40k-minis-and-armies

[past flint]

Yeah I already have some on the way but it sucks cos I was excited about making my vanguards after work :(

[plush swift]

you can still make them

you dont need to glue them to the base instantly

[past flint]

yeah I made one and he looks sad because he cant stand on his own lol

[short pawn]

I am sorry to bother but i must ask one more thing, how long does the ink usually take to dry?

[past flint]

bro sulphurhounds are such a cool model

the fabricator general: ABOMINABLE INTELLIGENCE PROFANES THE OMNISSIAH'S WORK
the fabricator general and the sulphurhound after 1 day

[plush swift]

depends on the ink, but generally about the same as paint, sometimes longer depending on the brand

but they are all around the same amount of time

[short pawn]

Epic

I love the ink btw thank you a ton

[plush swift]

no problem

[hollow goblet]

Spooky bird guy for a friend's DnD NPC

[mint dove]

Started painting the deff dredd

I

Fucking

HAAAAAATE

Painting this model

It's a paint to hold, has tons of bits that jut out AND recessed parts

I want to give this model the time it deserves but I also want to be done with it asap

[mint dove]

This is one of those NPCs that I'd preemptively shoot a

[short pawn]

I LOVE WHITE INK

Surprisingly weird to use and ive fucked up a bunch already but gotta learn it

[hollow goblet]

Oh yeah and you'd be correct lmao

He offers contracts to the party but there's always some sort of monkey paw bullshit involved so it becomes a mindgame between the DM and players on where the paw is gonna curl and if they can anticipate the way it goes wrong and maybe outsmart/outroll the DM

it's cool concept tbh it basically gives the DM a one-off way to completely fuck the party over without it being seen as railroading too much

[hollow goblet]

Yeah that looks like one of the few times I'd sub assemble and paint on sprue

[hollow goblet]

Holy coverage batman

[short pawn]

Its just a struggle (on my end) to eliminate brush strokes and the undercoat peeking through on some models

I've used the ink on different models in different states. From left to right - Unprimed - grey seer prime - chaos black prime - creamy beige undercoat

[lament path]

Brush strokes can indicate your paint is too thick, also make sure your primer is appropriate for your paints, its a pain to try build a vibrant color on a dark undercoat, or add dark details to white, sometimes a neutral grey is the most versatile option

[short pawn]

It's ink

[mint dove]

@short pawn what you think of da warboss?

[plush swift]

blutac and a pill bottle

[plush swift]

the first part is incorrect, primer also doesnt matter for acrylics

brush strokes will show on watercolors

its technique that will remove them, also dont worry about having them

[short pawn]

send!!!

[mint dove]

I tried but the dredd is so heavy it almost falls off constantly

[short pawn]

HES SO HANDSOEM!!!

[mint dove]

He was good practice for when I get my badrukk proxy in. He's the Warlord of my army so I want him looking extra good

[plush swift]

More blutac

[short pawn]

Its normal for the white ink to need more than 1 coat still right?

[plush swift]

yes

[short pawn]

Figured, just wanted to make sure im not goofing it

[plush swift]

the reason why it doesnt look like I need it is A) the camera B) the technique

[short pawn]

Ahh gotcha. I hope i'll get to that standard some day, painting has just become super fun for me recently

this ink is legitimately hobby life changing for me

[plush swift]

I did say it is life changing

And now you know why

[short pawn]

I am definitely going to pick up some more golden high flow products next paycheck. Shame you dont make commission

its actually such a different feel from citadel!

[plush swift]

I should get sponsored by them at this point

[short pawn]

Once i recess shade this mf is going to POP!!

[plush swift]

This is what a actual high quality paint is like

[short pawn]

very rarely do i buy a 15 4 oz tub of paint from the recommendation from somebody in a video game discord server

[short pawn]

yeah and i thought i couldnt notice the quality

i get entirely what you rant about

[plush swift]

Yes, The difference is massive

You're not fighting the paint

It cuts down the working time by so much

[short pawn]

EXACTLY OMFG

[short pawn]

base coating 3 minis took me an hour

AN HOUR

[plush swift]

The world of professional stuff is that much better, sometimes it gets more confusing and it's trickier to use

Like transparent paints are trickier to use

But they also give you something opaque paints don't have, utility

Transparent paint you can actually create contrast and depth with that single paint

When you're building an infinite Albedo, opaque paint will cap out very quickly at how many layers they will take before they stop changing color and altering, transparent paints however will continue to get darker and darker for quite a long time

[hearty bear]

NECRONS WIN LVO

ELVES STAY LOSING 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥‼️

[worthy basalt]

Total eldar death

[upbeat herald]

Sorry just saw this I think just the one bottle. I liked using it so much I actually paid $60 just for one about a year ago after.it first went out. And of course my dog knocked it over

[worthy basalt]

How did the death guard fare

[plush swift]

So just to let you know, you can still get that same stuff and it cost like $15 for a 4 oz bottle. You can also get chestnut and get it's like $25 for 100 mil bottle.

Those are from when Windsor and Newton was making some of their paint. I can actually track any old GW paint until you exactly what it is from a professional line, And how to mix it as well if it requires mixing.

This includes the original Gen 1 stuff. And oh boy is it vastly cheaper

I can sell you literally a gallon of that exact same stuff, for about $40. That's how cheap it is to produce

If I want to go much higher end, you would cost about $60

[hollow goblet]

@plush swift getting into inks also you got a good reasonably priced recommendation for a Black, White, Blue(anywhere between cyan and like sapphire it just needs to be a blue) and Magenta

Not so much trying to get super high-end quality stuff, just best dollar/quality/quantity ratio possible

[short pawn]

i think the only citadel paints im gonna have to unfortunately use for a little bit are the fleshtone ones

whos johnthan contrast paint here

[hollow goblet]

That'd be me I think lol

[short pawn]

they reccomended me tintatium white from golden high flow

and IT FUCKS SO HARD

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/735941248036241489/1199303274554212393/20240123_024154.jpg?ex=65c20d36&is=65af9836&hm=da1de82a9698745c5d9e6e1aac0bb3c3cb2a9f10728c105b97a97be6752568f5&

[hollow goblet]

Yeah I was pretty impressed by the white coverage you got on the orange man

[short pawn]

about 2 coats

roughly

but theyre also super thin

so i just did it out of the bottle

[hollow goblet]

That super clean white with minimal orange highlights is such a hard aesthetic to pull off but it looks so nice

Yeah that's what I like about my black ink I don't have to bullshit around with thinning it and adding downtime when I'm painting

[short pawn]

funny story, that was supposed to be red

[hollow goblet]

I already find rinsing and brush washing absolutely tedious I'd rather avoid extra steps if I can

[short pawn]

im not good at picking paints

they're supposed to be white scars

[hollow goblet]

Did it touch the ink on the pallete?

[short pawn]

No its just an orange paint

im just dumb

[hollow goblet]

Lmao it happens

[short pawn]

thats what i was gonna ask you though, have you used Baal red before?

[hollow goblet]

Corax has this super weird thing where it literally looks like the exact same shade of grey as my primer when it's on the pallete but looks white when it goes on the model it's weid

Yeah Baal is easily a top 5 contrast paint for me

Has probably the strongest colour and best coverage in the whole range other than like frostheart or talassar

[short pawn]

Do you think it would fit the white scar's trim colors? I assume you know what they are

[hollow goblet]

Only downside is the pigment is so solid that it doesn't always give you the full dynamic range you expect from a contrast paint but that's super easily fixed with a highlight or dry brush of evil suns scarlet or something like that

[short pawn]

i was gonna highlight it wild riders

[hollow goblet]

Yeah Baal will probably get you the exact shade you're after

[short pawn]

Sick!

[hollow goblet]

Its almost exactly the coca cola red if that gives a good reference point

[short pawn]

I gotcha, i appreciate it. I think i own evil sunz so i can whip that out too

i dont really wanna buy anymore citadel paints

[heady lotus]

Step 1 of painting white is accepting there is no god(s) and if there are..... they are asshole(s)

I use blood red speed paint from army painter.

[short pawn]

step 2 is getting ink and just winning

[hollow goblet]

Yeah Ive been transitioning into other paints. 90% of the citadel stuff I own is from me following painting tutorials and not really knowing where I was able to substitute paints yet

[short pawn]

I was led to believe citadel was specially designed for miniatures and something else might damage it

[hollow goblet]

Lmao yeah that sounds like he exact shpiel a GW manager would say

[short pawn]

(I will still use citadel shades and technicals though)

Im scared to recess shade ngl

i dont wanna stain the white

[edgy jackal]

I'd say step 1 is accepting that titanium white is for highlights, that the main plate is slightly darker.

[plush swift]

I'm generally going to recommend Golden for just about everything, for cyan/blue that's a little bit of a tricky answer, are you looking for transparent or opaque?

[plush swift]

Funny enough games workshop has actually told me this directly. I have emails with them stating it

[short pawn]

Lame as fuck of them

[plush swift]

Oh I know, They actually said to my face "no other acrylic paints will damage our products, if you use any other paints than ours they will ruin our product"

And I'm sitting there on the phone with them like "That's not how these paints work"

And I did get into an argument with the guy on the phone and he was super adamant about how acrylic paints melt plastic, he lied about them containing acetone and all these things that they just don't contain...

But this is American GW so they are perfectly fine to lie without getting in trouble

[short pawn]

cant overstate how much ink has made me happy to paint

i was really not having fun painting white

i was about to just call it for my white scars

[plush swift]

Well I'm glad I could help your enjoyment

[short pawn]

IM INK PILLED

[plush swift]

join the cult

[upbeat herald]

Wow thanks I'll definitely keep that in mind. And a gallon?! I mean I might just do my truck in guilliman blue 😂

[plush swift]

yeah you'd be shocked at how cheap paint can get when you look into professional stuff

[hollow goblet]

Probably leaning more towards transparent. My plan was to wet blend/mix those 4 as needed to get all of the base tones I want on my lord of change before I go in with highlights and drybrushing and the like

[clear fulcrum]

Day 3 of waiting for my The Old World preorder to ship

I curse the weather

[plush swift]

phthalo blue green shade is the most universal

[hollow goblet]

For reference I wet blended Doomfire magenta into frostheart for my basing scheme across my whole army so I'm kinda looking for something that'll roughly match those shades

[white tangle]

In what situation should I use this?

[rare hornet]

When you’re thirsty

[white tangle]

I was under that impression. Thanks for the confirmation.

[plush swift]

basically its for when you dont wash your brush well and acrylics have dried in it, the problem is it kills natural hair

[brisk vapor]

The stairs got some further adjustments with a blue and a green filter, green a bit heavier on select areas

[static elk]

I cant help but wonder how some specckled weeds or dirt between the stone might look

[brisk vapor]

That will come later 😄

Still kinda mapping it out in my mind how heavy I want to go with it

[white tangle]

ah fuck. Do you know if GW layer brushes use natural hairs?

[plush swift]

No they don't, The old ones use a material called taklon, The new ones are nylon.

[white tangle]

phew. Thanks

I like my brush 🙂

[hoary ermine]

The three stooges, warcriminals extraordinaire

And may this humble skitarii offer you a las pack in these trying times?

[signal plover]

Gave these old paintjobs a varnish today

[rare hornet]

Who’s this for?

[brisk vapor]

Sienna and Viktor

[rare hornet]

Oooooh

[brisk vapor]

I'll probably post more pics of them once they start to look decent 😄

[rare hornet]

Looking forward to it

[brazen silo]

I would die on the spot if someone said this to me

[short pawn]

Any advice on how to recess shade space marine armor? And maybe what citadel shade to use for a bright white marine's recesses?

[toxic rampart]

I do know color theory. I just don't care because I play Orks. Cope and seeth.

[white tangle]

Ooh ooh! Thats one of the first things i learned when i started. What i do is take a fairly good brush (not too good because you don't want to shade with a really good one) Right after base coating your mini, place the shade into all the recesses you want. Any spilling onto places you don't want the shade to be can be easily fixed with just going over those areas with your base coat after the shade dries. The same thing can be done without using a shade, and instead a normal paint in the recesses.

I've used this method on this space marine I'm painting rn.

And then you can do stuff like edge heighlight. If youre going for a GW style that is. There are probably other methods though, i just find this one to be very easy and risk free.

[white tangle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hmoVu5GMEs

Or watch this vid. I love this guy. This guy got me into painting and i think his stuff looks amazing. (He uses GW whites to paint his stuff. Don't know how tf he does it.)

[hoary ermine]

Sanctified choccy milk for a skitarii

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/329719332517052426/1199485360254758975/20240123_233956.jpg?ex=65c2b6cb&is=65b041cb&hm=aaa9781de680cca7757a6fd8b228ea8a3f82f82ad54cfa58a923e0dcd563208c&

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/329719332517052426/1199485359885656204/20240123_233929.jpg?ex=65c2b6cb&is=65b041cb&hm=d416025113506c8d0b5e5c9834f0c3c061af84f1f868c1b0dc11c7e83b8520bc&

[mint dove]

Base coat done

I am not looking forward to painting all the metal trim

[hoary ermine]

Ayy

Good luck

[mint dove]

I think my plan is gonna be to drubrush everything black with lead beaches then go though with my Metallics and pick out the spots I want to be true metallic

It's just gonna be ALOT of metal bits

[hoary ermine]

Generally the cleanest and quickest way is to drybrush that stuff yeah

[mint dove]

Gavw it a wash in cassandora yellow before going to the gym, see how it looks when I get back

[visual turret]

AVE DOMINUS NOX

[dawn stream]

Is that...a Raven Guard helmet?!

You monster

A fallen son of Corax will be avenged!

[mint dove]

@plush swift for my deff Dread I was thinking of drybrushing yriel yellow to bring a brighter yellow and also to pick out the highlights, then edge highlighting with flash gitz then dorn yellow on the crispest edges, thoughts?

[sterile grail]

thinned down 40/60 water paint mixture. Apply multiple layer. Use a flat brush to ensure smooth surface. Most importantly wait for it to dry after each stroke.

[plush swift]

The easiest way is to use Tamiya panel liner

[plush swift]

It's the camera, when you actually look at it very closely it's super chalky and does not look as smooth as you think it is. The camera actually removes a lot of the imperfections.

When you train yourself to actually spot these things you notice that it is not that clean, but this is a curse of mine because I can spot all of these things so most paint jobs look bad to me

[plush swift]

Pinwash

[plush swift]

If I knew what those words meant I would say something but that's a lot of words I don't know

I don't know hobby paint names very well

[mint dove]

Hold on let me get at least the approximation of the colors

I know gw has a splotches color problem but it'll be close enough

Yriel

Gitz

Dorn

[plush swift]

Okay as someone who teaches art at a very high level... No hobbyist actually knows color theory in the slightest, so someone tells you that, They don't know what the fuck they're talking about because they don't know it either.

I can prove they know nothing about color theory too in a few seconds

[plush swift]

My God those are so similar... I can see that they're different but yeah you might need add a little bit of white into the top layer

[mint dove]

Will do, I usually do a 80/20 mix of dorn yellow and titanium white

[plush swift]

That's a good ratio

[mint dove]

But just for the crispness edges, armor panel corners, tops of spikes, etc

I like how the highlights came out on my warboss yesterday

I'm getting better at not fatbrushing the highlights

[plush swift]

There's not much I can do about you fat brushing the highlights as that is entirely a learned skill that nobody can teach you

So it's something I never point out

Or judge for

[mint dove]

Yeah I'm getting there, it's just a matter of slowing down and taking my time

I'm sure I'll get a lot of practice on this dredd

[plush swift]

A lot of what I can teach you is just giving you resources to teach yourself, It's honestly a much better way to do things because you'll learn at the pace that you normally would learn at

[mint dove]

I am a very much learn by doing person

[short pawn]

another product that take me hard earned treasure away

[mint dove]

Tamiya panel liner is great, wish there was more opportunities to use it in my army

[short pawn]

Is it moron proof

[plush swift]

No it's actually poisonous

So don't drink it

But it is the easiest way, so if you look up ways on how to use it you can use a wash kind of like it

You're basically doing it as a pinwash

[short pawn]

I will get it next paycheck

For now i will probably use a citadel shade

[plush swift]

You can use that as a replacement to some extent

Basically what a pin wash is, is that it's a targeted wash so instead of doing it all over the place

Your specifically trying to use surface tension to guy the wash around the panels

[short pawn]

You gotta thin down a wash hella for that right?

[plush swift]

I don't know GW washes very well, so maybe? But generally speaking probably not

[devout lake]

How are white contrast paints on a sliver primer? I'm looking to paint dark angels

[plush swift]

It would make it look very cloudy

[devout lake]

So better bet is to just use a layer paint right?

[clear fulcrum]

Finally got around to catching up these guys and adding the technical paint to the base

I used a plastic knife for the technical to avoid ruining a brush

Left is probably gonna get a drop of Earthshade on a tiny brush into the recesses

Too much wash bad

[short pawn]

I really wouldntt to put technical paint on the sides of the base

Jesus christ i cant even edit it to make sense

[clear fulcrum]

You're fine

[short pawn]

I REALLY WOULDN'T WANT TO PUT technical paint on the sides of the base

Its hard to type and shit

[clear fulcrum]

I'll clean it up in a day or two then

Is the sandy grit gonna come off and get everywhere?

[short pawn]

Maybe, but it's just gonna be icky to hold considering how the texture dries. It'll also look off if not every single one has that base

[clear fulcrum]

Oh these aren't going to be played

[short pawn]

Better to just do a black coat on the sides of the base IMO

[clear fulcrum]

Dw

They're most likely going to my fiancee for her to keep

[short pawn]

Ah gotcha

[clear fulcrum]

These were just my very first painted minis before I hit something big like the armigers I got

To make sure I didn't make a costlier mistake

I also have Bretonnians coming in too

So I can always practice on peasants too

[wintry solstice]

This don’t look right

This apothecary white ain’t white at all

[plush swift]

no GW whites aare truely white

[wintry solstice]

Ok ok but like I swear it’s supposed to be whiter than this

There’s no way in hell it’s just dawnstone like grey

[plush swift]

well it is

[wintry solstice]

Ok cool

Well now my apothecary gonna look more like a statue

Which I’m ok with

[lost dagger]

Do some detail revision later

[wintry solstice]

The marines really put it to perspective how big knights are

[lost dagger]

Nice catch! Those little one are doing their jobs🫡

[lament tendon]

Got my Joytoy Sentinel in this week.

Pretend that Bane is a mutant from Darktide and is about to be plasma'd by this sentinel.

[short pawn]

I want this set so damn bad it looks fire

Does it fall over a lot?

I ordered the bandai namco blood angel but it's been 5 months so im pretty sure GW fucked me over

[hollow goblet]

Rule for shades is: you can almost never go wrong with a black shade unless you've gone for a super black base tone (and you've effectively already shade because you'll lighten it elsewhere if you want detail to show)

There's a reason nuln oil is like the best selling citadel paint. It's almost universally applicable.

Then there's two approaches, I don't know the actual proper art terminology but I'm just gonna call it "supportive shades" and "contrasting" shades

Supporting shades is something like fleshshade over gold, or off-white with a blue-black shade for cloth, where it helps the whole thing read as one colour with a broad dynamic range.

Then you have contrasting shades, like when people shade purple with fuegan orange or yellow or shade a bright pink with cyan or vice versa, if all of your colours look "right" together on the pallete and the shade contrasts the base tone it'll make both colours pop harder

I personally wayy prefer heavily contrasting ones bc it lets you get wilder with your colour palletes, but it's way more stylized and doesn't support a "realistic" style of painting, so if you prefer your stuff to look more subdued or realistic it's safer to stick to earthy/dark tones and try to support the colour you're already painting

Realising in my post-wall-of-text clarity that you probably meant technique

Don't overload your brush, keep your point fine and well maintained, trim any random solo hairs that poke out bc they will fuck up your painting and instead of trying to move paint around to touch unpainted areas: just reload your brush and let the extra paint fill those areas in, its quite easy to mop up extra paint with a dry brush when you're recess shading and you wanna kinda "deposit" the paint into recesses moreso than actually paint it on

Low-key kill teams have been a great way to deal with hobby burnout I now have like 6 different projects that I can use entirely different painting styles and colours on

[lament tendon]

The knee joints aren't ratcheted, so it can't fully stand upright without buckling over, but it is sturdy at the normal half crouch pose, as pictured here.

[mint dove]

Deff Dread update, most steel bits painted, gotta go through with brass,copper,bronze and gold parts next

[mint dove]

So I have that severed head on the waaagh banner, how do you paint dead skin?

[brisk vapor]

Wash with a very thin purple then highlight with a light grey tone maybe

[mint dove]

I cannot wait to be finished with this bastard

[native sluice]

sucks up all the paint

[mint dove]

Mah fuckin paint

[mint merlin]

drinks all the paint with my mind

[rare hornet]

Yeeeeeee deffdread is so good

Classic unit

[jaunty trail]

Current wip on Terminator Captain

[short pawn]

What space marine combat patrol do you guys think would be best for getting a deal on my white scars army? I was thinking of the space wolf one.

[floral wind]

Accidentally super glued the torso on off-centre and now I can't tell if it makes it looks stupid or more dynamic

Probably the former

[short pawn]

I mean dreadnought torsos can spin 360 degrees like a swivel

So it works

[plush swift]

Always assume both

and when people say either, agree

[floral wind]

Pretty good wisdom tbh

[plush swift]

that way you're always correct

[floral wind]

[steep pond]

Just say the pilot has a crooked eye

[compact umbra]

if you areiwlling to cough up like 40 more dollars the white scars army box is on amazon at 190, if you already have a space marine captain or leutentant or something i like the blood angels box and the dark angels one

[short pawn]

Oh shit i completely forgot they had their own box, good looking out

So far i only have the brand new spearhead force and a box of the assault intercessors

[sudden flower]

you have an expensive habit mr i eat plastic

[compact umbra]

its not good but its lroe accurate

[sudden flower]

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

you when you kill others minis

[compact umbra]

im waiting for that to a little cheaper tbh like the raven guard

[short pawn]

My friend plays chaos so it hurts

[sudden flower]

try challenge someone with knights

[short pawn]

I got it for 115 off amazon with some saving tricks

[sudden flower]

give yourself a real challenge

[compact umbra]

nice! how so?

[short pawn]

Visa prime rewards and it was 40 dollara off to begin with

I like the DA box but its kinda silly to have only 5 intercessors

I....just realized that intercessor squads are only 5 marines

[errant fulcrum]

would yall say this looks russian enough?

[glass forum]

Not finished yet and It's the first out of 11

[midnight locust]

Kitbash

[floral wind]

Just a quick pic of my dreddy base.

Tried to give the metal that dilapidated aged look thinking that they've been there for some time

[mint dove]

Not even close. Where's his tracksuit?

[errant fulcrum]

I’m going more Soviet themed

[mint dove]

Where is his kompot?

For God's sakes man HES NOT EVEN SQUATTING

[mint dove]

I cannot express how confused I am about this model

Looking at deff dredd ✅️
Painting deff dredd ❌️

[mint dove]

Lol on a serious note it looks pretty good, I'd use it if I played guard

But I prefer gettin stuck in with da boyz

[errant fulcrum]

I saw the new solar auxilia models and immediately wanted to get them. after cooking up paint schemes and lore with a friend I have a plan on how to use them in 40K

[rare hornet]

This is how mine started and how he ended

[errant fulcrum]

@mint dove my paint scheme

[mint dove]

Oh I like that

[errant fulcrum]

Solar Inzhenery is their name

Inzhenery is Russian for engineers

[mint dove]

God damn warship you've got some serious talent

I honestly wish I chose goffs,

Painting yellow forever makes me want to die

[rare hornet]

My orks are kinda just whatever, I do all sorts and slap them together my warboss in mega armour is Bad moonz

I also have a couple of default orks who don’t have a klan to help mix in the variety of colour

[void mica]

No offense, the mini looks nice, but that mini stand thingie looks GRIMY. Bro, get a wetwipe and clean that thing XD

[glass forum]

Its mainly primer, I hold the minis in that while I spray them

A wipe won't move it

[mint dove]

I just finished my warboss!

After painting every bolt and rivet, all I gotta do Is paint the base and he's done

[silver thorn]

if its wobbly you can fill in the gaps with green stuff it looks fine

also because the contact point is small you can always cut it and reglue it

if you are worried about stability you can pin it too its actually really easy I did it for the first time yesterday

[floral wind]

I tried this the first time and whatever i used is strong stuff it wont even move

But luckily it stands fine and since i will be using the same glue to keep it on the base when i am done i dont think it shall become an issue

But thanks all the same

[silver thorn]

i think it looks good!

🙂

[floral wind]

[jaunty trail]

Wip update...

[wild monolith]

Got custom parts to create my custom chapter

[fickle inlet]

Classic primal hounds

Not exactly custom, but they sure are cool

[mint dove]

2 "snazzwagons" and a "trukk" ready to paint

[short pawn]

I've been looking everywhere for a 3D printing company that does white scar bits 😦

If there werent runes on the armor bits i could definitely use them for them

[glossy hawk]

utterly propa.

[mint dove]

I may paint them, or I may just paint the weapons.

I feel like painting the entire thing will be a hassle, if anything I'll make a stencil of the "badmoons logo and put it over the army star

@short pawn what do you think?

[mint dove]

Figures out why it didn't feel orky enough

[toxic rampart]

They already look amazing

[short pawn]

grrrr non gw bits! fake fan!

[jaunty trail]

Sooon...

[true inlet]

for some weird reason, accept any challenge, "matter not the odds" sticks more to my mouth rather than "no matter the odds"

[visual turret]

It sounds more gothic

[sterile grail]

1 or 2?

[true inlet]

I'd say 1, but 2 will look better on environments I think

[hardy arrow]

For tabletop i'd say 2 but for parade i'd say 1

[sterile grail]

maybe 2 for frontline infantry and 1 or artillery/ fire support?

[hollow goblet]

"consider not the odds: but the glory" sounds more complete as a sentence

[midnight locust]

Cadian primaris psyker

[past flint]

FUCK

I LOST THE HEAD FOR MY SKITAARI VANGUARD UNIT

Fuck it I'm just going to put a ranger hood on this one, he has a plasma gun anyways

[sterile grail]

karskin equilvalent

[midnight locust]

I think option 2 gives you more contrast

I’d go with that imo

[midnight cairn]

What's that tool called again to make these?

[silver thorn]

nice head swap

[midnight cairn]

Ah https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.DesignBench.impcat I guess?

[midnight locust]

Thanks. Pain to trim to fit but worth in the end

[silver thorn]

For sure, I think his normal head is a bit goofy.

[hardy arrow]

Could do that yea

[rare hornet]

He’s getting there, terminator captain was an awesome model to add to the collection

[steady wren]

Finished my first ever mini at home!

[mint dove]

Well, khorne finally got me

Sliced my finger open trying to modify my truck

[wise escarp]

Requesting a second opinion

I have a small and medium layer brush, a medium and large shade brush and a large base brush

do i need a small/medium base brush or is the layer brush fine for the smaller bases? I am painting guardsmen.

[jaunty trail]

@rare hornet i'm pretty happy that i was able to put such detail in the mini

[edgy jackal]

Depends what you intend to do with that brush. If you're applying texture paints, I'd get some cheap brushes from a discount store. If you're just painting them with regular paint, the large shade brush might be fine. In any case, you don't have to buy citadel brushes, I'd say at least 25% of their cost is convienience/brand fee.

[wise wraith]

i use most of my brushes interchangebly aside from shades,metallics,technicals and dry brushing so a layer brush should be fine for base paints

i think the only difference in the small medium base brush is how thick the brush is

[brisk vapor]

This was stressful, thankfully it seems to look pretty natural already but needs a proper paint over so it melds better with the rest

[wise escarp]

thank you, everyone

[simple thorn]

If it helps, I have a Vanguard head on the sergeant for one of my Ranger teams

Because I thought the helmet would look neat for a squad commander

[toxic rampart]

Welcome to the club mate.

[rigid ginkgo]

Good shit, looks like one of the house color schemes from battletech.

[steady wren]

Thanks, it was meant to be a custom paint scheme for a League I made

[rigid ginkgo]

It's really cool dude keep it up

[steady wren]

[mint dove]

BEEP BEEP ITS TIME TO WAAAGH

[glossy hawk]

wonderful basework

[mint dove]

Eventually I think I'm gonna make a beast snagga army. What am I gonna need for that?

1000 points of them that is

[toxic rampart]

Depends really.

Do you want speed or brute power? A mix?

@mint dove

This is 1000% a meme build. But also what I wanna build for lolz.

Orks
Waaagh! Tribe

CHARACTERS

Beastboss (115 points)
• Warlord
• 1x Beast Snagga klaw
1x Beastchoppa
1x Shoota
• Enhancement: Kunnin’ but Brutal

Beastboss on Squigosaur (185 points)
• 1x Beastchoppa
1x Slugga
1x Squigosaur’s jaws
• Enhancement: Headwoppa’s Killchoppa

Nob on Smasha Squig (85 points)
• 1x Big choppa
1x Slugga
1x Smasha squig jaws
• Enhancement: Follow Me Ladz

BATTLELINE

Beast Snagga Boyz (210 points)
• 1x Beast Snagga Nob
• 1x Power snappa
1x Slugga
• 19x Beast Snagga Boy
• 17x Choppa
2x Close combat weapon
17x Slugga
2x Thump gun

Beast Snagga Boyz (105 points)
• 1x Beast Snagga Nob
• 1x Power snappa
1x Slugga
• 9x Beast Snagga Boy
• 8x Choppa
1x Close combat weapon
8x Slugga
1x Thump gun

OTHER DATASHEETS

Gretchin (40 points)
• 1x Runtherd
• 1x Grot-smacka
1x Slugga
• 10x Gretchin
• 10x Close combat weapon
10x Grot blasta

Squiggoth (150 points)
• 1x Gorin’ horns
1x Kannon

Squighog Boyz (110 points)
• 3x Squighog Boy
• 3x Saddlegit weapons
3x Squighog jaws and saddlegits
3x Stikka

[plush briar]

ORKS ORKS ORKS WAAAAAAAAAGH

[jaunty trail]

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

Meet Terminator Captain Ewalt Hagbard...

[static elk]

Tau started

Shoulders gonna be orange, and im debating between yellow or green lights

[jaunty trail]

WOuld use green for contrast terms.. Cuz orange shoulder plates + yellow light could be to less contrast...

[static elk]

Thats how i was leaning too

[jaunty trail]

[visual turret]

Posing…..

[mint dove]

So I want to paint the coils/tubes on my shaman a neon green, would a good recipie for this you think be to base in striking scorpion, edge highlight in moot green, highlight again in 50/50 moot green and flash gitz yellow and then dot highlight titanium white?

[toxic rampart]

I'd paint layers on them of green glow in the dark paint, but that is me

[cold bear]

first mini ever done

paint came out a little thicker than i wanted, but I'm genuinely proud of myself lol

[long dune]

great work for your first mini!

[cold bear]

thank you ❤️

[long dune]

tip for painting with white is to make sure you apply it in more thin coats than usual since white tends to be thicker than other paints due to the fact it has more pigment in the mixture

source: me who paints a white guard army

[cold bear]

lmao

a friend recommended that and I tried really hard to get it as thin as possible but alas

[long dune]

looks good regardless!

[cold bear]

nuln oil actually carried

genuine black magic

[wise escarp]

grenadiers, the pride of krieg
may they die well

[grizzled linden]

Yarg, anyone can help me on building a Dark Angels army?

[wise escarp]

if that is indeed them

the headpiece might be too ornate for a grenade i am not 100% sure

[grizzled linden]

I don’t know which shade paint to drink

[cold bear]

nah they are grenadiers

[wise escarp]

very good

proud of you

ill paint my first guys within the week i assume

[cold bear]

Thank you my fellow brother in krieg

[wise escarp]

with nonsensical colours from my ultramarine vs tyranid starter building pack

this i mean

[cold bear]

I have 11 more to do until my kill team is finished

[wise escarp]

i am building troopers with a killteam box as test subjects

they will give their live or rather plastic for my practice

and wear completely wrong colours but i will get to practice my brushwork a little before getting onto my real killteam models and real colours

11 more to do for a killteam? i guess you bought singles or 2 boxes then.

[cold bear]

3 boxes actually

[wise escarp]

ah like me then

[cold bear]

FW Command HQ, Grenadiers, and regular Guardsmen

[wise escarp]

2 for the team i will play, 1 for painting practice

OH you are building the killteam with non-killteam sets

[cold bear]

Yep

[wise escarp]

very cool

[cold bear]

always preferred the FW models to the plastic

[wise escarp]

i am 100% planning on making a grenadier set and proxy it as kasrkin

since theyre both shocktroops with the same gear i think

roughly

[cold bear]

I kitbashed a few with the plastic kits though, like my demolitions and Sergeant

pictured above

[wise escarp]

i had a feeling i recognised that demoman good job

[cold bear]

I literally saw the pose he made and was like "hold on this is actually a great idea" lmao

[wise escarp]

my expendables built up so far. i wanted to paint today with my wh friend in vc but he got busied out of it so i wait

my other team is not at my home and fully built already though. i just keep them with the person i actually play with

cant wait to play again

and even found german beer in their country at the local liquor store for the true experience

well goodnight. nice to see someone building krieg minis in here

[cold bear]

Krieg best regiment

Second actually, Steel Legion will always hold a place in my heart

[wise escarp]

fair

after all, thats where they came from

[plush swift]

the pigment thing is actually incredibly false, pigment does not affect the thickness of an acrylic, its actually chemical thickener

If you want a source I can DM you the BASF handbook on paint production

its about 600 pages

its actually a fun read

[hearty bear]

Is runefang steel a good highlight for leadbelcher?

[long dune]

oh thanks!

[plush swift]

the reason why they make it thicker is because titanium white isnt a very stable pigment and because hobby companies cheap out and use chalk as an opacifer and matte agent, it becomes even less stabled and will separate quickly in an acrylic, so the higher amount of rheology modifiers in it, the better it says dispersed

[long dune]

thaaaat makes way more sense!

[sterile grail]

yeah

Personally i use ironhands, nuln oil, then runefang steel

and you would get something like this.

[mint dove]

@toxic rampart if you're wanting to make a squig army cheap I found this guy https://www.etsy.com/shop/GorksSculpts?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=969596678&from_page=listing specializes in printing squigs

Looks better than the official GW ones in my opinion

[toxic rampart]

Oh I like those.

[toxic rampart]

I wanted to make a full 2000 point army with Beastsnaggas, but use Grots on the backs of Squigs with guns as Killakans, and Orks on massive Squigs as Deffdreads. This might help

[short pawn]

Painting space marine trim is the saddest ive ever been why does the little lip exist

How do you paint that

[mint dove]

Got that halftrack kit for My ork army, was wondering why it was so hard to get it to go together

So I look at the box and find that this kit was manufactured in

NINETEEN SEVENTY ONE

[short pawn]

i read online that using contrast paint for trims is a terrible idea so maybe thats why im finding it so miserable

@hollow goblet thoughts on that claim?

[hollow goblet]

Honestly hard agree contrast paint is really good as like an all-rounder but its pretty bad when used for any one individual thing

So like its really good at providing a nice base tone that gives you a sense of depth, shade and highlights

But trying to actually use a contrast paint to highlight is usually nightmare bc its thin and the pigment is pretty inconsistent

[short pawn]

It looks really good on the aquila but now im sad

[hollow goblet]

It can be used pretty comfortably as a shade but I tend to aggressively thin it when I do that anyway

[short pawn]

I'll probably just use mephiston red

Next time

[hollow goblet]

yeah aquila should be fine tbh it does larger raised areas decently well

[short pawn]

Well the issue with that is i dont want the aquila and shoulderpads to be different tones of red

[hollow goblet]

If you just drybrush/highlight a normal paint on afterwards it should be fine to base the thing with

Ahh gotcha, yeah if you're worried about that then its safe to use the same paint generally

[short pawn]

Shame too because the red is gorgeous

[hollow goblet]

Tho tbf it doesn't actually look as bad as you might think to have diffferent shades of the same colour

If you look up deathguard schemes they tend to be largely varying shades of green with a bit of bronze and purple

But yeah might not translate to the cleanest white scars look

[hollow goblet]

I think the issue here might be an overloaded brush tbh

If you remove more excess when you're painting you'll avoid the overflow

[short pawn]

Well the issue is the little lip marines have

The overall trim is good i think

But theres a TINY little bump that needs a red

God's worst invention

[hollow goblet]

Yeah that shit looks whack, it happens a lot with thousand sons trim, you're normally able to redo the base panel colour afterwards also if you find that easier

[short pawn]

Just hard to get a smooth line

Plus its white so any red that fucks up is a NIGHTMAFE

prob another reason why contrast is a terrible idea

way too vibrant

[hollow goblet]

Cut out the middleman just base in off white and use tesseract glow

[toxic stratus]

I paint shoulders in subassembly

I just paint a bunch of them together then put them on models

It makes the force more cohesive too

[plush swift]

these might not exist for much longer, GW just sued a bunch of the sculptors like emang and put most of them into bankruptcy if not homelessness

[hollow goblet]

GW is legit doing the pokemon thing where they'd rather try to have a monopoly on the entire niche they occupy and try to constantly fight the Hydra of copyright evasion instead of just....improving their products or offering them at a reasonable fuckin price

[plush swift]

its getting bad, they are now actively trying to force people into homelessness and ruin them, even if the sculpts were free

[worldly pawn]

Created my first kitbash from flamer to plasma

[static elk]

Quite the scare tactic

[white tangle]

Its normal to get that one tiny bit of pigment on the tip of your brush sometimes right?

[steep pond]

Let's gooo that's hype! I love kit bashing

[devout lake]

Is there a way to paint metalic deathwing?

[wise escarp]

i assume youre asking for specific colour schemes

because ofc you can paint them metal if you want

maybe check out some iron warriors, iron hands and warhammer fantasy models to get an idea on how to do metals right as a main thing

[steep pond]

I can now finally zenithal highlight every model I paint from now on

[devout lake]

Sorry I ment is there a good metalic cream color or bone color I can use for deathwing

[wise escarp]

so like whitegold?

[devout lake]

I guess

[wise escarp]

the closest metal to any bone or cream tone i found on their website was canoptec which is necron bronze

i wonder if that would work on a white undercoat with bright accents

or perhaps white with a bone-y wash and then paint on accents with a metal

i feel like you might have to get creative here

[devout lake]

Yeah I was gonna prime my dark angels silver and use contast paints, but deathwing kinda confused me on how to go about it

[wise escarp]

https://www.reddit.com/r/minipainting/comments/14gqu36/ive_perfected_my_white_gold_recipe/

here is a less bone whitegold

id describe it off-silver

posting it just in case thats what you want

but if you want actual cream-colour

i think the way to go is to just make it a creamy colour and then highlight the hell out of it with white

to really show its metallic. cream is such a gentle colour that it ends up looking plastic unless you can see the reflections

[toxic stratus]

Then it looks like shiny plastic

[mint dove]

I was thinking on my way to work today it's crazy hiw GW made something so cool/popular that it's able to survive even with most fans tolerating them at best and hating them at worst

[short pawn]

The stuff you read online is largely just a loud miniority. Most GW fans don't know or care about a lot of it

[toxic stratus]

Just give me my plastic crack

I won't even paint, I'll just look at the boxes on the shelf

[hearty bear]

Skullmask my beloved ❤️

[plush swift]

yes but it doesnt exist within hobby paints

turner acrylic gouache has something similar

You can mix it yourself, but the first step to do it is using a pearl color which is rare

[mint dove]

Found the downside of buying resin minis

Found a perfect trukk proxy for around $30

Expected delivery

March 19th-april 2nd

[floral wind]

Can't decide; 1 - big banner 2 - small banner or 3 - no banner

[mint merlin]

that big bannner is a big "shoot me I"m here!" sign, but it's 40k, the rule of cool wins all the time

big banner i'd say

[floral wind]

I am thinking about it. Problem is with base it's already so tall and transport will be a nightmare

[edgy jackal]

Can you stick the banner on a magnet?

For example, I put the sails of a drukhari raider on a magnet, so that I can lower the height profile of the mini in a metal/magnetic box.

[floral wind]

oddly enough a friend suggested that to me but it leaves a hole in my dred if ilater decide not to have the flag

[edgy jackal]

You are left with a visible magnet, not a hole?

It depends very much on how you magnetise it, I guess.

[mint merlin]

You could disguise it as some kind of tech-y connection thing?

Like gluing some guitar strings as wires to it's sides?

[steep pond]

Couldn't you just 3D print some kind of plug to go in place of the banner hole?

[wise escarp]

whats there if you dont put a banner?

isnt there some other piece that belongs there if you dont use a banner

if its big enough, you could magnetise that too

[mint merlin]

Yeah, you could easily mask it with a smoke thrower or smt

[toxic stratus]

small banner with flag

something dynamic like that

[floral wind]

nothing i was gonna levae it plain as i dont like the smoke launcher

[wise escarp]

then there is a hole in your dreadnought anyway though

"oddly enough a friend suggested that to me but it leaves a hole in my dred if ilater decide not to have the flag"

im going off this

[floral wind]

it has a flat roof, the smoke launcher is glue on.

[wise escarp]

it seems like youre against magnet option because it would leave a hole when not using the flag

oh

oh i see

so its entirely different base with or without hole that then holds the banner or smoke or nothing

[floral wind]

Yh sorry i should have been clearer earlier when it was suggested to me. My process was; drill magnet hole, place flag = hole in roof if not used

But now i have made this out of old sprue 1 sec

I might not even keep this either. Just a rough concept atm

[mint dove]

@plush swift out of curiosity what printer do you use? I was thinking of investing in resin printing sometime this year

[plush swift]

I have a few, I have a 3 industrial DLP printers, a mars 4, and a saturn 3

[mint dove]

Which do you like the most?

[plush swift]

I mean the industrial DLPs

but those are like $30,000

[mint dove]

I was about to ask which is the cheapest...I think I Got my answer

[plush swift]

I got mine broken and used for next to nothing

[mint dove]

Christ almighty

[plush swift]

the cheapest is the mars 4 which was about 300

[mint dove]

Alright, and I've read I need some place to wash and cure the resin and also a ventilation system of some kind so I don't get cancer correct?

[plush swift]

it would be smart, yeah

the wash and cure is like $100 and the vent is like $40-100

[mint dove]

Alright, probably for my birthday in August im gonna pull the trigger, should have the space for it then

The problem is just gonna be convincing my lady lol

[plush swift]

easy

just tell her "it'll save me money"

wait

she likes painting

"itll save US money"

[mint dove]

It'll definitely cut plastic cost lol

I could print a gargantuan squiggoth for what, $10 worth of resin?

[static elk]

See its allot harder for me to justify a 300-400 dollar purchase. Than smaller purchases over time

I know it saves me money but..... man thats allot

[static elk]

What makes this one more expensive than others?

Like 300 to 30000 id a huge jump in price

[plush swift]

Well for one, the mars 4 isnt a dlp, its a monoLCD with a frensel lens. These are massive printers also.

this is one of the more common ones

[static elk]

Dear God

[plush swift]

Industrial DLP printers are used for a lot of things like prototyping engineering samples

and checking tolerances

[static elk]

Gotcha

[mint dove]

You mean to tell me people aren't buying 6 figure printers to make army men?

[tranquil kelp]

They already spent six figures on the figures themselves

[hearty bear]

[static elk]

Goddamn if i didnt plan on building tau this box would be IT

Speaking of

So the armors black but it seems kinda bland, any ideas on panel lining and/or highlighting?

[jaunty trail]

Try to use mechanicum standard grey for edge highlighting... or if you want some "battle damage" optics use leadbelcher for edge highlighting

only for black painted parts

[static elk]

See leadbelcher is odd tp me because isnt the tau armor more of a plastic than a metal?

[jaunty trail]

I don't know.. i have zero connection to tau or their lore...

But then try mechanicum standard grey... looks nice on black

[static elk]

Yeah definetly gonna try that

[jaunty trail]

I do same with my Black Templars.. mostly looks good if i don't mess it up

[static elk]

Sounds good

Would drybrushing it on high spots work well or is it too much vontrast?

Oh shit mines an airbrush paint

Dammit

[compact umbra]

is that ebay?

[long dune]

hey quick question about 10th editon wargear since I havent played since 7th, I can just add wargear without worrying about extra point costs now? im stupid and couldnt find anything in the core rulebook while skimming

[ocean pendant]

Yep all wargear is now free

[long dune]

fucking sick

[ocean pendant]

Only thing which costs extra points is enhancements for characters

[long dune]

which wargear is best for shock troops? I just wanna know before I assemble them tonight lol

been sitting on my cadia stands box since last christmas since I havent had space to do ym hobby shit

[ocean pendant]

Pretty sure you can build them however you want, GW pretty much said that wysiwyg is dead in 10th, so long as you know which units are the special weapons models then it doesn't really matter which weapon the models have.

[long dune]

thanks a ton!

[hearty bear]

Nope, random hobby store I found that had a few left in stock

iirc they had four when I bought mine

Now I just need to get the combat patrol before they replace it and I’ll have a good lil army going

[plush swift]

Correct

[compact umbra]

Oh shit wow

[wise escarp]

my firstever painted mini has been completed

throwaway practice i didnt have the paints yet. only the starter kit colours

[short pawn]

Someones gotta tell GW that up to 180 days for shipping doesn't mean wait 180 days till you ship it

[hollow goblet]

Can they just release these on their own already

[hollow goblet]

I will buy the box set and proxy the stormcasts if I don't GW I'm warning you

[midnight cairn]

What kind of varnishes do folks recommend? And do you always apply a glossy varnish first, and then a matte one (assuming you want a matte finish)? Also, do you spray or brush it on?

[mint dove]

I use Mr. Super clear matt

[midnight cairn]

Let me see if that's available in Europe, sounds very American 😛

[mint dove]

Got the captian titus mini for $15 on ebay. But I haven't decided if I want to paint him as a flesh tearer so I can use him as a captian in my space marine army or paint him as a blueberry, do my very best and list him on ebay for $100

Decisions decisions

[mint dove]

Japanese actually

[sterile grail]

Gloss is for decals. Otherwise matt is sufficient.
If you want to reinforce your mini, gloss first, then matt.

i find spray to be unreliable. Only time i spray is when i have a really good spray varnish or where to you to speed things up.

I would use the Mr Hobby Top Coat Premium matt varnish one if u going for display quality.

[sterile grail]

may i see your beloved titus if you dont mind

[plush swift]

I use automotive varnish, its basically the same thing as tamiya and mr. super

[midnight cairn]

Thanks for all the input!

[rustic grove]

painted my first mini today

i need to go back up and clean up some of the detail, and there are some texture issues but overall had fun and looking forward to improving

[compact umbra]

They have really fun warcry rules

[compact umbra]

Also they are considered demons but idk if they got 40k rules yet

[white tangle]

Imagine i'm painting a checker on a marines shoulder. Should i base it with white first then blue or the other way around? (gw paints)

[visual turret]

base it in the lighter colour

then paint the darker colour over

it's easier to paint darks over lights than it is lights over darks

[wise escarp]

@open tree look i made my first mini! take a look friend

[open tree]

Oh, pretty nice look

First mini? damn

[wise escarp]

finished at 7am without noticing the time fly by with all the paint drying and correcting

reminds me of schooldays when i stayed up finishing art-class homework all night without realising just how late it is

[open tree]

Very good job

Though be careful with losing so hard the track of time

[wise escarp]

nah i will win the track of time

[open tree]

[hearty bear]

I had to scour the internet to find that thing bruh

[compact umbra]

Another day thankful I’m not a da fan

[plush swift]

Especially with white, use the dark first. The blue might end up staining the white if you do the other way around, so I’d recommend what @visual turret said as well. Just to certify her info!

[dawn stream]

I'm about to fight another battle. Tyranids this time

[visual turret]

Her, please ✨

[white tangle]

Right, fuck GW whites. Pro acryl is the popular, highly recommended one, right?

[plush swift]

In the mini painting community yes, in the professional painting community its golden high flow titanium white.

[mint dove]

@sterile grail

[white tangle]

With the pro acryl one, i should be fine with mixing it with GW paints right?

[plush swift]

I mean both are from house paint manufactuers, so yes.

[white tangle]

Alright, Thanks!

[plush swift]

Oh my apologies. It’s fixed!

[visual turret]

Thank youuuu

[mint dove]

So thanks to my LGS generous trade in prices I now own every green paint GW makes

Gonna paint each ork from here on out by closing my eyes and choosing 3 paints and painting that way

Let gork (or possibly mork) guide my hand

[dawn stream]

I won my game!

[junior thicket]

Meet the Grave Marines

[glossy hawk]

grats!!!

[gray solstice]

I smell drybrush... lots of drybrush...

Cool army man!

[simple thorn]

Finally got some more painting done

Nothing like two weeks of no work because Nurgle decided to roundhouse kick me in the nuts.
And yet I assembled painted these two in about 3 hours each on two different days

And a Rogue Psyker that I've been sitting on for almost a year since I got it for 5 bucks on eBay

[jaunty trail]

1st Sternguard done (base decoration still to do)

[dawn stream]

Thank you

[mint dove]

The nobs have been based

[glossy hawk]

WAAAAAAAAAAAGH

[mint dove]

Feel like I'm getting better at my brush work, I only had to go back and clean up one part of one model

[hollow goblet]

I don't think they're gonna be 40k models at all tbh

I think they'll probably end up being AoS-only daemons, but hopefully I'm wrong there

My plan was to use the little eyeball guys on my lord of change base as decorations, then recast the crotch dog and the feet bird like 20 times and turn them into horrors (bird as pink, dog as blue)

Actually now I think about it I could probably recast the two smallest and use them as brimstone horrors also

If I have to buy the box set: then the stormcast guys will be pretty easy to kitbash with a box of exalted sorceror bits and I can try putting them all on pop sockets so I have a bunch of disc sorcerors if needed

[mint dove]

Pretty good progress tonight on the nobz, just gotta base metallics and averland sunset then I can start highlighting

After painting my deff Dread last week I've decided it's better to drybrush and edge highlight inanimate objects while it's better to layer on highlights on flesh surfaces

[agile junco]

started up on my land raider

[wise escarp]

i love landraiders

[short pawn]

0% chance they are usable in 40k and thats a sin

[vale pollen]

Speaking of land raiders, finally got my hands on one from ebay

[arctic stag]

Did some painting tonight! This is a small version of my big titan of the same name, this is how the pattern will be on the big on hehe

[empty heart]

Armor on or armor off?

The shoulderplates are magnetized

I’m trying to figure out how to magnetize the top piece that connects to the torso bit

[hollow goblet]

Seems a waste to paint the shoulder pad and not use it

[visual turret]

This

Plus if they’re magnetised you can just choose

[abstract marten]

6 more to go

[gray glen]

So I just ordered some minis to paint but I had a question with primer. I don't see a citadel primer, only base coat. How do I know which to use as a primer? For example I want to use lead bleacher (a metallic base) for Kharadon, but do I need a black "primer" first?

[ocean pendant]

The Citadel spray cans are their primer, they sell a Leadbelcher spray

[gray glen]

ahh I was hoping to get a brush on because it is freezing outside

unless it is fine to use if I am quick

[ocean pendant]

Apparently you don't even need primer though.

[gray glen]

so just apply the lead bleacher base as the first layer, okay, that seems to be what they do in the video

thank you

[ocean pendant]

Yea I've used the base paints to cover a model before when I couldn't spray due to weather and it works fine.

[visual turret]

chat help me pick my next paintwork task

Orikan, my Skatros, or a C'tan shard of the Void Dragon

[plush swift]

all 3 at once

[visual turret]

nah i'd miss bits

one at a time

im gonna do the skatros

funny legs

[white tangle]

Sorry to keep bothering you about the paint, but would you recommend i buy an off white along with pure white? I'm attempting to paint in the eavy metal style so I'm doing a lot of flat colours and I'm not sure I'm going to be able to mix paint exactly the same if i only purchase pure white. (i am attempting to substitute the GW ulthuan grey paint)

[wise escarp]

more men for the cause excellent

[plush swift]

You can easily mix your own off white, dont worry too much about exact colors as you generally speaking wont be able to tell if its slightly off. Also its not a bother. But is it worth it? In my personal opinion its not unless you need it for a large army.

To add in highlights just use a tip full of paint at a time, then slowly add in more, after a while it becomes second nature

[wise escarp]

my friend told me not to buy whites from citadel

[plush swift]

your friend is correct

[wise escarp]

they claim them to be grainy as hell

i can confirm after painting for the first time, i had to basically fish sand grains out of my paint

[plush swift]

thats because all of their paints have chalk in them

and titanium dioxide doesnt like chalk

its a thirsty pigment, just like chalk is

[wise escarp]

interesting

oh so they dont share their moisture correctly and end up grainy?

[plush swift]

so you get agglomerate issues when you mix the two without zinc

[plush swift]

sometimes, but GW also goes one step further, and they use kaolin

the thirstiest pigment on the planet

its used to actually cause artificial clotting for serious wounds

[wise escarp]

my corax white was looking very lumpy

damn

[plush swift]

corax white is also mostly kaolin

the bane of my existence

[wise escarp]

im glad i only need it for highlights

painting white surfaces must be horror with these. i guess ill get whites from vallejo or army painter then

even the bone colours for my gas masks are lumpy but less so and its still small surfaces so i can deal with it

[plush swift]

both are garbage

[wise escarp]

aw

[plush swift]

like actual garbage

[wise escarp]

online i read vallejo is the way to go but this was in 2020

[plush swift]

Seriously, golden high flow titanium white

[plush swift]

no, it never was. You were hearing that from a bunch of people who are novice painters who have over ever used craft paint and GW paint

[wise escarp]

i found golden on amazon

[plush swift]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3seI7y1dKDg this is golden high flow titanium white

its an ink

and you can use it as a primer

I have over 1500 different whites, this is the best I own

[wise escarp]

why is the title so rude

wouldnt "white paint doesnt suck, the brand does" work better

[plush swift]

I didnt pick the title

it was put up to a poll

[wise escarp]

smh

[plush swift]

yeah people think this stuff is funny

why? dont know

[wise escarp]

i will remember this white for when i make my arctic krieg team if i choose white

for my highlights ill just keep picking out the chunks. i got other worries for money and effort when it comes to painting right now as a beginner

thank you for the insight

[plush swift]

aye, i'm glad to answer questions if you ever need them

I kind of have a career based off testing paints

and making paints

and being paint

[wise escarp]

we all are what we eat

[plush swift]

Dont consume paint

[wise escarp]

yes of course. dont consume paint. you hear me kids

[plush swift]

I know I shouldnt, I have way too much lead paint here

[white tangle]

Brother take it from someone who has been painting for 1.5 years and only with GW paints. Whites take out all the fun out of painting. They have given me days of frustration. I have spent 2 days doing some highlights and details on a marine, and then i got to the white. I painted it and it took out all my enthusiasm as the result is grainy and i am very much not happy with it. But we move.

Nvm, I posted a pic but you cant tell at all. But irl its not very good.

[wise escarp]

using a new paint now?

it sounds like you should

[white tangle]

Yeah, in the process of buying a new one

The worst part rn in my situation is that i have painted the kneepads, but i still have the shoulders and face mask to go. I've put ulthual grey on the mini now. No going back. Been procrastinating doing it for the whole day today. 😦

[plush swift]

hmm... maybe I can figure out a method for painting it smoothly

sometimes a technique can solve an issue

doubt it

but it can

[white tangle]

Yeah, i know how to base it fairly smoothly (for a gw white that is) The issue is that i have already painted all the things around it. So now i'm in a spot where i have to base white and still be very careful to not get paint anywhere i don't want it, resulting in me having to weirdly point the brush when painting. in Aka i probably could have avoided such a bad result if i had any consideration for planning. But hey. It is what it is.

I'm also using the airbrush version of the paint which from my experience is a lot more forgiving.

I'm still not sure how much i should thin it though.

[plush swift]

well if you follow reddit or vince venturella, then its like 50 parts water to 1 part paint

[wise escarp]

cant you just paint over the white spill?

i assume white is annoying to paint over because of how bright it is

[plush swift]

also with the airbrush stuff, you dont thin it at all

[wise escarp]

oh

[plush swift]

not at all, it reflects more light so the colors over it will pop more

[mint dove]

Boss Nob base coat done, I feel like this is my cleanest basecoat so far

Except for that spot of averland sunset in the cow skull

Whoops

Oh well, I'm gonna paint them burnt umber anyhow

[plush swift]

its an improvement

[mint dove]

https://tenor.com/view/super-saiyan-soccer-coach-angry-football-anime-gif-4390388

LETS GOOOOOO

[wise escarp]

thats kind of my point

if you have a white leak on a blue coat from a mistake

painting that over with blue would leave that patch of correction blue more clear than the rest of the coat i imagine

[plush swift]

not really

[wise escarp]

im surprised

[plush swift]

its way more noticable if you paint over black

[white tangle]

I use shades for recess shades, So for a kneepad, if white goes into the cracks, it will be almost impossible to cover it up without leaving a mess. (Easy solution is not use shades at all. But thats a problem for the future me)

[mint dove]

If I use tamiya panel liner on unvarnished paint will any shenanigans occur?

[white tangle]

my guess is that it may stain. But i'm talking completely out my ass. Don't listen to me.

Also if for example i get a new brush. What's the thing you should do first? Do you wash it first or do you just dip it in water and paint?

[short pawn]

It's crazy to me how many dogshit habits and bad advice I've picked up from youtube videos

Like 90 bucks on primer because i got basically gaslit

[plush swift]

not really

[short pawn]

I know this is a dogshit question but do you know of a golden high flow red ink that would look like this tone of red?

[plush swift]

naphthol medium

[short pawn]

That was the exact paint i was looking at last night lets fucking go

Thanks

Wait i was looking at napthol red light nvm

Is napthol medium still ink?

I might just pick up the red light due to it being the only one available thats not 7 dollars shipping

Gonna pick out some skintone paints as well and see if i like them

[mint dove]

I think this may be my best work yet, and it's just a base coat

[short pawn]

YEAHHHH MORE ACRYLIC INK YEAHHHH

Ordered brown and black online as well then im good for a long, long while

Can mix from there

[mint dove]

Also

Ammo runt, my beloved

[dawn stream]

Bonk stick

[muted badge]

This gave me an idea for a Khorne Chaos Knight

[shut forge]

I have fufillrd a childhood dream of the 3e flyrant

Ignore the paint, I got the model used, so it isn't painted actually yet

[visual turret]

Finished my last fella

Also my Skatros

@rare hornet @jaunty trail :3

[jaunty trail]

🔥

Niiice

[rare hornet]

The night lord looks amazing

[rare hornet]

The tallest boi :3

[jaunty trail]

You mean the plug boy XD

[frigid stump]

My Pledge... is Eternal Service

[jaunty trail]

Neat

Shame that Titus is not a Black Templar

[frigid stump]

Funny thing is I don't play space Marines, I'm Astra Militarum

I had to pick up the boy Titus thou

[jaunty trail]

Titus is one of the few Poster smurfs i like

[visual turret]

templars suck

should be a lesser-featured chapter

[frigid stump]

"This Blueberry is going into the Private Collection."

[visual turret]

like salamanders or, idk, wolves. Raven guard or smth

[jaunty trail]

I strongly disagree... Templars are just so f*** ignorant and zealous that they are perfectly fitting the space crusader theme...

[frigid stump]

If I had to go with some Space Marines I'd probably just go Imperial Fists, I like yellow and powerfists

[jaunty trail]

IF are my second favourite chapter/legion

[visual turret]

They're the most space-fascisty of all the other space fascists it just gives me the ick, idk

[jaunty trail]

And this is why they perfectly fit in their role... No pity! No remorse! No fear!

It just fits.

[mint dove]

Finished highlighting the skin

[jaunty trail]

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

[mint dove]

What think? @plush swift

It's a little streaky, I'm having trouble painting smooth highlights, any advice?

[toxic rampart]

It looks really good man! Glad to see you tearing through your models and having fun.

[visual turret]

That’s a good quality boy right there

[shut forge]

I get it. It would be one thing if they were just crusaders but they're also black with red, and the iron cross. They're like. The most fascist

[jaunty trail]

Yeah... and this is all a sci-fi fantasy game... Was GW Inspired by several historical events and technologies? I think yes... Do BT seem to be one of the "harshest" Space Marine chapters.. i think also yes... Does it have any connections to modern day/past day politics? I think not... And thats where it needs to be... Just a fantasy game and not some political discussion or guessing...

Cuz when we start this, nearly any imperial faction has some "problematic" icons, gear, battlecry's and so on....

[visual turret]

So long as you don’t fall into it too hard and infatuate yourself w/ it then you’re fine

You gotta acknowledge that 40k is inherently facisty satire

[jaunty trail]

I've studied about 15 years the history of medieval crusades with focus on the teutonic order... and as a german dude i can tell you that our school history classes in high school/college are very detailed about history in connection of WWI and WWII... so the greater number of Germans is very aware of their historical and ethical disposition and their fault as inherits of this historical timespans....

As addition i lived as a son of a german soldier... i lived about 12 years with Americans, Brits and Canadians who remembered me very often about this fault...

So trust me when i say that i just like BT cuz they lorewise fit their cruel role very well... And i really can divide between RL and a fantasy game....

[mint dove]

All nobs done

Fucked up on the badmoon symbol using tamiya panel liner,so I'm just gonna wait til it dries then paint over it again

[jaunty trail]

@visual turret @shut forge I hope this is cleared now once and for all in connection to me.

[ocean pendant]

I don't think anyone was accusing you of anything, they were just speaking generally. The Black Templar community in general has a serious Fascist problem.

[jaunty trail]

Yup and as someone who heard this literally his entire life i don't really like to discuss it anymore.. As also the historical/political reference is a thing that is generally prohibited under rule 11 of this server...

[visual turret]

yeah i wasn't accusing or implying anyone here is like that, of course not

[jaunty trail]

Yup i know this problem and i literally distance myself to any political standing by playing/owning Black Templars... It's a game i just want to enjoy with every part of it's lore and so on.

[shut forge]

Yeah, lore wise I like them. It's only in the way the real world interacts that I worry. It's why I don't wear the veteran top that's all black with red arm bands, it isn't that I don't like the look, it's that I just worry about looking like a freak

[ocean pendant]

Okay, I'm just pointing out that no one else was bringing that up or saying you were a Fascist, they were just talking about the faction stylistically and why they personally don't like it. There's no need to be defensive over it.

[shut forge]

Yeah that

Which should I paint my next tyranid as

[jaunty trail]

That's why i keep my minis showcased in private or on dedicated sections of hobby-discords and so on...
I also would not really wear any BT themed clothing or patches that could give the rest of the world a negative "right wing" vibe about me...

[jaunty trail]

right top picture looks nice

the blue/orange thingy is nice

[shut forge]

I've got dual crab fexes to paint, and I want them to pop like old style nids

So I've been looking at crabs

[jaunty trail]

Good reference tbh

[shut forge]

Thanks, 3rd edition inspired me

[jaunty trail]

What about those?

[shut forge]

This was my first dex, and I loved it so much

[jaunty trail]

I see you got 'em already

The pretty thing for nids is that you just can get inspired by any kind of crab/bug

[shut forge]

Exactly. They also use some lizards, which makes me want to do some tree dart frogs

[jaunty trail]

If i would play nids i literally would go for hive fleet jormungandr... like the black/yellow scheme

[jaunty trail]

Nice inspiration ^^

[jaunty trail]

the blue poison dart frog would also be a nice scheme

[jaunty trail]

Very nice!

[glass forum]

Wish I could say its finished 😅

Does anyone know a good place to get flesh tearer transfers?

[jaunty trail]

This could be something (no ad!):

https://www.chaptercustomizer.com/collections/all/flesh-tearers

[glass forum]

Sweet thank you

[shut forge]

I know Etsy has a lot of printed shoulders if you ever want for other models

[jaunty trail]

This would also be a good guess

[mint dove]

I second chapter customizer

Good quality and you get 4 different sizes

[mint dove]

Done with the bases,tooth highlights and blood

[short pawn]

You're a warhammer fan in a video game discord server Everybody already assumes that

[jaunty trail]

Sad world then...

[short pawn]

No, because it's inconsequential. Who cares about how people think you appear to be when you know what you are

Everybody will always assume things if they just see you, about anything.

[jaunty trail]

I know what you mean.. but i think there i got a "lack" in my thinking cuz of my job... I'm working in the social sector and if i would ever be connected seriously with this stuff i would loose my job and never find a new one cuz i'm a so called "person of official interest"

[short pawn]

I doubt your entire career would be up-ended over a black templar shirt, just i wouldn't wear any patches (obviously because thats lame) or wear anything warhammer related to work

I walk around wearing a berserk behelit and patients think im the anti christ

[jaunty trail]

Oh it would here... people are very aware to cancel people that are suspected to be in an extrimistic thinking...
And thats why i only wear some common merch like Star Wars or so... something more "neutral" or "accepted" ^^

[plush swift]

most of that will just come down to brush control and practice honestly

[dawn stream]

That's ironic. Censoring people like that is right out of the Fascist playbook

It's ridiculous that you can't openly appreciate something from your cultural heritage

[jaunty trail]

Ye kinda.. but it's normal... if i want to get a job in my profession, i even have to show my future boss/institution a copy of my police record so that they can comprehend if i ever commited a crime... if it would be so i would automatically get no job cuz i wouldn't be suitable

[dawn stream]

Or inspired by it in this case

[jaunty trail]

In social sector we need to be as "neutral" as possible so that nobody can "cry" around

[dawn stream]

Walking on eggshells like that all the time sounds exhausting

[jaunty trail]

Yup. That's why i seperate work from my private life... I don't really have private relations to my colleagues so that there can be no talk behind me over my private life XD

[dawn stream]

That's sad. Some of my close friends are coworkers

[jaunty trail]

Some of my coworkers are really cool and even have same (non 40k) hobbies.. but i don't connect to them so that i just can do my private stuff as usual...

some know i play 40k and even have seen pics of my BT and LoV but for that they just say i'm a "gamer nerd" and thats it XD

But back to minis.. I'm currently working on my second Sternguard Veteran... the troop members will get a white/woolcolored tabard instead of a red one... will post a pic of the wip tabard when shades dried...

[dawn stream]

Cool

I'm working on a Redemptor Dreadnought

[jaunty trail]

Which Weaponry?

And what chapter?

[dawn stream]

Macro Plasma and Onslaught chain gun. Raven Guard as always

[jaunty trail]

Noice

I'm currently calculating a date where i want to get 2 Brutalis Dreads for my BT army.