40k-minis-and-armies

[errant fulcrum]

The helmet he has is a imperial fist MK3 (according to forgeworld)

[left egret]

Looks good though

[errant fulcrum]

Thanks

[weary nexus]

Ahriman!

[sweet sinew]

I’m currently moving long distance with all of my figures, I have them tossed inside a tool box, so I’m fearful all of my grey knights are gonna be armless

[midnight locust]

Did you magnetize the bases?

[sweet sinew]

Nah I’m too stupid to figure out magnets, and the tool box is plastic

[errant fulcrum]

So guts is kind of tall for a space marine

[thorny totem]

Oof yeah, my buddy plays death guard and gets worried the arms and legs might come off whenever he does a big move. His advice to me with my Tyranids was to put a small covering of extra foam between the top of the container and where the minis are

[wintry pilot]

working on the war crimes ceo

[heady lotus]

Mostly intended for HH / 30k

[lavish crescent]

Ayo HH ultramarine fan!

Hello fellow blue boy fan

[heady lotus]

I mean I started with night lords but kinda wanted to start a loyalist army

[lavish crescent]

Good

[heady lotus]

but I could easily run them as traitors

[lavish crescent]

No

Bad

[heady lotus]

Dark pride warlord trait.......

But I was listening to know no fear and then I decided.... okay I will do the greatest of them all

[celest zealot]

plague marines and a putrefier are done

[lean snow]

Still waiting 4 texture paint 2 dry

[vale pollen]

Finished these while covid fuckin me up

[vale pollen]

Oh eyyy you in this server too?

[dusty nimbus]

Colours are much darker and flatter than what they look like in real life

[manic shard]

AYO

thats cool

[lavish crescent]

Looking badass brother

[errant fulcrum]

Thanks

[slender ridge]

i want to start an emperors children horus heresy army

and i want to get the fulgrim model but i dislike his head

would a normal space marine helmet fit size wise or should i get a bigger one

[lean snow]

I need a better set up for takin pics of my minis

[errant fulcrum]

I got one of the forgeworld HH helmets for sigismund and it fit him fine so I would say so

[slender ridge]

nice thanks

[sterile grail]

thats cool

GRIFFITHHHH

[errant fulcrum]

Thanks!

[rare hornet]

That’ll do for titans for the time being

[lavish crescent]

Ayo, nice knights

[neat flax]

I'll have to get my Moebian 6th traitors up when they're finally done.

[mental jolt]

what gold is that, wax based? The sheen looks different to what I'm used to seeing

[cursive gyro]

WIP of muh Ork trukk

[blazing atlas]

Proud of myself so I thought I would share my vet guard kill team.
First unit i properly finished.

[plush swift]

It's acrylic

[mental jolt]

Neat, just a different finish then I guess. Or lighting.

Looks good regardless

[plush swift]

Naw, it's different because it is. Its real metal pigment ground extra fine.

[mental jolt]

Mixed with paint or a binder or just stippled on?

[white tangle]

Imagine this image is a top-down view of a board used for priming miniatures with a spay can. Each square is a slot for a miniature. Is this a feasible idea or will the miniatures within the red squares be un-evenly primed? (Miniatures are segmented while in segments.)

[mental jolt]

Is there a particular reason to use a board and not just a plank with a handle?
As for coverage, it depends on how careful you are. You can probably get it done, but you'll have trouble reaching the underside of the center models.

[plush swift]

kind of, its something you can buy commercially, its like $35+ a bottle

its a paint thats supposed to imitate leaf some what

[mental jolt]

Huh, that's cool, I'll have to see if I can find it.

[tiny jay]

Just discovered Dustback riders from Necromunda. Trying to decide between rough riders or maybe kitbashing them a bit to have heavy weapons as Sentinel proxies.

Or both

[urban harbor]

looks like the bugs from Morrowind lol

[tiny jay]

Yeah XD

For a bit of variety I'm thinking if I expand my moebians I might do a desert version of them eventually since Atoma's surface mostly seems to be desert.

As it is I'm probably gonna run the Moebians as Scions. Which honestly seems pretty fluffy since I can take Bullgryn squads which covers Bulwarks and Crushers and the Moebian domain does have its own Schola Progenium. Taurox half-track or wheeled conversions could be fun too.

[plush swift]

its just some of the weird things we have in the upper parts of professional grade stuff. its honestly really weird paint

[mental jolt]

Still cool, and potentially something to mess around with. Do you have a name for it or is it just "acrylic gilding paint" or something?

[plush swift]

https://lascaux.ch/en/products/colours/lascaux-studio-bronze

[mental jolt]

Thank you, thank you

[rapid lake]

You took my color scheme!!!

[tiny jay]

After much deliberation I'm not gonna actually print grenade launchers for my moebians, just gonna have some grenade tossing moddels with glowing grenades as an homage to the superlative skills of Scab Bombers. The Moebian 6th don't need no launchers.

• they can just be regular models if I'm not taking GL's

And I can just magnetise the lasguns on their packs.

[lean snow]

MoE wip

[plain granite]

Pre-shading wip of a couple of blightlords

[blazing atlas]

You mean you You want to take my color scheme ! 😄

Jokes aside, i only have the AoS starter set and wanted to limit how much paint i needed to buy on top. (So far the beige and the plasma)
So these color made sense to me to save costs

[sudden notch]

Venerable custodian gerranes is ready

[rapid lake]

I really do like the Krieg models but I didnt want to have to use the gasmask faces and helmets they had. I would have rather used the new Cadian Shock Troops but the way they built the miniatures prevented me from doing a nice clean look

[tiny jay]

the new Death Guard heroes look sick, I'm hoping I can make a kill team out of them with tiny bit of converting.

[spring arch]

First try at airbrushing!

[plush swift]

What did you learn?

[spring arch]

Tried my hand at some blending

I went a little heavy on the last colour, and the blue I started with was a little too thin

Overall I am very satisfied with it for a first go though

[plush swift]

So you didn't learn the golden rule

Wear goggles and a mask because spraying yourself in the face hurts

[spring arch]

I've got glasses and a leftover covid facemask and am sitting under a window

I'll be fine for now

I'll definitely be looking at a respirator but I've been a little busy and shops are closed today ^^

The goal of the scheme I used is to improve on this, btw

I managed that with a brush, but I'm hoping to get it to look better with the airbrush

[brazen badger]

Thin your paints

[plush swift]

No

thick paint only

real chads thicken heavy bodied paints with structure gel

[sudden notch]

It thins when drying. Then agrac earthshade

[rare hornet]

Bike

might have been a bit overzealous with the washes

[cursive gyro]

Looks dope tho

Could need a bit of leadbelcher weathering

But is nice

[rare hornet]

Going to get around to that

[lofty bridge]

I just put a glove on and hold them while I prime them

The whole board thing is a bit meh for accuracy

[brazen badger]

The red is messy, too thicc

[brazen badger]

Car

[white tangle]

The whole reason why i'm doing this is because i don't want to waste primer when spraying and i want a place to store my models when doing my first batch paint. I've figured out what i'm gonna do now. Just in the process of making it.

[sudden notch]

Its exactly enough

Otherwise grey shines through

[plush swift]

Yeah, the problem is hobby reds are all naphthol based and filled with chalk, so you cant get a good cover unless you go professional and use an iron oxide, pyrrole, or cadmium

they dont use iron oxide pigments often for a lot of reasons, mainly because they dont use good stabilizers and its a magnetic pigment which can kill machines unless you get one of those multi-million dollar cosmetic ones which very few companies use because you need around 50 mills running at a time and the cosmetic ones are large and arent quick

the ones who do generally dont use the reds often because they arent bright and look more brown than anything

so you need to use around 10-15 coats of highly thinned hobby paint or just get golden high flow and use 1 or 2 coats at the most of a good pigment

you're relying so heavily off the chalk to cover areas, its a problem

[sudden notch]

Looks good to me so

[mental jolt]

Cadmium pigments should be handled safely and disposed of correctly as well, since they're not very healthy.

[plush swift]

naw, there isnt enough soluble cadmium in them to make them dangerous outside of airbrushing. thats mostly just myth behind them

[mental jolt]

They have a big warning label on them and require disposing of as hazardous materials

I'm not saying they're no touch, just be careful, y'know.

[plush swift]

So do most browns because they have 0.000001% lead content

like no joke

I have to legally put lead warnings on all umbers

[plush swift]

just a legal thing honestly, prop 65 requires most pigments to be marked

[mental jolt]

It's a thing here as well, different legislation though.

[plush swift]

whats funny is I can legally sell cadmium paints in a 17ml and not legally have to list it

in most countries

fuck, I can sell lead paint in a 17ml and not mark it as lead in some too

all I have to do is put a disclaimer someone on the website that some paints might have toxic materials

[mental jolt]

Baseline, read any potential warning labels on the paints, use relevant safety precautions. Thank you.

[plush swift]

pretty much, assuming they have any

ASTM isnt a legal thing, its voluntary after all

[spring arch]

I apply washes by sipping some and then spitting on my models

[plush swift]

I do that with arsenic

[spring arch]

Agrax tastes better than Nuln Oil, btw

[mental jolt]

Use a straw for better control

[plush swift]

Thats good advice

fuck

why didnt I think of that?

[mental jolt]

I do have my moments

[round crystal]

Painted some mushrooms over the weekend, love me some gobbos

[white tangle]

And here's the engineering marvel I came up with. Splits into 3 parts for priming.

I've given myself 2 weeks to finish my first batch paint but watch it take like a year.

[round crystal]

Know that feeling, looks so daunting sub assembled like that.

[copper siren]

Those are big batches

Pauldrons seperate?

Which chapter?

[pastel grotto]

You wouldn't have lasted a minute on cadia
Is that so? And uh, how's cadia doing right about now?

[rapid lake]

air brushed?

[white tangle]

Custom chapter but they are going to follow the colour scheme of my other models.

The shoulders are on pikes as well

[pastel grotto]

No

[plush swift]

daaaamn, that's some clean paint work

[midnight locust]

Another sergeant tabletop ready

[brazen badger]

Looks clean, great work.

[midnight locust]

Thanks, finally found a skin tone recipe I like

[rapid lake]

love that camo pattern

[woeful vale]

Behold the equivalent of a child's crayon drawings. Assault intercessor sergeant was a PITA to put together because the hip sling with his helmet kept popping out. Not sure if I'm gluing this together or if I'll revert to the other configuration, I do like that at least a couple of the units in recruit edition offer some customizability. I think I like the helmetless look with the sword raised in plasma gun better, I think it sets him apart from the other Space Marines better as well.

Primaris lieutenant is awesome though. I picked up the second issue of imperium which included a few Necron warriors like a month and a half ago and used a standard assault intercessor that I got for free as a stand-in for the lieutenant, it came with a Playthrough simple enough that I was able to get my almost 4-year-old to play along and she was into it lol

I was kind of looking around for back issues of Imperium because it seemed to me like an affordable way to get into the hobby but that run is already finished and you can't find it except by resellers. Awesome concept though

[dark violet]

is the all knowing corpse starch present? i require information on the quality of a type of paint i got but havnt gotten the opportunity to use yet

also do paints not have to list ingredients on them?

[mental jolt]

It depends, but no, probably not

[rare hornet]

Bike with an ork

Well half a bike with half an ork

[plush swift]

Yes, they do. But not hobby paints unless you're me, because I know how to get that.

They legally have to give it to me

[plush swift]

What paint? Also you can ping or DM me.

[lilac arch]

I mean if you got enough boyz together you could absolutely get that thing running

[visual turret]

My final lad is done

Really proud with how the backpack came out

[woeful vale]

Looks really good!

[visual turret]

Thank you!!!!!

Just some simple shading but it really makes it pop

The crevices make it look so much nicer

[exotic kayak]

Just painted this bad boy today

[vale pollen]

Biggest thing i painted yet

[plush swift]

the tiger pattern looks very good! Makes me want to try it as well

How did you make them? Simply a black paint streak over a red base?

[lean snow]

I present to the council for review, my World Eater Master of Executions

[wary sonnet]

He has elements of a Night Lord.

Looks great.

[slender ridge]

very cool looking

indeed has a bit of a nightlord aesthetic with the flesh cape

[lean snow]

Im happy that it reads as flesh

[lavish crescent]

Flesh is a pain to paint ngl

Either looks like cloth or just looks like a face on a normal model

So congrats dude

[tiny jay]

Yeah I'm not looking forward to painting my ogryns and repentia. it'll be a learning experience.

[sterile grail]

looks like the early ww1 french uniform. Do you get inspiration from that?

[wary sonnet]

It's Krieg.

[sterile grail]

looks very nice, they do look a bit like the raven guards

[sterile grail]

i mean the colors yeah

[wary sonnet]

Early French WW1 colors.

[pastel grotto]

Krieg if they weren't associated with Nazis for no fucking reason

[sterile grail]

you mean the wehrmach

idk how to pronounce their name properly

it's still typical blue/ grey like the vanilla kriegs

I gave my guy's weapon some extra metal bits today. Was kinda dissapointed that the arm will completely cover up the chest aquila... all that effort for white lol.

[plush swift]

@dark violet

[spring arch]

First squad basecoated with the airbrush. The haemonculus said he'd reattach their arms once he got to see the data cards for 10th

[rapid lake]

Same photo I used for my scheme

[blazing atlas]

I did! Thanks for noticing 🙂

Since i only has the aos paint starter set, i went with the colors in it to limit the investment and it seemed like a good match

[jade swift]

You know the krieg are more based on the French in WW1 at least in outfit, but that regiment brings in the most wehraboos even though the steel legion actually takes more inspiration from Germany

[pastel grotto]

https://tenor.com/view/both-is-good-gif-24288319

[midnight locust]

Is it worth to magnetize the sponsons on the Rogal Dorn and Russ or just glue them on and don’t use the weapons if you don’t want to run sponsons?

[rare hornet]

You’ll have to mount the magnets internally which might be a pain if you have built it already

Even with the Rogal’s famed black hole underneath it

[midnight locust]

The two Russes I’ve made included sponsons so this would be more for future builds. I’m kinda iffy on it tbh

[spring arch]

Looking at the instructions it seems like magnetizing the sponsons on a Leman Russ isn't too hard if you don't have it built yet

[midnight locust]

It’s not from what I can tell. Just put a large magnet on the inside of the track and then another on the actual sponson

[spring arch]

I'd probably opt for 2 smaller ones in both. It'll help to keep them from spinning

[midnight locust]

Would you stack one above the other or side by side?

[spring arch]

I think it'd depend on which one would be harder to do. I'd go for the easiest option

Less cutting is always better in cases like this

[rare hornet]

The biggest issue with it is that there is a space between the inside of the tank and the outside where the sponsons go on, meaning you actually have to put the magnets on inside the tracks

[midnight locust]

Eh you’d just have to glue it on before assembly I suppose

[woeful topaz]

That looks great, as a steel legion fanboy i love it

[woeful topaz]

how dyou get the white so clean? Looks great

[exotic kayak]

Sorry for the later reply, But yep! Simply a bunch of little black streak. Tigers also have kinda a "Y" style stripe as well that I think sells the whole thing

[lavish crescent]

HH tanks, plastic, have been pretty good to the players as they are twist fit and don't require glue or magnets

[lofty bridge]

They just aren't bruh

They only relation they have is the Imperium itself which was originally made to critique fascism and Nazis

But since it isn't the 80s anymore not everything is a political commentary

[midnight locust]

Any tips on painting bandages?

[jagged sparrow]

This sentiment always confused me. How are krieg anywhere close to being associated with 1940s Germany. They’re ww1 inspired lmao

[sudden notch]

People that dont care for even basic history lumping ww1 and ww2 era germany into the same group

[jagged sparrow]

It’s wild because they’re completely different. Especially motives.

[sudden notch]

Indeed. People just dont care to read so far. Its just "oh its germans so uuhhhh nazis yeah"

[spring arch]

If I ever decide to get a Krieg Kill Team I'll paint them with Russian uniforms and give them lots of bandages. Attack of the Dead Men, anyone?

[white tangle]

Dk if you've seen iron snakes but yeah. Imagine making custom colours that youre proud of and then someone hits you with this image. Devastating, I thought I was unique.

[spring arch]

Pretty sure there are more Space Murheen chapters than colours, so yeah...

[compact root]

Got me some Scions and Cadians built and ready to prime and paint

[visual turret]

I wanna get the exaction squad

Loved painting the one I did before

[white tangle]

Anyone here use citadel paints to airbrush? 'I've been doing some base coating and having a hard time with the paint consistency.

[spring arch]

I used my first bit of contrast through my airbrush today

Otherwise I've only used Vallejo so far

#40k-minis-and-armies message

[midnight locust]

Would caliban green over Castellan green show enough shade difference for a camo scheme?

[wary sonnet]

Is this a good Tzeentch symbol?

[lofty rivet]

WiP Tzeentch Knight

Apologies for terrible lighting

[brisk vapor]

Slowly but surely I suppose

[lofty rivet]

Have more WiP with terrible lighting

[jovial siren]

Had a similar experience, but I was not creative, just painted a normal ultramarine, still someone said the mini looks more like the Emperor's spears, it's crazy how many chapters and patterns already exist, even tried a sons of horus green knockoff and found out after that a chapter called Atlantian Spears look quite similar

Also, why is it always spears? Why not spoons or something for a changes?

[jovial siren]

Just like the decay of the dynasty
But looks really nice, like the yellow glow

[brisk vapor]

Cheers!

[hot ravine]

Wip

[brazen badger]

that looks sick as fuck, what model is that?

[hot ravine]

Forge word -> Canoptek Tomb Sentinel (I think)

I have a flayed ones themed army

[wary sonnet]

He just lacks the blood for the Blood God.

Wait, where is his backpack?

[hot ravine]

It only slows them down

They get an additional 2 inches on move, charge, and advance rolls without all the extra weight

[spring arch]

Yeah, but where is he going to keep all the skulls he's collecting for the Emperor skull throne?

[patent bramble]

How’d you manage to get that red so clean?

[rare hornet]

One ork boss

[cursive gyro]

Noiiiiice

[tiny jay]

Opinion: Would folks here consider a greyscale paint job (zenithal with plenty of layers and a drybrush to bring out detail) with some freehand and black/white transfers and using a single accent color for some object source lighting to be unpainted?

I thought a kurosawa inspired Tau Kill Team would be neat.

Thought it might be a neat way to turn out a finished KT without much time.

Kind of like this.

[woeful topaz]

Finished the last of the wraithguard from my pile of shame, couldnt be arsed to magnify both sword arms so just did the one sword and shield arm

[sweet sinew]

I know not a lot about the eldar, what does the splotch on their helmets signify? It looks very cool

[woeful topaz]

Thank you, nothing just a personalisation i did to break up the plain white of the helmet, i just paint on gloss then dab on glitter flakes

[sweet sinew]

Ah, well it looks great! You can always make up your own reason. Maybe it’s a symbol of brotherhood amongst that squad

[sage matrix]

Primed with brass scorpion, the painted with mephiston, then agrax, then mephiston, then wild riders red

[tiny cairn]

Well if we count black and white as colors, black white grey, 3 colors.

[tiny jay]

Yeah I was gonna work up from black through grey to white.

And Freehand some sept markings or use transfers where I've got flat surface, Doing the same on some printed sashimono banners.

Then just do some OSL from the weapons.

[tiny cairn]

could always dry brush the weapon a metallic and call it a day for colors

[tiny jay]

I figured either a red or blue glow from parts of the weapon just to give it an accent.

And yeah, a bit of metallic on some bits might work to add some more depth.

Gonna use two different bodies from Puppetswar's Orc Ninja's for an Orc and Ogryn with different heads. Probably just use normal Ogryn GG' arms for the weapons so I can make it easy to swap.

The orc one I'm just gonna try and smash the two weapon options for the stealth suit together and add some wires and just assume that it works as whatever the Ork needs it to be at the time.

Kroot with some Tau armor bits and I've got some printed X15 Battlesuit files so I can do two with Tau heads and one with a Human to make up a 6 man Stealth Suit Team.

Orcs and Ogryns have plenty of wounds to be stealth suit proxies, I just assume this Kroot is a little tougher, maybe he ate a whole Ork once. And X15 stealth suits and the new ones have the same rules and I just don't like the big bubble suits of the new models.

And If I can't get the Tau/Human models to look decent with swappable weapons I can always just double up.

[tiny jay]

BTW, anyone know which specific boxes that death guard came out of?

[plain granite]

For the death guard in the pic, it's a mix of the options from the standard plague marine box.

[tiny jay]

Ah, couldn't see the torso in the GW Plague Marine box art so I thought it might ave been a HH or other bit.

[plain granite]

Yeah, they show the other build option for that guy on the box.

[tiny jay]

Ah cool, the Blooded, Zephyrim and new Cadians are my only real hands on experience with newer plastic kits. I haven't bought 40k minis since I built death guard up from stuff I bought just after I got the Battle for Macragge box.

Except the new Genestealers from Space Hulk, but they're still basically easybuild.

I sold all my old marines though.

Still got the 'Nids and Terrain though.

[summer shale]

I forgot if I shared this one in here already, but here he is. My Thug from the blooded kill team. :)

[tiny jay]

The blooded models are sick, a touch plain but it makes them hella easy to covert/add extra bits to like pouches/web gear.

[tiny jay]

I've pivoted my plans for the Moebians from mechanised (mostly based off the fact that Atoma has tank factories) to doing all Scions with some Bullgryns. Though I might build a list later with some armor.

I'd love a renegades and heretics rules set for 10th but I don't think It'll happen.

[naive umbra]

As a T'au player who already has too much magnetising to do, my philosophy on this is if it's an option that has no alternate variants besides "to take or not take", then I just glue it on and decide whether I take it or not for the battle. For instance I have glued the positional relay and velocity tracker on my Commander's shoulders since the only other wargear option he has is a shield generator which I would magnetise to an arm when taking. The other two I just decide if I'm using or not, but they otherwise look cool on the model.

[plush swift]

I consider it painted

[tiny jay]

I've kind of been doing the same with my genestealers in parts. Using the Space Hulk models, so if part is behind a wall or cover I'm leaving it in shadow.

[spring arch]

I'd consider that painted. It looks awesome and it's enough time spent on the model to make it look like you want it to.

[tiny jay]

I figure if I add some freehands to some of the flat surfaces like the banners from puppetswar I think it'll help sell that its not just Zenithal/Drybrush and a splat of color to call it done.

[spring arch]

On that dwarf I'd probably paint his beard and hair a shade of orange

It would really contrast nicely with the blue light

[tiny jay]

Thats not mine btw, just an image I found.

its wayyyy better OSL than I've done thus far.

[spring arch]

Fair. Still stands though, a smaller contrasting colour as a highlight could really sell the effect

[tiny jay]

I could do markings in another color.

[spring arch]

Something like that, yeah

Maybe eyes?

[tiny jay]

Been playing alot of Ghost of Tsushima in Kurosawa mode.

Eyes won't work, they'll mostly be covered by straw hats.

Only exposed heads will be one Tau and one Human.

The Orc, Ogryn, Kroot and one of the other Tau will all have a straw hat or Drone dish covering most of their head.

[spring arch]

Grayscale and 2 contrasting colours reminds me of Sin City, btw

[naive umbra]

I use volumetric priming myself as a way to make my models look semi decent while still waiting for a paint job. Looks way better than just bare plastic

[spring arch]

Don't go too hard on red and green though, unless you want a Christmas themed army

[tiny jay]

Appart from some heads, these packs have most of what I need. And there are loads of free Kroot files.

So all in all it'll be 1 orc, 1 ogryn, 1 human, 1 kroot, 2 tau making up the 6 bodies.

I'll probably just give them whatever weapon looks good and find a way to put the other option strapped to their back or something or peeking out from under a robe.

[tiny jay]

Yeah, I did the same with my 'stealers while I was still working on them.

[spring arch]

I got an airbrush last week and now I can just cheat and basecoat them in minutes

[tiny jay]

I actually have a sin city 2 poster with Eva Green in my home theater.

I still need an airbrush, I bought one of those cannister ones and ended up returning it. I bought the brush separate but I need a compressor.

[tiny jay]

Also Technically the Orc and Ogryn should be better in melee than the Stealthsuits are but I'm handwaving the Ogryn as unlimited ammo makes him forget he can do other than shooting and I was gonna cut the Ork's hand off and have it peeking out of the Kroot's bag or something. XD

Orks are dumb too, but usually smarter than an Ogryn.

[bitter fiber]

First ever time with 40K miniatures

[spring arch]

Man, I love colourshifting paints

[bitter fiber]

Didn’t have all colours so it was quite difficult in that regard

[spring arch]

They look great though, and there's plenty of time to grow your paint collection 🙂

Just be smart and buy other brands than just Citadel, they're often way cheaper

[simple thorn]

oooh, I likey

also how many consecutive letters is it to trigger the bot?

a

aa

aaa

aaaa

Okay, seems to be more than 4 at least

[mental jolt]

I think it's five, but not certain

[spring arch]

30 seconds of spraying paint also saved me from painting an entire cockpit and pilot, so I likey a lot too 🥲

[lavish crescent]

Guess who's gonna murder me!

[rare hornet]

Me! I am!

[lavish crescent]

Probably

I'm buying a custode army for a friend as a fair well gift!

Adpetus custodes unit in arma and our cpt general is going to basic for 18 weeks

[median thistle]

That’s kind of evil lol

[rare hornet]

It can sit there as a reminder of what they left behind

It’s perfect. Let them experience that guilt of abandoning you all

[mental jolt]

yes

[livid zinc]

Pinning makes my llife easier

[mental jolt]

yeah, especially pinning the feet to the base, that I do as well

[mental jolt]

this is a really good pose tho

[livid zinc]

Thanks

3 or 4 sets bashed together. Chaplain,, SSanguin guard, Terminators (old), and normal mariness... Oh and some bits from the FantasyChaos Warriors

[mental jolt]

it looks very coherent style-wise

[midnight locust]

What size drill do you use for that? 1 mm?

[mental jolt]

depends on the mini, for most things 1mm, yeah. If it's very big (or heavy or whatever reason) I can go up to 2mm. Larger than that and it's only really for busts and things, not warhammer minis.

oh, and just in case, make sure you use superglue for the pins, even when model and base are both plastic, otherwise it won't stick

[midnight locust]

Yeah my loctite super glue is perfect for stuff like that

[mental jolt]

[median thistle]

Boat

[lavish crescent]

That's but also he wanted my custodes so it's a win win

[rare hornet]

The custodes will never forget this betrayal

[sterile grail]

dont worry i though i made my own chapter as well until someone showed me the fulminators from the ultramarines

scope

[tiny jay]

Anyone here got the new Hero Quest re-release from 2021?

Just amused by how they changed the Chaos Warrior to something else.

I'm suprised Hasbro felt that GW could try to claim that the original Chaos Warrior infringed at all considering how close that look is to the old Frank Frazzeta artwork like Death Dealer

Ah nvm, I didn't realize GW made the minis

Still, I think AoS is a good example of why GW's Fantasy Battle IP is basically undefendable, and they know it.

[jade swift]

WDYM

[tiny jay]

Changing up the factions to give them a more unique identity.

Because Orcs, Goblins, Dwarves, Humans (the various cultures), Wood Elves, Other Elves, Vampires etc are all super generic IP

But like, Stormcast visually are more distinct, same with the Kharadron Overlords, They've leaned even more onto the Gloomspite stuff for the Gitz... its probably also why their names are all differet. They're not Orks/Orcs they're Orrukh or whatever

[jade swift]

I think that both should be a thing, not one or the other

[tiny jay]

Same, I mean if people like the AoS lore, power to them.

[jade swift]

Warhammer fantasy is there for people like myself who like generic fantasy stuff while aos is it's own much more unique thing

[tiny jay]

I just like the classic fantasy style that old world carries.

Not that I'm planning anything standard for Old World XD

Converting Olynder into an Unseelie Lady of the Lake and do Bretonnians with Dullahans as Grail Knights etc.

I love the Olynder model.

[jade swift]

I like the old world a lot too

[jade swift]

Though the Karadron overlords are really cool

[tiny jay]

I'm gonna look at what they do with Bretonnian models for old world but there are so many alternative prints.

And I've found some sweet blood knights models I've saved that'll make great Dullahans.

I want to lean heavily into Unseelie/Wyld Fey for the army.

[white tangle]

Does a airbrush needle need to be like %100 straight to work? or does the smallest bend make it broken?

[brisk vapor]

yup

I had mine bent like 0.001mm and it started to spray all wonky

[white tangle]

but the fact that mine isnt spraying has nothing to do with the needle?

because its either that or the needle tip holder thing is clogged

[brisk vapor]

See the very small bend at the end? That caused it being pretty much useless for precision work

can you get anything through without the needle in place

[white tangle]

Ive taken the needle out and now tried to put it in and it wount come out the tip so i think its just clogged

[brisk vapor]

ye that ought to be it then

[plush swift]

yes, it can also destroy the entire airbrush

[white tangle]

issue now is that i dont have the cleaning tools. Im guessing that im screwed unitl they arrive?

or is there some other way to clean it?

[plush swift]

what airbrush is it?

[white tangle]

nasedal Airbrush

[plush swift]

no you're just screwed entirely

I have a few of those super cheap ones and they just stop working if you dont clean them out 100%. You cant put them in an acetone or an ultrasonic either

[white tangle]

Cant i use one of these?

[plush swift]

the reemer will destroy the nozzle, the rest, yes but most of the time its an issue in the actual construction of them. The cheap ones corrode really easily and you cant fix them

[white tangle]

one last thing. is nozzle tip clogging somwthing that just happens or did i do something wrong?

[spring arch]

Could be a few things, afaik

Either the paint you used was too thick, or you didn't clean it properly

Or, what happened for me... I used a paint that had the pigment and medium seperate super fast and some pigment clogged up after a few seconds of spraying

I think the paint didn't appreciate the thinner I mixed with it

[plush swift]

it happens heres a video that can help a lot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDboS3BH0fA

[hot ravine]

Finished!

[wary sonnet]

Scarab Occult > Sekhmet.

[signal plover]

Just a few pics from the past few months

Lots of these were WIP or not dried yet

[compact umbra]

After my break from mini painting ends I think im gonna do some wasteland warfare

And a space marine killteam

But idk which killtema

[burnt epoch]

Are these deathwatch veterans worth getting

And how many come in the box?

[signal plover]

38 bucks usd on ebay, 5 to a box, massive amount of extra guns, melee weapons, rare shoulderpads for successor chapters that are only in this box etc

One of the best value kits ever made

[burnt epoch]

What successor chapters?

[signal plover]

silver skulls, minotaurs, novamarines, flesh tearers, imperial/howling griffons (?), and some others I cannot remember off the top of my head

you also get the main chapters like IF, BA, UM, DA, Salamanders etc

[burnt epoch]

One last thing

You got any gabagool?

[signal plover]

https://tenor.com/view/punisher-no-no-no-tanklorde-gif-25785566

[burnt epoch]

Horus came at me with a chainsaw

Man’s got a right to defend himself

[signal plover]

and the deathwatch vets are on the same scale as the new beakies, so they're upscaled

so they're not tiny like old tac squads

[burnt epoch]

Let’s fucking go

I wish they just upscale firstborn

Instead of primaris

[signal plover]

and if you can find one get a captain artemis to go with them

[burnt epoch]

A what

[signal plover]

still makes 0 sense to me why he went OOP

he was the deathwatch HQ unit in start collecting deathwatch and the death masque set

was a modern plastic mould and then he got put out of print

they're about 50-60 USD new, I've found two so far on ebay for 7 bucks and 20 bucks respectively on auctions

[burnt epoch]

The thing is I’m gonna turn these guys into alpha legion lmao

[plush swift]

The Scarab Occult and Sekhmet are very similar in lore and are somewhat the same

They are bodyguards of Magnus, that’s pretty much it

[wary sonnet]

I know. I was talking about their appearance.

[plush swift]

Oh, fair, I like both quite a lot personally

[plain granite]

Finished shading up my blightlords!

[jagged gazelle]

they look disgusting (in a good way)

[plain granite]

Thank you!

[vale pollen]

Got my chaplain all done

[compact umbra]

It’s currently the best of the index marines tbh

[compact umbra]

Baller af! I love the red skull it works amazing

[undone pike]

My skitarii are really coming along nicely :)

[plain granite]

Took a break from death guard to work on a marine from my totally an ultramarine successor chapter the Frost Serpents. Also to practice highlighting metallics. I think I was too thick on the edges.

[tender ocean]

Well it needs to be stripped and repainted, but I say hogwash to buying a khan on bike when you can build something a bit more… well it’s more of a lance then a spear

[jovial siren]

Nice looking alpha leg- frost serpents

[desert drum]

A few pics of my Sisters of Battle and bonus Inquisitor

[simple thorn]

Good lord, is the one on the left TRYING to ivoke She Who Thirsts? Scheme is so loud he can infiltrate an EC Warband.
(Jokes aside, love 'im. Aside from the bayonet, it looks out of place a little with that colour IMO)

[cursive gyro]

WIP of muh trukk

Is going good, proud of this one

[gleaming minnow]

I used panzer 4 paint base to paint my Baneblade tank

Is Tamiya paint good for WH minis?

[spring arch]

Do you like the look of the paint?

If so, yes it's a good paint

[desert drum]

If it's acrylic paint, yeah no issues really .. if it's enamel paint it can be a bit of a pain if you aren't experienced with it

[gleaming minnow]

Ok, Ty. I blended too much paint for my previous one.

[spring arch]

You mean mixed? Or actual blending on the model?

[gleaming minnow]

Mixed

[spring arch]

Could always try to store it in a sealed off bottle

[gleaming minnow]

K

[signal plover]

It was supposed to be a 90’s cartoon or action figure lol

[raven sedge]

He's almost done

[silver pilot]

Some Vehicles

[raven sedge]

That's a beautiful shade of green right there

[silver pilot]

Lotsa green.

[tiny jay]

Ooof, that list of stuff banned from tourneys is rough.

in 10th

Muh Greater Blight Drones!

Also like, All the cool Dreads, RIP

[hot ravine]

How did you do the base? It looks great!

[plain granite]

The start was an Elrikshobbies crystal cavern base, primed in white, then went over with a layer of monument hobbies bold titaniam white, then a layer of the pylar glacier contrast paint, then 2ish layers of greenstuffworld's liquid frost to get a bunch of the crystals then a layer of 'ardcoat. You lose some of the really strong liquid frost effect, but the crystallization is still mostly there.

[floral wind]

My BT Terminator

[simple agate]

The pile of shame thins out ever so slightly

[toxic rampart]

It's been close to a decade since I painted last. I don't have good brushes yet either.

[agile junco]

test model for my BA incursor scheme thoughts?

[rare hornet]

Perfect! Next question

[mental jolt]

Right now the kneecap stands out and draws attention, toning it down and toning up the eyes could help, but you may want to consider altering the helmet colour to get the focus onto the head.

Of course, if you want the focus to be the kneecap then all's good.

Other than that it looks like a decent colour scheme.

[midnight locust]

Really liking the Cadian accessories kit

[teal wolf]

WIP of a lt I whipped up

[visual turret]

Hehe

[teal wolf]

oooh lucky

[visual turret]

Torn because I want another to do some of the other setups

So far

Like I did th e shield here, but the blue one looks good too. same with the pink one in the second photo

So many nice looking poses and models but

Alas

[agile junco]

i wanted the kneecap to be a diff color to get some color seperation in and to get in some "blood angels red" armor into the more stealthy vibe i was going for phobos marines

i might try to redo the helmet later since i feel like i went to hard on the dry brushing

[midnight locust]

Any suggestions on a contrast paint to add a little blood stain to the bandages? Blood Angel red for example?

[teal wolf]

thatd work, if not blood for the blood god paint?

[tiny jay]

blood for the blood god, though you can add a tiny bit of a darker red/black to make it look like the blood as dried in places on the bandage.

[midnight locust]

Any tips on how to use blood for the blood god effectively? I’ve watched a few Duncan vids but they really only show how to apply it as a spatter or on blades.

[wintry pilot]

grimdark blood raven!

still need to do the backpack tho

[plush swift]

Nice freehand

[wintry pilot]

thanks bro! It helps to mark it out in pencil first, then color it in

[plush swift]

technically speaking no, but its not worse than any other hobby paint

its just an alcohol based acrylic

So take the normal issues with acrylic and amplify them, then exasterbate them because its a hobbiest product so 50x the cost and 100x lower quality

[teal wolf]

I love tamiya flat white

[plush swift]

Yes, I have a lot of tips for that.

first off, less is more

its transparent so the more layers you use, the darker it gets

[tender ocean]

I don’t think I posted the finished Vashtorr, so here he is

[simple thorn]

I just got him today

Still need to prime and do...everything

[tender ocean]

He’s a tough cookie to crack, I’d recommend priming black then using iron warriors to dry brush about the entire model to start with.

Do you have a thought on what kind of color scheme you’ll have for him?

[simple thorn]

Not yet. Honestly got him 'cause the model looks cool

Might use him as a DnD/Pathfinder proxy (latter if I can ever work the courage to read the damn sourcebooks) for some sort of forge-related demon

[tender ocean]

Fair point

Also a nice way to use the wannabe god

[simple thorn]

In which case he's either gonna be clockwork, so copper and green rust
OR
lots of iron and steel, so Iron Warrior + a wee bit of copper to emulate rust

Since the only actual rust colour I have is Nihilak Oxide

[edgy jackal]

@plush swift do you know what ak interactive's snow, sand and mud texture pastes are made of? I'd like to find an alternative that behaves somewhat similarly.

[glossy hawk]

did a 2 hour project painting this duo of genestealer cult familiars i had lying around

[edgy jackal]

I've already found a local alternative for the microballoons, ordered it, going to see if it looks similar.

[plush swift]

the shiny things are glass beads, the rest is mostly just paint and saw dust, also tile spackle/grout

[midnight locust]

Yeah I noticed that in the videos. So im guessing start off with very little on the tip of the brush and work up?

[plush swift]

yes

[copper siren]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/751133394972442755/1113051644830175334/20230530_121935.jpg?width=674&height=505

my custom chapter

It's a kill team for inquisitor GREYfax

[hearty bear]

Tip for painting in sub-assemblies: prime and paint them while still on the sprue

[edgy jackal]

That's not universally a good idea for GW kits. Some parts have nubs on really visible areas, which you'd need to repaint when removing the part from the sprue.

[hearty bear]

True

But at least the paint is dry when I go back to paint over the nubs

So I can actually hold it

[edgy jackal]

I prefer drilling a hole in the area where the plastic connection will be, putting the exact same size wire in it, and putting the wire into a block of wood.

If the drill bit and wire match size, you might not even need glue/blu tack.

[gleaming minnow]

ok, got a T28 tank and Drummer boy coming up. They are both green anyways. Need to weather these stuffs

[plush swift]

Working on a homebrew chapter/legion where doomguy is chapter master/primarch. Just waiting on some custom heads for the two headless ones

[white tangle]

So ive been having some issues with my aribrush that i have now sorted out but the result on my minis has been a bit of an oof moment. The paint is fine but some models have an extreamly matt finish while others are glossy. Can somone tell me why this is the case and if there is any way of making the glossy ones less glossy?

Btw ive been going over the matt ones with a thin coat of paint to make them have the gloss of normal paint but i dont know if it will have the same affect on the extreamly glossy ones

[edgy jackal]

Can't tell the cause, but you can use a matt rattlecan varnish to dull down the coat.

Or use satin to bring the glossy ones down, and shine the matt a little

[edgy jackal]

I did have an issue with nuln oil neing super glossy if not shaken properly

[white tangle]

yeah, i had that as well

[woeful vale]

Just got my starter paint set and primer- hope to have some pictures to show you guys by end-of-weekend / next week.

[woeful vale]

ohhh this might be my favorite homebrew chapter. who better to save the imperium than the doom slayer?

look if he was around during the heresy, big e would still be walking among us

[wary trench]

what’s the plan

[plush swift]

Current head cannon is warp stuff happened and doomguy showed up. He meets big e and impressed him enough he got his own chapter

[karmic kayak]

NOT MINE. I’m at a convention. Just thought this was cool.

[jaunty trail]

Looks very alive... it's dirty, poses are realistic, detailed colourworks... this kind of skill is way above what i can do currently XD

[copper siren]

DA

[plush swift]

I spotted about 70 flaws... I hate my life

[karmic kayak]

There was some other pretty cool ones like this one.

[rare hornet]

Bike go vroom

[woeful vale]

So I've already learned a lesson in spray paint when I saw a couple of these had excess washing out details or adding texture to certain parts, I'm gonna take these through to the finish line and if it bothers me enough I'll strip and restart hopefully with some lessons learned. The battle brother with the wonky pauldrons can simply be the one who drew the short straw that day

[plush swift]

depending on the paint, good luck trying to strip it, if its a real primer, then it fuses to the surface

[woeful vale]

Ah, I'm using the citadel chaos Black. A lot of the videos on YouTube make it look just like magic to strip one down but if this stuff fuses and one ultramarine looks ugly so be it

[bold violet]

My commander (it looks lile hell in macro shots)

[plush swift]

Yeah dont believe most of those, at best they are half accurate. I'll be releasing one at some point that actually goes over what chemically works as a whole using industry standards and information that the public wouldnt have easy access to. I can DM it to you if you want

[woeful vale]

Awesome I'll keep my eyes peeled 😌

[plush swift]

musuem standard is 2 feet, mini standard is 3 feet. just keep that in mind

[bold violet]

I see

[woeful vale]

I love the detail on this Primaris sergeants, it was such a pain getting the hip piece to stay in But I think his expression and the raised sword add good elements to the scene of him leading his brothers into battle

A question Ive got- do all of you guys play or do you mainly just paint?

[outer agate]

Vet Guard kill team 😄

[bold violet]

https://tenor.com/view/borat-borat-very-nice-verynice-thumbs-up-gif-25080066

[mental jolt]

That would be lovely, given that at least half of all tutorials are like "use this local brand you won't have access to".

[plush swift]

yeah, I'm spending a lot of money and trying to avoid breaking laws based off chemical shipments for it

[mental jolt]

Heh, that can be an absolute mess to navigate

[plush swift]

yes, massively

some countries even ban IPA for consumer purchasing due to people drinking it

[mental jolt]

Who in their right mind would drink IPA?

[plush swift]

its chemically identical to drinkable alcohol in some countries

and there is a long history of people drinking it because of alcoholism

[mental jolt]

.>

[woeful vale]

The beer drinker in me thought you were making a joke about India pale ales

[mental jolt]

Nope, isopropyl alcohol.

[woeful vale]

Alas, there was a story of a family friend who died from drinking isopropyl as that was the only thing they could get their hands on

[mental jolt]

:<

[plush swift]

yeah no, IPA(pale ale) is its own sin

stout is the superior beer

I will fight anyone over this

[woeful vale]

I'm IPA-ed out. theres some really tasty stouts out there. but I do have a citra brew kit as a gift from some time ago I still need to get out of the way

[wintry pilot]

Blood Raven done!

[woeful vale]

Very nice!

[wary trench]

I’m thinking of making an ntf kasrkin kill team

any ideas?

[edgy jackal]

Ntf?

I personally like the idea of painting them in inquisition colours of the npc guards in darktide on the ship. That way it's also thematic if you use them to fill the ranks of an inquisituon team.

[vale pollen]

Love the older style helmet

[tiny jay]

I think the astartes on the right looks a bit odd, looks like he's running not being knocked back. Though mabe there is more on the other side that tels a story more like some battle damage.

[tiny jay]

No idea what ntf is.

But assuming you want to go other than standard Kasrkin alternate schemes are always an option.

Otherwise, Though Scions are probably more thematic depending on their homeworld. But if your regiment/force Draws its Stormtroopers/Elites from veteran shock troops like the Kasrkin do, theme them up as scions with a slight cultural spin for your army/world.

I'm building out my Moebain 6th Traitors as Tempestus Scions, though I'll expand it to line troops later, though its quite possible that they'll remove pure scion armies from being viable in 10th. Since the various background options for various Moebian planets include more than a few with Progenae background options, so its quite possible that stuff like the Scab specialists are mostly stormtroopers/scions.

By god I hate the look of the Taurox though, so not sure what I'm doing for transport.

This one from the Maker's Cult looks decent though, can maybe do a halftrack conversion. Looks much mroe 40k than the Taurox that looks like a Bearcat with four tracks.

Some of the others look pretty cool too.

[plush swift]

there are a lot of small things

[tiny jay]

Anyone played around with using flexible whips, maybe with a wire core to make them less of a hazard to being broken in stuff like Mistresses of Repentance and ‘nid warriors?

Was looking at the Knight Abominant’s weapon and though I might be able to make something simmilar out of metal beads and some electrical wire.

[simple thorn]

Beakie Guard!

[jaunty trail]

The Chimera one looks like a TOG II conversion to 40k 🤣

[white tangle]

hey how do you do something like a 5 o'clock shadow or like a shaved head? Is it just slight glazes of shades like nuln oil or something else?

[tiny jay]

I'd assume stippling with like a tiny drybrush form the flesh shade to the hair color. doing each quite sparsely.

[tiny jay]

I feel like Guard Armor is at its best when it looks like something out of WW1/2 I think the Rogal Dorn kind of works because its got some Tiger Vibes.

[pastel grotto]

That kasrkin with the helmet looks odly similar

[tiny jay]

Nice

[sterile whale]

Is my smelly boy.

Made the puddle using UV resin and the silica balls in the DO NOT EAT sachets. They make great bubbles.

top crafting tip

Did likewise on Typhus.

[sterile whale]

So neat. Love it.

[brisk vapor]

Cheers! Still some way to the finish line with these guys but starting to look like a proper unit

[plush swift]

i LOVE the glass tank!

[sterile whale]

Thanks. I messed it up at first, so some is a bit cover-up. But end result turned out OK, even if I did have to cowboy it a bit.

My personal favourites. Because I love ogryn.

Not my best painting, but I still love them.

[edgy jackal]

Finding glass beads/crushed glass in that specific size is a bit of a pain. Microballoons are easy to find, glass mixing balls of 5mm are also easy, but no luck with see through crushed glass of 0.5/1mm.

I like the ice effect they make

[wary trench]

Thank you for the ideas! ntf is from SCP universe, they are specialized taskforce to containing breaches

[tiny jay]

Ah, then Inquisitorial Stormtroops would be perfect. While the Ordos have their respective Chambers Millitant, Deathwatch, Grey Knights or Sororitas aren't always going to be on hand.

[wary trench]

thank you

[tiny jay]

Generally allot of black, but honestly they're Inqusitorial Troops so you can probably do whatever if you put plenty of Inquisitorial Rosettes and stuff on them.

[wary trench]

NTF take the scheme of black armor and dirty orange underarmor

[tiny jay]

Yeah, that'd work. When you said orange I immediately thought of the typical Penal Guard color scheme.

Could flavor it as the dull orange on the upper body fatigues being part of he Inquisitor's personal heraldry that they work under.

[plush swift]

Glaze on pb60 anthraquinone blue

[plush swift]

It's easier than you think, it's mostly just clear sand

[brisk vapor]

Did this by stippling a couple very thin layers of blue-ish grey. Just start very thin that's barely noticeable and do extra layers untill you feel happy with it.

[wary sonnet]

Looks quite real.

[brisk vapor]

Cheers, the sculpt does lot of the heavy lifting I feel 😄

[pine yacht]

How in gods name do people highlight that small?!

[pastel grotto]

Oh my god
A mobile task force squad

https://tenor.com/view/scp-oh-my-god-a-mobile-task-force-squad-that-no-one-stops-it-nine-tailes-fox-gif-16722536

[sterile whale]

My guy, that's freaking amazing skin.

[brisk vapor]

Thanks! Turns out I really like painting skin 😄

[sterile whale]

Tell me your secrets, Tanith

I'm awful at it tbh

[brisk vapor]

The oldish Darren Latham skin tutorials were where I started to learn painting skin and I just went from there experimenting with a bit more blemishes and more defined facial features

Latham had a youtube channel a couple years back but deleted it. Someone has reuploaded the videos to youtube though

https://youtu.be/_G9j4x8p55c

this one's real good

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

this too

[sterile whale]

I'm OK with unnatural flesh

[brisk vapor]

Nice

I've only done a couple zombies for Cursed City and kinda went all aboard with it and made them more greenish blue than your usual zombie flesh

[sterile whale]

Those colours are great

Nice choice

[brisk vapor]

Thanks

[compact umbra]

Any tips for painting an off white

I’m planing to get mentors soon

But I don’t like the white

So I wanna do a very very light brownish, like 89% white

[brisk vapor]

spray white and use one of the white/offwhite contrast paints

[compact umbra]

Oooo

Baller

[brisk vapor]

that's a pretty good way of getting decent white nowadays

[compact umbra]

The clean white looks weird to me

[brisk vapor]

or just spray white and glaze very thin layers of whatever tone you want it to be

[compact umbra]

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/retro-mentor-legion.jpg

I feel like. A dirty white would work better with the owls

and a better owl symbol would help

[edgy jackal]

Could it just be silica gel of 0.2 to 0.8mm?

[edgy jackal]

Good stuff, shame you can't save individual videos to playlists because it's youtube kids content

[brisk vapor]

Oh didn't know that was a thing

[river rose]

Not really a technique, but if I could recommend a color for off-white id say screaming skull. I LOVE it for any kind of aged white color, its subtle and still reads as white

[bold violet]

Black helmets or bronze helmets?

[plush swift]

Buy professional grade. I'll post the gif I made again if I have to

[plush swift]

You can use that too actually, I do a lot.

[sweet sinew]

My pilgrimage to the local WH store was a successful endeavor

[jaunty trail]

My Pile of shame is also growing... soonish some assault terminators and a hellfire cybot as also a votann boarding patrol will be in my mailbox... 🙈

[sweet sinew]

I’ve been pretty good at limiting myself. Only 1 40k and 1 HH kit allowed to remain unbuilt before I buy another

[jaunty trail]

The Terminator Assault Squad and the Cybot are a private purchase from a friend for 50€ cuz he dont want to make money with it. Minis are unpainted and not much assembled...

The Boarding patrol was an offer on a social warehouse and getting a worth of ca. 175€ for 88€ is a good deal in my eyes

So limited myself also and did some nice purchases... Building and painting those minis will be the most fun

[sweet sinew]

Oh I’m not judging, I just know it’s an easy thing to fall into

[jaunty trail]

I know 😄

everything alright ^^

[sweet sinew]

There’s plenty of big kits I want, I’m just taking it slow before I go into debt 🤣

[jaunty trail]

And btw are those Horus Heresy Minis nice to build? I'm currently thinking of saving some money to get the Forge World Sigismund Mini cuz i play 40K Black Templars... So i could use that mini as decorative thing or kind of that for a diorama

[jaunty trail]

Thats the lucky thing with my social warehouse... much good offers for some "fair" prices

[sweet sinew]

I paint to paint, not to play. But yeah I enjoy them! I think the simpler designs are a ton more fun. So far I’ve only done the praetor & chaplain 2 pack, a HH era predator tank, and now this 20 pack of MK VI marines

I get a hard-on for the cone helmets so with this kit I can be a true coner

From what I’ve seen, most of the HH kits take place before many of the chapters become demonified or stuff like that. So realistically you can paint them as any legion, and not have to scrape off any glaring details

[jaunty trail]

Nice! Then i can think about getting some horus heresy Marines as well for decorative purposes on a diorama as well...

[sweet sinew]

At WHfest they revealed some new kits coming out. If you’re a fan of the MK III helmets, it looks like they are remaking them

[jaunty trail]

Lol nice... For me it's just like turning such Horus Hersy ones into statues or anything like that to make such a thing like a "hall or rememberance" in Black Templar style or like a "Sigismund and his first chosen ones" diorama. So that i can store my Minis and battlefield decorations in a diorama when not using them to play a match ^^

[sweet sinew]

Oh yeah definitely! That or if you want a few of your marines wearing older helmets for the drip factor. HH definitely has you covered

[jaunty trail]

Thats it and if i'm right the measures are nealy the same to 40k 😄

But before doin' that and working off my pile of shame i have to finish my votann army box first... 🤣

[plush swift]

Also plastic deredeo

From the background

[sterile whale]

Whadya think to my custom Nurgle demon prince?

[sweet sinew]

Very nice, did you give it a name?

Also I like your highlight effect on the wings

[glossy hawk]

love the head so much

[celest zealot]

havocs done

[lean snow]

How u feelin after AAAAALLLLLL that trim bruther

I ask because Im working on world eaters right now and the trim makes me wanna un-alive myself

[celest zealot]

not bad, trim is nothing new, also pls dont call me that :)

[visual turret]

Not sure how to colour up the shield and blade, and whether to give his chest the green glow too

[lean snow]

**scruther

Its not a phobia thing I just throw the word bruther around a lot

Brothers n scruthers

[jagged sparrow]

I have my shields caliban green on the big areas

[sweet sinew]

My first age of Sigmar figure

I don’t know much about the lizard men, let alone AoS. But I figured making him look like a fossil would be cool

[naive umbra]

Finished magnetising the big gun options on my Riptide. Was super fiddly, especially for the little ones I used for the power conduit joining the gun to the hand, but very happy with how they turned out. Definitely the most magnets I've had to use for just one gun.

[vale pollen]

This one took me a while

[sterile whale]

I've been struggling to think of a name tbh

Any suggestions would be appreciated

[naive umbra]

I came up with the name Dhul Sareval pronounced "dool sa-rev-al (as in almond)" for a demon in a D&D session I ran. Welcome to use it

Or are you looking for more of a meme demon name like Bob?

[plush swift]

Pickles

[sterile whale]

Dhul does sound quite Nurgle

Sareval sounds a bit more Slaaneshi

Or Tzeentchy

[ornate bramble]

These two gay ass mfers (boyfriends) are finally built

[sterile whale]

Now make them kiss.

[ornate bramble]

I mean they probably have before

(official art of them)

[hot abyss]

My first attempt at NMM

[visual turret]

alas, not a paint I have

[coarse badger]

Pretty

[sterile whale]

I am gobsmacked. The gold especially is absolutely gorgeous

[mental jolt]

is that tyranid, skitarii and 3d printed parts? Looks sick whatever it is

[plush swift]

Skitarii genestealers yea

I made 10

[sweet sinew]

Odd question, what is this Sons of Horus decal used for? Does it denote any sort of specific troop or something

[brisk vapor]

Just a generic praetor decal iirc

First Warriors of Ithakas Dynasty have awoken

[edgy jackal]

Looks really neat. Is that tessseract glow for the greens?

[brisk vapor]

cheers, it's a mix of it and Vallejo Yellow Fluorescent

[sterile whale]

How do you rate Vallejo fluorescent?

[brisk vapor]

pretty good, needs thinning though

[visual turret]

looks like the Leviathan box is launching this saturday

https://youtu.be/wSVS-gRLdKA

[jaunty trail]

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/06/04/sunday-preview-leviathan-approaches/

Next week.

[pastel grotto]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/919328735486967888/1114656951624802455/Screenshot_20230530-222525.png?width=880&height=1351

I NEED MORE TYRANIDS

THE GALAXY WILL NOT EAT ITSELF

[plush swift]

would avoid if you care about lightfastness. Other than that its meh, but my standard for good is vastly higher than a hobbiest since I work in a specialized field in art.

avoid their yellow ones for the most part as they tend to have a lot of quality control issues

[sterile whale]

what is lightfastness?

[brisk vapor]

how quickly the paint loses it's colour

[plush swift]

its how quickly it fades due to UV interaction. fluos are listed as fugitive which means they have no resistance to it, which the exception of the blue one in some cases actually having minimal resistance, however most hobby UVs dont use the blue one as its really ugly and awkward to use.

[edgy jackal]

Ugly?

[plush swift]

Also very transparent in a bad way

[edgy jackal]

Seems like a decent colour for glow effects, but I understand that it would be frustrating to use if it's really thin.

[plush swift]

Well that specifically is an ink, so yes

but yeah, thats the only fluo blue on the market, so the ones from companies like scalecolor are 100% not a fluo and you're over paying for ultramarine blue without the chalking process

aka "mineral extention"

[visual turret]

I cannot wait

I'm gonna be at download when it launches

will have to get my pre-order in mobile

[jaunty trail]

I hope i can get a leviathan box

i need those space marines

[rare hornet]

Ultramariiiiiiine

That banner is just beautiful

[lavish crescent]

OHHH DAMN!!

https://tenor.com/view/ultramarines-titus-astartes-space-marine-space-marines-gif-24426649

[visual turret]

Did a second Dredd

[hazy scarab]

Has anyone made scab minis yet?

[jagged sparrow]

Finally finished my Skorpekh with a chopped off Ultramarine arm

[naive umbra]

At first it looked like it was wearing that paint pot as a backpack

[jagged sparrow]

Honestly should do that with a mini

[naive umbra]

A pot of tesseract glow with label removed could look like a cool battery haha

[jagged sparrow]

Really good idea

[naive umbra]

Put it on a vehicle model with explosion rules, then light a firecracker in the pot if you roll a 6 lmao

[sterile grail]

First vs second attempt at painting scopes.

[dark violet]

Why do space marine guns even have scopes

[sterile grail]

my guess would be sniping mid range

kinda like how a 4x would work for real life infantry

[dark violet]

But their helmets have that function

Or atleast I would hope so considering the technology

[sterile grail]

a scope can enhance that

just like the same reason eliminators use scope instead of their helmet

also factor of cool

[river rose]

Im pretty sure in lore they are more like a camera that feeds info to their helmet lenses

I could be wrong but thats my vague memory

[mental jolt]

Aren't the scopes connected to their helmets?

[sterile grail]

yeah that would make sense

but three scopes? that's a bit overkill

[plush swift]

Scopes is like dakka

never enough

[mental jolt]

Regular, long range, nightvision? I'm sure they have fancier scopes in 40k

[visual turret]

Remnant of the 80s when every gun needed a cool scope

They are stock-less guns with huge scopes, totally form over function design

[mental jolt]

Don't need a stock when you have power armour

[acoustic jolt]

hey does anyone know where i might find 3rd party chainglaives and helmets for night lords?

[rare hornet]

We need more scopes

[sterile grail]

scopes that detect level of heresy

[mental jolt]

But it always says 100/100?

[plush swift]

Just need touch ups and shading

[midnight locust]

Does anyone ever get nervous painting a hero unit? That one off character you probably will never have a dupe of?

[dark violet]

Yes

[midnight locust]

Okay, cause yeah I’m getting that feeling staring at Lord Solar

[plush swift]

Nope

fear pointless when paint stripper exists

[naive umbra]

I actually find the bigger hero ones less scary to paint. Their details are normally larger scale than little infantry dudes, so you don't have to be as precise with your brush to make them look good as you do for smaller models.

[sweet sinew]

Great work! The multiple scopes reminds me of some of the Star Wars blasters

[woeful vale]

have any of you ever made your own terrain? if so could you please share some shots?

[midnight locust]

Not the greatest but some examples to work off of

[jagged sparrow]

Those look super good. Loving the brick wall

[midnight locust]

Thanks! Heavy weapon teams are fun to mess around with and create unique bases. XPF foam works wonders

[jagged sparrow]

I’m getting into adding new editions to my bases

Recently added a broken necron to my nicht scythe base and a severed Ultramarine arm to a skorpekh destroyer

[sweet sinew]

I tend to use extra helmets, arms, and weapons as decor for the base

[brazen badger]

What happened to the marine on the right?

[brazen badger]

Why do they look stunted?

[white tangle]

to anyone with a wet pallete. How do you clean the dust and little hairs off the surface? is there a way without switching sheets?

[mental jolt]

Sweep it off with a dry brush or pick it up carefully with a pair of tweezers. But yeah, swapping will work the best.

[jagged sparrow]

I’ve never had that issue. How is dust and hairs getting into the pallets?

[mental jolt]

I've had the occasional hair from a brush, but it's not a common issue

[white tangle]

its not like actual hair its like stuff that comes off clothes. But idk why my wet pallete keeps getting that stuff on it.

its tiny

to be fair it might be my gloves

thinking about it

[jovial siren]

cool color scheme and cool idea with the yellow contrast

[jovial siren]

looks like fibres from clothes and quite a lot. are your gloves made out of textiles?

[white tangle]

dont think so. I use these

actually nvm. it is the gloves. Damn

at least the problems solved

thx

[tiny jay]

could I like the pooling effect of the rust and verdegris around the lower rims.

[plush swift]

thats zinc chromate primer

not verdigris

[tiny jay]

yeah but it looks like rust and actual veredigris, is my point.

[plush swift]

verdigris is a blue tone

i havent had coffee yet, im going to be a bit stupid

[tiny jay]

verdigris is still the correct term for that form of corrosion. The buid lighter colored salts as opposed to oxidised rust.

Atleast, I assume thats what you were going for.

[plush swift]

its not

its zinc chromate primer

[tiny jay]

Could be the lighting.

[plush swift]

like actual zinc chromate primer

that hyper toxic stuff thats banned in most countries

it was used on metal to prevent rust

[solemn falcon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/357065912848744450/1115316047441039451/IMG_20230605_192639.jpg First squad coming up better than expected, still need some fixing

[plush swift]

why did I use genuine zinc chromate primer? because I can

[tiny jay]

not in Aus atleast.

[plush swift]

I also used PO49 on there too

[tiny jay]

The Harbour bridge is being constantly painted with the stuff, they work from one end to the other then start all over again. its constantly being re primed and painted because some tool used the wrong steel way back.

then again, Australia hasn't even banned Methyl Ethyl Ketone so thats no stretch.

aka Butanone

[plush swift]

its more so banned on aircrafts than anything in most countries , you can still commercially buy it most places

[midnight locust]

If I have a dried mud texture as a base what rim color would look better: brown, black, tan, alternative?

[tiny jay]

Butanone or the primer?

[plush swift]

The primer. Mek isn't really banned anywhere as of yet unfortunately

[tiny jay]

Yeah, shits rough. I thought it was though.

[gleaming minnow]

My Home Depot heatgun is broken

[lean snow]

I see sgt. Johnson in the back there

[solemn falcon]

a certified badass glissening with nuln oil

[plush swift]

just how the sword brethren looks

[brazen badger]

Oh ok, I thought they were a kitbash or something

They look good too

[dusk osprey]

Bladeguard captain

Not my best work but overall pretty happy with how he turned out

[brisk vapor]

Hell yeah

[white tangle]

My first non space marine miniatures. (Didn't have many of the paints so had to make do. + used them to try out free handing and blending for the first time)

[wary sonnet]

What regiment did that poxwalker belong to?

[white tangle]

Regiment? Poxwalker? You mean to say chapter. Brothers an ultramarine lieutenant.

[wary sonnet]

His pants look nothing like an ultramarine.

[white tangle]

Its stealth gear

phobos armor tech. You wouldnt get it

[wary sonnet]

Is that some borrowed Raven Guard tech?

[white tangle]

shhh...

[wary sonnet]

Wouldn't it benefit Nurgle more to make him into a Plague Marine?

[white tangle]

Nurgle? Hes still an ultramarine. Hes just undercover behind enemy lines

[wary sonnet]

Right now, you're confusing him for an Alpha Legionnaire.

Only they can do that successfully.

[white tangle]

Also to answer your original question, he's meant to just be a civi.

[wary sonnet]

For some reason, his pouches suggest otherwise.

[glossy hawk]

i forgot how goofy tau look

[vale pollen]

That tau looks adorable ngl

[plush swift]

https://twitter.com/ChtiKenny/status/1665829435503792130?s=20

CKenny (@ChtiKenny)

Made some objective Markers as well
#WarhammerCommunity
#warhammer40k
#Tyranids #paintingminis

Twitter · Jun 5, 2023, 9:14 PM

[woeful vale]

Went to assemble the free mini of the month and realized the arm is missing popped off in transit so there's two things I can do One take the space marine arm chop it up a bit and get the sword on there or two take the sprue take a little bit of putty and make the closest thing to a mirror of the other arm That's the option that's going to be a lot more difficult I've never done anything like this before but necessity is the mother of invention

Actually looking at the picture of him assembled, a straight piece will suffice. That makes this a bit easier

[sweet sinew]

He’s a ton of fun to paint

[woeful vale]

Really looks like it!

[heady lotus]

Trying out a new method for my night lords because I'm unhappy that my ultralarines look better

[woeful vale]

This might actually work

[sweet sinew]

Try wrapping it in vines or something if you wish to hide the sprue piece!

This was my take on him

[woeful vale]

I had thought of muddying up this space marine arm and chopping off the hand, giving him a gladiator-style shoulderpad... but I think I might want to hold on to the arm for later

Ohhh that looks amazing!

[sweet sinew]

I went for a fossil-ish design. Some of the lines aren’t clean but I hid it with earth shade 😈

[woeful vale]

I'm reminded of two things: an old Saturday morning cartoon called Dinosaucers (intelligent alien dinosaurs conveniently divided between good guy herbivores and bad guy carnivores,fighting over the then modern 1980s earth) and this fossil nodosaurus

It's holding!!! I overestimated the density of the spackle. I smeared some and tried to plug it with the sprue, then realized a good gob of super glue was enough 👍🏻 going to save bulking up the arm for another night. Pose isn't exactly the same but good enough for me

[sudden notch]

Ive got my next kill team planned out

Ultra smurf plague marines

[sudden notch]

And death guard combat patrol for 94 euros

Hmmm

[tiny jay]

I just got 6 plague marines from eBay and plan to convert the few weapons they don’t have like the flail.

[jaunty trail]

Gosh look at those data sheets for Leviathan Box.... It's amazing!:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/06/05/prepare-for-the-warhammer-40000-leviathan-pre-order-this-saturday-with-free-datasheets/

[tiny jay]

Can only run 5 anyway, unless I use poxwalkers from my Moebians.

[glossy hawk]

based & added shine to the lenses

[leaden leaf]

I'm just beginning to do research and deciding if I want to try and get into painting minis, but if you were to completely fuck up a figure, you can just strip the paint and try again or would it damage it too much?

[midnight locust]

You won’t damage it so long as you’re using the right stuff

And honestly don’t be afraid of trying; you’ll only improve through practice

[leaden leaf]

Thanks. I'll likely just pick up the starter paint kit and the magazine thing. Second question, amazon is the best place to get items right? It seems the cheapest at first glance. There's a GW shop not too far from me but if Amazon is typically cheaper I'll just stick with that.

[midnight locust]

Eh… depends. For generic materials like brushes etc it’s not the worst place for a starter set.

For kits? Amazon at your own peril. There are online 3rd party sellers that are reputable that’ll get you a better discount. GW if you’re willing to pay full price for the models.

[leaden leaf]

I'll keep that in mind then yea. Thank you for the advice

[wary sonnet]

I'm thinking about starting a Horus Heresy army, World Eaters to be exact.

Should I go for blue (normal) or red (chaos) pauldrons?

[cinder bear]

Don't they keep the blue through the heresy?

[wary sonnet]

They ditch it when they start losing their shit, I guess.

The colors of the Blood God.

The obviously switched to red at some point.

[cinder bear]

Dunno, always saw them blue when it's heresy colors

But you can always do custom

[wary sonnet]

Well, there are certainly some pink EC out there.

The fall of the World Eaters was gradual.

Unlike that of the Death Guard or the Thousand Sons.

[wary sonnet]

Look at this dude.

🌽

[neat flax]

Behold! A tribute to the Dregs and the Scabs!

And their masters…the marines of The Tainted

[wary sonnet]

They look like shit.

[neat flax]

Thank you!

[vast latch]

Very nice

[neat flax]

Took a bit to get the colors right for the boys of the Moebian 6th.

[vast latch]

You definitely got them 🤌

[plush swift]

yes, but I'm saying this as a professional in art conservation, Do not listen to anything a mini painter says about stripping paint, they are incredibly wrong on it(in 95% of the cases) by enough to where you actually will destroy the models by reducing their life spans drastically

They also like to argue a lot with people in my field about it endlessly so most of us gave up trying to help

[plush swift]

dont buy the GW starter kits, they are a bad value and a huge marketting scam because of how they put their paints in there

[cursive gyro]

I think the only resonnable answer is "Are you okay with fucking the mini a little?" And if yes, go strip

[plush swift]

they all give you the "primaries" but ones that are incredibly wrong for mixing

[plush swift]

you can actually do it safely without much harm, just avoid IPA and things like dettol

[cursive gyro]

IPA being?

[plush swift]

isopropyl alcohol/isopropanol

[cursive gyro]

MMMH

Well this is awkward

[plush swift]

it does in fact react to polystyrene

and causes the molecular bonds to destabilize

polystyrene is already a shit tier plastic anyways, it only pasts at most 10 years before it breaks down from UV interaction, the stuff GW uses is actually way lower grade than most other polystyrenes too

[cursive gyro]

Eh

10 years is good enough

[plush swift]

well as an object ment for table top play, the IPA will make it way softer and you'll actually break it more easily

[cursive gyro]

Oh so you just meant it'd be more fragile

[plush swift]

yes

[cursive gyro]

Gotcha

Well I don't play 40k, I just paint it

[plush swift]

Yeah I'm an art conservationist, i'm highly neurotic if I cant make something last at least 50 years if not more

hence why you dont catch me using hobby yellows, not because they are all shit, but because they are mono azo yellow pigments that have a low ASTM lightfastness rating

[cursive gyro]

This is the first Time someone said something in an other language while still talking english
Cause i have no clue what those words are

[plush swift]

museums hire me to make sure art can last for decades for public viewing and to know when they need restoration or signs of degradation/deterioration, basically the reason why you can see paintings from 1400s and before is because of people like me

with the on going joint efforts of those in restoration

They are the more artsy, im the more chemistry and physics side of it all