40k-minis-and-armies

[rare hornet]

Ah gotcha makes sense

I wanna get a Malcador for my Iron Warriors

[jaunty trail]

Ah yes ^^

My absolute dream is the Thunderhawk... just for building purposes 😄

[rare hornet]

Fair play that would look awesome

I need to practice using green stuff as I want to make ERA bricks for my IW tanks

[jaunty trail]

Hmmm 🤔

[jaunty trail]

What about such things?:

https://www.greenstuffworld.com/en/silicone-moulds/647-silicone-molds-bricks.html

I think this could help making ERA parts

[rare hornet]

Oooh not a bad shout

[jaunty trail]

😎 i'm glad i could show some possible stuff

with that you could make mass production

[rare hornet]

Absolutely

The only other thing I want to try is rear cage armour

But we’ll worry about that another time

[jaunty trail]

😄

[plush swift]

cope bricks

[plush swift]

why do you want to make cope bricks?

[jaunty trail]

I think of aesthetics reasons?

I don't know if ERA would be useful against laser, plasma, melta weaponry...

[plush swift]

it wouldnt be at all

its explosive reactive armor, it barely works against the weapons they were designed for High Explosive Anti-Tank. Mostly because they do tandem warheads these days

but also because they were always fairly unreliable just like SLAT armor aka cope cages

though cope cages are really stupid and never worked in the first place

[jaunty trail]

🤔 okay but for aesthetics i think it could look cool... i also did some gear additions to my tanks for aesthetics...

[rare hornet]

Aesthetically pleasing

It fits the iron warrior look quite nicely

I think a predator with ERA on the front and a cage around the back could look really good. Throw in some extra details and it could be a very good looking tank for them

[undone notch]

First time I've made a real effort to make an OSL plasma gun. I'm pretty happy with it.
Now just gotta finish the helm and paint a void war base from him.

[near stratus]

Very clean

[jovial siren]

that Tony Starkson?

[midnight locust]

White undercoat?

[undone notch]

No, black undercoat, it's Vallejo dead white with citadel contrast medium, washed onto Baharroth Blue.
Drybrush highlights of Ahriman Blue.

[midnight locust]

Looks good

[sterile grail]

mnhm the white is clean 🤤

[rare hornet]

Blu

[rare hornet]

Do you mind if I ask how you did the blue glow on the barrel? I’m doing a plasma gun soon and I was thinking about doing something like that

[queen monolith]

That bone aquila is Uber clean looking. What paints did you use?

[brazen badger]

For the aquila: reikland fleshshade and serapim sepia (I think that's how you spell it)

[queen monolith]

Reikland? I would've never guessed! I use ushabti bone and sepia wash for mine. The bone is a layer and it's agony to base with it on black.

[undone notch]

If just for the barrels.
Baharroth Blue base in the holes
Vallejo White + Contrast Medium 1:2 into bottom of hole recess.
Baharroth Blue mixed with Ahriman Blue on top of hole recess.
Ahriman Blue around the very edge of the holes (inside).
Stegadon Scale Green on casting around the holes, use like 3-4 very watered down layers.
Stegadon Scale Green + Ahriman Blue 1:1 around the very edge of the holes (outside).

[ivory vortex]

decent print of my coldstar model someone did. even printed the fusion staff

[rare hornet]

So general idea I’m getting is white at the bottom blue at the top, is that a correct assumption?

[undone notch]

Pretty much yeah.
It's called a 'inverted plasma glow'.

[rare hornet]

Cool sweet, thank you

I shall give it a go and see what I get

[teal wolf]

I can't wait till I have a space to paint again X_×

[rare hornet]

Adapt and overcome

Anywhere is a painting station

[teal wolf]

Models would be in danger at my current location

[mental jolt]

^

ah, that's more of an issue :<

[naive umbra]

Apparently people take their minis on airplanes and paint in their seats, I could never haha

[mental jolt]

I'd be too scared my paints would be taken

[teal wolf]

I'd be clutching my case the entire flight

[rare hornet]

On the warhammer grindset

[naive umbra]

I'd lose track of time and be caught out with a messy table right as the meals roll by

[naive umbra]

Assembled my Neroweb System Jammer Pathfinder

[crisp forge]

The lad with the best gun

[jagged sparrow]

AAAAAAA TAU RUN

[mental jolt]

you mean charge, right?

[naive umbra]

Charge is just running forwards

[jagged sparrow]

When my destroyers comes in maybe. When it’s just my warriors and immortals, hell nah

[mental jolt]

just get into melee, tau are supposedly useless in melee

[naive umbra]

My friend plays Necron. One turn he managed to wipe 6 fire warriors with just 3 Warrior models shooting. I was so sad

[jagged sparrow]

I wish. For some reason our bayonets don’t have a weapon profile so we just punch with fists

FOR SOME REASON

[mental jolt]

._.

but what about donning the bayonets? Q_Q

[naive umbra]

True story, my Commander was safer in melee with Warrior blob coz their puny fists can't scratch his suit, while he still gets to shoot in melee

[jagged sparrow]

It’s so wild. Immortals are supposed to be close in strength with a space marine. So why do my fists do jack shit

[naive umbra]

Probably because your gauss weapons are so scary

AP -2 on your basic infantry is no joke

[chilly summit]

To be fair, I'm useless in melee, too. Tau are my spirit animal.

[jagged sparrow]

Combine with my will be done and techno ocular targeting. It can melt people

[slender ridge]

Guys i’m playing my first match next week is this a decent list that won’t get absolutely trashed? We’re playing 1200-1300 points

[brazen badger]

Have 't worked with it before. FYI maybe it looked brighter because of the lighting.

[queen monolith]

Being a layer paint, I wouldn't recommend it unless your model is primed white. Shitty painting experience ngl

[brazen badger]

Fyi this was my second model ever

[queen monolith]

I stuck my Marines to the Pre heresy scheme of the Dreadwing. So some of them having bone colored limbs really fucks with the black base coat.

[naive umbra]

Great work for so early in your career

[brazen badger]

My first

[queen monolith]

Second model? I don't t believe you. That looks like your 5th squad at minimum.

[brazen badger]

I just take my time

[queen monolith]

Too clean and brush control is amazing.

[brazen badger]

And do my homework

[queen monolith]

If that's taking your time, then I must be working with Adderall in my system in comparison. You're damn good at your coatings.

[brazen badger]

I watched A LOT of videos to make sure I made as little mistakes as possible

My green was layered at least 4 times

It's as thrilling as watching grass grow but it gets results

Still no transfers tho

Makes me sad ngl

[queen monolith]

Results is an understatement for this kind of patience. I'm just really impressed with the smoothness of the colors. With a little highlights and shades, those base coats would be godly.

[brazen badger]

I agree, I'm just nervous with the highlights. Also I need to invest into more paints. I'm also considering kitbashing a dark angel captain.

But those fucking inceptors are a pain in the ass ngl

[queen monolith]

I'd recommend kit bashing whatever you can whenever you can. Just don't drain your wallet too much.

[brazen badger]

Not fun at all

Need to do 2 more and never touching those abortions ever again

[queen monolith]

As for highlights, with your brush control it should be a breeze, but I understand what you mean.

It can be nerve wracking to ruin a base with a wrong move.

[brazen badger]

I'm considering dry brushing the highlights. The manual highlight would just take too long and I'm lacking in free time.

[queen monolith]

If you pick your colors well and stick to the visible areas, I'm sure you could finish a model within one or two sits.

My highlights are just one colors that's two shades brighter than the base and nothing else.

It's how I did this predator

As for shade, I used a contrast paint for the red and used it like nuln oil in the recessed.

[brazen badger]

I like it. I impressed you managed to write anything readable on that parchment.

Respect

So wait, what chapter did you pick?

[queen monolith]

Barely. I have heavy hands so I shake when I hold the brush.

My chapter is called the "Umbral Knights". They're DA successors based on the dreadwing. So lots of grav and pre heresy gear. Chapter Master is a Dreadnought I'm currently painting.

A Leviathan named, Enoch.

[brazen badger]

Cool idea for a CM. Is he a redemptor dreadnaught?

[queen monolith]

Leviathan Dreadnought

Big boy

[brazen badger]

Never seen those before

Looks awesome

Arms not done yet?

[queen monolith]

Through sheer willpower inherited from the Lion's Geneseed; he manages to stave off the machine spirit killing him from running the aegis of that machine.

Weapons are sold separately for forge world models

It's like 26 dollars for a single arm

But since they're getting rid of legion specific dreads for the.. lesser looking upgrade plastic kits.. I had to get this guy before they do.

[brazen badger]

Damn, poor wallet

[queen monolith]

I need about 4 more paints before I start on him. If he's gonna be my chapter Master, he HAS to look the part.

[brazen badger]

Since I'm just doing the standard DA chapter, I made it so that they are all 3rd company. Because I was 3rd company when I was in basic.

[stone lily]

A question

[brazen badger]

Ye

[stone lily]

I don’t know a whole lot about minis but how much is it just for one mini and the paint?

[queen monolith]

I'm running on the lore of the six wings of the old legion. (Because let's be honest, dark angels never split their legion to begin with.) So I'm gonna be making some dreadwing specific Termies with Cataphractii.

[queen monolith]

Usually if a model is sold on its own, it's a hero or leader. They're usually same price as a small squad. So for an example, a squad of 10 tactical Marines (old ones) was about 30 bucks, and citadel paint is 5 bucks per tub.

For ultramarines it would be about 75 dollars for paint and the miniatures.

Though you only need to buy the paint once if you take care of it and store it right.

[stone lily]

Thank

[queen monolith]

Best advice I can give: only buy models you think look cool. It's not fun to paint something you don't like to look at.

Never catch me painting eldar or tau.

[queen monolith]

3rd company is the mainline infantry, right?

1st company is the Deathwing. 2nd was the.. uh.. damn I forgot.

[brazen badger]

Also, depending where you are from. You might be able to find stores that sell it for cheaper.@stone lily

[queen monolith]

^^^ always check hobby stores

People usually sell their old models and half of mine are pre-owned.

All good condition

[brazen badger]

No fucking clue. I just thought they were regular company markings.

[brazen badger]

Greenwing then Ravenwing

[queen monolith]

Yeah that makes sense

Even tho it don't make a damn, 2nd company can be their purple destroyers if you wanted

[brazen badger]

Though I don't think those are their companies. Just the three core branches of the chapter.

[queen monolith]

Some of them are derived into companies

But I believe it's the green wing alone that has companies

I'd have to touch up on the lore

[brazen badger]

Lucky me, didn't break the lore too much

[queen monolith]

My army breaks the lore in 4 different ways. But I still find ways to justify it. You can too if you wanna do something different.

[tiny jay]

Are they doing it for the Leviathan too? I thought it was just the Contemptor.

[queen monolith]

Leviathan is inevitably next. GW don't sleep on plastic crack money

[brazen badger]

I like sticking to the lore. Makes things easier.

[queen monolith]

I do too. So now with the lion back I can make their fallen colors justified.

As for my Leviathan Chapter Master.. he deffo should be dead from the machine spirit alone.

[grizzled linden]

Doo doo brain covid

[brazen badger]

It was fate that made me choose the Dark Angels.

I just thought they looked cool. And then I read the lore afterwards and fell in love.

Keep in mind that I was only looking at the combat patrols

And legit nothing else

[queen monolith]

It was the Knight aesthetic for me. I'm a medieval meth head, and froth at the mouth for anything knightly.

I even own my own knight helmet

[brazen badger]

Same here. I didn't even know they were knights either. I just saw the clean, green primaris and chose them.

[brazen badger]

A proper one or a cheap piece of crap?

[queen monolith]

Proper 14 gauge bellows sallet

[queen monolith]

I personally cannot stand the green, and when I saw their pre heresy colors. The steel and black.. god it felt like a crime to turn them green.

Their lore before the lion arrived was dope. Just KGB exterminators.

[tiny jay]

Honestly the one thing thats held me up painting my phobos marines from Moroch has been deciding on either Ultramarines or Salamanders. Ultramarines would be hella fun to convert, adding things in like pelts and kilts. Parma style shields and generally roman-ing them up.

But Salamanders would be simmilarly dope with hides, tools, hammers and weathering them with ash.

Also, got lots of old 'nids I can cut up for bits for Ultramarines.

[queen monolith]

I would recommend salamanders solely on the fact not enough people play them. They're VERY unique aesthetic is always eye catching and the magma lights you can do for bases would be glorious.

[brazen badger]

I too don't get the change since I'm a bigger fan of red on black. But I like this too. And besides, the heresy is history.

[queen monolith]

That and their conversions are easy to replicate with some home materials. Like making crackled salamander coats out of plastic card.

[brazen badger]

True, salamanders are underated

[queen monolith]

Their old dreadnought model was fucking phenomenal. Wish they still sold it.

[tiny jay]

The FW one?

[queen monolith]

Yeah

Ironclad boy

But if you wanna do Ultramarines I wouldn't deny it. If you leaned very high into the roman aesthetic and away from the primaris, you could create a marvelous entourage of crested bastions, tempered gladius', and crested Aquilas.

[tiny jay]

That was kind of the idea, there is a bit of Ultramarines artwork I always loved....

[queen monolith]

Their heresy era Marines were drowned in the roman aesthetics to the point where they barely looked like Marines. It was gorgeous. Wish GW returned to that look.

[queen monolith]

There it is. Good old Mk3 cock flaps.

[tiny jay]

That said, Astartes are way down on my list of armies.

I've got Nid kill team, Moebian 6th to make, Collab with the missus for her Heretical Khornate Sororitas order, I want to do a Chaos Hashut themed Votann too and Got Aeldari corsairs killteam still in box and I kind of want to do a tau or kroot inspired kill team with a Ronin/Kurosawa vibe.

My pile of shame grows weekly as shit arrives XD

[brazen badger]

All I hear is heresy

[tiny jay]

Whole lot of heresy in this household.

[queen monolith]

I want to make a feudal world guard regiment to compliment my Dark Angels

Like proxima auxiliary the chapter uses with their Main Astarte force. Just as ultramar has its own roman-themed regiments.

[brazen badger]

I want to be able to make a diorama or at least get structures that would fit Dark angel temples.

[tiny jay]

I really enjoy kill team, mostly because games are over fairly quickly.

[queen monolith]

Cathedral, rocks, and torture devices. All you need for them.

[burnt epoch]

artist

[queen monolith]

The same artist also drew my pc wallpaper art of a pre heresy dark angel. But I don't know their name unfortunately.

[tiny jay]

Google image search says 'Hammk'

[brazen badger]

Where could I get these things?

[queen monolith]

Plenty of websites that sell terrain and objects for these things. I recommend DND models.

You can also just craft your own cathedral out of foam, Warhammer bits, and plastic.

Plenty of tutorials out there

[tiny jay]

But yeah, when Votann came out I thought they'd look sick basically turned into Duergar from D&D. My thought was their ancestor core has been twisted by chaos and has become Hashut (Chaos Dwarf god from WH Fantasy) and the radiation from their home sector and their diet of farmed fungi and mushrooms has turned their skin dark grey - simmilar to the salamanders. They then strip mine hulks/asteroids/planets without heed for sentient life other than that which can be used for slave labor in their great forges.

There are some good MDF terrain kits, Tabletop Time did a really sick ruined cathedral using them recently.

[queen monolith]

Salamanders are pitch black. Not grey. They're basically living charcoal.

[tiny jay]

Yeah, like I said, going for more Duergar/Grey Dwarf vibe

Meant more simmilar to how Nocturne's radiation has shaped the people of Nocturne

The big appeal with starting with Sororitas and Traitor Guard as our two main armies though was mostly because even if we can't chaos-ify them in rules, the loyalist rules will still be valid. Neither of us care to make the games more than LGS legal.

Though I hope renegades and heretics get their own rules with 10th.

Especially with Darktide and the return of the Fallen.

[tiny jay]

Miniature Scenery are pretty good if you don't mind wooden kits. I splurged and managed to hide this when it arrived from the SO, hopefully I can build it up and give her a custom KT board for her birthday.

https://miniaturescenery.com/index.php?main_page=product_bundles_info&cPath=25&products_id=248

[brazen badger]

Thx for the link man. Looks interesting

[tiny jay]

Planning on doing a resin pour over the interior to have blood flowing from the altar then down over the steps of the cathedral. It'll either go really well or ruin it XD

gonna seal the hell out of the wood though, should hold up.

[steep ether]

Got my knight done. Wanted to showcase the size difference with my other ynnari units

[edgy jackal]

Shiny

[naive umbra]

Those look so sick!

I love the Wraith models of Aeldar especially

[steep ether]

Thanks guys! And yeah, they are very iconic I think

[naive umbra]

I've considered a few times starting a full wraithhost force

It's apparently not that amazing on tabletop, but they looks so cool I don't care haha

[steep ether]

Lighting is not great, but there is my ynnari progress so far. Still need to get the walker done

[naive umbra]

I'd basically go for all of these as a full army build

With some troops of course

Probably just Guardian Defenders

I gotta stop talking about it though, I already have 2 unpainted armies hahaha

[steep ether]

Yeah, I’m trying to go through my pile

Been working on a Moebian 6th inspired traitor guard

[jaunty trail]

This is Ulfyard i dont give a f***son xD🤣

[keen void]

Some lunar auxlia I have been working on

[zenith ether]

what models are those.

[final rune]

So I’ve been considering what chapter of marines to use and I had an idea. I thought of an idea about an army of AU World Eaters that never became traitors. If I were to do this, which chapter codex should I get to make them as similar to the World Eaters as possible?

[plush swift]

that would be custom, so do what ever you want

[grizzled linden]

What ever codex that utilizes nothing more than melee assault and war crimes in the name of the emprah

[lean snow]

My friend... non traitor world eaters.... feels so wrong

[grizzled linden]

Could’ve worked if uh

The emperor wasn’t a bitch

And actually saved angron’s revolution

I’m pretty sure somewhere is like a rendition of what if the sides were switched.

[coarse badger]

Sad that they mostly all died on istvaan

[mental jolt]

The dornian heresy if memory serves

[coarse badger]

There's like

[grizzled linden]

The captioned it as lionel

[coarse badger]

5 crappy alt heresy scenarios

[mystic tundra]

I would say World Eaters still, no?

[mental jolt]

That's the name I've heard at least, haven't looked into it. c:

[coarse badger]

Black Templars? Fists?

There's Dornian, Lion, Roboutian, and I think some more

People aren't particularly original

[mystic tundra]

neither is GW

GW aren't people obviously

[coarse badger]

They're at least forced to because copyright most of the time

[mental jolt]

They're forced to alter things enough to not infringe

[mental jolt]

It's that one regular human

[coarse badger]

Oh man that ahole, screw him

Hate the illuminati

[mystic tundra]

soymarine

[grizzled linden]

Zweihanda powa sword

[mental jolt]

A proper claymore, nice

[mystic tundra]

you son of a bitch he just said what type of sword that is

[grizzled linden]

Does preacher have a power sword aswell that looks like that?

[mystic tundra]

the dark souls fans will have your BLOOD

[grizzled linden]

Not preacher

Uh

Psyker

I forgot what the second part of it is

#psyker-class

Ew

[mental jolt]

Not quite, no

I wish preacher got a power claymore, that'd be dope

[mystic tundra]

now he's gonna keep calling it a claymore just to annoy me

i will not stand for this

[grizzled linden]

Not quite it but it does the job

Wishing there was a class rn that is all purity seals

Just like smack everything you see with a never ending purity seal

[mystic tundra]

speaking of which I should print myself a purity seal

[grizzled linden]

Just need to have incense burning as you use it

[errant fulcrum]

IT ARRIVED WOOO

[mystic tundra]

maybe get some red resin

that would look nice

[grizzled linden]

Grey resin, red, wash.

[mystic tundra]

or better yet print a stamp and actually make it out of wax

[mental jolt]

Just make a big wax seal? You could print the inverse in something heat resistant

[mental jolt]

And no, it's just easier to type claymore than zweihander since my phone doesn't try to correct it away

[grizzled linden]

Everybody gangsta till they start getting letters stamped with the inquisitor logo

Just get that staring at them

Properly washed with a crimson red to emphasis the shape

[mental jolt]

"oh heck, who do I owe money now"

[grizzled linden]

“Penalty is death and planet wide exterminatus?”

[plush swift]

I love this guys lion el heresy stuff

[grizzled linden]

Death guard is best to draw because you can always just replace hands with tentacles

Then only draw that one with variations saying he just likes to switch armor with his fallen brothers

Next thing you know you have to draw him a a tzeench nurgle chaos marine

Then you start drawing him in battle scenarios

Sooner or later he gets the marks of khorne

[mystic tundra]

why is his name Lion The Johnson

i thought it was lionel

[grizzled linden]

Then you take him out of those fights and retire him to a chaos ridden world

And he starts a new life

And gets a wife

And then find an eldar

Sacrifice the eldar

Easy slaanesh mark

[plush swift]

It’s Lion ’El Johnson

[grizzled linden]

Easy way to start the 14th black crusade

[mystic tundra]

yeah Lion The Johnson

[grizzled linden]

It’s Johnson the Rock

[mental jolt]

Why go through the trouble if sacrificing an eldar when you could just, uhm, indulge in excess?

[plush swift]

Or The Lion

[grizzled linden]

You guys got it all wrong

[grizzled linden]

I’m not putting my plague marine through that hell nah

[mental jolt]

Fair enough, gotta have some standards

[grizzled linden]

Decency

[mental jolt]

Plague marine

[grizzled linden]

They’re the happy ones

The ones you know are actually happy

[mental jolt]

I'm not sure decency is an option when your innards become outards

[grizzled linden]

Because of Nurgle’s blessing

[grizzled linden]

They’re probably wise

Just like

Spew out the cosmic horrors beyond your comprehension in one go and in simple terms

Cause you to go insane and become a daemonhost and ship you off to some difficulty one starter mission

And have a boy shoot it a few times

And wipe out a squad because you somehow decided sending a squad of bulwarks

[mental jolt]

Speaking from experience?

[lean snow]

I think Angron was doomed to fall to chaos as soon as he was enslaved on the pit fighter world. No amouny of intervention could erase the damage done to him

[grizzled linden]

I think he should do what he always did with the still loyalist ones and hit him

[lean snow]

I love world eaters but dont like angron very much.

Kharn is my boy

[mental jolt]

Is angron the name brand bloodthirster?

[lean snow]

Angron is primarch of the world eaters

And also the worst primarch and a huge jobber

Meaning he loses almost every fight hes a part of

[mental jolt]

Yeah, but his model looks kinda like the bloodthirster, right?

[lean snow]

Yeah he got turned into a daemon prince during the horus heresy and now lives in the warp

Big red dude with wings a sword and an axe

[mental jolt]

Aight, cool, then I know which one it is

[grizzled linden]

Didn’t he just like get out of it now

He’s just a big red lizard now

[lean snow]

Hes been brought in and out of the warp a few times

Most recently in the lion book which im still reading

[mental jolt]

T-Rex in power armor when?

[grizzled linden]

Angron and a lot of green stuff

[lean snow]

Dinosaur daemons when

[mental jolt]

When gw needs to print money

[lean snow]

Lord invocadus on a triceratops

Hnnngh

[mental jolt]

Stegosaurus siege weapon

[grizzled linden]

GW knowing there are full groups of people who won’t print there own and buy from them

[grizzled linden]

Titan herding dinosaur

[mental jolt]

Guilty as charged (mostly because resin printer in a one bedroom apartment sounds like a terrible idea)

[grizzled linden]

I don’t know how loud they can get

Probably just shove it in a secluded room or something

[mental jolt]

It's not the noise, it's the toxicity + fumes

[lean snow]

I have more money than common sense so I have bought more than I should have from GW

But i also may or may not know a Chinese store that sells quality resin recasts for dirt cheap

And use those for casual games

[mental jolt]

I wish GW could just provide quality minis at affordable prices

[lean snow]

The minis are quite quality. The price is dumb tho

"Haha assemble and paint your own dudes that'll be 70 bucks a box"

[mental jolt]

Their plastic is 10/10 tho for fit and finish

[lean snow]

Ive got so many grey world eaters to paint still

8 bound arent even assembled yet

Kharns done tho

Cant show his backside because discord thinks its a LEWD IMAGE

[final rune]

What

[lean snow]

Anytime I try and post the back of kharn discord gives me a pop up that says "do not post lewd images"

His dump truck is 2 thick

[rare hornet]

Joegryn

[naive umbra]

Too thicc

[keen void]

They are lunar auxlia designed by the evil one you can buy the files to print them

Some 28mm scale titanicus hosted by my local heresy group I took a gore crows warhound and a group of malinax knights

[rare hornet]

Bigtanicus

[brazen badger]

Is that Blood for the Blood God?

[wary trench]

that is an expensive picture

[errant fulcrum]

Finished the deamon prince

Also chosen are pretty tall

[keen void]

It is that. unfortunately not everyone made it so its only a portion of our groups titans

[grizzled jolt]

Yes but I mix it with mephiston red

[tiny jay]

I mean thematically, Fists, Minotaurs and Ultrasmurfs all have that roman vibe. But Blood Angles have the best setup as Loyalist melee focused.

[brazen badger]

Aren't the black templars also melee focused?

[tiny jay]

Ah, true.

I always forget about them.

Could probably reskin the whole crusader squad as a ludus thing.

[slender ridge]

I lost an arm for one of my lych guard so i put the gun arm of a praetorian on him. Can i still use him in the tabletop and just not using it as a weapon?

[tiny jay]

could always use a few spare bits to make the gun look less like a gun.

Even carve some bits of sprue into claws.

But I don't think a LGS game would care.

[slender ridge]

alright thanks

[zenith ether]

only a huge douchbag would complain about that as long as you are clear about the weapon not being on the character's statline.

[errant fulcrum]

Anyone know any good helmets/masks that would fit on my deamon prince model?

I’m trying to go for a fully armored style for my army and want a helmet to cover the deamon princes face but not sure what would work?

[mossy sable]

could green stuff it,

[coarse badger]

Archaon helmet?

[weary nexus]

A late reply. He is being assembled soonish. This month has left me with very little time to make minis.

[left egret]

Yay looking forward to it

[weary nexus]

As am i. He shall be glorious

My kitbashed/converted sorcerer is however done

[slender ridge]

Assembled them all in one day, now i have one week to paint it all for a match i’m gonna play

[tiny jay]

This is pretty dope, is it from a Fantasy/AoS model?

[weary nexus]

Sword hand is from bayard's revenge. Sword is from the new chosen from aos, the other hand is from artel w's definetly not night lords model line

[tiny jay]

Looks sweet.

[wary trench]

imperial knight face plate

[floral wind]

My piss poor excuse WIP Black Templar. Still figuring put plasma and whites correctly but in due time.

Also excuse the rudimentary backdrop it's just an old cardboard box I had lying around for rn

[copper siren]

I believe in doing whites in like 4 ultra thin layers

Just Mega thin

It takes an age

But the effect is smooth enough to get a decal without the need for microset

Which noone in my erae sells

Also hand shaking my paint for an hour

[neat forge]

Some wip and completed as of late

[final folio]

Chapter Master slowly coming along.

[slender ridge]

Guys are necrons a good matchup against death guard?

[mystic tundra]

immovable object vs immovable object

[rare hornet]

Warhammer the tower defence game

[brazen badger]

Tell me more

[brazen badger]

Is that The Rock?

[left egret]

How did you paint the plasma? Pure tesseract glow?

[floral wind]

Based with corax white then layered tesseract about 3 times

I didnt just bucket it on it was layered once it dried

[left egret]

How long do you let each coat dry?

[floral wind]

about 10mins

They weren't overtly thin layers but my brush wasnt dripping wet

[left egret]

You just made me revise my entire 9 model old painting technique... which honestly needed to happen

[floral wind]

aw what was your method? Does my plasma really look that good?

[left egret]

It shines. As for technique I used fewer coats and should have let it dry for longer

[floral wind]

Oh does yours look more matte or dimmer in comparison?

[left egret]

This is how my plasma looks like

[floral wind]

Thats still good looking. Perhaps edge highlight with white along the top of the coils to give it a glow effect?

[left egret]

Yeah that might work. Means I need to buy white

[floral wind]

Vallejo do a nice white although any white will do tbh

Like i used corax white as its the only white i own rn

For reference this is the final touches I did on the plasma. Its by no means perfect but also running some very thinned white at the bottom of the coils helps it give a more glowing affect

The power vents were just pure tesseract tho as I cba to fill them white and then do them lol

[left egret]

I'll try it with my next plasma gunner

[pastel grotto]

Check out my new 40k army

[floral wind]

https://tenor.com/view/skaven-dance-warhammer-fantasy-dancing-skaven-ratman-dance-gif-19349860

[rustic portal]

Finally all finished

[final folio]

He's a golden boy

[errant fulcrum]

Finished building the chosen

[brazen badger]

Is he a custom character or?

[final folio]

Oh yeah, he's my chapter master

Proxy for Helbrecht rules wise. Since I use BT rules.

But Mexica based chapter.

[brazen badger]

He's mexican?

[tawny topaz]

What’d you do with cawl’s face

It’s nonexistent

[rustic portal]

In the photo doesn't appear, but i painted while mounting him

[pastel grotto]

"By holy Sigmar, look! A vermintide 2!"

[flint hatch]

New to the discord but have been painting and playing the table top game for a while

Pain. Guess I cant link pictures.

okay, worked the second time

[south ocean]

I rate this paintwork 5/5

6/5 if the snow looks less creamy and more white irl

[flint hatch]

Yeah, I am just a bad photographer lol

[south ocean]

na colour correction is just automatic function, happens to the best

also discord desaturates shit all the time

ye that's pretty damn epic bro

I like the little guys that have mixed shiny and matte objects

[flint hatch]

Thanks homie. I have been so focused on army painting that getting to do a character was a great break.

[hoary ermine]

I split an ironcrawler door at the centre so i can turn it into a troop transport

Bonus cat pic

[mossy kindle]

Marnael Calgras (👀) of the First

[queen monolith]

Is that a kit bash?

[errant fulcrum]

Finished building the ogroids

[neat forge]

just an old school metal capt

[pastel grotto]

GREG

https://tenor.com/view/warhammer40k-the-bosnian-knight-bosnia-knight-gif-27282235

[rare hornet]

You cannot suppress the power of Bosnia

[brazen badger]

Srebrenica

[brazen badger]

Taste the rainbow HERETIC!!!!

[brazen badger]

Without a doubt, I think I know what models he used.

[queen monolith]

GREG THE GAY KNIGHT!!

[queen monolith]

I wanna know, it looks super dope

[brazen badger]

Deathwing terminator for spear, DA veteran squad for helmet (I think), That also looks to be gravis armor it could be a primaris captain. The jetpack idk.

That is all I could tell from that angle.

[glacial olive]

Boo.

[final rune]

Making a Dark Angels army after settling for them. Here’s the Sergeant.

I am aware he looks like shit. I’m trying my best

[plush swift]

What paints are you using? Looks like it could be Testors or something.

Your coats don't look exceptionally thick or anything, maybe your tools are part of the problem

[simple thorn]

He looks a helluvalot better than my first goons

[final rune]

Not the stuff GW used

That’s for sure

Got this shit at Mikes

This stuff

[mystic tundra]

looks like a fine basecoat, on the armor at least. try doing some washing or panel lining

then some drybrushing to add some wear or dirt

[river rose]

Working on a Fallen army currently, here's two of my wayward sons. Someone's gotta stand up to this Lion fellow, eh?(Hoods sculpted in milliput)

[edgy jackal]

pretty neat hoods

[final rune]

What we’re those words and what do they mean?

[grizzled jolt]

Chimera (Wip)

[edgy jackal]

It's citadel's terms for certain stages of painting (panel lining is a separate term though)
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/06/28/citadel-colour-just-what-is-battle-ready/

panel lining: https://www.gunpla101.com/panel-lining-for-gunpla-101/

[dark violet]

Behold the fabulous sister

[brazen badger]

That thing makes me MutaHard.

[floral wind]

I'm practising my brush control as I don't really do the "eavy metal" style of edge highlighting or black armour at all. So far I'm happy with it so far as there's always room for improvement

[hoary locust]

Looks really good

How'd you do the base?

[mossy sable]

Green plasma kinda hit different, in a good way

[floral wind]

The base isn't of my own creation it's from the Blood Angels hero range I've just painted him to be a BT

[upbeat carbon]

Inquisitor (left) and Rogue Trader (right) power couple conversion complete!

Now to just wait for 10th 😅

[edgy jackal]

There isn't a kill team ruleset for an inquisition warband, is there?

Besides taking one of the guard ones and saying "counts as"?

[rapid lake]

Sorry for the bad angle. Tiktok limitations. An army I am rebuilding for the 3rd time and trying to get done before 10th is released and probably wont get done in time like usual. https://www.tiktok.com/@virtuallyidiotic/video/7222480866377846059?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7147519486719215146

[upbeat carbon]

Sadly the case

[coarse badger]

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/02/13/imperial-agents-datasheet-inquisitors-and-assassins-join-the-battle-against-the-arks-of-omen/
Not the exact thing but this is the closest for now

Maybe they'll get expanded to kill team, eventualyl

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/04/03/the-final-two-boarding-patrol-boxes-prepare-for-breach-leagues-of-votann-and-imperial-agents/

You also have their boarding patrol

[rapid lake]

Inquisition has been neglected for a while now. Ever since SoB and GK got their own codex, Inquisition just been sort of sidelined as supplementary items. Not something you can build an army around and even what is in the game 40k right now, they are not really worth taking outside of fluff. It is disappointing not seeing a Killteam of an Inquisitorial retinue yet either. It is something you would think would fit well into the whole killteam theme. Hopefully that will change. I really do miss the Inquisition and do think they need some better loving.

Does anyone know what they plan to reveal on the 1st of May for Killteam?

[coarse badger]

Not a clue

It might actually be an Agents kill team

Since they've gotten a boarding patrol along with some free rules for TTop

[glacial olive]

Have some raptor bois. Need some highlights and touch ups.

[edgy jackal]

I was just thinking that considering darktide is a thing, an inquisition kill team would be perfect to make. Would pair nicely with the chaos guard one.

[brisk vapor]

hell yeah

[pastel grotto]

THE OLD DAEMON PRINCE

https://tenor.com/view/the-return-of-the-king-lord-of-the-rings-ro-tk-title-card-gif-22191928

[jaunty trail]

First steps on my leagues of rage aka angry votann....

[slender ridge]

My necron army so far. Want to finish it by saturday dunno if thats gonna work

[plush swift]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who paints the head and limbs separately
I'll never understand how people who glue it all together before painting get to the areas behind the arms or the guns without mucking it up

[zenith ether]

you paint those bits first.

[rare hornet]

Well that was painful

[golden night]

surprisingly good results for such a small piece

[grizzled jolt]

Update on my Militarum Auxilla army.

[cursive gyro]

I should post my whole "Mad Mork" crew at some point

[final rune]

Cool! What chapter is that? Doesn’t look like Ultramarines.

[devout lake]

Hard to tell in the picture, but he's crimsion fist

[final rune]

Cool!

Underrated chapter tbh

[brazen badger]

The best advice any of us can give you is to go do your homework.

Do research, choose paints wisely, observe painting techniques, and watch a shit ton of youtube videos of people painting their models. There are a good amount of dark angel tutorials to follow. So do that before you mess up any of your models.

Best of luck to you man. I hope to see you improve!

[exotic karma]

Been working on my pre heresy stuff as of late

[pine yacht]

Love that grimdark!

[final rune]

Wow! I did none of that

Seeing how I barely had any idea what I was doing I’m surprised they didn’t come out worse

Good on me

[brazen badger]

How old are you? Just curious.

[stuck sonnet]

Current WIP \o/

[simple thorn]

DE-SPAAAAAAAIR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UomCUo7vX7Y

[final rune]

Question: since I’m working with Dark Angels, if I get Termies, do I have to use the Deathwing models or can I use any I just gotta paint them up like Deathwing

[simple thorn]

Yes.

[final rune]

Comprehensible, thank you

Serious answers now?

Or does that mean I can use both?

[simple thorn]

It means you can do both

[zenith ether]

there's nothing on the deathwing models you need to represent on the tabletop you won't find on the average termie.

[marble sorrel]

Thinking about how this knight would rip a chaos knight apart then just go over the intercom “yasss queen, slay!” Has me cackling

[marble sorrel]

What’d you do to kitbash that orgryn holding the las cannon, I really like that

[sudden notch]

I got my novitiate killteam ready

[agile seal]

I Present: The lord of Baal himself, Sanguinius, Sire of the blood angels.

This has been a long project, and I've learned a lot, still not quite finished yet, But until I get his scenic base there's not much I want to touch.

In the meantime enjoy my new favorite model, and a black rock that took an amount of time I don't wish to share.

[grizzled jolt]

I can make a video trying to explain it if you want too hard to explain through words.

Or: I basically just chopped off the main body of the ripper gun and then filed down the laz cannon until it fit. Then I use green stuff for the body so I can position the arms in a way I want.

[marble sorrel]

Very nice. Doesn’t seem too complex honestly I should be able to replicate it. Thanks

[grizzled jolt]

Oh yeah not hard at all I'm just too dumb to explain it properly lmao

[marble sorrel]

[heady lotus]

Kitbashed some recon marines because I didn't want more forge world resin in my life

[brazen silo]

Nurgle needs some warcrys ong i cant just ring bells every time i go to spread his gifts

[mental jolt]

"accept nurgles blessing"
"Embrace the grandfather"

[dark violet]

"For Grandaddy Nurgle"

[native sluice]

“For peepum!”

[final rune]

Oh ok thanks

[frozen basalt]

Ready for the slaughter

[slate pond]

I know this is going back a few days but I'd avoid doing this if at all possible - because the metal plating is what's holding the actual magnet together so you really want it to be as intact as possible. Like the inside of a neodymium magnet is basically compressed and heated powder, they can shatter quite easily.
Use a little dab of super glue, or contact adhesive works really well because there's some flex to it

Green stuff will hold a magnet in place nicely too, make sure it's all pressed up right against the magnet and the suction will hold it in and it's got some flex to it as well

Oh also the magnet will rust if you sand off the coating, also not good

[midnight locust]

Idk if I wanna work on my next LRBT, my RGBT, my commissar, or finish my Cadia stands box by working on the two FOBs

[lavish crescent]

Work on all of it!

[midnight locust]

Inevitably yes, but what first…

[naive umbra]

Fair enough. Never done it myself, just seen people recommend it. Haven't found it necessary myself but I drill a size smaller than the magnet and slowly twist it up to size for a really snug fit

[lavish crescent]

Whats the oldest thing?

[midnight locust]

The FOBs

[naive umbra]

Slowly getting through my Pathfinder unit assembly. This is the communications specialist.

[naive umbra]

So winged tyrant is known as Flyrant. Are we calling this a Frime?

[glossy hawk]

SEEEVEEEN

[pastel grotto]

DEATH

[pastel grotto]

No this guy's name is Bruce, decreed by the Tyranid discord

[grand fjord]

https://gleam.io/SNH5y/summer-space-marine-giveaway

[plush swift]

Wip

[crude solstice]

is it time to try this?

[floral wind]

Here it is, my first completed Black Templar. I could go further with more highlights and touch-up but im satisfied with this finished result. I hope to paint more in the future along with many more projects in mind

I will at some point apply transfers for him when I get them hence the lack of markings

[midnight locust]

I need to stop being lazy and cut the rest of my unused bits off the sprues, bag them, label them, and go from there

[edgy jackal]

I must say, for certain parts I regret cutting them off the sprue. At least on the sprue you can see what part number they are, and look up which part they're supposed to connect to.

[teal wolf]

Time to be sneaky again

[midnight locust]

I was thinking just assembling them all into bits

[hasty halo]

My little McFarlane collection 🙂

[plush swift]

I love the Tyranid Flime

[slate hill]

I must ask, would anyone here be interested in the Warmaster Titan I am building? Or heck any other 3D printed miniature or titan?

Mainly the Warmaster since i am moving to a smaller apartment and it doesn't have space for it

DM me if interested, international shipping can really gut you

[queen monolith]

And so the great work begins

[rare hornet]

Shiny

[queen monolith]

[devout lake]

Did you just prime it?

[midnight locust]

So I attempted to magnetize the Leman Russ turret for the executioner plasma, the demolisher cannon, and the rotary cannon. All magnets are flush with the plastic.

However, I get three different results despite this. I’m trying to figure out what I did wrong and if there’s any chance to fix it

So any idea where I went wrong? I think the Gatling cannon is good but the other two are off

[cursive vector]

Whats the issue?

If the magnets are flush, thats all you can do

GW kits were not built for magnetization, so “Good enough” will often have to do

[floral wind]

Might it be a manufacturing fault? I doubt it but all possibilities and what not

[midnight locust]

Maybe I can green stuff the other two turrets idk

[cursive vector]

that or milliput

[midnight locust]

Milliput?

[floral wind]

Its like a putty. An alternative to greensstuff

[midnight locust]

I gotcha. Alright good to know

[edgy jackal]

Here's a chart comparing greenstuff to other putties, milliput being one of them. They have different physical properties before and after curing

[midnight locust]

Thanks for the extensive list

[edgy jackal]

It's straight from greenstuffworld, they sell some pretty neat stuff

[midnight locust]

That’s good to know. I’m just glad that I at least have the basic magnetizing down and it’s not something fundamental

[midnight locust]

Any superglue you’d suggest for the magnet? The stuff I have is more liquid than gel

[final folio]

Super fun to paint.

[tiny jay]

Milliput is much finer than GS, so is good for fine detail and its easier to sand back later if need be.

I mostly use GS if I need something to deform less easily as I put it in place. Great for stuff like chainmail, tubes etc.

[plush swift]

doesnt list any of the primary non hobby brands such as apoxie sculpt which are the same thing but way cheaper.... wow

GJ GSW

Really good about making a good list there

[edgy jackal]

It lists greenstuff, which is a common point of reference, milliput, which is the point of discussion, and some other products that GSW sells, so it serves well enough for the purposes of clarifying what milliput is to someone unfamiliar with it, and is certainly more than what I've seen on other hobby websites. It's not a comprehensive breakdown of the market of 2 part epoxies, and it doesn't need to be.

[plush swift]

Yeah but there are so many more wonderful epoxies that just wreck greenstuff and miliput as a whole

[rapid willow]

Whats a good paint stripper for my minis? I wanna redo some of my earlier models

[edgy jackal]

Some people swear by simple green, or dettol products. Would not recommend isopropyl alcohol, since although it strips the paint, it also ruins the plastic underneath, so that it falls apart after X amount of years (not personal experience, deferring to @plush swift on this one).

Also depends on where you are, certain brand names people use are harder to come by in certain countries

[plush swift]

LA's totally awesome

[rapid willow]

Don't suppose they sell that at Tesco's huh

35 quid for a bottle?

I can buy new models for that much

Nvm found cheaper, is this a soak or a scrubbing kinda stripper?

And any alternatives for UK cuz Google ain't showing no local stores that sell them

[cedar relic]

Adeptus Arbites Killteam

[sudden notch]

Damn i want that box so bad but its not available anywhere

And im still waiting that votann beastmen box

[edgy jackal]

There is this https://fuze-products.co.uk/guide/stripping-paint-off-miniatures-with-biostrip-20/

Don't know how it affects the long term health of the model. Price for 1L seems alright.

[edgy jackal]

Nice work man

[plush swift]

and then like 60 poxwalkers

[brazen badger]

Did you get the arms yet?

[queen monolith]

Nah, they're still out of my price range

[slate pond]

Biostrip 20 for plastic minis, apparently Wilco paint stripper is the same stuff https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/wilko-all-purpose-paint-varnish-stripper-500ml/p/0299049

It's really good, just leave it in for 20 mins then scrub with a toothbrush

[rapid willow]

Yus noticed, I'll shop about while I'm in town centre

Tyry

[frozen basalt]

A special champion who remembers the old colours of the legion

[jovial siren]

would make the hood grey or something bone colored, would be a cool contrast to the armor

[naive umbra]

Assembled this Blooded Pathfinder. She's really cool, I love the scarring on right side of her face and the bionic right arm

[cedar delta]

Trying out oil washes for the first time. Think it came out p well!

[edgy jackal]

Looks good. How did you apply it? Did you varnish the mini before applying oils?

[rare hornet]

Looking great

[cedar delta]

I did not varnish first in fact! This was a wash I just applied all over the model after the acrylic paint had had a day to dry. Decided to try it out after watching Cult of Paint's video on painting Possessed on youtube. I did some varnish afterwards to bring down the glossiness a bit tho

And I applied it with a brush, I don't have an airbrush

[brazen badger]

What arms do you plan on getting?

[plush swift]

for UK, biostrip is the one you want

[plush swift]

its not, its vastly worse and can melt plastic

[slate pond]

Cheers, that's good to know!

I have proper biostrip and it's awesome

[plush swift]

it feels worse because I paid $80 for one of those bottles to import it because we needed them for testing... it preformed about the same as IPA, so basically not well

[mystic tundra]

Hot tip: don't waste money on an air compressor. Learn to play the bagpipes and hook your airbrush up to them. Sick tunes while you paint

[glossy hawk]

@plush swift how does that LA’s super awesome all purpose cleaner stuff work? like how do you use it?

leave it in there for an hour?

[plush swift]

dont give me video ideas

[mossy sable]

true and real

that's what I do

[plush swift]

overnight generally. I also highly recommend it as an all purpose cleaning, I have a friend who cleans crime scenes and another who is the head of housekeeping at a major hotel chain that all swear by it

(I also turned them on to it)

[glossy hawk]

woah

[plush swift]

shit is actual god tier

[glossy hawk]

so does this affect the glue holding the mini together at all?

@plush swift

[plush swift]

not in my experience

[glossy hawk]

awesome

[jaunty trail]

First try on a Votann energy axe... still not sure if this looks ok

[edgy jackal]

Looks pretty ok for a first try

[jaunty trail]

Never did those effects like this before...

[brazen badger]

Not bad at all. You'll get better with practice like everyone else.

[jaunty trail]

a little part done for upcoming assembling xD

[glacial olive]

Have a healthy dose of raptors.

[queen monolith]

The grav cannon demolisher arm and the melee claw arm. They'd look best on this guy.

Sorry for late response, I passed out

[rare hornet]

Carapace progress

[brazen badger]

NP, been working on another inceptor

I swear I fucking hate this model

Drying the stand like a caveman

[queen monolith]

Yeah I have the same model

Unfortunately my fugly plastic stands broke so I had to improvise with my guya

[brazen badger]

keep talking

https://tenor.com/view/stare-angry-mad-black-snake-moan-samuel-l-jackson-gif-17424729

[queen monolith]

I'll show instead

Blasted three stumps

Next to glaciers

[brazen badger]

https://tenor.com/view/american-psycho-patrick-bateman-sweating-sweat-sweaty-gif-21722513

[queen monolith]

I got these fellas in the know no fear box, and I can tell after seeing your models. Guns looks so much better on yours.

To make the stumps I literally just used an oversized bush trimmer to hack up a sturdy stick

Then peeled back the top to give the impression they're blasting it apart with the jets

[unborn pebble]

Deamon prince Iron Warrior of Tzeentch

[brazen badger]

do you have a magnifying glass with LED lights for your table? It's why I'm able to get the details. I can't imagine working without it.

It's a cheap one too

[queen monolith]

I work on a newspaper at the end of a dining table

I use the sun as a light

When it's gone I just improvise

[edgy jackal]

There are always smaller magnifying glasses with holder clips

Like this: https://www.muco.nl/de-werkplek-hulpmiddelen/145685-derde-hand-met-vergrootglas-410329203160.html

[brazen badger]

you have to invest, or Enoch will not look as good as he should

Mine cost around 30 euros or something

It's a must, believe me

[brazen badger]

wouldn't recommend that one, it's too small and it's used mostly for welding

Get something that can be adjusted more

[queen monolith]

Most likely. But I still have to invest in his arms first. Otherwise he won't be completed.

[mental jolt]

If you still have good eyesight you're probably fine with a good light source. A cheap armature and a cold lamp (~6k Kelvin if memory serves, good cri) will serve you just fine. Two if you're fancy and want to eliminate shadows.

The sun is an excellent, albeit time gated source of light as well.

[brazen badger]

most peoples eyesight is worse than they realise

that's a fact

[mental jolt]

True, though I sadly know just how bad mine are due to checkups for glasses.

[queen monolith]

Im painting on black primer in deep detailed areas

I only get about 5 hours of good sun before I have to stop painting

[brazen badger]

for better or for worse, I have astigmatism

take that as you will

@queen monolith how long does 1 model take you?

roughly ofc

[queen monolith]

I usually batch paint my models, but for my normal dreadnought it took me about 9 hours in a single day

This is a black reach dread tho so its lower quality to the levi of course

[brazen badger]

I wouldn't batch paint my models. I always give them individual attention

[queen monolith]

Yeah I should, but with my adhd I have issues with having enough motivation to just sit and paint for a long time.

So the few days I can pull myself together for it, I like to go all out

so far, they've turned out not so bad.

Ofc it could be better, but Ill improve with practice

All the progress I've made so far

[brazen badger]

for how long have you been in this hobby

I've started 6 months ago

[queen monolith]

I've been painting since 2019, but due to financial stuff, I only get a new model like twice a year.

So more like 8 months of actual painting

Thats why Enoch remains a cripple

[rare hornet]

Enough progress for one evening

[cursive vector]

Is that a microtitan?

[rare hornet]

Yes it is

[cursive vector]

looks like the warhound?

[rare hornet]

You would be correct

Painting up my legio Mortis army for titanicus

[cursive vector]

they loyalist or traitor?

[rare hornet]

You don’t get more traitor and mortis

They are the baddies when it comes to titans

[cursive vector]

Heretic

[rare hornet]

Mwahahaha

Also they have the best paint scheme

[coarse badger]

What's the name of that one traitor Imperator

[queen monolith]

War Chihuahua

[coarse badger]

The big khornate one

[cursive vector]

me to your grid coordinates

[rare hornet]

I played a game vs friends the other day and my warlord quite literally curbed stomped a knight

[coarse badger]

Interesting portrayal of the destruction of Cadia

[rare hornet]

The only one I know of is the Dies Irae

[coarse badger]

Found him

[rare hornet]

Oh that one

[mystic tundra]

WIP

[lofty bridge]

Eos update

[edgy jackal]

I looked into it and I found something more decent for around 40 euro, a lamp with magnifying glass is cheaper than I expected.

[agile junco]

wip dante

[naive umbra]

Where's all the blood from his recent encounter with Angron?

[grizzled jolt]

Cadian heavy lascannon (WIP)

[brazen badger]

Looking good so far

[grizzled jolt]

Thank yoy

[pastel grotto]

Don't think anyone appreciates that lascannons are just really big lasguns

Like imagine if someone made an AK-47 the size of a tank

Also post those dark angels again mothefucker I was getting to you

[brazen badger]

Another one done...

[pastel grotto]

Yessssss

Byootiful

[brazen badger]

Thank you brother

[sterile grail]

thoughts on the purity seals?

[brazen badger]

Very good

I wish I had steady enough hands for that

[sterile grail]

I learn it by leaning my hand/ finger on anything i find comfortable to get steady hand. Usually painting with finger

[lofty bridge]

The trick is cheating and using a micron pen

That's how I do names and labels lmao

[naive umbra]

Just finished assembling my whole Pathfinder unit from the Kill Team box. They look awesome together!

[brazen badger]

Won't that scrape off the paint?

[lofty bridge]

Not unless you go at it like a barbarian

Otherwise it's a felt tip pen and works a treat

[brazen badger]

Im gonna get one of those. Do you recommend any particular brand?

[brazen badger]

Do you Edge highlight your whole model or only certain parts?

[sterile grail]

i would say all

[brazen badger]

I haven't tried highlighting yet. I'll do it for my captain using the dry brush method.

[sterile grail]

dry brush is definitely faster but less precise and controllable

works really well with edges but i cant do that on flat surfaces

but then i dont think you have to edge highlight everything

[brazen badger]

GW highlights everything only because it makes them readable from every angle. Since it's their job to sell it.

My intention isn't to go crazy. But to make precise dry brush strokes over specific raised areas.

[sterile grail]

thoughts on the right knee?

i tried using tape for it

[brazen badger]

The results are good. What model is that anyway?

Amd what happened to the boots? Are they scraped on purpose.

[sterile grail]

oh yeah I scraped them by accident, still nice natural effects though

[sterile grail]

infiltrators from combat patrol box

[brazen badger]

I really like those models. Shame they don't fit my army.

[sterile grail]

I noticed some detail difference* from the official figure compared to the retail ones

once i looked closer i realized GW figures has slightly better details maybe im nitpicky haha

[edgy jackal]

Not to be pedantic, but do you mean the model's left knee? In which case I say the tape masking worked well.

[brazen badger]

Which details specifically. I noticed some things too but I can't put my finger on what exactly?

[sterile grail]

Retail variant is flat, make it so much harder for me to "edge highlight" on the right knee.

I know the guy in the pic is a medic variant, the sprue in the box have the same flat knee, im just showing two photos because im too lazy to take everything out

[brazen badger]

Huh, that's a good observation.

I'd really like to hear their reason for this.

[sterile grail]

💰

[brazen badger]

Yeah

Probably

Most likely

Definitely

[sterile grail]

I guess because its mass production, but still i feel decieved 🥲

[brazen badger]

Because you were deceived

[brisk vapor]

is the one you have the old infiltrator kit that came with the start collecting set or the newer multi part kit

[mental jolt]

Shoot them an email and ask, best case it's just an issue with some casts and they'll sort you out.

[sterile grail]

prob not old, the combat patrol is the same picture they show on my box

[brisk vapor]

yeah that's the old kit, but have you checked the legs on the other dudes

[agile junco]

Warhammer 40k featuring Dante from Devil May Cry

[glossy hawk]

looks like the box art

[agile junco]

Thanks! I tried to stay close to the box art as best I can aside from silver wings instead of white bc I cant be bothered

[brazen badger]

Pepa Squig

[plush swift]

you could write the entire epitaph instead of just squiggles. its 100% easy and you can do it without an electron microscope

[brazen badger]

I tried with a very small brush. Made a mess instead.

[plush swift]

use a smaller brush

use an 4000x0

[sterile grail]

have to buy an even smaller brush for that

[brazen badger]

@plush swift I it was any smaller it wouldn't exist

[plush swift]

I actually have one that is so small you cant see the tip easily

[sterile grail]

cant find it on google, is this the size?

[plush swift]

rent an electron microscope and do it, I believe in you

[plush swift]

Oh I was making a joke both times

[brazen badger]

I'll have to think about it

[mossy sable]

I have one next to my left handed smoke shifter

[sterile grail]

ah really thought its a thing

[plush swift]

Technically it can be a thing because brush sizes are not universal so a company could make that and it would just be a normal brush

This is one of the smallest brushes I own

Not the smallest, but damn close

[sterile grail]

my local store dont have alot of those pin point brushes. Even if they do, its too long for me. I prefer shorter ones.

[plush swift]

its not long actually, and no these are artist brushes not hobby ones

superior quality, half the price

that brush is slightly longer than average but its because its designed like a vintage brush

[sterile grail]

oh nah im not talking about your brush, just me trying to get these kinds in general

i needed a brush like that

[mental jolt]

by long do you mean the handle or the bristles?

[sterile grail]

the bristle yeah

[mental jolt]

off the top of my head windsor and newton miniature are shorter, though you don't want a brush that's too small, the paint will dry before you reach the model

look for one with a really good tip on it instead, somewhere in the size 00-2 for very fine detail

(obv other brands exist as well, I just haven't done a lot of research on short bristle brushes)

[sterile grail]

yeah i can have a look at it

a triangle shaped bristle is nice for me

[mental jolt]

if there's an art supply store near you they should be able to help, you're looking for a watercolour or acrylic brush for fine details, preferably with short bristles

and if they can't there's always the internet

[sterile grail]

or discord*

[mental jolt]

brushes aren't usually sold over discord afaik

[muted badge]

Okay, so I'm trying to make a Lego Astra Militarium army. I'm using some knockoffs of unofficial minifig designs by Koruit as the troops, but the part that's tripping me up is how to create the war machines and such, at a size that is fieldable, but not to mention being able to be used as a toy when off the battlefield.

Any suggestions on how to perform that?

[plush swift]

I would highly recommend never using those brushes with acrylic paint. And I mean the company goes out of their way to say do not use these brushes with acrylic paint as the acrylic paint will literally kill them incredibly quickly.

They actually post warning signs about using them with acrylic paint, a lot of this comes from hobbyist like you where they don't understand the logistics of making those brushes and the companies want them to last over a decade because they cannot be easily replaced, If the brush dies within 2 years it is not a good thing to do.

You can find synthetics that are exactly the same thing as well on that size, that work just as well as sables as well

They are called spotter brushes

[plush swift]

Look for spotter brushes

[wild monolith]

Wip - Crimson Fist Tactical Squad (w/ few Meltas)

Spend sum time last night hanging with online friends as I'm working on these bad boys. Grabbing a few layer paints to do sum touch ups on the others later.

[mental jolt]

I have yet to find a synthetic that performs as well as the sable brushes, mine have also lasted quite a few years since I care for them. But yeah, I'm aware they're not intended for acrylics.

(Also the S7 has dipped quite a bit in quality the last decade or so, to the point where I'm actively picking up different brushes just to try and find something else that works sufficiently well.)

[plush swift]

I have a lot, you just pay a lot for them. The cheapest ones I have are robert simmons

[mental jolt]

can't say I've seen that brand (in the EU if that matters)

[plush swift]

It does actually. Have you tried escoda or isabey synths?

[mental jolt]

escoda, they were absolutely terrible

[plush swift]

weird, they have been some of the best I've ever used

[mental jolt]

I even contacted support and got a replacement, that they checked specifically, and I wasn't happy with it (though it was better than the first)

[plush swift]

when did you buy it?

[mental jolt]

years ago at this point

decade+ maybe?

[plush swift]

Ahh, yeah that would say a lot

as of like the last 5 years they've become one of the best makers

[mental jolt]

oh really?

[plush swift]

I need to get some for my home studio later on for testing though

[mental jolt]

I think I have a store locally that stocks them, any particular line of brushes you'd recommend?

[plush swift]

I cant remember the names off hand

I'll grab you a list later if you want

[mental jolt]

please do, like I said, I'd love better brushes

[plush swift]

I'd also check jackson's for simply simmons or robert simmons

[mental jolt]

especially if they're not as expensive as pure kolinsky

[plush swift]

well I mean... the good ones tend to be very close

[mental jolt]

jacksons is uk I think, ordering from there is pain due to taxes + tariffs

[plush swift]

Jacksons is UK

[mental jolt]

I already pay the price for kolinsky, if there's something equal/better then I definitely wanna know about it

[plush swift]

I only check there because it means they might be in the EU

[wise wraith]

why dont people use synthetics?

[mental jolt]

they are unfortunately not, and I hate to say that

[mental jolt]

mostly it's about brush feel, but for most painting it doesn't matter

I use a 1/4" no-name flat synthetic for almost all my basecoating

[plush swift]

because they arent as accurate as sables

[wise wraith]

im too new to actually notice a difference between the 2 i guess

[plush swift]

but mini painters even the good ones, can do the same thing with good synths because they dont need that insane level is accuracy someone like me does on a restoration

[mental jolt]

though it definitely helps

[plush swift]

It can, but its really not required

[mental jolt]

some blending is also weird with synthetics, since they behave differently, but that's also not an impossibility, just different

[wise wraith]

whats a restoration exactly

[plush swift]

plus keep in mind, mini painters also swear by S7 brushes which are bad and then they swear by some hobby company that gets their brushes from RM&Co

[plush swift]

I do art conservation for a living

so I conserve 300yo+ art pieces

[mental jolt]

S7 are bad now, sadly, though I still haven't found something that behaves as well as my old S7

[plush swift]

the old S7s were good

really good

but that was 15+ years ago

[mental jolt]

and it's not even about being able to or not, it just feels comfier, y'know

yeah, I got mine just before they started going bad I think

also found some old ones by chance (still new) five or so years ago, which was lovely

[plush swift]

thats a rarity

I cant find them at all here

But im in the US where sables are illegal

[mental jolt]

yeah, shelf that had been restocked and never completely cleaned out, hella lucky

[plush swift]

I wish I could find that

[mental jolt]

I wouldn't be surprised if that was my one in a million

[plush swift]

yeah probably

[mental jolt]

I found my old escoda synthetic, it's called "versatil"

[wise wraith]

im gonna ask a goofy ahh question bc you 2 were talking about acrylic paints but are the citadel paints acrylic 🗿

[mental jolt]

yes, they are

most hobby paints are acrylic

[wise wraith]

so what are the best brushes for acrylic paint then?

[mental jolt]

whatever gets your paint on the model in a way you enjoy

[plush swift]

if you're new, then what ever that isnt expensive because you'll kill the brush most likely

[wise wraith]

then im glad i picked up the 7 dollar hobby lobby brush set lmaooo

[mental jolt]

the regular hobby brand brushes aren't awful, just pricey for what they are (at least GW brushes over here)

[wise wraith]

gw brushes are so over priced

[mental jolt]

but they work and they're available

[wise wraith]

but thats kinda their thing i guess is marking up stuff

[mental jolt]

and yeah, they are

well, they do charge quite a bit for their products

oh, and I hope I didn't upset you earlier @plush swift , if so I apologise

[plush swift]

Naw. I'm only partially paying attention since I'm dealing with some dumbass in YTer discord I mod for

[mental jolt]

all good then, just wanted to make sure. Hobbies are supposed to be fun after all

[plush swift]

plus its hard to upset me

[plush swift]

Yes they are, I go from painting for a living to painting to relax after all

[sullen creek]

My first Warhammer mini i finished, how did i do?

[brazen badger]

Hell yeah man, just thin your coats and practice applying coats and it will look even cleaner. Also what brushes you using, I can see a lot of brush strokes.

[sullen creek]

I want to get a spray gun eventually so i can apply thinner coats, but i basically did this with some of my diarama stuff and the basic painting kit from Citadel

[brazen badger]

how long have you been painting

[sullen creek]

I used to collect flames of war back in 2014 and then i kinda stopped until last week when i finally decided to splurge and get the admech codex and combat patrol

[brazen badger]

I hope you know that you don't need a spray gun or airbrush to do that. Army painter brushes do just fine

[sullen creek]

Oh yeah i know, im going to be collecting alot of admech so i want it for like the vehicles. Might get a warhound titan to help