teal wolf]

Where's Waldo ??

[bold copper]

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/02/07/tyranids-necrons-and-grey-knights-launch-their-own-boarding-actions-with-new-boxes/ pretty solid boarding patrols

[uneven mist]

Next on my list

[rare hornet]

Yeeeeees

[uneven mist]

Nice pfp

[rotund stratus]

Haha, the ship is cardboard papercraft from Battlesystems.

And the guy does have his head, just hard to see in this angle 📐

[rare hornet]

Ha thanks!

[left egret]

@rare hornet next time you pain hazard stripes can you send me a pic of the guide lines you make before filling the stripe in? Just wondering how big I should make it

[rare hornet]

👍

[left egret]

You are an exalted champion

[rare hornet]

I got like 5 more marines to build/paint then I’ll be able to run them as two legionnaire squads in 40K

Oh you’ve actually reminded me to get that heavy weapons kit for them

[left egret]

Would send you mine but that would take weeks

[rare hornet]

I’m using Horus MarkVI marines so I need their weapons

[left egret]

The HH heavy kit. Right?

[rare hornet]

Yes with the lascannons and autocannons

[left egret]

Yeah I got that but only own cataphractii termies

[rare hornet]

I’ve got some plans for them

The flamer will have a chainfist and a light brushing of black over the front of him as he’s the point man/breacher

[left egret]

Sounds awesome

Would be awesome if IW got the shoulder mounted buzzsaw arm that IW terminators got in art

[rare hornet]

You never know with the HH stuff they’re releasing

[left egret]

Iron havocs

[rare hornet]

They’ve be nice, for now though I’m going to improv my own

[left egret]

Yeah, best solution

[rare hornet]

I have a set of custom helmets and I’ll give them the heavy weapons

[left egret]

Sounds like a plan

Have actually been looking for mk3 legionaries for my 40k IW ... but the only nerd store in the damned country never has them stocked and I can't be bothered to order them

[rare hornet]

That’s infuriating

[left egret]

Yup

[rare hornet]

I’m looking forward to eventually painting the landraider

[left egret]

Ooh landraiders are awesome

[rare hornet]

It’s the Spartan

[left egret]

Still debating if I really need a Rhino and why it needs to be the HH one

[rare hornet]

It’s going to be fun to put all the details and such on it

I want to have lots of mud tracked over the top what’s been shook off the tracks

Then have a bunch of footprints around the roof from the crew walking about

[naive umbra]

Not having to detail that sort of thing makes me like my hover tanks even more ahaha

Even though it looks amazing when done well, it's a lot of work

[rare hornet]

Some drums and other equipment stored on the top and then if I can the door on the front to close without the needing to glue I’ll paint the interior and have mud on the ramp with more footprints

[rare hornet]

Oh yeah, it’s going to be a mega project

[left egret]

OK that sounds awesome. I think I'll yoink that idea when I inevitably get one of my own

[rare hornet]

I’ve already done something like that with my baneblade

[left egret]

OK that looks really nice

[rare hornet]

That was my first attempt at something like that so I’d like to try it a second time

[left egret]

Can only get better. Isn't that what the pursuit of perfection is?

[rare hornet]

Exactly

[naive umbra]

Looks great. You gonna try to sprinkle some grit on it for 2nd try? I feel like would sell the effect even more with the paint job on top

[rare hornet]

Yeah watered down PVA I know can be good for that stuff

[naive umbra]

On the tracks I mean

[rare hornet]

Oh the tracks

[naive umbra]

Can see you did some on top

[rare hornet]

Yeah it was mostly the wheels I did it on

Because the mud would shake off the tracks when they drive but it would be stuck in the wheels for longer

[naive umbra]

If you have some spare legs you can dip in PVA to do your "footprint" thing on top with some grime, would look sick

[rare hornet]

Yeah I’ll have it a try

[proven marsh]

Model Weathering is a long and entertaining road. Loads of products to try out.

[left egret]

I want to paint rust... but I dare not just yet

[rapid river]

Since I might be painting today In general what brush's and brush size do I use where

Using contrast

[rare hornet]

Roller

[rapid river]

And never thin em yeah? 😛

[rare hornet]

Exactly

[left egret]

Also I am turning the HH big axe guy Into a 40k WE master of executions

[rare hornet]

I had that exact idea XD

I want to have a terminator leader anyway

[left egret]

For World Eaters?

[rare hornet]

Iron warriors

[lavish crescent]

I exist once more

[left egret]

That makes a lot more sense

[rare hornet]

Yay

[lavish crescent]

Guess who's still working on his krieg

[left egret]

You are

[rare hornet]

Is it me?

[lavish crescent]

You got some krieg to paint?

[rare hornet]

No

Actually wait, yes I do. Somewhere

[lavish crescent]

Damn sad for you

[left egret]

I got like the killteam box. But neither painted nor assembled

[lavish crescent]

You can use the killteam for standard infantry and if you want to be smart also kitbash for the rest!

Saves a FUCK ton of money and saves my ass from work with more resin

[left egret]

No, I is pure chaos. My Krieger are there to be assembled, painted ans admired.
But not to be made into a third army

IW and WE are enough for me

... though I did get Gazhkul as a gift so I might need to make a 3rd army as orks

... hoping we get some of those missing WE units in killteam 🥲

Though that would be expecting too much of GW

I want a cavalry unit to match the cavalry lords

[lavish crescent]

Rough riders when please?

[left egret]

Juggernauts

[lavish crescent]

Both please?

[left egret]

Yes

[lilac moth]

votan riding grey knight terminators!

[left egret]

Cavalry vs Cavalry but slightly daemonic

[lavish crescent]

Give me my krieg horses with boom lances

[lilac moth]

best we can do is stick horse and a rusty shovel, sry

[left egret]

Do we no longer have them?

[proven marsh]

Still available on FW. Ruinously expensive

[left egret]

Always has been

[lavish crescent]

400 for a squad of 10. HELL NO

£400

Like I said 400 for like 10

[finite rain]

Just get attillans as soon as available and convert

I want the cadian upgrade sprew

[queen monolith]

Finished my Intercessors.

[rare hornet]

What chapter are they?

[queen monolith]

Custom Dark Angels Successor. Umbra Knights. They use Pre heresy DA colors and iconography.

I got some lore on why they are the way they are.

[median thistle]

WIP lanky elf

[queen monolith]

Is that a wraith guard?

[median thistle]

wraith lord

hes about the same size as a redemptor

[queen monolith]

Aye. Looks really neat dude. Don't see elf players often.

[median thistle]

yeah, I figured id get my 500 points of Biel tan done along side my dark angels

[queen monolith]

You also got some paranoid angels?

I'd love to see them if it's not impeding

[median thistle]

yeah sure, lemme, bust out the box

Just a small amount

[edgy jackal]

Yeah, the wraithlord is a fine model, stood the test of time pretty well imo

And it's pretty decent on the tabletop

[queen monolith]

Gorgeous greenhorns

I personally couldn't do the green, never liked it. But I fell in love with their pre heresy scheme.

[median thistle]

@rare hornet and I are going to find out how well it does soon this weekend

[median thistle]

I dont mind the green how ive managed it, abit brighter than it normally is

[queen monolith]

Oh yeah, you did it well.

That and I can cheat black armor with the black primer

[median thistle]

yeah, do you wash the black armour? or just leave it how it is

[rare hornet]

Amen

[queen monolith]

I wash the joints and some detials

Otherwise I do nothing else but paint the silver, use washes, and paint reds.

Except with my heros where I put on some ushabti bone to give a Dreadwing vibe

Bad pic but an example is the guy on the bottom left.

[median thistle]

yeah I get what you mean

[queen monolith]

Aye aye

Quick question tho. What green do you use for the Eldar?

[median thistle]

warpstone glow

onto wraithbone

same green I use for the dark angels but I use that differently

[queen monolith]

I figured. I used it for the intercessors tubes. It sucks to paint on black.

Good contrast tho.

Especially how you did it on the Eldar. Pristine af.

[median thistle]

takes a couple layers to get it smooth

but basically just gotta paint it either thinned or on a large area

[queen monolith]

I found for smaller tubes, it's better to have it a little thicker to get good coverage. However in turn I gotta even it out as much as possible.

It's a pain but it suits my needs.

[plush swift]

my printer just caught fire

and so did half my kitchen

[median thistle]

well

shit

[rare hornet]

Bugger

[queen monolith]

At least your models will come out warm?

[sweet sinew]

You gonna be alright?

[left egret]

but is it on a shelf?

[plush swift]

yeah, just $175,000 in damages

[sweet sinew]

Bruh

[median thistle]

I have one on a shelf, he was my first eldar model, he is sad

[plush swift]

what? its not that much money

[left egret]

of course he is, he is an elf on a shelf

[median thistle]

hes an elf on a shelf by himself

[left egret]

ooooooo

[left egret]

im guessing insurance is gonna be a bitch?

[plush swift]

what insurance?

[brisk vapor]

Now to figure out what to do with the eagle head

[left egret]

oh... oh no

[brisk vapor]

oh that's bad corpse_starch, sorry to hear that

[left egret]

blood

[rare hornet]

Perhaps an ornamental gold, or leave it a stone colour

[plush swift]

its not that bad honestly

[queen monolith]

Paint it

[brisk vapor]

good idea

[plush swift]

I just need to replace a counter top, 3 roll mill and 4 printers

[queen monolith]

I'm full of them

[brisk vapor]

other's have suggested gold as well, I'd just rather not paint any more metallics than I have to

[plush swift]

leave it as is?

just clean it up?

[brisk vapor]

a bit bland don't you think?

[plush swift]

not at all

it provides a nice contrast with your super dark figure

[median thistle]

maybe a little bit of texture too it and then you have results of a giant stone eagle landing on an ornate staircase

[left egret]

Any idea how the printer fire started?

[brisk vapor]

that's true, wouldn't go dark grey/black for the base

[plush swift]

little moss and lichen weathering on it

[brisk vapor]

moss would be nice

[plush swift]

dont forget what keeps happening at slayer sword and crystal brush, the most hardcore things get passed over for more simplified ones because there is just too much so your eye is just drawn to the wrong things

thats why that lizard dude thing won at adepticon

good paint job? yes, but it was more simple than some of the other things so the tiny not super noticeable details popped out way more

[brisk vapor]

at this moment not a fan of the texture of the light grey but it can be worked with

[plush swift]

maybe slightly darker, but I wouldnt go too dark

[brisk vapor]

like it doesnt look like any material that would make sense in the context of the mini

[plush swift]

I'd work around a weathered concrete look

maybe marble?

[brisk vapor]

I'll probably try something like that

very light stone/concrete or marble

marble would need some veins with it and not sure I can be bothered with that on such a large area

[plush swift]

not all marble has veins in it

[brisk vapor]

well true

[plush swift]

some is just a bit splotchy

like this I wouldnt say is very veiny

this is carrara marble

alabaster is pretty much just monotone

[brisk vapor]

ye some light/white marble could be nice as well

[plush swift]

alabaster is another option too, and it would make a lot of sense

alabaster and gold is very common within temples and royal buildings

[brisk vapor]

yeah that would make sense

[rapid river]

bruh\

GW forgot my green

[jaunty trail]

i WANT the Lascannon ingame for ogryn

[grizzled jolt]

Maybe we will get gun luggers one day

[lilac moth]

Went to get some extra dice... So naturally i now have these guys to paint

[plush swift]

Golden

[jade swift]

doesnt look too horrible as is

if you're gonna do something i'd say make it gold or bronze to go with the rest of the base, but the light contrast is nice

[lilac moth]

gunmetal might work nicely too, especially with some darker wash

[round crystal]

Really happy with how the robes turned out

[oak jackal]

Anyone have advice for painting minis?

[mossy sable]

prime them, get a decent brush, thin your paints

the rest is practice

[edgy jackal]

Maybe something a little more specific? Do you have a question about preparing minis, which materials to use, techniques, etc?

I'll be hopping off soon, so maybe someone else can answer

[rare hornet]

Quite happy with how the deathwatch thunder hammer is looking on my Templar sergeant

[plush swift]

Yes, a lot. Just ignore all the advice for your first ones, and experiment. Most advice will cause you to over think things and become anxious over it because it tends to be vague and hard to understand unless you know what it means

[round crystal]

Don’t be afraid to make mistakes, you can always repaint an area or strip the mini again and start from scratch. Thinning your paints is key for smooth layers, I personally like to use a wet palette for this. Plenty of videos online on how to make them.

Don’t worry about getting 100 different pots of paint to start with. Also don’t be afraid to mix the paints you have!

[plush swift]

just to expand on this, mixing colors is cmyk not RYB. this is important as red and blue dont make purple, they make brown

green and magenta make purple

[oak jackal]

cmyk?

[summer sparrow]

and so it begins

many prints ahead for me in the path of making an Imperial Knights army

so many prints to do

[plush swift]

cyan, magenta, yellow, key. Mini paints are designed so you will buy into an ecosystem, professional paints arent. only difference between them is professional tend to be cheaper per ml and are higher quality, hobby paints you dont need to google a mixing chart

[agile seal]

effectively: when you buy hobby paints, you've paid for someone else to do the work of finding a good color shade for you
when you buy professional paints, you have to do the exact mixing for almost every color you need

and also according to corpse you dont need primer, but unprimed resin actually makes me want to vomit

[plush swift]

its a good idea to prime, but it isnt required

If anyone is curious here is a nice article that goes into the durability of primers https://justpaint.org/hand-painting-3d-prints-with-acrylics/

basically, unless you can get toom, the primer you use is mediocre at best

Will a hobbiest beable to get toom? probably not

[agile seal]

toom?

@plush swift toom means to empty, whats the implication in this context

also

this article recomends PLA for miniature printing

[plush swift]

its a brand of paint

[agile seal]

Brain

ok

[plush swift]

yeah ignore their material recommendations for printing, I already had a 4 hour call with them about that

[agile seal]

Yeah

PLA for miniature printing is

no

[plush swift]

They dont mean 40k miniatures btw

miniature in the art world means something very different

[agile seal]

ahhhhhhh

Still though

PLA and, in generall, almsot all FDM prints at a garbage quality

unless you really tune in your print settings, in which your prints take 9 morbillion years

[plush swift]

you guys are miniature figures, miniatures are small statues. I've been working with the company for over year about this because you guys have completely ruined the paint chemistry scene

so we have to update a lot of terms

[agile seal]

these are, effectively, just a fancier version of the same thing

[plush swift]

Well its more than just that, that thing is minor

[agile seal]

I guess the question is, the small miniatures statues

are they used for actual art rendition

or for reference for other pieces

[plush swift]

Yes to both

[agile seal]

indeed

i could imagine using fdm and specifically PLA to print reference

but at some point with FDM, my joke advice of "simply write the Gcode by hand" becomes less of a joke and much more of an aspiration to get that good stuff print quality

[plush swift]

resin has applications but FDM is a larger market segment

[agile seal]

FDM, and more specifically PLA, is good because it's dirt cheap and easy as balls to work with

[plush swift]

"easy"

[agile seal]

it is easy to work with

in respect to other printing techniques

most of your problems with PLA and other FDMable plastic (BTW, HIPS is an FDMable plastic, which is what warhammer models are made of) come from your printer itself, or the print slicing, not the material

Resin gives better model quality, but holy hell is it a pain in the ass to work with

[plush swift]

easier than other resin is easier to me

[agile seal]

and then there are other printing methods that fall into the "cursed methods" category

[plush swift]

honestly\

fdm is constantly catching fire around me

[agile seal]

what are you doing wrong

I have never had a FDM printer catch fire

[plush swift]

nothing, i just have bad luck with printers

i had one resin printer catch fire too

[agile seal]

what the fuck

Are you sure your cleaning your nozzels and everything

[plush swift]

Yes

we had a metal x printer at work for about a week before I walked into the office and it sprayed liquid metal everywhere and caught fire

[agile seal]

You sir

are cursed

[plush swift]

very

[agile seal]

thats frankly impressive NGL

[jovial tapir]

WE NEED GUN LUGGERS DAMNIT

[grizzled jolt]

Yes.

[deft fable]

Any tips for a big contrast paint stain on a jean?

[brazen silo]

Bleach

[deft fable]

Mistakes happen...

[brazen silo]

Maybe some rubbing alcohol or paint thinner then a warm wash

[deft fable]

Thanks ❤️

[plush swift]

Caustic soda. Most things will set that stain in. IPA will make it was worse because contrast paints generally using dyes

Another reason why they are a waste of money

(because it means they fade within a few months if you don't store them in a uv protective case)

[neat forge]

Blade left now and minor touch ups

[dark violet]

Nice

I havnt assembled mine yet

[rare hornet]

That’s it I’m buying the imperial fists battle force box

[dark violet]

Been working on these

[dark violet]

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

[rare hornet]

I’m not, at least yet I have way too many things to build already 😅

Buuuuut more gravis is definitely on the todo list

[dark violet]

Please make a centurion with rogals head

[rare hornet]

Will do

[neat forge]

Nice getting some work in

[slim oak]

I present to you all:
Pilbog Shunkel, the gamer gunker
His good friend Jimmy stankfist and the goon squad

[turbid meadow]

Big models need a lot of time damn

Tomorrow I work on the main body, and maybe the guns

[teal wolf]

Wooowie thats hot

[lavish crescent]

Unpopular opinion but the 30k emperors children where one of the better chapters before the penis sword

[rare hornet]

What did the penis sword ever do to you?

[teal wolf]

We talking the lair blade thing or later slaaneshi toys?

[wanton basin]

Laer blade

[teal wolf]

I wish they kept fulgrim with the whole "trapped in your own body" thing

[left egret]

Maybe he still is, deep down

[short pine]

Out of curiousity, any other commissar collectors out there? Once the MTO come in, I'll have almost every commissar ever made by GW. 😁

[proven marsh]

@short pine don't tempt me Frodo

The only Commisar I'm getting

The fact the new one is event only is aaannnoying

[short pine]

But the precious!

Also, I forgot him! I have him, but he's still in the kill team box, so I forgot to put him in my collection photo yesterday. D:

[proven marsh]

Well that was good timing 😂

The Mobian 6th shall rise!

[lament path]

I do enjoy me some big hats.

[lavish crescent]

You got the commissar collection?

[lament path]

Nah, this is just from years of collecting Guard

[blissful jackal]

that is beautiful

[orchid jungle]

Schola progenium kill team ? =p

[short pine]

You have done well, young padawan!

I even envy you the 3rd ed Steel Legion Commissar, one of the few I'm sadly missing.

[lament path]

Thanks, wish I could take a better pic, but my phone is an archaic relic..

[short pine]

My collection of commissar through the ages! 😁

You might notice a few of the more recent ones closely resemble originals.

Close up of each half

Then the missing ones on MTO right now, plus the Traitor Commissar I forgot.

[teal wolf]

That's pretty sweet! How long have you been collecting em?

[dark violet]

if they ever release a ciaphas cain miniature i will get it instantly

[short pine]

Technically, I started in early 5th ed with my first regular commissar and the newer Yarrick that one of my friends sold me as part of offloading their guard in favor of orks. I only started collecting around 2013 when I bought a box of RT guard at an antique shop, which included all the painted RT in this picture. Admittedly, I only painted two of these myself. The commissar with Bolt Pistol and riding crop that is being remade with the new event model was one of my earliest models and my first attempt at using washes and 'Ard Coat. The tank commissar was an trade rescue that came with just a half coat of blue over black primer, so I repainted it as a "war emergency factory refit" style since it's a little beat up.

[short pine]

They actually did, though I wish you good luck in finding one.

I saw one for sale once and I still regret not buying it. Didn't realize fully what I was passing up until later.

[teal wolf]

Do you have Severina Raine hiding in there?

[short pine]

She's one of the ones I have on MTO. I kept putting her off because I detest Finecast model and missed her.

[teal wolf]

Shes not to bad to work with
Wasn't many pieces from what I recall

[short pine]

My local store has her unpainted on display as an example of Finecast, but in my opinion it's more an example of why Finecast is bad. Theirs has a sizable gap in the back from shrinkage and the base scenery is pockmarked. Store manager says it wasn't like that when he built it, but that only makes it worse in my mind knowing it can degrade so much. That aside, I've seen and had the displeasure to own a few metals made Finecast, and the amount and placement of inflows is horrendous.

Imagine taking a model of fine details and placing fat inflow connections right on top of those details. I have zero clue who thought that was a good idea, but I hope they got fired for it.

[teal wolf]

GW is full of amazing ideas 🤣

[lavish crescent]

Do remember if you have bubbles in your models you can get them refunded or if you have mold slips. They are pretty decent people in customer support

[short pine]

True, but not if it degrades after being built and sat on display for a few years. XD

Some of the supposedly "improved details" of Finecast...

[teal wolf]

Now I wanna run home and check my Eisenhorn lol
He hasn't seen light in years

[lavish crescent]

Lmao

I've gotten like 4 finecast models in my time

[short pine]

Because every single grenade needs its own extra flow connection to the body or the "detail" won't come out in the cheap resin.

I own some of these in metal, and I can honestly say that there was zero visible improvement in the Finecast to the naked eye and only many more horrible connections to clean with detail inevitably lost under them.

Also, some of the edges are badly broken up from poor quality resin in molds designed for white metal.

[edgy jackal]

Yeah, this should be a pinned comment somewhere, but don't buy citadel finecast. Either convert to get your result, or pick a different army, because finecast just isn't worth the risk.

[jade swift]

What a beautiful and clean miniature with no flaws

[lavish crescent]

Or just go lead, alittle lead poisoning won't kill you

[short pine]

I have gotten a few Finecast by accident or as freebie throw ins with trades like those pictured above. Otherwise, the only Finecast I will buy are models only made in it. Unfortunately, this includes Severina, the current Sly Marbo and a few Space Marines.

[short pine]

Ikr? Don't you just love the little extra detail on the purity seal never before seen on a model? Beautiful!

[short pine]

Seriously tho, I can only imagine how much money the attempt to transition to "failcast" cost GW in the long and short term. The worst part is that they completely ruined the metal molds to make them work with cheap resin. All those lost to it will never even see an MTO revive in metal because the molds are drilled to hell and back for resin. 😭

[lavish crescent]

Question: should I lie about fixing a room so I can call my gf or head back to my office and not call her

[short pine]

Hmmmm probably best to not lie.

[lavish crescent]

But gf

[short pine]

Whatever that means for you, it ruins trust in the long term to lie.

[lavish crescent]

Lying at work?

Where everyone tries to throw me under the bus

[short pine]

Oh, lying to work about the room. That's different! If you don't value a career there, go ahead! 🤣

Thought you were lying to gf

[lavish crescent]

Hell no

Shes the sweetest thing on earth, mf shes a 20/10 WHO LIKES WARHAMNER!

[short pine]

Yup! 200% never lie and never let her down on anything truely important

[lavish crescent]

Agreed

Shes a keeper

Showed her my krieg and she's fallen in love with bug fuckers. Getting her the starter kit for necrons

[short pine]

At least she's into the game at all! And on that note, should probably move further convo unrelated to models into general chat.

[lavish crescent]

Not wrong but heres the thing... I mightbhave gotten £400 worth of krieg so time to hire her to help with them xD

Plastic btw, fuck resin

Like 4 boxes of krieg + 3 chimeras + 2 field guns + 2 bullbois

And a Lord commissar to come sometime this year!

[compact umbra]

Look what i found at good will

[short pine]

Lol that's a lot. And FW resin is actually not bad. I have a few FW models, including a squad each of the Krieg. Just a little size and style difference from the plastic.

[lavish crescent]

I do HH custodes, I deal with enough resin

[short pine]

Lucky sunuva

[short pine]

Fair

[compact umbra]

I wonder if there’s more warhammer stuff here

[short pine]

I've only started to dabble in FW resin recently, so I'm not that experienced

[short pine]

Should look for it. Or if it's near me, don't and let me know where to look. XP

[lavish crescent]

God speed brother

[short pine]

Lol

[lavish crescent]

Resin isn't fun to work with

[short pine]

So far I've only broken one bayonet by accidentally brushing it with my hand. XP

[lavish crescent]

You poor bastard

Had to buy a industrial grade dremil to build my custode transport

[short pine]

Oof. I've heard that the bigger models can be a pain due to warping and cleaning.

I kinda want the Custodes dreads, but I don't see much use for the tanks below Apocalypse as the army is already points heavy.

HH is going to kill me tho. I already have a passion project hunting down the OOP Mk4 dreads, now I want the legion specific Contemptors and Leviathans for several legions cuz they look so cool.

[lavish crescent]

You aren't alone...

Also custodian tanks fill one role, bitch slap anything that is a vehicle

[short pine]

Lol which is already done well enough by the army without a massive points sink dedicated to it.

[wild monolith]

First 5 wolverines assembled

[coral anvil]

Yeah bigger models from FW are pain. There are warped and uneven. You need a lot of time and greenstuff to fix them. Smaller ones are very good. If you compare resin kriegs to plastic ones. Those from FW have bit beter details and proportions that those made by GW

[lavish crescent]

Idk about that tbh, the new plastic kit is pretty good for models in motion or standard infantry

[plush swift]

Ordered some bits for a doomslayer space marine I want to kitbash. What SM head do yall think would work best (helmet preferrably)

[short pine]

For which version of the Doomslayer armor? Pic if possible

[lilac moth]

These guys are such a damn joy to paint

[plush swift]

Id say a mix of the sentinel armor and the default praetor suit

Kinda a mix if these two. I plan on going all out with a little green stuff and and filing

[hushed tangle]

I agree, loved painting bladeguard

[lilac moth]

Perfect balance of added small shit ❤️

[brisk vapor]

Ended up with the alabaster or white marble idea @plush swift suggested

Next up some grime or growths on it

[dark violet]

Another beepy boi

[pale edge]

luv th' admec

[short pine]

If you want the full face visor, you'll need to head to 3rd party bits. GW has never made a human head in that style since the single piece metal RT days, to my knowledge. Would be small even if you could get the one you want and had the skill and willpower to cut its head off cleanly.

For the Blood Bowl like helmet in the second pic, try Blood Bowl humans. Alternatively, Mk3 helmets for a more medieval knightly style.

Reikland Reavers or Skull-tribe Slaughterers being your best bets in my view.

[dark violet]

they are gonna fulfill their service and support my sisters

[misty delta]

So, wathing yt vids they say you need to clean the mini with warm soapy water but they dont specify which stage you do it, is it before assembly after??

[dark violet]

?

[misty delta]

Its something to do with residual shit from casting idk

[dark violet]

oooh

[jade swift]

I think it's usually after

Just make sure it's fully glued and dry and stuff

[misty delta]

Awesome

Built my first mini this morning and wasnt sure if i ruined it lol

[lilac moth]

Bling marines ftw

[pale edge]

I've never actually done that, makes sense though various machine oils from manufacturing.

Same reason new toasters smell like burning

[jade swift]

That's only if it's resin finecast btw

Don't need to on regular GW plastic

[misty delta]

The mini i built is the armoured sentinel, do i have to wash it then?

Cos i dont know the difference lol

[jade swift]

Is it made of a white plastic or a grey one

[misty delta]

Grey

[jade swift]

So the grey minis don't need to be washed

[misty delta]

Awesome!

What about excess glue?

[jade swift]

If you ever get one that's light grey or white that's from forgeworld or it's finecast, then you need to

[jade swift]

Wdym

[misty delta]

Im guessing scrape it off with the craft knife

[jade swift]

Yeah

[misty delta]

🙂

[jade swift]

That's probably the best just be careful

I've cut myself to many times

[misty delta]

Yeah

My thumb hates me rn

[jade swift]

Lol

Gl tho, any ideas of colors yet?

[misty delta]

Seen a yt guide i like 🙂

[jade swift]

That's good

[misty delta]

Need to get ALL the paint stuff tho

[jade swift]

Have fun, don't take it to seriously

[misty delta]

XD

[jade swift]

Uh oh

[misty delta]

£60+

😅😅😅

Not got a single brush yet haha

[lilac moth]

Holy Guilliman these guys will end up looking cool af

[plush swift]

yeah the more I look at it the more I think its the way to go, especially with the tiny bits of rumble which helps break up the brown stairs a bit and gives it more... I cant think of the word, no the word isnt contrast. Only thing that pops in is vavavum which isnt it

[dark violet]

some nice gold trimmings

[glossy hawk]

WIP

I’ve yet to paint his boots and the axe

[gloomy leaf]

thoughts on my first ever mini painted?

before this i've never really touched a brush

i know highlighting and shading are main things i need to improve, what else?

[gloomy leaf]

that looks sick dude

[glossy hawk]

Something you can be proud of

I messed up on my first mini

[glossy hawk]

This is my second one

[glossy hawk]

Did you use nuln oil?

[gloomy leaf]

that's looking super good for a second one

this is my second one that i just finished this week and on him i used nuln oil

[glossy hawk]

Atleast you didn’t mess up with priming on your eyes so badly that you can’t actually find them LOL

[plush swift]

Just work on those and I can go art teacher on you later.

[glossy hawk]

That’s actually stellar

[gloomy leaf]

but i wasn't sure if I liked it? i know oil is literally in the name but it looked too oily lmao

[glossy hawk]

If you want my two cents, maybe (if you have access) use an air brush to put some dust on his legs

@gloomy leaf

[gloomy leaf]

i definitely want an airbrush as soon as i can, they're just so expensive lmao

[glossy hawk]

Which would be tanish gray

Yeah they’re just

a bit too much for me

[gloomy leaf]

i built a squad of the grey knight terminators and also got some battle sisters

i want to improve my skills before i move onto them haha, so i went the ultramarine starter set

[glossy hawk]

Smart

I’m thinking I do Gretchin next and then Killa Kans

[gloomy leaf]

i'm still trying to understand the hatred people have for ultramarines

i get that they're like the good boys of the chapters but why hate them

[glossy hawk]

It’s mostly because of him…

Don’t say his name or he will come @gloomy leaf

OH GOD NO IT’S CATO SICARIU—

https://tenor.com/view/tts-cato-sicarius-i-cato-sicarius-skill-swordsman-gif-18440906

[gloomy leaf]

they're not the chapter I prefer, but reading more about it, it seems like people just think they're boring?

[glossy hawk]

Ah it’s just because they’re the usual poster boy

[gloomy leaf]

yeah that I get, they're definitely portrayed the most in like any media

but captain/now lieutenant titus is so epic and cool

[glossy hawk]

Personally I prefer Death guard

[gloomy leaf]

i feel like so far i like the grey knights and blood ravens alot, non space marines, i love the battle sisters

[agile seal]

ultramarines are based as hell

and anyone who thinks otherwise is usually just salty their random ass little known passing mention in someone else's book chapter isn't the poster boys of 40k

it's also important to note: most space marines we see on box aren't aren't so much ultramarines as they are marines that are blue

blue marines

vs

actual ultramarines

Know the difference

[gloomy leaf]

what do you mean by that? in the image are ultramarines, so what does actual ultramarines mean in this case?

[agile seal]

those are marines that are blue

[mint dove]

Hell yeah my pops built me a paint shelf!

[agile seal]

theres a difference

[gloomy leaf]

that looks awesome dude

[agile seal]

they're painted up blue for the picture, and are given sporadic ultramarine paraphernalia, because they need to be painted for the picture

[agile seal]

now this, this is a true son of mccragge

[mint dove]

Last night I mentioned my paints clog up my workstation. today, paint shelf

[gloomy leaf]

I bought this off Etsy

[agile seal]

These fine gentlemen are the ones who will personally and singularly shove their power fists up lorgars ass in revenge for calth

[hushed tangle]

Finished these tonight

[gloomy leaf]

gah damn

those look amazing

awesome work

[hushed tangle]

Thanks 🫠

[agile seal]

these are properly rad

[gloomy leaf]

like did all of them just today? or was it a long project

it takes me a hot minute to finish one mini, but i've also been slacking on it

[hushed tangle]

Thanks and took me probably 30 hours total maybe more. I'm a slow painter. Been working on them for 3-5 hours most nights the past week.

[agile seal]

also

[agile seal]

its rad that your doing ultramarines lmao

you new to the hobby?

[gloomy leaf]

i've always liked the wh40k universe but only just started really looking at the lore and all the different chapters/armies of the races

i thought painting the minis looked fun because i like how the newer versions are starting to become more realistic proportion wise, so i started like a few weeks ago

playing tabletop doesn't really interest me, but i like painting and assembling

[agile seal]

rad

[agile seal]

Tabletop is a lot of fun and I would highly reccomend

[agile seal]

Gw's definitely honed in their modeling skills as of late, and I am loving what they're putting out

[gloomy leaf]

yeah the primaris marines are a huge step forward in the quality/look of their minis, i love them

i really hope henry cavill does warhammer right, and that space marine 2 takes off so the universe gets alot more traction with people

[agile seal]

agreeable

as much as I love darktide

I hope SM 2 doesn't turn out as unfinished and unpolished as it

[gloomy leaf]

saber is a much larger studio who also isn't owned by tencent so i can only hope

but who knows with how games are put out lately

i love darktide but they really dropped the ball post launch

[agile seal]

yeah

[azure fulcrum]

No golden paints?

[mint dove]

Lower shelf, I keep the whites,grays, blacks and Metallica grouped

[agile seal]

Gold paint gaming

Retributor armor based

[agile seal]

Blood angels legion contemptor pre basing

[tawdry canopy]

My Combat Patrol is complete!

[agile seal]

Nice!

[naive umbra]

Kasr kin, or as I like to call them Fortress Fam

[naive umbra]

Knights be like "I am the patrol", meanwhile I'm building 46 minis for my nids haha

[gloomy leaf]

so clean, they look amazing dude

[rare hornet]

Love a bit of contemptor

[lavish crescent]

Krieg kill team is nearly done! Just waiting my order now

[left egret]

I can feel his contempt

[eternal fiber]

Gonna paint my first mini next week (no joke)

Where I can look at the colors that I need to buy to properly paint the mini?

I bought an Ultra marine and a Space Marine from the Iron Fists

[lofty bridge]

Progress report on the knight

[glossy hawk]

BROTHER I AM BLIND HERE

[bold copper]

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/02/09/heresy-thursday-armour-up-with-contemptor-dreadnought-legion-upgrades/

[rare hornet]

https://tenor.com/view/tts-warhammer-warhammer40k-the-emperor-slaanesh-gif-16325706

[mint dove]

Ordered some Primaris intercessor sprues and realized it doesn't come with instructions, does anyone have a manual scan they could send me?

Or just pictures of the manual even

[plush swift]

https://www.reddit.com/r/WarhammerInstructions/

[brisk vapor]

yeah pretty much any warhammer instructions can be found with a bit of googling

[bold copper]

to be quite honest i actually hate this. the current legion specific contemptors are super cool, and to see them cut up into separate parts really sucks.

[rare hornet]

True, but plastic resin

[bold copper]

they're still resin

[rare hornet]

Aww shame

Ah well

That’s easier to attach to a dread actually

I’m wanting to grab the dark angels one to use as a chaplain dreadnought

[lavish crescent]

Looking at that emperors children for my Rylanor model…

[bold copper]

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/02/09/pricing-update/?utm_source=CUSTOMERS&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=GW_9th_February_Price_Update_ENG_&utm_content=&utm_term=

[lavish crescent]

Not that bad for price increase tbh

Could be worst, could 10-20% price increase

[rare hornet]

I’m still gonna buy the minis so…

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[lavish crescent]

Same here

Ain’t gonna stop my crack addiction!

[rare hornet]

Amen to that

[plush swift]

last one priced me out of buying models, this one removes all notion of future purchases

[mint dove]

It's like buying gas, I don't pay attention to gas prices, fuck am I gonna go not get gas?

[plush swift]

any price increases also tend to cut my commissions by a lot

last one I saw a 50% decrease in sales

[lavish crescent]

You know that you can buy from external sites right?

[plush swift]

Yes, all my money comes from commissions dude

[lavish crescent]

[plush swift]

when the prices go up, my commissions fall

[rare hornet]

I ain’t gonna argue the cost it’s my only hobby 😅

[plush swift]

I will since my primary source of income in from commissions because the US had shit labor laws

and I'm an apprentice so i dont get paid for work

[lavish crescent]

Wargaming and gaming are my only hobbies

Shit can get expensive but I mainly do wargaming to help with stress from work

Painting is relaxing af!

[rare hornet]

Same! Gimme the small plastic men

[lavish crescent]

Starter kit nearly arrived to my gf

[rare hornet]

What kit is that?

[lavish crescent]

She wanted to try out necrons

The very small starter kit, she would murder me if I got her anything big and expensive

[rare hornet]

Oooh necrons are actually something I’ve been really wanting to try lately 😅

But I don’t want to start another army ‘yet’

[lavish crescent]

Necrons we’re my first ever models. Good place to start

Moved into custodes and now imperial guard/space marines

Got some Tau that are a get done when I want project

[rare hornet]

I have 2 baneblades for the guard

[lavish crescent]

[rare hornet]

And I want to get another and considering getting knights

Oh and a stompa

[lavish crescent]

I’ve got a lot of chimeras and infantry coming

Building a infantry focused army

[rare hornet]

I like the idea

[lavish crescent]

Field guns for support

[rare hornet]

Chimeras are alarmingly dangerous if you’re not careful

[lavish crescent]

Got 3…

[rare hornet]

Those multi lasers don’t play around

[lavish crescent]

And 1 leman russ for the fire power

That thing is gonna be designed to slap armoured targets to next week!

[lilac moth]

I need some transports/tanks for my smurfs and black legion, but i dread thinking about painting tanks due to preferring to paint small details

[rare hornet]

My guard are quite old and not in the best state. So I’ve given them a break and plan to start fresh in the future

I have lots of infantry and a few tanks so I need to resort my army basically

[lavish crescent]

Question but do you like the idea of an army that is focused only on infantry?

Rose do you remember my battle scribe list I wrote a while back?

[rare hornet]

I like the idea of tank riders so a bit of both

The custodes one?

[lavish crescent]

Noooo

[lilac moth]

I love the idea of just having endless hordes of lil guys to yeet at the enemy frontlines, but i also wont ever do it because painting them all is hell

[lavish crescent]

Imperial guard list

[rare hornet]

You’ll have to find it for me

[lavish crescent]

Remaking it, it’s called URRRAAAHHH

[rare hornet]

I may vaguely recall it

[lavish crescent]

Literally 12 squads of 20 conscripts

[rare hornet]

Wasn’t it the ungodly number of conscripts?

Yep that was it

[lavish crescent]

Yep

Game legal too!

2,000 points

[rare hornet]

Yep it’s coming back to me now

[lavish crescent]

Remaking it

Gonna get the new codex and use that

[rare hornet]

I think I have a picture of my entire guard force somewhere

All unpainted as this was before I started doing that

[lavish crescent]

Think about rocking up to Warhammer world ready for a game

And boom, you’re fighting the WW1 Russian tactics

[rare hornet]

Yeeees

Make them quit waiting for their turn to end

[lavish crescent]

It’s going to be hell during the shooting phase…

SOO MANY DICE!

[rare hornet]

Take born soldiers and boom

Can kill anything

[lavish crescent]

Not wrong

[lilac moth]

Imagine playing vs a CSM force focusing mostly on cultists/accursed cultists... Just endless waves of accursed cultists charging in at you, and every squad you dont 100% kill in a turn just raises up and continues charging in

[lavish crescent]

Taking field guns to literally make it WW1

Just shell and advance

[lavish crescent]

1v1 my Russian empire army vs that horde!

[lilac moth]

😄

[lavish crescent]

See who dies of boredom first!

[lilac moth]

wonder how fucking much cultists that would end up being to make a 2k army list

deployment alone would take hours

[lavish crescent]

Get battle scribe

It forces you to make game legal armies soo you can probably make one!

When we get rough rider, that will be the day I will bring hell upon Warhammer world!

[lilac moth]

awww

arks of omen detachment has limit on amount of cultist you can do

accursed cultists it is 😄

[lavish crescent]

How many you got so far?

[lilac moth]

Doesnt really matter tho, i would forfeit the match before i went vs 30 mutants + 18 torments

[lavish crescent]

Oh good god

[lavish crescent]

Squads or models?

[lilac moth]

oh wait... riiiight! I can have more cultists, its capped by the amount of other troops you have

So if i just make the army 50% legionaires 50% cultists, we gucci

[lilac moth]

models

[lavish crescent]

Because that isn’t that many, I think I had about 240 models with just infantry alone

It’s ridiculous how many infantry there are

[lilac moth]

Total tally for a 1983points would be:
HQ: Dark apostle
6x Accursed cultists (10mutants, 6 torments each)
6x Legionaires (sergeant + 4 legionaires each)
1x Possessed (9possessed + champion)
1x Possessed (5possessed + champion)

I would not want to face that in a close quarters

Especially since every single cultist gang would just keep reviving dudes if you didnt completely kill it

Accursed cultists is such a fucking bullshit unit IMO

The abilities make it just plain "fuck you"

3 mutants or 1 torment just comes back alive every command phase, enemies within 6" have -1 leadership, they themselfs ignore morale tests and last but not least, each time you take dmg you roll a d6 and on a 6 you dont take dmg 😄

[lavish crescent]

Not that many models though?

[lilac moth]

Ye, the rule requiring at least same amount of other troops kinda fucks with the idea

[edgy jackal]

At some point though you just look at the opponent's army, let them deploy first, compliment them on their effort in painting, and concede the game.

[lilac moth]

But considering you have 96 reviving dudes that go fucky wacky with anything in melee kinda sounds annoying to deal with

Just need a unit cannon to yeet them across the board first

Or half of them gonna get decimated on their way to effective range

[left egret]

I want a chaos knight to use as an agent of chaos... but I don't know which

[lilac moth]

the big one

[left egret]

But he don't got face tusks

And he would be a super expensive dreadblade

[lilac moth]

Tyrant?

[left egret]

Yeah the tyrant. Pretty points heavy

Probably good with World Eaters. But for Iron Warriors í am wondering either ranpager or despoiler

Like double gun despoiler sounds fun

[lilac moth]

"pew"

[glossy hawk]

@rare hornet WAAAGH

[dark violet]

a boi

[glossy hawk]

I haven’t done his axe or boots yet

[rare hornet]

Oooo yes, I do love the new boyz boss but kinda a shame the kit has to be a mix of shootas and choppas

[glossy hawk]

There’s also a rocket launcher in there, but what can you expect from a bunch of boyz

Do you have any advice on getting some good metal colors?

Like this.

[rare hornet]

iron warriors silver

[glossy hawk]

Fair nuff

I’m using Vallejo paints atm because they’re cheaper

[upbeat hearth]

watching a tutorial where someone used a contrast as a base coat and then layer paint over it, when he applied the contrast paint it looked uniform and not splotchy, i did not get the same result, was i simply not using enough ?

[lilac moth]

aint gunmetal pretty much ledbelcher?

[rare hornet]

Oh then in that case gunmetal grey

[glossy hawk]

Kk

[compact umbra]

does anyone know any third party bits or stl that would help me convert the new guard models into voidsmen

[ornate bramble]

These more upgraded contemptor kits are cool, they're the same as the older ones but eh oh well

I bet some of the older kits are getting well old

[compact umbra]

eh its cheaper then the original so i dont mind, i thin k a little greenstuff would be needed to make the arms and legs match better if you feel like you need that

[ornate bramble]

They definitely will be cheaper, since it's just the torsos and not the shoulders and legs

But getting the recasted EC dread it felt kinda wonky idk why but it did

Plus they realize people don't wanna pay way more for a dread that's fully meh, upgrade kits are cooler you can use transfers and such

[compact umbra]

yeah lol

still i wish they sold thea rms and legs seperate as an option for people (like me)

[ornate bramble]

Yeah it's not an intense amount of detail being lost, like at most the EC legs had those lil bolts and a III

They'll definitely keep the upgrades for stuff like the space wolves contemptor because the design is the torso and shoulder that deal

[plush swift]

https://tenor.com/view/rylanors-simp-gif-26967871

Finally

[plush swift]

ignore hobby paints, get either A) lascaux studio bronze or B) Turner metallic acrylic gouache. The second option is cheaper and easier to find. Its a metallic water color with an acrylic binder so it acts like an acrylic paint, however acrylic gouaches have higher pigmentation in them because they have a different binder compared to normal acrylics. Option A however is the best for true metal because it is actual metal

also fun fact, matte paints have naturally less pigment in them because the matte agent takes up space for the binder adhesion properties

[plush swift]

its because that person had brush control and you dont. Tutorials rarely work the way people think they do because they require having muscle memory built up previously. Just practice more and you'll get the same result

[ornate bramble]

Tempted to give lore to my praetor that he was mentored by rylanor but that may be too dumb

[plush swift]

I can’t wait for the rest of the contemptors, and they better do upgrade torsos next

Rerelease all the upgrade torsos to be casted better

[brisk vapor]

Last steps before varnishing

[rapid willow]

Ooh la la love it

My lil boy I did with xpress paints

[median thistle]

Horus Loopercle looks beautiful

[brisk vapor]

Appreciate it!

[rare hornet]

Horus luper…loope…loo… the heresy man himself

[gloomy leaf]

absolutely professional

[brisk vapor]

[gloomy leaf]

damn can you take some close ups of the details on horus? that paintjob is insane

[brisk vapor]

#40k-minis-and-armies message

I'll probably take better pictures of the whole thing tomorrow

[gloomy leaf]

i aspire to get to that type of skill level lmao

[brisk vapor]

It just takes about 300 painted minis!

[gloomy leaf]

i'm working on my third now, 297 left

[brisk vapor]

keep up the good work

[rapid river]

First ones done!

Definitely gonna use lighter base coat next time

[rapid willow]

What are these zany dude called? o.o

[gloomy leaf]

are they poxwalkers? i dont know the set so i might be way off lmao

[agile seal]

Gellerpox right

[lilac moth]

CSM side troops just look too cool

gellerpox, accursed cultist etc all look so damn different from everything else

[rapid river]

poxwalker yeah

[lilac moth]

Those might actually POP out quite abit if you just go kinda heavy handed with lighter highlights

[rapid river]

two thin coats

plus they are kinda similar

Green bronze and the bone will look different on my Chaos marines

[lilac moth]

Ye but those guys have so much small details that you can use them to contrast on the main colors. All the little "wounds" and other bits on their flesh can be painted to pop out quite a bit also so much texture that is easy to highlight with lighter colors

[rapid river]

first time painting lol so doing basic stuff

[lilac moth]

Best time to just yolo it and experiment with stupid ideas. Best way to find hidden techniques that you can deploy in the future

[pale edge]

100 coats of leadbelcher?

[mossy sable]

to shreds you say?

[lilac moth]

Why stop there? 100 coats of leadbelcher with 1 layer of retributor armor between each coat!

[jaunty trail]

Do it more complex... the said thing but every part clean with another color

[lilac moth]

Hmmm wonder if you could mix astrogranite with some metallic color and use it as a "rocky metal" armor

[plush swift]

Give us 100 chainaxes or perish

A box of nothing but 100 plastic chainaxes

[lilac moth]

3d printer goes BBBBRRRR

tbh ngl... fuck chainaxes. Gibe poweraxes

[lilac moth]

Swolecron

tbh that thing needs 100 coats of green on the gun

[pale edge]

Stick a nice, fat green Christmas light to the end

[primal summit]

That’s quite a nice colour you got on them.

[rapid river]

Mech standard grey then just guiliman flesh for body, skeltron horde bones and rags, Basilicanum grey for silver/pants black templar for pouches

[lilac moth]

guilliman flesh is such a fucking god tier contrast whenever you want to paint skin

[primal summit]

Yeah I’m gonna head to a store tomorrow and try get some decent flesh colours. I’ve been doing to many plague bearer flesh contrast walkers hehe need more variety 🤣

[rapid river]

FUcking GW forgot my green

so hopefully its coming in the package im getting TM

since I orded some gaunts ghosts and a pot of the mech grey

so maybe ill get it in t hat

[primal summit]

Finger crossed 🤞

[rapid river]

green kinda important to DG

[mint dove]

When doing the first highlight do I want to do a chunkier line then for my 2nd color do the tiniest line I can?

I have alot of trouble highlighting

Like I have no idea how to highlight this good

[left egret]

behold new emoji

[agile seal]

You can find some tutorials online, but teh real answer is just practice, everyone highlights a bit differently

Like
I don't highlight the way your supposed too

For my BA i run a mephiston red undercoat, followed by a white scar edge, and then finally a blood angels red overcoat

[agile seal]

Finished blood angels contemptor ft. Some rocks im really proud of lmao

[rapid river]

has he called anyone horus

[agile seal]

Not yet, though that EC at his feat was trying the waters

[bold solstice]

How do you feel about drybrushing

keep in mind that the GW studio style isn't the only or even the best looking way to paint

[mint dove]

I've done ir before

Like on the shoulder trim

[plush swift]

its up to you, eavy metal however will require a lot more than just 2 edge highlights on the same part

[mint dove]

Meant to ask. How do the scratches on the blood angel look? Tried to go for a bare metal look this time