40k-minis-and-armies

[rare hornet]

Final stretch now

[brazen silo]

Dayum

Thats really nice

[rare hornet]

Thank you! ^^

[junior meadow]

https://tenor.com/view/there-she-is-star-trek-wrath-of-khan-ah-ha-there-gif-4979179117513588446

looks awesome!

[rare hornet]

Thank you!!! Just got some last transfers to do

[junior meadow]

yeah 👍🏼

[teal wolf]

Smoooooooth

[glossy hawk]

blast from the past, gorkamorka spannaboy i’m using as a mek in my army

unboxed him, built, primed and painted him all in four hours

[hollow goblet]

Can anyone think of a way to make Bullgryn work as some sort of proxy for thousand sons?

I'm really growing to love the big bone 'eads

Want to have at least one with slab shield if I can help it

Man we really don't have any units huh, I think I'm stuck either glueing 5 of them on each others shoulders as a "helbrute"

Or the tried and true method of "Anything glued to a 50mm base with enough tentacles is a chaos spawn"

[toxic rampart]

Looks good man! For a moment, it looked like a hat made of wrenches, and I thought that was awesome, but then fatigue looked away from my brain and I realized it was bag.

[sterile grail]

clean af

guys quick ques:
Black Templar or Dark Angels

I'm kinda tired of painting blue boys

[brisk vapor]

DA but the Heresy scheme

Or Risen

Which is basically the same but thematically different

[sterile grail]

good suggestion i should do some risen scheme

im thinking of something like this

checkers are mandatory

[midnight locust]

The checkerboard…

[hollow goblet]

Surely somewhere sells checkerboard decals, anything to avoid actually having to paint those damn things on 28mm scale

[midnight locust]

There is no avoiding the curse, especially if you make the dumb choice I made by choosing to paint Lamenter space marines

[sterile grail]

they do

but it gets tricky on irregular surface like tabards

[hearty bear]

Pete the wargamer made some good ones

There’s a video

[sterile grail]

just looked up, thats pretty creative

[cinder bear]

Holy fuck i just looked up how actually big the manta model is

[rare hornet]

Only model with its own postcode

[naive umbra]

As a T'au player it taunts me endlessly. One day maybe...

The only thing is how bad the quality control is. Every assembly video I've seen it basically needs you to bolt the damn thing together while bending it back into shape with a heat gun

[rare hornet]

Forgeworld resin noises

[naive umbra]

Give us your house deposit and we promise we won't smash it before we throw the bits in the box

[rare hornet]

The kits are amazing, just really poor quality

[naive umbra]

The Taunar Supremacy suit seems better quality, and also way cooler imo. That's my Forgeworld grail

[rare hornet]

Shame 10th has made that thing terrible

If you run the triple cannon array then you can’t wound a russ on anything better than a 5 with any of your weapons

[naive umbra]

I'm hoping the next balance update removes the -1 BS penalty for split firing while guided

But the pulse ordnance driver is designed for anti infantry. You want the heavy rail cannon for anti tank on the shoulder mount

[rare hornet]

Yeah but I mean it’s still a titanic unit

Even the melta arms struggle to hurt a simple tank

[naive umbra]

Our Fusion/melta has been done a bit dirty this edition. But who knows how they'll decide to buff us. They did say we'd get a focus on metawatch. Hopefully not just points decreases

[rare hornet]

All melta got slammed by the toughness increase

It hurt the sisters the most

[naive umbra]

Ours used to be a bit longer range than Imperium meltas though. Now it's equalized which makes them a tougher pick since you gotta get a lot closer for the half range damage boost now

[rare hornet]

And tau are still fairly fragile

Not helped by the suits mobility nerf

[naive umbra]

It feels like they forgot to boost our toughness like they did to every other 10th vehicle haha

[rare hornet]

That sorta makes sense in a way, suits are a tad more fragile but you gained nothing to offset that

Eldar just gained invulns

[naive umbra]

I don't wanna be too doom and gloom though, I mostly like how 10th is but we just need a few tweaks to drag us out of that 35% winrate region

It's still early days for edition balance

[rare hornet]

Yeah things need to be changed

Although with the removal of detachments that’s kinda broken lists entirely

[naive umbra]

It's crazy I can now bring 9 Commanders if I feel like it

[rare hornet]

Yeah I liked having to bring troops as a requirement

[naive umbra]

I love how Fire Warriors look so they'll always be a list include for me regardless

[rare hornet]

Fair

[naive umbra]

Cautiously optimistic for some cool new Kroot/vespid models this edition. I love the auxiliary stuff too

Wish GW would lean heavier into the coalition of races aspect of Tau

[rare hornet]

You never know

[naive umbra]

At the least the rumour engine has shown some distinctly kroot shaped images. I'm betting on Gnarlocs returning and possibly updated Krootox in plastic

As much as I like them, I can't bring myself to get anything finecast

I finally got myself a pack of kroot hounds by buying extra plastic ones on ebay from the Farstalker kill team box

[rare hornet]

What the kill team ones like?

Also I wish the custodes FW stuff just went plastic, that’s it they don’t need new models

[naive umbra]

They're pretty cool but only 2 poses

[rare hornet]

Common theme then from the kill team kits

[naive umbra]

It's like 4 bits, body halves and head halves, and you can wiggle the heads a bit but that's it

I'll vary their painting/shades a bit to differentiate them more

[rare hornet]

That would work well

[naive umbra]

Finished assembling this cool guy today

[sterile grail]

you could see some mistakes in the highlight here but i will fix it next time.

[rare hornet]

ooooo yes!

[plush swift]

i made this marshall long time ago, one of my earliest miniatures but i made him a bit better, like making the paldrons white, giving him an actual shield and adding some transfers

[rare hornet]

He's also really good looking!

[plush swift]

thx

[rare hornet]

np!

[fair lagoon]

Anyone knows a Wh40k Discord for the tabletop game?

I hell of confused about the Deathwatch rules in 10th edition

[edgy jackal]

the warhammer subreddit has a discord

[jaunty trail]

Sounds good

[rare hornet]

DONE

might work on some purity seals if I get some spare time during the week?

Knight paladin Sir Wulf Ashador

[dawn stream]

That looks fantastic

Great job!

[rare hornet]

Thank you!

[junior meadow]

https://tenor.com/view/chad-gigachad-jinup-jinup-chad-gif-23896242

looks awesome

[rare hornet]

Thanks!!

[junior meadow]

im telling ya we need someone to do this paint scheme for a knight

[cursive gyro]

Amazing work dood

[hearty bear]

Unpainted mechanicus cog

[teal wolf]

Love the chainswords name 🤣

[final folio]

if its not the lighting. Nice palm skin

[formal lichen]

First stab at imperial fist

[plain granite]

Tried my hand at a decent size kitbash. Turned some assault intercessors into a jump pack vanguard vets squad.

[formal lichen]

They look great, blood angels? Successor?

[marble sorrel]

Shiny

Looks very nice

[midnight locust]

Thanks, wash was still not quite dry when I took the photo haha

[marble sorrel]

I can tell lol

Agrax or nuln oil?

Also a tip I do for highlighting the skin if you ever wanna do that is I dry brush the top layer by just lightly flicking against it with my brush

[plain granite]

I've sentenced them to a horrible unlucky fate as they're gonna be Lamenters.

[formal lichen]

Oh boy, get ready for snake eyes 😂, gunna rough up their armour with the drill and blade? Or clean?

[plain granite]

Gonna leave them cleanish like this, then do battlewear and grime in the paint.

[floral wind]

Won this on ebay and im stoked to add it to my growing CF army.

[jade swift]

That's sick, great find

[floral wind]

Thanks I also got this too

[jade swift]

I like this model more than the current one

[floral wind]

Same the new looks too heroic to me if that makes sense

I see the champion as someone who doesn't need to stand out or be ornate but much rather minimalist

[jaunty trail]

Having this one also at home. It is a pain to paint it in my eyes 😄

[floral wind]

Oo nice idk when I'll get round to painting it but here's hoping it'll be alright 😂

[rare hornet]

Bendy sword

[jaunty trail]

So the first time i painted it (i was 15 at that point) The mini had looked very bad... Now half a year ago i stripped paint and by doing that (used a toothbrush for last spots of paint) the blade cracked off the hand... so i had to fix this with a bit of wire and putty... Be very careful...

Also put the mini in warm water so that the sword can get in to a better position... Aaaand wash this mini with soap... the oils of the production are very odd cuz literally no paint wil stick to the resin....

[crude solstice]

this looks so much better than stock

I wonder if it's because they kind of resemble the original marines

[hearty bear]

Personal opinion

Original marines looked goofy asf

[dawn stream]

They've certainly come a long way

[floral wind]

It's his training sword

[rare hornet]

It’s a foam sword

[floral wind]

Will do thanks for the heads up 👌🏻

[floral wind]

I was thinking the same thing

[jaunty trail]

Always welcome 😉

[cinder bear]

They do look a tad less goofy when actually shown

But yeah for other stuff it was weird af, say hi to the dreadnought

[hearty bear]

The legs 💀

“I’m doing my part!” lookin ass

[oak apex]

GLORY TO THE SCIONS OF KHORNE!!

[cinder bear]

Where are the helmets from? Really really good btw

[oak apex]

the reptilian overlord heretic set

[jaunty trail]

Lookin' like stuff that Green Stuff World sells... but not sure

[oak apex]

https://reptilianoverlords.com/product/heretic-starter-set/

[sterile grail]

did you comissioned someone to paint that

[oak apex]

no, just 5 mins work from a random stranger on discord

[floral wind]

Not washed yet just wanted to see what he'd look like assembled and the sword whilst not entirely straight is better than it was

I did have the idea to use the original base tab as a name label for this base but in my attempt to do so, it broke

[dawn stream]

Bootleg Helix Adept

[jaunty trail]

Looks already much better thann in the box

[rare hornet]

Just a quick attempt with some extra colours

Nothing fancy

[teal wolf]

He cute

[cursive gyro]

I dont want it Taken as an insults but it looks like plastic :o

Is very weird, I've never Seen someone make paint look like plastic

It's very well made but I think it's how insanely smmooth the layer of paint is that makes it look this way

[hollow goblet]

Might just need a shade tbh, it seems more that the dynamics aren't quite there so everything looks kinda "smooth" and samey, quick pass of Agrax and a little bit of sigmarite and it'll look clean

Not agrax, fleshshade sorry

[sterile grail]

washes will add depth to the model. He's actually done a great job at thinning the paints well enough to give out smooth surface. A few extra silver or brighter will make it look amazing @rare hornet

[plush swift]

washes can add depth, but the way most mini painters are taught to use washes, it removes a lot of that depth weirdly enough

cant just slather a wash all over something as it really doesnt work to provide depth, pinwashing is what you'd want

[sterile grail]

oh just dont excessively glaze it over.

[plush swift]

pretty much yeah

[sterile grail]

also I like recess painting where paint mix with water more than citadel washes now

but gold with citadel washes should be fine

[plush swift]

its also why most skin tones mini painters tend to do look so off, they rely so heavily on it pooling to provide depth, but it doesnt work

[toxic rampart]

Ohhh! I like that!

[sterile grail]

same energy as when you don't thin your paints. However, people can paint however they like (im not trying to tell people how to paint a certain way if they dont like it).

[plush swift]

yeah people can paint however they want, but they also tend to complain a lot about how something isnt coming out the way a tutorial says, which thats more of an explaination. The tutorials are about pin washes not a full wash

[sterile grail]

either tutorial isnt clear enough or people didnt pay attention to the methods perhaps. I usually find issue when tutorial isn't clear enough.

[feral spade]

My last one

[rare hornet]

So there is a wash of Fleshshade over the top but the light is drowning it out

[plush swift]

they never are, thats the thing. Watch enough youtube videos you find that they also tend to take 12 extra steps to do something that would normally take 2-3, but a lot of it does come down to the typical rhetoric of things like "well its been working fine for me for 40 years" and trying to work around lower grade paints

scale modeling tutorials tend to be much less convoluted

Its like NMM being seen as super hard... when its actually very easy when you think about it in a vacuum, its about 3-5 steps in practice

the trick is you start light to dark then go dark to light

and not the pure dark to light people are used to

[sterile grail]

NMM is more about which paint you use to make the effect and basic understanding of shading and lightings. Eavy Metal highlights i think is a bit more challenging because of precision brush control (which i have to admit, is hard).

i mean if you combine the two it will probably make the model looks even better

[plush swift]

eavy metal is easy but tedious, good eavy metal is practiced. Nothing in art is hard, it just requires practice and understanding

[sterile grail]

lots of patience

[plush swift]

its less about the paint you use honestly, because if it was then people couldnt do it with fish scales and human flesh like they did for centuries

[sterile grail]

i mean my lifetime model so far is my fifth one, while people already finished an army.

[plush swift]

Yep, which is a skill of its own

[plush swift]

Each one you've done has been a huge improvement

[sterile grail]

thank you that compliment meant alot

[plush swift]

Well its more fact than a compliment

They genuinely have

the amount of progression is honestly impressive

[sterile grail]

honestly, its mostly because of the stress that drives me to be careful

because i invested a large ammount of money into the hobby

"it better be good" mentality

[plush swift]

Im the same

its why I havent even completed a single part on my knight and keep stripping them

[sterile grail]

Yep, I have a huge pile of shame waiting for my next life to complete

[plush swift]

thats the closest i've gotten to complete

[sudden notch]

I have box of tacticals, scouts, devastators and termies which paint i still absolutely cringe

[plush swift]

and I stripped those as they werent up to the standard I wanted

[sudden notch]

Need to strip them and try over

[sterile grail]

your texture would have gone very well on Ma.K models

they emphasize alotnof rust and decay

[plush swift]

I have actually done a few of those

Love them a lot

[sudden notch]

How you actually strip paint? Just dip in whatever gets rid off the paint?

[plush swift]

what country?

the country is important as some chemicals you cant get in some

Also not so much that as a lot of chemicals people recommend like acetone and IPA actually damage the plastic

[visual turret]

What is that highlighted/higher layer gold colour?

I’m painting Trajann for a little contest

And realised I don’t have a good ‘highlight’

[teal wolf]

Likely liberator gold if doing the gw paint method

[rare hornet]

Yeah @teal wolf is correct there it’s liberator gold

Just wanna be reallly careful and patient with it,

[teal wolf]

I have two blade Champs I really need to paint X_×

[rare hornet]

Can I hav one? 👉👈🥺

[teal wolf]

One knight plz

I lied, one exaction squad plz 🤣

[visual turret]

I have an exaction squad :3

[teal wolf]

X_×

[visual turret]

I’ve posted them here before

[teal wolf]

I bought a killteam moroch over em and have been kicking myself about it

[rare hornet]

:(

Actually @visual turret how’s Trajann going anyway?

[visual turret]

I’ve got the navy breachers too to paint

[visual turret]

Good! Once I’m home I’ll take some pics for y’all

Need to actually brave painting his head

[teal wolf]

Saaame.
My pile of shame is getting so bad...

[rare hornet]

Gotcha can’t wait to see him!!

[rare hornet]

I have the bed of shame

[teal wolf]

That's a first!

[rare hornet]

Okay admittedly some of those boxes are built but have spares

[teal wolf]

Same.
The big kill team boxes are 95% done. Just the traitor guard left.

Yo is that a bastion!?

[rare hornet]

You bet it is

[teal wolf]

I'll slide you one blade champion and a grav tank xD

[rare hornet]

XD

[teal wolf]

I was bidding on the set that came with bastions and an aegis defense line. Until it hit 400+ in 2 bids x_×

[rare hornet]

Jesus Christ

[teal wolf]

That batch of terrain gives me the nostalgias

[sudden notch]

So i cant just sink model into tarpit for like hour and wash away the paint

[teal wolf]

Set em in the dishwasher

[hearty bear]

Can a man spare me a few necrons if you have any

[rare hornet]

Afraid I don’t

[brazen silo]

What is it with the boxes that we hoppy painters feel so inclined to keep them

[rare hornet]

It’s like a child’s baby clothes

[brazen silo]

I hate children use a better analogy /j

[toxic rampart]

Worked on this last night. Deffkopta able to cause tetanus by proxy

[rare hornet]

Vroom

[crisp depot]

Work in progress nurgle knight conversion

[vocal kite]

This is so gross I LOVE it!!

[brisk vapor]

oh hell yeah

[crisp depot]

Thanks!

[rare hornet]

He’s beautiful

We shall call him fluffy

[brazen silo]

It looks so flesh like

Good job

[crisp depot]

Thanks! I’ve been trying to perfect this sort of rotten flesh recipe for a while and I’m really happy how it turned out

Here’s a beast of nurgle I used as an experiment for the rotten flesh

[junior meadow]

More like fleshy

Lol

[brazen silo]

Such a cute creature

[glossy hawk]

Gorkamorka spannaboy im using as a mek, he lives inside a stompa

[sterile grail]

bling, all blue highlights for body done

[lean snow]

The army has reached 2 shelf status

[crisp depot]

That looks sick! I love the weathering effects

[spare sedge]

Thanks tho it's taking me ages to work on the full set sense I decided to do all the detail

Also trying to get my hands on some computer transfers for the screens

[cursive gyro]

Mine go fasta
N' tetnus ain't reel

[toxic rampart]

Dats why the rokkets is red. Ta make em go fasta

[hearty bear]

Caked up, as father nurgle intended

Oh my god that gave me the worst idea

[rare hornet]

The boy

[hearty bear]

“You can do the plague shaker can’t you”

[hearty bear]

Beautiful, now add some power effects to the blade

[rare hornet]

Waiting for it to dry still

[hearty bear]

Alr

[rare hornet]

And I need to get ready for work tomorrow

[visual turret]

In my eye I kinda trashed the blade but….. it also doesn’t look entirely awful

[cinder bear]

God now I want to get these proxies and make a necron army based around their supposed pure energy form that's mentioned in war in the museum

[teal wolf]

Looks just fine 😉

[final rune]

I feel really stupid for asking this but I have to. Do you need to actually prime your models? What even is priming? I’ve been just painting it and it seems fine to me. Am I doing something wrong? Help

[ivory raven]

Haaah, butt

[steep ether]

So, primer is an intermediary between the substrate (the substance the paint is going on) and the paint itself. It acts as a bonding agent and also seals in the substrate in the case of pressure treated wood, stucco, concrete, etc. it also allows paint to have better bite and grab on certain materials paint has a hard time adhering to, like plastic, resin, and metal.

In the case of minis, I strongly recommend it. First, having a base coat is going to make applying top layers much easier. Secondly, depending on what you’re actually painting with, whether it’s water or oil based, adhesion to the actual mini might be spotty if directly applied. It might LOOK fine, but if it gets too much handling, those layers are going to start wearing or even peeling off, especially around exposed edges.

[final rune]

Mother fucker I’ve already started painting a kill team of kriegers

[plush swift]

You dont, if you want several scientific journals about this, I can give them to you. Mini paints require primer however because they are a low quality paint that has a heavily augmented surface tension that prevents them from adhereing correctly, even with primer

the primer just gives you something instead of bare plastic when it rubs off

[plush swift]

If you handle acrylic paint at all, even with primer, it will come off. Its a thermoplastic and the heat from your hands causes the bond of it to losen

primer literally doesnt actually help and there is no proof in any paint company testing that says it does on polysytrene

welll... the primers you guys use at very least, as those arent actually primers at all

[rare hornet]

He looks really really good!!!

[toxic rampart]

Deffkoptas, Deff Dread, and Warboss all done. This weekend, my 6 year old and I will be painting up the boys.

[lavish crescent]

Still working on my 30k army now

Don't mind the dread, had to remove from base to actually paint properly

[teal wolf]

Breachers are so sick

[simple thorn]

A short answer in case ye still need it:

It's stuff that goes on whatever you are painting before ye paint, so the actual paint sticks onto it better.

Vallejo has really good stuff, but the game store near me never bloody has black or white which are the better ones.

If you're looking to skip on painting, get primer that's going to be the same colour as the bulk of your minis. So if you are doing Ultramarines, get blue, etc.

[hot nebula]

First trooper for my inquisitorial suit

[covert flint]

My first ever warhammer minis

[plush swift]

Going to repeat what I said, there is absolutely ZERO data that hobby primer actually causes paint to adhere better, in fact there is data that proves the opposite. I have sources for all of this information.

The primer you need for adherence is gritty and doesn't adhere to polystrene very well in the first place, the plastic primer that exists that works is not something you want to use on mini's either since it tends to melt them, if it doesnt have solvents to melt the surface layer, it is not a primer. If you see something that doesnt melt the surface layer, please report it to me as this is a huge violation of consumer safety and marketing.

I'm sorry if I seem aggressive with this but I am currently dealing with a major lawsuit against vallejo for this, including the fact they keep using toxic materials and labeling them as non-toxic, and I mean stuff that can kill you or cause brain damage with short exposure

their flow improver is pure 2-butoxyethanol which has a listing of non-toxic on the bottle

as an example and this chemical is VERY dangerous

and I have caught streamers drinking this stuff multiple times

Its deadly, do not use it without proper PPE, this means a NOISH certified full face respirator and chemical gloves as it has a nasty habit of burning skin

I have been working in this industry for over a decade and people ignore me constantly, its frustrating as fuck

[golden night]

i need a gas mask for primer???

[plush swift]

YES

It has solvents in it that can cause lung scaring

Carbon black and titanium dioxide are also nasty pigments when aerosolized, that can cause neurological damage and are carcinogens

Exposure time is key and all, but the amount you guys use them is enough to cause lasting damage without a respirator

And dont get me started on the hazards of polyurethane

paint is way more toxic then you people think, you can drink a single 17ml bottle and be reletively fine, but 5-8 and thats where it gets to the point of organ failure

dont get me started on dirty downs either, it contains xylene which is a forever chemical

and a very nasty one that has actually caused a major increase of birth defects in my city after a spill and has tainted the water to badly you cant drink it without risk of neurological damage

I might be more frustrated than normal since im playing ac6, anyways this has been my ted talk

[tiny cairn]

Do you believe in Varnish?

[plush swift]

Yes, I specifically use automotive varnish as most varnishes(acrylic and oil ones, do not use acrylic varnishes over oil) are for nothing more than cleaning, they are designed to be removed

Automotive varnishes tend to be oil based as well, so they will actually go over oil paint and bond unlike acrylic ones

[golden night]

i painted my first model without primer and i kept accidentally scratching off paint just by handling it

[plush swift]

plastic is a thermopolymer, the heat from your hand can cause damage

primer wont help with that as its also a thermopolymer

[golden night]

what can i do to make it stick better

[plush swift]

Wear a glove

then varnish it

ideally isolation coat then a varnish

but you dont need an isolation coat, plus thats getting really advanced into the chemistry of paints and painting

[golden night]

alright well i was getting annoyed by manually applying primer with a brush anyways so i'll just stop using it

[plush swift]

primer is useful for unification of a base coat and partially hiding gaps from build problems

but if the paint is opaque already, it really doesnt help that much, plus with brush application of primer, you need to scuff up the surface anyways

you need to create more surface area for it to adhere as plastic doesnt have much as it is

[golden night]

if i put varnish without an isolation coat will it not come off if i want to strip it?

[plush swift]

the isolation coat will prevent you from ever stripping it down

well... with chemicals that is

its a chemically innert polymer layer

as I said, you can avoid it

Automotive varnish for physical protection though is what you want, and it can be removed with solvents

[toxic rampart]

Ashes of Faith Kill Team, nice! These look good.

[brisk vapor]

A slight upgrade to the display cabinet, added remote controlled LED lights and some acrylic stands for extra space

[floral wind]

My second CF intercessor with grenade launcher

[floral wind]

I forgot to crop the images

[urban fulcrum]

SHE IS COMPLETE!!! The Hand of OBLIVION, piloted Queen Amalia RedFang of House RedGor! SCOURGE OF THE IMPERATOR, HERALD OF THE GREAT SHEPHERDS, LIBERATOR OF BEASTS AND ALLY OF THE TYRANT OF BADAB!!! HAIL!!!

[rare hornet]

First game with the knight today in a crusade 25PL vs Tau. Didn’t go to plan but we learnt valuable lessons that we’ll hopefully be able to use in the game vs guard next week

[hearty bear]

Hmmmmm

I sense a disturbance in the force

Oh yeah

blank base

Give that lad some rocks

Great job painting it btw

[rare hornet]

Haven’t worked out what I want to do there yet

[rare hornet]

Thank you!!

[floral wind]

Okay so im trying to decide if i should paint the pauldron trims and the iconography brass, or gold or have a mix of both depending on what the item is

[final rune]

Ok so I just got the Astra Militarum Index and I can’t find where it says the power of a model. Am I missing something?

[teal wolf]

Power levels are gone

[final rune]

So how do I build an army? Do I just bring as many as I can afford? How do I figure out the limit?

[cursive gyro]

The limit is your bank account

And the number of heist you Can make successfully

[final rune]

Seriously? Like I just buy as much as I can without a limit?

No shit?

[cursive gyro]

No I'm joking...

I have no clue about the game, I paint 40k I dont play 40k

[rare hornet]

There will be a separate document online with the point cost of each unit

https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/agEmmZiw4tq7IOYE.pdf

The munitorum field manual

[final rune]

Oh thank fuck

Thank you bro

[rare hornet]

No worries

[simple thorn]

o shit, did not know that. And also skimmed over the text above, so sorry.
(Insert Ogryn Didn't Read meme here or something)

[plush swift]

Yeah, I was just more frustrated than normal. Sorry

[simple thorn]

All g.

[plush swift]

but yeah, primer doesnt work the way people think, acrylic paint has a similar surface tension to polystyrene so it can adhere and bond without primer, if the acrylic paint cant adhere to it at all, that means the paint is poorly made or its expired. Most hobby paints will be one of the two

This is really why some can consider primer to be required

[rare hornet]

Second one in the works

[final rune]

I really hope the Custodians get a glow up. Them and the Greyknights

[teal wolf]

Custodes are pretty new

[final rune]

Really? They seem similar to the old Tactical Marines

[teal wolf]

2017 I believe.

[final rune]

Huh

Weird

[teal wolf]

At least in plastic

[final rune]

They always looked shorter than they should be to me

[teal wolf]

True. Now especially after the termie size update

March 2017 for the Talons of the Emperor box. When my plastic Crack addiction was rekindled

[rare hornet]

I mean they’re not thaaat short

[jaunty trail]

They should be like that... Custodes should logically be stronger etc. than a Space Marine... They are designed to defend the Emperor and the Imperial palace...

[crisp depot]

Finally finished my nurgle knight abominant conversion

[simple thorn]

Gods DAMN that is grimy

Where did I leave the heavy flamer?
No, scratch that. Imma need a Melta Warhead to sanitize the battlefield that thing is in

[crisp depot]

Thanks!

[junior meadow]

snot titan (it looks awesome)

[hollow goblet]

You kind of need primer when you're painting or your guy is gonna end up chipped back to grey at the end of your first game. One can of medium-grey spray primer is all you'll ever need its super easy to use and a medium grey will let you prime absolutely anything with good results

[hollow goblet]

Is that the Vallejo vomit technical paint?

[crisp depot]

Nurgles rot

[hollow goblet]

Looks really solid with all of the gloss contrasted against the metal

[crisp depot]

Lots and lots of nurgles rot

Thanks!

[hollow goblet]

Also guys who paint big minis

Should I hold out for an airbrush before I paint my Lord of Change?

It seems like it'd be doable with brushes, unlike Magnus, but idk I don't wanny get too risky with models this expensive

[plush swift]

Read what I posted above. The TLDR is you do not need primer as it does nothing to help with physical damage or adherence of paint as it is chemically identical to normal paint unless you go with true primer, which none of you have at hobby stores and it requires special certifications to ship as how toxic and how explosive it is. I can provide sources for this too if needed and I have a lot ranging from simple to the actual break down of polymer adherence to polystyrene

My job requires knowing paint formulation as I have to make it constantly as most companies dont make some very specific paints in the style I need for reproduction/repair/conservation.

Also had a rant about how toxic hobby paint really was because the companies tend to violate a lot of laws because they make enough to pay the fines and not care

IE selling burnt umber pigment without a lead hazard label

All burnt umber requires lead hazard labels due to the fact it contains trace amounts of lead and in rare cases, dangerous amounts

this is not the only pigment like this

[plush swift]

that is fucking disgusting

I love it

I'm guessing that took a lot of green stuff?

He got a thicc ass

[hollow goblet]

Right but why does paint easily come off of models without primer and stick to one that have primer?

Like I don't necessarily think you're lying or whatever but literally anyone whos ever painted has noticed that paint doesn't stick properly when you don't prime

[visual turret]

Primers act as a substrate for paint

Plastic doesn’t have as good a bonding surface as paint does with paint

But the way rattlecan or airbrush paint works is it thins and spreads it out, providing a really good coverage

[rare hornet]

Same energy

[visual turret]

Bought auric armour gold

Now I can do the lighter parts of Trajann

[rare hornet]

Woo!!

You can see it best there on the leg

[visual turret]

And the chest

But yeah hopefully that’ll help

Still not braved the face

[rare hornet]

I get ya there

[wary sonnet]

Didn't attempt to paint flesh before. This could be interesting.

[wary sonnet]

Or maybe I should just use a legionnaire helmet instead?

[hearty bear]

For a custodian, I’d say that really is “just a scratch”

Heretics beware, for those legs can finally go to work

[rare hornet]

What legion?

[wary sonnet]

Word Bearers, of course.

Why else would I go for a DA?

If I wanted Black Legion, I would have went with Haarken.

[rare hornet]

To be fair I’ve been playing 9th crusade too much and he was a beast

[rare hornet]

Try and use the Mk IV legionnaire helmet

The legionnaires box should have one?

[wary sonnet]

Afraid that I only have this kind of helmet to spare.

I think it's Mk V.

I am unsure about this helmet.

It has horns, so it could work with a DA.

[wary sonnet]

Or maybe it's corrupted Mk VII.

Since Mk V often had these bolts.

Or maybe I could use a raptor helmet...

[rare hornet]

They might work

[teal wolf]

And then in comes master of possession from the top rope!

[bright gale]

I recently bought a Black templar crusade squad, put them all together and I am in love woth how detailed these guys are!

I think this is my favorite pose I fiddled with and made work ||glue job is a little gloopy in one spot because it was very hard to get the seal to stay, cause my fingers were sticky||

[hollow goblet]

You unironically can't go wrong with a coat of Guilliman Flesh and Fleshshade for skin, people overthink it too often, you can straight up just 2-tone the skin, not bother painting lips and eyes and people will not notice 90% of the time

If you want to use a darker skin tone base with something like bugmans glow or mournfang brown and then drybrush a slightly lighter/pinker colour over afterwards. Skin is much easier than people make it out to be tbh

[rare hornet]

I plan to convert a judiciar into a champion

[obsidian tapir]

Got a death guard grenadier mostly painted. Just 4 more left

[rare hornet]

See those shark teeth worked out

[obsidian tapir]

Thanks, trying to get a black outline around the teeth was hard with the mk3 grills lol

[rare hornet]

That’s understandable, they’re not easy to detail

[bright gale]

I plan on buying the Death watch upgrade kit soon and popping the pauldron onto one of my lil fellas

[rare hornet]

I love having the odd deathwatch veteran

[rare hornet]

Also the heavy thunder hammer is amazing for kitbashing

[obsidian tapir]

God I wish I had that piece for a kit bash I just did, instead I had to use the one that came with the mk3 marines kit

[bright gale]

https://tenor.com/view/lip-bite-fuckboy-flirt-gif-24775786

[wary sonnet]

Nevermind. How's this?

[rare hornet]

Fits him perfectly

[plush swift]

If your paint cant bond to the plastic, your paint is expired, low quality, or you thinned it improperly, you can not pass 25% additional water with hobby paint as the binder can not support more and you are required to use deionized water, using tap water will introduce chemicals that cause the binder to suffer greater degradation and also introduce mold and bateria issues

A properly made paint will bond to the surface no problem, as I explained in my long rant about this.

and I have sources on all of this stuff if you want some reading material

Here is some adhesion testing results. the only one that had any bond to it was toom

thats acrylonitrile butadiene styrene which is close enough to polystyrene

photopolymer resin (aka resin printing)

And polylactic acid

[wary sonnet]

Speaking of raptors, should I make them regular ones or talons?

Are talons even good for legions other than Night Lords?

You can run simmilar variants in one squad, yes?

I'll just throw in two to the mix.

[bright gale]

Citadel paints will work in an air brush, correct? Im a bit new to the mini side of things

[brisk vapor]

ye just thin them enough and it ought to go swimmingly

[plush swift]

Use deionized or stilled water, you dont need a dedicated thinner

[bright gale]

I have a steady and constant supply of distilled pure water in my household 🤙

[plush swift]

perfect

you dont shouldnt ever need flow improver either

it doesnt really do anything special in reality

[rare hornet]

Ultramariiiiiiiines

[covert flint]

yup yup

[rare hornet]

I do need to build my Infernus at some stage

[wary sonnet]

The dark red looks better in my opinion.

[golden night]

will distilled water work too?

nvm you answered that

[plush swift]

Yes, distilled is fine

[rare hornet]

I personally would go with the lighter but that’s just me

You can always use a brown wash around the edges of the panels to darken them

[floral wind]

Official gw Black knight mini when??

[rare hornet]

[plush swift]

I would be very surprised if there wasn't a Black Knight mini in the early days of GW

A monthy python joke miniature would be very much their style back in that era

[bright gale]

update on my adventure in airbrushing, it took a lot of fiddling to find the right thinness to come out of the nozzle meaningfully and to provide good coverage, I did 4 minis, came out super even and matte, so perfect for doing highlights and some of the other details with brushwork

also my hands are abadon black now

[cursive gyro]

So that's how the salamenders turn you Into their own

Airbrush paint until your whole body is jet black

[bright gale]

[wary sonnet]

I think that I haven't spent so much time on 5 minis until now.

[teal wolf]

Hype

[wary sonnet]

What the hell are these?

Custodian bolters?

[teal wolf]

Paragon spear heads

[wary sonnet]

Is it useful without the pole-arms?

[rare hornet]

Those Adrasite spears?

Also we’re nearly there for the second boy

[teal wolf]

I'm just swapping out the spear heads for em.

[teal wolf]

Naa that's one of the few custodes things I don't have

[rare hornet]

Honestly if Gw just made the FW stuff plastic I’d be so happy

We don’t need new units just gib plastic

Plz

Failing that, grav tanks are desperately needing to be plastic

[teal wolf]

Lies! We would love a stand alone knight Centura kit 😉

[rare hornet]

True true

[teal wolf]

They are surprisingly simple for a brick of resin

[rare hornet]

I suppose the plastic alternative is the land raider?

[wary sonnet]

Now that's an army.

[rare hornet]

But that’s nowhere near as efficient

[teal wolf]

Yeeee. Only holds 6 tho

[rare hornet]

6 custodians is still 6 custodians

[teal wolf]

I actually ran my grav carrier a few games this edition. Did a cap and 6 wardens

[plush swift]

I wish they would too but the stuff there is all boutique shit that costs a ton. Fun fact, we actually now how many titans they have sold\

because each is individually numbers

the best selling one is the warhound

thats sold about 1300~

[rare hornet]

That’s not a surprise, by far it’s easily the most usable

[teal wolf]

I have a 3d printed warhound to struggle with....

[rare hornet]

That’s significantly more than I was expecting

I was assuming around 400ish

[teal wolf]

Oh yeah @plush swift any recommendations for candy emerald paint?

[plush swift]

They have sold like 50 a year

[rare hornet]

For what it is that’s a fair few

[plush swift]

Just get something like phthalo green (blue shade) and put it over metallic

assuming you want emerald the stone, not the actual emerald color paint

[teal wolf]

I want some shiny emerald on the side of my next grav tanks

[rare hornet]

I’m actually really looking forward to warhammer legions, nobody wants to play titanicus with me 🫠

That’s like the only warhammer game I’ve been consistently decent at

[plush swift]

yeah something like pg7 will do

then do a gloss varnish over that

[teal wolf]

Woooord! Thanks dad

[plush swift]

You're welcome son

[rare hornet]

Birb

[wary sonnet]

Could someone tell me if you can use raptors and talons in the same squad?

Because I made 3 raptors and 2 WTs.

[rare hornet]

10th Ed they are seperate

And same for 9th

[wary sonnet]

Hmm...

So, what? Do I pose them as raptors?

I'm running Word Bearers, so it wouldn't be really out of place.

Because I am not dismantling these talons.

[wary sonnet]

And they look cool as fuck.

Eh, raptors are shock troops anyway.

Talons charge in, while the other three provide fire support.

[rare hornet]

Warp talons are daemon

[wary sonnet]

Well, it's the WB we're talking about here.

They have a tendency to hang out with daemons.

I just hope that I can field them in a game.

I feel like I spent too much time on just 5 minis.

[rare hornet]

How long did you spend on them?

[wary sonnet]

I haven't counted.

Just felt like a while.

[rare hornet]

I’ve spend like 4 days on 2 minis

[wary sonnet]

Damn.

What minis?

[final folio]

Four hour speed run up to this point. Have a few other ideas to do and finish on this boi

[rare hornet]

My two wardens 😅

[wary sonnet]

Custodians? Makes sense.

[rare hornet]

That’s awesome

[wary sonnet]

They're supposed to be perfect.

[rare hornet]

They’re actually ridiculously easy

The spear is probably the most complex part

[wary sonnet]

Huh.

Anyway, how should I run this combo?

Talons up front, regular raptors behind?

Or in a single line?

[rare hornet]

Raptors should definitely be more support than the talons

[wary sonnet]

One plasma pistol, one flamer, and one meltagun.

Anti-armor and anti-personnel.

[rare hornet]

Alternatively you give them all chainswords and hammer home the fast melee unit

[wary sonnet]

The lightning claws look more intimidating.

And their stance gives me a "come and get me, motherfucker" vibe.

They kind of make me wish I went for a Night Lords army.

[teal wolf]

Example

[sweet sinew]

Corvax white is kinda a pain to work with, but I got my apothecary done

[sweet sinew]

I feel like with the toe spikes, they could stand a foot away from a pool and still be able to dip their toe in

[plush swift]

yeah, fuck fact it doesnt use a white pigment as its base, it uses a clay

its a lithopode kaolin mixture

why? because its made by a company that makes house paint, thats why

[lean snow]

Corax white you say

I like mine the way I like my peanut butter

I HATE PEANUT BUTTER

[teal wolf]

Does it taste like white chocolate

[jaunty trail]

How long did u shake the colour?

[simple thorn]

As the proud owner of a bottle of corax white - I can wager he spent at least 5 minutes shaking it

Seriously every time I've opened up a new bottle of any of the citadel whites, it's ALWAYS been borderline solid already

[plush swift]

And I can tell you exactly why corax white is that bad

1 word

1 cursed word that will summon a pox upon this world

[jaunty trail]

I also own a pot and i literally shake it about 10 mins... if it isn't fine until then i use a stick or something else and mix it with this again...

Still the Corax White Air is much better to paint...

[plush swift]

1 word that destroys nations and everyones sanity

||Kaolin||

heh

my Corax is the opposite

a bit too liquid

[visual turret]

How do you get your paints so smooth :O

[hollow goblet]

https://www.gameology.com.au/products/vallejo-game-colour-white-ink-18ml-72-082?varia

I switched over to using this for my white and I way prefer the coverage/how it behaves to use, GW white and black paints are just no good as far as I've seen

[teal wolf]

Inks are a Solid option if ya don't have an airbrush for whites

[rare hornet]

I alternate by putting a small drop of water in the brush then put it in the paint, thins it down heavily so you end up needing like 3 layers at points

[simple thorn]

The hek is that?

[rare hornet]

@visual turret So I start by taking by some retributor gold and thining it down a touch with some water.

Next you apply a very liberal coat of it over the part which is already sprayed gold.

Once it’s dry apply some Fleshshade all over the part and let that dry.

Finally you add the details over the top, liberator gold is what I use to pick out the extra details and make them pop.

I use this process over the whole model

[plush swift]

The pigment they use, its a clay

[plush swift]

They sell larger bottles of that for a lower price btw, look for their professional line. Just ignore the bad reviews, same product as the game color.

[sudden notch]

assembling outrider bikes made me realise how much i hate push fit models

[teal wolf]

Idk if it'll help but I tend to file the pegs down just a tad

[sudden notch]

that reminds me of my auric gold that has more of colourless substance than the gold paint

got half of the box assembled. one atv, 3 bikes, biker chaplain and kor'sarro khan that shall be my dark angel succerssor captain with only helmet slapped on

[simple thorn]

Huh. TIL.

[sweet sinew]

The true enemy of the imperium, clay

I weep for the White Scars fans

[rare hornet]

Last one of the wardens

[bright gale]

Its Volcanic ash really, but it is also kind of a clay

[sudden notch]

when you hear your neighbour say some serious heresy

[rare hornet]

“Did I hear you talking shit brother?”

[final folio]

He is ready... When we get jump chaps

[rare hornet]

Is that leopard print?

[vale pollen]

That's tight man

[final folio]

Yes

[final folio]

Thank

[rare hornet]

That’s amazing

[midnight cairn]

Is that his favourite blankie for when he feels lonely? 😛 Jokes aside, awesome paint job!

[rare hornet]

Don’t disrespect the comfort blankie

[hearty bear]

They look great!

Now all you need is a bit of

c r a c k l e

For the blades

[neat forge]

just finished up a Slaan Soul grinder (proxy yes but more fitting i think)

[teal wolf]

Thats super rad!

[teal wolf]

this is the way bruddah

[junior meadow]

Silverbane Crusaders (wip)

[hollow goblet]

Need to clean it up a little by check out my boy Tzaaniel

I got to that stage of "oh boy I have been painting til 4am: time to rush all of the details at the end so I feel like I finished it" so details are not quite there ATM

Came out pretty clean tho

[plush swift]

I love the symbols painted on the legs

nice freehand!

[jaunty trail]

So much nice minis here... gnaah i want to paint too but i can't cuz' of a broken finger -.-

[dark violet]

Them legs

[chilly summit]

What'd you use for primer?

[junior meadow]

Army Painter matt black

[sterile grail]

how is the holster?

[plush swift]

damn, looks gud

[jaunty trail]

Yaay legends rules for "old minis" have arrived... finally i can play venerable dreadnoughts again 😄

[lavish crescent]

As the leader of the adeptus custodes unit. It pleases me to see that

[pastel grotto]

Also got my boy

[plush swift]

WHY DOES EVERY THIRD PART I CLIP OFF THE SPRUE DECIDES TO JUMP UNDER MY DESK

[rare hornet]

Carpet monster strikes again

[midnight locust]

Eaten by the floor

Had my coldstar commander send his magnetized pulse cannon flying. Lost it for a good half an hour

[bright gale]

The paint job now that I have spent time to think about this and howbto proceed from here

||ya'll can tell I love purity seals, right?||

[floral wind]

First off; excuse excuse lighting (it's late where I am) and secondly apologies for the photo ik it's hard to see my attempt at painting a gem but both that and the face took me way to long to paint

And im still not satisfied with them

[bright gale]

looks breddy good there still

better than my first attempt at detail paint

[floral wind]

Thanks its almost complete I just have to finish the bone areas and some of the cabling then it's decals and potential weathering left

But another day as I have work in the morning

Oh and the crozious which imma attempt nmm gold

[cursive gyro]

Anyone know if I should motivate myself to paint or just wait to do it when it feels right?

Haven't touched my Tau's in forever

[jade swift]

What I like to do is think of a story involving your army or watch a video about your army and that usually inspires me to paint, but sometimes you should just wait until the time is right

[visual turret]

@rare hornet Trajann has arrived

(I will work on the face more)

[bright gale]

I second this, I just did the red for my squad, gonna wait for the right moment to do the whites of them

[jaunty trail]

Lookin' good

[edgy jackal]

I reversed order of operations, first I started, then I felt motivated to continue.

[sudden notch]

Ngl he's like ps 1 hagrid

[hollow goblet]

Can anyone think of a way to proxy Bullgryn in Thousand Sons?

I've come to really like Ogryn since DT but its hard to proxy shit for Ksons bc we have like 5 models

Thinking of maybe trying to get rid of the heads and aquilas and use them as SoTs but idk how that lines up size wise

[naive umbra]

How about as modified Chaos Spawn with some gnarly tentacles coming off them?

[hollow goblet]

Was thinking about that and it's probably what I'll do if I don't end up with better ideas, but I have like 3 chaos spawn that I've almost scratxh built already and I don't see myself running that many in a list

Was also thinking of grabbing a big oblong base and making a mini diorama MVB where its a sorcerer, 3 ogryn bodyguards all circled around a summoning portal; with the MVB starting to form in the middle, but that's a lot to plan out when I have an unpainted Kairos and a Magnus on the way also

[rare hornet]

He’s amazing!!! I love him!! 😍

[cursive gyro]

Not a bad idea, I should do dat

[cursive gyro]

And ye, that's usually how it goes for me too lol

[visual turret]

Thank you! I realised I did the auric before reikland but it worked out quite well

[rare hornet]

Still does the job, he honestly looks so good!

[visual turret]

The lion pelt is also a bit too grey

[rare hornet]

I’ll probably be alternating between knights and custodes at the moment so that’ll be good

[rare hornet]

Looks fine in my opinion but fair enough

[visual turret]

Might go back over it with zandri again

[rare hornet]

If you just wanna get the tips of the fur grey then dry brush on a tiny tiny amount of it

You can always add more layers if you want to build it up

[lavish crescent]

Brother, im flipping sides more than Italy rn

[visual turret]

I did. But was too heavy handed

[rare hornet]

Ah I got you, yeah dry brushing is more trial and error

[visual turret]

Third party seller selling Vashtorr at 20% off…….

[plush swift]

Is it normal that my southand sons blue is extra watery? Like I don't thin it out with anything, straight out of the pot, and the paint acts as if I made a 50/50 partition with water

[brisk vapor]

is it marked as an 'Air' paint

[plush swift]

It's supposed to be a base tho?

[brisk vapor]

How liquid is it exactly

And yeah that's no air paint at least

[plush swift]

Liquid enough that I need 3 or 4 coats to have full coverage

Meanwhile with other base paints, 2 coats are more than enough

[brisk vapor]

it's a lighter paint so that might just be the pigment

some paints are just less opaque by default

[plush swift]

It's a bit of a pain in the a** when I have to do 3 or 4 coats on 10 imperial guards lmao

But thanks, I guess that makes sense

Still annoying

[brisk vapor]

having a lighter base tone under it might help

[plush swift]

I'm using black primer, a grey one would help with that?

[brisk vapor]

probably, you could also just do a zenithal highlight with the grey on top of that black

[plush swift]

I'll try that, thanks for the help

[brisk vapor]

no problem

[lavish crescent]

Are you shaking it properly, it could have splitted if it's been sitting around

[rare hornet]

When in doubt TASTE TEST

[junior meadow]

Ah yes 500 dollars worth of kriegsmen

Wish I had the cash to make a krieg army

https://tenor.com/view/blade-runner2049-blade-runner-angry-god-damnit-confused-gif-15118091

[glossy hawk]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/824340480966787073/1145818771496390806/RDT_20230828_134204.mp4

@surreal stratus

[surreal stratus]

LOOK AT HIS HAIR

[glossy hawk]

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/08/28/klonk-kordially-invites-you-to-the-nova-open-preview/

[bright gale]

Latest update, Need to do the Corax white on the pauldrons of the non-sword brethren marines and initiates

[spare sedge]

My krieg army is actually 4k to 6k now

In dollars

Plus another 300 for my krieg housed knights

House kriegarion

[rare hornet]

Yeeeeee!!!! I need to do some more templar soon

[floral wind]

Something else to add to my pile of shame

[bright gale]

||*tiktok paramedic shaking his head slowly*||

realtalk though that looks sick!

[floral wind]

N O

[bright gale]

[floral wind]

It does and I got it for a damn good price too

[spare sedge]

Ide want a bigger bust

[floral wind]

So would I but I'd rather itself was already painted as I'd probably hate to tackle something of that magnitude lol

[junior meadow]

https://tenor.com/view/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-monty-python-jesus-jesus-christ-christ-gif-24631625

[spare sedge]

https://tenor.com/view/countdooku-justbeginning-beginning-gif-21275421

I have plans down the road to make a custom sisters of battle making them sisters of krieg

[floral wind]

Update on Brother Chaplain Caelan

[teal wolf]

Hello brother Caelan

[floral wind]

He welcomes you too

I'm hoping to finish him tomorrow if time permits it

[bright gale]

And this is where I am leaving off, gonna retouch the black at the end since my shaky hands means little pearls of red, gold, silver, and brown are on the armor

your chaplain brother looks awesome btw!

[bright gale]

A funky lil dude!

[rare hornet]

A decent little touch up I would say, could do better but we’ll save that for the future

For one could definitely have thinned he paints more when I painted him first time a few years back but oh well

We’ll see what happens with the Judiciar conversion into my crusade commander

[cursive gyro]

69 New messages, nice

[hearty bear]

I have decided how to budget when I finally start working

Half will go towards a new pc

Half with go towards a necron army

[jaunty trail]

[plush swift]

coat not coverage. Coverage is something very very different with paint and has to do with equating how much surface area a paint can fully coat.

But that paint will be Phthalo blue which is transparent and titanium white which is semi-opaque, so you will just have problems trying to cover black as a whole. Light to dark is much easier

[jaunty trail]

Soo when finally my finger has healed i have to paint much stuff...

If i get Ready all i have here unpainted i will have about 3000 Points Black Templars ready for battle and about 1350 points of Votann...

Kinda happy that i make efforts, but sucks that i have to wait for my bone to heal 🤣

[bright gale]

How do you guys paint so good?

[rare hornet]

I’d hardly say my stuff is good

[jaunty trail]

"Good" is a very subjective view... But i try always to improve by speaking to fellow hobbyists and also by watching guides/how to's on youtube etc... Also time is a very critic factor cuz the more u paint the more u get used to different techniques 😉

[midnight locust]

Can you fit the Cadian upgrade sprew tank commander on a Baneblade?

[bright gale]

Yours looks awesome, id call it very good. The scale of these makes them very hard to get the right angles so as good as you paint is very good in ny opinion

I feel we all put ourselves down a lot, but we all see things different and do different things.

[glossy hawk]

DONE BUILDING

[plush swift]

By painting not badly

[bright gale]

https://tenor.com/view/warhammer-40k-commissar-tzeentch-confused-gif-26391578

[plain granite]

Finished up a chaplain for my Frost Serpents.

[tacit badge]

Bladeguard Vets for my IF Successor chapter

[final folio]

Current boie

[lofty bridge]

Another addition to His Guards

[toxic rampart]

A monster mix of kitbash, greenstuff, and conversion. It's been over a decade since I have done this.
Found a bunch of models from some board game, model was in BAD shape, decided to Ork it.

[sweet sinew]

My dreadnought is complete

[bright gale]

Skin tone painting is stressful... im glad I put armored arms and/or helmets on most of my neophytes...

[bright gale]

Earthshade made this so dope now

Turned my lights down a bit to reduce the yellow haze

[glossy hawk]

GITS WHAT SHOULD I NAME MY STOMPA

right now i’m feeling “great bludmouf” or something

[jaunty trail]

Da biggish marinez stompa!

[rare hornet]

Martin

[bright gale]

I made goremud to smear on the bases and on choice points went a little heavy, but are they Really Black templars if they arent as red as world eaters when the fighting ends?

[toxic rampart]

Clan of origin or general stompa?
Plan for color scheme?
It tends to help me to think about this for a name.

[bright gale]

||Megadeff||

I got sucked into painting and it is now almost 3 am I love this hobby

[glossy hawk]

bloodaxes

probably gonna do black, purple, white, and copper

[toxic rampart]

Teefsmasha, Teefbreaka, Wutzat
I'm tired so my names are bad.

[rare hornet]

Sir stompzalot

[sterile grail]

🙃

[bright gale]

Bro... that is next level

[teal wolf]

Highlights thinner than my step dad's patience ❤️

[sterile grail]

ok that actually made me laugh lol.

I nuln oiled the metal and highlighted the trinkets. Also check out the skull, thoughts?

[teal wolf]

Thoughts... I put my phone down in contemplation lol. It is frustratingly motivating! The skull on the knee I inparticular is just wow.

[midnight locust]

Tackling the Baneblade starting today. Excited, but Already not looking forward to applying a dot of wash to every rivet

[crisp depot]

WIP nurgle knight tyrant

This guy is gonna be the centerpiece of my nurgle knight army, so I’m trying to go all out with the milliput sculpting to give him some extra bulk

[hearty bear]

Remember to cake him up

[crisp depot]

Of course

[plush swift]

Welcome to the 2 newest guardsmen of my army, "Where-can-I-get-more-grenades Jack" and "Two-knives Karl"

[crisp depot]

His thiccness will be unmatched

Also nice

I really like the blue and white colors

[plush swift]

thanks

I like to paint custom regiments

wanted to paint a winter/cold themed regiment so I settled with mainly blue, white and black colors, with red details to add contrast

the base will be a autumn tundra look, so wet mud with melting disgusting brown snow

[crisp depot]

Nice

[plush swift]

also that knight is indeed disgusting

I love it

How long did it take to mold everything?

[crisp depot]

I’ve been working on it for a couple hours per day for about 2 days

[plush swift]

what's it made of? Doesn't look like greenstuff

[crisp depot]

I used milliput for all the fleshy bits

In my experience it’s easier to work with than green stuff

[plush swift]

tbh my only experience with greenstuff is some dried out stuff that was probably like 10y old from when my older brother still painted

not a really good experience haha

I saw a video on yt about how to easily do ponchos for camouflage with greenstuff, I should give it a try again

[heady lotus]

Stole grimaldus banner for my night lords command Squad

[rare hornet]

HeReSy

[junior meadow]

PuRGe ThE HeREtiC

https://tenor.com/view/tf2-pyro-team-fortress-burn-in-flame-fire-gif-15811879

[rare hornet]

Also I spy that titanicus set back there

[jaunty trail]

Whaaaat o.O

https://tenor.com/view/heresy-detected-gif-25567321

[teal wolf]

Just night lords things

[rare hornet]

That looks absolutely amazing! You have got to show me when you paint the shield (if you give him one) because I’ve got some blade guts to do at some stage

[plush swift]

I'd like to "cyberpunkify" a leman russ, what modifications could I make?

It's basically modernizing a leman russ, so I thought about sanding down or removing all the rivets

I also have some cyberpunk-style decals

[floral wind]

Damn near shat myself I was shaking a pot of sepia and I lost grip thinking it was gonna spill on me

[ornate bramble]

Please be plastic deredeo please be plastic deredeo

[proud glen]

Huh?

[ornate bramble]

Deredeo dreadnought

I want one in plastic so I can paint it

[proud glen]

Oh , ok

[sweet sinew]

Pretty sure those Mk III updates are gonna get shown off in the HH section

The ones we got teased during the knight lancer reveal

[ornate bramble]

I hope they announce plastic cerastus atropos

It's the only one not plastic yet

[sweet sinew]

For HH, I dunno what I wanna see tbh. For 40K I hope we get to see chaos terminators in the new truescale

[queen monolith]

If we get updated MK3's. I'm using them for my Intercessors. I'm gonna be in heaven.

[rare hornet]

Iron warriors enter the chat

[sterile grail]

the decal was such a pain in the ass, i suppose will fix it up tmr.

[sweet sinew]

This was the pic we were shown all those weeks ago

As a sneak peak of what’s to come for HH

[queen monolith]

Dude I can't wait. My 40k army are a Dark Angels chapter who use old tech with the new, so I've been looking for a reason to use HH marines.

This will be perfect

[river rose]

Chaos terminators just got a new kit a few years ago, they wont be updated again for the next 5-10 years

[urban harbor]

wtf is that walking weapons platform in the back?

[sweet sinew]

That’s a good question, I only got into Warhammer 8 months ago. Probably some weird dreadnought or something. I love HH but hate how the dreads look

[plain granite]

I'm pretty sure that's the Deredeo dreadnought.

[floral wind]

Brother Caelan is finished

[rare hornet]

Chonky

[vale pollen]

Cuz he has no heals

[final folio]

That crozius looks nice

[final folio]

Perfect

[floral wind]

Thank you. It was my first attempt at a nmm

[final folio]

The Eons of battle YouTube channel has a neat recipe when going over how he paints his Black Templars

[floral wind]

I like it I just don't have all the necessary paints

[final folio]

Looks really good m8

[bright gale]

My friend is opening a games shop in my area which will be great because Currently getting GW products means nearly 4 hours of driving. Cant wait to not spend nearly as much on gas as I do on the minis and paint

[floral wind]

Thanks man I appreciate it 😊

[rare hornet]

Black Templar commander kitbash

[jaunty trail]

As Marshal Kitbash?

Looks cool anyway!

[rare hornet]

I’m actually going to run him as a Lieutenant/Castellan

I want him to earn his name in crusade games

[jaunty trail]

Ahh nice

out of which parts did u kitbash him?

[rare hornet]

Main body is the Judiciar model,
Head shoulder and arm are all from the Templar parts

The arm is a mix between the scout arm with helmet in his hand and the arm for holding the skull of cacodominus

[jaunty trail]

Oh nice! Looks very dope ^^

[rare hornet]

Thank you!

My crusade force has the extra challenge of running a landraider crusader from the start

Because I wanted to do something different

[jaunty trail]

Hmm 245 Points is affordable

[rare hornet]

(My game group homerules that primaris are allowed in landraiders)

We’re playing 9th currently

[jaunty trail]

Our Crusade group is still argueing if we play 9th or 10th edition xD

But i'm prepared for both

[rare hornet]

My crusade roster is making heavy use of indomitus veterans requisition

Get that free battle trait on a primaris core elite unit

And wouldn’t you know it a redemptor is core

[jaunty trail]

😄

[rare hornet]

So guess who got a +1 damage plasma cannon :3

[jaunty trail]

I still have to wait some days until i resume on painting my minis...

[rare hornet]

Yeah I get you

I’m flicking between projects at the moment so I don’t burn out

Might take a break soon honestly

[jaunty trail]

Nope i am forced to stop painting... still have to wait that my bone heals completely

[rare hornet]

Oh ouch what happened?

[jaunty trail]

Broken middle finger on right hand (painting hand)

2nd week after incident... doc says i need about 3 weeks to heal it completely XD

i will try to paint on start of week 3

[rare hornet]

Aggressive painting?

[jaunty trail]

nope accident on work... smashed my figer between a sliding door and steel doorframe... very bad luck

[rare hornet]

Beats what happened to me 😅

Was moving a lamp on an arm while soldering and it fell off its stand and got my hand caught in the moving arm

[jaunty trail]

ouch

[rare hornet]

No broken bones but absolutely ruined my hand for a while

[jaunty trail]

Ye... i managed to break my finger... very bad luck.. i just wanted to continue on cernobite servitors from grimaldus on that day... now i am forced to wait 2 weeks until i try again... And as a plus it seems like that there is a nerve seriously hit in the finger tip cuz it still feels numb...

[rare hornet]

Yeah same thing happened to me, just give it time and try to avoid using it for a while essentially

[jaunty trail]

Will do that... and i will be very happy when i can get bacl on painting... cuz painting gets me calm... it's very annoying to sit here and only watch/write/game some chilled games....

[rare hornet]

I get ya there

[midnight locust]

Should i paint my tracks separately from my baneblade? It's tricky to get the track housings built without the tracks but ill be priming in zandri dust so i dunno if i can get into the track sections

[jaunty trail]

would do base coat seperate and then rest on assembled tank

[midnight locust]

So basically spray the tracks and hull separate, then assemble

[jaunty trail]

yup details can be made on tank itself

[jaunty trail]

who else is watching nova open?

[teal wolf]

Meeee

[jaunty trail]

Rumors about a Primarch reveal

[cinder bear]

Love how the email spoils a primarch reveal

[fickle moat]

Actually, is this the right place to post the reveals?

[cinder bear]

I mean, those are mini's, this is the mini channel

So yeah

[cinder bear]

ASSAULT MARINES

[teal wolf]

Jumpy lads@

[teal wolf]

The cap is nice

[teal wolf]

Yo the command squad

[jaunty trail]

That heavy Bolter is DOPE

[fickle moat]

Scouts?

Yes.

[cinder bear]

Oh shit new scouts

They are fucking identical to old ones lol

[teal wolf]

Shotgun guy is goofy as hell

[fickle moat]

I think is the lack of a stock.

[cinder bear]

The one in the far right is ready to scuba dive

[cinder bear]

Btw I'm noticing lots of Raven guard versions

[fickle moat]

Oh definitely.

[jaunty trail]

SM Codex confirmed

[cinder bear]

Tbh I'm waiting for the primarch

[jaunty trail]

Right... If it is a traitor primarch i would be happy to see fulgrim... if it's a loyalist i would be happy to see corax or dorn

[teal wolf]

Was the mask lol

[fickle moat]

That mask is terrible.

[teal wolf]

Definitely happy as a RG player rn

[fickle moat]

Maybe you'll be getting Corax tonight.

[cinder bear]

Ye i think it's either Corax or Fulgrim

[fickle moat]

Maybe this will be the same case with the landspeeders?

[jaunty trail]

primarch is for horus heresy

[fickle moat]

But they'll be called Cawlspeeders.

[jaunty trail]

40k seems done for today

[cinder bear]

But no primarch is missing there lol

What is it, a fourth horus? Lol

[jaunty trail]

ye but they don't have all primarchs for Horus Heresy yet

only Forge World collectors minis

[cinder bear]

Oh right right

Forgot the whole forge world/GW difference for a second

[jaunty trail]

So i think, they put the primarchs on an affordable level in GW Store and for fanatics with money there is forge world

[teal wolf]

Well happy for new scouts.
All I'm needing for my vanguard list

[cinder bear]

I mean the preview shows these two that are neither aos or shown marines

[jaunty trail]

it's not a difference... Forge World is a daughter company of GW but they have often higher pricing than GW

[jaunty trail]

right one is jump pack captain

[cinder bear]

I mean difference as in models from FW and models from GW are separate stuff

Like primarchs in this case

[jaunty trail]

ye right

But now i can give out my birthday & christmas wishlists... I need those new scouts and the Termie Chaplain... as also the SM Codex XD

[cinder bear]

Inb4 primarch is for the new epic scale