40k-minis-and-armies

[plush swift]

filters help and having a back drop

so this is just a base layer of a high end metallic

[signal plover]

I wish I had a better camera to take proper mini photos

[plush swift]

this is nmm without correct lighting or a good backdrop

[signal plover]

interesting

This is enlightening

[plush swift]

and this is a canvas with fairly good nmm techique

[signal plover]

I'm trying to upgrade my painting because I'm caught inbetween a few different styles right now

[plush swift]

yeah I have a mirrorless and a cellphone

[plush swift]

dm me, I can help you find your own if you want

I'm off this entire month due to medical leave so i dont have much to do past some basic academic papers I need to finish

[signal plover]

Let me know if you need some paper editing help lol

[plush swift]

if you understand microscopy data, then maybe

[signal plover]

Hell no

[plush swift]

Yeah most dont

My last editor was driven insane by my autistic papers

[signal plover]

LMFAO

like this was a decent tabletop mini I did recently- but a lot of it is cheap tricks done with pre shading, contrast, and drybrushing

[daring ginkgo]

Anyone interested in a Warhound titan? Send me a message.

[signal plover]

I'm trying to consider ways to take the next step with my minis

I've been painting for YEARS but the allure of contrasts have slowed me down

and I have a bad habit of being content

[plush swift]

contrasts are useful because you can get way more utility out of a transparent paint than an opaque one

[signal plover]

I am quite fond of them

[plush swift]

I’m very interested

[signal plover]

I've recently fallen in love with Kimeras paints

[signal plover]

mans about to get FLEECED

[plush swift]

I’m not going to buy a titan over discord

Might as well 3D print them

[daring ginkgo]

I just don't want to build it. And honestly i dont think it's actually forge world.

[signal plover]

I've bought so many FW recasts on ebay recently

it's hilarious cause they're normally better quality than FW

[plush swift]

The FW ones are lower quality

[daring ginkgo]

Was going to list it on ebay as a recast for like 250-300

[plush swift]

I want to get FW sets but there so expensive

[plush swift]

Yeah thats a good way to get sued

like GW will actively go after people for even saying proxy

[signal plover]

There's so many recasters on ebay that have been on there since like 2006 on the same account and are fine tbh

they just don't admit it's a recast ofc

Now obviously it's illegal and piracy etc

[plush swift]

Piracy is the least serious crime

[signal plover]

There's a guy I buy from all the time on ebay, he just primes them shittily and lists them all as used. He's been recasting for YEARS on there.

[plush swift]

That sounds like good money

[signal plover]

Yea, dude makes a killing-illegal as shit though

[daring ginkgo]

Well then ill just throw it out then. Thanks.

[signal plover]

I wouldnt recommend that

You can just sell it lol

Someone will 100 percent buy it

[plush swift]

just put it up for 200 and say you got it at a yard sale

[signal plover]

literally ^

That's what all the recaster sellers do

"this is used"
"i do not knowingly sell recasts"
etc etc

[plush swift]

Could be worst

[signal plover]

Yea I ain't God I won't judge

On the topic of painting though

Kimera the red

[plush swift]

What’s a good resin printer

[signal plover]

best red ive dealt with so far

[plush swift]

mars 4 is pretty good unless you want a larger one, elegoo is just... hit or miss with their printers

[plush swift]

whats funny is kimera paints are super low quality too, so imagine some of the reds that exist out there

I just want something where I can print custom parts for minis

mars 4 is pretty good for that, and reletively inexpensive

[signal plover]

damn really? I have a hard time even finding Kimera's red around me cause it sells so fast

[plush swift]

its like 300 but competes with dlps in terms of resolution

[signal plover]

I just love the bright red pigmentation

[plush swift]

rate that red

above

its also an ink

[signal plover]

very bright

[plush swift]

pyrrole red

its expensive but worth it

[signal plover]

I like to paint bright bold red and drybrush black onto it, works for my red corsairs

[plush swift]

I dont know 40k factions that well

those are eldar, right?

Chaos marine

[signal plover]

Chaos space marine pirates, bright red armor with black details

[plush swift]

These guys?

[signal plover]

Pmuch

[plush swift]

ahh

my second guess what CSM

[glossy hawk]

that is fucking bomb

[plush swift]

👀

I didn’t paint it sadly

[midnight current]

Started work with Vassal, sadly I don't have the finances to spend on Minis

[jaunty trail]

Current concept and wip on terminator chaplain...

[chilly summit]

What're you using for primer?

[jaunty trail]

Mechanicus Standard Grey and Black Templar Contrast

[chilly summit]

Ok. That chest piece looked like raw plastic in the picture. Didn't see the mechanicus grey.

[jaunty trail]

Ye it's sometimes hard to see ^^

[heavy frigate]

I meant they produce very harsh areas of colour, like an old Technicolor movie. I have never found the mysticism in painting minis in all the years I've been doing it.!!

[plush swift]

some people do, its weird

[jaunty trail]

Lower part of mini and base nearly done.

[visual turret]

b e a utiful work

[glossy hawk]

lovely boy

[jaunty trail]

https://tenor.com/view/orks-ork-waaaagh-slugga-boy-dawn-of-war-gif-15592891

[floral wind]

Thank you . Dont honestly think its some of my best work tho

[floral wind]

Me and the bois heading to the lego store

[jaunty trail]

@floral wind still having my old lego star wars kits boxed up in the attic ^^

[floral wind]

Mad jealous rn

I miss my old lego star wars kits

[plush swift]

what would you say if I told you I stripped them because they werent good enough?

[jaunty trail]

XD oldest i have is the separatist battle tank from episode 1 xD

[visual turret]

I'd be sad, but I would also get it because I know you strive to be as good as you can get

[floral wind]

Pog. I remember owning the og Grievous and Anaking fighters but alas they are lost to time

[plush swift]

yeah, plus those 3 peices only took me about 15 minutes total, I was just testing out some ideas

[visual turret]

damn you paint FAST

[plush swift]

Ehh, not really

just faster than mini painters because most of them arent trained as artists

most of the time painting takes is thinking, and I'm just processing that information much faster

[visual turret]

most of my time is spent hyping myself up before i make a move that potentially botches the idea

lmao

[plush swift]

proving my point, thinking

Custom sisters bases

[visual turret]

Pance

[karmic coral]

Lesgoo

[true inlet]

I don't usually like that variant of Librarian but this kinda changed my mind

[karmic coral]

I'll keep ya posted as it goes! Gonna try to do some cool stuff on the cloak

[mortal chasm]

One of my friends I found out plays warhammer 40k and has invited me to join him next time they get together

I'm so excited

[peak flicker]

Fantastic work! I'm working on Venomthropes with that scheme and added some purple glaze to the tentacle parts

[true inlet]

nice

I don't know how it is overthere, but where I live now is called the tomb of the Sci-Fi

so finding someone who knows 40k is harder than finding a blue user who does not abuse counter spells

[hollow goblet]

Yeah I had the same thought of like "Bro you spent wayy too much time on that bottom half to just cover it up when you've gotta prime the top" lmao

Also can someone explain to me why the official GW chaos spawn kit looks like freesculpted amorphous clay when these kits exist?

Spawn and horrors have the most insane ludo-narrative dissonance when it comes to them actually fulfilling their proposed design

[plush swift]

because they were, its a super old kit

[hollow goblet]

Its so disappointing man, their lore is super cool and they insist on recycling the same models over and over for the games and the TT

[plush swift]

GW is cheap

they could refresh and make a lot of new models

but they dont

why? because it costs money

[silver thorn]

kill the rich

praise the four armed emperor!

[plush swift]

Yes praise the... wait a minute

I only count 2

[silver thorn]

https://tenor.com/view/warhammer-genestealer-warhammer40k-genestealer-cults-big-brain-gif-26982823

see, dad has 4

[plush swift]

thats not the emperor

he's not wearing gold

https://tenor.com/view/heavy-flamer-heresy-purge-warhammer40k-lightning-claws-gif-16488791

https://tenor.com/view/warhammer-burn-wargame-fantasy-burning-gif-16670316

[toxic rampart]

Time for a power warp! This just arrived in the mail!

[true inlet]

I mean, I don't know a lot about warhammer 40k

but doesn't chaos spawn lack a fixed form?

Like, technically you can get yourself a pile of clay, make it look like some sort of a nuclear-polluted-abomination-spider and smack that on a base

colour the thing up, add some details according to the god's "blessing" it got and call it chaos spawn?

[mint merlin]

yeah you can

I mean it won't be GW-legal, but it's absolutely lore correct

[signal marsh]

How much that cost ya?

[toxic rampart]

It was part of a trade.
A friend of mine was cleaning out their garage, found it and ton of old Ork models. Traded them a brand new Warhammer Age of Sigmar set for that, Ghaz, some Nobz from 1996, 2 sets of burna boyz, 6 meganobz, a set of flash gitz, and a newer set of nobz.

[signal marsh]

Hell yea

[midnight cairn]

What color did you use on the "scales"?

[vale pollen]

2nd killteam member done

[jaunty trail]

This gives me some "Astartes" vibes... Like a mix of Xeno Psyker and Space Marine ^^

[vale pollen]

Ooo naw I see that

[jaunty trail]

I like the combination. Just keep up the work^^

[vale pollen]

Aye thanks dog

[native sluice]

https://tenor.com/view/ntuni-cat-chew-crunch-funny-gif-23922784

[visual turret]

Averland sunset over a chaos black > wraithbone primer

Then seraphim sepia shade, and white scar drybrush highlight

[toxic rampart]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/713297998624325633/1171710167491018792/PXL_20231108_071729186.jpg?ex=655dab21&is=654b3621&hm=74ccc112a2d71d5abac6f54712b9de5bc1d7c3e4099eb45a2bde352abd88ee62&

[dark violet]

with that rag thing in the background it looks like you used your actual blood to paint the red, which would be thematically fitting

[toxic rampart]

Da blood makez uz even fasta!

Nah, I am using a new acrylic ink, and was testing it

[true inlet]

holy throne

[vale pollen]

My toilet is holy, yes.

[true inlet]

is the boltgun from the old marines

[vale pollen]

4 more to paint then ima start learnin kill team 🔥 🔥

[true inlet]

cause I don't remember boltguns looking like them

[vale pollen]

Naw, a bolt carbine from a reiver kit that I chopped the foregrip off of

[true inlet]

ah

[vale pollen]

Didnt have any boltrifle's that worked with it

So I settled with this

[toxic stratus]

My inability to finish projects and some half baked red boys on my desk

also a lot of dust

[jaunty trail]

Progress update

[rare hornet]

Big bonk stick

[glossy hawk]

the black reach warboss is undeniably the best sculpt

[grizzled jolt]

Rogal Dorn battle tank is almost finished.

[burnt wing]

Your half baked looks better than my finished

[toxic stratus]

thanks, it's been so long they have been sitting there and I don't feel like painting. it's not a competition I'm sure yours look just as good or better

[floral wind]

Wip experimenting with cork for the first time

[toxic rampart]

Thanks! I got it as a trade..

[proud glen]

It’s time to paint

[plush swift]

I am very curious about those paints

[plush swift]

Got a question for people that collect Nids / Brood Brothers

Anyone think the Brood Brothers could be used as old Cadians?

Minus the heads ofcourse.

[plush swift]

probably

they dont seem all that different

[proud glen]

Red, Black and Brown are so inconsistent because brush was a little watery

[plush swift]

I might pick some up for a review now that my new hegman gauge is in

Also do not use the ultramarine violet paint, if its accurate and they are using PV3, then thats actually incredibly toxic

thats Triphenylmethane Phosphotungstomolybdic acid salt

its basically a shitty dye called Methyl violet

[patent bluff]

Dude that gold is amazing

Good job

[plush swift]

Man these look amazing.

IM honestly way too anxious rn to paint my 8th Edition Cadians.

I dont wanna ruin the last ones I have before im forced to buy 9th Ed.

[somber violet]

Thanks ^^

[jaunty trail]

Further steps done but still wip...

[glossy hawk]

Paper mache squig

[plush swift]

Squig king

[plush swift]

How would you balance him.

Anyone got ideas or suggestions?

So I have 3 Squads of 8th Ed Guardsmen, trying to source more but if I end up having to buy 9th ed.. I wanna make the 8th ed Look more so like "Veterans" any ideas how I could reflect that via painting?

[jaunty trail]

Some clean up and weathering still to be done.. but 95% ready.

[visual turret]

The bug is more yellow

[summer sparrow]

What are you using for the metal paint? Asking for my Imperial Knights

[summer sparrow]

I'd make him 1000 pts with 50 splittable ranged attacks 20 wounds, and he resets wounds to full on melee kills.

I'd pair him with a similar 1000 points Shas'o Kais (Firewarrior FPS) and propose they have some specific anti chaos bonuses as a 2 unit army

[burnt epoch]

Traitor guard?

[plush swift]

I like that but instead of that I would give him an Army of one or last man standing bonus to attack and defense rolls if hse is enough tiles distance away from allies or if he is the last survivor of your squad.

How do you calculate points for a army

[somber violet]

No

[vale pollen]

using the munitorum field manuals. They give you the up to date points for each unit, just add it out and do the math from those

[plush swift]

Thanks

[burnt epoch]

Would’ve fooled me lmao

[true path]

This final game in this campaign was such a dramatic one. Monstrous Tyranids vs Imperial Knights. It was a Knock-out, drag-out, monster mash of steel and chitin, gore and hydraulic fluid littered the field. Big damage, heartpounding endurance. And it ended in the most appropriate way, with a final blow from the monstrous tyranids, detonating the last Paladin who stood bravely.
So many swings back and forth, and a lot of good plays.

[plush swift]

thats a lot of knights

[summer sparrow]

They died for their house, and for the Imperium

[true path]

"Whoah there you brought six models, is that a horde army?"

(Competitive 2k lists are running 6 armigers and 1 questoris and 1 assassin lmao)

[plush swift]

Lmao

[peak flicker]

Basically done. Little touches later. For Nid-vember!!!

[summer sparrow]

Meanwhile my 2k list has 2 Cerastus, 5 Armigers, and 2 assassins

[vale pollen]

Another one down, tried out AK snow terrain and it's a much better deal than the citadel technical snow

[plush swift]

When I have the time and money recreating nurgles garden would be sick

[toxic stratus]

I'm using baking soda mixed with pva glue for snow. Looks fine and costs next to nothing

[dark violet]

Looking good I like the helmet what about the ... what are they called again... satchels? On his chest

[toxic stratus]

Anime guy I got gifted and didn't like so I painted over and added snow terrain base

[vale pollen]

Satchels, tactical pouches. Whatever, gives em that look of a solider ye?

Thanks yo

[vale pollen]

https://tenor.com/view/kimetsu-no-yaiba-demon-slayer-inosuke-hashibira-kamaboko-gonpachiro-gif-16083160

[dark violet]

My dumb head couldn't think of the word pouches.

[vale pollen]

Aye we all be slow in the brain from time to time lol

[dark violet]

I bought a cheap Matt brown from a local store for my sister's gun belts and pouches

Fits really well too

Also works on wood decently

[toxic stratus]

Brown is a color I can trust with hobby paints. Never buy cheap red and blue tho, I still have nightmares

[plush swift]

Golden sisters look sick

[plush swift]

brown is an easy color, but a lot of browns contain lead. Reds... Red is a "buy professional or dont use red" type thing.Same with white and yellow. Hobby companies really try super hard to force opacity over everything and they do it with the cheapest pigments out there

and that just doesnt work with Mono azos as the opacifiers fuck with the pH balance too much and create an unstable paint

Isn’t there a brown made of dead people

Yes, mummy brown

but good luck getting that

Nah i don’t want to get haunted by paint

dont worry, even the tubes that exist are in musuems or private collections

Feels like a random ass hobby store might have it

Maybe, you never know

paint does contain human skin sometimes

Yummy

[vale pollen]

that wood look turned out nicely

[jaunty trail]

Terminator Chaplain Cunradt ready to crush some skulls...

[naive umbra]

If you've worked in a lab with spectroscopy, then you'll find that there's more or less a constant cloud of keratin anywhere humans are

[glass lintel]

All that's left is five chosen, and I'll have everything ready for Atlanta

[plush swift]

Yeah I wasnt including that, paint machines are nasty and really tear out flesh easily.

[true inlet]

I'd buy that ngl

[dark violet]

thank you

[dark violet]

isnt them containing lead illegal nowadays or am i getting something mixed up

[dark violet]

thank you too

all my sisters are basically based off of celestine as their own order

[plush swift]

Nope. Lead based house paint was made illegal, but the pigments containing lead not so much, really the only thing for house paint in terms of pigments that was banned is lead white

[lavish crescent]

Wanna go over that red 1 or 2 more times, can still see the black through. Other than that fucking love it

[lavish crescent]

Actually, disregard that. Noticed it was the nuln oil xD

[lavish crescent]

How tf do you do skin!!

[summer sparrow]

Trying to find proxies is so frustrating, there's always something just off about them

Like I finally found a good Aeldari proxy set..... but then this is their Dark Reapers

[brisk vapor]

Yeah I've yet to see a single actually good looking proxy. I don't think most of the proxy modellers get the GW design formula

[proud glen]

proprotions or in general?

[summer sparrow]

lot of youtube channels are promoting Ravaged Star right now, cause it was made by another Youtube channel, but they're fucking hideous

over busy minis

[brisk vapor]

That is the most obvious fault in most

And yeah the ravaged star is a bit eh over all, very busy design as you said

[summer sparrow]

I will say this Aeldari set I found has some nice stuff, it's one of the best proxy sets I've seen for 40k

[brisk vapor]

Which is again a very common fault in 3rd party minis

[summer sparrow]

love their Hawks

[brisk vapor]

They're nice but don't really look 28mm/heroic scale

[summer sparrow]

they 100% are the files rendered nicely

[brisk vapor]

I really like the Mezgike deathguard models he makes, but they're more so reimagined models rather that just proxies or copies of existing models

It's an under water dredge theme instead of the usual zombies and disease

[summer sparrow]

I dig it

Chaos stuff lends itself better to proxies for sure

[brisk vapor]

Meant more the proportions and such, very action figure like instead of tabletop models if you know what I mean 😄

[summer sparrow]

ah, gotcha

[brisk vapor]

But they're nice indeed, clean design and not too busy

[summer sparrow]

......... This might be the coolest Imp Knight Proxy I've ever seen

[brisk vapor]

I don't like the head but the building on top is fun

[summer sparrow]

pretty sure the building on top IS the head

open air Throne Mechanicum

[primal plinth]

This is like when mecha pilots open up their cockpits and expose themselves to gunfire just to shit talk / monologue

[summer sparrow]

"I prefer to spit down on them before curshing them under hoof"

non-cone head Custodes

oh, and I guess the pulpit isn't the control throne, the head is just recessed Cherno Alpha style

[burnt wing]

For a second i thought they had clown noses

[summer sparrow]

Sounds like something a Solitaire would 100% do

[glass lintel]

For purple skin it's just druchii violet over wraithbone spray.

[rare hornet]

White scars be getting a power ranger

[proper canopy]

Pity it's forgeworld.

[summer sparrow]

There is no more forgeworld

[proper canopy]

Ok, pity it's resin/finecast/not plastic.

[summer sparrow]

I thought all new models were gonna be plastic

Though I don't exactly buy the official stuff so I don't pay it much mind

[proper canopy]

Why would Deamon fulgrim be resin, and this guy plastic?

[summer sparrow]

No idea, size differences?

Not saying you're wrong, looks like lots of HH stuff is Resin

I don't even understand why HH is a separate game though so I'm not exactly knowledgeable

[brisk vapor]

all HH character models are resin

and it's because it allows for more intricate detail compared to plastic molds

[summer sparrow]

then why do people seem to hate it?

[brisk vapor]

the more a mould used for resin kits is used the more it gets worn down so if you get unlucky and get a kit made with a mould at the end of it's life cycle you might get more deviations like warping or bubbles. FW has decent quality control so it's pretty rare nowadays plus the new kits are CRISP as fuck but it used to be a pretty big problem. You'd always get a new kit as compensation if you'd get a faulty one too. There is also the fact that resin bends more easily so large rigid pieces that you'd want to be straight would some times come out a bit twisted or bent, you can heat the resin and bend it to it's original shape but it is again some extra work

and people in general don't like working with resin compared to plastic

and it's more expensive

[summer sparrow]

Thanks for the explanation!

I just watched a vid of someone assembling a Reaver Titan and he had to soak some pieces in hot water to bend that back to fit.

Wish that worked for resin prints. Lol

[primal plinth]

I don’t play so maybe I’m mixed up

But isn’t there also a general worry that GW can just pull a bunch of these models from the 40k data sheets

[brisk vapor]

what do you mean

[primal plinth]

Oh wait Forge World is actually gone

Nevermind I dunno what I’m talking about

[brisk vapor]

Well sorta yeah, they merged the stores

the models are still there listed as expert kits or something

they did start the merge a few months back already when they moved all the primarchs to the GW store

[summer sparrow]

And knights, it's weird to see Cerastus and Acastus alongside the vanilla Knights

Also, hot take: carpet bombing areas that are meant to be glowy with technical paint doesn't look good

Like this, it quickly goes from "glowing blue bit" to "I squirted some baby blue paint on the gun arms"

[silver thorn]

i like the look of these better than GWs repentia

i know they have armor on but they look cool

[summer sparrow]

Omg, a proxy that's less horny?!

[silver thorn]

xD

repentia are about the eviscerators

[summer sparrow]

They're still without power armor

I say it counts

[silver thorn]

yea

[summer sparrow]

Link me dat shit please

My friend wants to do a SoB force

[obtuse laurel]

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1401373334/poenitentiam-battle-sisters-squad

[toxic stratus]

I prefer james workshop repentia over these

they look properly unhinged

[left egret]

Finally I started painting again... but instead of focusing on finishing 1 csm legionary at a time I decided to batch base paint 5 of them. Which I will later batch trim

[toxic stratus]

I say it's the better approach

[left egret]

Less burnout

[obtuse laurel]

That's what I do for squads

[toxic stratus]

rather than glossing over and spending too much time in one model and get burned again

batch paint for warmup

[mint merlin]

I think Anvil Industry proxies are pretty good

plus you can mix and match the parts however you want

[midnight locust]

Painting trim is pain

[mint merlin]

and they have a SoB proxy range

[left egret]

You say that but I enjoy painting every individual round in the reaper chaincannon belt

So satisfying

Thing that fucks me up the most is painting hazard stripes though... I hate those things... and I paint iron warriors

[summer sparrow]

Do you do the watercolor trick?

[midnight locust]

Hate this too

[brisk vapor]

I actually love painting hazard stripes...

[summer sparrow]

I just watched a great tutorial on using some white watercolor paint to safely put down the lines of. Design before freehanding in the deets.

Watercolor comes of with a bit of water so it's easy to correct the lines and then remove them after

[brisk vapor]

Gaming

[obtuse laurel]

Sounds like I need to pick up some of those watercolor brushes that hold water.

[brisk vapor]

I sketch on the black using grey

[left egret]

Same

[left egret]

I love hazard stripes but I just mess them up... look at that ugly leg stripe

[brisk vapor]

round parts are more difficult to get straight anyways, but practice will make it perfect

[left egret]

Yeah but I want to be good at it now

[glossy hawk]

love me warboss

love me squig

[left egret]

Hmm I can't seem to find them in that picture

[glossy hawk]

i hear that every time

[finite quarry]

Those are some wild hazard stripes

[brisk vapor]

Cheers!

[finite quarry]

Just did some right now, first model i tried doing hazard stripe pattern

[brisk vapor]

Hell yeah

[primal summit]

Two months of waiting, it’s time to get painting.

[vale pollen]

Fuckin clean

[ocean pendant]

I wouldn’t recommend these, I ordered a squad of these from Etsy and when they arrived they were terrible quality and incredibly flimsy. I wasn’t even able to work with them, half broke while cleaning them.

[visual turret]

that's just down to the printer

/seller

I have some stuff I found from one seller to be shite and from another to be really great

[silver thorn]

yea multiple people have the STL

[brisk vapor]

First pass on the trims

[plush swift]

bad resin, bad printer, someone who is thinking they can make easy quick money

[plush swift]

wish more models had the bigass chain swords

[karmic coral]

Quality control on the 3d-printed models market is wildly unpredictable. Find reputable sellers, or local folks to build a relationship with.

don't be shocked if rando69 on Etsy sells you some brittle water-washable chunks.

[glossy hawk]

It’s entirely done

[finite quarry]

Time to bring it to a tabletop match

[visual turret]

that blue is STUNNING

[visual turret]

Buggé

[pastel grotto]

Buggé

[visual turret]

@rare hornet

[jaunty trail]

Hive Gorgon?

[visual turret]

Jormangundr

[jaunty trail]

Oh okay! Looks nice... Something like this i want to do as "leftovers" on the Space Marine minis from leviathan box that have some tyranid leftovers on their base ^^

[visual turret]

Yeah that’s always a nice looking idea

Honestly I thought the emissary would be bigger

[rare hornet]

She looks so good!!!

[junior meadow]

Custom tonk with some minis

(A little dusty)

[queen monolith]

I love the WW1 stripes

Well done!

[junior meadow]

Thanks

[summer sparrow]

I need ideas

I'm concepting ideas for my Knight Lancer, and I've decided I want to do an anti-aeldari theme to it

call it Elf-Bane, make the tilt shield crest a shattered Asuryani symbol, and have some cracked Wraithknight spirit stones displayed as trophies

but how should I do said trophies

I don't wanna put them right on the tilt shield, but they should still be displayed prominently

[toxic rampart]

Have them chained to the shoulder armor? Or the shin armor? To show they are not even worthy to be on the same level as the Knight

[obtuse laurel]

Hang them from the waist like a tabard

[stray elm]

After like a three month hiatus, I’m finally able to start painting again so here is the main things I did

I don’t really post here but there if anyone would like this stuff it would be the people here

[brisk vapor]

Thanks!

[true inlet]

that blue IS indeed stunning

I'd even say its dazzling

also, is that from legiones titanicus?

[summer sparrow]

The idea is that they're the main foe of this knightly order, and there'd be equal parts respect and hate

I like the chained or tabbard idea but not sure how to make it look good

They're not something you could just hang on cloth since they're big half orbs they'd likely pull the fabric taut and look unseemly, maybe a metal plate on chains but would need to find some good orintable chains

Speaking of print, these stones will look gorgeous cause I'm gonna print them in a rich transparent red resin I have, score them with a crack, then hit them with a glossy lacquer that makes that resin look like fucking cherry jolly rancher

[brisk vapor]

Thanks again, yeah it's for titanicus

[toxic rampart]

Fair! A better idea then;
If you got some chains that are normally used for jewelry, could have them hanging off weapons.

[summer sparrow]

I'm getting some good metallic paints and have a resin printer so just gonna use printed chains but that's a good idea

I might also just get a full bodied kite shield instead of the wire frame ion kite shield for the lancer in which case I think the stones should go right on it, especially if some of them are intact, using your knife eared buddy's eternal soul as a shield

[low glade]

Gonna build a traitor guard army, i want them to have the shiny plates like mobian 6th. What colors/techniques do I want for that dark chrome look

[dark violet]

What even is that it looks dope

[jaunty trail]

This reminds me of Dawn of War I: Tartarus PDF pattern ^^

[brisk vapor]

Reaver Battle Titan, Adeptus Titanicus scale

[summer sparrow]

I'd say black Chrome paint with lots of weathering highlights, so air brush chrome to base it then dry brush it up with a silver or something which will make the edges pop out, and then add grime

[toxic rampart]

Old model Nobz, new in the army

[glossy hawk]

love em

[karmic coral]

Freehanding is fun! And totally painless. /s

[winged lava]

My first skaven are done only 93 more to go

[summer sparrow]

I wish GW would bring back BFG

[silver thorn]

wowow! very very nice!

[summer sparrow]

practicing some digital freehand with the new MS paint

[maiden steppe]

The beginnings of my new Guard army, theyre very loyal soldiers to the carrion lord

[short pawn]

Has anybody played Blackstone Fortress? Need some rule clarification

[summer sparrow]

needs an alternate flag, but looking good

[maiden steppe]

The plan's to paint it up in cadian or whatever colours and then to do heretic graffiti and damage to it, make it look like a trophy taken from a battle

[summer sparrow]

I love the cultist sergeant

[pastel grotto]

Have you seen tabletop times chaos guard

They are amazing

https://youtu.be/H3NIy7aIAiY?si=z6tlAmoUwu76UbY4

God I love guardsmen

[maiden steppe]

oooo I'm so looking at this now thank you

[maiden steppe]

thank you so much too

[indigo wadi]

Some of my deathguard stuff

[glass lintel]

Leadbelcher, the nuln oil, then a gloss varnish would get you pretty close I think. That said, I think they're more black than chrome on a lot of their gear, so you'll prob want to prime with chaos black.

[plush swift]

dont even look at hobby paints unless you're going enamels, look for lascaux studio bronze

its expensive

You want alluminum, you can do a lot with it and its one of the few paints that use actual metal and not just a metalized pigment or mica

[visual turret]

honestly i'd say instead of nuln, if you want a dark dark metal, use ratling grime contrast

[plush swift]

my personal mix for dark chrome is mars black mixed into alluminum paint, then if I need darker I use more mars black over it

i also mix some gloss into it

[visual turret]

@plush swift can you post some of your work? I've not actually seen any outside of those knight plates you posted recently

plus I'm going off of those that may only have access to or own citadel paints

[plush swift]

I dont really have much 40k related stuff and a lot of the other things I have done as of late are abysmally low end to the point that people have actively judged my skills because "you talk a big game but paint like shit"

so I avoid posting them

[visual turret]

I get ya

[tulip summit]

I paint like shit

dont got much time between the wife and school

So it cant be that bad

🙂

least not as bad as mine

[plush swift]

aye but the issue is I have a doctorate in art and I am a full time artist who lives alone in a major city, so naturally one would assume I have some measure of skill, which people tend to over estimate

[tulip summit]

Meh, dont let idioti ruin the hobby you enjoy

[plush swift]

Its not just one person, its been over entire subreddits, discord communities, streamers, youtubers, etc

[tulip summit]

What a bunch of idioti

[plush swift]

its a community issue, they do this with all insider artists

[tulip summit]

Amico just ignore those haters

have fun with the hobby, you paint it for YOUR enjoyment, irrelivant of others

[plush swift]

like I have literally had streamers get their fans to harass me because I use professional grade paints and not hobby paints

[tulip summit]

Thats horrible

Im so sorry that you experienced that

Those guys are jerks and the scrunge of this community

[plush swift]

meh, not the worst thing to happen with the mini painting community and me

[tulip summit]

The emperor would not be pleased in their behavior

[plush swift]

I've been assaultes 9 times, had people show up to my house, and people try and get me fired

[tulip summit]

why have people assaulted you over minis?

[plush swift]

the people showing up to my house literally was because I corrected someone about what a varnish was

[tulip summit]

Its a plastic toy that we all over paid for

[plush swift]

trained artist, I supposedly am not allowed to be in this hobby because I will ruin it for others

[tulip summit]

idk why people take it so seriouslu

[tulip summit]

Those people are idioti

Who cares

My friends a professional artist

I love his minis

its that simple

[plush swift]

because they think they can make a living off commission work

and when people like me come in, they'll be out of a job

[karmic coral]

Commission painting ain’t the way to go if you want to make rent XD

It’ll cover some hobby expense, sure

But you’ve gotta be top-tier to make it full-time

[plush swift]

I mean, my last painting commission paid 45k

but that was a canvas restoration

[karmic coral]

Miniature commission?

[plush swift]

hell no

[karmic coral]

Oh, okay. Lol

Was gonna say

[plush swift]

my last one was 1200 for mini painting

and that was a titan, I made nothing on that commission, I think it averaged at 20/h

sounds like a lot, until you find out thats below living wage where I am

[karmic coral]

Yeah, that’s a fairly standard rate for the average commission painter

[plush swift]

I normally charge a base of 30/h

[karmic coral]

People underestimate expenses too, for self employment

Not to mention the SS and Medicare tax liability

[plush swift]

YUP

that being said, my rent is considered a tax break

so...

[karmic coral]

True

Home office expense 🤘

[plush swift]

exactly

[karmic coral]

Technically all hobby purchases can be a tax expense if you’re making enough to cover it at that point. The IRS will get sus if you’re regularly taking a loss

[plush swift]

its not uncommon for artists to take losses until tax breaks happen

[karmic coral]

Yeah, for sure. This advice is moreso for the average side-gig hobbyist who goes into commission painting

Small income and large losses on otherwise luxury goods can be seen as evasion

A studio or full-timer making a more substantial income per year but taking a net loss is going to be seen as more understandable

[plush swift]

I dont understand taxes, I just avoid them using legal loopholes when I can

[karmic coral]

Ah, lol

I have a background in accounting and tax work, and took a law degree after

[plush swift]

i just have a lot of family who are lobbiests

[pastel grotto]

Laughing at everyone mixing krieg and steel Legion whilst Im doing the same but also with cadians

[stray elm]

That’s one thing I like about guard a lot is you can mix and match and do wild stuff with

I mean, of course, there’s space marine flavor under the sun, but guard feels different in this way and I’m not fully sure why

[plush swift]

I love the feeling when new paint come in the male

[plush swift]

phrasing

I’m to tired to worry about that shit

[midnight locust]

Well my Leman Russ TC managed to kill farsight and three crisis suits by itself. I want to give it a commendation paint job or detail. Any suggestions?

[lusty terrace]

Guys I think I found the sexiest pattern for my future krieg army

[plush swift]

paint kill markers on its barrel?

[midnight locust]

Should’ve mentioned it was a demo haha

Kinda hard to paint kill bands on it

[hearty bear]

whÆre did you FIND THIS

[plush swift]

good old pv19 quinacridone violet

[midnight locust]

Might freehand “Didn’t see that coming” on the Tank

[brittle goblet]

Lmao

[plush swift]

have fun

[zenith glen]

My enginseer for my inquisitorial guard army

[plush swift]

hes so chubby

[plush swift]

What does this do

[hollow goblet]

Lets you thin paints into washes without ruining the consistency and basically turning it watery

Mix a paint into it at like 2:1 ratio of medium to paint and you can get a really light wash/glaze into any colour you'd like essentially,

also citadel shades and constrast paints are more or less the same thing with different amounts of pigment so you can use medium to make a contrast behave a bit more like a shade

So you thin out the pigment but the paint still feels slightly thick and wont just exclusively fall into the crevices like a shade tends to

[plush swift]

it doesnt do that

its too thick

[plush swift]

its a glaze medium

Huh

basically it slows the paint drying a bit

so you can glaze something and blend it

What’s the point in that

Oh

Extra working time

instead of you know, 10 seconds to maybe 2 minutes, you have around 10 minutes or so

basically any of those GW mediums, dont but, you can get the same medium from a professional brand for way cheaper

I think you can get a 118ml bottle from liquitex for like $5 or so

the contrast medium? just glaze medium without a retarder

so just use glaze medium

I got the medium for free

They put it in my order by accident

oh thats perfect then

Yeah

It’s the second time they did something like that

sounds like they are doing it on purpose at that point

They do shit like this

they just threw a handful of paint in there?

Yeah

I ordered 1

hmm... sounds like a store I might have to order from

It’s a Portland store

Shipping might be nuts depending how far away you at from Oregon

not really

shipping is generally pretty cheap

Damn

Oh I finally watched that thinning video everyone keeps raving about

90% of it is just bad information about paint chemistry and massive misunderstandings...

and misusing terms constantly

like coverage

i never thin my paints lmao

I dont either, but I use ink

whats a good ink brand

holbein or golden

when I do use normal paint, its generally golden

I have some other brands here and there but I really dont thin it much

I have no reason to since I know how to work the paint in to get a smooth coat

[plush swift]

which one? There's so many

[plush swift]

the one from brush stroke painting guides, dude tries to make it sound super scientific bit he gets all of that science completely wrong

the outcome is correct, but the information is really bad

[jaunty trail]

Drill those barrels 🤣

[sharp dagger]

make me

starcraft votann

[jaunty trail]

Lookin' good those LoV minis.... i will do some BT minis and will return to mine LoV after that

[plush swift]

https://tenor.com/view/warhammer40k-no-no-40k-gif-24271093

[main mango]

First krieg tank ready to serve the emperor

[jaunty trail]

Which Battallion?

[plush swift]

The good one

[rare hornet]

https://tenor.com/view/its-about-time-starcraft-tycho-gif-19200895

[lusty terrace]

In Reddit

[alpine falcon]

Damn this model is so fun to paint

[visual turret]

these guys are looking clean!!!!!!!

[sharp dagger]

Appreciated

[visual turret]

Trying to think how to paint my carcharodon Chaplain

[hearty bear]

Why did they get rid of this dude?

[sonic wolf]

anyone have tips for how to seperate bonded plastic without damaging the plastic?

trying to assemble some tempestus scions and the hotshot lasguns ae being difficult lol

[torpid salmon]

Using Tyranid carapace as both extra armor and trophy? Now that is bad ass.

[visual turret]

Posting mine

[alpine falcon]

Pretty neat color scheme ngl. The blood looks cool as well

[visual turret]

carcharodons & Hive Fleet Jormungandr

[brisk vapor]

Second pass on the trims

[eager slate]

Hey I am just asking..

what thing can I proxy for solar auxillia from 40k to 30k?

like field ordnance for example

[glossy hawk]

post orks

[plush swift]

there isnt a way, the plastic has been welded together

best you can do is minimize damage

[naive umbra]

If that's a Gorgon carcass he's gonna regret strapping it to his body in about 20 mins when the toxic blood adapts to his physiology

[patent bluff]

Would y’all recommend the Horus Heresy kit? The 200 dong one

I like the bird helmets and the big ass robot suit in it

[naive umbra]

200 dongs you say? Is it a Slaanesh kit?

[patent bluff]

No

This bad boy

[hearty bear]

dong is vietnamese currency i think

[patent bluff]

Yeah

It is

[hearty bear]

LOL

[naive umbra]

Yeah sorry, bad joke

[patent bluff]

No it was good

[hearty bear]

genuinely made me spit my water

[patent bluff]

Based

I’m stuck between either getting the Horus Heresy kit or a Tech Priest

Because I love the Admech

Not the fat one though

Also not sure if it’s just Amazon but god is every Heresy kit so much more expensive than normal ones

[naive umbra]

Generally when considering any GW big box I ask myself 2 questions.

1: Do I really want every model in this box?
2: If there are some I don't want, ignoring their price is the box still cheaper then getting the rest individually?

If the answer to either is yes, then I think it's still worth it.

[patent bluff]

Typically box sets are cheaper than individual no?

[naive umbra]

Because worst case for anything you don't want, you can resell for some extra value, or keep for kitbashing/basing bits.

[patent bluff]

Yeah

I mean from what I’ve seen the only thing that doesn’t interest me is the tank, not because it’s bad but because I have no experience in painting them (still newer to painting minis)

[naive umbra]

Usually GW targets around $50 - 100 cheaper than buying individually

[patent bluff]

Yeah

[naive umbra]

I'm very interested in the Tyranid Christmas box because I own none of the models in it and it perfectly expands my Leviathan starter for nids. I'd be much less interested in a T'au box because I already own almost 1 of every T'au model.

[midnight cairn]

You better hurry, it's sold out most places I've checked already.

[patent bluff]

Fair enough

I’m turned off from Tyranids

Don’t get me wrong they are dope as most factions in Warhammer but I just prefer the good old cyborgs in red cloaks

I do wanna expand into some of the Space Marine chapters however

Mainly the Space Wolves was it?

Love Vikings

[naive umbra]

Damn, should have checked my emails yesterday haha.

Oh well, I missed out on Farsight when his box came out. And tbh I really don't need more to add to my pile right now

[plush rose]

They are. The Astra Militarum Box (2 Rogal Dorn Tanks, 20 Infantry and a Command Squad) are 275€ individually on GW, the Christmas Box comes in a 180€. You can get the Box for 144€ at local game stores that are not the official Warhammer stores.

[patent bluff]

Fair enough

[plush rose]

I got mine at a FLGS for 144€. Individual pricing at the store would've been 226,50€, so I saved a good chunk compared to individual pricing and even comparing to Warhammer direct.

[patent bluff]

I’m only interested in the Admech boxes and Horus Heresy atm

Issue is I don’t need 20 more Skitari

[plush rose]

Yeah, I get that. I don't care for Space Marines, so... Astra Militarum it is 😄 One can never have too many Guardsmen

[patent bluff]

I tried painting my Cadian Heavy Weapons and it’s horrible

I’m better at single model painting

Two of my Ultramarines

[plush rose]

Those look nice though!

[patent bluff]

Appreciate it

I don’t have a proper picture built area so I try to use the sun as my lighting

Wanna see the Admech I’ve been working on?

[plush swift]

no

[patent bluff]

Fair enough

[plush swift]

you should post it anyways just to spite me

[patent bluff]

I will

I hate you

Jk

[plush swift]

good

[patent bluff]

Sure not the best you will ever see but I am happy with how they turned out so far

[plush swift]

Are vallejo paints and inks good

[plush swift]

some people like their paints, but their inks are garbage

just pure garbage

[patent bluff]

Based

[plush swift]

I got there skin tone pack and it came with a thing of ink

i mean, you have it so use it but is bad compared to whats out there

What’s a good skin tone ink

Mix your own, its pretty easy, for white you just need 1 part burnt umber, 1 part pyrrole orange, 10 parts titanium white

and then mix in more of any of the above to modify it

now you want TRUE burnt umber and a lot of brands dont have that

golden does

I can not stress how good tgolden's burnt umber high flow is

its near flawless

Tanks

I can find flaws with any paint, I legit cant find much of a flaw with that one

maybe a little more matte would be nice

but sheen isnt a killer for me unless its something like matisse using too much gloss

[patent bluff]

Bro is the thinker

[plush swift]

https://tenor.com/view/rodin-yoyo-gif-4803278

[naive umbra]

It seems it's back in stock in GW site, I just placed an order haha.

[dark violet]

any way to make paint less watery fast if by accident i got one drop of water in too much?

or just wait?

[summer sparrow]

add more paint

or wait, yea, if you have a hair dryer can try drying it while stirring it

[dark violet]

a bit hard with citadel paint :D

[plush swift]

add more paint , thats the only way

Does air temp matter for the citadel rattle cans

[dark violet]

i would say very much so

i have retributor armor spray paint and it wants it to be around 20°C outside

it came out very grainy when i used it compared to the very clean normal paint

[plush swift]

Damn

[dark violet]

this was spray painted the gold

[plush swift]

temp and moisture affect ALL spray cans

it affects all paint as a whole too

[dark violet]

see how grainy it looks

[plush swift]

spray cans just dont have any control for it

[dark violet]

and it was warm outside

[plush swift]

How can I use them when it’s cold out

[plush swift]

Nice

[dark violet]

it genuinely made me not want to spray anymore minis

the grainy look doesnt work with my style

[plush swift]

I mean you cna use it when its cold out, you just might get grainy textures, orange peeling, or cracking

[dark violet]

now i have a full can of retributor gold sitting here

[dark violet]

i got the grainy texture during summer

[plush swift]

thats way you get an air brush

[plush swift]

yeah it can happen during heat or cold

I have a airbrush but I’m scared to use it

[dark violet]

cant afford one atm

even though i foolishly bought some paint that sadly only fully works if sprayed on

[plush swift]

dont be? just wear a mask and call it a day

[narrow edge]

isnt the grainy texture from the base itself?

[dark violet]

look second image

the rim doesnt have any texture on the base by default

and its the same on the minis legs

[plush swift]

The metallic sprays you also need to shake for at least 20 minutes straight

[dark violet]

oh i did shake it nice and well

fecker just hated me

[plush swift]

generally I leave them on the mixer for about an hour

[narrow edge]

https://tenor.com/view/ken-jeong-community-too-small-to-read-read-reading-gif-5494204

[dark violet]

https://tenor.com/view/wearing-eyeglasses-bubbles-tara-strong-the-powerpuff-girls-wearing-spectacles-gif-9988254822302425489

i might use the spray paint again

but for now im gonna do it all by hand

[plush swift]

Do you need to thin inks when you use a airbrush

[dark violet]

am currently starting my painting process on a new "mini" i got delivered

[plush swift]

no

I got another sisters set before my first one got here

[dark violet]

yes more sisters

always more

[plush swift]

I got these guys

you cant really thin inks, you can extend them, not thin them

their viscosity wont change much by adding in water

[dark violet]

ayy i got those in my big box too

i love my sacresant superior honestly

[plush swift]

I also got a tau squad but I have no idea what happened to them

That’s sick

The spear looks so cool

[dark violet]

the gold rim on the hood is so nice

i gave all the others the halberds

painted some of the tips with blood for the blood god

[plush swift]

Might paint mine white

[dark violet]

nice

[plush swift]

I also have to these

But don’t know how i should paint them

[dark violet]

maybe try grey brick with snow?

[plush swift]

Might try that

[dark violet]

okay lets say if hypothetically i am painting a chainsword right now

should i paint the part that is being held onto in steel color or try to go for a leather like grip

[plush swift]

Ratling grime and sponge on some sliver make a good metal

[dark violet]

i dont have ratling grime

i have leadbelcher and grey knight steel

[plush swift]

That works

[dark violet]

sponge on the grey knight steel or the leadbelcher?

i havnt even used the grey knights steel since i got leadbelcher

[plush swift]

I dunno the difference

RAHHHHH

[dark violet]

gks is more bluish

[plush swift]

So the the one that you think looks good

[dark violet]

nearly done with it then i can show the first bit done :D

[plush swift]

I hope the feeling of getting a new set never goes away

[dark violet]

time to put as much detail into that standard bearer as possible

got 2 squads of sisters myself and i love em

[plush swift]

The details of the armor kinda make me nervous

[dark violet]

theres not aas much as youd expect

[dark violet]

chainsword for my new "mini" is done

i love toying around with blood for the blood god

[plush swift]

What did you use for blood

[dark violet]

This

even when dried it has that nice thick blood look to it

all shiny

happy with how the sword looks honestly

maybe i should put blood on all the teeth?

yeah

[plush swift]

Holy shit my tau got here

[dark violet]

all teeth are bloody now

[dark violet]

nice

[plush swift]

That’s hot

[dark violet]

i bought a very special mini that i will paint over the either week or entire day tomorrow

should be legal to use in a game

well her sword is done, bolter is next

[plush swift]

Big sister

[lament path]

Oh nice, the Mcfarlane artist proof sororitas?

[dark violet]

yep

got it for like 15€ on ebay

[lament path]

sweet, I also have one in my pile of shame, next to the darktide artist proof veteran

[low glade]

So im building my list for my army, i thought each addition of wargear to a unit added to its point cost, it seams however that I can just slap almost every addition i can. Exame being like theres no reason to not add a hunter killer missile to my chimera

[midnight locust]

Correct

[brisk vapor]

ye they streamlined list building a lot in this edition

[toxic rampart]

All the Hunter Killer missiles. Give your missiles extra missiles!

[lament path]

The first-turn salvo of HK missiles reminds me of the ol' first turn torpedo wall in BFG

[toxic rampart]

Go ahead and box all that up and send it to me. Let me free you of your addiction and corruption. I got you man.

[fallen beacon]

Na I'm good, still not finished, got tampestus Sion's and Krieg to finish up. Guard 4 life, got Yarrick on the way as well.

[whole scarab]

That's not a mini, that's a big

[low glade]

Any care to rate my prototype list

anyone*

[plush swift]

Rate the painting thing

[toxic rampart]

Hahaha! Awesome. Gonna have to fight that Yarrick when my Ghaz is made

[fallen beacon]

I will take that challenge, but no proper table top places near by

[plush swift]

wine cork /10

[visual turret]

I've got a nice blutack lump on a citadel base

[plush swift]

I don’t get people who spend money on the figure holding thing

[plush swift]

Because they look nice, functionally they arent better. My handle however costs almost $3000 as an example

That’s crazy

Why can’t you use a wine cork

[plush swift]

because I like having my meds in an easily accessable place

[hollow goblet]

Basing on my tzaangors underway

Saw this artwork and never looked back as far as basing went lol

[fiery dove]

Oh they’re so pretty!

I love Tzeetches purple

[plush swift]

Painting can be so frustrating

[wary trench]

RECIPE

[wary trench]

PLEASE

[hollow yoke]

First ever mini

[finite quarry]

Really good for first mini 👍

[finite quarry]

Those bases are awesome

[hollow goblet]

For the bases?

I did a base of astrogranite to give the base some texture for contrast paints

Then I thinned out a white paint and covered all of the astrogranite so that the colour would pop so that any tiny sections that were left unpainted would show white through and still work with the artwork then I used doomfire magenta and semi randomly made streaks and puddles, making sure I was leaving a decent bit of the base white, then used frostheart on the bits I'd left white and then wet blended the sections into one another, you can go nuts mixing here and leave the base largely purple but just make sure you remember where the "core" of each colour section is, after the bases dried I went back and reestablished the original colours in the core of each colour section (I painted like 20 at once so I was able to do these back to back by the time of finished the last step) and then I finished with temple guard blue and used it as a highlight colour, mostly using it in the center of the blue sections and in tiny random puddles

Sorry for wall of text but they did require a really specific technique lol

[solar star]

Darktide ogryn of nurgle 😏

I plan to do my kill team on the regular squad theme of darktide

What do you think ?

[plush swift]

I’ve got super shaky hands there a way to steady them

[hollow yoke]

soak them in warm water for a couple minutes

[plush swift]

cut them off and replace them for cybernetic ones

[short pawn]

What carrying case is that? I also have a guard army but my current assortment won't fit in my magnetic tupperware crates

Also I just have to ask but do you have a master chief in your guard army

[hollow yoke]

what are you talking about thats sgt john halo of the militarum

[short pawn]

God I'm such a fake fan I'm sorry

[hollow yoke]

its okay its hard to keep track of all of them i didnt even know there was a orangutang

[plush swift]

Always has the best tips

[hollow yoke]

you could replace the bones in your wrist with chicken necks sense they have auto stabilizers build into there DNA for some reason some bio mechanical augmentation

[plush swift]

Dumbass space marine

[simple thorn]

I have finished some Etsy-brand Wraithblades

They are...very thin for Wraith constructs.
Probably better as a proxy for Storm Guardians or something

And while not new, I got around to being fancy with my Etsy-brand Shadow Specters

[plush swift]

only expert tips here

[midnight locust]

Any tips on using pigments?

[plush swift]

use the brush and apply them by using said brush

[plush swift]

wear a mask and make sure you have a sealer that isnt acidic, which most sealers are

needs to be neutral, not alkaline too

are the fumes from rattle cans good to breath

[plush swift]

No, those are actually fairly bad

its acetone after all

fuck

and acetone causes neurological damage

oh

i should be fine then

I mean, people can always get more neurological damage, look at me

I was semi-sane a few years back

fair

[finite quarry]

Finally finished goat set

[fallen beacon]

LoL, yeah I snuck him in there, glad you saw

[fallen beacon]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BN1MHDLS?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details I really like it, it takes time to magnetize everything but im very happy with it. Wish I bought it sooner

bought the backpack as well

[short pawn]

Awesome stuff, appreciate it! I actually looked at this exact box awhile ago but I had my doubts that it could fit my infantry. Box is way deeper than I had thought

[lapis tundra]

Do you use some form of painting handle? It certainly helped me, you can brace the handle on your desk and the painting hand on your other hand or the handle

[plush swift]

I’ve got double sided tape and wine Kork

[toxic stratus]

poster tack and big plastic bottle cap

anything would do as long as you don't have to touch the models while painting

I don't think handles offer any advantage

[jaunty trail]

Lulz every christmas 40k box is online sold out except the Space Marine box .... I would guess that they made a wrong compilation of minis xD

[sudden notch]

"you want some more bikes?!"

[obtuse island]

Only if you play white scars or raven wing, and even then

[pastel grotto]

Cadier

Stands

[midnight cairn]

@plush swift I'm considering using this guy as inspiration for my tyranid color scheme. Can you recommend some colors to replicate the bone/brown/yellow carapace?
https://a-z-animals.com/media/2019/11/Hercules-beetle-on-moss.jpg

[ornate mural]

im screwed i have to play a game of aos this weekend and none of my models are even on bases

[compact umbra]

AAAAA I love the Eastern Hercules Decomposer beetle

[midnight cairn]

I know next to nothing about beetles but this is certainly an impressive specimen. I love how the light plays on the black blue.

[left iron]

first vehicle almost done, just need to apply the transfers and pop it on the base

im really happy with how it turned out

[plush swift]

titanium buff, dioxazine violet, ultramarine blue, titanium white, diarylide yellow, yellow ochre, mars black, burnt umber

avoiding cadmium and nickle pigments here

but that would be everything in there

you can go carbon black over mars black, I just prefer mars black

[midnight cairn]

Appreciate your response, thanks a lot! Would Golden still be your brand of choice for these or another one? (I live in northern Europe.)

[plush swift]

generally yes, but there are a lot of other brands in europe like lukas that are pretty good too.

Golden is better than most, but marginally better

the high end stuff all comes down to theology

[patent bluff]

Based Salamander posting

[plush swift]

like what do they think a paint should be, take liquitex, they think paint should be garbage

but their binder be incredibly workable

[midnight cairn]

Sounds very in theme with WH40k 😁

[plush swift]

very much so, there is actually a much larger discussion of this too and how it works but most people dont want to hear it

its like why you never see ultramarine green shade but only see the red shade

its very confusing as a whole, like how a red shade blue is a cool tone but green shade is a warm tone because green is a warm color but violet is a cool color

because color temps are in reality something to be ignored

[midnight cairn]

Is it? I thought that was actually universally impactful, no matter if you understand it or not, since it's intuitive.

[plush swift]

so the whole thing is that its all relative and highly based off what palette you're using.

and what you're trying to do

because you can use a warm tone as a cool tone and have it read as a cool tone and vice versa

when I say color theory is weird, I mean it. Anyone who claims to know color theory, simply doesnt

[midnight cairn]

Alright... Don't get it 😆 but I'm also not an artist or pretending to be one.

[plush swift]

dont worry, I am and I dont get it

its very confusing

here is yellow

a warm color right?

and two other yellows

the one on the left is now a cool tone because there is a warmer color next to it

that one that was cold before? well now thats a warm tone

thats how it works

[teal wolf]

But how do they taste

[plush swift]

Like high quality paint

[karmic coral]

Delicious

[midnight cairn]

In retrospect, the first photo does not look like the warmest yellow I've seen, but I get what you mean about the importance of context.

[plush swift]

yep, I specifically selected a mid tone as its easier to explain as its more gradual

[midnight cairn]

Now the interesting part is what did you mix in to make it appear more cool?

[plush swift]

i didnt, those are single pigment

[visual turret]

Finished my captain with storm shield

Not 100% happy with the state of him but I can’t be arsed to work on him more

All boils down to a bad priming job

[karmic coral]

Ohhhh, yeah

[lapis tundra]

Oh yeah, thats what i meant. I use a paint pot with putty too

[karmic coral]

That's hella nice

[plush swift]

some do

but mostly for people with dyspraxia

[visual turret]

And this is my current gent

[midnight cairn]

The blood looks really good on him, but seems somewhat illogical with a necron at his feet...

[visual turret]

It’s an old battlefield, the Necron is long gone

He got VERY stuck in

[brisk vapor]

Oh yeah it's all coming together

[jaunty trail]

Current wip on ballistus dread "Balthar"

[hollow goblet]

Leaning your hand against your other hand/desk is how I do eyes and other fine details, my hands have a constant low level tremor that I can't do anything to fix so it helps it not be a problem

[wild monolith]

I finally ordered two sets of Primaris Aggressors to make a full squad attach to my Captain (Gravis Armor). Most of models are restocked in GW store.

I had to buy them from my card, yet it's worth it 😭

[whole scarab]

Mood

I have an intention tremor so keeping my hand still while focusing is a pain

[toxic rampart]

Cadia Stands!

[midnight locust]

[pastel grotto]

JORMUNGANDR GRAAAAH

[pastel grotto]

CADIA GRAAAAAH

[plush swift]

Yippie stated painting

[spare sedge]

Going to try and make a forgeworld board 1st attempt

[patent bluff]

Based Admech

[jaunty trail]

Current work on ballistus dread...

[faint aurora]

First space marine mini I’ve painted

[plush swift]

Glad I’m not the only one who started with 1000 sons

Can you let minis sit in degreaser

[true path]

you can physically do that, yes. It will hurt the plastic if you let it sit long enough.

if you have pewter minis, this is not a problem.

[hollow goblet]

Lol nice we did the same one first

Here's mine

[faint aurora]

nice dude, howd you get the lines on the chest and head so straight mine are all janky

[hollow goblet]

Use the tip of the brush, clean as much excess off the brush (I just use my fingernail which is why my nails are half painted in every pic I post lol) so that you don't have that thing happen where the paint spreads outside the width of your brush, and completely ignore the gold trim bit and only focus on getting the lines right, you can easily re-do the trim later and it covers any messiness that happened beforehand

[hollow goblet]

^

Also you only have to do one colour in lines