40k-minis-and-armies

[plush swift]

I am specifically interested in Kievan Rus / Varangians tho.

The boys that sailed to Byzantion down the Dnipr river.

[hollow goblet]

Yeah it'd be vostroya and Night Lords in that case that's pretty much all the representation that part of the world gets in 40k

[plush swift]

Night Lords?

Wha.

[hollow goblet]

Night Lords are kinda vaguely eastern european terrorist space marines

[plush swift]

Yikes.

[hollow goblet]

It's not a terribly flattering depiction

[plush swift]

Now I need to cringe twice.

[hollow goblet]

They live on a planet with a dying star that gets no light so they're all super pale and edgy

That's where Conrad Curze came from

[plush swift]

I never liked Night Lords to begin with lol.

[hollow goblet]

They're like the opposite of the Alpha legion imo

Godawful, terrible concept that tends to be surprisingly well written

[plush swift]

shrug Im gonna be honest and say I dont follow space marine chapters.

Theres like 2 Chapters I follow.

And they are super obscure.

[hollow goblet]

And alpha legion is kind of a cool concept that consistently gets some of the worst writing in the entire franchise

[plush swift]

I mean.. considering the Dawn of War Games are Canon..

[hollow goblet]

Like if anyone tries to earnestly argue that the alpha legion are 4d chess loyalists you can pretty safely write that person off as a moron

[plush swift]

The Alpha Legion got memed on by Guardsmen

Shameful display.

[plush swift]

Honestly they are just a bunch of weirdos that follow their own goals it seems.

From what small lore tibits I picked up from them.

From stuff like the Siege of Vraks

[hollow goblet]

Yeah that's wayy more likely

[visual turret]

Hell yeah

[hollow goblet]

I think alpharius intended for them to play the long game but then the leadership was completely decentralized right after they retreated to the warp and they spent a thousand years infighting in pockets of the warp: alpha legion have about as much of a plan as the world eaters these days

[plush swift]

So none at all.

I dunno chaos space marines in general seem like a meme at this point

Appear here

get shit on by imperial guard

Disappear for 3 galactic cycles

[hollow goblet]

Bingo

The "All according to keikaku" thing is a neat writing premise that demands a certain quality of writing the alpha legion have never once gotten

[plush swift]

Most stupid thing GW Wrote lore wise is the fall of cadia

Ngl

[hollow goblet]

Yeah they do have the benefit of respawn timers so killing them isn't even consequential either

Which is funny that I was shitting on the Night Lords before bc as much as they're the cringiest legion their books are ridiculously well written

[visual turret]

Disagree

[hollow goblet]

If you don't like chaos and wanna read one series, probably read the night lords

[plush swift]

I was just curious about Varangians / Kievan Rus since well my ancestors can be traced back to that I guess.

[visual turret]

Conceptually I like it. It’s good actually having a story that actually…y’know, MOVES somewhere

[plush swift]

I honestly dont care.

[visual turret]

Has big impacts, actual progress

[plush swift]

They destroyed my home.

It sucks.

[visual turret]

Suck it up

[plush swift]

Nuff said.

[visual turret]

Cope

[plush swift]

Plus it was an absolute shitshow what the Imperial Navy pulled.

Imagine abandoning the ground forces that are still fighting as the goddamn planet buckles and breaks.

[visual turret]

Sure the story involving nearly every faction is a bit wacky but 40k thrives on ‘a bit wacky’

[plush swift]

Eternal Shame on the Imperial Navy

[hollow goblet]

Yeah I didn't like Cadia bc it felt like they were trying to have their super smash bros event with every faction

[plush swift]

Funny how they destroyed Cadia in lore.

Yet cadians somehow still fight the hardest out of all Guard Regiments.

And almost everyone still copies them.

[hollow goblet]

When narratively the "correct" thing to do was use it to reintroduce the Exodites, Ynnari and an aeldar refresh and actually consolidate them into a real faction worth buyin and playing

But no lets have Trazyn show up and fucking pokeball thunder warriors onto the battlefield bc its whacky or whatever

[plush swift]

Instead we got new guard models that I really dont like tbh.

But thats just me shrug

[hollow goblet]

Yeah they didn't even commit to the guard refresh y'all got new cadians, 2 new tanks, half a box of kreigers and all of the other factions are still exclusively kitbash projects

I'd probably collect guard if I could actually fucking play chem dogs and not cadians

[plush swift]

And new Kasrkin

That look worse than the old ones

[hollow goblet]

tru I forget kaskrin

[plush swift]

more than 80% of the Regiments listed in the Codex

Aint even playable.

Ive only ever seen Kriegers, Legionaiires, Cadians.

[hollow goblet]

They're like T'au auxiliaries

[plush swift]

And ive seen one dude who went through a re-casting process.

to make Jannisaries

of his own.

Which got him banned from our store.

Because the store manager is a [REDACTED]

[hearty bear]

He can’t even buy from there anymore?

[hollow goblet]

They have like 3 lines of lore and you can tell those are placeholders for like "This is a pyschic T'au empire species who works alongside military"

[plush swift]

Completely banned him.

Even though mind you.

He bought over 2500 euros worth of Guardsmen.

And has 4 or 5 different Guard Armies.

[hollow goblet]

So you know theres' absolutely no lore or art beyond "we would like to give t'au a psyker unit eventually"

[plush swift]

But because he tried to be different and cast his own jannisaries he got banned.

Like what the fuck man?

[hollow goblet]

Recasting is only wrong if you sell them

[hearty bear]

I wouldn’t worry about the manager, once GW finds out that they’re losing .01 percent of their profits from this guy they’ll hang him

[plush swift]

GW / Forge World dont make models for a unit you like
You go through the painstaking process of making your own even buying paint and brushes to paint your own things.

Gets banned

[hollow goblet]

Otherwise its a DIY project that will only produce inferior results without significant skill with the process

[plush swift]

It's the same with my Kasrkin.

I use the Old Models but Recast with Resin.

Cause I can make custom bases and troopers.

[hearty bear]

I REALLY want to make my own custom guard regiment but it requires 3rd party bits

[plush swift]

And name them after friends.

@hollow goblet Actually talked to the second manager at my local store since I know him in private.

[hollow goblet]

If you're playing at a game store where the managers give a shit about 3rd party bits then find a new game store dude

[plush swift]

And according to him GW Demands they make around 10-12k weekly

In sales.

Dunno if true or not but thats fucking mind boggling.

[hollow goblet]

Yeah official GW stores are the WORST

[hearty bear]

JESUS

well

[plush swift]

Its an Officiall GW Store.

And the only one in town.

[hollow goblet]

You are actively encouraged to employ the scummiest sales tactics possible

[plush swift]

In a town of 1.8 million people.

[hearty bear]

That would explain my local store manager’s hatred of 3rd party bits

[hollow goblet]

You don't have a 3rd party hobby store?

[plush swift]

I dont even play in that store anymore.

Or buy from them.

I just buy my things online.

[plush swift]

Not remotely close to me no.

And the one I used to go to well.

Towns occupied by the enemy currently.

[hearty bear]

It shouldn’t even be a problem for mine, seeing as the store is in one of the wealthiest parts of the city

[hollow goblet]

We have two in the city and they have a deal with GW for 15% off all GW products so its actually cheaper to go to the tabletop store than the GW one

[hearty bear]

I would kill for 15% off

[plush swift]

Id buy the new cadians but tbh

ill just keep buying up the old ones from Ebay

[tranquil kelp]

Same, if I'm getting official minis, I go to one of the nearby 3rd party shops for a discount

[plush swift]

3 Heavy Weapons dudes for 18 Euros (22 GBP)?

Hell yeah.

[hollow goblet]

This is in Australia too so a combat patrol box is like $300 dollarydoos here

[plush swift]

Unpainted but already glued together.

[hollow goblet]

discount adds up quick

[plush swift]

Yeah yikes. Wtf

I know from my buddy RHino whos in West Australia.

He said a Infantry Squad of Cadians was what

60 AUD?

Fucking christ on a stick

[hollow goblet]

Yeah I think admech is roughly $3 per point here

[plush swift]

💀

[hollow goblet]

that's THREE dollars for every in game point of admech you get

[hearty bear]

I remember accidentally accessing the website with my VPN on and wondering “what the hell is with these prices???”

It was connected to Australia. I have never been so blown away by prices

[tranquil kelp]

A cadian squad is $60 here in canada too

I ostly had to get second hand stuff off ebay

[hollow goblet]

You think that's bad you should see how much a bag of cheese is rn

[plush swift]

What the fuck is wrong with the Western World.

When I bought my pre 9th Edition Cadians I payed 25 Euros in Austria.

[hearty bear]

I think it went down to like 55 here in the US, could be wrong though

[plush swift]

In Ukraine they were even fucking cheaper

[hollow goblet]

Yeah we both have roughly the same dollar value but Australia gets way more brutal shipping prices bc we're a super isolated island

[plush swift]

like 15-18 USD maybe?

[tranquil kelp]

The cadian command squad is $55

[hearty bear]

Little thing called the Democratic Party

[tranquil kelp]

for half the troops lol

[plush swift]

38 Euros in AUT/GER

[hollow goblet]

Europeans are lucky that GW production happens in england

[plush swift]

and the Start Collecting Box was 70 EURO Flat.

[hollow goblet]

its a unique market in that way

[plush swift]

Chimera was 40 €

Sentinel was 25 €

Baneblade was 108€

Tho im stupid I made my Baneblade into a Shadowsword Titanicus

Meaning I will never have a use for it

Cause nobody ever runs a titan

[tranquil kelp]

Titans are the worst units in 40k

[plush swift]

Doesnt matter.

They will still charge you stupendous amounts of money.

[hollow goblet]

I'm super tempted to grab one bc souping chaos knights into Ksons is one of the only good ways to get anti-tank

[plush swift]

Oh yes lets not forget.

The store I went to locally.

Actively made fun of people collecting guard.

Official GW Store btw.

Or any "Loyalist" faction as a matter of fact.

[tranquil kelp]

Chinacast is a decent alternative for me

[plush swift]

might wanna share some of that with me in DM's if thats ok for you.

[hollow goblet]

So was wiki hopping

How the FUCK is there not a kill team of the Vitrian dragons

[plush swift]

I just dont wanna give GW money.

[hollow goblet]

That is the coolest regiment I've ever seen

[plush swift]

I want the uh Tallarn Desert Raiders tbh.

[hearty bear]

Y’all ever have autism and try to talk to your local store manager about warhammer video games and they stare at you like this

[plush swift]

I like the mix of Afrika Korps / Arab Infantry.

[plush swift]

Yes.

I tried that a few times, minus the autism.

And none of them knew about the video games.

[hollow goblet]

That's why I love my local store, its the only place I can go where I get out-'tism'd

[plush swift]

But if you ask them about lore they can go on for days.

[hollow goblet]

The guys who work there collect all but 2 armies between the 5 of them

[plush swift]

Time to make Moebian 6th Traitor Guard?

[tranquil kelp]

I've only played two games total since I strated in the hobby eight or so years ago lol. Two games in eighth edition

[plush swift]

Havent played one cause my store is cringe.

[hearty bear]

be extremely invested in tabletop and lore
has never heard of DoW

[plush swift]

Yeah...

They asked me what my paintjob on my minis was

110th Cadian

3rd Edition Regiment

They didnt know a 3rd Edition Regiment.

💀

and the 110th only appeared in DOW

and the 3rd Ed Codex.

No lore, no nothing to em.

[hearty bear]

Zamn

[plush swift]

Except they turned on their own unit and began killing them in the name of Khorne.

[tranquil kelp]

I'm not too familiar with the lore myself, only recently started reading the books

[plush swift]

I've never read any book.

Cause they are stupidly expensive.

[hearty bear]

I’m getting a shit ton for Christmas

[tranquil kelp]

i just torrent them

Privacy is encouraged

[plush swift]

But ye if you can share any non GW websites for minis send em in DM's lol

[tranquil kelp]

and appreciated

[plush swift]

Not like im ever gonna play tbh

The store here is ass.

[hearty bear]

If you can go through them that fast I recommend just reading through the wiki for fun

[plush swift]

O yea.

[hearty bear]

I do it all the time

[tranquil kelp]

I also made the mistake of going through the Horus Heresy series in order of release date

[plush swift]

@hollow goblet Friend of mine is doing the Kasrkin for me.

[tranquil kelp]

Painful

[plush swift]

Sent me this a bit ago.

[hearty bear]

AUGH

[plush swift]

SoonTM

My beloved boys.

[tranquil kelp]

WHY DO I NEED A FLOW CHART TO READ A BOOK SERIES

[plush swift]

Do they not.. number them on the side?

[hearty bear]

That looks
Incredibly snappable

[plush swift]

Like Lord of the Rings does.

[plush swift]

Wha

[hearty bear]

The gun

[plush swift]

Made from a stronger plastic than the GW Models.

[hearty bear]

I feel like if I applied a bit of pressure it would split in twain

Fr?

[plush swift]

Yes.

My friend is just making 5 of em for me.

So I can name all 5 of them.

[hearty bear]

It looks like GW resin but damn

[plush swift]

With custom bases.

[hollow goblet]

I have the first 5 horus heresy novels and I have a feeling this will, also, spiral massively out of control before long

[plush swift]

wtf

my head

[tranquil kelp]

They released them in such a disjointed manner

[plush swift]

Which book had Eisenhorn or what his name was?

I dont remember.

[hollow goblet]

I've already branched into collecting CSM from thousand sons so I can get away with also collecting daemons, chaos knights and whatever random khorne, slaanesh and nurgle units I like the look of

[tranquil kelp]

and then theres of course the extremely varying quality between the dozen authors

[hollow goblet]

I think the series was literally called eisenhorn

[plush swift]

I just know theres a sequence where a dying Kasrkin literally GUTS a Daemonhost, which then proceeds to spill acid and bile all over him killing him.

[hearty bear]

Eisenhorn. It’s called eisenhorn.

[plush swift]

But the Daemonhost fucking got shanked by a Dying Cadian

[plush swift]

Might have to look into those.

[hearty bear]

I hear they’re good

Seeing as he got his own model, I assume they’re great

[plush swift]

Its funny how in the book apperently

Eisenhorn went up against CSM, Daemons and the Inquisition Multiple times.

But Kasrkin somehow still made him feel Uneasy.

Like what?

How?

[true inlet]

I have another question regading another Imperial Guard army

what role does guardsmen serve exactly in the army?

I am using Kriegsmen just in case anyone wonders

[short pawn]

Objective Points

[simple thorn]

Take and Hold

[true inlet]

so you just throw them on to objectives and make them hold the thing?

[simple thorn]

You can't cap Capture Points or Objective Markers with tanks

Pretty much

[true inlet]

I have 3 DKOK squad accompanied by 3 Psyker and 3 DKOK Marshal to maximise their defense cap

while bearing melta, flamer, plasma, vox and grenade launcher

I'd just send my army list here but that'd go against the server rules ig

[short pawn]

I think that was 9th edition only

[simple thorn]

Are you saying that a fully mechanized IG army is now capable of taking objective points?

also, I haven't played the tabletop yet

[short pawn]

They can hold them i believe, just can't leave them like the Cadian shock troops can (sticky objectives)

So yes they are capable. But you can't sit on an objective (like you cant physically have a model on a token) so that's probably a strong deterrent to this choice.

[true inlet]

so, I move my scout sentinel to give reroll 1 buff against priority targets

shoot and move my leman russes to absorb enemy fire and pack some punch

while the guardsmen clean up the rest and secure objective?

thats nice

[short pawn]

Sir yes sir

[hard kindle]

Inspired by the darktide cosmetics

[plush swift]

yes all the time

wait I didnt read anything past autism

[hollow goblet]

They pass me the butter

[short pawn]

forgot if i asked you, but do you have a seraphon army?

[hollow goblet]

Nah they are almost certainly my next project after I get enough CSM to play with

[short pawn]

ahh gotcha. was gonna ask you if they were annoying to build lol.

god i hope they arent

[hollow goblet]

I've built a couple of their minis, all of the new kits come togather quite nicely

Have heard there are some gap filling issues on some of the bigger models and they can have the issue of "assembling flyers/floating minis is often a pain" from the Starmaster/pterodactyl portions of the army

But overall I'd say seraphon are probably around the same level as tyrannids, Mostly pretty easy, bodies tend to be one or two big chunks with some fiddly smaller bits to glue

[short pawn]

Very relieved to hear that, thank you.

Think i've decided on them as opposed to chaos daemon tzeentch army

[hollow goblet]

Based honestly, seraphon are the only spellcaster army that I liked more than tzeentch too

[short pawn]

IIRC a large amount of seraphon models are also relatively new?

[hollow goblet]

I like gitz on paper but the wolfrider portion of the army really loses me its mostly trolls and stoner wizards I liked

Yeah they got a big range refresh recently

All of their new sculpts are gorgeous too

Easily some of the best sculpts GW's put out in a while

[short pawn]

I especially love the new Saurians and the groat

i forgot the name of the toads

[hollow goblet]

Yeah I've always really like the Slaan and mage skink portion

Yeah the Slaan are the big toad guys

[short pawn]

Where the fuck did I get GROAT FROM 😭

[hollow goblet]

Fun fact that's more or less exactly what the Old Ones were in 40k

If seraphon ever came into 40k it would probably be a hybrid army of disciples of the old ones + \exodites

[short pawn]

I would love 40k lizards so much

[hollow goblet]

I think there's a t'au auxiliary race called the Zoat?

They're like sort reptile centaurish things

They were originally a diplomat bioform of the tyrranids that would like come to planets and try to get them to assimilate willingly in like 4th ed

And then they realized that lore is dumb as hell and retconned tf out of it

[short pawn]

That sounds about par for the couse when it comes to GW lore

I cannot believe that they kept in the ability for space marines to eat flesh to gain memories

[hollow goblet]

Yeah the Space Wolves fucking love that shit

Like it's kinda funny that Space Wolves get such protag treatment bc when you break down their culture they're essentially a khorne legion in every way except the khorne worship

[simple thorn]

Hey, can anyone tell me what the hell the gun on my HWP is?

Checking 1d4chan and I cannot tell if it's a Starcannon or what

It's not a Brightlance, and unless I slapped on the wrong ammo config it's not a Starcannon (since it has 3 ammo packs on the back)

Wait, nvm, the ammo packs are part of the gun

Either way no clue what the fuck it is

Honestly thought it was a D-Cannon but I can't put that on the weapons platform

Oh. It's the missile launcher

Well that answers that

And now I have a 2k Eldar army roster

1 squad of Guardians...really isn't good, is it?

[median thistle]

I mean 1 squad of guardians holds the all important back field

They’re not stellar so one squad is fine

[median thistle]

Just keep them hidden and they’ll be fine lol

[simple thorn]

Somewhere at the back with the Farseer glued to 'em I guess

[median thistle]

Yeah they’re objective holders and purely there to stop the farseer being blasted away

So all they need to do is hold an objective or keep the farseer alive to influence rolls

[simple thorn]

wonder if I should get two more Spiritseers for the other two squads of Wraiths

[peak flicker]

Question. I got one recently to build Sydonian Dragoon, and I saw there was a holstered arquebus. Where the heck do you glue that because there's no spot in the instructions besides where the scanners clip on to the handle rails

[patent bluff]

Does anyone know a good airbrush?

Haven’t used one before but I wanna get into them

[unkempt canopy]

Progress on the collosal squig

[muted copper]

I only just really started and it's my first Ironstrider, sorry but can't figure it out myself😅 maybe try to kitbash a holster to one of the legs

[peak flicker]

Appreciate the info thanks though

[light zenith]

do you not have the instructions with it?

[peak flicker]

I do but the holstered guns arent shown as an example glued onto model just the scanner optional bits

[dawn stream]

I got my first definitive tabletop win!

[unkempt canopy]

Congrats dude

[dawn stream]

45 to 36. I was able to score more secondary objectives

[hearty bear]

What were the armies

[dawn stream]

Raven Guard versus T'au

[hearty bear]

You were raven guard I assume?

[dawn stream]

Yes

[teal wolf]

Victorus Aut Mortis

[scarlet geyser]

I am debating getting started in the mini part of the hobby

Would imperial guard, cadian shock troops specifically, be a good first army?

As in is the army simple enough to paint and make look good

Im aware theres a shitload of money to sink into Guard to make a tabletop ready army

[tranquil kelp]

For me personally, any army can be simple enough to paint. It mostly depends on what level detail you want to add on

Don't try to immediately go for the level you see from professional painters on instagram. You'll just disapoint yourself

And if you end up more concerned about the cost, just go for Custodes lol

[ocean pendant]

My advice would be to just go for what you like, you'll have better results and motivation if it's a faction you enjoy and are excited to work on, than one that you're not as keen on but is "Easier"

[hollow goblet]

https://share.temu.com/t6Gr9uS0c4A

Anyone play Orks and want themed dice that won't require a bank loan?

I think there's a Nids set on the same page

[tranquil kelp]

That's actually the most important part, yeah. The hobby is supposed to be fun for YOU

Kinda why I don't play too much attention to the lore lol

[scarlet geyser]

I would just like passable cadians

Theyre my favorite faction, and Ill stay way from painting faces

Theres a gas mask head replacement so I think that would be easier to start with

[tranquil kelp]

Then just thin your paints and learn as you go

watch some videos to help you get started

worst comes to worst, you can strip paint off of plastic pretty easily

[scarlet geyser]

I understand custodians are probably the best starter army cause of how little money needed to get a 2k point army going

And gold is hard to fuck up

[tranquil kelp]

I think a single Warhound Titan is one of the cheapest 2000 point army technically

[scarlet geyser]

I dont like the trans humans

[scarlet geyser]

factually accurate

[lament path]

When your army has 200 faces, people tend not to look too closely at any single one

[plush swift]

Gold is actually easy to fuck up as most gold paints suck

[plush swift]

Faces aren't hard to paint, it's just people get get scared by their own shadows who think they are.

Watch some tutorials from canvas painters, not mini painters, and it'll all make sense.

[scarlet geyser]

I figured it would be a good excuse to mask up my shock troopers

Dont like exposed faces in military units

I wish the rebreather from this game was an actual mini option

Guardsman with this mask and goggle setup would look so good

[plush swift]

yea but also masked up looks better

[plush swift]

agreed

[scarlet geyser]

That too

The GW official one isnt bad either

Would look pretty well actually

Sort of a “close enough” kind of deal

Ill start with a kasrkin kill team, or wait for the rumored Imperial guard box set

Probably the box set is the best play

Get a leman russ in there was well

[simple thorn]

So, uh, query:
If I wanted to actually play a game of 40k, how many dice will I need?
And what exactly is in those card box thingies?

Datasheets

Those are the thingies

[dreamy needle]

Question

Can you even use Yarrick in tabletop anymore?

I've been thinking about getting into it. (And I have some old models I would probably repaint and use if I did)

One of them is a 1992 Rogue Trader Commissar Yarrick. 🤣

I like the old metal stuff.

There are SO many old ones lmao

Idek what some are

[forest tiger]

I think yarrick is dead

[lament path]

He's just resting, is all..

[lavish crescent]

@median thistle it arrived!!

The paints arrived

160 paints!!

[short pawn]

From first hand experience it is not that bad

Cadia Stands is a 100 dollar USD box on Amazon that comes with two guard squads, a command squad, an armored sentinel, and a field ordnance battery.

I have roughly 2.6k points for give or take 600-800 bucks

[scarlet geyser]

Does the box come with a leman russ

Im not dure what an armored sentinel is

[short pawn]

It's basically the chicken walkers from starwars

ATST

[scarlet geyser]

Ive heard most of the guard army’s work is done with its tanks

[scarlet geyser]

With regular guardsmen as just chaff

Plasma gun

[short pawn]

It definitely can be, but imperial guard is an extremely versatile army

Plenty of playstyles

[scarlet geyser]

Guardsmen will basically not get any kills

Just really body block for the tanks

And hold objectives

[short pawn]

You have some guardsmen that will absolutely fuck, but your battleline troops (DKoK, Cadia Shock Troops, Catachans, and Infantry Squad) are mainly chaff for objectives yes

[dawn stream]

It depends on what you're facing

[short pawn]

Heavy weapon gunners have pretty good potential if used right, and Kasrkin are just good outright

[scarlet geyser]

Heavy weapon squads and thise with plasma seem like the killing infantry

[dawn stream]

If you're facing another chaff army, you'll trade

[scarlet geyser]

Kasrkin are badasses

Do people play traitor guard?

Is it even a faction that has models?

[short pawn]

It is not a faction

You can run an imperial guard army themed after traitor guardsmen or Chaos Space marines can run traitor guard squads

[scarlet geyser]

So guard vs guard can happen

[short pawn]

Yea, the tabletop doesn't really use any lore reasoning for battles. It can be anybody vs anybody

[simple thorn]

There's usually enough background fluff to justify internecine warfare

[scarlet geyser]

I have zero knowledge of tabletop, I have been wanting to start my first army for awhile now

[dawn stream]

The whole Badab War was just an excuse for non Chaos Space Marines to fight each other

[scarlet geyser]

Cadians now seems like a good start

[simple thorn]

Marines can be either doing Live Fire Training, or one or the other detachment is turning rogue and the other is trying to stop that.
Same for Guards.
Sisters of Battle are so fanatical they can literally just be killing each other because they think the other side isn't faithful enough, or one is too fervent and is fucking up the wrong thing in their zeal and the others are being deployed to bring them back in line.
Tyranid Hive Fleets explicitly fight each other if two meet, and it's implied to be a Contest of Strength sort of thing. Testing if one Tendril has what it takes to counter or surpass the other, and then mix and match whatever genetic material is left to improve later bioforms.
T'au have the Farsight Enclaves as an explicit rebel faction
Chaos will literally fight itself for the lulz.
Dark Eldar will fight each other also for the lulz

Orks...does anything further need to be said?

Necrons will fight each other for petty as fuck reasons or trying to reclaim what their dynasty owned in the past, but the other dynasty also owned it and reclaimed it from someone else through conquest and fuck you Imhotep the Bone Farmer, I'm not giving you control of the Smolexus Expanse because you look like a scarab with a mechano-cyst.
Cue aeons of war

The only faction that doesn't really do internecine conflict are the Craftworld Eldar because as haughty and head-up-rear they are, they're the sanest group of people next to a scant handful of Inquisitors.
So any Craftworld v Craftworld conflicts are more likely to be combat training, or the result of two Farseers getting screwed over by the Runes and accidentally an entire Battle Host

As for the Votann, no clue since they're new. But they have rival corporations, most if not all Kin are just clones with memory patterns burned into the sleeves, so they might have straight up hostile takeovers where no-one really dies per se (like the Dark Eldar, most of the time), but materiel is spent to exercise claims over trade routes and extraction sites

[dreamy needle]

He is yes, but does that mean he can't be used in tabletop anymore?

[short pawn]

He is no longer a datasheet

[dreamy needle]

That's sad.

I got this cool af old Yarrick model. :<

[short pawn]

Just proxy

[dreamy needle]

This is the model I got lol.

Not that paint, but that model.

I have options though of what army I could build..

Pretty much got a varying collection of models from like 2nd Edition and below.

Blood Angels, Dark Angels, Space Wolves, Chaos Space Marines, Astra Militarum..

Wish I could find the old 2nd Edition Furiosa Dreadnought

[true inlet]

One of my goals in competitive games of 40k

is to win a game with a guard

while none of my men is standing alive

[tiny cairn]

They died as soon as they signed up for the guard

[marble sorrel]

Very heavily thinking about getting dropper bottles, would it be a good purchase?

[lament path]

Ive lost count of the amount of 2000pt+ games I had that came down to like 5 men and a half damaged chimea/russ holding on till the last turn

[glacial raptor]

Question, does anyone have any religious symbols (icons) from the imperium of man? Im looking for some to paint on my tanks, to further increse their coolness,

But the only ones i can find is the imperiums logo, the cults logo, and then one i cant idenity on some of the offical images from GW

[static elk]

2 done 8 to go

[simple thorn]

Iron Halos, Skulls in general, the Aquilla, etc.

If it goes on top of a staff in the Imperium it's probably religious

As for anything personally, not on me, no

[glacial raptor]

Thank you! It was the iron halo i couldnt identify, and got it! :D

[simple thorn]

no problemo

[hard kindle]

There is also the crux imperialis if you need

But more for astartes i think

[simple thorn]

And honestly there's not really any Ministorum markings on that tank. There skull-in-archway I remember from Dawn of War as part of the Imperial Guard livery, so it's either a Cadian sigil or an IG sigil in general.
The winged skulls are just...everywhere on Imperium stuff. Guardsmen have it on their helmets and their lasrifles.

[hard kindle]

Skull in archway is the cadian gate if i recall

[lilac moth]

Bois are not feeling so hot right now

[glacial raptor]

Heres a painting reference i whipped up quickly for the iron halo should anyone else need it

[silver thorn]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pIoVqk151UU?feature=share

can u defeat his paint skillz

[pastel grotto]

Me and the lads on the objective

[coarse badger]

First shot at highlights and freehand

[visual turret]

looks good!!1

[queen monolith]

This is less paint, and more "help me plan". I'm kit-bashing my Dark Angels successor chapter with Horus heresy stuff. The MK3's fit perfectly with my Chapter's aesthetic, but I'm torn on what helmets to use. (I dont like the death guard-ey spike helmets)

[visual turret]

IMO second

[toxic stratus]

first one is boxy and not that detailed, second one looks too gk to me, I'd choose the last

[visual turret]

the "scowl" it has is really good, i know it's a DA successor but the DA are already very knightly and a bit "mean/dark" sorta vibes

[queen monolith]

My successor army is basically just the pre-heresy DA. Colors and all, except everyone has some sort of deathwing motiff

Very much Knightly oriented

[visual turret]

yeah

the DA are mean and give off that sour vibe, permanently scowling

the knight helms in 2 fit best

but you could very easily do a mix and match tbh

[patent bluff]

Dude that is so fucking cool

[lilac moth]

WIP for my chaos knights base

[patent bluff]

It’s great

Good job Fr

[lilac moth]

:D::D:D

Spend a total of 30minutes painting all of them

[patent bluff]

No way that only took 30 minutes

[lilac moth]

Just need to find the inspiration to start working on the actual trench for the base so i can start figuring out the placement for all of them lil dudes and barbwires and shit

[patent bluff]

Nice dude, can’t wait to see the wip for it all

Also I’m curious, do you use army painters for your main paint? Or whatever it’s called

[lilac moth]

The models are painted with just zenithal highlight prime -> snake bite leather contrast -> flesh tearer red contrast -> creed camo contrast -> guilliman flesh contrast -> bit of blood for the blood god for the 2 guys

[patent bluff]

Dope

[lilac moth]

Making stuff like this if not rushing it like on those krieg wounded

[lilac moth]

orange hounds ? 😮

[true path]

Just picked up this haul of Chaos Knights last night. $450 CAD for $1070 worth of kits at MSRP. Four wardogs, 3 chaos knight questoris kits, with spare parts to build the rest of the variants. And getting chaos knights started now is really expensive because all their kits are being scalped pretty hard, going for over double MSRP.

magnetized and barely painted.

I could strip the orange from the plates, or I could go over it since it's thinly applied by airbrush.

[true path]

hell yeah, what did you do for those flesh tones?

[lilac moth]

Guilliman flesh with some random shade if i am not wrong

[true path]

Well you've done a great job with it. Flesh is the hardest thing for me to do right now.

[lilac moth]

Flesh is easy, faces are hard to finish

[plush swift]

yes, very easily actually. Hes not very good at that. He's an amateur at best

that color right there? Its 2 parts chromium oxide dark, 1 part zinc white

[true path]

Yeah, the guy can colour match and make it look appealing on camera. That's the skill the person displays with those videos. It's all a bunch of skills, yes, but it's not necessary like Corpse Starch points out.

[plush swift]

he cant color match accurately, most of the time he's way off on the delta

it just looks impressive to the untrained masses

compare him to an actual professional...

[true path]

it's also silly and unnecessary to use so much paint to match a colour, unless it's required.

[plush swift]

its because he is trying to tone things with using quin magenta, hanza yellow, phthalo blue green shade, titanium white, phthalo green(both shades)

he needs to swap to split primary

instead of cmy

cmy is how you get high chroma bright brights, ryb is how you get duller low chroma muddy tones

[plush swift]

absolute steal

[true path]

considering that chaos knight kits are being more than doubled by scalpers and GW isn't keeping them on store shelves, and hasn't made any moves to discontinue the army, yeah. I'm happy with it.

[plush swift]

scalpers are the worst ngl

[wind hatch]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1033777463584628767/1180657209101783090/IMG_20231202_234932.jpg?ex=657e37b6&is=656bc2b6&hm=0d38c64886aca16e6b98bd85a82e2248d0c3298d4f626594558575485f8b3af1&

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1033777463584628767/1180657208632037406/IMG_20231202_234943.jpg?ex=657e37b6&is=656bc2b6&hm=128c87989f19c595ca8b1fdbe7c89413d4901e386883a389e928afe917ec5019&

[burnt sluice]

Need a vote on armor color 1-4

[signal crane]

Black stands out the most

So 4

[floral wind]

My black templar sergeant

[peak flicker]

1/10 Raven Guard infiltrators done for a friend's Sanguinala gift

[midnight locust]

The minis I’ve worked on the past few days all together

[thorn flower]

One or two looks nicest to me, maybe you could do a mix because the silver could just be like the base color of the armor’s material

[thorn flower]

The Kasrkin guy look traumatized. Good job though.

[simple thorn]

I dunno man, I think it's at least a 9/10

[peak flicker]

lol oh no like one of the ten models

[simple thorn]

I know, I'm being facetious

Does look damn good tho

[peak flicker]

thank you

I feel it could be better with the highlights but appresh the gesture

[simple thorn]

I think I've only ever done highlighting once and I don't think I did it right

I don't even know whi-no wait, it was my Ambulls

Or rather, Am-bots

[plush swift]

Not sure if I posted em.

If I did its a respost.

[short pawn]

You did an amazing job

[burnt sluice]

The gun metal is the base color for all of them, the others are watered down and painted over, hard to tell but they all keep that nice metal look my camera just is poopy

[weary wedge]

Dark angel veteran finished

[hard kindle]

i'd go for 4

[naive umbra]

After some neat little magnet work my Devilfish commander stands up straight without falling now

[rare hornet]

Anyone who’s used Caulk for base decorating able to tell me if regular PVA would be good to glue them to bases? Or am I better off with super glue?

[floral wind]

I use superglue but tend to find it has slightly better adhesive properties. But you need to make sure you are applying it to all parts that lay on the base ofc applying pressure just be warned it may seep through the materiel

[rare hornet]

Will keep it in mind, need to get some caulk board first though

[midnight locust]

Should I go back and fix the eye or leave it as is? (The kasrkin’s left eye, the right eye from our pov)

[static elk]

From a glance he looks fine, but then i zoomed in and now im cackling

I havnt painted flesh or eyes, i probably suck at both

[midnight locust]

Yeah lol. The more you look at it

It bothers me just enough I’m considering it

[toxic stratus]

it's an easy fix imo, go with skin tone and paint upper eyelid

such a great job looks a bit derpy with that one little mistake

[midnight locust]

So it’s the guy’s right eye (left from our pov) that’s the issue?

[static elk]

Probably do that for both just to keep it even

[midnight locust]

Yeah you’re probably right

[toxic stratus]

right eye iris went a bit long and it's bigger than left. it's a pain in the ass to draw an eye again highlighting upper lids would make them look even

[midnight locust]

I’ll start with cleaning up the lid

And see how that looks

[static elk]

Im afraid to even attemp flesh, let alone heads

Plus i think helmets are cooler anyways

[short pawn]

On the bright side everybody in warhammer is ugly

[midnight locust]

Easier than you think, just tedious haha

[toxic stratus]

those spare heads mostly stay unused in sprue anyway, train on them?

[naive umbra]

Flesh is one of those weird things that actually looks better and better the more slightly varied tones you layer over each other

Even with T'au skin, I use like 4 different shades of blue plus a hint of a purple in a layer to get it looking a lot better than if I picked just 1 solid blue

[toxic stratus]

it's a rabbit hole what you can do with skin. it's really fun to try painting imo

[static elk]

Well im painting my buddies orks next so itl be interesting

[naive umbra]

Yeah, try the same thing there with heaps of different shades of green

Start dark and work lighter

[toxic stratus]

even red and oranges if you feel adventurous

[naive umbra]

And as you get lighter go for less and less coverage on certain spots, so like highlighting cheekbones and brow ridges more

[static elk]

Ill need some more paints since i only have 2 greens, but im gonna prime them white and use some darker greens to atart

[naive umbra]

Don't necessarily even need extra shades, just mix a touch of white in varying amounts to get different shades from your darkest one

[static elk]

Thats fair, i need a new white tho

My ceremite white dried up and i can barely use it

[naive umbra]

Oh yeah, Citadel whites suck ass. Do yourself a favour and get a proper artist paint like Golden fluid acrylic titanium white or similar

[static elk]

Ok

[midnight locust]

Trying to get the proper wet/dry ratio on the paint is always a fun task

[naive umbra]

Funnily enough, I've come up with a great use for my remaining citadel white pot. I will use it to make layers of toxic sludge trickling out of this pipe on my Norn Emissary base

Since that's about the consistency it has now haha

[naive umbra]

I forget who it was that was running a custom Imperium faction whose lore had them fighting T'au alone and cut off so they mix and match gear, but came across these cool bits that are a mix of Imp and T'au tech you might like. https://tinylegend.eu/search?q=reforged&options[prefix]=last

[midnight locust]

So basically clean up the right eyelid with skin tone color and see what the result is

[naive umbra]

Nvm found you with the search @simple thorn

[toxic stratus]

yup that's what I would do

[naive umbra]

I think either eye on its own looks fine, the problem is they each don't look like the other, so you gotta make one of them the same as the other

[copper siren]

My trick is a heavy drop of nuln oil around the sockets

Gives them hooded eyes, darkest dungeon style

[midnight locust]

I’ve done that in some cases, especially with eyes I know I can’t quite do but I wanna give it a shot with this one

[mint merlin]

I really don't like how GW does smoke, like for that grenade

[midnight locust]

This I think looks better-

[static elk]

Hell yeah it does

[midnight locust]

Eh… needed a little more definition on one side. Now I think I’m happy

[simple thorn]

ooooooo.
They are Primaris marines which is the only thing, rather than guardsmen, but the thought is nice

Wonder if they still work with HH marines

[glossy hawk]

good god that is a lot of primer

[static elk]

Its a spray can

But yeah i overdid it a little

First time using white primer

[signal plover]

actually started painting my deldar

[plush swift]

I can smell the the picture

[static elk]

it smells like mising brain cells

[plush swift]

wear a mask

[static elk]

i spray em outside and let them dry on my stove

[plush swift]

let them dry outside

and you need to wear a maask

even if youre outside

[static elk]

well

[plush swift]

TItanium dioxide is stupidly bad for you

Like it is known to cause neurological disorders when inhaled

[static elk]

doesnt suprise me, i dont paint allot

this is the 3rd killteam ive painted 2 months

[plush swift]

The whole well ventilated space thing is a weird thing people say without actually knowing what it means

[plush swift]

you have painted more models than I have

in the past 5 years I've completed 15 models

[static elk]

quality of quantity im sure

[plush swift]

5 of them were warlord titans

[static elk]

thatd do it lol

[plush swift]

another 3 were warhounds

4 were large dragons

[static elk]

i dont have titan money

[plush swift]

I dont either

I spend my titan money on a chair

[static elk]

commisions?

[plush swift]

yep

[static elk]

gotcha

my buddy bought the killteam stuff and im painting it

although i bought my own intercessors beforehand

[plush swift]

I need to paint more

[static elk]

i really enjoy it, id like te get a thunderhawk or something to try my hand at a vehicle

use it to transport my vet guard

[glossy hawk]

@plush swift does white scar have titanium dioxide in it

the primer

[static elk]

im using walmart paint primer not the citadel ones so idk

[plush swift]

Yes

Its the most common white pigment

The next most common white pigment is zinc followed by lead

[static elk]

all toxic lol

[glossy hawk]

ive inhaled a fair bit then i guess

[static elk]

sad trumpet noises

[glossy hawk]

white scar has been my chosen primer for a while

ive gone through 3 cans

i do it outside but sometimes not in a well ventilated area

that being where it lingers

i usually cover my mouth and nose with a shirt

that still worries me a ton because last time i know i inhaled a ton

[plush swift]

just get a respirator

they are like $20

replace the filters every 6 months

[glossy hawk]

gonna get a mask now

yeah ive got one pulled up now

would i probably be alright if i didn’t inhale any more for the foreseeable future

im not feeling anything currently

fucking wish they told you when you bought it “hey don’t inhale this shit or you’re gonna be fucked up”

[signal plover]

Suggest wearing a basic mask if you have one - I typically am lazy and just hold my breath nowaays

[plush swift]

well they also dont tell you about xylene exposure too

[glossy hawk]

what exposure

[plush swift]

So xylene is a common additive in enamel paints

the fumes can cause lung issues

[glossy hawk]

is it in citadel or vallejo paints

or primers

[plush swift]

Acetone is in the primers

which is worse

[glossy hawk]

alright doubly so on the mask then

[plush swift]

but the exposure you're getting from the solvent in a primer is negligable

[dreamy rivet]

yall just been huffing primer?

[plush swift]

solvent exposure is based off of industrial settings witth 8 hour exposure time

xylene however is in tamiya panel liner

which people will leave right next to them for hours

[glossy hawk]

thanks starch

as always

[plush swift]

no problem

[plush swift]

I drank a small cup of paint water how long do I have left

[static elk]

20

[plush swift]

😢

[full quarry]

19

18

17...

[true inlet]

F

[plush swift]

Noooo

[dreamy rivet]

That’s the medicine they are trying to take away from you

[plush swift]

more than you'd want

[plush swift]

Sweet

[short pawn]

Traitor guard captain

[heavy basin]

My second ever finished mini. I feel like I need to learn glazing and better methods for precise, controlled edge highlighting, as my edge highlights still got rather broad in places. Good thing I’ve got tons more of these generic flamethrower dudes to practice on

[toxic rampart]

Finished the next layer of the terrain. Might age it, might not.

[summer sparrow]

Should I print this for my Eldar army?

STL for the original Armorcast Revenant Titan

[hollow goblet]

Ahriman is ready for the furry convention

Still firmly maintain that Ahriman should have a jackal mask it just feels right

[rare hornet]

Heavy vox distortion and ethereal echo “Awoo”

[somber sleet]

Love some Red Corsairs

[true inlet]

you mean STC (XD)

[simple thorn]

Honestly, I think the Tsons and Space Wolves should try and make amends. Find some common ground.

Like their shared fear of vacuum cleaners

[summer sparrow]

same diff, lol

[hearty bear]

The good ol’ days, back when every model was goofy asf

[summer sparrow]

It's gonna be goofier, you familiar with the Yriel's Personal Company paint scheme from 1st edition Eldar?

[hearty bear]

…no?

Oh boy

[summer sparrow]

Tiger Stripe Titan BAY_BEE.gif

[hearty bear]

SUPER goofy

[summer sparrow]

YUP, can't wait

[burnt wing]

I thought the Intercessors came with weapon options but nope...had to cut the boltpistol off to glue a plasma pistol from the battle sisters on there

Now I just need to figure out how to add a chainsword/powersword properly

[midnight cairn]

Doesn't 10ed not allow them plasma pistols any longer?

[small island]

You guys gotta hop on the heresy train!

[burnt wing]

They have them in the app though

In the codex as well

Not too bad for my first "kitbash"

[midnight cairn]

My bad, was thinking of a different unit.

[white trail]

Has anyone have any clue from where I could source , the heads for Wulfer and the twins

[plush swift]

The tiger stripes look sick

[summer sparrow]

Yea I hope I can pull it off well, gonna start printing the Eldar army later this week (gotta do some Battletech mechs first for me and my friend) and will definitely have progress pics, I'm thinking the best bet is to precut stripes of painter's tape, spray it black, add stripes, spray yellow, tweezer away stripes

[spare iron]

I'm pretty sure Wolfer's head is based on one of the commander models from the old rengeades and hertics models, so pretty rare. A modifed stormcast head might work. And, the twins look to be inspired by the swordsman body guards in the Dark Commune squad.

Here's the renegade model

Ah, okay, the model is called a Renegade Enforcer

[white trail]

any good places to get a similar helmet cause i checked on ebay they are selling for 100 pounds minimum

[spare iron]

Oh man, besides the sigmar dudes, not sure, I'll be looking since I'm converting an army, I'll let you know if I run into anything like it.

[silver thorn]

anyone have stls for sororitas units? I have tyranid and eldar to trade

:3

[white trail]

these could be a good substituted

If the eyes are removed

[spare iron]

yeah, those would work well

[tranquil kelp]

Oh boy. The old Forge world techmarines are TINY

[white trail]

i found something that these mask some of them work perfectly

[tranquil kelp]

The move to truescale really hurt these gys

[white trail]

yeah

[ocean pendant]

Are those Wrack masks?

[white trail]

yes

[tranquil kelp]

I think I'm gonna have to get a box of marines purely for HQ conversions

[white trail]

But you do have to amit they look similar

[tranquil kelp]

I'd hazard a guess they used inspiration from the rest of the IP

[ocean pendant]

They do, just wonder how they'd fit scale wise with Guard/traitor guard bodies

[white trail]

About the same height

[toxic rampart]

Kit bashing a Warboss in Mega Armor. Liberal use of green stuff.

[white trail]

Good luck

[toxic rampart]

Thanks

[plush swift]

You might be able to find decals

[river ginkgo]

Update to my new space marine chapter. The Kriegsreich chapter.

[plush swift]

Tried to do a glowing affect on the gun but I’m not a fan

[static elk]

Dem gitz may take our land, but theyll neva take our WAAAAGGGHHHH

[stray elm]

Not fully done but so close

[fair lagoon]

The Captain is nice but what really is freaking me out are the red/white socks in the background.. awesome

[stray elm]

Those are Christmas stockings chief

Don’t need to worry

[fair lagoon]

Honestly, i would drill the bolter nozzle

[stray elm]

I will concede, though that they’re very odd lol

[stray elm]

I commonly do, but all of my bits are broken

I plan on doing it at a later date

[fair lagoon]

Nice

[stray elm]

Idk how my bits broke it was months age but they were more or less the cheapest I could get so that’s prolly why lol

[visual turret]

Oh my god I can finally access this discord on mobile again

[visual turret]

I tried on mine for that bolter and botched it so had to go plasma pistol

[rare hornet]

@visual turret did you decorate the base of your knight at all?

I’m trying to think of simple ideas as I don’t want to take them off the base to do so

[visual turret]

Nah both mine are plain

I don’t bother with basework tbh unless they come on a base

[rare hornet]

Fair enough

[midnight locust]

Struggling to determine what I wanna do for army #3. Already have guard and tau under my belt. I’ve considered space marines and Custodes. Knights maybe. Nothing else I can think up catches my fancy.

[summer sparrow]

I advocate Knights

can throw 1 knight or 3 armigers onto Guard lists as desired

[plush swift]

traitor guard

[white trail]

I second these

[rare hornet]

Knights are fun

[visual turret]

What chapter space marines? A mainline one, secondary founding or a homebrewed one

[toxic stratus]

make a guide hole with your hobby knife first, then use pin vise

that way you don't have to worry about alignment and vise slipping

[midnight locust]

Lamenters

[midnight locust]

Which yeah

Yellow and checkerboard

[visual turret]

Not too bad

[midnight locust]

I’ve heard that imperial fist contrast over wraithbone primer is good

But idk

[midnight cairn]

What's a pin vise?

[midnight cairn]

Are you sure you don't mean Kriegsreich? Unless they're doing a lot of smelling that is...

[plush swift]

I still think its weird how they call it a pin vice, I get why but its a hand drill

[rustic portal]

I justb bought one pack of boyz and a warboss (The guy of the pict)

[rare hornet]

ORKS ORKS ORKS ORKS

[rustic portal]

YEAH

The Next purchase: Ghazkul Thraka

[rare hornet]

Big ork

[empty cedar]

I'm a beginner so go easy on me lol these are the first mini things I've ever painted.

I'm becoming addicted send help!

[median thistle]

Make a budget!

That’s the only help I can provide

[toxic stratus]

ikr! at least it's hand drill in my language 😄

[empty cedar]

I did beforehand thankfully.

This shit is too much fun

[median thistle]

Yayyyy

Yeah it is

[signal plover]

I cannot stick to a dark eldar paint scheme

I’ve painted these two warriors in 8 different schemes total

Poor bastards have seen more isopropyl alcohol than a wound

[short pawn]

I'm excited to see your work progress, these are already awesome looking gentlemen

[empty cedar]

Thank you, I'm doing my Deathwatch Combat Patrol Box when I grab the last few paints I need for them

[stray elm]

TBH when I made my knight I was lazy and just wanted to be done with the project so I just did the whole rocks on ground. But something like hills or even having a sort of lake they were stepping in was a idea I had

For such a grand project it’s really prolly best to do something cooler with the base in all truth

[short pawn]

impatience is the worst feeling during a long project'

[stray elm]

Yeah I am thankful it’s only happened this one time I learned how to avoid it from this

[midnight locust]

Plan on painting up new sculpts like this. Any tips on the camp pattern on the fatigues? (I’ve done it on kasrkin before but that’s MUCH flatter since it’s on carapace armor)

[short pawn]

even then, simplistic is good. That base ties the model together really well

[rare hornet]

Yeah, I managed to get some cork boards on the cheap and I'm going to look to make a ruined road

[white tangle]

Does anyone know if i was to buy "COMBAT PATROL: DEATHWATCH" could i hypothetically not make any of them deathwatch or are the parts specifically selected to only be able to be constructed as deathwatch?

[ocean pendant]

It comes with the standard space marine parts and a deathwatch upgrade sprue, so yea you can just build them as default space marines

[copper siren]

Dob of white, then fill in with camo

[toxic stratus]

it's just a bunch of space marines with deathwatch upgrade sprue

[white tangle]

So all shoulders to make the normal ones are provided?

[toxic stratus]

yup, generic packs with all the components plus 2x this:

[white tangle]

Thank you !

[white tangle]

Isnt that sprue the first born one?

[toxic stratus]

I took the picture with googling primaris upgrade sprue

[white tangle]

Wait, im pretty sure the primaris ones use the first born one. Very strange if that's the case because i don't think I've ever seen GW mix firstborn with primaris before.

[toxic stratus]

I'm a bit concerned with torso, rest should fit easily

[tiny prism]

any death guard enjoyers

[brisk vapor]

Very nice

[queen monolith]

Nurgles new weapon. Fun Dip daemon worlds

Looks sick btw

[simple thorn]

gods damnit man, you forgot to install CS Source

[plush swift]

I need death guard

would do unspeakable things for a death guard army

[static elk]

Wow thats some vibrant purple

[empty cedar]

3rd mini. I used Kalinsky Sable brushes for this one. What a difference. I felt the difference.

[static elk]

Do you plan on using a wash or are they staying bone white?

[solid junco]

Problem solved

[static elk]

Is that resin?

[solid junco]

Just Pla

[static elk]

Oh, cool

What is it?

[solid junco]

It the rogal dorn

[static elk]

Sick

[solid junco]

Comes with an ugly ass hole in the bottom so I found an STL to patch it

[static elk]

Im only dabling in kill team so i have no experience with vehicles

[solid junco]

i just like modeling Vehicles

im not good at infantry models

[static elk]

I want a thunderhawk, knight, or baneblade as just a project at some point

[empty cedar]

I was gonna add a potential dark contrast as a light brushing over the top and bottom for depth

[static elk]

Ah cool, im not big into nids but i like the purple chitin

[solid junco]

i have a Macarius Vanquisher and i might buy another or get a Gorgon heavy transport for christmas for myself

[static elk]

Sadly i dont have the money, or an airbrush

[solid junco]

i have a rogal dorn for Test bed stuff

[empty cedar]

I'm not super into them but they were a good starter kit to bring on vacation since I don't have a reliable way to transport my deathwatch

So if they break or something on the drive home, it's not biggie

[static elk]

They seem super easy to paint

[empty cedar]

They are but fun bc of the tiny details on the body and gun

I get to use my Psycho brush on them

They make for good practice

[static elk]

So far ive painted warp talons, primaris assualt and normal intercessors, vet guard, and now im working on my buddies orks

[empty cedar]

I'm brand new. This is only my 3rd mini I've ever painted

And I've never done tabletop before

[static elk]

Aside from the warp talons ive really only stared painting in spetember

Alao havnt played tabletop

My buddy bought the kill team starter set so im tasked with painting it all

My progress so far

I bought the intercessors just before he got the kill team starter set

[empty cedar]

Kill team set looks fun to paint

I have kill team kasius at home, deathwatch combat patrol box, and my sister got me Thrakka for when I'm confident enough for that

I'm very excited to hopefully get to that level

[static elk]

These orks have me sweating bullets

Never done flesh tones, or orky stuff. And their for a friend who payed for them

Kinda nervous

[toxic rampart]

Orks are easy!

If they look bashed together, held together with hope, spit, and glue, you are good.

[static elk]

Yeah thats fair

I did start with the least scrappy looking ork

[toxic rampart]

Scrappy lookin' Boyz for ya

[static elk]

Ok i was concerned i was makin these orks a little too dark but i kinda like them darker

[toxic rampart]

I just use Waaagh flesh from citadel. I need to learn to do highlights.

[static elk]

Thats what i did

But i mixed it whi krieg khaki and lightened up the top

[bleak summit]

Spearmint admech thus far, working on Cawl right now

[visual turret]

Arbites

Type of guy to turn off his BodyAuspex

[bleak summit]

love the red/green color palette

[visual turret]

Thanks!! All my Arbites are Dredd inspired

[bleak summit]

as all arbites should be 🙂

[signal plover]

I have stripped and reprimed my kabalite warriors 8 times

I have scoured thousands of images, and it seems most people just paint blackheart or obsidian rose. I cannot think of anything unique

[obtuse laurel]

Pastels? 😅

[undone wyvern]

Best birthday gift

[mint dove]

So how does contrast medium work?

[toxic rampart]

Nice!

[undone wyvern]

It has been built

Now I just gotta paint it

[toxic rampart]

I don't like the gaps, but that is what sprue glue is for!

[undone wyvern]

I'm also not a fan but I was sitting for 30 mins trying to get no gaps so I think there was a problem with the model itself

[static elk]

Fuck my phone camera is pissing me off

So blurry

[mint dove]

I have returned to warhammer and possibly chosen the worst model to try my hand at

The prophet of the waaaagh will be the end of me

[fickle inlet]

He's about to paint you

[static elk]

I couldnt imagine

Looks like hell

[toxic rampart]

That model is going to be done when I am at a good place. I have it still on sprue second hand, but I am missing the base.
I am not yet confident in my painting.

[empty cedar]

My sister got me this as a gift. I only started painting a few days ago 🤣🤣

[empty cedar]

Same. I'm saving my thrakka for when I'm more confident

[toxic rampart]

Humorously, I am using Warhammer as the core part of my final for an oral speech class. Lolol. Wish me luck!

[rigid dragon]

Curious question

I am painting some McFarlane 40k figurines. Would those count as going in here despite not being mini?

[toxic rampart]

I don't see why not. It's still cool.

[sweet sinew]

My first Arbites. My headcanon is they are posted on a world under Dark Angels control, hence green instead of red stripes

[hollow goblet]

Try to get some white right in the centre of the glow effect it makes a huge diff

[hollow goblet]

Oh ffs reply deleted itself

[plush swift]

what did you say

[hollow goblet]

Nah like it's the message beforehand just didn't link as a reply

[plush swift]

ohhh

[true inlet]

so let me ask you all a quick question

it is beginning to look a lot like Sanguinala Christmas and I'm planning on buying some warhammer miniatures to my friends

we have decided to prepare two gifts: one to give it to a specified person that we chose beforehand, and the second one will be thrown into a pouch and be drawn randomly

I'll need to get two packs for this, obviously and what do you all reckon would be the best pack to gift

I already got the 40k introductory pack for this purpose, any other ideas?

Will it be okay if I just throw them the model box alone, without paint and any other tools?

[glossy hawk]

rescued battlewagon

incomplete ofc

rescued metal deff dread

im waiting to get one of those little hanging thing between the legs that killa kans have

[toxic rampart]

Those are awesome!

[undone holly]

i got one of those yesterday along with snikrot and other orks

[mint dove]

First mini after not painting for over a year. Thoughts?

It's 3d printed resin which is why the surface looks kinda weird

[summer sparrow]

Noice!

Started my new Aeldari army, squad of Dire Avengers, a Farseer, and a Warlock Skyrunner all fit on one print job

I wonder what the most points per print I can do

[lavish crescent]

Anyone been able to get hold of any legions imperialis

Thinking about printing off a Imperator Class Titan for shits and gigs but curious if the adpetus titanicus scale is still correct?

[dreamy flame]

Moebian 6th Leman Russ Demolisher

[summer sparrow]

Yep. They're both in the same 8mm "Epic" scale

[plush swift]

oh you're returned

[solid junco]

[turbid brook]

He looks ready to “resolve” “violent” citizens (they said they deserve basic human rights)

[sweet sinew]

Someone was 0.1 seconds out past curfew

[turbid brook]

They said his helmet looked funny now they are spread across the block

[round bison]

why does it have to be sold out

[plush swift]

I blew my entire pay check on a knight

[glossy hawk]

ice soup it is

[plush swift]

yep

[solid junco]

Its not sold out here in euro town

[round bison]

bullshit

[solid junco]

Change your website location

[round bison]

cant buy it from there bc they wont ship to us from the uk website

bc god hates me

[solid junco]

Time for you to find a in between friend

[plush swift]

because GW hate you and wants you do buy a 3d printer instead

[mint dove]

Ye, gonna try again lol

Painting is still hard

[plush swift]

well stop thinking its hard and take the my class

[plush swift]

Nice advertising

[silver thorn]

this 😗

i want to get set up and print some bits after the semester

i need to get a venting hood though cause i live in a studio

[plush swift]

NYC moment

[plush swift]

i told him I'd teach him for free a while back

[plush swift]

dont mock nyc, its fantastic

Sure

fifth best place ive lived

worst place ive lived was ohio

[teal wolf]

we can nuke ohio

[plush swift]

Ohio is a wasteland

[plush swift]

Your the first person ever I heard say something good about ny

[plush swift]

I'm a full time artist

I literally can afford to buy a pent house in manhattan while I work there

so i can completely avoid poor people

But I dont by choice because rich people are worse