40k-minis-and-armies

[dawn stream]

I've almost finished the squad. Had to stop because the eye strain from concentrating on all the small details gave me a hell of a headache

[rare hornet]

might be worth getting a good lamp

less squinting at your minis then

[dawn stream]

I bought a head lamp but I was also painting all day

[rare hornet]

fair

[dawn stream]

The table I work on is next to a window so I was using natural light for most of the day. My headache started just before the sun went down

[sterile grail]

remember to take occassional rest because health is more important. Sometimes i got too carried by painting that i stayed up until morning. It didnt end well for me lol

[dawn stream]

I took breaks after finishing each model and I stopped when my headache got really noticeable

[dawn stream]

I'm going to have to be mindful about breaks when doing the warsuits

Those are going to take a lot of time

[formal lichen]

Almost ready for its oil bath and weathering

[final folio]

Glad where they ended up. Time to forget about them untill I need em on the table

[sour nexus]

First Night Lord Legionare

[formal lichen]

@final folio those looks fantastic, loving the strap on the bolter its looks genuine leather

[final folio]

thanks!

[left egret]

@rare hornet should I buy a chaos knight for my iron warriors and why is it a bad idea?

[rare hornet]

if you are going to get any war dogs are lower points and can be used more often

[left egret]

But big stompy boi

Also are the wardogs agent of chaos compatible?

[rare hornet]

all knight are

either 1 titanic or up to 3 war dogs can be attached to a chaos army

[midnight locust]

And that’s 20 guardsmen, a command squad, and a sentinel primed

[left egret]

Well I have made up my mind imma have to buy both now

[sour nexus]

[left egret]

(I need help)

[rare hornet]

what variants you thinking?

[left egret]

Rampager or abominant (I like the tusks)

[rare hornet]

any varient can have the tusks

I'm planning to build a desecrator, a karnivore and a stalker

[left egret]

I'll probably magnetise it then

If I magnetise them I can have all of them, right?

[rare hornet]

in theory

The arms are a bit different on knights

you have to magnetise the upper arm to the weapon I believe

[left egret]

Doable

[formal lichen]

I take 2 warglaives in my admech 1k list and for 140 pts each the value is incredible

[rare hornet]

Yeah those chain-glaives are what put them above the Helverins IMO

The Helverins are good as well, but as a support

both have their place, but if it is one or the other I'd go warglaive

[formal lichen]

Admech got plenty of shooting, i might swap out my destroyers for some rangers for obj scouts but tbh skitarri are dreadful atm for the cost

The manipulus transonic cannon is hilariously poweful as well

[final folio]

Teeing up new boys already

[winged lava]

First part of the 3d print great on clean one done

[simple thorn]

Oh that is sexy

[dawn stream]

It looks like it's doing a little dance

Technically, a big dance. Since it's a multi ton death machine.

[heady lotus]

First militia that will die in 30 seconds in a HH game

[woeful vale]

I see him valiantly leading a charge and getting vaporized halfway into yelling "for the Emperor!"

[midnight locust]

Very pleased with the pose I was able to kitbash

[dawn stream]

Oooo, very nice

[teal wolf]

All these crispy guardsmen ❤️

[midnight locust]

Thanks, only one, two, three, 25 more to go!

[sterile grail]

damn thats clean 🧽

Schlolarly space marine 📖

(I finished painting grenades & pouches) 70% done.

[bold copper]

This kit cannot get its update fast enough

what a frustrating pain in the ass

[midnight locust]

Trying to think what I want to do for a second army now that I’m getting close to finishing guard. I don’t think I want another horde army (my wallet burns). Been debating between space marines and Custodes. Maybe csm as well as a tertiary option. Going from guard to a less horde army, what would I look into?

[sterile grail]

less horde then probably custodes?

[woeful vale]

that looks really good

[sterile grail]

Imperial Scroll WIP

You know what sucks though? 😬 but i went through with it anyways

[formal lichen]

Knights perhaps?

[midnight locust]

Don’t have an airbrush yet unfortunately. Otherwise they’d probably be my first choice

[brisk vapor]

@plush swift what varnish/protective layer would I need if I were to store a painted figure somewhere very moist

[glossy hawk]

To those who play them, why do you like Space Marines? Do you have a second army? If so, what?

This is coming from an Ork enjoyer (I like how ramshackle and non-uniform they are)

I dislike marines due to the uniformity

I dislike cadian guardsman for the same reason

other guard regiments i like

[brisk vapor]

Space Marines are my main army, they're quite fun all-rounders, not too excellent at anything but not shit at anything either. I have Necrons, GSC and Tyranids in addition. And well one chaos knight that I've not fielded. Haven't played anything besides SM and Necrons this edition and I liked SM but loved Necrons for their leader abilities and synergies making them almost unkillable

[sterile grail]

mr hobby premium top coat is nice although very pricey

[brisk vapor]

But is it sturdy enough for moist, almost wet environments?

[sterile grail]

I live in dry and cold weather but that thing somehow still produce good varnish quality despite how shitty the weather is

a regular varnish would have frosty finish alr

[brisk vapor]

I'm planning on making a closed terrarium and to which I've thought about possibly adding a miniature or a squad of them, like a live diorama

But that would need a proper protective layer for the mini so that it would last inside the terrarium

[sterile grail]

hmnm, do you plan to gloss it before matte?

[brisk vapor]

Most likely

[sterile grail]

Hmnm, the only thing i can say for a good matte varnish is that if you accidentally sprayed too much and it floods the miniature for example, when it dries, it still give you a clean effect instead of a frosty one.

but they should all have the same function/ finishes

[brisk vapor]

I'm pretty well versed in applying different coats of sprays/airbrush layers but I just need to find the proper varnish/chemical to do it with for this particular purpose

[final rune]

What’s the minimum amount of points you need to play a game of 10th ed 40K? I wanna start a Militarum army.

[brisk vapor]

500p

or the combat patrol game mode with preset lists

[edgy jackal]

Rip firstborn though

[brisk vapor]

long time coming

but wouldn't mind some proper merge solution with line troops like with the termies, add some upgrade sprue to the intercessor kit so you can choose MK7 helmets if you wish and call them first born

like you can see with the new sternguard veteran kit

[rare hornet]

I believe they changed the lowest point limit to 1000 now?

Could be wrong though

[brisk vapor]

oh yeah you're right

the combat patrol is 500p-ish

[rare hornet]

He’s getting there slowly

[midnight locust]

AM is like ~375

[brisk vapor]

yeah it fluctuates quite a bit but it's balanced a bit by modified datacards

[sterile grail]

what about killteams?

[sterile grail]

I like how you painted the wire details. A man of culture

[brisk vapor]

different system entirely, they're like one or two squads

if it were translated to 40k points it's probably around 100p

often less

[sterile grail]

which one would u recommend beginner to start at

[sour nexus]

kill team smaller price to entry

[brisk vapor]

Well kill team is easier to start with but again it doesn't play the same way as 40k

[rare hornet]

It’s the little things

[sour nexus]

40k for like even a 1k army your gonna drop minimum 200

counting minis and paint

Drugs are cheaper

[brisk vapor]

Eh, minis last longer

[rare hornet]

The mini is eternal

[rare hornet]

200 for 1k that’s optimistic

[tiny cairn]

1k pts of random minis that don't mesh well together is possible, but a organized and selective army for 200 isnt realistic imo

[brisk vapor]

Well it's easily feasible with the yearly battleforce boxes or launch boxes for sure

and buying second hand

[midnight locust]

Depends on what army I guess. Got AM $200 is like nothing lol

[brisk vapor]

is this AU $ or US $ 😄

oh or CA $ or NZ $

[rare hornet]

Every penny well spent

[lavish crescent]

Hmm if you want a 1k army for cheap

Go custodes

1 hq + 1 battle line + 1 elite = 1k

Like 5 boxes

4 boxes actually

1 trajan, 2 guard and 1 warden

Boom

[edgy jackal]

Combat patrol + 1 more box should also come out to 1000 points, no?

[lavish crescent]

Even better

I think you can literally buy the boarding patrol and get this list?

• 1 box of guard

Custodes are your cheaper army to collect but not to play xD

[midnight locust]

$ US

[brisk vapor]

huh okay, granted AM is pretty much on the more expensive side

[midnight locust]

Unironically spent $1k on a 2k point army

Hence why the next one I plan on doing Custodes now

Because that 1k was on models alone

[lavish crescent]

Lol

[midnight locust]

It was worth since I love AM and the minis but it definitely was a hard vibe check for my first army in 40K

[lavish crescent]

Yeah...

Some armies are meant for first time players

Also fuck AM, they shouldn't have killed Kitten!!

[sterile grail]

Touched up final details, the body is pretty much 90% done 😀

[midnight locust]

Crap I mean Astra Militarum not Ad Mech. seriously GW just call them IG

[dawn stream]

The Battle Force boxes are pretty good for starting out

[lavish crescent]

Lmao

Boarding patrols are good too but it's sometimes a struggle to get hold of some battle force boxes

[dawn stream]

I know. I was looking at the Salamander one at first but couldn't find one anywhere reputable

I went with the Raven Guard one, instead

[lavish crescent]

Yeah it's a struggle

Amazon is sometimes a good place to get models for some reason

2 of my mates were able to pick up 40k lions on amazon xD

[dawn stream]

That's exactly where I ordered mine

Plus a Primaris Upgrade kit for Raven Guard

[lavish crescent]

Respect

Got mine on ebay for like £50

[dawn stream]

That's the only place I saw the Salamander's box available but, frankly, I don't trust eBay.

[simple agate]

Almost done

[floral wind]

Finally updated the base

[plush swift]

Archival, generally speaking will be listed as archival.

[plush swift]

Doesn't work for archival purposes, flakes off in moist environments

[brisk vapor]

Ye found a can sold locally, appreciate it

[plush swift]

No problem, though I will still recommend automotive for everything as it is technically archival but it's thick and very glossy

So it tends to ruin paint jobs very easily if you're not careful

[brisk vapor]

yeah I think I'll pass on the thick stuff just in case

just to reiterate, the model in question would be placed in a closed terrarium with basically it's own climate so it would be very wet and the varnish would need to be pretty much water proof, would this Archival be good enough for this?

[simple agate]

Done skies

[white tangle]

Looks amazing! How'd you do that parchment? Because the subtle shading looks really good.

[sterile grail]

Rakarth Flesh as base. Mix lahmian with black. Glaze over recess. Paint rakarth again. Then i just paint wraithbone on the raised edges.

[bold solstice]

Intercessor armor is 💩

[brisk vapor]

not really

[bold solstice]

They should have had the decency to make one veteran sprue with oldschool armor style

[bold solstice]

Uncreative mishmash, like bad ai art of a space marine

Intercessors are end stage of creativity loss

[brisk vapor]

no? it's literally just old space marine but longer and extra knee and backback covers

[bold solstice]

Its not tho

It randomly chonks it up and adds mk 3s front greaves lol

[rare hornet]

I quite like intercessors

[brisk vapor]

the chonk is good

[bold solstice]

And i like mk 7

[brisk vapor]

marine should be chonk

[bold solstice]

Nah it gets silly

[rare hornet]

The primaris scale has done them good I’d say

[bold solstice]

Scale yes

Designs less so

Ultimately all the intercessor flaws are made worse by making them default and only option

[brisk vapor]

wdym only option

[rare hornet]

Isn’t that the same as saying tactical marines devastators and the old sternguard set were all the same model with slight differences?

[brisk vapor]

pretty much only thing I dislike intercessors over tacticals is that the guns are too long

[rare hornet]

I can see that, I haven’t got an issue as the rifles have their own charms but that’s fair

If they gave the options for the banana mag without sight that would be quite good

[brisk vapor]

think the 8th edition launch box push fit models had that

[rare hornet]

Ooo yes

[floral wind]

I've got this waiting to be shipped to me and im very excited

[plush swift]

no, automotive is your only real option there, archival can deal with moisture better than most, but automotive is basically a protective layer that actually has durability

automotive is like hobby enamel, just actually good. about the same thickness

the sprays arent bad and arent super thick, just a little thicker than normal acrylic varnish

[rare hornet]

Not too much progress for this evening

Water transfers will be the plan tomorrow

[white tangle]

I will say, the biggest issue i have with primaris is the lack of armour verity compared to the old ones. Everything just sort of looks the same. I think it comes down to the tacticus marines nearly always having the maximus helmets. I hope we get sets in the future that have a bunch of aquila and corvus helmets as example. Also i really don't like the guns being long. I beg we get like a "Bolt gun compact" or something.

From what i've seen, i'm pretty sure the reason why there is no veriaty (or very little) is because of the lore. They sort of wrote themselves into a hole by just saying the primaris armor is 100% the best version ever. But they could have just taken the halo route and say that a lot of marines have their own reasoning for wearing different armour even though its technologically worse.

[dawn stream]

There's already bolt carbines

@white tangle

[agile junco]

wip sang guard

[errant fulcrum]

Based fellow Templars player

[dawn stream]

One squad of rievers done!

[brisk vapor]

you got any brand recommendations? I've got Maston and CAR-REP easily accessible here

[plush swift]

the best I know of is KBS but I dont think you can easily get it there, I know of car-rep and maston, but never used either. I dont actually know what brands in your country I would recommend, but I can ask a few people if you want, I assume either one of those would be fine, but I can not actually recommend anything without testing it myself

[little ledge]

Raptor Legion Lieutenant in phobos armor for my killteam 10 more to go

[junior meadow]

looks awesome!

[little ledge]

thx had fun with the basin just cork sheets texture paint and rock easy

[junior meadow]

yeah they are fun to work with

[junior meadow]

anyone know how long this has been out of production?

i know that it basically includes seperate units now

[sterile grail]

hey @white tangle i was wondering how do you base the rocks? im rlly bad at basing so i need some advice.

[brisk vapor]

If you have anyone to ask I'd appreciate it. I presume it shouldn't be the acryl varnishes those brands also manufacture

[plush swift]

I'll ask around, generally speaking you're looking for anything listed as lacquer (sometimes enamel) thats automotive. If you're using oil washes, avoid anything thats acryl

[brisk vapor]

Alright

[little ledge]

yup same model

[plush swift]

Are you sure about that

[white tangle]

What i did was i bought army painter battlefield rocks, picked out really small ones, painted them them a rock colour (stormvermin fur in my case) then stuck them on to a primed base.

[little ledge]

yeah its phobos lieutenant from that 10th edition starter set picked up a loose one on ebay i just did a little kitbashing from an infiltrator box

[sudden notch]

found intrest to make wyrmblade kill team, but man buying agents seperately make it harder

[edgy jackal]

@white tangle also, this is just cork. You can order it cheaper if you have a cork/insulation specialist store in your country: https://www.kurk24.nl/hobby/granulaat/

[sterile grail]

which glue do you use to stick them in?

[night wharf]

only 2 i’ve ever painted

the one on the right was done a tad better in my opinion

[left egret]

Someone stop me. Im about to increase my pile of shame and buy Chaos knight wardogs

[brisk vapor]

call it a pile of opportunity and it'll be fine

[left egret]

[copper siren]

chromebook as painting surface?

about all their good for innit

your models look fuzzy? is it dust?

or perhaps your brushes shed too many hairs?

[spark birch]

My first (left) and third mini i’ve ever painted

Little guy used to be an imperial fist before i threw his ass in the jar of IPA

[rare hornet]

So much potential!!

[rare hornet]

Oooh they look great

[night wharf]

definitely dust since they’ve been sitting awhile

[night wharf]

thank youu

[white tangle]

PVA

And then when applying the technical paint i place it around the rocks to make them stick further

[lavish crescent]

Idk why but I want to paint the left pauldron white, I’ve done most of my 30k army like that but now I can’t seem to enjoy just the straight blue…

[spark birch]

i was thinking the same thing

actually i was thinking of painting the studs white

but painting the pauldron white and freehanding a blue ultramarine emblem is a much better idea

[lavish crescent]

Cutting a template today to do it

Gonna make life easier

[spark birch]

how do you do it

carton?

[lavish crescent]

Crictic

[spark birch]

what

[lavish crescent]

It’s a cutting machine

Very useful

[spark birch]

this?

[lavish crescent]

Yep xD

Don’t recommend

It’s the only thing I can use to cut templates or stencils

Would recommend to go to a company and get it done properly or use transfers

Ngl, just the white pauldrons look good by them selves

[unkempt iris]

Does anyone know if you can play 10e in tabletop sim?

[crude solstice]

https://youtu.be/Iyud8GuvLP8

[signal plover]

you can, GW goes after the files every so often, but if you join the TTS W40k community discord they have a startup and file guide for ppl

[unkempt iris]

alright

[signal plover]

TTS community is based cause they're a discord community partnered server that actively encourages the use of pirated content

[brazen badger]

Based indeed

[rare hornet]

Quite happy with the silver bolts

[rare hornet]

Unfortunately got to wait for the varnish to turn up before I can start the decals. Might be at a slight stall till then

[lavish crescent]

Washes then!!

Wash the mechanical parts

Black wash and a brown

[rare hornet]

Already done

[clear finch]

I made this to Primaris Scale after seeing some Art people did for Thunder Warrior art. So now I gotta generate some poses and then it should be ready to print

[woeful vale]

This is about as done as my lieutenant, one of my first models, is going to get ❤️ At some point tonight I said "screw it" and hastily threw stripes on the helmet. I may or may not try to scratch 'ultra' onto the banner on his shield.

I didn't have a straight up brown paint and didn't feel like mixing bugman and black again so I drybrushed a little yellow I had onto the base and then got some earthshade on that. Just didn't want it to be plain Astrogranite. Same earthshade as this filthy officer is wearing. Will probably look better dry and in natural light in the morning. Onto the next!

[teal wolf]

Oooh pretty

[sterile grail]

thats actually so good tho nice

[midnight locust]

When painting the golden bananas, is it better to prime white and paint gold or prime black and paint gold?

[woeful vale]

I overdid/didn't shake the agrax earthshade last night 🥲 gonna see what I can do with some isopropyl and a q-tip later

[rare hornet]

I would suggest priming in a darker colour, you can see what’s gold and what’s not gold easier then

[midnight locust]

That works. I am tempted to spray gold but eh………………… nah

[rare hornet]

Metal sprays are iffy

I’d say do it if you was working on like a telemon

[midnight locust]

Yeah I use a metal/silver for spraying down tracks for my tanks but I think I’ll just hand paint these guys

[brisk vapor]

I really don't like priming white for you always miss a spot and see the white below in some recess, black doesn't pop out that much from such mistakes

[teal wolf]

Black primer. Gloss black if you have access to an airbrush

[rare hornet]

Mechanicus standard grey also works nicely

[teal wolf]

Oooh and it sounds weird but a green zenith if doing standard gold

[formal lichen]

Armour plating first coat, ntb so far

[rare hornet]

He looks so gooood!!

Can’t wait to start my armigers

What household?

That raven?

[formal lichen]

Ty :), i run them with admech so its a rent-a-car from raven

[rare hornet]

Makes sense I like it

[formal lichen]

Tried to split it so i get the red mars scheme and something imperial to contrast

[rare hornet]

Well yeah apart from the red for questoris mechanicus the rest is kinda up to you

I’m doing house Terryn at the moment. Waiting for ‘Ard coat and storm shield varnishes to turn up before I do the transfers

[woeful vale]

Mission accomplished, lieutenant is now significantly less glossy. I'm on the fence about attempting to scrawl "ULTRA" on his shield

[formal lichen]

I use micro set and micro sol for the transfers, honestly cant imagine doing them without those anymore

But yeah armigers an absolute joy to paint, all by brush too... airbrush coming tonight for the 2nd one 😄

[formal lichen]

Do it, nice fine tip and slap it on there

[rare hornet]

Oh yeah, how were those to use?

I can get them ordered tonight and have them delivered by the weekend if so

The main transfer I am worried about is the lower legs on the questoris knight, and how they form around the trim

[formal lichen]

So these are what i use

Apply the micro SET (blue one, dont mix it up :p) to where you want the transfer to go, be generous, wont affect the paintwork, basically enough so that you can move it around

Press out any impurity/bubbles till your happy and let it dry

Then apply the micro sol, it will basically shrink fit it to the model and with two or three coats the transfer will appear painted on

Ofc the transfer itself on the paper use water etc

[rare hornet]

Hmm okay thanks for that I’ll order some tonight

Ngl transfers scare me, as if you get them wrong it’s terrible. I’ll have a practice on some spare parts

[formal lichen]

yeah give it a go, it makes marine pauldrons easy and stress free

[rare hornet]

Cheers thanks

[rare hornet]

@formal lichen dumb question but do you leave the Microset to dry before you apply the transfer or have you got to put it on while it’s still wet?

[formal lichen]

While its wet, I tend to have the transfer on wet toilet paper ready to go, then apply the micro set just before i put it on

again be generous with it, you want to be able to move the transer around so dont apply a thin layer or it will dry too quick (can always add a bit more if it happens)

[rare hornet]

Righto thanks

[plush swift]

Thank you

[plush swift]

Thank you

[plush swift]

gloss black specifically

[plush swift]

fun fact, those are just soap, water and white vinegar

[plush swift]

I personally do white because I do light to dark as most of the paints I use are very transparent. But black is much easier with hobby paints, but I also airbrush all my base coats. You can get some fun effects with black over white too, like no effort edge highlighting if you use the correct black paint

[brisk vapor]

yeah I can see the benefit in that

[plush swift]

Mars black ink from golden is like, the best black paint ive ever used

and I have access to every black pigment made

Its a transparent neutral black

[formal lichen]

Id happily make micro set myself not so much sol, cheap as chips on amazon and lasts forever. Btw airbrush being delivered tonight, enamels and oils/spirit work ok with it? Wondered about cleaning since i imagine the water method wouldnt work as well?

[plush swift]

enamel means nothing actually, its a marketing term. Enamels can range from acrylic to oil, to latex base, high gloss or flat, high durability or no durability, solvent free or solvent only, the solvent can be mineral spirits or isopropyl alcohol, etc.

So its very heavily dependant on which enamel you're using. I would never spray an oil paint for anything other than painting a wall, its a good way of exposing you to a lot of dangerous chemicals, even with proper PPE which, you'll need

and no, the water method wont work for oils, it will just kill the airbrush

also if you use it for oils and some enamels, you can never use it for acrylics

like, it will just cause the acrylics to become fragile and brittle or not bond to anything

[formal lichen]

It's the AK interactive stuff, rust streaks/grimes etc, using some windsor and newton oils as well, I'll steer clear of the airbrush for those then cheers

[final folio]

Nice. Neat trick

[plush swift]

so... that AK interactive stuff isnt actually an enamel... its an oil wash with varnish in it and it will not last long

its not actually a good product, its just hyped up by a community of people who think the paints that they use are specially designed for them and dont know any better

[tiny jay]

The Rust-oleum 'custom' aerosol matte clear is still my go-to, solid as. Holds up to heaps of abuse.

[plush swift]

that isnt a bad pick

[glossy hawk]

thats a nice camo

[dawn stream]

I'm glad it turned out okay

[glossy hawk]

However

give that white another layer for opacity

[dawn stream]

Will do. Thanks

@glossy hawk Like that?

[glossy hawk]

correct sir

then if you want, use some black to clean up places where you overstepped

finally i suggest a black/brown wash on the face

[dawn stream]

Don't have any washes yet

[glossy hawk]

thin paint super heavily with water

[dawn stream]

That's it?

[glossy hawk]

its a pretty primitive wash

i use paint thinner in it personally

just try and be careful with it and test it on some junk sprue first

use the flesh paint you put on his face on it, then do the wash after it’s dried

[dawn stream]

Okay. Thanks for the advice

[final folio]

Slowly chipping away. Gonna have to work more on the shields. But hype none the less

[little ledge]

Heres my Vetrean

[sterile grail]

bro drop a freddie edit and thought I wouldnt notice

[sterile grail]

besides the boring recess shading and highlights. Really enjoyed drawing the radar screen, first time as well.

[teal wolf]

Holy fucking emperor of mankind

[winged lava]

My great unclean one's done I have no clue what the call him

[winged lava]

That has to be one of the most detailed parts I've seen in a while

[brazen silo]

Silly billy lord of smells

[winged lava]

That's what we call him it's perfect

Now I can start building my age of sigmar box set

[brazen silo]

Nice

I have yet to paint my rottigus cuz im scared to paint bigger models cuz that means i gotta put more details

Same with my glottkin

Im also at a painters block for skintones

[simple thorn]

Greg

[brazen silo]

We already chose a name

Silly billy lord of smells

Greg is good tho

[simple thorn]

Yes
but Greg is superior

[winged lava]

One of my skaven will be named Greg in honor

[simple thorn]

Acceptable

[brazen silo]

Hey I technically run skaven too thats crazy

[winged lava]

Hey I got to build them and the sigmar box set

[brazen silo]

My boyfriend has skaven

I run sylvaneth and he wanted to play skaven so we got the one skaven sylvaneth box

And he lets me use his minis so I technically have skaven and nekrons

[simple thorn]

I just paint for the sake of painting

But I have like
A proper Eldar army, a decent Mechanicus force (enough for a combat patrol, since I got that box for my birthday from my boyfriend actually), and a Guard army that uh
needs repainting, but I refuse to because it feels like rubbing out a part of my progress as a painter

[brazen silo]

All my paints are in storage rn cuz of shitty at home stuff and i recently got the salamanders big box thingy and they are unprimed in a bag atm

[simple thorn]

Also got the Votann combat patrol box from my boyfriend

[brazen silo]

Boyfriends are cool

[simple thorn]

Ye

[brazen silo]

Im going to a drivein movie with him tomorrow

[simple thorn]

To see Barbie or Oppenheimer?

Or a secret third thing?

[brazen silo]

The new Disney haunted house movie

We already saw barbie

[simple thorn]

I forgot that was even a thing, actually

[brazen silo]

Me too until he asked me

[rare hornet]

I really like the little bullet impacts on the shoulders of the first one

[tacit chasm]

Just finished building this bad boy

[eternal pond]

what is this? looking good

[rare hornet]

Keep him away from my knights!! You won’t harm my babies!!

[final folio]

Thanks!

[rare hornet]

I find they can be hard to get right

Like the placement of them I mean

If you wanted to a bright silver can help to make the impact pop out a bit

Like runefang steel kind of silver

[simple thorn]

Shard of the Void Dragon
Looking nothing like a Dragon, but certainly like a Void.

[tacit chasm]

A shard of the void dragon 🙂

[tacit chasm]

They chose the wrong plane of existence!

[tacit chasm]

Indeed!

[rare hornet]

;-;

[rare hornet]

TINY BANEBLADES

TINY BANEBLADES

[brisk vapor]

I will get 12

[tacit chasm]

Annoying Butterknives

[rare hornet]

I’ll take the entire stock

[edgy jackal]

Looks like a cool model for a pc/fridge magnet. I might get one as a pallete cleanser.

[final folio]

I use a mix of Vallejo air metal paint range
Plan to do all the Heraldic customizations tonight aswell as my oil pin wash for grime

[rare hornet]

Oooh that’ll look good

I’m about to brave using Microset and microsol for the first time with the decals for my knight

[tacit chasm]

I'm interested in some feedback about those if you would find the time

[rare hornet]

Will do, somewhat nervous as I’ve never used them before

Some friends say that they are really good thoigh

[final folio]

I use them all the time

[final folio]

Put microset on JUST before you put the decal on

And have a qtip to gently press the decal down

A good layer or two of micro set is good. But 4-5 layers of micro sol is where I normally end at

[white tangle]

Hey @sterile grail What brush do you use? Mine is losing its point slowly, and the stuff you do looks precise as hell. (Detail brush)

[final folio]

Got my own chapter symbol printed so having those two are super helpful

[final folio]

Know your asking another person but I highly recommend Proacryls Sable brushes

Fat belly's and fine points for over a year and a half of use for me

With obv cleaning after every session or two (depending on if I do multiple days of painting)

[white tangle]

The set of 5? They're quite cheap as well so i might check them out. Im using the GW sable one rn and its night and day compared to a synth one.

[final folio]

If you can get a set of five I would

I found them off chance at a local FLGS and got a size 1

Then proceeded to get a 0 and a 2

I ALSO recommend the jentastics drunken brush goop

Sadly they tend to be out of stock quite often on their store

[clear orchid]

WIP Termie

[errant fulcrum]

Ayyy Black Templars nice

[clear orchid]

Yep! I'm trying to make them a 2nd army to go with my Krieg

[errant fulcrum]

Beautiful

Don’t see many Templars often

Tho I did see a few at a tourney I was recently at

[clear orchid]

Thank you! I am working on a all FW Krieg army, but that's going to take a minute lol. Actually have a huge tau Lot im trying to sell to fund it lol. But BTs seemed a natural 2nd to Krieg

[clear orchid]

Love that dread

[sterile grail]

I use spotter brush. I actually still use it until now from the moment i painted my first space marine. You just need to clean it carefully to extend its life.

[glossy hawk]

On the topic of dreads

[sterile grail]

avoid leaving the brush in water cup. Usually what i do is i dip the brush in water. Put it on a paper pallette, and wiggle it on paper until all the excess paints gets soaked up in the water to remove any excess paint.

[white tangle]

Yeah, i just dropped mine and a lot of the bristles got bent. Not enough to make it unusable but the tip was lost a bit. I've also have like a whole god damn ritual that i do when cleaning/putting away my brushes. I just got sloppy after the drop incident. So im just looking to maybe get a better option if one is avalable for a cheaper price. Thanks tho!

[sterile grail]

yeah thats how you kill a brush

you drop it in water and it will get bend kinda hard to fix it.

[sterile grail]

weird thing, but if you clean it properly. The brush somehow is even more precise than it is being first used. I guess it is because the paint held the root of the bristle overtime and everytime i clean it, i made sure its pointy. So i always use this one instead of the new one.

[rare hornet]

Holy shit my hands are shaking 😅

[sterile grail]

but if the tip is bendy or broken, its no longer good for precise painting so be careful

[plush swift]

gum arabic

[white tangle]

I'm guessing it restores bent brushes?

[plush swift]

it can help

its not a miracle cure

[plush swift]

The weathering on the white pauldron looks really good. Would you mind sharing a little about that process?

[clear orchid]

Sure! I used Apothecary white on the recess edges right along the black trim, then it was just dry pigments. You have to be careful, so it doesn't override the white, but used lightly they go a long way. I used dry earth and smoke dry pigments from AK

[hearty bear]

100 dollar horse 🔥🔥

[clear orchid]

Thanks! Only 11 more to go lol

[rare hornet]

Yo this shit fucking magic wft?!

[formal lichen]

Using that micro stuff? Either way those look smooooth

[rare hornet]

Thanks!!!

Just having a test of a matte varnish I have

will show some examples and see what people think

[rare hornet]

Varnish experiments (shoulder pads) and final result

[rare hornet]

First image and have the same energy

Just saying

[midnight locust]

Oh I know. I love it XD

[rare hornet]

The pog guardsman

[midnight locust]

Pogsman

[signal plover]

How did you do the eyes

[midnight locust]

Corax white and Corax black

Painted skin tone around them

And tried not to scream

Or flinch

[plush swift]

The knight reminds me of the skitarii

Just much much bigger

[signal plover]

You do that first and paint over any errors?

I wanna give this fellow eyes

[midnight locust]

Yeah I paint a first thin layer, throw on black in the sockets, put a dot of white in the corners, then put another thin layer of skin tone to cover up mistakes

[signal plover]

Awesome I’ll keep that in mind

[plush swift]

Plague ogryn I just finished. It's my first nurgle model I've ever done but I'm happy with how I did

[final folio]

Some shield work and skin work.

[tender ocean]

Bit more to go but it’s a techmarine getting tournament read

[small ibex]

Huh 40k figures are so much more smaller than i imagined

This is gonna be such a pain to paint xD

Reminds me of the figures that would be in the kinder surprise eggs

[teal wolf]

Once upon a time they were smaller 🤣

[small ibex]

😳

[rare hornet]

Like so

[teal wolf]

Slightly salty the new termies are taller than stodes 🤣

[rare hornet]

:3

[teal wolf]

But I love em both for painting

[small ibex]

i now know why they put mini in miniature

[rare hornet]

Don’t get me wrong they’re not always smol

[small ibex]

i now know how a guardsman must feel next to a knight xD

[teal wolf]

"You vs the guy she told you not to worry about"

[rare hornet]

Funny you should say that

[small ibex]

jurrasic park moment

https://tenor.com/view/jurassic-park-t-rex-flare-dinosaur-rawr-gif-3297825

about same size dif

[rare hornet]

Except one carries around a battle cannon for an arm

[small ibex]

legit horrifying

if id see a chaos knight id just lay down and die

its game over

[rare hornet]

We’ll hopefully get some more progress this weekend on the knight. I’ll post results here

[small ibex]

👍

[rare hornet]

Well yeah, that or they’d help you with it

[woeful vale]

Tell me about it, I got some very fine tip brushes but I'm gonna need a magnifier too haha. Enjoy your infernus marine, mine is primed and ready to paint

[manic shard]

necron skulls are smaller
and when they're cracked and you have to paint all the wires
it's real pain lmao

[lavish crescent]

Time to do some green stuffing then!

True scale custodes!!

Btw been early af to work for a couple days now so I’ve been making my krieg army slightly bigger and errr I made 3 boxes worth + field gun

[small ibex]

Thx ☺️

[tacit chasm]

WIP of my Plasmancer

Crisper shot

[formal lichen]

A trip down memory lane?

[woeful vale]

That old logo is 🔥🔥🔥

[formal lichen]

And the artwork was sublime

Also dug these out of the cupboards, fleets of them gathering dust since the 90's

[woeful vale]

Just how much do you have in your cupboards?

[formal lichen]

Enough that my wife might divorce me

Every codex 2nd edition, rogue trader stuff, old dnd stuff from the 80s its a real trove

[rare hornet]

Leg progression

[tacit chasm]

Looking cool !

[cursive gyro]

Blorp

[midnight locust]

A buddy is giving me Tyranid from the leviathan box. How much is a fair trade in USD?

[rare hornet]

What's the whole box cost?

[midnight locust]

$250

[rare hornet]

110, as marines technically get more points

Also depends on if you're getting the book out of it

[midnight locust]

No book. He’s saying he only wants $50 but I’ll give him $75 anyway.

[rare hornet]

Fair

I’m starting to really like this microsol solutions

[bold violet]

Hey I have a few questions

Well a couple

Do you guys use any tools to remove the assembly pieces from the frame, and should I paint them seperately or paint the whole model after applying?

[rare hornet]

Firstly general side cutters will do the job, I’d also suggest a sharp hobby nice to trim any remaining tabs, secondly it primarily depends on what mini you’re painting

[bold violet]

Mainly guardsman

I refuse to paint vehichles in seperate pieces it just makes life harder

[rare hornet]

Well generally speaking for guards you might be best off putting the legs and body together then painting the rest (arms, head) then putting them on

Small bit of sticky Tac and a pencil work for something to hold the parts

[bold violet]

Alright thank you

Now I just gotta decide on a color scheme for my cadians

I already have my kriegers in green and brown so I want to make 'em stand out

[karmic kayak]

Still working on him, been excited to paint this guy since I got him.

[plush swift]

My first BT model

And first tank ever painted

[teal wolf]

That's a crispy El Camino!

[plush swift]

Thank you, I personally wish the white came out cleaner

[karmic kayak]

Yooooo, that looks sick.

[plush swift]

I appreciate it

[dawn stream]

Eliminator Squad

[plush swift]

Oh dang, Raven Guard?

[dawn stream]

Ye

I've also done a squad of Rievers

[edgy jackal]

It really depends on the model, some models can be painted with no issue when fully assembled, others create lots of hard to reach areas, so subassemblies are preferable.

[bold violet]

Yeah deathkorps are definately a pain when you paint them all together

Too many nooks and crannies

[dawn stream]

I have a pair of warsuits to assemble and paint. I think it's going to be a long process

[karmic kayak]

Finished my first Kommando.

[rare hornet]

Looks amazing

[scenic palm]

Nicely done👏🏻

[shrewd tulip]

OG wargamer

[crude solstice]

1992 Mike Stevenson

[sour nexus]

sharing my latest

[visual turret]

I Need just a pack of chainswords of varying sizes

Buying a repentias box just to steal all their really big chainswords for my carcharodons

[rare hornet]

Looks really good

[sour nexus]

thank you

[rare hornet]

you looking for specifically chainswords?

or will any chain-weapon work?

[visual turret]

hmmm that is a good question

I think carcs fit swords better

but chain-axes could work

I have a few power-sword wielders I've already painted I am considering stripping and then replacing the power sowrds wqith big chainswords

[rare hornet]

In that case maybe consider khorne berserkers? they all have chain weapons of some kind

but they do favour axes really

I do have this spare chainsword if you wanted it?

[woeful vale]

Started working on my sergeants face and my little one asked if she could paint, so I have her base coating my infernus

[rare hornet]

Starting them off young,

[final folio]

Levithan slain. Now to wait for next box to come out and play some games.

[rare hornet]

YOOOOO

There we go, too many 'o's for mr bot's liking

[final folio]

Damn the bot

[rare hornet]

Those are looking amazing

[final folio]

Oh yeah took some reshoots for my Chapter master

[rare hornet]

I'm seeing cataphractii legs and what I think it s custodes body?

[final folio]

Is a custom sculpt I got from a guy. But essentially a Disgraced or.. (Honorable) Devourer from the heresy.

Is now the dreadnought above.

[rare hornet]

ooooh that's cool

[final folio]

Or proxy for helbrecht

[rare hornet]

BLU

[final folio]

any tank with a dome and the Spike grill gets a 20 dollar fortnite gift card.

[brazen silo]

God everyone here is so good at painting

[pastel grotto]

Fuck no

This is my dads doing

Praise my awesome dad

[brazen silo]

Good job for coming out that mans balls

[rare hornet]

You do a lot better than you think

[brazen silo]

Have you seen my stuff?

[pastel grotto]

Sir yes sir

[novel quarry]

Very cool looking marines, and it's coming from a space marine hater 😅😅

Leviathan brought me back into the hobby since 8th edition

[pastel grotto]

GRAAAAH ITS NID TIME

DARKTIDE CANCELLED! NIDTIDE!!

[novel quarry]

Very nice looking horde!

Here's my behemoth one

[karmic kayak]

I love the red and black look on those.

[novel quarry]

Always loved behemoth since maccragge box set

[pastel grotto]

YOU WANT TO SEE A HORDE, BEHEMOTH?

THE FUCKING LEVIATHAAAAAAAAN

TYRANIDS BEST IN THE WOOOOORLD

[novel quarry]

That's a lot of monsters here !

Current project is this bad boy

[brazen silo]

I want to hug a tyranid

They seem cuddly under all that murderus intent

[rare hornet]

W I D E

Stanced nid

[novel quarry]

Yeah, but looks scary fragile 😅

[rare hornet]

nids need an alternative

something chonky but actually usable

[pastel grotto]

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-anakin-skywalker-i-feel-lost-lost-feeling-lost-gif-17371903

[novel quarry]

Nah man, you got a pretty cool collection !

[pastel grotto]

No biotitan

But I'm planning on getting both of the Norn Emmisary and Assimilator

[novel quarry]

Yeah me too

[novel quarry]

Maybe one day man

[pastel grotto]

Well

What points are you at anyway

My entire collection of nids is a bit last 6k

[novel quarry]

3600 points painted, I'd say around 8-9k total?

[pastel grotto]

https://tenor.com/view/michael-caine-i-failed-you-failed-batman-sorry-gif-12862016

[novel quarry]

Heh?

[formal lichen]

That would scare my dogs half to death if I put that on the floor

[abstract temple]

10k painted around 16k in total

[kind oracle]

Bagged the Leviathan box locally on a discount

Also secured a Company Command set too

[teal wolf]

Nice find

[dawn stream]

Raven Guard Phobos Librarian

[brazen silo]

10/10

[plush swift]

Welcome to the jungle

[brazen silo]

With the leviathan box can i make all the marines into salamanders

Like do i have the ability to give flamers and shit

I don’t fully know what comes in the leviathan box tbh

[plush swift]

No, I mean, THE INFERNUS SQUAD, but that’s it, and I guess the librarian can use fire

It’s perfect for salamanders tbh because of the infernus squad

[brazen silo]

True

[plush swift]

Or just Vietnam, 19 yo with a flamethromer

[brazen silo]

What

How many of these do i need to own to have enough points for a full army

[plush swift]

Ratatouille

[brazen silo]

Thanks ill buy that many

[novel quarry]

Damn, that should make a lot of nids!

[woeful vale]

Think I'm gonna keep faces super simple like this Bugman's until I've "leveled up" 🤔

Infernus was first time I blended metallics, runefang steel and then a very thin coat of runelord brass on top

[abstract temple]

Contrasts work very well for heat colouration at the end of your barrel

It's simple and easy to do, just need blue, green and purple

[woeful vale]

That's all I've got to get is green then 🙂

[abstract temple]

Yeah, just go blue, green and purple about two thirds down the guns metallics with each colour getting smaller. Purple ending closest and blue ending farthest.

There's some videos for it on YouTube, it's a quick and easy way to add something cool to your models

[sterile grail]

wanna paint another chapter for fun, should i paint crimson fist or dark angels?

[rare hornet]

dank angles

[formal lichen]

Marines malevolent

[sterile grail]

i like black armor dark angels

[pastel grotto]

Dark angels

[unborn pebble]

Finished the boy today

[sterile grail]

looks great i assume hes a risen

[sterile grail]

custom bolter baby skull 💀 freehand

[abstract temple]

Yep, I'm doing a risen Bladeguard unit for my lion

[abstract temple]

Damn.....

Teach me senpai

[sterile grail]

to be fair fallen is dripped out, probably more than unforgivens.

don't tell Lion i said that i am totally not a fallen

[cursive gyro]

Bloop

[brisk vapor]

First proper miniature painting competition and the first award from one

[abstract temple]

I'm working on how to do green stuff robes

[dawn stream]

Started on a warsuit

[plain granite]

Wanted to try something new with my mini of the month. Not the best, but proud of how it came out still.

[rare hornet]

That is some sweet freehanding

[plain granite]

Thank you!

[rare hornet]

np!! ^^

[dawn stream]

I'm building a warsuit and I'd like to be able to swap it's primary weapon in the future. How would I go about doing that?

[signal plover]

magnetizing it

[formal lichen]

Finally based and done, just his brother to do now

[rare hornet]

Ayyy we’re getting there too!!

[dawn stream]

Cut holes and glue magnets in?

[formal lichen]

looking mighty fine :), think after the armigers are done I'll get myself a warden

going to have to do a top gun style paintjob on it

[rare hornet]

That’ll look amazing I bet

[formal lichen]

Looks like such a fun project

[signal plover]

yes

model and weapons

[rare hornet]

Questoris are good it’s the armour that takes a long time, the main body and legs are really quick

[cursive gyro]

How tf am I suppose to recognise you without the Millie pfp?

[signal plover]

Quick little old gobbo

[sterile grail]

looks great, what is your weathering recipe

[crisp sable]

Slight reposed the new Titus model.

[simple agate]

Lil WIP before I go to work

[bold violet]

We out here assembling the box

[plush swift]

Guardsman I made using just the Cadian upgrades just to see if I like painting guard and learned I love it

[plush swift]

Just painted the first ten, will switch to a black background later and see how that looks

[teal wolf]

Very good looking gaunt!

[brazen silo]

Id kill for half your skill

[rare hornet]

Mwahahaha

[cursive gyro]

DAMN YOU!

[rare hornet]

Never let them know your next move

[brazen silo]

I think this is the model im most proud of but I haven’t been able to paint in a year so my shitty model are shitty and old

Damn my nails were still painted in that photo

I gotta ask my boyfriend if he is willing to paint them again

[teal wolf]

I really like the light green in this lad.

[brazen silo]

Thank you

This is one of the more “recent” plague marines i paintef

Still very old

[naive umbra]

Looks great! I think for Nurgle if it looks like you could catch something just by touching the base then you've done your job well haha

[brazen silo]

I want to retouch the base when i have the financial ability to buy shit for it

These 2 are my most recent of any mini

Im very good at taking pictures

I miss painting

[teal wolf]

Very solid!

[brazen silo]

When i first did the cloak i thought it looked ass and didn’t fit ngl

The more i look at it tho i just get torn between thinking its shit and thinking its good

[teal wolf]

Well what bits do you identify as bad?

[brazen silo]

Just the color mostly

[teal wolf]

Metallics or the greens?

[brazen silo]

Green

The grey part isn’t metallic just my phone sucks

[teal wolf]

Green can be one of those colors that's a pain.
Layers and layers

[brazen silo]

Yeah

I just don’t know if it fits with the rest of the model

[teal wolf]

I'm a +1 for the green

[edgy jackal]

Contrast over grey seer?

[cursive gyro]

Das sum knoife-eer talk roite dere

[sterile grail]

I fuxking hate dawnstone

it is terrible for precision highlights

[rare hornet]

All part of the master plan

[lavish crescent]

Take your plan and eat you weird anime monster

[cursive gyro]

Oy

You don't talk to my friend that way

[teal wolf]

For highlights on black?

[simple agate]

Bit more done

[sterile grail]

yeah, it is probably the hardesr paint to highlight due to how fast it dries.

[teal wolf]

Ironic you say that. I stopped using it because I had two pots dry out insanely fast.
I thought I had just messed up. All the pots in our store also dried up.
Dungeon stone out of the army painter D&D line is pretty similar in color however.

[visual turret]

Painted a brain bugé

[teal wolf]

Oooh spooky I love it!

[rare hornet]

I love it!

The shades on the carapace armour is amazing!

[visual turret]

I overdid the white on the crest

[rare hornet]

Nah I think it looks fine

Sort of points out that they’re quite high ranking kinda

Especially as it’s just above the face it just works

[sterile grail]

Hmnm, yeah wel basically. Dawnstone, nice color, dries fast, makes it incredibly hard to paint. I wish to find similar color that won't dry as fast. haha

[naive umbra]

I love the carapace! It looks like coral. What paints did you use to get that?

[visual turret]

It’s just Averland with a seraphim sepia shade

Primed with a wraithbone zenithal

[naive umbra]

Awesome. Will have to give it a try on something one day. Maybe as wraithbone bits on some Aeldari constructs

[visual turret]

Easiest way I found is

[visual turret]

GW have a hive fleet Jormangundr painting tutorial on their yt channel - I just did the wraithbone as yellow goes on easier on white than black

[naive umbra]

I meant the actual wraithbone material in the models, not the colour, sorry if that was confusing haha

[visual turret]

ohhhh

That’s just the basing with the wraithbone primer

I haven’t touched the bases for painting yet

[naive umbra]

But yeah saying that those bits on Aeldari would look good in the same yellowy/coral look you achieved for the carapace

[small ibex]

First time building a marine

Instantly destroys the face with glue by accident

Pro tip never use a paper towel to wipe of glue

[abstract temple]

Needs more Hazard stripes

[jovial siren]

I learned that lesson yesterday too

[plush swift]

I’ve paid that penance

[plush swift]

Wraithbone undercoat with coleia greenshade wash, white scar dry brush then black templar over carapace dry brushed with sons of Horus green and deer kin flesh

[plush swift]

Thank you

[rare hornet]

Congrats, free battle damage

[crisp sable]

What kind of glue did you use? I use super glue and whenever an excess is on a model, I quickly scrape it off with a spare toothbrush.

Its not 100 percent, but at least it spreads the glue enough to not clog any details.

[crisp sable]

Congrats on your first marine build btw.

[rare hornet]

Just some light brushing of silver over that and you’ve got some nice starches. Just tell everyone it was intentional

[small ibex]

I use the citadel glue and thanks everyone ill make some sick battle scars

[visual turret]

Wait titus is already out?!?! :O

[crisp sable]

Yep, friend of mine split a box yesterday.

[visual turret]

Ohhh I want Titus just for the sake of it being a nice model

Might have to pick one up in town this weekend I had no clue it had launched already

[crisp sable]

Just yesterday actually.

[visual turret]

Unless I’m misunderstanding and it’s not out

[rare hornet]

MOAR

[crisp sable]

The details on Titus are sick af.

[crisp sable]

Came out in stores just yesterday

[rare hornet]

Yeeeees

I need to do the praetor at some point soon. I have a custom helmet and everything

[visual turret]

Oh fab

[rare hornet]

Do you mind showing the back of the cape? I need to get an idea of how bumpy it is

[rare hornet]

Hmm okay not too bad

I’m planning on putting the silver skull there and just needed an idea of how hard it might be to get it to sit flat

[abstract temple]

Me likey

Iron warriors are my favourite legion looks wise

[plush swift]

you cant scrape that off, its nbutyl acetate

use your finger

its only minorly dangerous to skin

[sour nexus]

Need advice on painting Grey Knights I was gifted a box of Termis

[abstract temple]

Silver is your friend, basecoat, wash, drybrush.

Your 80% done

[sour nexus]

ty

[lavish crescent]

Grey and silver, grey base coat and then dry brush silver over the top

Can look beautiful especially with a wash

[lavish crescent]

Grey base coat??

[abstract temple]

I find black works best as if you miss it then it just looks like shadows in the recess

[sterile grail]

i would prefer black:

1. Im colorblind, I will leave some details unpainted

2. free recess shading.

[abstract temple]

It's alot more forgiving for people who aren't doing sub assembly

[sterile grail]

very true

[sour nexus]

what silver should i use?

[plush swift]

dont use black for shading, use a custom mixed paynes grey

it will improve the look by a lot

the prebottled ones are mid

[plush swift]

Gray knights steel

If you want to give it a burnished look, you could dry brush necron compound over it

I wouldn’t recommend washing it but a recess shade of drakenhof nightshade should do the trick

[signal plover]

speed paints 2.0 how are they?

[sour nexus]

ty

[rare hornet]

ooo pretty

[spark birch]

Does plastic cement work alright with primed parts?

[midnight locust]

Another guardsman. It really never ends

[jaunty trail]

A thing i must say is:

Your mini's always look as they should! Every time you post a guard infantry mini or a tank it looks battleworn in a slight but really nice way... if i doesn't had a second army, i probably would go for guard only cuz of your pics here 😉

(side note: Votann are crazy to paint)

[spark birch]

in other words should i mask the joints of the parts when i prime

[hollow trench]

I did a whole army like that

[rare hornet]

It’s like classic necrons, I love it!!

[midnight locust]

Thanks for the compliment! Even after guardsman number 39 they continue to be a joy to paint

[jaunty trail]

Glad to hear that you still having fun painting them... I had not that much time in the last weeks to focus on my votann tbh... 5 minis for a hearthkyn squad are waitin' to be finished... Hope i have them done soonish

[tawny wedge]

If you can, yes. You can scratch it away after if need be or try to dissolve the primer with plastic glue, but the easiest thing to do is just stick a bit of bluetac or something over the joint before you spray

“Plague ogryn!” is ready to support my moebian 6th traitor guard in 40K/kill team

[plush swift]

overpriced inferior acrylic ink with a ton of additional binder, just buy acrylic ink instead

[signal plover]

How do you think it compares with citadel contrast and vallejo x cores

Xpress*

[rare hornet]

I don’t think it tastes as good as the other two

[signal plover]

Grey seer primer smells delicious no cap

[rare hornet]

I’m not wearing a cap

[plush swift]

So, both of those failed xenarch testing for one, which if something is failing that, it means the product is a scam. the binders in all 3 degridate very quickly from UV exposure and lost out over the bottom tier inks like daler rowney and liquitex.

Yes, both of those ink brands, used by hobbiests and called good inks are in fact, the worst professional grade artist inks on the market

[signal plover]

Send me a link to something you suggest if you could, price isn’t really a barrier for anything but like to keep my hobby spending to 50-150 a week

[plush swift]

Not by even a small measure either, like drastic worse than mid tier ones

[plush swift]

Depends on the country

[signal plover]

America

US of

[plush swift]

Jerrysartarama.com look for golden high flow or holbein. Holbein is way more expensive but they have some very unique ones like pbk31 and pbr25 which are both extremely rare(also expensive) pigments

With holbein, only buy the 100ml bottles

the 30ml bottles arent that much cheaper

Golden high flow titanium white is the white you want for paint too

high flow is an ink like paint

which means it has all the benefits of a paint, like better surface tension so better adhesion with less retraction, but its as thin as ink

which is the ideal consistency for painting

I have a video somewhere of the golden high flow titanium white one coating black

[plush swift]

Almost ok. Youve improved more

thats the highest rating i've given here

[sterile grail]

thanks alot corpse

[agile vault]

Bro said almost ok

Nah that shits preem dog

[final folio]

This. That's a dope as fuck arm

[agile vault]

Got every little button

Would take me a couple tries and it wouldnt look that clean

[final folio]

Next boys coming up, bug killers for the empruh.

[novel snow]

nice color

[plush swift]

Yes.

Thats a very high rating from me, someone who is an actual real certified art critic.

[winged lava]

Yo I'm going to make this guy into a plague Marine what chapter should I base him off of I'm going for a salamander

[brazen silo]

Art critic my first model

This was before i owned a paint desk and kept all my paints in a paper bag

I did some touch ups too

But don’t have photos of those

[plush swift]

what tier are you trying to achieve?

[brazen silo]

Idk

Go ham this was my first technically second model

[plush swift]

its one dimensional and boring, its lacking tons of detail and only looks like you did a base coat, the tongue, and some minor accents to just get something on the table

[brazen silo]

Im still painting my tyranids with the same color palette i really liked it

Hold up ill send pics of my hive tyrant

I wanna say 5 months after I started hobby painting

I owned a desk at this point

[plush swift]

adding shading would help a ton, picking out parts to add some more color too would be good

[brazen silo]

There is shading on it now dw

[plush swift]

its better

[brazen silo]

I went back and edited some of my old models

I think after i got burned out of my tyranids i got “better”

[plush swift]

you completed most of my thoughts it needed

the wings need work

[brazen silo]

This is my favorite model i did

[brazen silo]

Yeah i agree on the wings

[plush swift]

but you can get a very good effect on the wings and very quickly two

scumbling and transparent paints will go far

[brazen silo]

I want to put screaming skull on the like bone section thingies to make them pop a bit more as separate from the wing itself

Scrumbling is a silly word

[plush swift]

its better than slapchop

thats a worse name

[brazen silo]

I actually kinda like slapchop

Its aggressive tho

[plush swift]

I don't because it's an easy dmca claim

And it already had a term

[brazen silo]

Fair

[plush swift]

And know what happens when hobby painters change the name of a term?

[brazen silo]

I have a note in my notes app that has silly/ cool words i like

[brazen silo]

No i do not

[plush swift]

It creates problems in my classes of egotistical hobby painters who think they know everything

Trying to correct me, a doctor of art

[brazen silo]

Ah yeah that doesn’t sound fun

[plush swift]

nope

[brazen silo]

My silly word list

I need more

[plush swift]

I love it, its such a dumb sounding word

[brazen silo]

These are all real words too its great

[plush swift]

My most recent low end painting btw

[brazen silo]

Damn thats really good

[brazen silo]

Once i own my own place and can take my paint shit out of storage i want to get better at base details

[plush swift]

that base took 15 seconds

[brazen silo]

Im so bored of my basic ass bases

[brazen silo]

Damn

[plush swift]

the power of transparent paints and painting en verdaccio

[brazen silo]

I would kill for half of anyone who posts in this chats skill

[plush swift]

my base coat for everything is burnt umber, not black

[brazen silo]

My shit look basic and crude in a way

Everyone else is like skilled as fuck

[plush swift]

you can always get better

its just practice

[brazen silo]

That is true

I recently got salamanders and i (with help) found that it would be a neat idea to paint them like my gecko as the color palette

So like white yellow orange and black

Im really excited cuz it sounds really cool but i gotta wait sadly

These are gonna be the same photo

Yes he has 5 guns and a knife

[plush swift]

I know a super easy way of doing that

[plush swift]

itys way more than those, its also brown and beige

[brazen silo]

Yeah but for basic colors thats kinda what i meant sorry

I know ill need more

[plush swift]

well brown is a basic color

nothing can replace burnt umber

you can replace black

but not burnt umber

[brazen silo]

Fair enough

What primer should i use

[plush swift]

burnt umber my love

[brazen silo]

I have grey seer but should i get a different one

Lmao

[plush swift]

rustoleum camo, the sand one

[brazen silo]

I use grey seer on most of my models except for a few sylvaneth cuz i ran out and had to use grey spray paint (never again)

[brazen silo]

Alright next time i get paid ill go to my local game store and get them

[plush swift]

rustoleum makes the paints for most hobby companies

so its really not that much different

others include duplicolor and ems

for work I use krylon because its archival

[brazen silo]

Is it cheaper then citadel primers?

[plush swift]

Way cheaper

[brazen silo]

Oh thank the gods