40k-minis-and-armies

[plush swift]

its entirely up to you as there is no codified thing

[visual turret]

Tech marines are mostly red tbh, with normally the shoulder and knee to symbolise chapter

Because while they are space marines the indoctrination and religious devotion to the Omnissiah is their primary allegiance

Really like how the drybrushed silver over sprayed silver looks

[left turtle]

Depends how codex compliment, but if they follow the codex at all they have at least a red shoulder

[short pawn]

A dark angel tech marine would look awesome honestly, your model your rules go for it

[plush swift]

Yippee

[hollow goblet]

Yeah basing would help this out a lot, if you look at a lot of competition winning minis, they tend to have very busy bases with changes in elevation and terrain that's broken up by a few different elements

Yeah look up whatever army you're after and "Proxy" you'll easily find a bunch of different options for STL files and alternative minis

[simple thorn]

Fully finished the Knight

[sweet sinew]

Alright cool, I’m thinking either box art but with dark angels kneepad n shoulder, or caliban green but with red shoulders

[signal plover]

WIP

[sudden crypt]

So far so good!

[weary wedge]

Not 100% sure about this cape any suggestions?

[jagged sparrow]

Actually looks really good

[dark violet]

Dark angel?

[weary wedge]

Yeah

Used a Templar kit for it tho

[dark violet]

white cape fits him visually

most importantly though if you like it :)

[jagged sparrow]

Really makes him stand out

[dark violet]

reminds me of some high ranked dark angels

i think azrael or whatever his name has a white cape too

[jagged sparrow]

I think so?

I know a lot of dark angels have the dirty white ropes

[dark violet]

i know one of the higher ranked ones has some white cloth arond him

azmodai he wears alot of white

[jagged sparrow]

Asmodei

Damn it

[dark violet]

https://tenor.com/view/asmodai-dark-angels-if-the-emperor-had-a-text-to-speech-device-repent-gif-17086497

and azrael too

[jagged sparrow]

Only the most mentally stable are allowed to join the Dark Angels

[weary wedge]

Idk I feel like it’s a little to grey not sure how to fix it without loosing depth

[dark violet]

i guess you could read heavily into the white as a clean look to not look like fallen or so lol

[dark violet]

looks pretty bright from the image

[weary wedge]

It’s jus the right side of the cape that looks wonky

[naive umbra]

Needs another layer of white imo to make it more solid, it's patchy in spots

[burnt wing]

I bought eradicators for their anti tank capabilities I didn't notice their toughness is higher than Terminators'... How does that make sense?

[rare hornet]

Gravis armour is tougher than termis with a worse save and no invuln

It’s assault power armour

I headcanon it that Terminator armour is in lore very laborious to make with only a handful of forgeworlds being to produce them, gravis was an alternative that allowed marine chapters to have a wider access to heavy armour. Albeit not to the same quality as terminator armour

[burnt wing]

Ah alright

[rare hornet]

Made the most sense in my head

[weary falcon]

I used coffee grounds sometimes(dried prior) mixed wwith paint - gives very nice earth look

[dawn mortar]

@rare hornet FRIEND

[thin snow]

Blooded corpseman/butcher for my killteam.

I thought about doing him in the Mobian Sixth colours, but I decided against it in the end as I wanted a more Khornate vibe.

[shell nacelle]

Latest project

[visual turret]

That is one grungey gunked up apothecary

[shell nacelle]

its a tough life

[visual turret]

What’s the viscera made of

[shell nacelle]

A poor guardsmen

[visual turret]

Hahahaha

[rare hornet]

That’s a lot of fast models

[burnt wing]

First Eradicator done. I'll maybe do some more clean up at some point

[lavish crescent]

Don’t forget the skill in a bottle

[vale pollen]

Ooo i really like how ya did the barrel

[feral river]

Are pics from a tournament at my lgs alright to post here?

[whole scarab]

I will never financially recover from this

[sonic willow]

Idk what fast models means but thank you

[rare hornet]

they red, and red goes fasta

[sonic willow]

Ohhhh of course

In this context, I want them to shoot fasta 😈

Fasta Dakka

[rare hornet]

brrrrrrt

[sonic willow]

Pew pew pew

[burnt wing]

Skill in a bottle?

[visual turret]

Nuln oil

[burnt wing]

Ah i barely used it so far

[visual turret]

It’s good

Although I don’t recommend using it on gold

Nuln for shadows and seams

Then to make gold shine nicer use reikland

[burnt wing]

Yeah I used it on my Captains Cape

[visual turret]

If you’re painting w/ citadel ofc

[burnt wing]

But I feel like it makes everything look kinda dirty

[visual turret]

I like the scratching and weathering on the heavy melta

[visual turret]

Don’t wash it, just get it in the crevices

[burnt wing]

Thx, I always try to make my models look scratched like they've been in combat before

[burnt wing]

I'll try on my model with the multimelter

[visual turret]

There are guides for properly using paints

They’re actually really helpful

There’s paints I have I didn’t know how to properly use til I gave tutorials a bash

[devout lake]

What green did you use?

[midnight locust]

Castellan green

[plush swift]

watch out, I had someone call the mods on me once here for calling washes and contrast "skill in a bottle" (yes this is just a snarky message)

[plush swift]

dont use nuln oil for shadows, use that dark blue one or a violet mixed with the nuln oil, you get a much better effect. Nuln oil iis weird because its not actually black but a greyish brrown

[silver thorn]

is he hungover? he has a headache?

[midnight locust]

His helmet doesn’t fit right

And the mask is stuffy

[silver thorn]

they NEVER fit right

[jaunty trail]

Festive Boxes are decently nice... Considering if i should order a LoV box...

[grand cobalt]

Only gotten into Warhammer recently within the last month, but got a good start to my army.

[formal lichen]

looking great

[sonic willow]

Super unique looking ad mech! Very cool!!

[plush swift]

Can you use citadel paints in a air brush

[plush swift]

yes, you just have to thin them

Thanks paint lord corpse

[winged nacelle]

not a mini, but my figurine did arrive

[static elk]

Ok i need help, ive never played tabletop but i want to get into kill team. I want to make a nightlord squad but idk where to start?

Idk if i want them chaos affiliated or not

[plush swift]

paint them custom and you can do any faction in that army

[static elk]

Yeah but do i just paint a kill team box or should i buy multiple boxes and mash the squads together?

I have a few raptors i painted awhile back but the other 2 got destroyed

Their very dusty

[hollow goblet]

All I'm taking from this is that Rhinos are even more free than they used to be

[jaunty trail]

Don't see any Rhino....

[plush swift]

thats entirely up to you, kill team has very strict squad rules from what II remember, but ive never played it

[static elk]

I just want something small scale i could pull out and play with a friend

[hollow goblet]

Legionaries Kill Team Box, any Chaos Space marine box will come with a transfer sheet for all of the other chaos legions that will have a bunch of decals and insignia for every legion (it'll have word bearers, Night Lords, Iron Warriors, Alpha Legion and Thousand Sons, not sure why there's ones for ksons and not the other 3 god affiliated ones but I'm assuming its bc they still have rounded shoulder pads without the icons sculpted on), if by some strange twist of fate the CSM box doesn't have any transfers lmk I have 5-6 sheets and I'm more than happy to cut off the Night Lord bits I know for a fact I'll never use them

[hollow goblet]

Aren't those Rhinos in the box? I don't play guard I just know they're free

[plush swift]

those are rogal dorn tanks

[jaunty trail]

Thoase are two Rogal Dorn Main Battle Tanks

[static elk]

Thanks for that

[jaunty trail]

And if it was a Transport it would be chimera for IG

Rhino was Space Marines/ SoB/ CSM

[hollow goblet]

Oh yeah true I always forget the guard tanks are different from the space marine ones

Its surprisingly easy to forget that they're twice the size of normal people

[visual turret]

Is that one or the joytoy ones?

[short pawn]

I'm 100% getting that cadian set. It'll allow me to run like 6 tanks. Should be super fun

[rare hornet]

Those battle force boxes are kinda.. meh?

The guard box will disappear in an instant

[simple thorn]

I just want the old Guards back. They looked cooler tbh

[dawn mortar]

@rare hornet

[rare hornet]

Yeeeeeeee

[dark violet]

i need motivation to work on my sisters again

[rare hornet]

Do it for the emperor

[dark violet]

emperor gotta bring me some visions first

[rare hornet]

How lewd

[jaunty trail]

For me the LoV Pack would be a nice addition. Land fortress, Sagitaurus and Hearthguard are a nice combo...

[rare hornet]

It certainly works, last years boxes were better imo

Except maybe the imperial fists and raven guard, which you can still buy xD

[jaunty trail]

Haven't seen last years ones cuz i got the LoV Army box instead XD

[rare hornet]

The ork box disappoints me

[jaunty trail]

much beasts

[rare hornet]

Squig riders just aren’t 40k

[dawn mortar]

The booooy

[hollow goblet]

Yeah Orks whole aesthetic seems really confused, the scrapyard/pirate/squigs thing don't coexist particularly well despite what ork players say

[jaunty trail]

And what if GW wants to set up a new lore with more squggish riders?

[rare hornet]

Don’t get me wrong, snakebites it works for that’s their whole personality is more like savage orks but it’s quite out of place elsewhere

[jaunty trail]

I know ^^

[rare hornet]

Also can we take a moment to appreciate the world eater box is 80% of their entire model range xD

[jaunty trail]

XD

I think the IG Box will be sold out before preorder xD

[rare hornet]

Absolutely, those will vanish

Marines maybe? Depends if you want the jump bois

[jaunty trail]

As BT player, what the heck i shall do with 'em? I think they are good for BA players or RG

[rare hornet]

To be fair, Templars used jump packs as a shock assault unit so it works

[jaunty trail]

But i know that i soon get 1. Codex Space Marines and 2. Gladiator Lancer

[jaunty trail]

Ye but... no... I'm currently working on a "heavy" BT List with Ironstorm Spearhead detatchment

[rare hornet]

In that case you’d probably wanna give it a miss

[jaunty trail]

Yup. And my pile of shame is too big after this week...

I will get new minis from nearly every buddy who knows me for my birthday XD

still i have 75% of my Votann to do and about 45% of left Space Marines

[rare hornet]

Yup that’s me with Christmas

[visual turret]

Still not settled one my knight colour scheme

Might do EC

[rare hornet]

I’ve got to start cracking through this first company list

[jaunty trail]

Problem is: On Christmas this nightmare returns xD

[rare hornet]

NEON PINK

[jaunty trail]

what about a composion of pastel colors for the scheme?

[visual turret]

WELCOME TO ZA KNIGHT-O CAFÉ

[deafeningly loud war horn]

[jaunty trail]

I like the war horn in the Helsreach Movie on YT

[visual turret]

Idk I was thinking orange and white

[jaunty trail]

Sounds good. And as contrast something dark? Like black or so?

[visual turret]

Silver trim, some panels orange, some white

Lemme find the photo that inspired me

[hollow goblet]

Yeah if they follow this trend the Slaanesh release is set to have 3x more minis than every other faction like Nurgle lmao

Bc I know firsthand ksons got screwed the same as WE for their range

[visual turret]

I’ve recreated the pose because I LOVE IT

[dawn mortar]

@rare hornet i shall soon have Deathwatch veterans

Sternguards to be precise

[visual turret]

@jaunty trail there we go. That colour scheme is standing out to me

[jaunty trail]

Ye looks stunning

[visual turret]

It’s clean, it’s bright and stands out well

[jaunty trail]

But question: have you ever seen the "tiger meet" camo?

[visual turret]

No?

The other inspiration was this plain, but simple and gorgeous scheme

[jaunty trail]

This is Tiger meet camo... i think the colors itself make the camo look soo good

[visual turret]

I’m not freehanding camo or stripes lol

[jaunty trail]

Never said that

just the colors are a nice compilation

[visual turret]

True

[rare hornet]

Ayyyyy

Doing ultramarines first company myself as I wanted to paint power armour in a colour other than black xD

[jaunty trail]

And i would also prefer the orange scheme

[pastel grotto]

https://tenor.com/view/neeraj-chopra-shows-his-magic-and-qualifies-for-javelin-finals-with-a-monster-throw-neeraj-chopra-qualified-javelin-monster-throw-gif-12418455489166479626

[jaunty trail]

Detachment: Firestorm Assault Force

+ Character [360pts] +

Captain with Jump Pack [105pts]: Adamantine Mantle [20pts], Bolt Pistol, Warlord

Captain with Jump Pack [100pts]: Bolt Pistol, Forged in Battle [15pts]

Chaplain with Jump Pack [75pts]: Crozius Arcanum, Plasma Pistol

Techmarine [80pts]: Forge Bolter, Grav-pistol, Omnissian Power Axe, Servo-arm, War-tempered Artifice [25pts]

+ Battleline [85pts] +

Intercessor Squad [85pts]: Astartes Grenade Launcher

Intercessor Sergeant: Bolt Pistol, Bolt Rifle, Close Combat Weapon
4x Intercessors: 4x Bolt Pistol, 4x Bolt Rifle, 4x Close Combat Weapon

+ Infantry [375pts] +

Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs [85pts]

Assault Intercessor Sergeant with Jump Pack: Plasma Pistol, Power Fist
3x Assault Intercessors with Jump Pack: 3x Astartes Chainsword, 3x Heavy Bolt Pistol

Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs [85pts]

Assault Intercessor Sergeant with Jump Pack: Plasma Pistol, Power Fist
3x Assault Intercessors with Jump Pack: 3x Astartes Chainsword, 3x Heavy Bolt Pistol

Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs [85pts]

Assault Intercessor Sergeant with Jump Pack: Plasma Pistol, Power Fist
3x Assault Intercessors with Jump Pack: 3x Astartes Chainsword, 3x Heavy Bolt Pistol

Devastator Squad [120pts]

Devastator Marine w/ Heavy Weapon: Bolt Pistol, Close Combat Weapon, Lascannon
Devastator Marine w/ Heavy Weapon: Bolt Pistol, Close Combat Weapon, Lascannon
Devastator Marine w/ Heavy Weapon: Bolt Pistol, Close Combat Weapon, Missile Launcher
Devastator Marine w/ Heavy Weapon: Bolt Pistol, Close Combat Weapon, Missile Launcher
Devastator Sergeant: Close Combat Weapon, Combi-weapon, Power Weapon

+ Dedicated Transport [180pts] +

Black Templars Impulsor [85pts]: 2 Storm Bolters, Armoured Hull, Bellicatus Missile Array, Ironhail Heavy Stubber

Razorback [95pts]: Armoured Tracks, Hunter Killer Missile, Storm Bolter, Twin Lascannon

@rare hornet

that is what i would do out of a Space Marine X-Mas Box

(1000 points list)

[rare hornet]

Just a lot of them for the memes

[jaunty trail]

Thing is BT is pretty melee orientated so...

[rare hornet]

Yeah, but I think people often fall into the trap when playing Templar that you want to be melee heavy.

[jaunty trail]

I#m just the other way.. try to get as much ranged as possible xD

but i think hybrid is the way

[rare hornet]

Generally they do melee well, but they’re not quite as focused on it as BA are for example

Yeah you want to find a nice balance

[jaunty trail]

Thats why i'm happy to get the gladiator lancer

[rare hornet]

In the crusade at work the BT player has really struggles against some armies with even half decent ranged abilities

But he’s gone all in on melee

Then against my orks he lost because orks are better melee fighters than marines

Redemptor dreadnoughts are a nice pick for some ranged support

[jaunty trail]

Yup or also Repulsor for storaging Crusader squads until they shall do their thing

[rare hornet]

Yeah my plan is to have an impulsor with assault intercessors inside to be a fast moving punch unit

[jaunty trail]

Yep works fine.

Even with intercessors

The fire platform ability is nice to have and bellicatus missle array can be annoying to enemies

[rare hornet]

Keeps the cost a touch cheaper

Also impulsors bring a lot of dakka

I’m on the fence between the missiles and the stubbers

[jaunty trail]

I think repulsor is a guess for 2k+ games

[jaunty trail]

Missles have anti air, frag and krak u can choose

[rare hornet]

Maybe, I will have desolators though

[jaunty trail]

With missle array i damaged twice armored sentinels and even a tank commander... rest of impulsor boltered infanty and a chimera donw 🤣

[rare hornet]

In all I got this;

++ Order of Battle (Imperium - Adeptus Astartes - Black Templars) [52 PL, 935pts, 12CP] ++

• Configuration +

Battle Size [12CP]: 3. Strike Force (101-200 Total PL / 1001-2000 Points)

Chapter Selection: Black Templars

Detachment Command Cost

Game Type: Narrative (Crusade)

• HQ +

Primaris Chaplain [5 PL, 75pts]: 1. Litany of Divine Protection, Litany of Hate (Aura)

Primaris Lieutenant [4 PL, 65pts]: Artificer Armour, Heavy Bolt Pistol, Master of Arms, Master-crafted power sword, Warlord

• Troops +

Assault Intercessor Squad [5 PL, 85pts]
. 4x Assault Intercessor: 4x Astartes Chainsword, 4x Frag & Krak grenades, 4x Heavy Bolt Pistol
. Assault Intercessor Sgt: Heavy Bolt Pistol, Thunder hammer

Intercessor Squad [5 PL, 90pts]: Bolt rifle
. 4x Intercessor: 4x Bolt pistol, 4x Frag & Krak grenades
. Intercessor Sergeant

Intercessor Squad [5 PL, 90pts]: Bolt rifle
. 4x Intercessor: 4x Bolt pistol, 4x Frag & Krak grenades
. Intercessor Sergeant

• Elites +

Primaris Apothecary [4 PL, 70pts]

Redemptor Dreadnought [10 PL, 185pts]: 2x Fragstorm Grenade Launchers, Icarus Rocket Pod, Macro Plasma Incinerator, Onslaught Gatling Cannon

• Heavy Support +

Desolation Squad [8 PL, 175pts]: Superkrak Rocket Launcher
. 4x Desolation Marine: 4x Bolt pistol, 4x Castellan Launcher, 4x Frag & Krak grenades
. Desolation Sgt

• Dedicated Transport +

Impulsor [6 PL, 100pts]: 2x Storm Bolters, Ironhail Heavy Stubber, Ironhail Skytalon Array

++ Total: [52 PL, 12CP, 935pts] ++

Created with BattleScribe (https://battlescribe.net)

[jaunty trail]

sounds good ^^ but i have to adapt to 10th edition cuz we play 10th ed. XD

[rare hornet]

Luckily my group at work are in firm agreement of sticking to 9th

And honestly, you can make characters a lot more interesting that you could in 10th

[jaunty trail]

agreed

[rare hornet]

Need to have a kinda hard restart of the Templar at some point

Luckily that crusade list let’s me do just that

[winged nacelle]

Yea, it’s well made. If you can find one on sale it’s not too pricey

[visual turret]

I have the techmarine

Never gonna financially recover from it lol

[visual turret]

Small,,,,,

[ivory raven]

Don’t talk to me or my son ever again

[feral river]

Recently finished this Farseer skyrunner, I had built him in 9th but only got around to him now!

[timber wharf]

yoooo anyone have any idea how to convert a terminator chaplain into a grey knight one? I've looked up online I don't know what model to chose

[final plaza]

completed bladeguar and captain in terminator armour

[rare hornet]

Best I can offer is what I’m currently doing, but in grey knights silver

[timber wharf]

YOOOOO that looks sick!

I'm gonna check if I have enough bits left on my terminator squad to see if I could do a conversion on that model

[rare hornet]

I’ve used the back of the leviathan captain from a spare off a friend and then the front chest is a regular terminator one

You have to do a slight bit of modification to the top of the legs so it sits comfortably but that’s kinda it?

If you look just above the belt you might see the area I’ve filed down a bit to fit

[manic shard]

look at my sons

[glossy hawk]

small and edible

[manic shard]

nOOO

[glossy hawk]

me sneaking into the crypteks tomb to devour his scarabs

[manic shard]

mY CHILDREN NO

[rare hornet]

https://tenor.com/view/man-running-out-of-restaurant-man-eating-man-eating-and-running-cartoon-eating-cartoon-man-running-gif-24721662

[manic shard]

https://tenor.com/view/yakuza-gif-18148683

[proud glen]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/735819155608961044/1165375787906646026/40k-warhammer.gif?ex=65469fc7&is=65342ac7&hm=930ccdac9971bd3841821d82cf3c85c83fe3dc76f3735cc4641471d07ba02e52&

[plush swift]

Is there a way to get paint off of figures

[violet pelican]

A iron warrior I forgot to highlight

[silver thorn]

yea Google stripping paint miniatures

there see infinite videos on people rescuing badly painted models

[manic shard]

Done finally

Last ones from the box

[whole scarab]

ah yes necrons, who doesn't love fighting an army that can come back to life

[sonic willow]

Just painted this screamy fella

[manic shard]

Pretty

But why outside

Get him back, he'll get cold

[whole scarab]

Letting it see the outside world before being locked in a small model case only being taken out for the occasional battle

[manic shard]

fair

but get this boy some hoodie or a jacket

he'll be ill later

):

[whole scarab]

Nah just give him some nice warm guardsman soup

[whole scarab]

god he looks so proud of his stick XD

[rare hornet]

This is my stick, there are many like it but this one is mine

[whole scarab]

PRAISE THE HOLY STICK XENO SCUM!!!!!

[dawn stream]

Are you going Shield or Bolter?

[rare hornet]

BOLTER

[silver thorn]

you guys are sooo talented wowow

[toxic rampart]

Need more Orks

[rare hornet]

Ty ^^ look forward to see what you painting ends like

[silver thorn]

hopefully i can finish priming this week

🙂

I'm not gonna lie really tempted to get some battle sisters just to paint.

i don't really have any intention of playing the board game

[burnt wing]

Battle Sisters are some of the coolest models imo

[plush swift]

Yummers

[burnt wing]

Forbidden drink

[plush swift]

It’s taking all my will power not to drink

[plush swift]

yes, what country?? Most of your google results btw will result in damaging your figures

US

LA's totally awesome

Literally use it at work

Never heard of it

its a kitchen degreaser

Might order some

you can get a gallon of it for like $10 at home depot, or get smaller bottles at dollar general

Sweet

This stuff?

yeep

its also reuseable

unlikee ipa

Gotta go to my local store then

it also doesnt degrade polystyrene as much as IPA will too

everything degrades polystyrene, its a dog shit plastic

but LA's totally awesome is low risk

I have paint thinner but it’s probably older than me

Yeah no, thats pprobably mineral spirits or some other thing that will prevent acrylics ffrom adhereing to the plastic

if not just destroy the plastic

Ohh

Good to know

[timber wharf]

Oooh OK I see

[plush swift]

How much of a pain or battle sisters set to paint

[rare hornet]

If you wanna make it even easier, just put a normal termi front onto the chaplain, he'll the the decorative chest

[plush swift]

honestly I wouldnt say any GW product is a pain to paint as its only as much of a pain as you personally want it to be

I want to marry you

[visual turret]

fuck nuln oil, ratling grime is my new best friend

this is dirtying up my knight's iron skeleton like a DREAM

[plush swift]

I can teach you how to make a better version of both

[plush swift]

You'd have to deal with an art major who jjust spent 17 months making a color theory video because jesus fuck explainiing color theory is... its not easy

peoplel do these 20 minute long videos and they are just... wrong

How do do you even use null oil

[plush swift]

So?

That’s sick

[plush swift]

How most use it or properly?

Yeah

[rare hornet]

dirty tall boi

[plush swift]

I have some but I’m scared to use it

how most use it:
Slather it on and call it shading

How to properly use it:
add in flow improver and touch the edges with a thin brush

I dont use washes because i think they detract from the models, and in higher end painting, you wont ever see a wash

[plush swift]

I can show you some trickks at some point if you want

[silver thorn]

I'm going to use a wash cause I'm a noob and randomness is better than a complete lack of intentional detail

[plush swift]

sometimes it is

you can create more detail but having less detail

its weird but works

[rare hornet]

so when's the wedding?

[timber wharf]

Ok sensei

[plush swift]

You don’t have to if you don’t want

[finite quarry]

Finished up a couple more goat dudes

[plush swift]

i said if you wanted to

[silver thorn]

my paint came in

https://tenor.com/view/zoolander-boss-cool-like-a-boss-mine-gif-21347450

[plush swift]

Ik i just don’t want to be too annoying

[midnight cairn]

Is that video public?

[plush swift]

it will be yeah

[plush swift]

i teach art classes on most Saturdays for art therapy, I doubt you could be as annoying as someone who will attack you if they hear a car back fire or a child who thinks pants are edible so they bite you frequently

[midnight cairn]

Awesome, look forward to it!

[plush swift]

is that common???

[plush swift]

its currently 40 hours long and probably needs to be longer

[vale pollen]

New to stripping minis, but I stripped my first kitbashed marine to give him a face lift. From this

To this

[plush swift]

yeah, I mostly deal with vets who want to paint minis and I have to sometimes come in for classes for autistic children

its not a problem, just a bit annoying

Makes sense

All I need to do is develop technique

[visual turret]

I know there’s disparity but once I settle on a colour for the armour I’ll sort it out

[plush swift]

can I offer you a tip that will improve your builds by a lot?

[glossy hawk]

Nob mob!

boss is in the truck bed

bases arent done ofc

[plain granite]

Making slow and steady progress on my DG land raider.

[vital skiff]

those land raiders look so squished now since i got into the HH game

[short pawn]

Looks really great man, those edge highlights are so pristine

[plush swift]

dem sneaky gitz
what do you mean it's a nob mob
I only see your screen base and your desk

[visual turret]

Yes

[plush swift]

When clipping things off the peices from the sprues, cut a bit off the gate then cut the gate. This will reduce pitting drastically as most clippers dont actually cut plastic, they rip it of.

this is how I got no visible part from it

the seam is missing because I used a nail buffing bar to create kinetic heat to weld them together

[visual turret]

Smart

I ought to get sandpaper to help get better contact

[rare hornet]

Imma keep that in mind

[plush swift]

A good pair of clippers won't do this, but that's like $60 for something like that

[rare hornet]

Mine were less than £10 and are technically broken but I make do

[visual turret]

Mine are still the ones from the 40k starter kit LOL

[plush swift]

I have a lot of clippers ranging from $10 to $1500

[visual turret]

I do have a scalpel though I use to trim them off, but I think my issue is I cut too deep and leave the pitted areas by mistake

[plush swift]

You can turn pits into battle damage

[visual turret]

True!

[brisk vapor]

Got myself Godhand clippers last month, very much worth the 50€ + shipping and customs

[plush swift]

Very much so

I have a pair and I do recommend them

[rare hornet]

To be honest I need new clippers

[burnt wing]

I use a Box Cutter soooo...

[rare hornet]

Angle grinder all the way

[lavish crescent]

Random fact: Just found out my irl job is basically a tech priest

Works with tech older than me
Some of our tech is abit unruly so we have to appease it by rebooting it
Literally calls what we do "black magic"
Sometimes when we walk into a remove a pc will just start working properly

https://tenor.com/view/warhammer-40k-techpriest-binaric-screeching-screeching-gif-20192683

[proud glen]

Only difference is that flesh is stronger

[sudden notch]

I wonder if i should try to apply decals onto my safety helmet

If it even can be done

[zinc glade]

Doing some slow progress on the gradients on the wings

[midnight locust]

Working on a test paint scheme for tau. Having second thoughts on the grey (too dark and monotone even with edge highlights). Any thoughts on this?

[visual turret]

I agree

It’s well painted but too dark

The red provides a nice contrast but it isn’t enough

Needs to be a bit of red on the suit too maybe

[midnight locust]

Was thinking painting a panel or two red and then taking a white or very light grey and highlight every panel

I think the grey I’ve been using is just a bit too dark to show up

And perhaps doing a red tiger stripe fatigues/suit?

[calm token]

My first ever army I just started painting minis

[rare hornet]

Spoopy

[dark violet]

I love the centipede

[obtuse laurel]

@calm token where did you find the crashed lander terrain?

[copper siren]

you got Forgeworld?

on your first army?

[whole scarab]

This is what we call a baptism by fire

[calm token]

battle for macragge my aunt got me when I was a little kid casue she thought it was neat

[calm token]

and

[obtuse laurel]

That's awesome, I have that terrain still too, great use for that large piece 👍 great choice for an army too 😁🤖

[copper siren]

bro went all-in

[calm token]

I mean I have a void dragon it cost more then the forge world model

[whole scarab]

Nothing wrong with it, just not what most people expect when they hear people say first army XD

[calm token]

it was at the GW store and was sitting in my face while I was holding a box of immortals and worriers and I went fuck it

[whole scarab]

I can respect that

Impulsive spending is my passion

[calm token]

Void dragon was kinda the same

but it was worth it

its a cool ass model and thats how ive been buying my army, what I think is cool over whats functional

[whole scarab]

rule of cool is always the right way to do things

[calm token]

was another so I get more worriers and hate the painting casue its boring or do I get something fun to paint I have one unit of worriers and it bored the shit out of me

[whole scarab]

That is fair, like they're just silver skeletons, there isn't much happening there

[calm token]

I won this some how

[obtuse laurel]

I add a splash of color on the warriors/immortals, mainly the shoulders

[whole scarab]

It's weird because whenever I see engron they always end up loosing, IDK if they're just a bad unit or they're cursed

[calm token]

It was a 1000 point game and this was half his army, was able to tie him up with scarabs for a bit and felt some damage with them having them blow them selves up on him lol

He ignored my void dragon and stalker and went for the worriers that where on my home objective

[whole scarab]

Oh yeah in a 1000 point game engron is a bit of a sink so if you tie everything else up with foder early thing's aren't going to go well

[calm token]

was fun tho

two noobs fighting each other

was his first game and my second

I don't have any units in the 300 point range the void dragon is like 270

angron is like nearly 500

Little fuckers hurt everyone lol

[whole scarab]

wait scarabs have deadly demise XD?!?!?!

[calm token]

And they are suicide bombers lol

Anything on a 2+ gives mortal wounds

then if they are still around they get reanimation

[whole scarab]

Wait, so if they explode can they still use reanimation protocol?

[calm token]

yes

[whole scarab]

I love it XD

[calm token]

Oh and there melee is goofy as well

[whole scarab]

Why do such tiny creatures have so many wounds?

[calm token]

fear the little ones

they get lethal hits as well lol

[whole scarab]

Ok if I ever play against a necron player I need to focus these guys down

[calm token]

oh and they have the fly keyword

[whole scarab]

How many points are they worth???

[calm token]

40 for 3 and 80 for 4-6 in a unit

[whole scarab]

That's pretty cheap

[calm token]

you get 3 each time you get a box of worriers as well so for every 10 worriers you get 3

[whole scarab]

What are the down sides to these things?

[calm token]

They can’t hold and objective but they can keep others from

[whole scarab]

Ah so like explosive ripper swarms

[calm token]

Ya they have swarm ability

[visual turret]

I kinda wanna get a ctan model to paint

There was this super pretty one I saw that was done just for showcases sake, all the lightning was gold and the body itself was a nice black

[plush swift]

look for tamiya clippers, they are made by a decent company and about the same as the name brand version in price, but tamiya is more wide spread and easier to find

[plush swift]

which ctan?

[visual turret]

The void dragon iirc

The pretty one with the wings and all the lightning that GW actually stock instead of FW

[rare hornet]

Will do, thanks! ^^

[plush swift]

smart, the other ones are awful

[calm token]

this one?

[visual turret]

YEA

[calm token]

its the void dragon

I have one

[visual turret]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Necrontyr/s/pv25JgTTUD

THIS ONE

LOOK AT THIS BEAUTY

[compact umbra]

Just bought a replacement air brush brush

My dumbass dropped the nozzle then dropped the whole brush

[plush swift]

it happens, hence why I buy higher end so I just have to replace the nozzle

[dawn stream]

One squad of Intercessors done and dusted

[proud glen]

My first mini ever

[terse verge]

Been wanting to prime these guys but the humidity hasn’t gone below 80% and it’s been cold all week 😭 can I prime at high humidity or should I wait until it goes below 80%?

[karmic coral]

Chaos, FTW.

Look forward to seeing what you do with it! Welcome to the hobby!

[dapper stream]

if you are using citidel chaos black for primer you should be fine. idk about any other primer.

This is the thousand suns I painted

[dapper stream]

Working on the leviathan box, debating if I paint up ultra marines or if I do dark angels

[terse verge]

Nice!! I'm planning a turquoise scheme with black trim for mine, like some ancient Egyptian ushabti

[dapper stream]

nice man, trim will take the longest in terms of painting just be patient and it will turn out good

[midnight cairn]

Dark Angels!

[plush swift]

My first mini

[cursive gyro]

Can I Say they make me think of the orks by Hivefleet_hyper?

[rare hornet]

Finally completed :3

[whole scarab]

PRAISE THE HOLY STICK PEASANTS OR FACE THE BOLTGUN!!!

[jaunty trail]

When i get this mini i will make a close combat one for my close combat termies

[rare hornet]

I’m keeping that shield in my back pocket for a possible future kitbash

[jaunty trail]

Understandable

I don't need that to do cuz i have already a ranged Termie Chaplain XD

[whole scarab]

I have a possible kitbash Idea brewing in my mind for once I have the first half of my army collected and painted and stuff

[jaunty trail]

What you got in mind?

[whole scarab]

It's inspired by a post on reddit

But they essentially got a teregaunt and attached chainswords to its face and hands

I want to do something similar but with something a but more humanoid

Essentially I want to make chainsword man

[jaunty trail]

🤔

Why not build and paint a pentinent engine?

more chonk 😄

[whole scarab]

Because I'm autistic as hell and obsess over things

Currently the top 2 are warhammer and chainsaw man

[tall yacht]

Hello, this is the first mini I paint, I like how it Turner out, I am a bit afraid to do the fines details but would appreciate any tips 😄

[karmic coral]

Details are nothing to fear. Keep your coats thin and layer them over each other, and you will always be able to come back and clean up any "oops" moments.

[jaunty trail]

From what i see it's a good beginning of what you are doin'. First of all as constructive feedback, i would recommend you to get better photos out of a wider angle so that the pics aren't blurry.
Second thing i would recommend is to watch some YT vids of getting started towards painting (not an ad!) duncan rhodes as also squidmar have really good vids for beginners.
Third thing i would recommend is to get to your nearest warhammer shop so that you can grab and paint a mini in the store. The store employees are mostly helping you out (while they want to try to sell something 😄 ) but this could also help a bit out.

[hollow goblet]

Aye one of us

one of us

[jaunty trail]

Nearly done the 4th Terminator of my Leviathan box Terminator squad... tomorrow the helmet and shading etc. will be done... after that at least 3 days of pause cuz of my birthday party at weekend xD

[hollow goblet]

Guys

[jaunty trail]

Ye?

[hollow goblet]

That new Seraphon box is calling to me

Do I cop?

[jaunty trail]

Need more info to tell if you should resist

[hollow goblet]

I've got like 2k pts of thousand sons and I've painted maybe 1/3rd of the army that's my main reason for holding out

[plush swift]

I did some earth shade but I think I over did it

[jaunty trail]

🤔 i've set myself a halt to buying new minis with 2 exceptions: Anniversary mini of this year and store birthday mini... last one i got already. Anniversary will be bought next month cuz these are collectibles to me.

I'm currently 45% done with leviathan box marines and 33% done with all my votann minis i bought...

i know that some of my family/friends will gift me new minis for my birthday cuz they know i enjoy the hobby... So the pile of shame still grows even if i don't buy new stuff in the next 6 months XD

My aim is to completely eradicate my pile of shame before buying new minis...

but i still must say when i build and painit everything that is currently at my spot i will have in total 2,5k-3k Black Templars and 1k Leagues of Votann minis battle ready...

[hollow goblet]

Well it is my birthday today which is why I'm teetering on the edge of financial irresponsibility lol

Yeah I'm nowhere near that far in, too, this would still be kinda practical bc it's my second army to play AoS with

[jaunty trail]

@hollow goblet lulz on 25th?

[hollow goblet]

Nah 26th I'm australia so our timezones are weird

[jaunty trail]

For me mine was "yesterday" on 25th... so congrats to you man 🥳

[hollow goblet]

Ayyye what a coinkydink lmaoo

[jaunty trail]

And i don't get money but minis, paints etc. Instead XD

So i don't have to think bout minis... i just get them xD

I'm nearly 100% sure that i recieve a gladiator lancer, the new termie chaplain, a brutalus dread and the new space marine codex/ data cards on weekend xD

And i will get a phase II licensed clone helmet to start my star wars cosplay 🤣

And yes my family/friends are nuts...

😅

@hollow goblet but if you have the money... just go for it... i have 2 armies at home to work on so i don't get bored^^

[plush swift]

What’s the difference between the tau kill team and the path finders

[jaunty trail]

Uhm goid question.. i don't play tau 😅

But if u post links we could look for differences @plush swift

[plush swift]

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Pathfinder-Team-2017

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/kill-team-tau-empire-pathfinders-2022

I think it’s just army comp

[jaunty trail]

Seems like same models.. but tau looking mostly like same to me...😬

[hollow goblet]

Just based on how it works for other armies: Kill team sculpts tend to have better designed kits that let you customise a little more BC you're more likely to go nuts individualizing every mini when your army only has like 12 dudes in it

Not sure how old the Tau troops are but I'd be willing to wager the kill team kits are newer and have more options

Yeah just googled it, the pathfinder kit is from 2012 and the kill team kit is 2021 so the kill team kit is newer sculpts/sprues that likely have more customization or are better to build

[plush swift]

Ohhh

[plush swift]

squigmar is a bane of art teachers, he teaches a lot of insanely dangerous practices and worse mindsets, he's actually very commonly complained about by art teachers fun fact

[plush swift]

use a spotter brush and dont worry about being accurate, you're new and dont have the muscle memory built up yet

paint can be stripped off and wiped off, if using enamels, wear a mask

organic vapor specifically

[short pawn]

What dangerous practices?

[plush swift]

A lot of the practices he teaches can lead to severe damage to the work for one

like he knows less than nothing about paint itself, but most is the mind set

he teaches people there is only one way to paint and that its the only way to paint

which then reflects onto how people behave

his paint review was incredibly painful for me as a paint chemist

[short pawn]

Any examples?

[plush swift]

no direct examples, but his paint comparison video had tons of bad info and was super heavily biased

not only did he basically say "the more colors a company has the better the company is" which is... really stupid

[short pawn]

Well...yeah he's a full time hobbyist not Johnathan Paint. It's his opinion?

[plush swift]

Except he paints himself as a professional

and people literally call him an expert

[short pawn]

It's his career, right?

[plush swift]

Yes

He's no longer a hobbiest

He needs to also stop promoting the pigment myth bullshit and be more adamant about companies being transparent about the paint toxicity, he's the reason why I've had two students die

Because he doesnt outright say something is toxic, people assume its non-toxic

[short pawn]

Doesn't really seem like he's saying its not toxic

[plush swift]

The problem is people assume its non-toxic because he didnt say it is

I mean fuck, half the paints hobbiests use are highly carcinogenic and have been linked to severe neurological disorders

but none of them have markings

the amount of people not using masks at the bare minimum while airbrushing is extreme

I'm also a neurotic professional as I deal with insanely dangerous paints every day

Hell, I have multiple books on my work table right now that were dyed with scheele's green

so neurotic is required

brushlickers licking methylchloroisothiazolinone without knowing that its not safe for consumption and can cause serious issued with your gut, then arguing "ive known people whos been painting for decades who are fine" not realizing thats survivor bias. MCI is on the list of chemicals the EU is trying to have a flat out ban on for a reason, just like titanium dioxide, though that needs more research into its health effects

vallejo claiming their flow improver is nontoxic even though the chemical they use, 2-butoxyethanol, legally requires you to put a label on it that says its deadly in the EU, UK, and US.

because it is

not like that bad, a few drops arent going to kill you but it can cause your lungs to scar

or cause irritation in them

[naive umbra]

I'm getting my first Forgeworld model soon and checking if I just need an N95 mask to file/sand resin? Or do I need full respirator? I'm assuming respirator is only for the liquid form if printing and I just need the dust mask for cured Forgeworld stuff, but making sure

[plush swift]

n95 minimum, full or half face respirator is ideal

but yes, n95 is requires and also have a vacuum next to you while you work

[naive umbra]

vacuum like a fume hood kinda thing?

[plush swift]

naw

jsut a normal vacuum

[naive umbra]

Oh right, just to suck up all the dust after?

[plush swift]

Yep

Side note, painting Titus finally

[glossy hawk]

@plush swift is classic shit from vallejo alright? just the smell of the paint?

same question for citadel paints

[plush swift]

relatively yeah, just wear a mask when airbrushing and you're fine

most acrylics dont have vocs

MSA acrylics do, but you're not finding those outside of conservation places

[glossy hawk]

cool cool

i dont airbrush so

should be fine

[plush swift]

How many calories does the imperial knight model have

[jaunty trail]

which one? Imperial knights is a faction...

@plush swift

[proud glen]

Another one coming up , bolter barrel was cut a little bit

[visual turret]

The more I think about it the happier I am with the white/orange/silver scheme for my knight

[plush swift]

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0308814620327084

basically zero

[primal plinth]

I got a couple bits from a random eBay lot that I haven’t quite been able to identify, would it be cool to post them here and see if anybody recognises them?

[burnt wing]

I don't think anyone has a problem with that

[primal plinth]

Rad, thanks

[short pawn]

Ork thursday

[primal plinth]

The big organic looking pieces feel Death Guard, but I didn’t see anything on GW’s site that I thought lined up.

The plasma pistol looks like the one in the Horus Heresy MKIV kit, but it’s got some extra bolts on the hand and gun that don’t appear in any of the images I’m seeing so I’m wondering if there’s a different kit or a Chaos equivalent? There are no other loose SM bits in here so it’s an outlier.

There’s a bunch of Chaos vehicle spikes and a gunner, so I’m assuming those chunky mechanical bits are from one of those but I hadn’t seen anything at a glance on any bits sites.

Mostly just curious which kits they pull from for sorting reasons though tbh

[silver thorn]

ive never bought a 40k model but doing thousand sons with a chaos knight just sounds so incredibly cool to me

but i looked up their rules and its kind of a bad idea because they want to generate something called cabal points and the knights can't do that

i want to paint one in their 30k colors

in fall of prospero there is a titan being piloted by a thousand sons astartes who has an affinity for warpflame and basically supercharges all the weapon systems with his psychic power

[burnt wing]

That arm could be from an ork or possessed imo

Sry i think it's a leg

Nvm arm...or idk

[primal plinth]

There were some Ork bits in the mix, I’ll look into that thanks

Found them, part of a Squighog Boyz kit

[jaunty trail]

4/5 of Terminator squad Gunnar done...

[smoky trench]

Ooo we talkin about knights?

[sweet sinew]

My local WH store has one chaos knight that’s gone untouched for months. Once I finish Leviathan, he shall be mine

[smoky trench]

Tyrant?

[proud glen]

Plasma gunner

[sweet sinew]

Abominant

[brisk vapor]

such a lovely knight model

[smoky trench]

As an imperial knight player, chaos knights were always weird to me. Y'all got like 3 questoris variants and 80 different wardogs

I'm over here with 2 non forge world Armigers. Feels bad

What are chaos knight questoris types? Abhorrents?

[desert rune]

Fingers were sacrificed

[sudden notch]

Followers of the armless

[smoky trench]

Love me some chaos terminators. What legion

[midnight locust]

If I’m using a medium grey for panels, what oil color would I use for the recesses

[rare hornet]

I found nuln oil works or Agrax, depending on if you want a black shade or a brown one

[proud glen]

Stupid question, all acrylic works on a primed model or Hobby based are best?

[midnight locust]

I’ve tried nuln but it’s a bit too light in my experience

[visual turret]

worked out the best of both worlds on how I want to show off the pilot inside the knight

I am not going to glue the carapace top on

will paint the pilot diorama, then insert him in

then I'll get the carapace painted up and just seat it on

might look at magnetising

[karmic coral]

All acrylics will work, to some extent.

For non-hobby based, you will need to thin them down to a milk-consistency using, ideally, a medium and some water. I personally use Liquitex Matte Medium when doing so. Cheap paints like Apple Barrel and other "craft" acrylics will have poor pigment coverage, so you will need more layers. Artist-grade acrylics won't have this issue, but they will be thicker and more concentrated, requiring more thinning and prep, as well as more dependance on your ability to mix colors.

The benefit of hobby-based is that you will get decent pigment coverage, and colors/tones that are pre-mixed for particular effects and schemes.

The benefit of non-hobby-based is that they are often cheaper, can be purchased in bulk, and challenge you to expand your understanding of colors, mixing, and paint chemistry.

For beginners who simply want a decently-painted tabletop model, you can't go wrong with basic hobby paints and shades to get you started.

[midnight locust]

Let’s say you want to do a stripe camo on fatigues. Would you apply the stripes before or after the base coat shading?

[visual turret]

the stripes would also be shaded, no?

not like they're on top of, say, dirt and grime

I kinda wanna try a bit of freehanding on my knight

I wanna put this on it lmao

[edgy jackal]

If it's on a flat panel you can also make a decal of it. Granted, then you'd need to have a printer at home, and get special decal sheets, but it's possible nonetheless.

[midnight locust]

True

[karmic coral]

Progress!

[visual turret]

What's a good way to go about weathering the armour plating on my big gal? example above

[burnt wing]

Dry sponge for scratches and painting oil streaks always looks good imo

[plush swift]

This is insanely incorrect, artist acrylics arent thicker, they are actually thinner. Nor are they more concentrated. Dont mix up artist grade with heavy bodied. Hobby paints are convenience colors with a high amount of filler for opacity, they are student grade, just like craft paint.

[karmic coral]

Thanks for letting me know!

I had in mind the art acrylics at Hobby Lobby in the squirt bottles.

[plush swift]

All acrylics will work, hobby paints are just a convenience paint.

[proud glen]

I want to paint my CSM but like Hobby paints are costy

[plush swift]

yeah this is just hobby myths that get spread around, it annoys me a fair bit since I make a lot of paint

[proud glen]

so I will get only those that mimic metal and washes

other stuff is planned to be casual acrylics

[plush swift]

I use professional grade, upfront cost is more in theory, but mixing colors is far easier and you save money in the long run

[plush swift]

washes can be made with normal artist ink

and thats way cheaper than a wash

[proud glen]

I think using those as bases , except for metal

[plush swift]

sponges and a spotter brush

[proud glen]

Also they are highly available and can be bought in packs

So could save some money

[plush swift]

yeah you can use those but I donmt know the quality, I have been trying to get them in for review... but getting anything from ukraine is a bit hard for me at the moment

[visual turret]

Would any sponge work or do I need something specific

[proud glen]

Like any Ink?

[plush swift]

I use natural ones imported from greece, but I also use ones I stole from my kitchen, also those cheap dollar store sponge brushes

[proud glen]

Just give it enough water?

[visual turret]

oh so standard kitchen sponges work? worm

[plush swift]

No, artist ink which is pigment based, most inks are going to be dyes or alcohol based

[plush swift]

deionized or destilled water, dont use tap water

[plush swift]

these might not be good for plastic but im checking

[proud glen]

I can aquire a lot of destilled water

Like base car shop

can get a lot of it and very cheap

[plush swift]

perfect

[proud glen]

I looking at artist ink , which is pigment based and it cost more then Vallejo washes

[plush swift]

what country?

[proud glen]

Ink from , or I am buying from?

[plush swift]

No that you're in, because vallejo washes are really expensive around me and Im in the US

[proud glen]

Ukraine

Like 125 ghryvnias for 1 wash

[plush swift]

perfect I actually have a list of art stores there, I have a follower from ukraine who I helped track down and find some really obscure paints

according to him, you want rosa gallery

he's used them and said they worked fine

[proud glen]

Basically 3 dollars per bottle

[proud glen]

[plush swift]

for a 17ml or a 30ml?

[proud glen]

17 ml

[plush swift]

Yeah the only ones near me are 30ml and they were like $8

35ml it seems

I can get 30ml of ink for $4

only need 4 inks anyways, black, blue, white and brown, maybe a violet if you're me

[proud glen]

So on , I shall by washes and metallic paints which will cost some what 13$

[plush swift]

30ml of ink turns into like 150-300ml of wash

[karmic coral]

Do you run any mediums in your washes? Or just distilled water?

[plush swift]

My wash recipe is as follows:
30ml deionized water, 20ml high flow medium(fluid medium can work too), 1-3 drops of flow improver, then depending on the type of ink i want to use and how strong I want it, its 5-10ml of ink, sometimes I go 15ml but thats really dependand on what im after, most washes are arouund 5ml though

I have yet to improve on it much out side of using holbein and golden inks

and that was a very noticable improvement over daler rowney, like night and day difference

[proud glen]

Ok basically can I somehow create metal texture using regular acrylic paints?

Or something that would resemble metal

[plush swift]

kind of, yeah, but it depends on the texture you're after

it also highly depends on the paint

[proud glen]

Something that would look at least like this

[proud glen]

Nah , I just understood that there is a lot work with highlits on this model

[plush swift]

yeah they are just doing highlights and shading

[proud glen]

Maybe something like this

[plush swift]

same thing, highlights and shading

[proud glen]

So I just get my hands on similar colors

and do shading

[plush swift]

you can use a wash and mix it in with the metallic paint honestly

just depends on the metallic paint

not all metallic paints are good, most are bad

[proud glen]

Well , I think I woun`t get my hands on any metalic paint

[plush swift]

you can paint NMM but thats tedious and its not honestly that great looking in my opinion

its not hard, just time consuming

[karmic coral]

The two metallics I've liked have been Pro-Acryl (Particularly when dry-brushed,) and Vallejo metallics. Their price points won't be much different from Citadel metallics, but I'm not sure about availability in Ukr

[plush swift]

pro-acryl is hard to find outside of the US and Canada

Personally I expected more from both with the amount of hype people put into them

Like they have rabid fans

I had one dude bet me "if I didnt switch entirely over to proacryl because its the best on the market, he's buy me a new paint collection"

I sold all my proacryl after day 3

it failed so miserably in xenon arch testing

dude still hasnt bought me a new paint collection after I showed him the $30,000 paint I needed

[midnight locust]

Change of pace from typical guardsman

[main saffron]

Starting on my base, do you guys think this is a good stone texture

[visual turret]

a bit light imo, might wanna turn it down just a tad

[plush swift]

cant really get much darker with it being noticeable in the camera plus you cant exactly just mix black in due to the awful nature of carbon black

[visual turret]

That’s fair

Painting orange sucksssssss

What one looks better?

(left or right on the plate itself, i should specify)

[short pawn]

Are you using jokerano orange?

[visual turret]

for the base, yeah

3 coats

left is that, right is w/ a lighter layer of trollslayer on top of it

[short pawn]

Wow that's surprising to me. I haven't had any issues with mine even in black primer

[visual turret]

I use white primer I just might have thinned it a little toooooo much idk

I just find it takes too long

[short pawn]

Yeah imo the orange is already prettt thin for mr

I use add a tiny bit of water while its on my wet pallete

[visual turret]

ah I don't use a wet pallete

[short pawn]

They're pretty swell if you take forever to paint

You can get a decent one from armypainter

[visual turret]

anyway consensus from other people suggested the troll slayer layer really helps make it pop a bit better so I'll do that

[short pawn]

Best of luck

[visual turret]

Legs came out well

The shin is not stuck down

[visual turret]

:)

[dapper stream]

More minis that I have painted, I am experimenting with some new paints from vallejo

[formal lichen]

White and orange is a great combo, finished my castigator recently and it was a joy to paint

Taaaaaaall

[visual turret]

VERY

Even hunched over in this pose she beats my questoris by a mile

21cm of beautiful steel and faith

[plush swift]

cheese armor

[short pawn]

I'm torn between choices for uniforms for my orks, so far I'm going for a yellow/orange split with red armor/weapon/trims

Any input would be epic

[plush swift]

Anyone got recommendations for brushes to paint Guardsmen with?

Only recently started painting my guardmen again since I finally have the time but the ones(Brushes) I got from GWS are not fine enough for my shakey ass hands.

[short pawn]

If you want to break the bank, look into kalinsky brushes. Just gotta take care of them

[plush swift]

Ill give it a look thanks c:

The best I managed lately with my shakey hands was these two boys.

Ill have to apply another thing coat of paint to correct where I painted overhowever.

[short pawn]

I got a davinci maestro round 10 series 2 and its awesome. I paint eyes with it for my orks and edge highlight

Do you paint with a painting handle?

[plush swift]

I do not.

Store didnt have em back when I bought these.

Like in late 2020

Kinda forgot to buy one, might be smart

Im also guessing you cannot get the old Guard Models anymore..?

[short pawn]

Think you can, at least from local stores not GW.

I ordered the new cadian shock troops from amazon and got shipped the old ones once lol

[plush swift]

Thing is.

my paintscheme is 110th Cadian Shadow Corps.

https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/110th_Cadian

And these just dont work on the new models.

Since the 110th Got destroyed before Cadia was destroyed in lore.

So to fit with the vibe I need old models.

[plush swift]

Sadly my local stores dont have any anymore. Theres 2 here where I live currently.

[compact umbra]

eh they refill old regimetns all the time, it makes paper work easier

[plush swift]

Well yeah but still.

Want my old Models

New ones ( in my opinion) are ugly.

[compact umbra]

i mainly want the old ones because htey look good as voidsmen, not the nice ones but the (sorta) slaves that work in the lower decks

[formal lichen]

Might get lucky on ebay, been buying quite a bit on there its a slippery slope

[dawn stream]

The Creamsicle Knight

[short pawn]

You could always say they are stragglers, but also, the new models aren't like "new cadians" or anything of the sort, they're really just updated true scale models

You'll be fine painting them as shadow corps

[plush swift]

Yeah.. still.

Considering the 110th really was my Dads Army.

Id like to stay true to his old units.

Guess ill have to see online if I can get a few boxes.

If not im stuck with buying the new pattern which just looks worse.

[short pawn]

Fair enough, I wish you the best of luck. Unfortunately I only see the old command squad on amazon

If you live in the US my local gamestore might ship nationwide?

[plush swift]

I live in Austria right now and checked both stores in Vienna, and I cannot currently check the store back in Ukraine where im originally from 😅

[main saffron]

Progress

[short pawn]

Damn worst case scenario! Sorry man

[plush swift]

I try

[hollow goblet]

Can confirm proacryl is unobtainable in Australia unless you're willing to pay 3x more in shipping than the paint is worth

And it's already a pretty expensive paint

[chilly summit]

Today's finished minis.

[main saffron]

Those bases are seriously good, what did you use for them?

[chilly summit]

I use a mix of fine and coarse grade fish tank sand for the ground and the elevation is made with pieces of cork and wood glue. Paint was black primer, white dry brush, and Sand Golem AP speedpaint.

[lament talon]

Wanted to post this canoptek wraith that I did recently as my first paint ever

[plush swift]

its not worth it honestly, just just better than the swill you're used to, thats why it seems impressive, oh no a paint that actually uses wetting agents and flow improvers in their paints??? oh my

if mattise wasnt so glossy it was sticky, I'd recommend that as its an australian based company

but its sticky and I dont touching it

[plush swift]

Anyone got suggestions on how to draw camo patters on Imperial Guardsmen for their fatigues or flak armour?

[plush swift]

depends on the camo

[plush swift]

Well the 110th Cadian has no camo.

So im wondering what camo to give their Kasrkin?

[plush swift]

any type of camo you want, any pattern you want too. It all depends on what pattern you're after

GW does in fact recommend making your own homebrew chapters and schemes

[plush swift]

Hmm wonder what would fit for the 110th

[karmic coral]

Tiger Stripe Camo is always a classic, and not one I see too often.

[plush swift]

a smart army changes its camo to match the area its fighting

[plush swift]

Agreed.

[plush swift]

Might be hard to paint for my first army 😅

I might just buy a batch of new cadians and paint them as exercise

and if I mess em up who cares

But yeah thanks for all the advice.

Oh yeah I forgot arent there these Mini's transport boxes you can buy?

[plush swift]

you just paint lines on, plus you dont have to worry about them being straight

True as well

[karmic coral]

Yeah, Guardsmen are small enough that the details of each line won't matter as much. You'll be looking at them from 3 feet away on the table anyhow.

[jaunty trail]

last time i played with a friend there was no focus on how detailed the minis are... it was just "okay they are battle ready painted" to just have the flair of two armies are facing each other.
Details etc. are a aesthetical thing for those who want to have a challenge in painting freaking nice minis i think.

[plush swift]

What are some good 3rd party sets

How many Minis did you need for Killteam again?

I know my local store hosted it but never played tbh.

[karmic coral]

It depends on which team you play.

Some will have fewer minis, but they'll be stronger. And some have more, but they're more chaff.

[karmic coral]

Which killteam are you thinking of fielding?

[plush swift]

Cant i use my normal dudes for Killteam games?

Or do I need to buy a dedicated Killteam unit?

[karmic coral]

There are a number of teams that use standard units, known as Compendium teams.

[plush swift]

Cause back in 2019 in the store I bought my very first Squad of Cadian Regulars

they told me that standart squad can be used to play Killteam

But I only own Imperial Guard right now so uh Guard I guess lol

[karmic coral]

You can.

Take a look here

https://wahapedia.ru/kill-team2/kill-teams/imperial-guard/

This will give you the breakdown of your options for your kill team, and this particular list is all standard units from your regular guard army options.

It looks like this states you can take 14 Guardsmen, 7 guardsmen and 5 scions, or 10 scions.

[plush swift]

Might use 7 Guardsmen and 5 Kasrkin then

Thanks

[brisk vapor]

https://vxtwitter.com/WetaWorkshop/status/1717632193751867550?t=g0_xyf0hM5usEwEx7sJ5rA&s=19

[hollow goblet]

100 follows on my twitch and I buy a giant fucking pot of nuln oil and Kids Choice myself with it

[brisk vapor]

Well then

[peak flicker]

Getting a Raven Guard Veteran Bladeguard ready for my friend's bday. All that's left is the basing and decals

[teal wolf]

Yooo he looks great!

[peak flicker]

Thank! Tried copying off Spikybits display

[teal wolf]

I'm so ready to work on my ravens again.

[jaunty trail]

If you hadn't said that this is an RG Mini i would have thought it is a BT one.

Great work anyway! 🔥

[rare hornet]

I don’t wanna edge highlight

But I have to if I want the black to look good

[brisk vapor]

Edge highlighting is also a very good practice to get better at brush control, just keep doing it and in a few squads the lines will be thin and smooth as hell

[rare hornet]

What colour would you recommend for edge highlighting abaddon black?

Got some assault intercessors I’ll have to try on

[visual turret]

Admin grey, right?

Mechanicus or eshin is too dark

[brisk vapor]

I'd start with Corvus Black and lighten it up in the following passes with Fenrisian Grey

if you want to do just a single highlight pass I'd probably go with 30/70 with those paints

not sure about the ratios but you can mix up a good tone to your liking pretty easily

[rare hornet]

I’ll give it a try

[visual turret]

I don’t like highlighting too much but it’s growing on me

[brisk vapor]

that's a good mix for a colder tone black but if you want warmer tone the Fenrisian Grey could be exchanged to some light sand tone, or flesh tone

[visual turret]

I think the one solid colour look is nice, feels almost cartoony

[rare hornet]

Yeah the problem I’ve been finding is you lose a lot of detail from only having black armour

[brisk vapor]

black is a hard one to make look good and still read as black

[rare hornet]

Will have to experiment and see what we get

[brisk vapor]

I've resulted in doing volumetric highlights instead for black so it has more depth to it but it needs more work usually

[rare hornet]

Got a redemptor to do at some point and I want to have a practice edge highlighting before painting him

[brisk vapor]

This is the way I like to do black armour

[teal wolf]

This is my next point of practice. Any tips for it??

[brisk vapor]

Well start with simple shapes with almost matching colour to your base tone and continue painting on it with ever so slightly lighter tones in very thin coats until it's bright enough for you

[teal wolf]

Soo say start black and glayer on greys??

[brisk vapor]

ye but don't keep it monotone, add some blues or browns for example

[teal wolf]

I'll try blues.
I like browns for damage lately.
Ty ty

[brisk vapor]

like those that I posted are layered with fenrisian grey mix which is a blue grey, I also glazed the full armours with a blue paint to enhance the effect

[teal wolf]

Oookay I should have all those.
Did the usual gw highlight of incubi, Into Thunderhawk then fenrisian

[main cove]

Deathguard terminator lord I'm quite happy with.

[hollow goblet]

Browsing paints

@plush swift how does scale 75 measure up to other brands? the colours seem very clean and bright which is what I'm after

[teal wolf]

I'm not qualified like Mr Starch. But I recently swapped to em and fell in love quick

[jaunty trail]

So very suprisingly the new Termie Chaplain and Space Marine Data Cards have arrived at my home xD

[midnight locust]

What’s the color scheme of blood axes?

[rare hornet]

It is a good model

[jaunty trail]

Yep and i have enough BT spare parts to have more skulls on him XD

Aaand he will be the attached Character for my Assault Termies 😄

[rare hornet]

Yeeeees

[visual turret]

You wanna go the route of the Lion

“A green armour so dark it is mistaken for black”

[brisk vapor]

Once I buy the HH Lion model I'll give that approach a try

[visual turret]

Using this chance to repost my Lion

[brisk vapor]

Hell yeah

[visual turret]

Shadow wizard money gang

Gotta get Azrael to get the third one in

[teal wolf]

We love casting spells

[terse verge]

Debating what order to paint these rubrics in, I want black trim and Lothern Blue panels. If I spray black I can drybrush and fill in the panels with Lothern blue, but I don’t know if it’ll be easy painting blue over black. But if I base Lothern blue then paint the black trim it will be harder to fix mistakes and I can’t drybrush the black without catching the blue

[short pawn]

Never used armageddon dust before, is it supposed to look like this?

[edgy jackal]

Looks dusty

[edgy jackal]

Well, seeing as you already primed light, maybe do the panels (drybrush or not) with the light blue, the carefully paint the trim? AFAIK, dark over light is easier than light over dark .

Rubric and csm trim in general is a notorious issue.

[plush swift]

Technically speaking, adding blues is still going to be monotone as black pigments are generally speaking blue.

[brisk vapor]

[plush swift]

They are beyond the most garbage paint I have ever tried. I despise army painter, I think scale 75 is worse. The only thing about them is that they're ultra matte, but they are some of the worst made paints I have ever had the displeasure of using

Also they lie frequently, what you mean by lying? Oh I'm in the process of filing a class action lawsuit against them for marketing deception, for instance they claim to be using fluopigments in their fluo line... They don't

One of them is just a metallic, another one is just ultramarine blue

I also hate them because they keep lying about how their paints are made and that they have these ultra tiny pigments that are perfectly scaled for the hobby... They don't... They don't even do well on a hegman gauge

Do they not expect people to have a $400 block of metal to check particle sizes??

[obtuse laurel]

Usually drab/camo, they like to mimic human military uniforms

[visual turret]

Looks good!!! In my thoughts you wanna clump it up a bit more and then drybrush a bit tooooooo give it some colour

[plush swift]

I did the mistake of buying a big army painter paint set before

I still use them because I spent a bit of money for it and I don't want to just throw them away

but can confirm they're not really good

[plush swift]

I have a VERY high expectation for paint, impossibly high some would say. I set up bars for testing those and... Army painter somehow managed to get those bars lowered.

what are some good paint brands that are not as pricy as gw's?

I heard a lot of good things about vallejo

[finite quarry]

you need to drybrush it for it to look good

drybrush it in amore lighter desert color and it will look much better

[short pawn]

It just looks flat and soupy to me

Stuff i see online looks far better

[finite quarry]

yeah it looks like trash unless you take extra steps tbh

[midnight locust]

Drybrush it with something like tyrant skull. Maybe give it a wash too

[finite quarry]

i actually used armageddon dunes on my 2nd set of miniatures, ill show u a pic

[short pawn]

I kinda thought it would work like Vallejo terrain paint, where it adds texture and grit as it dries

Disappointed a bit

[finite quarry]

I was still very fresh when i did this, but this is the same texture u used except i drybrushed with averland sunset yellow and added some grass

[short pawn]

That looks really good

How did you get the cool sandy effect on their feet?

Like the dust particles

[finite quarry]

thanks, it was from the drybrushing i did along with a little mess when i applied the armageddon texture

but i gotta underline it, armageddon textures looks like garbage without any drybrushing

[short pawn]

Like did yours also look kinda muddy/soupy like mine does rn?

I swear it looks like I did something wront

[finite quarry]

yeah, i was disappointed too so i went googling 😭

you want to keep that trashy looking color in the cracks and crevasses and drybryush a brighter color over

[short pawn]

Gonna try drybrushing it rn but just curious, did you apply it thick?

I went pretty light on mine I reckon

[finite quarry]

i think you went a little lighter than me, but its not that thick on mine either, u can still see the bottom of the boots

[short pawn]

Appreciate all the help very much, hopefully i salvage it 😄

[finite quarry]

no problem, i was a bit disheartened like you when i first tried it too 😭

If you want something beginner friendly u can try to use agrellan badlands turns out better with no need for drybrushing.

Here’s agrellan badlands on my first set of minis

[edgy jackal]

Golden heavy body acrylic for most paints is cheaper per ml than citadel, and last I checked has the Corpse starch seal of approval (tm)

at least in NL

[karmic coral]

#40k-minis-and-armies message

Seems he advises against Heavy Body, and regards the Fluids as better for minis

[edgy jackal]

Golden fluid is more expensive than citadel

[finite quarry]

citadel pricing is pretty competetive at least here in europe

[short pawn]

I was on the fence about it but i got a solid idea brewing in my mind pot

Gonna use vallejo texture paint then add my armageddon on it

I got a good feeling that it might look cool

[visual turret]

That’s a much better plan tbh

Once it dries you can then drybrush and get nice texture

[plush swift]

I use golden mostly, just not the heavy bodied line. I use the soflat, fluid, and highflow. I have some heavy bodied paints for dry brushing and canvas work though

[plush swift]

not by ML its not for the most part, only the series 9 is, but the series 9 is also those magical pigments like bismuth vanadate

soflats start at a 59ml bottle also

[edgy jackal]

Citadel from GW is 30cents per ml for non-metallic. S6 is 33cents per ml, S5 is 28.6cents per ml. There are cheaper series, so for those colours, yes, golden fluid is cheaper.

[median flame]

Ngl looks like guacamole

[karmic coral]

Mind, as well, those extra 3 cents will mean significant returns for paint quality

[edgy jackal]

Fair enough

[plush swift]

series 7 is $0.18 per ml

you might be looking at michaels crafts or something, not an art store

[karmic coral]

Admittedly, I personally mostly use Citadels and Pro-Acryl, since I don't have an art background, and my color-mixing skills are minimal at this time. Over time, it will probably become increasingly worth it for me to invest in greater bulk for things like Golden paints, as it is more cost-effective. For now, the convenience factor of the hobby paints win over for me.

[edgy jackal]

https://www.vanbeekart.nl/verf-medium-vernissen-acrylverf-bijzondere-acrylverf-golden-fluid/19048/?v=2-71-5804

[plush swift]

If you want I can show you some mixing in a DM vc and some wacky things you can do

[plush swift]

I forgot you were netherlands, that will increase cost of golden, thankfully you do have a lot of good companies around you like Lascaux, Lukas, Schminke, and ara

[karmic coral]

I'm always down to learn more. I scour this thread just to see what Corpse-Starch Wisdom has dropped recently 😄

[plush swift]

yeah just DM when you're free

I can show you out to mix blue from a red

and a vibrant purple out of a green

mixing orange still sucks though no matter what

[edgy jackal]

What's the difference between Schminke PrimaAcryl and Akademie?

[wild monolith]

Chaplain and his squad of terminators - assembled

[plush swift]

akademie is an ink while prima is a heavy bodied if I remember correctly. SO basically, just different levels of thickening agent

[dawn stream]

The Finger of Doom

[marble carbon]

manually adjusted and modified the head on a historical 75mm scale stl of wellington to use as a hq for my praetorian guard army, this is what he will look like (minus arms since they wone be 3d printed)

[proud glen]

Another slave to the dark gods

[plush swift]

How do you edge highlight

[plush swift]

I think that made a mistake on my order