40k-minis-and-armies

[median thistle]

30k plays better than 40k right now too

[patent bluff]

I haven’t been able to play a match yet as the majority of people near me only play 40k

[median thistle]

I’m gonna be getting some solar auxillia as allies to my ultra marines same way that the word bearers I wanna make will have daemons

[mint dove]

Gonna paint my deffcoptas with yriel yellow, but I've never used it before

[median thistle]

You doing bad moonz?

Or just want them yellow

[mint dove]

What's a good base coat? Should I just paint it over gray seer primer? Or over averland

Yeah badmoons

Just straight averland

[median thistle]

So grey seer will have more of a subtle yellow as yriel yellow is quite a soft colour id describe it

[mint dove]

It looks okay, but I find the yellow a bit flat

[median thistle]

Painting over averland will be like putting on a wash and that’s what I’d recommend

Gives more depth to the colour itself rather than being the colour

[short pawn]

Yeah i wasnt a fan of it. It just looked like the cadian command squad

[median thistle]

That being said averland might be too dark to have much of an effect

[mint dove]

Gotcha, I like the look of averland sunset but I feel it's better for things like imperial fists, badmoons are like neon yellow

This was my last orc

[median thistle]

Exactly

[median thistle]

I’ll have a look once my data works lol

[short pawn]

That new heavy sentinel though??? GOD DAMN

One of the coolest vehicles ever

[median thistle]

Is he just averland?

[short pawn]

It makes me wish there was an astra militarum sentinel that was basically a baneblade

[median thistle]

Ima be honest chief, I think he’s too low to the ground with that amount of chonk

[mint dove]

Yeah straight averland

[short pawn]

Rule of cool

[median thistle]

He got a beer belly sentinel lol

Yeah that’s fair rule of cool is the way of the world

[median thistle]

Have you considered using something like flash gitz yellow, a bright yellow and then using yriel over that?

I have a fire dragon indoors with a yellow Helmet with a similar colour you want but I can’t for the life of me remember how I painted him

[mint dove]

No because I was going to use flash gitz to highlight and I feel like using it in the recipie may throw off the highlights

Also a bit weird going from a dark to light to midtone no?

[median thistle]

Easier to build up the colour

Flash gitz should in theory paint better on a similar colour, brightens it up and then gives depth with the wash

Lemme see if I can find me fire dragon picture

Nah I got no idea where that is 😂

Oh no I know what I’ve done I’m a bellend

[median thistle]

Ignore me I’m a knob I confused yriel yellow with iyanden

[mint dove]

Lol that makes more sense

I feel like yriel yellow is a few shades brighter than averland but still in the same family

I'll try it on my deffkoptas

Any advice using layer paint? Last tike I tried painting with flash gitz it turned out bad

Like this bad

So any advice about how to best use them would be great

[median thistle]

layer paint I believe is a little thinner than the base paints

[median thistle]

this looks fine to me lol

[mint dove]

Oooooh so I may be overthinning it

Like here you can see it kinda pools in recesses

[median thistle]

Yeah just get a wash basically

Gives i abit of depth that’s all you need

Dark colours to make bright colours seem brighter

[mint dove]

How should I highlight black?

Incubi darkness or dark reaper?

[median thistle]

I dont remember what the difference between them is to be honest

which one is brighter or what colour are they

[short pawn]

I was recommended thunderhawk blue

[mint dove]

Both are kinda like really dark greens

[patent bluff]

Forgot to crop them

But like I said gyatt

[primal summit]

A lil test for my pox boi.

Another glowy test.

[simple thorn]

Are those Lucius-pattern lasrifles the Solar are using?

Or just an earlier variant that the Lucius later emulated?

[patent bluff]

I think earlier?

Granted they look like your typical las rifle but that chunky weird clip at the bottom is odd

[simple thorn]

I mean the typical pattern of lasrifle is the one Cadians have

Since it's
y'know

everywhere

[patent bluff]

Yeah

[simple thorn]

'ere we are, wiki calls the standard pattern Kantreal

(swore it was something else)

[patent bluff]

Beats me man, 30k las rifle and Auxilia hit hard though

[simple thorn]

Lucius is the DKOK rifle

Okay, so the Solar Auxilia for some reason don't have a solo image of their lasrifle

But apparently it's called the Kalibrax V-1 Pattern Lasrifle

Looks a lot like the Lucius, except it doesn't have any visible battery I can see

oh my god you can rig lasguns to work as shotguns

[patent bluff]

Seriously?

That’s badass

[silver thorn]

its made up tech, you can make lasweapons a sniper rifle

how does that make sense?

its LIGHT

its all INFINITE RANGE

if you can make light "longer range"

you can make it "shorter range"

xD

[simple thorn]

It's an illegal modification. The image provided looked like a tri-barrel lasgun.
If I had to guess, it'd work like the Tri-beam laser rifle from Fallout 3

But otherwise, it diffuses the beams over a wider area. Powerful up close, terrible at actual rifle ranges

[simple thorn]

Also, power draw.
Lasguns are desiged to be fired en masse forever.
Long-las/Lasgun snipers are designed to be fired a few times and maybe put a sizeable dent in ceramite

Or just make someone fucking explode

[silver thorn]

i like that las weapons in darktide have recoil

🙂

its literally neccessary people hate guns in video games that have no recoil haha

[simple thorn]

I can't rightly remember the lore justification, but I read somewhere that some lasguns genuinely do have recoil for one reason or another

One listed reason was causing the air in front of the gun to violently cavitate/explode/do stuff that doesn't make sense, causing the gun to shake

[silver thorn]

weird

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/S6bUlwtYwGY?feature=share

[mint dove]

Looks gross.

[mint dove]

I'm less upset about the range of it and more that they made the lasgun in darktide have RECOIL

It's like having to brace a flashlight before you turn it on

[silver thorn]

Yea

Ghost333 posted something about air cavitation but it just... it doesnt make sense to me

the whole point of a lasgun is its recoiless and infinite until the battery pack is expended

thats why the original designers went with it

[mint dove]

Is a battlewagon about the same size as a grot mega tank?

[compact umbra]

Tbh the natural progression of warhammer hobbistis like,

Tinker toys > legos > warhammer

[jaunty trail]

For me it was Lego -> WWII/modern military models -> Warhammer 40k

[rare hornet]

For me it was warhammer > empty void of nothingness > warhammer

[clear arch]

Finally got to test the kolinskys I bought out and man I got punked

The 00 came frayed with no point

And the 1 had an immediate hair fray after using it

Man I am seriously bummed out now

[mint dove]

Does this list work? https://pastebin.com/BZ7GnfX0

I'm running a warboss to go with the nobz, a warboss and weirdboy to go with the 20 Boyz, captian badrukk to go with my 10 flash gitz, 2 trukks to transport the flash gitz and nobz, then the Boyz go on foot and can pop around with da jump

The deffdredd is there for fun and something to distract from squishier targets

[clear arch]

Did a proper lense dot

I'm the GOAT

[hollow goblet]

Lasguns do have a hydraulic "kicker" designed to simulate recoil BC it's otherwise hard to tell when the gun is actually firing

[compact umbra]

I hear some where it’s also to force guardsmen to conserve ammo

[short pawn]

I heard that it's to help lasguns mimick the muscle memory guardsmen might have with bullet weapons but idk

[mint dove]

Anybody know a good proxy for kaptian badrukk?

No way in hell I'm paying $100+ for a single finecast

[upbeat herald]

Photons carry momentum apparently. Also from whatever I've read some weapons factories lack proper resources like using the right amount of shielding on the capacitors in the gun's causing them to shake when fired. # flashlights forever!

[upbeat herald]

I like this camo scheme

[hollow goblet]

I think that's Ogryn, they have to have a fire rate limiter installed in their weapons to stop them from mag dumping the whole thing, (its why the ripper and stubber can't fire a single bullet, even the smart ones have a super heavy trigger finger)

[hollow goblet]

this might be a strat

[upbeat herald]

As long as it's the right base size , kitbash whatever you want. Any TO worth thier salt will enjoy your creativity

[hollow goblet]

Lmk if you need a pirate cutlass I have many in my bits box

[mint dove]

I may take you up on that offer

I did find a pretty convincing proxy

It may not be 1:1 but I can always use my extra standards from my meganob kit, and slap the cutlass on his hip

[hollow goblet]

Yee it's better to find a proxy that suits your style than find an exact copy anyway

[mint dove]

I just finished brutal kunnin, correct me if I'm wrong but is badrukks gun irradiated? Or the ammo?

[hollow goblet]

My Ksons have so many random bits and proxies from other armies

[mint dove]

Shit I may buy that one for the grot alone

[upbeat herald]

I got a Russian made demon host. I gotta say some places gw a run for their money

[hollow goblet]

Wait is the daemonhost an actual ingame mini

[upbeat herald]

Yes

[hollow goblet]

you'd think I'd know this I'm literally the chaos guy

[upbeat herald]

Oop finecast tho. However 10th edition allows you to have one in an inquisitorial henchmen squad

[hollow goblet]

Ohhh its super old this makes sense now lol

[hollow goblet]

I mean DH is probably like chaos spawn in the sense that an equivalent dollar amount of random bits and some hobby chain will probably always get you better results than the actual model most of the time

I love how the two bonus options are "chained eldritch horror" or "Monke"

[hollow goblet]

I wonder if that one is based on the DH in the ahriman book it kinda reminds me of it

[upbeat herald]

Dunno all I know is with the right inquisitor it's attacks double lol

So it's like 12 attacks at s7 ap-2 2dmg or something silly. The whole unit is 32 wounds and they all have 5++

It'll prolly whiff as soon as I get to use it lol

[mint dove]

I was gonna order a badrukk from a Russian recast place but the process seemed super sketchy

[plush swift]

fuck man, 3d prints cost almost the same as GW plastic these days

[plush swift]

no

the list doesnt have a job so it cant work

[mint dove]

Yeah I find 3d prints are definitely a "get what you pay for" type of thing. I've bought $4 minis and $40 collar minis and I'll buy the 40 dollar one every time

[mint dove]

Of course it does, the job is roll in and roll 6s

Orks are never gonna be competitive, they will always been fun however

[plush swift]

thats the orks not the list

the list doesnt have a job

so it doesnt work

[mint dove]

I don't follow

I've got transports to move in my melee units(nobs) and be a mobile gun platform for my flash gitz, the boys can jump in with the weirdboys and catch enemies between the nobs and them, badrukk makes flashgitz extra good, deff dredd is a fun addition because I like him and the grots can stay back on point and generate CP

Warboss leading the nobz is extra good as well, power claws getting +1 to hit

Badrukk letting flash gitz rerollhit rolls seems pretty good too

Will I win LVO? Probably not, will I have fun rolling 50 D6 attacking with a full squad of flash gitz? You bet

[short pawn]

They are doing a dad joke @mint dove

[mint dove]

I

I need to go lie down

I haven't whooshed that hard in years

[boreal hemlock]

Kriegers

[plush swift]

You whooshed so hard that it caused a snow storm across the US

[mint merlin]

Has anyone here played one page rules?

[plush swift]

yes

[mint merlin]

I kinda want to get into the game, but the real rules seems a lot intimidating,lots of stuff

would OPR be a good starting point?

[mint dove]

It's not the first time I was such a goober it caused a natural disaster

[plush swift]

ehh they are very different game systems

OPR is VERY simple, but the issue with the simple systems is they create more problems with interactions that arent thought about

40k has a similar issue with the modern simplified rules

also 40k rules really arent that complex, its a lot of words but it caan be dumbed down super easily

its basically roll dice based off X number

[mint merlin]

I'll probably ask for an initiation in a gw store then

[hollow goblet]

40K's issue is largely the fact they choose to use stupid flavour terminology instead of just making things practical and accessible

They say shit like "wounds" which would literally just be 'health' in any other game and the overly specific/weird wording is almost entirely the issue

Every time I've explained a mechanic to someone and they've understood they've gone "ohhh so it's like X thing from this game, why did they word it like that?"

Like why do I need to know somethings "ballistic skill" when it would be objectively easier for new players to use "accuracy" as the name of your stat

[mint dove]

Okay nevermind. Perfect badrukk proxy

My question is do flash gitz/free bootaz follow color schemes like other clans?

[short pawn]

I mean the flash gitz have a yellow named after them

Do with that what you will

[summer sparrow]

Wraith Lord with bird

[mint dove]

I think for my deff dredd I'm gonna paint the entire body in averland/yriel yellow then the arms in only metallic colors

[mint dove]

After some research is seems like most flashgitz get kicked out of their clan for being flashgitz lol, so they just use any and every color

[silver thorn]

my last sister came out very scuffed 😦

[mint dove]

There's always gotta be one scuffed one mate

Like how you always burn the last pancake of the batch

Does that make the other 9 pancakes you made any less good?

And I don't think that looks so bad, looks fine to me

[silver thorn]

she's the 3rd one, the other two are marginally better

[mint dove]

Just gotta keep painting, only thing to it is to do it and all that

[silver thorn]

yea u rite. as long as the helmets ok

i just noticed a little white on the black ear piece

https://tenor.com/view/inuyasha-angry-rage-demon-red-eyes-gif-5265963

[mint dove]

And remember, most people will be looking at your mini from 3 feet away on a busy tabletop, meanwhile you are hyperfocusijg on every mistake from 4 inches away

[silver thorn]

BATTLE READY

[mint dove]

Put the mini down, take a step back or 2 and look at it then, and unless it's a named unit nobody will really focus on rank and file anyhow

Ya gotta get out of your own head lad

[silver thorn]

imagine painting 40 battle sisters

[mint dove]

It's why I paint orcs,

[short pawn]

(I send out my worst miniatures to my frontline squads so they get pushed off the table faster)

[mint dove]

Ezpz

[silver thorn]

brilliant

[short pawn]

One day I will have a suicide squad of my worst painted guardsmen

They will have to redeem themselves

[mint dove]

The Thinyourpaints.mov corps

[short pawn]

https://tenor.com/view/nervous-scared-hand-shaking-shivering-gif-24524523

THEYRE AFTER ME

[silver thorn]

https://tenor.com/view/painting-bob-ross-gif-5675623

[mint dove]

Dude I found the perfect weirdboy proxy too

HES GOT A DINOSAUR SKULL STAFF AND HERMIT BEARD

Now all I need is 1 more box of nobs and 1 more box of gitz and My first army will be complete

@short pawn Warlord inspiring his battleline (2024)(colorized)

Also I just realized after all these years

That's not a human head

They painted a face on top of the fucking helmet

[short pawn]

That's so fucking scary now that you mention that

[mint dove]

How did it take me that long to notice

[short pawn]

My first mini last year

[short pawn]

You didnt want to notice

[mint dove]

Like how your brain protects you during a car accident lol

[short pawn]

I painted these guys with just contrast paint and metallics. It was really fun

i will never use contrast again

[mint dove]

This is my first vs most recent

[short pawn]

Yeah you improved comedically fast and even then the ultra nerd isnt even bad

My main thing with painting struggles is all mental. I'll take pictures of something in progress then give up on it because i dont want to see it through with how fugly it is atm

[mint dove]

The only contrast paints that I will stand by is black legion,snakebite leather, gore grunta fur and blood angels red

[short pawn]

^ gore grunta fur fucks

that's my leather

[mint dove]

I use it for ork pants because with the way it settles, if there's any stitches or patches on the pants the paint highlights them for me

[short pawn]

dude contrast fucks with my brain with how it highlights for you

science will never explain it properly to me it's magic water

[mint dove]

Like I have to force myself to use base paints or ill literally just do all contrast

[short pawn]

I already know corpse starch is going to desperately try to explain how basic contrast is and how its basically just super watered down paint but my ass is NOT listening that shit is NOT normal

[short pawn]

Why?

Whats wrong with all contrast?

Maybe it can be your style

[hollow goblet]

Based as fuck I do the same

I use layers and stuff for drybrushing afterwards a bunch tho tbf

[silver thorn]

i just

i just want a solid color

i feel like the paint is too thin out of the pot

i think my palette is too wet

[short pawn]

Youre not talking about citadel right

[silver thorn]

citadel yea

vallejo feels thicker

[short pawn]

You're not going to get a solid color in one coat, you shouldn't be. You will probably still see some of the undercoat fading through on a first coat

[silver thorn]

I have to do like 10 coats of red

on my sororitas primed in black

it takes hours

[plush swift]

My red one coats black

and its an ink

[visual turret]

I HAVE THE LEGGY BOY

[patent bluff]

Damn that’s cheap

At my hobby store it’s like 50

[brisk vapor]

50 what

because that's the official gw price

[patent bluff]

Dollars

🇺🇸

[brisk vapor]

sorry to hear that

overseas tax do be hitting

[patent bluff]

It’s okay, I wasn’t planning on getting it anyway

I do like the look of it though. Goes hard

[mint merlin]

Only thing I can think of

[patent bluff]

That’s pretty funny

[white tangle]

Hey, does anyone know what is the cause of the effect of when you paint on layers of paint and you can still see the brushstrokes even though the under coat is no longer visible? The only thing that i can come up with is the paint wasn't shaken enough or i put in too much water or something, idk. Plz help if you know the issue.

[brisk vapor]

as in the brushstrokes of the layer below the new one?

[white tangle]

I dont really know how to explain it. It happens to me a lot when using gw whites but this time i was using grey.

Its like a gradient in colour happens so you can see the brush strokes sort of.

[brisk vapor]

can you show a picture of it?

I feel it could be the layer below hadn't fully dried yet before the new layer

[white tangle]

Ive fixed it now, but i was just looking on how to avoid it. So sadly i cant take a picture

[white tangle]

I thought it was dry but maybe i was too rash. It wasn't creating texture i don't think, which happens when you scrape paint off. To my knowledge that is.

[brisk vapor]

Yeah that's correct to an extent

could just be that you use transparent paints and they just need a couple layers before it fully covers the earlier brush strokes

[white tangle]

Yeah, guess so. Ill wait a bit longer before applying another layer next time i guess. Thanks.

[brisk vapor]

take a picture if you encounter it again so I might try and help better 😄

[white tangle]

Will do!

[plush swift]

this can be caused by a lot of things, like low quality paint, the paint not being thin enough, you not waiting long enough before applying a second coat, paint being too thin, paint being transparent and not having the correct technique for it, not having enough coats, etc

[midnight locust]

If using citadel paints, any suggestions on going for a cruxis crusade paint scheme?

[plush swift]

crying in a corner

[steep pond]

does anyone have any palanite enforcer models?

[toxic rampart]

Warhammer 40k Sergeant Johnson.

"Back in my day! We didn't have no fancy Rogal Dorn tanks. We had to fight the Orks with two sticks and a rock! And we had to share the rock!"

[rugged vigil]

Today I finish up painting the last dudes on this DKOK Field Ordanace Battery!

[sturdy locust]

Was wondering if anyone knew how I could mend my paintbrushes they're split after doing all these figs 😭

I still have more to do

[midnight cairn]

First wash them https://www.greenstuffworld.com/en/brush-cleaning/1229-brush-soap-cleaner-and-preserver.html, then gel them https://www.greenstuffworld.com/en/brush-repair/627-brush-repair-gel.html maybe? Probably @plush swift knows a better way.

[lost willow]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1135012388794548296/1198328218437025802/640d823c-fb9a-4862-b624-67e0eeedb2c8.jpg?ex=65be811f&is=65ac0c1f&hm=db6b89493a134b69ef14d0cc831e96f35e748c1a4eede4ad52628a089d72ac59&

[plush swift]

You need to clean those better with soap, brush restore stuff barely works for this kind of damage

those are also cheap synths so its not worth spending the time to fix them honestly

[sturdy locust]

They're my bf's brushes and we're split a lil before this 🤣 that'd fair I have a few better brushes but I wanna learn to upkeep them

I usually put soap in my water too

[plush swift]

yeah dont do this

it doesnt really do anything to acrylics

[sturdy locust]

These are my two "better" brushes i got

Oki!

[plush swift]

parftial hook and a partial split. get some brush soap

[sturdy locust]

K! What kind do you recommend :3

Kinda new to painting figs so any I'm down to try

I found some good brush soaps and some brush tuts ^_^ I'll get some asap but thanks for telling me what to not do I really appreciate it

I'll also get the one suggested above too

All about learning

[tacit geyser]

If you're wanting the slightly lighter black, you could always use a coat of Black Templars contrast paint over a light grey prime maybe. Otherwise, prime Chaos black>base Abbadon Black> edge highlight in grey colors (I use blue edge highlights, but the picture looks like it is more of a greyscale). So Eshin Grey > Dawnstone.
-The white on the pauldrons looks pure white, so just Corax white> Ulthuan Grey.
-The Bolter is metallic, so Leadbelcher> shade with Nuln Oil> edge highlight with more Leadbelcher> Ironbreaker or Necron Compound.
-The Tabard still looks like a clean white also, but don't use the same colors as the pauldrons or it will look weird. Maybe pick a light tan and build up to Screaming Skull.
-For the crusade emblem, use the same white you used for the pauldrons, then freehand a red line using Mephiston Red> then if you want it to be brighter layer with Evil Suns Scarlet. The Sisters of Battle use the Fleur De Lis symbol a lot, so maybe look into ordering a spare transfer sheet online.

That's just my take, hope that's the info you were looking for.

[edgy jackal]

That's a nice shade of green

[rare hornet]

Beta legion

[visual turret]

What colour/chapter/legion should I do the helmet on his spikes

[rare hornet]

Blood angels

A nice bright red helmet will really stand out

[edgy jackal]

Which contrast/speedpaint did you use for the armour?

[visual turret]

ahkelian green over leadbelcher primer

ezpz

exactly what the citadel app recc's

[plush swift]

Never listen to tutorials by mini painters, I'm saying this as a manufactuer

They are REALLY bad

And generally will cause more damage to your products

[plush swift]

the masters soap is fine, its not the best but its good enough. The best is dirty dog and escoda soap is good

[sturdy locust]

Gotcha!! I saw one from an acrylic artist who uses pink soap, then boiling water, then "brush sharper" from speedball but I'm gonna trust your words before that thank you so much for the suggestions I'll get then asap

[plush swift]

that works on rare occasions, boiling water only works on a few types on synthetics

Was it super raedizzle?

pink soap is meh, its very harsh for brushes, so its sort of fine for synthetics

like it works, but never use it on higher end synths

the brush shaper is an interesting product

its ok, I use it on occasion but generally dont need it

I use gum arabic to sharpen my tips

its also the adhesive on most brushes to keep them from getting damaged during shipping

[signal plover]

https://youtu.be/phWucDPKyI4?si=vejgCFDKhN6xrLvU

Just do this and you’re golden lol

[visual turret]

@rare hornet mystery boy DONE

[rare hornet]

I LOVE IT

[visual turret]

I do too!

This was the one I was most nervous about as it's colour is a contrast

but it came out so nice I may just be convinced to do more Alpha Legion models

[rare hornet]

he's come out amazingly

[visual turret]

Ratling grime on the silver for the gun

[rare hornet]

So good!!

I need to do my chaos termis at some poit

[hearty bear]

That is a sexy glow

[visual turret]

I can't choose now which one I do next

Black Legion
Iron Warriors
Word Bearers
Night Lords

[rare hornet]

try word bearers

[visual turret]

That's the two-axed fella then

discount Worlds Eaters

[rare hornet]

exactly

[visual turret]

Night Lords get the claws

Iron Warriors get the heavy autocannon and the Black Legion gets the sword/fancier guy

[signal plover]

Red corsairs

[visual turret]

https://tenor.com/view/nuh-uh-nuh-uh-scout-tf2-gif-12750436057634665505

[mint dove]

Lol my local game store had to put up signs saying "trying to order more product but GW are being bastards, sorry"

They only have a few space marine and Tyranid kits and like...one to none of every other faction

[hearty bear]

The good news is that GW are considering opening another factory to adjust to skyrocketing demand

[visual turret]

huge

TIL the sternguard kit has a beaky helmet in, and a chainsword w/ a handguard

meaning I can make minorly discount malum caedo

[lavish crescent]

World eaters aren't an option

Wait no

They are

Best chaos bois

Word bearers aren't an option

[visual turret]

Yes they are

For chaos undivided

[mint dove]

Wait...they only had 1 factory?

[ocean pendant]

I think they have 3, but they're all in Nottingham

[glossy hawk]

thank god

i would hope they risk opening one in america

[hearty bear]

they have 3

which puts their demand in perspective

a factory in america would be wonderful

[mint dove]

What's a good recipie for ork lips?

[lament path]

Usually just throw them in a skillet with butter

[hollow goblet]

Finally making some progress on these kill teams

[plush swift]

Literally the angle he's coming in at will destroy most brushes

he's also being way too rough

the glue in most brushes isnt very strong, its just school glue

[signal plover]

brushes will be fine

[plush swift]

yeah tell that to the $600 I have to spend on brushes a month because of students

[signal plover]

does your company not comp that?

[plush swift]

Nope

Im a teacher

[signal plover]

oh so it's voluntary then

[plush swift]

Not at all

If I dont supply the brushes, the kids have nothing

so then i get fired

I dont teach at those rich peoples schools

I only teach at lower income places

[signal plover]

Damn that's crazy

[plush swift]

Everyone deserves to have education, money shouldnt be a factor

My company makes paint, we dont make brushes. So the paint I get at a massive discount

and even then

thats still something that comes out of pocket, that company doesnt make much money

only a very few companies make over 1mil a year

most make in profit around 10-20k at most

paint and art supplies as a whole arent a huge money thing, paint itself is only 280mil a year in global sales for the artist sector

exterior dectoration paint like cars and houses is 1.1 billion

this also includes industrial

fun fact, its hard to track hobby paint sales because its actually legally listed as exterior decoration paint

because of its chemical make up and who makes it

[fallen obsidian]

🙂

[gray solstice]

I will soon be painting the interior of a vehicle though

So guess they better change 😎

Boys, I am a 40k noob just starting to get into it

Closing in on the finish line of my first 500pt army

I've had such fun

[plush swift]

I mean you can do a lot of art with house paint, so it doesnt matter where it is applied

[gray solstice]

He's got me

[plush swift]

but interior decoration paint is considered high thermal resistance paint for some reason

I dont make the rules, i just scream at them

[silver thorn]

america is like the most expensive place to open a factory lol

give me cheap chinese figures 🙂

[hollow goblet]

Y'all so with the new reveals

please tell me that when they said "new faction" they didn't mean adding solar auxilia to HH

Because I'm actually going to be angry if they hyped us up for Emps Children and then pulled that

[worldly pawn]

I thought they said there was gonna be a new 40k faction not hh

[mint dove]

Finally got to use my scribing tool

Tried making a custom base for badrukk

[kind root]

any advice on painting? im new to it and lowkey scared on ruining my minis.

[plush swift]

slap paint on, you can strip it off later

dont worry about it being good, it wont be

no ones first mini is good

[kind root]

true, pretty much a trial and error sit?

[plush swift]

yep

dont worry about guides or anything

just slap it on to you can get over the fear

[kind root]

ight

thank u

[plush swift]

Once you do that feel free to ping me, i tutor art doctorial students

so I have some weird ways of getting past tricky techniques

[kind root]

ill do my best

all i can do at this point

[toxic stratus]

it's about having fun and getting the work done. don't get stressed out, open a stream or music and get the groove

[plush swift]

exactly

[kind root]

thanks

[hollow goblet]

Mine is but that's because I spent months agonising over learning the minutia of every new hobby before I invest any time in it would not recommend

[plush swift]

its this good?

my stuff isnt this good

so I call myself bad

[mint dove]

Only soaking a mini in acetone will ruin it. Paint on a model is still better than a gray plastic one

Almost done with the basecoats for my warboss

[short pawn]

I finally got my own painting station. No more painting at a counter downstairs

[mint dove]

God bless, I couldn't live without my setup

[short pawn]

It took me 20 minutes to get everything set up and cleaned up to where i just didnt want to deal with it anymore and stopped

[mint dove]

Question. How should I highlight my warboss skin? I like it but it seems a little too bright

[short pawn]

Now i can just start and stop without worry

[mint dove]

It's just plague bearer flesh washed with biel tan green

[short pawn]

The cool thing about orks is they are not a consistent skin color

[mint dove]

I did get some kislev flesh today and am gonna try to paint the lips with 1:1 kislevs flesh and skarsnik green

[short pawn]

I think i did kislev mixed with bugmans but im not sure

That'll surely fuck

[mint dove]

I've seen kislev and bug man's together and it made it a bit too human for my taste

[short pawn]

Makes their lips divine

[mint dove]

I'm probably gonna spend at least 5 more hours on my warboss

Then when I get badrukk I wanna spend like 10 or so hours on him

Make him POP

[hollow goblet]

No but I have you on record saying NNM is overrated so what are you gonna do about that bozo

[hollow goblet]

Highlights look fine to me, think the issue might be a lack of depth in the shading bc there's definitely room for darker colour in the recesses

[short pawn]

I can't wait to read the spiel they will have in about 2-3 hours in response to this

[hollow goblet]

Oh no dude that's the worst nothing kills hobbying faster than having to do a full setup process when you literally just wanna do like one coat on two minis or smth

Moving house in a few weeks so hopefully I can get a better setup going

HOLY SHIT GUYS I CAN GET AN AIRBRUSH NOW

WE HAVE A SHED WITH ROOM FOR IT

[short pawn]

What the fuck is this used for

[short pawn]

I am infinity jealous

[hollow goblet]

Gives you a glossy "nail polish" finish on stuff you mix it with (or if you put it on as a clear coat)

You know how blood for the blood god always looks a lil wet?

It essentially gives you that kind of finish on other paints

[short pawn]

Wait thats sick

So i can water down my snow recipe/dirt recipe with this and it'll look wet instead of drying hard?

[hollow goblet]

Its awesome for coloured armour bc looks really similar to the actual paint they use on real metal

[hollow goblet]

I've never tried that but in theory I think so yeah

Mixing in a tiny bit of pylar glacier would probably give you the look of just straight up ice with the right mix

[short pawn]

I love this mud but i dont like how it becomes old and crusty after drying

I want it to at least LOOK runny

[hollow goblet]

Actually that should work I did something super similar with nurgle's rot/vallejo vomit and they're both super glossy paints

[short pawn]

I will try it

[short pawn]

I actually bought it because i ordered brush on varnish

It is not what i ordered 😭

[hollow goblet]

I mean it'll probably function as a varnish if you need it to, but yea thats rough lol

[short pawn]

Time to paint white scars with a frown on my face

[short pawn]

It's just been sitting in my work container and i was so confused

[toxic rampart]

Da boss is lookin' good!

[toxic stratus]

using a wash after it dries and selectively applying water effect, gloss varnish helps too

washes will shade it and they dry glossy anyway

use brownish tufts too. more contrast and these ones make it look like it's desert base

I go mud > wash > drybrush > tufts and effects

[past flint]

i just bought ad mech

am i cooked

[tranquil kelp]

Yep

Cooked from the inside out by the rads

[past flint]

I'm not gonna sugarcoat it [INCANTATION OF THE IRON SOUL]

[mint dove]

I think tomorrow I'll go in with biel tan green again and just spot darken the recesses

[mint dove]

Oh he's not the boss of my army

This bad boy is

Bought a kaptian badrukk proxy because I'll be damned if I pay 100+ dollars for a 12 year old finecast

[toxic rampart]

I don't blame you. But that is pretty awesome!

[plush swift]

I'm going to agree but counter point with at the highest end you can't get metallic paint that reflects like above, so it becomes mandatory

[plush swift]

To make a paint glossy

[lusty terrace]

Rate his drip

[patent bluff]

Damn that goes crazy

[mortal lintel]

Whos this guy?

[lusty terrace]

My krieg commander (it’s a proxy from Stationforge)

[mortal lintel]

AH, I see, very nice

[mint dove]

@hollow goblet so I think what I'm gonna do to highlight the warboss is go through with another pass of bieltan green, specifically targeting recesses, then do a pass of skarsnik green+ogryn camo 1:1, targeting the raised areas then do ogryn camo hitting just the raised areas. Thoughts?

[tardy summit]

Still working on them. But I play a lot of killteams and working a lot on my inquisitorial agents which I mainly play.

I got like 30 models for the team… I am nowhere near done.

[mint dove]

YKnow on second thought I think I'm gonna rebase him in waaagh flesh and then try some glazing with Elysian green on everything but the deepest recesses, then ogryn camo on top, glaze kislev flesh on the ears,lips and knuckles and wash those with berserker bloodshade

[hollow goblet]

Yeah that sounds like it'd do the trick,

If you're worried about it not having much contrast its not a bad idea to shade with an orange or brown too

Like it looks a bit closer to this style if you use a contrasting shade

[mint dove]

Something like fuegan orange?

And you just mean in the recesses yeah? Not like an all over shade

[hollow goblet]

Yea I'd probably mix a tiny bit of agrax in personally

yeah like straight up pin shading no wash

You don't wanna tint the skin itself if you can help it

[mint dove]

Gotcha, and I do this before the highlight glaze? Or as the last step?

[hollow goblet]

I mean, touche lol

[hollow goblet]

I always shade before highlights

It helps the highlight stand out and pop more

But if you're going for more of a "dirty" look then wash after is fine

Like if I was gonna do like snakebites or death guard I'd probably shade last and then maybe redo the absolute brightest highlights

But I like a clean bright look on stuff I paint normally

[mint dove]

Gotcha, I think I'll mix casandora yellow and agrax 1:1, pin wash then highlight

Mixed with lahmian medium or no?

[hollow goblet]

Yeah yellow is a good shout it'll blend with the green well

Yeah Lahmian is normally the best thing to thin shades out

[short pawn]

Is that yours?

[hollow goblet]

Contrast medium is underrated if you just want it to settle into recesses without painting the model itself too much tho

[hollow goblet]

Nah lol just google referencce

I will be painting my Kommandos soon tho just dealing with house moving bullshit and burnt out

[short pawn]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/300899176315879426/1102457039235592222/smugjugzoomin.gif

[mint dove]

I have contrast medium,just never found a use for it lmao

[hollow goblet]

If you mix regular paints into it you can essentially turn them into shades and washes its come in super handy

[short pawn]

Is contrast medium actually anything different from any other medium?

[hollow goblet]

I've started using it mixed with sotek to make a base wash for like blue patina rust to undercoat nihilak and it looks so good

[hollow goblet]

Not entirely sure tbh, from experience it seems like whatever medium they use for shades and contrast paints is borderline identical but I'm kinda just going on feel

Just based on how they feel to use: contrast feels like its designed to make the pigment settle really heavily in recesses like a shade does and regular lahmian just kinda thins the pigment out but keeps the coverage pretty even

[plush swift]

kind of, its basically just a watered down acrylic medium with some extra flow improvers in it

[plush swift]

just use flow improver tbh, same thing

but cheaper

[toxic stratus]

I just started painting another cultist

[static elk]

Ok i need some hel pfinding an orange paint that matches troll slayer orange but isnt a layer

I didnt realize this was a layer and it paints on terribly

[lusty terrace]

What should I use in order to highlight flesh tearers red?

[static elk]

Im considering a pro acryl orange and then layering on the troll slayer but idk if thatl work out well

[white tangle]

Just for reference, how long do you think GW takes to paint a display marine?

[ocean pendant]

Probably less then an hour

[white tangle]

Don't even.

[ocean pendant]

What?

[karmic coral]

5-12 hours, depending on the mini

[white tangle]

It takes me like 4 days to get me one to like half their standard

[ocean pendant]

Yea but it's also their job, have you never seen any of the videos from painters who used to work for GW?

They know all the tricks and have years of experience, some of them can paint an entire Combat Patrol in a day.

[white tangle]

Yeah, i guess. Ive spent an embarrassing amount of time painting and learning though and i still struggle. 😦

[pastel grotto]

Just a small project

Good thing my dad doesn't care about the meta and just picks cool wargear lol

[mint merlin]

when it comes to box art, you also have to take into account it's edited to look better

[white tangle]

Really? Nah, surely not.

[visual turret]

BEARERS OF THE WORD

[main mango]

LORGAR!

Finally finished building my Admech

[hollow goblet]

Anyone here into homebrew lore? I started writing something to give mine and my playgroup's armies some flavour and it turned into a whole ass book chapter

[white tangle]

Ive got a homebrew chapter. But so far only come up with a name. Hasn't even designed a logo yet.

[hollow goblet]

Nice. What chapter?

My thousand sons are all defectors from other legions who bailed after the council of Nikea and got snuck into a secret sorcerer cabal and became thousand sons

They're lead by an emperors children Sorceror who thinks that art and music are the best ways to evoke emotion, which feeds the warp, which makes their magic stronger. So they're all artists and musicians and poets and stuff like that and have obnoxious bright colour schemes

[white tangle]

I can't think of any lore for mine. All I thought of, doesn't really fit into the lore well enough. But they're an ultramarine successor chapter named the Katabases.

[hollow goblet]

I mean if you wanted something simple to base off of that looks like some of stealth/black ops unit for Ultramarines

Could build off that maybe

[white tangle]

Yeah, my original idea was to have them be like a small asset recovery chapter, sent to overrun sectors to complete a task and get out. But idk, still thinking about it.

I was proud of the name as well. Katabasis was a story of a guy that ventured to the underworld and returns.

[white tangle]

Also do yours have a name or are they just part of the thousand sons? (Idk how chaos war bands work. Idk if thousand sons even have war bands)

[lost dagger]

In process doing first squad march scene

[primal summit]

More glow in the dark but this time plasma. Need to tidy it up a smidge but the effect is there at least.

[jaunty trail]

Wip on last herkyn biker... tomorrow base decoration and shadings will be done

[visual turret]

IRON WITHIN

IRON WITHOUT

[floral wind]

Dreadnought wip

Just a rough concept atm more bits will be added later

[jaunty trail]

3/3 Hernkyn pioneers done

[karmic coral]

Behold, magnificence!

[short pawn]

I've been trying to figure out a recipe for painting consistent somewhat quick white scar armors and oh my god its so frustrating

Painting a white space marine should be illegal

[mint dove]

Behold

The final grot army

https://pastebin.com/fQnvxfHf

[mint dove]

Ain't that the slannesh champion with he booty cheeks hanging out

[karmic coral]

The one and only!

[toxic rampart]

Operation Meat Shield! I like it.

[mint dove]

"You're gonna pick us up once the offensive is over...right boss"

What's cool is I found those toy tanks, a company that'll 3d print a grot mega tank, and both mekks and Kansas for $120

So the most expensive part of the list is the 6 boxes of grots I have to buy

[short pawn]

So many hours spent just trying to get a good white, im about ready to give up. I know im not a good painter but this shit is TORTURE

The first one is attempting layers and highlighting. The second is a heavy shade with light drybrush, and the third is just a heavy drybrush after shading

Do you guys think this too creamy for a white scar?

[plush swift]

If you need help, just ask

I have some tricks that can help

but they get into some technical specifics

[short pawn]

I would like to stay a layman but i will accept any general advice

I paint to make myself happy and nothing else

[plush swift]

Then I'll stay out of it because it requires color mixing

which is way past layman from what im told by most hobby painters

[short pawn]

Fair enough. Its not that i dont want to learn. It's that i don't think im ready yet

[plush swift]

I think you are

its generally not a hard skill to do, but I'm sort of done with offering help to the hobby community ast this point, posted a small tidbit about how white paint works on reddit and got 4 death threats

[short pawn]

That sounds about reddit, sorry to hear

[plush swift]

It's a lot of hobby communities, I do not understand why mixing colors is so frowned upon

[short pawn]

They inhale too many paint fumes?

[signal plover]

looks fine, use a bright red on the trim and unify it all with a shade/wash on the whole armor (or recesses)

[short pawn]

Thinking of using baal red contrast. Should go great. The other option i was discussing with my friend is doing what I did here, but doing a super generous wash of soulblight before drybrushing a heavy white and recess shading, any thoughts on that?

[signal plover]

I would do something similar tbh

[short pawn]

Either way, thank you for the much needed input

[signal plover]

I just prime grey seer, cover everything in apothecary white- unify it all together with a black/grey or brown wash, then drybrush white scar to bring up the brightness in spots

[short pawn]

How heavy do you drybrush the white scar?

I'm practically overbrushing with this method

[signal plover]

Depends how heavily I washed the model

[short pawn]

This is how it looked with a normal drybrush

[short pawn]

Ahh gotcha. I'd do heavy then for me

[signal plover]

On this guy I did Vallejo somber grey, Vallejo black washed the whole model until it was basically black, then re drybrushed the entire thing heavily in the OG base color to create the highlights

[short pawn]

That's such a sick model!

Thank for you the pointers

[signal plover]

Thanks, wish I had another one

[short pawn]

I'm assuming its not a warhammer model

[signal plover]

It is

It’s the early 2000s plastic daemon prince

[short pawn]

Ahh gotcha. What a cool sculpt, usually I'm iffy on the current prince sculpts tbh

[signal plover]

Yea I don’t like the current prince at all

It’s also a bitch to assemble

[short pawn]

I can only imagine

[signal plover]

I’m excited to be joining you in painting white

Got 20 sword masters of hoeth to whip up

[short pawn]

I wish you only the best of luck it's a pain to paint! Send me pictures when you get them worked on

[signal plover]

I will! Working on so many projects rn my head is spinning lol

[short pawn]

Fr! I was in the midst of a guardsmen army...then an ork combat patrol...then warcry...then underworlds...and now a space marine army

[signal plover]

I’m sitting on like 400 models bc my dumbass has too much money, no time, and a warhammer addiction

[toxic stratus]

Now I'm feeling better with my lack of time and 30 models backlog

[short pawn]

I got time with my new desk I'm just so insecure about my painting 😭

Everytime i do a paint job i dont like I'm discouraged to paint for a few weeks

(This is often)

[toxic stratus]

Test models can go awry. You won't have 1/10th of the problems you had with the next model

[short pawn]

Yeah fortunately that's the mindset i have now. I got a box of assault intercessors and im just testing white recipes on them. Gonna strip them after i find what i like so its no pressure

[hollow goblet]

Nah I haven't got a name. Wanted to work the music theme in and it just feels wrong not to have some sort of peacock inspired name for a Ksons/EC hybrid warband but most of the stuff I've come up with like "Bardic Peacocks" just sounds silly and doesn't work as a name

Or it's too abstract like I was gonna call them The Song Birds but I'm not sure if that will read intuitively as a legion name

[hollow goblet]

Gotta trust in the process honestly

Every nice/complicated mini I've ever painted has gotten to the stage where I feel like I've ruined it and it's always fine by the end

[toxic stratus]

I'd go white primer gray contrast white highlights or light gray primer and just white highlights

[plush swift]

Funny enough, licking your brush can actually cause neurological disorders, well it's incredibly unlikely it is possible

[short pawn]

I mean technically speaking like almost everything has the unlikely potential to fuck something up within you

Turns out chemicals are weird

[fervent sun]

Bought my first set, i thought blacktemplars would’ve been easier to paint, but turns out they have many details. Any recommendations on how to make the white not look like toothpaste?

[mint merlin]

it's probably because
1- you didn't thin your paint
2- you did one thick coat of paint instead of two (or more) thin ones

[mint merlin]

Basically, add a bit of water to your paint to thin it down. It won't cover the mini in one pass but that's fine, it's how it's supposed to work. Paint multiple thin coats (usually 2 should be enough, you may need more if you're painting white paint on a black primer) until the color is uniform

[fervent sun]

Was my first actual one

I also learned i should prime it next time

[fervent sun]

Should i get a pallet ?

[edgy jackal]

I recommend one note, and making a hobby pipeline. I can focus on a set of minis easier if I have a plan for the other ones.

[worldly pawn]

Covering the cloth parts with Agrax earth shade or nuln oil really helps make your white not look flat

[mint merlin]

A wet palette is good, but not mandatory. It's good if you're planning your painting sessions to be long, because it keeps the paint from drying. But putting your paint on a plate works just as good on shorter painting sessions

(plus if you're just a beginner, having to thin your paints frequently is a good way to learn how much water is enough)

[plush swift]

well there are a lot of chemicals in paint linked to a lot of neurological disorders

[plush swift]

dont buy hobby white paints, white isn't fully opaque by nature so they add in a ton of things to make it more opaque, which causes the paint to in laymans terms, become shit. Buy professional stuff for white, something like an ink will do. Dont worry, its weirdly cheaper than most hobby paints

[short pawn]

I wanna try ink so bad

It looks so interesting and somewhat fun

[plush swift]

https://tenor.com/view/do-it-get-to-work-gif-21630516

join the dark side

[short pawn]

Any recommendations for a white ink?

Also just curious, but is it hard to use or basically just common sense?

[plush swift]

holbein and golden high flow and my favorites currently, i'd recommend golden high flow as its much easier to work with

[plush swift]

its literally just paint without a chemical thickener

so think of it as thinned paint

[short pawn]

So it'd still be fine to base coat my white marines with it, right?

[plush swift]

Yes

[short pawn]

Sick

[plush swift]

I think you can get a 30ml of it for like $5-6 or something

[short pawn]

https://www.amazon.com/GOLDEN-Acrylics-Titanium-White-Bottle/dp/B00E4PLGUU

is this what you'd recommend?

[plush swift]

yes

[short pawn]

Cool stuff, thanks

[plush swift]

4oz is also a good size as you'd be using way more of it than you'd think

even more so if you plan on zenithals

[short pawn]

I am going to assume I cannot use a wet pallete for this right

[plush swift]

you can

[short pawn]

https://tenor.com/view/jerma-jerma985-cheers-cheering-bro-gif-26562284

[plush swift]

it might separate a bit faster but thats about it

[short pawn]

I appreciate all the input. The faster I move away from citadel the better

[plush swift]

I'll convert you

[short pawn]

if this white ink doesnt make painting white miserable for me im already converted

gonna experiment a bunch with this silly little device

[plush swift]

I have something for you

[short pawn]

https://tenor.com/view/nervous-scared-hand-shaking-shivering-gif-24524523

[plush swift]

check your DMs

[short pawn]

Watching

okay cool so you just get a perfect white even on black surface

now im excited to try this out

Wait considering it just coated so beautifully, do you even need to build up your whites from off-whites anymore or was that specific to bad paints?

[plush swift]

I have yellows that do the same

[short pawn]

[steep pond]

I absolutely hate painting anything white

[plush swift]

specific to bad paint

[short pawn]

THATS HUGE

why tf dont more people use ink????

[plush swift]

because the term professional scares people, because they are convinced that hobby paints are special and are the only paints you can use on these things, etc

youtubers dont help with this

[short pawn]

they def do not

[plush swift]

they tend to promote a lot of myths like "hobby paints have a finer pigment size"

which they dont

[short pawn]

If i like this i'm definitely going to pick up the rest of my white scar paints from this company

[plush swift]

understanding transparency can help you elevate your skills very quickly

[short pawn]

It kinda sucks that theres no local art stores. Only corporate. Everything is expensive

Well there's local but it's all house painting shit

I live in a relatively new city

[plush swift]

thats rough

I dont have much near me myself but I also order almost everything online

because I live on top of a mountain and dont drive

[upbeat herald]

I live in CT. And the closest fully stocked store is an hour away.

[short pawn]

i basically have to order from amazon sadly, but at least my ink will get here today

shipping is so insanely expensive here

unless its amazon (not a monopoly though)

god i hope i like the ink

[short pawn]

From what im reading online, and what you've said, inks are pretty transparent so im wondering how I should do the undercoat

it will be a long day of THINKING

[fervent sun]

ThNk you!

[fervent sun]

It came with a box of 10 paints. Was the closest i had to tan tbh

[plush swift]

mix a tiny bit of brown into the white

[plush swift]

they arent naturally transparent

its all pigment dependant

Writing inks are transparent

sometimes

but those use dyes

Learn your pigments and you can abuse things like replacing blue with green to make a vibrant purple

[short pawn]

Now that I actually have time to paint and dont need to spend a fucking hour packing everything up i am excited to enter the grind

[plush swift]

hell yeah

[fervent sun]

thanks, im pretty new to all of this

[plush swift]

I am not, I have a background in fine art, so feel free to ping me if you need something

[patent bluff]

Good morning Darktide 40k minis and armies

Or afternoon I guess

[upbeat herald]

Morning here 🤣

Brought some projects to the fire station for tonight's down time. Gonna paint some gaunts ghosts

[patent bluff]

Morning for me too

[patent bluff]

Hell yeah

[jaunty trail]

Wip on leviathan termie captain base.. decided to do a dead jormungand tyranid...

[median thistle]

I wonder how hard it would be to do a xenomorph lookin Tyranid scheme

[toxic stratus]

Black primer gray drybrush gloss varnish?

Pretty easy but they won't stand out in mini scale

[short pawn]

I pray my ink gets here today, buddy is coming over for painting day

[upbeat herald]

I miss guilliman blue glaze

Best for plasma effects as a base

[brisk vapor]

Thinned down Vallejo Game Colour Night Blue is a pretty nice strong blue that I like for effects like that

[upbeat herald]

I did however find it on ebay

[wild monolith]

What I got so far for Crimson Fists Captain Alejandro Guerrero's Grand Company:

• Captain ( in Gravis armor) >>HQ<<
• Lieutenant w/ Storm Shield
• 1 Squad of Aggressors (His squad of Bodyguards)
• Terminator Chaplain and his Terminator Squad
• 3 Squads of Primaris
• 2 Squads of Reivers
• 5 Tactical Squads
• Primaris Librarian
• Primaris Apothecary
• 2 Devestators Squads ( Lascannon and Heavy Bolters)
• 1 Devesator Centurion Squad
• 1 Assault Centurion Squad

Note: Other models will be painted for display.

[floral wind]

A fellow CF enjoyer. I like the lineup im working on my own army too

[wild monolith]

You got this 👍

[floral wind]

Got this to add to it too as a matter of fact

He's nearly done just waiting on one-last piece then it's final cleanup then painting

[wild monolith]

I'll be fishing out the vechs from the basement

[floral wind]

Noice you have also got this bro we believe

[errant fulcrum]

After looking at the solar auxilia models I have decided im gonna collect them and use them in 40K

cause funny

[jaunty trail]

99.5% done with leviathan termie captain base..

[floral wind]

I like the almost "wasp" scheme of your Nyds its neat

[desert orbit]

Im new to the tabletop game, is there any way to make the look pop a little more

[plush swift]

not hard, its just blacks, greys and blues

[plush swift]

is that for one bottle or the entire lot?

(btw, they still make it, but its in professional paints, just like chestnut ink)

[compact umbra]

THEY FUCKING JUICED HIM, HES NOTHING MORE THEN PULP

[static elk]

So im a little confused, how does citadel layer paints work because it paints on terribly. Unless im missing something

[median thistle]

what did you do so far

[static elk]

Primed, base coat, then layer

[median thistle]

what colour? was it orange?

[static elk]

Ye

I accidently got a layer instead of a base and im just kinda at a loss

[median thistle]

haha I found your issue, layer paints are a little thinner, but in this instance this is just orange being a complete bastard to paint

[static elk]

Oh, well i think im gonna rework the scheme

[median thistle]

what did you base it in?

[static elk]

Black

[median thistle]

dont do that

orange doesnt go on black at allll

[static elk]

O no

[median thistle]

kinda like painting white onto black, its an ass

[static elk]

Their all primed back......

[median thistle]

its okay you can re prime them and accidentally zenithal highlight them

dont worry lol

paint some white on something as a test first though

[static elk]

Well my only other primers are grey and white

Ok ill try white

[median thistle]

like even if its just sprue

[static elk]

I need to practice with my new airbrush

[median thistle]

thats fair

though brush paint some white on something as a test to test the orange out before you re prime them

[static elk]

Although my airbrush white is old, maybe i grab a new one

[jaunty trail]

Its hive fleet jormungandr paint scheme ^^

[static elk]

My new plan is to mix pro acryl orange with troll slayer

[floral wind]

Oooh never knew that

[static elk]

Since im done getting citadel paints

[median thistle]

I mean thats fair enough lol

but yeah orange doesnt like dark colours

I found that out the hard way

[jaunty trail]

@floral wind just look them up on google they are insane lookin'

[static elk]

Ok so that means the cloth will be either brown or cream....

Kinda like a deathwing white

[static elk]

Bit i feel like brown contrasts the orange better

[median thistle]

Where is the cloth you’re referring too?

[static elk]

On the fire warriors

This guys just my test model since i only need 2 stealthsuits

This guy was just airbrushed orange and given corvus black between everything

[median thistle]

I mean that might be a better idea just do that for the rest haha

[floral wind]

will do ))

[static elk]

Yeah, probably. The original idea was all black with orange panel lines and energy

Im really stepping outta my confort zone with these tau, but man i want some tau

Yknow what, i think im going back with black with orange highlights and panels

[plush swift]

layer paints are more transparent because they cant fuck with the opacity as much to get a bright color. But no, they paint terribly in general

[static elk]

Ok, and to think i waited 2 weeks for a damn layer paint that i didnt know was shit

Yeah were going with a black scheme with orange shoulder pads then

And the leader withh have an orange helmet too

[plush swift]

you're also coming in with concepts that dont align to what paint is

[static elk]

Well i tend to run headfirst into my projects

That mentality of "oh yeah i can do that"

[plush swift]

Some pigments are opaque, others arent

[static elk]

I figured they all shared a consistency based on the type of paint their advertised as

[plush swift]

No, they advertize bullshit to make things sound confusing and make people think the paints are special and unqiue

[static elk]

Yeah i can see that

Whats your opinion on pro acryl?

Since that seems to be the other paints my hobby store sells

[upbeat herald]

I like army painter and citadel. I haven't tried anything else other than some Vallejo for the air brush

[plush swift]

I find them to be mid at best, so better than a lot of other brands but they make a lot of wild claims yet fail to meet those claims by a long shot, but people who dont know paint tend to think they exceed them

because their expectations are : Citadel is a good paint

they claim to use single pigments a lot, but they dont

the spectro tests prove that

[upbeat herald]

If citadel came in dropper bottles.......it'd be worth the $

[static elk]

Tbf with my limited knowledge, my only gripe with citadel paints is the container. I cant stand the stupid plastic lid thingy

[plush swift]

but they dont expect someone to have a hegmann gauge and a spectrophotograph in their homes

[upbeat herald]

Bahahah perfect timing watson

[static elk]

Exactly lol

[plush swift]

it wouldnt be honestly

[upbeat herald]

I've seen a commision painter I used to follow swap the containers. Too much work for me

[plush swift]

its still too expensive for what you get considering you can get a gallon of what they sell for about 20 quid

because... they literally just rebottle house paint

[static elk]

I need to get a wet pallet so i can mix some stuff and test the waters

[plush swift]

its not a bad idea to get one

[static elk]

I assume its possible to mix different brand of paint, i just dunno how itl mix

[plush swift]

in most cases yes

[midnight cairn]

https://pin.it/684dtDMSS

[static elk]

I figure i can try mixing some orange with the troll slayer layer, to brighten it up a bit

[upbeat herald]

I love my wet pallette. I recommend the army painter version. It may not be the best but you can get refil paper and sponges in any game store or amazon

[plush swift]

You can also get a sta-wet for half the price and use parchment paper

which is exactly the same as the paper in those refill sets

I prefer saving money where I can since im an oil painter and my paints are... very expensive

[plush swift]

ehh, not really how that works but possible

[static elk]

Well if push comes to shove i grab a yellow

I just feel bad wasting money on 2 paints i cant use

[plush swift]

issue with orange is the same with yellows, orange is an expensive pigment so they use the cheap stuff

and the cheap stuff just isnt great

its not bright and for new painters who come in with the expectation of opacity, it fucks with them hard

[static elk]

Yeah im definetly moving orange to just shoulder pads and helmets

[plush swift]

just wait until you find pyrrole orange

its umm... another level

[static elk]

Im a simple man

So ill keep it simple

[plush swift]

you should take a header into that wall over there, it'll be just like using corax white

[static elk]

Tbf my corax white is hard as a rock

[rare hornet]

One of these days I'll have the energy to paint a mini after getting home from work

Just not today... Or tomorrow probably...

[brisk vapor]

Three hours of texturing work

[static elk]

I feel that

Attick work leaves me dead

[plush swift]

have you tried basement work insteaD?

[static elk]

I do both

[ocean pendant]

Resist the urge to consume the delicious asbestos

[static elk]

Forbidden cotton candy

My flashlight died

[plush swift]

have you tried necromancy on it?

[static elk]

I believe thats technomancy

And technically i specced.... pyromancer

Since i install heat......

Imagine that in dnd, im a pyromancer who just installs chimneys and shit

Thags what i was hanging if anyones curious

[mint dove]

Pre metallic basecoat done. Still not 100% on the skin color

[agile junco]

Finally finished up 1k pts of bangles

[toxic rampart]

Looking good! Can't wait to see what you do with the engine on the back.

[mint dove]

Went with deathworld forest on the skin

Muuuuuch better

[mint dove]

Is that a furioso?

[agile junco]

ballistus dreadnought

[mint dove]

Valve covers are gonna be red. Pipes are gonna be gunmetal washed with nuln oil, vents are gonna be Balthazar gold,the middle of the engine is gonna be in leadbelcher but drybrushed black. Like a lot of carbon had built up on the engine over time

[mint dove]

Ahh, are the blood angel pieces aftermarket?

They look incredible

[toxic rampart]

Oh I like that idea for the colors!

[agile junco]

yeah
the chest piece is from vbits studio's ebay shop
he makes some amazing pieces

[mint dove]

Will definitely be copping for my ballistus thanks!

I only have 2 dreads rn. The furioso and the redemptor

[agile junco]

np

iirc the ballistus set has one compatiable for redemptors on the shop too

if you wanted to do that

[patent bluff]

So someone brought Wartablegames website to my attention and it’s someone that recasts Warhammer stuff for mad cheap, does anyone know if it’s actually legit?

[steep pond]

If you're going to blank i suggest just buying a printer and doing it yourself

In minecraft

[patent bluff]

What?

Also I’d rather not get a printer, as I don’t have 400 dollars to drop at this time

And whatever else I need nor really have the time

[tranquil kelp]

Ye

[patent bluff]

Deadass?

[tranquil kelp]

Got my warhound from them

[patent bluff]

Man, this brings me great joy

[tranquil kelp]

It is lower quality than legit FW

[patent bluff]

I imagine

[tranquil kelp]

But it's also 1/4 the price so...

[patent bluff]

But for the price you can’t complain in all honesty

Exactly

[tranquil kelp]

I've only had a couple models be unworkable

[patent bluff]

Which ones? Just so I know what to avoid

[tranquil kelp]

But those also had the double wammy of being old sculpts already

MK3 and 4 Techmarines

and their Sicaran Battle Tanks

[patent bluff]

Damn, I really want the techmarines

[tranquil kelp]

But even then, the tank can be used for terrain, and I can use most of the bits off of the techies

[patent bluff]

Hmm, thank you for answering my question

[tranquil kelp]

The techmarines also suffered from being the old scale

[patent bluff]

Helped me out a ton

[tranquil kelp]

They're heads barely reach shoulder height on the new MK6 marines

[patent bluff]

Yikes

[tranquil kelp]

The Mk4 was also very spindly

[mint dove]

Basecoating on warboss done

[tranquil kelp]

Nice

[lost dagger]

In process🫥

[arctic stag]

"So kneel, foes of Man, and accept your fate. Cower 'fore the Titans as Oblivion awaits! And to those from behind, advance to its call, rise from your trenches and join its assault!"

Legs done!

[tranquil kelp]

What weapons?

[tardy summit]

Working on my crowe model.

[mint dove]

Feedback on my highlight attempt?

[glossy hawk]

it’s subtle, which probably isn’t what you’d like

only on the broad parts though

i vaguely suggest possible doing “scribbles” on the top of the mega armor where the grot is

[plush swift]

wrong

[patent bluff]

This shit hole has been worked on

Writing words is hard

[patent bluff]

Finished the base and gave him a stinky wash

[arctic stag]

Vulcan Mega Bolter and Turbo Laser Destructor

[queen monolith]

Dude the blending on that carapace and auto-cannon barrel are sick as FUCK!

Good fraggin work man

[mint dove]

He is complete, waaaagh mister bond

[mint dove]

@toxic rampart da boss is done

[toxic rampart]

Hey yo! Look dat boss right there! I love him! Looks really good. The base having texture really helps it stand out!

[mint dove]

Still gotta drybrush it a bit to make it stand out

[toxic rampart]

The look of it right now looks good.
Planning on dry brushing the edges of the metal in wear spots with gunmetal grey to give it a worn/used feeling?

[mint dove]

My dad made me a paint shelf today!

[toxic stratus]

Damn looks great

[plush swift]

ork

[mint dove]

Krump and chop, til it is done

[short pawn]

@plush swift Do I need to thin down the ink? Sorry for @

I tried googling but its inconclusive since its all airbrush advice

[plush swift]

no, its an ink, thinning it down would result in an impossible viscosity

[short pawn]

Sick!

Tyvm

[past flint]

GDI JAMES WORKSHOP FUCKED ME AGAIN

I bought the ad mech combat patrol box and they forgot all 10 25mm bases

[plush swift]

Contact GW, they are generally good about replacing them

[past flint]

which sucks because it's a 16 mini kit and 10 of them are punk ass skitaari that need the 25 mm bases