40k-minis-and-armies

[pine yacht]

Absolutely vicious dude
Great job

[alpine wyvern]

thanks!

[left egret]

Just as fucking traumatic as the first time I saw the kit bash... on second thought it's even more traumatising in paint.
Good job, love the look, don't come any closer to me with those tentacles.

[plush swift]

https://tenor.com/view/tentacle-futurama-love-fry-gif-19121237

[left egret]

https://tenor.com/view/davonian-trenchers-warhammer40k-iron-warriors-chaos-space-marine-malcador-tank-gif-19456977

[plush swift]

Thou shalt come to the tentacles
Or the tentacles shalt cometh to thy

[left egret]

Daemonic artillery disagrees

[ornate bramble]

Malcador my beloved

What's peoples opinions on White scar primer? I got some to paint my EC marines

I have both chaos black and white scar

[tawny topaz]

I found vallejo rust, I can commit heresy with the way this turns out

[warm topaz]

Working on base

[vast latch]

Looks good

Drippy

[white tangle]

Insane, love the creativity with colour.

[warm dune]

Hu mon faces.

[glossy hawk]

METAAAAAAAAL

[shrewd ocean]

How did you get them so reflective

[dark violet]

Chromebois

[tawny topaz]

Pretty cooool

[warm dune]

super chrome

They are Terminator themed. T1 and T2. Like Skynet machine army.

[shrewd ocean]

Is that a paint? Do you know which brand?

[warm dune]

That is it's name. It's pretty new stuff I think

[grizzled jolt]

Here's what I got going on, I should write a short story on this. The Ogryn, the guardsmen, and the big hat man.

[wary trench]

expand on the story

[grizzled jolt]

Maybe

[tiny jay]

Oof, new Oath of Moment rules looks like it’ll suck for Super Heavies/Titans/Knights.

If your going up against Astartes.

[devout lake]

Is priming yellow a good idea when starting fists?

[tiny jay]

would probably work if your gonna rely on washes for shadows.

But like, you could always prime black and spray on on your Yellow over like, 90% of the mini.

[devout lake]

I was going to prime a Yello dry brush a different shade of yellow, and then wash it with seraphim sepia

Then highlight

But idk I just want to avoid the chalky look as best as I can

[trim hare]

My first 40k mini - Brother Furio from the Space Marine Heroes boxes. Long way to go, but I think it turned out all right!

[glossy hawk]

The background wall paired with the light makes him look like he’s running through firey smoke

accidentally good

Looks good though, thin ur paints
good job

[warm topaz]

More progress, 90% done

[rare hornet]

The flesh is weak

[dark violet]

I love the white gold combo kinda looks like a holy demon or a prime from warframe

[jovial siren]

ye that gold plate coat reminds me of chroma prime or oberon prime

[plush swift]

My brushes are kicking the bucket, anyone know a good set I can order off of Amazon?

[plush swift]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/636463796482736130/1094233742983319663/PXL_20230408_121112409.jpg

Hello there

[sullen stratus]

So I want to begin painting for the first time and I currently only have enamel paint to work which I know isn't the best option but I want to know do you guys have any tips or should I get hold of acrylic when I can

[alpine wyvern]

Id get acrylics. Granted, I've had limited experience with enamel but its a lot tougher to work with. You need to use solvent to thin it down, the drying time is a lot longer, the coverage isn't always as good, it gives off fumes, and finally, you'll need a primer first anyway

[sullen stratus]

Cool just wanted to make sure I do it right the first time

[alpine wyvern]

Yeah, acrylic will be a better time for your first mini for sure.

Especially if youre trying to follow tutorials and techniques that are specific to wargaming minis

[round crystal]

Nom nom

[upbeat carbon]

Rogue Trader conversion from Kasrkin model: I like the Escher Rapier, but I need to get it onto the Kasrkin close combat arm. Just cutting at the wrist won't do as well since it's the wrong sided hand...

It only took...45 minutes...to get rid of the hand in the Escher Rapier

and all done!

[edgy jackal]

neat

[naive umbra]

Nice! I would probably have just made these cuts to glue the blade on since the grips are pretty similar, but respect going all the way for it!

[plush swift]

Any tips on using colors like wraithbone as basecoat?

Since I used it one time and the coverage isn’t great

[upbeat carbon]

Now only missing the head I want from Imperial Navy Breachers.
(Which apparently, the heads from that set is so well designed, can't find many UK sellers on EBay. Which they are well designed, TBH)

Rogue Trader with the Monomolecular Rapier and the Heirloom Pistol

Wearing Stromtrooper/Kasrkin armour, like TTRPG Rogue Trader allows them to.

[brisk vapor]

Starting to feel a bit burnt out with these fellows but getting close to the finish line

[teal wolf]

They look amazing! Keep pushing youre almost there!!

[brisk vapor]

Cheers! 🫡

[white tangle]

Again, insane

[brisk vapor]

appreciate it

[edgy jackal]

Depends on the model. If it's the majority of a model as colour, spray it on (GW sells it as a spray can iirc). Otherwise, multiple thin coats.

[brisk vapor]

also if you're using a brush to apply it, don't apply it straight over black but try to have a lighter colour between the black and the wraithbone. Some grey or warm toned beige for better coverage

[plush swift]

Don't have the ability to get sprays

[plush swift]

So a light grey primer

[brisk vapor]

ye that ought to work

white over black is always a bit tricky

[plush swift]

Since I got an Airbrush to prime, I might just use it to base coat wraith bone

[brisk vapor]

oh yeah an airbrush will make it a lot more easier

[plush swift]

Yea if it works on my test plague marine I would be having an easy time

[grizzled jolt]

Ogg the ogryn, also here is what I did with the fallen Cadian, it's not what I usually do as I think too much gore takes away from models.

And for not spamming reasons the two other models I got done this weekend.

[white tangle]

Wtf, Ogryn can have lascannon looking things! How is that not in the game.

[coral grotto]

First time, painting my cannoness

[plain crag]

That’s a conversion, lascannon ogryn aren’t an official option. A damn good conversion too

[royal thunder]

We might get a gun lugger one day

[grizzled jolt]

They used to many addtions ago. Now its just loreb

[grizzled jolt]

Thank you.

[plain crag]

Oh really that’s cool! I started in 5th, but have tried a game of 2nd with some rulebook pdfs which was a lot of fun.

[upbeat carbon]

Inquisitor/Rogue Trader conversions power couple

and I just realised the Inquisitor (left), at a distant glance

looks a bit like the mace wielding cultistsXD

[sudden notch]

played a kill team couple of days ago

met a guy who had those og old lead models

[upbeat carbon]

nice

[tiny jay]

Some of the old cast metal models are pretty cool.

[tiny jay]

I picked up a Sororitas metal Caoness (could be fake but it has the right marks on the tangs) Didn't come sealed but had the original backing card from the blister pack.

Planning to get it sent off for a commission paint job when I've got some of the army painted. Along side the Made to order Retro Canoness Veridyan.

[pine yacht]

Dude. That looks amazing!

Do you mind telling me how you gave the armour that nice shadowy look?

[tacit badge]

Many thanks! It’s an oil wash. Just Windsor Black oil paint. Super thinned down

[tiny jay]

I do love the look of Gravis armor, though the cowl kind of seems odd since its usually a Librarian thing.

[tacit badge]

Yeah Gravis armour has always been am odd one for me too. I wanna love it and part of me does. But I really just see it as a half replacement to terminator armour (atleast before they announced new ones )

[tiny jay]

Honestly they really just need to make Phobos a replacement for Scout Armor, or Make a version of Phobos thats got smaller shoulder pads or something.

[tiny jay]

I feel like Terminator armor is still its own thing, though I wish they made the models even bigger than they did with the refresh. ( I sort of figure they don't want people to feel like they need to sell old termies)

Gravis as is is neat, I think its a good look for like Devestators and such.

[tacit badge]

Yeah the utter erasure of scouts is a big sad

[tiny jay]

I never liked the OG scouts models.

[tacit badge]

I agree 100% the models suck

But what they are as far as the lore

Is what I meant

[tiny jay]

Yeah, I'm building the Phobos marines up from Moroch as Salamanders 7th company.... I like the idea of like, Wolf Claws, Black Templar Neophytes etc.

The kinds of chapters that have unique stuff for their scouts other than just... Here, take Carapace Armor because your new and do recon till you have more experience.

[floral wind]

Updated some of my models with transfers. First time trying this and I should have done them before the varnish but lesson learnt.

[tiny jay]

Forget all your preconceptions of war, of battle-lines clashing in the churned ground. Your mission is to attack before the foe even realises that the war has begun, to strike hard at those vital weaknesses that all armies possess, but that no commander will admit to. Under my tutelage you will learn how to seek out such fragilities and smite them with every weapon at your disposal. Master these duties and I will have nothing more to teach, and you will truly be a Space Marine.

I like that line and I think it could definitely apply to Reivers and Infiltrators.

But at the same time, a stripped down Phobos pattern armor that has like, no heavy left side shoulder pad and maybe a plain power pack, plain chest piece etc could be a good way to represent scouts.

So that when they become a full battle brother, they're given more pieces to add to their suit of armor, kind of like a Knight getting their spurs.

[tiny jay]

Crisp

Honestly can't tell from the photos.

worst case, some weathering with a sponge could make them blend in more. But it looks like your scheme is fairly clean.

Only one I can sort of tell is the Aquilla on the officer's chest.

But like, even then, just makes it look embossed.

[tacit badge]

Solid idea

[floral wind]

Thank you I appreciate the feedback. I'm still learning and trying new or existing techniques that will make my models seem more alive

[floral wind]

A happy accident lol but yh I may go over that in a light matt varnish but I'm not decided yet

[tiny jay]

Did you use uh... whats the stuff that makes transfers soften...

Micro Sol

[floral wind]

Yes and I have the set version too

[tiny jay]

Yeah.

[floral wind]

Fun fact I had originally painted the officers aquila and shoulder marking in yellow to appear golden but this was ambitious and looked awful lol so I removed and reapplied them

[tiny jay]

Even this, looks kind of cool. Though I'd probably go with power armor legs.

[tacit badge]

Power armour legs on that would be mint

[tiny jay]

I'm eternally glad that mistakes just look like it was meant to be that way when painting chaos.

I'd probably carry on the body glove style texture from the abdomen/stomach along the arms myself, but thats just because I think space marines with bare arms looks stupid.

[floral wind]

Can't go wrong when it's supposed to be

[tacit badge]

Yeah the black carapace pattern on the abs is sick

[tiny jay]

Thats the fibro muscle layer, the Black Carapace is under the skin.

Its like, why marines have ports all over their bodies.

[floral wind]

They're also for 5G

[tiny jay]

XD

[tacit badge]

Some kind of sealed suit would definitely be the play. As much as big guns look sick on Arnold in predator it doesn’t fit a space marine

[tiny jay]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVubdRyU3Mc

I do like the removal of the Primaris distinction in rules, since it seems like the vast majority of chapers are going to eventually cross the rubicon primaris. Which makes it what it really should have been originally, just an explination for a Model upscale and some new wargear designs. (except those orky rocket launchers they did not long ago, they're shit)

Like, any marine thats a firstborn at this point is likely a veteran, so you could argue that a Firstborn Veteran equals or exceeds a Primaris marine in ability.

[tacit badge]

Id agree with that

[tiny jay]

But yeah, they definitely should have made the Terminators even bigger, maybe wider too.

Its still definitely bigger, the Gravis arms just make it look chunkier than it is.

I've always personally felt that Terminator Armor is held back by GW's insistance that like, the Marine's hands are where the terminator's hands are. Feels kind of hard for it to be a walking tank when there is only so much material around their wrists/hands.

So like, I almost feel like the hands and feet should be fly-by-wire to an extent and the heads should be more sunk down like Cataphracti Terminator armor.

[tacit badge]

Thinking of that if there could be some scaled up cataphracti that’d be tight

[tiny jay]

I mean scaling up 3d prints is pretty easy and most Termie ranged weapons are easy enough to clip away from the main arm in Windows 3dmaker or blender.

If you want to keep the vanilla scale.

I should stop talking about marines though, 1 Loyalist kill team is enough for this Heretical household.

[wary trench]

rock and stone

(play votann)

[tiny jay]

Praise Hashut

I have the Votann from Gallowfall

[wary trench]

gallowfall is out??

[tiny jay]

On order

[wary trench]

I just got the combat patrol for the retribution crusade

[tiny jay]

I just gave a bottle of scotch to my buddy from the LGS XD

Best pre-order there is.

But yeah, plans are to Chaos up the Votann and re-fluff them as worshipers of Hashut as a Chaos God (though its their Ancestor Core thats been corrupted by chaos)

I'm a big fan of Duergar in D&D so going for a simmilar vibe.

And I'll turn the beastmen into pestigors as allies for my Moebians.

[tacit badge]

Those new beastmen in gallow just make me sad as a fantasy beastmen player

They look so good

[tiny jay]

I mean, they'd be super easy conversions.

[tacit badge]

But there’s only a few of em

[tiny jay]

10, I think?

[tiny jay]

HAH, managed to find my old Battle for Macragge starter set. And its still got all 5 of the old genestealers in it.

Half way to a 10 genestealer kill team. I mean its got all the old 'gaunts too so I could make one as-is.

I know warriors are better for meta because Synapse and Will of the Hive Mind but all Genestealers just speaks to me.

[tiny jay]

Really wish I'd got the space hulk relaunch though, didn't hear about it when it came out.

[brazen notch]

The size scale of termies they did in Dawn of War 2 was pretty good

like Terminators were huge compared to marines

even the size diff in the Iron Within show was what I assume the size to be like

[tiny jay]

Yeah

[brazen notch]

Im just gonna draw them huge.
And plus, the minis are all in Epic Scaled Proportions or summat

[plush swift]

can't spend all day munching on Guardsmen, here have a side of salad

[pastel grotto]

"Shoot or Run?" - John "Left for dead" two

[plush swift]

shoot while running

[edgy jackal]

ooh, nice use of sphagum moss. How are you going to preserve it/prevent damage to it?

[plush swift]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-i-dont-know-i-didnt-think-id-get-this-far-plankton-spongebob-confused-hd-gif-25660635

it's dried decorative moss that came in a plastic bag, I really don't know how or if it need to be preserved

[edgy jackal]

Oh, I thought you took it from outside. This stuff grows everywhere in a park near me.

[naive umbra]

Tbh plants are a lot more resilient than you'd think. I superglued some conifer branches to some bases like 10+ years ago as a little terrain decor and aside from drying out and going brown, they're relatively unscathed. And this was without coating them with anything.

[edgy jackal]

I meant more the losing colour and accidentaly knocking some off when picking up the model. Then again, I have some moss in a jar (as a reference, kept in the dark), and it hasn't lost it's colour in more than a year

[naive umbra]

"What are you doing?"

"Nothing, just watering my minis"

But yeah, since I started up again with 40k, I've glued some conifer to one of my other bases now, and this time given it a base coat, will paint it green/brown, and varnish and it should last for ages

[simple thorn]

Oh my god it's the Brundelf

[plush swift]

Looks really good, is that carapace a call out to arachnid warriors?

not really

One day I was painting a smaller kitbash, and I thought I'd just add yellow stripes

https://twitter.com/ChtiKenny/status/1447939933923168256?s=20

CKenny (@ChtiKenny)

This is the first model that received the Yellow Racing Stripes
#Tyranids #PaintingWarhammer
#warhammer40k

Twitter · Oct 12, 2021, 2:59 PM

this one

since that day

all my nids got the racing yellow stripes

[scarlet fossil]

Almost done with 2k points

[sudden notch]

how good is noviciate kill team?

[exotic karma]

Took a break here's my first mini back in about 6 months

[wary sonnet]

Looks dope for a Death Guard.

[edgy jackal]

Despite stripes being fairly common in animal life, it's not a feature I see often on modeled creatures. Looks good man.

[rare hornet]

Beautiful

[plush swift]

they're racing stripes, make nids go faster

also, thanks

[rare hornet]

Tonk

[jaunty trail]

Yes but still unfinished

[vital copper]

Great job

[formal lichen]

Admech journey started

[maiden iron]

Still very very WIP

Really happy with how the leather turned out

[tiny jay]

Most people shouldn't have an issue on 32mm bases for genestealers since new genestealers from GSC come on them right?

Managed to score some of the space hulk genestealers and a couple of GS patriarchs to proxy in as leaders. Not sure if I'll try to cram the patriarchs onto 32's or just 40's (won't be using them outside Kill Team unless I build a boarding actions force purely from GS)

[midnight locust]

Bazookashreck

and yes I know it sucks but I did it for the rule of cool

[tiny jay]

I'd be tempted to sand down the shield bit.

and replace the window with some clear plastic.

either that or drill the front to make some bullet impacts.

drill/hot pin

[coarse badger]

Krak launchers look like that anyway don't they

Eitherway big cool

[midnight locust]

Hm I like that idea.

[tiny jay]

Also gonna be dumb but I think I can use an old bit of plastic shaped like an "L" to make one of the Space Hulk 2014 floor bursting Genestealers come out of a wall.

"They're coming outta the goddamn walls!"

I know some people apparently think the SH 2014 genestealer models look weird on tabletop but I don't think every pose needs to make sense in every situation.

Honestly I don't think they're gonna be more egregious than like, Gulliman dragging around that Aquilla head to stand on.

[devout lake]

Do crimson fists even have a trim or is it just a lighter blue?

[midnight locust]

Found this while going through some old childhood stuff

[wary sonnet]

Man, the Pre-heresy Emperor's Children look awesome.

But they turned out the worst.

[wary sonnet]

You know, this kinda reminds me of these miniature trains.

At first glance, at least.

[outer agate]

beautiful purple orcs:)

[plush swift]

Doesn’t suck totally believable

[midnight locust]

Should’ve clarified: using it in the actual board game sucks, the mini itself I’m satisfied with

[plush swift]

Ah well I don’t/can’t actually play anyway

[midnight locust]

That’s fair. Thanks for the compliment

[edgy jackal]

Thanks for reminding me it exists, just downloaded a pdf of it.

[midnight locust]

Considering my buddies and I want to build our own game board this will come in handy

[rare hornet]

I also have tonk

[jaunty trail]

Lookin' good! Mine is not that far tbh... Tracks will be a thing that will be done soon

[rare hornet]

Can’t wait to see it

[jaunty trail]

Will post when done 😉

[rare hornet]

Sweet

[brave harness]

Hey guys, i'm trying to strip some models both 40k and WarMachine that I painted some time ago (my very first time ever getting into the hobby.) They were all painted grotesquely with TEST Enamel paint. I've tried soaking them in Isopropyl (91%) for at least what most people recommend @ 25m to 2hr intervals and then once proven failure after several attempted scrubbings with a toothbrush with no success. I've determined that the alcohol is not going to be good enough but don't know what to use to make the process easier. I'm US so whatever products some of you outside the US use I may not have access to (or maybe expensive). Any suggestions?

[plush swift]

First off never trust any hobbyist about stripping paint, I deal with paint chemistry on a daily basis and this is going to be a multi-part message because the bot keeps deleting all of my messages that have to do it dead space. The majority of hobbyists do not know a single thing about this and will only go off of advice that they've heard from years and years past that are really really bad and have zero to do with how the chemistry of paint works, Most of them don't even realize that the paint that they use can be stripped with baking soda and hot water because of how badly they've damaged the acrylic copolymers in it with how they thin it.

First off two strip acrylic paint you want to use LA's totally awesome, not IPA as IPA will actually cause the bonds of polystyrene to destabilize and it will actually cause them to crack and turn to dust over several years after exposure.

For enamel paint specifically the testors paint, look for mineral spirits at a hardware store. This will generally remove it without that much issue for polystyrene. IPA will not affect it at all, It's Tamiya paint that can sort of be affected by it but it is erroneously called enamel when it is not.

If the models are made out of resin do not bother stripping it unless you know exactly what type of resin it is, for instance GW resin is super porous to the point that most chemicals will cause it to turn into a rubber like material.

If the models are made out of a metal then use acetone, do not use acetone with plastic models no matter what.

Do not use acetone free nail polish remover as this will actually destroy polystyrene

If you want to make a solution yourself you're going to need a bunch of different chemicals including caustic soda and I do not recommend making it yourself.

Also keep in mind that you cannot dump testors paint down the sink, It is a highly toxic pollutant that does kill ecosystems and wildlife and small amounts you need to dispose of it correctly.

This includes after it has dried, a lot of pigments are very toxic for the environment and people do not realize this, just because it won't harm you does not mean it won't kill fish and other aquatic life. Also it wouldn't be the first time I've had to deal with a hobbyist causing someone to almost die from toxic fume inhalation because "It worked for them"

[warm topaz]

He will be finished tomorrow. Finally got my paint for the skin

[tiny jay]

On that note, what’s a good resin base that can be stripped later? If such a thing exists.

[midnight locust]

Posted the bazooka Joe earlier. Here is the team + base complete

[formal lichen]

that looks sweet af

[plush swift]

Most 3d printing resin believe it or not.Most casting resin is very mediocre. I'll probably be doing a long form test on this stuff at some point too as I need to know some things myself

[midnight locust]

Thanks

[brave harness]

So the models i bought are a official plastic kit i bought at a hobby store (i'm quite unsure of what the makeup up the models/sprus are). I haven't seen any damage to the models after some time in the alcohol so I'm assuming it hasn't affected them much. Mineral spirits would probably be my best bet then?

or at least for testing

[tiny jay]

Good to know.

[plush swift]

It has potentially, 30 minutes of soaking will cause them to deteriorate quicker if the IPA penetrated the paint enough. Do not display them where the sun hits at all also. Mineral spirits will work in theory(it will in 95% of cases), I know the testors ELO will strip them and be relatively safe for plastic, but I believe thats mostly mineral spirits(not actually sure as I cant seem to find an MSDS for it, so I have to contact rustoleum{the parent company} later this week) . I know there are a lot of products that will work but there isn't much data on them with polystyrene degradation yet. Currently working on that but I dont have access to the acceleration chamber enough to get the results anytime soon .

[brave harness]

alright well thank you for the tips

i appreciate it ^___^

[plush swift]

No problem. This is like one of the few things I know so I'm always glad to share the information

[zenith ether]

the red for their fists is also used for one kneecap. the rest is just blue with the highlights.

[wild monolith]

Ultramarine - Wip. For a display sample.

[simple thorn]

One chance is all I need

[tiny jay]

This is awesome. Shame it’s a limited edition mini.

[simple thorn]

I got it off of eBay

[tiny jay]

Yeah, might have to do the same.

[tiny jay]

Opinions on Abberants as Tyrannid warrior proxies?

[wary trench]

cool, maybe a little more nidz bits

[tiny jay]

I'll probably add 3rd/4th arms. I've got some spare Mcragge genestealers left over that can be uh... a source of biomass.

[wary trench]

it works, post pictures and ping me when your done!

[tiny jay]

I'll probably be running 10x Genestealers to start with for the kill team. I've picked up 2x Patriarchs on ebay(idk why I got 2, they're just such a dope model) and managed to score 8 of the Space Hulk 2014 Genestealers.

If people are unhappy with my Patriarchs on 40mm bases as Genestealer Leaders I can always use the broodlord from SH on a 32mm

I know the Compendium lists them as 25mm but 25mm is stupid for GS and they come on 32mm in GS Cult boxes.

And I mean, worse case I can just measure them as if they're 25 it isn't hard to make a spare ruler for it.

[tiny jay]

Okay, I think I got it figured out. Abberant Hypermorph as Weaponbeast Warrior, just got to kitbash some bone swords onto its remaining 3 arms, treating the tail as the whip.

Kitbash in a mining laser being used one handed for a heavy gunner in place of a Venom Cannon, boneswords in the remaining to hands (or swap one for a pick)

And another with a heavy stubber in place of a deathspitter or devourer, again with bone swords or picks/mauls.

[midnight locust]

For painting tanks, I’ve heard mixed opinions on leaving the tracks on the sprue to prime/paint. What’s the general consensus here?

[brisk vapor]

depends on the tank I suppose

for landraiders for example it's pretty easy to have them separate but with rhinos I wouldn't bother

[tiny jay]

I’ve only painted two basilisks and I covered them with so much mud that I only bothered to paint the top ends. So probably depends how your gonna finish it.

[midnight locust]

Leman Russ for reference

[brisk vapor]

those are visible all the way around right? I'd probably do them separate so the areas beneath the tracks won't stay unpainted

[midnight locust]

Hmm. Might kitbash the commander to make him more in line with the new kits

[desert wyvern]

I love this so much.

[simple thorn]

Thank ye

[lavish crescent]

Remember to paint the back of the air vents

Other than that, looks perfect bro. How tf did you do the skin??

[wild monolith]

Bugman's glow, reikland flesh, cadian fleshtone, and then kislev flesh. I had a good eyes instead of using magnify glass. As long I have a good lighting.

[wild monolith]

It's still WIP. Once that's done, I'll do the base next

[brisk vapor]

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/04/10/the-hive-mind-finds-clandestine-new-ways-to-eat-its-enemies-with-the-von-ryans-leaper/

these are gooood

[edgy jackal]

Yeah, those lictors look pretty great

[brisk vapor]

seems like they did their homework, this is from the 3rd ed nid codex

[simple thorn]

Wait, Gaunt-Lictors?

or rather, Lictor-Gaunts?

[floral wind]

Finally finished the Command Squad. Here is the standard bearer.

And here is the squad in full. Overall these guys were a fun yet challenging project to undertake. And I'm glad I did, its taught me valuable lessons for future projects and hones in my painting ability. Admittedly I struggled, got frustrated and hurried some aspects during painting (evident (probably) in the flag bearer mostly) so not all of them look the same quality wise. Nonetheless I am proud to call these my own and hope to use them as a jump start to a greater pursuit in the hobby as these are my first fully painted squad

[upbeat carbon]

Agents Boarding Patrol set preorder coming Saturday…can’t wait.

[jaunty trail]

@rare hornet Tonk got tracks and turret gunner

[rare hornet]

excellent

looking good

[jaunty trail]

Thanks but many things are missing

[muted badge]

so i think im gonna try something

im gonna buy a bunch of 40k Guardsman minifigs off of AliExpress

then imma build a variety of (mostly) size accurate vehicles to field them with (also lego)

and try using them in a game

[copper siren]

what are these wings on the CP phobos lt.? a jump pack? surely not?

[floral wind]

Stabilisers?

[brisk vapor]

It's a grav chute if I remember correctly

Enables deep strike

[plush swift]

Can’t wait for an important character to get mauled and turned into a primaris marine

But I am all for it

[plush swift]

and from the 2001 ccg

well 2002 for this card

my 3rd ed Nid codex has a 2003 copyright

[brisk vapor]

codex release was also on 2001, probably same team worked on them both?

[plush swift]

maybe

[jagged sparrow]

Dante remembers

[warm topaz]

DONE FINALY

[midnight locust]

Is it worth magnetizing my first Leman Russ or build it as the standard and work on magnetizing others

[zenith ether]

do you have the magnets already and do you care about the sponsons?

[midnight locust]

Sponsons I’ve heard I can just insert those without magnetizing. I have magnets but they’re 2x1 mm so probably would need bigger ones

[normal patrol]

Goff Rocka finally came in the mail, probably the most fun painting I've ever done.

[lofty bridge]

Decided to paint a blood angle for the hell of it

[rare hornet]

Apothecary ready

[plush swift]

Blue lens

[plush swift]

Lovely miniature, I wish I could churn out more of my minis I feel burnt from my studies

[rare hornet]

Yeah I know what it's like to get burnt out

I've been getting a lot of marines done lately but i've still got the energy to do so

I think it might have something todo with painting being my way to cope with depression? 🙃

[plush swift]

I am burnt not from the minis just in general

[plush swift]

I wanted something to do that I can look at and say I did this and I don’t care how small and silly it is

[rare hornet]

Yeah I get you

[rare hornet]

How do you mean?

[plush swift]

I don’t know make stuff

[rare hornet]

You got any minis to do?

[plush swift]

Yea I have a bunch

I just don’t have time

I do weekends

But these too weeks oof

[tiny jay]

Kind of why I'm focusing hard on conversions atm while I wait for 10th rules to come out.

[rare hornet]

Yeah I mostly have weekends as well, I just enjoy making the most of the time I have to paint

[plush swift]

Might try something

I have 10 space marine tactical squad

I’ll just paint each one a different colour

And test things

[rare hornet]

Not a bad idea

[plush swift]

It’s definitely a fun one

[rare hornet]

Up next on the todo list is my tech marine in gravis armour

[plush swift]

Good luck

[balmy cloud]

Apart from some touch ups I’m done with my first Votann unit.

[tiny jay]

Still not sure what I'm gonna do with my 2nd Patriarch. I don't really want to start a GSC cults army per-se as I'm not big on their other models outside the Abberants and the new bike sniper.

Current theories are to either start a Necromunda GSC gang based around he Water Guild but I don't know anyone who plays Necromunda, or a Water Cartel/Aquatic GSC army.... make the GS kind of cthulu esque.

Main plan was just to build a 10 GS Kill team, I'd probably never run the Gaunts option but the warriors are just 3 extra models and doing them as Abberants works simply enough.

I really hope they update the GS models with this new release though.

While they're not the worst models, the SH Genestealers and the Patriarch make the old models really show their age.

[wary trench]

panel shading plsss

[rare hornet]

I think he looks fine as is

The pictures don’t do a good job of showing the finished result :3

[tiny jay]

Could always do a little edge highlight with some titanium white.

Might make the existing panels look a little darker.

But like, also give it the same effect.

White is hard tho.

[zenith ether]

give it to a gaming friend so they can use it for bitz/basing decoration.

[tiny jay]

I mean, I don't want to get rid of it. Just not sure what to specifically do with it.

[midnight locust]

Any suggestions on brushes that are middle of the pack? Need to get some new ones as mine are starting to get worn out (they’ve served me well and will be shifted to less detailed work)

[brave harness]

I don’t mean to tag or bother you again but the mineral spirits seem to be much more effective on the models I am stripping. However I do have a couple of questions:

1.) While some of the TEST enamel paint is showing signs of stripping, there are some spots where it seems pretty well settled in. I have read that depending on the primer used results will vary. Since you seem more knowledgeable on that is this for the most part true or should I continue to have pro longed periods of bathing for my minis? (Scrub with brush soak scrub with brush soak)

2.) I have read differing results on a product call Citristrip Stripping Gel. Just out of curiosity is the equivalent to the more known bio strip and other like products used to strip minis?

Again thank you for the advice the other night ^__^

[plush swift]

Citristrip can melt polystyrene. This isn't me saying it, this is the company that makes it saying it and they have warned hobbiests about this for years and they argue then blame the company for when it melts their models. It's chemically similar to acetone free plastic glue.

The safest paint stripper I've used for PS is LA's totally awesome, it is like biostrip but massively superior. It can be gotten at dollar general or home depot. It's also one of the best cleaning solutions I've found too.

You will probably have to use a tooth brush to get the rest of the paint off too, generally speaking you'd let it sit in the stripping solution for about 12-24 hours(this 5-30 minute thing is weird because no paint company will ever agree with that number too) . Dont worry about pinging me, as I said I'm always glad to help.

I do not know the prolonged effects of mineral spirits on polystyrene as I have never seen a research paper on it weirdly enough. I assume it isn't great for super prolonged periods because polystyrene is kind of a shitty plastic and reacts to just about everything

[left verge]

Thousand son Ammitara Occult scout progress

[plush swift]

Windsor and newton cottman, Simply simmons, Royal and langnickle, Rosemerry and co. Ignore all hobby branded brushes as most just use Windsor and newton or rosemerry and co as their supplier, with a lot just actually being dropped shipped aliexpress things with maybe some branding at the most.

[devout lake]

New to crimsion fists so tips are appreciated

[plush swift]

Use green to dark down red, not black. Black will make it muddy while small bits of green will give you cleaner darker reds.

[mystic tundra]

been itching to do a moebian 6th killteam, just grabbed some STLs that im gonna start printing tomorrow

[lofty bridge]

Stripping paint is mid, simply prime over it 🥰

[tiny jay]

Stationforge ftw

[tiny jay]

Unless you want to rescue the details covered by thick paint.

[mystic tundra]

You know it

[midnight locust]

When considering Windsor and newton what series would you go for? I’ve heard series 7 but I want to make sure.

[plush swift]

series 7 is garbage and arcylic paints actually destroy sable hair brushes and should never be used for them, there is actually massive 4000+ page journals on this too weirdly enough but people in this hobby tend to deny they do harm a lot. The ones I mentioned are called cottman.

[midnight locust]

Oh right the watercolor brushes

[plush swift]

they are nice for the price, but I still prefer simply simmons, even more so their titanium line

[midnight locust]

Fair enough. If I were to go with cottman, any suggested sizes?

[agile junco]

wip chronomancer

[midnight locust]

So what is it with watercolor style brushes and being decent with acrylics?

[simple thorn]

Oh that is nice

Aside from the staff that thing looks finished already

[agile junco]

actually did finish it a bit earlier

or at least stopped tonight

[naive umbra]

What kind of time frame would you expect a sable brush to be ruined by acrylics given moderate use? If the answer is a few years, then I can understand why nobody gives a shit that they need to throw their sable brushes away since $30 every few years is practically nothing given the expense of this hobby to begin with.

[plush swift]

BEHOLD
my stuff

[simple thorn]

b ö g

[plush swift]

Is not watercolor style it's just materials that get used. There really isn't that much different with modern synthetic brushes between oil, acrylic, and watercolor style.

[plush swift]

About a year or two If you take obsessive care with it, a few days if you're not obsessive about it.

[midnight locust]

Ah. I gotcha. So for regular 40k miniatures what sizes would be recommended? 0 and 1? 000 for really fine detail?

[plush swift]

Here's the problem with that, brush sizes are not universal. They aren't even close when it comes to size, like a 000 can literally be a size 3 on a different brand. And really it's just whatever size you find the most comfortable, I personally use a very specific type of brush for fine detail but I don't recommend it for most people and it's called a spotter, The majority of my work is done with a bright and I do a lot of the weird damage effects of the cat's tongue. Round is not something I use as much as people think that I would.

You can do everything with around though just like you could do everything with a bright or a flat It's just about whether or not you want to put the time and effort into learning that one specific brush to do everything with it or to use every brush and not have to bother with that

[midnight locust]

Makes sense. I just don’t have a store nearby to judge how fine or not that size brush is in person. I’d like to avoid just buying brushes only to find out they’re too big to use for the purposes I have but that might just be unavoidable.

[mental jolt]

Generally size 1 or 2 works for a general purpose brush, though as stated that can vary between brands.

[mental jolt]

Got any idea how well the synthetic sable brushes w&n do would hold up?

[crude solstice]

do GW make only slotta bases now?

[plush swift]

Size 2 can be incredibly huge, like I have one that's a 1" diameter that's a size 2.

[plush swift]

Find an art supply store near you or go to one of the large online ones, it'll give you sizes by mm

[plush swift]

Depends on how well you take care of them

[mental jolt]

is that still an art brush or is it a paintbrush for houses and stuff? x)

[plush swift]

Art. As I said, The sizes are not universal. And this is a brush from one of the larger companies.

[agile junco]

murder buckets and their chronomancer finished

[sweet sinew]

What are the little dudes called, they are very cute

[agile junco]

murder buckets 🙂
jk they're canoptek cryptothralls i believe

[sweet sinew]

Very cool, my intro to 40K was Flayed Necrons, so it’s always a joy seeing new necrons I’ve never seen before

[agile junco]

just wait till you see smth like a skorpekh lord

[sweet sinew]

They look awesome, the C’tan kits I’ve seen look crazy

[agile junco]

the void dragon is pretty good

[mental jolt]

I'm well aware they're not universal, though they're usually somewhat close. I'm just surprised you found a size 2 with a 1" diameter is all.

[naive umbra]

What would actually be the signs that the brush is ruined in that way? I've used sable brushes with acrylic hobby paints and not noticed anything beyond slow general wear. I don't usually take obsessive care with my brushes beyond alternating swirling in water cup then wiping with a tissue until it no longer leaves any colour on the tissue once I've finished my painting for the day. Just curious if I'm missing something.

[left egret]

I should start painting again

[plush swift]

They lose their accuracy, The oils get stripped on them which means that they don't actually hold as much paint, They start losing hairs and losing their tip, They have a lot of other issues as well. And you really need to wash the brush off with brush soap because they are expensive for one but also it's an animal that died to make that brush, take better care of it.

[plush swift]

It's more common than you'd think. When you get into the round territory you have a lot of really different versions of them that they don't immediately tell you and you just have to know when you see them, kind of like a pinstriping brush that gets called a round a lot

[sterile grail]

i need help, i paint my mini sub assembly for details. However I cant glue my minis with plastic cement glue (because its covered with primers and paint. what is the alternative to that? super glue?

[zenith ether]

can you sand the surfaces for the glue clean with an emery board?

also yeah most people use super-glues, there's specific kinds for modeling.

[sterile grail]

its messy if i do that

[sterile grail]

can u recommend which kind?

[zenith ether]

i like zap-a-gap but that's just me

don't buy from citidel, they overcharge the hell out of things like that

[sterile grail]

citadel have super glue? weird

[zenith ether]

it's best to pick it up at your local games or modeling store, they'll have a decent selection and you can ask them for good advice.

[sterile grail]

would u recommend gorrilla gel super glue?

[zenith ether]

some gorilla glue is good, some is too messy. plus it usually has too wide an application.

[sterile grail]

because i want it to set on the piece and then i push the pieces toghether to glue it toghether

like arms and head

[plush swift]

The primer won't affect anything when it comes to plastic glue.

Who ever says it does doesn't understand that acrylic paints are literally plastic and won't stop something designed to melt plastic

[sterile grail]

it doesnt form a strong bond when i tried to glue it

and it melt my paint so i need an alternative

[left egret]

so dis you finish making the eviscerator version of Xarl?

[plush swift]

I do it all the time All you have to do is hold it on for a little bit, The glue doesn't actually cause any problem when it comes to the weld. You should be holding it on anyways. You can just extend the time it takes to fully cure by maybe a minute.

Your alternatives though aren't going to be as helpful as you would think, A super glue is going to cause more issues where it will actually burn the paint, pva is not going to hold If you're planning on using it as a game piece. The type of glue that you would want is not something that you could easily get. You'll need to use strengthened epoxy, which is another mess of a problem using that

[sterile grail]

do you just drip it on the joint and stick them toghether

i have a brush cement so i have to brush the glue while holding the pieces toghether

and then some of them can touch my paint surface melting it

[mystic tundra]

I use regular gorilla super glue for my 3D prints, works pretty well.

Although tbh, this is one reason that sub assembly painting is kind of a pain in the ass

I don't bother with it

[plush swift]

Yes, however you might want to use a slightly thicker glue in this situation

[plush swift]

The issue is that it's painted, the heat created by the CAglue will cause problems for the paint

[sterile grail]

is this an area of effect thing

like melting surround paint

[plush swift]

Kind of, it can start a fire if you're not careful

[mystic tundra]

😳

[sterile grail]

well im out of ideas

[plush swift]

It's unlikely but I have started fires with CA glue on purpose before, it's really not hard to do

[sterile grail]

i just need a good glue (preferably gel) for my sub assemblies

[plush swift]

It can happen accidently, just wait 4-8 months after painting before using CA glue

It cures by reacting with water molecules in the air

[mystic tundra]

It would probably be faster and easier to sand the paint off the joints

[sterile grail]

how is this one

i want a glue that doesnt dry instantly so i can have time adjusting my joints

[plush swift]

I personally just glue it with paint and dont give a fuck but thats me and my level of expertise, plus i'm lazy and stupid

[mystic tundra]

Lol

[plush swift]

thats not a bad one ive heard

[mystic tundra]

Does that work? Paint can hold things like glue?

[sudden notch]

Revells glue is quite decent

[zenith ether]

paint holds onto the plasic alright, so it's fine if you don't expect to bump it a lot. i expect my friends to knock over my minis with whatever dumb crap they're holding so i glue my minis before painting.

[mystic tundra]

god forgive me for what I'm about to do (put way too many minis on this build plate)

[plush swift]

I have it’s good

Just don’t over do it

Less is more

[jaunty trail]

Predator side weaponry... still wip

[plush swift]

well... yes... Do you know what the bind for acrylic paints are made from? It tends to be mixtures of polyvinyl alcohol(and acetate aka wood glue), and polybutyl acetate

[mystic tundra]

yeah, polymers

similar to glue

[plush swift]

yeah its the same polymers used in glue, its just a lower solids count generally

[white tangle]

Wip, first time painting something that isn't a space marine and having so much fun trying new things out.

[mystic tundra]

looks really good man

[plush swift]

iirc is just pure butyl acetate, which is a good plastic glue

[mystic tundra]

would you happen to know what kind of polymer UV resin is made with?

I suppose it would vary from resin to resin

[plush swift]

What did you do for the flesh and bone sprouts?

[edgy jackal]

Can't you cover the joints with a tiny amout of blu/sticky tack before spraying?

[rare hornet]

Needed a break from painting so built the next load of stuff

[edgy jackal]

The arms are stuck with super glue to the metal, 2 sided sticky foam for the bodies (probs could do it with ca glue as well)

First time trying this mind you, haven't done sub assemblies at this level before.

I'll probably have to be really careful when gluing this back together after painting, so that excess glue doesn't spill on to the painted bits.

[midnight locust]

It’s usually not too bad. Had to do it for my Krak Missile team since the launcher was too close to the model. As long as you keep some places unpainted (which you will since you covered spots) you’ll be fine

[edgy jackal]

Yeah, hope so too.

[midnight locust]

Just be relaxed when you set the arm and don’t move it around too much

[mystic tundra]

I got a jar of this Liquitex modeling paste, anyone know if it would be any good for mud?

[twin fable]

Finally got Farstalkers based and ready to prime

[midnight locust]

WiP Russ. Got lots of clean up to do

[mystic tundra]

leman russy 🥵

[white tangle]

Bone sprouts were just accidental. I fucked up on them so they are scuffed but skin is just simple Rakarth flesh with reikland fleshade over it then highlight with rakarth flesh again. Still learning so i didnt do anything special

[dark violet]

the last of the sacresants is done gonna base her shortly

soon my entire own order army is done

[mystic tundra]

Worth popping the minis off to do the base?

[dark violet]

She's not standing too much in the thick

[dark violet]

popping them off? i dont really have much in terms of resources so my basing is just this

[mystic tundra]

I just meant is it worth it to detach the mini from the base to make doing the base easier

[heady lotus]

Some people would probably say yes.... especially with higher detailed bases

[dark violet]

with higher detail yes

[heady lotus]

Or not attach the mini to begin with for a bit.

[dark violet]

if you can assure the spot for the mini is easy to reattach

that is easier

just dont attach it first lol

no need to base already made minis with too much detail

i now have all 5 sacresants done and they look like some elite squad

[mystic tundra]

That's my plan for the future

for now all I'm doing is mud so I don't need too much detail

[dark violet]

superior in the front ofcourse with teh spear rest poleaxes

[plush swift]

Yes, I do. a lot are proprietary blends on different UV reactive resins

[mystic tundra]

gotcha

was just wondering since I hear people say plastic glue won't work with resin

wonder if such a thing will ever be possible in the future

[dark violet]

alright need to decide which ones are next from my sanctorum box

battle sister squad, 4 paragon warsuits and then at the end morvenn vahl

[mystic tundra]

btw I saw your video on thinning paint

[kind oracle]

He wants a hug

[left egret]

An Iron hug?

[zenith ether]

he looks like he wants to borrow money

[naive umbra]

I've heard pink soap is good, would you recommend that or a different brand for sable?

[plush swift]

think of plastic glue as more of a welding thing more than a glue

[plush swift]

I use masters brush soap, I havent tried most brands as the majority tend to be a bit too harsh for the brushes I have

[wintry pilot]

working on a tactical squad

[wary trench]

oh my GOD

that is crisp

[wintry pilot]

the power of redoing the edge highlights 3+ times 😬

[wary trench]

great heavens I saw that and was flabbergasted

[wintry pilot]

thanks!

[wary trench]

you my friend should be eavy metal

[wintry pilot]

side view

[wary trench]

that is spectacular

sensational

[wintry pilot]

takes me like a week to finish one of these bad boys tho

[wary trench]

worth

[final rune]

Could I get a harlequin troupe that looks like the payday gang?

[sterile grail]

let me know how it goes. I prefer sub assembly because i can paint the heard to reach spot and details.

[naive umbra]

You'd probably need to source different masked heads, might be some 3D printing involved.

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/spooky-harlequins-alternative-head-and-jet-canopy-bits

Something like that maybe

[tiny jay]

Payday styled necromunda gang could be pretty cool.

[glossy hawk]

Love me purestrains

I dicked about with the arms on some because I thought it was funny

[tiny jay]

Can't wait for my SH 'stealers to arrive.

[glossy hawk]

That’s the ticket

[tiny jay]

First Patriarch just arrived. (just gonna use it as a GS Leader)

[glossy hawk]

Nice, I’m probably going to do a magus and a patriarch, alternating between the two

I bought a broodlord to proxy as a patriarch since that shit cost money !!!

[tiny jay]

I'll need to strip off some pretty chalky primer but thats not a big deal.

[glossy hawk]

Gonna get the combat patrol box

Get this though

[tiny jay]

Just building these for Kill Team.

[glossy hawk]

YK how you can make half of 3 neophytes in the unit box

like extra ones

without legs

[tiny jay]

And use extra bits from GS?

[glossy hawk]

I’m going to get some mortars from my friend who plays guard and build little mortar dugouts, then put the half-neophyte inside

Gonna be doing a bit of brood brothers

Similar to this except open top due to the mortar

[tiny jay]

I like some of the GSC models. The Sniper on Bike, the Abberants and the Patriarch. Just not sold on GSC as a whole army.

[glossy hawk]

The abominant is my favorite GSC model

Just look at him

he’s like the hulk

[tiny jay]

But since the Wyrmblade kill Team doesn't let you take Genestealers I'm just gonna make a Hive Fleet Compendium KT

Either two fire teams 10x Genestealers total, half with Adrenal Glands or Kitbash 3 Counts-as Warriors out of 2 Aberants and a Hypermorph.

Patriarch as the GS Leader - If someone objects to me taking them on a 40mm base then I'll just swap it out for the Broodlord from SH 2014 on a 32mm base.
I outright refuse to put Genestealers on 25mm bases.

The balance is all wrong and its why plenty of Genestealers on ebay have broken hands.

Tyranids are already part of accepting the commandment of "Thou shalt have but 3mm of base contact at a single point on all models."

[tiny jay]

Gonna kind of do the same thing with the Floor-bursting genestealers from SH, I'll probably put one on the floor but the oher one I want to use 1/2 a Battle for Mcragge easybuild genestealer and glue it sideways onto a scratch built piece of wall. and show the oher half sliding up through a wall cavity, crawling through wiring harnesses and shit.

The SH models fix one of the worst parts about the normal kits, being that they're all just the same.

[edgy jackal]

On these models the arms create most of the hard to reach areas. I'm pretty sure I could build some of the other guard KT members completely, because their pose wouldn't obstruct detail. But I'll post a picture when I paint the first batch.

[dark violet]

Love him

[midnight locust]

Made some touch ups to the Russ

[white tangle]

Hey, I'm scared of blending and glazing. I've tied it once and it went meh. For anyone comfortable with blending/glazing, could you tell me the steps you took to get to that point? I have a sister of battle and a tau that i got from a friend, just for this reason.

[rare hornet]

Ayyyy cousin let’s go bowling

[plush swift]

@marble sorrel
BEHOLD
my stuff

(I worked on the blue gradients)

[marble sorrel]

Some how gets better every time I see it lol nice

[plush swift]

That's the point of keeping working on it

[zenith ether]

good job making that 'nid as eye-searing as possible. they can't see what your plan is if they can't look directly at you without eyestrain!

[plush swift]

Eye earing?

Also for context, I'm colourblind

[edgy jackal]

Looks pretty fine to me.

[jaunty trail]

@rare hornet tank nearly done... weathering and many little details still to do but if needed "battle ready" status... when completely done i will post the result

[rare hornet]

oooo yes, i'm loving the look

[jaunty trail]

Thanks a lot tried my best to give it a good look.. i usually don't work with that much red XD

[rare hornet]

As the templar you really need those extra colours to make things pop

[midnight locust]

I’m guessing add some highlights along his clothing/flak armor/leather?

[jaunty trail]

Yeah i like the dark style with much black and white as also much brass xD

But sometimes a bit red or green is really needed

[rare hornet]

Oh yeah

[jaunty trail]

so now it's about adding some additional working tools, addtitional track parts and weathering, sand etc. to give that tank the last touch of "i'm straight in a battle" look XD

[plush swift]

"that much red"

but tank is looking cool

[jaunty trail]

Really... i never used that much red for a long time... Only red parts on my mini's are mostly the weapon platings...

And thanks... still not done as said but happy about having it mostly painted and assembled...

[plush swift]

It's just that in comparison to my Nid . . .

50% of it is red

[plush swift]

also not sure if it's my colourblind ass not seeing the paint,
but did you forgot to paint "inside" the sponson?

[jaunty trail]

Sponson?

[plush swift]

the side turret

with the lascannon

[jaunty trail]

Painted fully could be the lightinf of the photo that makes it difficult to see

[twin fable]

My local Warhammer store gives out free minis for painting, so I picked one up. This is the final product.

[glossy hawk]

They must be rich LOL

Good job by the way

I like the blue and gold you chose

[twin fable]

Thank you!

And I think it's more so they're either sponsored by or just are a Games Workshop store. But the place is literally just called "Warhammer"

[slender ridge]

Just gotta yeet on some decals and he’ll be done

[jaunty trail]

Very good start, get a feeling for the paint so that the coats of paint are not too thick.. So just try a bit more 😉 the picked colours are nice!

[neat marsh]

If I just dunk a mini into a paint bucket does that count as painting

I’m bad at painting (and not fun for me) and it’s keeping me from starting tabletop

[twin fable]

Yeah, as this is my first painted mini it was a little weird, but a lot of fun. Definitely need to get a little used to painting before I hit my Kinband with the colours.

[slender ridge]

Have you tried slapchop before? Once you get decent at it you can finish a mini in like 10 minutes and it looks fine

[jaunty trail]

You will do this ^^ just collect 1-5 more Minis of the month at your local warhammer store... you will get used to it. Or spend a little money on a seperate squad that you can train on ^^

[neat marsh]

I don’t know what slapchop is

[slender ridge]

You prime your mini black dry brush it with grey then a light drybrush with white and slap on some speedpaints or citadel contrast paints

[twin fable]

I do have a pathfinders kill team, which are a lot less intricate that I can and probably will paint first.

[slender ridge]

And if this is too much work you can also just prime them white then fill it in with contrast paints as they’re very fast and easy to use but that will look kind of very wack

When i did that it looked wack atleast

[jaunty trail]

Sounds good, if you are unsure GW and many other mini painters have some nice painiting tutorials on YT etc. so just look for them or ask here, help will be mostly there if needed ^^

[mystic tundra]

Finally got around to finishing my kriegsmen

[edgy jackal]

Nice man, really captures the trench feel

[mystic tundra]

ty!

[brisk vapor]

And tomorrow to finish off the bases

[wary trench]

that is amazing

teach a fellow sons of horus player?

[mystic tundra]

Any suggestions on how to improve these guys?

I want them to stay very clean and high contrast with black bases

But as they are they do feel kind of unfinished

[wary trench]

have you used any shades yet?

anyway for black armor if u dont wanna edge highlight my ultimate tip is to do a drybrush of grey on the whole thing

[mystic tundra]

Not yet, was thinking about it. I just dont wanna risk making them look dirty

But I probably will at this point

[wary trench]

trust, it wont look dirty

thin it a lil bit

[mystic tundra]

Alright, will do

Gonna have to mix up some wash first

Since I don't actually own any 🤪

[wary trench]

good luck

[mystic tundra]

anyone have a good picture of the scab captain boss?

[zenith ether]

hold on

this do ya well enough?

[mystic tundra]

Yes that should work thank you

Why is there a weird robot in my message

I didn't type that

[wild monolith]

Almost there

[midnight locust]

Gonna have to put off finishing this thing until tomorrow…

[glossy hawk]

No treads….

[glossy hawk]

Utterly stunning job

[brisk vapor]

Correct!

[glossy hawk]

Ya did good

Haul from purchasing guard bits from my friend for 25 bucks

I used it to make a mortar crew for my GSC

By the way, the 3 neophytes I’m using for them were bisected due to not having enough bits for them (there’s enough to make 3 half-neophytes after you make the OG ten from the neophyte squad box)

[glossy hawk]

The reason the middle one has legs is because I found some squatting guardsman legs in there and kitbashed them on

The fortification on the left is made out of pure sprue that I’m going to paint to look like stacked bricks

[turbid brook]

I think I did a good job on the statue portion

[brazen notch]

poor guy, they took his ass

[jovial siren]

looks like you lost track of your work

https://tenor.com/view/csi-yeah-david-caruso-csi-miami-gif-21597107

[simple thorn]

Nice! See you went with the gold halo and fleur as well

[midnight locust]

Aye, don’t want to get the nicely primed and painted tracks all green and khaki’d

Also corax black is a decent highlight for abbadon black isn’t it?

[rare hornet]

Eshin grey also works

Although for tank tread details dry brushing a silver over them works well

[midnight locust]

Eh for tracks I plan on using silver yeah

Also just going to ask, what size drill bit do I need for heavy Bolter barrels

[edgy jackal]

While lots of minis highlight plasma coils with lighter colours on the fins, wouldn't the opposite be more appropriate, seeing as the fins would be the coldest part?

[tiny jay]

Anyone know if there is an Orc Nob mini thats got alot of bared flesh?

[rare hornet]

Off the top of my head not sure, you could maybe try using the muzzle break as a reference?

[tiny jay]

Trawling ebay for a doner mini for one of my Aberants >.>

[midnight locust]

Think it was 2 mm for the muzzle break and ended up with this

[edgy jackal]

I'd say 0.5mm for the pilot hole, then 1mm or 1.5mm for the full hole. If you get a hand drill you often get those sizes in the package.

[rare hornet]

Looks fine honestly

Just cleanup the edges and job done I say

[midnight locust]

Okay. Caught a lot of flak for it so I was trying to understand why

Cause “Delete this” doesn’t really tell me anything

[tiny jay]

A little bit of lard or some other lubricant can help with the drilling too.

Mostly for making the cuts cleaner.

Vaseline works too

Just coat the drill bit with a little.

[midnight locust]

Hmm I’ll remember that for the next one I do. I guess use a hobby knife to clear out the excess?

[rare hornet]

I struggle to see what’s wrong

Just people shouting at other people for trying to do stuff with their plastic toys I suppose

Glad to see that part of the hobby hasn’t changed

You drilled your barrels, and they look good, ‘nuf said

[edgy jackal]

Slighty off center and not a clean hole. But that can be fixed by using a dremel (or similar) tool or drill to first drill a pilot hole, then the true hole. Then you have less chance to offset the hole through the mechanical action of your hand (imo, your milage may vary).

My latest barrels don't look much better, I also need to switch to power tools.

[tiny jay]

Also a center punch (the kind that you press in) can help in putting an indent in place.

[rare hornet]

Alternatively the tip of a crafting knife works for that too

Although it’s a bit less accurate and can be off centred still

Not too much of an issue if you’re doing bullet impacts

[tiny jay]

Yeah, I just like the punch because its quick and easy.

[rare hornet]

Oh yeah, there’s no right way to build and paint minis really

[brisk vapor]

With fringer drills you have slightly better feel on the plastic if you're drilling really neatly so that you can tell if it's about to give out and you can do smaller adjustments more easily

[midnight locust]

See this is the criticism and suggestions I can get behind. Thanks all

[rare hornet]

Just curious where was you getting the responses from originally?

[tiny jay]

Pin drills/finger drills are pretty good though, I don't particularly like the smaller electric drills because they usually don't have good speed control.

So I either use a finger drill or my Dewalt because I can partially press the trigger and it'll rotate super slowly.

[rare hornet]

Yeah, hand tools just feel that little bit more controllable in that regard, but whatever works for you

[midnight locust]

No one here. ‘Nother discord that’s unrelated to 40k but has usually given decent feedback, until the barrel post dropped

[tiny jay]

I mean, I know people who don't drill barrels because they don't have the tools/are afraid of power tools. its fine.

[rare hornet]

Damn, hate when that happens, can be really demotivating. Drilling barrels is something I don’t think I’ll ever do, but I’m happy with that

[midnight locust]

Meh, par for the course. Again thanks for the feedback everyone

[tiny jay]

[rare hornet]

No worries

[tiny jay]

Man, I think bolting a motor into your Squig is about the most Ork thing ever.

[rare hornet]

Vroom

[edgy jackal]

Dieselpunk cyborg

[floral wind]

A WIP. But I am considering stripping this one and starting over as I don't like my directions of how I've gone about it. So far I'm only proud of the helmet.

[exotic karma]

Man transfers make such a difference

[brisk vapor]

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/04/13/vehicles-are-even-tougher-in-the-new-edition-of-warhammer-40000/

tanks are back babyy

[edgy jackal]

Looks interesting, depends on how weapons will be of course. I hope the whole "we gave everyone too much ap-1, so spess mahrines don't feel special, let's do armour of contempt" doesn't repeat.

[brisk vapor]

there will be 'anti-' keywords which will improve effectiveness against certain unit types like vehicles

so the anti vehicle weapons will really be the ones needed for vehicles whilst keeping vehicles as a good defensive choice against other weapons

[midnight locust]

Hm. Wonder how this’ll affect guard. Tanks have always been good

[edgy jackal]

Yeah, I just hope it doesn't turn into "oops, we gave everyone too much anti-_______"

[turbid brook]

Thanks I started with Balthasar gold then dry brushed retributor armor over it then wash with agrax earthshade simple yet effective worn gold look

[winged lava]

I need some help figuring out a chaos battle sister army color scheme

[wild monolith]

My thanks 😊

[jaunty trail]

Cathumans?

Lookin good ^^

[cursive vector]

I’m more worried about our infantry than the tanks tbh

[cursive vector]

Are those the Artel W ones?

[craggy smelt]

felinids aclinary support for vet guard killteam

and yeah

[cursive vector]

I’m torn on doing a Felinid addition to my lists

[craggy smelt]

finally painted them during the pandemic

[craggy smelt]

hella expensive from what i remember

[cursive vector]

I see you opted for the full on cat heads as opposed to the semi-human faces

[craggy smelt]

waited for sale to pick up the captain from treasure planet

[plush swift]

here is a "dimachareon" proxy

[cursive vector]

Its like 50 for 5 from Artel

[plush swift]

just an upscaled homagaunt

[cursive vector]

I hVe that file

[craggy smelt]

looking good for the new nids coming out

[cursive vector]

I like the stripe

[plush swift]

well technically this one use 2 files

[cursive vector]

The hands right?

[plush swift]

yis

[cursive vector]

I thought you may have just kitbashed the arm digitally

[plush swift]

did you saw my kitbash of Tyranid-Rex?

[craggy smelt]

lemme look with discord search

[plush swift]

it's there

[craggy smelt]

ah

danke

[plush swift]

nah, I used the arms from a dima model

[craggy smelt]

well done feathering on the blades

hella poppin

[plush swift]

thanks

[cursive vector]

Shadowsword I printed off a while back, just redid the main cannon’s paintjob because it had chipped pretty badly.

[craggy smelt]

ooo

love the t95 conversion

hella fits

[rare hornet]

I love it

[cursive vector]

3D printed actually

[craggy smelt]

jesus

how to to transport that big boi?

must be like 30kgs

[cursive vector]

He’s hollowed, he goes in the bottom rack of my A case

He is still a chonky boi tho

[craggy smelt]

id imagine, heres hope he gets some heavy use in 10th

[cursive vector]

He’s been appearing in pretty much all of my lists as of late

the shadowsword absolutely slaps

instantly deleted an enemy heavy a turn

[craggy smelt]

a volcano cannon would do that. do your damnest to fit it in under 1000pt games

hecking big flex

[cursive vector]

Under 1000 if I run one, I run the budget plasma varient.

Typically theres not enough ideal targets sub 1k to make it worth running in comparison to infantry spam with leman russ suplimentary fire

[craggy smelt]

to hel with that

big boi and min squads of guardsmen

[coarse badger]

Tutel

https://tenor.com/view/world-of-tanks-tutel-gif-24070195

[jaunty trail]

Lol.... Hetzer gonna hetz

[cursive vector]

Thats not the doom turtle

[coarse badger]

Close enough

https://tenor.com/view/war-thunder-tutel-t95-fly-gif-26208128

[jaunty trail]

as i said: Hetzer gonna hetz... cuz it's a Hetzer tank.. or also called Jg. Pz. 38 (in german)

[cursive vector]

Now thats the doom turtle

[obsidian tapir]

Most recent progress on the final two breacher type marines

[sage matrix]

Loving these models 👌👌👌

[burnt epoch]

How tf do people paint chaos marine trims

[sage matrix]

Trick is paint the trims first

[mental jolt]

That does look like a proud militarum tank alright.

[tiny jay]

Honestly looks fine, you can always shade the lapels and braids darker.

Depends what kind of officers uniform your taking inspiration from though.

[floral wind]

Thank you but its also to do with how unenthusiastic I was doing it to start with. I wanna come back to it with a fresh mind and focus

[floral wind]

I'm going for a mix of Prussian/German and French. The helmet inn particular I based off a prussian officers piklehaube with its golden brims front & rear

[tiny jay]

The scheme kind of reminded me of Brigadier General Loup's Dragoons uniform from the BBC Sharpe Series.

[floral wind]

Ooo that is a nice scheme

[tiny jay]

With the grey and pants and gold trim.

[floral wind]

God I need to rewatch Sharpe

[tiny jay]

'Tis good.

[floral wind]

It does bare a striking resemblelance but the base uniform I was going for WW1 era Prussian grey

[tiny jay]

Prussian colors are good.

[floral wind]

With some of the uniforms having red trim I thought it'd be neat for an officer

Although the Prussian blue is sublime

But I already have similar models in that scheme so i wanted to stay away from it a little

[tiny jay]

If the gold braid feels too yellow, could always desaturate it like the above image if your worried about it standing out too much.

use like, bone/skin tones as highlights.

[mystic tundra]

Scab captain

[floral wind]

Thank you I'll take that on board :3

[tiny jay]

Nice.

Still on the fence if I want to do the power weapons and plasma as chaos red when I do my Moebians.

Already planning to make the Flame trooper's use Green/Tox flame so it matches the glow from the goggles.

[mystic tundra]

ooh, very nice

[floral wind]

What about purple?

[mystic tundra]

I'm just doing my flamer as a regular scab flamer because wan 'em crispy?!?!??!?!?! is too much of a meme with my friends and i

[tiny jay]

"ohh its gonna get hot!"

[floral wind]

https://tenor.com/view/the-mask-smokin-gif-14216700

[tiny jay]

But yeah, I've considered Green, Purple, Loyalist Blue and Red/Orange, still not sure.

[floral wind]

Why not let chance pick it for you? That way you don't have to ponder on which to pick

[tiny jay]

I've got time to think, Paiting up my Genestealers first, when they arrive.

(Because I'm poor and they won't need as many paints)

I've got a scheme for the genestealers I practiced on a Battle for Mcragge Termigaunt and its 90% drybrushing and only uses like 5 colors.

Where for the Moebans I need....

Burnt Umber
Greens in a few shades for Eyes and stuff like Pox Hounds/Plague Ogryn
Rust
A few dark metal greys.
A few shades of my chosen plasma color
Copper
Verdigris
Colors for Fatigues.
Yellow for Hazard Stripes
Browns for Leathers etc.

I don't really want to buy one of the army painter sets and have colors I don't use.

So I'd rather find paint schemes I like online and pick up those colors for now, and maybe try to find higher quality versions of those specific paints.

[final rune]

Got two space marine kits. What chapter do I go for? I’m on the fence between going for Ultramarines or making an alternate reality loyal World Eaters.

[wary trench]

salamanders

gigachapter

[zenith ether]

never go smurf, nobody likes smurfs

[wary trench]

unless you like them

[wary sonnet]

Decent cultist, I suppose.

Useless on tabletop, but decent.

[wary sonnet]

Ave Dominus Nox.

[devout lake]

In midnight clad brother

[wary sonnet]

I wish these horns were bat wings.

[devout lake]

I either gotta get 3d print stuff or wait for gw to restock the forge world heads

[plush swift]

First model I've painted in a long while. Wanna add some weathering and finish the base.

I like the purple armor

is that a specific order of the space nuns or you just wanted to paint it purple?

Thanks!

[plush swift]

Custom.

Still pondering what to field them as.

Leaning into Valorous Heart or Ardent Shroud.

Fluff them up as a Order originating from one of the grand ones. Just don't like doing transfers until I'm 100% happy :3

[plush swift]

I love custom paintjobs

I have a whole army of IG with red and gunmetal as main colors

Only the comissar gets a White cloak

[edgy jackal]

Whatever floats your boat. If I were to collect space marines, I'd go with dark angels (I like the colours and plasma) or blood ravens (cool lore and colours).

[manic shard]

brothers

wake up

[spring arch]

Had a productive morning!
First Incubus done

[slender ridge]

i'm building some crisis suits

and all the videos say you can put three weapons on it

and i get i can get the missiles for the shoulder mount but could i also mount a plasma gun on a shoulder or would that not count on the tabletop

[edgy jackal]

Tabletop is getting new rules in 2 months, for current rules you can check them out online (wahpedia or something like that).

[slender ridge]

oh alright guess i'll just plop those other shoulder thingies on to be safe

[twin fable]

Out of those two options I'd roll with AU World Eaters, but that's just because I find Ultramarines really basic

Which is why my personal favorite chapters are the White Scars, the Carcharodons, and the Salamanders

[slender ridge]

yea i'd do the same tbh everyone and their cat has an ultra marine army

bit basic and boring imo

[naive umbra]

I play T'au. You can put 3 weapons plus 1 wargear on them, unless you use them as a crisis commander, in which case they can have 4 weapons. For placement, it really doesn't matter where you put them on the model. A lot of people build the 4 slots as 2 weapons on arms, then 3rd weapon and wargear on the shoulders. Most people put a missile pod on the shoulder if they're using one, but you could absolutely put one on an arm if you think it looks cooler that way. Hell, I've played around putting a shield generator horizontally on the shoulder flight pod and even that looks cool. For the best customisability, I'd recommend putting 4 magnets on your crisis suits so you can swap loadouts easy and use one of them as a Crisis Commander if you choose at some point.

Here's a better look at where I put the magnets

And an example of a perfectly legal loadout for a crisis suit, even though it's not placed how most people do it

[coarse badger]

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/04/14/old-world-development-diary-on-bases-and-the-barons-of-bretonnia/

[naive umbra]

This is the important part from the codex. Think of it as the suit has 4 slots. 3 slots can be anything from the first dot point. 1 slot can be anything from the 2nd dot point.

Of course the rules might change for 10th edition, but that's even more of a reason to put magnets on, so that you're ready for whatever GW throws at us next edition.

[tiny jay]

I suspect kill team won’t get an immediate update. But yeah, if building for 40k I’d hold off.

[slender ridge]

this is quite cursed

thanks for the info tho really helped me out

[naive umbra]

For the Greater Good

[brisk vapor]

Tartaros squad finished

[copper siren]

thin yer paints

[jaunty trail]

Still wip...

[obsidian tapir]

Got a breacher squad done (except bases) happy with how they came out as I tried a different style

[jaunty trail]

Lookin' good

[obsidian tapir]

Thanks

[queen monolith]

And so. My great work begins on the Leviathan.

[jaunty trail]

Good luck! Show us the results 😉

[queen monolith]

He's going to be the chapter master of my army. Results will take a long time.

[jaunty trail]

Okay for me ^^... as you can see above i'm currently working on a predator tank... i'm making progress but i'm still not done... many details and some weathering etc. are missing... 😄

[queen monolith]

I love the base so far, you did a fantastic job on it. Especially on that marine. My predator lacks most of the details. I got lazy near it's end.

[jaunty trail]

looks very good even if you went "lazy" there was done much work 😎

For my tank is also planned the usage of sand, additional non GW and GW bits to make the tank more "alive" and when i finally will finish it, the predator should look as he is in battle or in movement through a battlezone... sooo muuuch work to do 😄 🤣

[queen monolith]

My "Umbral Knights" are based on a snowy desolate world, so I've gotten myself limited to grey and white bases. I thought about adding mud and stuff to them, but the black coated it a lot and contrast was an issue. I'm planning to try something new with the Levi Dread, but we'll have to see.

[jaunty trail]

I stay tuned for it.. and yeah the black often takes much of mud effects etc. but it's still worth a try for me

This is what i added the evening...

[queen monolith]

I did it to myself. I am a sucker for snowy settings, and my chapter is basically just pre heresy DA.

[lean snow]

Healy boy onna bike

[jaunty trail]

My dad always said "we rise with our challenges" and this is what i try on any mini 😉

[queen monolith]

Your color choices are lovely. Do you use citadel paint for the white?

[jaunty trail]

Citadel air white scar/ and rattlecan white scar

And thanks

[queen monolith]

Ah, thank you. I personally cannot use the whites they produce, they feel horrible. Gonna need valeho for my dread.

[jaunty trail]

Vallejo is a good product line.. my father used those paints for his 1/35 WWII models.

[queen monolith]

Their white paints spread much more nicely and look less chalky than citadel

[queen monolith]

Dope asf biker. I rarely see them with bases, good shit on the texture paint.

[jaunty trail]

Yup... I got the citadel paints back in the day with my Black Templars Combat patrol and yeah i will use it until it's empty before changing xD

[queen monolith]

The only use left I have for my citadel whites was a base for the Ushabti bone colors on my Knight.

[jaunty trail]

Wah this knight looks sick! 😻

[queen monolith]

I read up on knight lore and there was two instances of freeblades pledging themselves to chapters. This one did the same, and exchanged his chains word for a giga power sword.

[jaunty trail]

😄

[lean snow]

Thats sand and craft glue with drybrushing. No texture paint.

[queen monolith]

Really? It looks great.

Damn

[lean snow]

Special sand tho. Like super super fine stuff that model trail builders use for their dioramas

Hobby store guy told me to look to train model fans for inspiration in all things

[jaunty trail]

@lean snow same stuff i use for my minis and tanks 😄

[keen void]

gore crows warhound I have been working on

[wary trench]

you bought a warhound?

[dark violet]

Started my next sister squad here is the superior

[keen void]

aye bud to go with my mechanicum army

[wary trench]

sick

[wary trench]

wow

[tawny topaz]

Anyone want some crab

[dark violet]

gib

[tawny topaz]

It’s been a while frfr

[dark violet]

ima turn it into a sororitas machine

[tawny topaz]

What about some sneaky droids

[tawny topaz]

Only if the omnissiah wills it

[tawny topaz]

Tank has been completed

[wary trench]

took me a sec

admech tank right?

[tawny topaz]

Yea

I’m too sleep deprived to paint the servitor cuz that was suppose to be painted before putting the rest on it

[kind oracle]

WIP Deathwatch Rainbow Warrior 🌈

[wary trench]

what is rainbow warrior

[kind oracle]

@wary trench The Rainbow Warriors were one of the first original space marine chapters in Warhammer 40k during the Rouge Trader era

[wary trench]

hahaha very colorful

[zenith ether]

i feel like the theorhetical crimson fists primarch that would have replaced dorn would kick ass

[lofty bridge]

Dorn goes hard

[keen void]

Chrimson slaughter terminators

[simple thorn]

Thallax Cohort done

Quite like the look of these lads

Especially the plasma

[sand tulip]

me want

[blazing atlas]

Started on my first minis.
Any advice before I apply a shade?

[errant fulcrum]

Got some warriors and ordered the Slaves to darkness army set. It’s all coming together

[errant fulcrum]

Now all I need is archeon

[mossy sable]

they finally have the nice new posed chaos warrior stand alone?

[errant fulcrum]

I mean these models look well posed so ya I would say so

[manic shard]

he is done

[edgy jackal]

Base coat seems alright, can't tell if the paint's too thick, but it doesn't seem to be. No obvious moldlines. Try not to apply too much wash at a time, to prevent pooling.

[wary sonnet]

Now, make his museum.

[glossy hawk]

the dust

🥹

dust your minis please

[glossy hawk]

oh i dig that gun

Looks like a mix of a tommy and PPSH

[midnight locust]

Autoguns are neat

[manic shard]

so far he got one of my cats in his collection

[pastel grotto]

i am going to start collecting skaven because i must

[pastel grotto]

Darktide took away my message AND my appreciation for this legion. cant have shit on discord

[warm dune]

The army grows

[errant fulcrum]

First warrior built

[plush swift]

If I were ever to get into AoS this would be my army

[errant fulcrum]

I highly recommend getting into it. AOS rules so far have been a lot easier to learn then 40K.

[plush swift]

Can’t justify it yet

[errant fulcrum]

fair enough

[plush swift]

I have models to burn through

Then I’ll have a pallet change

[jade swift]

Don't go to hard with it, I know it can be tempting to drench them but go light at first

[jaunty trail]

@rare hornet started with sandworks and details today...