40k-minis-and-armies

[plush swift]

Back to ignoring this discord and only popping on to tell hobbiests that they need to be more safe

[teal wolf]

Exploding paint would be lit

[dark violet]

God thats good

[naive umbra]

I thought that was a joke about bleeding all over your hands coz of how spikey they are :lul:

[primal summit]

Noooo spilled my bottle of hexwraith now my desk and legs are luminous green 🤣

[hearty bear]

PLEASE new grey knights models PLEASE

[cosmic topaz]

Progress! My ultra’s are all pretty much done.

[lavish crescent]

Mat varnish brother!

I'm actually curious how tf you get it sooo shiny though??

[cosmic topaz]

I add matte varnish too, but I actually really like that sheen so I’ve done some matte and kept some shiny

Shiny

Matte

[lavish crescent]

Its soooo shiny i love it but hate it!

[cosmic topaz]

That’s with the matte sprayed on

And this is if you hold it like an inch away like a frittata lol

[mystic tundra]

Yeah I'm gonna have to hit you with a big old fashioned "source?"

Cus that sounds like bullshit.

If thinning acrylics with tap water makes it poisonous and explosive I'd be more worried about the hundreds of thousands of elementary/middle schools and art programs in the world that have their students do exactly that on a daily basis

[mystic tundra]

Some cursory research indicates potassium ferrocyanide is not Prussian blue. Related, a cation, but not the same chemical as you claimed. Also, Prussian blue isn't toxic and I can't find any sources for it (or potassium ferrocyanide) being used as poison (it also appears potassium ferrocyanide is used as an anti caking agent for salt and an additive in animal feeds)

[jagged sparrow]

My lychguard, nightbringer, and doomsday ark arrived

[trim hare]

Not mine, found on reddit, but I thought some people here might appreciate this kitbashed Trapper mini:

https://www.reddit.com/r/DarkTide/comments/11tv7va/trapper_miniature/

[plush swift]

I actually told you my source right above, And also it's potassium ferrous ferricyanide not potassium ferrocyanide. It's not with all pigments but it's some of them that are very common, that this will happen with and it has to do with destabilization of the pigment due to and pH imbalance. But give me a moment to find the data sheets on it

Well I can't give you information about myself to dox myself, but DM me

I also can show you that non-toxic does not actually mean non-poisonous

[mystic tundra]

"I work at X" is like, half a step up from "bro trust me". I'm not asking you to dox yourself but you gotta understand that just saying you work somewhere isn't really credible

I would however happily look at any data sheets or literature you can provide

[plush swift]

I know That's saying something like that doesn't sound credible and I constantly forget that because I'm used to people knowing who I am

Especially in here

[plush swift]

Here is a fun one, this is on the back of a Prussian blue bottle ignore the linseed oil, The company focuses on oil paint and does that

Mostly painting communities, a few chemistry communities.

You have to take it to DM's if you want it unfortunately due to server policies, Because it's a lot of doxing information. Like you would get my name, my address, and a lot of personal identification with a few of them.

[mystic tundra]

Looks like I'm spending my day learning paint chemistry lol.

[plush swift]

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Background-pH-dependence-of-Prussian-blue-agar-assay-for-detection-of-H-2-O-2-Row-1-from_fig5_235403264

[mystic tundra]

Although I already 3D print with resin so acrylic paint is hardly the most dangerous hobby chemical I have in my house.

And yes, I take the proper precautions with that stuff. I have gloves, glasses, a respirator, and a ventilated enclosure.

[plush swift]

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263979431_Relationship_between_the_Synthesis_of_Prussian_Blue_Pigments_Their_Color_Physical_Properties_and_Their_Behavior_in_Paint_Layers

[plush swift]

See you'd probably be fine then, I have enough problems with students trying to drink dirty downs because some fuck with YouTuber said it was non-toxic

Like I've literally had to escort students to the hospital before because they drank it

[mystic tundra]

jfc

[mystic tundra]

See that's something I was going to ask about when you said this lol.

I'd hope it could be assumed I'm not drinking my paint water

[plush swift]

So I actually got into this with a couple people including a European lawyer in this specific discord at one point, And the TLDR of that entire thing is really fucking weird. The best example of this is the Vallejo flow improver, They list this as non-toxic because there's no regulation regarding paint and it's toxicity levels, however Vallejo flow improver is almost entirely 2-butoxyethanol, which is in fact acutely toxic and can cause lung damage.

Not to mention the biocides in paint are honestly really sketchy, The wetting agent most use have a ridiculously low LD50, The fact that polyvinyl alcohol is also listed as mildly toxic and not edible and this is the most common paint binder.

It's this really scary thing of a lack of regulation, and a huge mess of just really stupid marketing points. I'm going to point out one thing, If it's not non-toxic then why do P3 bottles say do not ingest on them but also say non-toxic, when non-toxic literally means you can ingest it

Also to thin paints you really want to use DI or distilled water, tap water is the issue. It's the impurities in there that can cause problems

Also you really shouldn't use water at all with most paint because it does in fact destroy the binder, but it's not as quickly as some people want to make it out to be, I can actually show you some testing from a paint company about this

[mystic tundra]

I did look that up a bit, it seemed most of the issues people have was with particularly hard water

[plush swift]

Yeah it's a lot of really messy bullshit with paint, there's a lot of chemistry to it that's locked behind paywalls or considered trade secret stuff too

Also most of the stuff I say does in fact come from a website from a paint company called Golden, the website is justpaint.org

It is actually a really good website if you want to learn anything about paint and really weird painting techniques

[mystic tundra]

Regardless I can get distilled water easily so I'll try that. What are your thoughts on using acrylic medium?

[plush swift]

They also went to prove that primer literally does nothing for paint adherence

[mystic tundra]

I'm assuming that's what you should use if anything

[plush swift]

So normal acrylic medium doesn't actually thin the paint all that much because the viscosities are almost identical, The pigment does not actually change the viscosity of the paint It's a chemical binder that does typically it's cellulose. What you want to try is something like golden high flow medium or their airbrush medium, preferably the high flow medium which is honestly one of the best products on the market.

[mystic tundra]

That's kinda what I figured lol.

[plush swift]

The misunderstanding of using acrylic medium to thin, comes from its use with heavy body acrylics and people kind of mixing the two up.

And while I'm on that one, professional paint does not mean heavy bodies acrylic. Professionals a grade of paint and it is in fact a higher grade than hobby paints, And know your particle size is not perfectly fit to scale it's actually the same thing as craft paint maybe a little bit smaller sometimes, The difference is it uses less chalk filler.

[mystic tundra]

Although using medium would make the paint more transparent, right? Since it's dispersing the pigment more.

[plush swift]

I mean adding water to it will also make it more transparent, The problem is is when you're using a hobby paint because they use a lot of chalk and kaolin fillers you can get some really splotchy results with certain companies and certain colors, this is actually one of the reasons why yellow is a very complained about color

The vast majority of yellow pigments are transparent with the only opaque ones being obscenely expensive, or having a bad reputation of being toxic like cadmium

Cadmium is bad if you inhale it, not so much of you swallow it

[mystic tundra]

Kaolin...

That rings a bell

Worked in a pottery studio for a few years, had to mix glazes by hand

Kaolin something was a common ingredient

[plush swift]

Yeah it's a type of clay that they use in paint to make it more opaque and as a matte agent

It is the literal bane of my existence

If you notice your paint is super gritty that's probably because there's kaolin in it

[mystic tundra]

A lot of our glazes would separate really badly

Like, forming giant fucking bricks of mud at the bottom badly

[plush swift]

For instance if you use the GW white scar spray I think it's called, you need to shake the can for about 6 to 8 hours in reality because it uses koalin as a pigment

[mystic tundra]

amazing

Thankfully I'm not giving a cent to GW that I don't have to

Picked up some Vallejos that just came.

[plush swift]

That's kaolin in a nutshell

[mystic tundra]

Well thanks for the chemistry lesson mate. I'll pick up some distilled water later and read that stuff from researchgate you sent

I'd get the airbrush thinner but I'm gonna go nuts if I spend one more damn day without putting some paint on these minis

[plush swift]

Yeah if you want anything more I can DM you some links here and there if you want, I tend to avoid this area because I get really pissed off by mini painters coming close to poisoning themselves.

I think the only ones here that know me anymore are Maxine and Rose.

Is anchovy still here?

[mystic tundra]

Aside from thinning it with tap water, what are the most common stupid things people do that almost get them poisoned?

So I know not to do it

[plush swift]

airbrushing without a mask on

[mystic tundra]

Yep, wasn't planning on that either

But I'm sure plenty of people do

[plush swift]

Using things like dirty downs, streaking grime, etc without proper ventilation

opening a window isnt the thing that helps with that one either

[mystic tundra]

Does weathering paint specifically give off harsh fumes that other paints don't?

[plush swift]

While, yeah its not the worst, prolonged exposure to xylene is a really bad thing

[plush swift]

Massively

[mystic tundra]

good to know

[plush swift]

One of you posted a comment to mock me, and the answer is yes, I will make a video on exploding paints

and how that works

Because its honestly hilarious to me

I've seen it happen 3 times in my 10 years of working in the art conservation sector

Only one was my fault

[mystic tundra]

lol

[plush swift]

pH balances are weird man, there is way too much chemistry in paint honestly

[slender ridge]

boys i need some opinions on the forge world seraptek heavy construct. is it playable or utter trash cuz if it's even slightly playable i'll get it

[mystic tundra]

you ever hear of goobertown hobbies on youtube? he's also a chemist who's into mini painting

he did a video on 3D printing resin that actually alleviated a lot of my fears about the stuff

[plush swift]

Yes I have and his paint chemistry video was filled with bad info, as in he didnt research a drop of it before hand

his resin video was way better

[mystic tundra]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRNY2y3wVPM

this one?

[plush swift]

I cant tell you, in the 20 games i've brought it to, it's gotten shot off the table turn 1

[plush swift]

yes, its wildly inaccurate

[slender ridge]

damn not enough wounds or what

[mystic tundra]

i haven't watched it so I haven't been poisoned with bad info yet

[plush swift]

big target that doesnt have great protection, its wounds are lacking too.

[plush swift]

yeah he spread a lot of marketing info from hobby companies in it and get the chemicals wrong

I'd have to watch it again, but I think he also says synthetic pigments are bad, which isnt true at all.

Vallejo does that a lot for marketing, when they use a lot of synthetic pigments like ultramarine.

Sorry, but you people are too poor for natural lapis lazuli, its $30,000usd a kg at bulk order rates, synthetic at $7 a kg and looks almost identical is all you get

[slender ridge]

guess i'm coin flipping on wether to get it or not. heads or tails guys

[plush swift]

its forgeworld so its not like most people would agree to you fielding it anyways, most tournaments also prohibit them too. Plus, their rules dont really get updated and when they do, sometimes (like with 9e) they are done for a way older game system

[slender ridge]

i'll take that as heads

[mystic tundra]

😐

[slender ridge]

i got heads

[mystic tundra]

...do people not let you field units because they're forgeworld models?

[plush swift]

yes

frequently

[mystic tundra]

...w-w..wh-why

[slender ridge]

i'll just say they a pussy and that they simply forfeited bozo's

[plush swift]

because they have this idea its all pay to win because of previous editions

or because a YTer said it was a broken unit

Ive brough a warhound into a 2k game before, guess what happened?

[slender ridge]

got schlapped?

[plush swift]

I achieved near no points because they shot it off the table on turn one

titans are the most updated and even so, the modern codex updates make things like void shield pointless

like if you swarm a titan with melee marines, it dies instantly

including a warlord

[slender ridge]

damn

[plush swift]

heavy construct isnt even a titan, its a baneblade with worse weapons and gets shot at easier

[slender ridge]

well that is a bit nice from the seraptek it's 600 something points right? so in a 2k game you can take a bunch of supporting things

it also just seems very fun to paint it tbh

[mystic tundra]

gonna start calling slapchop "scrumple scromping"

[plush swift]

sort of, it cant actually fit on current terrain rules

[mystic tundra]

thanks for that one

[plush swift]

Youre welcome, thats the actual art term and its hilarious

[slender ridge]

its funnier than slapchop somehow

[plush swift]

The real terms are honestly better a lot of the time, like floptering and shlooping

[slender ridge]

i'm sorry but what

what are those even

[plush swift]

Painting techniques

A lot of the names come from really awkward translations of latin and greek terms

[mystic tundra]

I actually took a lot of art classes as a teenager. Lotta these names for professional paints are coming back to me

[slender ridge]

well luckily i'm planning on playing with a friend aswel so he'll be cool with me using the seraptek so i think it'll be fine to buy anyway

def not just trying to cope with spending 280 bucks on a single model

[lavish crescent]

What did I miss?

[plush swift]

Me going on about paint chemistry like always

[lavish crescent]

Ew

PAINT IS PAINT

[midnight locust]

Time to go pick up my handle so I don’t have to keep using a block of wood to hold my minis

[plush swift]

but block of wood is friend shaped

[plush swift]

except when paint is not paint and its ketchup

[stuck sonnet]

Sorry just saw this, Army Painter.

[midnight locust]

For my guard players here: can I use Cadian shock trooper models as an infantry squad if I build them to infantry squad rules?

[lavish crescent]

yes

[glossy hawk]

Add a few white dots to the helmet eye thingy

It’ll give it “shine”

[midnight locust]

So basically:

1 sergeant
1 HW team (-2 guard)
1 special weapon trooper
1 Vox trooper
5 regular troopers

That sound about right?

[lavish crescent]

ye

sounds good

[midnight locust]

Ight bet

What colored tuft would go with this sort of basing? (Brown with a dry brush of light tan/bone)

[silent fox]

I don’t even know what happened. I blacked out and woke up in my car with all this stuff.

[mossy sable]

[plush swift]

The GW store experience

[glossy hawk]

• sitting against the wall, covered in character boxes and squads of GSC neophytes *
  they got you too, huh..?

https://tenor.com/view/blow-blow-head-off-break-beat-hit-gif-12244222

[dark violet]

Behold minimalistic but in my opinion nice looking basing

[plush swift]

This mini is cool

Nice basing

[lilac moth]

And so the progress begins (+mini base)

[dark violet]

thank you :3

got 3 more sacresants to do

also am happy with the blood effects on her poleaxe

i tried to give GWS holographic a try but it seems i do need an airbrush to really get the effect to work

[plush swift]

Just saw that but I think it’s only on one side of the poleaxe which btw looks cool

[plush swift]

Top knot supreme

[dark violet]

nope

its on both

[plush swift]

Maybe the picture is off or am off

[dark violet]

its cuz of lighting

[plush swift]

You got the battle force or the combat patrol

[dark violet]

sanctorum guard with morven vahl

great box

[plush swift]

How many minis in

I feel like I’m really slow

Maybe it’s cuz I am painting poxwalkers

[dark violet]

23

6 paragon warsuits, 1 battle sister squad, 1 sacresant guard and morven vahl

i think the box alone is around 1600points or so

but i dont know much about the point system yet

[plush swift]

That’s way more than what I expected

[dark violet]

its a very cost efficient box

[plush swift]

I am 5 minis into my combat patrol

[dark violet]

i am 4 minis into my sanctorum guard box lol

[plush swift]

I was trying out color scheme

[dark violet]

2 paragon warsuit superiors

and 2 sacresants

[plush swift]

Well I just feel slow

[plush swift]

From these the last two on the right are probably what the scheme will be

It’s simple and easy to do

[dark violet]

the warsuits take long time for me

lots of parts and details

[plush swift]

Yea good luck with painting them I only have weekends to paint

[dark violet]

i usually paint at like 8pm until i fall asleep from time to time

with my skitarii i planned to do one mini daily

aint gonna work with warsuits lol

[plush swift]

I need the stars to align to paint

If I don’t enjoy it I don’t do it

[cosmic topaz]

Death company!

[muted token]

Someone be my eyes and tell me if this is close to death guard green

I am Fucking Colourblind.

[glossy hawk]

Stellar work, thin your paints on the main boxy part

[floral wind]

A WIP. Needs some work done but here it is so far

[cosmic topaz]

appreciate the advice

[glossy hawk]

Looks too light

Also what kind of colorblind are you

[muted token]

R/G

I'm aiming for "Close enough"

And it'll darken later with nuln oil and stuff

[glossy hawk]

That’ll probably work

[glossy hawk]

Are you going for normal flesh color with your skin

[muted token]

The bottle said "Crusader skin"

So I would assume so

It's had some more coats, I'm waiting for the last bit to dry before a layer of varnish before doing the gold and stuff

[glossy hawk]

Ah
That just looks like the average white persons skin

[muted token]

Yeah I'm gonna do some thin pink over like tentacles and stuff

[glossy hawk]

Wow you did that laspistol really well

PLASMA

[muted token]

It's a plasmagun

This is my plague champion

[glossy hawk]

Sorry, watched a thing about laspistols so now I’ve got it in my head

Yeah he looks good

[muted token]

It's literally Vallejo gunmetal and aethermatic blue contrast

That contrast paint specifically is super good for plasma

[glossy hawk]

Huh

The more you know

speaking of contrast

[glossy hawk]

Those are brave fuckin guardsmen

[plush swift]

I didnt realize you were still here, havent seen you in a while

[muted token]

I got busy at work and hyper pissed off at the state of darktide and GW in general

I am always watching though

https://tenor.com/view/mike-wazowski-watchingyou-gif-5352035

[north whale]

any tips for painting scions?

recommendations of the sort

[glossy hawk]

Stellar job, the nuln oil fixed it right up

[muted token]

Base will probably get another coating of rot

You have to display grandaddy nurgles overwhelming generosity to get it to be opaque

[north whale]

how do i use stirland mud

am i supposed to mix it?

[weary nexus]

Work on the daniel continues

[lilac moth]

what blue is that on the shoulder face highlight?

[weary nexus]

Started with calgar blue. Then ahriman And finally blue horror for the crisp edges.

Slapchop method made it far eaisier as well. So i think i will be using that a lot to "cheat"

[lilac moth]

Had such a good feeling about getting base colors done this morning but once again my old ass hands are too shaky...

[weary nexus]

Looks good. Could try supporting your hand on the other. It is how I get past my shakes.

That and. Nothing another layer of paint wont fix 😉

[lilac moth]

Kid is suffering from some random virus and got it to me aswell so even bracing my elbows on table and hands on each other i am not bold enough to just slap the tighest trims down

Gonna pump myself full of cafeine and go for a 2 hour nap soon and after that i will hopefully get atleast the trims done, perhaps even some edge highlight on the main armor parts

[weary nexus]

Glorious! And my sympathies. But such is the curse of making children. They will infect us all sooner or later.

My own kid useually takes part in some painting with me too. Makes for fun family time.

Gonna be doing something with this bit of conversion later as well

[lilac moth]

Cant wait to get her to join up on painting, she likes watching my minis or me paint but aint letting a 3yo start painting yet 😄 maybe once she can keep her colors INSIDE the pages of the coloring books 😄

[weary nexus]

Hahaha. Aye. Mine is 8 now so. Far easier for her to keep to the lines.

[lilac moth]

Tho might be interesting to just slap a brush overloaded with contrast paint and tell her to go to town on some random marine model

Should have started it couple years ago and make her paint the same model once every year so i could make it in to a diorama type of thing after 20 years or so

[weary nexus]

Was the first thing i let her do. I have the model somewhere. She was so proud xD

[primal summit]

I like the pale skin look.

[sudden notch]

Tempestor getting ready to kick some tail

[tepid lily]

My loud and proud Custodes <: (I only started a few months ago so they're not perfect but for my first army i'm super proud and they're really fun to play)
They also all need basing xD

Also enjoy some Heresy, my first attempt at painting something a little harder

[sudden notch]

Half of the tempestus kill team built

Half to go

[tepid lily]

Would love to see when done ! 🙂

[midnight locust]

Added a vox caster to the squad

[primal summit]

Time to paint some more chaos cultists.

[midnight locust]

Still kinda iffy on the red cloth mask for this melta man

[plush swift]

well good to see you still around

[primal summit]

I like it 👌

[mellow bridge]

I am biased because I suggested it

But I think it looks good

[midnight locust]

Well I just need to paint my last two guard and then my first Cadian squad is complete

[errant fulcrum]

Got to play warhammer at warhammer and cafe. Had a blast

[midnight locust]

Hey if I want to use cork as a way to paint permacrete emplacements, what plaster would I cost over it so it loses its bumpy texture on the sides

[glossy hawk]

i just douse it in glue

[mystic tundra]

it's so nuts those things are like $2000

could build it out of lego for like $200

[errant fulcrum]

Ya the price is definitely absurd but holy shit is it amazing to look at

I also bought sigismund for my Templars

[mystic tundra]

and I'd bet that Lego is just as, if not higher quality in terms of manufacturing.

[errant fulcrum]

the map we played on looked kind of like Rust

[mystic tundra]

LOL

that's epic

[errant fulcrum]

It’s technically meant for kill team but there were no other tables to play so I asked one of the employees and they said we could still play on it since we were only doing 1,000 pints

Points*

And boy was that map gene stealer paradise

[agile junco]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/616310527265734707/1086799466050367629/20230318_185213.jpg

2 units of ophydian destroyers finished up

[plain granite]

First CSM just about done!

[agile junco]

things shall get loud now
he looks nice

[rare hornet]

Another thicc boi in progress

No clue why the back is so shiny in that picture

[agile junco]

prolly the lighting but that melta is nice 👌

[rare hornet]

Thank you!!! I still yet to put the shades onto it, but that'll be tomorrow's job I think

[plain granite]

Thanks!

[lavish crescent]

What about the white shoulder??

[rare hornet]

It’s on the todo list, but that’s easy to do

[lavish crescent]

[lofty bridge]

Only a few more custodes to go

then like 8 sisters of silence

[hearty bear]

What dynasty?

[agile junco]

custom one but i play them as novokh

[jade swift]

Thats cool as shit

[errant fulcrum]

I fucken felt like a kid on Christmas Day seeing that shuriken pistol lol

[jade swift]

The helmet reminds me of soem sort of old artwork that jes goodwin would make

[hearty bear]

Hell yeah brother

[agile junco]

love me melee crons
ophydians hitting harder in novokh makes up for a lot of their dmg issue

for me personally

[plush swift]

you can mix fine sand in with paint or use baking soda

[midnight locust]

Thanks, good idea

On a separate note, I’m sad there aren’t any Leman russes available right now

[lean snow]

I have finally played my first tabletop game of 40k

And now i just want to keep playing

[naive umbra]

Would that allow you to spray vinegar at your terrain to simulate explosions?

[plush swift]

no, the acrylic polymer would in most cases block that reaction

[coarse badger]

I am envious, but unfortunately bad at numbers so the game just confuses me 😦

[junior meadow]

halftrack lol

Adeptus Wehrmachticus

👍🏼

[coarse badger]

[junior meadow]

its a joke

[junior meadow]

looks sick

[sweet vessel]

Thx

[junior meadow]

[mystic tundra]

I have officially painted my first mini

I dont know how I spent almost 3 hours on this but I did

[simple thorn]

As someone who's been painting for about two years now, probably ye trying to get details right and taking your time so it looks good
Which he does

[mystic tundra]

ty!!

[formal wadi]

WIP Rogal Dorn

[brisk vapor]

hot

[tulip fiber]

Done with the base. Did some more tidying up.

[hearty bear]

What colors did you use and where did you get the model? I’ve always wanted to start a Krieg army but don’t want to owe a debt to forge world

[maiden iron]

Finally starting assembly

[plush swift]

One way to feel dizzy

Well that’s how I feel after smelling plastic glue

[simple agate]

Getting her done

[mystic tundra]

3D printed the model, it's from a pack called Death Division on MyMiniFactory.

The paints are all Vallejo Model Color or Game Color. Coat is Azure with a lil bit of black. chainsword, pants and mask is the same with just more black. Metallics are Chainmail Silver

Likewise the leather is just Flat Brown darkened a bit

[hearty bear]

For a moment I thought you were insane enough to spend a mortgage payment on an army, I’ll have to check this place out

[mystic tundra]

Nah I'm just insane enough to spend a car payment on a 3D printing setup 😅

[hearty bear]

Somewhat better

[floral wind]

My finished grimguard sergeant for my command squad

[tepid lily]

I need to ask how hard are kriegsman to paint? smallest models i have painted are chaos space marines but i really really wanna paint a kill team but too scared xD

[floral wind]

Well ive only painted 4 of these girmguard and im but a novice so it would depend on skill and patience imo

[tepid lily]

Ah ill just give it a go and see how it goes 😄

[floral wind]

I wish you luck i hope they turn out well! If you like I have images of the rest so you can get a sort of idea wise perhaps

[bitter fiber]

Assembled the first goon

Never did 40K before, so I’m quite surprised by the detail.
One large surprise is how easy it is to cut into the actual model with a hobby knife

Nearly chopped off the chainsword on the first model by removing the seam and sprue

[turbid brook]

That’s cleeean

Nice

[turbid brook]

Nice glow effect man

[tacit badge]

Danke 🙌🏼

[hidden quiver]

30k army wip

[rare hornet]

What legion is that? I can't tell

Nevermind, just made out the blood angels symbol on the drop pod

[coarse badger]

https://tenor.com/view/vince-vince-mcmahon-gif-20562072

A good omen I hope?

I hope it's going to be good

[simple agate]

Done

[crude solstice]

classic imperial assassin (ninja)

[coarse badger]

Apparently the AoS reveals will be Cities

That or more Seraphon

[sweet sinew]

Let there be blood

[upbeat hearth]

wow a guard set that isnt cadia or krieg

[coarse badger]

I know, hard to believe

[upbeat hearth]

maybe vostroyans next

please

[cosmic topaz]

Pretty happy, will finish the base tomorrow.

[midnight locust]

Anyone have a suggestion for white paint I would use to paint edges?

[dark violet]

is that kittens gf striking a pose

[rare hornet]

https://tenor.com/view/tts-warhammer40k-this-is-not-fucking-canon-angry-mad-gif-17435427

[lavish crescent]

https://tenor.com/view/emperor-text-to-speech-gif-18178937

[lavish crescent]

You edge highlighting white?

[midnight locust]

On the pauldron for veteran guard

[brisk vapor]

Vallejo air white is a pretty good white

Comes pre thinned so it should be pretty easy to apply

[copper siren]

Edge highlight with a thinned down primary colour

So for Ultramarines apothocery edge highlight white with a thinned down baby blue

So the blue notes return faintly on the rest of the armor

And only the top part of the edge, not the entire angle

Tried this on an art piece I did, and it looked neat. Would be cool to see this translate on a mini

[midnight locust]

Yeah I know you wanna do that with edge highlighting, but specifically if you look at their right shoulder pad you can see the white trim for example

[primal summit]

The band.

[plush swift]

Lovely

[plush swift]

I liked the one on the right far corner

[cosmic topaz]

Well done, my first thought with band and chaos was Slipknot lol

[primal summit]

🤣 lol

[left egret]

I decided tp buy a deimos pattern rhino rather than a chaos one for my iron warriors

Feels more iron warriors

[primal summit]

Cheers. The 3 on right are my fav. The top right one was my first ever mini aswell.

[left egret]

He may be the first but he is glorious

[slender ridge]

I’m thinking of buying the tau boarding patrol when it releases and was wondering if the slap chop would work on them

[lavish crescent]

Corax is a good place, if you want a darker white you can use celestial grey as it goes pretty good on green. But definitely Corax is your best bet

[lavish crescent]

Yes

[slender ridge]

Nice gonna try that then

[shy sedge]

it would work but drybrushing all those flat panels might look a bit messy

maybe better if you brush highlight those parts

[hushed tangle]

Buildings :] 👷‍♂️

[heady lotus]

I'm going to make some really poor financial decisions.

What's some peoples exp with contrast? I'd love to give it a go, from a video I saw they had spray coated the model white and started with contrast and then highlighted with the normal paints

[coarse badger]

You seem familiar

[compact umbra]

TACTICAL CHERRY BLOSSOMS

[slender ridge]

I was cleaning my brushes in some alcohol and soapy water but this happend anyone know what caused itv

[glossy hawk]

Probably something with temperature

[slender ridge]

Oh that might be it ye

[heady lotus]

You bet I'm gonna paint them tactical cherry blossoms P I N K

[lavish crescent]

Good, slap chop method is quick and good

Also I have 2 weeks off at the start of April, was meant to see the misses but passport + strikes = can't fly

Should I go to warhammer World during that time??

[heady lotus]

Sounds orkish, I'm guessing that is just slap it on basically.

[lavish crescent]

Paint black, dry brush grey and highlight dry brush of white then contrast paints

Easy and quick

Thats how I painted this little guy i keep on my desk at work

[lavish crescent]

Also fuck night lords, edgy bitches

Iron fists, imperial fists and 30k Ultramarines are best. Fight me

Iron warriors are best traitors

[heady lotus]

I use to be a ultramarine die hard lmao

[lavish crescent]

.... I have alot of ultramarines

Like too many

HH

[heady lotus]

Tbh they are my favourite legion but I thought I'd choose differently (edgy)..... but turns out most people I meat have traitor armies

[lavish crescent]

Meet*

[heady lotus]

Meat puppets in power armour.

They'd look so much nicer without skin

[lavish crescent]

I can see why the night lords are hated

Tbh custodes are best, can't hate on me

[heady lotus]

Doesn't contrast typically work better on a lighter undercoat, I'm still debating how to pain a farsight enclave group..... but I need to push myself to complete more NL once my black spray arrives.

And my Titans from AM.

[plush swift]

dont use alcohol, it destroys the glue in most brushes

[lavish crescent]

The reason for the dry brushes is to add shadows easily

It basically skips highlighting and gradient painting

Makes shit easier to paint

[heady lotus]

Yeah making it look good while saving time is nice because I've gotten art block too many times then it's a waste of money.

Then I question why I'm painting ligtning bolts

[lavish crescent]

Because pain?

Why do I paint white shoulders on my black templar. Because I like the pain

[heady lotus]

Because you will either triumph or you will die. No pity. No remorse. No fear.

[slender ridge]

Alright thanks!

[lavish crescent]

No balls!

Also been trying to find a way to wash white, it is pain

[plush swift]

use good white ink instead of that hobby crap, zero pain

[lavish crescent]

Fuck you, I like the pain

Keeps me going

[plush swift]

Fine, be in pain. See if I care

[lavish crescent]

Also I technically use a grey making it 20x easier

[coarse badger]

You were in a medic thing for a bad video game right?

[lavish crescent]

Should I go to warhammer World during April?

[chilly summit]

Some WIP Stealth Suits while I try out doing a camo pattern.

[compact umbra]

Hey drukhari players, thoughts on the court of th archon?

im surprised its core, but otherwise it looks like its just a gimmick unit

[midnight locust]

What stealth suits? All I see is a blue backdrop

[chilly summit]

Stelf.

[lavish crescent]

Tau railgun goes : pew silently

[midnight locust]

Real talk those look good

[chilly summit]

Thank you. I'm still super new at painting but it feels like I've made good progress. I appreciate the feedback.

[midnight locust]

New at painting

Could’ve fooled me with the camo paint job. Have you considered washing and or dry brushing your bases?

[chilly summit]

That's the next step. I still have some detail work to do on the helmet and some of the little bits. I'm going to use a dark brown wash on the bases to have them match my Pathfinders.

My phone camera sucks so I guess it doesn't come across too well.

[midnight locust]

Eh it’s fine. Could definitely be worse lighting wise I wouldn’t know anything about that

That aside they look good

[plush swift]

@plush swift thanks for your videos got around to watch them and it’s informative with a style

[plush swift]

I just wish I had more free time to do some of the more basic ones I want to do

[plush swift]

Well it would be interesting to see you, for example actually test said pigments for having heavy metals.

Otherwise I learnt to wear a mask and not to lick paints which I already don't do

And maybe try cheaper paints and test em out

[plush swift]

This is actually very easy to do weirdly enough and I dont need to do any testing, all you really have to do is find the chemical names for some pigments, most of the heavy metal ones have the heavy metal listed in its name but some dont like PBr24 which is Chrome Antimony Titanite

That one gets called naples yellow a lot

[plush swift]

Did the Vallejo one have that?

[plush swift]

Not from what I remember, but I will be doing a heavy metal test on hobby paints later on as some brands like scale 75 are very sketchy and dont have any safety certs to them

[plush swift]

Well good luck I am sure maybe a video or two can at least spread awareness. Also, I am surprised you did not bash GW 😂

[plush swift]

GW is glorified house paint, i dont need to bash it past that

they are also one of the few companies who's given me MSDS sheets with no argument

[plush swift]

Their brushes at least

[plush swift]

their brushes are just rebranded student brushes

[plush swift]

I would say it's because they are a brand target for children mostly

[plush swift]

pretty much, their paints are generally reletively safe, still not non-toxic like they claim but thats because of the chloromethylisothiazolinone/methylisothiazolinone in them

for the most part

[plush swift]

Alright, thanks for your vids can't wait for you to call out youtubers.

The streaking grime comment was funny

[plush swift]

I'm about to start calling it war crimes in a bottle honestly

[plush swift]

Mustard Gas

I thinking I should stop sniffing bottles

[plush swift]

depends on the bottle

[heady lotus]

Can't wait for phosphex paint bottle

[plush swift]

[heady lotus]

Will really bring HH games to life

[lavish crescent]

Hey, quickest way to remove neck beards though?

[jovial siren]

Heh, much better than my "creations" 15 years ago

next stop shading, agrax or nuln?

[lavish crescent]

Nuln

[deft fable]

Yum yum

[chilly summit]

That looks grotesque. It's great!

[tacit badge]

Danke 🙌🏼

[plush swift]

Looks like an emperors spear

[undone pike]

What if you did agrax around the boots and nuln everywhere else?

[jovial siren]

I actually tried a darb blue approach and was about to drybrush it a bit, but my brush wasnt clear enough, so it became that greyish, reminded me a bit about the ultramarines color from the space marine game, so I rolled with it😅

[jovial siren]

shading is a completely new territory for me, is it possible to "overshade" the other one, or does it then just become too dark?

[undone pike]

Idk, im also very new to painting lmfao

[jovial siren]

guess, I'll try #

[undone pike]

Just thought agrax on the boots would evoke stomping through the dirt or smth

[plush swift]

Well now you just stumbled on a a great chapter

[jovial siren]

have something in mind for that already to test out, but first highlighting after the shade is dry

Nice, I did not believe, shades work that good

[undone pike]

Ngl they do be seeping into cracks and bringing out details

[jovial siren]

So, are they like space gauls (auxiliaries) from their theme?

[plush swift]

Yes

There is book about them

https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Spear_of_the_Emperor_(Novel)

[pastel grotto]

This models amazing

[pastel grotto]

"Have you got your... Eye, on something, pilot?"
"I'm calling an exorcist"

[tacit badge]

Whatever monsters have made their way inside the Titan are keeping tabs on that Princeps

[shy sedge]

agrax on gold and red, nuln on blue silver and blacks

[jovial siren]

Think I'm done with this one

[sage matrix]

Workin on some chain

[dusty nimbus]

Just commissioned somebody to print these alternative ogryns for me

[grand ocean]

Very matrix revolutions!

[dusty nimbus]

Never thought of that, now you mention it I do see it.

[dapper linden]

Any feedback?
Still a work in progress.

[round crystal]

I think it’s time to replace the pallet

[hearty bear]

Make the chains really grimy

[deft fable]

Did u airbrush ?? I also still have a mortarion to paint

[dapper linden]

I’ll make sure to do that

[dapper linden]

And no, I did not use an airbrush

[dusty nimbus]

add more contrast on the cloth between the ridges and the folds

otherwise it all blends together

using a stippling highlight could work well to create a cloth like texture

[midnight locust]

Debating if it's worth to magnet up a sentinel

[hearty bear]

Can somebody please explain to me what magnetizing is

What does it do to the model

[mossy sable]

you put magnets in weapons/attachments so you can change them later

[hearty bear]

Like, take them off and re-paint?

[midnight locust]

Take them off and not need to re-paint

[jaunty trail]

No you prepare multiple Weaponry choices (e.g. a Space Marine so you need different weapons and Arms) Then you use very tiny magnets. you glue them into the parts u usually glue together... With that you get multiple choices to react shortly on some scenarios before starting a battle... Advantage is, that you don't need tons of Minis.

[hearty bear]

OHHHHH

so basically quick customization

[jaunty trail]

Yup

[hearty bear]

In case you need your army to specialize but don’t have the models

[jaunty trail]

You can do this with literally any tank, mini and so on

[jaunty trail]

Or you don't want to spend too much money in additional squads

Buddy of mine did this with every of his astra militarum tanks.... Next he will do is a rogal dorn when it arrives will be fun to see the progress

[midnight locust]

I just wish Leman russes were still being sold. Can’t find any outside of EBay

[jaunty trail]

Currently a problem yes... and it seems like GW is just filling stock after "adjusting" prices... i'm glad that i got some stuff from a local social store that had an 20% off event while having the old GW prices for all minis...

[dark violet]

Next sacresant put together tomorrow I do the base

Tried a different pose

[floral wind]

The squad so far

[glossy hawk]

I dig it

[grand ocean]

Love that sergeant!

[floral wind]

Thanks! Here is a closer look at him

I also just realised I never did the mud effects on the inside of his coat

[plush swift]

Good base? Or does it need more?

[woven verge]

Tactical rock! I like it, I'd add a bit to the front, of whatever, so it's not so lopsided towards the back. Some skulls or little rocks otherwise it's fine.

[warm dune]

add some fillers maybe to blend your matterials. mud like supstances.

Random wood filler I found

[plush swift]

Yeah its gonna be a world eaters leviathan so it's gonna be decked out in skulls and stuff

[plush swift]

And I'll be sure to check that out

[warm dune]

i like the hillside pose. these guys can only more their legs just barely

[grizzled jolt]

Current WIP

[naive umbra]

Looks great! I never saw the point of painting them "stealthy" since the stealth is just projecting invisibility holograms on them so they could be bright pink if they wanted and still go stealthy

[naive umbra]

From what I've seen, most local stores are continuing to sell their current stock at the 20% off old GW prices and only increasing once they restock.

[jaunty trail]

Yup. But I'm still happy to have gotten stuff for the old prices and then in a social discount action with additional 20% off... E.g. a Predator for 44€ (55€ GW original price) is a nice save for me

[lavish crescent]

AYO FELLOW KRIEG

[simple thorn]

BEHOLD! TYRANID HARPIES
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/930235858764840961/1087643639510999120/IMG_20230321_174010.jpg
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/930235858764840961/1087643639750086673/IMG_20230321_174017.jpg
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/930235858764840961/1087643639980757043/IMG_20230321_174023.jpg
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/930235858764840961/1087643640253403236/IMG_20230321_174034.jpg

CERTAINLY NOT BUGGES FROM A CAVERN WORLD SOMEWHERE DEEP WITHIN VOTANN BORDERS

100% TYRANIDS

ANYONE SAYING OTHERWISE IS GOIN' IN TH' FUCKIN' B O O K

[jovial siren]

Think I improved a bit

[plush swift]

Eyes seem painful

[coarse badger]

Man I wish I could figure out if GW delivered to my country

Unfortunately, their delivery page only really covers EU countries

[jovial siren]

old or new one?

[coarse badger]

I can't even figure out if they ship, or if they do ship then whether or not I'll have to pay an import tax

[plush swift]

Old

[chilly summit]

Completed the Stealth Suits. Helmets, details, tried a leather effect on the bond knife, and some minor edge highlights.

[jovial siren]

why did you show us some empty bases?

[chilly summit]

Gotta show off those basing skills somehow.

[lavish crescent]

Have you placed your address into the order form? Best way to check. They also mention how much its gonna cost

[coarse badger]

WIll give it a shot later

[manic shard]

behold
my first 2 necrons ever put together

[plush swift]

Is the right one okay

Looks like someone smashed its head

Lost an eye too

[manic shard]

'tis but a scratch

[plush swift]

I like to think it’s some Necron overlord that busted his head

[manic shard]

i haven't started paining them yet but i already love the one you pointed out

idk he's simply my fave because of a broken head lmao

will prob give him a name later and ponder him as my treasure

[manic shard]

stuff might be like
''you stupid bonk''

[put an aggressive metal pipe falling down mp4]

[plush swift]

If I recall it’s just two Necrons

If you want more later maybe get the starter set but you will get a bunch of marines with it

[manic shard]

i already had this one starter with basic colors and 3 necrons (1 left to be put together)

but will hunt more in the future

these gonna be my 1st minis ever tbh and are enough for now since i kinda don't have more money now

aaaand im not sure how im gonna handle these, i don't want to fuck them up too much

[jovial siren]

show em, in the process, keep us updated

[plush swift]

Necrons are hard to fuck up tbh with you

Most of the body is a metallic color

It’s just the gun and glow of the weapon

The green bits

[manic shard]

i took them as first because they seem pretty easy and have some nice neons
(not to mention that they're one of my faves and i always wanted them lol)

but still as i know how shaky my hands are when im trying to focus and how easily im getting all stressed it might be a struggle

[jovial siren]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLJwh4ClZ6U

I used this as a good guideline/tutorial, can recommend

oh, wrong person linked sorry SirBunny, wanted to ping @manic shard

[manic shard]

yeah im gonna look up some tutorials for sure

last time i used any paint that wasn't digital was last year at school

as much as i hate painting i hope that on minis it gonna be different enough for me to like and enjoy it

[rare hornet]

So what you’ll to do it hold the base and just start with putting a coat of metallic paint on the leg, just focus on small brush strokes

[jovial siren]

It did help a lot for me to concentrate on just one mini and being like "alright, this one is a test lets see how it turns out" and not like "I must finish like 20 models in one rush"

[velvet elbow]

Those are fucking noice. Good job. Mine don't look anywhere near as good.

[manic shard]

this gonna be as hard as learning doing tatts with my brain that speedruns everything that requires focus
but we'll see in a while when i'll start after dinner

[rare hornet]

Should be good!

[chilly summit]

Thanks!

[jovial siren]

stupid question maybe, but wasn't it one of the jobs of priming, that the paint gets more resistant to scratches?

[chilly summit]

Priming helps prevent the paint from flaking off because it helps the paint bond to the model. Varnish or sealant after painting helps prevent scratches.

[jovial siren]

ah thanks, looks like I need to get one then, already did a scratch on the legplate

[chilly summit]

Battle damage.

[midnight locust]

Is there any word on when Leman russes and/or kasrkin will be readily available outside of E-Bay

[velvet elbow]

Starstriders have been out of stock for over 6 months now so I wouldn't hold my breath.

[midnight locust]

Sadge

Guess I’ll look into EBay then since all the local hobby shops don’t have any

[viscid gull]

Probably doing what they did with the baneblade kit, just putting all the variants into one box for a jacked up price. It'll probably announced during the adopticon stream

[midnight locust]

Yeah probably. Pain but I knew what I signed up for

[upbeat carbon]

Anyone else excited for the upcoming release teasers on Wed/Thursday?

[viscid gull]

Such is life for a guardsman player

[midnight locust]

Then again, I should also finish my models I already have before thinking about getting new ones.

[viscid gull]

🤞for plastic arquitors, need to get those phosphex launchers for my Iron Fire

[upbeat carbon]

Same, Inquisition just hasn’t been getting any love at all…

[midnight locust]

I think I mentioned this last week, but theoretically could I put together an infantry squad by mixing Cadian shock troops and a heavy weapons team if I ensure I only bring one heavy weapon and the proper weapons for my sergeant? Would that even be worth it over just stacking Cadian shock troops?

[viscid gull]

Also hoping for updated termies to make some cheap gorgons for hh

[midnight locust]

Having complete my first batch of cadians, what improvements can I look to do outside of layering?

[mossy sable]

the only thing that looks kinda wierd is the plasma gun end imo

everything else looks really good to me

[manic shard]

okay so i've started

don't mind the mess

im honestly kinda worried about painting the gun
im not sure how green will work on a dark base

i kinda got no idea how technical paint works

[obsidian tapir]

Thee terminators I’ve painted so far, still need the sgt and final member

[glossy hawk]

Holy rust Batman

[obsidian tapir]

Very worn down boys

[glossy hawk]

The one on the left with that gash is stunning work

[obsidian tapir]

Thanks

[glossy hawk]

My only critique is the eyes but nobody can get them perfect

[obsidian tapir]

Yeah, I’m probably going to go over them again and Newtown them up

These terminators are horrible to paint their eyes

[glossy hawk]

Eyes overall suck when you’ve overprimed and can’t find them

In those cases (if they’re wearing a helmet) I give it a shadowed affect

[obsidian tapir]

I just need to go over and clean some of the edges for these guys

[jovial siren]

not bad so far I would say

[manic shard]

real question is
if i got abbadon black as a base for weapon
should i paint it over pieces i want to be green later?
since fr i don;t know how to use technical

[naive umbra]

I was looking for the knife for a while thinking you had used the standard one with ribbons, then noticed the custom one. Looks cool. I love throwing the knife on whenever I can

[naive umbra]

I'd love for the plastic kroot hounds in the Farstalker Kinband Kill Team box to get repacked as a 4 hound sprue to replace our resin one.

[jovial siren]

had a similar problem with my bolter and radar thingy, painted silver as a base and had issues with getting red and green over it, had to do like 2 or 3 layers

I would stick to the thing, paint the big parts first, try not to overpaint all if not necessary

[manic shard]

i thought about it but wanted to ask
because technical i got is tesseract glow, basically a neon fucking bright green
aaaaand as i see on the examples on the box weapon is mostly black as a base
and i've wondered if i should put it on or not so green won't fade and bee too dark

[jovial siren]

you could also try to paint the parts for tesseract glow with white or gray or whatever your primed color was again before applying it

[dark violet]

Technical rocks

3 out of 5 sacresants done

[manic shard]

honestly all i got rn are just 6 colors
i wonder if i could put base from necrons which is a bit mettalic and then put green on it

[dark violet]

i think you can also just go straight with the green

how thick is it?

[manic shard]

i have't open it yet but eee looks like water

most of all paints i got

[dark violet]

gotta shake em :D

hmmm

i dunno honestly

[manic shard]

DOESN'T WORK

[dark violet]

id say try like a tiny drop

if it covers enough then you wont need a base

so its very runny?

[manic shard]

metallic shiny would look good tho
hm

[manic shard]

yeah

[dark violet]

yeah might need either a green base or something metallic to make it shiny

[manic shard]

idk how am i supposed to get is as bright as on the ref with just 6 paints and NOT EVEN ONE IS CLOSE TO LIGHT GREY OR SOMETHING BRIGHT ENOUGH

[dark violet]

https://youtu.be/hOvql835HcE maybe this can help a bit

okay this dude uses more different paints

[jovial siren]

ye from what ive seen after googling it, it looks like something beteween a typical color and a wash

[dark violet]

dude isnt even painting the same warrior type

[manic shard]

me when i don;t have crystal clear, step by step instructions to follow and have to experiment on my own

[dark violet]

same honestly

[manic shard]

i was supposed to relax
not shit myself over being worried not to fuck up

aaaRRRRUUURGHGHGHHHH

[dark violet]

painting minis is fun right

[manic shard]

i just started and want to end already

[dark violet]

i cant stop anymore

okay he puts caliban green on as base onto black

and then warpstone glow

no clue what your technical is

[jovial siren]

relax, you can add a whole lot of water with a brush and then just wipe it away if it looks shite, as long as it didnt dry

[manic shard]

[dark violet]

ohhh he didnt even put the green rod in yet

he put them in at the end

[jovial siren]

or livehack: just use the leftover plastic from where your minis were stored to test it

[dark violet]

wait

[manic shard]

BRUH

MIND FUCKING GLOWING GENIUS

[dark violet]

his got a green glowing rod in the package

how rude

[dark violet]

hes cheating he has a green glowing plastic rod

[manic shard]

mf

im gonna eat uranium and glow too how about that

[dark violet]

probably not even part of the actual package

official warhammer channel btw

[manic shard]

he can officialy cheat lol

[dark violet]

comments turned off!

[manic shard]

hMMMM

[mossy sable]

tbf comments are turned off on all of their videos

I think at least

[dark violet]

i can guess why

[manic shard]

mmm opened the paint

looks like forbidden jelly

[dark violet]

drink it

[manic shard]

BITCH I MIGHT-

[dark violet]

one of us

[manic shard]

to paint necron
become necron

[dark violet]

pour molten metal over you

[mossy sable]

you can drink liquid necrodermis

but only once

[manic shard]

as a treat

[dark violet]

nah more than once

if you drink it fast

[manic shard]

forbidden monster energy drink

yooo this black is pretty

[dark violet]

time to buy leadbelcher spray and go mad max style

abaddon?

[manic shard]

yeah

[dark violet]

got it too

[jovial siren]

how do you think he produced that glowy rod? He shat one

[dark violet]

3 out of 5

[manic shard]

i wanna be like him when i'll grow up fr

[dark violet]

superior with spear rest will all have poleaxes

also i love one small detail i tried on the superior

gold trim hood

black eyes which are barely visible

sadly the auric armor layer i dunno if you can tell its there on the weirdring thing

[manic shard]

i'd like to see them irl
as most things looks better then

[dark violet]

well come on over

[manic shard]

too far and no money

[dark violet]

sad

[manic shard]

okay will try to fuck around on some plastic

cheers

[dark violet]

bottoms up

[manic shard]

i fucking love mettalic paints

[dark violet]

same but matt paints are also dope

[manic shard]

im a simple creature - i see shiny and glittery and im sold

oooOOOH I SEE

I KNOW HOW IT WORKS

[dark violet]

WOOOOOO

[manic shard]

IT'S SO COOL

okay so painting it black will be totally fine

[jovial siren]

enlighten us

[simple thorn]

Me when I have to follow crystal clear, step-by-step instructions instead of being able to experiment on my own through trial and error

[manic shard]

so i figured out
that
i can use base black all over it just fine because if i scrap some of the more dense paint from the bottom and put it on it will have this cool dark green
that can be adjusted with the more water-y (idk how to say it right way)

[manic shard]

i got that when i draw in digital
but this time with minis
i need to be held by hand like a worm on a string

[manic shard]

ALSO DRY PAINTING IT BEFORE ADDING GREEN with runefang steel makes a very cool effect

will show in a few mins ig

or, hm, wait

imo looks great enough
maybe not in this exact way but you get me

that's the best i can get with limited colors ig

[jovial siren]

could have some nice effects on the ribcages

[manic shard]

yeah im going to do some small details with it on necrons themselves

hm should i drybrush them again after adding shade?

[plush swift]

Did you paint em

[manic shard]

base is done, doing weapons now

[plush swift]

You can dry brush the metal body

Just don’t hit the non metallic spots

[manic shard]

did already, will shade in a sec but i wonder if i shoud do again after it

because i know it gonna be a bit more darker

[plush swift]

Ah yes you probably should have done the shade then highlights with the dry brush just the edges mostly

[manic shard]

i think it won't look too fucked it i'll add it again

well

[plush swift]

Yea dw

Don’t stress yourself

This is my first model

This is the 2nd one

You learn

By doing mistakes

[jade swift]

Bruh that shit gorgeous
When you show off your first model it HAS to be ugly 🤣

[plush swift]

To me it’s not up to par

There’s a lot of splotches of paint and not really a good smooth finish since I messed up thinning them

[manic shard]

YOO SHADE LOOKS SO GOOD ON THIS METALLIC HOLY FUCK

[plush swift]

Oh yea shading makes it look way better

[manic shard]

i am amazed by discovering how paints work

[plush swift]

Just make sure it doesn’t pool in one place

[manic shard]

yeah ik

[jovial siren]

turned out, i forgot to shade the butt of my mahreen, ah well, nobody will look there anyway

[manic shard]

now when you said it im sure everyone gonna look at it

also shade added

[jovial siren]

now give your skellies 30 min of peace to dry

[manic shard]

yeah, finally i got a second to take some food

also
so far it's fun to paint even if it looks basic af

[jovial siren]

I lost 4 hours yesterday for my first mini after roughly 15 years, it was crazy how time went by and it was a fun challenge

can totally understand

and that for just 1 mini, not 3 lol

[manic shard]

when did i start 2pm?

something like that

[jovial siren]

looks nice and clean to me, good visible recesses

[midnight locust]

Hey all, would a 3 x 8 mm magnet (HxW) be a good size for 25 mm bases (trying to hold my figures in place for transport).

Would a smaller size be better?

[plush swift]

They look fine

[desert wyvern]

Magnoos progress

[jovial siren]

Wait, he has bird feet as a demon? Lmao didn't know that

[desert wyvern]

He's wearing the Jordan Tzeentchs

[jovial siren]

But the hand and feathers...

[desert wyvern]

Ty ty, those Vallejo shift paints are really nice

He also has this hilarious tiny little tail. I just picture it wagging all fast when he casts spells

[jovial siren]

how do they work? never heard of it

[pastel grotto]

I'm convinced, night lords are cool.

[manic shard]

god i wish

[devout lake]

Best underrated faction in my opinion

[pastel grotto]

As a crimson slaughter I disagree

[dark violet]

looks moss covered kinda i like it

[plush swift]

Swamp sister

[quiet karma]

when you and the squad roll up on Prospero

[plush swift]

[quiet karma]

I’m eventually gonna have 3000 points of HH2.0 pure sisters of silence, because I hate both myself and the concept of money

[manic shard]

im going insane

[crimson birch]

went to the shop to get some paint and glue and left with this

[manic shard]

ah yes
the
''im just gonna go in and out'' incident

[plush swift]

[manic shard]

gUYS I DID

THE DETAILS

green achieved

sharpened toothpick my beloved

since brush was too big and my brain decided that i can't use something that is too big for something that small

[pastel grotto]

Welcome to the trenches

Shovels to the left of me, corpses to the right here i am

[crimson birch]

very cozy

[sage matrix]

Blades upon blades

[midnight locust]

What sort of green would I use as a highlight for the armor?

I’m thinking straken green but I wanna make sure I keep the darker colors

Or maybe just highlight with Castellan green

[hearty bear]

Why aren’t you listening to dance of the cryptek

[manic shard]

i did before but accidentally closed the tab so ost started from the beggining again

[lilac moth]

rawr!

[manic shard]

im not able to take a good photo of it but im so fucking proud of him

[lilac moth]

Klankers ftw

I love how the green doesnt fill the holes so it gives an illusion that it is like leaking that necron energy stuff

[midnight locust]

Pre-basing time

[wide plover]

Tau Master Chief

[coarse badger]

Shas'O Kais moment

[plush swift]

What happened

[plush swift]

Nice

You can now do the green on the weapons

[chilly summit]

Looks good! Did you magnetize the weapons?

[wide plover]

Tommorow gonna do that

[midnight locust]

After consulting with a friend I think I understand how much of a difference layer paints make (left has layer paints

[manic shard]

finally
1st attempt complete

[plush swift]

Not bad

Only way is up from here

[manic shard]

for a very limited colors
im happy with them

[plush swift]

Limited colors are good

Base colors that is

[lavish crescent]

peasant...

[errant drum]

Just recently finished

[sudden notch]

From that angle the eyes looked tad silly but nicelt done

[midnight locust]

If anyone has painted scout sentinels, do you prime before or after you finish the cockpit?

[errant drum]

I will fix that tomorrow morning. Thank

[sudden notch]

Nothing wrong with paintjob. I just thought terminators helmet from that angle looked funny

[simple thorn]

Impossible
He has arms

Sculpting those must've taken ages, nice work man!

(In seriousness, nice work man!)

[midnight locust]

Only need to paint it now

[woven verge]

Stuck in the trenches with you

[final folio]

The three lads imma focus on

[naive umbra]

I would normally do any interior painting before assembling a vehicle, then tape it up and prime exterior once done. Not a sentinel, but I did that for my Ghostkeel

[lavish crescent]

If you gonna do a trench look, get AK mud effect. It gets you that wet look you need for mud

Also finished the base for my field gun last night. Mf is heavy because I don't have any foam so I had to use clay

[midnight locust]

Hm I’ll definitely look into it

That aside.. yeah should’ve done at least the control panel and pilot separately. Gonna be a pain to do now but hey learning experience

[glossy hawk]

Oooh a goff rocker! I haven’t seen one in this channel before

[ivory vortex]

good ol 3d modelers, i already got the new farsight model

[slender ridge]

First time doing a tau model so far i’ve only done necron stuff

These guys are super fun to paint def gonna get that boarding patrol

[final folio]

Would like to see it once printed

[tepid lily]

My millitarum journey begins now 😁

[pastel grotto]

Remember, it only takes 360 guardsmen to stop angron from doing anything for the entire game

[tepid lily]

"Only" 😄

[pastel grotto]

Yes.

[swift valley]

The man, the myth, the corpse

[glossy hawk]

You had a bit of plastic covering his face

[rare hornet]

Thicc thighs save lives

[teal wolf]

These ain't saving shit! 🤣 they look great tho

[rare hornet]

They'll save you from that tank

And thank you!

[pastel grotto]

Gat dam

[heady lotus]

https://youtu.be/0Lzs6J3iy74

https://tenor.com/view/michael-scott-the-office-steve-carell-oh-my-god-its-happening-gif-17270692

[pastel grotto]

https://tenor.com/view/monty-python-im-invincible-black-knight-just-a-flesh-wound-your-arms-off-gif-11996860

[devout lake]

Does anyone have a discord lord? I have a question about the model

[woven verge]

Discordent lord on a hellstalker?

I got one

[lavish crescent]

Ayo, kinda finished my krieg field gun

Just need to add people too it!

[heady lotus]

https://tenor.com/view/warhammer-gif-26209389

[lavish crescent]

Yeahhh boooyyy

[lavish crescent]

What do you think of it though?

[midnight locust]

That's a solid base job my dude

I'm guessing you stacked the wood up and then brought the mud up against the outside

[lavish crescent]

Nope

Mud on base, while still wet i applied the sticks to get an enprint

After I used super glue to put in place

The was is like 90% clay

HEAVY MF

But hey that ain't going anywhere

[midnight locust]

True that

[lavish crescent]

Anything you think I could improve?

Maybe I should dry brush the mud or would that be too much detail on the base and not enough for arty??

[midnight locust]

Maybe a drybrush of a dark wash?

Drybrush* of a dark paint

As for the arty it looks good. Maybe the gunshield could be a color that matches the uniform of the guard?

[lavish crescent]

Maybe??

I tried that with a leman russ and it looked weird so im going for a "logical" look to my stuff

Steel because why tf would you spend time to paint a tank when it's made??

But maybe I should give it a shot on that field gun??

[midnight locust]

Have you considered stippling?

[lavish crescent]

Not yet

Stippling a blue grey onto the shield?

That sounds based tbh

[midnight locust]

Yeah.

[lavish crescent]

Still got another to put together and paint

[midnight locust]

For my cadians I do castellan green with a waaagh green and loren green

[lavish crescent]

Ohhh okay

[midnight locust]

It comes out very smooth and weathered

On vehicles

[lavish crescent]

I do Russ Grey and then just wash my guys

Simple and easy + they don't need highlights due to the QUIANTITY I HAVE

[midnight locust]

True. Horde armies be like that

On a side note I made an oops and didn't paint my sentinel control panel and pilot before putting the cockpit together. Needless to say painting that is going to be a pain

[devout lake]

how did you manage to glue the marine and his reigns on. its so awkward

[midnight locust]

Do you do anything different for your commanders? Like a more snazzy base?

[lavish crescent]

Nahhh

Its krieg