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[rare hornet]

Aaaayyyy Chad HH primarch spotted

[trim tundra]

I like this sculpt way better than the 40k one

its looks less cartoony

[jaunty brook]

Oooooh, that explains it. I don’t collect Horus Heresy minis

I personally prefer the 40k mini. Looks more battle ready, but hey, to each his own

[lavish crescent]

I respect you brother

[plush swift]

Smirf marine

[rare hornet]

It’s wild when you realise the primarchs use 40mm base

[ocean pendant]

Na, the Primarchs in 40k are on 60mm

and then the Chaos Primarchs are all on 100mm

[toxic stratus]

They use 40mm for HH

[ocean pendant]

Odd

So Guilliman and the Lion grew even larger over the ten thousand years

[toxic stratus]

They have 40mm gaming bases slotted into bigger scenic bases

[spare knoll]

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[glass forum]

I'm happy with how this turned out

[jaunty trail]

Dusted up the tank

[sweet stirrup]

Started my second Kill Team, Tau Pathfinders

[jaunty trail]

My salvagers arrived two days ago ^^ but have to finish rhino and 2x hernkyn pioneers first

[sweet stirrup]

nice! looking forward to seeing them 😄

[jaunty trail]

i will link you when i post 'em but they will all have a helmet 🤣 i'm happy when i'm not forced to paint faces XD

[static elk]

Lets be honest this is cambat, YOU WEAR YOUR DAMN HELMET

[jaunty trail]

Yup makes sense to me

[static elk]

All my boys have helmets too

[pastel grotto]

Helmet enjoyers unite

[jaunty trail]

I'm always struggling with Neophytes/Scouts that they don't wear any kind of helmet

[sweet stirrup]

I getcha! Only reason I do a bunch of open faces for Kill Team is because it kinda feels like everyone is a "character" kind of, so it gives it that extra personality to the minis. For army level stuff I put helmets on all my dudes as well, with the exception of sergeants so I can pick them out easier at a distance 😛

[static elk]

See i try to make them all unique with some slight kitbashing and painting

I had to cut the barrel off and rrplace it on this guy

[short pawn]

Do they have an astra militarum army displayed at warhammer world? That'd go so hard

[jaunty trail]

My Votann Hearthkyn have different helmet colors depending on what weapons they use

[plush swift]

paint

[short pawn]

Not hungry rn

[jaunty trail]

For example my Votann Railgun squats have an orange helmet.

[sweet stirrup]

that's a cool way to do it!

[jaunty trail]

@sweet stirrup

There you can see

[sweet stirrup]

I try to kitbash my squad leaders too, but I think I also just enjoy the heroic fantasy aspect of helmetless leaders. So adding open faces to squad leaders is a nice compromise for me 😁

[sweet stirrup]

very nice!

[jaunty trail]

Thanks i just like how my Votann came out with their League paint schematic

They are my "creative" part in 40k...

My Black Templars are the "they are f*** stronk" and "i like their lore" part 😄

[static elk]

Thats fair, but i also am afraid to paint faces

[jaunty trail]

@static elk there is a real good Duncan Rhodes tutorial on YT... It makes it nearly ridiculous to paint

[static elk]

Alright ill look into it

[jaunty trail]

If you don't find it, just say something so that i can pass over the correct link ^^

[spare knoll]

Ill try to get some shots on my next visit to tease you with haha

[static elk]

God dayum its -18 out and they want me putting in an AC

Nuh uh

[silver thorn]

holy crap is the manta seriously that big

what a pain that must be

[ocean pendant]

I think it's the largest model GW makes/sells

[ocean pendant]

Warhammer World seems so cool

[pastel grotto]

Predator and cohort built

[jaunty trail]

Looks good so far. Which chapter they will join?

[pastel grotto]

Judging by the dark angels upgrades I've stuck to them all, dark angels.

[jaunty trail]

Nice choice

The emperor is pleased!

[pastel grotto]

Now to make the fallen

[static elk]

I really like the dark angels upgrades

[pastel grotto]

Yees

[static elk]

I did a little kitbashing on the captain to keep the bolter and use the upgraded sword

Sadly with the new kill team rules primaris are even worse off

[pastel grotto]

I love giving my little chaos dudes personalities

I like to think spiky shoulder and plasma guy are absolute bullies

[jaunty trail]

Done...

[hollow goblet]

Anyone got good suggestions for tall ferns/jungle scenery for a base?

Doing my friends nids and I wanna have the termies/hormies with like real tall grass around them and gonna do a bunch of gory stuff with various extra bits I've accumulated (a la first predator movie)

Bc he's obsessed with Predator and Alien so it feels like an easy way to tie them together

Issue is it looks like a lot of the stuff available online is way shorter than I'm after

[static elk]

@hollow goblet

You thinkin something like this?

Use some form of mud basing, and maybe some silicone for puddles, slap that mud basing on the nids feet

Otherwise i feel like a snow base might be more appropriate for avp, but thats just cus i like the first avp movie the most

[hollow goblet]

Yeah that looks a lot closer to what I'm after than the lil laser cut ferns I was seeing everywhere thx

[static elk]

Np, you should throw in a guardsmen hiding in mud to conceal his body heat

[zinc glade]

Corsair Queen Irae Cinderwing in all her fiery glory! ❤️‍🔥

[edgy jackal]

Sweet gradients man

[zinc glade]

Thanks! So much stippling 😂

I genuinely thought I was gonna go insane doing the wings lol

[mint merlin]

Damn that's a neat one

love the freehand on the cape

[obsidian flax]

Some stuff i worked on recently, goliath ganger, venerable dreadnought, and hellblasters

[vale pollen]

eyyy the mario kart double dash mini. I unironically love that shit

[midnight locust]

Yeah lmao, a buddy of mine got it for me as a joke. I think it turned out well despite how silly a concept the mini is

[plush swift]

i mean it fucking works

[brisk vapor]

Managed to squeeze in 30 minutes of painting today

[marble sorrel]

Props on the painted on devastator decal for those dark angel intercessors

[rigid ginkgo]

I love the bases especially on the dreadnought

[obsidian flax]

Thank you

[edgy jackal]

This looks like what drybrushing is advertised to be, but looking at the areas painted it's got to be good brushwork (feathering of some kind?)

[fierce marten]

The color on these dark angels are amazing! What paint color did you use? Or did you mix two paints?

[obsidian flax]

its slapchop undercoat then i just go over it with watered down dark angels green contrast

[fierce marten]

Wow I would’ve never guessed, then again I’m not good with color guessing. They look amazing tho

[patent bluff]

I got the starter speed paint army paint set today for my birthday and man does it kind of help

[agile junco]

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some of the finished termies in my new squad

[plain granite]

Took the better part of a week, but finished my biggest model and my favorite primarch!

[worthy basalt]

First time assembling a model, plague marine champion

[patent bluff]

Based

Current Wip for my 30k dawgs

[worthy basalt]

added backpack

apparently they need that

[patent bluff]

Nice

[brisk vapor]

Thin layering mostly

[sinful depot]

Working on a salamander for a friend needs a lot more work and blending but the form is coming along

[median vine]

Orkz is the best, working on this guy might proxy him as a warboss in mega armor

[trim tundra]

Sweet, looks like you have some kickass minis.

[obsidian flax]

Ironhead squat claim jumper

[mint dove]

@plush swift did a goofus move and need advice on how to proceed

I drew the badmoons shoulder designs on with a micron pen,and filled it in with said micron pen

Not knowing the inking those pens smudge VERY easily

I want to highlight the shoulder armor but I don't want to smudge it more

If I topcoat the armor in Mr.super clear matte topcoat before highlighting what will happen? Will the pen ink be okay?

[jaunty trail]

First of all i would let this dry... can need some hour(s)... After that i would tidy up what is smudged... and when this is dry i would youe a matte varnish to seal it.

[plush swift]

Can you use knights in combat patrol

[median thistle]

In 10th combat patrol?

No they don’t have a combat patrol I believe

Or rules for one

[plush swift]

what about war dogs

[median thistle]

Unless you’re playing combat patrol sized games and not using the combat patrol data sheets, then no chaos knights and knights don’t have combat patrol rules in 10th unless you’re just playing normal rules with smaller than 1000 point games

[plush swift]

damn

[median thistle]

Combat patrol only uses the specific combat patrol boxes for their rules and knights don’t even have a box lol

[rare hornet]

You used to in 9th

[plush swift]

9th sounds fun

[jaunty trail]

Uhm question is there any concrete release date on the DA Deathwing box? This Sunday or what?

[ocean pendant]

It opens for preorder this Saturday, then it will release either one week after or two weeks after

[jaunty trail]

Thanks!

[ocean pendant]

New releases are always on Saturday 10am UK time, Sunday is when they announce what the next weeks preorders will be

[jaunty trail]

Good then i can provide this info to my buddy who plays DA

he wants the Deathwing box XD

[median thistle]

Good luck to him

[mint dove]

Do we know when ufthak Blackhawk is coming out?

[rare hornet]

Anyone who wants a DA box needs to preorder it yesterday to stand any hope of actually getting one

[brisk vapor]

Well this one is at least available at 3rd party stores so they'll be more spread out and less likely to be taken by a scalper, plus these boxsets aren't the main focus of most scalpers anyways, thankfully

[plush swift]

Funny enough, @jaunty trail answered it exactly how I would have

[ocean pendant]

We will see becasue back in the dark times they would grab anything that was single run or limited at all, the Ashes of Faith box was gone in an instant when it released because of Scalpers. Hell it was go bad that when the latest Sororitas book came out in Hardcover (not even limited edition just normal hardback) it was gone in 2 minutes, I was only able to get it because of a 3rd party store.

[jaunty trail]

Lulz... just was common sense for me to make it like that 😄

[brisk vapor]

Well sure every release will see scalpers to some extent but mostly the mini box sets have been relatively easy to get a hold of, I've not missed a single one I've wanted in the past 6 years

[plush swift]

Well most forget that microns can take hours to dry too

[jaunty trail]

Just a detail i made out by using them ^^

[plush swift]

Yep, there is a reason why I generally only use them for eyes

[jaunty trail]

Made much inscriptions on Dreads, Tanks etc.. and works fine

[plush swift]

Oh yeah it would work great for that, I'm just always on such a huge time crunch that waiting a few hours can mean that I'm well past my deadline.

[jaunty trail]

Understandable... For me it's just my freetime and my own minis so waiting is not an issue to me...

But totally legit in your terms to use other things instead to get the deadline correct

[plush swift]

Yep it's a lot of commission work and just me not having any free time... until now because I don't have a job anymore

Yay...

[jaunty trail]

Whut? O.O

[plush swift]

It's probably a good thing, working 100-hour weeks is not healthy

[jaunty trail]

Ye but.. wow.. I hope you get something healthy and what you make happy soon

[plush swift]

Company shut down, we didn't think you would shut down as abruptly but knew it would. We thought it would be shutting down like 8 months ago when the original owner died, then somebody bought it and bankrupted it. So now we're all out about a month's pay as well

[jaunty trail]

Meh.. thats shitty... As said i hope you find something soonish that makes you happy and is a bit healthier then the old job

[plush swift]

I'm going bad to drawing NSFW probably

So less work but more mental stress

[rare ravine]

I made enforcers from an old scout box. With the new kill team release, I thought I'd upgrade them a bit with new blood.

[compact umbra]

I love this so much, they could just be a civilian orientated chapter or maybe they are the police force of their home world or maybe are the elite auxiliary of the chapter

[rare ravine]

Thanks. It's Necromunda, so yes. The police force.

The old ones are from 2010, I think.

[static elk]

I cant imagine the unholy requests nsfw artists get

[compact umbra]

Any issues with priming a model yellow ?

Since my killteam is 90% yellow

[compact umbra]

Oh hell yeah!

I might actually prime white, contrast orange and yellow throug a brush and then base paint black with grey dry bush

[rare ravine]

Do a zenithal with pink from below, and white from the top. Thank me later.

[compact umbra]

Oka!

[rare ravine]

Best way to do yellow.

[compact umbra]

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I just need to find a decal printer whk will do the blue cup

I just need to pray it’s the same blue

[static elk]

Anyone want some authentic snow bases

[hearty bear]

Looks like macragge blue, so just give it a few coats if push comes to shove

[plush swift]

Nope, it makes itt much easier to deal with

[plush swift]

actually fairly incorrect as it heavily depends on the yellow, some yellows it will look incredibly bad with, in fact most yellows it will. The yellow you're used to is called hanza yellow which, is considered the worst yellow on the market, and why mini painters claim its a hard color to work with

[static elk]

Oofda

[plush swift]

if you go with something like a benz yellow, it does nothing but turn brown

if you go diairylide, nothing happens

cadmium, vanadium, nothing happens

[static elk]

I know im stepping out of my confort zone with orange. I wont wash it because itl turn to mud, so i need to panel line and highlight with a slightly yellow orange, plus its tau so i need it to look clean

[plush swift]

I just use violet to do my shading on yellow

allows me to have a better gradient

yellow doesnt turn orange when you turn it, thats not how yellow works

most yellows are actually green after all

[static elk]

So what if you hit a bright green with a thin red wash

Or would that just turn to poop

[plush swift]

well you wouldnt want to hit it with a wash

Generally speaking, washes are only used for tinting your base tones

[static elk]

Maybe wash isnt what im thinking of

[plush swift]

when you put a wash over things, it will over power everything

no wash is

mini painters just use it in a weird way

[static elk]

Wait so then whats a contrast?

In terms of mini painting

[plush swift]

a shitty ink

its literally an ink with paint medium in it

you use it to paint transparently

[static elk]

Ok, i only have 1 contrast paint and its a bright red i wanted to try using on helmet eyes and lights

Turned out too glossy tho

[plush swift]

varnish

[static elk]

Rather just drybrush

Leta see if i have an image of it

That light

I dont thibk its a contrast now that i think about it, it was like a citadel experimantal or something

Technical

Spiritstone red

I got so tired of painting kommandos i got really lazy towards the end

[plush swift]

yeah those tend to be very glossy

[static elk]

These were probably the 2 best minis i did for kommandos

I went over they white eyes with space wolves grey, to give them a glassy look afterwards

[rare ravine]

I use it a lot. Best trick I've learned with yellow. Usually use nazdreg yellow. https://youtu.be/mmnPkiiswPk

Get very vibrant tones.

[plush swift]

I repeat, it only works with hanzaa yellow, take it from me, someone who chemically engineers pigments for work

[rare ravine]

With no time investment.

[plush swift]

I actually know how these pigments work on a physics basis

And hanza yellow is in the process of not being produced anymore

[rare ravine]

Also use Liquitex yellow ink with it. To great degree of success. That's a completely different tone?

[plush swift]

their base yellows? those are hanza

Bismuth yellow its too opaque to get any effect from that

[plush swift]

Yellow medium azo is py74 which the commercial pigment name is
Arylide Yellow 5GX, its a arylmide pigment and would work well for that

[static elk]

I just used the citadel yellow i found lol

[plush swift]

however, you use something like PY3, the pink underhues will turn brown or worse in some causes because of how green light is interacting with the pigment

this is why mini painters need to learn their pigments

a yellow isnt a yellow, a yellow is a host of different colors that work off different wavelengths of light

true yellow, doesnt exist to the normal person after all

[median thistle]

If I were still painting orange space marines, I would definitely be learning pigments because that was a bastard to do

[rare ravine]

That is a good thing, too.

In the right mini.

[plush swift]

ehh, not all the time, it tends to create something close to pantone 448 C, which is an incredibly awful color, its legit a legal requirement to be used on cigarette packages in some countries as a deterrant to buy them and it works

some yellows it can work on though

everything depends on everything

[rare ravine]

Not sure what you are trying to say here, though. You can tell from the video that it works. And I use it every time I paint yellow nowadays. It's a very neat trick. Making an otherwise hard colour really easy to get right.

[plush swift]

what I'm saying is that it only works for one specific genre of pigments

which are most likely not going to be produced soon

and will be replaced with a set of pigments it doesnt work on

[rare ravine]

But not yet. So it still works fine.

[plush swift]

Yes but if you change the yellow at all, it wont work

so its not a good tip because it needs to be a very specific yellow

which is something most mini painters dont understand

I did a 2 hour video years ago showcasing this, I need to re do it, out of the 220 yellow pigments I had, only 3 had any effect from it

I now have 227 yellow pigments

ntp yellow my beloved

[rare ravine]

Well, both nazdreg and Liquitex works fine.

[plush swift]

once again only with a very specific yellow with liquitex

try it with bismuth, bismuth is too opaque and wont care

it will legit cover black and not care

[rare ravine]

Haven't seen that specific kind.

[plush swift]

it can one coat black

its part of the cadmium replacement pigments

[rare ravine]

Haven't seen that yellow yet. Not would I want to use it either.

[plush swift]

i would, its brighter than fluos

and one of the best yellows for primary mixing on the market

[rare ravine]

But it covers all your underpaints?

[plush swift]

yes, thats why you extend it

heavily

and opacity is what mini painters want, right?

they always claim transparent paint is bad

because it requires too many coats to cover black

[rare ravine]

You always thin your paints. But this one covered black anyway, I suppose? So it only works as a primer?

[plush swift]

No

you want opacity for some things, transparency for others

[rare ravine]

Then I suppose this entire conversation was pointless.

Which was my point.

[plush swift]

My point was, you dont know what yellow that person is using aand they are talking about priming with yellow

which a pink undertone wont work with

[rare ravine]

I literally named it.

[plush swift]

you also said it was the best way to do yellow

which, no

[rare ravine]

Two in fact.

[plush swift]

its not, its a way to do yellow

but not the best way

[rare ravine]

And in my opinion it is.

By far.

[plush swift]

I have ways that are better

if you want it to read as pure yellow

not orange and yellow

have you tried every way out there?

[rare ravine]

I'm willing to give it a go. But so far you haven't let us in on this better way.

[plush swift]

I do verdaccio basing a lot

So what I do for yellows a lot is to use aa unbleached titanium, and for shadows I mix in a little ultramarine violet

the violet is the complementary color to most yellows

so what it will do is darken it without changing its value too much so you can get a gradient

and at the tail end you use a deeper violet which will augment it to a more mustardy color

it replicates a more realistic look at yellows

using pure white for yellow is typically meh

it reflects too much green and looks off

[rare ravine]

Got an example?

[plush swift]

I can whip one up real quick

give me like 5 minutes to get my aairbrush working

[wind ermine]

Question: how bad of a financial decision is getting a KX139 Ta’unar Supremacy Armour

[rare hornet]

Not as good of a decision as getting two would be

[stray elm]

Furry art would be more stable of a idea

[plush swift]

yes

[wind ermine]

what can go wrong

[stray elm]

Also have you worked with resin?

[plush swift]

@rare ravine this is a very quick basis to try to give you the idea of what it is and not the full range of what I would typically do, this is also done with a Benzimidazolone yellow medium, which is similar to hanza in appearance but works differently with light. Keep in mind this is what I prefer because I'm looking for a vibrant yellow when I'm painting something like imperial fists, rather than having a bunch of orange everywhere because I'm looking for deep dark shadows for the style I am after. The more violet base I add, the darker it gets, which can turn into pure black at the end if I wanted. below the darkest is just pure white, for reference of the color

I like to really take the original old school 40K style and make it into a more modern color sense, so very bright brights and very dark darks with subtle transitions between them

[rare hornet]

It'll be fine

[plush swift]

Also pardon me, i might seem a little snippy as I just got done with my first class of the day and already had 4 students try to correct me while failing miserably

[rare ravine]

So yellow all over, and violet from below? Some cold white for highlights?

[plush swift]

yes

effectively

its just annother method, no better or worse

[static elk]

So i know space marine armor is extremely well upkept, but like i feel like if its constantly war and fighting it would probably be dirt ridden, sunbleached, scarred, and possibly even degraded paint

[rare ravine]

Can see that working. I do this on flesh.

With flesh tones instead of yellow that is.

[plush swift]

I actually do this with flesh tones a lot myself too

ultramarine violet has some interesting interactions with light too

it can enhance natural shadows a ton so it looks shaded, but as the light turns it will only give it a slight violet hue

giving it a more natural 3d look

which I find interesting on these

assuming you're using it as a glaze over the flesh

[rare ravine]

I only have Druchii Violet, I believe. I use the airbrush, just spraying from below.

Don't paint anything with any detail.

Don't have the patience. Just want them on the table.

[plush swift]

druchii violet is dioxazine violet which can work

its just much more potent

i'm using single pigments, and painting for enjoyment

i'm not that big into the actual game so I am more than willing to spend 500+ hours on a model

I have only played 4 games total

and 3 of them people left becasue I brought forgeworld figures which no one told me I couldnt

they said bring what you want, so I brought a seratek heavy construct to a 500 point game

I legit didnt know the rules to it, just that it was under 500 points

[rare ravine]

I make up an encounter or NPC for DND for example and have about three days to get all the minis done. 😂 Try to do 60 minutes tops for a figure.

[plush swift]

scumbling is your best friend

scumbling is the correct term for slapchop

[rare ravine]

I guess zenithal is a sort of slapchop. Just with the airbrush instead of dry brush.

Always a zenithal, but not always white and black.

[plush swift]

reality is, it was invented around the 16th century, and been used by a lot of the masters of canvas

[rare ravine]

And then thin paints and washes, then oils on top.

[plush swift]

so anyone who mocks it as a beginner technique or says "good painters dont use it" needs a reality check

[rare ravine]

Been painting that way since the 90s. But then we primed white with a brown wash for a similar effect.

[plush swift]

thats honestly close to what I do

I base in browns, yellows and greens

its a technique called verdaccio

[rare ravine]

That sound like it would rock for necromunda like games.

[plush swift]

and it can bring better life to colors over the grisaille method

either is better or worse, its just different styles

[rare ravine]

Thanks for the tips in any case. Anything to ease painting, without worsening the results significantly, is a good thing.

[plush swift]

oh I am all about work smarter not harder

if I can skip a step to get the same result, I will

i try to make tutorials using art history to make things vastly easier for new painters

like what a master did, and then dumb it down into a few steps to get aa "good enough" result

[static elk]

Theres allot of instances where the kiss method just makes things so much better

[plush swift]

exactly

[static elk]

I always have the idea to slap on as much shit as possible onto my minis but then im like "well i gotta paint it soooo, naw"

[plush swift]

you wouldnt believe how much time you can save and win competitions like golden demon simply by understanding transparency

[static elk]

If i didnt have to work for a living i would definetly put more effort into painting

[plush swift]

you dont have to actually

you just want to so you arent homeless

[static elk]

Weeelll, ive chosen a path in life where if i dont keep this income i get to live in a box out in the snow

Ye

[hollow goblet]

#40k-minis-and-armies message I know that feeling all too well lmao never again

[static elk]

Holy skittles!

This might be the best example of kiss ive ever done, painted this in high school. And the middle of the saber has no red in it

Its pure white

When i had free time i used to draw ALLOT

Miss those days

Ds3 is still one of my favorite games of all time

[brisk vapor]

Third one's the charm

Quite happy about the lenses

[tawdry ravine]

That is a wonderful model holy hell

Absolutely killer

[agile junco]

its all finished 😭

[royal compass]

yeah, looks epic (pun intended, but praise well deserved)

[brisk vapor]

cheers

[undone holly]

Gargant

squiggoth* lol

[mint dove]

So I tried using flesh tearers red contrast on my space marines but it didn't turn out right

It's Stull kinda wet but it looks streaky, how can I fix that?

[white tangle]

Finished my rustlakers. Not the base rims. Cant be asked for now lol.

[mint dove]

Tried to be more precise with my brush strokes this time and pull paint where it would actually be darkest

[mint dove]

Admech are so cool I just wish it wasn't so expensive to make viable

Also it would mean having to paint belasarius and fuuuuuck that

[white tangle]

I bought the rustlakers because i thought they were cool. Apparently they aren't very good in 40k. (ive never played so idk)

[wise silo]

first model for my new hh death guard army painted

never done anything with enamel paints before but i think it turned out alright

[edgy jackal]

That't the downside of contrast on large, flat surfaces, it's harder to get a smooth coat in one pass.

[mint dove]

Yeah I'm thinking of just giving every model a drybrush if khorne red to kinda cover any bad spots

[rigid ginkgo]

Do you do this professionally by chance?

[mint dove]

I understand why people paint space marines

Time to paint 1 ork fully:an hour and a half

Time to paint 1 space marine:4 minutes

And that's even doing a 2 tone chapter

[agile junco]

it depends on how complex ur scheme is

[white tangle]

Me? Professionally? Think you got the wrong guy lol

[rigid ginkgo]

My brother in Christ it looks like the box art

[plush swift]

God thats niiiiice

Do you put em together first then paint or what?

[lusty terrace]

Here’s my first ever miniature

I want y’all to be extremely honest

(Sorry in advance for bad quality picture)

[plush swift]

I haven't even started the paint mine yet I foresee that as a nightmare

[lusty terrace]

Man that’s gonna be hard

[plush swift]

If I get anywhere near this level with what this guy did I think I'll be happy

[white tangle]

What i did with mine was keep the heads off along with the backpacks. I feel it made it easier to paint. Also for the praetor, i kept both arms off but stuck the head on.

[plush swift]

noice

how did you get the tiny detail on?

[white tangle]

What in specific?

[boreal hemlock]

Blade guard vets

[mint dove]

When painting Metallics is in generally better to place down a neutral metal color before doing the metal you want?

Like putting down a coat of lead Belcher before putting down a coat of liberator gold, which is a layer paint

[glossy hawk]

i’d do a few tests

personally my vallejo silver is very thin so i do leadbelcher underneath so it’s solid

retributor armor is very opaque so i dont need an undercoat

[gusty bone]

had to get him after reading the Arks of Omen books

Even though I've yet to finish half of my imperial guard, I had to get a palate cleanser. Needed something fun again

[compact umbra]

Oooo nice! How are you gonna paint him?

Some people paint their primarch to their own successor chapters

[silver thorn]

continuing my sisters of battle, a fresh squad of battle sisters to paint up

[rare ravine]

You can base all admech chrome, and just splash them with oils.

[plush swift]

not really, ideally you'd want a glossy brown or black

[rare ravine]

You can add red, green, copper and yellows almost randomly until you are happy. 😂 What I did on the above.

[rare ravine]

Black gloss primer, yes. Should add that. It makes the chrome pop.

[plush swift]

I use a lot of acrylic enamels for my gloss blacks and chromes, its quiet nice

[plush swift]

There is no better faction than to anoint the holy motor oils with

[plush swift]

Oooh ima touch em

[rare ravine]

Hard to photograph glossy minis

This is Molotov.

Via airbrush.

[patent bluff]

Decided to tackle the big one, it’s fun to paint so far

[hollow goblet]

Most GW metallics are super thick and cover absolutely everything underneath so no need to base

[rare ravine]

There are more to primers than just being a covering paint.

[brisk vapor]

Metallics do show the colour beneath somewhat so in a sense it does matter. Like leadbelcher will look different on top of black compared to what it looks on top of red for example

[hollow goblet]

That has absolutely nothing to do with what I'm saying

[brisk vapor]

For example whenever I need to do gold I first paint the area brown so it reads more warm and increases the depth somewhat

[toxic stratus]

Silver looks more shiny to me with black undercoat

[brisk vapor]

That too

[mint dove]

I think I'm improving 🙂

[midnight locust]

Let’s say I use a black primer and need to paint pale skin over it. Would I want to apply a light brown first?

[brisk vapor]

I usually start with dark red

Build up from there

[toxic stratus]

There are different approaches. Dark base building up to highlights or base wash highlight... Which one suits you most

[midnight locust]

I see

[mint dove]

What color bolters would look best on flesh tearers?

just the main upper part I mean

Hold on

This bit

[rare hornet]

Black

[primal jasper]

Finally glued together my first mini. In looking forward to when my Imperial Navy Breachers get here in the mail.

[wise wraith]

how pale you want it?

[midnight locust]

For reference

[wise wraith]

i forgot my genestealers are all washed purple

ignore that its unpainted but this is what a flesh basecoat looks like on my black primed model(assuming you are using gw paints)

sorry if its bad quality idk what my phone does to photos after i take them

[midnight locust]

You’re fine

This was the result I had. Probably had too few thin layers especially around the cheeks. It’s why I was asking if I could build up from a different basecoat over the black primer like a light brown so I don’t have to layer 7 times to get the proper coverage

[wise wraith]

yes yes you can

[wise wraith]

you could basecoat the face/hands in rakarth/wraithbone and then go over with the paint you layered that one with your choice of skintone layer paint if youre going for a lighter skintone

[midnight locust]

Does- actually yeah it should coat better. It’s what I used for the ruck blanket

I’ll try that next time. Thanks for the advice

[wise wraith]

no problem sorry no one else is around to ask lol

[dense spire]

You’ve taken the first step to bankruptcy best of luck

[hoary ermine]

THE WIZARD APPEARS

What do their scrolls say? NOBODY KNOWS

They are up to mischief and you are in immediate danger.

[simple thorn]

I know what they say!

They're CVS receipts.

[hoary ermine]

Drugs?

[simple thorn]

And discount vouchers for various fast food joints.

Loyalists aren't the only ones cashing in the KFC 2-for-1 deals

[hoary ermine]

Who says they arent a loyalist

[simple thorn]

The horns do

[hoary ermine]

Theyre not horns

Thats a psycollar

or a hood, as marines call it

[simple thorn]

That's a mf'n Sorcerer

[hoary ermine]

We have loyalist sorcerers all over the imperium

this ones just got a few more scrolls

[simple thorn]

Going off to try and get a library card for the Clown Library

[hoary ermine]

I dont need it

my 30k thousand sons and world eaters are part of my 40k chapters ancestors

this precious bean did nothing wrong, pinky promise

[simple thorn]

Ah, 30k Tsons

So still a librarian, not a dweeb

[hoary ermine]

Yeah

These are the ancestors for my Sons of Librae chapter, where my world eaters predate their Forge Hounds chapter

[hollow goblet]

Yoo is that the new 30k kit that just dropped?

Heavily considering grabbing one for my foot Ahriman

[hoary ermine]

Its not

Thats an old forgeworld thousand sons praetor

but i did add plastic bits here and there to spice it

[hollow goblet]

Gotcha gotcha

Man there are some nice HH models I wish resin wasn't such a pain

[hoary ermine]

Aye i getcha

I learnt to deal with it due to mine not being Forgeworld officials

Where there are dual plastic resin kits i do buy them legally but otherwise, not really looking to pay more for GW models with lower quality

[hollow goblet]

Valid honestly GW needs to do something about their pricing if they don't want 3d Prints to kill off the forge World entirely

I mean a Bio Titan is literally $680

I could get one 3d printed for like $70 and maybe get it done cheaper if I use a cheaper quality material

[static elk]

Finally got my hands on some trollslayer orange, now i can start painting my tau

[devout lake]

Does this look ok?

[hoary ermine]

Forge world really wont be killed off by prints

Forge world will always be their specialist and upgrade kit range, due to how much easier it is for them to use low cost resin casts, that then can be replaced by COOKING UP ANOTHER BATCH

Its why they can offer a full parts replacement and let you keep the damaged goods

A glorious tale from my friends group is the 3 damaged warlord titans

But it does highlight forgeworlds (possibly former) lackluster quality control

[patent bluff]

Yeah

Looks good dawg

[hoary ermine]

Looks really clean

[median thistle]

Work in progress tonk turret

[compact umbra]

Hey if you are looking for a copy of the salvation box in the US it’s still available in the Walmart online store

[rigid bramble]

Hehehehehe

[compact umbra]

I never seen trh full box art wow

[rigid bramble]

Sadly can't paint em right now due to the winter... and I use aerosol primer

But will paint em come spring/summer

[static elk]

Nonsense

Use your stove vent or bathroom fan for airflow 😈

[plush swift]

dont need primer, so you are just making excuses

[rare hornet]

Yeah same, the wait is long and the minis need priming many

[rigid bramble]

This is twenty models... a lot of priming

[rare hornet]

Ah, only 20

[rigid bramble]

Yeah but you don't wanna aerosol prime in -30 weather.

[rare hornet]

You know, I'll take my -4 and roll with that

[plush swift]

just making excuses

[rare hornet]

What if I don't wanna paint bare plastic?

[plush swift]

then how would you prime?

You'll always be painting on bare plastic and spray cans are generally nothing more than normal paint

hence you're just putting paint on bare plastic at all times

[median thistle]

Time, and smoothness

[plush swift]

ahh but actual primer is less smooth than acrylics are

and thats by nature

[median thistle]

Not when applied by me 😂

[rare hornet]

He's got a point, trust me I know

[median thistle]

My old death guard modes make me wince at my old ways

[plush swift]

then dont paint thickly then

[median thistle]

It’s not so much thick painting, just not bringing the paint as far it should’ve, not painting a consistent base coat etc

I would use an air brush rather than aerosols but last time I used it I tried out a dark angels green and it just clogged lol

[plush swift]

Did you use a mixing cup?

or mix it inside the airbrush?

[median thistle]

I think I mixed it in the air brush? It was a while ago and it was a brief experience

[plush swift]

yep thats why

[median thistle]

Doesn’t help that I couldn’t find anything about how citadel air paints work

[plush swift]

Because no one uses them

except for brush painting

[median thistle]

Well yeah exactly lol

I didn’t know what Vallejo colour that would colour match to caliban green because all my greens just basically had no pigment

Was like smearing shite on a wall lol

[plush swift]

I would mix caliban green myself tbh but I know whats not the answer you're looking for

look for things like nato green

[median thistle]

Yeah, air brushing is something I’ll get into another time, maybe when I have more desk space

[plush swift]

wait

I know

its like heavy dark green

I think

[median thistle]

Lemme find all the greens I bought lol

[plush swift]

heavy black green

thats it

I think thats it

[median thistle]

Quite possibly

I guess I’d just have to manually thin that down to get it air brush usable

[plush swift]

yeah which isnt hard

[median thistle]

Cuz that’s what I did with the ultra marines I tested before trying the green out

And that went well

I think in a few months when I have expendable funds I’ll loiter around for recommendations of an air brush

[plush swift]

https://www.youtube.com/@theartworkshop this channel has a lot of airbrush guides and they are generally much better than mini painter ones

super under rated channel

[rigid bramble]

Painting contrast/speed paint over bare plastic? Are you mad?

[plush swift]

Yes, but also I won a competition doing that so....

[rigid bramble]

And your point?

[median thistle]

The rule of, fuck it, it works

[plush swift]

^

[rare hornet]

That'll do

[rigid bramble]

And I say fuck it, I do it my way.

[median thistle]

And I applaud you good sir

[plush swift]

My way is better, i have a golden demon now

[rigid bramble]

Don't care

[rare hornet]

I finger paint my minis

[median thistle]

Didn’t you say that golden demons aren’t that special?

[plush swift]

thats what the guy I robbed said before I took it

and look at him now

I have a golden demon and he doesnt

[rigid bramble]

Okay

[plush swift]

yeah they arent, SMC awards however are

[rigid bramble]

And I left a guy dead for holding a grimoire

And teabagged over his corpse

[plush swift]

I did the same

in game or real life?

[median thistle]

Art competitions are brutal

[plush swift]

extremely. Have you seen SMC winners?

[median thistle]

I don’t think I have?

[plush swift]

they legit put golden demon to shame

[rare hornet]

Do defending champions get to use their trophy as a club?

[plush swift]

No, the trophy isnt that sturdy

[rare hornet]

Every little helps in the blood sport of painting competitions

[plush swift]

the best way to win a painting competition is to make sure no one else attends

which is why I have 17000 wins

[rare hornet]

Now THAT I can do

[plush swift]

I made my own competions \

and I can also make certified ones too

so they are in fact, real awards

[rare hornet]

I did that once, still came second 😔

[plush swift]

skill issue

dont get beat by a hamster next time

[rare hornet]

He cheated and the judges knew!

[plush swift]

No, he just painted better than you

[rare hornet]

[edgy jackal]

Is that metal reflection painted on or just real shiny paint?

Upon zooming in looks like painted on, damn

[static elk]

Dear god i can see the scratches in the helmet

[mint dove]

Mornin lads

[plush swift]

thats true NMM, not this weird shit you see at golden demon

[plush swift]

yeah this is SMC. SMC puts golden demon to shame as I said

[static elk]

I feel like i have a better chance forging armor than painting it that well

Also is that reflection... freehand...

[plush swift]

better known as hand painted or traditionally painted, yes

[static elk]

Damn i honestly thought it was a reflection untill closer inspection

That is wild

[plush swift]

Remember when I said golden demon was mid?

know you know why

the 40k stuff at SMC puts GD slaysword winners to shame

[static elk]

Makes me feel inept

[plush swift]

are you painting for competition? no? good because you arent trying for that level nor are you putting in 80+ hours to a single model

[clear fulcrum]

Very first marines after two coats of blue

Time to work on some detail

[static elk]

Yeah i get that, and i dont aspire to do that. But i would love to have something like that that i made to show off to people

Maybe some day, but for now. I paint my basic tau

Im thinking i might use yellow for the lights, with some drybrushing around for the glow

White dot in the middle

[static elk]

Damn ultrasmurfs

[plush swift]

the more you paint, the more you exerpiment, the more you think about it, the better you'll get

[clear fulcrum]

From the 3 infernus marines + paint box

I'm hoping to paint these after I get this practice

So the blue and brass in the box will help

My fiancee has already claimed these marine anyways, to have the first minis I've ever painted

[static elk]

God i want some

[mint dove]

Those are like gold right noe

Flesh tearer Sergent ready for highlights

[static elk]

Damn thats actually really cool

If i wasnt a dark angels enjoyer i would probably be a blood angels fan

But i also perfer 30k dark angels scheme, which is also black and red

[clear fulcrum]

Saw it in a local shop

And I knew

I needed to get them

Last box they had

[mint dove]

Here's my full squad

The sword and arm on the sergeant is actually from a dark angels upgrade sprue, I just amputated his hand and stuck the goblet on

[jaunty trail]

My second Hernkyn Pioneer is almost done... wil post some pictures tomorrow when i'm done..

[static elk]

I love amputating hands and puting cooler stuff on

[jaunty trail]

Sounds like the Iron Hands rite XD

[static elk]

My dark angels redeemed

[static elk]

But also yeah the flesh is weak and all that

[jaunty trail]

Yes 😄

For me it's just "crusade here.. crusade there... for the emperor!" or "mine ore here... smelt ore there... NOW I HAVE A !*#+"$' GRUDGE!"

[static elk]

Well i guess mine is something somthing fallen over there fallen over here, welp sorry boys your rienforcements just got.. reaquired

[jaunty trail]

Nails it somehow

[static elk]

I hate greenwing

Dreadwing are my favorite but umm yeeeaahh

[jaunty trail]

I don't have issues with standard DA... it just must be as zealous for the emperor as my dudes or it must have an equal grudge on something... then things are fine xD

Ravenwing got some juicy detatchment rules

[static elk]

Ive never played tabletop so idk. I just love dreadwing with their big guns and fuck all attitude

[jaunty trail]

My best bud plays DA so i'm currently very in the things that happens cuz we talk about it on daily base

[static elk]

Funny enough DA is my fav loyalist and night lords are my favorote traitor legion

Which they seem to hate eachother allot

[jaunty trail]

Night Lords are just creepy af but thats okay.. My best bud hopes on some Emperors Children releases this year cuz this is his favourite traitor legion

[static elk]

See i love the bat asthetic and the whole scaring the shit outta you theme

And theirs a night lord kill team coming so yaaay

[jaunty trail]

For me it's the crusading thing and the dwarfen style of things 😄

[static elk]

Well my favorote faction is necrons

So the whole skulls and creepy thing kinda works out

Otherwise tau are my next choice because i love mechs

The main reason i dont own any necrons is because i hear their very....breakable

And i have massive gorrilla hands

[mint dove]

Getting better at not fat brushing lenses

[clear fulcrum]

Calling it for tonight but

Pleasantly surprised

Very fun first painting session

I'll try and get some more detail on the flamers

And get the chest detail and pauldron edges in that metallic

[worldly pawn]

great job! your paint looks much cleaner than when I first started

[clear fulcrum]

The pauldrons were a pain point

But you gotta learn somehow

[mint dove]

What you can do is make a burnt tmetal effect on the muzzle of the flamers

[clear fulcrum]

With like a dry brush of black?

Or would some agrax earthshade do it?

[mint dove]

https://youtube.com/shorts/IL6vzzRnfWg?si=bZyz-64jjtesgkVh

This is a pretty standard muzzle burn

Turns out like this

[plush swift]

ok so... I hate this guy already. THATS NOT FUCKING STIPPLING

Thats pin washing...

fuck

and even then, its not really that either

mini painting youtubers give my 15 years of art education an aneurism

yes, ive been tutoring college kids for 15 years now....

fuck im old

[mint dove]

Does the ammo runt come with the flash gitz kit?

[plush briar]

First ever minis I have painted

[mint dove]

Used vallejo flourescent green to paint eye lenses and in a happy accident it dried super glossy and makes the lenses actually look like lenses

[jaunty trail]

2nd hernkyn bike done

[rare ravine]

Where is this from? Some weird Mechanicus thing?

[jaunty trail]

It's Leagues of Votann

Those are Hernkyn Pioneers

[hollow goblet]

Not mine just funny

[plush swift]

HA

[median thistle]

The tonk continues

[worthy basalt]

"Gawd dammet Bobby, the codex astartes is to be followed at all times!"

[knotty harbor]

Latest batch paint done. Now for some plasma bois.

[midnight locust]

Is this closer to ultramarines or crimson fists in color tone?

[median thistle]

I think crimson fists looks closer to a purply blue, like night lords

So that looks ultramarine to me

[midnight locust]

Okay that was the intent

[median thistle]

What is he for I’ve never seen that pose

Is it the servo turret?

[midnight locust]

Beep beep

[median thistle]

Ohhhhh it’s that

[steep pond]

my fellow model bois, if I wanted to make a darktide Diorama with the 4 classes (psyker, Ogryn, Veteran, Zealot) what models would I look for? I assume the Zealot and Veteran are both Guardsman?

[median thistle]

zealot you might consider looking at one of the more chaos cultist looking models perhaps, guardsman youve got any range of dude with gun in the universe, ogryn is well, the ogryn kit of any kind, and pysker is gonna be the one I think youd have most trouble pin pointing

[steep pond]

My painting trade is by Diorama maker, I have used plenty of GW sets in weird combos but I am not very knowledgeable of the 40k line in its entirety

[ocean pendant]

Depends what kind of style you're going for with them

Like there's the Primaris Psyker, those cosmetics are in the game

But they're not the poster ones etc

[steep pond]

I know that its largely up to preference as the game allows you to customize yourself in a variety of ways

my current working thought is to mirror the characters of the promotional material as much as possible

I assume in the case of the psyker as long as it has some kind of force sword or staff that it will be easy enough for people to connect the dots when they see it

Is there some kind of 40k model database? that I can just start combing through models to find what sets they come from?

[wise wraith]

theres the paint app and lexicanum

was thinking of doing the same thing for my rogue trader team lol

[steep pond]

I have essentially made a diorama for each of my favorite games

darktide is coming up on the list

I am almost... almost tempted to do some kind of weird diorama where it's split in the half and one side of the group is VT2 characters (VT2 themed) and the other half would be 40k themed.

[median thistle]

That sounds awesome

[steep pond]

have no idea how I'd do it. Rats on the left, chaos followers on the right? haha

[median thistle]

Well what ever your favourite out of the two of them is, on the right

And the other on the left

Because isn’t it the brain looks at things from right to left so it would be what you’d first notice

[steep pond]

I don't know if I have the skill to pull off some kind of optical illusion thingy

I'll have to let it bake some more

[median thistle]

Would it need to be an optical illusion?

[steep pond]

I kind of want some interesting thing in there

[median thistle]

In theory to pull of the similar sort of art style thing to the main menu (title screen) you just have the heroes in the centre, split the diorama in two vertically, one side dark tide hive city style the other your choice of Vermintide rat infestation the other, least that’s my immediate thought process

[steep pond]

sorry if this is off topic @median thistle

but I assume it would be one of two styles

[median thistle]

Right one, split vertically down the middle

Figured would be easier to pull off

[steep pond]

easier, definitely. Though I'm not so sure I want it to be easy haha

[median thistle]

Sometimes simple solutions can have a more effective outcome

[steep pond]

definitely something to consider

[median thistle]

Thoughts to add to the brain pile haha

[steep pond]

yeah, I may just start with a Darktide theme'd one and see where it takes me

[median thistle]

That’s fair, one a time is good

[steep pond]

think I'm going to get an airbrush finally

seeing one too many zenithal highlight, speedpaint paintjobs on youtube

[median thistle]

😂 yeah I understand

[steep pond]

thanks for all your help! nice to have someone to bounce ideas off of

[median thistle]

No worries man, work is a bore and i live for wacky ideas like this, I’m just not good enough to execute any of them

[steep pond]

i sent you a DM of a few of the projects I've been working on if you find you're interested!

[midnight cairn]

No, it depends on your language. English you read from left to right. You start left so that is more prominent. Arabic is the opposite, for example.

[midnight cairn]

Would love to see some pictures, too!

[brisk vapor]

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/01/18/painting-dark-angels-successors-tips-for-your-unforgiven/

exactly what I needed

Angels of Defiance could be pretty fun

[median thistle]

That was it

I couldn’t remember what it was

[steep pond]

will do!

[upbeat herald]

My new setup. I've had an iawata eclipse for about 3 years. Great air brush

New vs old.

[midnight cairn]

So tidy 🤯

[upbeat herald]

New basement. Give it a year or two 😂

[mint dove]

Gonna have to proxy an attack k squig warboss with my mega armor warboss, it's perpetually out of stock and no way am I paying 70 bucks for a non-character mini

[brisk vapor]

I kinda fell in love with these smallest of dudes, next up a squad of Justaerin terminators

[ocean pendant]

[lost dagger]

first time doing a knight, any recommendations on gold part guys?🥲, I think it got thick

[compact umbra]

This is the first time I’ve we seen a practical use of painting on the sprue omg

[compact umbra]

Tbh I usually use leadbelcher and put an orange or brown contrast on top

[brisk vapor]

Yeah for the LI infantry it's very handy

[compact umbra]

I don’t think the game is for me but it’s so fucking cute

[compact umbra]

Like, he’s just a lil guy I love him

[brisk vapor]

The littlest

[compact umbra]

Gulliman and Lion play HH diorama when

[brisk vapor]

these would probably be closer to action figures to their scale

[lost dagger]

Will try that, thx!

I probably gonna use sand paper to scratch a bit, when light hit on it, the rough surface look nasty

I am not sure if I wanna do a nice smooth gradient on gold to orange, or just do some edge variation will make it not too flat

[compact umbra]

You could drip rubbing alcohol onto the gold and wipe it off maybe?

[lost dagger]

Sure I will try that

[alpine zealot]

First attempt ever and I'm kinda proud

[median flame]

Looks good

19 more to go

[alpine zealot]

Yep

I will try different methods

[median flame]

I do recommend getting nuln oil and agrax earthshade or any wash

[alpine zealot]

Thanks

[median flame]

Yeah it gets in the grooves and makes them look much better also useful things are layer paints

[vale pollen]

Good go see another crimson fist bro

I love the blank breastplate

[median flame]

https://tenor.com/view/fma-fullmetal-alchemist-armstrong-bromance-viril-gif-16049606

[vale pollen]

Here's my favorite boy

[median flame]

Ooooh nice I need to get some mk7 helmets

[vale pollen]

Such a good look

[median flame]

And the imperial fist upgrade spru for the shoulders

[vale pollen]

And the powerfists, stuff so good man

Our boys are a thing of beauty

[median flame]

I got a mostly first born army (old photo plus ran out of primer half way through priming them)

[glossy hawk]

Hmm. Those tanks look lootable.

[vale pollen]

Uh oh lol

[median flame]

And a contemptor

[vale pollen]

Eyyy

[glossy hawk]

WAAAAAGH!

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unfinished boyz

About to loot some beakie trukks…

[toxic rampart]

Where da Boyz?

[toxic rampart]

Must be Kommandos

[grizzled jolt]

Got my Ogryn rumble belly done, he's based off of mine from Darktide and his buddy.

[toxic rampart]

They look good! I like the beard!

[grizzled jolt]

Thank you

[mint dove]

Are grot tanks any good?

[mint dove]

What's your skin recipie?

Found the perfect proxy for grot tanks today

[grizzled jolt]

Base bugsman glow, shade reikland flesh shade, brighten again with bugsman and the layer with cadian flesh tone. Sometimes I highlight with kislev flesh.

[glossy hawk]

YOOHOHOHOOO

Link please

[mint dove]

Ai-Fun 4PCS Mini Tank Pull Back Tank Model Toy Military Toy Vehicle for Kids (Solid Color) https://a.co/d/841IB1n

[glossy hawk]

thanks so much

[mint dove]

I'm never actually buying another ork vehicle

It's so easy to kitbash

Battlewagon? Ww2 Era halftrack rukkatrukk squigbuggy? Slap some bits on a dune buggy. Any type of snazzwagon? These humvee jeeps already look mighty orky

Suck it GW

[sterile grail]

A unique WH killteam box in Japan

[midnight cairn]

Isn't that the Salvation box?

[sterile grail]

its the same, only the box is localized somehow. Other killteam box is still in english.

[dense saffron]

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[toxic rampart]

I saw someone make a Grot tank armored division and just kick ass. Lemme peek at the rules for em.

A quick peek at them. The scatter ability is amazing. A team of 8 of them is OC 16, which isn't bad at all. With some chaff support, you can make a good go of it.

At just under 39 points a model, with toughness 6 and 5 sounds, that is a lot of firepower on the field.

Good mobility at 10" move, 6" more if not engaged by an enemy inside of 9".

8 tanks gets to bring 2 extra weapons on their leader units in total.

[mint dove]

I think it would be fun to make a grot army, even for the meme

[toxic rampart]

I've got a baby sleeping on me, so typing is slow, sorry

Zodgrod and 2 Meks, with 3 squads of 20 Gretchen, 3 grot mega tanks, 3 squads of 8 grot tanks, and 2 squads of Killakans, you would be in business

[mint dove]

That should be fun...eventually. thankfully with proxy units I can make that 2000 point army for like $250?

The only ones I can't proxy is the meks,zodgrod,the grots and Kans

But being able to get 24 proxy grot tanks for $70 is pretty nice

[steep pond]

"Dammit Bobby I thought I told you we only Purge the unclean with Propane."

[toxic rampart]

Fun fact. Citadel paint pots, once empty, are about the size of the bodies for Kans and Deffdreads. Do with that what you will.

[mint dove]

@toxic rampart would this be good for a thousand points?

Zodgrod,2 mek,3x20 gretchin,1 grot mega tank, 2x4 grot tanks,3 killa kan

[toxic rampart]

Puts you at... 980 points, which is pretty good!

[mint dove]

Added headwoppas kill choppa on one of the mek

So 1000 even

[toxic rampart]

For the unit sizes, it is also pretty stable. I was about to suggest that, Super Cybork, or Follow me lads.

[mint dove]

I want to get this to see if it's actually as fun and goofy as I hope it is

The last thing I want is to spend $500 on models only to hate it lol

[toxic rampart]

Overall, that is pretty good board presence. Zodgrod and his super grots will have good chaff, dropping some gretchin on your homebase means rolls for extra command points. The mega tank is a big soaker, with the killa kans acting as your pushers. The Grot tanks can harass really well. I'd think it would work pretty well!

[grizzled jolt]

Not that you asked, but here's a tank I did 2 years ago out of a plastic tractor my kids never touched.

Can you guess what klan I picked 🤣

[mint dove]

I wish I was that talented

I can paint but I can't fab for shit

[grizzled jolt]

All I can say is, get all your materials ready and start putting stuff wherever you feel. This was my first big scratch build/ kickback

[glossy hawk]

on the topic of hulking metal constructions

Added some mournfang brown wash for rust on Gobzilla

also Boyz

[toxic rampart]

That entire thing looks awesome! Better than my Sherman turned Battlewagon!

[grizzled jolt]

I started building a gargant for my local hobby store but ended up quitting when my son was born, it's still a thing I just have to get the motivation to finish it.

This is 100% garbage lol

[glossy hawk]

fucking amazing drill arm

drills are underutilized

you did a great job with the bodywork itself

very similar to the gown-like bulk of the actual stompa

you need a ton of grots on each gun-arm

now, “too much dakka” may not exist but loading limitations do, which is usually why each stompa has only one or two gun weapons (maybe 3 if its got a belly gun)

so you need them swarming on it like bees on honey

[grizzled jolt]

Thank you, hopefully one I day I finish it lol

[toxic rampart]

That Gargant looks really good too. For being made of junk, when it is all done, it's gonna be a work of art.

All of your Ork models look so clean. It's a fun contrast to the way mine look, lol.

Rust buckets. But it works for Rustslasha's WAAAGH!

[brisk vapor]

we've got Kroot

they said this is bout half of the upcoming new Kroot models

[trim hemlock]

Beautiful stuff

Also plastic Mandrakes

[tawny glade]

Plastic solar aux

[worldly pawn]

good looking models

[signal plover]

Finally, my dark eldar will be playable again

[summer sparrow]

Painted up a Necrons for a friend

All 3d printed. Dead dark angel for scale

[summer sparrow]

The grey and copper works well together, but feel like it needs a 3rd color splashed in there

[median thistle]

I agree

Also are those the new terminators?

[plush briar]

I’m open to suggestions on a color

[median thistle]

White is a good colour, to counter greys and blacks

Things like symbols, knee pads, just little bits to add extra colour

Also a suggestion, mainly regarding those termis, posing goes along way with making your minis look good, I know cuz my minis especially my firstborn my original ones had kinda really janky poses, goes a long way to completing a paint scheme

[plush briar]

First time painting minis so I just followed the instructions but I’m experimenting more with each kit I get

[median thistle]

That’s understandable

My best advice is try to avoid poses that look like they’re squatting

[summer sparrow]

Looks great for first time, my first Eldar guardians were thick paint coated abominations

[median thistle]

Here’s some of my first born models I built recently

But otherwise your painting is great! Needs abit of clean up but that’s nothing new haha

[mint dove]

Painting my deffkoptas tomorrow

A little intimidated by all the metal gubbins however

I think my plan is just going to to be to base averland sunset on the parts I want yellow then slap on black contrast paint to the rest of the model, choose the parts I want copper/brass and paint a layer of brown over those.

Then I have to paint the one I've been dreading...the deffdredd

[rare hornet]

I NEED that plastic malcador

[pastel grotto]

If the imperial guard had WhatsApp

[plush swift]

You're alive

I see I failed

[summer sparrow]

lol, yes, been busy with Battletech of late

new gamestore in my town has had a nice little battletech group pop up

[mint merlin]

Doing some kitbashing
opinions on veteran cadian with 2 power swords or with 2 laspistols?
idc about tabletop btw, just regarding the cool factor

[short pawn]

2 las pistols is banger

[patent bluff]

Dude the new Auxilia figures are so cool

I love the tanks, they look so damn good

[brisk vapor]

me at the moment

[patent bluff]

Real

Dude I wasn’t even interested In the Auxilia but after seeing the reveal they actually look pretty dope. Might have to invest

I havent been able to play a 30k match or really look into the army shit but can you combine marines and Auxilia or are they purely separate things

[short pawn]

I already have a guard army so I'll look really silly if I have both eras guards....

[patent bluff]

The better era vs an era of guards

[short pawn]

[patent bluff]

(The better era is 30k)

I also saw the new blood angels upgrades

They are actually dope as hell

[short pawn]

I don't like lung cancer so i can't get into horus heresy ☹️☹️

[patent bluff]

If I ever feel the need to learn about them deff gonna get a small detachment of Blood Angels with a preator. I wanna low key do an Ultramarines army (I know basic) but I like them

[patent bluff]

Sad

[short pawn]

30k ultra marines are sick dont worry

[patent bluff]

I’m listening to the audio books for the heresy rn and big Sand man showed up

[patent bluff]

My goal is to get Robert this year

The 30k one

I mean you can’t tell me every single Primarch figure isn’t absolute HEAT

I mean shit. Horus has 2

There’s just so many cool ass Horus Heresy figures. It sucks that they are locked behind a 100$ pay wall on EBay

Like I wanna get the Loken x Abadon or whatever character model and it’s like 150

Like damn man, I’m better getting Roberto for 110

[plush swift]

plastic warlord

for me

and not in polystyrene, in a good plastic instead

[median thistle]

I’m just sad that the previous forgeworld solar auxillia command squad disappeared without notice

[brisk vapor]

that would be great as well but still far away I fear

[mint merlin]

two guns or two power swords?

[patent bluff]

Rip to the homies

They will be missed

[median thistle]

Really wanted them for my imperial guard

Had literally perfect models for me lol

Yes they were about £80 but now they’re gone

[patent bluff]

Damn, I feel the pain

[median thistle]

🥲

Just gotta hope someone is selling one or something lol

Or that GW makes something that’s up to the same standard

But I think I saw their command section and i think it looked almost exactly the same as the core troop section

[patent bluff]

That dude in the front looks like a pain in the ass to paint

[median thistle]

Oh god yeah but he’s got so much flair to him

[patent bluff]

That blue is incredibly nice though

Bro why does 30k have nothing but banger models

[median thistle]

Well those ones don’t exist now but yeah lol