40k-minis-and-armies

[midnight locust]

I’m using the time until 10th edition to mess around with painting schemes and preferences. Like classic vs contrast paints etc

Considering the guard announcement I’ll probably be building more infantry than before

[naive umbra]

I was excited to see which faction will be next after guard, but it still says Guard is next on the website list.

Mainly hoping to see the T'au preview soon, since we're in the roadmap for early 2024 codex along with Dark Angels, Orks, and Custodes.

And I think this was the last faction focus for the 2023 releases

I kinda feel for guard players, since you guys just recently got a 9th codex too, and barely get a year with it before another drop.

[midnight locust]

And we aren’t on the new release map for at least another 9-10 months

Suffice to say the Leman Russ battle cannon loss of AP kinda hurt, which may mean demolisher cannons are back

But again, early preview so we can’t say for sure

[naive umbra]

They seem to so far be skewing away from the "one gun to kill everything" that was prevalent in 9th. So every weapon will have their uses against different targets by the look of it.

[midnight locust]

All the more reason to magnetize every thing

[naive umbra]

Don't even mention magnets to me, I have a pile of like 30 guns waiting to be magnetised for my crisis suits, and it fills me with dread every time I look at it lol

[midnight locust]

Yeah my buddy is building tau and is in pain

I’m just lucky my LRBTs are snug fit for everything but the main gun

[naive umbra]

And silly me wanted to have 4 of each gun for each suit, just in case. So I bought a whole bunch of extra gun bits.

The only ones I don't have are cyclic ion blasters and airbursting fragmentation projectors, since the only way to actually get them is 1 of each in a Commander box, and no serious player is gonna sell those, while everyone is trying to buy more. Sadly looks like 3D prints in resin will have to be my solution for more of those.

GW should really release a sprue with like 10 of each gun on it, would solve so many problems for us and sell like hotcakes

[midnight locust]

Would probably go for every army

Tbh

Extra Russ turrets

[naive umbra]

It's weird because they made those guns an option (and a good one too) for regular crisis suits. But you can't actually get them in the crisis suit box at all. I'm not sure whether other armies have that problem with any of their weapons

[midnight locust]

Closest thing for guard would be if you wanted to build an infantry squad, if you don’t have access to old kits you’re kind of stuck for what certain units can use

[sudden notch]

Or you need to kitbash

A lot

I originqlly wanted guard army with infamtry having the head and torso of skitarii vanguard

But that turned out to be a tad bit overpriced choice

[midnight locust]

And yeah kitbashing heavy weapons teams with shock troops and the boltgun option from the Castellan

[rare hornet]

Warhound progress

[grizzled jolt]

those are sick

[rare hornet]

Thank you :D

[grizzled jolt]

are these the half size ones? i have no idea about titans and such

[rare hornet]

These are for the sub-game Adeptus Titanicus, they are indeed scaled down

for reference, that base there the warhounds sit on is 80mm so about the same size as a 40k redemptor dreadnought base

A scale comparison

[primal summit]

Is it worth getting something like ardcoat or storm shield technical paints. Also I love that warhound 🤟

[cursive gyro]

Those are loyalist Warhounds or chaos Warhounds?

[rare hornet]

That is a traitor warhound

Legio Mortis

[cursive gyro]

Figured

[rare hornet]

They have probably my favourite Titan paint scheme

[hardy arch]

Does anyone wanna sell me an Emperor Class Titan figure for approximately $0?

[rare hornet]

Do they even exist?

I think there may have been an old epic scale one many years back?

[coarse badger]

I've seen some online but there's nothing official I think

We DO have the Warmaster though

Which should be similar in size

[hardy arch]

Man, there so cool. I don’t really want to get into tabletop but I’d definitely want to get one those

[coarse badger]

It's a smaller scale one, and still costs 170 USD

[rare hornet]

Yup

About 10 times cheaper haha

[hardy arch]

Dang that’s actually less than I expected

[errant fulcrum]

Finished the last 2 chosen models.

[hardy arch]

Sick

[plush swift]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1073441615013756950/1105266694823346267/20230508_174249.jpg

[midnight locust]

Anyone source 3rd party mini accessories from march of war before?

[teal wolf]

WIP of a rescue phobos cap.

[errant fulcrum]

WIP deamon prince

[glossy hawk]

Looking sharp

[errant fulcrum]

Same goes for your sentinal. like the orange plasma glow with

[glossy hawk]

it was surprisingly easy to do

a base of white, then a flouresent orange from vallejo, then gryph hound orange contrast

[rare hornet]

Sylvester Stallone as the banner bearer there

[jaunty trail]

Interesting changes....

[rare hornet]

I like it

The boy is so thicc he provides cover

[jaunty trail]

But looses some wounds, gets more toughness and looses some leadership as also an inch movement

[rare hornet]

It’s hard to judge as we won’t know for sure how it plays until 10th itself comes around

[jaunty trail]

I know, but from lookin at the stats now and comparing it is an interesting change... I'm curious how all will come together

[naive umbra]

You also only lose 1 to hit from bracketing instead of 2, which is a pretty substantial change.

[tacit chasm]

https://tenor.com/view/40k-warhammer-gif-20408104

[brazen badger]

Damn that wet palette looks clean.

[sterile grail]

quick question guys does decal solution ruins the miniature paint?

[rare hornet]

I’m not familiar with decal solutions. I know the work with normal water though

[brazen badger]

Same

[sterile grail]

hmnm, @plush swift does microset and microsol damage acrylics when applied to?

[plush swift]

Not really, they are just diluted white vinegar and soap.

[glossy hawk]

it’s not a wet palette

[brazen badger]

I know

[glossy hawk]

i need a drink

[jagged sparrow]

When you accidentally drink out of the paint water mug

[weary nexus]

Wip accursed weapon

[lavish crescent]

Mood

[primal summit]

I’ve nearly done that twice, I use my spare whisky glass as my pot 🤣

[errant fulcrum]

I’ve almost done it so many times I said fuck it and bought the Citadel pot and NGL it’s pretty good

[vale pollen]

My first ever kitbash/model painted, made him my LT and finally figured out decals

[rapid lake]

That looks very well done. The basing is very unique. The choice not to do tradition blue and go with the orange on the plasma was a very wise move because it goes well with the rest of the colour choices. Even the knee cap color choice was excellent. My two suggestions to improve is check out videos on youtube to try out battle scaring for vehicles, expand upon the plasma effect as well as heat wear and tear on the flamer, as well as thinning your paints, and using tools like nail filers for instance to add to battle damaging and give the effect of attempting to remove Imperium symbols.

[glossy hawk]

TYSM, I try to thin my paints but sometimes I forget. Some of the weapons were a hassle because I had touched a few and gotten fingerprints on them when they were still slightly wet. Also, I magnetized them all which I found very fun

@rapid lake Here’s a vid

also featuring a broodlord im proxying as a patriarch

very proud as its my first vehicle

[cursive gyro]

The more I stare at my paint water cup, the harder it gets to not drink it

[tiny jay]

I went the other way, I'm proxying the Patriarch from GSC as my Leader model for an all-Genestealer Kill Team.

Though I do want to add some warriors one day and if I can ever get ahold of the new starter set I'll use the 'Gaunts from that.

[glossy hawk]

aw thats fun

[errant fulcrum]

“Let their suffering feed the dark gods” fully battle ready Slaves to darkness (also sorry for bad lighting in certain pics)

[tiny jay]

I managed to get the models from the Space hulk 2014 box. Though I'll still use the Broodlord from that box if people object to the leader on the bigger base.

[glossy hawk]

i used a 50mm base i had lying around because of rules for the broodlord

snipped him off the weird nidmass

glued him onto some cork and made it look like random rubble

[tiny jay]

Yeah I'm gonna try and use a 40mm. I've got the rest of my 'stealers on 32's

I know they're 25's on paper but they're hella unbalanced on it.

Also the 'stealers in the Deathwatch box and I believe some of the GSC boxes come with 32mm bases instead of 25mm

[glossy hawk]

the 25s suck so hard

@tiny jay

here are my stealers
contrast paint is so fun

a few are shiny because theyre drying from the varnish

[tiny jay]

I do have the stuff from the old Battle for Macragge box if I need some scything talons. Also planning to cut a few up to be the back side of the floor bursting 'stealers from SH

[glossy hawk]

those’re fun

honestly painting the broodlord sucked because the second pair of hands got in the way of the chest so much

[plush swift]

The contrast reds are so nice. Nice 👖stealers

[glossy hawk]

[tiny jay]

I need a few more paints, but I want to go with a more desaturated version of the classic GS, leaning more to purple than pink on the fleshy bits.

Then use cyan accents and maybe some pruple OSL for eyes and the leader/patriarch's head

This guy's scheme was most of the inspiration.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Poo2JAcnr5Y

I also really like the sculpted in smoke plumes on the new Tyrannid feeder beast thing that come from the pipes/vents on it's carapace.

So I want to try and incorporate more of that.

[glossy hawk]

[tiny jay]

Just got a KT for now, but I was hoping to pick up the big nid party box, though it will sold out basically instantly when it comes out.

So hopefully they do a made to order run.

[jagged sparrow]

Everyday I fight to urge to gulp down my paint cup

Everytime I finish painting I look at it and go “how bad would it really be if I drank that”

[plush swift]

the hands are already purple, not pink. More so quinacridone violet based

[grizzled jolt]

Here is my take on 40k's most legendary Ogryn bodyguard Nork Deddog! (I hear her can count to 8).

[tiny jay]

Yeah, I just mean closer to the 2nd image's purple than the first.

[plush swift]

thats closer to lilac than pink

yes, I will be this autistic about colors, this is what my ASD picked as an obsession, I got stuck with colors and not trains

you'll all have to suffer because of it

[tiny jay]

if its the cost of having access to your knowledge base on paints Its worth.

[plush swift]

Glad you agree

[tiny jay]

I freely admit, while I've invested in some student grade paints. I've still picked up a few specific contrast paints and a few citadel colors to try out different effects.

Mostly because I'm not full bottle on mixing specific colors.

especially bright ones.

I can do a good job of mixing my own paints for darker base colors though.

[plush swift]

(i'll make a video on this, it was something I was going to do anyways)

[tiny jay]

I'll watch it when you do.

[plush swift]

its actually not hard, but it requires some understanding of pigments and their properties with light physics

[tiny jay]

Its just not something like, I have the time to sit down and buy a bunch of books and spend days watching videos on. I've got other hobbies that take up plenty of time too.

[plush swift]

it sounds more complex than it is

[tiny jay]

Yeah, its just a balance of how much time I can invest in the Mini painting part of the hobby. Which I sort of consider separate from the converting/building side and the actual gaming side.

[plush swift]

Generally speaking, its not a very long thing to explain

its more so about helping people understand something that exists that they didnt know about

the easiest way to explain is the system you use is CMYK and not RYB

RYB creates muddy/dull colors, while CMYK creates vibrant ones

[tiny jay]

So I've got the 3 aspects of wargaming. Which is also in addition to working on motorcycles (I've got two in pieces and 2 complete I never seem to be done working on) And precision rifle matches, including doing my own load development. And gaming in general.

[plush swift]

I own a motorcycle and I used to do marksman comps myself, so I know the exact struggle

[tiny jay]

So like, while they aren't great paints. I find that stuff like some of the vibrant blues and cyans that Citadel have really make plasma easy for instance.

Yeah, its just a balance. I devote enough time to each that I enjoy them all, none of them have become a chore.

[plush swift]

hobby paints are there for convenience, this is all. learning a new skill isnt something everyone has time for too

they fill a niche hence why they exist

also most professionals use student grade paints anyways, the professional stuff is great but it has a massive learning curve

[tiny jay]

I'd be happy if I can get 2-3 of my main color elements done with quality paints, and use hobby paints for the rest or just little accents.

So like on the 'nids. I'll need the purples and the blue/blacks for most of them. The white for teeth is easy but unless I'm doing something with a large ammount of cyan like this, I'd probably just use hobby paints for the cyan accents.

so just highlighting a genestealer tongue or the 'vents' that 'nids have all over them I can just use some of the hobby paints.

[plush swift]

white, mars black, burnt umber for professional at minimum. cyan is just a mixture of iirc 5 parts white 1 part pb15:3

I dont mix cyan because I use cobalt chromate because I'm insane and use toxic paints

[tiny jay]

Fair XD

I'm not gonna go that far.

[plush swift]

its not like obscenely toxic, just dont lick your brush or airbrush it

[tiny jay]

Not that I don't have a mask, stole a box of filters for my respirator when I got made redundant at the airport. Where we still used to use MEK (methyl ethyl ketone) a bunch.

[plush swift]

its so perfect

cobalt, my beloved

btw golden did a mistake video recently and they had fluid acrylic paint from the 80s showing that it was still useable there, proving that acrylics last for fucking ever on the shelf

[tiny jay]

Just checked, the black I've got is a mars black. I've also got some titanium white, another white thats also student grade... though I can't find that. I just know it wasn't titanium white and it was cheaper so I figured I'd use it for mixing.

[plush swift]

mars black is incredibly useful as its lower tint strength than carbon black AND its transparent

so it makes for way better washes

[tiny jay]

Also got a carmine and a rose, I figured I could use the rose and darken it for the GS - the Reds are mostly for the missus's Chaos Sororitas are gonna be heavy on the reds.

[plush swift]

what brands?

carmine can be anything from a god tier single pigment to a mediocre mix that fades quickly like genuine stuff

pr264 my beloved ❤️

[tiny jay]

All the colors were Golden Acrylics - except the cheaper white, which was Jacksons (name of the shop, idk if its rebranded)

I think atleast, lemme check.

[glossy hawk]

Had to shorten the sentinel’s antenna to fit inside

Probably gonna have to do the same with the other 2 im getting

I just got that display case today

[plush swift]

it would break off anyways

[glossy hawk]

yeaaah

flimsy

here it is btw

my first vehicle ever

i know, thin your paints and all that
i tend to forget

[tiny jay]

Actually I was wrong, the Reds were Both Amsterdam

The Ti White and Black were Golden, the other white was Jacksons.

Amsterdam Carmine and Quinacridone Rose.

idk if there are any brands to stay away from/favor. I just get everything from my local Jacksons art supply because the parking is better than the big shopping center.

[dark violet]

Looks great love the magnetizing you've done

[plush swift]

Amsterdam is fine, their inks arent terrible. quinacridone rose is a single pigment too, which is big. The carmine is PR122(Quinacridone Magenta), PR112(Naphthol Red AS-D), and PR12(Permanent Bordeaux TRR) so its lightfastness isnt terrible

but it will have that quinacridone weirdness

[rare hornet]

Gonna attempt to try something. I’m making traitor guard and I’m tying to work on a paint scheme for the tanks. My plan is to use mechanicus grey with a fair amount of weathering over the top

Additionally, does anyone know if Zandri dust overalls and dark reaper armour for a guardsman would work?

[slate pond]

Good work mate that's ready for gaming!!!!!!!!

[cursive gyro]

The deep-purple/Brown slurpie becones me

[primal summit]

Pew pew heretic time.

[pastel grotto]

Vergil and Dante if they were imperial guardsmen

https://tenor.com/view/jackpot-devil-may-cry-gun-dante-pose-gif-14329655

[primal summit]

Haha I never noticed that 🤣

[brazen badger]

DaVinki?

[midnight locust]

What’s a better contrast paint for lamenters, Iyanden yellow or Imperial Fist?

[tender ocean]

Big character boy

[brazen badger]

As far as I know, lamenters have a slightly darker shade of yellow.

Or a bit more pale

[brazen badger]

Looks clean, what chapter is that? Salamanders?

[floral wind]

My second Trench Runner

[brazen badger]

Nice, but where is the trench walker?

[sterile grail]

hes a trench corpse now

[brazen badger]

Amd where is this trench corpse?????hmmmmm

And the trench crawler??

[floral wind]

What about the Trench stalker?

[rare hornet]

But what about the trench?

[floral wind]

Its there. Somwhere

[teal wolf]

It's always with you. In your heart

[rare hornet]

I guess the true victory was the trenches we made along the way

[brazen badger]

And the time we spent digging latrine pits with our bayonets!

[maiden iron]

Still WIP

[celest zealot]

idk if this is the place for this BUT i have a buncha horus heresy stuff im tryna sell/trade for sigmar gloomspite gitz stuff, it's 50 mkvi marines with bolters, a rhino, a praetor w/ power axe, and contemptor dreadnought with autocannons, it's all stripped and ready for a coat of primer, and the rhino/5 of the marines are still on sprue :) dm me if youd like it

[lucid compass]

guys can i ask some advice here about painting?

[sudden notch]

of course

[grizzled jolt]

Yes.

[lucid compass]

okay, so ill be painting with some acrylic paint, how should i clean the brush (between switching colours or the end of the process) with alcohol or with water? I havent used any paint and brush since elememtary school.

[jaunty trail]

@plush swift do you have any specialist advise?

[rare hornet]

Definitely between colours always, additionally it’s worth just dipping the brush in water ever now and then to keep the paint thin and prevent it from clumping up

[lucid compass]

oki

so alcohol for cleaning and water for thinning

[plush swift]

dont use alcohol on your brushes, it has a habit of destroying the glue in them

the glue in most cheap brushes is PVA glue which is chemically similar to paint binder

Use water for cleaning, get some brush soap. The best normal people can get is called "the masters"

the best professionals can get is called dirty dog, and by professional I mean conservation/restoration

we have access to a lot of materials that even higher end artists dont

[lucid compass]

ohhh okay

i will juat ask in the shop where i brought the paints

[chilly summit]

I've found that it's fine to just rinse the brush off with water between paints. I keep a paper towel handy so I can get any excess paint/water off. If I'm done painting for more than 15mins, I'll clean the brush with "the masters" brush cleaner that was recommended before. It can be found on amazon for $4-$10.

The only thing I've heard alcohol being useful for in this hobby is stripping paint off old minis.

[lucid compass]

(im not painting minis, but a cospay)

[rare hornet]

Painting a big

[chilly summit]

The canvas doesn't matter if it's still acrylic paint. It'd be different if you were using enamel or lacquer paints.

[plush swift]

acrylic paints are acrylic paints, doesnt matter too much

[plush swift]

it has a lot of other uses too actually

[chilly summit]

Got a list of 3 to start me off?

[lucid compass]

ill be the upscaled mini :D

[plush swift]

outside of things from my field like pH control and anti-microbial? Speed drying times, special effects, thinning specific paints like tamiya

inside? recatalyze, pH control, cleaning

[chilly summit]

Speed drying and special effects sound interesting but do the Tamiya acrylic paints need an alcohol thinner? Thought it'd just be their enamel and lacquer paints.

[plush swift]

their normal paints are alcohol based acrylic paints

[chilly summit]

Huh, neat.

[plush swift]

I have the ingredient sheet someone, its like 3% pigment and 90% alcohol and water

if the paint claims 30% pigment, then its a lie or a bad paint when it comes to acrylics btw

[rare hornet]

Biggie

[lucid compass]

xD

thx for the advices

[cursive gyro]

Hello in there

[mental jolt]

Alcohol is also useful for some basing applications, you can pre-wet something with alcohol, then carefully apply a mixture of PVA glue and water and it'll flow over the area and make a thin and very solid layer. Works on things like static grass as well iirc, I mostly use it for sealing bark, dirt, sand etc without losing texture.

[rare hornet]

Alcohol is also incredibly useful for when the painting goes horribly wrong and you need a break

[mental jolt]

Wrong type, I wouldn't drink isopropanol

[slender ridge]

I would

[coarse badger]

It seems they're trying to power creep the Leagues so more people buy them

[floral wind]

Wip

[naive umbra]

Made some decent progress on my Kroot Farstalkers assembly today

Just 2 more models to go and their unit is assembled

[lucid compass]

so it is actual soap lol

[chilly summit]

I use this stuff but yeah, it's really just soap.

[lucid compass]

i was ecpevting liquid

[chilly summit]

Nah, you just wet the brush and move the brush around in circles on the soap until you get soap all the way up to the ferrule. Don't need to press hard.

Use clean water. Not the water you've been using while painting.

[plush swift]

soap generally speaking, most of them are more useful with sables, but you shouldnt be using sables with acrylics period anyways

its still good for synthetics

[lucid compass]

i dont even know what are sables

[hardy arrow]

sable is a type of brush

brushhair specifically

[lucid compass]

o i see

[rare hornet]

You’re going to want to make sure you get anti-dandruff shampoo as well when you wash your brushes, so they nice and clean.

[brazen badger]

Is this real?

[rare hornet]

No

[floral wind]

Nearly there. Just paint the base and do final stages

[brazen badger]

You almost had me ngl

[rare hornet]

Mwahahaha

[manic shard]

I repainted the gold using actual gold and added some plants to his base

[brazen badger]

Actual gold? Elaborate

[manic shard]

i mean i got retributor armor finally and i was able to paint it with the right color

[floral wind]

My proxy Krieg Marshal

[lucid compass]

its not mini but uhhm

iis it recognizable what should it be?

[brazen badger]

...

[cinder bear]

Dunno, too new looking and not enough jury rigged looking

[edgy jackal]

Slaanesh cultist helmet?

[lucid compass]

yeah slaneesh traitor guard

[edgy jackal]

It certainly looks the part. Maybe a little too shiny, but that's probably because I'm so conditioned that helmets should be matte by looking at GW minis.

[lucid compass]

Its shiny on purpose

[lucid compass]

wanted to make look new because of god of excess and perfectionism

[celest zealot]

You KNOW it's dark apostle time out here

[plush swift]

My necrons in battle against a great enemy

[zenith glen]

Wampa vibes

Making a risen v xeno/demon/something diroma

[robust loom]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1087236432344657921/1106397507510095960/IMG_0387.jpg

[edgy jackal]

Those are some pretty unique necrons, nice conversions man

[plush swift]

Thank u

[hardy arrow]

My brain was like: those are tyranids where are the necrons? until i saw that backplate and zoomed in.

Very nicely done though

[jovial siren]

Looks good and clean, but you should scrape off the mold lines and look for wonky stuff like the staff

But I like the dirt on the cloak

[final rune]

So I’ve been wanting to make a kitbashed army of a mixture of Freeguild and Vampires so I can make the Vampire Coasts. Can I actually do this? Like combining zombies with hand gunners, led by a vampire lord?

[woeful topaz]

Assassins in darktide when

[final rune]

Damn that looks cool

How’d you get the blood like that? I wanna try that

[woeful topaz]

Thanks, it's UHU glue mixed with Blood for the Blood God

The glue is very stringy so you can use a cocktail stick or similar to drag it from one spot to the other

[final rune]

Cool!

[manic shard]

i gave up on him honestly because he was a nightmare
when i first opened him he was melted into his frame so i had to sculpt half of him out, his leg broke in half because of that, his staff also got broken, part of his shoulderpad had to be glued back
also because of this i had to put him on a rock because he was falling over and his cape was too long and i didn't wanted to cut any more pieces of him

lmao

but yeah i get it

[jovial siren]

Lol, understandable. But did you order him from GW? Sounds like you got a product that is faulty and was a case of warranty

[manic shard]

yeah it was from gw

lmao

i'd have to look for the pics from march on messenger to find this type of fuckery

but yeah it was a nightmare

[midnight locust]

Will be painting my first resin model today. Anything I should consider over a normal plastic one?

[floral wind]

Use superglue to bind any separate parts. Make sure if not already done that it's been cleaned and smoothed of any support marks like you would for plastic :3

[rare hornet]

Yeah make sure to soak every part in warm soapy water for a bit then scrub them all with a toothbrush before painting or gluing them

[midnight locust]

Duly noted

[rare hornet]

Resin usually has a thin layer of debondant that’s used in printing to keep them from sticking to the mould

[midnight locust]

This bodyguard proxy was a great purchase

[rare hornet]

Also repels paint which is why you want to scrub it off

[midnight locust]

Huh. Good to know.

[rare hornet]

Lastly and this is more optional, a quick spray coat of black primer will be handy for resin

Not strictly required but up to you

[midnight locust]

I planned on using black primer anyway so that’s good

[rare hornet]

Yeah you’re set then

[mental jolt]

used in casting* (sorry)
Printed models need different treatment that should already be done if you purchase a printed model

[jade swift]

Ackshuyally

[wintry pilot]

flamer tac marine finished

[sudden notch]

Nice

Salamanders were kind lending the flamer

[midnight locust]

What color you end up using for the rock?

[wintry pilot]

For the base? It's Army Painter's Dungeon Grey washed with nuln oil, then drybrushed with a 50:50 mix of Dungeon Grey and Reaper Bones Bleached Linen

easy peasy

[midnight locust]

Looks solid easy or not

[wintry pilot]

Thanks!

[simple agate]

Been a little while, WIP bone necrons

[glossy hawk]

spooky

i suggest doing black in the lines

[errant fulcrum]

poor financial decision acquired

[void mica]

So i have bought my first 40k mini today

Might be a dumb one to start with, but it looked hella cool and it came with a magazine, so I had to.

Its called a canoptec wraith iirc

[rare hornet]

hehe wraith go brrrr

[edgy jackal]

Not really dumb/bad one to start with, lots of flat panels, not too much detail, model not too old.

[void mica]

Oh, okay then ^^ I always thought necrons were realy cool, so I took a liking to that one immediately

[edgy jackal]

I wouldn't recommend starting with anything labeled as citadel finecast (because finecast resin is horrible to assemble in certain cases), or anything with lots of sculpted details. Necrons in general are a pretty decent choice for first minis due to how simple some of the more basic colour schemes can be.

[grizzled jolt]

It's a great little mini

[grizzled jolt]

I didn't tag you.

*forgot

[midnight locust]

Oo that’s a nice shoulder pad. What did you use for it?

[midnight locust]

@grizzled jolt sorry didn’t ping*

[runic burrow]

nice

[grizzled jolt]

It is a piece of plastic that I cut to shape.

[runic burrow]

jungle base i did for my phobos lieutenant

and front

[midnight patrol]

Up to twelve Bullgors now

[steep ether]

Showcasing some terrain I’m working on. My Tallarn commander, ogryn, and traitor Russ shown for size comparison

[wary trench]

fellow salamander

[plush swift]

He's almost done, whew-

[sudden notch]

hmm i kinda want to buy kasrkin kill team

[wary trench]

dew it

[primal summit]

Fine detail time.

[near stratus]

Very neat scheme.

My tyrs

[primal summit]

Donezo till I think of something else 🤣

[naive umbra]

Nice! You must be excited for the new Neurotyrant

[near stratus]

Yuss

[rare hornet]

Thicc

And friend’s cruiser

[feral shadow]

On to the anvils of war into the fires of battle

[brazen badger]

Ah yes, the orc air fryer.

[pastel grotto]

THE LEVIATHANNNN

[glossy hawk]

Super proud of the goliath truck

[glossy hawk]

damn i fucking killed this chat

[pastel grotto]

WAIT ARE THOSE BROOD BROTHER MODELS

More followers of the true gods of this galaxy

[glossy hawk]

@pastel grotto MY BROTHER IN BROOD

[pastel grotto]

YOU CALL ME BY THE WRONG NAME

[glossy hawk]

oh no.

@pastel grotto PSYCHIC BROODMIND CONNECTION SEVERED

YOU ARE SERVANTS OF A SPACE BUG MEANT TO BE EATEN

[pastel grotto]

IM GONNA FUCKING EAT YOU

[glossy hawk]

getting two more sentinels to finish the unit and a chimera

[pastel grotto]

Luvly

[glossy hawk]

@pastel grotto hit it with anti-shine varnish

[hot ravine]

Technically not mini, making some life sized purity seals

[rare hornet]

Warhounds :3

[teal wolf]

Cool dogs

[agile junco]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/728033969811095592/1107166242059591740/IMG_20230513_234134_706.jpg
Full assault intercessor squad doneup!

[agile junco]

good doogs

[glossy hawk]

First neophyte

I’m not good with faces but I just tried to make him seem dirty as hell

their cult came from a forgeworld

[pearl onyx]

Mods are asleep post AoS WiPs

[grizzled jolt]

I have taken the time to finally finish project "Bob. This is one of the first ogryns I have painted but I did not complete it as I wanted to refine my skills with mud effects and flesh tones, before finishing a seemingly regular ogryn in my Army.

[devout lake]

Are these the right bases for bloodbowl?

[glossy hawk]

looks like genestealer bases

and idk

[devout lake]

These bases came with this

They don't even have anything to fit it really

Which is weird

[river rose]

Fallen Master of Executions nearly done!

[proven marsh]

yeah. Really infuriating they have the slots even though the newer kits don't come with slots to put in them. I usually carve up sprue to fit the holes.

[plush swift]

That’s so good looking, blangels I’m assuming? Or a successor?

and I like the use of that sternguard veterans beaky helmet

[agile junco]

ty and yes they are blangels

[plush swift]

I really like them, they look fantastic

[slender ridge]

Bit of progress on a 3d printed necron

[tiny jay]

I might have just made a terrible decision, but I managed to get some extra repentia legs and arms, Picked up an Olynder model so I think I can put some sisters pauldrons on her, scrape her veil away to add a face and put the limbs in place to make my Celestine proxy for Chaos Sisters.

Kind of inspired by the Celestine statue terrain where she's just wearing the breastplate and robes with bare feet beneath.

if that works, I might pick up some banshees to do the same for the Geminae proxies. Still planning to use Morathi wings for the saint and Khinerai for the Geminae

[brazen badger]

What did you write on the helmet?

[rapid lake]

the eyes look fantastic, well done

[jovial siren]

Found some time paint a little bit again. 1hr color mixing until I was somewhat satisfied with that Color

[brazen badger]

What chapter

[sweet sinew]

I think the silver chest piece is the best part. Really makes everything else pop

[jovial siren]

Custom. Liked the sons of horus green and was interested if I can somewhat mix it together. I'll try a wash later to tone it down and see if it gets a bit grittier

Maybe it will be a ultima founding chapter. "Sons of Apollon" who are clearly not based on traitor geneseed as its obvious that they are Robert G's offspring

Cawl pledged for it

[jovial siren]

Ironically, just found out, the Atlantian spears are a thing

[brisk vapor]

Anyone read The Twice Dead King? Could this very light silvery metal colour that I mocked up on the left be a fitting scheme for the Ithakan Dynasty as described in the books?

[jovial siren]

I've read it, but wasn't it the other way around? like more whiteish trim and grey as a whole? damn I need to reread it some time

[brisk vapor]

they didn't really describe the scheme other than just the bodies being made of/covered in "ithakan silver"

then royalty being gold or gold trimmed

[jovial siren]

considering djoseras was the only one taking care of the shine of his soldiers, you can probably go with a way more oxidated look too

[brisk vapor]

oh sure, a bit more wear and tear in select areas

will probably go well grimy look for my destroyers and doubly so for flayed ones

destroyers having red carapaces of course

[river rose]

(Dont tell anyone, its just gibberish markings cause I cant freehand that small )

[river rose]

Many thanks!

[jovial siren]

Is it a stupid idea to go over the mini with nuln oil to make it a bit more gritty and then apply agrax for some weathering effects?

[brisk vapor]

No but you might want to go back with original colours after to tidy it up a bit to not just make it look like it's smeared with dark paint

[slender ridge]

And be careful with the nuln oil or it’ll just be super glossy

[glossy hawk]

you can negate that by spraying the model with anti-shine varnish

[edgy jackal]

Finally finished the veteran guard test mini (trying out sub assemblies on smaller minis). The sub assemblies did help with painting, but don't use CA glue on surfaces where you want to use plastic glue later. Also, glueing more than 1 part at a time (say, 2 arms holding a gun) is tricky, so avoid that if possible.

[floral wind]

Thank you much appreciated. I had debated a more brass coloured one but ultimately decided on silver

[sweet sinew]

Hmmm, maybe brass for his/her subordinates, and silver just for the upper brass

[brazen badger]

I recommend always paint each part separate and glue only at the end. That's how I do all my models. At least the ones that cover the chest like some space marines

[edgy jackal]

I used CA glue to attach the arms to wire, and 2 sided foam tape for the main body, so that I wouldn't accidentaly lose a piece while painting. I'm not focused enough yet that I would finish a mini in an evening (even though it's doable given the simplicity of the techniques I use). Maybe I should just put the parts I'm not finished with in a small divider box, and use sticky tack to attach to wires when painting/spraying.

Again, would not recommend connecting arms with CA glue to wire like that

[jovial siren]

First round done. Not letting the base dry, then slapping on some shades and after that highlights and fine details

I don't know why, but the macroshot makes it look like I used super thick paints

[brazen badger]

I just use some white tak and wires

It's easier that way

[brazen badger]

Imo bronze would have looked better instead of gold.

[jovial siren]

that is actually a good idea

might change that tomorrow, have some balthasar gold lying around here, maybe i get mixed something up with that

only thing that is stopping me is my base color getting a bit dry and the damn aquila behind his bolter

[rare hornet]

Someone’s been skipping leg day

[cinder bear]

They are titanicus models yes?

[rare hornet]

Correct

[cinder bear]

Uh, I thought they would be a bit bigger

[rare hornet]

The game is verrrry scaled down

This should give a scale idea

[cinder bear]

Man this makes me want a new version of epic scale

[rare hornet]

To be fair you are looking at the smallest Titan the game has

[cinder bear]

Now that I think about it... Seeing the scale means that armingers are basically human sized?

[rare hornet]

Something like that

[brazen badger]

that's why i always paint the arms separate, but I figure you'll manage. you should also check online what shade you should use on the balthasar gold. I think there was a purple shade somewhere that went really well with it.

[twilit wren]

NOT MINE

Found these guys on Google, was wanting to pick up Dark Angels as apose to my Blood Angels, any Dark Angel players know the benefits of running the 3 wings together? Do they have different stats/secondaries vs each other or is it purely a cosmetic thing? Like for example can I actually run Terminators in Ravenwing or are they just Death and Green wings only?

Also are there doctrines that cater to running each and so on

[plush swift]

its not a legal list basically

not exactly accurate, but thats the easiest way to put it

the real way to do things like that is go custom faction

[brazen badger]

I'm also currently painting a DA army. I didn't know there were restrictions

[brazen badger]

I wasn't aware of that

[plush swift]

each chapter can have its own special units, some dont get certain gear, etc

[brazen badger]

So do you have to strictly use only one wing?

[plush swift]

well you would for the VP thing anyways

having 3 wings would be considered not battle forged, so you'd lose bonuses, iirc, but you also lose victory points for not having unit cohesion

also you cant have more than one chapter in an army now

[brazen badger]

but it's one chapter

they are all dark angels

It's a 3 in 1 type of chapter

[plush swift]

iirc, the entire faction has to be uniform or else it loses victory points or something stupid like that

it has to do with modeling for advantage

[twilit wren]

Ok, so if I run 3 wings then either just play them all as the same wing? I can live with that

[plush swift]

i dont know how the wings work as I dont know dark angels at all

[twilit wren]

Kinda like when people try to play Sisters of Battle with Knights and Guard, your gunna loose a lot of stuff

[brazen badger]

you could have stated that first

[twilit wren]

Lol

I mean I get it tho, kinda like why you can't run Crimson Fists with Black Templars and Golden Gryphons together

Same rule applys to the Dark Angel wings

[plush swift]

im stating the painting rules

because GW has strict rules about painting and building

[twilit wren]

Oooh, I was wondering about the Play rules lol

Oh well idc about GWs rules, my local 2nd hand store doesn't care lol

[brazen badger]

what a mess

[twilit wren]

Like spill your entire pot of Nuln oil mess?

[brazen badger]

not that bad, more like drakenhoff nightshade

[twilit wren]

XD

F it, I'll just paint em how I feel, buy enough of each to run a few K each and I should be fine if I ever wanna go competitive with em

Shouldn't give GW a wedge about it that way, but until then, my local guys are gunna flip when they see them 😄

[brazen badger]

my advice, paint regular intercessors and infantry green, ravenwing models black, and deathwing terminators in bone

how I did them

[twilit wren]

I was thinking of all my flying units and assault intercessors could be black, termis, gravis and heavy bone and everything else green

Maybe do my snipers black as well

Dreads can be either bone or green

[brazen badger]

do dreads green

imo

[twilit wren]

Does Deathwing not use dreads? Or just heavy units?

I like my army's lore accurate

[brazen badger]

as far as I know, they only use terminators,

guys on bikes n'shit are black

and regular infantry green

[twilit wren]

I've seen Blade Guard vets and Gravis units in DW, hell it was even on the GW front page for a time

[brazen badger]

blade guard are indeed an exception, and it seems the gravis units are as well

though I honestly prefer the gravis units green

[twilit wren]

Was gunna say cuz DW is supposed to be their most elite

[brazen badger]

and btw, the jets are also ravenwing

[twilit wren]

Yeah flyers

They even have their own if I recall

[brazen badger]

They do indeed

[twilit wren]

I'm going to enjoy painting this army

[pastel grotto]

Deathwing is terminators, some tanks and dreadnoughts (if you give a fuck)
Ravenwing is anything that's on/in a fast vehicle
Greenwing is the rest
All 3 can be played in an army without penalty. It's literally just different colours for your unique units.

So for example

[twilit wren]

Nice

[pastel grotto]

You absolutely can run all 3 of those units in the same army without consequence. The wings are just ways to point them out

[twilit wren]

But what about doctrines and secondaries? I don't need to worry about those?

[pastel grotto]

Should all be covered in the dark angels codex. I haven't read it for a while so I can't remember exactly

But yeah. If it's "Dark Angel" it'll be fine.

(it's also kind of hard to run an army of only 1 of the 3 wings)

[twilit wren]

Ok, should I wait till the 10th comes out or is it already updated?

[pastel grotto]

Nothing is updated for 10th yet

[twilit wren]

So paint and wait for it?

[pastel grotto]

Guess so

[twilit wren]

Alrighty, thanks guys

[glossy hawk]

Got my neophyte style down

[jovial siren]

Yeah, after I glued them together I was like "I should have painted them first" luckily this one's the worst. Still have the sarge left but the only thing he's obscuring is his helmet

[devout lake]

I'm so glad I can buy these now

[native sluice]

Resinnnnnn

[lavish crescent]

REEEE

[native sluice]

Sinnnnn

[lavish crescent]

Fuck resin

[mental jolt]

Resin is great, as long as it's not from gw

[brazen badger]

Googoo gaga, I threw up...

[native sluice]

you say that but looks at Artel W there may be a bit too much detail lol

[mental jolt]

That's on the sculptor, not the resin

[native sluice]

I mean, I just use a sla- I mean labourer as a 3d printer and they always come out like that

So I blame the resin

[brisk vapor]

Modern FW resin is great though

Very crisp and good detail

[lavish crescent]

Fuck me its annoying though

Also good luck getting hold of the fellblade or falcion or glaive rn

They are OOP now

Well have been for a month now

[brisk vapor]

Afaik they're going through repackaging to include the new sponson gun sprues

[jovial siren]

@brisk vapor a question: haven't you painted some HH marines/army in the sons of horus scheme? And if so, can you send me a picture of some minis? 😬

[brisk vapor]

Ye sure, a sec

Light colour and white balance isn't the exact same in all of the pictures so the tones are bit all over the place

[jovial siren]

did you use a brighter gold for the trims and toned it down with shading? I'm a bit unsure if I should change my to brazen looking taint before using a wash

[brisk vapor]

I can't recall the name of the paint at this moment but it was one of the darker golds from Vallejo and I mixed it with brown to tone it down even before the oil wash

It was Vallejo Old Gold probably

[jovial siren]

Currently it's just the bascoat and some details, but it looks like after I shade it down, it might still be too bright, that's why I asked

[brisk vapor]

I like to mix some normal acrylic with my metallics to tone down the shine a bit if I don't want such results, after the fact you could just go over with another layer of washes to tone it down even more if it's not yet to your liking

Just don't apply too much at once and it will pool and dry unevenly

[jovial siren]

That's a good idea. I had in mind to use Balthasar gold, but it's already pretty dark and with shade on it, it might look more like some trims from a plague marines. Maybe I thin down some dark brown and gloss a bit over the gold 🤔

Oh, you just said already, what I had as an idea 😅

[brisk vapor]

😄

Rhinox Hide is a pretty good brown base for golds I think

[jovial siren]

I only have the vallejo starter box, but it looks like I use a mix of leather brown with a bit of red and black to get something close to it

[brisk vapor]

That'll do yeah

[jovial siren]

Did you use lupercal green or was it a diy mix too?

Looks really cool especially with the rusty weathering

[brisk vapor]

A mix yeah, it's the same one Andy Wardle came up with in his Sons of Horus tutorials on Cult of Paint

Basically Sons of Horus Green mixed with Vallejo Green Sky and shaded with mixed in with black

[lavish crescent]

Wait wdym?

[brisk vapor]

A month or so back they revealed they'll be getting the same sponson sprues as the current heavy tanks. Will probably need a slight rework on the sculpt to make it fit

At least this is what I remember

[lavish crescent]

Ohh fuck I didn't see that!! Do you have a link for the article?

I'm just curious if I should wait or buy one of ebay and strip it

Doing an ultramarine HH army, need a massive fuck off vehicle to support my infantry/armour

[brisk vapor]

Seems like they just revisited the issue last weekend with upcoming pre-orders

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/05/12/forge-world-pre-orders-upgraded-vehicles-re-enter-the-age-of-darkness-in-style/

[lavish crescent]

Oh thank god!

[jovial siren]

ah, have that to look up, I just used the vallejo dark green with some ultramarine blue and white and got something mixed together after an hour of trial and error that looks somewhat like yours, still a step away I would say

[brisk vapor]

Yeah no way they'd just stop producing those

[lavish crescent]

Agreed

Those things look amazing as a centre piece for an army!

[brisk vapor]

Yeah it's a bit tricky scheme for it really isn't a out of the box mix with any other brand either

[lavish crescent]

Why do you think I'm doing Ultramarines, kinda easier to do

[brisk vapor]

Ye my main 40k army is Ultramarines and they do have a pretty easy scheme to replicate

[lavish crescent]

I wanted to try something abit different so i added a bit of white to the flat shoulders. Celestial grey came in clutch this but damn do they look good. That's an old pic BTW

[jovial siren]

But its a fun challenge, to get it together and then to repeat it in a scale, that you have enough of it for the whole mini. Also A really cool color

[lavish crescent]

I'll take a pic of abit of my little army I've made so far, they look good in a group properly painted

[brisk vapor]

Here are most of my Ultras neatly set up in the dark shelves

[jovial siren]

legion of the damned has joined too as I see on the right side

[brisk vapor]

Oh you mean the backboard? It was from the Shadowspear boxset 😄

[rare hornet]

We heresy posting in here?

cuz I got a few Iron warriors around the place

[jovial siren]

no the headless marines in the gravis armor😅

[brisk vapor]

Ohh The Eradicators, forgot about those. Still a wip

[jovial siren]

heh, with a painting time of roughly 5-7hrs per mini, I still have a huge backlog

[brisk vapor]

Oh I have like 300 minis in backlog

[woeful topaz]

Those armies look sick! This is my alpha legion

[rare hornet]

The problem I'm going to end up with is that the silver I use by brush is a different silver to what I have in spray form

I need to see what the difference is once they have the wash on

[jovial siren]

I like 12 or so, have some intercessors and a first strike package lying around here. Somehow I doubt I'm done with them before your with your 300

[frank canopy]

little burning belakor
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1014240153126060133/1107400952790646854/IMG_20230514_112556.png

[lavish crescent]

...

I have the same issue...

My pile of shame fills my wardrobe

[brisk vapor]

Pile of opportunities*

[brazen badger]

Impressive, but where is the beta legion?

[brisk vapor]

they're called the Space Wolves

[jovial siren]

[celest zealot]

I keep my pile of shame pretty light compared to others

Since I practice a lot of speed painting techniques that look like I put a lot more effort in than I actually did

[brisk vapor]

they've got a website for it as well

https://pileofpotential.com/Jerk0matic

[plush swift]

Pile of ecological catastrophes and microplastics*

[brisk vapor]

maybe if you let them out of your eyes for too long

[rare hornet]

The pile is eternal

All hail the pile of shame

[jagged sparrow]

Pile of shame has one less member

[edgy jackal]

Oh damn, that seems neat. Now to spend a weekend cataloging my minis 😆

[brisk vapor]

took me a good minute as well 😄

[jovial siren]

Got him finally somewhat shading ready. Now I'm just not sure if I should go all in on the nuln oil and afterwards add some agrax here and there for the weathering effects

[jovial siren]

Forgot to paint ventilation system

[glossy hawk]

looking good

[plush swift]

its not even assembled yet

[glossy hawk]

the battle scarring i mean

😐

[plush swift]

ahh

i really need to finish them

[weary nexus]

Warp talon progress

[edgy jackal]

Neat addition with the wings and helmet. Shroud knight helmet and tyranid wings?

[jovial siren]

Next stop, highlights

Can someone give me a hint how I avoid these wash stains on plate parts like on the leg? Tried to sober it up before it dries, but there's always a part that already dried

[woeful topaz]

Can get a bit of something absorbent to dab on it, or use less wash, of dont wash the large plates

[floral wind]

Could always paint over them with the highlights tbh. Or keep them to add a more grubby aesthetic to your minis

A happy accident if you will

[jovial siren]

Overpainting is something I was thinking about, but I fear that the edges with the dirt/weathering look get lost too. I use the wash on the whole armor to tone it a bit down and make it look more "realistic" than without, and I'm a bit too incompetent to not use washes for that. But unlike the tutorials I always end up with these paint brush stroke stains and the armor starts to look like it got a camo pattern on it

[floral wind]

I am the same tbh I think its just one of those things that take time to get right yk?

Like edge highlighting

[heady lotus]

Sub commander torchstar best waifu

[small sigil]

Almost done with the rejects for our darktide killteam campaign most enemies are already finished. Zealot has got a flamer with tactical bookrest

[tiny jay]

Eeew, oval base. Get a dinner plate for that boi

Only time I feel like ovals make sense is bikes/cavalry.

[plush swift]

cant, modeling for advantage

[tiny jay]

Ah, fair if you need it to be tourney legal

[plush swift]

yep

[tiny jay]

BTW, any specific parts you got for those muzzles? The brass bits look sweet.

[plush swift]

not really, some of them are hand made

people asked me to go all out on building them, so I am

[tiny jay]

Do tourney rules make a destinction between the Knight ovals and a round of the same diameter? Just curious.

[plush swift]

depends on the tournament, but because I play at WHW a lot, they'll kick you out for having third part bases or 3d printed stuff

[tiny jay]

Same max diam of the oval's widest point.

Ah, fair. Honestly I think the most absurd part about the anti-3D printing thing is that if someone sculpted someonthing out of greenstuff and added it to a model its somehow fine, but because you banged it out on a printer its invalid.

[plush swift]

its something to do with modeling for advantage for the bases, like 1mm can height difference can get you DQed from a tourny

[tiny jay]

Fair. Honestly suprised that they haven't just straight issued a no converting rule for stuff like that.

But like, how does that work with stuff like Knights that are poseable?

[plush swift]

they arent technically poseable

[tiny jay]

I mean, they can be hunched forward and the legs posing would raise/lower the height a little.

[plush swift]

not really, only barely and they dont fit together well if you do that

[mental jolt]

wait, building cool bases can get you disqualified? (old scenery bits, cork, bark etc)
Why not just play with silhouettes then?

[brisk vapor]

Sorta, if you build the base noticeably higher or larger than the base you will gain gamey advantages which is pretty frowned upon

But like a single cork or a bark under your dude alone won't make it so

I've not heard 1mm height advantage being a disqualifiable offence though

But I'm not an avid tourney player

[lavish crescent]

If they hate height, can't wait till they do HH tournaments again

[primal summit]

Making myself another plague marine using some spare parts from the cultist box and plague marine box.

[midnight locust]

Proxy-gryn Brick

[simple thorn]

I like him
I'd like three, please

[midnight locust]

Got him off Etsy, so there’s that option

[plush swift]

yeah its a stupid rule that doesnt actually give you any bonuses in reality

[midnight locust]

Unfortunate as it really limits base creativity (which is my favorite part of model making)

[plush swift]

oh dont get me started on it, its beyond stupid.

[woeful vale]

Treating myself to the Recruit Edition box set and some paints for my upcoming birthday- I never built models growing up, and was looking for a creative outlet that tied in with my interests. I hope someday to paint and produce as well as you guys do 🙂

[rare hornet]

Woo!!

Welcome to the hobby

[midnight locust]

Enjoy the plastic crack!

[rare hornet]

Very soon you’ll be asking yourself, where did all these minis come from?

[primal summit]

Wee short ass spare part plague marine. 🤣

[jovial siren]

Lmao, how is that played with more than two people?

[jovial siren]

Looks pretty cool though, will you post your painting process too?

[primal summit]

Aye most likely will 🙂 gonna do it up palid hand style. 🤟

[lavish crescent]

Has anyone been able to get hold of a lion & retinue ?

[unborn pebble]

Local store still has one but I have not scooped

[brazen badger]

don't even get me started, I was able to get my hands on Azrael but he still has to arrive

But there is still no sign of the lion

[lavish crescent]

Gonna check with my local store soon because THERES NO WHERE TO BUY IT

Planning a trip to Nottingham to look

[brazen badger]

tbh you could just wait for a few months I'm sure he's gonna be back

that's what I'm gonna do

[lavish crescent]

It's been a month and he's not available on the online store

[brazen badger]

Where are you from?

I'm from the balkans and I was able to order him, now I'm just waiting

Just like I did for Azrael

but I'm not using the official GW store, instead I ordered it from my country's hobby store

[jovial siren]

thats what I would recommend too, found some stuff in normal retail stores, that is almost never available at gw or even some older stuff, that doesn't even get sold anymore by gw

so look for normal hobby retailers, that usually have warhammer stuff for sale

[brazen badger]

most of them will also order for you if you want, and in my experience they are also cheaper

[lavish crescent]

Oh I'm British, it's literally a 4 hr train ride to the main HQ

Got myself an Azrael with the army box but sadly no luck on the lion

[supple sinew]

Some of my minis

[jovial siren]

someones preparing for the old world tt

maybe I should end the misery of my old minis and repaint them

[hushed tangle]

Swordmasters 😊

[hearty bear]

Wait so is all of old world coming back?

[jovial siren]

Yes. At least what we know from total war warhammer, as its basically "the old world" the game. Plus we get Cathay too

But I guess it will be faction after faction and stuff

[grizzled jolt]

eBay score got a great deal on two of them, the other hasn't arrived yet.

[midnight locust]

Btw how long should you soak resin in water?

[rare hornet]

Eh about 15 minutes and you’ll be fine

[sterile grail]

my local store in my country also have some of the rarer and older stuffs that i didn't even know exist.

[tender ocean]

Ogryn man, take me by the hand

[formal lichen]

Almost ready for 10th... what colour goo do we put in the vials?

[devout lake]

Anyone fancy some blood bowl?

[devout lake]

The classic green

[hearty raft]

holy shit these look incredible

I'm working on a screaming bell RN, this is the rat ogre thats sittin on the back

[grizzled jolt]

Here's my lasted 4th edition Ogryn, Drooke.

[plush swift]

Kislev too

[jovial siren]

Forgot them, yup. Still curious if GW adds nippon as a faction too or if they settle with what we have in total war warhammer

[edgy jackal]

Total war warhammer is set just before the end times iirc. The old world is set way before then.

[plush swift]

I wouldn't bet on Nippon

Also the old world will be set 300y before fantasy, i'm a bit worried about the gunpowder part of the empire not being there

The empire is about faith, steel and gunpowder after all

[jovial siren]

I wouldn't be too worried about that. They want you to sell products

[brazen silo]

I got my last paycheck from my last job and i want to buy warhammer but at the same time i hate the thought of getting myself anything

[simple thorn]

Question not how Necromunda gangers got their hands on genuine, actual wood

Or why their first thought was 'barricades'

Or how a ~~Super Tactical Droid ~~ Abominable AI managed to menace them

Or why said AI has grass and snow on a fucking Hive World

[lavish crescent]

Trust me, I'm planning to upgrade my HH army with a fellblade and some other heavy armour

[rare hornet]

Cerastus knight hype

[cinder bear]

Ah I love the Italian translations of warhammer (last one of the names), when "Imperial Guard Ogryn" gets translated into Big beast of the imperial guard

[lavish crescent]

Idk, it could be a good custode conversion??

[rare hornet]

Knights are separate from the army. They can be be fielded with whoever

They don’t have the legion trait for space marines so they are effectively independent and can have their own paint scheme

[lavish crescent]

No no

I mean style wise

Convert a knight to look more custode like

[cinder bear]

yeah there's already a bunch, custodes gold and red goes very well with knights in general

[rare hornet]

Oooh then yeah I think you could

[lavish crescent]

Yes but the new one kinda fits the lore abit more

Or those ones

They aint new but the models are gonna be easier to convert

[teal wolf]

I've always wanted to recreate this knight for my custodes.

[lavish crescent]

Same ngl

That shit looks gorgeous

[rare hornet]

Never know maybe it’ll come to plastic?

[teal wolf]

I've heard rumors of an stl for it but never seen the link

[rare hornet]

You never know. If a stompa is plastic then he could be eventually?

[solar parrot]

First time rly taking time painting minis good or nah?

[rare hornet]

Oooo yes

If you’re able to get a pot of nuln oil and use that in the crevasses of the face plate I think it’ll do good

[solar parrot]

Aight i can do that thanks for the idea

[steep ether]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N3EYs1Klb8I

[formal lichen]

Basecoat is there, can give that a wash as suggested either all over or in the crevasses.

Me personally i do all over red and repaint the same colour back on avoiding recesses

[sudden notch]

Guardian kill team next

[formal lichen]

Always wanted to paint eldar... craftworld?

[sudden notch]

man this is old box

16 guardians

[formal lichen]

Yeee ancient

[sudden notch]

shame there are no melee options in box

i cant do half and half normal guardians and storm guardians

[formal lichen]

Isnt there a tasty kill team box for eldar?

[solar parrot]

I see i personnaly like the undershirt/clothes a diffrent color but the detail and stuff i can try to work with

[formal lichen]

Ah i meant washing the red with nuln 🙂

[solar parrot]

Ah i can try thanks👍

[formal lichen]

Think dorn yellow was a bit too stronk on the green...

[midnight locust]

Nah I think it pops in a good way

[formal lichen]

Was thinking of glazing some moot green over it, but yeah you're right it really does in the light

[mental jolt]

Looks a bit cartoony maybe? Kinda fits with the strange liquid thing though

[midnight locust]

If anything I think the blue is what may be making it look too strong. Unfortunately clear isn’t really an option

But honestly it’s more than fine

[sudden notch]

has anyone experience with bitzbox

[formal lichen]

Yeah was muddled on how to paint an empty space/glass blue will have to do :p

[jagged sparrow]

Nah. That jar looks absolutely amazing

[brazen badger]

Do you think it's good?

[solar parrot]

yes personally yes but i'm wondering what people think and if they can give tips

[midnight locust]

Could try edgehighlighting the plate or layering up the fatigues

A nuln oil wash is good prior to that as well

[brazen badger]

Great to hear. It seems like like you have the coats down right. I would try to make sure that the colors are clean with no smudges

Focus on edge highlighting once you have the basics down. And don't bother with fancy techniques yet

[solar parrot]

aight thanks for the tips gonna utilizes them tommorow

[midnight locust]

Focus on what streil mentioned first

[brazen badger]

Happy to help

[spring arch]

They look way better than my first models!

[formal lichen]

I painted more of my mothers carpet when i started, blue ink all over the floor

[spring arch]

Also, don't be afraid to screw up a mini beyond fixing. Worst case scenario you can just strip the paint and try again. 99% of mistakes can be fixed without stripping though

[midnight locust]

^this

[solar parrot]

thanks people i appreciate it

[spring arch]

Actually, I'd advise you to keep the 2 you've painted like this for now

Paint up the next two, then do the edge highlighting on those

It's a great way to see how you can make the minis look even better 🙂

It's fun to see how much better you get over time and with practice

[midnight locust]

^this

[formal lichen]

The wash transforms the mini, the highlighting brings it to life. Having the base coats down nice and thin with no ghosting primer showing through is a good start.

[formal lichen]

Practice makes pefect 🙂

[solar parrot]

https://tenor.com/view/vermintide-bardin-nod-gif-25545419

thank you lads i'll take these wise words onward

[mental jolt]

To add to this, I've painted minis for >10 years (Christ) and I've never had to strip a model to rectify a painting mistake.

[midnight locust]

Makes me wanna revisit my first 5 minis

Give them a new lease on life

[mental jolt]

Try to get new copies of they're still available, it would be unfortunate to hide away what you started with

[midnight locust]

You do have a point there

[plush swift]

I do all the time, but I also expect to be competition ready

[mental jolt]

I know some competition painters and they very rarely if ever strip minis.
It's probably more about whether stripping + redoing is more work than fixing the mistake (assuming it can be fixed).

[plush swift]

its more of things like orange peeling which give you instant DQs or issues where primer spurts random dried particles

the comps I do are VERY nitpicky and will DQ you for having a non-even brush stroke

[mental jolt]

Orange pealing?

That sounds like some historical bullshit, goddamn

[plush swift]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_peel_(effect)

[plush swift]

yeah, its "less prestigious" than something like Golden demon, but its also pays way more and requires a way higher skill level

[mental jolt]

I dunno, most of the interest I have with painting competitions is Monte, I don't particularly like how gw etc do things

And I dunno about higher skill level, maybe then gd, but it's certainly a different skillset, that's for sure.

[plush swift]

GD isnt honestly that high of a skill level, weirdly enough. The barrier to entry for it is lower than you'd think. It's just based around a specific style

[mental jolt]

And picking a model that gw wants to promote

[plush swift]

yep

I honestly dont think it should be held as high as it is

thats not saying anything about the painters, more so the competition itself

[mental jolt]

I like that it is, it means the more painter oriented competitions don't have a whole bunch of people just blocking space

[plush swift]

I dont because my 25 gold medals and 5 best of shows mean little compared to a single bronze in GD

[mental jolt]

But yeah, competitions for painted stuff is weird, since it comes down to preference in the end. Yes, most of it is technique and execution, but in the end it's also non-technical things like paint choice and composition that matters.

[plush swift]

so it actually does affect my commissions by a lot

[mental jolt]

To someone who does GW stuff, to someone who does scale modelling it likely means more.

[plush swift]

weirdly enough, not really. I do both

GD is held to a very high regard within scale modeling too

[mental jolt]

Huh, guess GW marketing goes brrr

[plush swift]

because its one of the largest

its an international competition after all

one of the few

[mental jolt]

I would've thought scale model show or something was king for scale models

[plush swift]

its a lot of GW stuff there

like a lot a lot

my table last year was 40% gw stuff

[mental jolt]

Fair, guess that means less technical judging then?

[plush swift]

its more about technique than anything

airbrushes are required etc

[mental jolt]

That's dumb

[plush swift]

very

Zero brush strokes are allowed

[mental jolt]

Like, airbrush is fun and can give good results, but it's not the be all end all

[plush swift]

so my hand painted stuff has to be at a vastly higher level than it should be

[mental jolt]

I know of a top painter who would hate that, LuL

[plush swift]

I dont mind it, I just cope

[mental jolt]

ye, well, not everything needs to be smooth, and visible strokes are alright, just make sure to use them for something like texture

Obviously doesn't apply if you paint for certain competitions

[plush swift]

brush strokes are mostly verboten for GD also, its a little weird with them

[mental jolt]

It's more if it looks like thick paint dragged across the model, less that it's a line created by a brush, I believe

Like, you won't get anywhere showing your brush strokes like it's Japanese calligraphy or impasto, but you'll be fine if you have visible lines etc

[plush swift]

it depends a lot the judges

some judges for GD are neurotic and want zero visible strokes

its very inconsistent

[mental jolt]

Probably, but having a handful of judges for 1000s of entries doesn't give you a good result anyway

[plush swift]

no, thats another major issue with it

[mental jolt]

Oh well, I hope you win all the competitions anyway, you seem nice enough c:

[plush swift]

I hope I get a few more wins myself

tbh I just want the classes to pop off more

[mental jolt]

You give classes?

[plush swift]

on occasion yeah

[obsidian tapir]

Painted a termi to try out pigment powder. Not so sure in them currently but I may need to do a bit more research on the powder

[plush swift]

they need to be sealed, and be VERY VERY careful of the hobby marketed ones, I'm saying this as someone who makes paint, You need to wear a mask and be in a airbrush station for them, a lot of pigments can be legally marked as non-toxic, but when inhaled, even in small amounts, can cause quick neurodegenerative effects. They are incredibly dangerous. Like for yellow ochre, i have to list as containing lead because it can sometimes contain dangerous amounts that random batches because it is a natural pigment, synthetic pigments generally are safer.

one of the hobby ones I have is a highly dangerous heavy metal, that they dont even mark as dangerous

but its banned in several countries

I can tell you everything you need to know about pigments and how to use them if you want too

[lofty bridge]

Painted up some terrain, it sucked

[plain granite]

Another plague marine. And my first very tiny kitbash.

[celest zealot]

Many stinky disease men to complete my death guard

[wary trench]

here is the fun part

don’t paint them

[celest zealot]

I will

Because, what a shocker, I actually LIKE painting death guard

I like painting most of my 40k models

Except space marines I do not enjoy those

Chaos though? Necrons? Xenos? Oh yeah now we're talking

[plain granite]

Death guard is super fun to paint!

[celest zealot]

Oh well that's not good

[celest zealot]

Yeah! I have a really fast technique to paint them that still looks nice and dirty

(the secret is nasty nasty dip wash)

They end up looking like this

[plain granite]

Looks gross! And good!

[celest zealot]

Mhm!

Only thing Im not sure of is the poxers

But I'll figure somethin out

They can't be THAT bad

And there's only 30 of em

[plain granite]

I just slather on the earthshade for mine. Haven't yet done a poxwalker since I'm only a couple months into the hobby and I've been working my way through a boarding patrol box.

[celest zealot]

Very fair

I wish you luck on your hobby journey!

[plain granite]

Thanks!

[celest zealot]

Side note but I am also working on some genestealer cultists right now but I ran out of grey primer before I finished building them

So I'll have to pick some up

Especially since I have like

40 some odd models to prime

Once I finish building them all

[glossy hawk]

dont degrade yourself, it looks great

[glossy hawk]

BROTHER OF THE BROOD?

[celest zealot]

Indeed (well, sister in my case but I digress)

I wrote my own lore for them and everything

[glossy hawk]

amazing

mine are from a forgeworld and took over from astra militarum gear factories

yours?

[celest zealot]

Icy death/mining world that discovered frozen genestealer corpses and got infected by them

[lofty bridge]

No bro i meant the process

not the final product

painting terrain is miserable shit takes forever

[glossy hawk]

oh gj either way

[glossy hawk]

good one

can you show a pic of them?

[celest zealot]

Sure one sec

[glossy hawk]

here’s my purestrains

[celest zealot]

Older pic from my old workshop

But here's my Reductus Saboteur

I built my jackals and made a little progress on my combat patrol box

I have a whole 2k list put together but I really do love painting gsc

I can send you the lore i have written of you're interested

[glossy hawk]

looking good

[celest zealot]

I painted a kelermorph a long time ago too

But I ended up giving them to one of my friends as a gift

[vale pollen]

And I finally completed my combat patrol list

[lavish crescent]

Ohhh cool!

Mf they actually look good

Well painted!

[vale pollen]

Thanks man, it's my first ever attempt painting anything, glad it came out decent

[desert wyvern]

Magnus the Eternal Work in Progress

[lavish crescent]

Ngl I love the wings!!

[lavish crescent]

It came out great dude, keep painting

[mental jolt]

Are you using metallic or iridescent paint for the tabard? Looks cool

[cinder bear]

Doesn't look bad?

[mental jolt]

Might've been referring to the process of painting it, not the result?

[cinder bear]

Now that I think of it yeah probably

Btw, yesterday through Instagram I came around these necron mariachi, apparently the guy sells the conversion kits but I can't for the life of me find his account/website name again, any help?

[obsidian tapir]

That would be useful thank you

[void mica]

Thinking of buying the Wh40k Recruit Starter set since I love the necrons. Anyone got experience with the set ?

[simple thorn]

I love it

[void mica]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3Keg5XKJO8

[brazen notch]

hrmmm

[crisp forge]

Damn

pouring one out for our homies

🍺

[jovial siren]

No more flipping for Gabriel, poor lad

[crisp forge]

down to the pits of plastic hell he goes

[jovial siren]

ok, I've looked at the model on the webpage.

kill it with fire before it lays eggs
Dude looks like Polnareff

[maiden light]

Man i am glad i had the foresight to buy the Relic Contemptor body two months ago

[mental jolt]

You can just search google for mexicron conversion kit and you'll find it.

LinsMiniatures is the producer as far as I can tell.

[cinder bear]

Oh look, half of the cool kits are gone lol

[cinder bear]

Yep, that was the one, for some reason it didn't find me the site when googling mexicrons

[slate pond]

I don't have the money to fomo-buy any of these

I'd get the minotaurs dread, such a cool model

[edgy jackal]

Wonder what's going to happen to the dreadnought. Just phased out for the primaris version?

[slate pond]

Probably yes. The box dreads have had a weird non-place in the lore since the redemption came out

They say they're keeping the venerable dread though

So I guess box dreads will all effectively become venerable by being pre-primaris (in the lore anyway)

[compact umbra]

70% of these, good fucking ridden

The named characters tho rest in piece :(

Except Tyberos

Pls

Just kitbash him

He’s shorter then a terminator

[brazen notch]

goodbye coolest Carnifex mod

[glossy hawk]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE STOMPS CLAW AND BELLY GUN ARE GONE

FUCK !

[pastel grotto]

Who's winning

[lofty bridge]

The volcano lance on my castellan is winning cuh

[rare hornet]

I wonder why the harpoon has wounds vehicles and monsters on a 4+? Because the strength of the weapon means it would wound everything on at least a 3?

[pastel grotto]

It's critical wounds on a 4+

It wounds most things on 2+