40k-minis-and-armies

[hearty bear]

Shorten it to ten seconds by just dumping the model in the paint

[obtuse laurel]

Gotta save time where you can, right?

[hearty bear]

Right

[naive umbra]

I like to believe that flaws is where the "art" is. Otherwise might as well just have a production line perfect paint every model.

[obtuse laurel]

https://tenor.com/view/bob-ross-painting-yas-wisdom-art-gif-4514528

[sturdy locust]

My boyfriends army that he got to play for the first time (I think) today

He's got more but

Those are his regs

He has space marines too but he's got his own Faction and lore for them

[silver thorn]

what pile of 3D printed parts is this lol

is this a whole model??

[plush swift]

looks like a warhound

[silver thorn]

legions imperialis?

[plush swift]

i dunno

Do you have incrustations for it

[silver thorn]

nope, it was just a pile of 3D printed parts

someone else in another server identified it quick though

Adeptus Titanicus Warbringer Nemesis titan

[plush swift]

thats a big gun

[silver thorn]

its for an old game called adeptus titanicus

[plush swift]

you gonna build it?

[silver thorn]

might as well haha, it was free

[plush swift]

sick

[silver thorn]

a sister unpainted for scale

i found the head

[compact umbra]

tbh i love her character (hot powerful lady ) i just wish she can be taken in an eldar army

[silver thorn]

shes so cool BUT SO EXPENSIVE

she costs as much as my celestine

[compact umbra]

worst part, thats pretty nromal for 2 named characters

check amaozn first

[silver thorn]

her model looks REALLY fun to paint, but I have to do my grayfax this christmas break

[compact umbra]

they are alot cheaper

im workng on my stormbringer/warcry stuff

im thinking after those ill probbaly look at 40k again

[silver thorn]

i found an ebay link with just her and not the elf guy, which is irrelevent to me.

for 40 bucks free shipping

[compact umbra]

lmao thats trash

[silver thorn]

yea

[compact umbra]

even for kitbashing

found them for 51 on amazon

[simple thorn]

I have so many fuckin' models to paint

Most of them Etsy

I got an Etsy Baneblade on the way, too

Manned by Not!Kriegsmen, too

[patent bluff]

Put together the funny guy

Love the Horus Heresy space marines

[silver thorn]

yea. ill have to think about it. ive got a grayfax and celestine to paint still haha. but i love this model so much!!

[charred marsh]

That is one thick lad

[patent bluff]

Real

Trying to come up with a name for him rn for my home brew dudes

[charred marsh]

Bjorn the Plump

Is a good one

[silver thorn]

thiccy

[patent bluff]

Tempting

[plush swift]

naw, it helps a lot in most cases honestly

[plush swift]

there is the difference between an artful flaw and major flaws that can cause damage to the work itself

[brisk vapor]

It hasn't been THAT long since 2018

[silver thorn]

is that how old it is? haha i have no idea. I dont play epic and im not really interested haha.

yea thats pretty recent.

[brisk vapor]

The old original epic/Adeptus Titanicus is old but that's from the rebooted edition

Original is from 1988

It was rebooted in 2018 after almost two decades of no releases

(it's very good btw)

Pretty much the most fun GW game I've played

Unrelated but big things happened last night, won two silver awards from Miniature Painting Open 2023. Wasn't really expecting much but was very pleasantly surprised

In standard unit and standard vehicle/warmachine categories

Entries in question

Stats how the awards were distributed

[sinful depot]

Working on some raptors again

[plush swift]

contemptors look so cool

[brisk vapor]

Indeed they do! Wasn't really much of a fan before I took a crack at mine and now I really like them

[midnight cairn]

Congrats! Seeing your work here that seems well deserved.

I was thinking, considering how rusted the skeletons' gear is, it'd be cool if the purple cloaks were faded in color, like they had been exposed to centuries of sunlight.

[brisk vapor]

Thanks! Honestly didn't think of that but I feel I like the striking high contrast how it turned out, but the faded look could be very nice as well

[midnight cairn]

Can I ask how you did the edges on the contemptor? Is that oil paint or acrylics?

[brisk vapor]

Like the browns? I did base them with acrylics and then oils on top of it

Both before any oils. Before acrylic chipping and after it

[midnight cairn]

Thanks! Lots to learn 😅 looks really good.

[prime crown]

Im learning greenstuff to make my mildly barbaric imperial guard

[midnight cairn]

It's the salame guard? 😛

[prime crown]

nope, homebrew stuff

[silver thorn]

i see EVERYONE paint the AoS skeletons. Every painting youtuber, so many people paint those models and show it off lol. makes sense, it looks very cool. congratulations!

[wary sonnet]

Why does this remind me of Resistance's chimera?

[plush swift]

please dont tell me the brand as I will judge you heavily

[brisk vapor]

of the oils? Van Gogh

[brisk vapor]

Thank you! 😄

[plush swift]

I knew you were using student grade

dammit

[brisk vapor]

it's pretty much the only one readily available

[silver thorn]

Results are all that matters. :>

[brisk vapor]

afaik Winsor & Newton is artist grade or whatever but they're always sold out

or just not sold here

[plush swift]

dont make me ship you oils

[brisk vapor]

oh that would be awful

well my white is Gamblin if that's any better

[plush swift]

ehh, i have a feud with gamblin but most people in conservation do

[median thistle]

me waiting impatiently for my paycheck so I can begin guard

[plush swift]

stop waiting for paaychecks and get them now with a new trick they dont want you to know called ransom

[median thistle]

Unfortunately ransom doesn’t work so well when you work with children

Mainly cuz you have to join a completely new job industry afterwards lol

I’m gonna have an army of headless guard anyways until the helmets I’ve ordered arrive

[plush swift]

Ransom the adults

duh

[median thistle]

😂 I wish

It’s gonna be so strange though, I’m going to put more effort into detailing the guardsman than I will my space marines

[mint dove]

He's beautiful

...now how do I paint a squig

[plush swift]

you paint a squig like a squig

[mint dove]

I'm not sure if I have the right shade of red for squig base

I have mephiston,wazdakka,evil sun skarlet,wild rider red,trolslayer orange,fire dragon blight and blood angels red contrast

And in vallejo I have bloody red and scarlet red

But I don't know if it's right, maybe I need a burnt umber, like rhinox hide

[edgy jackal]

It's a squig, not an electrical junction box in a factory; it doesn't need to have a specified RAL colour, unless you're trying to mimic box art.

[clear finch]

I'm designing some custom Power Armor models inspired by the old RT art, particularly the LE10 power armored trooper (2nd image).

Currently this is what I've got for the torso, But i'd like to ask, does this seems like im going in a good direction?

[prime crown]

Bit late but no, Im making my own regiment named Scythian Gromtroopers, based roughly on central europe and eastern step people

[midnight cairn]

Don't mind me, I was just poking fun, as the green stuff looked like hanging sausages to me 😉 I mean no offense, though.

[prime crown]

They also accidentaly look like half life 1 soldiers

No, no sausage is very european, its okay

I should in fact roll some green stuff sausages

[midnight cairn]

Hey, some very cool dudes!

[silver thorn]

MY ASS IS HEAVY

its probably been done but painting some enforcers as HL2 combine would be pretty cool

[plush swift]

Then DO it

[willow plover]

HEll yeah

[silver thorn]

IVE ALREADY GOT ENOUGH ON MY PLATE!!

[plush swift]

Get a bigger plate

Ain’t that hard

[prime crown]

„Pick up that can, scum.”

[silver thorn]

https://youtu.be/-LvisIolgyo

[mint dove]

So I painted a resin mini for a buddy of mine but I don't like how it turned out, can I just soak it in isopropyl alcohol to remove the paint? Or will that melt the mini too

[silver thorn]

as long as its cured it should be good

its not a bucket of tamiya :>

https://youtu.be/iVeowr06hPU

was doing some googling and found a video of a guy who did it no problems.

[plush swift]

MY KNIGHT SHIPMENT TIME GOT DELAYED

[median thistle]

The deed is done

yessssssss, though I have to wait until after christmas :(

[pastel grotto]

The arbites showing me what they got from the nurgle gang raid

[silver thorn]

D:

[silver thorn]

Nooo, christmas is a comfy time to paint

[median thistle]

yeah sad times, gives me time to wait for my 3rd party helmets to ship at least I guess

[plush swift]

Whats up with the super small knights I’ve been seeing on the GW website

[silver thorn]

Legiones Imperialis

its like

40k if they shrunk it 5 times

so it has a focus on titans and tanks

I randomly got sent a free titan from Adeptus Titanicus this week by mistake

i have no instructions for it though haha

my 40 foot tall sister of battle amid the remains of the titan she just ripped apart with her bare hands

[rare hornet]

Can’t go wrong with a warbringer, and yeah it’s smol, because here’s a same scale knight for reference

[silver thorn]

maybe this is a sign epic is cool haha

but tbh Im just getting into this as a hobby so... Ill finish my sisters of battle inquisition army first

[mint dove]

How exactly do I apply waterslides correctly?

I have 'ard coat, matte medium, micro sol and micro set

[clear arch]

Another infiltrator done!

[plush swift]

depends on the resin

[heavy basin]

I’m fairly new to 40k, looking to play dark angels and just now looking into list building. I have a question: can I run a Deathwing command squad, which contains one Deathwing Ancient, one Deathwing Apothecary, one Deathwing Champion, and two Deathwing Terminators, with an attached Deathwing Strikemaster, an attached Terminator Chaplain, and an attached terminator Captain? I’m still very unsure of how the attaching works and what limitations are, especially for Deathwing command squad as it already has three unique models built in. Any guidance is appreciated!

[plush swift]

Me rn:

[plush swift]

You can probably find PDFs of the instructions

[silver thorn]

look at the datacard of the unit you want to attach. for my army, for example, the Palatine says exactly what she can attach too. Each leader has the trait Leader and some rules text that says what it can lead.

[silver thorn]

I'll Google it rn

[heavy basin]

Thanks! I think where I’m most confused is, how many models with the “leader” keyword can be attached to any given unit? All of the leader models I’m considering, I believe, can be attached to a Deathwing command squad, but I’m wondering if there’s a limit to how many can be attached.

[silver thorn]

usually the leader keyword says you can only have 1, but sometimes the datacard will say something that let's it have more than 1

See how the Canoness just says what it can attach too?

Then the Imagifier has specific rules that let it join a squad that has one of 3 other units.

that confused the crap out of me too

[silver thorn]

https://imgur.com/a/bJHkmRn

i found them very easily actually

[plush swift]

Yippie

[sinful depot]

Infiltrator and incursor shenanigans as I begin to finish them up

[heavy basin]

Okay, so if I’m understanding correctly, I could have a Chaplain in Terminator armor, or a Deathwing Strikemaster, leading my Deathwing Command Squad, but not both attached, based on the Strikemaster saying he can be attached even if another “captain” keyword has already been attached, and unfortunately the chaplain has the “chaplain” keyword instead of “captain” keyword.

If that’s correct that kinda sucks, cause I really wanted both and the Strikemaster allows for another leader to be attached, but it just has to also be a captain leader.

[silver thorn]

Yea i HAVE heard rumblings about that

that the space marine leader options are really wierdly restrictive and make no sense

[toxic rampart]

Ork boyz have an ability like this as well.
As long as they 20 strong starting, and have a normal warboss attached, they have one more leader unit attached as well. If all the boyz die, they get to be solo units.

[little ledge]

Infiltrator commsman

[simple thorn]

Oh hey, I have some of those fern things too

Used 'em on some of my Votann bases

[sinful depot]

those crystals are dope what are they?

[heavy basin]

I’ve heard dark angels may be getting a new codex in spring 2024. Apparently we don’t currently have an actual codex for them in 10th edition, and it’s just an index of data cards and detachment rules that’s currently available. Does anyone know if the codex release is likely to greatly change and buff/nerf various dark angels units and mechanics from how they currently work? Or is the codex just an official book containing all the same already released index, datasheets, and detachment rules + pretty art and lore stuff?

Trying to determine how safe it is to be buying dark angels specific units and trying to listbuild before this new codex arrives and potentially wrecks any plans I’m making

[silver thorn]

the codex is generally a big buff

the biggest change is you will get new detachment rules which can really change how the army plays

[rustic portal]

Squig ready to get some colour

[silver thorn]

he red now

[supple sinew]

Black guardian weapon team

[visual turret]

Bought Morvenn Vahl

And the captain in gravis armour

[pastel grotto]

A silly little guy up to no good.

[mint dove]

So I'm going to to be painting Mt deffkoptaz and dredd soon which have a lot of armor plus little mechanical bits, can I just base the entire model in averland sunset then go over the metal parts with various Metallics? Will that end up looking weird?

Should I go over with handbrushed administratum gray first?

[patent bluff]

Lookin good

[plush swift]

depends on the metallic

[mint dove]

Citadelcbrand mostly

Lead Belcher, Balthazar Gold

That kinda stuff

[plush swift]

balthazar gold should be fineish

leadbelcher will show the yellow under it a bit

[mint dove]

I see, so for any light Metallics I'll go back over with a gray to match my primer to at least bring it back to baseline

Really gonna try to make something impressive this time

[plush swift]

use brown or black

[mint dove]

This is the beat I could do so far

[plush swift]

I have some leadbelcher some where

i caan make a swatch if you want

[mint dove]

Yeah that would be helpful to give me a frame of reference thanks!

[ocean pendant]

Just picked up the Flesh-Eater Courts box, I just pray GW give my finances time to heal before they release the Ushoran model.

[mint dove]

And a good way to highlight averland sunset would be a chunky highlight of phalanx yellow, thin highlight of flashgitz and then a top highlight of dorn yellow?

[plush swift]

the base layer is almost dry enough to put on the metallic

the base is close enough to the things you use

not exact

[mint dove]

Thanks dude i appreciate it

[plush swift]

left is kuratake gold mica, middle is leadbelcher, right is lascaux studio bronze deep gold

the kuratake ink is very high end and incredibly delicate, one of the best golds on the market

[mint dove]

Damn that is a very nice Gold. I may have to invest in that when I paint my custodes

And I think thr brown undercoat is giving me the dirty metal look I wanna go for

[plush swift]

its like $15 for a 60ml so a bit expensive

[mint dove]

Oh that's not terrible

[plush swift]

Compared to hobby paints, no

its cheap

compared to professional products, its very expensive

[mint dove]

The world of art products is vast and confusing lol

[plush swift]

its simple once you figure the base of it all out

its just very vast and tons of brands who do so many things

and they tend to all do things differently or slightly differently

[mint dove]

My biggest pet peeve is when I look up a painting tutorial and they have like 9 different paint brands

[plush swift]

My tutorials all focus around specific pigments, not brands

[mint dove]

Especially because where I live, my only options for paint if I want it same day is vallejo,citadel,mission, or Tamiya

[plush swift]

which the brand in most cases is irrelevant

[plush swift]

got an art store near you?

or hell, a craft store

[mint dove]

Only the big box stores, hobby lobby, Michael's etc

[plush swift]

with a coupon those should be "fine"

but seriously, swap rhinox hide with golden soflat burnt umber

similar color space, but its much higher quality AND you can do more with it

their burnt umber is currently my fav

I need to try their oil paint version out

if its the same, i'll be getting that

[mint dove]

Will do! I'll order some today, I need a good burnt umber to base coat my squigs

[plush swift]

I cant find better

and Ive been looking

[mint dove]

Holy shit its 18 bucks for 120ml?

That's cheap

And it's normal acrylic paint?

Thin with distilled water and all?

[plush swift]

its cheaper from an actual art store

like $11

[plush swift]

yes and yes

[mint dove]

Any other recommendations while I'm there

I'm painting flesh tearers so I'll be painting a lot of black

[plush swift]

their black is good

same price too

get their white(probably the high flow version though as its so much easier)

diarylide yellow and benz yellow are good and clean yellows

bismuth vanadate is god tier yellow but extremely expensive

its bright and opaque

pyrrole orange makes mixing skin tones stupid simple

i adore yellow ochre/oxide

dioxazine violet has no replacement

also keep in mind the bottles will have a swatch of paint on them to show the color and transparency

the only ones that are slightly misleading are cobalts and cadmiums, those tend to be more transparent on the bottle than in reality

transparent red oxide is also a thing that you should get

its one of those weird things that you'll be like "This has no us.... wait i can use this for too much"

its expensive but it fills so many niche roles for color mixing

also god tier rust

base burnt umber, glaze on some trans red oxide

easy and looks good

zinc white is something I use a ton but I dont know if you'd get much use out of it, i use it as a replacement for lead white in acrylics

brights slightly unlike titanium white which overpowers

mix in a little benz yellow to it and it brights stupidly well

zinc is how I do all my nmm work

and get those smooth blends

its a very advanced thing compared to most other things I do

[mint dove]

I'm gonna add all that to my shopping list, I need to work on my blending/glazing. It's easily my weakest skill att he moment

But thankfully post Christmas I'll have a bunch of cash and my girl is into warhammer now too so we can both get more paint

[plush swift]

well anytime you want a tutor i'll be glad to show you some things

that offer is still on the table

[mint dove]

I'll tell her about that. She's painting black and gold thousand sun's. Appreciate it corpse 🙂 thankfully I'll have some time too so I'll take you up on that post holiday

Because I'm trapped at work 12 hours a day til the 26th lol

[plush swift]

bring her too

if she wants

[plush swift]

sounds like my days

so fuck that

[silver thorn]

Corpse, I have a question. If I wanted to paint in acrylic paints is there any real downside to just buying a big jar of different primary colors and just mixing the colors yourself

instead of buying all these pots of oh so specific colors

just learning to mix the paints yourself

[plush swift]

None at all, and I'd be glad to teach you the basics

most videos about it are just flat out wrong

and all the hobby ones I've seen are based off a system made in the 1920s that was disproven in the 1820s, yes those dates are correct

We've known its wrong for hundreds of years, but "its easy" supposedly

[silver thorn]

so if Im not trying to be too fancy I can just get any big jug of acrylic paints and mix/thin them to where I want and get basically the same results Id get from Vallejo/Citadel mini paints

I realize different paint brands have like

a certain amount of pigment in them and cheaper ones have bigger particles of pigment which can make them "worse" for some applications

but its kind of hard to research how good "cheap crappy" acrylics are and if I can still get good results for mini painting with it

cause 99% of all mini painters use stuff like citadel/army/vallejo

or some more niche brands

[glossy hawk]

[molten star]

Howdy guys, my wife got me this servitor skull for Christmas and I wanna paint it but I've never painted anything model wise before, any tips so I don't butcher this guy?

[visual turret]

nothing outside the painting basics

thin your paints, put a primer layer down first, take your time

[sour sphinx]

Heh

Night Lords

Here’s my painted models

Working on this Maulerfiend

[molten star]

Thanks G

[visual turret]

no worries

there are plenty of "first time painting tips" you can find online

[worthy mortar]

If its something like resin from forgeworld, make sure to wash off the coating they apply.

[molten star]

I'm pretty sure it's 3D printed, wife got it off etsy but I'll ask her who made it.

[little ledge]

@sinful depot they from greenstuffworld came in a containter of 100

[sinful depot]

Bet

[little ledge]

Think they have one that glows green and they have some that dont glow

[mint dove]

Is blood angels red contrast an appropriate shade for flesh tearers?

Or do I NEED flesh tearers red

[plush swift]

just look into golden or acrylic gouache

[plush swift]

You can use what ever you want to

if someone bitches, just call it a successor chapter

[jade swift]

are you testing out schemes?

[peak flicker]

No just painting Biel Tan and Alaitoc for Christmas gifts and also have fun with color schemes I haven't tried

[jade swift]

oh ok nice

[hearty bear]

I assume you’re done with them by now?

[peak flicker]

Yeah I'd so

[fervent sun]

Hey guys, im pretty fresh to the lore, but have been playing warhammer since i was a kid(videogames). This week, ill buy my first ever minis/army. I was thinking of necrons or maybe black templars? If anyone has any recommendations, i’d love to hear them!

[median thistle]

which do you think looks cooler?

[fervent sun]

Necrons or templars, because they look cool and colors are very basic for a start

[fervent sun]

Does it matter which i get if im trying to play the game itself with the minis?

[median thistle]

I mean they have different playstyles etc, depends what you play, sometimes some army gets the arse end of the edition but In the end doesnt really matter as long as you like what you got before hand

with no experience before hand get what is cool and then you can learn how they play after

[fervent sun]

I appreciate the advice! One last question though if you dont mind

[median thistle]

Of course, im not a genie I dont refuse to speak after 3 lol

[fervent sun]

Im a big fan of the Adeptus mechanicus, like im a machine spirit enjoyer etc, are they viable and worth getting in your personal opinion?

[median thistle]

I have no idea how they play honestly, theyve too many words for me to brave looking at their rules

[hollow goblet]

Does playstyle matter? Crons are a tanky, slightly versatile shooting army and templars are a fast, tankier than average melee army for the most part

[median thistle]

even if a faction might suck, if you play to its strengths it doesnt really matter if theyre viable or not

[fervent sun]

Mmmm

[fervent sun]

In this case ill start with the templars

Can you merge armies and minis?

[median thistle]

10th edition no, they decided allies are stupid

[fervent sun]

So i can have blood ravens and templars for example under the same thing

It’s edition based

[median thistle]

oh that yeah, they made it so that space marines dont have say specific chapter rules

just detachment rules

so you can have the specific units from a chapter but use the detachment rule that might be associated with a different chapter

colour scheme doesnt matter

[fervent sun]

Alright that helps a lot! Every how often do the editions change?

Is it random or timed for example

[median thistle]

depends how long they wanna milk it out

got about a year or 2 before they even get through all the rules so plenty of time

but dont worry so much about editions

editions come and go and metas shift but as your collection grows you wont really give a shit how it changes

[hollow goblet]

Roughly once every 2-4 years depending on how complicated or poorly balanced an edition tends to be

[fervent sun]

Howlong is the edition? Like a couple of hundred pages?

The rule book*

[median thistle]

ima guess about 600 pages, I dont know my 10th edition rulebook is in my attic lol

[fervent sun]

Wtf that’s massive

[hollow goblet]

Only super particular ones.

I'm a thousands Sons player and I can bring up to 1/4 of my army in the form of specifically Tzeentch Daemons as allies or I can bring one knight/a titan in really high point cost games. We are one of the only armies that gets a half decent souping rule here, most other factions get entirely screwed over

Nah 10th is massively less complicated

[median thistle]

a big chunk is lore

then you got basic rules

then different game types

theres not so much in there its just a big book

[hollow goblet]

9th ed for sure was that bad

You would literally spend like an hour before the game explaining your lists to each other before you even start setting up

[median thistle]

true, Ironically I still play 9th, 10th was mean to my dark angels so Im sticking for 9th until my guard are put together

[hollow goblet]

And god forbid your opponent played something like admech

Guaranteed by the end of the second turn you're like "I don't care what you activated, what buffs you got, how your rules work or how I interact with anything: just tell me which of my models are dead"

Or genestealer cults

[median thistle]

yeah genestealer cult was bad

[fervent sun]

This already looks like one expensive hobby on it’s way

[median thistle]

only thing ill recommend, depending on if you have a group of friends to play or if you have like a club or a store you can organise, consider what you play just in case everyone else only plays space marines

[hollow goblet]

As someone with like a grand of plastic sitting primed on a single shelf: it absolutely is, yeah

[median thistle]

sometimes fighting the same faction over and over again can get pretty boring, from experience

[median thistle]

yeaaaaah...

[fervent sun]

I bet it’s worth it though

[median thistle]

I Just spent £250 a couple days ago so yeah...

[fervent sun]

I have a friend that is playing astra militarum

[hollow goblet]

Its something you've gotta now beforehand the entry cost is roughly the same as like a gaming PC lowkey

[fervent sun]

Is the paint the wallet drainer?

And brushes?

[median thistle]

the minis

paint lasts abit longer to justify its worth

[hollow goblet]

It honestly is and you can build up your army really slowly too

Trying to get a huge chunk of minis painted nicely quickly is a really easy way to burnout and hate the hobby

Much nicer to just take it a box or two at a time

[median thistle]

kill team is good for that

[hollow goblet]

Nah the minis themselves are really expensive

There's a lot you can do in terms of 3d printing to mitigate that and most people realistically don't care

But yeah the proper models are quite pricey

[fervent sun]

I found templar kits for like 100$ + - with like 7-8 minis and a dready

Unless you meant that

It costs a lot because you need a lot more to run a game?

[median thistle]

yeah it costs alot to run a small army on its own

[hollow goblet]

Yeah the value boxes (I think it'd be the combat patrol or boarding patrol) are usually your only chance at getting a big set of minis for a reasoable price

[fervent sun]

Wait

Does that mean certain pieces are sold individually

[median thistle]

yeah

[fervent sun]

Or is that only the case for stuff like the adeptus titanicus

[hollow goblet]

Yeah sorta, it also depends on the army, like GW don't price their stuff in game around the plastic costs necessarily

So you have armies like admech who unironically cost an arm and a leg bc a $100 box barely gets you 100pts worth of models and the smallest game size is generally 500pts

And armies like Custodes where a box of 3-5 minis can borderline hit that 500 point mark with the right loadouts

So some armies are just blatantly more expensive

[median thistle]

painful guard noises

[hollow goblet]

Yeah some of your minis are like one-off random purchases of one character

Especially for any kind of space marine faction its really rare not to have a named character or solo model sold somewhere

[median thistle]

indeed

heres a fun example of warhammer costs, though I hope corpse starch doesnt see cuz I know he judges paint choice

[fervent sun]

Wtf???

[hollow goblet]

And to keep this in persective the top 3 are actual minis

[fervent sun]

Naaa they’re making hella bank with these profit margins

[hollow goblet]

The rest is literally just paint

[median thistle]

Ironically the combat patrols are the best money saver youll get

[hollow goblet]

3d printing is going to put them out of business if their model doesn't change for sure

But they get away with highway robbery for now

[fervent sun]

Is the army set not worth?

[median thistle]

the combat patrols youre normally getting one maybe one a half units for free

[hollow goblet]

Any kind of value box is generally worth

[median thistle]

it depends on the box set

christmas ones generally arent a saver

[hollow goblet]

But yeah some are better than others

Yeah the new ones are ass tbf

Ork one is okay if you like squigs and nids one makes a decent second half to leviathan box

but yeah rest are garbo

[median thistle]

lemme have a looksy on the website it self and ill let ya know what is good

[hollow goblet]

Oh yeah if you like tyrranids there has literally never been a better time to collect them

They have two excellent value box sets and a bunch of brand new sculpts on borderline their entire range

[median thistle]

okay so for reference

the combat patrol for black templar is £95

no idea conversion rate yall can work it out

the 3 units, excluding the 5 intercessors you get, total up to £110

[hollow goblet]

That's roughly 180 AUD so roughly 120USD head math

This is the exact math conversion I run in my head every time I shop online lmao

Everything in pounds

[fervent sun]

Looks like someones buying a 3rd printer in the future

[hollow goblet]

Very smart call if you don't have a lot of disposable income

[fervent sun]

But jokes aside, do these boxes usually have enough points to meet the game requirements?

[hollow goblet]

I feel like I get a lot out of the hobby bc I enjoy painting and have a tonne of friends who play but the value might not be there for other people

[fervent sun]

Maybe a good business investment actually

[hollow goblet]

Combat patrol boxes always have 500pts of models

[median thistle]

gimme a moment Ill have a look

[fervent sun]

Was thinking of entering that market

[hollow goblet]

And the combat patrol itself forms a static army list you can use to play the combat patrol game mode

[fervent sun]

There is so much im trying to understand, cause im brand new

[hollow goblet]

So you don't have to worry about building your own army as much as its like pciking a premade fighter in street fighter or overwatch or something, the army is just premade and ready to play in combat patrol and you don't customize any of it

[fervent sun]

Thanks for baring with me

[hollow goblet]

Which is great for new players

[median thistle]

basically what you do

buy a box of one squad

for whatever faction you think is cool

paint it up

if you think its cool and not ass to paint, congrats your army

if not try a nother set

once youre happy then work towards army building

[hollow goblet]

Both is valid honestly it really depends on whether you like learning by doing or you're like me and pedantically research everything beforehand lol

[median thistle]

pretty much

[hollow goblet]

Combat patrol is good for getting your head around the game imo

It's the first time I felt like I had any idea what was going on bc I didn't have to invent a strategy for myself

[median thistle]

When I first got into the game I bought the dark imperium box

and for the longest time my dark angels force was a complete shagfest

[hollow goblet]

I just got given a set of tools and it was like "figure out how these beat the other guys tools: there is a way"

Yeah DA have a spotty relationship with balance

[median thistle]

well to be fair it was more my unit composition

[fervent sun]

There is so much lore that it’s hard to really decide what’s cool and nice

[median thistle]

went against a chaos demons player for my first proper sized game and had my arse handed to me because I had no knowledge, so I recently restarted my dark angels to make a cohesive army, then they removed half the models

[median thistle]

dont worry about lore honestly, too much to read, makes it hard to make decisions

[fervent sun]

I went with necs and templars cause they’re easier to paint for a start

[hollow goblet]

Also all the combat patrol rules and datasheets are free on the app so you can technically play without a rulebook assuming you can google one of the mission sheets

[fervent sun]

Ill stick to templars and see how the army develops as a learn, for now i need enough to run a game

[hollow goblet]

Yeah necrons are hands down the best army for someone who wants a nice looking army but isn't a painter and doesn't really wanna become one

[median thistle]

yeah, buy a combat patrol for either necrons or templar and some paints for them

necrons honestly got a nice combat patrol recently too

[fervent sun]

Owww

Time for some research

To see what will be nice

[median thistle]

tah dah

[hollow goblet]

That giant spider walker thing is unironically stupidly strong in CP too

Not worth investing anything into killing it because of how far back it sits on the board and so you opponent has to kinda ignore it or essentially waste a tonne of resources dealing with it that are almost never worth it

[median thistle]

points comparisons as well

for normal 40k outside of combat patrol itself

[fervent sun]

Looks like i need another box

[median thistle]

yeah outside of combat patrol you will need more

10th editions minimum army size is 1000 points

[fervent sun]

Necrons a strong af

[median thistle]

though necrons might be better for learning the game

dont have to worry about mixed loadouts and things like that

[fervent sun]

They’re straightforward as it seems

Compared to other races

You can have different weapon/sword combos right?

(Templars)

[median thistle]

yeah templars have more weapon options

crusaders can have blades or bolters

[fervent sun]

Necrons already pre set what they can carry

[median thistle]

indeed

[fervent sun]

Alright

I like where this is going

[median thistle]

plus who doesnt love the war of the worlds tripod of doom

[fervent sun]

It looks scary strong compared to a dready

[median thistle]

its not the toughest, but its got a weapon called the doomsday blaster

which needs no introduction really

[fervent sun]

Just goes through anything im guessing

[median thistle]

pretty much

[fervent sun]

That sounds cool

I like the concept of all this

[brisk vapor]

Necrons are very fun to play

[fervent sun]

I wish they made it more affordable

[fervent sun]

In the RTS, i love em

[brisk vapor]

They're my secondary army and quickly becoming my primary

[median thistle]

basically you gotta find a local game store, sometimes they sell things for cheaper

[fervent sun]

What’s your first?

[brisk vapor]

Ultramarines

[fervent sun]

Im searching around since im out of town just to have a look

And by have a look i mean buy

[median thistle]

indeed lol

[brisk vapor]

I've also got a force of GSC, Tyranids and unbuilt Votann and Death Guard

[median thistle]

I got a force of death guard and necrons I gotta sell at some point, lost interest in them over the phase of not wanting to play 40k

[fervent sun]

Why not keep em as decor

[median thistle]

they take space

[brisk vapor]

It's foremost a painting and building hobby for me, I play maybe 10-20 games a year

[fervent sun]

Im guessing a lot of space?

[median thistle]

well small bedroom so anything takes alot of space

A lot of old projects from when I first started and didn’t really figure out how i was painting things

[fervent sun]

You have a nice chunk of stuff

Eldari necrons space marines

Titans

[median thistle]

Question where are you from?

[fervent sun]

From lebanon

[brisk vapor]

Need to buy another display shelf I feel

[median thistle]

thats actually not so far, just wondered the viability of putting all this in a box with enough bubble wrap to suffocate an elephant and sending it to you

[fervent sun]

I love all this stuff btw, nice painting/ display man

[fervent sun]

Might be a little hard

I keep moving every 2 weeks

[brisk vapor]

Cheers

[median thistle]

yeah that would make delivery difficult haha

[fervent sun]

Where are you from?

[median thistle]

The uk

[fervent sun]

Damn you is far

[median thistle]

could be worse, could be american

quite literally a world away

[fervent sun]

I think easiest thing will be if i pass by the UK if that happens

[median thistle]

most likely

[fervent sun]

Valid

[median thistle]

the necrons arent going anywhere any time soon anyway

no idea how id sell them

[fervent sun]

You got like a market place?

[median thistle]

plenty lol, I could even use ebay

[fervent sun]

We have local apps here

Yeah, maybe you get lucky

Sell them for good if they re painted

[median thistle]

things to consider for next year really, not my highest priority right now until I need the space

[fervent sun]

What weapons are on the titan? And are those terminators on the bottom?

[brisk vapor]

It's a chaos knight, Abominant

[fervent sun]

Still looks pretty cool. Ik im gonna regret looking at my bankstatement 5 yearsfrom now once i start painting

[brisk vapor]

It has only one weapon options but can't recall the names

[median thistle]

warhammer is the best way to learn how to manage money lol

[brisk vapor]

And yeah they're the old terminator models

[silver thorn]

The scouts vs eldar kill team box sold out in one hour lmao

people wonder why GW keeps raising prices lol

[median thistle]

im amazed it sold out honestly

[fervent sun]

Is Wh going up in popularity?

Or is it just die hard fans

[median thistle]

both probably

[fervent sun]

W

[fervent sun]

Another question

What about terrain

And the environment?

Do i have to be creative and use a tissue box?

[brisk vapor]

Either buy what GW sells, buy 3rd party terrain or build them yourself

[fervent sun]

Does my own creativity work?

Cause idk if ill afford buying terrians

[brisk vapor]

Just look at some examples how they're shaped and what size they usually are and you ought to be good with anything you come up with

[fervent sun]

Ty friend

[toxic stratus]

tissue boxes, tp rolls, broken toys, styrofoam... anything with interesting texture will work

[pearl skiff]

There's a lot of STLs floating about, both free and paying, on 28mm size terrains, if you have access to a printer and some time on your hands...

[toxic stratus]

I guess only thing you need to be careful about is the scale. you don't want stairs with the size of your minis

[median thistle]

Plus some good mdf terrain you can get from places

[fervent sun]

Damn, more things to buy

Next thing you guys will tell me is that ill need to buy the table

[toxic stratus]

you don't need to buy anything tbh. your budget, your hobby, your creativity

people do super impressive projects basically from garbage

[median thistle]

^

[visual turret]

do I p[aint my morvenn vahl first ot my new SM captain

[fervent sun]

Bro that’s pretty neat

Nice painting!

[mint dove]

What're the preferred weapons for a Deff dredd? I wanted to go rokkit launcher because it fits the badmoons theme but I dunno what's best

[mint dove]

Not bad! I'd recommend thinning your paint a smidgen more next time but he looks pretty good

I think it gets a choice between 2 melee weapons and 2 ranged weapons

The ranged weapons being a Big shoota,Scorcha,rokkit launcher,kustom mega blasta

[hearty bear]

What’s even better is that it gets the heavy keyword on its main gun while standing still for an entire turn

So you basically just have some nice artillery at the back of the board that can take potshots at whatever’s in range

[plush swift]

yes

[visual turret]

I went for Vahl

I don't quite have the gold I want so she'll have to live with retributor and a highlighted drybrush

[plush swift]

just make your own gold

[visual turret]

Just

[plush swift]

yes

its easy

just do it

[visual turret]

tbh it probably would have helped had I primed her silver instead of black but

ah well

hindishgt is 2020

[wary sonnet]

[stray elm]

I just got a box as well

Need to look at rules and my bits box for what to give them tho

[cyan wharf]

My brothers Adeptus Imperialis Baneblades

[ocean pendant]

Got myself a little Christmas gift

[patent bluff]

Nice 👍

[patent bluff]

They look so tiny lmao

But very good

[mint dove]

Anyone know how to achieve that blood angels blonde hair color?

This one

The citadel guide doesn't say

[plush swift]

yellow ochre, brown wash, naples yellow highlight, white highlight

[mint dove]

Is yellow ochre around averland sunset?

[short pawn]

They're so cute

[plush swift]

I mean it can be? averland sunset has 15 different hues to it depending on batch code

but generally no

its closer to tau ochre

tau ochre is just purely worse

though

tau ochre is paler

and more brown

[mint dove]

Ahh I see. I have Vallejo game bronze fleshtone. That seems close

[plush swift]

could be, it contains yellow ochre

[plush swift]

Merry Christmas eve😈

[patent bluff]

Got some Tartarus Terminators and a Contemptor dreadnought from my mother today, big Christmas moment

[plush swift]

Sweet

[wary sonnet]

This thing oughta shred some loyalists.

[patent bluff]

Yessir

Love the Horus Heresy 😈😈

[patent bluff]

Looks sick

[plush swift]

30k is peak

[patent bluff]

FACTS

I think after I paint my Age of Darkness box imma get either Horus or Mortarion

Of course before he is cringe

[plush swift]

Might be a crazy take but 30k is cooler thanks 40k

[wary sonnet]

Get Perturabo.

And that battle force, or whatever it's called.

With the mk III boys.

[wary sonnet]

And I realized that I left the lower part of the pauldron un-painted.

Just fixed that.

[patent bluff]

Nah it’s a valid and based take

[plush swift]

40k marines looks lame as fuck

[wary sonnet]

I like the traitor marine look from 40k.

They're all individual units.

Unlike the primaris.

[patent bluff]

Horus Heresy marines have mad customization and you can make your army look unique with how many genuine helmet and armor options you have

Horus Heresy terminators look better too

[wary sonnet]

Cataphractii supremacy.

[patent bluff]

They have the bulky build but the armor doesn’t make them look like they have scoliosis

[plush swift]

I would do unspeakable things for some beakies

[patent bluff]

Real shit

[wary sonnet]

Though the only terminators I have are the Thousand Sons one.

[patent bluff]

Wish the Age of Darkness box wasn’t fully Mk6

[wary sonnet]

Tartaros pattern ones.

[patent bluff]

Real shit

I want to get some Mk3 or 4 just for the helmets

They are so damn good

[wary sonnet]

Yeah, mk III helmets are sick.

[patent bluff]

I do enjoy the Corvus Pattern tho

[plush swift]

I like 40k thousand suns more than 30k tho

[patent bluff]

40k traitor marines all look better

[wary sonnet]

The 40k ones are lifeless.

[plush swift]

Yeah

[wary sonnet]

Literally.

I have a 40k traitor army.

Or making one.

[plush swift]

Plauge marines gotta be the best looking one

[patent bluff]

It’s like everything was swapped 30k has better loyalists while 40k has mid as shit

40k has better traitor marines while 30k have mid loyalists

[wary sonnet]

The berzerker helmets are top notch.

[patent bluff]

I fucked that message up

But you get my point

[wary sonnet]

Raptors have interesting designs too.

[plush swift]

40k doesn’t have sanguinius😢

[patent bluff]

L

[wary sonnet]

It has Dante.

[plush swift]

sanguinius is peak

[patent bluff]

Too bad he is like

Dead

[plush swift]

30k blood angels is my dream army

[patent bluff]

Make it a reality

[plush swift]

I’m BROKE

[patent bluff]

I’m doing half of mine as a home brew chapter and the rest as Sons of Horus (I love Horus before he was stupid)

[plush swift]

I bought a knight and I’m still recovering

[patent bluff]

Yikes

I can’t bring myself to drop anything on a knight

[plush swift]

He can literally solo a warlock titan

[patent bluff]

Rip to the homie Fr

[plush swift]

He’ll be apart of the blood angles army

[patent bluff]

Correct me if I’m wrong as I’m newer to the lore, doesn’t the blood angle legion suffer from sum like the blood rage or whatever where everyone they see is just Horus

[plush swift]

The red rage and the Horus thing are different thing

[patent bluff]

Yeah

What am I thinking of then?

[plush swift]

The black rage

[patent bluff]

Okay

I see

[visual turret]

Vahl almost done

[plush swift]

What armor is this

[tranquil kelp]

Looks kinda like MK V

Chest and helmet look like MK II

But the arms and legs look like MK VII

Nevermind, it's just MK II with different legs

Forgot what the MK II arms looked like

[keen notch]

The fact people remember armor type and heres me not evem being able to memorise which legion/chapter has which number 💀

[floral wind]

Well. It may be premature but im sharing this anyway, my first to latest mini. Since this Wednesday will mark my 1st anniversary since I started painting. I've learnt many things and have still so much yet to learn im excited to see where I will go in the future regarding the hobby. And what projects I will create to share

[plush swift]

You missed a spot

[floral wind]

https://tenor.com/view/penguin-hide-you-didnt-see-anything-penguins-of-madagascar-gif-15123878

From across a table no one will notice lol

[plush swift]

I will, but I'm used to trying to spot mistakes from far away because of my job

So most won't notice

Unless they are weird like me

(its on the bottom of the foot on the toe in side the boot btw)

[jaunty trail]

I see templars brother i upvote! For Dorn! For the emperor!

[floral wind]

Glad you like :3

[jaunty trail]

@floral wind always battlebrother!

[floral wind]

Templars 🤝 Crimson Fists

[jaunty trail]

Always. For Dorn! For the Emperor!

The crusade will be eternal!

https://tenor.com/view/black-templars-chaplain-attack-warhammer40k-adeptus-astartes-warhammer40000-heavy-infantry-gif-19283245

[short pawn]

Ngl if my opponent was actively looking for mistakes on my miniature i would jump at them like a FNAF jumpscare

[clear arch]

Finally had the "Aha" moment I needed for using contrast paint and making it not look like shit

Felt good to be able to manually work myself through what I was doing wrong and then have a solution click

[short pawn]

Wow that army box looks so tempting

I actually really want that box. I hope its not too pricey

[ocean pendant]

Dark Angels are eating well this Christmas

[light zenith]

that Officer (captain?) looks so good, i may have to buy blood angels accessories, if they release it as a single figure.

[supple sinew]

Merry Christmas

[midnight cairn]

Wow, I want them all 😅

[hearty bear]

Blud that’s belial

[sudden notch]

It'll be sold out before you ever get chance

[short pawn]

I'm gonna preorder it through my local game store 😈

[plush swift]

Got 2 knights to paint now

[sudden notch]

without airbrush

[plush swift]

I bought a airbrush a couple years ago

[supple sinew]

Painted a Krieg Sentinel for when my Krieg dudes arrive it's nice and dirty. So refreshing to paint something muddy and scrappy when you mostly play eldar

[fervent sun]

Hey guys, another weird question, i’ve been researching some stuff and im confused on if titans are for all the space marines or only for specific chapters(talking about the minis) (sorry for the stupid question/explanation, slowly getting into the lore and plastic hobby)

[median thistle]

Look what I gottttt

[toxic stratus]

Titans aren't part of any sm faction. They are their own thing within Adeptus Mechanicus and they have their own legions.

[fervent sun]

LETS GOOO

[fervent sun]

So

If i want to play titans

[median thistle]

Titans or knights?

[fervent sun]

I need to look mote ar the admechs

[fervent sun]

Titans

Like warmaster and warlord

Rever etc

[median thistle]

Ohhh, yeah for adept us titanicus yeah they have their own legions, they can be associated with space marines and such but I mean nothing stopping you from painting it however you want

[fervent sun]

Painting it will be HELLA fun once i get my hands on one

But as in for the game itself

Can you place it with SM or is it as dreadly said, i need to have them with the admechs

[toxic stratus]

uh, they cost absurd amount of points and you don't see them in normal games.

[fervent sun]

Wtf

I thought maybe 700-800

Never 3.5k

[toxic stratus]

you can play them alongside your imperium forces

well, if your points allow them

[median thistle]

Well to be fair that’s because they use the models from what was forgeworld

They are big boys

[fervent sun]

Im gonna look up imperial knights point cost rq

[median thistle]

500-600

[fervent sun]

Ik the difference between both titan and knight

But i want to see why they’re so much stronger

That’s fucking crazy

[median thistle]

Things meant to put holes in titans are remarkably good at putting holes in smaller things

[fervent sun]

Mmm

Ig titan will be just for show

Insane point cost actually

[patent bluff]

Merry Christmas y’all : )

Hope everyone is having a good day so far

[fervent sun]

You too mr sloppy (:

[sterile grail]

my wallet 🥲

[patent bluff]

Thank you person with Reze pfp

[stray elm]

Very sloppy

[static elk]

Im liking how the gogles turned out

A little messy but its a shiny bluish lens

[heavy basin]

I got a box of primaris Hellblasters for Christmas, but I want to make certain that I can put whatever gun on any of the models without it affecting gameplay. The sheet that came in the box has stats on the back that make it seem like each gun type has its own stats, but on wahapedia the entry for tenth (see pic) looks like the just get a generic plasma incinerator no matter which weapon model they actually hold. Anyone able to confirm if that is true?

[brisk vapor]

the sheet is probably from 9th edition, in 10th all the stats were unified to one option

[worldly pawn]

I got black stone fortress for Christmas and I’m glad the push fit models plastic wasn’t anything like what the starter pack had with the space marines and necrons

[plush swift]

You got a cardboard box top put all your shame in???? Holy shit congrats

[median thistle]

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-gif-19575284

[median thistle]

I mean honestly its a miracle, on one hand 3 attack bikes which are since extinct, and some cadian shock troops which gives me something to build over this week because theres no post until wednesday, which means I wont be bored out of my mind during my annual circulation of my entire family

[ocean pendant]

In 9th edition the different weapon options all had different stats, one was standard, one was an assault variant and one was the heavy variant, but with 10th edition they were all combined into one, so the difference is only visual now, they all have the same stats.

[plush swift]

you should trade them for more warhammer

[median thistle]

nah I was searching hard for those attack bikes, gonna use them as a proxy for invader atvs if I have to but I really wanted those

[plush swift]

My knight gave me a boo boo

[patent bluff]

What does this have in it?

[worldly pawn]

Traitor guardsmen, rogue psyskers, chaos units and heroes

[main mango]

Finally got some Admech

[wary sonnet]

3 down, 2 to go.

[plush swift]

Do you need contrast paint to paint bug guys

[wary sonnet]

I mixed up some parts in this one, so it may not look as good.

[patent bluff]

Dope dude

[patent bluff]

Nice cop, big fat man for the win

[static elk]

Whats the tau dude in the crisis commander with the sword?

Farsifgt, found him

[atomic bolt]

Pretty late and don’t got a photo of it but I got the Cadian defence force

[heavy basin]

Question for any dark angels players, I just got a box of Deathwing Command Squad. I want to actually build them as the Command Squad, but I’ve heard the Deathwing Command Squad may not be a thing anymore once the new dark angels codex comes out. If I go ahead and build the Command Squad, would I just be screwed and not able to play them with their current data sheet, if the new codex doesn’t include them?

I’m just getting into 40k and the thought of miniatures I just bought being made obsolete before I can even get them assembled, painted and on a board to play makes me extremely wary to invest anymore into 40k, if that can indeed happen.

[signal crane]

So… Sisters proxying as Kasrkin, or as a Catachan squad for Guard?

I already run kitbashed space marines as assassins and want to try and work Sisters into my army to make it feel more “Imperium Soup”-ish

[ornate bramble]

I got 20 men for Christmas

[signal crane]

Based and Auxilia pilled

[short pawn]

super fun game

[round bison]

The Christmas haul

[plush swift]

🔥

[patent bluff]

Bro got the entirety of Cadia

[wooden quiver]

I got no men

[plush swift]

Can you proxy a knight dominus to 30k

[mint dove]

Bro got enough men to actually save cadia

[lavish crescent]

Think you got enough tank with your guard?

[plush swift]

No

[fervent sun]

This aint normal right

[plush swift]

Okie dokie

[plush swift]

You can use what ever paint you want

[plush swift]

Ik

I just see a lot of people use contrast when painting bug men

[ocean pendant]

Contrasts are handy for painting small things quickly, so they're useful when you've got 120 little nids to paint

[queen monolith]

And update: The conversion helmets are on their way

[patent bluff]

ayeee

horus the heresy guy

[plush swift]

they are transparent paints, so people use them for fake shading

Never giving GW money again

[glossy hawk]

Soon

Love me some old as fuck deff dreads

so much character in them

I prefer them over new deff dreads due to the body shape and gangly limbs

[queen monolith]

Good shit man. Me and my gf are getting one too!

[plush swift]

they stink up any room you put them in btw

[hollow goblet]

As someone who sorta specialises in contrast paints (I tend to use them for the vast majority of stuff I paint BC they're so vibrant and aren't as matte and opaque as hobby paints tend to be, and then do a lot of dry brushing and metallics afterwards) they're usually best for anything with a lot of variance in surface size/height. So like, fur textures, feathers, rounded panels (not so much flat ones), skin/body colour, and stuff like that tends to be really good for contrast paints and nids basically tick every box for the kind of shapes and colour effects you'd wanna use contrasts for

[clear arch]

Another Infiltrator down, slowly but surely improving!

Eyes are still a complete pain in the ass though

And just precise stuff in-general, tried edge highlighting and just ended up being too messy

[sterile grail]

I overhoard DA kitbash bits... and with the new DAs coming out, these guys are going to be filled

well technically its ultramarines and DA combined

[clear arch]

Goddamn that's a lot of bits

[plush swift]

vent hood, you can make one for like $40~ or buy one for like $70

[plush swift]

i just open my garage door

I dont have the luxury of a garage

i forgort you live in nyc

[plush swift]

i dont

yet

[visual turret]

building my newest knight

god the weapons are cool

nothing on the lancer but

acheron is peak

[naive umbra]

Gnarloc Riders all but confirmed now!

[rare hornet]

Progress paint scheme on the smol boi

[short pawn]

From this angle you just look like an absolute behemoth holding a regular sized baneblade

[rare hornet]

Perhaps I am mwahaha

The smol boi

[rustic portal]

Now the question... Bad Moon... Or Deathskulls?

[pastel grotto]

The baneblade and the baneknife

[plush swift]

bad skulls

or death moon

[rustic portal]

I like your mind

[tranquil kelp]

Twenty Breachers and twenty more ready to be built

[wary sonnet]

It's... Smaller than I expected.

[tranquil kelp]

it's the same size as the box dreads

[wary sonnet]

Well, I've only painted regular marines and a squad of termies to this point.

This oughta be interesting.

Can you make it so it has a chaincannon and a missle launcher?

Or does it have to be a ranged and melee combo?

I need the dakka.

[tranquil kelp]

I'm not sure, but I think it can have a missile launcher

[visual turret]

god I forgot how tedious and slow building a knight is

[rare hornet]

Now imagine owning an army of them :3

[visual turret]

dreading doing the legs

[tranquil kelp]

What kind of knight?

[visual turret]

Acheron

[tranquil kelp]

which acheron?

oh wait

[visual turret]

yeah lol there is only one acheron

I have a dominus and a lancer already

[tranquil kelp]

I forgot what the pattern of the tall knights was called

[visual turret]

cerastus

[tranquil kelp]

right

The legs arent bad

I just used wads of sticky tack to hold em in place while I picked the pose

[ocean pendant]

I'd confused the Archeron with the Asterius and was genuinely worried for you, it seems like an actual pain to build

[patent bluff]

Just made the mistake of accidentally painting emperors children when I was doing my own chapter

Casual idiot mistake

Wanted to do purple as the main body and white for the Pauldron/shoulder but that’s literally the Horus Heresy Emperors children shit

[compact umbra]

new custodie or votaan?, ork, kroot rider

[magic trout]

My first minis! IG Kasrkins for the Emperor!

[visual turret]

I have a plan......

[patent bluff]

I like that green

Holy moly

[pastel grotto]

CREATURE OF FLESH

[visual turret]

oh you're a genius

although the crown/crest piece more lends itself to Gabriel

same w/ the wings

[pastel grotto]

Just remove them

That's what I'll do

[magic trout]

Thank you! I'm working on cleaning up my edges with the next coat, but here's a closeup

This is an older picture so they've come along since this was taken, but it's the only one I have this close

[patent bluff]

It looks really nice dawg lemme know when they are finished as I’m interested

[sterile grail]

Finally got back from abroad. Decide to finish this guy up once and for all. (Except for Basing and Varnishing).

[supple sinew]

Chaos time

[rustic portal]

The boyz are ready to get some print

[median thistle]

theyre not the emperors children, theyre the emperors dad

[patent bluff]

That got a good hearty laugh out of me

[median thistle]

So does anyone here have any kill team experience, specifically with the navy breachers, bit random but gonna be building some kitbashed tommorow so just wondered peoples thoughts on them

reddit naturally is like seeking advice from a raging inferno a pervert and a memer like a 3 headed hydra of varying degrees of mental trauma

[patent bluff]

The only kill team experience I have is putting together my Krieg

[vestal shale]

So I was planning on purchasing the cadia stand box but they raised the price.

I'm trying to make a Guardsmen army my first army, any tips or suggestions for buying models (Besides not buying from the GW website)

[muted copper]

Almost done😃 Any suggestions/tips on what I could do better next time?

[patent bluff]

Nice Marshal

[hearty bear]

Wouldn’t v2 make more sense

[visual turret]

sure, if i was lazy and wanted a second red farsight to go with my actual farsight model

[hearty bear]

Truth

Have fun with it

Looking forward to see how it turns out

[visual turret]

gonna try and do a sliding pose on the rock, maybe take the blossoms off.

plus then I can do a swordsmachine sword

[wary sonnet]

"I am going to make Calth look like a tea party."

[median vine]

I just got a Knight, what should I put on top of the torso? I'm feeling the AA guns

[patent bluff]

What are the options

[median vine]

Looks like Icarus Autocannons, Ironstorm Missile pod, and Stormspear rocket pod

@patent bluff

[patent bluff]

Middle pod sounds kind of dope

Missile

[visual turret]

what knight

[wary sonnet]

Also, could anyone tell me what dreadnought pattern this is?

Contemptor?

[visual turret]

that's a helbrute

but it's a boxnaught I think?

there isn't a redemptor/"primaris" chaos naught iirc

acheron is taking shape \o/

arms are built, head is built, half of one leg is built alongside body

getting clsoer to being able to pose this thing up

[magic trout]

Hey guys, I'm new to the tabletop and haven't played a game. I bought a killteam of Kasrkins at a local convention a few weeks ago and am unsure of the formatting of killteam vs traditional 40k. Can I use my killteam as a part of a larger army, or are they strictly for skirmish matches?

[patent bluff]

Work in progress for some of my mk6 marines

They are not Emperors children btw, I just like purple, gold and white

[magic trout]

Purple IS the best color

[patent bluff]

Real

Had to mix some white to get it brighter as the base color is way too dark for what I wanted

[wary trench]

if you like it… then why not play emperors children?

[patent bluff]

I don’t like emperors children

Except for Rylanor

The goat

https://tenor.com/view/rylanors-simp-gif-26967871

[plush swift]

needs shading

[brisk vapor]

These really be the coolest thing

Shan't forget about the tanks either

[patent bluff]

Those tiny dreadnoughts are so adorable

[dusk shuttle]

You can use them as guard for a larger army 👍

Warsmith Abaddon, I’m gonna get a different hammer head

[patent bluff]

I’m pretty sure killteam can be put into 40k armies no?

[sturdy locust]

My bf is putting a bunch stuff on his figs and I love it. Literally no benefit other than ascetic and hom saying "I want them to look like a set when you put them all together" I love his creativity

I can get some clearer shots for the small details, but those "walls" on the very left with the big gun has bullet holes

[patent bluff]

Damn those go hard

[sturdy locust]

Right??? And that's not even showing his space marines

[patent bluff]

Show me that space marine

[sturdy locust]

He's been doing this for years and I'm just so happy he's having fun. He just started doing table top

Lemme find them one sec

I'll show you my fav

[patent bluff]

Aight

[sturdy locust]

My fav

And I think k I look a photo of all the marines earlier here

There's also this one

[patent bluff]

I like this one

Very nice

[sturdy locust]

Right?

[patent bluff]

Very interesting color choices

[dusk shuttle]

Correct

[plush swift]

Almost time to paint

[patent bluff]

Swag

[patent bluff]

Lookin good

Big titan bro

https://tenor.com/view/warhammer40k-horus-heresy-imperial-knight-gif-25208599

[plush swift]

It’s not a titan💀

It a knight

[patent bluff]

Eh same thing